Chapter 284: Bench Bandits

"Whew~~"

Artest sat on the bench, sweat oozing from his forehead as if he were not paying for it, and then fell to the floor with his lowered cheeks.

"How's it going, Ron?" Phil Jackson asked Artest worriedly.

Artest shook his head, with a look of shame on his face: "He moves too fast, I feel that his speed and sensitivity are stronger than before, he doesn't make direct contact with me, and takes me around in circles, which is very troublesome." ”

Phil Jackson was silent for a moment, then said, "In this way, you don't care about him for now." A fixed-point shooter, we are not afraid of him, you defend his breakthrough and back singles well, try to destroy his touch. ”

Artest nodded heavily and took a sip of water.

For Zheng Ke, Artest is a very good defender, and his fighting spirit keeps him around Zheng Ke as if he were always around. In this game, his hand was average, the effect of the back singles was greatly reduced, and he failed to score in two attempts later in the first quarter, and he is now trying to run more without the ball. So, the two of them ran on the court like eagles catching chickens

Although the Lakers have more big-name players, when it comes to the team's combat effectiveness, it is actually not much different from the Timberwolves.

With two minutes left in the first quarter, the two teams made some substitutions. The Timberwolves replaced Zheng Ke and Pekovic, while the Lakers replaced Bynum and Artest.

Phil Jackson's tactics were obvious, as long as Zheng Ke was on the pitch, Artest had to play. As long as Zheng Ke is out of the game, Artest will definitely be out of the game as well.

As a result, Zheng Ke has a much harder time scoring than he did against the Lakers a few months ago. Thankfully, it's not so easy for the Lakers to score against the Timberwolves. Pekovic and Gibson's addition to the Timberwolves' interior line is to greatly enhance the thickness and height of the Timberwolves' interior line, which makes the Lakers' twin towers feel struggling.

The two teams unexpectedly played a low score of 21 in the first quarter, and Zheng Ke only scored 4 points.

In this section, the pace of the substitutes increased a lot after they came on. Gibson received a breakaway from Tylawson and completed a powerful dunk against Odom. Suddenly there was a wave.

"It's a blast!"

Zheng Ke took the lead in shaking up the towel, and he felt that the fire in his heart was ignited by this kid Gibson, and it burned brightly.

And the Lakers' momentum dropped by one quarter. Odom blushed even more, and almost didn't throw his fist. After coming back, he was anxious to find the court and forced a three-point shot that missed.

"Gibson and Anderson are a perfect match!" Billups, who was also resting off the court, exclaimed: "Both of them are good at rushing for rebounds in the frontcourt. One loves to finish amazing caps. One likes to play passionate dunks, so our substitutes are always demoralized. ”

And so it is, Whitman's two-guard lineup is interesting. Lowry and Tylawson took turns controlling the ball, and the Lakers' bench guards Shannon Brown and Famar were significantly worse than the two. Especially when these two people start to break through, they both have the ability to accurately divide the ball, which makes the Lakers feel a little unguardable.

The advantage of substitution made Whitman happy, but it made the Zen master very dissatisfied. The Zen master remembered that most of the Timberwolves' bench roster was rookies. When the combined salary is a lot less than the Lakers' bench salary, it is even more hateful. Hate Kupchak. I hate these big men who take millions of wages and don't work.

Three minutes later, the Timberwolves had a 5-point lead at 30-25. At this time, not only Phil Jackson, but even Kobe Bryant frowned deeply, and complained a little about the general manager in his heart.

How did they know that the general manager of the Timberwolves had a "top scout" like Zheng Ke around him?

The Timberwolves' bench lineup has gradually taken on the style of bench bandits, and several young people can still maintain a stable mentality in front of Hollywood stars and directors who have been familiar with it since childhood, which makes Whitman very satisfied today. He's getting more and more fond of these young rookies and has in mind 10,000 players who don't want to trade a player with the potential of Ty Lawson.

He wanted McHale to see Tylawson's potential, and secretly made up his mind to give Tylawson the best chance tonight on a stage like Staples.

Tylawon didn't know that McHale decided to let him perform today, he just felt very good today, and just made a throw and a three-point shot. Even if he broke through, he felt a few points faster than before, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that Famar was like a stake, and he could easily pass him in one step.

The real performance came at 8:36 in the second quarter.

Tylawson dribbled the ball under his crotch from beyond the three-point line, then stepped out with his right foot while sending the ball forward, feeling as if he was about to force an overtake.

Famar immediately subconsciously moved his footsteps, taking a slight step with his left foot.

