Updated: 2013-01-26

The Jazz started the game and was pushed back by Wang Kai.

The Jazz was so frustrated that they were so frustrated today from beginning to end. They were caught off guard by the Timberwolves at the beginning. They finally adjusted in the second half, but Wang Kai was beaten back.

At this time, Old Sloan and all the Jazz players felt a huge humiliation.

Everything that happened on the court now is too different from the Jazz's previous expectations. Among the previous expectations, the Jazz can use a more sophisticated style and have more experience to take advantage of the Timberwolves. The winning and losing balance on the court should be inclined to them.

But now on the court, the Jazz's skill and experience have basically not played a role. The Timberwolves have no choice but to beat the Jazz with a strange rhythm and Wang Kai's outstanding performance.

At this time, Old Sloan also replaced Brewer with Korver early. Korver's defense was definitely not as good as Brewer. But Korver was a strategic weapon that Sloan used with handy.

Korver is a strategic shooter. He can run without the ball, and as long as he comes out of the open position, he will definitely take a three-pointer.

When it comes to fame, Korver is not as good as the top scorers in the league, but when it comes to practicality, Korver is very useful.

It was not enough to get on Korver, and Old Sloan also started to work hard. He used Millsap to replace Oku. In this way, the Jazz immediately changed into a small lineup and replaced it with this small lineup. The Timberwolves' guard under the basket became weaker. However, their flexibility increased greatly.

Old Sloan used Millsap instead of Oku, and he also saw that Pekovic hit one-on-one in a real low post, and his shooting rate was not high! Pekovic was best at empty cutting, so he would rather use one to step faster than to use strong strength.

Old Sloan replaced people early and looked for changes! The Timberwolves also replaced Jefferson with Love.

Jefferson is in average today, so Jefferson should make more adjustments. Both teams adjusted slightly.

The Jazz's ball came back from the timeout. Today, the Jazz played very well from beginning to end. According to the words of the teacher Reliable, it was very reasonable. However, in terms of the score, it was always behind the very unreasonable Timberwolves.

This is very troubled! But the fans at the target center are not bothered, domestic fans are not bothered, and Timberwolves fans are not bothered, they all think this is justified.

When the Jazz went to Korver this round, they immediately took advantage of Korver's off-ball run. It was obvious that Korver's off-ball run was very accurate to pull the Timberwolves' defense away, and then Williams used the screen to play a high jump shot in the middle.

Sebastian's jump shot against Williams is still a little worse, and Love lacks some experience in defending the outside players.

The two of them didn't watch each other, and Williams got two points first when he came back! Although these two points were obtained by Williams.

But Korver's contribution is also quite good. Korver's unball run has a significant effect on opening up space. A Korver took away at least 20% of the field, which is a big number. You should know that on the court, a 1/2% number can often change the situation. A Korver took away such a large space, and the Jazz's offense is naturally easy to play. Especially for a player like Williams who needs space, with Korver on the side, he has more room for performance.

The Jazz changed to a mixed lineup and played more sharply and flexible in offense. However, on the defensive end, the Jazz still suffered a little, after all, the overall height has been reduced.

Gomez even saw that the defender in front of him was Korver, so he wanted to bully the opponent and got the ball and was beaten to Korver.

Korver is the old Sloan's subordinate, and he is so hard that he is not tall enough. However, he held Gomez tightly from below, and Gomez turned around and missed the shot.

Gomez still chewed on the hard bones!

The Timberwolves missed the shot, and Boozer and Millsap both stuck in the backcourt rebounds. The Jazz were meticulous in these aspects.

Before, the Timberwolves had some traces to defend the Jazz, but now after Korver comes up, the Jazz's offense is much more flexible.

Korver can run without the ball, and Millsap has a variety of offensive methods, so the Timberwolves are not easy to defend. Moreover, the Jazz's pair are all types of people who can face frames, carry baskets, and shoot.

In this way, Boozer and Millsap can switch positions to a certain extent, and the Jazz will be more flexible on the offensive end.

At this time, Mirsap and Boozer were just changing positions. Pekovic couldn't jump in front of Mirsap, and Mirsap easily shot into the Timberwolves' basket.

After the Jazz adjusted their lineup, their offense became more flexible, and the scoring area gradually increased.

In this way, even if the Timberwolves have good offensive effects at present, they will not be able to kill the Jazz for a while.

Because while the Timberwolves can score, the Jazz is also scoring. With his strong will, the Jazz is tightly stung by the Timberwolves, making it impossible for the Timberwolves to widen the score.

When the team was completely on the bench, the Jazz's CJ Myers, Ronnie Price, Korver, Millsap, Collins and other old substitutes were evenly managed.

In terms of lineup depth and coordination proficiency, the Timberwolves are indeed inferior to the opponent. It is already very difficult for the Timberwolves to tie the Jazz with the Jazz during the substitute period.

After the third quarter, the difference between the two teams was still 8 points, and the Timberwolves led the Jazz with 88 and 80.

The third quarter is over! After more than half of the game, the Jazz have never beaten the Timberwolves in morale and score.

