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“I really didn’t expect that the Lakers would still take the lead in the first quarter in the toughest back-to-back journey, facing the mighty Timberwolves, who are fourth in the West.”

“Yes, but all this is thanks to Qin Rui, who dominated both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the first quarter, helping the Lakers stabilize the situation and gain the advantage.”

“The second quarter starts immediately, can the Lakers extend their advantage further, or will the Timberwolves usher in a counterattack? Let’s look forward to it together. ”

Narrated by O’Neill and Barkley.

On the field.

The second quarter of the game began.

First, there was a rotation between the benches, with the Timberwolves led by Jamal Crawford and the Lakers led by Ball who returned from injury.

The showdown between the former “best sixth man” and this year’s leaderboard.

Crawford is going it alone with the ball, and although it is not as efficient as it was then, it can still have a stable output in every game.

Ball prefers to tandem teams, as an epoch-making tall point guard, he makes several good passes, just… The teammates didn’t seem to be strong and wasted a lot of chances.

Rotation time of 5 minutes and 16 seconds.

The Timberwolves were undoubtedly the better, winning by as many as six points, recovering the score and surpassing by four points.

“Beep—beep!”

The Lakers called out a timeout.

Both starters returned to the court, in addition, on the Lakers’ side, Hart did not play, and Ball continued to stay on the court, better tandem team.

The game continues.

Lakers ball.

Ball controlled the ball through the half and found Qin Rui at the top of the arc on the right.

“Step!”

“Step!”

Almost at the same time that Qin Rui received the ball, Butler and Wiggins forced over, imposing bags.

“Boom!”

Qin Rui’s eyes gathered, a wide range of lateral transfer of the ball, the left arc top Kuzma, open to catch the ball, the receiving hand decisively shot a 3-pointer.

Three points in the open seat, is there any?!

“Bang!”

No.

Rebound?!

The basketball bounced high was picked up by Downs, and the ball was pushed forward by Teague.

“Swoosh!”

Teague received the ball and directly accelerated the sprint, and not only Teague, but also Wiggins, Butler, Downs and Gibson, all accelerated.

“Huh?!”

Qin Rui quickly followed, but his eyebrows were wrinkled.

Also frowning was Coach Wharton on the Lakers’ bench.

Tiguel arc top midfield, Butler, who cut empty on the right side of the ball, defended against Qin Rui, decisively scored the ball on the left side of the high Gibson, feint and scored again.

“Snap!”

Wiggins receives the ball in the bottom left corner.

Three points?!

No, Wiggins chose to storm the basket and, under Pope’s defense, hit the box high.

“Bang!”

Neither does this ball.

But Wiggins and the others looked calm.

Lopez collected the rebound and scored Ball, who had just dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Teague rushed forward to press the defense, and Gibson was faintly about to step forward to grab the bag.

“Boom!”

Ball saw that it was not good, and immediately made a decision, and Qin Rui was at the top of the arc on the left side of the ball, and Wiggins rushed out directly and continued to wrap it with Butler.

“Boom!”

And Qin Rui was also extremely decisive, a high pass, sent the basketball into the bottom left corner, and again gave it to Kuzma, who was empty, and he continued to shoot three points.

“Bang!”

It’s still iron.

Kuzma feels quite cold tonight.

“Cut!”

He himself snorted in annoyance, wasting another empty chance ball given by Qin Rui, and felt very frustrated in his heart.

Meanwhile.

Lopez protected the offensive rebound, and after continuing against Downs, he turned to play the rebound, which was interfered with by Downs and deviated from the basket.

Gibson collected the rebound and split the ball.

“Swoosh!”

“Swoosh!”

Continue to sprint, continue to push speed, Timberwolves all push speed, continuous running in frontcourt, continuous transfer of the ball, and finally Butler catches the ball and storms the basket.

Even if the chances are bad.

But he did it anyway.

“Bang!”

After playing against Lopez in the air, he pulled the bar for a layup, still no.

