Chapter 269: Cameo Insider
When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Downs played against Lei Shui, and Downs, who suffered a loss on Lei Shui, planned to get it back in defense.
However, Lei Shui is an outside player, unlike interior players who need to ask for the ball close to the basket.
The ball passed to Lei Shui's hands, and the others consciously dispersed, because with the speed of Lei Shui, it was difficult for the inside players to catch up.
As soon as Lei Shui held the ball and bent his knees slightly, Downs hurriedly stepped up, because Lei Shui's three-point shot was also very fatal if he didn't defend it, but Lei Shui was going to break through, and he pretended to shoot in order to attract Downs to him as much as possible...
As soon as Downs came up, Lei Shui broke through Downs at a very fast speed, passed half a body in one step, and then rushed to start directly, but Lei Shui found that Giang had received the penalty area to prepare for the defense, and Dedmon had no shooting ability, even if he passed the ball, he could not form a threat...
Lei Shui stopped with a sudden brake under his crotch, and Downs also took the opportunity to catch up, Lei Sailor has been dribbling and shaking to confuse Downs, stopping purely to take advantage of the time, Giang will definitely withdraw from the penalty area in order not to violate the rules for three seconds, as soon as Gian withdraws from the penalty area, Thunder Shui immediately pulls a feint to the left to the right and breaks through again, at this time Giang comes back to defend, and the choice of position is definitely not as good as the first time.
After Lei Shui broke through, Downs was behind and Dawn was on the side, Thunder Shui flew and jumped, shook off Downs, and glided to the other side of the basket in the air to avoid Giang, and turned around to dunk successfully.
Lei Shui passed the Timberwolves two inside lines in a row, and the fans at the scene were very surprised, thinking that the home team would definitely be able to take advantage of the Spurs' lack of twin towers, but they didn't expect that the offensive and defensive ends were smashed by an outside line.
The Timberwolves offense, after all, is the home court, Downs can't be pressed all the time, since it is difficult to ask for the ball on the inside, simply run to the three-point line to ask for the ball, in this position Thunder Water is not easy to prevent the ball, must be blocked in the middle of Downs and the basket, otherwise Downs can directly hit the basket with a reverse run.
Downs is facing Lei Shui, although Downs's ball control ability is good, but it is okay to pass the general inside line, don't think about it when you pass Lei Shui, fortunately, Downs is calm enough, knowing that he can't fight with Lei Shui, he can only play with his back.
Downs turned his back, leaned on Lei Shui with his waist, and began to push inside, put it in the past, Downs's back was to achieve the purpose of passing people with a quick turn, this time thunder water, Downs turned left and right, and Lei Shui was blocked in front of him twice in a row, and there was no room for further progress, Downs knew that playing any tricks was in vain, and he had to rely on his body to hit hard.
But hard to bump up, Lei Shui is not afraid, after all, from the basket so far away, Downs can't go all the way to the basket and then attack, Downs as an inside line, although he can push Thunder Water but the speed of the movement is slow, if according to this turtle speed, it is estimated that the top to the paint area will be 24 seconds to attack the violation, Downs struggled to bump, use the space to hit out, pick up the ball and rush in, if the defense is a slow foot, it is estimated that these two big steps can go to the basket, but Lei Shui's pace is very fast, see Downs start, Lei Shui also adjusted his center of gravity to keep up, jumped sideways, and waited in the air early for the first step, ready to block, Downs had to retract the last half step and use the force of the jump to make his body stop rushing forward, a small pause in the air, and wait for Lei Shui to fly over on his side before shooting.
Although Downs successfully avoided Lei Shui's block, his strength was used to master his body balance, and his shooting action became complicated, his strength was not easy to master, and the ball shot was short, and Lei Shui landed and turned around, just to win the rebound.
Lei Shui quickly dribbled forward, leaving Downs behind him again, Lei Shui observed his teammates' running positions while advancing, it was Lei Shui's observation actions that made the Timberwolves defend everyone who did not dare to let go of their own people easily, Lei Shui rushed straight to the three-point line and no one came to defend him, started directly, glided and dunked, and ended this round, which was as simple as the running field during training.
Consecutive misses, counterattacked by the Spurs, Thibodeau yelled at Downs on the sidelines, obviously dissatisfied with his performance, Downs also knew that he had wasted a lot of opportunities, lost to Thunder Water in terms of alignment, and honestly covered for his teammates in the next round, and no longer asked for the ball to play alone.
After the Timberwolves offense was dispersed to the outside, the efficiency became higher, especially Wiggins and LaVine, the two of them got a lot of good opportunities to attack under Rubio's needle, although Towns did not seek merit but no fault, but the opposite Lei Shui, after all, it is to defend, defend closer, Lei Shui sudden, defend far, Lei Shui cast, although there is no perverted shooting rate like the last game, but it is also around 60%.
And when grabbing rebounds, Downs is a card person grabbing rebounds most of the time, and has developed the habit of being a card person, but Lei Shui is not just staring at the basket like some conventional insiders, but the position is erratic, Downs doesn't pay attention, Lei Shui doesn't know where to run, when grabbing rebounds, it is often Downs who wants to get stuck people, turn around and pull, Lei Shui people are gone, and then look at it, Lei Shui slipped and ran to the other side of himself, a rush, or point to grab, and the rebound was in hand.
Towns almost felt as if he couldn't play in the second quarter, and at halftime, Thunderwater scored 26 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, and four blocks on the head of the Timberwolves, helping the Spurs lead the Timberwolves by 13 points, 56-43.
In the half game, Lei Shui has won two doubles, and the triple double is also close at hand, and Thibodeau has no good way to curb Lei Shui, although the Timberwolves are currently full of talent, but it was proved that there is talent on top of talent, from the outside to the inside, Lei Shui has an advantage in the position.
At this time, in the locker room of the Timberwolves, Downs was hoping that Ade would be okay and come back to play against him, after all, the inside line is against the inside, and there are still traces in the style of play.
And teammate LaVine thinks the opposite, when Lei Shui ran to play against Downs, he got a lot of opportunities, in the face of Simmons' defense, LaVine's shooting rate rose again, he didn't want Ade to come back, as soon as Ade came back, Lei Shui was bound to return to the quarterback, he didn't want to be in line with Lei Shui.
On the Spurs' side, it seemed very relaxed, and the old man Bobo said to Lei Shui: "Lei, you are standard inside data, I think I should train you to the inside line, you know, we are very short of people in the inside line." ”
Lei Shui hurriedly waved his hand: "I don't want to develop on the inside, it's okay to make a cameo occasionally." Lu Shi once said to Lei Shui that if you develop inside, you will gain weight and muscle, but that will affect the speed, Lei Shui doesn't want to give up speed, after all, speed will disappear after all, and the weight will come up sooner or later, Lei Shui doesn't want to enter the end of his career early.
Of course, the old man Bobo is just a joke, he understands that the current way can he play the greatest role of Lei Shui.