Chapter 315: Cracks
The Spurs are still the same regular lineup, with Parker, Bogans, Jefferson, Duncan and McDyes. Ginobili sat on the bench, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that he was only a point of contact in the second team, playing more minutes than some of the starters.
On the Timberwolves' side, Billups, Afflalo, Zheng Ke, Gibson and Pekovic formed a starting lineup, and at first glance, the interior combination was a little immature.
After the tedious ceremony, the players of both teams found their positions on the pitch according to their roles on the field. Zheng Ke and Jefferson stood together, fighting each other on the halfway line.
"Hey, bald, how many points did you get on the field? I guess it's 9 or 10, it's really weak. As soon as he met Jefferson, Zheng Ke began to spray indiscriminately, he hadn't taken the initiative to spray trash talk on the field for a long time, and it was still very powerful, Jefferson frowned again and again.
"Humph!"
Jefferson didn't have time to refute, because by this time Duncan and Pekovic were already standing in the center circle and jumping up to grab the ball.
With a slight advantage in height and a superhuman reach, Duncan overcame floor-runners like Pekovic to take the lead in basketball.
Twice, Parker got the ball.
The Spurs immediately sprang into motion, with the soldiers methodically driving to the Timberwolves halfcourt, and then following Popovich's tactical arrangement, they began to make various interspersed cover runs.
After a few rounds of outside play, the basketball was in Parker's hands. He and Duncan teamed up near the wing of the three-point line to get rid of Billups a few positions. Straight pull-up jumper.
When he first played, he probably didn't feel very good, Parker's hands were a little stiff, and the basketball smashed into the neck of the basket. Bounce high.
McDyce, a veteran player under the basket, smiled, and although he was picked up by Pekovic, he found that the ball bounced outside and looked like it was about to fall into his hands.
"Mine!"
A black shadow suddenly appeared, like an extraterrestrial divine soldier, and he stretched out his long ape-like arm in the air and grabbed the rebound. As soon as he put his hands together, he hugged them tightly in front of his chest, and then opened his hands for the first time. He raised his two big, sharp elbows.
Jefferson, who had just wanted to come over and pick up the ball, happened to encounter Zheng Ke's big elbow and almost hit him in the face, he subconsciously took two steps back, and then retreated curtly.
The Timberwolves will see Zheng take the rebound. Fly and run to the front.
After Zheng Ke won the basketball. began to dribble to the front court, and the basketball was around him, like a butterfly flying with him, in control.
He was quick and followed behind the Spurs, who were a little disorganized.
Jefferson couldn't help himself, and he tried to reach for the ball.
Zheng Ke smiled a hint of teasing, as if he had known that he was going to do this. Saw Jefferson digging the ball, dribbling behind the back of the ball. dashingly dodged Jefferson's gambling steal.
"This pen!" Popovich cursed in his heart and couldn't help but get up from the bench.
At this point, there was no Jefferson constraint. Zheng Ke's speed increased again, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed to near the Spurs' three-point line. Gambo immediately came over to encircle and suppress him.
"Bang!"
Zheng Ke was short, accelerated, and unreasonably collided with Gambos's body, relying on speed to forcibly break through Gambos's supplementary defense.
As soon as the basketball was sent forward, Zheng Ke followed in two steps, kicked the ground with his calf, and stomped on the floor with explosive force, and flew into the air with a "whoosh".
"Bang dang!"
Zheng Ke's basic slam dunk action with both hands behind the back, but with Superman's bounce, over-the-frame posture, and amazing strength, his dunk was full of violence, and the roar of his hands smashing on the basket was as if it was about to overturn the center of the target.
Just this moment, the pot exploded!
At this time, people remembered a series of classic commentary lines from Yu Jia. This kind of player resolutely can't let him rush up, and rushing up is a violent dunk beast slam dunk! This basket is about to be broken, it looks like the league's basket has to be specially reinforced for him, and he dunks again, he is a dunk machine!
In the NBA, taking the lead is definitely an extremely prominent advantage. Sometimes, it is with the morale and offensive momentum at the beginning that the overall tone of the whole game is set. Of course, the aging Spurs are obviously not in this ranks, and the expressions of Duncan and the others have not changed, maybe they are also surprised in their hearts, but who knows?
The Spurs rotated extremely quickly on offense and defense, and immediately forced the Timberwolves into the halfcourt.
It is rare to see their excited and celebratory side, but it is this indifference and stability day after day that has created the glory of the four crowns.
The basketball starts to rotate from Parker's hands, and he doesn't stick to the ball, and immediately begins to play complex off-ball running tactics after releasing the ball. The crowd was crowded on the court, and Parker slipped to the line and regained possession. With Duncan's most reckless high-quality screen, Parker had a direct chance to attack the basket.
Pekovic suddenly appeared in front of Parker at this moment, blocking Parker's 45-degree cut route.
