Chapter 101: Applause for a long time

In Zhuang Fei's eyes, the organizational core of the Kings is not McBibby, but Chris Webber, McBiby has strong offensive firepower, but obviously, he can not do much in the organization, in fact, Adelman does not need McBibby's organizational talent very much after having Webb and Divac, what he appreciates is McBibby's offensive talent, after coming to the Kings, McBiby did show his offensive ability, and established his position as the outside core in only the first season. This is also the reason why the Kings were able to beat a series of teams such as the Grizzlies, Suns, and SuperSonics in the competitive West to finish seventh in the West and enter the playoffs.

McBibby dribbled the ball past halfcourt, and Nash didn't follow him, but waited for him inside the three-point line at the top of the arc, which reminded him of the Timberwolves' defensive strategy in the last game between the two teams, compressing the defense, letting him shoot three-pointers, and then he made 1-of-7 three-pointers in that game.

McBiby came to outside the three-point line, and then immediately accelerated quickly under Nash's nose, McBiby was no stranger to Nash's defensive ability, just an acceleration to get rid of him, and then after making a block with Webb, McBiby hit a pull-up jump shot in the face of Jackson who came over to the defense.

"This is a very beautiful blocking and dismantling coordination, it seems that Adelman is not ready to score three points in this game, and he wants to fight with the Timberwolves whose blocking and dismantling is more powerful, and then use the blocking and dismantling to lure Garnett out, and then cut inside, it is very beautiful to think about" Zhuang Fei smiled off the court and said, D'Antoni next to him also nodded, it is obvious that Adelman has a plan for xìng in this game, because of Garnett's reasons, in the last game, the Timberwolves completely restricted the King's internal cut, Now facing the Timberwolves who don't get out of the hole, the team doesn't have the three-point shooting ability to force the tiger out of the hole, so the King's high-level blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation is naturally the most effective, and the King's two interior lines are very accurate in the mid-range shot, which also creates a big problem for the Timberwolves. Garnett continued to stay under the basket and then let Lewis and Jackson, who had no height advantage, go to the misplaced man-to-man defense, and now Adelman threw a conundrum for Zhuang Fei.

"Looks like they've been keeping a hand in the regular season," D'Antoni exclaimed. The playoffs and the regular season are indeed not the same.

"Zhuang, do you need to call a timeout" D'Antoni reminded, but Zhuang Fei shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "No need, let them decide for themselves, I believe in their ball quotient, they know how to do it"

Let them decide for themselves? D'Antoni was stunned for a moment, and then turned his attention to the Timberwolves players on the court, and couldn't help but think in his heart, can these young Timberwolves players do it?

Nash accelerated quickly after McBiby threw the ball, Garnett's serve on the baseline was very fast, Pierce and Nash were about to hit the frontcourt, and the King had not fully retreated, Lewis as a relay, passed the ball to Nash in front, Nash quickly advanced to the top of the three-point line arc, and McBiby was already waiting for him in front, compared to speed, McBiby was also not much inferior, in the face of McBibie's defense, Nash didn't care at all, in his heart, McBibie's defense and himself are on the same level.

"You're fooled" Nash made a three-point shooting feint in front of McBibby, and then saw McBibby jump up, quickly accelerated to the basket to kill, now the Kings have only 2 defensive players, Bibi, Chris Williams, seeing Nash easily past McBibby, Williams can only come from behind the side to help defend, at this time Nash is in front, Williams is behind, Williams is preparing Nash to make a layup, he goes to chase the hat from behind. Nash jumped, Williams jumped too, all in Williams' hands, this ball he was confident that he could cover Nash, but then what happened surprised everyone, Nash jumped up and did not go to the basket, but collected the ball in the air, and then quickly passed the ball behind Williams, and the ball was passed from under Williams's nose to Pierce outside the three-point line. By this time Pierce was completely empty.

Williams fell from the sky, stunned and stared at the back of Nash in front of him, what kind of passing ability and insight is this?

"Brush" was at this time, and Pierce's three-pointer also hit again.

"I'm sorry, you were fooled," Nash chuckled as he walked past Williams.

