After a short break, the players from both sides were back on the pitch.

The Timberwolves did not make substitutions at the beginning of the second quarter, and the scores of the two teams were relatively close.

Moreover, in the first quarter, Marbury gave a fairly balanced distribution of the ball, and the main physical condition of several teams was very good.

Coach Philip Saunders wanted to use the starting lineup to establish an advantage first, and then gradually switched to the rotation midway through the second quarter.

Generally speaking, NBA teams have at least two sets of lineups, one main and one main rotation.

In this day and age, there are very few players who can play the full four quarters and 48 minutes in such a high-intensity game.

And even if that player is physically fit enough to play a full 48 minutes in a game, it's impossible for him to score 48 points in a game.

Normally, the playing time of the team's main interior players is generally controlled at about 30-35 minutes, and a small number of interior players can exceed this playing time, but the risk of injury will be greatly increased for such players.

Of course, there are cases, such as O'Neal's peak not only did not have many injuries, but also averaged 37-40 minutes per game, but this kind of person is a minority after all.

The average big center, such as Yao, in the first three years of his rookie season, the team also controlled his playing time, and the average playing time was generally about 30 minutes. Since the 05-06 season, he has played an average of 34 minutes per game, and even in the 07-08 season, he averaged 37 minutes per game as a center.

The high-intensity NBA games, coupled with returning to China to play various games in the offseason, also made Yao's injury risk explode, and his career was greatly shortened, and he retired early at the age of 31.

For a player like Yao, a reasonable playing time is generally 30-32 minutes, and it is generally not a problem to play until the age of 35 if you exercise with restraint.

The smaller players in the back line are generally controlled for around 34-38 minutes.

Only a small number of "iron men" and "physical monsters" can control the average playing time of about 40 minutes per game.

For example, Jordan basically played around 40 minutes when he was at his peak.

Even in the last year of the Wizards period, Jordan's physical condition was slightly worse in the first year of his comeback, and he was also affected by injuries, averaging 35 points per game in playing time, and in the second year of Wizards Joe, the average playing time has reached 37 minutes per game.

With 48 minutes in the fourth quarter of the NBA, it's impossible for the main players to play the full game in the regular season.

Therefore, any team that has the ability to compete for the championship, the strength of the substitute lineup is often not weak.

The Timberwolves' current bench lineup is not good. It's not bad, it can only be said to be in line with the Timberwolves' team positioning.

Luckily, the Timberwolves' main players have a young age structure.

Garnett was born in '76 and a high school rookie in '95; Marbury was born in '77 and was a college rookie in '96; Wu Dao is a high school rookie in '97 this year, he just turned eighteen years old when he was drafted, and although he was also in his senior year of high school, he started school a year earlier than Garnett; Center Cherokee Parkes was born in '72 and was a '95 college rookie.

The oldest All-Star substitute, Tom Gugliotta, was born in '69, a first-round pick in '92, and is 28 years old.

The young Timberwolves have given Coach Philip Sanders a lot of options when it comes to team rotation.

These young people are the most energetic years, and playing a few more minutes of a game will not have much effect on these young people at all, and the accumulated fatigue can be recovered after a sleep.

Unlike those older young men in their thirties and forties, who stay on the Internet all night and die the next day. Garnett, a young man of his age, was still alive and well the next day after "fighting all night."

Unlike the Timberwolves, the Hornets began to make personnel changes in the second quarter.

David Wesley at the No. 1 position was replaced by Dale Curry (192cm/86kg), apparently intending to slightly mention the height of the guard line and limit Marbury's breakthrough transmission.

At the same time, it is planned to let Dell Curry, the Hornets' all-time scoring champion and super three-point shooter, strengthen the team's offense.

Speaking of him, maybe the average fan doesn't know him, but when it comes to his son Stephen Curry, everyone should be familiar with him, yes, he is the "famous dad" of elementary school students.

Glenn Rice, who was in a two-thirds swing position, did not move, and still walked onto the court with the rest of the Hornets.

And Anthony Mason Jr. in the No. 4 position sat off the field for a while and replaced him with a striker.· Ruide (206cm/112KG).

Tony Famar (206cm/111kg), who is also in the No. 4 position, did not move, after all, he is only 26 years old like Anthony Mason Jr., who has been entangled with Martial Arts for a whole quarter at the age of 32, and Garnett has far less movement than Martial Arts in this match.

Verratti Divac in the fifth position was also replaced by Matt Geiger (213cm/110kg).

Matt Geiger is also a little famous in this era of big centers, and although his offensive stats are not flashy, his defense is very good!

The Hornets, the "second lineup" that is not considered a second team, is not inferior in strength to the starting lineup, and even on the offensive end, it has been strengthened.

