Chapter 193: White Heat
In the locker room of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Timberwolves players looked very relaxed, leading the Lakers by 14 points at 56-42 in the first half, and even limited the scoring player in the league this season to only 4 points, which is almost an impossible task, but the Timberwolves have completed it, so this game seems to them to be completely decided, and the Lakers don't want to make any more big waves, and naturally everyone's face is full of lightness.
"Wang, are you okay" At this time, the Timberwolves players all smiled and asked the Chinese insider, who was sitting on the side with some weakness, the reason why the Timberwolves were able to achieve such a result in the first half, Wang Zhizhi was a great contributor, the center who didn't look like much effort on the court returned to the locker room and slumped in his chair, and his face looked a little pale, and there was sweat on his cheeks. In the eyes of the Timberwolves players, the center is too tired, he fought the entire first half with the strongest man in the league, although he looks light, but in fact it is already the end of the crossbow, at this time the Timberwolves players have a strange emotion towards Wang Zhizhi.
"I'm fine" Wang Zhizhi reluctantly showed a smile, he really didn't have anything to do now, he just felt that he was very weak, he could hardly use any understanding, his hands and feet were a little weak, and there was really nothing big other than that.
Looking at Wang Zhizhi's reluctant smile, Zhuang Fei sighed, Wang Zhizhi will definitely not be able to play again in the second half, but he didn't expect that the power absorber could only resist Ao Fat in the first half and failed, how big should this O'Neill's strength be? Zhuang Fei couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought of this, without Wang Zhizhi in the second half, the Timberwolves would have certain problems both offensively and defensively.
On the offensive end, although Xiao Ao's range is also very long, it is still not enough compared to Wang Zhizhi, he can't pull outside the three-point line like Wang Zhizhi, Xiao Ao's offensive efficiency still needs to be near the basket to reflect, so that the Lakers' defense will be more compact and convenient, so the offensive end of this game. Xiao Ao may not be able to compare with Wang Zhizhi.
As for the defensive end, it is even more so, in the first half, the reason why the Timberwolves let the Lakers, a team that can score 118 points per game per game, now only score 42 points, is because O'Neal was blocked, and after O'Neal was blocked, the Lakers' triangular offensive system collapsed by more than half, but in the second half, Xiao Ao couldn't bear O'Neal, not to mention Xiao Ao, now no player in the league can resist O'Neal, and the consequence is that the Lakers' offense will definitely be able to open in the second half, Think of the Lakers' devastating offense, super creature empire txt download. Zhuang Fei felt a chill in his heart.
"Jermaine, you will replace Wang Zhizhi in the second half" Zhuang Fei looked at the eager little O'Neal and said, little O'Neill saw that Wang Zhizhi was so dry in the first half, O'Neal was already itchy. It turned out that the unattainable first center forward in his mind was nothing more than that, and now he also wanted to challenge O'Neal, and he was naturally excited when he heard Zhuang Fei's instructions, and Wang Zhizhi on the side didn't have any extra ideas, anyway, he himself was confused in this game, so far he didn't know what happened, and he didn't know why he had no strength at all, and his current state was not suitable for playing again.
'Guys, we were ahead by enough points in the first half. But the Lakers are definitely not tied up, and now is not the time to be happy, and in my opinion, our second half of the game is the real beginning, and you don't really think that the top scorer can score 32 points per game
You can only score 4 points in the game, and you don't really think that the league's most attacking team can only score 42 points in the first half of the game, right? No. This is definitely not their real strength, as long as the opponent has not completely fallen, we can't celebrate the victory" After finishing speaking, Zhuang Fei glanced at the Timberwolves players with a solemn face, and after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, Pierce's face instantly became extremely ugly. This reminded him again of Elliott's toe strike in Game 7 of last season's Western Conference Finals, which made him instantly lose the mind of despising the Lakers just now, as did other players who played in the Western Conference Finals last season, such as Garnett Nash. Only Xiao Ao's face is still a little unruly now, and it seems that Zhuang Fei's words have not attracted his attention. …,
"Karim, do you think the Lakers can chase the score back in the second half, now it looks like the Timberwolves have fully mastered the initiative, and the Lakers don't seem to have any improvement" ABC commentator Michaels sighed softly, this game that was originally thought to be a dragon battle turned out to be like this, this is definitely not what he wants, it is obvious that the ratings of this kind of game will not be high, although he is a fan of the Timberwolves, but now he hopes that the Lakers can compete for some rebirth of the political road txt download.
