The King of the NBA

After the All-Star Game, the Timberwolves began to make adjustments to prepare for the playoffs.

Adelman has also made adjustments to the rotation of personnel, which has become more clear. Basically, it is a rotation of eleven people, including Ning Yi, Love, Martin, Rubio, Dion, Whiteside, Jokic, The playing time of Brewer, Shabatz, Turner, Jack, even Clarkson, Turiaf, and Cunningham has been further compressed, almost to less than 5 minutes.

Entering the playoffs, the fighting will become more intense, and too frequent personnel rotation will be disadvantageous. Only a stable lineup can maintain combat effectiveness.

Moreover, like Justin Hamilton, Cunningham, Clarkson and others, Adelman felt that they could not bring much help to the team in the playoffs.

Although Adelman still has some expectations for Clarkson, but Clarkson's own problems are not small, there is a problem with his playing style, and he is still correcting it. At least compared with Jokic and Whiteside, he can bring the team a lot Come help is limited.

There is also the issue of position. Clarkson's shooting guard position has Martin and Turner. Naturally, his playing time will not be too much.

The same is true for Turiaf and Hamilton. At the 4th and 5th positions, the Timberwolves have Love, Jokic, Dion, and Whiteside, so they can still play in the regular season. In the playoffs Will definitely be deprecated.

This is not a strange thing. Almost all teams in the NBA are like this. There are more than a dozen people in the regular season lineup.

Adelman's adjustments don't stop there.

In addition to the lineup, Adelman also made detailed plans for each game, such as against the Rockets, the Rockets are now the third in the West, and the Timberwolves are likely to meet the Rockets in the playoffs, so In this game, Adelman made everyone regard it as a playoff game. Whether it was defense or offense, it was completely the intensity of the playoffs.

That's working out, getting ready for the playoffs.

Another example is against the Suns, Knicks, Magic and other teams. Adelman consciously reduced the playing time of Ning Yi and Love, but asked them to do their best to explode in the limited playing time.

The Suns, Knicks, and Magic have poor records. This season basically has no hope of entering the playoffs. Against these teams, the Timberwolves are more about training. Under the premise of ensuring victory, they should exercise as much as possible players.

Of course, avoiding injuries is also very important. Love's successive years of injuries have caused the Timberwolves a headache, and they don't want to have any more injuries.

When February ends, the Timberwolves have gradually entered a state of preparing for the playoffs.

And when it entered March, other teams in the NBA also started to take action. The teams hovering at the bottom of the top eight in the east and west began to attack for the playoffs, while the top-ranked teams were fighting for home court advantage and postseason playoffs. Fight against each other.

This situation is particularly intense in the West.

The Warriors are still ranked first in the West, the Timberwolves are second, the Rockets are third, and the Clippers are fourth, followed by the Trail Blazers, Grizzlies, Spurs, and Mavericks.

The Warriors have a very good record this season. With the help of Curry and Thompson, especially Curry, he played an extremely amazing season and helped the Warriors firmly occupy the first place in the Western Conference.

The Timberwolves are three games behind the Warriors.

The Rockets behind are two games behind the Timberwolves, while the Clippers have the same record as the Rockets, and the fifth Trail Blazers are only two games behind the Clippers.

This has led to extremely fierce competition in the West. Even the top eight teams compete with each other very cruelly, because there is not much difference in record between them, and they will be surpassed if they don't pay attention.

Behind the Timberwolves, the Rockets and the Clippers are aggressive, and they all want to catch up with the Timberwolves.

Of course, the most intense competition is the rankings at the back. Whether you can enter the top eight is the key. If you can enter the top eight, you can advance to the playoffs. , this is facing elimination, if they can enter the top eight, everything is possible.

In the history of nba, black eight does not exist.

As for Ning Yi, he still has another goal, which is to use the last period of the regular season to try to make his shooting break through to level 9 before the playoffs.

It means a lot to him.

Throughout March, Ning Yi has been honing his shooting intentionally. Mid-range shots and three-pointers have become the scoring methods he uses most in the game.

Against the Trail Blazers, Ning Yi took 24 shots, 20 of which were shots, hit 10 goals, scored 34 points, 11 assists, 9 rebounds, and won a quasi-triple double.

Against the Hornets, Ning Yi took 24 shots, including 14 three-pointers. He scored a total of 7 three-pointers and scored 37 points, plus 10 assists and 6 rebounds, leading the Timberwolves to a big victory.

Against the Pelicans, Ning Yi played against Biao Davis. Davis scored 39 points and 10 rebounds, while Ning Yi scored 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Double, the Timberwolves also defeated the Pelicans again, which hit Davidson very hard. He failed to gain the upper hand in many duels with Ning Yi.

Against the Mavericks, who may meet in the playoffs, Ning Yi took 27 shots and made 18 of 27 shots. His efficiency was astonishing. He scored 45 points, 7 assists, and 5 rebounds. Smacking his tongue, he exclaimed terrifyingly.

against the spurs

During this month, Ning Yi became more and more violent, and his statistics were even more frightening. He averaged 28.6 points, 10.6 assists, and 7.2 rebounds per game.

With Ning Yi's almost violent performance this month, the Timberwolves gradually widened the gap with the Rockets and the Clippers, surpassing the Rockets by 5 wins and the Clippers by 6 wins, which is almost equivalent to securing the second place in the West. seat.

The reason why Ning Yi crazily scored points all the way was to seek a breakthrough, but he still couldn't make a breakthrough. Although he could feel his progress and feel that he was getting closer and closer to the breakthrough, he still couldn't take that step.

But it's not without gains.

Ning Yi's performance this month was amazing. He not only brought victory to the Timberwolves, captured many fans, but also completely conquered the Timberwolves players.

From Le Fu to others, they finally fully recognized Ning Yi's leadership.

This does not require any language or ceremony, but is reflected in the usual training and in the game. Everyone can feel that Ning Yi has become the leader and soul of this team.

Regarding Ning Yi's performance, Adelman was even more happy from ear to ear. He held Ning Yi and said seriously: "Ning, you are now the leader of the Timberwolves and the new wolf king!"