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Chapter 90 Three-game losing streak and March

The Spurs still deserve to be the team with the strongest execution ability in the league. From the very beginning of the game, the Timberwolves were struggling. Duncan's defensive ability in the penalty area was too strong. Jefferson tried to single Duncan a few times, but the effect was very good Unsatisfactory, the hit rate was dismal, and then Whitman requested a timeout.

Whitman asked other players, especially Zheng Ke, to stand up and stand up when Jefferson was blocked inside. He encouraged everyone to attack, attack bravely, and try their best to show their talents.
However, the Minnesota's outside touch is not good. McCants, Zheng Ke and others have very poor shooting touch. Zheng Ke made three shots from the outside in the first quarter without a hit. The free throw scored 2 points.
The atmosphere of the entire Target Center is very dull, which is not common. You must know that the Target Center has always been one of the most popular arenas in the league, especially the rise of Zheng Ke, which has stimulated the Chinese fan market in this area of ​​Minnesota. Yes, plus the Timberwolves are often upset and often stage a good show of hanging silk counterattacks, so fans still like this Timberwolves very much.Before the game against the Spurs, everyone was still fantasizing about the Timberwolves defeating the Spurs, but now it seems that this game may become a one-sided situation
In the second quarter, the Spurs replaced the second team, and the Argentine demon knife debuted!

Ginobili is the sharpest knife in the Spurs. He has all-star strength but is willing to be a substitute for the Spurs. Of course, while we admire Ginobili's loyalty, we must also feel sorry for him. The Spurs management's ability to win people's hearts and Popovich's personality charm, Ginobili is more liked by coaches and fans than Harden.
Ever since Zheng Ke boarded the first echelon of the Timberwolves, the second echelon of the Timberwolves has no outside defensive gates, and everyone has no rules. Like the second team of half of the teams in the NBA, the second echelon of the Timberwolves likes to fight chaotically and likes to bombard , like to brush data.
Under such circumstances, the Spurs' second team still maintains a strong discipline. Ginobili seems to be the core player of the Spurs on the field. He led the Spurs to blow up the Timberwolves in an instant. Substitutes, by the time the main players played, the Timberwolves were 30 points behind 44 to 14. At the end of the second quarter, the Timberwolves were 38 points behind 55 to 17.
Zheng Ke smiled wryly. The Spurs' defense was too strong, one layer after another. When the Timberwolves lost their touch on the outside, they couldn't open this iron barrel formation at all. No wonder the little emperor fell under the iron hoof of the Spurs last year.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Timberwolves' outside touch recovered slightly. McCants hit a three-pointer, and then on the defensive side, Zheng Ke chased and missed Ginobili's layup, which boosted the morale of the Timberwolves to the freezing point. A wave of 8 to 0 was played.

But the seasoned Popovich immediately called a timeout.

Back from the timeout, Duncan played inside singles, and immediately used his footsteps to sway the space. He hit the board with a small hook and caused a foul by Channing Frye who was defending. He stabilized the situation on the field and suppressed the Timberwolves' rising momentum. Then Jaric happened. Mistake, the ball was directly cut off by Parker while dribbling, the French sports car ran to the frontcourt and made a layup, Zheng Ke was too far away from him, beyond reach
At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves trailed by 60 points 78 to 18!
In the last quarter, Whitman did not replace the main force to make a final desperate fight, but the effect was not satisfactory. The bigger the feeling, in the last 5 minutes, Whitman replaced all the main players and announced the surrender
最终，马刺队客场六人上双，以103比84战胜了森林狼队，郑克表现不佳11投3中拿到了9分2板2盖帽
After the game with the Spurs, the Timberwolves ushered in a challenge from the Rockets on Saturday.

The strong opponents in the Southwest Division are really one after another. Although Yao Ming is absent, the overall strength of the Rockets is still higher than that of the Timberwolves. Especially not long ago, they won a wave of 22 consecutive victories, and the morale of the whole team is high.

Zheng Ke has a heavy task, and he will defend McGrady in the Timberwolves.

This is a weird game, the Rockets grabbed offensive rebounds one after another, such as Scola, he scored 18 rebounds, of which 5 offensive rebounds, such as Uncle Dikembe Mutombomu, he only played In 18 minutes, he also grabbed 5 offensive rebounds, and Shane Battier also had 4 offensive rebounds, and the rest had one offensive rebound. Rebounds are credited!The team grabbed a total of 20 offensive rebounds!
The Timberwolves only had 7 offensive rebounds, and the Rockets had a total of 58 rebounds, blowing out the Timberwolves with only 38!