From the beginning of the game to the present, the Timberwolves were still suppressing the Jazz and fighting to the death, but Old Sloan was not in a hurry at this time. Because there was still the last quarter, Old Sloan was patient and in the most quarter he had to launch a wave of offensives.

If the Jazz wins! Then the Jazz has nothing to say, if he loses, he still has nothing to say. Because today the Timberwolves produced many unexpected cards, these uncertainties caused the Jazz to suffer a loss.

The Jazz will swallow this loss today! It will be digested when you come back tomorrow, and it is not scary to lose a game. What is scary is that you cannot learn from the lessons. In this regard, the Jazz will not make mistakes.

Sloan looked at the stadium calmly and planned the counterattack in the last quarter. At this time, the Timberwolves hit this place, and all the performances ahead could be considered perfect.

The opening game was unexpectedly, and the Timberwolves hit the key goal of Wang Kai in the middle of the game. When it was time to exert force, they fell down and when it was time to attack, they succeeded.

The Timberwolves' playoff appearance so far is perfect. At this time, even Barry and Mark Jackson can only praise the Timberwolves' performance.

McHale is absolutely satisfied with his team. A rookie team can perform like this when they play in the playoffs for the first time. This is a wealth for the entire team.

It also has a positive impact on the future careers of these players, and McHale is very satisfied with the game.

But as an old player and an old coach, McHale understands that it is not as difficult as playing the first three quarters to keep up with half of the last quarter.

In the last quarter, because of the oppression of time and the cruelty of the playoffs, the mentality in the game will be more important. The psychological pressure in the fourth quarter can easily crush the newcomers, so at this time, McHale adjusted everyone's mentality first and said to the players on the bench: "We all played very well today. Now the fourth quarter is coming, and the fourth quarter is the quarter that determines the winner. Today we want to win, but I ask you to let go of your mind. Let's play completely! Don't have burdens, we are young people, so the burdens do not belong to us. We are young, so everything we do makes sense! Don't be afraid of mistakes, don't be nervous when you fall behind, and don't be careless when you lead."

"Keep a stable mentality, be more open-minded, play more stable, and be more fierce to the enemy. In this way, we will definitely win this game!"

McHale came up to reduce the burden on his players, or to give his players a more relaxed environment.

The Jazz's side is a different scenery, and Old Sloan will not reduce the burden on the players. He came over and mentioned more requirements, and he asked his own team for it. In the fourth quarter, he was more fierce and fierce. Since he was already behind now, he let go of his hands and feet to shoot decisively in the fourth quarter. Especially when there is an instant open space, if you can catch it, you must catch it.

Old Sloan still wants to fight for it in the end, so he can gamble with the Timberwolves to a certain extent.

Both sides are making their own efforts to the end of the game. Before the game begins, Yu family said in the domestic broadcast room: "Today, the Timberwolves played very well in the first three quarters. Why am I very scared when I arrive in the fourth quarter? This feels very strange."

Teacher Heli laughed immediately when he heard the Yu family say this. Teacher Heli knew the reason for the Yu family's mentality, but he couldn't explain it clearly.

So Teacher Heli smiled and said, "Wang Kai's personality is a bit different from ordinary Chinese people. I don't worry about Wang Kai. Chinese people always lack certain pathological and fierce personalities. So I can't kill the other party fiercely, but I don't worry about Wang Kai. As long as I give Wang Kai a little chance, he will kill the other party fiercely. So I'm not worried now!"

Teacher Heli said good things to Wang Kai like this, which is unique.

During the live broadcast in the United States, Barry and Mark Jackson were talking about another topic.

Barry was interested in the Timberwolves' new tactics, and he discussed it with Mark Jackson on the side.

"Today's Timberwolves' tactics are very successful and very unique! But we see that the Timberwolves' tactics are a tactic from a special period, and they can still be used all the time? Will their tactics be useful in the next game?"

Barry raised some questions about future. Although Mark Jackson could not answer Barry's questions in a comprehensive manner, he still said based on experience: "The Timberwolves' tactics have actually been playing for half a season. After McHale took office, the Timberwolves have been speeding up. However, the Timberwolves were not so complete before. Today, the Timberwolves have played the greatest power of this tactic."

"So today's Timberwolves' tactics are definitely not special tactics. They are the true nature of Timberwolves. I guess as long as the Timberwolves' large lineup remains unchanged in the future, this set of tactics will still be their conventional tactics."

"Since it is the conventional tactic of the Timberwolves, the Jazz may be able to control the Timberwolves' rhythm in the next game. However, it is impossible to make the Timberwolves unable to play at all, because the Timberwolves' system is completely complete. It is not a broken tactic!"

Mark Jackson tried his best to explain the current application of the Timberwolves tactics.

Barry nodded repeatedly, expressing his agreement with Mark Jackson's statement. At this time, Barry took out a form, which records the efficiency of every player's court in the first three quarters of today.

Americans and Europeans especially like to quantify everything with digital processing, which is completely different from the Chinese habits.