"It's difficult, it's difficult, Shaq can't enter the game at all, the Chinese player not only has strength but also has height and speed, and his flexibility is also excellent, in this direct comparison, Shaq can't take the initiative at all, the power can't be pushed, the feet can't shake, and the use of height to play is not too big, in this case, the Lakers have no way at all, I really can't figure out why such an excellent center, Coach Z actually put him on the bench, he is fully worthy of any team's even core" There are too many people who are as confused as Abdul-Jabbar, but after this game, the Chinese insider's estimated value will rise sharply.
"Coach Z won't deliberately hide this Chinese so disgusting that the Lakers disgust O'Neal" Abdul-Jabbar couldn't help but think in his heart, Zhuang Fei and O'Neal have a deep hatred.
"It would be terrible if that were the case," Abdul-Jabbar fell into his own imaginary world, and Michaels, who was next to him, was speechless again when he saw the line-ups of the two teams in the second half.
"Coach Z hid Wang Zhizhi, who performed well in the first half? Why is that? Is this a personnel adjustment necessary?" Michaels said in amazement.
"What's going on, he actually doesn't play" O'Neill looked at Wang Zhizhi, who was sitting in a suit and sitting on the field, his teeth were almost crushed, his relationship with Wang Zhizhi now is like a gambler at a card table, Wang Zhizhi patted his ass and left after winning a lot, and O'Neill lost red eyes and wanted to get it back, but Wang Zhizhi was sitting on the field now and didn't plan to give him a chance to take revenge and get it back. Even if O'Neal now completes the inside line of the Timberwolves, he can't change the fact that he lost to Wang Zhizhi in the first half, which is something he absolutely cannot tolerate.
"Since you won't let him go, then I'll call him up" O'Neill glanced at Zhuang Fei, who was sitting on the bench, and swore hatefully in his heart, he pushed all this down on Zhuang Fei's body again. It must have been Zhuang Fei who did this on purpose.
"Shaq, don't think too much, it's important for us to chase points now" Harper patted O'Neal's huge ass and said, he is now the oldest player on the Lakers court and a player who has won a championship, he is now the team's on-court leader, seeing O'Neal's eyes getting worse and heavier, he can only kindly remind the roaring priest of the online game.
"I see," O'Neill exhaled deeply and suppressed his impatience, he was no longer a hairy boy who was played by Olajuwon and couldn't find the north.
The Lakers barely played a triangle offense in the first half, though. But after the start of the second half, the triangle offense was still implemented, and the end point was still O'Neal, Phil Jackson naturally knew the current situation on the court, and the Lakers had to let O'Neal open if they wanted to win.
"Although I don't know why you replaced that Chinese. But I can't, the Timberwolves have so many centers who can carry Shaq," Phil Jackson said, looking at Timberwolves center O'Neal Jr. on the court.
This time, O'Neal did not turn his back to Xiao Ao after taking the ball at 45 degrees on the right side of the basket, but leaned on Xiao Ao with one hand on the ball, and the shark's eyes were full of evil when he looked at Xiao Ao, just like a bloodthirsty shark saw its prey, which made Xiao Ao, who was still a little unruly just now, almost a little timid, but thinking of the performance of the big shark in the first half, his confidence rose again. …,
"Didn't you say you were going to score 80 points in this game? You only scored four points in the first half, so you can only score four points in the second half," O'Neal Jr. said with a playful expression, sarcastic and sarcastic. Hearing Xiao Ao say this, the big shark's eyes shrank, and then without waiting for Xiao Ao to react,
A very dexterous back turn, almost a turn that was done close to Xiao O, and Xiao Ao was also taken back by the shark. Obviously, Garnett didn't expect Xiao Ao to be broken through so quickly, and it was too late to come back to make up for the defense, and when he jumped the ball to block the shark's dunk, he found that his arm couldn't stop him at all.
With a "bump", the already silent Staples Arena became even more silent at this time. Everyone looked at the fat man's back in amazement, while little O'Neill stood motionless.
"How is this possible? How can he be so flexible? O'Neill Jr. muttered to himself in horror that the first half wasn't like this.
