Chapter Seventy-Five: The Fight Begins

In fact, McDonleavy doesn't have to worry about the large-scale use of the front now, the front is a tactic that is more demanding for the defender, not to mention the physical fitness requirements of the players around the front, let's just say that the front technology is also a science, especially the pace requirements of the defender, such as the stride step in the defense, the forward step, the step step, etc., as well as the timing of the jump around the front, etc., these are not good training in a short time, just like the Timberwolves, can make Zhuang Fei more satisfied to implement the front of the winding is Garnett, Pierce and Jackson, And Pierce and Jackson are on the outside, and the outside line is different from the inside, and the requirements are much lower, so there are really not many teams in the league that can really do it to Sabonis now, and even if they really force this tactic, it may be that the tiger is not an anti-dog, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Paul, well done, next time I want to increase the defensive aggression against Grant, you must not let him catch the ball, completely block him" When Pierce passed by Zhuang Fei when he returned to the half of the defense, Zhuang Fei immediately carefully admonished.

This steal was an accident, the Trail Blazers were too careless and in a hurry, and now the prepared Trail Blazers will definitely be more cautious, so the Timberwolves can no longer expect the opponent to make mistakes, and can only make their defense more aggressive.

Now the Trail Blazers are still in a half-asleep state, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, if the Trail Blazers adapt to the Timberwolves' style of play, relying on the strength of the Trail Blazers, it is definitely not difficult to turn the situation back.

Many coaches in basketball games like to maintain a certain point difference with the other party, and do not like to completely pull the score away, such as Phil Jackson, he will replace the main player to rest after the team has a big lead, and then the opponent will catch up again, and after catching up, he will change to the main force, he believes in Jordan's strength, and can destroy the opponent in the end, but Zhuang Fei is not like this, he likes a wave of streams, a wave of pushing down the opponent, and the best opponent can't stand up from now on.

That's what Zhuang Fei wants to do in this game, and he has to lay the foundation for the team to win in the opening minutes

Zhuang Fei's judgment is very good, the Trail Blazers are indeed a little confused, even Dunleavy's thoughts are not on the court now, Dunleavy is now immersed in the front defense and can't extricate himself, and he didn't call a timeout in time in this situation, and the players on the field of the Trail Blazers are a little chaotic, the offense is playing Sabonis as usual, Sabonis can't get the ball, play others, and there is no priority at each other point, everyone's strength is about the same, the question of who comes first and who comes later, and there is also a problem with the distribution of the ball in the flying squirrel.

So now there was a one-sided situation on the court, and it wasn't until the Timberwolves played an 18-8 wave five minutes later that Dunleavy woke up from his world with regret.

After coming to his senses, Dunleavy regretted that he was now in a crucial game, how could he think about other things in a hurry, and when he reacted, he immediately called a timeout.

Zhuang Fei also regretted that the difference of 10 points is not very large, if he insists on the official timeout, the difference can reach at least 15 points, and by that time, the Timberwolves will be much more calm.

Zhuang Fei's defensive strategy in this game attaches great importance to aggression, that is, pressing, which is highly related to the players of the Trail Blazers, the players of the Trail Blazers are generally taller than the players of the Timberwolves, so they are inferior to the Timberwolves in terms of athletic talent.

"Everybody's doing a good job, and then we're going to keep it like this, and step up our pressing, forcing them to not be able to pass the ball easily, Kevin, wait a minute, the Trail Blazers are likely to bring in Jermaine O'Neal, he's a completely different style of player from Sabonis, I think you're no stranger to him in high school, you know how to defend."

Garnett nodded, Jermaine O'Neal, a former McDonald's All-Star teammate in high school, they are all top players in high school, and they naturally have a lot of intersections, although Xiao Ao has not played much in recent years, Garnett is still no stranger to him.

The next few minutes are the Trail Blazers' counterattack phase, as long as they hold this section, they can completely suppress the Trail Blazers' arrogance, Zhuang Fei knows that this stage is important for this game.

