After defeating the Suns, the Knicks rushed to Minnesota non-stop and will have another big battle with the Timberwolves!

The last time the two teams played, Kevin Loew still performed well under the defense of Monroe and Cousins, and today without Monroe, many people are sighing, how many points and how many rebounds can Lefu brush this brush!

The game got on, and Love and Cousins went into the center circle scrum.

Love naturally clicked basketball first, and the Timberwolves attacked first, and at this time, the Timberwolves came over and played a Knicks by surprise.

Instead of letting Love sink to the low post to receive the ball as usual, they passed the basketball to Love above the free throw line.

As a result, when the Knicks' defensive attention was focused on the free throw line, Love suddenly threw the basketball into the hands of Pekovic, who went to the low post.

Pekovic took the ball in the low post and turned around to force a shot over the head of Al Thornton, who started today, and Thornton didn't have Pekovic's height and could only watch Pekovic shoot the ball.

The Timberwolves came up in the first round today, and they gave a clear message to the whole court, and their style of play is more varied.

The Timberwolves offense succeeded, turned around, Dragic advanced with the ball, and then went to the Timberwolves halfcourt and passed directly to Li Feng.

Li Feng took the ball and encountered almost three clips of enjoyment, and when he saw that the Timberwolves opened with this kind of rather single-minded defense, he had no choice, and quickly passed the basketball to Dragic at the top of the arc, and then Li Feng immediately ran towards the weak bottom corner of the opposite corner.

This is also a change for the Knicks today, and today before the game, Tyberdu asked the players to do more running without the ball.

After Li Feng ran to the bottom corner, seeing that Dragic couldn't find an offensive opportunity, he immediately ran an arc from the bottom corner to the free throw line, Li Feng's speed was much faster than Brewer, and he ran up so suddenly and instantly got an empty space.

This was a rare thing in the last game, so Dragic immediately passed the ball to Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng received the ball, and there was no one in front of him. But in the restricted area, there was a squatting Lefou.

At this time, Li Feng was also quite embarrassed, Lefu would inevitably come up to harass him, and if you didn't make a move, you would have a vacant seat.

When Li Feng was embarrassed, he could only make a quick shot and throw a throw in front of him from the free throw line.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Feng made a move, Lefu came up to harass him, Li Feng's throw was a bit far, and the ball was not hit when he was harassed by Lefu like this.

In the first round, the Timberwolves scored. The Knicks didn't score, but that wasn't the point.

The key thing is that the direction of the Timberwolves and Knicks today is generally clear!

The Timberwolves avoided the real and used the Lefou's containment to contain the opponent, but this time they didn't just focus on the outside, but also took the opportunity to hit the Knicks' basket.

The Knicks' adjustment is to adopt a more flexible way to allow Li Feng and the team to attack.

The Knicks' offensive arrows and direction have not changed, but they are slightly more flexible. The Timberwolves' offensive direction has also changed.

And today, the Timberwolves' Li Feng's defensive strategy is also reflected, that is, not to prevent Li Feng's catch, but to block Li Feng's route. Let Li Feng shoot a long-distance projection. Bet on Li Feng's luck.

The Timberwolves got the rebound, and in the process of running at this time, the Timberwolves adopted the tactics of running and landing, allowing Love to run at the front. Rubio was followed by Rubio, who was in possession, and the remaining three players were all pressed behind and jogging.

The Timberwolves ran to the Knicks' half like this, and the effect was that the Knicks' main force was out of the back. When Love arrives at the Knicks' half, the Knicks' position can't be formed, so it's easier for him to get stuck.

Lefu came up in the corner, and directly stuck the main position, Rubio came over and immediately passed the ball to Lefou.

The Timberwolves' tactics of falling into the position were successful, and the Knicks players were worried about whether to run back.

Lefu took the ball and turned directly to attack in the frame, at this time Cousins was thrown away in one step, and the Haitians in the back only fouled Lefou.

