"This lineup"

Phil Jackson, who was sitting firmly on the bench, frowned deeply, and the Timberwolves' lineup after the timeout surprised him. Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test In addition to the two backcourts of Lowry and Thorton, Gibson and Anderson Jr. were actually laid out, and it seemed that the height was there, but what about the speed? Is Gibson coming to defend Odom, or is Anderson defending Odom?

In terms of height, Ty Gibson is two meters and six, and Chris Anderson is two meters and eight meters, both of which are on par with Odom.

Odom is in the prime of his career, especially at the age of 32, averaging nearly 15 points and nine rebounds in 32.4 minutes per game this year. It was previously reported that Odom is a strong contender for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year this year.

Phil Jackson can only see that the Timberwolves' current lineup is defensive on the court, after all, Gibson, Anderson and Jordan Jr. are all good at defense. And the other mysteries, he actually didn't see yet.

After the last game, people suddenly found that the Timberwolves played joint defense again, this time with two or three joint defenses.

"To block my breakthrough?" Odom was in control of the basketball and knew the Timberwolves' tactical intentions right away.

In front of him was Gibson, a defensive titan with a big bare head and a beard, a fierce look and bulging muscles. Gibson spread his arms and loomed over Odom Zhou, looking as if he could cut off Odom's dribble at any moment.

After replacing Gibson, it was almost impossible for Odom to rely on his weight and strength to pass, and he thought about it and transferred the ball to Shannon Brown on the other side.

Shannon Brown is the same height as Thornton, who is stronger offensively than defensively, and is good at attacking with the ball and shooting from distance. Shannon Brown defensively is slightly better than his offense. With a pair of long thick arms and excellent athleticism, he can at least become the best defensive player on the bench once he gets serious.

The two met. It's a needle point to a wheat mang.

This time Shannon Brown received the basketball. With a tentative step, he slashed diagonally to Thorton's left.

Brown is strong. It was actually made him break through successfully, leaning on Thorton's body, like a small bulldozer, brutally rushing towards the inside of the Timberwolves.

He paused suddenly. The body twisted, the hands turned into one-handed throws, and the basketball flew into the air!

Suddenly, a dark shadow rose in front of his eyes, obscuring the sky and the sun, like a solar eclipse, blocking the lights in the sky.

"Smack!"

The rising basketball was hit by Jordan Jr.'s big hand, like a cannonball. It whistled over Brown's head, making his scalp feel a little cold.

"It's coming!"

After the basketball bounced off the ground, it was snatched up by the quick-eyed Lowry. The little cannon regained a speed that did not match his stature, and rushed forward like the wind.

He was followed by Steve Blake.

Blake is also a veteran. Although he looks on the tender side. Seeing Lowry get up to speed, he wanted to pull him off at that time, but he didn't expect the little steel cannon to be flexible and his body turned around, so that he didn't even catch the corner of his clothes. On the contrary, because of this action, the retreat was two beats slower, and he was a few positions behind Lowry.

Lowry ran faster and faster, dribbled to the front court, saw the empty basket, suddenly blood surged into his heart, and he took three quick steps to complete a basic dunk with both hands.

"Beautiful!"

With such a goal, Zheng Ke was moved. The 1.83-meter-old Lowry rarely dunks, and rare things are expensive, so Zheng Ke and others who saw him dunk were amazed, and they stood up and encouraged him with applause.

The applause was thunderous, and the Timberwolves played so well in the first wave after the pause, so that fans couldn't help but admire Thibodeau's scheduling.

The fans applauded, but they didn't want the next few minutes to become a tiebreaker between the two teams, and the defensive strength came up, and everyone couldn't score.

By the time Zheng Ke came on the court in the sixth minute of the second quarter, it was actually 33 to 32 points on the court, you know, the two teams contributed a total of 50 points in the first quarter, and now they add up to only 65 points, and the two teams scored a total of 15 points in the first quarter. It was done with Odom's outbreak at the beginning of the day.

With such a low score, Timberwolves fans rarely see it, all of them are listless, and the cheers have become weak.

Naturally, the audience wants to see both teams scoring goals the most, which is why the small-ball style of play is popular in the NBA, because it can attract the audience and win the market.

Zheng Ke's appearance finally lifted their spirits, and they waved the glue sticks in their hands to cheer for Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke immediately responded to the enthusiasm of the fans with a beautiful small basket after a breakthrough.

At 35-32, the Timberwolves led by three points.

