NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 139

"A few days later, it seems that there is still a game against the Timberwolves."

Parker suddenly remembered this matter.

Duncan also looked at Popovich after hearing what Parker said.

The meaning of the two is obvious.

Now that Popovich has said that the Timberwolves will be their strong opponents in the future, why not play against each other in a few days.

Popovich took his notebook out of his pocket.

"We were back-to-back in that game. It was originally planned that you and Duncan would take turns."

Popovich said after reading his notebook.

"So what's the plan now?"

Duncan asked curiously.

"It's still the old plan."

Popovich didn't change any expression.

Duncan and Parker also nodded. Since they are important opponents in the future, they don't need to pay too much attention now.

As veterans like them get older, what they want is the present.

As for the future of the Spurs, it belongs to young people like Leonard and Green. They are now going to win the championship they want.

The strength of the Timberwolves is not bad, but their age is too young. To be precise, the core players are too young.

Ibaka, the most experienced, is also the long-term defeat of the Spurs.

Every time the Spurs met the Thunder, Duncan treated Ibaka as a toy.

Otherwise, the Thunder would not be in a hurry to get Perkins and then get Gobert. The Thunder couldn't stand Ibaka before they got rid of it.

If the strong teams in the first echelon of the Western Conference can't stand it, how can they get rid of their core players.

But it's hard to say, they let Harden go to save money.

To a certain extent, the management of the Thunder and the management of the Timberwolves are comparable.

Although the Timberwolves returned to No. [-] in the West, it caused a certain degree of discussion.

But that's just part of the long regular season.

The Timberwolves rushed to Philadelphia without stopping.

Facing Thaddeus Young, Evan Turner, Michael Carter-Williams and others, the 76ers are regarded as standard league underdogs.

Now Su Chen's defensive system in the Timberwolves has gradually matured. As long as the defensive system is good, he can still be relatively stable against the tank team.

As for what is a tank team.

Those teams that often lose to the Lakers in the regular season are collectively referred to as tank teams.

The 76ers 90:132 Timberwolves, performed a violent beating in front of the hometown crowd at home.

Giannis Antetokounmpo even scored 30 points in the first three quarters, and scored 37 points in the last quarter by playing the whole game casually.

Su Chen basically uses this skill [Fixed Ability Value] against Giannis Antetokounmpo on a stable basis.

Others don't need this skill much, and for Giannis Antetokounmpo, it is this skill that maximizes benefits.

Butler in the third grade has already surpassed 80% of his ability, and he still has a negative improvement after using it.

Iguodala, Josh, and Ibaka are still in the prime of their careers, and they are also negative improvements.

Even Beverley, though only in his second season in the NBA, is getting old.

Middleton in the second grade, probably a little over 70%, is pure waste for him.

There is Muscala among the rookies, so there is no need for him, he just shoots three-pointers and grabs rebounds.

At his peak, when he was a role player in a strong team, he was not particularly stable in the rotation.

Now that the dual-core drive of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler has been determined, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is the master, naturally has 80% ability value fixed skills.

After winning the 76ers, the Timberwolves' record came: 27 wins and 7 losses.

There is no time to celebrate the six-game winning streak just won, and the Timberwolves will return to the home court to face the Suns.

Today's Sun is also one of the teams competing for playoff tickets.

The Suns regard this game as a card battle.

They thought Dragic was at the core and rushed towards the playoffs.

But this time Dragic was irritated by Beverly and Butler's single defense.

At the same time, Su Chen used box-1 to defend Dragic very badly.

This made Dragic basically useless.

Using Box-1 against Dragic is not because Dragic is a superstar, but because box-1 is already a very conventional tactic in the small ball era.

Facing some single-core teams, this trick has a significant effect.

If a single-core team wants to break the box-1 tactic, it needs the head star to have the ability to play the ball extremely quickly, or the ability to attack.

The more typical ones are Doncic and Jokic.

There is really no way to use box-1 to target these two. They can still maintain a very wide passing vision when their own offensive threats are sufficient.

