"We're going to have a game against the Timberwolves in a few days."

Parker suddenly remembered this.

After Duncan listened to what Parker said, he also looked at Popovich.

The meaning of the two is obvious.

Now that Popovich has said that the Timberwolves will be their strong opponents in the future, should they play each other in a few days.

Popovich pulled his notebook out of his pocket.

"We were back-to-back, and it was planned that you and Duncan would both take a turn."

Popovich said after reading his notebook.

"So what about the plan now?"

Duncan asked curiously.

"It's still the same old plan."

Popovich didn't have any change in expression.

Duncan and Parker also nodded, since they are important opponents in the future, they don't have to pay too much attention to it now.

As these veterans get older, they want the present.

As for the future of the Spurs, it's for young people like Leonard and Green, who are now going to win the championship they want.

The Timberwolves' quality is okay, but their age is too young, and to be precise, the core players are too young.

Ibaka, the most experienced, is also a long-term underdog for Spurs.

Every time the Spurs meet the Thunder, Duncan treats Ibaka as a toy for Ibaka.

Otherwise, the Thunder would not have been in a hurry to get Perkins and then Gobert, and the Thunder couldn't stand Ibaka before they got rid of it.

The strong teams in the first echelon of the West, if they don't really can't stand it, how can they get rid of their core players.

But it's hard to say, they also let Harden go in order to save money.

To a certain extent, the Thunder management and the Timberwolves management are on par.

Although the Timberwolves' return to first place in the West has caused a certain amount of discussion.

But that's only part of the long regular season.

The Timberwolves rushed to Philadelphia again.

The 76ers, led by Thaddeus Young, Evan Turner, Michael Carter Williams and others, are considered standard league underdogs.

Now that Su Chen's defensive system established in the Timberwolves has gradually matured, as long as the defensive system is good, it can still be relatively stable in the face of the tank team.

As for what is called a tank team.

It is those teams that often lose to the Lakers in the regular season, collectively known as the tank team.

The 76ers 90:132 Timberwolves, in front of their hometown fathers at home, performed a violent beating.

Giannis Antetokounmpo even scored 30 points in the first three quarters, and scored 37 points in the final quarter.

Now the skill of [Fixed Ability Value], Su Chen is basically stable against Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Others don't need this skill very much, and to Giannis Antetokounmpo, it's this skill that maximizes the benefits.

Butler, who is in the third grade, has exceeded 80% of his ability, and he has been used or negatively improved.

Iguodala, Josh, and Ibaka are all still in the prime of their careers, and they are also negative promotions.

Even Beverley, although only in his second year in the NBA, is already very old.

Middleton, a sophomore, looked a little over 70 percent of the time, giving him pure waste.

There is also Muscala among the rookies, so he doesn't have to, just shoot three-pointers to grab rebounds or something.

He was at his peak, playing role players on strong teams, and he wasn't particularly stable in the rotation.

Now that the dual-core drive of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler has been determined, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is the big boss, naturally has 80% ability value fixed skills.

After taking the 76ers, the Timberwolves' record came to 27-7.

There was no time to celebrate their six-game winning streak, and the Timberwolves were back at home against the Suns.

The Suns are now also one of the teams competing for a ticket to the playoffs.

The Suns see this game as a card battle.

They thought Dragic was the core and charged towards the playoffs.

But this time, Dragic was annoyed by Beverley and Butler's rotational defense.

At the same time, Su Chen also used box-1 against Dragic to defend very badly.

This makes Dragic basically not play.

The use of box-1 against Dragic is not because Dragic is a superstar, but because box-1 has been a very regular tactic in the small-ball era.

Against some single-core teams, this trick is effective.

For a single-core team to break the box-1 strategy, the star in charge needs to have the ability to shoot the ball very quickly, or the ability to solve the ball.

The more typical ones are Doncic and Jokic.

These two really can't be targeted with box-1, and they can still maintain a very wide passing field when their own offensive threat is enough.

Whether or not the box-1 tactic can be broken has become the difference between a star and a superstar in the post-small-ball era.

