Chapter 340: Cutting the Lakers
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"Boy, you've been doing very well lately."
Shaq O'Neal looked coldly at Garnett in front of him and said, at this time, the eyes of the league's No. 1 center can be said to be able to breathe fire, and most of all the most hated people in his life are in this team. Zhuang Fei, Wang Zhizhi, and this Garnett in front of him.
This season, in O'Neal's opinion, the regular season MVP trophy must be his own, but he never thought that in the end he was snatched away by the big forward in front of him, originally he thought that his opponent was only Carter, this Garnett was not in his eyes at all, O'Neal never put Garnett on the same level as himself, if the MVP was taken away by Carter in the end, it would be fine, but in the end, it was because of a regular season victory that Garnett gave ' stolen', in O'Neal's heart, Garnett is a thief, the Lakers and the Timberwolves have only one win difference, and O'Neal is not convinced at all.
You must know that since he entered the league in 1992, it has been 8 years now, and he has not even won a weighty honor in these eight years, if the NBA was ruled by Jordan and the four centers in the previous ten years, he is a small character even if he loses to those old characters, he can accept it, but seeing that these old characters are either retired or old, he himself should have ushered in the harvest season, but in the end he found himself being beaten by others' Little kids' overtake, Duncan, Carter, Garnett, one by one the players caught up from behind him.
This made O'Neill extremely aggrieved, and now he was ready to settle the ledger with Garnett. is even ready to vent all his grievances against Duncan, Zhuang Fei, Carter, and Wang Zhizhi on Garnett.
Looking at O'Neal's almost devouring eyes, Garnett was subconsciously abrupt, although he had just won the regular season MVP, although he had just fought Duncan not long ago, but in Garnett's heart, he was still a little worried about the fat man of the Lakers. You must know that no matter at any time in the past, he and Ao Fat's duel needs the help of his teammates to complete, but today in terms of pre-game tactical arrangement, the head coach is not prepared to let anyone help him. It can be said that Garnett is very clear about this fat man, and his 'little body' will definitely not be able to play him, not to mention the shark who is still ready to go berserk and devour people.
Just as Garnett's thoughts were flying, the referee also threw the ball high. To the exception of many fans at the scene, the Timberwolves, who usually have an absolute advantage in fighting for the ball, actually lost this time, and Garnett of the Timberwolves seemed to be a little distracted, and finally the ball was taken away by the Lakers.
"Kevin, what the hell are you doing, concentrate"
Zhuang Fei watched the scene on the court from the sidelines and shouted helplessly to the field, Garnett, this kid is obviously distracted, under Zhuang Fei's voice, Garnett on the field is also in his heart, and then he doesn't dare to think about it anymore, if it really makes the coach angry, it will be tragic.
The Lakers' strategy is a triangle offense, and Fat is the core of the triangle offense. It can be said that the Lakers' tactics revolve around this fat man, so as soon as the game starts, the Lakers are ready to play Ao Fat, so when all the Lakers players pass half court and Ao Fat is also in a good position under the basket, the Lakers' tactics start to run.
Soon. The Lakers players on the court opened up space for Ao Fat, the first step of the triangle attack, opened up the space and handed the ball to the tactical core of the strongest point, Fisher's hand over was very fast, almost after Ao Fat stood in a good position, he immediately sent the ball out, and at this time Ao Fat received the ball was also extremely comfortable.
"Hmph. This game will see how I beat you."
Ao Fat, who received Fisher's pass, immediately sank his body and was about to sit on Garnett's body, don't look at Ao Fat, at this time, he said that he wanted to play Garnett, but this center was constantly observing the changes in the defense of the surrounding Timberwolves, he was really familiar with the opponent's defensive triangle offense, basically every team would wrap him, because his strong point was too strong, if it was one-on-one, he was confident that he could play anyone in the league and maintain a success rate of more than 70%, So a lot of times Ao Fat is reading the opponent's defense, if the opponent's pinch attack is slow, he can attack himself very calmly, but if the opponent's pinch attack he can also calmly turn into a tactical hair, he is confident that his own distribution is also extremely good. …,
So whether it is the opponent's slow or fast attack, Ao Pang is confident that he can handle the ball calmly, so every time he gets the ball, he will look around in a relaxed mood, ready to see who will attack this time.