D'Antoni on the sidelines suddenly remembered a strange thought in his heart, could it be that the ball just now was deliberately fooled by Nash? If this is really the case, it would be terrible, D'Antoni shook his head, calmed himself, looked at Zhuang Fei next to him with a calm face, D'Antoni couldn't help but admire, maybe as this Chinese said, these young players on the court may really be able to decide the right way to play for themselves.

When it's the King's turn to attack, they still use blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, although McBibby is not good at organization, but this has no conflict with his implementation of blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, it can be said that he is a very good pick-and-roll point guard, and the Kings are also a very potential pick-and-roll team, but they blocked and dismantled for a long time, Garnett just didn't come out, even if the King's Webb and Divac hit one after another.

In the first half of the quarter, the offensive success rate of the two teams was extremely high, at least in terms of shooting percentage, the two teams were about the same, but from the score point of view, the Timberwolves temporarily led by 4 points at 19-15, and the Timberwolves' three-point shot was accurate in the first half of the quarter.

"Now the Timberwolves and the Kings are playing a little inseparable, Coach Zhuang Fei and Coach Adelman did not call a timeout before the official timeout, it seems that both are very satisfied with the performance of the players on the court, and the game between the two teams is very good," Mr. Xu said with a smile at the camera.

"Zhuang Fei's arrangement in this game is very powerful, the rhythm of the game is very fast, although the king can keep up, but it looks a little difficult, the Timberwolves have slowly taken the rhythm of the game into their own hands, if the king's shooting rate drops, then the Timberwolves will be able to pull away the score immediately" Director Zhang said more and more excited, and he appreciated Zhuang Fei very much.

The game restarted, the Timberwolves did speed up the pace of the game as Director Zhang said, like a frog boiled in warm water, slowly speeding up and then slowly dragging down the king, reducing the king's shooting rate, and then coming to open the score, for this, Adelman naturally knew about this, so less than two minutes after this official timeout, he immediately called another timeout, let the king slow down the rhythm, so that Bibby, who felt a little cold, handed the ball to Webb, and let Webb go to the inside to play singles to improve the offensive efficiency of the Kings.

"Huh" Chris Webber felt the hardness of Garnett behind him, his body was very strong, he didn't take advantage of this back push, both of them looked very thin, but they were not bad in terms of strength, Webber naturally had a bottom on Garnett's strength in his heart, this young man was very good, however, this does not mean that he will admit defeat.

Webb slammed again, but after the slam, with Garnett's thrust, Webb suddenly turned a half, then jumped high, and then used all his strength to hook the shot, although Garnett had already predicted, although he was tall and long-armed, but still did not prevent the ball from hitting.

Scored this goal, Webb wiped his sweat, there was no trace of joy in his heart, this game is difficult for the king, although the king used the blocking between Bibby and him to create a lot of trouble for the Timberwolves in this game, but he also knows that he and Bibi's mid-range shooting is very unstable, and the king's killing move is not a block, so the king's has not played the offense he wants, so the king's shooting rate and efficiency are also unstable, and in the case of the Timberwolves pinching the king and not letting go, it will be more and more difficult for the king to score, The Timberwolves are the opposite, the Timberwolves' offense is what they are best at and most familiar with, and the Kings have no way to stop it, if it continues like this, the Timberwolves will inevitably pull away the score.

On the sidelines of the Kings bench, Adelman sighed heavily in his heart, the Timberwolves' scoring is too easy, and the King's scoring is too difficult, it would be great if McBibby's three-point shot was accurate, in his heart he had never been as good as running for Princeton, but because of the player's flaws, his Princeton couldn't play half of his strength at all, which made Adelman very disappointed.

In the early stages of this game, the Kings could continue to entangle with the Timberwolves, but in the later stage, the Kings were gradually thrown away by the Timberwolves. 128-105, the Timberwolves at home won by 23 points, and at the end of the game, Garnett's long roar ignited the entire target center, and the best player after the game was not awarded to Pierce, who scored a game-high 38 points, but to Garnett, who got a triple-double, 24 points, 12 points, rebounds, 13 assists, 6 blocks and 5 steals, which was his perfect blockade from the Kings' outside threat and danger inside.

In the applause of the Timberwolves fans in the audience, Garnett couldn't help but feel a little excited, this is not the first time he has won the best of the game this season, but it is the first time that the fans have applauded him so neatly after signing that big contract.

It was a special moment for him.