That's when the Timberwolves players also entered.

Compared with the regular season, the Timberwolves players came forward to greet Su Chen, but this playoffs did not have that.

In the playoffs, the two teams are in a state of battle, and unlike the regular season, as a professional player, they will still maintain a basic attitude.

Even if you want to say hello, it's after the series is over.

With the entry of the Timberwolves players, so did the current head coach of the Timberwolves, Doc Rivers.

After he entered, he first glanced at Su Chen's direction.

Obviously, Rivers is still more concerned about this guy who robs him of his job.

After the former boss of the Clippers traded him to the Clippers in the first round, the new owner gave up on him directly in order to curry favor with Su Chen.

This is not a simple comparison problem, I would rather lose a first-round round than him, doesn't this mean that he is more than a grade lower than Su Chen?

It's just an insult!

Rivers is not only unhappy with the Clippers right now, but even more so with the Timberwolves.

Now that the two teams have met in the playoffs, this is his chance to prove himself!

The game was broadcast live across the United States.

As the most gimmicky game in all series, the gold medal commentary team will naturally not let go.

"It's really interesting to play against these two teams, Rivers is the former coach of the Clippers, and Su Chen is the former coach of the Timberwolves."

"After the coach swap, the two teams had a really good conversation."

Johnson was the first to speak.

"The momentum of the Clippers this season is very strong, perhaps it can be said that the team coached by Su Chen has always had a strong momentum."

"We have been commenting on Su Chen's games in the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, and if Su Chen can advance to the finals, then we will have commented on Su Chen's games in the finals for three consecutive seasons."

Barkley said with a smile.

"The last time it should have been the Heat, but unlike the Heat, Su Chen is not on one team but on three different teams."

O'Neill added on the side.

"For a team, three consecutive championships are the establishment of a dynasty, but what is a three-in-a-row championship when the coach changes three teams?"

Kenny Smith asked.

Because Barkley talked about whether Su Chen would make it to the finals, Kenny Smith took the opportunity to think about Su Chen winning the third championship.

Kenny Smith's words stunned the three of them.

How is this calculated?

In the long history of the NBA, there has been no coach who changed three teams and then won the championship three seasons in a row.

And not to mention the coach, even if it's a player, it's probably not, this condition is outrageous.

Even if you change to a super strong team in three seasons, the super strong team may not be able to win the championship, and it is not easy to reproduce it deliberately.

Moreover, in Su Chen's three seasons, he did not take the initiative to join a super team.

The Warriors in the first two seasons have not yet reached the peak and are not considered a super team.

Last season's Timberwolves, from the start to the championship, were not a super strong team.

The combination of rookies and some All-Star fringes is hard to say what kind of super strong team it is.

The Clippers were rated as a super strong team this season, but Su Chen didn't take the initiative to join!

When Su Chen joined the Clippers, the Clippers were easily eliminated by the Thunder in the second round last season, and they can only be said to be among the top teams in the middle of the first line.

The title of the Clippers' super strong team was created by Su Chen himself.

Even at the beginning, due to the weakness of the center position, the Clippers with only George and Lillard were not favored at all.

The team's odds were not even squeezed into the first team before the season, let alone the first team.

It can be said that the super strong team of the Clippers is operated by Su Chen through his own coaching and draft transactions.

Of course, this is not a super strong team that Su Chen took the initiative to join.

"It's a bit hard to say."

Barkley hesitated.

"Is it the Su Dynasty?"

O'Neill touched his big bald head and said.

Burst!

When they heard O'Neill talk about the Su Dynasty, several people laughed.

The Su Dynasty or something, it's too much.

"There is really no such thing in history, but Su Chen's three consecutive championships have not yet been won, and I don't think there is any need to discuss this issue for the time being."

Johnson came out and said, intending to stop the topic for now.

Several people also nodded when these words came out.

The question of how to calculate Su Chen's personal dynasty, instead of dwelling on this, it is better to see if Su Chen can really achieve such an achievement.

Su Chen couldn't win the third championship in a row, so there was no discussion of this dynasty.

Changing teams and winning championships in a row, Su Chen can be said to be very powerful, but it is still almost meaningless from the great discussion.

Great coaches in history, building a dynasty is just the threshold of greatness.