But what made the league's No. 1 center extremely depressed was that he had been holding the ball for a long time, but none of the surrounding Timberwolves players were ready to come up and attack, and the rest of the Timberwolves were staring at their opposing defenders.
Soon Ao Fat knew what the situation was now, the Timberwolves were not ready to pinch him at all, and directly let him and Garnett one-on-one. When he thought of this, the Lakers center was also shocked, and then even more angry, did the Chinese really think that sending only one person could pinch him.
"Hmph"
Almost after a cold snort, Ao Fat began to exert his strength, and Garnett, who was behind Ao Fat, immediately felt a huge force coming, this new regular season MVP was also extremely uncomfortable at this time, Ao Fat's strength was too great, even if he really tried his best, but in Ao Fat's anger this time, he also went straight back and fell to the ground.
Garnett, who was originally on the ground, was ready to watch Ao Fat turn around directly from his side and then dunk violently, who knew that in the end, Ao Fat's ball actually walked because of the withdrawal force, it was obvious that Ao Fat was too strong this time, and he didn't take into account Garnett's strength. Therefore, the Lakers' first offense also ended in a mistake, and the Timberwolves also escaped.
"Coach, is it really okay for you to do this? How could Kevin defend O'Neal one-on-one? If O'Neal keeps playing like this, Kevin will definitely not be able to stand it," Stephen Green on the sidelines said helplessly to Zhuang Fei, but Zhuang Fei frowned and did not speak.
Of course, Zhuang Fei knew that Garnett alone couldn't withstand Ao Fat. But judging from the current configuration of the Timberwolves, Garnett is better for the whole team to deal with O'Neal one-on-one, and Xiaoao is still inferior to Garnett in all aspects.
The Lakers' triangle offense has now taken shape, and now many teams are sandwiched when facing them, but Zhuang Fei is not ready to wrap up, but directly 1-on-1 marking defense, which is to make the Lakers' offense completely fall into a 1-on-1 offense.
To put it bluntly, the triangle attack is a strengthened version of the ball-sharing tactic after attracting the bag. It's just that because the triangle offense opens up more space, it is difficult for the opponent's assistant defenders to return to their defensive positions after the pack, so at this time, as long as the offensive core of the triangle offense can have a good sense of sharing the ball, then the whole game is an opportunity. Of course, this tactic is also known as the 'absolute superstar tactic', and it is impossible to exert the power of the triangle attack without a player who has absolute dominance in one-on-one. This is also the reason why many fans say that Phil Jackson is hugging the thighs of a superstar.
Zhuang Fei knows what the essence of the triangle offense is, as long as the Timberwolves don't wrap up, it will be difficult for the Lakers to play a smooth match, although the triangle offense is also very powerful, but Zhuang Fei would rather have fun alone than let Ao Fat, Kobe and Szzerbiak have fun together, this is Zhuang Fei's gambling strategy.
This is a gamble that will be difficult for Garnett, and the Timberwolves boss is expected to fall apart after this game.
"Kevin, are you alright?"
Pierce pulled Garnett up from the ground and asked with concern. At this time, the other Timberwolves players also surrounded them, it can be said that after learning about the head coach's strategy for this game, these Timberwolves players were extremely sympathetic to Garnett, which was simply throwing a wolf into the sea and letting the wolf fight the shark, which was a fatal game, but the Timberwolves players also understood Zhuang Fei's difficulties. There's no way around it, and all they can do now is defend other Lakers players. …,
"I'm fine, don't worry, it's just that I haven't stood firm, and I won't fall down again next time, but you have to take advantage of the opportunity when you attack." Every offensive opportunity is important," Garnett also patted his chest and said with a wry smile, and the other Timberwolves players were also moved at this time.
