The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 335

It will take some time for the Cavaliers to touch the Warriors. Before again, how long the Warriors' opening winning streak will last is a topic that fans talk about.

On November 11, the Warriors played back-to-back away games against the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves used the No. [-] pick to select Karl-Anthony Towns, who immediately became the team's combat power.

Coupled with the growth of second-year rookie Zach LaVine, the Timberwolves felt that it was time to get rid of the pain of Love's departure. They signed back veteran Garnett in the summer, talented young people, experienced veterans, and Kay. With a mature substitute like Wen Martin, they still played well at the beginning.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the Timberwolves think they can stop the warriors.

The Timberwolves have both inside and outside, and there are a few good players in individual defense, but the overall defense is not good.

At the beginning of the game, they discovered that Curry was stronger than they thought, and he was simply not human.

Fortunately, his dunk is different, and Zach LaVine's defense is a bit of a mother.

Curry came up unreasonably and threw it for a while. After he hit three three-pointers, the Timberwolves began to react.

After reacting, the Timberwolves' offense began to flow smoothly, but there was still no way to solve Curry's defense.

The Timberwolves can still defend inside, but no one can keep up with Curry's footsteps in the first position, and Wiggins, who has the strongest defense in the backcourt, can hardly keep up.

The point is that Curry is not the only attack point for the Warriors, and teams with insufficient overall defense often lose sight of one another.

So the Timberwolves are also single, and everyone will fight to attack.

After clarifying the style of play, the bigger the Timberwolves, the better, and they also have a lot of attack points.

It's just that Curry scored more than 20 points in a single quarter again, and the Timberwolves didn't have a single point that could score such a burst.

In addition, the Timberwolves still can't handle Draymond Green. Garnett is too old to guard against other insiders. It just so happens that Green's buddy feels okay today.

The Warriors scored 75 points in the first half, and the Timberwolves scored 63 points, which is not bad, but unfortunately they met the Warriors.

At halftime, Timberwolves coach Sam Mitchell had time to consider whether such a confrontation would work.

Certainly not. In order to strengthen the defense, the Timberwolves reduced the playing time of LaVine, Garnett, and Prince, and replaced them with younger, faster-moving youngsters.

As for LaVine, there is really no way but to use veteran Andre Miller to stabilize.

To say that the effect is still effective, no matter how strong Curry is, he is still from Earth.

It's just that you can't have your cake and eat it too. While the defense has improved, the Timberwolves' attack has weakened.

They are the backward side, and it is not enough to limit the Warriors' scoring.

That entanglement, wanting to win without many cards in hand must be depressing.

Just when the Timberwolves didn't know what to do, Curry made two consecutive three-pointers.

It's simply murderous, the Timberwolves have no choice but to fight.

They no longer cared about defense, but replaced them with the strongest attacking players one after another, hoping for a miracle.

Miracles are called miracles because they are rare.

Even when Curry went down to rest, the Timberwolves couldn't catch up with the score.

Zhang Xiaotian played against Kevin Martin several times in a row, and the opponent also gave up the idea of ​​winning.

In the last quarter, everyone returned to a non-defensive state. In the end, the Warriors won 129:116.

Another back-to-back was won, and the team started with a ten-game winning streak. Curry even scored 46 points and continued to dominate the scoring list.

When the team practiced, Harrison Barnes also resigned a bit, although he couldn't avoid being depressed.

During the confrontation training, he felt that he was not far behind Zhang Xiaotian, but on the field, his performance was two grades worse. Could it be that he really has a bad mentality?

Barnes didn't like to talk very much, which made him suspicious.

Seeing that he was often absent-minded, Cole scolded him a few times and then went to talk to him. Fortunately, this buddy is more honest, and Cole was relieved after some instructions.

Barnes is also in a contract year, and the team still hopes that he will play well, and they will be more confident about Zhang Xiaotian's contract renewal.

Poor Barnes, in the eyes of the team, he is more of a tool to keep prices down.

However, the value of a player still depends on himself, as the saying goes.

After the back-to-back, the Warriors returned to the home court, and their next opponent was the Nets who came to challenge.

In the summer, the Nets gave up Deron, who was in decline, and introduced a lot of affordable players. Logically speaking, this operation can be done, but their record at the beginning was a mess.

There are two reasons. One is that Joe Johnson, the outside core, is getting older. The other is that Tuhao.com wanted to compete for the championship aggressively at the beginning.

The Warriors thought they would win the ball easily, but only after the fight did they realize that was not the case.

Klay Thompson rested with a back discomfort, and Brandon Rush, who replaced him in the starting lineup, was much weaker.

And without Klay Thompson, the Warriors' small lineup is incomplete, and more often they can only play one or four.

More importantly, the Nets have two points to live.

It's not Lopez inside, the Warriors have expected Lopez for a long time.

Jarrett-Jack formed a mutual explosion with Curry in the first position. Once on the same team, Jack was too familiar with Curry, and the initial defense was relatively successful.

There is also Thaddeus Young. Draymond Green is still very comprehensive, and he has made achievements on both ends of the offense and defense, especially in assisting defense, but he did not limit Thaddeus Young.

Speaking of it, Thaddeus Young and Draymond Green are a bit similar, both are forward swingers who can hit the inside, but Draymond Green is more comprehensive, while Thaddeus Young has more scoring methods.

Encountering the Warriors with the league's best record, the losing streak of the Nets also hopes to win to boost morale.

In the absence of a strong point, the Warriors came up and fell inside, and were rarely led by double digits.

However, the Warriors began to gradually reverse the situation during the rotation period. Iguodala and Bogut played well and helped the team gradually draw the score closer.

Iguodala locked up Joe Johnson, but Bogut is more critical. Lopez is also a slow-footed type, so it is very suitable to use Bogut to entangle.

Moreover, Bogut was also a shock to Thaddeus Young in the paint. After all, the Australian is more experienced in the basket.

After Zhang Xiaotian played again, he became more comfortable with rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson's candy-like defense. Coupled with Curry's steady performance, at the end of the half, the Warriors narrowed the gap between the two sides. 2 minutes.

You know, the Nets led by 17 points when they had the most.

So in front of the Warriors, the difference within 20 points is just a few minutes.

(End of this chapter)