The question of whether a man's dynasty is greater than a team's dynasty does not need to be added to the dialectic, at least for now.

These dialectics will only be added to the argument after Su Chen really wins this championship.

The focus of the game was once again gathered in the field.

Now Su Chen wants to join the great discussion, and he still needs to win the game in front of him.

There is a saying that there are no weak teams in the playoffs, but it is not necessarily.

Just like in the East now, there are teams with a very low win rate, but they still enter the playoffs and are easily swept away.

If the team in the first round still has some bastards, then the team in the second round can fit the description of this unweak team.

Even if the Clippers are regarded as a super strong team, are they really better than the Timberwolves?

The Timberwolves are the teams that advanced to the second round, and they are still the champions of last season, so the defending champion team still has to have some respect.

The game is about to begin.

The starters of both sides also walked into the field at this time.

Clippers starting lineup: Nikola Jokic (C), Nicolas Batum (PF), Jeff Green (SF), Paul George (SG), Damian Lillard (PG)

Timberwolves starting lineup: Giannis Antetokounmpo (C), Sergi Ibaka (PF), Jimmy Butler (SF), Andre Iguodala (SG), Patrick Beverley (PG)

The Clippers' roster has changed almost nothing.

The Timberwolves' roster has changed.

Rivers adjusted Giannis Antetokounmpo to the center position, and it was clear that Rivers knew that Ibaka was not up to Jokic at all, so he let Ibaka go to the power forward position.

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo has declined a lot this season, after all, the physical talent is there, and he will not be withdrawn by Jokic because of his weak lower body strength like Ibaka.

At the same time, let Butler, who was originally playing guard, go to the small forward position to play against Jeff Green.

And let last season's FMVP, the Timberwolves' number one big lock go to George.

Although from the perspective of tactical position, George has slowly become the team's three-in-command, George's occasional pull-up from beyond the three-point line and occasional break-through with the ball are also a reliable scoring point in the Clippers system.

As for Beverley, Rivers still intends to continue to use him.

Rivers still doesn't want to use this strategy of blocking and dismantling, and of course it's better to let Beverley start to chase Lillard without blocking and dismantling.

And Paul Rondo, who has been coached by Rivers for a while, is still more accustomed to locking the defense with this kind of small man.

The two sides jumped the ball at this time.

Giannis Antetokounmpo jumped to the ball for the Timberwolves.

After Beverley took the ball and advanced it past half court, he gave the ball to Butler.

At this time, Giannis Antetokounmpo came to block Butler, and Butler borrowed Giannis Antetokounmpo's block and directly chose to shoot in the middle.

Jeff Green was a bit of an interfering shot, and Butler's opening offense didn't go in.

Rivers coached a team that has a habit of playing a simple pick-and-roll or cover strategy at the beginning, and no matter how the opponent responds, it just plays a simple tactic and shoots quickly.

Rivers' idea is actually very simple, that is, to use a simple attack first to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.

But Su Chen has watched a lot of games in Rivers, and his habits during this time period are clear to Su Chen.

These are all laid out with the players.

Rivers' opening routine changed, starting with the 76ers, and now Rivers is still playing very well.

In fact, Rivers is really not difficult to defend, even if it is to the 76ers, it is not difficult to prevent Rivers at that time when Rivers made changes.

After Rivers arrived at the 76ers, he began to copy the tactics of coaches such as D'Antoni and Spo.

Rivers is essentially a chicken soup type coach.

The chicken soup type coach is very dependent on the stars, and his entire system is built according to the star players in the team.

And it depends on what kind of teaching assistant he is paired with, and the teaching assistant is powerful.

For this kind of chicken soup type coach, Su Chen feels that it is quite easy to deal with.

In addition to Rivers, such coaches are among the representatives of Brooks of the Thunder and Tyronn Lue of the Cavaliers.

However, Rivers knew that the Clippers' fast-pushing and fast-attacking ability was fast, so after playing a simple tactic, he immediately returned to the defense with all his hands and did not go to grab the board.

After Jokic received the rebound, he wanted to throw off the fast break, but after observing it, he didn't have a chance to dribble across the half court.

Originally, Jokic wanted to find Lillard first.

