Beijing time on December 13, the NBA regular season continues, today the Blazers sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Timberwolves, the two teams in the recent performance can be said to be not good, the Blazers suffered 4 consecutive losses before this game, and the Timberwolves are 5 consecutive losses, the reason for the poor performance of the two teams is caused by core injuries, they are in urgent need of a victory to stop the decline, and finally the Timberwolves defeated the Blazers 116-111 with better play.
The Timberwolves welcomed russell back, he shot 5 of 12 from the field, 4 of 8 three-pointers efficiently scored 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and the team scored in double figures under Russell's tandem: Beverley had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Vanderbilt had 14 points and 8 rebounds, McDaniels had 10 points and 7 rebounds, Towns had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and Edwards had 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
If the Timberwolves are healthy in all three cores, they have the strength to impact the playoffs, two champions and one leader, such a talent is really too good, and there are veterans like Beverley sitting on this team is worth looking forward to, their biggest improvement this season is the defensive end, so far this season the team's defensive efficiency of 107.6 ranked 11th in the league.
After talking about the Timberwolves focus on the Blazers, the Blazers have played too badly this season, this team is now in turmoil, it is not clear that someone will leave one day, because their current performance is completely out of line with the team goal, this campaign Lillard really tried his best, although the feel is not good, 17 shots 5 of 14 points, but he did the ultimate in other aspects, took 11 rebounds, a guard grabbed three frontcourt boards, and 6 assists into the account.
But the team's defense was too bad to withstand the Timberwolves' offense, and the Timberwolves shot 14 of 36 from beyond the three-point line, shooting 38.9 percent from the field. The main reason for this is that the Blazers used three small caused, before CJ was not injured, the Blazers played three small for offensive firepower, after all, the team's three ball-holding offenses are Lillard, CJ and Powell, who thought that now that CJ is injured, Billups will give up the three small.
The result is that Lupus still uses three small lineups today, CJ is not on that Little teamed up with Lillard and Powell, the team continues to play three small, whether it is the Raptors or the Warriors have tried three small, the effect is very poor, although the three small push counterattacks fast enough, the team's offensive points with the ball have increased, but the defense is too poor, facing the opponent's tall forward, it is impossible to defend, I think this is also the main reason why the Blazers can not play the ideal record this season, so far this season their defensive efficiency is 112.5 The league is the third to last in the league.
As far as the current situation is concerned, I think the US media is right to give the Blazers advice, just with their current lineup, the team simply can not go further, if you do not want to change the coach then rebuild it, let Bilups bring young players, for now the Blazers squad in The Anfenni Simmons is worth cultivating, today the whole game bombed 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, Bilups seems to like to reuse him.
If you can trade lillard, CJ and Nurkic, the top players, you can also let the Blazers get a lot of high-quality young players and draft picks, then, do you have anything to say about the timberwolves and blazers now? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.