Whether they can break the box-1 tactics has become the difference between stars and superstars in the post-small ball era.

Another typical example is Booker. Before Durant went to the Suns, Booker was basically sandwiched into a hamburger every game and then relied on his own ability to solve it.

Of course, the normal way to break box-1 is to hit the second master.

After all, if the defensive resources are tilted to one person, then the defense faced by others is almost purely one-on-one, even double-teaming and assisting defense.

Dragic belongs to the point where he can't go up or down.

He can use either Doncic Jokic's method or Booker's method, but neither method is perfect.

In addition, he often has to face the rotation or double-team defense of Beverly, Butler, and Iguodala.

His offensive strength is not enough to support him to untangle this defense.

Suns coach Hornacek also used the surprise soldier Gerald Grant to let him solve it.

But facing Lore Deng's single defense, Gerald Green's efficiency is not high.

The game is over.

Timberwolves 103:85 Suns.

Dragic only scored 11 points and 7 assists in the game. Although it seemed okay, Dragic averaged 20+9 per game this season.

This was targeted by the Timberwolves, and there was no solution to the problem.

The Timberwolves' record came: 28 wins and 7 losses.

The Timberwolves have three consecutive home games.

The second home opponent is the Bobcats.

The Bobcats belong to a team that is neither good nor bad, and barely made it through the playoffs in the weak Eastern Conference.

Su Chen didn't use box-1 to deal with Bobcats.

Because the Bobcats belong to the dual core inside and outside, one is Kemba Walker and the other is Al Jefferson.

Walker is the new core that Joe's boss has vigorously cultivated, and he is very skilled in the use of various singles skills.

However, Walker's own talent determines that the upper limit is not high, and he has not been an efficient scorer throughout his career.

As for Jefferson, in the Bobcats, he has passed the peak of his career.

Even though he seems to be able to average 21.8 points per game this season, he needs 18.8 shots per game.

In addition, his speed is getting slower and slower, and he belongs to a person who was abandoned by the small ball era just like Hibbert.

The game is over.

Al Jefferson had 18 points and 9 rebounds.

That's close to his average this season.

In fact, this data does not reflect his damage to the team.

Jefferson is a master of the low post. Every ball must be slowly chiseled by him in the low post.

If it doesn't go in, it will give the Timberwolves a chance to launch a fast break, and his speed is too slow to return to defense.

The Timberwolves' starting insiders, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ibaka, are both extremely fast insiders.

This pair of insiders should be the fastest insider combination in the league at present.

In this game, Su Chen sent Giannis Antetokounmpo to defend Al Jefferson.

Al Jefferson's current offensive routines have long been seen through.

Al Jefferson's peak low post skills are very good, but his low post has a very big disadvantage, that is, he can only finish with his right hand.

With Giannis Antetokounmpo's height and wingspan, you only need to pay attention to the interference at the end of his right hand. In fact, Al Jefferson's offense is very difficult.

At the pinnacle, Al Jefferson beat Dayao with his right hand, making him an invincible player.

This satisfied Al Jefferson and did not practice his left hand.

Now that he has fallen from the peak, it is no longer possible for him to rely on his right hand to gain the momentum of all kinds of powerful people.

At the same time Al Jefferson had no defense at his peak, which was compensated by an unbeatable offense, which is now slower.

When he is on the court, once the offense fails to score, the Bobcats seem to be missing one on the defensive end.

He can't guard threes, and he can't guard Giannis Antetokounmpo.

In addition, Kemba Walker, although Su Chen didn't specifically target him, he himself became ineffective.

There is no suspense in this game.

Sitting at home, Timberwolves 113:81 Bobcats.

Winning the Bobcats, the Timberwolves' record came: 28 wins and 7 losses.

The Timberwolves regained their 8-game winning streak.

The Timberwolves' win is only one win away from the No. [-] Spurs in the West.

And the next opponent.

It is the No. [-] Spurs in the West.

(End of this chapter)