Chapter 113: 15 consecutive wins, the Timberwolves' choice
Regarding the remarks of the outside world, Su Chen didn't care.
Instead, he intensified his use of the main force, and at the same time, he was also fully focused on using every skill and item to design the most efficient tactics.
I have to say that the Timberwolves' previous schedule, except for a few more difficult ones, are more teams outside the playoffs.
First met the wizard.
The Wizards had a 2-7 record before the game against the Timberwolves, and the Billwall backcourt duo was just beginning to grind in, and this is their second season.
Last season, the Wizards only won 29 wins, although this season's Wizards have the ability to impact the playoffs after running in.
But now they have clearly not found a way to win, the team is still quite chaotic, and there is no clear tactical core.
This Wizards can enter the playoffs this season, and they only rely on their back-to-back strength to get in, and they can be described as a mess in front of them.
Timberwolves 106: 100 Wizards.
However, the Timberwolves did not kill the Wizards by a big score, and the win is still relatively hanging.
McCollum's efficiency is still not very high.
Although McCollum is the Most Improved Player awardee and has a strong immediacy ability, he is still a rookie.
This game is still high score and inefficient, and the data of 27 points on 22 shooting is not very strong.
It's purely that the Timberwolves are doing a better job defensively, and there is the fact that Beal and Wall, the Wizards, haven't found their own position yet.
After winning the Wizards, the Timberwolves rushed to Detroit non-stop.
In this motor city, the Timberwolves will challenge the Pistons.
The pistons are a bit of a mess these days.
Their confusion is not so much about the dressing room, it's about the team's lack of clarity.
They still haven't figured out whether they're a bad team or a team competing for the playoffs.
It's hard to compete for a playoff game with Jennings and Pope as a playoff-caliber backcourt combination, and while sophomore Drummond is starting to show his talent this season, the Pistons are interested in developing Drummond.
At the same time, they also have Monroe on the inside, and there is also a former civilian FMVP Billups on the bench.
For this Pistons, they don't lack talent, but they can't crumple it together.
The Timberwolves, by comparison, are much more explicit.
Even if it is to brush the data, it is clear who will play, and the establishment of the defensive system is very mature.
The presence of simulated glasses allows them to perform some complex defensive systems without running in at all.
In terms of defensive rotation, it is rare for the help to be too slow or two to defend against the same person.
After thousands of simulations, the Timberwolves' defensive rotation is very fast.
Compared to the last game against the Wizards, this Timberwolves played much easier.
Pistons 95:111 Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves easily outscored the Pistons.
At the same time, the three Gomaku have also brushed up on their average level of stable data.
After playing the Pistons, the Timberwolves returned to their home court.
The Timberwolves, who returned to their home court, faced the Nets, who had formed a luxury ship this season.
Well, the old luxury battleship.
From the attendance, you can see what is the situation of the Nets this season.
In this season's Nets, Lopez played 17 games, Kirilenko 45, Garnett 54, Delon 64, and Terry 35.
Pierce and Joe Johnson, who have played 70+ games, are considered to be very high attendees in the Nets.
Before the Timberwolves, the Nets had only three wins.
Pierce and Garnett did play in this game, one scored 8 points and the other scored 6 points.
Combined, neither scored as much as Joe Johnson alone, although Joe Johnson also scored just 15 points.
As for the other senior giants, they did not play in this game.
The Nets, with such a bad performance, naturally can't win this game.
Timberwolves 111:80 Nets.
The Timberwolves have won by a relatively large margin recently.
The young Timberwolves are obviously more energetic, and the old men of the Nets basically have to play for about 20 minutes.
Brother Alphabet's playing time alone is almost as good as the playing time of Pierce and Garnett combined.
The Timberwolves will continue to defend their home court next.
At home, they are challenged by a strong rival, the Houston Rockets.
The strength of this rocket is still very strong.
But this Rocket's outside rotation rested one.
This person who takes turns to rest is actually Harden!
So this rocket became Jamilin and the Happy Beast to lead.