Whitman looked furious from the sidelines, but there was really nothing he could do. Although the Timberwolves had been very careful, the Rockets could still pick up offensive rebounds.
In the whole game, the Rockets defeated the Timberwolves 97 to 86. McGrady made 25 of 9 shots, scored 23 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, a luxurious triple-double data!Zheng Ke was much inferior, but he also changed the sluggishness of the last game. He scored 13 points on 6 of 17 shots, including 3 of 2 three-pointers.
The Rockets made 94 of 40 shots, 19 of 4 three-pointers, and 17 of 13 free throws. The Timberwolves made only 77 shots, 33 of them, 13 of 6 three-pointers, 19 of 14 free throws, lost on the rebound
After the Timberwolves-Rockets game, there is only one game left in March.

On Monday, the Timberwolves went to Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz. This is the second time the Timberwolves have traveled to Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz this season.

According to Zheng Ke's words, going to Salt Lake City is not for a competition, but for a fight.
The whole game process was indeed as expected by Zheng Ke. The Jazz used a lot of small tricks to entertain the generals of the Timberwolves, which made the Timberwolves angry. The scene was once very hot.
The pick-and-roll of Deron and Boozer is indeed hard to defend. The Timberwolves have nothing to do with them, they can only watch Deron assists and Boozer score.

The entire Jazz's three-pointers have not been able to open, which also allowed Whitman to deploy the team's tactics of shrinking defense, and the Timberwolves were able to keep biting the score.

It wasn't until the last moment of the game that the winner was decided. With 1 minute left in the game, Deron hit the Jazz's first three-pointer in the entire game, but it was this three-pointer that made the Jazz 106 to 100. Leading the Timberwolves by 6 points!The situation suddenly became very unfavorable to the Timberwolves!

At the critical moment, Whitman arranged Jefferson's inside singles tactics.

The Timberwolves passed the ball to Jefferson on the inside after guiding the ball several times from the outside. It was Boozer, the "twenty-five boy" with a bright forehead, who was defending Jefferson!
Boozer has never been known for his defense, but this time he was hardened once in a while. His tendons are not in vain. Jefferson couldn't hit him!
"Fack squid!" Jefferson yelled inwardly, but there was nothing he could do. Seeing that the 24 seconds were coming up, Jefferson had to choose to shoot forcibly!
"Snapped!"

Boozer is really eye-popping, he actually blocked Jefferson's shot!And it's not the kind of block that uses bounce and explosive power, it's a block similar to Duncan's that uses time difference to complete it!
The rebound was grabbed by Deron!
The time is only the last 40 seconds but the Timberwolves are 6 points behind. At this moment, I am afraid that only McGrady can save the Timberwolves.

In the end, the Jazz defeated the Timberwolves 110 to 103 at home!
此役，布泽尔拿到了25分和10个篮板，德隆拿到了15分15个助攻的大号两双，森林狼这边杰弗森依然拿到了22分11个篮板的两双数据，郑克12投6中拿到了17分.
The Timberwolves ended the month of March with a three-game losing streak that started and ended with a losing streak.

After the end of March, the entire regular season has come to an end. The Timberwolves only have 4 games in April. After the game, they will have a holiday. Of course, other teams that have a chance to participate in the playoffs will usher in the cruelest playoffs In the regular season, the teams that play hard in the regular season will also fully release their fighting power on the bigger stage of the playoffs
The best rookie in the Eastern Conference in March was given to Al Horford. The 22-year-old rookie scored 11.3 points and 10.2 rebounds throughout March, defeating Yi Jianlian with a double-double. Horford pulls a street
In the selection of the best rookie in the Western Conference in March, Durant of the Supersonics defeated Zheng Ke with an excellent performance of 21 points per game, but almost all experts praised Zheng Ke's performance.
Throughout March, the Timberwolves performed well, ranking tenth in the West in terms of record throughout March, especially Zheng Ke, who averaged 34 points, 15.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 2.3 minutes per game!What's even more rare is that he is not a player who is good at offense. He is the defensive flank of the Timberwolves. Countless experts have been surprised by scoring so many points. Now outside media experts say that Zheng Ke is the biggest legacy of the 07 draft. beads!

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