Chapter 1181
Phil Jackson on the sidelines was also quite dissatisfied with Witherspoon's defense, and stood on the sidelines and shouted: "Wrap him, wrap him, Wrap him, Are your brains all fat? Pack, Pack, Pack!"
Witherspoon couldn't help but cry out in his heart, of course he knew that the ball should be caught, but when he thought of Dhampote's bloody face, he couldn't help but be afraid.
In turn, the Timberwolves' offense is still from Garnett's side.
Ray Allen relied on Ben Wallace's block and finally shook off Sean Battier, who was following him like a mad dog. Then, after receiving a pass from Garnett, he hit a three-point shot to bring the gap back to single digits.
After the goal, Ray Allen shook his hand very comfortably, proving that he felt just as good.
When it was the Knicks' turn to attack, Nelson missed an open three-point shot from the outside.
Darmsport squeezed away Garnett to pick up the rebound, and when he landed, he found that Witherspoon didn't step forward to make up for the defense, and jumped up and down a violent dunk, bombing the basketball hoop up and down.
The Timberwolves' offense, Ray Allen forced Battier and then scored a layup.
In this defense, Battier did nothing, looking at his vain steps, it can be imagined that he insisted on a quarter of the game, especially the high-intensity man-to-man defense, and the defense was still a super scorer like Ray Allen who was good at running, and his physical exertion was faster.
Seeing this, Coach K immediately replaced Battier with Prince, and then signaled Wade and Tayshaan to switch defenses and continue to maintain a high-intensity defense against Ray Allen.
Prince hit a three-pointer as soon as he came on the court, and he felt unusually hot.
The Knicks' hot hand gave Phil Jackson a big headache, and he knew that he couldn't play against the Knicks tonight. It's just that......
Looking at Wiengaré and Chris Dujon sitting at the end of the bench, Phil Jackson couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Do you really want to give it a go?
Phil Jackson is struggling with this off the court, but the Timberwolves players on the court have responded.
After receiving Garnett's pass, Ray Allen took advantage of Ben Wallace's block and found an open opportunity to shoot. It's a pity that his character seems to have been almost consumed just now, and the basketball he threw out bounced on the basket and fell into Dampoter's arms.
"Break fast!" Dampoter waved his hand, and the basketball was in Lamar's hand.
At the same time, the whole Knicks rushed towards the Minnesota Timberwolves' half court like wolves that had been ordered.
Wade was the fastest, sprinting to the free-throw line in a few steps. At this time, Lamar's pass also arrived, and at this time, there was only one Arenas left in front of Wade.
At this time, Arenas was waiting for Wade under the basket with his arms raised.
If it were in normal times, Wade would definitely have played this ball by himself. He and Arenas have been in a competitive relationship since they were in the Knicks, so it can be said that the two are not on good terms.
But at the moment of the jump, Wade suddenly had a new idea. Wade flicked the ball down with both hands, and the basketball passed between his legs.
Then Wade landed and quickly ran to the side.
"Good shot!" Lamar, who was following Wade, was already in the air when he shouted those two words, holding the basketball with one hand and stretching his arms back as far back as he could.
Arenas was so frightened when he saw Wade suddenly turn into Lamar that he wanted to run away, but it was too late.
"Bang!"
Arenas felt a tightness in his chest, and then his body flew upside down as if it had been blown by the wind. Before he could hit the ground, another bombardment was heard.
"Boom!"
Lamar and Wade's super-link, the Knicks' morale was boosted, and Phil Jackson could only call a timeout when he saw this.
Coach K took the opportunity to substitute Lamar off the field so that he could catch his breath.
Lamar was a little worried when he left the game, but Dampoter's strong performance after returning to the battlefield gave Lamar a rare breather.
Thanks to the good performance of his teammates, the New York Knicks took a fifteen-point lead at the end of the first half, and Lamar also had a rare five-minute break in the first half.
It's fair to say that if Lamar hadn't gone down in the last five minutes of the second quarter, the New York Knicks' lead wouldn't have been just fifteen points.
After Lamar's departure, although Mbot performed well, the New York Knicks still played a little chaotic due to their unfamiliarity with small-ball tactics.
The Minnesota Timberwolves even seized the opportunity to play a couple of beautiful offenses. However, they were unable to take advantage of the opportunity to equalise before the end of the first half.
