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Chapter 100 Timberwolves Win Three Straight
Next, other reporters asked questions.

"Giannis Antetokounmpo has performed very well. Is he the new core of the Timberwolves?"

The reporter asked Su Chen a question.

This question, whether answered or not, will have a certain impact.

If the answer is yes, it is tantamount to confirming the cornerstone of Giannis Antetokounmpo's team, even the leadership position.

Then the old players who refuse to accept Giannis Antetokounmpo may have conflicts with Giannis Antetokounmpo, and the Timberwolves will easily cause internal strife.

But if you avoid it, it will have an impact on Giannis Antetokounmpo's confidence.

The most important thing for a rookie is actually confidence. When confidence is played, all abilities will be displayed normally.

For Su Chen, this question was undoubtedly tricky.

"I don't think it's an exception to be as good as Giannis Antetokounmpo. I think my players have such outstanding abilities. Of course, Giannis Antetokounmpo is the best player tonight. He is today. MVP of the late game."

Su Chen's answer was comprehensive.

He didn't favor a certain person too much, and he also affirmed Giannis Antetokounmpo, allowing him to maintain enough self-confidence.

That's why Su Chen didn't like to attend press conferences. These reporters only cared about the traffic and dug holes quietly.

"This year's Western Conference teams are very well-equipped, and after Coach Su Chen made the playoff announcement, the league revised the rules. How confident do you think it is now?"

The reporter's questions were more tricky than the last.

The change of the league's rules was indeed announced after Su Chen's playoff betting contract.

This question somewhat embarrassed Su Chen.

"The Blazers are very strong. They must be a playoff-level team."

"Our team's potential has not been fully stimulated, but, tonight we beat the Blazers."

Su Chen first praised the opponent's team.

Use the opponent team as a reference point for the playoffs to improve your own team.

Su Chen's answer was impeccable. Even though the reporters thought of some tricky questions, Su Chen answered them one by one.

This rookie coach who didn't participate in the post-match press conference very much last season has grown so fast, and their problem is that they can't find the password for the traffic.

For these unscrupulous reporters who wanted to find topics on the Timberwolves, Su Chen answered some questions and then ended the press conference.

three days later.

Still Minnesota.

The Timberwolves are at the target center, ushering in the next opponent, the Orlando Magic.

The Magic are one of the worst teams this season.

In fact, in the eyes of the outside world, the Timberwolves are not much better than these so-called bad teams this season.

None of the Timberwolves' three main generals is a qualified leader in the league.

Josh Smith was kicked out by the Hawks, and Iguodala's data has already dropped sharply, and Luol Deng's strength also proved that his main offensive strength is not enough to be the core of the team.

The others are all rookies or fringe players in the league.

Even though they defeated the Trail Blazers in the last game, not many people are optimistic about the Timberwolves team, and they all feel that they are just like the Magic.

The Blazers have a good configuration, but the attention is not high, and it is nothing special to win the Blazers.

Even after the last game, there were very few reports about the two sides except for the official news page.

This game between the Timberwolves and the Magic is also considered a game for a bad team.

Except for the fans of the two teams, few people pay attention to this weak matchup.

In the absence of much attention, the two sides entered the field first.

Timberwolves starting lineup: Mike Muscala (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Josh Smith (SF), Luol Deng (SG), Patrick Beverly (PG).

Magic starting lineup: Dewayne Dedmon (C), Kyle O'Quinn (PF), Maurice Harkless (SF), Arron Afflalo (SG), Jameer Nelson (PG) ).

The lineups of both sides in this game can be described as dim.

In the entire starting lineup, only Nelson and Luol Deng have been selected as All-Stars, and the others are outstanding one-faced students.

Spectators who are not fans of the two teams can't even name these players when they see them.

Due to the change in attitude, Iguodala was placed into the rotation by Su Chen. The rotation is positioned to increase the single-defense ability of the substitute and a certain amount of offensive firepower.

Josh Smith and Luol Deng are still false starters.

The two of them are not good at offense, even facing a lineup like the Magic, they didn't play any efficient performance.

The ball is still present, but the efficiency is very low.

Although the opponent is not a well-known player, the defensive ability of players like Afflalo is still relatively strong.

The offensive level of these two men is not enough to break through the defense of the opponent's role player with the ball.

After playing for 2 minutes, Su Chen replaced him again.

"Continue to play like this, I don't think I need to give them face beyond the third game."

Su Chen shook his head.

Su Chen deliberately didn't arrange tactics for them, and let them swing the ball as soon as they got it, just to let them see themselves clearly.

