The Cavaliers are a young team, and there's nothing wrong with that, and the players around Sean Kemp today are all young players in their early twenties and thirties.

At least half of the entire Cavaliers team is rookies who have just entered the NBA from college.

One thing these newcomers have in common is that they are not afraid of "authority". Even in the face of the Timberwolves, who had won consecutive battles before, the young people of the Cavaliers were still very daring to fight.

Coincidentally, the players who played in the second quarter of the Timberwolves were a group of veterans who had been absent for a long time, and the Timberwolves' benches were accustomed to the favorable conditions created for them by the starters.

And Stanley Roberts's sluggish performance after coming on the court also made the situation of the whole game worse, and the Timberwolves played very hard in the second quarter.

As the game progressed, the advantage that the Timberwolves had built up in the early days was gradually eroded by the offensive of Vitaly Portapenko.

Coach Philip watched the game on the pitch with a cold face from the sidelines, and whenever the team's defense failed, he would yell at the players on the pitch in a rage, which was very different from his usual appearance.

In the previous few games, Philip basically smiled, and even in the game against the Lakers, he never lost his temper like now.

The main reason is that Mitchell and others are too lazy on the defensive end.

Philip is a player-born coach who used to sweat on the pitch as a young man.

Philip knows very well that in attack, tactics are only an auxiliary role, the most important thing is the ability and talent of the individual players, and the tacit understanding between the players and the players.

Defense, on the other hand, is a little different from offense.

Defensively, it's more about the attitude of the players.

Every player who defends well is a player with a strong competitive spirit, but unfortunately, Philip did not see their defensive attitude in the Timberwolves' bench players at this time.

They are like children who have been spoiled by their parents, defending and attacking at will in the field, as if someone can give them a back, and they are not worried at all about whether their current performance will affect the victory of the whole team.

Philip's roar on the sidelines did not make a difference, and as soon as the game came up in the second quarter, the Cavaliers erased the difference between the two teams in just a few minutes, and a wave of 8:2 small climax directly suspended the Timberwolves.

"What are you guys fighting?!"

"Attack, offense can't get in, defense can't defend against the other side? What kind of stinky shit are you fighting? ”

"The defensive inside puts your hands up, you know!"

"How many points do you want that rookie to score?!"

"Stanley, don't be transferred out by him, I've talked to you a few times, don't be transferred out by him!"

After the Timberwolves players walked to the sidelines, Coach Philip reprimanded him at the top of his throat, although the scolding was fierce, but he had no intention of making substitutions.

Philip is well aware that the Timberwolves want to go far in the playoffs, and the bench is also quite important. Of course, he can, like most coaches, smash a few of the team's starters and give them overloaded game tasks.

But Philip is a coach with a dream, and he wants to be a man with the "art of coaching" and not be a leg pendant for a player.

After some reprimands, the Timberwolves players who returned to the court after the timeout had clearly made some changes.

The players became more active in their movements, and when they defended, they moved a lot more, which suddenly raised the intensity of the game.

The game between the Timberwolves and the Cavaliers was originally a home game, and the sudden increase in the intensity of the game was not a bad thing for the Timberwolves.

The Cavaliers' group of young players suffered some small losses after the timeout, making several turnovers on offense in a row. It's just that the Timberwolves were also unable to catch this small flaw of the opponent and failed to pull the score away.

On the contrary, the young players of the Cavaliers quickly adapted to the intensity of the game and quickly adjusted.

The Cavaliers surrounded Vitaly Potapanko and crushed the Timberwolves to death.

Fortunately, Chris Kyle seized a few open opportunities and used a three-pointer to give the Timberwolves a blood transfusion, but as the Cavaliers strengthened the opponent's defense, he didn't have any more three-point opportunities, but it was his breakthrough that occasionally tore apart the Cavaliers' defense and created some scoring opportunities.

It's just that the performance of other Timberwolves players on the offensive end is still sluggish, and the Timberwolves have not been able to play any smooth offense throughout the second quarter.

