NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 118 Against the Heat

Su Chen and Dennis Lindsey were chatting when suddenly the phone on the desk rang.

Generally, when this phone rings, it is usually a more formal call from other teams.

Su Chen stretched out his hand and signaled for Dennis Lindsay to pick it up. Now he is only in charge of making decisions on these things, and then Dennis Lindsay will handle other things.

After all, Su Chen is the general manager, so answering the phone in front of the general manager obviously exceeded his authority.

After receiving Su Chen's signal, Dennis Lindsay nodded and went to answer the call.

After chatting for less than a minute, I saw that Dennis Lindsey had a bad face.

"Dude, your job is to be a general manager, not a robber!"

After Dennis Lindsey said this, he pressed the phone hard.

Seeing Dennis Lindsey like this made Su Chen a little curious.

"how?"

Su Chen asked.

"The Pelicans called, they want to use Jrue Holiday as the main body to trade Gobert and Butler."

"There are many teams in the league with better offers than them, and they are simply robbing."

Dennis Lindsey said angrily.

Su Chen was a little surprised to hear that the Pelicans used Holiday to make an offer.

Holiday entered the All-Star last season, and he can be regarded as an All-Star point guard. He not only has offensive ability, but also plays the role of organization and defense.

The most important thing is that Holiday is one of the original members of the Bucks champions, and now Giannis and Middleton are already in the team.

However, for the object the Pelicans wanted to trade, Su Chen's interest dropped instantly.

Gobert gave it, and it was ready to be given out when it was brushed out.

But if you want Butler, you think too much.

The third-year Butler is already very mature in terms of combat power, and with the 10% bonus given by the striker bond, it is not an exaggeration to say that Butler is the peak.

The members of the Bucks champion are good, but the Bucks champion team is not so stable.

The old Butler can lead the Black Bucks. It's really a good thing for you to replace Butler with Holiday.

And take a Gobert.

"Haha, you're right, he really shouldn't be the general manager but a robber."

Su Chen smiled and said to Dennis Lindsay.

Although Holiday has a certain attraction to Su Chen, this bargaining chip is indeed a robbery, and Su Chen is not even interested in negotiating.

Unless the other party can put thick eyebrows in.

But the other party was robbing, and probably wouldn't do that.

"You can figure out the deal, just keep the sincere deal plan."

Su Chen said to Dennis Lindsay.

After all, he is only a part-time general manager, and his main job is the head coach, which Su Chen has not forgotten.

He will continue to prepare for the game.

In the recent schedule, the Timberwolves' schedule is not too difficult.

Nuggets, Mavericks, Pistons.

The scores of the three games.

Timberwolves 96:90 Nuggets.

Mavericks 92:105 Timberwolves.

Pistons 87:95 Timberwolves.

The Nuggets have gone through the offseason trade and have entered the reconstruction stage. This season, the Nuggets are still playing as a track and field team.

Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried, Wilson Chandler, JaVale McGee, Randy Foye and others still show this track-like basketball.

But the track and field team has proven to be a failure. With the arrival of Jokic, the Nuggets' track and field team also has a curtain call.

But with Su Chen's presence, Jokic can't give it to the Nuggets, and the future of the Nuggets is still unknown.

The Timberwolves won the Nuggets without too much effort.

In the rematch with the Mavericks, Nowitzki took a break. After all, Nowitzki is older now.

Without Nowitzki's Mavericks, just relying on players like Monta Ellis who are strong offensively and defensively weak, today's Timberwolves have not let up to defend this game.

Challenge the Pistons in Detroit.

Today's Pistons have no core. Jennings is the team's top scorer, but his ability is hard to convince.

The Pistons intend to train Drummond, but Drummond's current ability is still more blue-collar.

Facing such a coreless Pistons, the Timberwolves easily won.

After winning these three games, the Timberwolves' current record has come: 19 wins and 0 losses.

The Timberwolves still stabilized their No. 19 position in the league, and at the same time set the league's record for the highest winning streak at the beginning of the league to [-] consecutive victories.

