After defeating the 76ers, the Knicks' status reached a new level, but their schedule continued, and their next opponent was even more unbearable. It was the Minnesota Timberwolves.

After the player appeared, Li Feng and Love shook hands and said lightly:

"Kevin, don't make things difficult for yourself in the Timberwolves, and you can still fight. Don't renew the contract after this contract expires. Come to the Knicks to find me. I can't guarantee anything else. The water dispenser guard can leave it for you. If you want to swipe the data, there is no way."

Lefu smiled bitterly:

"Do you think you can hit me? I can lead the Timberwolves into the playoffs in three years."

Li Feng smiled and said:

"I hope I heard it right, I think three hundred years are about the same."

Whether it is treated with sincerity or provocation, both of them know that the Timberwolves have no chance of winning.

TNT Live, Barkley said:

"The Knicks don't have a fixed starting lineup now, and there is no team that is more alternative than them. In this game, Li Feng is likely to be misplaced to the first and second position with the Knicks four forwards."

Kenny Smith said:

"The Timberwolves are very difficult to play in this game. Li Feng is obviously misplaced as the defender. Let's see how they defend."

Both sides started, and Knicks Harden replaced Kirilenko.

The Timberwolves' lineup is: Milicic, Love, Michael Beasley, Wesley Johnson and Ricci Rubio.

At the beginning of the game, Milicic jumped over Cousins, the Timberwolves attacked first, and Rubio went to the frontcourt to pass the ball to Love.

Monroe defended. Today, the Knicks' defensive tactic is to keep people staring at people. When encountering pick-and-roll, they will change defenses. He will continue to fight against Love, and interfere with his body to prevent him from turning around easily. This can reduce Love's efficiency.

Love's condition this season is indeed not as good as before. He also began to be confused. He felt that he might not be able to enter the playoffs in his entire life with the Timberwolves.

Love moved his back twice. He turned around and walked on the left. Monroe followed closely and reached 45 degrees. Love was pushed by Monroe and walked away from the penalty area. He did not pass the ball, but turned around and jumped into the ball.

Monroe had difficulty blocking the shot, so he could only interfere. Today, Love's touch was very good. But he was about to be unlucky. The Knicks arranged for Li Feng to attack him today, and this was the pick-and-roll attack.

The Knicks attacked, Monroe covered the cover from outside the three-point line, Li Feng ran away from the ball and threw away Beasley, and Kirilenko handed the ball to him.

Milicic switched defense, and Cousins ​​pulled to the outside for a second cover.

Milicic has good pick-and-roll defense ability and fast lateral movement speed. Love is relatively bad, but Cousins ​​has a pick-and-roll. He can only switch defenses. Li Feng will directly pull out the jump shot after a little slower.

Love didn't dare to get too close. The main defense broke through and interfered with the shooting. Li Feng dribbled the ball to the low post on the left to get a distance from Cousins ​​so that other Timberwolves players could not easily go forward and double-team.

Love followed the ball from the side until the low post. Li Feng protected the ball with his back so that Love could not steal and could only defend himself.

Li Feng shook his right shoulder slightly, made a fake move of turning around at the bottom line, and then turned back and jumped back in the opposite direction, which was exactly 45 degrees. This move was difficult to block. He leaned back and Lefu to get a distance and play cricket!

If Li Feng kept fighting like this, Lefu couldn't help it, and he knew that Li Feng was just a test. If he was very relaxed, he would keep fighting, and he would immediately feel a lot of pressure.

The Timberwolves attacked and kept transferring the ball. Johnson relied on Milicic to break into the inside line and wanted to dunk with one-handed dunk. Under Cousins' interference, he dunked the rebound and was taken by Li Feng.

The Knicks still had the tactics just now. Li Feng took the ball and relied on double cover to face Love. This time, when Li Feng was leading the ball to the low post on the right, he suddenly changed direction and pulled the ball up, turned around in the middle and threw away Love, jumped up the air lever in the middle and avoided the cover, and went into the basketball with his hand.

At the beginning of the game, Li Feng showed a strong attack, and his teammates firmly handed the ball to him. Four minutes later, Timberwolves head coach Adelman frowned into a "chuan" character and shouted to assist in defense at the field. The Timberwolves' offense was OK, but he couldn't defend it. Li Feng made 5 of 7 shots in the offense.

Once other players assist in defense, Li Feng will pass the ball, and Monroe is also the biggest beneficiary. He dares to take action as long as he is a defender who is misplaced to defend. He will never be polite at the open position.

The Timberwolves' offense also has problems. Rubio is agile enough, but lacks absolute speed. Li Feng can keep up with him. After the cover, Kirilianko's replacement defense also gave Rubio a headache. One of the Timberwolves' dual cores encountered trouble. He had no chance of attacking and could only pass the ball. Beasley and Johnson were not very efficient in offense.

After playing for 7 minutes, Adelman requested a timeout. The Knicks always have a way to create space for singles for Li Feng, and their defense is better than the Timberwolves. Li Feng has been relatively low-key this season, which does not mean that his strength has decreased. His offense is more difficult to defend than last season.

"If you don't double-team Li Feng, he may score more than 50 points in this game. If you double-team him, Monroe, Kirilianko, and Cousins ​​can even throw the ball."

Adelman kept thinking in his heart, and could only speed up the turn of the switch, play 32 joint defense, and let the players assist in defense.

Unfortunately, Kirilenko always moves at the bottom line and is too far away from Li Feng, otherwise he can be let go.

The Timberwolves' defensive strategy is still not good after the timeout.

The Knicks made another substitution, Smith came on, replaced Kirilenko, adding a strong scoring point, and Belineri replaced Rose.

All five players on the Knicks are good at shooting, and the Timberwolves can't double-team them.

The Knicks played Princeton offense in front of Adelman, sharing the ball to a weak defense, playing Rubio from the outside and Love from the inside.

The Timberwolves attacked, but Milicic was often released. The Knicks could use double-teams against Love and Rubio, which made the two very uncomfortable.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks led 34 to 22.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves replaced Barria, and Ridno's double-gun in the backcourt strengthened the attack.

The Knicks are also two fast defenders, Smith and Ross partnered with. The substitutes of both sides have similarities, and Cousins ​​and Pekovic are both strong inside players.

The two sides played substitutes in a difficult way. Barrea played the strength of the microwave and hit two three-pointers. Smith and Ross quickly returned.

Barkley believes that the difference between the pure substitutes between the two sides is relatively small, but the Knicks have the advantage in starting. The Timberwolves draws the substitute and loses.

This prediction was quickly confirmed. As soon as Li Feng and Kirilianko came on the court, the scores opened.

Against the Knicks, the Timberwolves were obviously at a loss on the outside. As soon as Li Feng and Smith appeared, they did not dare to send double guards. Otherwise, they would not be able to defend themselves.

The Knicks led the score in the first half and the game soon reached the third quarter.

The Timberwolves attacked, Love took the ball from the right, and Monroe followed out. Milicic attracted Cousins ​​to defend on the left, and Beasley asked for the ball from the low post, and Love passed the ball in.

When facing Kirirenko, Beasley played very firmly, which was arranged by Timberwolves coach Adelman. He moved two steps behind his back, turned around in the middle, and threw with one-handed throw. The shot point was very high.

Beasley relied on this trick at the low post, and he used it very skillfully and made steady progress.

The Knicks attacked and Monroe pulled to the high post. Cousins ​​was on the outside, and Li Feng received the ball from the right, while Johnson was defending behind him.

Everyone in the Knicks has the ability to score, which makes it inconvenient for the Timberwolves to use joint defense. Li Feng singled out Johnson to squeeze into the inside.

Johnson has strength, but he is still far behind Li Feng.

Li Feng used a lot of strength to hit him. While he was hitting him, he was also testing the referee's standards. If the referee didn't care, he could fight harder next time.

He pushed a few times to the bottom line, took a step towards the bottom line first, shook his left shoulder and made a fake move, then turned to the right and leaned back and jumped.

After turning around, Li Feng reached a 45-degree angle and turned back and jumped back. Johnson couldn't even cover his eyes and hit the board.

In the commentary seat, Charles Barkley said:

"Today, Li Feng attacked continuously, and the Knicks arranged him as the core. The Timberwolves were in trouble. Whether it was Bistelelofor or Johnson to defend Li Feng, he would definitely score very high if he had such a shot."

Kenny Smith continued:

"Li Feng is very popular recently, and scoring over 50 is only normal."

The Timberwolves attacked first and passed it to Love. Beasley was in the interior. Rubio ran to the other side. Milicic did not cover the ball, blocked Li Feng and helped Rubio get rid of it.

Cousins ​​quickly changed defense, Li Feng arrived at the basket, and he was more deterrent than Cousins ​​when defending at low posts. Because Love did not pass Rubio, he suddenly took the ball and walked in the middle with Monroe. He took a big step on the left foot, raised his right knee, and leaned back and jumped his hand.

Monroe rushed forward to block the block, and subconsciously stopped in front of Love's leg. Of course, he couldn't block it. Love's shot was made.