In playing basketball, Americans have also launched a data revolution in the past decade. Americans have conducted in-depth digital analysis of basketball, and they use different methods to count the efficiency and role of each player through comprehensive data.

The last accepted data statistics method is the per efficiency value. The calculation method of this thing is through a complex formula. The reason why this per efficiency can be accepted by most people is that it objectively quantifies the players' role on the court, but this efficiency value is not absolute. No matter what, the data is just data, and he will never fully reflect the field.

At this time, Barry took out the efficiency value to point out the name of the top row, which was Wang Kai. Wang Kai's efficiency value in the first three quarters today reached a terrifying 27. This efficiency value is already very rare. After Wang Kai, there are Jazz Williams and Kirirenko, but the efficiency values ​​of the two of them are only between 23 and 22. This efficiency value is still significantly different from Wang Kai.

At this time, Barry pointed to Wang Kai's efficiency value and said: "Wang Kai's efficiency today is so high! His hit rate is very terrifying and he scored 60%, and his efficiency on the defensive end is also amazing. Then look at the other Timberwolves players, their efficiency values ​​are significantly lower than Wang Kai, or even lower than the Jazz's average."

"According to this efficiency value, if the Timberwolves did not have Wang Kai today, they would be beaten badly by the Jazz. In other words, once Wang Kai's efficiency value is not good, the Timberwolves would still be beaten badly by the Jazz."

"If I were Sloan, I would try to reduce his per-efficiency value as much as possible. I think this is an absolutely good way to defeat the Timberwolves!"

Barry gave Old Sloan a trick on the data, but his charming eyes were thrown out in vain. Data analysis is a new thing in recent years, and this thing has only been favored by the Rockets. Although he has shown a rising momentum, he has not yet captured the eyes of old-fashioned figures like Old Sloan.

Old Sloan doesn't know how to do data analysis, at least he didn't see him paying attention to this thing when he resigned.

So at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Jazz still followed their old ways. It was just that the intensity increased many times.

The Jazz's substitute lineup played very fiercely at the beginning of the third quarter. Price and Miles were even more overwhelming from the outside, constantly attacking the Timberwolves' outside line. The Timberwolves' substitute was still relatively weak at this time.

Neither Snyder nor Brewer were strong teams, and the Jazz soon made a gap in the Timberwolves' outside line.

Miles rushed into the Timberwolves' penalty area and threw a high throw to win the score for the Timberwolves first.

Now that the fourth quarter is here, the Jazz is still behind, so the Jazz is even more ruthless! He was hesitant before and dared to take action at this time, and he dared to do the moves he didn't dare to do before. Now that he is forced to do it, he dares to do it.

So Miles and Bryce played so well and so efficiently when they came up. Compared with the Jazz, although McHale emphasized the relaxed mentality of the Timberwolves. However, being forced to the point of being desperate and not to the point of being desperate are two completely different mentalities. At this time, the Jazz, who is in the pursuit position, has an advantage in mentality.

The Jazz's aura at the beginning was determined, which made people feel that the fourth quarter was coming. This is a dangerous signal! Compared with the Jazz's group of experienced and well-trained substitutes, the Timberwolves were still very dependent on Love's role when they came to the bench.

The Timberwolves came over and handed the basketball to Love to support him. Love's side used to wave his hands from outside the three-point line. Love's shooting move is very similar to the powerful pass of both hands.

So every time Love throws like this, no one knows what he is going to do. This is also a one-only fake move by Love! At this time, Love swung his hands, and Millsap opposite him was immediately a little confused. Just when he was confused, Love took the ball and hit the Jazz's basket in one step, and then carried it with his back.

Love's support and long shots are good, and the back of the basket is OK, and the breakthrough speed of the frame is not good. He did not pass Millsap, so he could only bear it and turn around and hook his hands to make a layup.

Love was really lucky today, very far from the basket, so he made a relatively easy shot with a hook.

Love's first playoff game today is also his first playoff game. His performance today can only be considered as average. He does not have the same excitement as Sebastian and Gomez, nor does he lose the standard. His performance is very stable. It is really rare for a rookie to make basketball like this.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, although both teams scored! It is obvious that the Jazz scored more easily, while the Timberwolves had a little difficulty.

This was a very weak trend, but McHale immediately pulled Jefferson up on the bench and asked Jefferson to warm up first.

Although Jefferson's singles ability cannot win the world, it is still possible to go up and beat the team when the offense is weak.

McHale pulled Jefferson up just after he saw the Jazz reaching the Timberwolves' half. Koval immediately ran around, got the basketball and shot a three-pointer in front of Snyder.

"Brush!" The Jazz's three-pointer came so happily! The Jazz's three-pointer before was quite difficult. Forest Spirit did not give the Jazz several open opportunities at all, but now this three-pointer Korver is not shooting in the open position at all. There is clearly someone standing in front of him. The guy got up and threw a three-pointer, and the three-pointer shot into the ball.

This trend is very bad for the Timberwolves. The Jazz's offense is more determined, which is a signal to launch a decisive battle. When old Sloan gave up on conservatism, the Jazz undoubtedly entered a state of fighting.
To be continued...