For a full 3 minutes and 15 seconds, every offensive round of the Timberwolves is pushing the speed wildly, constantly carrying out the “run and bomb” tactic under high rhythm.

But the efficiency is not high.

“What for?! How do you feel that the Timberwolves are a little messy and playing blindly?! ”

“Yes, I also feel that the speed is pushed, but many offensive timing is not reasonable, and some layups that will obviously be blocked still choose to fight against shots.”

“I don’t understand, some don’t understand.”

“……”

Some unknown Timberwolves fans, mood swings, Timberwolves rush and attack, once made them have a tendency to be cranky.

However……

Even if the Timberwolves were not efficient under the “run and boom”, the Lakers failed to catch it, and Qin Rui sent open passes many times, but his teammates failed to grasp it.

One over the other.

The Timberwolves also held a six-point lead.

“Beep—beep!”

Coach Wharton frowned and immediately called out a timeout.

Yes.

In the case of the Timberwolves’ indiscriminate attack, the Lakers were the first to call out a timeout.

Rear studio.

Barkley asked: “Shaqui, do you think Coach Thibodeau, why has he been executing tactics like this when the running and bombing efficiency is not high?!” ”

Belch…

O’Neal muttered a little and said, “In my opinion, there is no problem with the Timberwolves’ tactic, don’t look at the inefficiency, but the results will appear soon.” ”

Said.

The camera cuts to the Lakers bench, O’Neal glances at the panting Lakers players and continues: “No, the results are out. ”

“Oh?!”

Barkley was slightly puzzled and said, “Shakui, what do you mean by this?!” ”

O’Nealton paused and said: “The Timberwolves’ “run-and-bomb tactics” in these few minutes would rather make mistakes than improve speed and confrontation. ”

“The purpose is to deplete the physical strength of Lakers players.”

“The Lakers, who are constantly back-to-back and do not rest enough, under such a high-intensity running confrontation, the already small physical energy is once again sharply consumed.”

“Qin Rui attracted defense, many times passed open positions, teammates could not hit, this is undoubted, there is a lot to do with the decline in the player’s condition.”

“Now… The Lakers players are already out of breath, they are already very tired, and their offensive and defensive status will undoubtedly decline further. ”

“And at that time, it was time for the Timberwolves to fight back.”

So it was.

Barkley put on a thoughtful look, and he understood that there were many spectators and fans watching the game.

In fact.

Indeed, as O’Neill analyzed.

Pause back.

The last 3 minutes and 27 seconds of the second quarter.

The Lakers players, whose physical strength has dropped sharply, under the rhythm of the Timberwolves’ wave of “run-and-boom” tactics, the Lakers’ continuous back-to-back concealment, finally broke out tonight.

The offensive form plummeted.

In addition to Qin Rui, almost all of them can not play offense, and at the defensive end, physical strength is exhausted, resulting in a decrease in speed, and the Timberwolves players who continue to push speed, the Lakers can not keep up.

Just 3 minutes and 27 seconds.

The Timberwolves put aside Qin Rui and specialized in other players, and blasted out a wave of 15-5 offensive storms.

Halftime is over.

In one fell swoop, the point difference was stretched to as many as 16 points.

The Lakers’ only 5 points came from Qin Rui.

……

Intermission.

Lakers locker room.

The players leaned back in their chairs one by one, lifeless, not that they were crushed by the Timberwolves, but… They are too tired to keep up.

Look at the player in this state.

Coach Wharton, who was relieved, smiled lightly: “Guys, it’s okay to lose, we’ve done well enough, it’s not a shame that the schedule and environmental factors caused us to lose.” ”

There is a coach in this phrase.

The players were relieved that they really tried their best tonight.

But…..

Just when the Lakers players were about to give up this game, Qin Rui suddenly stood up and said with a slight gasp: “Now is not the time to give up.” ”

“Give me the ball, there is still a chance in this game!”