"Don't worry, the next goal will definitely be scored" Nash looked at Garnett on the side and said with a smile, the Timberwolves can't prevent the Lakers, and similarly, the Lakers can't prevent the Timberwolves, in this case, in fact, the two sides are competing for a success rate, this time the Timberwolves have defended the Lakers, as long as they score the next offense, then this round is the Timberwolves won, for the Timberwolves, every round is extremely important, this is also what Zhuang Fei said before the game, it can be said that in order to succeed Zhuang Fei also told Nash to slow down slightly.
Fortunately, Nash's rhythm control is excellent now, and his grasp of the team's slowing and acceleration is also very good.
Nash is slowly advancing to the front court with the ball, and he is also very adaptable to Nash's current advance speed Lakers or other NBA teams, and now the Timberwolves are advancing like this many times, which is much stronger than the fast forward that will only be a tendon in the previous two years, when the Timberwolves' average turnovers per game could reach 15, ranking last in the league, but this season's Timberwolves are still running but the average turnovers per game are reduced to about 12.
This time, after Nash advanced to the front court, Garnett quickly came over and prepared to block and dismantle with Nash in the corner position, the Lakers have always been a problem because of Ao Fat's defense, Ao Fat generally chooses not to go out in the face of the opponent's blocking, or completely give up defense, this big fat man is too lazy, but this time Ao Fat is going out with Garnett, it is obvious that this fat man is ready to defend hard, but when Ao Fat follows out, the Timberwolves' interior line is really empty, Garnett just a light inside pass inside the high and low post to distribute the ball to O'Neal Jr., who has cut into the basket from the wing, this game Xiao Ao came to the position of power forward, facing the defense of Lakers veteran Grant, Xiao Ao received Garnett's pass under the basket and leaned on Grant to make an easy layup.
"Garnett's distribution after blocking and dismantling is really good, although the Timberwolves' offensive cooperation is based on Nash, but many times Garnett plays the responsibility of the second organization, this season's big forward can get an average of more than 5 assists per game is also the reason, in the current NBA, I am afraid that only Duncan and Webb have such a good passing awareness as him, which also makes it difficult for the Lakers to block and dismantle the Timberwolves' Nash and Garnett, and Shaq is now in a dilemma" Magic Johnson looked at Garnett's score in the commentary seat and was amazed, recently many people have said that the league has entered the era of power forwards, especially Garnett and Duncan, the two big forwards have historical strength, for this statement Magic has always had doubts, because the big forward is not destined to be a position with dominant strength, and it is rare to have a player with historical dominance strength in this position, and it is very good to have a Duncan not long ago. Barkley is the closest before Duncan, although Magic Johnson is a little disdainful of this voice from the outside world, but he also recognizes Garnett's strength very much, and this season's regular season MVP is well deserved.
Although Magic Johnson is now praising the Timberwolves as a supporter of the Lakers, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines frowned, this game Timberwolves against the Lakers This strategy is the first time in the confrontation between the two teams in recent years, this strategy to deal with the triangle offense is not very novel, there have been teams that have used it before, but the effect is not very good, because no one can imagine letting Jordan or Ao Fat play one-on-one, these two people are too strong one-on-one.
It's just that Phil Jackson now has some thoughts that can't eat Zhuang Fei, is it possible that the purpose of this Chinese cutting the Lakers is just to limit Kobe and Szebiak? Isn't he afraid of Shaq's dominance?
Phil Jackson was a little puzzled, but he didn't have much idea about the Timberwolves scoring a goal through blocking and dismantling this time, and he had an estimate of the Timberwolves' offense, and the Lakers couldn't handle Garnett and Nash's blocking and dismantling just like the Timberwolves couldn't handle O'Fat's singles.
Now the Lakers head coach is caught in speculation about Zhuang Fei's tactical intentions, and subconsciously the head coach is willing to believe that Zhuang Fei has a conspiracy in this, but when he sees Ao Fat sitting on Garnett again, a relaxed back push, and then a back to kill the basket and dunk, the Lakers coach is also relieved.
"No matter what conspiracy you want, I can destroy you in this game"
Phil Jackson looked at the Timberwolves bench and thought faintly. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )