Trail Blazers ball possession.

"defend!"

"defend!"

"defend!"

The Wolves fans in the target center shouted rhythmically.

Lillard took the ball and directed the traffic, gesturing to indicate the tactics to play.

The boss of the Trail Blazers' team is still Aldridge, but Aldridge didn't signal that he wanted to play by himself, that is, to play tactics.

The tactics of the Trailblazers are mostly used in wide-angle space tactics.

Batum and Matthews both spread out.

Between them and Lillard, a wide-angle distribution was formed, and Aldridge and Lopez Jr. both offered to block and dismantle.

The Trail Blazers' tactical starting point is from outside the three-point line.

Since the Warriors won the championship last season by attacking from the three-point line, some teams are already starting to make changes.

And after Kerr took office this season, the Warriors were able to reach the third place in the West in the first half of the season.

This is enough to prove that launching tactics from the three-point line is already a mature system in the league.

This has allowed the Trailblazers' tactics to change faster than the original timeline.

Although Kerr played the pass-and-cut tactics with the Warriors, the wide-angle space tactics were also in the Warriors' arsenal.

The Trail Blazers have two elite outside shooters, Lillard and Matthews, and it's clear that they want to replicate the success of the Warriors last season.

Even in the offseason, the owner of the Trail Blazers took the initiative to contact Su Chen, wanting Su Chen to replicate his success in the Warriors.

The Warriors have the Splash Brothers, and the Trail Blazers have the Lillard Matthews Brothers!

But after inviting Su Chen, they also asked Terry Stouts to start developing a new tactical system.

Terry Stottes isn't a big manager, but it's still possible to replicate the tactics.

It's just that sometimes, there are always some differences.

Lillard was defended directly by Lore Deng, and Lillard took Aldridge's pick-and-roll and found his defender to be Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is fast and completely capable of switching to the perimeter.

Lillard saw that he didn't have a chance, so he gave the ball to Aldridge.

Aldridge has the ability to have a low back, facing Lore Deng and directly turning on the back play mode.

This kind of counterpoint was thought of by Su Chen in advance.

Lore Deng is clearly still at the tail end of his prime, his physicality is still on the line, and his strength is enough.

There is also a 10% increase in striker bonds, a height and arm length of Lore Deng, and a reference to the alignment data of Lore Deng and Aldridge in the past.

Su Chen felt that he could let Luo Er Deng take a look at the effect of Aldridge first.

Aldridge's playoff journey gives the impression that it is basically a soft-footed shrimp, and it has a fight with the Timberwolves' later star Gummy Bear.

Of course, it is undeniable that Aldridge still played well against the Rockets.

But the Rockets were a happy beast with Terrence Jones and a slipped role player, the Trail Blazers' outside threat opened up again, and Aldridge scored a lot of points with his mid-range shot and back.

In addition to his performance in the Rockets, Aldridge did not have too strong moments throughout his life, and when he was with the Spurs, he was beaten to an average of more than a dozen points per game under the Warriors' defensive system.

The Warriors' defensive system can be defended, and Su Chen, with the resources of the current team, can naturally defend it.

Let Lore Deng defend alone is purely to test the water.

If it can be prevented, then the entire series can be defended in the face of the Trail Blazers' wide-angle offense with infinite defensive changes.

I couldn't prevent it from opening the clamp again and replaced Covington with it.

Aldridge squeezed Lore Deng a few times at this time, and Lore Deng withstood Aldridge's impact, and he himself is also a technical offensive interior rather than Randolph's power type.

If it was Randolph, Su Chen wouldn't even consider single defense, and would just open the clip!

Lore Deng is difficult to defend the power type inside line, but he is good at defending the technical flow.

Aldridge's several back movements did not shake Lohrdeen's center of gravity, and the backward lean of the turn was also disturbed by Lohrdeen.

The ball jumps out of the box.

Serge Ibaka protected the rebound.

Su Chen, who was on the sidelines, almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw Aldridge's singles.

This face, how is it so similar to a famous Sun champion center later, big fights are not deducted, hook hands, is to play, is not to fight.

The defensive effect of this first ball Luo Er Deng still made Su Chen more satisfied.

It seems that 10% of the forward bond is still quite useful, and according to the usual data of Lore Deng and Aldridge, Lore Deng can only barely match it.

With the addition of these 10% attributes, Lore Deng defended Aldridge, and it really looked good.

Make up for the difference.

Terry Stottes looked at Aldridge's singles move, and his face was a little unpleasant.

If Aldridge can't eat Lore Deng alone, then the Trail Blazers' tactical system will not be easy to play.

The point where this lineup is great is Aldridge.

