(75) The Haughty Wolf King (II)

As the saying goes: if you are not afraid of the same opponent, you are afraid of your teammates like pigs. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info but Garnett really has a few pig-like teammates.

Dalik. Martin made a jump shot and got another big hat from Yao Ming. After playing a quarter and a half, he shot 0-of-4 and statistically only had one assist.

Sanders couldn't help but shake his head. It's a pity that Cassel is injured, otherwise he would not use this substitute player as the main force. The offensive shot was inaccurate, and the defense was beaten into a sieve by Billups.

But there are people who really trust Martin.

"Kevin is a natural leader. The most interesting thing is that he has a lot of respect for the team's '12th', as if it were a starting star. He is the same for everyone, giving a lot of advice to others, but not in a very nasty way. - Sam. Kassel

Garnett's single attracted the bag and then distributed the ball to Martin. The latter made a jump shot in the face of an open position.

Garnett laughed and patted Martin on the shoulder as he ran to the defensive position. After all, he is not a lone wolf by nature, but a king who leads the wolf pack.

Wallace and Billups blocked, and Garnett pounced on the unguarded Billups, but Wallace blocked and got the ball down for a layup. After all, Martin is only 180cm tall and weighs 170 pounds, so it's too easy to stop him.

Cassell's absence has had too serious consequences for Wolves, with Garnett not only needing more points in attack, but also in defence. The Rockets showed no mercy and began to constantly take advantage of Martin's weakness and hit hard.

Sanders finally couldn't bear it anymore and switched to goalscorer Hojborg. Although the player had a little worse ball control than Martin, at least he shot accurately. And what about the heavy responsibility of possession? Someone can share it.

Garnett dribbled past halfcourt, and he had another job, part-time point guard. Wallace followed him closely, constantly interfering with the ball, after all, he is used to playing small forwards, and this kind of defense against the dribbler is also handy.

When Garnett struggled to get used to some Wallace harassment, the opposing defender was replaced by Oku. The Turkish guy kept reaching out for an opportunity to break the ball while clinging to it, and Garnett was also annoyed. What's worse is that he has always been known for his steel body, and he is gradually feeling tired, after all, the burden he bears is too heavy.

In the second quarter, Garnett made only 2 of 7 shots and scored 5+5, and the Rockets led at 48:51 to end the first half.

Coach Sanders and manager McHale are miserable, and they really regret not being able to do it at the beginning. If he could have given up the money to renew Billups' contract, why would he have let Garnett control the ball today. It's a pity that he didn't regret selling the medicine, so he could only watch Billups kill in the rockets.

Sang Shuai knew that Garnett was tired, but the only chance to win was to fight. The Rockets' bench is much better than that of the Timberwolves, and if they don't continue to use a few core players in the second half, the Wolves have no chance of winning.

The Timberwolves were lucky, with two benches, Hojberg and Szczebiak, and Sprewell constantly taking over the offensive power, the Timberwolves maintained good outside firepower in the third quarter. In this quarter, Garnett scored 8+7 on 4-of-7 shooting, and the madman also scored 10 points, and after a wave of three-point rain, the Wolves overtook the score 80-79.

The score was overtaken, but Tang Shuai did not panic at all. In the third quarter, it was the norm for the Rockets to change the bench to speed up and play small ball, but the Wolves have been using core players all the time. The well-rested CTM in the fourth quarter is about to teach them a lesson.

The first to stand up was Yao Ming, who beat Johnson and Olovo Candy in consecutive singles. In particular, Olowokandi played 18 minutes and committed five fouls, and Sanshuai had to replace him to rest.

As soon as Martin came on the court, Billups repeated his old tricks and Oku blocked and attacked the basket. Martin's weak defense was exposed, and Sang Shuai hurriedly replaced him again.

Sanders felt completely embarrassed that the clever woman was unable to cook without rice. Johnson was useless, Olovokandi fouled too much, Madsen made no less mistakes, Martin was beaten into a sieve when he went up, and the other fringe players were not as good as these guys. Garnett was already out of breath, but Sang Shuai didn't dare to replace him to rest.

Now he is the only one who can stand up and share Garnett's worries - Sprewell hit consecutive three-pointers to stretch the gap to six points again. He had already scored 11 points in the first quarter! The Rockets called a timeout, and Maddy came on to replace Jefferson. With six minutes to go, the decisive moment arrived.

