After substitutions and adjustments, the game continues.
The Warriors' lineup on the court at this time is: Curry, Anthony Morrow, Raja Bell, Sun Yi, and Anthony Randolph.
The Timberwolves' lineup on the field is: Ty Lawson, Ellington, Gomez, Love, Milicic.
The Warriors had the ball, and Curry took his time dribbling forward. When he came to three-point range, he saw Ty Lawson defending him, as if he had returned to the NCAA Finals.
Maybe this is fate. In the NBA, Davidson's twin stars Sun Yi and Curry once again faced off against North Carolina's twin stars Ty Lawson and Ellington.
"Hi! Lawson, long time no see." Curry greeted with a smile.
"Stephen, put away your playful smile, I will definitely win this game!"
Ty Lawson didn't appreciate it at all. He has not yet gotten over the shadow of being defeated in the NCAA finals.
Seeing this, Curry stopped being hot-tempered and passed the ball out, then ran toward the basket.
Seeing this, Ty Lawson was not willing to be outdone, and followed Curry to pursue him.
On the other side, Sun Yi came outside the three-point line to receive the pass and made a triple threat action.
Love naturally followed, but did not step forward to follow him.
He had read Sun Yi's information and knew that this guy had an unstable three-point shooting skills and implemented a defensive strategy of giving up shots but not outbursts.
Sun Yi saw Love's defensive strategy and immediately took back his probing foot and raised his hand to fake a shot.
As the No. 5 pick in the first round of 2008, Love has only played for one season and has little game experience.
Without thinking, he jumped directly to interfere, thinking that the rookie didn't have that much thought.
But he was careless and didn't expect that Sun Yi was the sixth child.
When Sun Yi saw Love being shaken up, he immediately released the ball and rushed into the three-point line. Before other Timberwolves players arrived, he made an emergency jumper.
Looking back, Ty Lawson forced a break through Curry, and his layup was interfered by Randolph who came to help defend and failed to hit.
Sun Yi protected the backcourt rebound and immediately passed the ball to the best position.
After Curry received the ball, he launched a defensive counterattack.
Lagabert and Moreau quickly followed up and rushed forward from different routes.
The Timberwolves only retreated Ty Lawson and Ellington, and the others failed to retreat.
The Warriors got the opportunity to play more and less. Curry broke through the penalty area, attracted the defense and then distributed the ball.
Morrow, who ran to the corner, received the pass and hit a three-pointer.
On the next possession, the Timberwolves made adjustments.
Milicic played hard inside and wanted to use his height advantage to beat Randolph.
But Milicic, who had been neglected for many years, couldn't hit Randolph at all. He could only turn around awkwardly and throw the ball towards the basket. Whether it scored or not depended on God's will.
The basketball bounced out of the frame. Sun Yi grabbed the rebound. Seeing that there was no chance, he dribbled towards the frontcourt.
This time, Curry came out with the help of his teammates' cover, received Sun Yi's pass, and hit a three-pointer.
After hitting two consecutive three-pointers, the Warriors successfully overtook the score.
The audience burst into applause, and cheers and shouts filled the arena.
In the next round, the Timberwolves broke their scoring drought.
Small forward Gomez cut to the basket and hit a layup.
Before the Timberwolves players could breathe a sigh of relief, the Warriors' offense struck quickly.
As soon as Curry dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, Sun Yi stepped forward to coordinate with the pick-and-roll.
After the pick-and-roll was ready, Curry used the screen to get rid of Ty Lawson's pursuit and broke through to the three-point line.
The Timberwolves switched defenses without any hesitation.
Sun Yi did not ask for the ball, but signaled the primary school student to play singles, then ran towards the three-point line and took away the defender.
Curry understood and stepped out of the three-point line again.
Seeing this situation, Love felt extremely depressed. Even if he had to guard against a fake inside line, it was really difficult to guard against a defender now!
After the elementary school student dribbled the ball continuously under his hips, he quickly made a crossover and broke through to the right.
Upon seeing this, Love immediately moved sideways to block, but saw the baby face change direction again and break through to the other side.
If he tried to forcefully change direction, he would definitely fall. For the sake of face, he did not struggle anymore and could only watch his opponent pass him.
But what Love didn't expect was that the baby face didn't break through, but instead hit a step-back three-pointer.
What a shrimp and pig heart!
Curry's shot has a good rhythm and no interference, so he can basically hit it.
He thought that he was too high-profile when he first entered the league, so he did not celebrate in advance.
Swish!
Hollow into the net!
This goal was very entertaining, and the fans did not hesitate in their applause and cheers.
In the next few rounds, the Timberwolves' singles success rate dropped sharply and they failed to bite the score.
The Warriors played team basketball, blossomed in all aspects, and their defense was not weak.
Except for Laga Bell, the others on the court now are all young players and they are very hardworking.
Seeing that the score difference was about to widen, Timberwolves head coach Kurt Rambis requested a timeout and made some adjustments.
After returning from the timeout, the Timberwolves' offensive problems were still unresolved.
The Warriors played smoothly and frequently performed wonderful coordination.
During an attack, Curry used the off-ball screen of Laga Bell and Randolph to run from the right three-point line to the left corner, but he still could not get rid of Ty Lawson who was desperately pursuing him.
Just when the Timberwolves' defensive attention was focused on Curry, Sun Yi threw the ball directly above the basket.
After finishing the off-ball screen, Randolph cut to the basket and jumped when he saw the basketball flying towards him.
As a lottery pick in the 2008 class, Randolph has very good athletic ability and wingspan. He is a new inside player that the Warriors focus on training.
After grabbing the basketball in the air, he dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.
After completing the dunk, Randolph was overjoyed. After finishing the celebration, he pointed at Sun Yi to express his gratitude.
On the Warriors bench, Nelson smiled and clapped his hands.
I am very satisfied with the performance of Sun Yi, the organizational forward.
The game continued, and the Timberwolves relied on Love's mid-range jumper to stabilize the situation.
But the Timberwolves' offense lacked continuity and lost power from time to time.
On the other hand, under the organization of Sun Yi and Curry, the Warriors played very smoothly offensively.
Taking advantage of the Timberwolves' consecutive misses, the Warriors started a "three-point rain."
Sun Yi also took the opportunity to score a three-pointer, which was his first three-pointer in the NBA.
After the score difference widened, Sun Yi, Curry and others were taken off the court to rest and waited until the second half before continuing to play.
After the second half of the game started, the Timberwolves had no intention of chasing points. It was a preseason game anyway, so it was meaningless.
The Warriors seized the opportunity to train. Nelson frantically experimented with lineups, trying to find the best lineup.
Although the game was ruined, the fans still did not leave.
With Sun Yi on the court, he can make some exquisite passes at any time, which the fans can enjoy watching.
The happy time was so short, the game time passed quickly, and it didn't take long for it to come to an end.
Except for a slight twist at the beginning, in the following games, the Warriors used a wave to open up the score and took the lead.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Timberwolves 109-84.
"The game is over. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves with a big score at home, ushering in a good start to the preseason..."
At the end of the game, Oracle Arena burst into warm applause and cheers.
Judging from this game, the Warriors have undergone very big changes in the new season, and the two high-ranking rookies have also produced the expected results.
Fans have high expectations for this new version of the Warriors.