Changing the defense Aldridge can be stable and small, and someone will make up for it in advance, and Aldridge can also make a mid-range shot when the opponent does not react.

The whole wide-angle strategy will create a lot of opportunities because of Aldridge's inside and outside shots.

Then the outside shot is opened, and Aldridge will have more opportunities under the basket.

It seems that the Trailblazers' wide-angle space is an outside launch tactic, but in fact, the outside and the inside complement each other.

When one point is opened, another point can be fed.

In terms of downwind, the Trail Blazers are very strong, and all of them are scoring champions.

But once any point is choked, the entire Trail Blazers' offense will come to a standstill.

Terry Stouts stood on the sidelines and watched, taking a timeout and looking at two or three more rounds.

And at this time, the Timberwolves' counterattack also began.

Giannis Antetokounmpo held the ball and pushed the fast break, but the Trail Blazers' defense was relatively fast, and the Timberwolves did not find this opportunity to switch offense.

Obviously, they also have research on the Timberwolves, and they know that the Timberwolves are a team that catches the transition offense very frequently.

No one grabbed the offensive rebounds at all, and they all retreated.

Seeing that there were no fast-break opportunities, Giannis Antetokounmpo gave the ball directly to Butler.

At the same time, Iguodala also came up to block and cover, and joined Giannis Antetokounmpo to block and form a corner position.

Butler held the ball and instead of going to Iguodala's side, he made a hand-to-hand cover with Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Butler gave the ball to Giannis Antetokounmpo and ran towards the left 45-degree baseline, but immediately came back with another pause and seemed to be ready for another hand-to-hand hand.

Matthews was chasing Butler, but he was already half a position behind Butler, and Lopez Jr. considered whether to delay Butler for his teammates.

After Butler's second hand-to-hand shot, he will have a space of half a body ahead of Matthews to complete a mid-range shot.

Although Butler can only complete the catch-and-shoot in the bottom corner of the open space with three points, Butler really has a mid-range shot, and this information has been said by analysts before the game.

But at this time, Giannis Antetokounmpo's handover was just a fake pass, and suddenly Giannis Antetokounmpo turned his back and accelerated.

This time directly passed the hesitant little Lopez.

Bang!

After Giannis Antetokounmpo passed Lopez Jr., he faced Aldridge's supplementary defense and directly completed the dunk.

Honk!

At the same time, the whistle blew, Aldridge fouled the ball-hitter, and Giannis Antetokounmpo got a 2+1 chance.

Giannis Antetokounmpo stepped onto the free-throw line and took a deep breath.

He didn't shoot his free throws well, and despite his training, he didn't hit the field very well.

But fortunately, he is blessed with his ability points.

Although his free throw ability is not high at his peak, he can still score some free throws after all.

Brush!

Giannis Antetokounmpo withstood the pressure and scored the goal.

Timberwolves 5-0 Trail Blazers.

After scoring five points in a row in the opening game, Giannis Antetokounmpo was a little unstoppable.

Terry Stottes rubbed his forehead and didn't call a timeout.

It's not that he doesn't want to call a timeout, it's not that he's afraid of losing face, he still wants to see.

If Lopez Jr. really can't guard Giannis Antetokounmpo at all, then the Trail Blazers are in trouble.

Aldridge is not a defensive stalwort, but he must be on the field to keep the team attacking.

Besides, Aldridge is the boss of this team no matter what he says, and he can't take it.

Like a lot of later squishy players, what Ayton Downs, the coach doesn't know their shortcomings?

The salary is so high, I can't afford it!

If a team can win a series with a maximum salary, what is the point of having such a highest-paid player?

It's not that Terry Stouts doesn't want to call this timeout, and he has to see if Lopez Jr. really can't limit it at all.

Trailblazer round.

They repeated the tactics of the previous round and let Aldridge face Lore Deng again.

It's like continuing to see if Lopez Jr. can't limit Giannis Antetokounmpo at all, and continue to see if Aldridge really can't beat Lore Deng.

If these two points are true, Terry Stotters feels that this series, the Trail Blazers will be close to the intensity of the Timberwolves.

This time, Aldridge hooked it in with a hook that turned around.

Timberwolves 5:2 Trail Blazers.

For such a goal, Su Chen is acceptable.

After all, it's the outside that switches the opponent's inside core, and it's acceptable to be able to drive Aldridge out of the box and let him finish a little farther away.

Lore Deng's reach is okay, and it can interfere with some of it.

"Let Aldridge beat Lore Deng first, and then let Giannis give him an intensity when he gets tired."

Su Chen looked at the situation on the field and thought in his heart.

