Jeremy Lin coached by top coaches

Chapter 616 Didn't keep up

"What I ask for the next game is to guard New York. Now their coach has changed. It's not that guy anymore. Remember last season when the Nets and Cleveland competed for the Eastern Conference championship? This coach It’s no small matter! If they really let them fight alive, there will still be a lot of variables in the next game!”

Thibodeau has absolutely no intention of relaxing.He spoke to his team very seriously.

"Porzingis, get ready to play." After thinking for a while, Chen still felt that if Porzingis didn't play, the Knicks would be thrown into garbage time immediately!
"Jack, you will play with him in a while. In the next game, Jack, what you have to do is to pass the ball to Porzingis, Kanter, Beasley and Ramon!! Everyone should pay attention to this , Jack organizes the team by himself, and the others are cannonballs!"

Although this is the coach's first regular season coaching them.But his speech still made the players feel excited.His attitude when coaching the team really didn't look like he was here to cheat money.

Beasley felt like the cells in his whole body were coming alive after hearing these beatings. What he hoped most was not to pass the ball, cooperate, and tactics all the time.

Although many players, including him, know that Jack's last season with the Pelicans basically ended in chatting with players who kept coming off the field, but everyone still has no bad thoughts about him.

He played with a selfless spirit.The non-independent way makes teammates very comfortable on the field.Defense, steals, turnovers you come, scoring we come.And the assists are considered a benefit~
But a player's brilliance cannot be concealed, just like Jack who is a bit older now.

But now, except for Hardaway II, Jack's performance in the preseason is not bad.After returning from the timeout, the Timberwolves lineup is Cole, Gibson, Butler, Crawford and Teague! !
When Chen saw such a lineup on the field, he immediately gasped!Coach Thibodeau is really hot! !In the current situation, there is still no slack in the slightest!It can be seen that the honors he received before are not something that can be obtained casually!
Towns went down to rest, and these players who came up on the front line can quickly help defend and strengthen the defense inside and increase the number of rebounds.On the outside, Teague and Crawford are not fuel-efficient lights!Chen understood Teague's words.

The lineup on the New York side is Kanter, Porzingis, Beasley, Ramon, Jack!Porzingis served the ball to Jack with no expression on his face. The latter nodded slightly and then walked slowly to the frontcourt. Beasley took the basketball and immediately hit a three-pointer! 78:67!The fans at the scene immediately cheered!

Then Teague quickly took the ball to the front court. Instead of passing the ball, he directly hit a difficult long-range three-pointer in front of Ramon! 81:67!This three-pointer seemed to pour a basin of cold water directly on Chen's body. Teague unconsciously looked back at the Knicks bench, and then ran back immediately!

After Jack dribbled past Crawford, when the timing of the pass was not good, he immediately dribbled the ball to the basket and scored a layup! 81:69!He should be thankful that Towns is now on the bench.Otherwise, he wouldn't have given Jack this chance with such an attack!

After receiving the pass from Crawford, Butler immediately used his speed to rush to the basket and let Beasley immediately receive a foul and score the ball!As the ball was scored, the Timberwolves bench immediately began to cheer! 84:69!

90:80!It was originally going to enter the fourth quarter with a 13-point difference!But in the end, Boshen still hit the buzzer three-pointer next to Gibson! !

"How is it? Does the current Knicks scare you?" Thibodeau said angrily, with no worries on his face.

"We are ahead by 10 points, coach~" a player suddenly said with a brain twitch.
"It seems that when we play the Warriors, I can't let you play," Thibodeau immediately heard some players laugh after he finished speaking.He didn't respond, but immediately began to briefly arrange the arrangements for the next game.

"...So, if this is the case, our defense will become very difficult. As long as the opportunity comes out, Jack, you immediately pass the ball to Kanter, and you Kanter, if you can't score, Towns will be fouled It’s still the rhythm of the previous quarter, but we have to work hard on the opponent’s front line, and don’t let Butler and Gibson play too comfortably.”

The 10-point score difference still brings some hope to the Knicks here.What Chen didn't expect was that Towns didn't play at the beginning of this quarter.Neither side has changed the lineup!

