Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Dog-Wise Knicks, Section 4

Some people are as fierce as tigers and the game is like dogs, while some teams, the championship level in the first quarter, the top teams in the second quarter, the pseudo-strong teams in the third quarter, and the fish belly team in the fourth quarter, this is talking about Van Gundy's Houston, and the Van Gundy-like Knicks are not so bad, but they also have their own characteristics, the dynasty in the first quarter, the steel defense in the second and third quarters, and the fourth quarter...... Dishes like dogs. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Now, the Knicks are perfectly interpreting this, the five-point lead accumulated in the first three quarters of the game was wiped out in the first half of the fourth quarter, and Garnett, who only rested for two minutes, really incarnated as a playmaker this time, organizing the team's offense in an orderly manner, although with half of the bench, but the Timberwolves chased back little by little.

Van Gundy had to call a timeout early, cheering the already tired Knicks starters. This time Johnson was fielded. However, Johnson is not in good shape, shooting only 33% from the field and carrying four fouls, making him an easy target for the Timberwolves.

After the Knicks substitution, the first offense was particularly important, and at such a critical moment, the team still believed in Big Brother Johnson, and Ward handed the ball directly to Big Brother after taking the ball across the halfcourt, and he ambushed himself to the bottom corner three-point position.

In fact, when he faced off with Garnett in the second quarter, Johnson lost some confidence, and at this time, in the face of the unconditional trust of his teammates, Johnson felt very heavy, as if he had returned to the moment of Black Eight.

Grinning, Johnson lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, Johnson moved, dribbling sideways and making a hand-to-hand pass with Houston, who dribbled inside and then pulled out.

The Timberwolves' defenders were already a little out of the way, hurrying to keep up with the defense.

Houston smiled contemptuously and handed it over again, Johnson didn't know when he had come behind Houston, Johnson took the ball and pulled it directly outside the three-point line.

Because Garnett began to shrink inside when the ball came to Houston in order to prevent the outside defense from being penetrated, Johnson's goal was almost an empty three-pointer.

But today, Johnson's hand was so bad that he didn't score this goal and was rebounded by Garnett. The Timberwolves directly launched a fast break, and because KG's performance was too good before, the Knicks almost paid all their attention to him, completely ignoring Szzczebiak, who had come to the three-point line at some point.

Garnett shook his hand, and the ball obediently came to Szebiak's hands. But instead of shooting straight threes, Szzambiak took a step and opted for a big two.

Szczebiak is from Europe, and FIBA's three-point line is much shorter, but Szzambiak still didn't adapt to the league, so he simply chose his favorite distance. As it turned out, he was right, and the ball made a perfect arc and landed firmly into the basket.

The Knicks were behind.

Fortunately, after the baptism of the playoffs last season, the current Knicks, in terms of psychological quality, may not be compared. There was no solemnity on the faces of the Knicks generals, and they were still very calm.

However, this time the offense was still handed over to Sprewell very steadily. Sprewell was the most lethal man on the Knicks, but he was also capped against Garnett today, and he didn't find a single foul on Garnett.

Sprewell broke through and easily went inside, but he was in trouble with the layup, Garnett got rid of Johnson's entanglement and stepped forward to block Sprewell, but he still lost the best blocking opportunity, and Sprewell still shot.

Under Garnett's interference, Sprewell's layup was missed, and Mo Xi and Lasu on the side began to compete for position, although Lasu's strength was not as good as Mo Xi, but the bodies of both were similar, and Mo Xi failed to establish a good advantage in a hurry.

The ball bounced very close, just over the heads of the two, and the characteristics of the old ball ruffian came into play at the critical moment, just when Mo Xi and Lasu's attention was on the rebounding ball above, Johnson skillfully used Garnett behind him and Mo Xi and Lasu on his side to block the referee's sight, and stepped forward to gently pull Lasu's jersey.

Lasu and Mo Xi originally jumped at the same time, but everyone saw Mo Xi rising high in the moon, and Lasu was about to jump, but as if he was frightened by Mo Xi, he made a jump and stopped.

Mo Xi got this key frontcourt rebound, and after landing, Mo Xi didn't even adjust, and jumped up again to put his hands on the basket.

