On the court, the Timberwolves quickly gave the Spurs a chance to make substitutions.

The same is the high blocking tactic that started with David Robinson, and this time, after Avery Johnson passed the ball back to Robinson in the high post, the latter was immediately caught by Martial Arts.

If it is an ordinary bulky big center, and is sandwiched by such a bag of martial arts, it is really possible to panic and make a spicy mistake. But Robinson is different, he has a lot of experience and a decent passing hand.

The basketball quickly passed out of Robinson's hands and into the hands of Sean Elliott, who directly held the ball and rushed to the inside line, attracting the Timberwolves' Cherokee Parkes to fill in the block, but unfortunately, the block was not successful, but instead slapped the opponent's arm and was whistled for a foul.

Luckily, Sean Elliott's basketball didn't make it to the Nets.

And due to the impact of Cherokee Parkes' strong foul, Sean Elliott, who was sent to the free throw line, missed two free throws, causing a burst of laughter from the Timberwolves fans in the stands.

Popovich really didn't see Sean Elliott's crotch pulling, and took advantage of the gap between stopping the ball to immediately replace Chuck Person (203cm/100kg/34 years old).

Fortunately, not long after the game started, Chuck Person's body had not yet "cooled down", and Chuck Person, who was sent to the court by Popovich, and Sean, who walked to the rest area, high-fived and quickly entered the court.

"What's the fight?!"

"Huh?"

"Stunned by that first-year? Can't even hit the ball? ”

Popovich didn't let go of the other party until Sean returned to the rest area, and said coldly with his hands folded. Sean didn't dare to look at Popovich's expression, walked to the rest area with his head down, took the towel handed by his teammates to cover his head, and sat on the bench without saying a word.

Popovich glanced at Sean, his gaze over the benches, and then over to the court.

At this time, the Timberwolves have also organized a new round of offense, and after the Spurs substitution, Marbury found Tom on the offensive end. The latter received the ball at a half-step inside the three-point line, quickly protected the ball behind him with a sideways turn, and then made a tentative back shot, quickly turned his back and burst forward from the left.

Monty Williams, who was defending Tom, was affected by Tom's back hit and couldn't keep up with Tom who turned his back to break through in the first place.

Robinson, who was under the basket, saw this scene and immediately raised the position to make up for the defense, but Tom immediately stopped and jumped before the defense arrived, and with the sound of the basketball brushing the net, there were enthusiastic cheers in the stands.

Some fans held Tom's name tag aloft with a look of excitement and excitement.

The Timberwolves played a fairly smooth first quarter, and Marbury immediately changed his approach after sensing Garnett's disadvantage against the Spurs' twin towers.

Concentrate the offensive ball on Tom on the outside, himself and the three martial arts.

But when Tom found out that Budao was holding the ball, most of them would choose to give the ball to Garnett on the inside, so he didn't give Budo the ball anymore, and began to give the ball to Tom, or play it himself.

The Spurs' outside defense is really not strong, whether it is Avery Johnson at the No. 1 position, or Monty Williams opposite Tom, they have a huge disadvantage in the matchup, and the Spurs' outside defense is easily pierced by the Timberwolves.

On the other hand, the Spurs, who have been using a more "monotonous" high-post blocking and dismantling tactic, tried to trap David Robinson in the first quarter of the game, but after the latter successfully passed the ball and assisted the new Chuck Person to score a shot, Takedo immediately gave up this idea.

David Robinson, who had a "perfect" mismatch advantage on the offensive end, began to frequently try high shooting, but unfortunately, he didn't seem to be a good match with the basketball basket in the center of the target, and his shooting percentage was very poor.

Compared to David Robinson, who ate a lot of offensive possession but didn't play much, Duncan played quite well today.

In the confrontation with Garnett, Duncan did a pretty good job of protecting the rebound. At the same time, on the offensive end, Duncan's several low-post balls were successful scores, and even drew a foul from Garnett.

At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves held a four-point lead at 23:19.

Although Tom played very smoothly, his offensive ability was not explosive, and Tom was the kind of player who liked to shoot in the middle, but his mid-range shooting level was not strong enough to the level of martial arts, so the Timberwolves were weak in explosive points.

