Wu Dao's successive goals also made Minnesota fans excited.

As soon as this section began, the performance of the martial arts had already changed to what they were familiar with.

In the next few rounds of offense and defense, Eddie Jones, who defended the martial arts, completely became the background board of the martial arts, and on the defensive end, he became a sieve for the martial arts to break through.

And under the defense of Eddie Jones, Wu Dao is extremely easy to play both projection and rushing. Eddie Jones is not a player who is good at defense, and the huge physical gap between him and martial arts makes him extremely weak when defending martial arts.

The first step of the martial arts start is very fast, and if he wants to defend the martial arts rush, Eddie Jones must lower his center of gravity so that he can keep up with the opponent's movements in the first place.

But at the same time, Martial Arts also has excellent projection skills, and the height and arm span gap between Eddie Jones and Martial Arts forces Eddie Jones to raise his center of gravity if he wants to defend Martial Dao's projection, so that he can reach out and interfere at the first time.

To prevent breakthroughs, the center of gravity must be lowered, otherwise you will not be able to withstand the power of martial arts and will not be able to keep up with the pace of martial arts; To prevent shooting, you must raise your center of gravity, or you will watch Wudao for shooting training.

When this dilemma was given to Eddie Jones, he chose both.

But in the end, the result was that Eddie Jones could neither prevent the advance of the martial arts, nor the projection of the martial arts.

The Lakers' coach certainly noticed Eddie Jones' weakness in the face of martial arts, but he also had no good way to give Eddie Jones a good way to do it.

Let their team's power forward pay more attention to the advance of the martial arts, and let the outside Eddie Jones focus on the projection of the defensive martial arts?

If that happens, Garnett of the Timberwolves will be freed up.

Garnett's offensive efficiency can be called "good" when he is defended by a player, but if he is given an empty position, Garnett's offensive efficiency can be called "excellent".

The concerned Lakers did not make the first lineup change in the third quarter, which allowed the Timberwolves to chase six points in a row in a very short period of time.

Halfway through the third quarter, the gap between the Timberwolves and the Lakers had narrowed to 9 points and became a single digit.

As the point difference narrowed, the Lakers also adjusted their defensive tactics slightly, allowing players such as Kobe Bryant and Fisher to shrink their defenses and give up the three-point defense against Marbury and Chris.

Instead, it strengthens the defensive intensity within the team's paint zone.

After making some adjustments to the Lakers' defensive formation, Eddie Jones' defense of Martial Arts has also changed, with his defensive center of gravity raised, his defense of Martial Arts three-point shooting strengthened, and his shooting defense against Martial Arts Rush and inefficient areas weakened.

Although the matchup time with Martial Arts was short, Eddie Jones quickly accepted the reality.

He knew that with his own strength, he couldn't defend against martial arts at all, and if he could successfully defend one of the opponent's two scoring methods, breakthrough and three-point shooting, it would already be counted as his outstanding performance.

The main purpose of the Lakers making such defensive adjustments is to hope that the Timberwolves can increase their outside shooting.

The Lakers believe in the three-point ability of Marbury and Chris Kyle, and they know that with the three-point shooting percentage of these two, there is no way to end this game.

On the Budo side, the Lakers hope that Budo can increase the projection of the inefficient area.

This is also the way the Lakers have studied the previous game of martial arts, and they have come up with a way to do it.

They Lakers, there is no kind of player who can block martial arts one-on-one, and packing and sandwiching joint defense will also make the team's defense unbalanced, and the Timberwolves team, even if it is not considered martial arts, has a lot of threatening scoring points.

If you want to limit the play of martial arts, but also ensure that the overall defensive intensity of the team is not relegated, such a defense is the best means.

Inefficient area, what is called inefficient area?

That is, the difficulty of scoring is not much different from the difficulty of scoring three-point shots, but after scoring a goal, there is only a two-point area.

Generally speaking, it refers to the area of about 1.5 meters within the three-point line, which can be called an inefficient area.

After the Lakers adjusted their defensive tactics, Takeshi also subconsciously increased the pass to Chris Kyle and Marbury.

Chris, who was holding the ball, saw the empty appearance in front of him when he came to the top of the arc with the ball, and he also had the idea of trying to make three points in the empty position in his mind.