The defensive intensity of the inner line has not decreased but has risen, and the defensive intensity of the outer line has only decreased slightly at the point of martial arts.

When Wu Dao entered the field, he saw that the "New York Beast" who was entangled with him in the first quarter did not play, and immediately frowned.

Immediately walked to the wasp's rest area.

The players and referees in the field all noticed the movements of the martial arts, and they all looked sideways, and the linesman was also shocked when he saw the movements of the martial arts, and ran towards the martial arts quickly. The media on the sidelines had a hunch that something was about to happen, and the cameras focused on Martial Arts.

"You!"

"That's you!"

"Come up!"

"Keep fighting!"

In full view of everyone, Takeshi came to the rest area of the Wasp, nodded to Anthony Mason Jr., who was sitting on the bench, and said loudly.

Anthony Mason Jr., who was sitting on the bench, was stunned for a short time, and immediately became furious, and was about to get up, but was quickly pulled by his teammates next to him.

At the same time, the referee quickly stopped in front of Wu Dao at this moment and warned:

"Timberwolves' No. 2!"

"Hurry up and get ready for the game, or you'll be punished for a technical foul!"

I have to say that in the end, it is the "Iron and Blood Era", and it is the home referee of the Timberwolves.

"Rubbish!" Wu Dao looked at Anthony Mason Jr., who was held by his teammates, and after scolding in a low voice, he quickly turned around and entered the field.

The referee's whistle was ready to be picked up, and when he saw Wu Dao leaving, he didn't mean to pursue it, and waved his hand to the middle of the field, signaling that the game could be played.

"Anthony, don't be angry."

"Take a break, I'll get you on the field soon."

Head coach Dave Cowens comforted Anthony Dyson Jr. and glanced at the martial arts who entered the court, but didn't pay much attention.

In Dave Cowens' opinion, the rookie doesn't have anything to look out for him.

Martial Arts has a strong ability to attack with the ball, but what can you do without the ball?

The Timberwolves don't seem to have set up a special catch-up strategy and a single game for the rookie, and in Dave Cowens' opinion, the rookie and the Timberwolves are not very good, and the ball-holding status is not high.

Dave Cowens has done a little bit about martial arts before the game, and he feels that this is a talented young man, and if he comes to their Hornets, he will definitely find a way to develop into a ball-handling core as soon as possible.

The second quarter begins with the Hornets teeing off.

The basketball was given to Dale Curry, who wore the No. 30 jersey, and the elder Curry quickly entered the front court with the ball, and after a simple change of hands to dribble, he pushed the ball with his left hand and gave the ball to Glen Rice on the left.

The latter took the ball, glanced at Tom, who was almost half a meter away from him, and raised his hand to throw the ball. Tom only had time to reach out to interfere, and when he turned around, he happened to see the basketball hollow into the net with a crunch.

29:29。

At the start of the second season, the Hornets immediately tied the score between the two teams.

The Timberwolves pushed forward and made a tie-breaking three-pointer for Glen Rice, and everyone didn't pay attention. Tom struggled a little against Glen Rice, which everyone could see, and the only thing that could defend against Glenn Rice was his own touch

Between offense and defense, the Timberwolves have already entered the frontcourt, Marbury noticed that Takemi's mood was relatively poor during the break, and his heart was not thinking about passing the ball to Takemichi and letting him play more smoothly, but thinking about avoiding passing the ball to Takemichi as much as possible to prevent Takedo from wasting valuable offensive opportunities.

Not to mention that Marbury is a lone wolf, his solitude has the solitude when he is on the court, and there is also this kind of overly rational solitude.

"Give the ball!"

Just as Marbury was about to dribble the ball into Curry Sr.'s defense, a loud cheer came from the side.

Marbury turned his head to look at the half-step position standing inside the three-point line at this time, with his back against the Hornets. Red, with one hand on the ball, asks Marbury for the ball.

The moment his eyes swept to the sight of Wu Dao, Marbury felt the ferocity transmitted from Wu Dao's eyes, and he didn't know what was going on, his body subconsciously made a passing action, and the basketball was directly passed horizontally, and he was caught in his hand by Wu Dao, who took a step forward.

"That kid, he's on fire."

In his usual training games, Marbury had never seen that kind of look.

The opponent of the martial arts training match is generally Sam Mitchell, or Garnett, Mitchell has no temper at all in front of the martial arts, although Garnett's mouth is broken, but the range of movements when playing with teammates is also deliberately restrained.

Strictly speaking, it was the first time that Martial Arts had encountered the kind of defense of Anthony Mason Jr.

Of course, what makes Wu Dao angry is not how hard the opponent's defense is, after all, he was entangled with himself, and the other party didn't take any advantage, and all the data was comprehensively suppressed by Wu Dao, and he also had three fouls.

