Facing the defending champion Timberwolves, the Clippers played a strong pressing force.

Why did the Timberwolves win the championship last season?

That's because of the excellent defensive ability of all positions, the Timberwolves can play infinite rotation against the Warriors, and they can also quickly wrap up and help the defense sweep against the Spurs.

It can be said that the Timberwolves' defensive ability at every position is very tough.

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo has become a rookie sophomore without the blessing of Su Chen's skills, his defense is still enough.

However, after Rivers coached, he did not choose to copy Su Chen's answer and use his own coaching style.

Although Rivers' tactical system is not useless, Su Chen's method is the most suitable for this team.

Or it can also be said that the staffing of the entire team is actually matched according to Su Chen's tactical system.

Coupled with Su Chen's various skills, this team was already familiar with the tactical system in an instant in the first season.

If Rivers is willing to learn Su Chen's tactical system, even if Rivers doesn't have the props to increase his proficiency, at least he will still have a tacit understanding after playing for a season.

But Rivers is going to change the system, which makes the Timberwolves need to re-grind.

Especially when Giannis Antetokounmpo regressed from superstar strength to less than an All-Star, the Timberwolves' offense can rely on Butler stably.

Don't look at Iguodala as an FMVP, but his role is more on the defensive end while playing a cold offense.

It would be unreliable to let him attack.

Both Beverley and Serge Ibaka score at the level of role players, and their abilities are reflected in their defense.

But now Ibaka and Beverley are embarrassed by the Clippers' tactical system.

Because Lillard's pick-and-roll shooting with the ball is elite-level, this makes it impossible to give Lillard an angle to shoot when squeezing and picking.

Although Lillard's shooting speed is not as fast as Curry's, it is not much worse.

Thanks to Lillard's strong containment in the projection, this gives Jokic more options as well.

After Jokic blocked and dismantled, he basically faced the likes of Beverley, Butler, and Ibaka, and he could easily eat in the low post in the face of these people.

And when he saw Giannis Antetokounmpo blocking his inside route in advance, Jokic's superb ball intelligence also allowed him to make the most correct choice.

For example, suddenly changing the inside route and becoming an outside bullet three.

Jokic's offense covers too much, whether it's the three-point line or any area within the three-point line.

Jokic's soft touch can find him the angle to shoot.

At the same time, Jokic, who is in the middle of the pack, has a passing vision that covers the whole court and can easily find open teammates through gaps.

The Timberwolves' way to win is never offense, but defense.

However, the Clippers' offensive system makes the Timberwolves lineup difficult to defend at all, and Rivers has never seen such a tactical system.

Even if it's Duncan of the Spurs, Duncan doesn't have three points.

End of the first session.

Timberwolves 19:31 Clippers.

As a national live broadcast of this game, it is natural to think that the two sides have a dozen.

But now it's only the first quarter, and the defending champion Timberwolves seem to have been knocked down, trailing by 12 points in a single quarter.

Rondo looked thoughtful from the sidelines.

He remembered what Su Chen said to him before the game, and it seemed that those words were not big words.

"Is this the all-out Clippers?"

Rondo watched and thought from the sidelines.

Rondo has a very high ball quotient, and he can see that if he goes on the court to execute these tactics, he will definitely not be as good as Lillard.

Although he can give more assists to Jokic, he can also give more assists to his teammates.

But he found that Jokic's passing vision and skills were not much worse than his traditional point guard.

Even if it's a bit of a gap in technique, Jokic is tall, and his passing vision is naturally wider than a group of point guards.

to the second verse.

Both sides went into rotation time.

After all, this is not a playoffs, and in the long regular season, both sides are still relatively standard substitutions.

Timberwolves lineup: Mike Muscala (C), Josh Smith (PF), Robert Covington (SF), Chris Middleton (SG), Jimmy Butler (PG)

Clippers lineup: Clint Capela (C), Jeff Green (PF), Kyle Anderson (SF), Jerami Grant (SG), Rajon Rondo (PG)

Rivers, who didn't like to play point guard with a forward, made a change.

