Chapter 160: Defeat
Alstom, the Bobcats' shortest player, roared on the court, and his teammates woke up, as if they hadn't recovered from the cold weather. The whole person seems to be frozen.
Alston's performance shocked everyone, this little man who usually looks like he only dribbles the ball through the half court and passes the ball, suddenly broke out unexpectedly, and Hu Qingniu's heart also rippled. He wrote down in his small notebook that this guy could still play like this, and Hu Qingniu's original expectation was just a pure point guard.
The Bobcats players are heating up, and the scene is getting better.
But the arrogance of the Timberwolves was not extinguished, and the wolves led by Garnett continued to kill and set fire to the Bobcats in the restricted area, and went on a rampage, 50-60 in the first half, and the Bobcats trailed by a full 10 points.
The disadvantages of the Bobcats' interior began to be highlighted, Evans was too short, only rebounds, no frame protection, Dazhi was far inferior to Garnett, the Bobcats only relied on him on the inside, and Dazhi was difficult to support alone.
At the start of the second half, an unreasonable ultra-long-range three-pointer from Alsg wiped out the atmosphere that had just been clamoring at the center of the target. Then the two teams fell into a stalemate of grinding each other's positions.
Dazhi was under too much pressure on the defensive end, and when he came to the offensive end, he frequently hit the iron, leaving Wade and Alston to support him, but the feeling could not be sustained, just like in the first half, the Bobcats were torn to pieces by continuous covering runs.
Protecting the frame, or protecting the frame, Hu Qingniu sighed, the current shortcomings of the Bobcats are obvious, the Timberwolves just opened a hole, and when everyone finds out the weakness of the Bobcats' frame, it will be bad.
Sabonis' injury is still a month away, so where to find a rim-protecting center now.
In the fourth section, the two sides come and go. Or Alston, he is destined to be a dazzling star in this game, and after blocking and dismantling Dazhi, he scored the 20th point with his knife outside the three-point line. The score was forced to close to 10 points again.
Then the Timberwolves made a mistake in positioning, and Alston made a lightning attack and added two more points on the rebound. Immediately afterwards, Alston forced the basket through the cover, threw a shot in the confrontation, and hit the board into the basket.
Cassel was not convinced and wanted to force a breakthrough in front of Alstom again, but at the moment of starting, the street ball king made a steal and quickly received a long pass to make an empty basket.
In the next round, Lady Luck favored the Bobcats, and the pass between Wade and Alston was dangerous, but in the end, Alston still found Tekoglu who was ambushed at the top of the arc, and the Turkish boy's three-point arc was beautiful, like a dagger, piercing the hearts of Minnesotans.
105:105, tied.
With less than two and a half minutes left, the suspense returned, and even the referee regained his spirits and became severe.
Next, the two sides fought free throws, and it was difficult to separate.
In the last ball, Dazhi picked up the rebound and kicked off in the backcourt.
Wade accelerated all the way to overtake, and the Timberwolves' white jersey became his signpost along the way, and he pounced on the defensive group in front of him, picked up the ball in the air, and dunked with both hands, but the ball was rejected by the basket and jumped out of the basket!
Evans grabbed the frontcourt rebound in a panic and shot under the basket himself, but was rewarded with a spicy hot pot by Garnett.
At 109:110, a one-point difference, the Bobcats unfortunately lost to the target center arena.
Hu Qingniu stood on the sidelines and hugged and comforted the players one by one, and the players did not embarrass him in this game. Winning and losing is a common thing, and the spirit of the players in this game is okay, and sometimes it is just a little bit of luck to win.
When it was Alstom's turn, the shortest, tears welled up in his face, and Hu Qingniu gave him a big hug. Alstom's performance was nothing short of a surprise.
"It's a great performance, keep going, and as long as you play like this, you'll always be the starting point guard for the Bobcats."
Alston burst into tears and laughed, and there was nothing more exciting than the coach's assurance.
Alston scored 33 points and had 9 assists and 3 steals, and was the Bobcats' best player, and his dribbling skills and breaking rhythm were really eye-opening. There are a lot of street tricks that the NBA is missing. That kind of unbridled imagination has its own light when it comes to the NBA.
Although the Timberwolves won the game as a whole, the best player in the end was Garnett, who didn't take many shots and only scored 19 points, but also had 18 rebounds and 5 blocks.
In contrast, Dazhi seemed tired in this game, although his physical reserves were completely sufficient, but he lost to the wolves in terms of experience and speed of interior defense, and only got 14 points, 11 rebounds and 1 block.
Wade's performance is still decent, and he is still in the NBA's adaptation period, and he can't break out in every game. However, he rarely plays abnormally, and his performance is basically more stable than that of other players. This game also scored 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, which is still passable statistics.
This form proves that Wade's current strength still needs to be improved, he is still only a second-tier star, compared to Maddie and Kobe Bryant in the current league, he can't do that random high score. That is to say, his personal ability has not reached that level, and he is free to sway, like the level of BUG.
It's worth noting that Walton Jr. also played well in this game, and the Bobcats were able to bite the score, and his performance was also important. With 8 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, he has a tendency to be an all-around small forward in the future, and what is not visible from the data is his organizational ability in the middle circle in the stalemate.
He is an extremely selfless court commander, who can play the ball to his teammates everywhere in the open space at the first time, and can let his teammates find the rhythm of the attack without sticking to the ball.
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Next stop, the fifth leg of the Western Six, the Bobcats will head to Memphis, a city on the border between Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee.
The Grizzlies come across as tough. But Memphis is known as the City of Music, known as the "Home of Blues Music" and the "Birthplace of Rock Music."
It's also the hometown of Presley Presley.
Like most American cities, Memphis, where nearly half of the population is black, will not and cannot escape the deep atmosphere of racial segregation and discrimination. This is where Martin Luther King, Jr., the famous leader of the river crabs, was killed.
It's all about what makes the city special.
On any day with a Grizzlies game, Memphis fans fill up FedEx Arena. Memphis people love their team, love every one of their players, and treat them like their family. If Memphis don't make it to the game, they spontaneously watch the game at a nearby bar or watch it together at some fan night event.
Hu Qingniu closed his playbook, and the next stop, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Spanish "Zorro" with flowing hair.