(A big chapter of more than 7,000 words, so the update is late)

“fvck”

The game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Lakers has entered a white heat, although in the first half, almost taking advantage of the Lakers' unstable footing, the Timberwolves with full firepower almost wiped out the team that has won 37 in a row.

Although it was not possible to solve the Lakers in the first three quarters, the ferrite in the third quarter was also dangerous for the Lakers, and if it wasn't for Szczebiak's three-point shot, the Lakers would have been here a long time ago.

As far as the current game is concerned, I am afraid that this game is also the hardest game that the Lakers have played this season, especially the team's leading player Kobe, from the beginning of the game, there is no way to get rid of being entangled by Bowen.

After that, even if he got rid of it, it was difficult to really form an offense, and the Timberwolves' Garnett's range of activity was too large, one main defense and one assistant defense, so that the Lakers leader player who was in front of him completely lost his own rhythm of the game at the beginning, and finally until the start of the fourth quarter, his rhythm still did not come back.

This is similar to the game with the Grizzlies, but it is a little different, the Grizzlies are really better than the sticky, Bowen is much better than Artest, Kobe can use his running position to get rid of Artest, but he can't get rid of Bowen, this guy and his teammates are too synergistic, and they are not at all comparable to Artest's person who likes to work alone.

And just now, when he thought he had thrown off Bowen and was about to throw it head-on, Garnett's big hand appeared directly on his ball, and finally snatched the ball directly. Then throw the ball straight to the frontcourt. Pierce is already on the fast break.

This was the Timberwolves' famous 'G-P connection' fast-break mode back then. Garnett used his first-time ball ability and Pierce used his super offensive awareness, almost unable to defend, as long as the retreat was slightly untimely, he would be counterattacked by the Timberwolves, which was also an important reason why the Timberwolves were the team with the most counterattack points in the league that year.

Of course, the head coach of the Timberwolves at that time was Zhuang Fei, but in the later Van Gundy period, the former Timberwolves coach sought stability and finally the Timberwolves' offensive style disappeared, and even George Karl was not able to fully recover the Timberwolves' previous offense in the first two years. But judging from this game, this team may have completely reverted to the attacking methods of the past.

And the fast attack method of GP connection, this game is not the first time, but every time it appears, Zhuang Fei and Green on the sidelines will be a little speechless, which is really smashed on the foot by the stone they made.

"Coach, judging from the strength of this Timberwolves' performance today, this team is definitely stronger than the Spurs, how can it only be ranked third in the West" The last few helpless Green also asked a little speechlessly, this team is the best among all Lakers' opponents in terms of offense and defense, even the Grizzlies can't compare to this team.

The Grizzlies have the strongest defense though. But it's more that the single defense ability is extremely strong, and this combination of single defense and co-defense can't do the Timberwolves. After all, there is only one Garnett in the league, and neither Big Ben nor Rashid can compare to Garnett's historic defensive ability, so the Grizzlies can easily be mobilized by the Lakers' Terminator tactics and cannot find the north.

And just now, the Lakers played the Terminator tactics, although Kobe Bryant used the irregular running of the whole team to barely get rid of Bowen, who had not gotten rid of this game, but because he was not sure of his mid-range shooting at this time, he ran a little more forward and chose to throw the front board, but he didn't expect that just this short step, his ball was directly covered by Garnett, and the Timberwolves also launched a fast break directly.

"I can't say that, I can only say that both have characteristics, but the Spurs are more stable" In the end, Zhuang Fei frowned when he thought of this, although he thought that this game would be an extremely difficult game before this game, but he didn't think that this game was so difficult to play, this Timberwolves are probably the best team to restrain the Lakers' characteristics.

"Coach, should we do this now? Time is running out" Looking at the somewhat erosive situation on the court, Stephen Green, the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers on the side, was also a little worried and regretful, in fact, it was not the Terminator tactics that were blocked, just like the last offense, Kobe Bryant originally had a chance to shoot from mid-range.

But in this game, his shooting stability was extremely poor, and he finally chose to get close to the basket, but he was only a little extra and was prevented, and at this time Green knew why his teacher would let him train Kobe's shooting stability, if Kobe's shooting stability came up, he would not have been completely deformed by Bowen after shooting more than a dozen times, and finally the shooting rate came down and he didn't dare to shoot again, and then in the end, he would have delayed the fighter.