He also saw that in the face of the Clippers' lineup, Beverley's size was not right and he couldn't prevent it at all.

Su Chen's substitute lineup, the overall and the starter are actually the same reason, and the three positions from PF to SG are blurred to make up a striker fetters.

Originally, Sledgehammer Anderson was more suitable for playing power forward, but Su Chen wanted to see how Jeff Green performed at power forward, so he didn't let Anderson play power forward.

Anderson's three-point shooting was actually relatively poor.

can't be said to be bad, if you really put Anderson in a big vacancy, he can also vote.

But his three-point shooting speed is too slow, and if it is not a big vacancy, it can only rely on the time difference.

For example, Anderson raised a shot, the opponent jumped over to block, and when the opponent landed, Anderson just made a shot.

Otherwise, how could Anderson have the nickname of Time Lord?

Even though Anderson has been playing for many years, there are still many players who can't match Anderson's rhythm when they play against Anderson.

After all, I usually play a group of fast ones, and suddenly I play a slow one, and it's not easy to adapt all of a sudden.

However, this substitute lineup is still a bit strange.

The three-point shooting ability is slightly lacking, but there are two playmaking points.

However, when Anderson entered the rotation, he still thought that Anderson could learn more from Rondo.

Anderson's talent for learning is still very strong.

When Anderson went to the Timberwolves, it was supposed to be Sila passing to Gobert at the start of the season, but Sila was simply not up to the task.

After Sledgehammer watched Ingles' video of the Jazz passing to Gobert overnight, he learned it himself and became the most pastry feeder for Gobert this season.

Anderson can learn from Rondo and is arguably the best coach.

If there are two point guards in the league who are the best in passing and ball handling, they are Paul and Rondo.

Paul and Rondo are both top passing masters, and it's really hard to compare the two when it comes to passing.

In terms of honor, although Paul has one more assist king than Rondo, the actual effect of the game is similar.

Anderson was also taken to the office by Su Chen for a one-on-one conversation before the game.

In short, it's still the same set of paintings.

Tell Anderson that he's going to be reused, that the team will have his place, and he'll let Rondo teach him how to pass.

Not only on the court but also off the court, as long as Anderson studies hard, Su Chen gave Anderson a rotation position.

This made Anderson very excited.

At this time, Anderson was still a rookie, and he had been worried that he might not have much playing time with the Clippers.

Because of his technical characteristics, it is not very in line with Su Chen's consistent tactical system.

But now Su Chen told him that as long as he studies hard, he can have a rotation position.

Moreover, Su Chen had already personally come forward to let Rondo teach him, if he didn't study hard, he would offend Rondo and Su Chen at the same time.

At this time, Anderson was still under a lot of pressure, and now he just wants to watch and study hard.

Rondo is on the bench, and it's not just Anderson who can benefit.

The biggest beneficiary is Capela.

A player like Capela, in fact, it doesn't make much difference whether he is at his peak or not.

Anyway, it just relies on one-handed physical fitness, there is no technology, and there is no need for technology.

In the summer training camp, Capela also did not practice skills, purely to train his body.

Capella in terms of physical fitness is already quite mature.

What kind of performance Capela can play, his ceiling is purely determined by the ceiling of the pie feeding.

Rondo's arrival made Capela crack the pie.

Whether it's a high-tossing open catch, a back-tossed pass from Rondo's breakaway to help him attract defenders, and a seam-barred ground-to-ground pass.

This can give Capela a very comfortable catch.

At the same time, Jeff Green has been teammates with Rondo in the Celtics, and Rondo can also find out in time when Jeff Green's inside cut or outside three-pointer.

Muscala is just an ordinary spatial interior lineman, and it is difficult to keep up with a running and jumping man like Capela.

At the same time, due to the lack of a point guard, the Timberwolves' offense played very poorly.

Although Rondo is a small defender, he benefits from his long arms and wide palms.

Let him not be a colander even in the face of Butler's offense.

And Rondo is not the main defense, more of a defense for Grant and Anderson.

