After the game, the Warriors once again appeared on the front pages of major media:
The team has won five games in a row, beating the Lakers to lead the league in record!
Curry scored 31 points and 16 assists, Evans did not score a point, and the competition for the best rookie ended early!
Surprise! Curry is not aiming for Rookie of the Year, but a rookie actually wants to win the MVP this season?!
The data beats Kobe and James, and the record ranks first in the league. Rookie Curry's MVP dream is just around the corner!
Is the No. 6 pick also a scumbag? Deng Fang made arrogant remarks again!
Are the Timberwolves worse than the Kings? In back-to-back battles, the Warriors will face an angry opponent!
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Deng Fang was very satisfied.
The game was won and the ability points were obtained!
After winning this game, the system gave him 6 ability points!
It seems the strategy is right.
As long as each game provides enough highlights and wins the game, the result will be perfect.
Now Deng Fang has a total of 16 ability points.
Normal minor injuries and illnesses are no problem.
But don't be careless.
Once the main force is seriously injured, it will be troublesome.
In addition, the victory in this game also eliminated Deng Fang's worries about his coaching position.
There was a clause in the head coaching contract signed by Deng Fang, which was that if the winning rate in the first ten games did not reach 50%, he would have to be fired.
After winning the Kings and winning five consecutive games, Deng Fang's head coaching career can continue.
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After the Kings game, the Warriors flew back to Oakland overnight.
The next day is the game against the Timberwolves.
This is the first time the Warriors have back-to-back games this season.
Back-to-back games are generally a disadvantage for a team.
The main reason is that the physical impact is too great.
NBA games are very intense. If the main players play too much time, back-to-back games will be more difficult.
But the Warriors don't care too much about this.
The Warriors rotate ten players, and even Turiaf and Tolliver have about ten minutes of playing time.
There is no way, except for the game against the Suns, the other four games were all big wins.
The fourth quarter is all garbage time, and the substitutes have a lot of playing time.
Therefore, there is no problem of substitutes lacking practical experience.
The rosters of other teams are usually fourteen or fifteen people.
However, there are generally only about eight or nine players who can have stable playing time.
Whether or not the players at the end of the bench can play depends entirely on luck.
If I'm lucky, I'll go on the court and play two minutes during garbage time.
If you are unlucky, you may not be able to play for half a month.
Although there is training below, it is completely different from the actual competition.
Whether it's the intensity of the game or the psychological feeling, it's different.
The twelve Warriors are different, everyone has playing time.
At least eight or nine minutes.
There are rare times when I can't play a game.
This is very difficult.
Because there was a game the next day, the Warriors did not conduct high-intensity training.
However, the video session before the game still went on as scheduled.
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At 7:30 pm on November 9, the game between the Warriors and Timberwolves started on time at Oracle Arena.
The Timberwolves' starting five are Al Jefferson, Jonny Flynn, Corey Brewer, Gomez and Ellington.
Al Jefferson was acquired from the Celtics in the summer of 2007 by the Timberwolves in exchange for Garnett. He is a traditional center who is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 131 kilograms.
Al Jefferson has a soft touch, good post-up skills around the basket, and good small floaters and hook shots.
However, due to his short height and slow speed, Al Jefferson's defense is average.
Especially for small guards who are quick to switch defenses, Al Jefferson has a hard time.
Corey Brewer is familiar to many Rockets fans. He is 2.06 meters tall and weighs only 84 kilograms.
Due to his light weight, Brewer has a good speed advantage and is a good player in fast breaks.
But precisely because of this, Brewer's one-on-one defense is a bit troublesome, especially when facing powerful defenders.
In addition, as a defender, Brewer's shooting has never been up to average, and his control level has been average, which has made it difficult for him to make further progress.
Gomez is a forward, 2.01 meters tall, who came over during the big trade between the Timberwolves and Celtics.
His shooting is okay, and everything is relatively average.
Ellington is a rookie, selected by the Timberwolves with the 28th overall pick in the first round this summer.
Ellington is a defender. He is 1.93 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms. His three-pointers are still very accurate.
In fact, there is another person in the Timberwolves' starting lineup, and that is Kevin Love.
Kevin Love was selected by the Grizzlies with the fifth overall pick in the first round in the summer of 2008. After the selection, he was sent to the Timberwolves by the Grizzlies in exchange for OJ Mayo.
However, Love was unable to play in this game due to injury.
There is one last player in the Timberwolves' starting lineup, point guard Jonny Flynn.
Jonny Flynn is 1.83 meters tall and a thin point guard. The Timberwolves selected him with the No. 6 pick in the first round this summer.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have three first-round picks this summer, the 5th, 6th and 18th picks.
What is surprising is that the three first-round picks of the Timberwolves management were all used to select point guards, which shows their need and love for point guards.
However, they didn't even consider Curry!
The Wolves selected Rubio with the fifth overall pick.
To be honest, this was definitely an understandable decision at the time.
Rubio's reputation was quite high before the 2009 draft, and he once had the possibility of becoming the No. 1 pick. However, he eventually fell to the No. 5 pick in large part because he and Barcelona were unable to reach a buyout agreement and had to wait two years before entering the NBA.
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The Timberwolves drafted this European "golden boy" with the fifth overall pick - Kahn, the general manager of the Wolves at the time, could best be described as ecstatic.
The Timberwolves received Jonny Flynn and Ty Lawson with the 6th and 18th picks respectively.
Perhaps considering that Rubio and Flynn had already been selected, Wolfgang finally sent Lawson to the Nuggets. This transaction is understandable.
What is more difficult to understand is the Timberwolves' selection with the No. 6 pick - Jonny Flynn.
Even before the draft, Flynn was only expected to be ranked between 12th and 20th, and Wolfgang's insistence also caused them to miss Curry.
Jonny Flynn was indeed a relatively well-known player in the NCAA. During his two years at Syracuse University, Flynn averaged around 16 points and 6 assists per game.
What made him most famous was probably the 2009 game against Kemba Walker's UConn. The game lasted six overtimes and was the second longest game in NCAA history. Flynn won the game.
He scored 34 points and 11 assists, helping the team win. His exposure also increased sharply after the game.
Despite this, Flynn's prospects are still not particularly promising. According to ESPN's prediction one month before the draft, Flynn's final pick was No. 13.
The reason is not difficult to understand. As a point guard, he is only 1.83 meters tall. Although his impact, toughness and self-confidence have been affirmed, and he also has a "traditional point guard's heart" in his playing style, his level is not the same.
He has not reached the ideal level, and his assist-to-turnover ratio is quite high. His shortcomings in height will also make him suffer in competition at the same position.
Historically, Flynn underwent hip surgery in the offseason after his rookie season, and this surgery directly changed his career.
After the surgery, Flynn's performance declined significantly in his second season. He averaged only 5.3 points and 3.4 assists per game, but made 2.1 turnovers. He had no shooting and poor vision. He obviously could no longer rely solely on speed and explosive power.
Adjust to the NBA.
With Rubio confirmed to join the Timberwolves, the Wolves finally chose to send him to the Rockets in the summer of 2011.
It's a pity that Flynn failed to prove himself whether he was with the Rockets or later the Trail Blazers.
His NBA career also stopped in 2012.
Jonny Flynn, the No. 6 pick, only played in the NBA for three years, and there is a huge gap between him and Curry of later generations.