Chapter 41: Under the Real Toughness
Sanders, who was born in 1955, was born in Cleveland, and although Cleveland's manufacturing and steel industries had already begun to decline, perhaps innately, Sanders had a working-class toughness and iron in his genes, and he brought his personality to Minnesota and to the Timberwolves. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
With the Mavericks leading the Timberwolves by 18 points with less than four minutes left in the second quarter, Sanders didn't want to throw in the towel so easily, and he sent a call to fight to his players.
Then the Timberwolves' defensive pressure increased a lot, and the players' defensive movements began to get bigger, and Garnett raised his iron elbow, although he is not a muscular man, but he is a lean body type, in the saying "Don't look at him thin, his bones are full of meat." Garnett's physique is very good, and he rarely suffers from major injuries.
The pressure on the Mavericks has suddenly increased a lot, although they are more of a perimeter rotation and rarely enter the interior, but the talent of the Timberwolves players is also very good, and Garnett claims to be able to defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, which can actually be seen that his feet move quickly.
So after the Timberwolves suddenly stepped up their defense and expanded their defense, the Mavericks suddenly had some trouble playing.
Liu Han held the ball to attack, but the other players of the Mavericks ran but could not find a suitable space, so Liu Han had no choice but to attack more by himself.
But the Timberwolves set up a pocket formation for Liu Hanbu, and Sprewell, who originally defended Liu Han, was replaced by defensive veteran Allen McGee, and Sanders made Trenton more focused on defense? Haser goes to defend Liu Han.
Hassel pressed Liu Han's ball handler and let Liu Han break through inside.
As soon as Liu Han arrived on the inside, the Timberwolves immediately retracted the formation and completely locked Liu Han's activity space.
Garnett repeatedly tried to show his "iron blood" on Liu Han with an iron elbow, but Liu Han was very clever to dodge.
The Timberwolves played a climax with more than three minutes remaining in the second quarter, and by the end of the half, the Timberwolves had narrowed the deficit to 10 points.
At halftime, Nelson emphasized that the players should withstand the pressure in the second half of the game, and at the same time signaled Liu Han not to continue to hold the ball and attack, let Odom hold the ball, and Liu Han fell low to attract defensive pressure.
After the start of the third quarter, the Timberwolves continued their high-pressure defense and their "iron-blooded" offense, but the Mavericks gradually adapted to this kind of defense, which basically has the level of the playoffs.
Recently, the Mavericks have been working on their defense and improving their ability to play against each other, which has allowed them to not collapse directly in the face of pressure, and they have gradually stabilized after adapting to the pressure.
Liu Han gave up possession and let Odom hold the ball to organize the attack, while he fell low and looked for opportunities to attack.
Garnett gave up Jamison, who had been rotating on the periphery, and directly found Liu Han in the low post to attack and defend one-on-one with the opponent.
Liu Han received Odom's pass in the low post and took the ball with his back to wait for his teammates to pull away, and Garnett also signaled his teammates to go away, he wanted to really face off with Liu Han.
Liu Han put the ball on the right side of his body with one hand in his right hand, trying to use feints to attract Garnett's attention, but Garnett was unmoved, Liu Han basically sensed the movement of Garnett's body through physical contact with Garnett, he felt the stability of Garnett's body and suddenly turned to the left side of his body, and at the same time slapped the ball with his hand, Garnett reacted quickly and quickly moved sideways to block Liu Han's turn and break through, but Liu Han stepped on the first step and directly leaned back diagonally to shoot, Garnett didn't expect Liu Han to have such strong body control, and he could control his body to drift back and float out when the center of gravity seemed to move forward, which is not something that ordinary people can do at all, and even makes people feel that it violates the common sense of physics.
Garnett was angry from his heart, and he was angry with his heart, he had been directly defeated by Liu Han once in the first half, and now he didn't want to be abused by this person again, so he was directly close to Liu Han's body when Liu Han fell from the sky, and stretched out a foot towards the location where Liu Han landed seemingly unintentionally and sinisterly.
Although Liu Han had fallen in the air, he obviously sensed the other party's malice, but at this time he had lost all his focus, and could only lift his left foot slightly as much as possible, and at the same time lean his body back as much as possible to reduce the impact of his body landing.
When Liu Han landed, he only felt that his left ankle was turned, and then his whole body slid backwards, which was a thrilling escape, but he was already angry in his heart, and the "real man" in front of him, who seemed to have an "iron and blood" face, was actually a villain.
The ball thrown by Liu Han fell into the pocket steadily, but the referee did not blow the whistle, and Garnett's movements were very hidden, deceiving the referee's judgment.
In the next game, Liu Han was completely explosive, and he began to frequently ask for the ball in the low position, Odom saw Liu Han's anger, because Liu Han had no expression on his face at this time.
Garnett did not regret his actions, but he felt Liu Han's growing strength, and even he felt the pain.
Liu Han has rarely even done a shot on the periphery, that is, a low-post strong attack, since returning to the NBA, he has rarely done this, this is the first time, even if the Timberwolves are two or three people in the bag, Liu Han is looking for opportunities to shoot without hesitation, and all kinds of tough confrontations make the Timberwolves players finally realize the power of the Oriental in front of them.
In defense, Liu Han is completely incarnated as an all-round warrior, and various supplements have frequently hindered the Timberwolves' offense, and the Mavericks have played similar defensive tactics and offensive tactics around Liu Han in training before the start of the season, so the Mavericks players are not surprised.
The score was gradually expanded with Liu Han's real toughness, and Jordan and Liu Han could explode each other back then, but now even Jordan is at his peak, it is estimated that he will not be able to confront Liu Han now.
Garnett only felt that his eyes were almost bloodshot, but he just couldn't stop Liu Han's attack, and he even had to rest because he had a fourth foul early.
At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks extended the margin to 17 points.
In the fourth quarter, Liu Han insisted on the ball and went directly to the court without resting, and he wanted to leave an indelible image for the Timberwolves.
When the game was over, the Timberwolves players hurriedly left the American Airlines Center Arena, they became complete losers today, Liu Han scored 47 points in the second half of the two quarters, plus 20 points in the first half, Liu Han scored 67 points in the whole game, and the Timberwolves lost to Dallas by 34 points.
Now, someone finally realized what kind of situation Liu Han was tough, and the teams in the league also realized that they could not arouse Liu Han's anger, and Liu Han was invincible under the abnormal attitude.