Another typical example is Booker, before Durant didn't go to the Suns, Booker was basically sandwiched into a hamburger and then relied on his own ability to solve it.

Of course, the normal way to break box-1 is to give the second master.

After all, if the defensive resources are tilted towards one person, then the defense faced by others is almost pure one-on-one and even the package assist defense is difficult to do.

Dragic belongs to the point where there is no going up.

He can use either Doncic-Jokic's approach or Booker's approach, but neither approach is extreme.

Add to that the fact that he often has to face Beverley, Butler, Iguodala and others in rotation or in the box.

His offensive intensity is not strong enough for him to unravel this kind of defense.

Suns coach Hornacek also used the wonder soldier Gerard Gran to let him solve.

However, in the face of Lore Deng's single defense, Gerald Green's efficiency is not high.

The game is over.

Timberwolves 103:85 Suns.

Dragic only got 11 points and 7 assists in the whole game, although it looks okay, but Dragic is averaging 20+9 per game this season.

This time it was targeted by the Timberwolves, but there was no solution to the problem.

The Timberwolves' record is 28-7.

The Timberwolves are three home games in a row.

The second home opponent is the Bobcats.

The Bobcats are a team that doesn't play well and barely makes the playoffs in the weak East.

To deal with the bobcat, Su Chen didn't use box-1 to deal with it.

Because the Bobcat belongs to the inner and outer dual core, one is Kemba Walker and the other is Al Jefferson.

Walker is the new core that Boss Joe has vigorously cultivated, and he is very skilled in the use of various singles techniques.

However, Walker's own talent determines that the ceiling is not high, and he is not an efficient scorer in his entire career.

As for Jefferson, at Bobcats, he has passed the peak of his career.

Don't look at him, it seems that he can still average 21.8 points per game this season, but he needs to average 18.8 shots per game.

Coupled with the fact that his speed is getting slower and slower, he belongs to the same people who, like Hibbert, were abandoned by the small-ball era.

The game is over.

Al Jefferson had 18 points and nine rebounds.

That's the handicap he averaged this season.

In fact, this statistic alone does not reflect the damage he has done to the team.

Jefferson is a master of the low post, and every ball has to be chiseled slowly for him in the low post.

Forget it if you dig in, if you can't chisel in, it will immediately give the Timberwolves a chance to launch a fast attack and fight less, and his speed is too slow to defend at all.

The Timberwolves' starting interior linemen, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Serge Ibaka, are both extremely fast insiders.

This pair of interior combinations should be the fastest interior combinations in the league at present.

In this game, Su Chen is Al Jefferson who let Giannis Antetokounmpo go to the main defense.

Al Jefferson's current routine on the offensive end has long been seen through.

Al Jefferson is very skilled in the low post at his peak, but he has a very big drawback in the low post, that is, he can only finish with his right hand.

With Giannis Antetokounmpo's height and reach, you only need to pay attention to the interference of his right hand finish, but Al Jefferson's offense is actually very difficult.

At his peak, Al Jefferson relied on his right hand to blow up Da Yao, which can be called an invincible opponent.

This left Al Jefferson satisfied, not practicing his left hand.

Now after sliding from the peak, it is no longer possible for him to rely on his right hand to eat the momentum of all kinds of heroes alone.

At the same time, Al Jefferson didn't defend at his peak, and he would have made up for it with an invincible offense, and now he's even slower.

When he's on the court, once the offense can't score, the Bobcat on the defensive end is like one less.

He can't defend against three-pointers, and he can't defend Giannis Antetokounmpo.

In addition, Kemba Walker, although Su Chen did not specifically target him, he himself became inefficient.

There is no suspense in this game either.

At home, the Timberwolves 113:81 Bobcats.

With a win over the Bobcats, the Timberwolves' record came to 28-7.

The Timberwolves are back on an eight-game winning streak.

The Timberwolves' victory, and the Spurs, who are the first in the West, are only one win away.

And the next opponent.

It's the Spurs, the number one team in the West.

(End of chapter)