After getting a few passes from Martial Arts, Chris himself would increase his three-point attempts.

And as the Lakers expected, as the martial arts reduced their shots, the Timberwolves' scoring tide also receded.

In the second half of the third quarter, Wudao played very teamly, and he himself was very clear about Coach Philip's intentions, but he also followed Coach Philip's intentions to play downward.

Philip tried to teach martial arts: "The Timberwolves are a good team even if you don't have you. ”

But in the same way, Takedo also hopes to teach Philip that "the Timberwolves are not a strong team without me." ”

In the third quarter, the score of the Timberwolves and Lakers came to 28:29.

Takemichi's initial scoring momentum didn't continue, and he scored 11 points in the quarter, but as the ball was reduced, his single-quarter scoring was "over here".

With these 11 points, Wudao only used 6 shots.

Minnesota fans still cheered the Timberwolves enthusiastically, but watching the Timberwolves' ball today gave them a very strange feeling.

Is it how dysfunctional the Timberwolves are today?

It doesn't seem to have that feeling, Martial Arts' handling of the ball is very "regular", the ball is looking for a vacant position, and no one will say anything about it.

At the same time, the Timberwolves players don't seem to have much problem playing, and there is no big problem with shooting when they are open.

If there's really anything wrong with the Timberwolves in today's game, it's that Garnett's shot is less than ever.

As for the martial arts side

Some of Takemichi's "reluctant" shots have been reduced, and judging from Takemichi's efficiency, there is no problem with his passing selection.

But it is such a Timberwolves that have no problems, but they fell behind in the game against the Lakers who lacked O'Neal.

At the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two teams had become 14 points.

In the final fourth quarter of the game, if no miracle happened, then the Timberwolves would have no chance to win this game.

The team fell behind in the score, and during the break, the Timberwolves players had a sense of urgency in everyone's mind, except for martial arts.

But there is a sense of urgency, and the Timberwolves players just felt that they didn't feel good today, and they didn't think about making any adjustments in terms of skills and tactics.

Philip didn't know if he didn't notice it or deliberately didn't remind the team, and after a few words of encouragement, he didn't say anything more.

As the break passed quietly, the players of both teams returned to the court.

Bryant and Fisher have been replaced, and the Lakers have reverted to the same lineup they started with.

On the Timberwolves' side, Philip did not continue to keep Chris on the court, but replaced Chris with Tom, allowing Marbury to return to the No. 1 position.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers still played with a shrinking defensive line, except for the martial arts side and a special marker, several other players shrank up.

Tom's three-point shot is not available, and when he is empty, he will choose to shoot the ball in one step inside the three-point line.

Marbury, on the other hand, also reduced his three-point shots and added some small throws on the go during breakaways.

On the martial arts side, it is still the same as in the first quarter, mainly running and sudden points, and some long-shot opportunities for emergency stop jump shots were voluntarily given up by martial arts, so that the players could have the opportunity to shoot in the open space as much as possible.

In short, in the fourth quarter, Wudao still played very reasonably.

And the game between the Timberwolves and the Lakers was slowly passed in a slightly weird atmosphere.

As the whistle blew for the final game.

The Timberwolves lost the game 94-107.

Wudao scored 22 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in a single game.

On the Timberwolves side, in addition to martial arts, there were three other players who scored double-doubles, Garnett scored 19 points in a single game, Marbury scored 25 points, and Chris's side also scored 11 points.

Other players such as Wallace and Cherokee Parkes have scored some points.

Marbury's game today is the most scoring game in recent times, and judging from the data, Marbury's score is very dazzling, surpassing the most gorgeous martial arts in history.

However, the team's data analysts clearly know that although the score difference between Wu Dao and Marbury is not very much, the difference in scoring efficiency between the two is not half a point.

Marbury completed the 25-point run with 22 shots.

But on the martial arts side, it only took a total of 13 shots. The scoring efficiency of horror is simply not comparable to Marbury.

Correspondingly, Garnett's 19 points also used 17 shots, as for the other players.

But after the game, the team's data analysts didn't immediately talk to Philip about these things, and today's defeat was a disappointment for Minnesota's home fans.

