(In any basketball novel, the protagonist can't hide from O'Neal's face.) Shark cutting tactics' In fact, the fisherman personally likes this tactic, but this tactic is not suitable for Zhuang Fei nor suitable for the Timberwolves, Zhuang Fei is an extremely proud and jealous coach of himself, in Zhuang Fei's view, cutting sharks is always his last choice, if he is not cornered, he will never use it, at this point he and Popovich are different, and as for the Timberwolves players, this is a young team, and this is still a young defending champion, how high is the heart of these players of the Timberwolves? Even if Zhuang Fei asked them to cut the shark, they would probably be extremely awkward. This situation is like last season's Thunder and Spurs, the Western Conference Finals when the Thunder slashed the Spurs sharks were too awkward, and in the end it was very unsuccessful, while the Spurs cut the sharks against the Clippers made me feel extremely matched, and in the end it was also successful, the shark cutting tactics need the team to have attributes that suit him, and this Timberwolves just don't have such attributes, if the fisherman writes Coach Z or Garnett Pierce against O'Neal to cut the shark, don't you think it will be awkward? Coach Z, a coach who rarely even uses a bag clip, can actually cut sharks. ）

May 24, 2001, Minnesota Target Center.

Devin George stared closely at Pierce in front of him, at this time Pierce was still dribbling the ball slowly, and Devin George felt that his legs were a little weak, the person in front of him in today's game was too fierce, which made Devin George admire Kobe Bryant very much for a while, how did Kobe restrain this guy in the last game?

Although he was a little apprehensive about Pierce, Devon George still had no intention of backing down. The significance of this game is so significant, in the Lakers locker room before the game, he still deeply remembers the gloomy appearance of the team's head coach Phil Jackson. If this game is lost again, none of the Lakers will have good fruit to eat.

Thinking of this, Devon George also secretly calmed down, and his body also leaned forward a little involuntarily. is also trying his best to throw the shadow of the all-star small forward in front of him out of his mind.

Pierce seemed to see Devin George's thoughts, but at the moment when Devin George took the initiative to push his body up, Pierce, who was still dribbling slowly just now, immediately started quickly, but this time Devin George was extremely stunned that Pierce did not use his footsteps to break through him directly this time, but chose to rush directly to him, just one step, the Timberwolves' All-Star small forward has been attached to Devin George's body. Devon George has always known that his footsteps can only be regarded as generally facing Pierce basically without the ability to fight head-on, which is why Pierce will always choose to break through him head-on in the previous games, and he is also extremely calm about this, although the success rate of Pierce's frontal breakthrough is good, but it has not reached that very scary level. It's just that this game was played fiercely, and it can be said that Devin George's defense on the whole is okay, and there is no big collapse.

Devin George is not very confident in his steps, but he is sure of his height and strength, he is more confident than his weight and height, he is taller and stronger than most of the league's No. 3 positions, and Pierce's back hit him this time made Devin George happy, which was a gift from Pierce himself.

But what shocked Devin George was that when he just wanted to accept the gift, he found that the gift suddenly disappeared from in front of him, Pierce pasted, leaned back and then turned around, and the whole person slid in front of him like a loach, and the Lakers small forward, who was going to fight with Pierce, was stunned and at a loss.

Pierce, who broke through Devin George, made a one-arm dunk and easily took two points before Robert Hawley could get back into the defense. …,

"It's so beautiful, Pierce was extremely successful in this singles. Devin George was completely thrown away by him, Pierce is the second best player in the NBA who combines power and footwork and singles skills among these outside players at the moment, and now the Lakers' second team really can't do anything about him, maybe Phil Jackson should let Kobe Bryant keep an eye on him, and now only Kobe Bryant can limit him in the Lakers' lineup."

Magic Johnson on the media commentary bench of the target center sighed after Pierce scored this goal and said, Coach Z's layout in this game is very surprising, the team's second leader Pierce was actually taken from the first team by him and replaced by pure defensive pitcher Bruce Bowen, in fact, this season since Mobley and Lewis left, the Timberwolves' second lineup has always had holes and instability, and Pierce can solve these problems by delegating the second team. But in the same way, the lack of Pierce in the first lineup is also very fatal for the Timberwolves, if the Timberwolves can't keep up with the Lakers in the lineup, then even if Pierce performs well in the second team, it is in vain, so there are some doubts about a Magician like Zhuang Fei, but when the game is now, all the doubts of the Magic are gone.

Since the last game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves, everyone knows what the winning stone of the two teams is, the Timberwolves need to choke the other two super players other than O'Neal, and the Lakers need to play their other two super points, so after the start of this game, Magic Johnson can clearly see that Kobe's offense is a lot more decisive, especially when O'Neal is resting, the Lakers' No. 2 person is extremely positive, it is obvious that Phil Jackson has arranged for him after the last game, In fact, Kobe's adaptation to the target center in this game is also very good, at least it is much better than the previous game, in the face of such a Kobe Bryant who is in excellent condition and has normal adaptation to the court, few defenders in the league can prevent him, but what makes many Lakers fans in front of the TV a little stunned is that today's Timberwolves scoring guard Bruce Bowen actually did it, Kobe Bryant was iron again in this game, and Szebiak was still stuck by Jackson and couldn't move.