It's just that regret at this time is not much use, the key is how to get out of this difficulty, the Timberwolves did a really good job in this game, and almost ate the Lakers. Especially now that time is slowly passing, the Lakers not only did not chase the score back, but instead had a rout of the score being pulled away again.

"Well, I'll take a look" After hearing his assistant's reminder, Zhuang Fei also nodded lightly in response, and at this time, Green on the side also nodded, he still believed that his teacher could chase the score back, but how to catch it back was not very clear to him.

It's just that when Zhuang Fei and Green were thinking about how to chase the score back on the sidelines, some unexpected changes occurred on the court again.

"Wally, I'm not going to give you a little room to shoot this time."

Looking at the old acquaintance in front of him, Pierce also frowned tightly and said, the performance of the whole Timberwolves team in this game is very good, because everyone wants to win the Chinese once, even once, and now the situation of the game is controlled by the Timberwolves, but Pierce knows that his team can control the three-point line because of a Garnett, but it can't control Szczebiak.

In the previous game, in order to limit Kobe Bryant and the other Lakers three elders, Pierce's defense was deliberately recycled. For Szzebiak, a player who seems to be less important for the Lakers, it was a bit of a release. I just didn't expect that. The player, who was not so important with the Lakers, became the key point of the game.

If it weren't for the fact that this guy has been renewing the life of the Lakers, the Lakers would have explained here a long time ago, and the way this guy continued his life also made Pierce speechless, no one wanted to be embarrassed by others all the time, but in the third quarter, he himself couldn't remember how many times he was scolded by Szebiak, which was not acceptable to Pierce.

So at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves' leading outside player didn't care about it. He gave all the responsibility of defending the three-point line to his teammates, and he was fully attached to Szzebiak.

I have to say that when Zhuang Fei was still in the Timberwolves six years ago, Pierce and Nash and Ginobili followed Bao Wenwen to defend, and in the past few years, the Timberwolves' close defense has been very good, after all, he is now more mature personally, not as impulsive as before, in this case, Szczebiak has become a little dim from the popularity of the third quarter since the beginning of the fourth quarter.

It's just this time. In front of the Lakers' offense did not go well, and when the score was pulled away, Grant Hill still chose to pass the ball to Szczebiak. Since Pierce has been sticking to Szzebiak, Hill's pass is a little high, but at this time Pierce did not dare to jump up and break the ball.

In the third quarter, Webber's pass still made him palpitate, almost all of these players of the Lakers have a hand passing skill, although they did not jump to break the ball, but Pierce did not stand like a log, but leaned sideways and pressed Szczebiak's right hand to reach the ball, and in the end it was still not reached, and when he pressed Szczebiak's body and was about to withdraw after Szczebiak received the ball, he suddenly found that he couldn't withdraw back.

"Oops!" Pierce, who suddenly thought of something, was also shocked, and immediately took his body back, but in the end he was still a step too late, and Szzerbiak had already jumped up at this time.

"What does this guy want to do? Forcibly pull up and shoot three points, it's too big" At this time, even George Karl on the sidelines was a little surprised, he knew Pierce's strength, and he was so pressed by Pierce, it was already very difficult for this guy who looked so thin to get strong, and it was almost impossible to complete the shooting, and the shooting had to be thrown.

It's just that just when George Karl thought that the ball could not be thrown by Szczebiak, the basketball that was thrown by Szczebiak had just fallen into the net from the hollow above the basket, and at this time, the referee Crawford's whistle on the court also sounded, 3+1.

Seeing this scene, George Karl's open mouth couldn't close, this guy was too unbelievable, and in the end, George Carl only had this sentence and the shadow of the Lakers player left in his mind.

It's just that at this time, the Timberwolves fans on the sidelines of the court have not lost their ability to think like Carl, and after Szczebiak shot this three-pointer, the audience also applauded thunderously, and it is hard to imagine that the craziest target center in the past would cheer for an away team.

