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On the evening of June 11, 2001, the third game of the 2001 NBA Finals was staged at the Midland Bank Center in Philadelphia.

In the first two games, the Timberwolves maintained a 2-0 lead by virtue of home-court advantage, and according to the 2-3-2 format of the Finals, the 76ers will play three consecutive games on their home court from the third game, of course, if they can play three games in a row, the 76ers must win one of the first two games, otherwise the team that reached the Finals will be swept out by the Timberwolves.

If the 76ers are swept this season, then the Eastern team will be swept by the Western team in the Finals for the third consecutive year, which is an unacceptable thing for both the Eastern Conference and the 76ers.

So in this game, the 76ers are in excellent condition as soon as they come up, it can be said that this is their backwater, and this game is also the one they are most likely to win in the next few games, after all, the current Timberwolves are new to the road, it can be said that they also need an adaptation process, if you really wait until the Timberwolves adapt to this place, the 76ers even if they have the advantage of home court, it is almost impossible to beat the Timberwolves.

The 76ers, who are very aware of this situation, naturally know what to do, so the team showed its aggressiveness at the beginning of this game, and Iverson, the leader of the 76ers, took the lead in killing the Timberwolves' basket at the beginning, which caused a lot of trouble to the Timberwolves at the beginning of the game.

Garnett, the Timberwolves' interior pillar, was in foul trouble at the start of the game. Obviously, the referees of this game were a little biased in Zhuang Fei's opinion towards the 76ers, and the referees were very strict about the physical contact of the players. While the scale is the same on both sides, it's clear that this is more beneficial for the 76ers. After all, the 76ers have an Iverson with strong physical contact, and when Garnett was knocked off the court, Xiao Ao took over Garnett's defense task, and Iverson quickly found his own rhythm under Xiao Ao's assistance.

O'Neal Jr.'s defensive ability is excellent, there is no doubt about it, and in terms of defensive ability, this interior line is not much worse than Garnett, but this interior line has always had these two very bad habits. When he played the Lakers some time ago, he shrugged in the face of O'Neal, which was the first bad habit, Xiao Ao's will is very tenacious, but this guy is also very opportunistic. In the face of players who are not the same weight as themselves, they like to be lazy and timid, and now this habit has not been completely overcome, but it is almost solved, especially with the Lakers in the last two games, the three of them beat O'Neal like that, which made this guy's phobia of O'Neal solve most of it, but now Xiao Ao has always maintained another bad habit.

This guy is still very easy to eat feints, although it is much better than before, but it still exists, this is also Zhuang Fei's layout of the team's tactics rarely let Xiao Ao help defend the opponent's outside feints more players, but this game because of Garnett's early departure Zhuang Fei had to put Xiao Ao directly on top of him to face under Iverson's fire, and this game Iverson also seemed to have studied in advance, almost beat this Xiao Ao through.

It's clear that Larry Brown has long planned to take Garnett, who is the biggest threat to Iverson, out of the game, and that's what he learned from the loss to the Timberwolves in the last game. Iverson does not suffer when facing Wang Zhizhi, but it is difficult to have an explosive performance in the face of Garnett, Larry Brown originally wanted Iverson to fight Wang Zhizhi, but now Zhuang Fei is directly sent to Xiao Ao, Brown and Iverson naturally have research on Xiao Ao, and they naturally understand that Xiao Ao likes to eat feints, which makes Brown and Iverson feel a little overjoyed.

It was in this situation that the 76ers began to encircle and suppress the Timberwolves. And from the current point of view, the 76ers still have the advantage. Because Garnett was saddled with four fouls in the first half, the Timberwolves' big man only played 15 minutes in the first half, and such playing time naturally completely disrupted the Timberwolves' tactics. If it is an ordinary team, when its own players face such a dilemma, they will basically be completely disrupted by the opponent, and then finally lose their rhythm, and then they will continue to lose the game. That's what Larry Brown and Iverson want to see. …,

But what is a little surprising is that although the Timberwolves are very passive in this game, the Timberwolves players on the court are not chaotic, and they are also inseparable from the 76ers in terms of score, which is completely unexpected by the 76ers.