Jack took the ball to the front court, and when Teague didn't react, he decisively jumped up and hit the basket with a three-pointer! 90:83!This goal that was not planned made Chen's eyes light up at the scene!It seems that Jack also hopes to win the first game, obviously he is a little anxious!

Boshen immediately gave him a high-five happily, and Jack immediately went back to defend.Teague quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Gibson got the basketball and turned around and made a 2-pointer! 92:83!

Ramon quickly dribbled the ball across the half, and Beasley jumped up for a three-pointer after receiving the pass!Porzingis immediately got the rebound and quickly passed the ball to Jack.The Timberwolves immediately turned their attention to Jack.

At this time, Porzingis quickly got Jack's return pass and jumped up against Gibson's body to hit a three-pointer! 92:86!The scene immediately boiled up!Gibson broke out in a cold sweat after the round!The referee didn't blow it. If the ball is awarded, the opponent may score 3+1!
At this time, the camera was immediately shown on the Timberwolves coach and Towns.Thibodeau took a few steps quickly, as if he was going to scold someone, with an ugly expression.And Gibson and Butler didn't even think about looking back at what their head coach looked like now~
Crawford dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, under the double-team of Beasley and Ramon, there was no three-pointer!At this time, Kanter of the Knicks immediately got the rebound and quickly passed the ball to Porzingis!At the same time, Thibodeau turned around and said something to Towns.

Downs immediately lowered his head slightly, then got up quickly and simply stretched his body.Ramon gets the ball and makes an unguarded layup! 92:88!The score difference suddenly narrowed to 4 points! !
Teague slowly took the ball to the frontcourt, and under the defense of Ramon, he used his experience to pass the opponent immediately and then quickly dribbled the ball to the other side.I saw that Teague had already made a fallback jumper. Although Beasley's big hand had been covered, the basketball still hit a hollow three-pointer! 95:88!

Chen Gang wanted to signal for a timeout, and the coach who took over the other side asked for a timeout first. Chen looked at the Timberwolves with a black face for a few seconds, then turned around and began to arrange tactics with the players who came back one after another.

When Downs came back, his face was clearly murderous! !Jack dribbled the ball to Hardaway Jr., who still scored 2 points despite the opponent's strict defense! 95:90!

Didn't expect it to hit this level!The Knicks players also feel that the game may not be over at such a later time.After Towns left the court, their players also somewhat relaxed about New York.

Towns received Teague's pass in the frontcourt, but Kanter's tough defense did not make a jumper!However, he immediately made a self-shot and grabbed a rebound and then layup again, but Porzingis slapped the basketball out with a big cap on the other side!

This hot pot made the fans excited to a high level.The atmosphere at the scene became lively again!After Jack got the basketball, he passed the ball to Hardaway Jr., who quickly passed halftime, but Teague had already arrived at this time!
Hardaway II's jumper was immediately interfered by Teague!Butler ran over like a gust of wind to get the basketball, made a fake move in front of Beasley, then feigned a layup again to attract the defense and then passed the ball to Towns.The latter immediately dunked and scored points! 97:90!

Porzingis quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Hardaway Jr. took the basketball and hit the net with a three-pointer! 97:93!Then Crawford immediately returned one!Beasley's jumper missed!

Kanter immediately got the rebound, but his movement speed still failed to complete this offense.After Towns got the rebound, he immediately lobbed the pass to Butler.The Knicks immediately felt the energy of this strong guy on the field!
After passing the player who thought New York, he jumped up and dunked directly after halftime to score points! 102:93!

At this time, the Knicks still have one timeout left.The opponent has not paused.But now looking at the momentum of the Timberwolves is obviously picking up.The players they currently have on the field are pretty good too!
Every player is very good, including Gibson's strong defense!Jack passed the ball to Porzingis, who made a long-distance 2-point basket.Gibson got the ball under the fighting of Towns and Kanter and passed it to Teague.