Marbury and Tom are the complete opposite, he has a certain amount of projection ability, but Marbury's best is still cutting, in front of the Timberwolves' twin towers, Marbury has a lot of ball, but the efficiency is very low.

Wu Dao didn't play much with the ball in the first quarter, occasionally shooting in the open position, scoring 6 points on 3-of-4 shooting, and the three-point shot was just a shallow attempt at a shot, and after being interfered with, he hit the iron out.

Although Takedo didn't play any explosive offensive performance in the first quarter, Takedo did contribute to the team on the defensive end.

The Spurs' score will be pressed so low, in addition to Robinson's poor hand and still shooting a lot, there is also the relationship between Duncan taking the ball in the low post and not daring to hold the ball for a long time.

Duncan will play when Garnett has obvious flaws, but when Garnett has no obvious flaws, Duncan does not dare to hold the ball for a long time to confront Garnett.

Duncan often passes the ball back to the perimeter, which also makes Robinson more ball-bearing, which affects the Spurs' offensive efficiency.

Defend.

An important ability that is difficult to show perfectly with data, but can affect the direction of the game!

Break periods.

The Timberwolves crowd was happy with the team's first-half result, and the fact that such a young team could play against a superstar-led Spurs was enough to make the vast majority happy.

It's just that the joys and sorrows of the audience and the coach are sometimes not connected.

Philip immediately approached Martial Arts when the players returned to the rest area and asked:

"You have a lot of opportunities to carry the ball, your first opponent was Sean Elliott, who was almost 30 pounds lighter than you, and your later opponent was Chuck Person, who was almost 15 pounds lighter than you."

"Against an opponent of this calibre, why don't you fight yourself!?"

"Chuck Person is a 34-year-old veteran, he is far inferior to you in terms of height, strength and speed, and with your ability, it's not easy to beat him?"

"Why pass the ball?"

In the entire first quarter of the game, the person who annoyed Coach Philip the most was not Garnett, who hit the twin towers with his head, nor Marbury, a lone wolf who broke through the interior with the ball, but Wu Dao.

In Coach Philip's opinion, it was really easy for Wudao to deal with the "old" Chuck Person, but in the first quarter, Wudo did not play with the ball at all except for the open shot.

Coach Philip's words immediately attracted the attention of the players, and Garnett recalled what he said to Takedo before the game, and recalled the ball passed by Takedo on the field, and couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

In order to make a ball for himself, Martial Arts, the "coach's careful liver", was actually scolded.

Since Takedo entered the Timberwolves for so long, this is the first time that Takedo has been scolded for poor performance on the offensive end.

"Sorry, coach, I was thinking about trying to play a dozen without the ball."

"But the effect seems to be mediocre."

"I'll change my style of play after that."

Coach Philip saw that Martial Arts had such an "open-minded" attitude, and he also nodded, coughed lightly and said:

"Uh-huh!"

"That's good, you have less ball in the first quarter, so you should be in good shape."

"I'm not going to rotate you."

"That Cherokee Parkes, and Tom, Marbury, the three of you take turns resting."

"Stanley, Sam, and Chris, you three play."

"In the second quarter, offense gives priority to finding martial arts, followed by Sam."

"The Spurs have a relatively weak perimeter group, so this is our chance!"

During the short break, Coach Philip quickly laid out the tactics of the second quarter, he didn't plan to let Tom play for too long today, a team like the Spurs is a very good training opportunity for a young rookie like Wudo.

He wanted Wu Dao to hold the ball more and let him taste the defensive ability of the top interior players of this era.

The break passed quickly, and the players from both sides returned to the pitch once again.

On the Spurs' side, there was also a rotation, with David Robinson in the No. 5 position replaced by Will Perdo (213cm/109kg), and Monty Williams in the No. 3 position also replaced by Jalen Jackson (193cm/86kg) in the No. 3 position.

As for Duncan and guards Avery Johnson and Chuck Person, they remained on the court.

"First-grader, thanks."

"I'll keep it in mind."

When he came on the court, Garnett said words of thanks to Martial Arts, he was glad that Martial Arts had just passed the blame on him, although Martial Arts would not have any effect on him even if he shirked it, but this felt different.

Garnett has a rotten mouth, but he is a man who has been deeply influenced by "street culture". At the age of 13, he worked everywhere to support his younger brother and sister, and he attached great importance to the so-called "brotherhood".