Oku misses shot. Sprewell couldn't get the ball under Maddy's tight guard, and Madsen was forced to make a hasty shot. Maddie ran to the front court to get the ball and waved for Oku to step forward to block the pick-and-roll.

Sprewell was annoyed for a while, and said to himself: I'm in good shape and scoring in a row, why don't you go head-to-head with me? You actually call it a pick-and-roll? Look down on me?

Yuanfei nodded again and again, Maddie is really mature. Don't get obsessed with the battle of will, but handle the ball steadily.

Garnett was defending Yao Ming, and Madsen was out with Oku. But after Oku covered the madman, Madsen was forced to switch to Maddie. How could he prevent Maddie from protruding?

Garnett hurriedly made up for it, and Maddie passed Yao Ming to score an easy dunk, 96:92.

Garnett singled Oku and missed a jumper, and Yao Ming protected Maddie, who was running with a long pass directly to the rebound. The latter scored 2 points on a fast-break one-on-one easy layup through the Maniac's defense.

Tang Shuai is very satisfied, it is because of his reasonable rotation that Maddie can maintain full physical fitness at the last moment of the game.

Sprewell singled, and under the pressure of Maddie, he twisted and drifted out with high difficulty, and missed the iron. Billups assists on Oku's mid-range shot, 96-94.

Sanders saw that he was about to tie and could only call a timeout. But there were not many cards available in his hand, and after some arrangement, he was forced to play Olowokandi, who committed 5 fouls.

The timeout was still effective, Garnett drew the pack and distributed it to Hojborg, who made a jumper to Maddy, who was desperately filling in for it, the ball went in, and the batter fouled!

Hojberg made a free throw, 99-94.

Yao Ming made a pass error, and Garnett forced Oku to foul 2 and make 2 free throws. Oku was substituted for 5 fouls, and Wang Zhizhi and Reed came on.

Maddy missed a three-pointer, and Garnett drew another foul on Dazhi, still hitting both free throws. With only 2 minutes left in the 103:94 game, the Timberwolves seem to be close to victory.

But don't overlook the Rockets' three-point leader, with Billups assisting Reed for a quick three-pointer.

The Timberwolves began to steadily stall for time, and after a 20-second pass, the ball was handed to Sprewell, but he didn't have a good chance and missed a three-point shot in the face of Maddy's long arm.

Yao Mingshan fouled Olovo Kandi, who left the game with six fouls and Madsen made up for it.

Da Yao hit a free throw, 103:98.

missed the second free throw, but the ball bounced farther, and Yao Ming actually grabbed the rebound in the front court. Then Billups catches the ball and shoots a three-point shot! 103:101 Instantly chased to only 2 points!

Garnett forced Yao Ming to foul again, and he made 1 of 2 free throws.

The key goal was handed to Maddie, who forced a breakthrough to attract many people and then split the ball outside, Reed scored three points and scored 104 draws! In the final 30 seconds of the game, the Rockets equalized the score.

Sprewell was furious, he had played well before and had scored 29 points. But in the last 5 minutes, it was difficult for him to receive the ball under Maddy's defense, and he didn't score a point. The madman is Maddie's old-timer, and he was even selected to the first team in 94 when Jordan retired. Now that he is ruled by a junior at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, where is the face?

Madman naturally has his madness, and he desperately wants to go to the back of the ball to single Maddie. Billups had already lurked to the side of his line of sight and sliced the ball away.

Garnett ran to his own box to stop the Rockets' fast break, and Billups was not in a hurry, slowly controlling the ball to delay time. With only 8 seconds left, he handed the ball to Maddie.

Maddy broke through to Reed on the perimeter, Reed made a three-point shot, shook Szebiak and bent over himself. Garnett hurriedly stepped in, and Reed hit the ground and passed to Yao Ming, who easily dunked 104:106.

With just 1.3 seconds left in the game, Sanders called a final timeout.

Garnett's eyes were red, desperately trying to throw the last shot, but Wallace wrapped around him. Wolves were forced to send Szczebiak, who missed a three-pointer to call the series to the end.

With Garnett's long sigh of grief, the Timberwolves ended a lamentable season. Garnett played 46 minutes and contributed 30+19+5, and his team was just a little short of bringing the series back to Minnesota.

The Rockets finally eliminated the Timberwolves, the second place in the West, 4:1, and returned to the Finals after 9 years!