The King of the NBA

After the All-Star weekend, the Timberwolves entered the final sprint.

The competition in the Western Conference is particularly fierce this season. The Warriors have played their best performance and have only lost 5 games so far, ranking first in the Western Conference. The Timberwolves lost 7 games and ranked second in the Western Conference.

Behind is the Spurs. The Spurs are only a little behind the Timberwolves. They have only lost 8 games so far. The competition for the top three is so fierce, let alone the few behind.

In fact, with the strength of the Timberwolves, the playoffs are already a certainty. They don't care about the first place in the Western Conference, but they still can't fall too far behind. It is very good to hold the second position in the Western Conference.

After the All-Star Weekend, Ning Yi also began to explode. In the first half of the regular season, Ning Yi did not make a full shot, just like other players.

Of course, with the overall strength of the Timberwolves, even now Ning Yi doesn't need to make a full shot. Compared with the first half, he just strengthened his personal attack and increased the number of shots.

Judging from the Timberwolves' record, it doesn't actually have much impact. The Timberwolves are still ranked second in the West, but in fact, everyone can see Ning Yi's outbreak. Entering the second half of the regular season, other teams became serious, and it became more difficult to beat them. The Timberwolves can guarantee the same winning percentage as the first half of the regular season. This has a lot to do with Ning Yi's outbreak.

By the end of the playoffs, the Timberwolves may really need Ning Yi to go all out if they want to defeat their opponents.

In a blink of an eye, the 2015-2016 NBA regular season is coming to an end.

On April 5, the Timberwolves ushered in a game against the Warriors.

"After this game, we only have 4 regular season games left." Coach Adelman said to Ning Yi and Love: "I will let you take turns for the next four games. Even if you play, you won't spend too much time. Take a good rest and prepare for the upcoming playoffs. But we have to take this game seriously. The Warriors have played very well this season. threat."

"En." Everyone nodded in unison.

This game is a test for the playoffs. With the strength of the Timberwolves, there is no trouble in the first and second rounds of the playoffs. They were able to reach the finals last season, and they are even stronger this season.

So for the Timberwolves, there may only be some trouble in the Western Conference Finals, and the Western Conference Finals is likely to be against the Warriors. Therefore, I just took this opportunity to conduct a thorough investigation, which can also be said to be a preview of the Western Conference Finals.

In fact, the Warriors also have the same idea. The strength of the Timberwolves is obvious to all, and the goal of the Warriors is also the championship. The Timberwolves are a stumbling block on their way to the championship.

Can you beat the Timberwolves, how can you beat the Timberwolves?

These are all the Warriors need to know, so they need a test.

6:00 p.m., Oracle Center Arena.

The auditorium is full of people, not the playoffs are better than the playoffs, because all fans know that this may be the preview of this year's Western Conference Finals.

"beep"

Game start.

The Timberwolves are still the regular starters, while the Warriors have Bogut, Green, Barnes, Thompson, and Curry.

Snapped!

Dieng shot the ball to the backcourt, Ning Yi took the ball and pushed it directly. After reaching the frontcourt, he made a pick-and-roll with Rubio to form a matchup with Curry.

This is the strategy of the Timberwolves, misplaced singles, Curry's scoring ability is beyond doubt, but his physical fitness is not particularly good, which makes his defense not very good. He is different from Irving. Irving's physical fitness is not bad, but his defensive habits are not good. Curry's defensive attitude is fine, but his physical fitness is limited.

So for the Warriors, a good choice is to single Curry.

The others pulled away, Ning Yi singled out Curry, changed directions continuously, and then suddenly pulled out. Curry's height was a bit different from Ning Yi's, and his jumping wingspan was not as good. He could only raise his hand, but he couldn't actually reach it. How much interference, let alone sealing.

Swish!

With a soft sound, the basketball went into the net hollow, and it was still a three-pointer.

The fans in the auditorium screamed. Ning Yi scored a three-pointer on Curry's head at the beginning of the game. So is Curry going to retaliate? Will the two have a three-point battle? ?

It's something to look forward to.

Curry advanced to the frontcourt, asked for a pick-and-roll, and then made a decisive three-pointer. Very resolutely, the basketball crossed an arc, and finally made a hit with a swish.

"Strike." The home fans yelled.

Ning Yi smiled slightly, and it really is. Curry's three-pointer is unreasonable. Many times it seems unreasonable to shoot, but he can make it.

This is the power of nine-level three-pointers.

However, Ning Yi is now at the third level of the ninth level.

At the beginning, after the cores of the two sides each hit a three-pointer, the two sides entered a normal state. The advantage of the Warriors is outside shooting, offensive and defensive transition, and fast-paced offense and defense, so they try to speed up the game as much as possible. The Timberwolves are attacking in the half court, suppressing the speed and playing positional battles with the Warriors.

Ning Yi not only has shooting, but also has excellent physical fitness, so he is also a big killer in positional battles. He didn't hold back, fired all his firepower, and scored 11 points in a few minutes.

But the Warriors are not bad, their defense has loopholes, but the offense is too strong, the outside shooting is extremely sharp, and the three-pointers are like raindrops.

After a few minutes, the score was 20:18, and the Warriors led by 2 points.

"The Warriors' three-point shot is really too strong."

"Yeah, the Timberwolves are so strong, they are still behind."

In the auditorium, the fans talked a lot.

Coach Adelman frowned slightly. It's okay to be behind in the score. It was just a test just now, even this game was a test. The score doesn't matter, and winning or losing doesn't matter.

However, the Warriors' outside shooting is too sharp.

Love and Dion's movement speed is not slow among the interior players, but they can't keep up with the Warriors. Adelman is considering whether to change his lineup, lower his height, and increase his speed?

After hesitating for a while, Adelman still decided not to change the formation. His lineup was complete and the offense and defense were balanced. Why did he change his formation?

The two sides gradually replaced the bench lineup.

The Timberwolves immediately gained the upper hand in the matchup of the bench lineup. The combination of Jokic, Whiteside, Brewer, Turner, and Jack can even compete with the main lineup of many teams. The bench lineup against the Warriors is directly crushing , The Timberwolves quickly overtook the score and widened the point difference.

"Hehe, not bad, not bad." Adelman smiled and was very satisfied with the performance of the bench lineup. The Warriors' three-pointers are great, but not everyone is Curry and Thompson.

In fact, the Warriors' bench lineup is not bad. Livingston, Iguodala, Barbosa and others are all very good players, but the Timberwolves' bench lineup is too strong.

When the first quarter ended, the Timberwolves led the Warriors by 3 points at 36:33.