Terry Stouts rearranged a low-post tactic.

The Timberwolves have two rookies on the inside, and if you really want Aldridge to sit and play, it should be no problem.

The speed at which Covington and Butler hit just now also made Terry Stouts feel a little different, as if he was indeed faster than other teams.

So simply don't look for outside opportunities, and teach the Timberwolves a lesson on the inside first.

At this point, the pause is over.

Trail Blazers ball possession.

The ball was pulled away by the Trail Blazers, giving Aldridge a chance.

Covington originally wanted to continue to plan to help defend, but seeing that it was Giannis Antetokounmpo who defended alone, Covington also remembered the tactical arrangement and did not come over.

Originally, when Aldridge was playing with his back to the single, he didn't use all his strength because he had to observe the position of the other Timberwolves players.

Once someone is in the grip, he's ready to pass the ball and he'll be able to play the ball as fast as he can.

But the Timberwolves simply don't have anyone to wrap it up.

Aldridge didn't use all his strength when he played, but Giannis Antetokounmpo used all his strength when he defended.

Taking advantage of Aldridge's lack of concentration, Giannis Antetokounmpo gave Aldridge a kick in the first two times before suddenly pulling back the stool in the third.

Aldridge suddenly lost his center of gravity, and when he fell, the ball was also taken by Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's individual defensive prowess has improved very quickly after a targeted offseason of training.

And with the 10% improvement in the Striker's ability to defend, Giannis Antetokounmpo is now showing strength that should not be underestimated.

The rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo was not cultivated so vigorously by the team, and the Bucks did not really treat Giannis Antetokounmpo as a champion.

The team's cultivation efforts, and Su Chen's ability to find Giannis Antetokounmpo's future positioning, as well as bonuses such as striker bonds.

Jean Giannis Antetokounmpo is already on his way to the top and sprinting at a pace.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has a lot of pace, and he's very fast, which is difficult for the Trail Blazers to defend when he's on a fast break.

In particular, Butler's follow-up was particularly fast.

There is also Middleton on the outside running in the direction of the bottom corner, and now the Timberwolves' fast break also has a fast break three-point option.

The Timberwolves have Middleton, McCollum, Curry Jr., and other players with shooter-level accuracy.

It also makes sense to have a three-point option in the fast break.

Giannis Antetokounmpo jumped straight up, met the defense of Batum and Matthews, and looked like he was going to force it.

But in the air, Giannis Antetokounmpo remembered Su Chen's arrangement, so he switched from a layup posture to a passing in the air.

If such a move is not prepared in advance and played in actual combat, it is very likely to make a mistake.

However, the simulated glasses increase the team's playmaking ability by 20%, as well as the bonus in the bonding of the forward, and the 30% playmaking bonus reduces the Timberwolves' passing error rate to a minimum.

The ball went to Middleton, who was ambushed in the bottom corner.

Faced with an empty shooting space, Middleton did not hesitate and made a decisive shot.

Middleton is also a striker who has reached more than 2 meters, triggering a 10% ability bonus for the striker's bond, and he is sure that he is a shooter himself.

Brush!

Timberwolves 18:18 Trail Blazers.

The rookies of the Timberwolves actually tied the score directly.

The Timberwolves' two of Josh Smith and Lore Deng, who had the most balls in the first half, are a bit awkward right now.

Everybody present, defensively aggressive.

Even Gobert, a guy who often doesn't seem to be very tough on the court in the future, was more desperate at this time before he got his big contract.

Robin Lopez's talent is mediocre, and his greatest strength is that he is hard enough.

But when Gobert, who is more talented than him, fights as well, he will struggle to dominate in rebounding and defense.

The first quarter is over.

Timberwolves 29:26 Trail Blazers.

From trailing by eight points to leading by three points, the Timberwolves' bench came out with an 11-0 impact from the opposing main force.

The performance of the Timberwolves rookies was moving.

In particular, Giannis Antetokounmpo, a big man who doesn't look too strong, actually plays like a fish in water on the court.

Although he did not threaten to shoot from three-point range, he was trained by Milosevic to shoot a hand, as well as Giannis Antetokounmpo's own skills.

After squeezing through one step, it was easy to put the ball in with his height and reach.

Even if you can't get in, the opponent has to foul.

Now that the league has increased the penalty for rim fouls, Giannis Antetokounmpo's version has come early.

And Butler is also a master of foul making.

The Bulls didn't have much of the ball in the first two seasons, and the league didn't have as many whistles for interior breakdowns in the first two seasons.

