Author: Different Sparks

Soon, less than ten minutes before the start of the game, the home team's entrance ceremony began.

As the Timberwolves' starting five appeared one by one, the atmosphere at the scene reached its peak. The Timberwolves' current football market is the best in the league. This is the envy of many teams, but there is no envy. Everyone also understands that not only

It's because the Timberwolves have become the most popular team overseas, especially in Asia. The real reason is precisely because of the miraculous results of the Timberwolves. Without honor to support it, everything is just a cloud.

But precisely because of this, all the team owners are investing more and more in the team, and the value of the players is also getting higher and higher. Da Zhuang also talked about this matter with Milt before, and Da Zhuang also felt speechless.

The value of the co-authored players is getting higher and higher because of his own reasons. Damn it, he can't figure out what the reason was in his previous life.

After the home team's entrance ceremony, many of the starting players from both sides also stood in their positions. At this time, the speculation about Dallas' starting lineup was also confirmed. As Zhang Liang said, Rubio appeared on the scene.

At the No. 1 position, Deron Williams is the shooting guard, while Matthews is the small forward.

At this time, Da Zhuang also understood that the other party wanted to take advantage of the shorter players' flexibility and speed to catch him off guard. Damn it, McHale is really insidious. It's a pity that today's labor and management have buff blessings, and you are the only ones.

The little guy will look at you and your eyes will shine like gold.

Thinking of this, Da Zhuang also shouted at the Timberwolves players on the court, and then made a gesture.

Dinwiddie and others also noticed Dazhuang's gesture, and then nodded towards Chen Dazhuang.

Soon the referee came to the center of the court with the basketball in his arms. After a brief exchange with the players, he soon blew the whistle to start the game.

For the Timberwolves, Oden helped the team easily get the first attack.

After receiving Bennett's pass, Dinwiddie quickly dribbled the ball past halftime. Rubio was entangled with Dinwiddie, but Dinwiddie had no intention of entangled. Just after

The ball was handed over to Middleton at halftime. Then, when Jokic mentioned the high pick-and-roll, Middleton also used a time difference to pass the ball to Jokic, and then suddenly formed

There was a mismatch, and Jokic faced Deron Williams. Seeing this situation, Jokic did not hesitate at all.

Then he immediately shot a three-pointer from the outside.

The basketball penetrated Dallas' body like a flying knife.

When Dallas returned to the offensive ball, McHale on the sidelines realized that he had taken it for granted. It is true that shorter people are more flexible, but the Timberwolves' defense does not give you time to be flexible at all. As long as the three backcourt players take it.

If you hit the ball, the opposing defensive player on the Timberwolves side will directly stick to it, but it will not give you a chance to easily complete the next move. In addition, whether it is Dinwiddie, Middleton or Bennett, although the movement of his feet is

Not as good as the guys in Dallas, but not that big of a difference. In addition, the Timberwolves mainly defend the perimeter, and your breakthrough is secondary.

Especially after Dallas made several breakthroughs to the inside, they encountered the no-fly zone jointly set by Oden and Jokic. In addition, even if the Timberwolves scored, their scoring efficiency was still not as good as the Timberwolves.

One is a three-pointer and the other is a two-pointer. The difference between the two points is gradually widened.

Another thing that put enough pressure on Dallas was the Timberwolves' shooting percentage from the outside. Except for Oden, the other four guys on the court hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside after the opening game.

At the end of the first quarter, as many people expected before the game, Dallas was quickly at an absolute disadvantage, which can be easily seen from the double score.

35 to 27, the Timberwolves led the Dallas Mavericks by 8 points and ended the first quarter of the game.

After the two sides rotated their lineups in the second quarter, the gap between the Timberwolves and the Timberwolves was even greater. Yi Jianlian, Grant and LaVine widened the point difference between the two sides again.

At the end of the second quarter, the score difference had exceeded 15 points.

67 to 51, the Timberwolves led Dallas by 16 points at halftime, and the key was that Dallas was completely at a disadvantage both offensively and defensively on the court. Although McHale also called several timeouts, the effect was minimal.

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At this point in the game, it is a foregone conclusion that the Dallas Mavericks will lose.

McHale's surprise attack tactics not only failed in vain, but also seemed to show signs of losing his wife and losing troops.

Even in the second half of the third quarter of the game, even McHale, who had been standing on the sidelines shouting, seemed to have given up struggling and sat quietly on the sidelines with his chin in his hands and watched the game on the court.

In the end, the Timberwolves' first game of the playoffs, after four quarters of confrontation.

As the red light on the time display board came on, the referee immediately blew the whistle to end the game.

124 to 91, the Timberwolves defeated the Dallas Mavericks by 33 points.

The point difference in this game is also the largest point difference in the first round of the playoffs this season.

The highest score in this game was Jokic's 37 points from the Timberwolves, Middleton's 27 points, Bennett's 19 points, and Oden's 18 points and 21 rebounds.

Although Da Zhuang also said very modestly at the press conference after the game that this was just a game, judging from the comparison of strength between the two sides in this game, Dallas' fate of being eliminated in the first round seems to have been doomed. The only suspense is

That is, whether it will be swept by the Timberwolves.

There are three other games starting at the same time as this game.

In the East, the Cavaliers faced the Pistons at home. Although they won the game in the end, the Pistons failed and surprised many people. 106 to 101. It was very difficult for the Cavaliers to win.

The Heat played against the Hornets at home. Under the leadership of Wade, the Heat also ushered in a big victory, 123 to 91. Coincidentally, the score difference between the game and the Timberwolves was only one point.

One matchup in the Western Conference is between the Rockets and the Thunder at home. In the past, the Thunder's three young players became their opponents in the playoffs, making this game a focal point.

In the end, the Rockets, who were at home, narrowly defeated the Thunder 103 to 101, which was considered a good start for their playoffs.

After the game ended, the Timberwolves started a new round of preparations again.

The next match between the two sides will be on April 19.
Chapter completed!