What annoys Martial Arts is that that waste actually became a shrunken turtle in the second season, and he didn't come up!

This is the source of Wu Dao's anger, and his anger will also be vented to defend himself.· Rhett.

Starting with the basketball, Wu Dao bowed slightly, held the ball frame, quickly moved his right foot to the right, grabbed the ball with his right hand and shook it to the side, and in the next moment, Wu Dao, who successfully mobilized the opponent's defensive center of gravity, directly collected the ball and jumped quickly, and pulled out his hand with three points.

.· Red's defense is very tight, but when Martial Arts holds the ball, he still frees up some distance, in order to give himself some buffer zone, so that he can have some reaction time when Martial Arts breaks through, but the buffer zone left by this has become a gap that he is difficult to overcome when defending.

Basketball from.· Rhett's head flew swiftly overhead, and under the gaze of the players and spectators on the field, he went straight into the net hollow and swooped in.

"Huh!"

Although he was entangled by Anthony Mason Jr., the moment he started the basketball, the muscle memory of the body was also activated.

“ohhhhhh！！！！！”

In the stands, seeing Wu Dao fire and score, and returned a three-pointer, enthusiastic cheers immediately sounded in the stands.

Marbury, who passed the ball to Wu Dao with his own hands, was also stunned, but he didn't expect Wu Dao to fight against others for more than ten minutes, and after more than two minutes of rest, he was able to shoot three-pointers when he came up, and he didn't even need a process of adaptation.

"Start defending!"

On the sidelines of the court, Coach Philip shouted loudly into the field, swallowing some reminders back into his stomach. He originally wanted to remind Wu Dao to choose the right time to strike, but when he thought of the dull appearance of the rest area during the break just now, he gave up this idea.

In this game, let Martial Arts play according to his own ideas.

Coach Philip Saunders thought so, and in the stadium, it was easy to turn between offense and defense.

The basketball was given to Glenn Rice, who took the ball, raised the ball and pointed Tom's defense, and quickly broke through from the left side, Tom was a little late when he returned to the defense, resulting in his hand movements being unclean when he was chasing, and the experienced Glenn Rice also shot strongly after sensing the opponent's movements, making Tom's arm hit him directly on the arm.

After the confrontation, Glenn Rice threw the ball and the basketball hit the side of the board into the net, and at the same time, the referee's whistle sounded.

2+1。

Glen Rice was sent to the free-throw line, and as he hit the basket with his free throw, the difference was tied again.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Glen Rice scored six points on a shooting or a sudden basis, causing cheers on the Hornets' bench.

But they weren't happy for long, and the Timberwolves quickly launched a counterattack.

Marbury held the ball and approached the top of the arc, and just as he was about to break through on his own to create opportunities, he saw Takeshi quickly cut into the inside line and hanged.· Red made a quick backrun to get close to the paint, pulling away from the defenders while reaching for the ball from mid-to-long range on the right.

For the sake of Wu Dao just scored, Marbury didn't mind giving Wu Dao another chance.

The basketball was quickly hung out, and although Curry Sr., who was defending Marbury, reacted, he couldn't stop it at all.

Wu Dao received the ball with the basket at a position of about one meter within the three-point line, and when the basket fell, Wu Dao hugged his right hand into the air, took the ball and turned around, and there was no pause in the whole action.

Rushing forward in pursuit.· Red was directly swept away by the martial arts, and the two quickly staggered their positions. Red's height and weight are outstanding, and his sprint speed is good, but he can't be as dexterous as martial arts.

Turning past the defenders, Takemido blew up again, and then quickly smashed into the basket and jumped to his feet.

"Bang Dang!!"

Matt Geiger, who was guarding the basket, subconsciously rushed forward to block it, but as soon as his body moved, a black shadow rode directly above his head, and the sound of violent slamming accompanied by the violently shaking basketball hoop exploded on his head.

Wu Dao grabbed the ball with one hand, rode the defender to complete the violent dunk, and after a moment of silence, there were amazing cheers from the stands.

The lens of the media also focused on Wu Dao.

It is conceivable that this personal violent dunk will inevitably appear in the top ten balls, and even at this moment, in the studio of the live game, I am afraid that the picture replay has already begun to be prepared.

Takemichi, who had crossed over Matt Geiger's head, fell back to the canvas after a brief basket grab, turned back to defend, and as he passed the Wasps' rest area, Takedo hooked his finger at Anthony Mason Jr., who was sitting on the bench.

The provocative action was recorded by the media's cameras.

And some Minnesota viewers sitting in the front row not only did not feel rude when they saw the martial arts provoking their opponents, but they cheered loudly, and the surging sounds, wave after wave, were like exciting war drums, stimulating the eardrums of martial arts, beating his heart!

(End of chapter)