Coach Monty stood on the sidelines to supervise the game, and he also seemed very serious, and applauded and encouraged the players from time to time.

The Pelicans are a relatively young team.

And the Pelicans' roster structure is somewhat similar to that of the Timberwolves.

The core of the team is all newcomers, and they are also all power forwards, and the squad is also supported by some experienced players who have played for several seasons.

It's just that the Pelicans and Timberwolves are too far apart.

The Timberwolves are now No. 1 in the West, the league's leader, and their coach was last season's championship coach.

And the Pelicans are now hovering eleven and twelve in the West.

However, before the game, Monty mobilized the emotions of the whole team and asked the whole team to fight hard for this game.

For such a young and immature team, it is still more morale-boosting to be able to achieve a victory over the No. 1 team in the West on the eve of the All-Star break.

Although the Pelicans are outside the top 10 in the West, they really didn't mess up.

Now the Pelicans are at the stage of cultivating young people, they need to cultivate young people, and the team also needs a winning culture.

Compared with other Western powerhouses, the Timberwolves are a relatively easy to pinch soft persimmon.

Like them, they are a rebuilding team, and although they are first in the West, they only lost to the Lakers not long ago.

The Timberwolves are back-to-back again in this game, and they have a good chance.

Brother Thick Eyebrows also showed hard work in the face of the newcomer who has recently risen strongly, Giannis Antetokounmpo.

However, the Pelicans' hard work really paid off.

The first quarter of the game ended.

Pelicans 26:21 Timberwolves.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans had a five-point advantage.

Big brother Davis keeps an eye on Giannis Antetokounmpo all over the court.

In the past, Giannis Antetokounmpo faced opponents who were not as strong as him, and those who were faster than him were not as strong as him, and they always played a sense of misalignment.

But in the face of the thick eyebrows, Giannis Antetokounmpo did not take advantage of the misalignment.

The speed of the thick eyebrows can be comparable to that of the average defender, the physical fitness is very strong, and he is not inferior to the current Giannis Antetokounmpo in terms of physical strength.

This was the first time Giannis Antetokounmpo had a player who was about the same speed as him and a little more powerful than him.

In the first quarter, Giannis Antetokounmpo faced the thick eyebrows and didn't score a few times.

Even Su Chen was a little surprised.

In the last game against the Pelicans, Monty didn't use thick eyebrows to face Giannis Antetokounmpo, so the last game against the Pelicans was very easy.

It seems that Monty has studied this game carefully, and the desire to win the Timberwolves is very strong.

Originally, Su Chen didn't take this seriously, but this time he gave Su Chen a spirit.

"If you're not serious, it seems that it will be really difficult to win this game."

Su Chen was not idle, picked up the tactical board, and rearranged the strategy.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves' bench lineup, after playing the first three minutes, Su Chen immediately called a timeout to change back to the main force.

Monty is also quite interesting.

He didn't pinch the table to change people, and when he saw Su Chen change the main force, he also changed the main force.

It can be seen that Monty really wants to win the Timberwolves and boost the morale of the team.

After all, after the All-Star break, it's time for a brutal playoff sprint.

For a team like the Timberwolves with a big record advantage, there is no need to worry too much.

But for a team like the Pelicans on the fringes of the playoffs, they need morale to motivate them, and winning the Timberwolves, the No. 1 team in the West, is a great motivator.

Monty's idea was good, but Su Chen didn't want to take advantage of the beauty of people.

In fact, Monty's defensive strategy is also very simple, that is, he wants to use thick eyebrows to defend Giannis Antetokounmpo, so as to make the Timberwolves' offense stagnate.

Because Monty has a brief study of the Timberwolves, he found that the Timberwolves' offense often relies on Giannis Antetokounmpo to launch tactics.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's one-on-one offensive efficiency has pulled the opponent's entire defense, forcing other players to trap or delay Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The thick eyebrows can defend Giannis Antetokounmpo alone, but they have actually blocked the Timberwolves for more than half of it.

But the next round.

The Timberwolves' offense began to turn into a hub with Butler and Middleton at the core, with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Muscala all mentioning a double pick-and-roll at the top of the arc.

Butler, as the organizing point, has a lot of options to do.

Middleton's off-ball three-point run, Giannis Antetokounmpo's inside cut, Muscala's three-pointer from the outside, or a low post hit and a small mismatch.

If the opponent is strict against other positions, Butler can directly lead half a body to break through to the basket after the cover.

At the same time, Butler can also choose to stop the ball inside the free throw line and drop back to shoot.

This tactic still requires a relatively high level of player proficiency, with a lot of tacit requirements and a sense of their own running.

But Su Chen has [Analog Glasses], which directly solves the problem of running-in.