Cousins hugged Love and kept Love from shooting. Although the ball was temporarily protected by the Knicks, it was only 40 seconds into the opening game, and Cousins was fouled, and this pressure was still very great for the Knicks.

The Knicks fouled, the ball returned to the hands of the Timberwolves, Pekovic lost the sideline ball, Rubio took the ball around the top of the arc, or found Lefu who moved to this side.

Rubio wanted to pass the ball to Love, but it was Thornton who went around in front of Love, and Sandton stuck Love behind him to prevent Love from giving him the slightest chance to catch the ball.

Lefu was stuck behind Thornton, he didn't fight as hard as the last one, but reached out and pushed Thornton away, and he himself didn't go to the low position, but to the high position.

Lefu moved out at once, to the horn position. Love was vacant, Rubio passed the ball to Love, and J.R. Smith at the top of the arc hurriedly came to make up for Love.

But in this way, the Knicks' formation suddenly leaked a hole, Love changed hands and passed to Cunningham at the top of the arc, Cunningham passed the ball to Pekovic on the bottom line, Li Feng was defending Brewer under the basket, and when he saw Pekovic take the ball, he hurriedly pounced out.

But Pekovic was quick and stuffed the ball directly into Brewer's hands under the basket.

Brewer took the ball under the basket and took advantage of his size to easily score two points with a small hook hand from J.R. Smith, who started today.

The Timberwolves came up in the second round, still using Lefou's influence more flexibly, and then influencing the Knicks' defense, and then the Timberwolves focused on the Knicks' basket.

Because the Timberwolves calculated correctly, Love pulled out, the Knicks pounced, and the Knicks' basket was bound to be empty.

And this ball, the Timberwolves inside and outside, the continuous conduction is very orderly, which is the way the classic academic school likes.

Jeff Van Gundy, who commented on the game, suddenly said at this time:

"The Timberwolves played very well in both rounds! It's all hit on the Knicks' soft underbelly, but this is not a long-term solution, and the Timberwolves want to have the upper hand completely. These are all auxiliary means, the Timberwolves have to control the game, and Love has to play the low post at the bottom. ”

Hubbie Brown also said at this time:

"Today's Timberwolves do make me feel a little weird!"

The Timberwolves Knicks are 4-0, and the Knicks will come and play again this round, and they will also try to score. It's a little more elaborate.

Dragic dribbled the ball and immediately took the ball to the left 45 degrees, at this time JR Smith, who was ambushed in the bottom corner, came up and crossed with Dragic, passed the ball hand-to-hand, and JR Smith took the ball to the top of the arc.

Thornton had been waiting at the free throw line for a long time, coming out to catch the ball, at this time JR Smith ran from behind Thornton to the right waist position to cover Li Feng, Li Feng used JR Smith's cover to go up and get stuck on the waist position.

At this time, Jr Smith ran to the bottom right corner, Thornton quickly passed the ball to Jr Smith, and Jr Smith took the ball and passed it back to Li Feng.

Li Feng holds the ball in the low post. Direct attack is still the easiest and safest way for Li Feng to score points.

Now the Knicks need to score, and they immediately played such a round of cross-cover, attracting most of the attention of the Timberwolves, and then Li Feng suddenly went straight to the middle palace and basketed under the basket.

Li Feng, who took the ball, attacked with all his might, took a step back and leaned away from Brewer, and then immediately turned and threw to score the first two points for the Knicks.

The Timberwolves opened the game with Lefou. and then beat the Knicks' low post, but the Knicks also changed their previous rough style, and they actually played very finely.

This is very surprising to both Knicks fans and Timberwolves fans.

Li Feng scored two points. The Knicks were running back when the Timberwolves suddenly dropped a quick tee-off.

Pekovic quickly passed the ball to Rubio, who ran over with the ball and Lefu ran desperately to Rubio's side.

Thornton was smarter at this time. He didn't wait to go over to defend, but stopped in front of Lefu in advance, preventing Lefu from running to Rubio's side.

So. The Timberwolves' strongest weapon was blocked. Cunningham hurried up and took his position on the baseline.

