The King of the NBA

The starting five of the Timberwolves are still last season's starting five tigers, Dion, Love, Ning Yi, Martin, and Rubio.

Although Whiteside and Jokic have made great progress, coach Adelman still does not put them in the starting lineup.

Whiteside and Jokic are both good and worthy of training, but judging from the current situation of the Timberwolves, it would be better for the team to put them on the bench. Because the starting lineup has Ning Yi and Love, both offense and rebounds are guaranteed, and Ning Yi itself has excellent organizational skills, which overlaps with Rubio. Jokic's organizational skills and overall outlook are in the starting lineup It doesn't work.

As for Whiteside, his movement speed is not fast enough, which is worse than Dion, and the starting lineup of the Timberwolves needs speed, so he is not very suitable.

What's more, whether it is Whiteside or Jokic, their experience is still somewhat lacking, and they will become weaknesses in the starting lineup, and the bench lineup really needs them.

With Whiteside and Jokic, as well as Clarkson, Turner, Jack and others, the Timberwolves' bench lineup can be said to be the top of the NBA.

"Shua!"

At the beginning of the game, Ning Yi received a pass from Rubio and made a three-pointer.

Then the Hornets counterattacked, but failed to score. The progress of the Timberwolves was not only offensive, but also improved to a higher level in defense, and the defense became more oppressive.

On the offensive end, the Timberwolves showed a terrifying scoring ability. Needless to say, Ning Yi, he was almost able to compete with James last season.

This season, Ning Yi's three-point breakthrough has also improved in other aspects, and his strength has gone further, and he has fully reached the top level of nba.

Rubio now specializes in three-pointers. Anyway, his mid-range is not very stable, and if he loses it, he loses it.

In fact, when Rubio focused on three-pointers, his scoring average did not decline, but increased a little, and even his average assists per game also increased.

This is because the three-pointer itself is one more point than two points. Three three-pointers in a game are already 9 points, and just one more layup or free throw will be in double figures.

Moreover, because of the threat of three-pointers, defenders must defend very forward. The opponent is afraid of Rubio's three-pointers, which also allows Rubio to have more space and better opportunities to break through and pass good shots for his teammates. , so the average assists per game has also increased.

Love has always been very stable. He has reached his personal peak. It is difficult to improve his skills and strength, but his efficiency can be improved. He has become more mature, more stable, and more efficient in playing. So although Ning Yi lost a large part of the shooting rights, Love's score was not affected much.

Dion still plays his role, never attacking with the ball, because he is not needed to attack with the ball in this lineup, and there are too many people who can score.

His job is to defend, pick and roll, and rebound.

As far as these are concerned, Dion has done a good job, and he is not incapable of scoring. In fact, Dion averaged close to 10 points per game last season, because Ning Yi, Rubio, Martin, and Love are there, even if Even if he doesn't attack with the ball and waits for others to feed it to his mouth, he can score a lot of goals.

The only player in the entire starting lineup that hasn't improved is Martin.

In fact, strictly speaking, Martin has regressed, at least from the game against the Hornets, Martin has regressed. Maybe the season has just started and he has not adjusted yet. In short, his state is not as good as last season.

But this is not a big problem. Even if Martin made 0 of 4 shots and scored no points, the Timberwolves still suppressed the Hornets, and within a few minutes of the first quarter, the Timberwolves had already led by 10 points.

"Pick and roll."

Ning Yi made a gesture, used the pick-and-roll to throw off the defender, took a step to the side, raised his hand and made another three-point shot, the basketball crossed the arc and made a steady hit.

That's three points for level nine.

"Another three points."

"This is Ning Yi's second three-pointer in this section."

"How many three-pointers did he shoot?"

"two."

"Well"

In the auditorium, the fans were discussing.

They didn't know that Ning Yi's three-pointer had made a breakthrough and reached level nine, but they could tell that Ning Yi's three-pointer was very sharp. Although there were only two shots, Ning Yi was very stable every time. Full of confidence.

"beep"

The Hornets requested a timeout, and the point difference was already 13 points.

Several Hornets players came off the field with serious expressions. The Timberwolves showed too much strength and could score almost every point. The key is that their ball runs very smoothly. With Ning Yi and Rubio, two organizational masters, the Timberwolves' ball can of course run smoothly.

Smooth transfer of the ball, rigorous tactics, coupled with excellent personal ability, the Timberwolves made the Hornets fearful, too strong.

Here, Adelman's heart was surging with a smile on his face.

Although he already knew that the team has become stronger this season, he was still encouraged by the few minutes just now. The Hornets can be said to have no resistance, and the whole is one-sided.

"This season, we will be able to get the championship." Adelman is full of confidence.

The pause ends soon.

The first quarter has only passed more than seven minutes, but Adelman has replaced the bench lineup, the main lineup is strong enough, and now it is time to test the bench lineup.

The game continued, and the Timberwolves' bench lineup consisted of Whiteside, Jokic, Brewer, Turner, and Jack.

This is a mixed lineup of old players and young players. Brewer, Turner, and Jack are all old players who can make up for the shortcomings of Whiteside and Jokic's lack of experience.

After coming up, the Timberwolves' bench lineup showed strong combat effectiveness. The Hornets did not play a pure bench lineup, but a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes, but they still fell into a disadvantage.

"Can't even beat the opponent's bench?" Hornets coach sighed secretly.

It is indeed impossible to beat.

The Timberwolves have Whiteside and Jokic on the inside, and Brewer, Turner, and Jack on the outside. They have almost no shortcomings. It is a very balanced lineup with both offense and defense.

Compared with the Timberwolves, even if the Hornets send a main force + substitute lineup, they are still not opponents, at best they can only guarantee that they will not fall behind too much.

But the gap is still expanding uncontrollably.

When the first quarter ended, the score between the two sides was 34:19, and the Timberwolves led by 15 points.

The Timberwolves fans in the auditorium were so excited that their hearts were trembling, while the Hornets fans felt cold. They lost 15 points in a single quarter. The Hornets only scored 19 points, while the Timberwolves scored 34 points. This gap makes people speechless.

With such a big gap, will there still be suspense in this game?