At the same time, it also increased the team's playmaking ability by 20%, which greatly reduced the rate of passing errors.

Su Chen also smiled lightly when he saw the smooth attack on the field.

At the same time, he lifted the rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose.

After drawing so many things, Su Chen still felt that the simulated glasses were the most practical and strongest.

From a simple and crude point of view, it seems that it is more practical to increase the attributes of physical strength drinks and striker bonds.

But in fact, it is a long process for NBA players to become familiar with a system.

Some systems may seem simple, but to implement them well, it takes a lot of practice.

Every tactic has a change, and you have to be very familiar with what to do when to run.

There are too many players who have no talent, but because they don't understand the tactics well, they are slowly fading out of the league.

For example, the parallel importer Kwame Brown, who has many reasons for parallel trading, but the inability to understand tactics is also a very important part.

Then there's JR, who is actually very talented, but his understanding of tactics is still not deep enough.

So a lot of the time, he was arranged by the coach to be the sixth man on the bench, and he was rarely allowed to start.

Don't talk about these players who don't have a very high ball quotient.

Players with a passing level of ball quotient can't remember too much of the tactical system.

In addition, the personnel of the team is not always the same, and the players are often changed, which is why the tank team has to swing for a long time once it starts to swing.

The players are fluid, just getting acquainted with the system, and then being traded.

Few teams have a core roster like the Spurs that can be maintained for so many years.

Even if there is a deal, it is a small repair.

The Spurs have been able to maintain their dominance in such an old season, and the proficiency of the tactical system is also very important.

And the existence of [Analog Glasses] allowed Su Chen to save this very long process.

Even if it is simulated 1,000 times in an instant, a fixed number of 1,000 times cannot compare to the Spurs' 10,000 games with a tactic.

But the Spurs have not played every tactic tens of thousands of times.

Spurs' tactics are very complex and changeable, with eight tactical systems, what zipper tactics, what crossing tactics, and what barrier tactics are a bunch of miscellaneous things.

Does being complex and changeable necessarily be powerful?

Not necessarily.

Complex tactics can be difficult to deal with, but players want to be familiar with them and play with low turnovers.

It's actually quite difficult.

After GDP slowly withdrew from the Spurs stage, the Spurs' lineup is actually not bad, Leonard, Aldridge, DeRozan and many other stars have joined the Spurs.

But it hasn't been too impressive.

Sometimes simple tactics are more effective.

Although James's winning rate in the finals is not high, and there are more runners-up, it is not difficult for him to break out of the division.

Because James has his own system, the tactics that other players should be familiar with is James's simple system.

Even a player like JR, who doesn't have a high ball quotient, can play well with James.

He doesn't need to do too many complicated tactics, he shoots when he has the opportunity to get the ball, and he can't either play alone or pass it out if he doesn't have the opportunity.

The most powerful thing about [Simulated Glasses] is that Su Chen can come up with a set of tactical systems on the spot, and he has almost no tactical system to fight before.

In the Timberwolves' new tactical system, Monty doesn't have many options.

Monty had also briefly studied the Timberwolves before, but he had basically never seen this tactical system.

Thick eyebrows are indeed very good against Giannis Antetokounmpo's single defense, but the Timberwolves don't play Giannis Antetokounmpo's single point offense.

The Pelicans can really match the Timberwolves, or the point where they have an advantage, is actually a thick eyebrow.

When the thick eyebrows can't play the biggest role, they can only follow Giannis Antetokounmpo around to help the defense and change the defense.

The gap between the Pelicans' overall strength and the Timberwolves is also out.

Although Gordon's offense is okay, in the face of the Timberwolves' overall defense, Gordon's offense is not much.

At the same time, with Ibaka on top.

The attack of thick eyebrows on the inside line has also been greatly limited.

Ibaka may not be able to deal with a low post like Duncannowski, who is still very average in the low post right now, relying on athleticism.

The two of them swept up the defense on the inside, making it difficult for the thick eyebrows to eat cake without the ball, and it was also difficult to attack with the ball.

Rebuild the whole.

Su Chen also taught the pelicans a good lesson.

Why the Timberwolves are first in the West and the Pelicans are 12th in the West.

Although Monty did not give up until the final quarter, he was never able to catch up with the Timberwolves.

The game is over.

Pelicans 98:105 Timberwolves.

Facing the Timberwolves in Game 2 of a back-to-back, the Pelicans still didn't fight for this victory.

With back-to-back wins over the Pelicans, the Timberwolves have a record of 36-10.

After the game, Monty and Su Chen shook hands, but they also looked very helpless.

It can be seen that Monty is still very unwilling.

Perhaps in Monty's eyes, they came close to taking the Timberwolves.