Su Chen used to watch Jemilin's ball a lot, and he felt that when Jamilin played the best time in his career, except for Lin's madness in the Knicks.
Jamie Lin, who plays the role of sixth man in the Hornets, should be the best position of his career.
Although he only averaged a career-low 11 points per game that season, he actually averaged two or three points per game when he started the game, and his turnover rate soared.
He's not been very accurate on three-point points throughout his career, and his most dangerous thing is his breakaway, but his breakthrough is basically to make fouls rather than attract passes to open teammates.
I don't know why the Rockets and Nets like to commit him to a starting lineup so much, and in his first season from the Knicks to the Rockets, he even played all 82 starts.
If Jamilin were to play the role of the Sixth Man, he would be an extremely good Sixth Man.
But if Jamilin is the team's starting point guard, it will be less efficient for the whole team.
Su Chen has seen Jemilin's ball and knows Jamelin's playing style very well throughout his career, so he directly arranged for Butler to bite him this time.
At the same time, he seized the weakness of Jamilin's high ball errors, and once Jamilin broke through, Brother Alphabet, who was in charge of sweeping, would immediately go to help defend.
Whenever Butler gets in, Butler retracts his movements, relying on size interference to reduce Jamilin's punching efficiency.
With the advantage of size, Jamilin also struggled to cause fouls.
Howard didn't have Harden to feed the pie, and it was useless to rely on Jamilin, whose tactical position with the Rockets was already blue-collar.
Chandler Parsons, on the other hand, could pose some threats.
At this time, Chandler Parsons had not yet evolved into money - he was afraid that he was still fighting for his money.
But there is a letter brother
Without Harden's Rockets, the Timberwolves still didn't have too much effort to win.
Timberwolves 98:86 Rockets.
The data of this game is all well brushed.
But Iguodala stumbled when he collided with Parsons on the opposite side during a defense.
I checked it after the game, and it was just a normal broken foot that needed a week of rest.
This incident is just a small episode, but it also reflects a problem.
With such a high intensity of playing time and defensive intensity, for the players, the load is basically running.
This incident can be regarded as a reminder of Su Chen.
It's just the start of the season, and if we continue to do this, the players' bodies will run even more under load.
Now there is no team in the league, and in order to play the record, and let the players fight like this.
"But there are still five more games, and the rest of the people will bring up one more and continue to hold on."
After seeing Iguodala's situation, Su Chen still didn't change his plan.
After winning the Rockets, the Timberwolves have achieved a 15-0 record, and they have won 15 consecutive games in the opening game!
If only to increase the value of the trading chips, then it is enough for now.
Fifteen wins in a row is a lot to tell.
But if you want to find faults, there are many winning streaks ahead, and none of them are played by McCollum Gobert as the core.
Five more would be appropriate.
This is true for the sake of the team, and Su Chen also has his own selfishness, that is, to enhance his strength.
If it's just for the team's championship, he doesn't have to leave the Warriors in the offseason.
Although the Warriors boss doesn't give him decision-making power, but he fights for the right to opinion, it shouldn't be a big problem.
For the sake of winning the championship, Lacob will listen to him a little bit.
Just for the sake of the team championship, staying with the Warriors with the original team, Iguodala was also in the original Warriors' reinforcement plan.
It can be said that the defending champion will not be too difficult.
But his personal interests diminished.
Because in the lottery rules, in the same team for two consecutive seasons, the conditions for getting rewards can be said to be harsh.
For the same team to be drawn in the second season, they must first have a 30-game winning streak in the regular season.
What is the concept of a thirty-game winning streak.
There is only one team that can win more than 30 consecutive games in history, and that basically crushes the strength of the entire league, and it is not a question of fighting or not fighting.
Even the Heat's Big Three, at their peak and in the best form, only won 27 in a row.
It's not easy to get a 30-game winning streak.
If this is bearable, then the second series in the playoffs must defeat the S-tier powerhouse before the draw.
It's not even a strong team in the A-class.
There are only two or three teams in the entire league that can be rated as S-level, and if they can't get 30 consecutive wins, even if they win the championship, they will only have two or three lottery chances in a season.
