The godfather of basketball started from conquering the NBA

The Spurs, who returned to the court, were dumbfounded when they saw the lineup in front of them. What are these, the twin towers?

Westbrook advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, Gasol Jr. asked for the ball in the high post, and Oden was stuck with Duncan in the low post.

Gasol's height can almost ignore Bowen, pass the ball directly, and at the same time start his own movement, head down to the basket, Oden understands it, and hits high.

On the defensive end, use Gasol, who is better at low-post defense, to cover Duncan, and Oden, who has more flexible legs, to cover Bowen.

Coupled with the fact that all the Timberwolves are tall and burly, the only player on the court who is less than two meters tall after Ariza replaced Roy is Westbrook.

Westbrook can be regarded as the best rebounder among guards. Although there are indeed suspicions of consecutive triple-doubles in the previous life, it is undeniable that Westbrook's rebounding ability, especially the offensive rebounds, is definitely a guard. the top of the line.

The Spurs fell into a stalemate for a while. The high-intensity physical confrontation between the two sides throughout the first half resulted in a low shooting percentage. However, the Timberwolves mainly play inside and protect the rebounds, giving them an advantage.

The Timberwolves also entered the second half with a score of 48 to 39.

In the second half, Ginobili stood up first and scored 6 points in a row to stop the Timberwolves. In the third quarter, Ginobili scored 13 points, which reminded people of the defensive battle between the Spurs and the Pistons. Elegant Argentine.

But now Xu Xiao is basically playing his cards. Westbrook is not the scoring leader. Although he has the ability of Billups, he is a rookie after all and cannot fully exert Billups' ability. , I can't play the level of the mvp season.

"Coach, you can give me the ball, and I'll go head-to-head with him." Roy stood up at this time.

That's right, I still have Roy. In this series, Xu Xiao always wanted to show off his operations in front of Popovich. In this series, he wanted to rely on tactics to win.

But he ignored the players. These players will be able to play their own roles in the future, especially Roy, who is now second only to Kobe Wade's guard.

"Okay, Brandon, I'll leave it to you." Xu Xiao drew a very simple tactic for the players.

But back on the court, Popovich laughed off the court when he saw the Timberwolves players' positioning. This is the triangle offense he is most familiar with.

"Do you really think Roy is Kobe?" Popovich was a little dismissive. After all, in his opinion, only Kobe can defeat the iron-blooded defense line of the Spurs.

Throughout the season, Xu Xiao has been emphasizing the discipline of the team. The Timberwolves are more famous for their tactics and coordination. In addition, Roy himself is a relatively team player with a high golf quotient.

Therefore, Roy's performance is not as personal as the hero in the previous life, but at this time Roy has grown into the league's third guard, and Roy's style of play is somewhat similar to Kobe.

They are all launched from the middle distance, and the scoring method is similar to Kobe.

Now that the shackles have been lifted, all that remains is to give it a go.

Facing the old Bowen, Roy first leaned against the opponent with his body, then pushed Bowen half a step away with a fierce force, and rushed inward with acceleration.

Seeing this, Duncan wanted to come up to make up the defense, but Roy suddenly made a sudden stop, switching his left hand to his right, and Duncan's make up defense also gave way to the space on the right.

Roy directly made an anti-person layup and easily hit.

Then Roy bowed to Buddha again, breaking through the high board and hitting Bowen's foul at the same time.

"You're old, these tricks won't work anymore." Roy said lightly after scoring.

Bowen bent over, clutching his knees, looking helplessly at the young man in front of him, time is not forgiving.

Bowen was also replaced. Although the opponent was replaced by Ginobili from Bowen, it did not affect Roy at all.

Ginobili also failed to continue his competitive state in the third quarter, perhaps because he consumed too much energy on the defensive end. Ginobili made 7 of 1 shots throughout the fourth quarter.

Coupled with the absolute advantage of the Timberwolves' twin towers on the rebounds, the Spurs can only rely on some experience to cheat fouls and make a few free throws to barely fight.

However, the years are still no match for youth.

After Westbrook's fast break dunks, the score was fixed at 92 to 84.

After the game, Finley shed tears on the field. The sense of powerlessness and loss was the most moving among all athletes.

Because of Xu Xiao, the Spurs failed to win the championship in 07, and Finley became the only player in the Spurs without a championship.

But competitive sports are like this, cruel failure is the norm, and success is accidental.

This is because accidental success is rare, so you have to enjoy and revel in the moment of success.

After the game, Roy and Xu Xiao hugged each other, and Roy kept repeating a sentence.

"Thank you coach, thank you for believing in me, thank you for taking us to the next level."

"I didn't lead it, it was your victory. We won. Let's enjoy this carnival that belongs to us."

After five years, Minnesota returned to the playoffs and defeated the Spurs to advance to the second round. Next, they will face the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.

And you must know that this is the second time Minnesota has broken through the first round in the 20 years since its establishment.

But in the second round, under the strength of the Lakers, the Timberwolves lost the confidence they had in the first round.

Although in the regular season, the Timberwolves beat the Lakers, but in the playoffs, it was a completely different intensity from the regular season. The Lakers gave the Timberwolves great pressure at home in the first two games.

