Chapter 176: Quest Reward
In the locker room of the Timberwolves, Bowen gasped for breath, and his consumption in the first half was also a little large, after all, he was fighting against Alan Houston throughout the first half, and this confrontation was a direct confrontation with the body, which was the most physically exhausting.
"Bruce, are you alright?" Zhuang Fei asked with a worried expression, looking like Bowen was a little out of strength.
"I, I'm fine, coach" Bowen raised his head and looked at Zhuang Fei and smiled, he really has nothing to do now, it's just a little uneven, just adjust it, and he is not only fine now, but he is still in a good mood, he has really completed the task of defending Alan Houston, although the game is not over yet, but he can already see the ending, Alan Houston is definitely difficult to escape from his palm, unless Alan Houston's strength is improved by another level.
Looking at Bowen's smiling face, Zhuang Fei nodded slightly, and then looked at little O'Neill with a straight face.
"Jermaine, you were so soft in the first half, I don't remember you being a soft egg," Zhuang Fei stared at little O'Neal and said calmly. This surprised O'Neal Jr. and the rest of the Timberwolves players a bit.
"Coach, I" Little O'Neill wanted to explain but was interrupted by Zhuang Fei.
"Jermaine, you're not in foul trouble now, I want you to be tough in the second half and use your body to withstand that gorilla"
Little O'Neal looked at Zhuang Fei with a calm face and was scared for no reason, the more calm Zhuang Fei was, the more apprehensive it was, and finally Little O'Neal nodded, in the first half he was indeed deliberately avoiding Ewing because of foul problems, which also made Ewing hardly encounter any decent defense, which is why Ewing scored 20 points in the first half.
"Also, Jermaine, I want you to not jump up when you are on Ewing no matter what Ewing does, you just have to push him hard. If you still can't help but be picked up in the end, then you can go down," Zhuang Fei reminded lightly again. This also surprised little O'Neill again, and finally nodded in agreement.
"Everyone's performance in the first half is very good, we are already leading on the road, and we are still attacking from an unfamiliar position, but now we are not doing enough, we still need to change in the second half" Listening to Zhuang Fei's words, other Timberwolves players also looked at Zhuang Fei, they knew that Zhuang Fei was arranging tasks.
"Paul. Nash, you defended well in the first half, but in the second half I need you to change your defensive strategy and then you can take a little bit less when you defend. Give your opposing players room to shoot in one step."
"Coach, you mean let them shoot?" Nash and Pierce looked at Zhuang Fei with puzzled expressions, there is no need for this, what if they let them shoot and let them shoot their hands?
"It's okay, you just do what I instructed, their hands are infected today" Zhuang Fei said with a smile, then looked at Xiao Ao again and said: "Jermaine, pay attention to protect the backcourt rebound"
"Hmm," little O'Neill nodded solemnly. Although he didn't know exactly why Zhuang Fei had such a defensive arrangement, he was still ready to do it.
Zhuang Fei also has no choice. He must now let the Knicks' outside players attack, otherwise the pressure on Xiao Ao will be very high, and he will be dragged down, and then he really won't want to complete the task.
"In addition to the defense, our offense is still based on Jermaine at the core, Jermaine. Be decisive when attacking, you have the right to fire freely in this game," Zhuang Fei said cautiously to the players.
"The right to fire freely," O'Neill Jr. shuddered when he heard the word
"Looks like the Timberwolves' defensive formation has shrunk? Is it because of Patrick," Tin Foil Du said to Van Gundy next to him as he looked at the defensive positions of the Timberwolves players on the court, and Van Gundy also frowned. …,
"Well, it should be so, Patrick was a big deterrent in the first half. It seems that the Chinese are ready to assist in the defense"
"Then I'll signal the players to step up their perimeter offense," Tin Foil Du suggested, and Van Gundy nodded.
Charlie Ward and Sprewell were a little surprised by the assistant coach's instructions to strengthen their outside shooting, after all, the Knicks' interior offense played well in the first half. Ewing is also in excellent form, even letting them see the gorilla from 2 or 3 years ago, and with such a player, you don't have to let them shoot, is it just because the opponent shrinks and changes their tactics? In the hearts of the two of them, Van Gundy's caution is a bit unnecessary, although there are some doubts in their hearts, but the two are still ready to carry out the coach's instructions, at this time, the best person to strengthen the team's outside offense is naturally Alan Houston, Houston's mid-range shooting is the best for the team, but the two looked at Houston, who had been entangled by Bowen, and sighed, Houston now doesn't even have an easy chance to catch the ball. And another player who can also shoot from a distance, Odom, was also seen dead by Garnett in this game, at this time the Timberwolves put him two, Sprewell's three-point shooting rate last season was only 27% and Racharlie Ward was not much better, and he is really not much sure now.