"It seems that we have found a way" Just when Szzebiak threw in the first three points of the fourth quarter of his game, Zhuang Fei also suddenly spoke from silence, and at this time, Green on the side also lit up in his heart, and seemed to think of something.

"Coach, you mean, umbrella tactics?" In the end, Stephen Green also asked with some doubts, and at this time Zhuang Fei also nodded.

"However, this is not an ordinary umbrella tactic, there will be some changes" In the end, Zhuang Fei also said with a smile, which made Green a little puzzled.

Soon Szzambiak hit a free throw, and with Szczebiak's four-point play, the difference between the Lakers and the Timberwolves came to 10 points, which is also a chasable score, so after Szzczebiak's free throw, he didn't wait for Zhuang Fei to call a timeout, and George Karl on the other side shouted a timeout in advance, obviously he smelled a hint of urgency, and the difference of 10 points was a node.

"There was a pause on both sides, does this mean that George Karl is the first to prepare for change? It seems that Szzerbiak is under a lot of pressure on him, Kevin, what do you think? Michaels looked at McHale to the side with some doubts and asked, the former ABC, now ESPN's commentator, was a little puzzled at this time. Although a 10-point difference is dangerous. But both the ball and the situation are on the Timberwolves' side. This Mr. George Carr must be too cautious.

"In the face of that Chinese, it's not okay not to be cautious" Unlike Michaels, McHale, the general manager of the Timberwolves, is very much in favor of George Karl's doing, and McHale's words also made Michael a little speechless, but this game George Karl did an excellent job both on the spot and pre-game preparation, so Michaels did not delve into George Carl's seemingly timid behavior this time.

"Kevin, do you think the Timberwolves can win this game in the end?" In the end, Michaels looked at Zhuang Fei, who was explaining tactics to Lakers players on the Lakers bench, and also asked with some curiosity, the Timberwolves had never beaten Zhuang Fei before. Will it happen this time? Michaels didn't know, but it wasn't unlikely.

"I don't know, I think you should know, the game didn't come to the last minute, and no one was sure to beat that guy" McHale was also stunned when asked this question, and finally said with a smile, and his answer this time was agreed by Michaels, and in fact it was true.

Especially when the timeout ended, although the Timberwolves scored two points with Ginobili's breakthrough and stretched the score to 12 points again, the Lakers' first offense was another three-pointer. And this three-point offensive mode is a tactic that Timberwolves fans are extremely familiar with, so after the Lakers played this tactic. The fans in the audience actually sighed.

"This, this is an umbrella tactic? Coach Z replaced Webb and Paul, and replaced Hill and Jackson for an umbrella game? After the first wave of the Lakers' offense, Michaels was also a little surprised, just like the Timberwolves fans on the scene, and McHale on Michaels' side was not much worse.

"I think it should be like this, this is an extremely powerful tactic to chase points" Finally, the general manager of the Timberwolves also looked at his old partner in front of the Lakers bench with some solemnity and said, do you use umbrella tactics in the face of the Timberwolves? It's really nostalgic.

"Perry, this three-pointer is so beautiful"

The Lakers' players on the court were very excited after Hardaway threw this three-pointer, in the first three quarters of this game, the Lakers' offense played badly, not only Kobe Bryant was limited alone, but also others, even if Szzczebiak threw in 8 three-pointers alone in the third quarter, it was only Szzambiak who threw it in, which is why the Lakers could not change the situation of the game even if they hit 8 three-pointers in a single quarter.

There is always no way for a person to fight against a team, especially if this team is still the Timberwolves, and now the Lakers' first offense after the pause, in addition to Szzerbiak in the second half, the Lakers are also the second player to shoot three points, although the difference is still 9 points, but this is also a good change, so Zhuang Fei on the sidelines also smiled and nodded after Hardaway shot this three-pointer.

The umbrella tactic is very risky, and he is not sure whether he can catch it back in the end, after all, the Lakers have never proved that they can defend the Lakers in this game, and it is always difficult to chase points when there is no way to defend the opponent's offense.

However, although at this time, when the Lakers team was happy for Hardaway's three-point opening, Kobe Bryant on the side was a little unsightly, this game was too shameful for him, and the shame made him have no way, and he couldn't do anything crazy with Bowen regardless of everything in the team, so when he saw the Timberwolves defender in front of him who had been smiling at him, the Lakers' leading player 1 was even more full of anger.

