Author: Different Sparks

After protecting the basketball, Grant handed the ball to Dinwiddie.

After advancing to the frontcourt with the ball, Dinwiddie faced Irving's defense and after Jokic's pick-and-roll was in place, he quickly dribbled the ball to the right. Although Irving noticed Jokic's pick-and-roll and wanted to bypass the opponent,

The huge body still blocked Irving. Seeing this situation, JR Smith, who was the closest, also hurriedly followed.

As a result, the pick-and-roll immediately caused a misalignment.

Middleton's body turned into Irving. Seeing this situation, Dinwiddie also hit the ball to Middleton's hands. At this time, you can see how skilled the Timberwolves' tactical cooperation is.

, it can also be seen that the speed at which Jokic has integrated into the team is really terrifying.

Before Dinwiddie passed the ball, Jokic quickly moved closer to Middleton. The moment Middleton received the ball, Jokic had already completed the covering position, and Dinwiddie's

This pass allowed Middleton not to even need to adjust. He dribbled the ball directly from the hip and then changed direction. This time, Irving didn't have time to get around. He turned around and was hit full of the ball.

Then Middleton looked like he was going to attack the Cavaliers inside, and Oden was already ready to involve Love. Seeing this situation, Tristan could only drop Jokic and move towards Middleton to cover up.

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After Tristan moved, Jokic also took a small step back and came to the three-point line.

At this time, the basketball in Middleton's hand also disappeared. By the time the Cavaliers reacted, Jokic had already received the basketball and completed a three-pointer directly in front of Irving.

In fact, when Middleton was charging inside, Bratt on the sidelines shouted loudly to the Cavaliers players on the court, telling them not to miss anyone, but the effect was not very great.

The ball was indeed not missed. Every Timberwolves player was defended, but in the end Jokic was misplaced on the outside and faced Irving.

After the basketball flew a certain distance in the air, it fell into the basket very accurately.

3-0, the Timberwolves scored the first attack after the start.

After scoring, Jokic also high-fived Middleton to celebrate.

However, the Timberwolves also did not block the Cavaliers' next attack. James, who received a pass from Irving, almost hit a mid-range shot against Grant. Without the support of the system, it was almost impossible for Grant to defend James.

The task that Da Zhuang gave him was to consume James' energy as much as possible.

There is no need to limit his scoring.

Of course, you can't restrict him even if you want to, unless James himself is not in good condition in this game.

There is still a lot of self-knowledge in this regard.

Looking back, it was the Timberwolves' turn to attack again. This time, the basketball was handed over to Oden. He hit Love in the low post in front of the three-second zone. Then, after attracting Tristan's double-team, Oden was also a

A wonderful pass was made without looking at anyone, and the basketball was once again handed over to Jokic who was unknowingly released and came into the hands of Jokic near the bottom corner.

However, this ball obviously paid attention to the Cavaliers' defense against Jokic. James' defense was very fast. James jumped in front of Jokic almost as soon as Jokic received the ball.

It's just that after Jokic got the ball, he made a fake shot and missed James, then quickly moved a small step to the left, and then completed the three-point shot again.

The basketball still fell into the basket accurately.

6 to 2, Jokic hit two consecutive three-pointers after the opening, which also caused the Cavaliers' double-teaming defensive tactics against Oden to fail. When the Cavaliers no longer implemented double-teaming, Oden singled out Love, and even more

It makes the knight miserable.

Love alone cannot withstand Oden's strength.

As the game time progressed, although the Timberwolves' three-point shooting rate was not as high as before, it was not bad. Middleton and Dinwiddie hit three-pointers one after another, which also made the Cavaliers' defense more difficult.

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As for the Cavaliers' turn to attack, Da Zhuang still used a wheel-and-wheel battle against James. Grant and Bennett took turns. The purpose was also very simple, which was to entangle and consume. Constantly entangled, every attack by James required a lot of effort.

stamina and energy. As for other positions, except for the help that Irving can provide, J.R. Smith, who is the best player in the game, also failed in this game.

As for Love and Tristan inside, they are completely at a disadvantage.

In addition, the most unfavorable thing for the Cavaliers is that the Timberwolves are strictly guarding the Cavaliers' perimeter and will not let you open the three-pointer. Therefore, under such circumstances, the Cavaliers also began to slowly fall behind in the score on the court.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two sides was 31 to 26, and the Cavaliers were only five points behind.

And after the two sides changed into rotating lineups in the second quarter, the point difference was suddenly widened.

LaVine, Yi Jianlian, and Bennett consecutively hit three-pointers from the outside.

By the 6 minutes and 13 seconds of the second quarter, the score on the court had become 43 to 31, and the Timberwolves were already 12 points ahead of the Cavaliers.

This also forced Blatter to break his plan and replace all the main players in advance.

After the main players of both sides came on the stage again, the situation of the game returned to what it was in the first quarter. Although the score difference was not widened due to the efforts of James and Irving, they could not shorten the score difference.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.

The score on the court was temporarily fixed at 59 to 48. The Timberwolves led the Cavaliers by 11 points entering the halftime break.

In the second half of the game, as long as Blatt replaces James to rest, the Timberwolves will immediately start to show off their power on the outside frequently, as if they want to end the game, forcing the opponent to replace the main scorer again.

In this way, in the fourth quarter of the game, James finally didn't feel so hot anymore, and when he saw that James' scoring efficiency began to decline, Da Zhuang also knew that it was time to harvest the game.

In the end, this game that many people paid attention to ended with the referee's whistle.

The score between the two sides was finally fixed at 109 to 99. The Timberwolves defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers who came from afar by 10 points.

James scored a game-high 42 points in the game, but he had no choice but to join the empty-cutting army.

For the Timberwolves, Jokic was the best player in the game with a triple-double of 27 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists. Oden scored 24 points, 19 rebounds and 7 assists. The power of the Timberwolves' twin towers was fully demonstrated in this game.
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