Two consecutive defenses caused Latrell Sprewell, one of the Warriors' offensive endpoints, to misfire.
Obviously the Warriors won the jump ball, but at the beginning, they were beaten 4:0 by the Timberwolves.
Wu Dao also used a steal, a dunk and a block, and instantly became the focus of the audience and the media on the sidelines.
Some of the people who came to watch the game today have watched the Timberwolves play before and know that the rookie the Timberwolves selected this year is playing well. Different from the "talent reserve" they expected, he is a rookie with immediate fighting ability.
But it wasn't until they saw the performance of Wu Dao's two defenses that they finally understood how strong this team's immediate combat capabilities were.
In the previous preseason games with the Warriors, Wu Dao, except for being a little more serious when facing Jim Jackson, actually did not use his full strength at other times. Jim Jackson didn't play much in the preseason, and the audience's attention was attracted by Wu Dao's offensive attributes, and they didn't have a clear understanding of Wu Dao's defensive capabilities.
But today's two defenses showed the powerful single defense ability of martial arts.
In today's league, Latrell Sprewell, a two-time All-Star who averaged career-highs of 24.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.2 assists last season, is undoubtedly one of the best outside scorers. one.
No one would think that Budo, who defended Latrell Sprewell for two consecutive rounds, relied on some "accident".
"It was so exciting right from the start."
"Will this kid really follow the coach's instructions and play support?"
Marbury scored a layup on a fast break. When he returned to the top of the arc to defend, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the martial arts on the side, and he couldn't help but think so.
Marbury is considered a second-year rookie this year. He asked himself, now that he feels explosive today and can hit such a ball, he will never be willing to help others obediently.
What should first-year rookies do in the regular season?
Lead the team to crazy wins and help the team qualify for the playoffs?
Wake up, this is the NBA. After so many years, no playoff team needs to be led by a rookie. What first-year students have to do in the regular season is to get as much playing time as possible for themselves, and to produce results in the limited playing time to let the team see their value.
Use this to increase your own worth.
What the hell is it to support others when you have terrifying talents?
You, a rookie, can't even guarantee playing time, so what kind of support can you provide?
Marbury's worry is not unreasonable. In fact, Wu Dao, who blocked Latrell Sprewell's two goals in a row, is thinking the same thing now.
You mean tactics?
QNMLGB’s tactics.
I am going to use Latrell Sprewell today to establish my team's status!
The kind of games in the preseason are not convincing, but they are in the regular season!
Alternating between offense and defense.
The Warriors' No. 1, Bimbo Coles, had already quickly entered the frontcourt with the ball. His eyes just glanced at Sprewell's position, and then immediately turned his head towards the inside. Joe Smith looks.
There was no need for his teammates to say anything. Joe Smith on the inside knew it and quickly came out to set up a pick-and-roll for his teammates.
Marbury was delayed around the pick-and-roll, and Bimbo Coles, who was holding the ball, quickly reached the three-point line. When the Timberwolves' white center came up, he hit the ball from his feet and into the inside.
Dampier of the Warriors got the ball inside, dunked directly with both hands, and poured the ball into the basket.
There were some defensive rotations that stretched the hips. When Garnett chased Joe Smith on this ball, he went a little too far and retreated a little slowly.
"KG, focus on defense at the basket."
"If he shoots from the high post, let him shoot, control the rebounds, and defend in the paint!"
On the sidelines, coach Phillip Saunders shouted toward the court, asking the players to make adjustments.
Most of the coaches from the United States are very passionate when they are coaching. After a game, the players on the field are physically exhausted, and the coach's voice is also exhausted.
This season is his first season coaching the Timberwolves. His goal is to lead the Timberwolves into the playoffs. To achieve this goal, Flip Saunders is extremely serious when coaching, and is very careful about the small details of the players. s concern.
There are 82 games to be played in the regular season. If any detail is ignored, other opponents will catch it and attack madly.
On the court, the Timberwolves began to push back.
Marbury's speed with the ball was not very fast. He slowed down after crossing the center line. After many Timberwolves players were in position, Marbury slowly entered the frontcourt with the ball.
The Warriors have plenty of time to deal with the Timberwolves' positional battle.
They focused their defense on Tom, Wu Dao and Garnett.