Now that the version has been updated, both of them have their ability to make fouls.

Although Middleton's three-point shooting is still practiced, it has already shown some potential as a shooter.

Although McCollum's attack is stronger in terms of pure attack, Middleton's victory is balanced offensively and defensively, and McCollum's defense is really a bit difficult to talk about.

The other is Goebel.

He scored two points in the first quarter, with Butler bursting in to give him one and Giannis Antetokounmpo bursting in and giving him two.

Scored one, buttered hand lost one, and one didn't put it in because his core strength was too poor.

At the same time, when he was present, the breakthrough space was further compressed.

"Or just Gobert and McCollum and sell them up."

Su Chen was not very satisfied with the role of the two on the field.

Even though this is the first one.

But he also knows where the ceiling of the future of these two people is.

Both are good players, but it's just not bad.

The shortcomings of both are very obvious, and it is too low to want to use them as the core.

The second quarter begins.

Timberwolves lineup: Mike Muscala (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Robert Covington (SF), Chris Middleton (SG), Patrick Beverley (PG).

Trail Blazers starting lineup: Thomas Robinson (C), LaMarcus Aldridge (PF), Nicholas Batum (SF), Will Barton (SG), Morris Williams (PG).

Both sides went into the rotation.

However, this time Su Chen seems to have done it on purpose, that is, he did not put the veteran trio of Lore Deng up, but instead let Beverley and Muscala play.

As for the Trail Blazers' lineup, it is offensive and unabated.

Mo Williams and Barton are both ball-handling offensive defenders, plus Aldridge on the inside.

Trail Blazers ball possession.

Mo Williams with the ball.

Originally, Mo Williams was a person who liked singles, and when he saw that he was a little-known rookie who defended himself, he immediately became interested.

He showed off his skills and intended to educate the rookie by making a dribble break and then a stop-and-go shot.

But when Mo Williams first started to show off his dribbling, Beverley was like a mad dog, biting straight at him.

Mo Williams only thought that the rookie was in a hurry, and dribbled directly behind the back, intending to pass Beverley in one step.

But when he just dribbled the ball to his other hand, Beverley had already judged it in place and rushed straight to steal with all his might.

Due to the light enemy, Mo Williams did not always be vigilant, and was suddenly confused by Beverley's rush.

Both of them fell to the ground in order to grab the ball.

But Beverley struck harder and caught the ball.

Then he gave the ball directly to Covington, who came over.

After Covington received the ball, he didn't dare to handle the ball rashly.

After all, he was a draft loser, and the task given to him by Su Chen was only to defend and shoot open three-pointers.

Launching a fast break is not in his business.

As a draft loser, Covington cherishes the opportunity to play on the court very much and does not dare to pass the ball rashly.

It wasn't until Middleton came over to catch the ball that he handed it to Middleton.

After all, Middleton was given a certain amount of dominance over the ball.

The division of labor between NBA teams is quite clear, who can play with the ball and who can't.

The role player makes a mistake in handling the ball, and the coach who encounters the murder point will not only let you go down, but also scold you.

On the other hand, those players who are actually given the ball to handle it, even if they make mistakes, as long as they are not too outrageous, the coach usually does not blame.

Su Chen stood on the sidelines, but didn't say anything.

It was originally a set-up that he had done to keep him focused on defense, but Covington was a little too restrained.

It's nothing, and it's not a good chance to break fast.

The ball directly called Giannis Antetokounmpo a one-on-one tactic.

Everyone cleared one side and let Giannis Antetokounmpo fall in the low post, but instead of his back but his face.

Giannis Antetokounmpo showed his speed in the first quarter, and neither Aldridge nor Lopez Jr. could match Giannis Antetokounmpo's speed.

If it weren't for Giannis Antetokounmpo not being strong enough right now, he would have been able to easily break down the Trail Blazers' defense.

But even so, because the interior defensive strength of the Trail Blazers is very average, if Lopez Jr. can't match, basically no one can match the Trail Blazers.

It's Thomas Roberson who defends Giannis Antetokounmpo, but he's not sure he'll be able to defend Giannis Antetokounmpo either.

If he stepped back directly, Giannis Antetokounmpo practiced a small throw and didn't dare to let him go directly.

As soon as Giannis Antetokounmpo accelerated, he squeezed directly past Robinson, but the Trail Blazers were there to help defend this ball.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is tall and long-armed, has an extremely wide passing vision, and he was originally a playmaker when he played in the NCAA.

Muscala was soon found to have an open space on the outside.