The young Timberwolves had to submit an average of nearly 14 turnovers per game in these two games. The Lakers counterattacked wave after wave. The Lakers won the game in an almost easy way for two consecutive games.

Returning to Minnesota's home court for the third game, Xu Xiao also tried his best to mobilize for the team, but he also knew that with the current staffing, it was really too difficult to beat the Lakers.

"Don't worry, boss, our game will definitely let them know how good we are." Westbrook still said confidently.

"Yeah, fight for Minnesota." Roy responded.

"In this game, reduce mistakes. If we can't prevent the Lakers from counterattacking, then we must at least show a corresponding attitude to counterattack." Xu Xiao added at the end.

In this game, the two sides are still using the regular lineup. Garnett, who returned to Minnesota, was no surprise and ushered in the biggest boos from Minnesota, but this did not prevent him from completing an alley-oop dunk at the beginning.

"It's okay, follow our rhythm." Westbrook directed the Timberwolves to take their positions.

Suddenly Westbrook started suddenly, threw Lao Yu away, and went straight to the basket.

But Garnett reacted quickly and quickly appeared in Westbrook's route.

Westbrook didn't rush to attack the frame, but retreated while dribbling, successfully pulling Garnett out.

Suddenly raised his hand and threw it, Ariza caught the ball in an air cut and took off directly, and tied the score with a beautiful layup.

After that, Westbrook continued to attack again, breaking through and scoring the ball. Roy, Milicic and Ariza also had surprisingly good hands.

开局不到4分钟，森林狼就已经进了4个三分，打出18比6的开局，首节森林狼就打出了36比23的比分.

In the second quarter, Hayes and Outlaw continued the fiery touch of the Timberwolves, allowing the Timberwolves to score 69 points at halftime, while the Lakers only scored 54 points.

But the turning point of the game came in the third quarter.

Westbrook was fouled on a breakthrough, but the referee didn't blow the whistle. Old Yu made a controversial offensive move and fouled Westbrook. Westbrook explaining to the referee.

Then some of Westbrook's superiors wanted to force the old fish again, but immediately blew the whistle again, telling Westbrook to walk.

Now Westbrook will stop doing it immediately. Although some of the skills and golf quotient come from Billups, his temper is still Westbrook's temper.

As soon as the violent temper came up, he ate a T directly. What's more serious, the referee began to pay attention to Westbrook, and Westbrook fouled five times in less than three quarters.

Without Westbrook's breakthrough, the immature Dragic couldn't stand the old fish's tricks at all.

The feel of the Timberwolves generals also began to decline, and the Lakers directly took advantage of the victory to pursue it. In the fourth quarter, they hit a 35-17 climax and overtook the score in one fell swoop.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 117-109.

After losing the third game, the fourth game obviously lost the previous energy.

With one bang, another decline, three exhaustions, the Timberwolves did not hold back the last breath in the end, and they slumped and lost to the Lakers 93 to 112 at home.

经历了上一场裁判照顾的威少这场比赛打的稀烂，13投2中，拿下11分4次助攻跟6次失误。

After the game, Westbrook's eyes were empty, just like a kid who did something wrong, he wanted to escape this defeat urgently, and wanted to escape back to the locker room, but was held back by Xu Xiao.

"Son, it's just a game. If you lose, you win. The opponent played better than us in this game. We don't need to blame ourselves." Xu Xiaoyu said earnestly.

"Listen Russell, a strong man should not be defeated by failure, let alone run away from failure, we must have the confidence to win the game, but we must also have the courage to accept failure, like a man, accept it all , Then remember this feeling, and when you are tired in the future, think about the unforgettable moment now."

At this time Kobe and Garnett also came over, in the attitude of the winner.

Kobe found Westbrook and Roy and hugged them affectionately. In Kobe's view, these two are worthy opponents.

And Garnett came to find Xu Xiao.

"Thank you for your success. I am really pleased to see that you have made it this far. Moreover, you are so young and so hopeful. I really don't want to meet you next year."

Garnett said happily.

"It's okay, you still have time to come back." Xu Xiao also replied humorously.

"Maybe you can really lead this team to a place I have never been to." Seeing that the team he has played for for 11 years can achieve good results now, Garnett is also happy from the bottom of his heart. After all, I have been here for 11 years, and I have feelings.

After the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves, it was not all smooth sailing. They faced the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals. This team was led by Yao Ming, Healthy Tracy McGrady and Artest. It was really difficult to deal with.

In addition, Xu Xiao first sent Millsap to strengthen the fourth position and Francis, who has a good health attitude, and helped the Rockets get Artest in the three parties. The top-notch team, the luxury of the lineup can fully match the strength of the Lakers.

Although this Rockets team does not have the two young guards Brooks and Lowry, this year's Alston is in a state where he can serve as the starting point guard in the finals, and he also proved this season that he can play high-end rounds.

The contest between these two teams must be sparks hitting the earth.

The fans have long been prepared for the seven games, and in fact they did reach the tiebreaker, but the process was a little unexpected.