But Lillard was being defended by Beverley's mad dog-style defense without physical strength, preventing Lillard from catching the ball.

Beverley's physical fitness is not bad, and he is also a strong defender, and his physical exertion to prevent Lillard from receiving the ball is still effective.

Although it can't really limit Lillard from receiving the ball, it can make Lillard expend a lot of physical strength before receiving the ball.

If Lillard wants to get rid of this mad dog defense, he naturally has to consume some physical strength.

Jokic has a high ball quotient, and he immediately measured how tired Lillard is trying to get rid of that mad dog defense.

For a low-level player like Beverley, with guaranteed playing time, the regular season can be technical defense.

The playoffs are where his value really increases, and the defense at this time is not a simple technical defense, it will really fight with the opponent.

Jokic thought about it again, and immediately thought of the strategy that Su Chen had arranged.

If it had been before, Su Chen would have asked Jokic to follow the tactics.

But before tonight's match, Su Chen said that he had unlocked more of his singles rights, allowing him to choose singles or organization according to the situation.

Instead of what Su Chen originally said, singles and organization have a certain proportion.

And Jokic also has some competition in his heart, after all, the person who defends him is also Giannis Antetokounmpo, who Su Chen has vigorously cultivated.

He wanted to see who was stronger, who was also vigorously cultivated by Su Chen, he or Giannis Antetokounmpo.

At this time, Jokic made a hand-to-hand feint, that is, immediately accelerated with the ball.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was really shaken, but because he moved fast, he didn't get shaken off by Jokic's feint and chased after him.

Seeing this, Jokic immediately switched to back-to-back mode.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is still not strong enough right now, while Jokic is tonnage enough and has 80% of his peak ability.

and the latest [low-level heavy weapon] skill drawn by Su Chen, which was also matched to Jokic.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was knocked back by Jokic.

After seeing the right moment, Jokic went straight to the hook.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was knocked out of the way by Jokic and tried to defend the hook, even though his arm span was very long, but it still only caused a relatively small distraction.

Brush!

Clippers 2:0 Timberwolves.

Jokic used his one-man ability to score the first goal of the game.

After scoring this goal, Jokic was also a little happy.

Not only did he get this point, but he also felt that he had a good hand tonight.

The offensive and defensive rounds between the two sides continued.

After three minutes of play, the score came.

Clippers 10:3 Timberwolves.

Jokic played a decent game against Giannis Antetokounmpo's defense.

But the Timberwolves' offense looked a little impressed.

Rivers studied the Clippers before the game, and he felt that the weakness of the Clippers was that they were weak in three-point defense.

After all, Jokic basically guards and retreats, and the outside line basically relies on rotation defense.

Three-pointers are the Clippers' defensive weakness.

But Rivers didn't think much about it, is the Timberwolves' three-point score qualified to punish the Clippers?

Jokic rarely defends it, but the Clippers' rotation defense on the outside is not slow at all.

The trio under the bondage of the strikers can rotate the defense with extremely fast defense.

Beverley, Butler and others were originally only able to shoot three-point but not strong.

And there is also Giannis Antetokounmpo's three-point weakness in the lineup.

It can be said that the Clippers rotate the Timberwolves' three-point offensive strategy, and the pressure is not great at all.

"It's a good fit for Rivers."

Looking at Su Chen on the sidelines, he couldn't help but smile.

Rivers is not without tactics, in fact, Rivers has quite a lot of tactics, known as thousands of sets to the outside world.

It's just that Rivers' tactics either don't take into account the actual staffing, or they just look at the stars to configure.

Just like when Rivers was with the 76ers, he was obviously out of Harden and Maxey's partner.

Both of them defended poorly.

It stands to reason that these two should be allowed to defend the defenders in the bottom corner on both sides to protect these two people on the defensive end.

But Rivers still followed the guard-to-guard line of thought, and directly let the two poor defenders defend against the opposing team's guards.

You know, many teams in the league have offensive guards, and let two poor defenders face elite offense.

It's also very much in line with Rivers' strategy right now, and that's what Rivers' coaching is all about.

Only a three-point strategy for defense was developed, but the question of whether the players fit into the strategy was not considered at all.

Yes, it's very Rivers.

(End of chapter)