The Knicks attacked, the Timberwolves replaced the defense, Beasley defended Li Feng, and the task of interfering with Cousins' shooting on the outside was handed over to Johnson. The Timberwolves would rather give Cousins ​​an advantage in singles than relax their defense against Li Feng.

Johnson couldn't defend against Li Feng, and he could see it at a glance.

When he saw Beasley coming up, Li Feng was not in a hurry to catch the ball, Monroe also pulled to the outside, blocking Beasley without the ball cover, Li Feng rushed into the inside, and Milicic replaced the defense.

Li Feng asked for the ball in the low post, Ross first passed it to Cousins, ran to the bottom line, involving Rubio's defense, and Cousins ​​hung the ball into the low post.

Li Feng received the ball from the left and turned to the middle. Milicic moved a little. Li Feng immediately took the ball back and took a step back and paused in the face frame. He raised his left hand lightly. He didn't get the ball at all, but made a shooting move. Milicic took a big step forward and raised his one arm to interfere. He did not jump immediately, which was improved compared to a few years ago.

But at this step, Li Feng could also seize the opportunity. He dribbled the ball with his right hand and crossed his left hand, accelerated to break through from the bottom line, and jumped into the basket with the ball while running. Milicic was already one of the fastest inside players, and was completely shaken. When he turned around, Li Feng had already jumped to the basket.

Love let go of Monroe to make up for defense. Monroe is too far away. Milicic can make up for defense if he passes the ball. Li Feng didn't pass. He didn't think of so much, but he felt that Love's make up for defense cannot do anything to him. He retracted his hand from the front, shrank his body, jumped over from Love, and went to the other side of the basket to the back basket, and missed the cricket!

"pretty!"

Charles Barkley shouted:

"Li Feng told everyone that one-on-one cannot prevent him."

Kenny Smith said:

"Li Feng plays as a defender, Cousins ​​and Monroe withdraw the inside. This tactic is really strong. The Knicks have no one who can completely release the ball on the court. Kirilianko and Ross can also shoot... Rubio and Li Feng are facing each other."

Li Feng targeted Rubio on the periphery. Every young defender met Li Feng and wanted to try whether he could successfully break through. In people's impression, Li Feng was always the image of a power forward. At least he was swinging people at the 3rd and 4th positions. If he could not break through, he felt embarrassed. Such attempts were often uncomfortable. Rubio made two fake moves and hit Li Feng. He didn't get over.

He protected the basketball with his back and passed it to Johnson, who passed it to Love again.

Love's ball changed direction and made a quick jump shot. He was very accurate in every position and dared to shoot when he had the chance. This is his characteristic. Monroe did not cover it, but the ball was slightly off and the frame popped out.

Cousins ​​got stuck and grabbed the backcourt rebounds. Milicic didn't have strong rebounding skills, and the Timberwolves missed the Knicks the most was rebounds.

Cousins ​​passed it to Kirirenko, who was closest to him. Kirirenko saw that the Timberwolves returned to defense quickly. He gave up the fast attack and handed it over to Ross who came back to pick him up. He fought a positional battle.

Li Feng ran to the top of the arc to provide a cover for Ross. After the misalignment, Beasley had to let go of Li Feng to replace Ross. Ross made a quick stop and jump shot very accurately, and the Timberwolves dared not take risks.

Rubio faced Li Feng, and he chose to go around and defend, making it impossible for Ross to easily pass the ball back to Li Feng. Beasley followed closely. Ross passed the ball to Kirilenko, and the latter passed it to Cousins. Cousins ​​relied on his height advantage to single Johnson, and his jump shot was also out of the way...

Rubio also started attacking in the following time. As long as he relied on the pick-and-roll to get rid of Li Feng, the Knicks would not be able to guard against him in the interior.

Rubio singled Monroe, rushed to the basket, scored a goal, and caused a foul by Monroe.

Beasley also scored two goals at the low post. Kirilianko's defense was not as good as Sri's move turned around and threw the ball at the low post.

Love's opening touch was average in the second half, and he only hit one in four shots. His offense was also very determined. He played singles against Monroe with the ball, and his shooting rate was not high, but caused Monroe to foul and made both free throws. The Timberwolves limited the Knicks' offense through pick-and-roll and continuous round conversions. Their return to defense was also very fast, making it impossible for the Knicks to easily score a fast goal.

The positional battle Cousins ​​felt average, Monroe was defended by Milicic, and the person who stood up to help Li Feng was actually Kirirenko. He scored 4 points and completed his starting work.
To be continued...