Looking at the situation on the court, Zhuang Fei also smiled wryly and shook his head, if it weren't for this task, he could have destroyed the Knicks in a wave, but now he can only slowly consume them, although the Timberwolves are also advantageous, but they can't completely shoot him to death with a stick.
Soon the changes in the Knicks were carried out as Zhuang Fei expected, Ewing's offensive opportunities were indeed divided a lot by his teammates on the outside, and O'Neal Jr. in the second half actually didn't fly around, which also made it difficult for him to do it, and the offensive efficiency was also declining, while O'Neal Jr. on the other side was resolutely carrying out the task given to him by Zhuang Fei, and he still enjoyed it, after all, this is an unlimited right to fire. It's this change that made Xiao Ao tie the Gorilla in the third quarter, not only that, because the Knicks have more outside shots, Xiao Ao's backcourt rebounds have also increased a lot, and now the data of the two are completely equal. And the Timberwolves also led the Knicks by 70 points at 63.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves were still implementing Zhuang Fei's tactics, and the Knicks were now a little weak, Odom, who had performed well in the previous games, was completely blocked by Garnett, Garnett was very idle in this game, so he put all his experience on defense, and Alan Houston was also blocked by Bowen, which led to the Knicks being able to score stably Only the other three remained, and the final score of this game was 98-83, and the Knicks lost by 15 points at home.
After the game, Zhuang Fei glanced at Xiao Daolan in the stands with interest and found that he had left the stadium with a blushing face.
"Mr. Spike, are you still happy now" Seeing Spike Lee's extremely ugly expression Zhuang Fei was very happy, this old boy scolded him all the time, and now he finally let out a bad breath
"Mr. Zhuang, congratulations, you have won again, whether it is a competition or a bet"
"Thank you" Zhuang Fei said with a smile, this game is very perfect in terms of results, at the end of the game, he has received a prompt from the dynasty system, the task has been completed, this game Xiao Ao is 28 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 1 steal, while the Gorilla is 26 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 steal, as for Alan Houston, he only scored 8 points on 3 of 11 shots.
"You seem to have given up your previous bombardment tactics in this game, can you tell us why?"
"There is no special reason, I think we can try new tactics, especially against the Knicks is a good opportunity to experiment" Zhuang Fei was still smiling, while the face of Van Gundy next to him changed, Zhuang Fei was obviously sarcastic about the Knicks' lack of strength, and it was a tactical test opponent for the Timberwolves. However, the Timberwolves won this game, which is a fact, so even if Van Gundy is very unhappy right now, he has nothing to say. He and Zhuang Fei are not the same kind of people, he doesn't like to talk about it. If he could, he would keep today's events in mind and wait for the day of revenge. …,
"Mr. Zhuang, Jermaine O'Neal and Bruce Bowen performed very well in this game, do you think this game is their normal or over-level performance?"
"It's normal, they have this strength," Zhuang Fei said with a smile, and then Zhuang Fei glanced at the audience again, showing a mysterious smile on his face, and then continued: "Why didn't you see reporters in New York today?" Have they all resigned?"
After Zhuang Fei said this, he left the press conference with laughter.
Looking at the back of Zhuang Fei leaving, the faces of the New York reporters who were still silent in the audience were ashamed. This time he was completely humiliated by Zhuang Fei, although he had been humiliated many times before. It can be said that this time, whether it is a game or a bet, New York has lost a mess
"This is the reward for this mission," Zhuang Fei said with some distraction as he looked at the two extra items in the inventory of the dynasty system.
One of these two rewards is a high-level status flask, and a high-level shooting heart card.
Item: Advanced Flask (Premium)
Description: After use, the player's state can be enchanted, and the high-level potion can keep the enchanted state for the entire game, and can only be used by the host team.
Item: Shooting Heart Card (Advanced)
Description: If a player's ability to shoot is at its maximum, use this card to permanently gain +3 on top of the maximum stat, and the final shot value cannot be overflowed. Available only to the host player.
"It's okay to say that this state potion is useless now, and no one seems to have reached the maximum in the Timberwolves' shooting ability" Zhuang Fei looked at these two items and sighed, very ordinary items, after all, it is only a B+-level task.
(I'm really sorry for a big mistake in the book, and the Knicks point guard in the previous chapter was not Larry Johnson, but Charlie Ward, and I hope it doesn't affect everyone's reading.) The fisherman apologizes) (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )