NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 116 The First Winning Streak in History
"I don't want to comment on Su Chen's trade, but his draft is too good."

"After selecting Giannis and McCollum, he can use a lower pick to select a super insider like Gobert."

Even the on-site commentators couldn't help being amazed.

Although Gobert hasn't really played yet, his ability to adapt to the NBA, coupled with his original excellent talent, has made people think about why he fell to such a low pick and was selected.

Gobert's draft report actually explained Gobert's situation.

Gobert's upper body strength is insufficient. If his upper body strength cannot be enhanced or even unable to play in the NBA, he has an excellent wingspan and a mediocre jumping ability.

Although he can take on the task of putting the ball in under the basket, he lacks the ability to handle the ball face-to-face. At the same time, he has almost no post-up attack, no mid-range shooting ability, and his offensive skills are very rough.

The rebounding ability has been affirmed, but Gobert's physical strength is not enough, which makes people question.

Even doubted Gobert's character, thinking that he was too gentle, and would be suppressed by the opponent when encountering a strong matchup.

Of course, Gobert's speed, defense, and wingspan have all been affirmed.

The question in the evaluation report is that he does not have the ability to attack independently, and it is difficult to become a star-level center. He looks like a blue-collar who still needs to grow and strengthen before he can use it.

The best template for Gobert is Bradley.

But it's normal, it's normal for defensive players to be underestimated.

Besides, Gobert wasn't really that strong. The reason for his performance was that Su Chen was trying to cover up Gobert's weaknesses.

What Gobert shows is what Gobert can do.

If they know Gobert is a player who can only defend, the value is greatly reduced.

The offensive end of the buttery hand is basically a problem for Gobert's entire career. It is difficult for him to catch a pass that is not particularly high-quality.

For some through balls or ground passes, Gobert has a lot of mistakes in catching the ball, even if he barely catches it, he can't hold it firmly.

Gobert often goes to the free throw line as a way to end. His core strength is too weak to squeeze others who are fouled.

In fact, even Gobert's main defense has a big weakness, that is, it will be used as a scope by top defenders.

However, the era of small ball has not really started yet, only some teams have begun to change their style of play, and the mainstream is still not small ball.

Even Lillard, whom he met a while ago, did not take Gobert as a scope to shoot three-pointers when facing Gobert.

Although I also met Curry, when I met Curry, the playing time Su Chen gave Gobert was basically when Curry was not around.

In the next game until the No. 20 game with the Heat, there is no team that restrains Gobert with that style of play.

So recently Gobert didn't need to take a rest, just put it on the court to collect data.

Soon the game came to the second quarter.

The Timberwolves took a superficial rest in the first minute, but in fact the substitute lineup came up to play a few rounds and was replaced directly.

Facing the strong enemy Pacers, Su Chen's main force is to force the main force.

Vogel saw that he had only played for about 1 minute, and Su Chen changed his main force to play again.

This is just the regular season!
Vogel hesitated for a while, and did not immediately replace the main force.

He never expected that Su Chen would show such a face in order to break the record.

This is not caring about the opinions of the outside world at all, just for this record.

In the league, for things like records, although the praise is very high.

But it's no real honor.

The championship is the hard currency of honor. Records are just to tell others how good you are, and this is not honor.

And how this record came about will also affect the weight of this record.

For example, someone broke some record but did not leave the field because of garbage time, and continued to collect data on the field.

It is not impossible to collect data. Many players in weak teams are doing data collection. If the team falls behind and continues to collect data, it will also take care of you.

But your team is leading by a big score, and the opponent has also replaced the water dispenser player, but as the main force, they are still playing on the court.

This kind of thing usually arouses the anger of the opponent and the contempt of the fans.

Su Chen's behavior was actually a bit like that.

In order to break the record, the main team was forced to fight as if it were the finals, and they played directly according to the intensity of the seven-man rotation.

A season is a long time.

Teams that want to hit the playoffs usually do a good job in load management.

