The King of the NBA

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves also had an advantage in the beginning. The Timberwolves’ rotation is stronger than the Rockets and more people are available.

However, the Rockets were originally a personal rotation. After playing more than two minutes in the second quarter, McHale began to bring in major players such as Harden and Ariza.

Harden started to explode and scored continuously.

This was a bit sudden, and the Timberwolves were caught off guard by surprise. They were overtaken by the other party before they responded. Fortunately, Adelman immediately called for a timeout before the difference was widened.

Adelman didn’t blame the players. He relied on rotating players to compete with Harden. This is not realistic at all. Moreover, the players such as Clarkson, Whiteside and Shabatz have not yet fully grown up.

“Substitute…” Adelman made a substitution, replacing Love and Dion. “Wait a lot for Love to pick up and cover. Love, you have to attack more.”

“Huh.” Love ran a nod.

Soon, the pause ends.

The two sides returned to the field, Ning Yi stared at the stadium, frowning slightly.

“What’s wrong?” Duan Xiaoran asked.

“We are afraid that we will fall into the downwind.” Ning Yi shook his head and sighed again.

Sure enough, as Ning Yi worried, the Timberwolves quickly fell into the disadvantage.

Love is actually very good, but the Timberwolves only have his advantage, and the Rockets have Harden and Howard, both of which have advantages.

With one enemy and two, even Love can’t eat it.

So halfway through the second quarter, the Timberwolves fell into the downwind, and the point difference was gradually widened, but in a short time, it has fallen behind by as much as 11 points.

“Adelman.” Terry Burt discolored, shouting in a deep voice.

Adelman shook his head and called for a timeout.

If you can’t fight like this, you have completely fallen into the disadvantages. Both the state and morale are suppressed by the Rockets. If you continue, the difference will only be greater.

“Let me talk…” Adelman took a deep breath and made some adjustments, but did not replace Love, although more than eight minutes had passed in the second quarter.

At this time, Love can not be replaced, because the other party will not replace Harden.

The Rockets were originally a personal rotation, and this game is so crucial. McHale will replace Harden at this time. It is possible to change Howard. After all, Howard has a soft spot, that is, free throws.

Sure enough, when the timeout came back, Howard was replaced, Harden remained on the field, he was fully opened, and it was difficult to stop on the offensive end. Even if the Timberwolves use the package, it can not limit his score.

Players like Harden can’t completely prevent them.

Since you can’t prevent it, you can only score against the opponent.

Carrefour began to further strengthen his personal offense, continuous low singles, creating kills, his strength is there, and his scoring ability is not inferior to Harden.

Only in this way, the physical energy of Love is very expensive.

On the Rockets side, Harden is also scoring points, and Carrefour are playing against each other. The two of you come and go, dominating the last three minutes of the second quarter.

“beep……”

When the first half ended, the score was 61:52, and the Timberwolves were 9 points behind!

Ning Yi and his teammates returned to the locker room. In the locker room, Ning Yi gave everyone an atmosphere, but it is difficult to say how much effect they can play.

The game relies on strength, not to mention the playoffs, not a few words of encouragement to reverse the situation.

…

The second half begins.

In the second half, the Rockets’ offensive became more severe, the points spread further widened, and returned to more than ten points.

“Foul against Howard.” Adelman made the decision decisively and gave instructions to players to use the “cut Howard” tactics to send Howard to the free throw line.

Howard’s free throws can only be regarded as average. Without the “super level” performance as in the first game, the average shooting percentage is 40%. However, there was a problem with the Timberwolves’ offensive, their feel was lost, and their efficiency decreased.

Carrefour’s physical energy consumption is relatively large, and its state has declined, but no one of his teammates has come forward, which has caused the Timberwolves’ overall offensive efficiency to drop greatly, making it difficult to compete with the Rockets.

The tradeoffs will increase and decrease.

“Ning Yi, the difference is getting bigger and bigger.” Duan Xiaoran frowned, even she was nervous. “If you fight like this, the situation will be very bad for you.”

“I know.” Ning Yi smiled bitterly, said: “The game is still early, I believe in them.”

At this time, besides trusting your teammates, what else can you do?

Ning Yi was absent, and the Timberwolves only had Carrefour. If Carrefour played well, it was better to say, but if Carrefour did not play well, or there was a problem, then the Timberwolves would be blind.

As for the others, Rubio, Ding, Turner, Brewer, Dion, Jokic…whether the available people are, but who can rival Love and Ning Yi, who can replace them ?

No one can replace it.

“Sure enough, the problem of Ning’s lack is still highlighted.” Adelman sighed inwardly, couldn’t help but glance at Ning Yi, just to meet Ning Yi’s gaze, the two looked at each other, his heart was clear. Adelman made a substitution and replaced Carrefour. At this time, it is no good to let Carrefour continue to play. Instead, he will continue to consume his physical fitness. It is better to replace him to rest and restore his physical fitness. Waiting for the fourth quarter It’s easy to fight.

Carrefour replaced, and the Timberwolves were really headless.

This situation is very bad. In times of prosperity, even if the core players are not present for a while, it is not a problem, but in this adversity, when the core players are not present, everything is in chaos.

The team lacks the backbone, the offense is chaotic, and the defense is loose, which can be described as full of loopholes.

The Rockets naturally will not let this opportunity go. Taking advantage of this time, the Rockets further widen the point difference. Even if it is a pure rotation lineup, the Timberwolves have fallen into the disadvantage.

But at the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves trailed by 16 points.

“This difference is too great.” Ning Yi frowned.

In fact~www.mtlnovel.com~ Everyone knows that this point difference is too big, even if there is a whole quarter left in the game, but the Timberwolves want to reverse 16 points, it is too difficult.

After the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves tried to counterattack.

Love returned to the field and really scored some points, but the digging in front was too big, and the Rockets were not a weak team. It was too difficult to catch up with 16 points.

In the last two minutes, the Timberwolves were 11 points behind.

“It’s over.”

“Ah, I still lost.”

In the auditorium, the home fans were lost, some people have left, some people stayed, looking forward to miracles.

It’s a pity that the miracle didn’t show up. Even in the last two minutes, even Love could not score. As the game time became shorter, the Timberwolves also completely lost the opportunity.

In the end, the game ended and the score was 117:105. The Timberwolves lost the game with a disadvantage of 12 points. The total score of this series became 1:1.