Garnett will stay in the weak Timberwolves for 12 years, on the one hand, because the Timberwolves give him enough "respect", and on the other hand, because Garnett is a "righteous" person.

When Garnett left the Timberwolves, Minnesota fans behaved reasonably sanely, and fans still showed some understanding for the 31-year-old "old" Wolves chasing the championship dream.

At times like these, we have to mention the "one and only GOAT" who keeps saying that he will never leave Cleveland. At the age of 24, when he was at his peak in the true sense of the word, "One Goat" was burdened with the insults of countless fans, leaving his hometown where he "will never leave" and went to the Heat.

After huddling Wade and Bosh, he finally won two championships at his peak.

It's the same huddle, the Celtics are the "old guys" who want to grab the tail of the peak and make a last-ditch fight for a championship they never won when their bodies are still a little oily.

But "the only goat".

Anyone who understands understands.

Wu Dao does not approve of the so-called one person, one city, and scoffs at this concept, he just looks down on capricious villains.

Men, you have to do what you say, don't say what you can't do, if you can't do it if you work hard, forget it, and run away if you don't even work hard, that's a real crotch pull.

Now, the "righteousness" of martial arts is recognized by Garnett, and he likes to talk about righteousness, and the person he can't forgive the most in his playing career is a traitor like "Ray".

(Garnett organized a gathering of players from the '08 Green Army's championship team in '17, but did not invite Ray Allen; After learning that Pierce and Ray Allen had reconciled, he posted on IG "I won't forgive a traitor, absolutely not!" ”）

"No, I just beg you not to show off your damn step-back jumper in front of me."

"I like jump shots, so I might as well give me the ball, I think my backs are much more ornamental than yours, and I have a higher shooting percentage!"

In the face of Garnett's overtures, Wu Dao just glanced at the other party coldly, and said in an indifferent tone.

The only little emotion that had just risen in Garnett's heart was suddenly gone, and he scolded angrily as he walked towards the middle of the field:

"You damn thing!"

"I knew you bastard couldn't spit anything good out of his mouth!"

“F***”

Wu Dao ignored Garnett, who was now trying to keep himself focused. Garnett had a lot of opportunities in the first quarter, but alas, he couldn't prove that he was better than Duncan.

And now, Martial Arts has to prove himself that he is a rookie who is even better than Duncan!

"Beep-"

The referee's whistle blows, and the Timberwolves have the ball.

Chris Kyle received Sam Mitchell's serve in the backcourt and ran quickly towards the frontcourt. After entering the frontcourt, completely different from Marbury before, Chris Kyle had no intention of trying it himself, quickly gave the ball to the side of the martial arts, and then began to move towards the left side of the court, pulling away the distance.

When he got the ball, Wu Dao didn't mean to shoot the ball, his body bent over and sank, and the basketball was only ten centimeters from the ground.

“ohhhhh——”

Martial arts, this is obviously to prepare for singles.

Seeing this scene, the fans in the stands immediately burst into enthusiastic cheers and roared excitedly.

"For such a tall person, the center of gravity actually sinks so low?"

Defending the martial arts, it was the Spurs' 34-year-old veteran Chuck Person, seeing the state of the martial arts bending over and holding the ball, Chuck Person couldn't help muttering in his heart, and at the same time "ruthlessly" sank his center of gravity to deal with the advance of the martial arts.

"Smack!"

In the next second, a soft sound fell into Chuck Person's ears, and the basketball in the hand of the martial arts quickly fell and rebounded under his crotch, and the martial arts who were originally standing in front of Chuck Person had already accelerated his steps and came to a crotch-piercing person.

“！” Chuck Person was shocked in his heart, and a sense of humiliation arose spontaneously, and he didn't want to quickly turn around and pursue, but when he was in front of Wu Dao, Wu Dao quickly turned his back and stepped directly over Chu Posen's defense.

Chuck Person barely braked, and saw that after passing him, Wu Dao directly stopped and shot in the middle distance, and the smooth rushing movement and beautiful shooting posture attracted more cheers from the stands.

"Huh!"

A soft sound sounded, and as the basketball entered the net, the audience, who had already been aroused by the breakthrough of martial arts, suddenly stood up and cheered excitedly.

(End of chapter)