However, what is surprising is that Marbury, who entered the frontcourt with the ball, was not in a hurry to release the ball. A scorer of Tom's level had no intention of cutting inside to seek opportunities. Instead, he quickly ran towards Marbury. , provided a screen for Marbury.
Taking advantage of the screen, Marbury took advantage of the time difference between his opponent's change of defense, got directly between Marshall and Coles, quickly dribbled the ball inside, and sent the ball to the basket with a pick.
Joe Smith reached out to interfere, but the basketball was hit head-on and bounced steadily into the basket.
There was some applause and cheers in the stands. Marbury seized this opportunity very well and it was a beautiful goal.
The Timberwolves' offense is playing smoothly, and Minnesota fans are very happy.
But after the Warriors got the ball, their offense became a little sluggish.
Coles, who dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, wanted to repeat his old trick and asked for a high pick-and-roll exactly like before.
But this time, Garnett was not pulled too far away from the inside by Joe Smith, and he did not even chase the free throw line. This also caused Coles to take a few steps forward before encountering Garnett's defense. At the same time, Marbury also quickly surrounded him.
Helpless, Coles could only jump hard and pass the ball back towards Joe Smith behind him.
Joe Smith got the ball in a wide open space. After hesitating for a second, he immediately raised his hand and threw the ball.
A high-post shot with one step inside the three-point line, this kind of low-efficiency zone shot, will almost disappear in the future basketball world.
"Uh-huh!"
Joe Smith's shooting ability is pretty good, and the basketball goes directly into the net.
When Coach Phillip Sanders saw the Warriors' goal on the sidelines, he didn't say anything. If a goal like this is scored, it's scored.
Can you Warriors kill our Timberwolves with this kind of high-post shooting?
That's Joe Smith, not Jordan.
The ball came into the hands of the Timberwolves again. The Timberwolves were not playing fast and were still playing slowly. After the players were in position, Marbury used Tom's pick-and-roll to break through and was stopped by the Timberwolves who switched defenses in time.
He turned around and gave the ball directly to Tom, who was facing Coles in a misplaced position. The latter took the ball and directly used his body to attack the opponent. After crossing the opponent, he stopped on the side of the free throw line and made a jump shot.
Tom had a good touch and the basketball went through the net.
In the following rounds of confrontation, the Timberwolves' offense was generally very smooth. Tom, Marbury, and Garnett showed their strength one after another, and a large number of attacks on the basket and mid-range shots made the Warriors tired of dealing with them. The efficiency of the three of them is also good. The success rate at the basket is over 80%, and the overall mid-range shooting rate is over 50%.
Although Wu Dao had fewer opportunities to participate in the offensive end, he also got several open three-point opportunities. He hit 3 of 3. With his opening dunk, he easily scored 11 points after one quarter. .
Compared with the smoothness of the Timberwolves, the Warriors' offense became stumbling. Martial Arts did not participate in the offense much and focused most of its energy on defense.
Sprewell, who faced him, encountered the death entanglement of martial arts.
When facing Wu Dao's defense, Sprewell had no way to rely on his personal ability to defeat Wu Dao alone. Instead, he managed to get some shooting opportunities through the pick and roll of his teammates.
However, perhaps due to Wu Dao's terrifying opening shot, Sprewell was wary of Wu Dao's defensive range. When he got the chance to take action, he often struck in a hurry, fearing that Wu Dao would pursue him.
Martial arts will cause serious interference to Sprewell in most rounds, which causes Sprewell's popularity rate to become very poor.
In the first quarter, Sprewell only made 6 successful shots, accounting for nearly a quarter of the team's shots, but only hit 1 of them and scored 2 points.
On the contrary, Joe Smith took 10 crazy shots when Sprewell greatly reduced the ball. He scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter, which produced good results.
However, when Sprewell was blocked by Martial Arts, the Warriors did not have a second critical point to stand up and help the team.
After the first quarter, the Warriors trailed the Timberwolves by 13 points at 18:31.
In the second quarter, the Warriors made a change, taking Coles at No. 1 and replacing him with Jim Jackson, who has excellent scoring ability.
Speaking of martial arts, the Warriors' coach Carlesimo is really calm. He was beaten by the Timberwolves in the first quarter and put another scoring point for the team off the court.