The appearance of scoring stumbling made the Timberwolves fans in the court become more and more anxious.

13：28。

After the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves were blown up by the Cavaliers by 15 points in a single quarter, and the huge gap made some hot-tempered Timberwolves fans can't help but scold angrily.

"Hit something!"

"Idiot! If you can't score, give me down! Don't stain my eyes! ”

"The great advantage was given away by you, will you play!"

There were angry fans in the front row shouting, and the security guards who maintained order not far away only looked at this situation and did not do anything, completely ignoring the angry fans.

In fact, the security of the stadium is also for the Timberwolves fans

During the break, Coach Philip didn't say anything more, just replaced veteran Terry Porter with Marbury, and also replaced Clifford Loacher (211cm/111kg, 16th pick in the first round in 1994).

Clifford Lochir played poorly, with little sound on either the offensive or defensive ends.

He just came to the Timberwolves this year, and he was still with the Warriors during the 96-97 season, but after only playing one game in the new season, and after doing 5 minutes 000 data, the Warriors sent him away to the Toronto Raptors.

Clifford Loocher then played 41 games on that rookie team, starting 29 of them, averaging 17.5 minutes per game and 4.5 points and 5.6 boards.

Compared to his performance in the Warriors in the previous three years, Clifford Lodge's form has picked up during this period.

The Timberwolves traded him, not because they fancied Clifford Lochier's ability, but just because they were just an add-on

Of course, Clifford Lochier's stats performance with the Raptors are not too bad, and the Timberwolves do have the intention of cultivating and seeing, after all, this guy is still young.

But during this period, judging from Clifford Lochier's bench performance, he seems to be a little less worthy of the development of the Timberwolves.

In the second quarter, Clifford Lodger played 12 minutes, 2 points and 1 board, and Philip didn't even know what the hell this guy was playing!

After the players came down, Philip did not reprimand them, also because he saw clearly that this substitute squad is not entirely a matter of mentality, and in terms of hard power, there is indeed a gap with the opponent.

It was Garnett who came in place of Clifford Lochier.

Coach Philip glanced at Takedo a few times, but in the end he didn't let Takedo play at this time.

On the Cavaliers' side, personnel adjustments were also made at this time, and several starters returned to the court one after another, except for the 221cm Zajunas Ilgoskas who did not return to the court, Sean Kemp and Wesley Person and others returned to the court.

The Cavaliers' young striker, Vitaly Potapenko, played very well, better than the Lithuanian big man, so coach Mike Fratello also gave Vitaly more game time.

The third quarter begins.

Timberwolves fans saw that Takemichi and Tom were not on the court, and the stands immediately exploded.

Fans want to see the martial arts they play on the court, and they don't want to see the unfamiliar Sam Mitchell playing.

Although the audience was very dissatisfied, Philip decided to play his coaching art and thought of making a slight change to make the Timberwolves "transform".

He didn't want to rely on Wu Dao's inexplicable outside one-on-one ability.

44：54。

Ten points difference, this is the first time in this period of time that the Timberwolves have such a big disadvantage at this juncture in the third quarter.

The Timberwolves, who returned to the court, started their first offense after the opening game, which was initiated by Marbury himself with the ball, and he still had an advantage in the face of the 178cm Bravin Knight.

Marbury gave a little confrontation when he broke through, relying on the physicality of the opponent half a cut above the opponent to create some offensive gaps for himself, a high-post pull-up jump shot in the direction of the top of the arc, and the basketball flew out of Marbury's hands at high speed.

"Bell—"

With a crisp sound of iron, the third quarter of the Timberwolves and Cavaliers officially kicked off.

And Marbury's attack seems to have made some foreshadowing for his subsequent offense.

In the first few minutes of the third quarter, Marbury seemed to have turned into Kobe Bryant and the Kobe Bryant who was 6-of-36.

After the opening, three singles in a row, under the gorgeous projection posture, a wave of 3-0 reversal opened up the situation for the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers relied on a steady positional battle to further extend the margin to 14 points.

