Chapter 101: Wolves Ravage Houston, Mavericks Meet Fierce Enemies (2)
Liu Han changed direction several times in a row, got rid of the entanglement of Sprewell and Kassel, and successfully received Nowitzki's pass. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Timberwolves began to retreat quickly, and after Liu Han got the ball, they didn't dare to make too close movements, for fear that the opponent would pass them with one acceleration.
The Mavericks have been confronted by the Timberwolves' man-to-man defense after steadily advancing to the frontcourt, and now no team dares to defend in front of the Mavericks, and the Mavericks have slaughtered countless teams this year just by projecting them from the outside.
It was Cassel who was targeting Liu Han, although Cassel's height and weight were much weaker than Liu Han, but the Timberwolves could only let Cassel defend Liu Han on the other side, at least he had enough experience.
In the face of Kassel's defense, Liu Han chose to go straight to the force, but when he got up to speed, the Timberwolves players immediately began to rotate. Johnson didn't dare to rush out to make up for Liu Han, but Garnett directly made up for it, and Liu Han did not continue to force a breakthrough, because Garnett blocked his travel line, if he forced the opponent to fall to the ground, he would hit people with the ball, Garnett has been selected as the best defensive player this season, and he has enough defensive experience.
Liu Han dribbled the ball with his left hand for a half and turned around, and suddenly his right hand slammed the ball out of his crotch.
Garnett had already stood in a defensive position at this time, but he didn't expect that Liu Han would dare to do such a difficult move on such an occasion in the playoffs, the basketball flew out from under Liu Han's crotch, accurately hit the floor under Garnett's crotch and then went directly to the inside line of the Timberwolves.
That's the great thing about the Mavericks now, when many teams enter the playoffs, they will be very cautious, and they will not do or try to do as little as possible to make mistakes, but the Mavericks are different, they are under the tutelage of Nielsen, any player dares to make a move after they come on the court, which may increase their mistakes, but it is also easy for them to find opportunities.
Next, the Timberwolves' offensive Mavericks still defended the defense, but Garnett suddenly passed to the outside Sprewell after holding the ball to attract the bag, and the latter received the ball and shot directly into the three-point shot, he is probably the most stress-free player in the Timberwolves.
The game officially began, and the Mavericks' next few offenses encountered certain problems, Garnett deserved to be a player who can defend five positions, and his movement speed made the Timberwolves' overall rotation defense completely faster, and the Mavericks except Liu Han, everyone else felt cold after the start.
With four minutes into the game, the Timberwolves led by three points at 9-6, and the experience of investing a lot in defense made the Timberwolves' offense not so easy.
Garnett felt that a burst of irritability in his heart gradually came up, he had already regarded the Mavericks and Liu Han as enemies, and this little-known defensive player in the Mavericks team today made Garnett extremely depressed, not because of how well Fortson defended, but because he treated Garnett almost like a 10,000-year-old bachelor in love who saw his object.
"Fuck off, trash, or I'll break your nose."
After once again enduring the discomfort in his heart, Garnett couldn't help but say to Fortson.
"If you have the guts, do it, soft egg, fight you down, my boss will definitely give me a raise."
What makes Garnett even more depressed is that the "scoundrel" on the other side belongs to the level of death, which is more devastating than Sprewell, and Garnett feels that what the other party said may be true, maybe the other party's "unreliable" boss Cuban will really give him a raise after he is sent off for fighting.
After the Timberwolves' offense was unstable, Liu Han began his own performance, first hitting a three-point shot directly against Kassel's defense, and then bursting inside to cause Elvin? Johnson's foul, combined with a foul Novitzki had previously drawn on Johnson, meant the Timberwolves' starting center had to go off early before the halfway point of the first quarter.
This next time the Mavericks' offense can finally be opened, and in the next four minutes, Liu Han led the Mavericks to play an 11-2 offensive climax, overtaking the score by 5 points in one fell swoop, and there is a tendency to expand, Timberwolves head coach Sanders must call a timeout to adjust.
"Vitality, what I need is more vitality, play with your momentum, don't dare to do anything, don't be afraid of mistakes, play according to the tactical arrangement. When defending, you must strangle that Chinese, no matter what means you use, even if any of you are sent off, as long as you can prevent that Chinese from scoring. ”
For Sanders, the biggest problem against the Mavericks is against Liu Han.
Saunders, on his side, is asking his players to play with momentum, while Nelson is asking his players to be more relaxed.
"Shoot, shoot when there is any space, that orange ball is used to throw, not always passing around in your hands, Liu, you play in the low position next, pass the ball after the bag, if you don't have the bag, you make your own decision, their inside line has gone down one, this is our chance."
"Sir, what should I do if I don't feel good?"
"Then look forward to the next time your shot suddenly feels better."
Nelson's unbridled words made the Mavericks players want to laugh a little, and the nearly seventy-year-old man is still as energetic as a young man.
After the game restarted, the Timberwolves strengthened their interior offense, Garnett endured irritability and began to sit and play inside, while the Mavericks started to pack Garnett, this kind of bag is gambling, regardless of the rest of the Timberwolves' uh vacancy, there is a big game to lose, Garnett must "die" situation.
Same as the Timberwolves, the Mavericks also strengthened their interior offense, Liu Han and Nowitzki stood in the low post alone, and Odom relied on his height advantage to feed the ball to the two of them in the high post, which forced the Timberwolves to give up the original defensive formation, after all, letting Kassel defend Liu Han in the low post is no different from sending points, Garnett can only defend Liu Han in the low post and let the substituted Olovokandi defend Nowitzki.
The Timberwolves relied on Garnett's inside shots to score some points, and Liu Han also hit a few balls with his back against Garnett's defensive low post, and the difference between the two teams remained around five to seven points.
Towards the end of the first quarter, the two teams began to rotate, and the question of who came off the bench was better.