And what made him even more uncomfortable was that after the Lakers shot this three-pointer, Bowen then threw a three-pointer in his head, which is something that can definitely make Kobe crazy. It's just that now, in the end, the Lakers player still held back.

"Coach, Kobe's mentality is a little unstable, should he be replaced to rest for a while" Green looked at the Kobe Bryant who had not been very good on the court and said to Zhuang Fei with some worry, but what surprised Green was that his teacher didn't seem to have such a plan at all.

"No, just let him take it on the field" Zhuang Fei said with a deep smile, and Green was also a little puzzled when he saw Zhuang Fei's smile. It's just that in Zhuang Fei's heart, it is definitely a good thing for this guard to let Kobe Bryant accept the baptism of Bowen and Garnett's combination punch. This will let him know. He's not invincible right now. So Zhuang Fei didn't think there was anything wrong with Kobe Bryant staying on the court, and the Lakers' leading player's current emotional control ability also satisfied Zhuang Fei.

Of course, since Zhuang Fei is not ready to replace Kobe, then he must bear the responsibility of this game Kobe Bryant began to be interrupted by the Timberwolves, and he was fully prepared in the face of Bowen's complete loss of offensive rhythm, such as when the three-point opportunity of the umbrella tactic appeared to him, his shooting rate was not very high compared to other players of the Lakers, and even low. For example, his defense always doesn't seem to have much effect against Bowen, and the Lakers' dominant player always plays awkwardly throughout the game.

It's just that no matter how awkward Kobe Bryant is, the situation on the court is because the Lakers and Zhuang Fei have made some slight changes after using umbrella tactics, and the situation on the Lakers, which has been festering, has stabilized surprisingly after a few minutes of play, and slowly has the momentum of chasing points, although the Timberwolves' offensive success rate is still very high, but the Lakers' side except for Kobe, who is taken care of by the Timberwolves, has almost opened up other people's offenses, which is definitely a boon for Lakers players.

It's just a boon for Lakers players, but not for the Timberwolves. This is especially true for Timberwolves head coach George Karl, especially when he sees the Lakers slowly chasing down the score. The head coach of the Timberwolves was not as calm as before this game, and began to walk back and forth on the side of the court, sometimes even squatting down with his head in his hands to watch the situation on the court, in short, the head coach of the Timberwolves was extremely nervous at this time, and it was obvious that he took the outcome of this game very seriously.

At this time, George Karl, on the contrary, the Timberwolves fans on the sidelines were fascinated, after all, the sudden change in the fourth quarter of this game made this game extremely exciting.

"Beautiful, Hardaway took a step forward after receiving Paul's ball, which made the saved Ginobili fly out directly, and hit a long-distance two-point shot, Hardaway's key point shooting rate is second only to Carter this season" Michaels saw Hardaway hit the ball and said with some excitement, the so-called key point is the score of less than five minutes of the game, and the difference is within five points, which is an unofficial technical statistic recently from the NBA, in this technical statistic, Carter and Hardaway are far ahead of the rest of the league.

"Well, Hardaway is still very stable, but the Lakers' umbrella tactics are a little different from those of the Timberwolves, they are not all horizontal offenses, and they have also increased a lot of vertical offenses, which is more difficult to defend" The so-called vertical offense is naturally an attack in the direction of the blue bottom, whether it is a step inside or a deeper cut, the pure three-point attack of the Timberwolves is different. This is also the reason why in the fourth quarter, although the Timberwolves players are extremely familiar with umbrella tactics, they have no way to take the Lakers.

"I said, we must win this game" Almost after Hardaway scored this crucial two points, Garnett, the Timberwolves leader on the court, almost pressed Webb under the basket to complete a one-handed split, and this also made Webber speechless, in the league he did not suffer in the face of most of the inside, but in this game, whether it was against Wang Zhizhi or Garnett, he was completely unable to defend.

At this time, the scores on the court of the Lakers and Timberwolves were also anxious again. This game is also officially entering the moment of fighting bayonets.

