The King of the NBA

"Still failed to overtake."

"Yeah, it won't work if you change people. Brewer and Shabatz have improved their speed, but their abilities are much worse than those of Love and Dion."

"It's not just a question of strength, but also a tacit understanding. Love, Dion, Ning Yi, Martin, and Rubio cooperate very well, because this is the regular lineup of the Timberwolves, and they play like this all season. But Brewer and Shabatz It’s a substitute, rarely with Ning Yi and the others, the tactical coordination is not in place, and the tacit understanding between each other is not enough. Especially when the speed is faster, it will test the tacit understanding.”

"Yes, look at the Warriors. Several players are not tall, but they cooperate with each other tacitly, move quickly, and their combat effectiveness is so amazing."

Nine minutes into the first quarter, the Timberwolves trailed by 8 points.

Originally, Coach Adelman wanted to lower his altitude and increase his speed to keep up with the rhythm of the Warriors. Love and Dion's speed was a little slower and they couldn't keep up with each other.

But who knew that after replacing Love and Dion and replacing Brewer and Shabatz, the situation not only did not improve, but became even worse, and the point difference further widened.

"beep"

Adelman called a timeout without blaming the players. He started to change players and rearrange his tactics. There was not much time left in the first quarter, so Ning Yi, Rubio, and Martin had to rest.

On the other side, Coach Cole also began to change players, and the game entered the rotation time.

During the rotation time, the Timberwolves regained the upper hand. After all, the Timberwolves' bench lineup is much stronger than the Warriors, especially the inside combination of Whiteside and Jokic, which is remarkable.

When the first quarter ended, the score was 33:31, and the Warriors led by 2 points.

"The opponent's small lineup is so strong."

"The three-pointer was so accurate, it was unbelievable."

In the Timberwolves rest area, the players looked serious, and their faces were not very good-looking. It wasn't that they played badly, but the Warriors played too well.

On the other hand, Coach Cole is still a little dissatisfied, not with the main lineup, but with the substitute lineup, which completely fell into a disadvantage during the rotation time.

"This is the depth of the bench. Compared with the Timberwolves, our bench depth is a lot worse." Cole shook his head and couldn't help but envy the Timberwolves. "Last season, I got a genius like Ning Yi, and this season I got Whiteside. Germany and Jokic, a draft pick and a first-year rookie, have such strength."

The Timberwolves have a strong bench lineup, Whiteside, Jokic, Shabatz, Brewer, Turner, Clarkson, Jarrett-Jack, there are a lot of people available.

Even the Warriors have excellent players such as Iguodala, Livingston, David Lee, Leandro Barbosa on the bench, but they still pale in comparison to the Timberwolves.

"If our substitute lineup can be stronger, we will be much more sure of winning. But now, even if the main lineup is playing well, it may not be easy to win." Cole sighed faintly, quite a bit A feeling of "a clever woman can't cook without rice".

Soon, the second quarter begins.

The Timberwolves sent a substitute lineup, Whiteside, Jokic, Shabatz, Clarkson, Jack. In addition to Iguodala, Livingston, David Lee, and Barbosa on the Warriors side, Coach Kerr also sent Barnes up, but he was still worried about the bench lineup and sent Barnes up to strengthen the team. Take a look at the strength of the lineup.

In this way, the two sides fought evenly.

A few minutes into the second quarter, Coach Adelman replaced Clarkson with Evan Turner, but still failed to widen the gap.

Terry Porter suggested: "Coach, let's change. The time is almost up, and we can't take advantage of this fight, at most it's just a stalemate."

"Well, call a timeout and substitute." Adelman nodded, with some regret: "It's a pity that Whiteside, Jokic, and Clarkson haven't fully grown up yet, otherwise our bench lineup will be even stronger than it is now. A lot. At that time, even if you look at the entire league, I am afraid that no team will be able to find a better bench than ours."

"Yeah." Terry Porter agreed.

This season, Whiteside and Jokic have performed very well, even surprising. Whiteside is an undrafted pick, and Jokic is a second-round pick, but the performance of the two is not at all like an undrafted pick or a second-round pick. Show, they played no worse than those first-round picks, or even better than them.

As for Clarkson, he is slightly inferior to the two, mainly because of his style, but his performance is also much better than his 46th overall pick in the second round.

After a season, Adelman has decided to focus on training the three of them, using them as the backbone to build one of the most powerful bench lineups in the NBA.

It's just that they are not Ning Yi. Ning Yi can fully grow in one season, but they can't. It will take at least one or two years for them to fully grow.

"Shabatz, Turner."

When the players came down, Adelman shouted: "Come down and have a rest, Ning Yi, Martin, you two go." After speaking, Adelman spread out the tactical board and arranged the tactics again.

After a moment, the pause ends.

The two sides returned to the court, and the Warriors also changed players, replacing Barbosa with Thompson.

"The two sides will gradually replace the main lineup."

"Well, the Timberwolves failed to take advantage of it a few minutes ago and had to replace the main force."

"How will the Warriors play next? Will it still be a small lineup?"

Seeing this substitution, fans know that the two sides will gradually replace the main lineup.

Many people are very curious about how the Warriors will play after switching to the main lineup. Is it still the same as the first quarter? If so, how does the Timberwolves respond?

Qin Xuanbing didn't know much about basketball, but her eyes lit up when she saw Ning Yi playing.

Timberwolves attack.

Jack pushed the ball into the frontcourt and immediately passed it to Ning Yi. Facing Barnes' defense, Ning Yi pinched the ball around his waist, glanced at the situation on the field, and gestured to his teammates. Jokic came over In the pick-and-roll, Ning Yi accelerated his breakthrough, threw off Barnes, attracted the opponent's defense and passed the ball back to Jokic.

When Jokic is on the court, he is more effective in the pick-and-roll than Whiteside. Whiteside can only pick-and-roll, but Jokic has a beautiful passing skill and excellent passing awareness.

So when Ning Yi passed the ball back to Jokic, Jokic immediately caught the opportunity.

Ning Yi returned to the outside line, then turned around and made an empty cut, using his speed advantage to get rid of Barnes. Jokic held the ball in the middle to attract the Warriors to defend the inside line, resulting in an empty inside line. Seeing Ning Yi's air cut, Jokic understood , Immediately gave the ball into the inside line, and after Ning Yi caught the ball, it was a dunk.