But in fact, the Timberwolves won this 19-game winning streak, not as easy as it seems on the surface.

Butler sprained again against the Mavericks.

A series of high-intensity defenses and high playing time have put the Timberwolves into a tense state.

Not only the players' bodies, but also the spirits of the players. Many times they play in a trance.

Although Butler was only slightly injured, he still missed the game against the Pistons.

Although Su Chen didn't force Butler to play, Butler expressed a strong desire to play for the team's [-]-game winning streak. After thinking about it, Su Chen agreed to Butler's idea of ​​playing with injuries.

At the same time, Iguodala recovered from injury, and Su Chen did not arrange for Iguodala to rest, but directly arranged for Iguodala to pay for it.

Before the game, Butler and Iguodala both appeared in the official list given by the Timberwolves.

After seeing this information, the outside world also caused a discussion.

"Is it for the team or for my own selfish desire to play if I am still injured? "

"The Timberwolves rank first in the league with [-] consecutive victories, but how long can the Timberwolves maintain their current state?" "

"The Timberwolves have broken the record, why should the players be overloaded?" "

Many doubts about Su Chen emerged.

When the players hit [-] wins and all the players were overrun, the outside world had already criticized Su Chen, thinking that Su Chen didn't consider the future of the team for the sake of a record.

But at that time, everyone was attracted by setting records, and these voices questioning Su Chen's character and professional ethics were not too loud.

But now that the record has been broken, the Timberwolves are still like this.

The main players of the Timberwolves, like Giannis, basically play 40+ minutes per game, and other main players often play 40 minutes of playing time.

Even if there are some fans who don't like the Timberwolves, looking at the Timberwolves and these people, they will be as tired as dogs on the court and continue to play.

I also think that the head coach of the Timberwolves is too outrageous.

Chunchun is treating players like donkeys.

The key is that Butler is injured, and he still has to play with the injury against the Heat. This game looks like a high-intensity game.

Although Butler chose to play with injuries, but as the head coach, he should take turns to rest players in a timely manner.

The same is true for Iguodala, who has just recovered from his injury and will soon be back from the line of fire.

Not even a break.

Being a coach made Su Chen feel like a capitalist, as if no matter how tired the players were, it had nothing to do with him.

In the eyes of the outside world, Su Chen is a black-hearted capitalist coach who doesn't care about the players for the sake of record and vanity.

Minnesota night.

Target Center Arena.

Tonight's game was directly tuned to a national live broadcast by the league.

After all, this game is the league's No. [-] Timberwolves against the league's No. [-] Heat.

Due to the recent rotation of the Big Three, the Heat also dropped from second in the league to fifth in the league.

For the Heat, their lineup system has been played for so many years, and they don't have to rely too much on the regular season to run in.

Instead, it is the physical strength of the Big Three that needs to be saved until the playoffs.

Moreover, the Heat's role players are also older. The Heat have no intention of competing for the first place in the Eastern Conference this season. Instead, their current record is behind the Pacers.

But everyone knows that the Heat, now second in the Eastern Conference, are the strongest team in the Eastern Conference.

Although the Timberwolves are now No. [-] in the league, they have shown fatigue in the past games.

Too high-intensity games have exhausted the players. Injuring Iguodala first and then Butler is a sign of team exhaustion.

In order to maintain this winning streak, the Timberwolves have been a little overwhelmed.

If this is not the beginning of the season when everyone's physical strength is good, if it is in the middle of the season, such a high-intensity game can easily directly injure the team.

It's just that Su Chen has been demanding to fight for every victory. If anyone falls behind at this time, he will easily be kicked out of the rotation list.

So the Timberwolves players didn't dare to relax, everyone was very nervous and fighting every game.

For this nationally broadcast game, the tnt commentary team also came to the target center.

"If anyone tells me that the Timberwolves will win 19 consecutive victories, and they are still chasing 20 consecutive victories, I will definitely call him whimsical."

Olney was the first to speak at the opening.

