"The mid-season tournament will make fans even more excited and it will be possible to see which top teams will end up in the Grand Final."
After back-to-back away games, Spurs returned home to make their midseason debut with a new City Edition shirt. In this game, Vassell, who had missed many games due to injury, returned to the starting lineup to welcome the Timberwolves, who had won four consecutive victories and were gaining momentum, with a full lineup.
At the beginning of the game, the first thing that caught the eye was the iconic floor of the mid-season, although it was green, but it was still much better than the "death red" of the Bulls. At the beginning of the game, the Spurs took the lead, playing a wave of 15:6 and taking the lead. With Vassell's Spurs, it was obviously a lot smoother, and at 27:22 in the first quarter, they temporarily took the lead.
At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, the Spurs felt hot, first Wenban hit two mid-range shots, and then Brother Dao hit three points. Maybe it's the law of conservation of feel, and then Wenban misses two free throws, and Brother Dao doesn't throw. Seeing that the offense was about to stall again, Wow Sai stepped up, scored three points in a row, and barely resisted the momentum of the counterattack. In the final period, Edwards began to exert strength, and the score overtook the score, and the halftime was over, and the Timberwolves were 56-54.
After halftime, he made mistakes and hit the iron, and the score was once again widened. In the middle of the year, there was a little episode, and the three fouls that quickly accumulated in a short period of time disrupted the rhythm of the game, and it was really confusing. During this time, the Spurs seemed a little anxious, the shooting selection was terrible, and seeing the score difference running to 20 points, they finally began to score points, and there was a slight improvement, but it was still difficult to stop the decline. With the Timberwolves feeling full of outside hands, at the end of the third quarter, Ma Sanbang arrived late, 90:73, 17 points behind.
In the last quarter, the Spurs played a good ball for a while, the defensive pressure was in place, the opportunity was also good, and the counterattack momentum was strong, but the continuous protection of the backcourt rebounds, the inaccuracy of the open position and the offensive mistakes made the momentum of chasing points extinguished again. At the decisive moment, Jones combed the offense, Sochan hit a three-point shot, Vassell made a three-point foul, and Wemban's arc topped the ball in the face of Downs and then a three-point shot, and the chasing stage entered the climax. It's a pity that the Timberwolves grasped all 8 free throws in the final stage, Jones broke through the mistakes, ended the suspense of the game, and the game ended, and the Timberwolves won 5 consecutive games 117-110.
After the game, Wemban and Gobert exchanged jerseys, which is the inheritance of the French center, and where are the players who exchanged jerseys between China and Kyle. Wemban's game swept away the decline of some time ago, facing the Timberwolves Twin Towers in turn, 12 of 21, cut 29 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks, and invited the Timberwolves Twin Towers to have a hot pot.
contributed a lot of wonderful moments, and directly logoned three points after saving the wrong ball; Frequently staged fast attack air catches; Inside pass after attracting the defense. The defensive deterrent is vividly reflected, and even if Wenban is over half a position, the shooting rate of Timberwolves players is visibly lower with the naked eye.
Of course, it still needs to be polished again, some passes seem a little casual, and the defensive end has been repeatedly picked up by Huazi, and there is less experience.
Vassell's return was definitely a big plus for the Spurs, who scored 29 points on 8-of-16 shooting and 6-of-11 three-pointers. With or without tile, the fluency on the field is completely different, the ability to break through and attract the ball after the help defense, and the ability to score at any time are rare in this Spurs, and it can even be said that Vassell's play can directly affect the team's performance on the field.
In the live broadcast footage, we can also see that Wow Sai also plays a big role in motivating the momentum of the whole team. Wow and Wemban, who are currently the inside and outside of this Spurs team.
Today's defense has improved slightly, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, the defense of the block or directly send a vacancy, or the communication between the defender with the ball and the delay is not in place, and the player who misses the next line, on the other hand, our blocking and dismantling, either can't stop people, or directly bring the defender to the player who holds the team, and make a judgment.
At a time when Vassell and Wemban's fire are on fire, someone needs to be able to step up and continue the firepower for the team, and we hope that this role will be KJ, Sochan, and Brother Dao. Instead of being like in the third quarter of this game, the offense blocked and made mistakes, and the opposite side blossomed at more points, and the horse collapsed.
In addition, 63.2% of the free throws still had to be practiced, and in the scoring drought, it was not easy to cause kills, and one or two free throws missed in two, which hurt morale.
There were a couple of players who didn't play well today. It may be that the wrist of his left hand was twisted, and KJ was acting a little inaccurately; Sohan struggled a little today, made frequent mistakes, and lost a good game; The spicy chicken that hit the rookie wall this season is not sticky with three empty seats, and there is no brain, which is really spicy.
'The young players play very hard. This game is completely different from playing against the Pacers and Knicks. "Spurs have a full squad to look forward to, but "it will take some time for everyone to play these games well", and it takes patience and time to build up strength and build a squad.
Author: L GDP