There will also be some B-level and C-level things in the lottery, if all the draws are useless, a season will be in vain.
Coming to the Timberwolves team, asking for rights is only one aspect.
Su Chen's main purpose is to change to a new team and get more lottery opportunities.
Now there are five games left to get the chance to win the lottery for 20 consecutive wins.
Su Chen really didn't want to give up.
When the team was disbanded, Su Chen was also in the locker room and announced his goal.
"We're going to set a record of 20 straight wins in the opening game, and we're going to be the all-time number one in this record, and you'll all be remembered in this moment."
When he was in the locker room, Su Chen also encouraged the team.
Now most of the Timberwolves' players are young people, and they are all strong-blooded, and when they hear Su Chen's goal, not only no one complains, but many people respond.
And some of the players are aware that this is an opportunity.
Su Chen used the seven-person rotation and the eight-person rotation before, and the small number of people in the rotation means that everyone will have a lot of opportunities.
Iguodala's position is now vacant and it's a very good opportunity for someone else.
Especially the Timberwolves' second-round picks, many people want to seize this opportunity.
What happened to Timberwolves Small Ball City?
With a 20-game winning streak, even in a small place like Minnesota, it can still attract the attention of the whole league.
With this exposure, to put it mildly, even if not for the team but also for their own contracts.
Many people raised their arms and clenched their fists in response to Su Chen's words.
Seeing this response, Su Chen was very satisfied.
Because in the next game, it may be the second most difficult opponent to deal with, the Indiana Pacers!
The team that fought hard with the Heat last season to tie-break will be the opponent of the Timberwolves in the next game.
With the Timberwolves now without Iguodala, the Timberwolves need to step up and fight the next game.
And Su Chen didn't know if it was a coincidence.
The game he needs to win in the lottery for 20 consecutive wins, and the opponent is the Heat (I was also shocked when I checked the Timberwolves' schedule this season, what a coincidence, the Heat are really the opponent of the Timberwolves in the 20th game!). )。
So that's why the Pacers are the second most difficult opponent on Su Chen's lottery road, because the most difficult is the Heat.
Last season's Heat was the championship in the original timeline.
Because of his appearance, Lao Zhan lost a champion for no reason.
Now this season, in order to stop Su Chen's lottery, Lao Zhan also happened to appear in the twentieth game.
"But even against the Heat, it's not without a chance, and Iguodala can come back in that game."
Su Chen is still not ready to give up, even if the opponent in Game 20 is the Big Three of the Heat.
Iguodala is the FMVP to prevent James, and now Iguodala is in his own hands, and the defensive strategy against James can also follow the pattern of taking turns to consume James.
Iguodala has only been injured for a week, and now there is still some time left before that fight, and he can even rest and save up for that fight.
The news of the Timberwolves' fifteen-game winning streak immediately detonated social media.
"The Timberwolves have won 15 in a row, tying the Rockets' opening winning streak in the 1993-1994 season. 》
"The Timberwolves are aggressive, facing the Eastern Conference Pacers, can they break this record that has been in the dust for many years? 》
Honors or the team's record in the playoffs matter? Behind Iguodala's injury is Su Chen's endless short rotation lineup! 》
"Should the Timberwolves still fight for 16 consecutive wins, the team is very tired now!" 》
"Official news from the Timberwolves, McCollum is rested for the next game. 》
The news is overwhelming.
Everyone is concerned about the Timberwolves' next plans, and fans are still looking forward to breaking the record.
But at the same time, it also caused a lot of doubts.
In history, the Rockets team has not fought for records with such high intensity, and there was no forced slowdown in the Hawks.
However, the Timberwolves have also rested McCollum now, and it looks like they are going to take a break.
In fact, they don't know.
The reason why Su Chen took turns to rest McCollum was to fight for the signal of victory.
McCollum is not a positive improvement for the team on the court, and is a relatively inefficient scorer.
Instead of letting him play bad data and lose his value, it is better to simply take turns to rest him and let all the defensive wolves fight for the next game.
(End of chapter)