Cunningham suddenly took the initiative to play the low post offense, which is also a prominent change for the Timberwolves.

Today's Timberwolves' tactic is that once Love is taken care of, then whoever has a position advantage will take the initiative to play strongly.

Cunningham was a little slow on his feet, but he was very well-rounded, and the Turks had a low attack.

So after Cunningham isolated himself in the main position, he shook his head and shoulders slightly, and then immediately turned around and passed JR Smith along the baseline.

Although Cunningham is slow, he is tall and has a good amount of weight, and he has a big step! Such a big stride left J.R. Smith behind.

Although J.R. Smith is also very physical, he is not as big as Cunningham, and once Cunningham goes to the baseline, he has no way to defend at all.

At this time, he could only desperately push Cunningham to the outside of the bottom line.

As a result, as soon as he exerted his strength, the referee immediately gave J.R. Smith a foul and pushed him! J.R. Smith had no choice but to raise his hand, and just over a point in the second game, the Timberwolves caused the Knicks to foul twice.

It can be seen that the lethality of the Timberwolves today is much stronger than the last game.

The Knicks fouled, the Timberwolves reopened the sideline ball, and this time Pekovic threw the basketball into Rubio's hands, and Rubio dribbled to grab a rhythm, and when Dragic didn't react, he grabbed the shot and hit two points.

As a result, the Timberwolves played three rounds in the opening game, scored on all three occasions, and also caused the Knicks to foul twice.

Although the score is 6-2, the Knicks are not lightly injured.

The Timberwolves are playing more flexibly and tougher today, and these changes have caught the Knicks off guard.

Tyberdeau's eyes were also a little straight when he was looking at the sideline at this time, and the Timberwolves were playing like this, and he couldn't grasp the point.

Seeing that the Timberwolves opened the score, the Knicks advanced again, Andre Dragic passed the ball to Li Feng, Li Feng took the ball and pushed it forward slightly, and immediately frowned.

Because at this time, the Timberwolves' defense is shrinking very strongly, and the Timberwolves' current lineup is dominated by big men, except for Rubio, the remaining 4 players are all above 2.03 meters tall, and there is Lefu on the inside of the Timberwolves.

If you want to force yourself to score so much, it's quite difficult! At this time, the team needs to provide their own firepower from mid-range.

At this time, although it had just started, Li Feng had no choice, and was about to shoot outside, Li Feng called Thornton's cover. He went around the free throw line and shot from mid-range.

Li Feng hoped that he could help the team in this way, but his shooting hand today was not good.

As soon as the basketball was shot, it hit the back edge of the basket and bounced straight out.

The Timberwolves immediately grabbed the rebound in the backcourt and came out again to play a quick push.

But don't forget that the overall tallness of their team also comes at a price. They were all too tall to be fast, but in the midst of rapid movement and passing, their tall stature caused them problems.

Cunningham and Love were on the way to the Knicks' half, passing the ball on the sideline. Love didn't catch the ball well, and the Timberwolves made a mistake.

After the Timberwolves opened again, they finally didn't play an offense in another round, which is very good news for the Knicks.

The Timberwolves made a mistake, the Knicks took the ball and pushed over, and at this time JR Smith took the ball in the Timberwolves' half, he directly challenged the high difficulty, and a short body suddenly drilled into the Timberwolves' interior line. J.R. Smith wants to go straight to the Timberwolves' interior for a layup.

But the Timberwolves are really hard to play under the basket, with Love in the middle, and tall men like Pekovic and Cunningham on both sides.

J.R. Smith had no chance at all, so he could only push the basketball in the air and throw the basketball at Li Feng at the top of the arc.

J.R. Smith was besieged in the air. The quality of the ball was very bad, and Li Feng reached out to grab a step forward to finally protect the basketball.

But because Li Feng grabbed such a step, Li Feng suddenly walked behind JR Smith's breakthrough route, and the Timberwolves on this route went to defend JR Smith. Li Feng took the ball and faced the basket directly. Facing the basket, Li Feng just reached out for a layup and easily scored two points.

