Nba: Five Big Moves At The Start

“I really didn’t expect that in the most difficult back-to-back game, the Lakers could take the lead in the first quarter against the Timberwolves, who were fourth in the Western Conference.

"Yeah, but all this is thanks to Qin Rui. He dominated both offense and defense in the first quarter, helping the Lakers stabilize the situation and gain an advantage."

"The game will start soon in the second quarter. Can the Lakers further expand their advantage, or will the Timberwolves counterattack? Let us look forward to it together."

Under the commentary of O'Neal and Barkley.

On the field.

The second quarter of the game begins.

The first is the rotation between substitutes. The Timberwolves are led by Jamal Crawford, and the Lakers are led by Ball, who has returned from injury.

A showdown between the former "Best Sixth Man" and this year's No. 2 overall pick.

Crawford just works alone with the ball. Although his efficiency is not as good as before, he can still have stable output in every game.

Ball, on the other hand, chose to connect the team more. As an epoch-making tall point guard, he passed several good balls, but... his teammates didn't seem to be strong enough and wasted many opportunities.

Turn time of 5 minutes and 16 seconds.

The Timberwolves were undoubtedly better, winning by 6 points, recovering the score, and leading by 4 points.

"Beep!"

The Lakers called a timeout.

The starters of both sides returned to the court. In addition, for the Lakers, Hart did not play and Ball continued to stay on the court to better connect the team.

The game continues.

Lakers ball.

Ball controlled the ball across half court and found Qin Rui at the top of the right arc.

"tread!"

Almost at the same time that Qin Rui caught the ball, Butler and Wiggins pressed over, aggressively attacking Bao Li. 777 "Wow!"

Qin Rui gathered his gaze and moved the ball laterally in a wide range. Kuzma reached the top of the arc on the left side and received the ball in an open position. After receiving the ball, he raised his hand and shot a 3-pointer decisively.

Open three-pointer, is there any?!

"Clang!"

No.

rebound?!

The basketball bounced high and was collected by Towns, who distributed the ball to Teague and advanced forward.

"Whoosh!"

Teague caught the ball and accelerated directly. Not only Teague, but also Wiggins, Butler, Towns and Gibson all accelerated and rushed over.

"Um?!"

Qin Rui quickly followed, but his brows furrowed.

Also frowning was Coach Walton on the Lakers bench.

Teague passed the ball in the middle of the arc, and Butler cut the ball to the right. Against Qin Rui's defense, he decisively passed the ball to Gibson in the high post on the left, and then feinted and scored again.

"Snapped!"

Wiggins caught the ball in the left corner.

Three points?!

No, Wiggins chose to hit the basket, and under Pope's defense, he hit the board high in the penalty area.

"Clang!"

Neither does this ball.

But Wiggins and others looked calm.

Lopez collected the rebound and distributed the ball to Ball. The latter had just brought the ball to the top of the key. Teague rushed forward to press the defense. Gibson seemed to be stepping forward to double-team.

"Wow!"

When Ball saw something bad, he made a prompt decision and passed the ball to Qin Rui at the top of the arc on the left side. Wiggins rushed out and continued to double-team him with (bifa) Butler.

"Wow!"

Qin Rui was also extremely decisive. He sent the basketball into the left corner with a high pass and sent it to Kuzma who was open again. He continued to shoot three-pointers.

"Clang!"

Still blacksmithing.

Kuzma's touch was quite cold tonight.

"cut!"

He himself snorted in annoyance and wasted another open opportunity given by Qin Rui, feeling very frustrated inside.

at the same time.

Lopez protected the offensive rebound, and after continuous physical confrontation with Towns, he turned around and hit the rebound. The ball was interfered by Towns and deviated from the basket.

Gibson collected the rebound and distributed the ball to Teague.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Continue to sprint, continue to push the speed, the Timberwolves all push the speed, continuous movement in the frontcourt, continuous transfer of the ball, finally Butler caught the ball and stormed the basket

Even if the opportunity is not good.