For example, the Spurs are a strong player in this way, and there are many different reasons for the rotation. The main reason is to allow players to gain more physical strength to perform in the playoffs.

The Pacers will go to Charlotte in the next game, and the team is still relatively exhausted.

In the 82-game regular season, no team plays like the current Timberwolves.

Luis Scola, Ian Mahinmi, CJ Watson and others played on the court.

Obviously, they can't match the intensity displayed by this Timberwolves starting lineup.

The inside line composed of Scola and Mahinmi could not stop the impact of the Timberwolves on the Pacers' basket at all.

After playing a few rounds, the point difference directly changed to double digits.

Vogel had no choice but to let the main force, who hadn't rested for a long time, return to the field again.

After all, if the main force is not brought back, the point difference will be widened.

The Timberwolves players still maintain a high-intensity defense as if they don't know what it means to be tired.

It is also a young rookie player for the Timberwolves. The slightly older Luol Deng didn't make many shots on the offensive end, so it's okay to focus on defense.

After the Pacers' main force returned in the second quarter, the score did not catch up or pull away.

Timberwolves 50:39 Pacers.

In the era when the number of rounds began to increase, the scores of both sides were not particularly high.

In the second quarter, Vogel actually took the method of restricting Gobert to test Giannis Antetokounmpo's scoring ability and ability to play the ball.

As a result, from the perspective of efficiency, letting Giannis Antetokounmpo play by himself is more efficient than him giving Gobert.

This allowed Vogel to switch back to a defensive mode that limited Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo enters the paint after the pick-and-roll, can complete the floater after the confrontation, and draw a foul on the layup.

The main thing is an inside trick.

"I don't know if it's right to ask Milosevic to train Giannis."

Su Chen also fell into a little entanglement.

As a coach who can train Jokic as a second-round pick, there is no doubt about Milosevic's ability.

But compared to Giannis Antetokounmpo's original violent style of play, the current Giannis Antetokounmpo feels a little weird no matter how he looks at it.

It seems that the style of play is a bit like the player named Kyle Anderson, or Li Kyle.

It's just that this is a luxurious and enhanced version of Anderson, with more outstanding physical talents and a higher success rate of finishing after completing those moves.

It's just that there are a few exaggerated dunks, and it doesn't look like Giannis Antetokounmpo himself.

"It is estimated that Milosevic felt that the current Giannis is not strong enough, so he trained a lot of skill-based offenses, but this is not bad."

Su Chen felt that such a change was acceptable.

Using more skills can save energy, and these excess energy can allow Giannis Antetokounmpo to play the whole court more calmly.

In order to win the lottery for [-] consecutive victories, Su Chen also asked Giannis to fight for it!
"For the honor of the team!"

Su Chen was still cheering everyone up in the locker room.

The main players who felt a little tired at first thought that they would soon become one of the members of this historical record, and everyone was full of chicken blood.

As if they weren't the ones who played in the first half, each of them was full of energy.

The players were full of energy, and Su Chen had a gratified smile on his face.

"For my lottery, you will suffer, so do it!"

Seeing the backs of the players leaving the locker room, Su Chen muttered to himself.

The second half begins.

Minnesota lineup: Rudy Gobert (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Luol Deng (SF), Robert Covington (SG), Jimmy Butler (PG) .

Su Chen didn't pretend anymore, she just wanted to take this record forcibly today.

Besides, what if the players get tired at the end of the game?
It's not that he made the players tired to the ground, they all played voluntarily in the locker room!

Su Chen is a coach with a good conscience!

As for Vogel on the other side, seeing this lineup of the Timberwolves, Vogel was numb.

In the second quarter, he even pretended to play for 1 minute, but in the third quarter, he didn't even bother to pretend.

Vogel was very angry at Su Chen's shameless behavior.

But after getting angry, Vogel calmed down.

This is just a regular season, and the Pacers may not be able to catch up with this score under their full strength.

But between the Pacers and Timberwolves, there is no such playoff competition.

When the Pacers and Pistons had the Auburn Hills incident, it was because the Pacers and Pistons were already angry in the playoffs.

The incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills is a continuation of the anger in the playoffs, not the latest conflict.

Usually, only if the two teams have accumulated deep conflicts, or if they are opponents ranked in the same region, will they compete in a regular season.

The two teams, the Pacers and the Timberwolves, are at odds.

The Pacers have an away game tomorrow.

Compared with the Timberwolves, who have more momentum in front of them, the Bobcats are obviously an easier opponent to win.

Going all out to fight the Timberwolves for the main force today, then in tomorrow's away game, will the main force play again?
Don't let the main force fail to beat the Timberwolves, and lose to the underdog Bobcats in the next game. The Pacers are not only exhausted, but also lost two victories in vain.

This is a strategic choice.

Choose to forcefully fight the Timberwolves, and then take the Bobcats in the next game.

But the choice is the same as just said.

In contrast, let go of this fight with the Timberwolves, and easily win the Bobcats without taking turns.

Such a win and one loss is very acceptable for the Pacers.

After all, among the Eastern Conference teams this year, the Heat and Pacers are basically leading the Eastern Conference. There is no need to play so tight in the regular season.

As for the issue of the background board, Vogel also figured it out when he was in the locker room.

With Su Chen's shameless personality and the physical condition of the current Timberwolves players, it's no problem for them to play against some ordinary teams.

Streak backgrounds will be remembered, often for the opponent with the highest streak.

The Timberwolves' opponent in the next game is the Nuggets. After the offseason trade, the Nuggets have basically entered a state of reconstruction.

For Su Chen to be so shameless, he must want to continue to increase his winning streak so as to enrich his personal coaching experience.

In Vogel's eyes now, Su Chen is a coach with qualifications.

There's no need for him to make things difficult for Su Chen.

His goal of coaching the Pacers is a great championship trophy, which is incomparable with this kind of coach with qualifications.

Compared with Su Chen, it is simply a small layout.

After Vogel let the main players play for 2 minutes, he saw that the score was really difficult to catch up, so he simply replaced the substitute.

The Pacers are gone this time, and I save my energy to go to Charlotte to fight the Bobcats.

If the score is tight, Su Chen still has reason to let Gobert continue to collect statistics on the court.

But since Vogel didn't plan to fight forcefully with the Timberwolves, the point difference slowly widened.

Gobert also spent a little more than three quarters.

However, Gobert's playing time still reached a high of 37 minutes.

Not only was it nearly three full quarters, Su Chen also secretly asked Gobert to brush up the stats for 2 minutes later, and then replaced him immediately.

If the garbage time is used for a long time, the data will be worthless.

A small brush for 2 minutes does not affect it.

Full time score.

Timberwolves 108:92 Pacers.

The Timberwolves' record came to 16 wins and 0 losses.

Timberwolves fans at the Target Center, cheering and jumping, everyone is very excited.

Even the home court prepared ribbons and fireworks to celebrate this moment.

Timberwolves made history.

Breaking the Rockets led by Olajuwon, the opening record of 15 consecutive victories.

The record for the highest winning streak at the beginning of history will be exclusively enjoyed by the Timberwolves, with [-] consecutive victories.

Gobert was the star player of the game.

In the whole game, Gobert scored an exaggerated 28 points and 20 rebounds.

If it wasn't for the garbage time, Gobert could even score 30 points.

Su Chen asked Gobert to go up and play quietly for 2 minutes, just to ask Gobert to brush stats like 30+20.

But Giannis Antetokounmpo went down, no one fed Gobert, and Gobert never got those two points.

There's nothing you can do about it.

You can't continue to let Gobert brush on the court. After more than 2 minutes, Gobert's entire data will drop in gold.

After all, for the sake of a good-looking 30+20, if the entire data is shrunk, the loss outweighs the gain.

Even so, the data of 28+20 is still extremely luxurious.

This game in particular was a record night for the Timberwolves, a very high-profile game.

Gobert scored such stats in such a game and played such a performance, which has already increased his worth very much.

(End of this chapter)