Unexpectedly, Tylawson was a fancy dribble again, he retracted his movements, stepped out with his left foot, and his body changed direction sharply, and he was about to break through to the left side.

At this time, Famar was still able to keep up with the movements, especially after the reaction in his mind, his body immediately reacted accordingly, and at the same time stretched out his left hand to block Lawson.

The speed of Lawson's movements is amazing, Farmar just changed his center of gravity, he dribbled behind a coquettish back, twisted his knees, forcibly changed his body direction, and a fast-moving small jump turned into a breakthrough to the right side, and pulled away horizontally with Farmar about a little more than a position!!

Famar was taken aback, and at that moment he was in a daze, his step was wrong, his center of gravity shifted, his ankle ached, and he could no longer stand upright on the ground, and sat on the floor in embarrassment.

There was an exclamation at the scene, and people's eyes widened.

Lawson watched with some surprise as Farmar fell, retracted his attempt to break through, stayed on the three-point line, and thought to himself that this was a good opportunity to shoot in the top 10, and he raised his hand to make a shot.

"Huh!"

He felt hot, and the basketball obediently went into the net. Famar lowered his head a little painfully, he didn't know what his expression was at the moment, maybe he was ashamed, what he knew was that his name would definitely be in the newspaper tomorrow, and there would definitely be his background in the top ten balls on the official website tomorrow.

"The perfect change of direction between the marches, this back-dribbling is really coquettish!"

Zheng Ke laughed, he wanted to whistle at Famar who got up from the floor, thinking that it was really not a gentleman's doing, but the smile on his expression was captured by the camera for the first time. So, it immediately became part of the highlights of this season's funny highlights.

Lawson's outburst is amazing, he seems to have been born for the big scene, under the gaze of countless pairs of stars, he has become a figure like No. 3 that year, galloping freely.

Still smiling, Phil Jackson waved his hand and sent a main force into the ring.

Whitman dispatched troops and also replaced Zheng Ke and others on the field. However, Whitman left Tylawson and fielded a lineup of Tylawson Gabilups, Zheng Ke, Love and Anderson.

Or a double guard! Phil Jackson suddenly scolded in his heart: ", can you change to a better lineup, do you dare not be so weird?" ”

Fisher was 35 years old in '09, and in the basketball industry, it was almost the end of a player's career. Whether it is explosiveness, speed, and agility, Fisher is not as good as before. It is difficult for people to see the appearance of the chairman of the trade union back then, and it is also difficult to see his chic sword sealing his throat.

In the face of the extremely fast Tylawon, he was also a little powerless. But fortunately, with his strong body and rich experience, he can barely be restricted.

Tylawson immediately relented and handed the ball back to Billups, who took command from the outside.

Artest clinged to Zheng Ke's body, Zheng Ke didn't run around anymore, this time he used his strong back to resist Artest's chest muscles, and then stretched out his long arms to ask for the ball.

Billups estimated the line and safely distributed the ball to Zheng. "Outside the three-point line, you have your back to the rhythm of three points outside the three-point line?" Artest used rap trash talk and chattered in Zheng Ke's ear at a rapid pace.

Zheng Ke ignored it, he turned his body counterclockwise, faced Artest with an indifferent expression, and at the same time grabbed the ball with one hand and placed it on his waist.

Zheng Ke pressed his shoulder against Artest's thick arm, and a light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

The first step!

It's rare to see Zheng Ke break through the opponent like this, and an ordinary player, he can solve everything with a single with his back. Now facing Artest, Zheng Ke took out the bottom of the box, reached the best state of spirit, and took a lightning step. In an instant, the two of them were in the same position.

Artest's pupils began to dilate, and in his field of vision, Zheng Ke disappeared in front of him in the blink of an eye, as if he had learned the teleportation technique. From the change in the airflow on the left side of his body, Artest could feel that someone was forcibly breaking through his defenses, even crashing into his own arm, and this, it was only possible to be alone

Although Artest yelled 10,000 "no thoughts" in his heart, Zheng Ke couldn't hear it, and for the first time, he felt that he had fully exerted his speed of 95, and at that moment, he felt that he was Iverson, what skill. Whatever feints, all of them are on the sidelines, I only need this lightning step to break through any defense!

Zheng Ke hit near the paint area, made a stop-and-go jump shot, and hit!

In the eyes of the audience, Zheng Ke grabbed the basketball with one hand, turned his body, and then stepped out, quickly passing Artest's defense, feeling that Artest was indifferent, as if he was defending with the legendary eyes. "What, a top wing defender, in my opinion, not as good as Trevo (Ariza)!" (To be continued......)