Luol Deng is not so rebellious yet, Josh is really rebellious.

His style of play is still the Eagles' high ball-handling style. Facing defenders, he especially likes to hold the ball against others to shoot three-pointers, and he has all kinds of bad shot choices.

Su Chen is grinding their spirits now.

After a pause.

Butler and Middleton replaced them.

The Timberwolves continued to play back to their playing style.

In addition to the personnel who played, Curry also picked up a few minutes of playing time.

The on-site commentary specifically explained that this is the younger brother of last season's FMVP Stephen Curry, which made many people have a sense of expectation for Curry.

However, Curry's performance can only be said to be quite satisfactory, there is nothing amazing.

Su Chen didn't deliberately design any tactics for Little Curry, it looked like he came up and got acquainted.

Gobert performed well in this game.

The Magic's Dedmon and O'Quinn faced Gobert's frame protection and their shooting percentages were extremely low.

Of course, they are not the league's offensive masters themselves. The rookie Gobert can make good interference just by opening a pair of long arms.

The Magic's offensive lineup is messy.

Nelson is not the kind of player who can intimidate the whole team. The Magic was originally a fishing team, and they basically played a random word.

No rules, whoever gets the ball can swing it twice.

Losing is the norm, and if you feel good, you can win some victories recklessly.

But now a defensive team like the Timberwolves is the nemesis of this fishing team.

None of the team's single defense ability is a colander, basically all of them are above the level line, even the league's first-class defense.

Anyone in Magic can swing twice, but they all find that they can't move.

Basically, it is a few lucks and then ends with a high difficulty.

This way of playing, unless the hand feels really good to the point of bursting, otherwise you will not be able to beat the defensive team.

The difference between a real strong team and a fake strong team is actually the number of times they are overturned by fishing teams.

With defense as the basic set, as long as the offensive feel is not too bad, it is generally difficult to lose to a bad team.

The game also ended quickly.

Timberwolves 95:82 Magic.

The Timberwolves' offensive efficiency is actually not high, but the Magic's offensive efficiency is limited to even lower, so it's okay to have low offensive efficiency.

Giannis Antetokounmpo once again scored a 20+ quasi-triple-double data.

"Isn't this a bit of a development?"

Seeing Giannis Antetokounmpo's data, Su Chen fell into deep thought.

Although he told Milosevic to cultivate Giannis Antetokounmpo's organizational ability, is it a waste of Giannis Antetokounmpo's offensive ability to develop in the direction of a triple-double?

Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 5.9 assists per game at his peak in the regular season and 6.8 assists per game at his peak in the playoffs.

Although there are indeed a lot of assists, you can't really develop as Jokic!
It is good that Milosevic can train Jokic, but is there a possibility that his preference is to train like Jokic?

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo is the MVP, Jokic is the MVP, and there are more Jokic MVPs.

But in the timeline that Su Chen traveled through, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the team to the championship, and Jokic led the team in the playoffs. Although there are certain team factors.

But Giannis Antetokounmpo's own development has already won the championship, and there is no need to develop according to Jokic's template.

He had to talk to Lao Mi properly about this matter.

After winning the Magic, the Timberwolves have already won two consecutive victories, and at the same time they will challenge the Knicks in New York to start their road trip.

After winning two consecutive victories, the Timberwolves finally attracted a little attention.

In a small ball market like Minnesota, it is difficult to attract attention, and no one will pay attention to them even if they have won two consecutive victories.

Timberwolves can be discussed because Su Chen's traffic is not small.

"The Timberwolves have won two consecutive victories, change teams or prove themselves again? "

"Timberwolves star Antetokounmpo has two 20+ triple-doubles, why did he fall to the eighth pick? "

"Seth Curry's performance is sluggish, and he may be waived for the first time. The Golden State Warriors may consider introducing it. "

"Strength players have been activated?Why didn't Su Chen use the people he traded with himself? "

"Hope or Bubble?The battle between the Timberwolves and the Knicks will strengthen the Timberwolves! "

The Wolves didn't have much traffic, it was basically news reports from Su Chen.

After all, Su Chen was the champion coach last season, and the Warriors were also said to be a civilian team.

In the offseason trade, Su Chen has been criticized as the worst general manager in the history of the league. Even Su Chen's strength in the coaching industry has been questioned.

And the gambling agreement signed by Su Chen also made people look forward to Su Chen's coaching ability.

But neither the Trail Blazers nor the Magic are strong teams.