"However, it seems that they will usher in their own losing streak immediately after the winning streak ends."

Barkley shook his head and expressed his opinion.

Everyone knows the Timberwolves today. Although they are really playing well, their defensive efficiency has already ranked among the top three in the league.

But this is the case of relying too much on the starters. With such high-intensity games of 40+ minutes per game, it is outrageous that the Timberwolves can still play now.

That is to say, the Timberwolves are relatively young and can barely support such continuous high-intensity.

"Now the driving force for the Timberwolves to win is the record. It is true that once they lose, they will lose streak."

Even Kenny Smith, who usually likes to confront Barkley, agrees with Barkley at this time.

"How much do you think the Timberwolves' winning streak can go?"

At this time, Johnson asked everyone a question.

"19 games."

"19 games."

"20 games."

Barkley and Kenny Smith both talked about 19 games, while O'Neal's 20 games seemed to be deliberately different from them for some program effects.

But even the funny O'Neal only said 20 games, not 21 games.

Because the Timberwolves beat the Heat, they have to play the Thunder.

Even if they really win the Heat, the Timberwolves will be very, very tired, and it is impossible for the Timberwolves to play against a strong team like the Thunder.

"It seems that our views are not very different."

Johnson said with a smile.

"The Timberwolves are not without a chance. Although the Heat did not take a break in this game, they will reduce their playing time even if the Big Three play together."

O'Neill explained why he said it was a 20-game winning streak.

"The Heat this season really stayed strong in the regular season, and this is only the first half of the schedule."

Kenny Smith nodded and said.

"Haha, James must be very depressed when he was beaten like that by the Warriors last year. Apart from winning the championship this season, they were disbanded."

O'Neill laughed loudly.

"James' contract expires next season. Indeed, if the Heat can no longer win the championship, it will be difficult for James to choose to continue with the Heat."

Barkley said in agreement.

The issue of strife in the Heat's locker room has long been rumored.

The Heat's role players are now declining in strength, Wade's dominance is not as good as in previous seasons, and Bosh has never had much dominance in the Big Three combination. After all, he gave up so many possessions.

The Heat this season won't care about the regular season rankings anymore, they must be going all out for the playoffs.

Chatting and chatting, the game is about to start.

Su Chen stood on the sidelines with a serious expression, frowning slightly when he saw players warming up and missing shots one after another.

Just judging from Su Chen's state, one can tell how much he values ​​this game.

Milosevic was a little helpless. He naturally knew Su Chen's current state. In fact, he suggested more than once that Su Chen let the team rest properly.

But Su Chen insisted on continuing to win the next victory. Milosevic didn't know what Su Chen was thinking, but after all, he was only an assistant coach and could not interfere with the team's choice.

Su Chen wants to win this [-]-game winning streak, and the whole team is in full swing, preparing for this [-]-game winning streak.

Butler also heard Su Chen say that the [-]-game winning streak is very important to the team, so he chose to play with injuries, and he was willing to play if he could win.

James on the field is practicing shooting.

He paid a little attention to Timberwolves, mainly Su Chen.

After all, it was this guy who made him win the championship last season.

James also noticed that Su Chen was very serious tonight.

This made James a little puzzled.

James has heard about the current situation of the Timberwolves. Today's Timberwolves are already operating at a load, and the team is already very nervous.

"Could it be because he wants to continue to win against me, so he chose not to rest in this game, but to fight me hard?"

James thought of a possibility.

But James couldn't help but smile when he thought of this possibility.

It seems that Su Chen wants to compete with him, but this season, James doesn't think much of Su Chen.

This is not because of James' arrogance, but because of the Timberwolves' team configuration.

They are all unknown players, or somewhat famous players, and they don't have much strength.

Like that Luol Deng, he has taught each other a lot in the east in recent years.

What Iguodala and Josh are not worth mentioning.

If Su Chen is still in the Warriors now, then James may still be able to take a look, but the Timberwolves still forget it.

It was originally located in the east and west, not in the same district.

(End of this chapter)