The Timberwolves attacked, and Cassel slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, guarding the basketball with his back to observe the movements of his teammates.

Guo Xu hates Kassel, this guy's ass is very stocky, and it is difficult for the opponent to reach out and steal when he is back, if you get out of the way of half of his body to gamble for a steal, he will immediately turn around and break through, block the defender with his hand, and shoot slowly three steps to the basket or retreat to shoot, and the shooting rate is not low.

Kassel's face frame attack is not vegetarian either, and the defender is prone to panic when he sees his face, and unconsciously wants to get out of the way, because he looks at your expression, as if he will be sprayed with concentrated sulfuric acid on your face at any time.

Since entering the league, Guo Xu has suffered several losses against Kassel, and now he has experience in positioning, and he can only follow the rhythm of this hob meat player when defending.

Garnett covered Sprewell on the side, and "Madman" received a pass from Cassel, and the breakthrough with the ball attracted Haslem to switch the ball and give it to Garnett, and Bale made a close touch to Garnett.

Garnett forced a breakthrough with the ball, and Smalls retreated to form a bag under the basket, forcing Garnett to pass the ball again, but he couldn't pass to Johnson, the empty center on the other side, and the two blocked the front passing route.

Fans know that the defensive intensity in the playoffs is very high, and the team's main scorer will be taken care of by the opponent, and the bag is commonplace, so it is difficult to get a high score, and the super scorer who can score 50 points in the playoffs is the super scorer.

Suns assistant coach Larry Drew arranged a defensive tactic that framed Garnett near the box, cutting him off from his teammates on the inside and forcing him to pass to someone else's singles. If Garnett is single from a position far from the basket, the player is single.

The Suns attacked, the players all pulled away, and Guo Xu directly singled out Kassel.

He took a step towards Kassel with the ball in his left hand and gave it to his right hand, and when the two were about to collide, he dribbled the ball under his right crotch to his left hand, and turned sideways to the left to pass with speed.

Cassel turned around and didn't have time to chase the defense, turned his head to see Guo Xu on the left side to attract Garnett's defensive ball, and Haslem scored in the open position on the bottom line. 2 to 0.

The Timberwolves attacked, Kassel passed to the wing again, Sprewell received the ball and forced a breakthrough, and a change of direction passed Haslem for a layup. 2 to 2.

The sun attacked, Guo Xu singled out Kassel, similar to the way he played just now, with the ball in his right hand and a step to his left hand, when he was about to hit Kassel, he dribbled the ball under the crotch of his left hand to his right hand, and changed direction to the right side to break through.

On this side, Johnson failed to come out to make up for the defense, and Guo Xu made a 50-degree emergency stop jump shot. 4 to 2.

The Timberwolves attacked, Kassel singled out Guo Xu, brought into the three-point line with his back and leaned on his back, turned to the left side and stepped back to shoot, and hit the shot. 4 to 4.

As long as you often watch NBA games, you will find that the stars almost always use basic movements in singles, trying to give full play to their physical advantages to pass or shoot, rather than playing tricks. Only pseudo-fans will think that a lot of tricks is a good game, even if the star is called the "offensive kaleidoscope", it is also determined by who the opponent is to decide what tricks to use and attack the opponent's weaknesses.

There is a person in China who is known as the "street ball king", who has a lot of tricks, spinning top in place, crotch in place, B in place, and being beaten in place, and he can't even beat CBA.

Both sides defended tightly around the penalty area, with the star attacking heads-up, and after five minutes, the Suns led 13-8, Guo Xu scored seven points and handed out two assists. The Timberwolves switched to Sprewell's defense, and Cassel went to play with Bell, the easiest task on the court.

Coach Sanders realized that he couldn't let Kassel defend the main defense, one-on-one couldn't keep up with the speed, and it was better to break through the "madman" in the face frame, and now the body is still strong.

In the last round, Cassel did a good job against Parker, relying on Parker's close two steps away from the main defense breakthrough and the help of teammates. Parker shot 39.5 percent from three-point range in the series, averaging 1.7 per game, and Guo Xu couldn't do that.