Although the Blazers' configuration will enter the playoffs this season, people now don't know. They only know that the Blazers were a team outside the playoffs last season.

The Magic are even worse teams, and they are not convincing.

As for the Timberwolves' opponent in the next game, the New York Knicks can be called a strong team.

Last season, the Knicks ranked second in the East and lost to the Pacers in the second round of the playoffs. Overall, they are still quite a strong team.

Anthony is at his peak, a super scorer averaging 28 points per game.

At the same time, there are Stoudemire and the peak JR who can average 18 points per game as his right-hand man.

Blue-collars also have high-quality blue-collars like Tyson Chandler and Shumpert.

At the same time, the rookie Hardaway Jr. they selected this year has also shown his offensive firepower, and has even been able to enter the rotation and play the role of a sixth man.

So whether the Timberwolves can win consecutively against the Knicks has also become a point of view.

Madison Square Garden.

Although the Knicks are not considered a super team in history, they definitely left a strong mark in the history of the league.

Generations of historical superstars and historical coaches have all shone in this arena.

When Su Chen walked into this arena, he felt the historical atmosphere of this arena.

Located in the most prosperous golf market, if you play here, you will get super high exposure.

However, compared to the exaggeration of the game from the outside world, Su Chen didn't have much feeling.

In the impression of others, the Knicks last season were indeed a strong team, after all, they were second in the Eastern Conference.

But Su Chen knew how big the problem was with this team. They didn't even make the playoffs this season.

This is the weak East, which only needs 38 wins to enter the playoffs, unlike the West which needs about 50 wins to enter the playoffs.

Under such circumstances, the Knicks fell from second in the Eastern Conference last season to the point where they could not enter the playoffs.

The team is already drawn.

Su Chen also knew that in the next season, the Knicks would directly become the bottom one in the Eastern Conference.

In terms of competitiveness, the Knicks this season are not as good as the Trail Blazers.

The Knicks' players are now typically more famous than powerful, so Su Chen's half-play and half-practice thinking continues.

After the DJ yelled loudly, the game also started.

Players from both sides play.

Knicks starting lineup: Tyson Chandler (C), Amare Stoudemire (PF), Carmelo Anthony (SF), JR Smith (SG), Raymond Fair Dayton (PG).

Timberwolves starting lineup: Rudy Gobert (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Andre Iguodala (SF), Luol Deng (SG), Patrick Beverley (PG).

The Knicks' starting lineup was indeed scary.

Chandler is definitely a blue-collar center at the championship puzzle level. There is no doubt that Stoudemire is a super offensive insider. Anthony is still a super scorer in the league. With 18 points, Felton is also the league's starting point guard.

But with the Knicks composed of these people, they can't even make the playoffs this season, and they will dive to the bottom of the Eastern Conference next season.

This also has to be embarrassing.

For the Timberwolves' starting lineup, Su Chen replaced Gobert.

Gobert can sell money or use it for himself. He performed well on the court, so he will continue to let Gobert play this time.

The fake starts of the other three old players will not be protected after this game, and they will compete for posts based on their respective performances.

In this game, everyone thought it was an advantage game for the Knicks.

After all, the second place in the Eastern Conference last season, how difficult is it to beat a group of rookie Timberwolves?

But the facts are disappointing.

There is a reason why the Knicks can't make the playoffs this season.

It's not just Stoudemire's rapid decline, but the Knicks' poor execution.

When you have Anthony and JR on the field, it is good to be able to play simple tactics, and too complicated tactics are basically not applicable.

Last season was JR's peak performance, and this season's JR will return to the normal level.

Although there were not so many complicated tactics last season, they were able to score.

But the decline of Stoudemire and JR this season has made their simple and efficient offense easy.

In this game, the inside barrier composed of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Gobert gave Chandler and Stoudemire no chance.

In addition, after Xiao Hua took office, it is already a small ball version.

Three-pointers and breakthroughs are the answer.

Low post and mid-range singles have become backward weapons.

However, Stoudemire and Anthony are good at mid-range shots and low-post singles.

Although JR throws three-pointers, he throws them indiscriminately. He never looks at the defense but his own touch when throwing three-pointers.

In comparison.

The Timberwolves are not only good at defense, but also play defensive counterattacks.

At the same time, the Timberwolves' offense is basically composed of Antetokounmpo Butler's breakthroughs and Middleton's Curry McCollum's three-pointers.

Josh Smith and Luol Deng like mid-range shots, and they were directly deprived of playing time by Su Chen, so let them calm down.