"Am I not mistaken? This was Shaq's first athletic score of the game, right? ”
"It seems to be the latest chapter in the demonic life of Shennong. He scored only four points in the first half, all from the free-throw line."
"Our Shaq is back"
"But the Chinese hasn't gotten on it yet"
"Anyway, Shaq is back, he'll be able to lead us to victory"
For a while, the stands immediately changed from silence to hustle and bustle, and then the whole audience was chanting O'Neal's name, and the shark snorted coldly when he walked past Xiao Ao when he turned back to defend.
"Beautiful back-to-back passing, this is the first time that Shako O'Neal has played such an attack in this game" Michaels was stunned for a moment, and then shouted loudly, everyone had waited too long for this scene.
"Jermaine looks a little bit dismissive of Shaq, and I would say that although Shaq struggled in this game, there is no doubt that he is still the best center in the league, and Jabbar is too young," Abdul-Jabbar said as he watched Ao who was still standing there after being easily beaten by the sharks.
"Obviously, after O'Neal scored that goal, the Lakers' momentum came up, and the offense began to work" As soon as Michaels finished speaking, O'Neal made a basket again, and after reaching the ball, he turned over and knocked away Xiao O'Neal, and then the basket hooked his hand, and O'Neal Jr. was almost pushed back several steps, almost unable to stand on his feet.
"Zhuang, it can't be like this" Seeing the score being chased closer and closer by the Lakers, assistant coach D'Antoni couldn't help it, and if it goes on like this, O'Neal will really take this Laker to complete the overtake of the Timberwolves. In fact, the Timberwolves are still leading by 10 points in the score, but the Lakers' offensive efficiency has risen, that is, the momentum has risen.
"Pause" Zhuang Fei said lightly, and then the Timberwolves called the first timeout in the third quarter of the game, and the game only lasted 3 minutes.
"Called a timeout so early?" Michaels looked at the score, the Timberwolves still have a big lead, and the Timberwolves' offensive efficiency is still very good, there is no need to worry about O'Neal's consecutive goals.
"Let's change our tactics now," Zhuang Fei said as he looked at all the Timberwolves players, and it was clear that these Timberwolves players also thought that Zhuang Fei's timeout was a bit early.
"Jermaine, I remember that you are not a player who falls down at a touch" Zhuang Fei shouted viciously at Little O'Neal, Little O'Neill lowered his head in shame, seeing Xiao Ao like this, Zhuang Fei sighed in his heart, this kid is good at everything, but it is too extreme, sometimes arrogant and reckless, and sometimes passive and slacking off, this time after being beaten by O'Fat, when defending again, he began to be passive and slack off when he was playing against New York, and he retreated as soon as he touched the big shark, and he didn't resist at all. Many times Xiao Ao is like this, yes, Zhuang Fei needs to scold a few words viciously. So seeing this scene, other Timberwolves players are not surprised. …,
"The Lakers' triangle offense has opened, they have started to chase points, and we now need to make tactical adjustments to contain the Lakers," Zhuang Fei said with a sigh.
If it is the Lakers' triangle offense after 2008 in the future, Zhuang Fei can easily find a way to deal with it, but the current Lakers, there is almost no way to deal with them, the current rules can not be wrapped without the ball, and it is ineffective to go around the front, shrink the defense of the opponent and a group of three-point points such as Fisher, Hawley, Rice, the Lakers' lineup is almost forcing the Timberwolves to play one-on-one with them, and now there are not many players in the NBA who can one-on-one with O'Neal, So the current Lakers lineup with the triangle offense is almost inexplicable. However, if Xiao Ao is not passive defensive, although his strength is not as good as Ao Fat, he will not be beaten by Ao Fat as easily as he was just now.
"Jermaine, I need you to be tough, be positive, Bruce, you go and switch to Rice, I need you to stick to him, Paul, your defense is Kobe, as long as O'Neal dribbles you will help Jermaine to attack"
"Zhuang, didn't you leak Kobe Bryant out of this arrangement, although we can limit the number of O'Neal's offenses in this way, but will this outweigh the losses?"
"Kevin, pay attention to protect the basket, don't let people sneak in casually and everyone should remember, even if we can't prevent it, it doesn't matter, everyone should not forget their own strengths, our strength is offense" Zhuang Fei ignored D'Antoni's reminder, but said to the Timberwolves players with a smile. (To be continued)