Witherspoon continued to be terrible, as he seemed to be stunned by Dampot, picking up just three points in the first half. No one knows how he got those three points, in fact, in the first half, apart from a few huge ugly appearances, he was basically invisible.
In the dressing room of the visiting team at Madison Square Garden, there was a burst of roaring at this time.
"We're in a crisis! I'm not alarmist, yes, it's a crisis, a very serious crisis!" Phil Jackson walked around the locker room with a bit of a gaffe, roaring at every LA Timberwolves player, so that everyone could feel his anger.
In fact, Phil Jackson seemed a little flustered and understandable, losing to Lamar and the Knicks again and again, which Phil Jackson could not accept. Who is he? He's one of the most successful coaches in the league today!
Although Phil Jackson did well when he was with the Los Angeles Lakers, the ending was not perfect (almost swept away), so Phil Jackson was quite interested in this Finals and wanted to defeat the Knicks to prove himself.
As the saying goes, if you care, you mess up, maybe it's because Phil Jackson cares too much about this Finals, so he lost his usual calm.
"We are the Minnesota Timberwolves, we are the strongest, and we can't let tragedy happen. ”
"I had already enjoyed being swept in Los Angeles last season, and that experience is still my nightmare! I don't want to go through it again! I tell you! I don't want to, I don't want to let my first trip to the Finals end in such a humiliating way!" Phil Jackson roared again: "Boys, I don't think you want to go through such a cruel experience, right?"
"Calm down, Mr. Coach, now is not the time to complain, what you're saying won't help our game!" Garnett suddenly shouted.
To be honest, the wolf king's mind is also very chaotic now. At the beginning of the game, he felt very good, but just because he was in good shape, it didn't help at all. What he needs now is help, the help of his team-mates.
"What we need now is to focus on winning this game! Everybody has to give it their all! Cott, I don't know what you were doing in the first half, you make me feel like an old man. Is that Dampotter so scared of you?Now the team needs you to do something, you have to step up and help me!You can't expect me to kill all the New Yorkers by myself!" Garnett glared at Witherspoon with blazing eyes, hoping he would cheer up.
But alas, even if he was Kevin Garnett, even if he was the wolf king of the Minnesota Timberwolves, he couldn't get this bastard with fear in his head to refocus. He's done!Witherspoon's expression told everyone in the room that Humpty Dumpty had once again disappointed.
Garnett's eyes flashed with disappointment, he knew he couldn't count on this soft egg, in fact, he shouldn't have counted on him at all.
"Hell!" Phil Jackson cursed as well, the task he gave Witherspoon in this game was the most important, but unfortunately, the guy who was so brain-fueled and scared by Dampotter that he was about to find his mother couldn't do anything now.
Witherspoon can't play, so who can take his place?
Garnett and Phil Jackson both set their eyes on Wayne Carais, who was sitting in the corner of the locker room as if he were an outsider.
What is this guy who has been guarding the water cooler since the start of the season doing now?
Hell, when the team was in crisis, when the opponent was about to get the match point, Wiengaré was able to listen to the music with peace of mind.
Garnett was furious, and rushed over in a few steps and pulled off Vengaré's headphones.
Wayne Garlet was stunned, looking at the angry Garnett, he was not surprised, but looked at Garnett with a provocative face: "What? When the team is in trouble, do you want to take out anger on us little people? ”
Garnett opened his eyes angrily, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "I don't want to curse, I just want to beat you!"
Wyngaré stood up abruptly, glared back without showing weakness, and shouted, "Yes!
"Hey, hey, hey, be quiet!" Campbell was still there for the game, but he stayed in the locker room.
He was the most active man on the pitch in the last game, and it was because of him that Anderson and Salmons were suspended. If he had been there, who knows if angry New York fans would have torn him to shreds.
"What we need now is unity, unity! You know? We have a common enemy. If we were still fighting on our own, we would have lost the game. Now everybody can see that the Knicks have the advantage, they're going to get the match point, and that's something none of us want to see. ”
"Wayne, I think you're the same, you're playing in the NBA, you're working your way up from the bottom, are you just enjoying losing? Now you're in the Finals, this is our chance. Do you want to end your career empty-handed?" 2kReading.com