Giannis Antetokounmpo knows that Muscala has three points because when he trains in the arena, he often sees Muscala practicing threes alone.

Su Chen's task for Muscala is to focus on three-point shooting, with rebounding and defense as support.

When Muscala receives the ball, he has a good shot in front of him.

Just like in training, Muscala didn't get too nervous and made three-point shots.

Brush!

Timberwolves 32:26 Trail Blazers.

Muscala is also waving his fists, and after so long of training, it has not been in vain.

He hit the first three-pointer of his NBA career.

Batum couldn't stand it.

Under Covington's one-on-one defense, Batum hit a mid-range shot.

Timberwolves 32:28 Trail Blazers.

Covington's defensive interference is not particularly strong, because single defense is not what Covington is best at, he is best at helping defense.

Batum is stronger than Covington and is still at the peak of his career.

The Timberwolves will basically use Giannis Antetokounmpo as the offensive core.

The Trail Blazers had to make a lot of offers to help defend the rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo isn't strong enough right now to get a tight tie in the pack.

However, with his background as a striker, he still passed a lot of good balls.

But helplessly, the teammates are too iron.

Muscala hit that three-pointer and hit two in a row.

Covington and Beverley's three-point range is also inconsistent.

However, Middleton, a sophomore in the second year, has begun to show some abilities by this time.

Giannis Antetokounmpo threw the ball and Middleton took a lot of chances.

At the same time, after he hit the touch, he also took the initiative to call Giannis Antetokounmpo's block, and completed some mid-range shots and three-point shots with the ball.

This was given a tactical position by Su Chen, so Middleton dared to make a move after feeling good.

The team's score is getting bigger and bigger.

Lillard returned to the court in the second half of the second quarter.

Lillard, who is not yet in his prime, faced Beverley, who already has mad dog tendencies, and scored some goals but was also limited by some balls.

Beverley didn't let go of Lillard as if he wasn't tired.

And with the rotation time.

Su Chen took Butler back, gave Beverley a rest, and let Butler bite Lillard.

Lillard had just gone through Beverley's mad dog defense, and then he was caught up in Butler's ferocious defense.

Lillard was hard.

Whether it's Butler or Beverley, they didn't skimp on their physical strength in order to get on top.

Half-time.

Timberwolves 58:50 Trail Blazers.

Lillard's extraordinary firepower, coupled with Aldridge's support, was able to bite the score.

But Lillard was already very tired by this time.

Butler and Beverley took turns defending him with high intensity, which caused him to wear out his energy quickly.

In the Trail Blazers locker room.

Terry Stotters laid out more team-based offensive tactics and didn't let the two cores of Aldridge and Lillard go to too many finishes.

Originally, Terry Stottes also wanted to give Su Chen a little color to see and give him strength.

But on the contrary, it is the intensity that the Timberwolves are showing now that makes the Trail Blazers a little unbearable.

Especially that Beverley, many defensive moves are dangerous, and if Lillard is physically exhausted, it is not necessary to be injured by Beverley.

"It's just a regular season, really a playoff game?"

Terry Stouts muttered to himself.

The second half of the game begins.

Since Giannis Antetokounmpo and Middleton were in good form tonight, Su Chen asked them to eat as much playing time as possible.

In addition, Butler, Beverley, and Covington are also very active on the defensive end.

The three of them, Su Chen, also allotted them a long time.

The game's starters were Lore Deng, Josh Smith and others, but none of them had much playing time.

This can be regarded as a beating by Su Chen to them.

Don't think that the seniors will work for him, if he is unwilling to fight defense on the field, there are people on the bench who are willing to fight.

This kind of pseudo-starter lasts for a few games, and if they still don't work hard defensively, then they can go from pseudo-starters to real substitutes.

I don't know if it's because of the improvement of the team's defensive atmosphere, even Iguodala, who is more swinging, played well in the few minutes he came up to rotate.

It's not a lot of fighting, but it's not paddling.

The ball he should have defended was not out of position or something, he passed the ball that should have been passed, and he also got the ball that should have been on him.

But McCollum was still a little lost.

As soon as he got on the court, it became Lillard's ATM, and Su Chen didn't let him continue.

If you're going to sell McCollum, try to hide it.

Even if you don't sell McCollum, let him get used to it first, and don't let Lillard break his mentality.

Lillard was quite uncomfortable with Beverley and Butler tonight, so Lillard wanted to switch defenses through blocking and pick-and-roll to play the big man.