"It's a miracle that the Lakers were able to chase down the 11-point difference so far," McHale in the courtside commentary seat saw George Karl, who was already nervously squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, and said helplessly, he could obviously feel George Karl's mood at this time.

And when McHale saw that there were 25 seconds left in the game, when the Lakers had another three-point opportunity, his eyes and heart were also twitching, and when he saw Kobe Bryant facing Bowen who pounced, he shot too quickly and didn't hit and the rebound fell into Wang Zhizhi's hand, his mood was also relaxed, and he almost collapsed in his seat, and George Karl, who was squatting on the sidelines at this time, was not as lucky as McHale, and the head coach of the Timberwolves sat directly on the ground. And at this time, when the TV camera cut to his face, the Timberwolves' head coach's expression was also quite rich.

"A good three-point opportunity, Kobe's shooting action is a little deformed, I feel that he is a little too anxious, in fact, it is difficult for Bowen to really pounce on him, it seems that Bowen has a great impact on him in this game, the Timberwolves missed the last chance to equalize, and now there are 23 seconds left in the game, the Lakers are three points behind, which almost represents the victory of the Timberwolves in this game, if you want to recover the score, the Lakers must expect the Timberwolves' mistakes or foul tactics" In the end, Michaels was also a pity when he saw that Kobe Bryant missed the opportunity to tie.

It's just that the Lakers players on the court at this time are even more pity, Kobe Bryant squatted down in frustration and kept pounding the floor with his right hand, until the Lakers players on the side pulled him up, he stopped his action, but this is also a remorse that everyone can see.

"Coach, it seems that this game is difficult" After Kobe Bryant missed the Lakers' three-point tie, Stephen Green on the sidelines also said with some sighs, for the Lakers in the case of falling behind by three points, if they want to tie the score, they must throw at least two three-pointers in the last 23 seconds, and the Timberwolves must also miss free throws, if the Timberwolves hit all the free throws, the Lakers need to hit three three-pointers in a row if they want to get it back, and what is even more tragic is that the Lakers have not yet committed fouls, that is, in fact, there is absolutely no 23 seconds left for the Lakers, and at most 20 seconds.

Of course, for the Lakers, even if the situation is extremely difficult now, Zhuang Fei did not give up, and in fact, this Laker finally made the Timberwolves fans scream, because in the last 20 seconds, they did rely on Szzerbiak and Hardaway to shoot 2 three-pointers in a row, but it was a pity that the Timberwolves hit four free throws, and when the Lakers were preparing for their third wave of offense, they could only serve from the backcourt because there was no timeout. Hardaway's shot in the middle circle bounced over the basket and finally missed, unfortunately not performing the miracle of Jerry West's midcircle kill. In the end, the Lakers also lost to the Timberwolves by one point 122-123 on the road, and the Timberwolves' top scorer in this game was Szzerbiak, who threw in 17 three-pointers in a single game and scored 52 points, of which 14 of the 17 three-pointers were scored in the second half, 8 in the third quarter, 6 in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers' leading player in the league, Kobe Bryant, was only 5 of 17 in this game.

"Coach, I'm sorry, I messed up this game" When he got off the court after the game, he looked at Zhuang Fei who was greeting the Lakers players with a smile on his face, and the Lakers' leading player also bowed his head to Zhuang Fei with some regret and said, but to Kobe Bryant's surprise and other Lakers players, Zhuang Fei was still smiling at this time, as if they had won this game.

"Kobe, I said before, you are strong now, but not the strongest, you still have room to get better, and our team also has room to get better, so the loss of this game is not your problem alone, we need to get stronger" And when Zhuang Fei finished speaking, the other Lakers players on the side were also stunned, and finally nodded, and at this time Kobe Bryant also gritted his teeth and nodded fiercely at Zhuang Fei.

"Coach, I know, I will definitely be stronger"

And when Kobe Bryant said this, Zhuang Fei also smiled again and patted the Lakers player on the shoulder, and at this time, the tension of the Lakers players also completely dissipated, and Kobe's face was not so bitter and frustrated.

"Maybe the failure of this game will be a stronger start for the Lakers," finally looked at these Lakers players with a determined face, Zhuang Fei also thought secretly in his heart. (To be continued.) )