In fact, what Wu Dao didn't know was that the reason why he didn't replace Jim Jackson for so long was because he wanted to confirm Wu Dao's defensive ability.
He wanted to take a look at how far this rookie of the Timberwolves could push Sprewell.
In the 1996-97 season, Sprewell played 79 regular season games on behalf of the team. Among these many games, Sprewell scored more than 18 points in 64 games and more than 40 games in which he scored more than 25 points. field.
With an ironman-like attendance rate and terrifying scoring ability, it can be said that in today's league, almost no outside defender can cause Sprewell to suffer a big loss.
Oh, that year the Glove-Gary Payton and Rainman-Shawn Kemp-led Seattle SuperSonics gave Sprewell a real shot in the arm.
Sprewell played 37 minutes in that game and scored 8 points.
Today's game made Carlesimo smell something unusual again.
This result was brought about by the Timberwolves' rookie.
Rest period.
"It's a good game, let's keep it up."
"The Warriors didn't let Jim come up in the first quarter, and they will definitely come up in the second quarter, unless they don't want to win today's game."
"Stephen, you are responsible for guarding him. He is taller than you. You only need to block his breakthrough. If he wants to shoot, just interfere with it."
"We're so far ahead, there's no way shooting can take care of us."
"Our lineup remained unchanged in the second quarter to expand our score advantage."
"Martial Arts, you defended very well. If you defend like this, you've already beaten that kid Latrell to death! But you have to pay attention to the number of fouls."
Phillip Saunders had a clear idea and wanted to maintain his advantage and expand the score.
After the 130 seconds rest period.
The two teams are back on the field, with the Timberwolves having the ball.
Martial Arts and their style of play remains unchanged, and they still attack with the three of Garnett, Tom, and Marbury, and the method of initiation is often started by Garnett's high pick-and-roll.
The most unpretentious tactics can often produce outstanding results.
The Timberwolves still played smoothly in the second quarter.
However, the Warriors started running smoothly on the offensive end after replacing Jim Jackson. To the Timberwolves' expectation, Jim Jackson felt great today and frequently hit difficult goals under Marbury's defense.
However, the Warriors' Sprewell is still struggling, and the point difference between the two teams is still inevitably quickly widened by the Timberwolves.
After the second quarter, the score reached 44:70, and the point difference reached 26 points.
Although Wu Dao had no chance to hold the ball in the second quarter, he still had a lot of scoring opportunities. He made 5 of 6 three-pointers and easily scored 15 points. His personal score also reached 26 points.
The Warriors players and coaches didn't feel the Timberwolves' efforts to widen the point difference to this extent.
The outcome is basically determined at this moment.
In the third quarter, the Warriors changed to the substitute lineup, changing the players in the four positions 1.3.4.5, leaving only one starting player and four substitutes in Wu Dao to continue the game.
The Warriors did not replace the main players at this time, but only replaced the center to let Dampier, who had already run for two quarters, rest. The remaining players were still on the court.
This is the first game of the regular season. The main players must play as much as possible and get into the state quickly.
The Warriors thought that the offensive intensity of the Timberwolves would weaken after they put on the bench in the third quarter, but unexpectedly, in the third quarter, the Timberwolves' rookie broke out.
Although the rookie's performance in the previous two quarters was considered explosive in their opinion, it was not until the third quarter that the Warriors realized how wrong they were.
After the main players such as Garnett, Tom and Marbury were off the field, Wu Dao got unlimited firing rights.
The players who came on the bench all played around Wu Dao, and Wu Dao also shot inside and outside. He took 15 crazy shots and scored 21 points in a single quarter.
Wu Dao's offensive efficiency is simply incomparable with the first two quarters, but in the third quarter, Wu Dao showed his superstar characteristics.
Martial arts' low-post singles and mid-range turnarounds during positional battles are all superstar weapons in this era.
The outstanding performance of martial arts also completely extinguished the Warriors' hope of victory.
The total score was 89:121, and the Timberwolves beat by 30+ points and won their first regular season victory.
Wu Dao played nearly 40 minutes and scored a team-high 49 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, handing over the first report card of his rookie regular season.
(End of chapter)