Zheng Ke just scored a goal here, and the Lakers, who haven't opened for a long time, also scored. Kobe, who is also the star of the house, made a jump shot at one step inside the three-point line, with a flowing figure and an arrow through the heart.

The scores of the two teams are tied.

After that, in the second quarter, whenever the Timberwolves had the momentum to pull away, the Lakers would always find an opportunity to score. It wasn't Kobe Bryant's jumper, Gasol's inside hook shot, or simply Bynum's foul on Jordan Jr.

Before halftime, Fisher threw in a long-range three-pointer to give the Lakers a one-point lead. 46 to 45.

Such a result can only be said to be providential, and he didn't even cross the midfield line, but actually scored a goal. Anyway, with Zheng Ke's long-range shooting ability of 99, he doesn't dare to guarantee the hit rate.

As a result, the inexplicable one-point deficit made the Timberwolves players feel as if they were blocked psychologically and were very unhappy.

"But it's very hurtful for him to score like this!" Lefu said to Zheng Ke with a chattering god: "I bet that Lao Yu will definitely not be able to shoot a three-point shot in the second half, and he has used up his character today." ”

Lefu's personality theory made Zheng Ke scoff, he looked Lefu up and down, but he didn't find that this kid still had such wonderful ideas, and sure enough, he didn't understand the world of genius.

"Uh" Zheng Ke just wanted to speak, Thibodeau pushed open the door of the dressing room and walked in.

Thibodeau walked over and began to greet the Timberwolves: "Guys, move the stool a little bit, let's explain the tactics of the second half"

When the generals heard this, they kicked the ground, and the boss's chair slid to the middle position with a "whoosh~~".

After the rise of the Timberwolves, even the basketball atmosphere in Minnesota has improved a lot.

Like the selection of cheerleaders, they are much more active than before. Before the season began, Zheng Ke watched Timberwolves officials select cheerleaders at Minneapolis universities. A decent part-time job with good pay like this is sought after by many college students.

So such an upgraded Timberwolves cheerleader is really glorious and beautiful, and it has become the audience's favorite repertoire at halftime.

After the various interactive programs between the midfield and the audience, the players from both sides returned to the field on time.

Zheng Ke pressed his legs, moved his joints, and walked to the bottom line under the signal of the sideline referee. After several referees ventilated to ensure that they could play normally, the referee on the sideline handed Zheng Ke the basketball firmly in his hand, and Zheng Ke grabbed one in his hand.

With a shake of his hand, the basketball flew to Billups, who took it, and the two ran to the front court together.

"Do you want to play singles?" As he walked, Billups asked Zheng Ke.

"No, let's play some tactics first, Tom (Thibodeau) drew a lot of tactics at halftime!" Zheng Ke said with a smile.

Billups made an OK gesture to indicate that he understood.

Zheng then picked up his trot and ran to his flank position first, starting to expertly position himself at the small forward position, preparing for the first wave of the second half.

Billups held up three fingers of his free right hand and motioned for the Timberwolves player to perform the No. 3 play.

The Timberwolves operated as precisely and rigorously as a machine, and Zheng Ke was also involved, covering Lefu without the ball in the elbow area, and then when he was about to run out of the three-point line, he suddenly ran back and ran to the hoop.

This is an opportunity!

Artest's inflexible features reappeared. When he was young, he had strength and weight, and with explosive power, he could reach a very high speed, but once he got older, he was affected by this weight, and his speed dropped extremely quickly, and he was deceived by Zheng Ke like this, and he couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.

Billups grabbed the ball with both hands and spun the ball into the basket in a standard passing position.

Zheng Ke caught it with both hands and quickly buckled it.

"Bang!"

The basket shook violently under his vigorous force, and the iron basket was exaggeratedly deformed as if it had been hit by a blunt object.

Zheng Ke floated lightly on the ground, like a hero who could do light work, chic and free.

"!"

Artest scolded secretly, he didn't expect Zheng Ke to run so cunningly, not at all like a wing player who has been attacking with the ball for a long time. He didn't know that in the first two years, Zheng Ke's offensive ability with the ball was not particularly strong, but he relied on speed to run without the ball and get the opportunity to shoot in the open space.

Running without the ball is a familiar road for him.

Kobe Bryant doesn't blame Artest anymore, counting the 2 points just now, Zheng Ke has only scored a total of 15 points in this game so far, and the scoring efficiency is more than the usual average of 35.7 points per game.

How to say, Atai's desperate efforts in the first half are still obvious to all.

But is his physical strength really enough to guarantee such a high-intensity defense throughout the game?

Zheng Ke was the first to disbelieve it.