Intermission ends.

The third quarter of the game has officially begun.

Some of the older home fans in the stadium are already feeling a little uneasy.

Originally, there was nothing to worry about for the Timberwolves, but now it is playing like this.

They wanted to see Duncan beat Giannis Antetokounmpo without showing up, not even with Ibaka.

Pre-game analysis of Parker and Duncan's blocking and dismantling was something that the Timberwolves could not handle, but this scene did not appear.

Since the beginning of this season, the Spurs have been smooth sailing and have not been challenged.

Whether it's at the start of the season or ending with the best record in the league.

They swept the Grizzlies who had beaten them in the first round, and easily eliminated the Thunder led by Durant Westbrook in the second round.

Timberwolves, but judging by past resumes.

In terms of experience, it is not as good as the Grizzlies eliminated in the first round.

Even in terms of the talent of young people, it is far inferior to the thunder.

The double gold content of Durant and Westbrook is not comparable to the dual core of the Timberwolves today.

But this is the kind of Timberwolves, relying on team basketball, and the Spurs to play like this.

This is the home of the Spurs, and losing the home field is still a big blow for the Spurs.

In the third quarter, the Spurs restarted their old tactical system and stopped insisting on playing Duncan and Parker.

The Spurs want to play a tactical system, but Su Chen is even less panicked.

The Spurs' tactics evolved from the Princeton system.

In general, the current Spurs are Duncan who plays with the ball, but no longer attacks.

Instead, it is to mobilize the outside players' off-ball running, various anti-runs and empty switches, and always run out of open opportunities.

Of course, unlike traditional Princeton, perimeter players can also break through with the ball.

To put it simply, the Spurs' offense is to constantly cover, break points, run without the ball, and cooperate with high and low posts, but the most powerful point is that the Timberwolves with high and low posts in the first half give few chances to defend.

This makes the Spurs' system, even if there are many tactics, but the lack of core points also makes the tactical system lose a lot of threat.

And overly complicated tactics, although it will make the Timberwolves' defense difficult to keep up, but overly complicated tactics themselves will have more mistakes.

Although Popovich is a famous coach, his on-the-spot reaction is not bad.

But the current situation, for the Spurs, is out of control.

The strength of the Timberwolves exceeded previous estimates.

After playing for a while, Popovich saw that such a frequent run tactic was not enough, so he simply simplified the tactic.

This allowed the Spurs to start becoming more of a personal single.

The Timberwolves' defense of Duncan is an infinite package and does not give Duncan a fight.

It's a bit like Su Chen's previous tactics of using BOX-1 against Curry, that is, he didn't play Curry, and Curry took the ball for all kinds of targets.

At this time, the rest of the Spurs' defense will not face too much intensity.

All of them have adopted a single defense mode.

Popovich saw this and simply let Leonard and Pakdo attack with the ball.

After complicating the tactics, Popovich suddenly simplified the tactics again.

However, Leonard's current strong ability has not yet reached the level of later, and Su Chen directly asked Iguodala to defend Leonard alone, which made it difficult for Leonard to attack with his talent.

At the same time, for Parker, Su Chen also either asked Butler to go to the top, or let Beverley go to the top.

The Timberwolves' offense is not very good, but the defensive resources are simply overflowing, and they are not afraid of the Spurs relying on the ability of the stars to solve the problem.

Even if Duncan's individual ability is difficult to defend alone, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ibaka can both play a sweeping interior line, and they are fast enough to wrap Duncan and rotate the defense without losing position.

Of course, the credit for the bondage of the strikers is also great.

As the front team, the Timberwolves are basically present on the front line, and the fetters are all effective.

Seeing that the score was still so deadlocked, the Spurs' veterans began to run out of energy, and Popovich was also very restless on the sidelines.

In this case, Popovich laid out some aggressive tactics.

But when he paused, Su Chen saw it directly with his eagle eye.

After Popovich's timeout, as before, the Timberwolves guessed the tactics for counter-suppression.

"Hawkeye's skill, it's really not too much for an S-level."

