The King of the NBA

At 34:26, the Timberwolves led by 8 points in the first quarter.

The Grizzlies are a team known for their defense, but they allowed the Timberwolves to score 34 points in the first quarter, which made many people in the audience frown. It was the Grizzlies' poor defense, or the Timberwolves The team's offense is too sharp?

Arguably, there are both factors.

The Grizzlies are good at defense, but there is no one who can match Ning Yi. They are either shorter than Ning Yi or slower than Ning Yi. One-on-one, they can't limit Ning Yi at all. But Dave Jogel has not made up his mind to double-team for a long time. This is where their defense is not good enough, which gave Ning Yi too many opportunities.

Moreover, the Timberwolves' offense is too sharp. Ning Yi, Love, and Martin are all very capable of scoring, and both Ning Yi and Rubio can pass the ball and make good passes. If a team has two or three players who can score and two players who can pass the ball, it will be scary to play offensively.

Moments later, the second quarter begins.

The Timberwolves sent Whiteside, Jokic, Cunningham, Clarkson, and Jack.

The Grizzlies also have a rotation on one side.

Seeing the rotation of the Timberwolves, Dave Jogel didn't care too much, but when the second quarter played less than three minutes, Dave Jogel frowned.

"What is Adelman thinking? Let an inside player organize and let others run, shoot, and rebound?" Dave Jogel was surprised. He knew that the Timberwolves seemed to have this kind of play in the preseason. The law, but that is the preseason, this is the regular season, this is completely different, still come like this?

That's how Adelman came about, allowing Jokic to organize, Whiteside to protect the rebound, low post containment, and the others to move and look for shots.

The tactics seem simple, but they are effective.

In less than three minutes of the second quarter, the Timberwolves have widened the point difference to more than ten points.

It was just over two minutes, and Dave Jogel didn't want to call a timeout. He stood up and yelled at the field from the sidelines, reminding the players to change their formations and respond: "Keep an eye on Jokic, don't Let him get the ball easily. Don't miss out, keep an eye on it, Jokic doesn't have to pounce on it"

What Dave Jogel means is that Jokic can play by himself, and he can't be allowed to drive everyone else. He feels that the personal lethality of a rookie player is completely acceptable.

This approach is correct. Jokic does not have the ability to stand alone and average 20+ points per game, so Adelman immediately replaced Clarkson with Turner.

"Now this lineup can score under the leadership of Jokic, but it doesn't have a strong point. Turner can just make up for this. He has a strong scoring ability and can barely play alone. With him and Jokic Complementary, our rotation will be more perfect." Adelman looked at the players around him in a good mood, "It feels good to have someone available under him."

There are Whiteside, Jokic, Cunningham, Turner, and Jack on the field. This rotation is already very strong, and there is no major weakness in the configuration.

In the rest area, there are Ning Yi, Love, Rubio, Martin, Dion, Brewer and others.

Timberwolves' current lineup allows Adelman to try many styles of play. No matter how he plays, there will be no one available. Dave Jogel can't understand how refreshing his mood is.

Looking at the Grizzlies, there are only 9 players in total.

The game goes on.

Turner's state has been gradually improving in recent games. His role on the field is to score. In this rotation, Jokic is the organizer of the offense, but he is not the terminator. The terminator is very scattered and everyone can come. end. But this is obviously not possible, because when facing a defensive team like the Grizzlies, if you don't have a strong scoring point, it will be difficult to open the offense.

And Turner is a strong scoring point in the rotation.

At least for now, Turner's scoring ability is unmatched by anyone else in the rotation. As a strong scoring point in this lineup, Turner has full freedom. He can decide how to play to a certain extent, which is better than him playing strictly according to tactics.

With the passage of time, the point difference is getting bigger and bigger, and Dave Jogel's face is getting more and more gloomy. None of Ning Yi, Love, Rubio, Martin, etc. were beaten, but they were beaten by the Timberwolves without fighting back. Power.

This is really. Egg-painful!

In desperation, Dave Jogel called a timeout and replaced the main players.

Here, Adelman also made a substitution. He wasn't conceited enough to fight against the opponent's main lineup just by relying on a rotation lineup that didn't have a main force. That wasn't the Timberwolves, and it wasn't necessary.

I have a lot of people under my command, so I can't do it.

"Ning, Love, come on, replace Cunningham and Jokic." Adelman didn't replace too many people, but just replaced Ning Yi and Love.

Seeing Ning Yi playing, Dave Jogel's face sank and he gestured: "Team!"

When he returned to the court, the Grizzlies' offense improved a bit. Gasol Jr. was very lethal inside, and Whiteside could not limit him.

On the defensive end, the Grizzlies began to double-team Ning Yi.

"Teaming?" Ning Yi sneered and responded with practical actions.

He can always use the opponent's double-team to attract the defense, and then distribute the ball to his teammates. Although he is not directly assisting in some cases, his organizational ability is still in play.

Moreover, double-teaming cannot completely restrict Ning Yi.

Ning Yi has the ability to attack without the ball, and he is very strong. He is best at running and shooting. He does not need to hold the ball. He only needs his teammates to pass the ball at the right time, and he can convert it into points. Very high, because Ning Yi's grasp of timing is too keen, every time he makes a shot, he is stuck in the opponent's defensive gap.

When the second quarter ended, the Timberwolves had led by 18 points.

This situation is already obvious.

"Can't even double-team? He has grown to this point?" Dave Jogel sighed. Many stars in the league can't be restricted by double-teaming, but Ning Yi is a second-year player. , why so strong?

Dave Jogel pondered, and soon realized that the reason why Ning Yi is strong is not entirely because of technology and physical fitness, the key is his ability to read the game, the grasp of the game trend is too precise, and the sense of timing is too good Acumen, which allows him to maintain extremely high efficiency while exerting his own strength.

Efficiency is the key!

Looking at Ning Yi's data, he scored 15 points in the half, plus 6 assists, 3 rebounds, and his overall shooting percentage reached 54%, but only 1 turnover.