Head coach of parallel imports in the NBA

Chapter 189 The New Season Begins

"After going back, we still need to practice the tacit understanding between the players. In addition, Lin is not very decisive in handling some balls. This is related to his understanding of our tactics. After returning to this point, we must strengthen training."

Watching the game on the court, Da Zhuang said to Smith beside him.

"Okay, I see."

Perhaps it was affected by the atmosphere of the scene. The players of the Timberwolves in this game felt very hot. The result was that even though there was no systematic blessing, there were more flowers on the outside. Middleton and Bennett And Yi Jianlian hit three-pointers one after another.

On the inside, Oden still maintains his dominance. Dior is by no means his opponent. Even with Duncan's help in defense, he seems a bit embarrassed, especially after Yi Jianlian opens the outside line, Duncan dare not go casually. Double-teamed Oden, so that Oden played stronger.

The Timberwolves' tactic of driving the outside line from the inside has been well proven in the playoffs of last season. Both the Spurs and the Heat have suffered from this. It is also very simple to crack this tactic. Solve this point of Oden, especially when the Timberwolves' outside performance is not good. If you don't solve this point of Oden, you will never be able to solve the Timberwolves.

Everyone knows the truth, but it is a bit difficult to do it.

Among the other 29 teams in the league, there are almost no centers who can play one-on-one with Oden. At this time, if you double-team, you can make Oden's offense mute, but double-teaming will definitely bring Come open, and that's exactly what the Timberwolves perimeter wants to see.

However, the Spurs' offense also caused the Timberwolves' defense to encounter big problems. First, Bennett could not defend Leonard, and second, Lin Shuhao suffered a bit against Parker.

So after the start of the game, the scores of the two sides also rose alternately.

By the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves led the Spurs by two points 31 to 29 to end the first quarter.

In the second quarter of the game, Da Zhuang also directly made a five-up and five-down substitution.

Dinwiddie, LaVine, Grant, Sims and Tyler Zeller appeared on the court.

This lineup is young and aggressive. Although there were many mistakes, the score was gradually opened up. Ginobili's single-core team leadership tactics were directly washed away by the young strength.

At 5 minutes and 18 seconds of the second quarter, Popovich replaced the main players again, and then Da Zhuang also adjusted the lineup, but the only difference compared with the starting lineup was the point guard. Lupus played as the team's No. [-] position.

Da Zhuang on the sidelines also called LaVine, Lin Shuhao, and Dinwiddie to his side, asking them to pay more attention to the way Billups handles some balls, and even told the two to communicate with each other and learn more when they have nothing to do.

The reason why Da Zhuang asked Billups to join was not to let the opponent play a lot of energy in the game, but to use the experience of the opponent to lead this group of young people.

It's the same with Carter in the current team. Before coming to China, Da Zhuang even talked to Carter and Billups about this matter, and directly told them his intentions.

This is the reason why an old family is like a treasure.

In the end, after four quarters of confrontation, the Timberwolves also defeated the Spurs 112 to 107, and achieved two consecutive victories in the preseason. This result also made Da Zhuang truly realize the true strength of his team. There will be systematic blessings during the regular season, but now this situation is the most real combat power.

After the game ended, the Timberwolves also moved from Shanghai to the capital the next day.

But in the second game at the MasterCard Center, the Timberwolves lost the game.

It's not that the main lineup didn't perform well, but that the Timberwolves met a monstrous Manu Ginobili in this game, and they were finally defeated by the Spurs 101-112. The Chinese National Championship of the season.

On October 10, the Timberwolves returned to Minneapolis by plane directly from the capital.

After a day of rest, the Timberwolves also continued their preseason game.

However, the Timberwolves lost the remaining two preseason games.

Of course, this is not surprising to the outside world. In these two games, the big players were constantly adjusting the lineup. Some rotation players got a lot of playing time, but the main players had fewer chances to play.

After finishing all the preseason games, the league's [-] teams are about to usher in a new season.

According to the league's schedule, the Timberwolves will usher in the season opener.

The league has arranged three games for the opening game of the new season this time.

They are the Minnesota Timberwolves at home against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Los Angeles Lakers at home against the Houston Rockets, and the San Antonio Spurs at home against the Dallas Mavericks.

As soon as this arrangement came out, it caused a lot of discussion. First, the three opening games were all teams from the West, and the second and third games were full of highlights. It should be said that the league really took great pains.

First of all, the Timberwolves and the Grizzlies met in the first round of the playoffs last season, and the enemies were extremely jealous. In addition, the Timberwolves won the championship last season. This time, the opening game will be held at the Target Center, and the championship will also be held at that time Presentation ceremony of the ring.

The grievances between the Spurs and the Mavericks, a team from Texas, are naturally intricate, so this battle between the bulls and the horses is naturally enough to attract the attention of many fans.

As for the Lakers and Rockets, Kobe's return from injury is the biggest highlight, and the battle between Howard and Kobe is also one of the highlights.

As the time for the opening game of the new season approaches, under the vigorous promotion of the league, the eyes of fans all over the world have once again gathered here after a few months of rest.

Soon time came to December 12. At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Timberwolves and Grizzlies came to the Target Center one after another.

Tonight's game will be at 7pm.

However, there will be a championship ring award ceremony before the game starts.

The real value of the NBA championship ring is actually a symbol of honor. After all, there is only one trophy, so a championship ring is also a commemoration, but the ring is also handmade, and the ring is actually divided into two parts. One is with a name, and the other is without a name. There are even some game data and records engraved on it. The one without a name is usually for long-term water dispenser guards. Some of this is given to staff.

(End of this chapter)