At this moment, Su Chen was also a little admired.

Without this skill, it would have been impossible for him to guess the Spurs' changeable tactical system.

The Spurs have eight tactical systems, each of which contains multiple tactical systems, and they are operated by Popovich himself.

Even if the coach of the league wanted to predict, when he saw that the opponent was Popovich, he gave up the prediction and chose to make a step-by-step arrangement.

But speaking of which, this Eagle Eye skill was basically used as a challenge replay at the beginning.

However, the current alliance has not yet issued challenge rules.

Marking the opponent's tactical board belongs to the magic path gameplay found by Su Chen, and he forcibly made an original B-level skill with an effect comparable to that of S-level.

Although due to the huge consumption of mental power, it is only used two or three times a game.

But these two or three times, if you use it well, you can directly hold down the opponent's counterattack.

Press it twice more, and the opponent's morale will drop quickly.

The Spurs were also due to two consecutive deployments, not only did they not play as well as they should, but they were also given a fast break by the Timberwolves' mistakes.

This is a big blow to the Spurs players.

Spurs players are experienced, but they are still athletes at heart, and they can be discouraged by some negative emotions.

And there are also young players among the main players, Leonard is okay, his mentality on the field has always been relatively boring, and he will not easily put his emotions on the surface.

But Green was a lot more frizzy, and Green was impatient and wanted to get it back with his three-pointer.

But this happened to fall into the trap of the Timberwolves, and Green's point was focused on by the Timberwolves.

After several times in a row, Popovich saw that the angry rebuke was useless to Green, and directly put Green on the bench.

Green, a high-quality shooter, still brings young players with defensive attributes, and the aging Spurs are even more difficult to keep up with the Timberwolves' offensive and defensive rhythm.

At the end of the third quarter.

Spurs 59:68 Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves seized the opportunity and not only overtook the Spurs, but also led the Spurs by nine points.

Originally, the Spurs, who had always played with a clear mind, highlighted a groggy one in this game.

From the coach to the players, they don't know what they're playing anymore.

It's very inexplicable.

Obviously just a mere Timberwolves, it is almost recognized in the industry that the Spurs can solve the opponent in five or six games.

It was so embarrassing for them.

Spurs are very experienced in educating young people.

But now, instead of teaching young people with their experience, they are beaten and exhausted by these young people because of the element of age.

"The Spurs shortened their rotation in the third quarter, but that didn't help them take the lead, and instead they were given the lead by Forest."

Johnson said from the commentary platform.

"The most important thing is that the Timberwolves are obviously younger, but their main team gets more rest than the Spurs."

"This is incredible, how did Su Chen do it?"

Barkley said with some surprise.

If this score is this score, it is the Timberwolves who overdraw their starting strength and lead by 9 points.

Then for the Spurs, this one is still in control.

But now it's the other way around, and it's more difficult for Spurs.

The 9-point difference is actually not backward for many other offensive teams, such as for the Warriors, Curry Thompson shot three three-pointers.

However, for the Spurs, their three-point shooting has never been a strong point, and Green, the team's three-point master, was also dropped off the bench due to emotional impact.

In other words, if the Spurs want to chase this 9 points, they need to keep attacking inside for 5 rounds.

At the same time, in these 5 rounds, the Timberwolves will not be able to score a point.

In the first half, the Timberwolves' mid-range shooting didn't feel good.

The Spurs' mid-range shooting is not a pure mid-range shot, and there is still interference, but it is not as strong as the interior and three-point defense.

But Butler gradually found his touch and rhythm, and even when the Spurs interfered with his mid-range shots, Butler's shooting percentage increased.

"The rest of the Spurs need to help Duncan, and the Timberwolves' defensive resources are all placed on Duncan, just like the Warriors' defensive resources are all aimed at Curry."

"Parker and Leonard struggled to play a good efficiency against their respective defenses, and the Spurs are going to have the time to trust Ginobili."

Kenny Smith analyzed.

Really.

At the start of the final quarter, Ginobili was back on the court.

