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Sloan is very anxious, really anxious, seeing that the game is almost over, but now the team's offensive knife can't get the ball, he has long since lost the calmness just now, he is the same as Zhuang Fei, he has been standing next to the court, shouting loudly to the court, although Zhuang Fei is also a little anxious like Sloane, but his impatience is more of an expectation of the game about to win, after all, the team is about to usher in the first Western Conference semifinals victory, and some people will not be able to enter the playoffs for a lifetime, There are also people who can't break through the first round in their lifetime, but Zhuang Fei reached the second round of the playoffs in his first year of NBA coaching and is about to win.

Zhuang Fei looked at the scorer on the court excitedly and frequently, now the Timberwolves are leading by eight points 98-90, there is still the last minute of the game, and the Jazz team has no pause, although the ball is not in the hands of the Timberwolves now, but with the current time and point difference, as long as the Timberwolves do not make mistakes, the Jazz have almost no possibility of turning the tables.

Malone panted and squeezed together with Garnett in the middle of the right side of the free throw line, in the second half of this game he barely received any passes in Garnett's crazy dogfight, this is the first time he has encountered this situation, no, or the second time, the last time he encountered the situation of not receiving the ball was against the Spurs on April 20 a month ago, that game Duncan almost finished him, until now Malone still has palpitations, but compared with Duncan in that game, Garnett in the second half of this game is not inferior to sè, Even on the defensive end, Duncan was able to score more than 30 points while defending Malone, and Garnett had no time to score and attack when defending Malone.

Malone moved to the left again, he doesn't want to cover with Hornacek now, because Hornacek is worse than him, the tall guard of the Timberwolves almost shrouded Hornacek out of breath, he can only take the initiative to find Stockton now, take the initiative to ask for the ball to attack, the Timberwolves are impossible to let him receive the ball in a comfortable place, or a suitable place.

Malone and Stockton converged in the middle of the free-throw line, and with this pass, Stockton successfully handed the ball to Malone, but just as Malone was about to attack with the ball, he found Garnett in front of him again, and Nash, who had just defended Stockton, was on the side of his body.

"Fuk, it's a bag again" Sloan on the sidelines scolded secretly, he didn't have seen a bag clip, almost all NBA teams will take a bag when facing the Jazz, however, the Timberwolves' bag in this game is different, as long as Stockton and Malone don't block and dismantle, the Timberwolves will use Garnett to defend alone, as long as Stockton and Malone block and dismantle, Nash will not hesitate to block Malone and completely let go of Stockton, Sloan almost saw Nash without the slightest hesitation, and Sloan also saw it, Zhuang Fei just wants to make Malone unable to hold the ball, if he already has the ball, then he will wrap it, and he must not let Malone have any offensive opportunities, not even a chance to handle the ball easily, which makes Ma Long, the Jazz's most stable scoring point, almost completely paralyzed.

Malone looked at Garnett in front of him, sighed in his heart, and then quickly returned the ball to Stockton, who was already on the right side of the free throw line, and Stockton was completely empty.

Stockton looked at Malone, then shook his head, and then looked at Hornacek in the bottom corner of his right side, he was not much better than Malone, and then looked at Greg Ostertag on the inside, he didn't believe that this big man could attack at all, even if it was Lewis who defended him, and finally Stockton was helplessly ready to get up and shoot, but seemed to feel the soreness of his hands, he took 20 shots in this game, the most this season, which made him very tired, and finally Stockton flicked his wrist and the ball went over the Timberwolves' defenders, accurately flew to Russell's hand, and Russell almost barely made a shot in Pierce's veneer defense, hitting.

Russell didn't have the slightest joy of scoring a goal just now, he had scored 18 points in this game, which was his highest score in the playoffs this season, and he shot enough in the second half of this game, he almost became the main point of attack for the Jazz, but unfortunately, he himself also knew that the Jazz needed him to attack, which meant that Malone and Hornacek had been limited, and Stockton had no choice.