But he did it anyway.

"Clang!"

After confronting Lopez in the air, he pulled the lever for a layup, but still nothing.

For a full 3 minutes and 15 seconds, every offensive round of the Timberwolves was frantically pushing the speed and constantly carrying out high-tempo "run and gun" tactics.

But the efficiency is not high.

"What are you doing?! Why do you feel that the Timberwolves are in a mess and are playing around?!"

"Yes, I also feel that the speed has been pushed up, but the timing of many attacks is not reasonable. Some layups that are obviously going to be defended still choose to fight against them.

"I don't understand, I can't understand some of them.

Some Timberwolves fans who didn't know what was going on had their emotions fluctuated, and the Timberwolves rushed and attacked randomly, which made them have a tendency to become violent.

However………

Even though the Timberwolves' "run and gun" was not efficient, the Lakers failed to catch it. Qin Rui sent open passes many times, but his teammates failed to catch it.

Over and over again.

The Timberwolves still maintain a 6-point lead.

"Beep!"

Coach Walton frowned and immediately called a timeout.

Yes.

When the Timberwolves attacked randomly, the Lakers took the lead in calling a timeout.

Rear studio.

Barkley asked: "Shaque, why do you think Coach Thibodeau continues to execute tactics like this even when the running and gun efficiency is not high?!"

Well...

O'Neal pondered for a while and said: "In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with the Timberwolves' tactics. Although it is not efficient, the results will appear soon."

Said.

The camera cut to the Lakers bench, O'Neal glanced at the Lakers players who were gasping for air, and continued: "No, the results have come out.

"oh?!"

Barkley was slightly confused and said: "Shaquille, what do you mean by this?!"

O'Neal paused and said: "The Timberwolves' "run-and-gun tactics" in the past few minutes would rather make mistakes than increase their speed and confrontation.

"The purpose is to consume the physical energy of the Lakers players."

"The Lakers, who had back-to-back games and insufficient rest, faced such a high-intensity running confrontation, and their little physical energy was once again drastically depleted."

"Qin Rui attracted the defense and made many open passes, but his teammates could not hit them. This is undoubtedly related to the decline of the player's condition."

"Now...the Lakers players are out of breath, they are very tired, and their offensive and defensive status will undoubtedly decline further.

"And at that time, it was time for the Timberwolves to fight back."

So that's it.

Barkley put on a thoughtful look and understood that there were many spectators and fans watching the game.

In fact.

It is indeed as analyzed by O'Neill.

Pause back.

The last 3 minutes and 27 seconds of the second quarter.

The Lakers players, whose physical strength has dropped sharply, under the rhythm of the Timberwolves' "run and gun" tactics, the Lakers escaped back to back and finally broke out tonight.

The offensive status plummeted.

With the exception of Qin Rui, almost no one was able to attack. On the defensive end, physical strength was exhausted, resulting in a decrease in speed. The Lakers could not keep up with the Timberwolves players who continued to push the speed.

Just 3 minutes and 27 seconds.

The Timberwolves abandoned Qin Rui and focused on other players, blasting a 15-5 offensive storm.

Halftime ended.

In one fell swoop, the point difference was widened to 16 points.

The Lakers' only 5 points came from Qin Rui.

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Intermission.

Lakers locker room.

The players leaned back on their chairs one by one, lifeless. It's not that they were defeated by the Timberwolves, but... they were too tired and couldn't keep up with their energy.

Look at the player's state.

The relieved coach Walton smiled lightly and said: "Guys, it doesn't matter. It's okay to lose tonight. We have done a good enough job. The schedule and environmental factors caused us to lose. There is no shame in it."

There is such a thing as a coach.

The players are also relieved, they really tried their best tonight.

but.......

Just when the Lakers players were about to give up the game, Qin Rui suddenly stood up, panted slightly and said, "Now is not the time to give up."

"Give me the ball, there is still a chance in this game!".