"呲~"
The French trotted at all, he faced the burly Pekovic, dribbled the ball, and then directly began to spin like a top, as if in a ballet, light and swift around Pekovic's body.
"What?" Pekovic's huge body became a burden at this time, and his flexibility was completely incomparable to Parker's, and he watched this little dot slip away from him.
Parker danced in a dashing manner, holding the ball out with one hand.
Basketball playing into the frame is his most classic and common layup action.
The Spurs tied the Timberwolves 2-2.
What a chic and beautiful goal this was, even Zheng Ke, who was an enemy, couldn't help but applaud Parker's goal in his heart, regardless of the camp, just praise for this goal.
Offensive and defensive rotations, offensive opportunities for the Timberwolves.
Zheng Ke leaned his back against Jefferson and took the initiative to find an opportunity to singled him with his back, and he pushed with his back. The Timberwolves' players consciously opened up the space, and in addition to Billups and Afflalo, who have three-point ability, Gibson is also far away. Dodging near the free-throw line, where he had the most control over his high jumper.
"What? Why did you start playing singles again? ”
Whitman frowned, and saw Zheng Ke take the ball and play it with his back, and there was an unhappy expression on his face. He has given professional coaching to the players before the game, why is he more tough against the Spurs? What about the tactics, where are the tactics?
Whitman wanted to see only the occasional back-to-back singles move, as he did give Zheng an unlimited shot during the regular season as head coach. Among them is the heads-up in unlimited situations. But now it seems that this seems to have affected the overall combat power of the Timberwolves, and Whitman has begun to reflect deeply. Isn't it time to learn from Popovich and reclaim possession of some superstars?
Zheng Ke didn't know what Whitman was thinking, and fell to the low post to single Jefferson, and he felt the strong power of Jefferson. This opponent is not young. The amount of force is really good.
"Bang!"
The two collided hard, and their muscles collided together without any fancy, and they burst out with a great impact.
Zheng Ke had a slight upper hand, and Jefferson, with his bloody bravery, was able to withstand Zheng Ke's advance. Zheng Ke withdrew the basketball, shook it from side to side, his right shoulder sank, and his left foot suddenly became the axis. He stepped out with his right foot and then flicked the ball out of the ground with his standard step-back jumper.
Jefferson judged accurately. jumped up and down, and the tips of his fingers touched Zheng Ke's wrist.
The basketball spun violently and fell into the hoop after hitting the board, causing a lot of cheers from the audience. After that, the audience reacted and immediately cheered hard, this is the signature move of their star, difficult, handsome, and the hit rate is extremely high.
The Timberwolves led by two points 4-2.
A long-distance jumper like Zheng Ke, there is always a feeling of not going in when the basketball is dialed out, so when it is "unexpectedly" thrown, it immediately makes people feel extremely excited. Not only because he saw an ultra-difficult technical move, but also because he was impressed by his firm belief.
Two minutes later, Zheng Ke hit another step-back jumper from the same position to score his sixth point of the game, just three minutes into the game.
The Timberwolves lead by 4 points 8-4!
The Spurs immediately called a timeout. Popovich thinks it's strange that today's Timberwolves have given up cumbersome tactical routines and directly chose the easiest way to attack, singles, singles, but the Spurs' defense is a little inadequate. He asked for a timeout to gather his thoughts and at the same time to give the Spurs players a breather.
Meanwhile, the Timberwolves' bench is in the biggest crisis ever.
"Zheng, what are you doing? How not to follow my tactics, singles, singles. Are you going to just play this whole game? ”
The Timberwolves players walked off the court with a smile and a smile, but they were immediately bombarded by Whitman, and Zheng Ke, the team's boss, bore the brunt.
Zheng Ke suddenly felt a nameless fire in his heart, he took a deep look at Whitman, and walked back to the bench and sat down without saying a word.
The air seemed to freeze, the Timberwolves players stopped talking, and the surrounding coaching staff members didn't dare to exhale, holding the tactical board in a daze, not knowing what to do.
Whitman stood awkwardly in front of the player, his face grim.
The awkward scene on the Timberwolves bench left cameramen and reporters scratching the corner, even though there was no image from TNT's broadcast footage. But Zheng Ke "suspectedly" ignoring Whitman was taken by all the reporters who paid attention to the Timberwolves, and after seeing the embarrassing scene on the Timberwolves bench, they strengthened their inner conjecture and began to use their imagination to the fullest
The pause became extremely awkward, and everyone was silent, afraid to speak. Billups, Iverson and others saw it in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts. Iverson actually has the deepest understanding of this, when the team's record is unfavorable, there will always be all kinds of contradictions between players, players and coaches, he saw the scene of Whitman and Zheng Ke's master-apprentice crack, suddenly his hands and feet were cold, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition, feeling that this year's Timberwolves are afraid that it will be difficult to make a difference, and their championship (to be continued......