Under the double-teaming of Jack and Hardaway Jr., Teague still made a small circle and passed them both amid the slight exclamation of the fans. Butler took the ball, and Crawford immediately took it on the other side. After reaching Butler's ball, he jumped up and hit a three-pointer! 105:93!

After the goal was scored, there was a loud sound of disappointment on the scene.It seems that the current game is drawing to a close.Those who felt this way included Chen Yinan at the scene.He shook his head slightly, unfortunately Teague is not his player now
The wave god in New York immediately scored 2 points for stepping on the line! 105:95!Teague goes upcourt, jumps high for a [-]-pointer and goes through the net as the crowd chants "defense"
127:109!In the following game, the Timberwolves seemed to retaliate against New York's counterattack at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, and started the three-point rain moment!Such a situation made their head coach not expect it!The score is finally fixed here.

Thibodeau saw that the scorer had stopped, then ran to the Knicks and shook hands with Chen, and the two spoke briefly.At this time, the New York players on the scene had different moods, some were disappointed, and some didn't take it seriously.

本场比赛森林狼这头唐斯拿到21分9篮板3盖帽！张浩17分3篮板3助攻！巴特勒10分7篮板4助攻3抢断！克劳福德23分2篮板5助攻，蒂格24分4篮板6助攻！

It can be said that they ushered in a good start in today's game~ The players are quite satisfied, they have already left behind the fact that the opponent is about to tie the score just now.Zhang Hao's eye-catching performance in this game impressed their head coach deeply.

Zhang Hao, a young man, immediately entered the public's field of vision!In such a team, you really don't have to worry too much!The players around are basically relatively good in strength!Defensively, his thin body is still a minus item, but if he has good efficiency on the offensive end, he will still get a certain amount of playing time.

Unlike Zhou Qi, he still basically has to play as a substitute in the Rockets and his playing time is relatively limited.Teague scored the most points on their team in the first regular season game!
What the players didn't realize was that Zhang Hao and Teague were Brooklyn players led by Yinan Chen last season!After a summer of hard work, they have made a lot of changes!Teague strengthened his confrontation ability, Zhang Hao worked hard on obstacle shooting and increased his physical fitness!I don't know whether Chen was happy or worried about their performance today when he watched the video.

The game is over though.However, the fans who were at the scene of this game were not too disappointed.There is always disappointment. If New York can defend a few more goals in the end, then maybe this situation will not happen.But this may be their wishful thinking.

At the end of the game, Chen was still quite suspending the current Timberwolves coach Thibodeau.He has indeed guessed about 70% of some possible situations in the Knicks before today's game!
坎特本场拿到了8分12篮板2助攻！波尔津吉斯得到27分5篮板4助攻！比斯利11分4篮板1助攻，小哈达威18分3篮板4助攻！杰克9分5篮板11助攻！

The Knicks played hard on this end.But that's what happened at the end.The team's current problems are not small, and Chen feels that he only sees one side of it.

What is impressive is Porzingis' performance today!His efficiency and sense of balance on the court are very good!But the other players around him are inferior.Hardaway II does have more field experience and skills than his peers!
He is good at observing the state of the opposing team and using his good offensive ability to cause damage to the opponent!The team's current guards and power forwards are still good.Kanter was restricted by Downs and Gibson today and didn't get too many points.

"Our players played well today. They all played at their own level. The Timberwolves also showed their strength, the equipment and ambition of this season's players!"

Chen obviously wasn't used to attending the press conference as the coach of the New York Knicks.Everything was unexpected, and the surroundings were relatively unfamiliar.But he still didn't show it, just sat there quietly, and the reporters asked him questions one after another.

"So do you have what it takes to win the Timberwolves this season?" A reporter immediately stood up and asked.

"Well, I think there is. In this game, we also almost overtook each other for a certain period of time. But if it is after they have run in for a certain period of time, it is hard to say. You know they have Butler now, Teague, if you add Downs, this can still cause a lot of lethality!~"

"What do you think of last season's Nets players Zhang Hao and Teague's performance this season? And how do you feel about the Knicks who beat you as the Minnesota Timberwolves?"

(End of this chapter)