Chapter 106: Two Gambling Teams
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The starting lineup of the Kings in this game is center Divac, power forward Webb, small forward Peja, scoring guard Barry, organization guard Bibby, Zhuang Fei will never believe that the NBA can find a lineup that ignores defense like this lineup, Chris Williams and Wahad were all taken, these two picks are very high, the data is very good, but it is very unsuitable for Princeton The players were all pressed on the bench by Adelman, this game Adelman is a ruin, is a way to the end, defense? To hell with it. レ八一Chineseレ
In the first two games, the Kings' jump ball was big center Divac, but in this game, the Kings' jump ball was actually replaced by Chris Webb. Garnett, who comprehensively suppressed Divac in the first two games, lost to Webber in this game, and there are not many people in the league who can beat Garnett in the jump ball.
This surprised Zhuang Fei on the field, Weber's physical talent was quite outstanding.
Among the organizational guards in the league, only in terms of physical fitness, Bibby and Nash are not very good, their bodies are very thin, after all, they are both white, although Bibby has black blood, but they are congenitally at a loss in terms of physical hardness, but if it is compared to speed, these two people do not suffer compared to the black and hard in the NBA.
After receiving Webb's jump ball, Bibby rushed out with a little effort, and it was clear that the Timberwolves players had not recovered from Garnett's jump ball failure.
"Brush" in the face of Nash, McBiby directly pulled up outside the three-point line and shot, and then hit, which surprised Nash, he remembered that Biby was not like this in the first few games, such a good breakthrough layup opportunity actually chose the three points that he is not good at now. Bibby is unusual today, Nash thought to himself.
"Bibby is very decisive in this game," Zhuang Fei said with a smile off the court, Bibby's series of actions just now reminded him of the little black bean Brooks of the Rockets in the future. It seems that at that time Brooks also had the title of Little Bibe, and also in the hands of Adelman, Brooks could also exert the greatest power.
"The Kings didn't play this game very normally," D'Antoni said thoughtfully, or it shouldn't be said to be abnormal, it should be said to be abnormal.
When it was the Timberwolves' turn to attack, Nash first went under a crotch at the top of the arc, then immediately accelerated, and after the free throw line and Garnett made a cover, Bibby had already disappeared without a trace, and then Nash made a pull-up jump shot directly on the left side of the free throw line.
The ease of the first two games gave Nash great confidence, originally he thought that the playoffs would be a completely different game from the regular season, but the Kings let these young people of the Timberwolves find enough confidence, which is actually not to blame the Kings, most of the players of the Kings are also the first brothers of the playoffs, and the two teams are not so-called playoff teams at all in a sense, so the competition between the two teams is also a little different. Just look at last year's SuperSonics when Garnett and Marbury met Payton and Wenbeck, and Garnett and Marbury combined for 14 turnovers in a game. It's the same playoffs, and the opponents are different, and that's the benefit of the Timberwolves coming in second.
Seeing Nash's beautiful intersperse, Zhuang Fei was very pleased, Nash has gradually found the confidence as a core player, in fact, in this case, he can also give the ball to Garnett, but in the end he chose to shoot himself, because his own chances are much better than Garnett.
In the first quarter, the Kings were able to suppress the Timberwolves with their home-court advantage and ultra-high three-point shooting rate, and the Timberwolves still had the previous defensive strategy, that is, they did not give up the three-point line, no matter how the Kings shot three points, the Timberwolves players just turned a blind eye. Even Chris Webber, who has given up the three-point shot this season, has regained his three-point shooting skills and pulled to the outside to shoot three-pointers, Webb, who has changed to a new owner this season, is still very tepid, and after being easily surpassed by Duncan, the highly-anticipated champion interior has been considered by the American media to be inferior to Garnett now. He's also under a lot of pressure right now.
McBibby sent the ball to Webber's hand again, Webb received the ball at the top of the arc, and at this time Jackson, who was defending him, actually followed, which surprised him, he quickly faked the shot and threw off Jackson to the basket, and when he arrived at the free throw line, he quickly gave it to Divac, and then cut directly into it, and Divac made a one-two after the ball returned to Webb's hand again, seeing Webber who was getting closer and closer, Garnett could only come over to defend him, but what Garnett didn't expect was that Weber didn't attack by himself, A side-to-ground pass, McBiby has already copied Garnett's back, received Webb's hit to the ground, McBiby made an easy layup.