But he switched to Giannis Antetokounmpo, but he couldn't change to Muscala.

Giannis Antetokounmpo completely covered Lillard's shooting space, and Giannis Antetokounmpo's speed was not so easily thrown away.

The Trail Blazers' offense, even for a while, was defended for two and a half minutes without scoring.

Terry Stouts only targeted Josh Smith and Lore Deng before the game.

The opening did have an effect.

Facing Lore Deng and Josh Smith on the main offense, the Trail Blazers once beat the Timberwolves with an 18-10 offensive wave.

But after replacing these rookies who have no research at all, Terry Stotters was stunned all of a sudden.

When Middleton, Muscala, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Covington and Butler were on the court, he didn't know any of them.

You can only judge from their height what position these people are playing.

Although the NBA's coaching staff will study the opponent, it is not all stinky fish and shrimp to study, and the main research is the rotation players.

Just like before, Lin Crazy took advantage of everyone's lack of research on him, and continued to play crazy performances, but after everyone began to study him, he slowly returned to his usual performance.

And for Terry Stottes, the Timberwolves are pure five-forest madness on the court right now.

I didn't know any of them, but I didn't talk about them all.

If it's a little familiar, it's Butler, but Butler used to be a blue-collar worker.

This foul was made, and Terry Stoutes thought he was a star player.

In fact, this is still the referee's blow to Butler for not having a star whistle, a lot less whistle, otherwise there would have been more points.

The margin in the final quarter was almost 20 points.

The Timberwolves' defense is still so fierce, and Terry Stotters can't afford to hide from Lillard.

I changed the players of the second and third teams in advance.

Su Chen also accepted it when he saw it, and did not let the players brush the data on the field.

As the whistle blew at the end of the game.

The Timberwolves also got their first win of the season.

Timberwolves 105:89 Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers suffered their first loss of the season.

However, Terry Stotters didn't particularly care, and the next time he played the Timberwolves, the bottom line of these people on the court was basically figured out by the league.

This one is regarded as a loss without intelligence.

Who would have thought that the person on the opposite side who looked like an inside figure was actually an outside style of play, which could be sudden and passable.

The undrafted pick named Covington is also full of presence, and he can be seen everywhere in the court to help defend.

In this game, Giannis Antetokounmpo got 20 points, 11 assists, 8 rebounds, and a quasi-triple-double.

Middleton scored a game-high 25 points.

Butler had a decent offensive performance, scoring 13 points and five assists, but the stats didn't show Butler's role on the court.

And Lore Deng and Josh Smith and Iguodala are three veteran players, and the numbers are all embarrassing single digits.

The point is that they can't say anything.

When they were on the pitch, they lost points, they went down to win points, and then the game was won.

Iguodala improved his defensive attitude and brought the plus/minus back to positive.

And Josh Smith and Lore Deng became the only two players on the team with a negative plus/minus.

In the case of a big win by a team, the plus/minus of these two people is negative, which is particularly conspicuous.

It can be called a headwind game for two people.

In such a situation, even if they don't say anything, they are easy to be sprayed by fans.

Where is there also a question of what to say about the ball.

In fact, McCollum's performance in this game was also very bad, but he played a game when the team was playing momentum, and put his plus/minus at 1.

Otherwise, he will be like those two, and become a negative plus or minus.

The players from both sides shook hands and left the field.

From the faces of the Trail Blazers players, it is obvious to see the dissatisfaction.

They have a feeling that they won't know who is on the other side and will be defeated.

In short, they figured out who the Timberwolves were next time, and they would compete with the Timberwolves again.

Tonight, the team won for the first time, and Su Chen was also in a good mood, so he participated in the post-game press conference.

When Su Chen was in the Warriors, he participated in the post-game interview, and he also looked at his mood.

Anyway, he is now the general manager of the team, and even if the league has to pay a fine, it is nothing.

General manager Su Chen announced that the team would help pay for the fine of head coach Su Chen.

On how cool it would be for the management and the head coach to be themselves.

"Sue, congratulations on your first win for the Timberwolves, why did you start this game and didn't play as a substitute to play the whole game?"

At the beginning, the reporter asked a straightforward question about the phenomenon of this scene.

After hearing this question, Su Chen smiled.

"That's why I didn't want to be in the post-match press conference."

Su Chen first quipped.

remembered that Su Chen had really been absent from the press conference before, and there was laughter at the scene.

'I told the players that you have to defend hard and if you don't want to defend then someone else will.

After laughing, Su Chen said seriously.

(End of chapter)