As Zhuang Fei expected, Dunleavy was replaced by O'Neal Jr., and when Xiao Ao was on the court, he kept muttering something in Xiao Ao's ear.

"If you have an absolutely top super player to lead, then I don't have to play this game, just admit defeat, but unfortunately you don't" Zhuang Fei looked at McDonleavy with a solemn face and said to himself.

The Trail Blazers only need one player who can hold the court, but unfortunately they don't have it now, and the Hydra will be very troublesome if each head is the same size.

The biggest advantage is that the team's tactics can be changed at any time, and if you can't play inside, you can immediately change the outside, which is where the Trail Blazers are much stronger than the Timberwolves.

After the timeout, the Trail Blazers' lineup changed to center O'Neal Jr., power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Jim Jackson, scoring guard Ryder, and playmaking guard Stoudemire.

Dunleavy easily took Sabonis and removed Grant by the way, and the strength of their roster is not even worse than the previous lineup, but the style has completely changed, and the Trail Blazers' roster is definitely a team that is not inferior to the Timberwolves in athleticism.

Zhuang Fei looked at Dunleavy enviously, this is something that the Timberwolves are absolutely not capable of doing at present, Zhuang Fei does not dare to remove Garnett and Pierce and then replace two people and then keep the strength of the team undiminished, he does not even dare to withdraw Lewis now.

"The Trail Blazers are really good, the bench is still sitting on the bench with a good swingman like Walter Williams, if Ryder doesn't perform well, Walter Williams can still be replaced, this player has a stronger impact than Ryder" D'Antoni sighed, this is the naked show of wealth.

But even such a Trail Blazer is not easy to suppress the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves' starters are also not bad, if the basketball game allows eight people, the Timberwolves will be much worse than the Trail Blazers, but in fact, it is impossible to play eight people in a basketball game.

Damon Studemire's offensive efficiency is low, shooting is not his strong point, which also led to a sharp drop in scoring after he left the Raptors, and now he is no longer looking for high scoring, and Nash is a lot less pressed, and now the offensive responsibility of the Trail Blazers is on Ryder and Jim Jackson and Rasheed Wallace.

Ryder received a pass from Stoudemire, got rid of Jackson's defense, and went to the basket, this game Ryder played very depressed, Jackson's defense was in place, and he was very restrained, this breakthrough success was definitely the first time in this year's game, although Stephen Jackson was broken through, but he has always followed him, and now the Timberwolves only have Xiao Ao and Garnett under the basket, Xiao Ao blocked Garnett's defense line, if you wait for Ryder to make a layup, then no one can do anything.

Just as Ryder was about to go to the basket, he suddenly found himself being hugged, and Stephen Jackson grabbed Ryder as he started, and the timing was very good, the referee just awarded a normal foul and did not make a free throw.

This time Jackson hugged Rydell and interrupted his offense to make the former Timberwolves player extremely angry, and reflexively pushed Jackson to the ground, originally Ryder came to his old club this game and did not play well This has made him very angry, this time Jackson's foul completely made him angry, however, Stephen Jackson is not a good person to talk to, Jackson turned around and stood up and punched Ryder in the face.

"**, boy, don't want to live anymore, Rashid, Jim, let's kill him together" Ryder was insulted like this, he was knocked to the ground with a punch from a rookie, and immediately got up from the ground in anger and shouted to his teammates around him. Jim Jackson rushed to this side without thinking about it, and Rasheed Wallace hesitated a little and finally prepared to go over to help, but he didn't take a few steps before he was dragged by someone, and it was Lewis who dragged him, Lewis didn't want to fight, and he didn't want to participate, but he couldn't watch his teammates being besieged, so he could only drag Wallace, Wallace didn't think Lewis was trying to persuade him, he thought Lewis wanted to attack from behind, and finally Wallace threw it with one hand, and Lewis fell to the ground.

"Hmph, you dare to sneak attack from behind" Wallace threw down a cruel word and killed Stephen Jackson.

Zhuang Fei and McDonleavy were stunned by this sudden scene.