From the beginning of the playoffs to the present, Adelman saw his team play Princeton for the first time, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a while, just stood there with a lot of thoughts.
And Garnett and Jackson on the court were also very depressed, Jackson's save created a gap for the Timberwolves' defense, which also gave Webb a chance, and also made Garnett's defense take care of each other, but the main reason for Jackson's judgment was that the Kings shot very fiercely and accurately today.
"The players' minds are starting to get a little confused," D'Antoni reminded, as an offensive coach, and he was thrilled by the Kings' fast, accurate passing, which is a completely different offensive system than running and shooting.
Zhuang Fei called a timeout, he had to make the players on the court a little chaotic re-align their thoughts, although Zhuang Fei has no way to crack Princeton, but he also knows that playing Princeton is most afraid of taking care of all aspects, both want to defend the outside and want to keep the inside, which will eventually make the team unable to hold on one side, this is like the king on the court, who wants to defend and attack, and finally the offense and defense all collapse. In a way, the Timberwolves are just as wrecked as the King.
"Stephen, don't forget my previous arrangement, as long as the Kings players are out of the three-point line, you don't have to worry about it, this game is still the same" Jackson gritted his teeth, and then nodded, "Stephen, you also have to pay attention to Webber's range of movement in this game, this game is obviously the core of the King's organization, and all the offense is initiated by him, so as long as he catches the ball inside the three-point line, you go to entangle him, so that he can't get up and can't cut in" Zhuang Fei is very confident in Jackson's pestering skills, and Jackson is also very cautious, it was definitely an accident to eat Webb's feint just now.
"Also, Paul, you have to try more individual offense in this game, the opponent's Peja and Barry have no way to take you at all, go to the basket, if you can score more than 40 points in this game, we will win, you must know that Carter of the Grizzlies has been 40+ in two consecutive games, and his opponent is still the Spurs, a strong defensive team" Pierce heard Zhuang Fei mention Carter, his eyes suddenly changed, and then nodded slowly. Seeing Pierce like this, Zhuang Fei smiled slightly in his heart, if Pierce is Garnett's demon, then Carter is Pierce's demon, Pierce has always regarded Carter as his biggest opponent in his heart, since he was taught Carter a lesson, he wants to keep up with Carter in everything, and at this time, he can definitely accelerate Pierce's hormone secretion.
"Okay, that's all I have to say, come on, we can win this game"
"Coach Zhang, the Kings' outside shooting rate is very high in this game, why doesn't Zhuang Fei let the Timberwolves' players expand out, do you know what special arrangement Zhuang Fei has?" Now Princeton doesn't have a big reputation, even some senior basketball people in the NBA are not very clear, let alone Mr. Xu, who is thousands of miles away, he just guesses Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves with general tactical ideas, but no matter how he thinks wrong, Zhuang Fei is an NBA head coach, and he can't make such an amateur mistake.
"I don't know very well, maybe after this pause, Zhuang Fei will let the Timberwolves expand out" Director Zhang was also puzzled.
The timeout ended, the game restarted, the two teams did not have any personnel changes in this timeout, the Timberwolves attacked, Pierce directly killed from the backcourt to the restricted area, no one in the King's interior and exterior defense could stop him, and the King's defensive position and echo each other were very problematic.
The Timberwolves players who were reminded by Zhuang Fei did not panic again when defending, and this time Webb continued to repeat the old tricks, trying to lure Jackson out, but the feint was done for a long time, Jackson just didn't come out, and in the end there was no way but to really shoot, and Jackson just pretended to jump up and block. There is no way, this is also Zhuang Fei's order, when the opponent shoots, pretend to cover it and give the other party a little psychological pressure.
Webb's three-pointer wasn't great, it wasn't bad, but today he shot exceptionally high, and the shot hit again. But when he was a little excited to see Jackson's reaction, Jackson didn't have a single expression, and soon he felt a figure fly out of his side.
"Damn, it's slow again" Webb reacted at this time, forgetting about one of the Timberwolves' most powerful weapons, the fast attack.