"Coach, should we play a small lineup, let Jermaine go back to the center position, and then let Stephen push to the power forward position to help defend Iverson, so that although the team's interior height and hardness will suffer, it can also make Iverson less comfortable" Timberwolves assistant coach Green looked at the situation on the court and proposed helplessly, at this time Zhuang Fei also frowned after listening to Green's suggestion.

Green's suggestion Zhuang Fei also thought about it, Jackson's defensive ability is very good, especially he almost never eats feints, and with his height, he can completely cover Iverson, and the Timberwolves can do better in defending Iverson, but in the same way, this will also make the Timberwolves, who originally had a high advantage, completely lose their advantage in their hearts, which will make the Timberwolves have problems in the protection of the interior, after all, the other party has a Mutombo, Although O'Neal Jr. can withstand Mutombo, but Jackson may not be able to withstand Ronhill, although this big forward is not tall, he is also 2.06 meters, and his body is also very strong, and his offensive ability is also very good, he can contribute an average of 12 points per game last season and 10 points and 10 rebounds per game this season, this is an interior line above the level, and more importantly, even if Jackson is better than O's defense of Iverson, can he really choke Iverson? This is also a question, if you really change to a small lineup, it will be a tragedy if the inside and outside lines are spent.

Zhuang Fei's doubts were also clear to Green, so the assistant coach understood that Zhuang Fei was not ready to adopt such a tactical strategy after seeing Zhuang Fei sigh. It's too risky.

Of course, in addition to being too risky, Zhuang Fei also has another consideration, that is, Nash's performance in this game is too good, there is no doubt that after Garnett's departure, the Timberwolves' defense has become a big hole, even the interior line that has been dominant before has been made a little passive by Uncle Mu and Hill of the 76ers, it can be said that the Timberwolves are in a completely passive situation in this game, but even in this case, the Timberwolves can still bite the score, It's because Nash completely mobilized the Timberwolves' players in this game.

You know, Garnett is not only the team's defensive core, but also the team's axis on the offensive end, how can such a player not have an impact on the Timberwolves' offensive end, but to everyone's surprise, this impact is completely made up for under Nash's scheduling, and the Timberwolves' firepower on the offensive end has not diminished at all, which has turned the situation on the court into a situation where neither side can prevent anyone, and at the same time, the two teams have maintained a balance in the score.

The game ended in the third quarter after the two sides tied at 86, in the fourth quarter the 76ers were still all on the court, but Zhuang Fei still pressed Garnett under the court, Zhuang Fei wanted the Timberwolves to last until the last five minutes of the fourth quarter of the game, and then let Garnett come on the court to end the game.

This is the best option for Zhuang Fei, because the current performance of the Timberwolves allows him to carry out such a plan.

"Steve Nash and Iverson played well in this game, and the debate about Nash stealing Iverson's first-team spot because of the Timberwolves' record can also be over, both are players who can make the game easy, and the performance in this game illustrates this problem" Even Pacers head coach Bird on the commentary bench couldn't stop nodding his head in praise. In fact, he himself used to think that Iverson was selected to the first team more than Nash, and he also looked down on Nash a little, but from the current point of view, this idea is wrong. This also made Bird involuntarily look at Zhuang Fei, who had been locked on the sidelines every day. He was curious to know how Zhuang Fei turned a scrap that the Suns didn't want into such an MVP-level player, which was like magic. …,

Zhuang Fei expects a lot from Nash in this game, and as the game progresses, Nash also makes Zhuang Fei more and more satisfied, and even at the end of the game, Zhuang Fei even thinks that the Timberwolves can not play Garnett, because with 5 minutes left in the game, with Iverson's physical decline in this game, the shooting rate dropped, and the Timberwolves actually reversed the score, and Iverson has stayed on the court in this game. It also shows how serious he is about this match, and he really wants to beat Nash to prove that he is better than Nash.

But unfortunately, when Zhuang Fei sent Garnett to the court at the end, the 7676ers were also completely defeated, and the team suppressed the Timberwolves for three and a half quarters, but was defeated by the Timberwolves in the final half of the quarter.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Zhuang Fei also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this game was really difficult, but the Timberwolves still won, and on the other side of the court, Larry Brown was a little depressed, and Iverson on the court also looked at Nash's back a little complicated, but from the eyes of the super guard, it was obvious that the evil spirit was more awe-inspiring than before. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )RQ