The Timberwolves play more in line with the version of the answer, allowing them to face the Knicks who are already N versions behind, basically maintaining the suppression of the audience.

In this game, Chandler was directly made six offenders.

Chandler was stunned when he was blown out.

He has been playing like this all the time. How could he face the Timberwolves and be blown off by the six criminals after only three quarters?
In fact, up to now, many people have begun to feel subtle changes.

It's just that everyone is still not sure how the alliance version changes will change.

But the problems of three-point defense and breakthroughs under the basket have indeed been felt. The new president seems to be different after taking office.

By the end of the game, the Knicks didn't understand how they lost.

Knicks 99:111 Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves easily won their own three-game winning streak.

Giannis Antetokounmpo still continued his continuation of his 20+ quasi-triple-double, but today's assists are a little less, only 7 assists.

Butler also played fiercely today, hitting the basket frequently and scoring 25 points.

The Timberwolves have faintly presented a posture of an attacking double star composed of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler.

After winning this game.

In the post-match report of the Timberwolves game, there were also many comments about the Timberwolves.

"Last season, everyone was not optimistic about the [-]-point tactic. Su Chen won the championship with the [-]-point tactic. Now the league has started to encourage the [-]-pointer and started to focus on breakthroughs."

"The breakthrough ability of Giannis Antetokounmpo is really strong. Those who are stronger than him are not as fast as him, and those who are faster than him cannot match him."

"And that Butler, although he doesn't seem to be very good, but every time I look at his scoring statistics, he is not bad."

"The extra leader Butler in the Love deal got better and better, but Luol Deng, who was the main player in the deal, didn't get 10 minutes of playing time in this game."

"The Timberwolves are now obviously supporting Giannis-Antetokounmpo and Butler. Is it possible that Su Chen is interested in Butler and Luol Deng is adding to it?"

"Luol Deng is self-inflicted. He is not bad at defense. Su Chen has publicly said who can defend and who can play. He has to save energy and not defend well on the offensive end."

"The three veteran players of Luol Deng probably wanted to avoid defense and collect statistics. They planned to let Su Chen know that they couldn't win without them. As a result, the Timberwolves won three consecutive victories."

"Let's keep watching. Sometimes the fishing team can achieve a three-game winning streak at the beginning, which doesn't mean anything."

"That's right, the three-game winning streak will start, let's talk about the ten-game winning streak."

The topic of the Timberwolves' three-game winning streak has also aroused discussions among fans.

Although the Knicks are considered a strong team in their impression, the performance of the Knicks this time is so poor that it doesn't seem to explain anything.

In addition, several old players from the Timberwolves traded, except for Iguodala, who started to defend diligently, Luol Deng and Josh Smith still seem to be dreaming of collecting statistics in weak teams.

However, as one of the six teams that have not lost in the league so far, the appearance of the Timberwolves among the undefeated teams is also somewhat unexpected.

The other five teams are: San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, Miami Heat, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers.

These five teams are all favorable championship contenders this season, and they played a fast game from the very beginning.

The GDP combination still has the power to fight. At the same time, Leonard has grown rapidly this season. It is understandable that the Spurs are the favorites to win this season.

At the same time, with the return of Westbrook, Durant and Westbrook plus Ibaka, regroup and prepare to do something this season.

The Big Three of the Heat are still the super team, James is still at the peak, and Wade and Bosh have not declined much.

The problem they face is that the role players who are already old are one year older.

In addition, the conflict between Spoelstra and James was once again on the table because of the loss of last season.

However, because of the Warriors' coaching change, the Heat will fight for another season while being in the weak Eastern Conference, and they are still the favorites to win the championship.

The Pacers fought the Heat in the tiebreaker last season, and their comeback this season should not be underestimated.

In addition, the Clippers successfully renewed Paul's contract. At the same time, with the growth of Griffin and Jordan Jr., the lob city is strongly disrupting the situation in the West.

Only the Timberwolves, mixed among these five teams, are a bit out of place.

After all, in the eyes of everyone, this position at least belongs to the defending champion Golden State Warriors.

However, Cole was in charge of the Warriors for the first time. Because of trying the lineup and making changes for the current version of the league, the Warriors experienced two consecutive losses at the beginning.

The performance of the Timberwolves at the start of the game is obviously better than that of the Warriors, which can't help but make everyone wonder.

Could it be that the gap between the coaches is so big?

However, some people think that it's just that the Warriors enter the state slowly and the Timberwolves enter the state quickly, which doesn't explain anything.

(End of this chapter)