Chapter Eighty-Six: Gasol's Hat

Rondo quickly changed two cross steps, and when he was about to break through, he suddenly felt a black shadow flashing beside him, and by the time he reacted, Li Shihao had already carried a gust of wind and counterattacked with the ball.

The ball was tackled at some point!

Li Shihao had already been eyeing the field of view when he was observing the stadium in Rajan Rondo. He is not a fool, he can't learn to sit still and wait to play, and when he encounters a player like Rondo, taking the initiative is Li Shihao's habitual way.

Cory Brewer's eyes have long been watching Rajon Rondo's every move, when Li Shihao launched a surprise attack to complete the break, Cory Brewer immediately started to accelerate, quickly sprinted across the half court, fast forward to the basket, as if he had cooperated countless times, Corey jumped high and took over Li Shihao's long pass with accurate and steady strength, and picked it up, and the basketball was obediently picked into the basket.

Goal in, 65:50!

The score was cut back to 15 points!

Frank Vogel's eyes were fixed on Li Shihao, and Fang Cai's every move was replayed in his mind like a movie, and many details were so clearly displayed in his mind.

Years of experience in video editing have long allowed him to sharpen a smart brain that is good at remembering, and many game scenes are often shown in front of him once, and he can record them in his heart like a camera, which has become his professional habit.

Now that he has become the head coach of the team, he realizes how lucky he is to have this habit.

As a rookie coach, he may not have the same tactical skills as those veteran coaches who have been in the league for many years, but his advantage is that he can see in every game what many people don't see, and these things are the shining points or shortcomings in the players.

This season, the Timberwolves have been frequently using a tactic, and many old Timberwolves fans will find such a scene in the game, an outside player launches a surprise attack at the moment of the opponent's pass or attack, quickly breaks the ball in the opponent's hand, and immediately breaks down quickly, without giving the opponent a chance to breathe, and then, the other person on the team can tacitly reach the opponent's half court faster while stealing, and then receive the former's pass to complete the fast break score.

This kind of fast-break counterattack can often be seen in the Timberwolves' games this season, and I don't know when the Timberwolves began to use this tactic very skillfully, and they began to catch opponents more and more mistakes every game, and most of them were able to convert these hard-won offensive opportunities into real points.

That's exactly why the young Timberwolves don't give up when they've fallen behind on many occasions, and they've built their basketball belief that they can beat their opponents at the last minute, even when they're down behind the score.

After getting through the confusion of the early season, the young Timberwolves continue to learn rare and precious experiences in this cutthroat league.

Luckily and unfortunately, they're in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference, where the Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder, and none of them are easy.

This is the brutal Western Alliance, and the division in which it is located is the most brutal area in the West, and in today's alliance pattern, the Northwest Division has surpassed the Southwest Division and has become the new Devil's Division.

It is precisely because of such difficulties and dangers that the Timberwolves surprised everyone with their strength when they were facing difficulties this season, and they showed a different new force.

The Celtics didn't panic and weren't disrupted by this offense, Rondo dribbled over the half court and organized a second offense again, although he was a rookie player, but the experience of playing next to the Big Three in the past few years has allowed him to grow far faster than his rookies.

Due to the strength of the Celtics' championship competition, the players he can contact and play against are the top No. 1 positions in the league, Jason Kidd, Stephen Nash, Chris Paul, which is not the league's point guard superstar.

Rondo understands that at this time, it is more important to stabilize his mentality and no longer be obsessed with single-play offense, and what the team needs most at this moment is to put more energy into the defensive end.

At this time, Paul Pierce at the three-point line on the right side reached out for the ball against Cory Brewer's defense, and Rajon Rondo did not hesitate and quickly hoisted the basketball into it.

Pierce stretched out his long arm and steadily caught Rondo's pass, and with a quick turn, he quickly broke away from Cory Brewer's defense and slipped along the baseline into the basket.

Cory Brewer, who reacted, did not give up, but followed closely behind Paul Bulls, always keeping an eye on Pierce's every move and guarding against his sudden passes.

But he didn't want to at this time, Garnett came from a high position to take cover, firmly cutting off Brewer's route to chase Pierce, and his tall body was like a wall, directly isolating Brewer's sight completely, so that Brewer extinguished the idea of chasing Pierce.

Paul Pearce, who got the opportunity to attack, firmly controlled the ball, and faced Marc Gasol who was defending under the basket, Paul Pierce made a lightning-fast breakthrough, and then jumped high, stretched out his body in the air, tightly clamped the ball with his right hand, and plucked up all his strength to dunk to the basket.

But I didn't want Marc Gasol to not flinch, desperately carrying the danger of a foul, stepped forward again, slapped the basketball hard, and hit a hot block, Pierce was directly hit by the hat to the ground, the ball flew directly out, and the Celtics fans in the stadium saw that the star of the house was treated like this, and let out a burst of boos, which resounded throughout the North Shore Garden Arena.

Fortunately, the referee on duty did not give a foul after watching the video replay repeatedly, but instead decided that it was a reasonable block and there was no excessive foul.

"It's so exciting!" Bill Wharton, the commentator sitting in the studio, couldn't help but admire, he saw Mark Gasol's contribution to the Timberwolves' defense of the restricted area: "Gasol Jr. is much tougher than his brother, it's hard to imagine that the European basketball interior that has always liked to float on the outside shooting, there will be a young and potential high-quality interior player like Gasol Jr., this ball is very resolute and tough, it can be said that it indirectly interrupted the Celtics' rising momentum on the offensive end, it's incredible, it's hard to imagine that this is a second-round show can do!" ”

As we all know, in the 2007 NBA draft, Gasol Jr. was selected by the Lakers with the 48th pick in the second round, but due to the performance of the previous European interior lines, many people are not optimistic about Marc Gasol's prospects in the NBA.

But since coming to the Timberwolves this season, many people have seen the amazing talent and outstanding strength of this young Spanish interior lineman, and his all-round skills have given him a faint capital to turn the river and sea on the inside, and he can contribute more to the team at both offensive and defensive ends, and now he is younger than his brother and has a brighter future!

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