After a few more rounds, Guo Xu put Cassel two steps away when defending, Cassel pulled out a three-point shot, and the rebound was touched by Garnett out of the bottom line.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Before the game, Cassel said that he was not afraid of Guo Xu, but he went to defend the scoring guard at the beginning, and Guo Xu has been defending him, is this called not afraid?" ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Kassel is almost 35 years old, he plays similar to Payton, and he is also a tall point guard who is good at back, Guo Xu has been bullying slow veterans in these two rounds." ”

The Suns led 30-23 in the first quarter and had a slight advantage.

Heading into the second quarter, the Timberwolves proved that veterans aren't that easy to bully either. Backup point guard Fred Hojberg was hot today, hitting two three-pointers off the bench.

Garnett and Sprewell continued to play to lead the bench to ensure the defense, and Szzebiak also ensured the attack.

During this time, the Timberwolves did not have a point guard, and the "madman" cameo point guard to take the ball across the half court, and then Garnett responded to the offense with high posts. After a break for the "madman", Cassel came on to make sure that there was someone on the field who could take the ball through the half.

Joe Johnson was dumb under the defense of the "madman", and Garnett also defended Marion with the bench, and the Timberwolves quickly overtook the score.

After Guo Xu returned, the Timberwolves began to frequently wrap and force him to pass, and the defense of other positions relied on rotation. In the second half, Joe Johnson and Bell also failed to find shooting sights, and the Suns fell behind 51-56 at halftime.

IN THE SECOND HALF, THE TIMBERWOLVES LET DALIK MARTIN, A 33-YEAR-OLD POINT GUARD WHO IS 180CM TALL AND WEIGHS 77 KILOGRAMS, COME ON THE COURT FOR A WHILE.

Martin entered the NBA as a non-draft pick that year, mainly relying on speed to play, and Guo Xu did a little better than others, but the disadvantage was that he was not good at interfering with shots. Guo Xu switched to an outside-line step-back jumper, but he didn't feel good, and he made 1 of 6 long-range shots in this quarter.

Guo Xu chooses to break through, and Garnett will help the defender to help defend the bag. Guo Xu was a dumb fire as the core, and the other people's offense was not smooth, and only Xiao Si scored 10 points in this quarter, helping the Sun bite the score.

After Garnett was led away by Guo Xu, both Johnson and Olavokandi suffered against Xiao Si. Xiao Si is no longer a cake king who can only eat cakes, he has a strong offensive ability in the face frame, he changes the direction of the ball quickly in the first step, and he forcibly lays or dunks, and the opponent can't stop it if he is slower.

Entering the last quarter, Guo Xu reduced his singles, and his own hand was generally trapped, so he had to actively cooperate with his teammates to help them play.

As a result, Marion and Joe Johnson were too uncompetitive in this quarter, and many heads-up opportunities with obvious physical advantages could not score. Especially when playing small-ball tactics, Marion played against Olavokandi many times, three-pointers, mid-range shots, forced breakthrough layups and missed under interference, and wasted a lot of opportunities on 0-of-5 shots.

The Timberwolves' offense is better than that of the Suns, Cassel singled out Guo Xu and could turn around and shoot, Garnett gave the "madman" no ball cover on the side, helped him create misplaced opportunities and could hold the ball alone, and could be assigned to Garnett to face the guard jumper. The Suns players are in place, and Garnett can also single-handedly play power forward with the ball.

Garnett at his peak scoring explosiveness was not very strong, but his shaking back jumper was a stunt, although he was nicknamed "iron-blooded jumper" by many fans because of his dodging and playing, but one-on-one opponents could hardly block, and the shot point was too high.

Whether facing Haslem, Smalls, Nene or Duncan in the last round of the series, Garnett can quietly and steadily contribute 20+10 to help the team.

Garnett can not only score on the offensive end, but also organize the team's offense and help his teammates play. As long as there is a axis, they don't mess around on the field.

93-100 in the end, the Suns lost at home and made a "black start".