Rasu was angry and hit the basketball hard, but in the panic, he pressed on Mo Xi's hand, Mo Xi hit the shot, and also caused a shooting foul and went to the free throw line.

Rasu began to explain to the referee that it was the Knicks who fouled first, but Rasso was just a second-year show and had no human rights, and Johnson did enough to hide and leave no flaws at all.

Garnett was also furious, and taking advantage of this gap, he cursed in a low voice in Johnson's ear: "! @#„„*&, you'll pay the price. ā€

Johnson laughed it off.

Mo Xi's free throw skills are still very good, and this free throw scored, and the Knicks took a one-point lead.

came to the Timberwolves' offensive round, and Garnett really found Johnson directly. Garnett elbowed Johnson to a direct confrontation, but the final result was not good or bad, Garnett ate Johnson a hard shot, but Johnson also received a foul again, Johnson five fouls, to a very dangerous point.

The foul was not a shooting foul, and the Timberwolves continued to attack.

Garnett found Johnson again, and the two fierce-looking guys collided again, facing each other fiercely.

Garnett hit Johnson twice, Johnson didn't move, and Garnett rolled over cleanly.

Johnson thought Garnett was going to make a move, and hurriedly stepped forward to interfere, but Garnett suddenly collected the ball again, and when Johnson stepped forward, Johnson hit it properly, Johnson floated back, and Garnett took half a step back with his left foot to unload the force, and then threw his hand in the middle.

But Johnson seemed to be enraged, he didn't want to be scored by Garnett like this, and for a while he forgot that he had already committed five fouls, and pounced directly.

"Drop~"

The referee gave a foul mercilessly and sent Johnson off the court. Johnson clasped his head in his hands in frustration.

Knicks players stepped forward to comfort Johnson.

Fortunately, Garnett didn't score this goal, but Garnett hit both free throws, and the Timberwolves led by one more point, 93-92, and the time was only more than 30 seconds left.

The pressure came to the Knicks' side, and after Johnson went off the court, Van Gundy did not replace Camby, but chose Kurt Thomas, after all, the latter also has a one-handed shot, and all five people on the court can barely pull out to shoot, which is a typical Knicks-style tactic.

Mo Xi served in the half, the Knicks lined up, and after the referee's whistle, they quickly separated to cover up the one who actually received the ball.

The person who came out to receive the serve was Sprewell, and after Sprewell received the ball, he broke through directly, and made a block with Thomas halfway, after dismantling, the person who defended Sprewell became Garnett, and Sprewell, who couldn't chisel Garnett's defense, had to pass the ball to Houston on the wing, Houston felt extremely good in this game, shooting four out of five three-pointers, and the shooting rate was as high as 66%.

Seeing Houston receive the ball, everyone in the Timberwolves felt their scalps tighten.

Houston made a direct shooting action, the defender was directly shaken, and Houston took a step to bypass the defender to the three-point line and make a shot.

Under the watchful eye, the ball obediently slid into the basket, and the Knicks overtook again, but also put the decision of the game in the hands of the opponent.

The next goal, the goal is the hero.

In the last attack of the game, all the players stood up and cheered loudly for the Timberwolves, which will be the climax of this ups and downs game.

Timberwolves guard Brandon dribbled at the top of the arc, constantly shaking from side to side, because it was the last ball, Ward defended very tightly, but Brandon still controlled the ball steadily.

At this point, Garnett mentioned the position of the free throw line and made a cover move, and Brandon immediately understood, stepped forward, and forced Ward into the gap between the two, and he walked inside with the help of the cover.

Garnett quickly dismantled after the block, moved a step sideways to the horn position, just received Brandon's pass, and directly pulled out the jump shot, the action was so decisive and neat.

There have been so many great scenes on this playing field today that there is no doubt that this final scene will surely become a classic, and this is the first meeting between Mo Xi and KG.

Mo Xi didn't know where the power came from, where the ideas that popped up, when Garnett chose to step forward to block Brandon, Mo Xi subconsciously pounced in Garnett's direction, and that sense of foresight told him that Garnett would definitely choose to shoot by himself, and it was here.

"Smack~"

A crisp sound echoed over Minnesota, and Mo Xi used his worst defense to hold on to the victory.