Fans are not data analysts, and they have no idea what is behind the Timberwolves' loss.

All they know is that the Timberwolves lost today.

And today's martial arts "only" scored 22 points in a single game, and the performance was not as good as the previous games.

It's not that the fans want to throw the pot of the team's loss to the martial arts like this, it's just that the fans feel that if the martial arts break out as usual today, the Timberwolves will definitely not lose.

After such an idea appeared, after the game, fans hoped in their hearts that Martial Arts could play the same performance as in the previous game, playing 30+, 40+ and even 50+ scoring performances.

Because in the eyes of fans, as long as Wudao can score so many points, it is not a difficult thing for their Timberwolves to win

After the game, the Timberwolves and Lakers were interviewed by the media.

Although Eddie Jones on the Lakers' side was blown up by Wu Dao on the court, it was only a few minutes when the two were facing each other.

Eddie Jones played 40 minutes in this game, scored 34 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals, and was the best in the whole game in terms of scoring performance.

Eddie Jones, who won the game, couldn't suppress the joy on his face when he was interviewed by media reporters.

"The Lakers beat the Timberwolves today, and we know that O'Neal, the big shark, wasn't on the court."

"To win today's game, Eddie is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the team."

"Eddie, how does it feel to beat the Timberwolves? Do you think the Timberwolves' martial arts are better than yours? ”

The Los Angeles reporter smiled and handed over to Eddie Jones with a smile.

"I'm very happy to be able to get revenge on the Timberwolves in Minnesota, of course I'm very happy."

"I think our Lakers fans will be very happy."

"For the Timberwolves' martial arts."

'I don't want to put the opponent down after a win and I think the stats speak for themselves.

"Obviously, in today's game, Wu Dao is not the best player!"

Eddie Jones answered reporters' questions with a smile, and the scene of the press conference was full of laughter.

On the other side, Coach Philip also attended the press conference with Marbury and Wu Dao after the game.

When reporters asked why the Timberwolves lost to the Lakers today, Coach Philip thought about it for a moment and replied:

"The team lost, and it was undoubtedly the reason for our coaching staff."

"Our Timberwolves have great players and they all want to win."

"We Timberwolves can't limit the Lakers' Eddie Jones enough."

Philip, whether based on reality or on the basis of team cohesion, is unlikely to be able to shake the pot at such a time. His words were only half right, and when he mentioned that "Eddie Jones is not restricted enough", Philip was actually talking about him left and right.

The reporter's question was pushed out by Philip with "Tai Chi".

And the reporter's spearhead quickly pointed at Wu Dao, and asked Wu Dao:

"Wu, we know you scored 22 points today."

"Admittedly, if you were to be asked of a rookie by the standard of a rookie, 22 points is quite impressive."

"But please understand that we fans have never treated you as a rookie."

"Compared to your performance in the previous games, your score in today's game was not impressive."

"What do you think could have caused this?"

At the press conference on the Timberwolves' side, the atmosphere was not as cheerful as the Lakers' side.

There were a lot of local media in Minnesota, and the home team lost, and the reporters were not very interested.

This press conference is actually a pot meeting.

"Hmm"

"If you watch the game, you should see that my attacking efficiency is about the same as in the previous games."

"The individual score is lower because I'm playing more as a team."

"I feel like I'm evolving in a good direction, isn't it?"

With a faint smile on his face, Wu Dao took the opportunity of the press conference to speak.

did not show any dissatisfaction, but Takeshi knew very well that his words would soon "remind" the fans.

High-end data is not popular in this era, but the concept of offensive efficiency is still understood by senior fans.

Takeshi knows that soon, there will be Timberwolves fans to study this thing.

At that time, his status on the Timberwolves team may be really difficult to shake.

Sometimes it's not that Wu Dao wants to compete for the so-called "right to speak", it's just that when he is in his current position, if he doesn't advance, he will retreat.

Either reduce the tactical weight, or increase it.

There is no other way.

Wu Dao doesn't want to completely tear his face with the coaching staff, he won't learn from Kobe, and give the coaching staff a "no shot", so he needs the help of fans.

Naturally, the fans will drape the yellow robe over him

(End of chapter)