Spurs lineup: Tim Duncan (C), Burris Dior (PF), Kawhi Leonard (SF), Manu Ginobili (SG), Tony Parker (PG)

Timberwolves lineup: Sergi Ibaka (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Josh Smith (SF), Andre Iguodala (SG), Jimmy Butler (PG)

In the final quarter, GDP was all on the field.

With Dior and Leonard at the same time, this lineup shows that the Spurs still rely on their individual ability to turn the tables.

On the Timberwolves' side, there is no Covington and Lore Deng.

Covington had a very good defensive performance tonight, and Lore Deng was also remarkable, but neither of them played.

Su Chen was standing on the sidelines, he naturally had his plans.

The Spurs lineup basically has offensive ability in every position.

In particular, don't underestimate Dior, who has been nominated for the best sixth man many times in his career, and has also averaged 15 points per game in his career.

When GDP is on the floor, Dio's defense is often the weakest point of the opponent, so he can play with the Spurs and others.

Strictly guard against the GDP of Spurs, but when Dior scores, there is a feeling of being stolen.

His offensive ability, using the average small forward to top him, is not so easy to top.

Josh has been doing well defensively this game, and his height, reach, and athleticism are also limiting for Dio.

Giannis Antetokounmpo can defend the opponent's five positions, and this arrangement is relatively safe to prevent the Spurs' chasing points.

Back after the game.

The Spurs are really starting to focus on offense.

Parker and Duncan played a pseudo-containment, Leonard played the secondary offense, and the real offense fell to Dio and Ginobili.

It's also the Timberwolves who have enough defensive resources.

If it is placed on other teams, it will already consume a lot of defensive resources to defend GDP, and the good defense will basically go to GDP.

If there is a passing defense, it is also necessary to play a two-choice defense between Leonard and Dior.

After all, not all teams are front-line teams like the Timberwolves, and they all have good defense.

Generally speaking, even if it is a strong team, there will be one or two points of weakness in defense.

The current team structure usually needs a point guard and a shooter.

There aren't many shooters and point guards who are generally strong in defense, and it's good for shooters and point guards to have a good defense, and if both of them defend well, the team will pick up the treasure.

Another thing is that whether it is Dior or Leonard, their size is difficult to match.

For example, the two brothers Paul and Rondo, who have better defense in the point guard, really want to face the misplaced Dio, if they also cut inside, the two brothers may not be able to defend it together.

The Spurs fell into the rhythm of a single offense.

But whether it's Dio or Leonard, even if they cut inside, they will face either Iguodala or Josh in defense.

This makes the Spurs' offensive efficiency still not go up.

Josh doesn't have the ball on the court, but he can work with Giannis Antetokounmpo to give Butler a double pick-and-roll.

Then, after the double block, you can also do a tear-down attack.

Although Josh's three-point shooting is relatively poor, his mid-range shooting is still barely passable.

The Spurs didn't dare to really let Josh shoot in the open spot.

As a result, the Spurs' offensive efficiency did not go up, and the defensive efficiency did not go up.

The difference is still slowly being widened.

"It seems that in this game, the winner has been decided."

Su Chen looked at the situation on the field and smiled.

But he just smiled lightly, and immediately took it back without being caught by the camera.

The Spurs' stamina couldn't keep up.

And at this time, Su Chen also directly gave Butler, who had the most playing time, a physical drink.

This directly made Butler's offense more secure.

Usually this one is for Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was not treated as a cow by Su Chen tonight, so for this stamina drink, there is no need to give Giannis Antetokounmpo.

He was a blue-collar worker, supporting Butler.

However, this did not wronged Giannis Antetokounmpo, after all, Butler was ruthless and could be led by Giannis Antetokounmpo.

This night, Butler had a strong presence on both offensive and defensive ends, causing a lot of trouble for the Spurs.

Popovich was also a little helpless when he saw the situation on the court, the Timberwolves' physical reserves were obviously better, and the old Spurs' physical strength had begun to decline significantly and began to be unable to keep up with the intensity given by the Timberwolves.

(End of chapter)