Chapter 227: The murderous opportunity looms

Li Shihao looked at Frank Vogel's azure eyes, feeling the latter's heavy trust, he nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Boss, I understand what I should do at this time, the team needs me now!" ”

Head coach Frank Vogel showed a smile on his face, he nodded, reached out and gently patted Li Shihao's shoulder, suddenly seemed to think of the heavy pressure on his proud disciple, slowly withdrew his hand, and stopped speaking.

After Li Shihao returned to the game, Timberwolves head coach Frank Vogel sighed vaguely, Li Shihao completed a dark horse-like miracle this season, leading last season's fish belly team to the playoffs stage, of course, many people were surprised.

But who would have thought that he was still a twenty-two-year-old and even in US federal law, he was just over a year old and he had so much to learn that the competitive playoffs seemed too cruel for him!

"Three-point shot, now we are behind the score, we can only rely on three-point shooting to chase points, and at the same time, we have to use tenacious defense to stabilize the situation." Li Shihao observed the situation on the field and thought silently in his heart.

At the same time, Li Shihao glanced at the Maverick center Dampier who was firmly stuck behind Marc Gasol, who was angry, obviously not in a good mood, his rebounds were robbed again and again tonight, if it weren't for Nowitzki and Jasenterry's hot shots, I'm afraid the situation would be very bad.

Although the leading result has saved Mavericks center Dampier from being criticized, it has made the blue-collar interior lineman, who prides himself as the second center in the West, extremely annoyed, for him, under the basket, he was eaten by Marc Gasol and Kevin Love, two hairy boys, and couldn't even grab a rebound. It was undoubtedly a shame for him, and it made him lose face.

Li Shihao looked at Dampier thoughtfully, and then he understood that Mavericks center Dampier might be a breakthrough if he used to make fouls. Let the latter fall into a foul crisis, or even knock him down, I'm afraid that the Mavericks' interior defense will immediately drop a notch.

Thinking of this, Li Shihao's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Mavericks center Dampier is just a blue-collar player, but he can get a big contract with an annual salary of 10 million because of his excellent defensive skills, which is enough to make up for the blank space under the basket when Nowitzki pulls out to shoot.

Although Mavericks owner Cuban has always spent a lot of money on building the team, he is not stupid, and Dampier is so good defensively. At the same time, the price of an interior player who is willing to do the dirty work like a substitute under the basket is not low at all, after all, this is an era when big men are scarce.

The Timberwolves' on-court lineup was changed, and Daco Milicic replaced Kevin Love, who could have provided some three-point firepower.

Li Shihao understands what head coach Frank Vogel thinks, at this time, the three-point firepower is enough for himself and Ryan Gomez, and the basket needs a big man with excellent footwork to attack the Mavericks' interior fortress, and rebounding. Milicic is not bad at skill, and he is a partner with Marc Gasol. It's just as strong as Nowitzki + Dampier of the Mavericks.

After the lineup changed, the effect was really different, Li Shihao not only fired on the outside, but also fed Milicic and Marc Gasol again and again, the Timberwolves' interior was instantly strengthened, and the Mavericks' interior defense faced the Timberwolves' internal and external offense. Instantly, I couldn't resist it.

Although Dampier had excellent defensive ability, in the face of the combined attack of Marc Gasol and Milicic, he soon fell into a situation where he was invincible with two fists and four hands, and began to be stretched.

Especially Dacomi Ricic, the bench kid became a wonder for the Timberwolves as soon as he got on the court. When the Mavericks' attention is on Marc Gasol, Milicic has more offensive opportunities, and as long as he receives the ball and has Marc Gasol to cover him, he can always do it

Get a chance to put one-on-one orders with Mavericks center Dampier.

Dacomi Mirisic, who has excellent footwork, naturally played Dampier with ease, not only using hook hands and turning jumpers to make three consecutive attacks, but also making Mavericks center Dampier a foul and getting a 2+1 opportunity.

The situation turned around all of a sudden, and after the Timberwolves replaced Love and added Milicic, they completed the interior upgrade in an instant, and the Mavericks' interior defense immediately became anxious.

Dacomi Licic is smart, he spent an unhappy rookie time with the Pistons, and now after moving to multiple teams, he has come to the Minnesota Timberwolves, and he has finally been reused, which naturally makes him cherish this hard-won opportunity.

He clearly saw his positioning, he and Kevin Love were at the same time in the big forward position, and the positions overlapped, but the roles brought by him on the court could not overlap, otherwise what was waiting for him might be a trade.

Kevin Love can bring stable and reliable rebounding, can bring a certain amount of three-point firepower, and once the high turret is pulled out, it is a point that the enemy cannot ignore.

Darkmilicic saw his opportunity in it, the ability to attack inside, which is what the Timberwolves lacked!

His interior footwork is already excellent, and he has a good foundation before, and now as long as he works hard in this area, then he can bring more powerful interior attacking ability to the Timberwolves, and with this alone, I am afraid that Frank Vogel will not press himself to the bench in the playoffs.

Sure enough, Dacomi Milicic made the right bet, and from the first few games, head coach Frank Vogel saw the improvement of his interior attacking ability and put him in an important position in the playoffs.

Dacomilisic, who got the opportunity to play, naturally puffed up his strength and played under the basket, facing the blue-collar inner line Dampier, Dacomi Mirisic is also the same as Makgasol, full of unconvinced, I am the top show of the 03 platinum generation, I don't have an annual salary of tens of millions, you can actually get a blue-collar worker, why?

However, as Daco Milicic played more and more inside, the Mavericks gradually began to shift their defensive attention to the interior, and even Nowitzki didn't dare to pull out and shoot from the outside.

After all, how can the long-range shooting score have a high shooting rate under the basket, if you don't defend the interior and exchange blood with the Timberwolves, it is always the Dallas Mavericks who suffer.

However, no one found out that Li Shihao had secretly hit three three-pointers, and he shot 3 of 5 in the first half.

(To be continued.) )