44：58。

The opening was only three rounds of back and forth, and the Timberwolves' side was already showing signs of defeat at this moment, not to mention the beginning of decline.

Noticing Coach Philip's frown, and about to continue performing his "coaching art" as a coach, Marbury in the middle of the court took the lead in making adjustments, and after a burst from the horn position, he gave the ball to Chris Kyle at the top of the arc, and then went down.

It's just that Chris Kyle didn't trust Marbury, who started the 3-0 game, and after a few dips on the spot at the top of the arc, he quickly gave the ball to Garnett, who was ready to block Chris Kyle.

"Hmm"

Accustomed to partnering with martial arts, and suddenly receiving a pass from a teammate in the process of running, Garnett felt that something was not right.

However, he is professional after all, and quickly swept the ball back, Garnett suddenly found that Sean Kemp's did not chase up, nor did he make any adjustments, Garnett directly shot from mid-range.

"Bell!!"

With the soft sound of basketball hitting iron, a wail suddenly sounded above the stands of the target center arena.

Garnett was also a little stunned, his eyelids jumped, and he quickly pulled back to defense.

As the Cavaliers' quarterback Wesley Persson forced Chris to score on a mid-range jumper, the gap between the two teams widened.

At this time, even if Coach Philip wanted to continue to show his coaching art, it would not work, and he could see that Marbury's iron-playing skills today could be regarded as smoothly passed on to other players.

Takeshi replaced Chris Kyle and returned to the court, while Tom was still pressed to the bench.

The fans cheered as they watched Takemichi return to the court.

And with Takemichi on the court, Marbury also returned to his No. 1 position from the division, and when organizing the attack, Marbury quickly gave the ball to the side Takedo when he entered the front court with the ball.

There has never been a time when Marbury felt that the basketball in his hand would be so hot.

He could feel the mood of the fans, and he knew that if he had taken the ball a little longer, the fans would even rush into the stadium and tear him up.

The opponent of the martial arts was replaced by Wesley Persson, and as for his previous "opponent", he went to defend Sam Mitchell.

Vesley Person is technically a quantile with a height of 198cm and a weight of 88kg, which can occupy a lot of advantages in the No. 2 position.

But it would be too difficult for him to put him in the No. 3 position to defend the martial arts that are 10cm taller than him and weigh nearly 20kg.

After receiving the ball with his back, once he blew up the ball, his butt was directly on Wesley Person's body, and with a little force, Wesley Person took a big step back, and Wudao took a step inside.

In this era, there are actually no backlash rules.

The back-to-back rule refers to the fact that offensive players cannot hold the ball with their backs for more than five seconds in an area where the free-throw line is extremely forward, and this rule is actually designed to limit Barkley's big ass.

This rule was officially introduced at the beginning of the 99-20 season.

Takemichi took the ball, sat on Wesley Person's body one after another, and easily entered the mid-range position, when Takedo suddenly felt the back of his ass loosen.

Wu Dao, who knew it in his heart, suddenly held the ball with both hands after blowing up the ball this time, raised the ball high and turned his back to face the basket.

At the same time, Wesley Person, who rushed in to try to steal, also made a save and was left behind by Takemi.

In the big vacancy, Wu Dao shot homeopathically, and the basketball flew directly towards the basket, and then fell directly into the basketball net under the gaze of everyone.

"Oh, oh, oh-"

As the basketball entered the net, the spectators in the stands began to "cheer" happily.

After scoring the goal, Takemichi also gently raised his arms towards the stands on both sides, watching his movements, as if to welcome the cheers of the crowd.

And the movements of the martial arts also made the cheers in the stadium a few octaves higher.

"It turns out that Kevin and Stephen can't lead the team!"

"The boss of the team, there is no problem with martial arts!"

In the corner of the stands, a blonde boy in his teens held a martial arts support card in his hand and excitedly shouted at his companion beside him.

Beside him, a teenager with black curly hair had a bitter look on his face, and he was wearing Kevin Garnett's jersey.

For a moment, he was choked speechless by his companion beside him.

(End of chapter)