The Lakers' performance in this game is simply like a copy of the previous game, of course, there are actually differences. For example, the Timberwolves' defensive players who defend O'Neal have changed, and the defensive player who defends O'Neal at the beginning of the game has become Jermaine O'Neal. Garnett, on the other hand, was more involved in the offense.

"Now the balance of this game has been broken by Coach Z, and the last game was more about the strength of the players. In the second lineup, the two sides are actually about the same, but in this game, the Timberwolves completely dominated the second lineup, and what is surprising is that under Nash's dispatch and Garnett's liberation Timberwolves, there is no problem with the offensive power of the lineup, no worse than when Pierce is there, and even much better when defending, it is obvious that this change of Coach Z has strengthened the strength of the Timberwolves. And Phil Jackson still doesn't seem to have found much of a way, his thinking in this game has not changed from the last game, and now it seems that Phil Jackson and Coach Z have a gap in terms of adaptability, the Lakers head coach is too conservative. The head coach still seems to be shocked by the changes in Coach Z's last game, after all, Coach Z is the only manager who has let O'Neal go so completely, Phil Jackson does need time to adapt, but he is running out of time now, and it will be really late if he loses this game again. ”

Magic Johnson is really helpless now, he is the greatest player in the history of the Lakers, so of course he supports the Lakers, but what the Lakers are showing at the moment is completely suppressed by the Timberwolves, not because the Lakers' strength is not enough, but the difference between the two head coaches, Coach Z can be right. Phil Jackson, on the other hand, can only play the regular 'positive' and cannot play the 'odd' to win. That's why the Lakers are struggling everywhere right now. But fortunately, what comforted the magician was that O'Neill's lethality was too great, and no matter how strange Zhuang Fei was, he still couldn't change this. So this game is also the reason why the Lakers can be entangled with the Timberwolves all the time. …,

The Timberwolves' performance in this game is better than the previous one, but in terms of the current situation, the situation of the Timberwolves is not better than the previous game, O'Neal's playing time in this game is too long, even if the Timberwolves' second team in the early fourth quarter under the leadership of Pierce almost completely destroyed the Lakers' second lineup, but Zhuang Fei is still not happy, because O'Neal in the fourth quarter of this game is earlier than the fourth quarter of the previous game, and the second team of the two teams only played 4 minutes, O'Neill was on the game in the final eight minutes.

It's clear that the Timberwolves didn't consume enough O'Neal in this game. In this game, Zhuang Fei let little O'Neal defend the sharks, in the last game, Garnett defended against the big sharks, and after a game, he was basically on the verge of scrapping, no matter how ruthless Zhuang Fei was, no matter how scrappy Garnett was, Zhuang Fei would definitely not let him consume like that for two consecutive games. It's just that little O'Neal is really too fucked up at this time.

"Coach, Jermaine is back again"

Timberwolves' bench Stephen Green looked at the little Ao on the court who was just pushed by O'Neal and gave up and continued to stick it again, this guy didn't have half of Garnett's determination at all, O'Neal didn't push it three or four times in the last game, it would definitely be impossible for Garnett to retreat, it can be said that although Garnett couldn't defend O'Neal in the last game, but forced O'Neal to give up his back to the single at the last moment and go to the frame to attack, and finally there was the tragedy of being cut off, But in this game, O'Neill was able to play Xiao Ao very calmly. In fact, with Xiao Ao's defensive ability, he is completely able to do it like Garnett, but this guy's problem of shrugging when he encounters hard stubble has not changed.

Green is now complaining about Xiao Ao and Zhuang Fei on his side has not spoken, but his brows have been locked, if this game is not because of his change of formation to disrupt the deployment of the Lakers again, then the Timberwolves were played to death by O'Neal in this game, and the Timberwolves can still beat the Lakers in this game, so what about the next game? Zhuang Fei can't always play tricks, the Timberwolves need someone to be able to consume O'Neal if they need to beat the Lakers head-on, and the Timberwolves can't expect Garnett to be entangled with O'Neal all the time, and O'Neal's share is particularly important at this time.

Although O'Neal led the Lakers to a big comeback again at the last moment of this game, because the Timberwolves' advantage in front was too obvious, the Lakers still regretted missing the victory in the second game, the final score of this game was 114-110, the Lakers finally lost by four points, O'Neal hit 30 times 42 times in this game, and scored more than 60 points again to reach 68 points, O'Neal also became the only player in NBA history to score 60 in the playoffs for two consecutive games, Zhuang Fei let him play these two games too seriously, even if one of the Lakers can stand up in these two games, the Timberwolves can't win.

So after the victory in this game, Zhuang Fei's face did not have much joy, and the Lakers could turn back at any time. (To be continued) RQ