Giannis Antetokounmpo actually covers Aldridge in all aspects, with height and arm span, strength, and even skill Giannis Antetokounmpo is more talented for low post defense.

What he is best at is removing the stool when he is back, and the timing is very good.

The reason why he didn't let Giannis Antetokounmpo go to Aldridge at the beginning was purely because Su Chen felt that playing a Trail Blazer in the first round didn't have to be so tiring.

Lore Deng has nothing to do on the offensive end, smoking and playing cards in the bottom corner, and this defensive end can't let him go all out.

Timberwolves offense.

Giannis Antetokounmpo holds the ball and prepares to call a bull corner.

As for the Trailblazers, after seeing this position, they also immediately made a corresponding defensive formation.

But before the formation was in place, Giannis Antetokounmpo suddenly changed direction and accelerated, rushing directly to the inside.

This move is a bit like Westbrook's sudden acceleration in the middle of the journey, like making a bicycle pedaling motion, and rushing into it all at once.

But Giannis Antetokounmpo is so big and has a pretty visual impact when he controls the ball and makes this move.

And his pace, due to his big pace, is not much slower than Westbrook.

Lopez Jr. wanted to block Giannis Antetokounmpo after he noticed that Giannis Antetokounmpo suddenly accelerated, but was hit by Giannis Antetokounmpo at high speed.

He moved laterally to block, and even if he was knocked down, the referee didn't blow an offensive foul.

didn't blow him to block the foul, which can be regarded as the referee's malice towards the Timberwolves.

After all, the Timberwolves are a team that is famously no-whistle.

The referees' whistles were blown as if they were blocked by Minnesota snow and ice.

Of course, when the Timberwolves players fouled, the referees made another fire to melt the ice.

Bang!

Giannis Antetokounmpo, who rushed in, is another violent dunk!

The entire target center was set on fire, and the audience stood up and cheered, making a loud noise.

Timberwolves 7:2 Trail Blazers.

Honk!

Terry Stottes didn't want to continue to see if Lopez Jr. could prevent it, and if he continued to prevent it, the ice and snow in Minnesota would be beaten into magma.

It's still not talented!

Compared to his brother, Lopez Jr. has been rewarded for his hard work to be a role player.

Maybe he is more suitable to play mascot than to play.

After the Trail Blazers were stopped, the entire target center was cheering, and the fans were very excited.

The same is true for the players on the court, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has completed consecutive violent dunks, and frequently receives high-fives from the Timberwolves players in celebration.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was also very excited and responded to his teammates one by one.

The Timberwolves got off to a hot start.

Compared with the adrenaline-pumping players, Su Chen seemed very calm, holding a tactical board to arrange tactics.

That's the coach's job to stay calm when the whole team is excited.

The coach is the brain of the team, and only by calming down can the best strategy be made.

Even as a chicken soup coach, he knows exactly when he needs to be passionate to motivate his players.

Instead of really adrenaline pumping with the players, rambling around.

At this point, the pause ends.

Both sides are back on the field.

The Timberwolves, as the dominant side, have no need to change the lineup.

Su Chen didn't use [Eagle Eye] to see the opponent's tactics right now, and he didn't need to change the lineup in a hurry.

It's not that Terry Stotters doesn't want to change, but the Trail Blazers don't have any reliable interior lines that work well.

Joel Foyland and Thomas Robinson are both fringe interior players in the league, and if they want to go up against Giannis Antetokounmpo, they might as well count on Aldridge.

The Trail Blazers really don't have anything to do inside, otherwise how could Lopez Jr., who has mediocre talent and only hard work, sit firmly in the starting center.

This is also why it was beaten like that just now and it was not called a timeout, and the interior reserves of the Trail Blazers are really poor.

After restarting the game, the Trail Blazers changed tactics.

The Trail Blazers have a shrinking defensive strategy, and whenever there is a need to choose inside or outside defense on the defensive end, they do not hesitate to choose the inside.

In the round just now, the Trail Blazers basically didn't match Giannis Antetokounmpo.

As for asking Aldridge to give it a try, Terry Stouts didn't think about it at all.

As a player who is strong in attack and weak in defense, Aldridge can defend against ordinary offensive players, and it is already good not to let his teammates help him to make up for it.

Counting on him to defend the opponent's core one-on-one, Terry Stottes still didn't think much of it.

After the Trail Blazers switched to a shrinking strategy, the Timberwolves also had a lot of three-point opportunities.

But the Timberwolves' three-point level is the level of a group of character 3D players.

Although it gave the Timberwolves some three-point opportunities, it was still a little better than the previous strategy.

(End of chapter)