Chapter 221: Gasol Jr.'s Unconvinced

When the New Jersey Nets led by Jason Kidd met the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference playoffs, this was how it felt, and he was still at his peak at that time, so he blocked Reggie Miller all over the court and didn't give him any chance to shoot easily.

Now, time has changed, Reggie Miller has retired, he is also old, and he is no longer as brave as he used to be, but the young man in front of him is like the rising sun, vigorous and radiant.

Jason Kidd's growth rate surprised Jason Kidd first, he knew that Li Shihao had received guidance from many players this season, including him, which was the luck of many rookie players, although it was not uncommon for old players to be hostile to newcomers in the league, but there were still many old players who had a friendly attitude towards junior players.

As far as Jason Kidd knows, Li Shihao has gained experience from many first-class point guards in the league this season, but it is rare in the league to be able to absorb this knowledge solidly, integrate it into his own skills, and completely become his own game experience.

Jason Kidd looked at the overly young lineup on the Timberwolves, and a trace of melancholy flashed in his eyes, the Timberwolves' chance to rise will not be too long, the lineup of this team is very young, and the core of the team is also young and talented, they are like another Portland Trail Blazers, as long as they wait two to three years and wait for the core players to grow up, they will definitely become a championship contender in the league.

Moreover, most of the Timberwolves' player contracts are rookie contracts, and after trading away Wolves King Garnett, the Minnesota Timberwolves' maximum salary contract has not been signed again, and their salary space is too abundant, I believe that as long as they remain competitive, there will be stars willing to join Minnesota in the summer. Even though the small city of Minnesota is intimidatingly cold.

Kidd can't find a way to deal with it for the time being, so he can only temporarily let Terry and Nowitzki work together to get opportunities through pick-and-roll covers, and as long as the Timberwolves are forced to stop wrapping Nowitzki, then the Mavericks' decline will be alleviated.

Throughout the first quarter, the Dallas Mavericks. There are not enough helpers to help Nowitzki share the pressure, and Nowitzki, who is carried alone on the offensive end, has been being sandwiched by the Timberwolves, and it is difficult to really play with his hands.

There has to be another player step up and activate another point of offense, otherwise it's a bit whimsical to rely on Nowitzki to shoot the entire Timberwolves with a shot, and it's already a playoff game, and the defensive intensity has risen a lot compared to the regular season.

Jason Kidd understands that Terry is the best fit. And he can't.

He is no longer young, and it is impossible to play like when he was young, and forcing him to play like that will only make the offensive efficiency lower and waste the team's offensive opportunities in vain.

Jason Kidd played with a lot of concerns, but Li Shihao didn't have these worries.

In the first game against the Dallas Mavericks, they were ready for a tough game for a long time, and their psychological preparation was in place. As a result, the first quarter of the game was played, and they were the first to enter the game. The strong Dallas Mavericks have been slow to get into shape.

Now the Timberwolves have the advantage, which undoubtedly gives the Timberwolves players more psychological advantages when playing and more initiative when playing.

Once the ball is in a state of play, it will generally open more and more, and the better it will play, in the game. Similarly, the young Timberwolves are already in shape, and the Dallas Mavericks can only find their form or interrupt the Timberwolves' excellent form if they want to overtake the score.

Li Shihao held the ball and faced Jason Kidd's tight follow-up, and his mentality relaxed. In the face of this well-known defender in the league, he lost the feeling of timidity, and directly looked for an opportunity, two consecutive change of direction moves, deceived Jason Kidd's defense, directly crossed Kidd's position, and entered the basket, under the defense of Mavericks center Dampier, he rolled the ball into the basket with a layup, successfully scored two points, and took the opportunity to make Dampier pay a foul.

Although it was the home court of the Dallas Mavericks, the referee didn't seem to mean to favor the home court, and directly blew the foul, giving Li Shihao a chance to play two plus one.

Since the referee ruled fairly, Li Shihao naturally would not let go of this good opportunity, and in front of the boos of the Dallas home court, he steadily hit a free throw and added another point to himself.

The Mavericks' blue-collar center Dampier instantly looked bad when he saw this, and he was angry in his heart at the moment, and he even had some complaints about the referee, feeling that this foul could be blown or not, and it was completely possible to ignore this "foul" for the sake of the home court.

However, the penalty has already been handed down, and Dampier can only hold back his anger, turn back to defense, and continue to devote his energy to the defensive end.

Li Shihao did not give the Dallas Mavericks any respite, he has been in control of the pace of the game, clearly understanding that this game is the first meeting between the two teams in the playoffs, since the Dallas Mavericks did not get into the game for the first time, it is the best time for them to win the first game.

The Dallas Mavericks have two home-court advantages in this series, and as long as they can grab a win on Dallas' turf, they will be much better when they return to their home court, and the only one who has the advantage in the series at that time will be the Timberwolves.

Unable to give the Dallas Mavericks a chance to get off the ground, Lee Se-ho continued to unleash his offensive momentum and constantly delivered his own ammunition to the Timberwolves players.

At this moment, Li Shihao is like the Timberwolves' offensive perpetual motion machine, and he has been delivering power to Mark Gasol and Kevin Love.

Marc Gasol stuck under the basket, Li Shihao sent a pass, hoisted the ball in his hand to Marc Gasol, the tall and strong Marc Gasol played not soft at all, directly leaned on the Mavericks blue-collar center Dampier, a relaxed turnover jump shot, the basketball was too close to the basket, Dampier was five centimeters worse than Gasol Jr., in the face of Gasol Jr.'s turnover jumper, he could only make a big way to seal his eyes, and he couldn't block all his vision, it was too difficult.

Half of the basketball field has allowed Gasol Jr. to easily score this goal, he has too much advantage in playing Dampier, the latter is a typical power center, but in terms of weight, he is not worse than him at all, two people of the same tonnage collide together, Gasol Jr. still occupies a height advantage.

In this game, Gasol Jr. mustered up enough strength to beat Mavericks center Dampier, the latter's 7-year 7300W high-salary contract, but it made him extremely angry, he himself reluctantly got a guaranteed contract because of the second-round show, this blue-collar center with no strength actually got such a high salary, Gasol Jr. was naturally very unconvinced.

(To be continued.) )