On May 21, the alliance imposed corresponding penalties on the forest.

Among them, Timberwolves fans threw garbage into the field, which resulted in the game being interrupted for a while. The Timberwolves who played at home had a great dereliction of duty.

In response, the league issued a huge fine of $50,000 to the Timberwolves and also took punitive measures against the fans of the trouble.

As for Luke's kick to the referee, the league also gave a penalty result.

A ban on the game and a fine of $35,000 was imposed, and the league gave very severe penalties.

This means that Luke will miss the second game of the West Finals, which is a worse situation for the Timberwolves, who was the first to lose one home court.

Even if the real decision of the game on the court depends on the player's personal performance, the coach's on-the-spot response during the game is also crucial.

Fortunately, the Timberwolves' defensive system has been running in for a long time, and Luke's brief absence will not cause much trouble.

And according to rumors, "Gloves" Payton will also make a comeback in the second game, and the planned comeback time has increased by about four to five days.

No one expected that the Timberwolves would lose the first game of the series at home, and the referee's call in the fourth quarter was very controversial.

If the Timberwolves lose their home court again in the Western Conference Final G2, then 0                                                   

Therefore, Payton, who is determined to win the championship, applied for the game in advance and defended his home court in the absence of Luke.

Payton's comeback will greatly improve the fault tolerance of the Timberwolves' backcourt defense, and at the same time, the defensive restrictions on "Big Bearded" Byron Davis will also be raised to a higher level, making it difficult for Davis to complete the attack easily.

As a team that launches offense from the outside, the Warriors' ability on the outside is far greater than that on the inside.

It can be said that no round of the playoffs this year requires more "gloves" Payton's performance than at this moment.

As long as Payton can maintain his regular level after his comeback and the referee's call is as fair as possible, the Timberwolves' chance of winning G2 is still greater than the Warriors.

Unless the Warriors feel a lot in the second game of the series, the Timberwolves will never allow two home games to happen.

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On May 22, the second game between the Timberwolves and the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals officially started.

In this game, the Timberwolves' acting bishop was assistant coach Raymond. Compared with that guy Bill Ranbill, Raymond obviously has better coaching skills.

At least in the defensive field, Raymond is better than more than half of the league's head coaches, and even Luke can't even reach it.

After basically informing Raymond of all the game ideas before the game, Luke was quite confident about the result of this game.

As long as the league intervenes, it will be much more difficult for the Warriors to defeat the Timberwolves than the first round of the Black Eight Mavericks.

The Timberwolves have the unique defensive ability in history. No matter how dazzling the Warriors' offensive system this season, they can't stand the Timberwolves' indecisive step.

The Timberwolves gave a defensive move after Payton's comeback was completely different from the previous game.

The core purpose of the Timberwolves throughout the game is no longer to defend three-pointers and inside, and let the Warriors shoot at mid-range. Instead, the players defend closely throughout the whole game, giving the Warriors enough defensive pressure and leaving the Warriors with no shooting space.

In this process, the Timberwolves not only allowed the players on the court to maintain defensive aggressiveness by widening the rotation, but also deliberately exposed flaws to allow the Warriors to break into the inside.

The Timberwolves have the best defensive player in the inside, Ben Wallace is in the penalty area. Facing the Warriors' flexible and fast pace of the game, Ben became the Timberwolves' protection target in the first game.

In order to keep Da Ben in the penalty area and avoid the Warriors' more offensive and defensive conversions, Luke made many adjustments in the last game. If the referee had not led the game in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves would have probably won the first victory in the Western Conference Finals.

The Timberwolves, who deliberately exposed their flaws, are trying to attract Warriors players to break through to the inside.

Once the Warriors player breaks into the inside and is both close to death with three-pointers and mid-range distances, the Warriors can only bite the bullet and rush to the basket in front of Big Ben.

This difficulty is obvious, at least it is much more difficult than projecting on the periphery.

The Timberwolves' defensive changes are still very effective. Although they received four fouls in the middle of the quarter, the Timberwolves had already taken 16 points to lead the game at the end of the half.

The Timberwolves' defensive system in this game was made by Luke.

Assistant coach Raymond has a high defensive attainment. Luke only needs to give a defensive idea, and Raymond can turn it into action well.

This defensive system is often used by the Utah Jazz, who was the best defensive player of the three-time defensive player Gobert in the penalty area.

Although there are flaws in over-reliance on the center on the defensive end, it is a very good way to deal with teams like the Warriors that focus on shooting.

What's more, no matter how many three-pointers the Warriors shoot, they are definitely not as crazy as the small ball era, and the Timberwolves' overall configuration is also much better than the Utah Jazz.

In addition, Luke also integrated the Pistons' defensive ideas that year, and combined with many outstanding helpers such as Artest, Gerald Wallace and "Gloves" Payton, the Warriors played intermittently on the offensive end, which was equivalent to being forcibly pushed out of the offensive comfort zone by the Timberwolves.

In the second half, Byron Davis began to frequently use his body to find physical confrontation, and it seemed that he wanted to continue to use the referee to cheat some free throws.

Unfortunately, the referee no longer took care of the call in the second half as he did in the last game. Byron Davis, who killed the inside again and again, he lost the rice. He was sent three blocks in a row by Ben Wallace, and he started to be autistic for a while.

At the end of the game, just when many fans from outside were still looking forward to whether the Warriors could continue to create miracles, the Timberwolves not only successfully defended their home court, but also defeated the Warriors by 27 points.

After the game, Warriors coach Nelson politely patted Raymond on the shoulder, and there was no sign of much disappointment after losing the game.

It seems that losing this game is a normal thing for Old Nelson. "You have a strong defensive system. I think you can apply for a head coach in any team. Being an assistant coach is really a bit inexplicable."

Raymond was naturally very satisfied with the praise of Don Nelson, but he waved his hand with a smile: "No, actually I just implemented it according to Lu's wishes. He can always come up with many offensive and defensive systems that interest me."

"This year is my third year with him. I have learned a lot in the past three years and I have indeed become the first to apply for a head coach."

"But if I were to be an assistant coach by his side, I wouldn't feel embarrassed. On the contrary, this is really a very interesting thing."

Raymond's words made Don Nelson stunned for a moment. Obviously, Old Nelson did not expect that the Timberwolves' defensive changes in this game were actually Luke's meaning.

Although he was obviously unable to play due to the ban, Luke still provided a lot of help to the team behind the scenes.

Paired with Raymond, a puppet coach with extremely strong defensive ability, Luke actually felt a little like sitting behind his back and giving advice.

At this moment, Old Nelson suddenly felt that Luke was so interested in his appetite, and even became very interested.

"What a funny guy." Old Nelson shook his head with a smile, then turned around and left the court.

In this game, the Timberwolves center Ben Wallace can shoulder the heavy responsibility. While the Timberwolves design allows Warriors players to make a lot of breakthroughs into the inside, Ben Wallace completed the defensive task outstandingly.

The entire game was 6 points, 19 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 7 blocks, which defended the dignity of the best defensive player.

Especially when he gave Byron three consecutive defensive rounds in the second half, Davis made three blocks even more exciting.
Chapter completed!