Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 84 The Advantages of Rotation

"Don't be surprised by our performance, we are improving every day."

"Don't jump out and talk about things just because we didn't perform well in a few games. Our players are very young and they still have a lot of room for growth. Please treat them well." Zhang Sixin said in an interview.

Facing the outside world, he has never been timid.

In the team, Zhang Sixin is united when he should get along, and strict when he should be strict.

Zhang Sixin has also thought about his own performance, and he feels that the reason for being able to do well is confidence.

In his last life, he didn't have such courage, but now he is getting more and more used to being the head coach.

The Timberwolves returned to Minnesota after playing the Mavericks, preparing for back-to-back games against the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies have made significant progress this season, but the substitutes are a bit short, and the defense is not on the line.

If Zhang Sixin did it, the Grizzlies might be better than the Timberwolves. After all, he wouldn't waste the second pick.

But the Grizzlies are now earnestly winning, hoping to hit the playoffs.

Facing the Timberwolves, a playoff competitor, they naturally look forward to winning.

Therefore, the Grizzlies were very active from the beginning, and there was a tendency to turn against customers.

"It's not so easy to fight inside this time, but it can be regarded as mutual restriction." Zhang Sixin said.

"In fact, how the game is, the performance of the two teams outside is very important."

In the first quarter, the Grizzlies also worked hard on the outside line. Conley, Mayo and Gay all played well.

For this Grizzlies team, it's best not to allow them to distribute the ball easily, put up some strength, and let Gay hold the ball to attack is the scene the Timberwolves hope to see.

Gay doesn't need to flank. Although he can't block shots, he doesn't have the stability of Durant.

When Gay is obsessed with singles, the integrity of the Grizzlies will have problems, and the Timberwolves will be much easier on the defensive end.

Of course, single-man defense cannot allow the Grizzlies to attack casually, and the Timberwolves must be able to score in.

In today's game, the inside lines of the two sides were considered to be exchanged, but Matthews seized many opportunities on the bottom line.

Curry is not a master of organization, but his passing is still good. Playing according to the team's tactics, it can be said that he is getting more and more stable.

The Grizzlies got excited earlier, so Zhang Sixin also tried to rotate the lineup after half a quarter.

Because it is back-to-back, the players are a bit slow to warm up, and so are everyone on the bench.

However, whether the performance on the court is good or not depends on the comparison. The performance of the Timberwolves' players is average, but the Grizzlies' substitute players can be said to have no performance at all.

To what extent is the Grizzlies lacking in the bench lineup? Their sixth man is this year's second-round pick Sam Young, a player with good physical condition but not very good skills.

In fact, the Grizzlies are still in the process of hoarding young people. They don't know that they will have a chance to rise this season, so they are a bit underprepared.

The same is true for the Thunder, but the young people of the Thunder are stronger.

The Grizzlies came up with a small burst to gain an advantage, which eventually became smaller and smaller.

They didn't let the substitute players play for long, and they quickly replaced the main players.

Especially inside, they dare not let Gasol and Randolph go down at all. They really dare not use Thabeet in this kind of joint game.

But even so, under the solid defense of the Timberwolves, the score gap between the two sides has gradually disappeared.

At the last moment of the first half, Randolph got an offensive rebound and made a second offense before entering the halftime break with a 1-point advantage. You must know that they led by almost 10 points when they started the most.

"Protect the backcourt rebounds." Zhang Sixin and the players said during the intermission.

"Don't get too entangled with the opponent, but use our advantages to defeat the opponent."

"Normal defense is enough, don't lose position. We still need to increase our speed on offense. I know everyone is a little tired in today's game, but the opponent's main players played longer, and we should be more energetic in the second half. Be more active and wear them down."

The Grizzlies put the two insiders on the field for a long time, and Zhang Sixin did not believe that the two big men could bear the consumption all the time. Without rotation, it would be a pain for the Grizzlies in the second half.

In the third quarter, the Grizzlies were still the same, entangled with the Timberwolves inside, and attacked more outside.

The Timberwolves are a little different. The Timberwolves' outside attack power is stronger than that in the first half.

Curry, Matthews, and Mills who came up later all played well.

The Timberwolves took advantage of several offensive and defensive transitions.

The Grizzlies are more mature on the outside or technically, but their scoring explosiveness is really not as good as the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves were attacking and suddenly came up with a few three-pointers, and many opponents couldn't adapt.

Everyone was quite different, and the Timberwolves immediately gained the advantage, and the opponent would definitely be affected.

Grizzlies coach Hollins frowned on the court, and he felt that the Timberwolves were becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

Their inside line must find a way to exert strength. In the first half, the Grizzlies performed better inside.

In the case of no main attack, Randolph is better at seizing opportunities.

However, what Hollins did not expect was that Randolph's efficiency was greatly reduced in the second half.

Randolph is excellent in the interior confrontation, but he depends on his soft touch at the end. If his physical strength declines, Randolph's offense will be greatly affected.

The Timberwolves could play better in the second half, but the physical strength of the Grizzlies' players declined, and loopholes often appeared in the already average defense.

Faced with this situation, the Grizzlies have nothing to do.

Hollins just let the black and white bears take turns to rest for 2 minutes, and then continued to fight.

The Grizzlies can only fight, because they have done everything they can do at the tactical level.

However, Randolph, who only rested for 2 minutes, was educated by Jefferson after he came up.

Jefferson didn't play well in the front, he was suppressed whether he was in the fourth position or the fifth position.

But he had a lot of rest before, and now that he has physical strength, he hits a few times in a row. The Grizzlies are far behind, let alone chasing points.

Now they can only play outside, and hope that outside players can perform well.

At the critical moment, Conley's stable interior can only be used as a support, and Mayo has no advantage in holding the ball. The Grizzlies found that they still had to rely on Rudy Gay.

To be honest, Gay's singles hit rate is not bad.

But he only knows how to do that, and the Timberwolves feel much easier on defense.

And when the opponent misses, it is easy to be counterattacked by the Timberwolves.

Gay's singles, which has little connection with his teammates, can easily cause other Grizzlies teams not to be excited enough.

The point is, when it comes to the lore, Gay's singles are not so stable.

But the game did not drag to the moment of the lore, the Timberwolves seized the opportunity to counterattack, Love and Matthews hit a three-pointer again.

When Curry reached an economic double-double, the Timberwolves also sealed the victory.

They won back-to-back games.

(End of this chapter)