Build a Dream Dynasty

Chapter 494 The Western Underdog (1215)

One day after the game against the Trail Blazers, the Nets started their first three-game trip in the Western Conference this season. The opponents they faced were the Timberwolves, the Spurs and the Hornets. The overall strength of the opponents was not very strong. In addition to the gold content in the Spurs game, the other two teams are still in a bad state.

After Garnett left, the Timberwolves can almost be said to be synonymous with bad teams in the league. They kept making mistakes in almost all choices. In the 2006 NBA draft, Roy was obviously selected, but he traded him out by himself. In the 2009 draft, two point guards were selected in a row, and a group of outstanding players including Curry, DeRozan, Jennings, and Holiday were missed. In the 10th draft, Johnson, who had nothing but running and jumping talents, was selected. , The 11th draft added Derek Williams who was incompatible with the team's tactical system. The city of Minnesota itself does not have any special attractiveness. The draft conference is full of tricks. The team has no hope and cannot attract any good free agents. Now it is trapped in Adelman's Princeton tactical system and cannot extricate itself. Both sides destroy each other. The talent left by the Timberwolves' poor and weak years has been replaced by a shooter with low confrontation ability, and Adelman's years of prestige in the Timberwolves are basically lost.

The Nets made a bold adjustment in this game. The team's main small forward Leonard missed the game due to stomach cramps. The main center, Lopez, also stayed on the sidelines because of his tight hips. Anyway, the reason for the rotation was found. The fans laughed as a joke if they believed it. If they didn't believe it, they could only hold back their words.

Treated by the Nets as an underdog in the rest lineup, the generals of the Timberwolves became more angry. In the first quarter of the game, they showed a strong desire to fight, especially the insiders Love and Pekovic. Combination, the offensive end is really very characteristic of the team under Adelman. Whether it is the cooperation of high and low positions, or the pass and cut movement after the big man is pulled out, it is very characteristic. Pekovic even puts the top Yi Jianlian, who started the game, exploded.

It's just that the offensive end of this pair of insiders can carry as much as they can on the defensive end. With the worst mobility and running and jumping abilities among the teams in the league, the Timberwolves' opponents only need a pick-and-roll, and they are facing an offensive environment like a green grassland. Facing Curry, Love's defense is to send points, and Pekovic can't even follow up. Curry directly shot the basket into the Pacific Ocean, and scored 17 points in the first quarter of the game, leading the Nets to hold on to the score when they fell inside.

Kevin Martin, who followed Adelman from the Rockets to join the Timberwolves this season, is a double-edged sword. On the offensive end, he has an excellent shooting touch and moves very smartly, but on the defensive end, he is almost at the CBA level. Fernandez and McCollum scored consecutively on him, and Adelman's tactics had a considerable restrictive effect on Barea, Derek Williams, these people. When coaching the Kings, Adelman was because of tactical problems, After giving up Gerald Wallace, Maowang became an All-Star in the future. Today, Adelman's problem does not seem to have changed much, the employment is still the same rote.

With the two main players hidden in the snow, the Nets still took a 14-point lead before halftime. For the boss of the Timberwolves, Love, the team's bleak situation is really unbearable, and he really doesn't want to waste time on a hopeless team.

However, in the league, most players are still far from mastering their own destiny. Only the top few can decide where to go. Love is not one of them. Moreover, with the current situation of the Timberwolves, Love himself, as the boss, has to bear some responsibilities. If he can't lead the team to achieve better results, no matter how beautiful the data is, it will be difficult for him to wash away his reputation as a "brush".

In the third quarter of the game, the Timberwolves strengthened their double-teaming of Curry, which played a certain role at the beginning. Curry's shots were a little slow, which affected the team's offensive efficiency to a certain extent, but after three rounds, the team's offensive efficiency was affected again. Facing the opponent's double or even triple teams, Curry's pass went straight into the opponent's heart. He has not performed well this season. The criticized Barnes has become a beneficiary of Curry's gravity in this quarter, running continuously When he had an open opportunity, he either forced a layup or a mid-range jumper. He scored 11 points in a single quarter, helping the team widen the point difference to 20 points in one breath.

Perhaps it was the ease of the first three quarters and the 20-point lead that confused Stevens' vision and made him really underestimate the strength of the Timberwolves. No one thought that Barea would actually lead the Timberwolves during the garbage time. The team's substitute lineup slowly approached the score, and with a mountain in Puerto Rico hitting his third three-pointer in the fourth quarter, the point difference was once narrowed back to 7 points.

If the opponent can't put enough offensive pressure on the Timberwolves on the offensive end, this team can still score points. After all, so many pitchers are not kept for nothing.

Stevens had to replace Curry and Ray Allen to stabilize the situation, but perhaps because he rested too long off the court, Curry was a little soft in the fourth quarter and failed to make two consecutive shots. When facing the shooting opportunity for the third time, he did not continue to try hard, but chose to give the point to Barnes on the wing. The latter raised his hand and hit a long two-pointer to stabilize his emotions.

Curry and Ray Allen's lethality is second, and the key lies in the psychological oppression brought by the opponent. In the next round of offense, Pekovic beat Boban to no avail. When the point difference was still 7 points, the game time was less than 100 seconds, and the Timberwolves' hope of making a comeback was very slim.

In the end, the Timberwolves lost to the Nets 104:115 at home. Unknowingly, the Nets have achieved 11 wins and 1 loss. Compared with last season, the team's record has really improved significantly.

It cannot be said that the team's performance has always been stable, at least the team's bench performance this season is not good, but, compared with last season's four-game losing streak at the beginning of the season, this season has less time for the core members to adjust. The team also won everything that should be won, which is very gratifying.

With an excellent record, the team rushed to San Antonio to face the veteran Spurs.

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On the 28th, the league announced the best candidate of the month in advance. With the data of 27.7 points and 10.5 assists per game, Curry is quite hopeful to win the best player of the month.

Other opponents include LeBron James, Millsap, Josh Smith and James Harden.

Considering that the Nets still have a great record advantage, Curry has no small chance to touch this honor.

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