As long as the Warriors players raise their hands outside, the Timberwolves players will pounce.
But the Warriors didn't even think about shooting three-pointers today!
And everyone!
Including Lopez!
Everyone hits the basket.
Extremely determined!
The more determined you are when shooting, the higher your hit rate will be, and the same goes for breakthroughs!
And there is another advantage of being determined to break through, that is, even if you don't make a breakthrough, it can easily cause the opponent to foul!
This is also a good way to increase your score.
Soon, within five minutes of the game, the Warriors had already made seven or eight layups and caused several fouls!
Due to the fierce attack, Jonny Flynn of the Timberwolves already had three fouls.
This also forced him to leave the game early and rest.
Al Jefferson also received two fouls.
Timberwolves coach Rambis had no choice but to call a timeout.
The score between the two sides became 21:8!
The Warriors are scoring faster than shooting three-pointers!
This won’t work!
What Deng Fang said turned out to be true!
The Warriors really hit the basket today!
This is not bad.
He was shot dead by the Warriors. It can be said that the opponent was lucky and his touch was incredible. There was nothing he could do.
But if the Warriors beat the paint inside and keep going to the basket to score, that is entirely the head coach's responsibility!
The defensive strategy needs to change.
Rambis and his players urgently arranged a defensive strategy and asked the players not to pounce so hard.
Deng Fang also briefly spoke to the team members.
I have to say that the Timberwolves players are really obedient.
After the timeout, the Timberwolves no longer pounced so hard.
But who knew, the Warriors wouldn't break through this time either!
As long as Curry is flanked and the ball is passed out, no matter who it is, as long as it is open, all Warriors players will take decisive action.
Without hesitation, just raise your hand and shoot!
The Timberwolves' basket was beaten badly. Is it possible for the opponent to not defend the inside?
Do you really think your opponent is a fool?
So Deng Fang’s plan was to switch to three-point shooting!
Everyone votes!
Vote if you get the chance!
No matter if you pounce or not!
As long as you double-team and the ball comes out, shoot!
I don't believe the Timberwolves dare to pounce like that!
The more decisive the shot, the more accurate it will be.
And these guys on the Warriors are already very accurate.
The result was that in less than four minutes, the Timberwolves were hit by five three-pointers by the Warriors!
Two of them are fast break three-pointers!
Fast attack!
Such a good opportunity didn’t hit the basket?!
Fast break three point shot?!
crazy!
The score gap between the two teams widened again.
At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams became 38:17!
The Warriors lead by 21 points!
The Timberwolves were stunned!
How to prevent it?
Prevent breakthroughs or three-pointers?
This is a problem!
After the timeout, it was substitute time, and the two teams continued to guess.
However, the Timberwolves are always one move behind.
The Timberwolves defended a three-pointer, and the Warriors broke through decisively.
The Timberwolves' defensive breakthrough took into account the inside line, and the Warriors decisively shot three-pointers.
The Timberwolves wanted to defend both, but as a result the Warriors blossomed both inside and outside, and the Timberwolves' defense was completely defeated.
In fact, for a team, it doesn't mean that if it can defend three-pointers, it cannot defend the inside.
But that requires the team's strict discipline, tacit cooperation, and hard work on the defensive end.
In addition to having a good head coach, it is more important that the team's players have good physical fitness and good basic defensive skills.
And the Timberwolves don't have this.
Jonny Flynn is short, Corey Brewer is thin and has poor defensive habits, Al Jefferson is slow in movement and has average jumping, and Gomez and Ellington are mediocre in all aspects.
In addition, Rambis is a newbie and has not led the team for a long time. His initial arrangement for this game was a gambling defense, which led to this situation.
Of course, Deng Fang is also a novice.
But there are many differences between Deng Fang and Rambis.
First of all, the Warriors were formed entirely according to Deng Fang's intentions.
DeAndre Jordan, Laga Bell, Prince and Azubuike are all defensive heroes.
Although Lopez moves slowly, his shot blocking is also top-notch.
Curry's physical fitness is average, but his defensive enthusiasm is not bad. As long as he is not a top scorer, there is no problem with him.
In case of encountering a top defender, Deng Fang can also replace Livingston.
Facing most defenders in the league, Livingston is not at a disadvantage due to his height.
Most of the Timberwolves players are young people and have only played in the league for one or two years.
The Warriors are a combination of old, middle and young people, and the mix is very reasonable.
Secondly, Deng Fang is very familiar with most of the players in the league, which is also one of his advantages.
Many players initially had high expectations and were drafted very high.
Some break through quickly, but they don’t have a basket.
Some shots are accurate, but their movement and control skills are not good.
Some people only have physical fitness, but the feeling on the court is very poor.
Others are good, but they lack the fighting spirit to fight and just live day to day.
There are few players without flaws.
Generally speaking, every player has obvious flaws when he first enters the league.
However, some people can make up for the shortcomings through systematic training, and no longer have obvious shortcomings.
However, there are also many people who cannot practice no matter how hard they practice, and are ultimately eliminated.
For example, Jonny Flynn has poor defense, average enthusiasm, poor shooting, and poor shooting percentage at the basket.
The Timberwolves hope that he can improve his shooting and become the next Allen Iverson.
But it turns out the Timberwolves were wrong.
Jonny Flynn didn't develop his shooting skills in the end.
Instead, due to injuries, Johnny Flynn left the league prematurely.
Same thing with guys like Al Jefferson and Brewer.
But the current Timberwolves management team doesn’t know these things.
They also have great hopes for these players.
Maybe there was a game in which Jonny Flynn's shooting clicked?
Maybe one day Brewer's movement control skills will improve by leaps and bounds and evolve into a superstar?
If it weren't for hindsight, no one could really tell beforehand.
But Deng Fang knew all this.
He knows the development status of most players in the league, and he also knows where the weaknesses of these players are.
Since you have a weakness, I will make good use of it!
Because of this, Deng Fang dared to shrink his defense with confidence and resolutely attacked Al Jefferson.
In addition to these two reasons, another reason is that in this era everyone attaches great importance to the basket and mid-range, and the three-pointer is not placed in an important enough position.
The closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage!
This is the unbreakable truth that has existed since the birth of basketball.
Therefore, most teams are still trying their best to hoard inside players at this time and look for mid-range singles players.
The three-point shooter is just the icing on the cake. It's better if you have it, but it doesn't matter if you don't have it.
It's impossible to win a championship by shooting.
It is for this reason that Deng Fang's appearance has confused many people and they don't know how to prevent it.
In the past, I always defended the basket and did not allow mid-range shots.
As for the three points, just interfere with it!
An offense like Deng Fang's, where even the center is pulled out to shoot three-pointers non-stop, many coaches have never seen it, let alone know how to defend it!
It is precisely for these reasons that the Timberwolves were penetrated inside and out, and the defense was exhausted.