Li Feng was laughing secretly here, he scored two points by mistake, and he saw Cunningham pick up the ball shot by Li Feng. Take a step back, get to the baseline and throw the ball straight away, all at once to the Knicks' half.

In the Knicks' half, Rubio got the ball to the basket, and Rubio made an easy layup.

The Timberwolves used this revenge method to quickly score two points, offsetting the two points that Li Feng had scored by mistake before.

In this way, the Knicks were still suppressed by the Timberwolves in terms of momentum. The Timberwolves opened with an overall lead over the Knicks.

The Knicks didn't want to play against the wind today, so once the opponent was ahead at this time, Li Feng turned around and hurriedly took advantage of the Timberwolves' unstable foothold to get stuck in the right waist position of the Timberwolves.

Li Feng was stuck in the main position, and Lefu immediately moved to the penalty area, ready to defend Li Feng at any time.

In this case, Li Feng will encounter the bag clamp of Lefu and Brewer when he hits inside, and Li Feng feels bad today when he hits outside.

He could only pass the ball to Thornton, who was open at the free throw line, and Thornton took the ball back and passed it to Dragic, who used Thornton's cover to go to the basket.

But J.R. Smith couldn't even gnaw on the inside line of the Timberwolves, and he Dragic couldn't move it, and as soon as Dragic broke through inside, he was immediately shot out of the Timberwolves by the Timberwolves.

The basketball was picked up by Rubio of the Timberwolves, and Rubio didn't look back with the ball, accelerating towards the Knicks' half.

Seeing that it was another fast break, Li Feng followed closely behind Rubio, and at this time Rubio ran to the Knicks' half, and actually got up directly for a layup.

Li Feng had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and when Rubio was together, Li Feng immediately flew up and pinned Rubio's ball to the rebound.

Li Feng just wanted to vent his anger here, and Madison Square Garden just wanted to cheer. The referee actually raised his hand and gave Li Feng an interference ball.

This penalty suddenly made Li Feng yell in frustration, and when Li Feng blocked, the ball was definitely still rising, and it was Li Feng who nailed it to the rebound.

Immediately after that, the Madison Square Garden stadium replayed the footage of Fang Cai, and the ball was indeed still rising in the footage, but the referee just ignored it.

As a result, the Timberwolves actually opened up the point gap with the Knicks again, 10-4, and the Timberwolves led the Knicks by 6 points.

Love didn't score a point in the opening game today, but the Timberwolves played better. On the Knicks' side, Li Feng did not take less balls, but the team fell behind.

The situation of this game is very abnormal!

In the opening period, there were many small probability events in favor of the Timberwolves, which allowed the Timberwolves to take the lead again at the beginning.

And after the Knicks suffered so many small probability events, their morale inevitably began to decline.

Looking back, the Knicks made a very low-level mistake, and Cousins fell out of the sideline with the ball in his hand unsteadily.

The Knicks wasted an offensive opportunity in vain, and the Timberwolves immediately took the ball and steadily advanced, and this time the Timberwolves actually advanced and opened up a position to play off-ball offensive tactics.

Lefu stood on the right side of the basket, and Brewer and Pekovic were on the left side of the basket together, forming a double baseline cover.

Cunningham ran down the baseline from right to left, taking advantage of the baseline's double cover to catch the ball smoothly.

When Cunningham received the ball, the Knicks thought that the Timberwolves were going to hit Cunningham, but at this moment, Brewer and Pekovic on the left side of the basket suddenly disassembled, Pekovic hung up in the bottom corner to open up space to respond, and Brewer went to the other side to make a cover for Lefou.

Love got tactical support and stepped up to the bottom of the basket and was unguarded, and Cunningham quickly tucked the basketball in.

Love received the ball and reflexively dunked with his back, dodged Li Feng and Cousins' pounce, and dunked the basketball into the Knicks' basket.

The Timberwolves added two more points! The difference is wider, 12-4, 8 points. (To be continued......)