"Even if Russell scores 50 points, I won't worry, how can Russell's offensive stability be compared to Malone? Malone scored 50 points maybe only 30 shots is enough, but this Russell estimates that 50 times is not enough, as long as he chokes Malone and Hornacek, the Jazz's offensive ability will drop a notch, and then consume Stockton in this game, so that Stockton's later games will also be affected, it would be better, Stockton's ball just now does not attack itself It seems that it has reached the limit" Zhuang Fei thought to himself after watching the Jazz score a goal, in the second half of this game, he used almost a trick of money, Garnett and Malone fought directly, the two of them really happened to be half a catty, for Zhuang Fei, Garnett can fight Malone is definitely a good choice, because on the offensive end Pierce and Mobley their firepower is still very fierce, and for Sloane, even if Malone does not defend, he does not want Malone not to score, Malone for the Jazz's biggest contribution is offense, not defense, especially in Stockton's poor state this season, and the shooting rate and offensive efficiency are extremely low.

Garnett received Nash's pass under the basket, leaned on Malone fiercely, and finally did not push Malone, there was no way, and finally Garnett used his most familiar turn-back jumper again, the ball crossed a beautiful arc, and then smashed the blue neck, and finally the basketball bounced high, and then finally flew out of the bottom line. Garnett threw his hands up in the air and swung them towards the surrounding stands, the shot missed, but the time was up, and the Timberwolves won.

The final score of this game was 98-92, the Timberwolves won by 6 points, and the players who scored the most points in this game were 22 points from Pierce and Stockton, then 20 points from Malone and Mobley, and then 18 points from Jackson and Russell, but if you push it back, Lewis's 15 points, Garnett's 12 points, all of which are from the Timberwolves, this is the Timberwolves' offensive thickness, and it is also the key to the Timberwolves' victory.

"Kevin, well done, you did my assignment perfectly" Zhuang Fei and Garnett hugged each other fiercely, the best player of the game was Pierce, who was being interviewed on TV. It's all in Zhuang Fei's heart, Garnett is definitely the best player in this game.

"Thank you, coach, but I didn't play very well in this game, I only scored 12 points" Garnett's smile was a little bitter, he was happy that the team could win, and he was also happy that he could really defend Malone, but he also knew that Duncan could score 30 points while defending Malone, while he only had 12 points, this is the gap, he is not even as good as Malone now, let alone compared to Duncan, this is his bitterness.

"Kevin, take it one step at a time, sooner or later you will defeat everyone" Zhuang Fei saw Garnett's thoughts, and then patted him on the back and said

"We almost won, the Timberwolves had better luck than us, they were accurate on three-pointers in the first half, no, I should say they were accurate on three-pointers all over the court, I know the Timberwolves are the best three-pointers in the league"

"Why don't I expand my defense of the Timberwolves' three-point game? I'm the head coach, I've got my judgment, I don't think I'm doing anything wrong, and we're limiting the Timberwolves' triangle offense."

Zhuang Fei was a little stunned, it turned out that Sloan contracted the defense line before Garnett's strong inside play to deal with the Timberwolves' triangle offense? Was it because of that Princeton success? If the Jazz really use general defense, the outside group of the Timberwolves may not be able to have today's shooting rate even under the run-and-gun system, and naturally this game may not be able to win, Zhuang Fei thought of this, and some cold sweat broke out behind him. It is not yet time for joy.

"Mr. Sloan, you said the Timberwolves can also play a triangle offense, but they don't seem to have used it in previous games"

"Just because I haven't used it doesn't mean I won't" Sloan said coldly, it was enough to be defeated twice by the Bulls' triangle attack, and now he had palpitations as long as he heard the triangle attack, almost instinctively repulsing, and then did everything he could to kill it.

"Mr. Zhuang, is this really the case?" the reporter in the audience asked curiously.

"Coach Sloan is right, we played a tough game, we were lucky, obviously Coach Sloan has found a way to deal with the triangle attack, we need to adjust in the next game, otherwise it is very likely that we will lose" Zhuang Fei said with a solemn face.

Sloan was unable to distinguish between Princeton and the Triangle Attack, which made Zhuang Fei surprised and delighted, and immediately came to push the boat downstream.

"We'll win the next game," Sloan said coldly after shaking Zhuang Fei's hand, and then ended the post-match press conference.

And in a high-end villa in Chicago, a person actually laughed while watching TV, and then muttered in a low voice: "This kid is really slippery, that's not a triangle attack"