However, a player like Brother Thick Mei is indeed very strong.

There are three games left before the All-Star, Timberwolves.

Two back-to-back home games against the Trail Blazers and Rockets.

Another away opponent is the Nuggets.

Back at home, the Timberwolves were fully on the field.

The last game against the Trail Blazers was because Lillard had a burst of hands, plus it was a consecutive away loss to the Trail Blazers.

This all-out wolf, with a lot of work at home, once again faced the Trailblazers and won easily.

Timberwolves 112:103 Trail Blazers.

And after winning this game, the Spurs lost again.

This means that in the next two games, the Timberwolves only need to win any of them to stabilize the No. 1 ranking in the West before the All-Star.

But the Timberwolves are simply playing with the dogs as toys.

When everyone thinks that the Timberwolves have secured the first place in the West.

Facing the challenge of the Rockets at home, he has never played the Rockets.

In this game, Harden broke through the inside and had a whistle, and his stepback three-point step was also very stable, and he scored a high score of 33 points in the face of a defensive team like the Timberwolves.

At the same time, Chandler Parsons did not have the money - he was afraid of anything, and became Harden's biggest helper, scoring 23 points.

However, Lin Crazy limited it very well, and only allowed him to score 8 points.

Timberwolves 108:113 Rockets.

Facing the Trail Blazers and Rockets with one win and one loss, the Timberwolves' record became: 37-11.

The Timberwolves inflicted a lot of torturous damage on the dogs.

And a day later Spurs won again.

The next game against the Nuggets on the road will determine whether the Timberwolves can keep the first place in the West.

Originally, playing the rebuilding team of the Nuggets, it stands to reason that the Timberwolves have no suspense.

But the recent performance of the Timberwolves team is simply unbelievable.

When you think the Timberwolves are walking, he pulls you every minute.

When you think the Timberwolves can't do it again, he shows the performance of a strong team every minute, treating the opponent as a toy.

Even ESPN, which likes to make predictions the most, is not involved in predicting whether the Timberwolves will maintain their first place in the West this time.

I was numb by the Timberwolves in the face.

ESPN is also one of them, guess the Timberwolves lose, the Timberwolves win, guess the Timberwolves win, the Timberwolves lose, this time directly said not to guess.

And the Nuggets team is really hard to say.

Regardless of the Nuggets' record, their home court has a plateau advantage.

It's no surprise that the Timberwolves players were pulled by altitude sickness.

However, this time the Timberwolves faced the Nuggets and won it very steadily.

Nuggets 85:97 Timberwolves.

The plateau home court did not allow the Nuggets to cross the gap in strength to win.

Brian Shaw is also a rookie coach who just joined the Nuggets this season, and as a rebuilding coach, he is not very proficient in building the team system.

Not all rookie coaches have the existence of [Simulation Glasses] like Su Chen.

After winning the Nuggets, the Timberwolves' record came to 38-11.

The Timberwolves still hold the top spot in the West.

At the same time, Su Chen automatically became the head coach of the Western All-Star team.

After the game, Su Chen was also asked how he felt about becoming an all-star coach in the West.

'It's an honor for our team, our players played the best in the league and that's a recognition for us.'

Speaking of this honor, Su Chen said that it was the efforts of the players.

Although it is an official answer, the pattern is still open.

February 15, 2014.

After three days of rest, Su Chen took the Timberwolves to New Orleans.

In fact, the participation of the whole Timberwolves team is quite high.

Not to mention that Su Chen was elected as an All-Star Western coach, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler were selected as All-Stars.

At the same time, the rookie game Timberwolves also had quite a few people entering.

Covington, along with Giannis Antetokounmpo, Muscala entered the first grade.

Middleton entered second grade.

Gobert, McCollum, Curry Jr., who were traded out by the Timberwolves, are all three members of the first-year lineup.

In addition to that, Middleton was selected to compete in the three-point contest.

In Su Chen's memory, Middleton was Marco Belinelli who replaced the Spurs.

Originally, the first team in the West was the Spurs, and the people from the first team in the division went to sign up, and the league still had to give places.

But now that the Timberwolves are the first in the league, the Spurs' spot is given to the Timberwolves.

Marinelli himself is not a well-known goalscorer either.

In terms of the slam dunk contest, the Timberwolves had no one to participate.

There are quite a few people in the team who can dunk, Josh Smith, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Iguodala and others are all more dunkable.

But Josh has won the slam dunk championship, and he is not interested in participating now.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is a hands-on dunk, and he participated in the dunk contest and didn't perform enough.

Iguodala was even less interested, tired enough to play, and he just wanted to rest for All-Star Weekend.

Not to mention Ibaka and Butler, especially since Butler didn't have enough arm span, and it was a bit funny to let him perform.

Although Su Chen, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler were selected with weight, the team participated in this All-Star with more other players naturally coming to cheer up.

Besides, the meaning of All-Star Weekend itself is for the players to play.

Su Chen didn't know many people.

The more familiar one is the Warriors.

Curry, Thompson and others came over to say hello.

As for coaching, Kerr didn't come over to say hello to him, but Warriors veteran assistant coach Ron Adams did come to say hello to him.

"I knew you could do it, you now have a place in the Alliance."

Ron Adams congratulated Su Chen.

"I miss the time we spent working together."

Su Chen nodded in gratitude, and said to the old assistant teacher with a smile.

But for this, the old assistant coach Ron Adams also smiled helplessly.

He has been an assistant coach in the Warriors for many years, and although he has a good impression of Su Chen, it is unlikely that he will jump ship to find Su Chen.

Su Chen was just a casual joke, and he didn't expect to let the old assistant coach come to the Timberwolves.

As for the coaches, Popovich and Spo both said hello to him.

Although everyone is an opponent, after the series is played, they have also become more appreciative opponents.

In fact, compared with Popovich, Su Chen also admires Spo.

This has made Riley trusted for more than ten years, and he led a group of second-round picks to the draft with the Heat, and reached the Finals many times.

It is also worthy of Su Chen's respect.

Spo is a coach who can really play players, he's not Rivers type.

Rivers is a 70-point coach, and if you give him a bunch of spicy chicken cards he can score 70 points, and if you give him a bunch of aces he can score 70 points.

And Spo can play a bunch of spicy chicken cards with 80 or 90 points.

The ace can score 99 points.

The Heat's Big Three champion still has a lot to do with Spo.

The reason why it can't continue is also because of the discord with James, and then the Heat rarely get ace-level players.

However, such a relatively simple interpersonal circle also made Su Chen less troublesome.

He and Milosevic found their place and became spectators.

As for the players, they all play together, and Su Chen, as a coach, also has to give the players their own space.

It started with the Masters.

It's just that some famous people gather together to play an exhibition match, and the level is also a lover.

Su Chen was not interested at all, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many cameras around, he would have wanted to play with his mobile phone.

In terms of rookie competition, this year's rookie competition was particularly strong in the first year.

McCollum vented all the grievances he received in the rookie game.

Giannis Antetokounmpo didn't go out of his way to fight for the ball, it was just a rookie game.

For Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was already an All-Star in his rookie season, there is no need to fight McCollum anymore.

McCollum's crazy performance made him the MVP of the rookie game.

That's all for the first day of All-Star.

The next day.

Today's content, with Timberwolves players participating, is Middleton's three-point contest.

The Timberwolves players did not participate in the Skill Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest.

Su Chen took a casual look at the skills competition, and waited directly for the three-point competition to start.

Lillard defeated a crowd of competitors to win the Tricks Championship trophy.

For this link, Su Chen skipped it directly.

Soon, the three-point contest began.

The contestants of the three-point contest walked into the court one by one.

There are eight people in total: Aaron Afflalo, Bradley Beal, Kyrie Irving, Joe Johnson, Chris Middleton, Stephen Curry, Damian Lillard, James Harden.

For this year's three-point competition, Su Chen is looking forward to it.

Although Belinelli is not very famous, the champion of this year's three-point contest is Belinelli.

Middleton went straight to replace the champion.

"Let's see who's the champion."

Su Chen looked at it expectantly.

It would be interesting if Middleton had taken the championship over and won the championship himself.

At the same time, there is also a change that Lefu could participate in this three-point contest in the west, but after arriving in the east, it did not squeeze into the three-point contest.

Love has not been doing well with the Bulls this season, and he is not in the mood to participate in the three-point contest himself.

The Union also did not invite him.

This vacancy in the West was filled by James Harden.

Harden, who was participating in the three-point contest for the first time, took the lead, but he didn't seem to let go, scoring only 16 points in his first game.

He hits a lot of balls, but on the key balls, he misses too many.

The second to appear was Lillard.

This season has been a mature season for Lillard, who is very talented at three-point shooting and just in time to catch the advantage of the small-ball version.

Lillard looked more relaxed.

However, Lillard, who was easy, pulled in the fifth group and scored the same 18 points as Harden.

Then the audience burst into applause.

The third to appear is Stephen Curry.

Curry's popularity has skyrocketed since winning the championship last season, and his three-point shooting has impressed.

Curry is also the biggest favorite for this year's three-point championship.

But Curry didn't do well.

After shooting, he scored only 16 points, two fewer than Harden and Lillard.

This made Curry shake his head and laugh after he voted himself.

(End of chapter)