Although both are rookies, both have very good defensive foundations, and both are long-arm stretches and high mobility.

Don't look at Anderson's slow with the ball, but he can defend defenders on the defensive end.

Even later against Doncic, who was already in his prime, Anderson made a strong defensive impression.

Grant is now cultivated in a 3D route from the beginning, and their defense is good even for rookies.

The bench and starters were all playing with the Timberwolves, and Rivers was also standing on the sidelines, not coming up with any way to deal with it.

This game, which originally attracted a lot of attention, turned into a one-sided crushing by the Clippers.

The game is over.

Timberwolves 81:106 Clippers.

After the win over the Timberwolves, the Clippers' record also came: 17-3.

Continued to hold the first record in the West.

After no need to brush the data for the rookie, Su Chen is not pretending to be now, and directly attacks with all his might.

This lineup was run in until the end of the season.

Although it is normal for teams to win and lose in the regular season, even the first strong team will lose to the fishing team.

But the Clippers played this kind of crushing game against opponents of the same level, and they didn't rely on any three-point explosion to feel good, they basically played decently.

This is the difference in strength.

Obviously, this Timberwolves team can hardly be said to be a team that can continue to defend the title.

Of the two teams that Su Chen left, the Warriors' first defending season was directly eliminated by Su Chen in the playoffs.

This second team, the Timberwolves, seems to be eliminated if they meet Su Chen's current team in the playoffs.

And it's quite normal for the two teams to meet in the playoffs, the Timberwolves don't look like they can play second and avoid the Timberwolves first, but Rivers' civilian genetic talent and the configuration of this Timberwolves don't look like falling out of the playoffs.

"This Clippers team has become stronger after the trade, and this deal with Ange is really profitable, and two Celtics starters have been directly moved to play on the bench."

Johnson commented on the performance of the Clippers in this game.

"Jokic is back to playing, he was confused before, but now he's found his way to play."

O'Neal praised Jokic.

O'Neal's attitude towards Gobert, a rookie played under Su Chen last season, and now towards Jokic, is purely two attitudes.

For Gobert, even during the period when he played 20+10, O'Neal didn't think very much of Gobert.

But even in Jokic's previous slump games, O'Neal did not speak harshly, but made remarks encouraging Jokic to get out of the rookie wall.

Now that Jokic has regained his confidence, O'Neal is also very happy.

He admires the technical center, and Jokic's handling of the ball and the way he shoots is simply too much for his taste.

During the All-Star Game, O'Neal showed off his mid-range pull-up jumper after carrying a back, albeit three non-sticky.

But O'Neal still thinks he is a technical center, so he is very optimistic about Jokic, who is also a technical center.

O'Neal was thinking that he would have to have the ball and shooting skills like Jokic, and not let other teams use shark slashing tactics against him.

Next.

After the trade, the Clippers, after the first game, also caused a lot of discussion.

"Warriors, Cavaliers, now we have to add one more team, the Clippers."

"The competition in the West this season is too fierce, the Warriors needless to say, the Rockets have also been strong recently, with Paul Aldridge as the Trail Blazers, as well as the defending champion Timberwolves, and now there is a Clippers who are as obviously better than other teams like the Warriors."

"It's still cool in the East, the Cavaliers' opponent in the East now looks like there is only one team for the Hawks, but the Hawks are not good enough to meet the Cavaliers in the playoffs."

This season, it has shown a clear pattern of strong west and weak east.

Especially many fans of Western teams, they scolded Anji directly.

It's just two rookies, and white gives two starters to the Clippers.

The Clippers' starters are already very competitive, and now the Celtics have given the Clippers two starters to the Clippers to play as a substitute, and now the Clippers' bench is also so strong that there is a gap with other teams.

In particular, I don't know why, the Clippers' original shortcoming is the lack of center ability.

But now that a Jokic is played, that Capela's talent for eating cakes was also discovered after Rondo came.

Judging from the perception of the game, it is not even worse than Jordan Jr., which was traded by the Clippers.

(End of chapter)