Only 35 points were scored at half time, and only 80 points were scored at the lowest point of the season. Jokic and Murray made 8 of 31 shots in total. You can hardly imagine this is a game played by the defending champion Denver.The G2 Timberwolves defeated Denver with their impeccable defense. Originally, they thought Gobel's absence would make the team lose its defensive hardness, but in fact, the fans were worried too much.It can be seen from the performance that G2 can also play 11 breaks+12 hats without the French giant tower that the good defense of the Timberwolves is not simply due to Goebbels.Gobel is indeed the last barrier to the icing on the cake, but the strong flanks, the large lineup that can stretch and shrink, and the overall impeccable rotation discipline are the indestructible background of the Timberwolves defense.This is the defensive segment of the G1 Wolves. Gobel's last protective frame was very good, but the delay of Jenden chasing Murray and Reid was also an essential basic set for successful defense
After Murray is locked up, Gordon can't punish the misplacement, because Wolves' attack is of high quality - NAW is strong enough, and everywhere Gordon can help protect the basket at any time
There is a basic consensus on the basketball court that if you want to limit those defenders who have super scoring ability, you'd better find a front line that is taller than him but not slower than him to perform man to man defense.Booker and Bill learned this lesson in the first round against the Timberwolves. In the second round, Murray also locked up the outside gate of Wolves.The Canadian defender Alexander Walker, who is 1.96 meters long and has speed and hardness, sticks to his national team mate like a piece of dog skin plaster, which will put tremendous pressure on the ball holder.In addition, the ubiquitous Jaden McDaniels, like a hunter, cooperates with the NAW to form an encirclement at any time and anywhere, making Murray unable to obtain any breathing space in the long arm jungle.
Jayden+NAW's aggressive lead defense took Nuggets 24 seconds, and Murray even had to shake the pot in this caseIt's like Elder Tang entering the hole of coiled silk.LakersHe also tried to use Ding Weidi, a high guard, to limit Murray, but the strategy of the Los Angeles team has loopholes, because often at this time Murray will ask Jokic to help, and the latter can squeeze a little space for the former through solid cover, while Murray is very good at solving problems in small space by pulling out superstar shots.I believe that fans will remember how Murray delivered the final strike to the Lakers in the same way in the decisive round of G2 and G5 when Davis hit a difficult goal again and again after the screen change.However, such a round hardly appeared in the series against the Timberwolves, because the Timberwolves also added a layer of insurance - Reed behind him was ready to interfere with Murray's attack at any time, leaving no room for action.Murray of G2 not only entered the "coiled wire hole" of NAW and Jayden, but also seemed to have no back moves to deal with Reed, who was very fast in the defense. He could only give 5 0+1 mistakes in the match.This set of three-layer combination fists completely threw Murray, whose legs and feet were not smooth, into the refrigerator.It can be seen from his gaffe to throw the warm baby into the arena that Murray is too angry to control himself. This shows how much pressure the defense of the Timberwolves has put on him.Wolves won't give Murray space to operate when he uses cover
The oppression of Lee Kyle, the selection of Downes and the cooperation of Jayden have successfully restricted Jomo's pick and roll
Murray wants to stagger to challenge Reed and fails
We all know that Denver has never been a one-man team of Jokic.The complementarity between him and Murray is the key factor for the Highland team to win the championship, so when Murray is frozen, Jokic's life will not be easy.We can see that when the Timberwolves know that they can handle Murray, they will not leave any room for Jokic's defense.The G1's three tower wheel fight has made Jokic a little fed up. Although there is no Gobel in G2, Downes, Reid and Lee Kyle have all fulfilled the target of being the best player in the single defense league.When did you see Jokic get 4 assists and 3 mistakes before he finished the first quarter?The G2's Jokic is so embarrassed. He made 2+1 mistakes on 4 shots against Lee Kyle, better against Downes, but only 4 of 7 shots.It was the most ugly against Reid. Only one goal was hit in four sports battles, and there was another error.
Who could have imagined that Jokic's singles against Reid were blocked consecutively?
Moreover, whenever Jokic holds the ball with his back, Wolves' defensive strategy must be to let the nearest person help prevent harassment.Maybe you will ask - "Don't you wait to be pierced by the pitcher to nip Jokic?" The Timberwolves coaching team also considered this, and they have enough confidence to deal with this matter.The ubiquitous Jayden almost interfered with every Nuggets' open shot, and the speed of Downes and Reed from the lower round to the three-point line was also impeccable.The most direct signal that the defense strategy is effective is that little Porter can no longer solve the problem with dry jumpers as he did with the Lakers - in the first round of the series, little Porter's three-point shooting rate was a terrible 48.8%, while in front of the tall and swift wolves, only 35.7%
MPJ doesn't seem to dare to attack Downes
Before Reid successively blocked Jokic, it was Downes who blocked MPJ's shot, and the latter chose to pass it to JokicAlthough Wolves put on a large lineup, they played five small defensive speeds at the peak of Warriors.This enabled them to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of freezing Murray, holding down the best player in the league today, and completely blocking the space leaked due to the pinch attack.In most cases, the "both necessary and necessary" will turn into "losing the wife and breaking the army", but the forest wolf will turn it into "having both fish and bear's paw", and from the first second of the game to the last moment, it always maintains the intensity of terror.
This is the defense with more than 5 minutes left and 25 points aheadIn the two games of the semi-finals, the Nuggets' hit rate in sports dropped from 49.2% to 40.5%.Throughout the playoffs, the Timberwolves are the fourth team to reduce the shooting rate of the opponents in sports. We also need to consider that they played first in the Suns and then in Denver. Under this high level of dialogue, the defense of the Wolves may be more valuable than the fourth in the league.In addition, basketball is never simply a reciprocity of one attack and one defense. The bottom logic of winning is how to compress the opponent's attack round as much as possible and increase your own attack round.In other words, using defense to suffocate the opponent is only the first step, and the accompanying chain reaction is the killing move to completely hit the bottom of the opponent. Wolves killed Nuggets in G2. In addition to suffocating defense, they also fought back fiercely.
Pinch Jokic+block the outside shooter+coordinate the protective frame+advance the counter attack
The MPJ dribble is broken directly, and Hua Zi finishes the counter attack quickly
Denver wanted to play fast, but Wolves counterattackedWolves repeatedly used aggressive defense to force Nuggets to mess up their positions, and then relied on the feet of young people to constantly hit back, constantly challenging Nuggets' physical reserves on the edge of the warning line.This is why Wolves can beat the defending champion and lead by 26 points at half time.Seeing this situation, it's hard not to change your expectations for this round of series.This group was originally considered as a five to five game game. After Denver lost two home games in a row, it has become "Is Denver going to be swept?"
Source: Houchang Village Sports TeamAuthor: bradEditor in charge:Lin Zishuo_NB18590
