Chapter 539: The Terrifying Afterwave!
The game in the stadium was still going on, and Takemichi also quickly retreated after scoring the ball in the fast break.
"Well played, young man!"
The older Terry Burt unleashed kindness towards Takemichi when Takedo returned, and after complimenting him, he stretched out his fist towards Takemi.
"Thank you."
In the face of Terry Burt's kindness, Takedo also smiled and celebrated with his opponent's fist.
Unlike Tom Gogliotta and Garnett, there is no conflict between Takedo and the veteran Terry Burt.
Not to mention that the two people's court positions are different, there is no overlap, just the huge age difference between the two people, which also makes it impossible for there to be any so-called contradictions between the two.
Martial Arts has just graduated from high school this year, strictly speaking, just a teenager, and Terry Burt is a teenager behind, when Martial Arts really gained a foothold in the NBA and entered his prime, it was a huge problem whether he, a veteran, was still playing for the Timberwolves.
And Terry Burt has been in the league for so many years, and he has some understanding of his position, and he has been trying to convince himself to accept the current situation.
He is a veteran, in the Timberwolves, it is to escort young people, and his greatest value is to share his experience of playing for so many years with these young players.
The arrival of martial arts has made Terry Burt see that a new NBA star is rising, and at this time, his mind is already outlining the future of martial arts and Garnett and others to join forces and play on the court.
If he could, he really wanted to get a championship ring.
He felt that by giving the Timberwolves a few years, there was a chance to win a championship.
Just as Terry Burt was thinking wildly, the Green players were already pressing towards the front court.
Marbury ignored Tom Gugliotta, who asked for the ball from the outside, and after a simple drag step change of direction, he broke through with the ball and quickly rushed past Terry Burt towards the inside.
After attracting the help of the white team's interior defense, Marbury made a back pass and gave the ball to Garnett, who had already mentioned the middle distance on the other side.
Garnett and Marbury have not cooperated for a day or two, and a certain tacit understanding has been formed between the two of them, and when Marbury breaks through, Garnett on the inside will often leave the basket to make room for Marbury to attack the basket.
If the opponent doesn't follow, then there is an open Garnett to face.
"Smack!"
Starting with basketball, Marbury gave the ball a very comfortable position, and Garnett, who got the ball, didn't need to make any adjustments, and directly shot an "iron-blooded jumper" in the middle distance.
The basketball went straight into the net with a crisp sound.
Marbury, who had a smooth break, stepped back to the defense, and after high-fives with Garnett, he quickly ran towards the backcourt.
Seeing the team's smooth attack, Tom Gugliotta was more or less calm. Being scored by the newcomer of Martial Arts made him a little impatient.
Tom Gugliotta is only now coming back to his senses, and his best thing is not to play one-on-one offense with the ball outside the three-point line.
What he is best at is actually going down after covering his teammates in a high position. He is the strongest player when he gets the ball in the mid-range position, whether it's a physical attack to the basket or a mid-range projection, he can do it.
But Tom Gogliotta, like most small forwards in this era, is not good at shooting three-point shots.
Takeshi is often accustomed to receiving the ball outside the three-point line, just because he has an excellent three-point shooting ability, and from the moment he receives the basketball from outside the three-point line, Takeshi has been a huge threat.
But Tom Gugliotta is different, and he is less of a shooting threat when he holds the ball outside the three-point line. Takeshi knows Tom Gugliotta well, and when he defends, he simply won't be wary of the opponent's "sudden cold arrow" outside the three-point line.
Therefore, receiving the ball at the three-point line, Tom Gugliotta has no chance of winning against Martial Arts at all.
Tom Gugliotta, who was a little up-and-coming at first, didn't realize it, but Marbury calmed down after he was almost tackled by Terry Burt.
Favor basketball, although he also has times when he can't erase his face, but Marbury is not the same as some players who "only" favor basketball, if he clearly knows that not playing "favor basketball" will be more beneficial to the team, he will not hesitate, and will immediately leave the inconvenience of "favor" behind.
Fortunately, Tom Gugliotta is also a sober-minded person, and after realizing the problem, he also made his own adjustments, without thinking about finding the field one-on-one, and quickly integrated into the team's defensive system.
A number of members of the Green team have worked together in the past 96-97 season.
Unlike the man-to-man defense of the martial arts, they played a 122 joint defense, and except for Tom Gugliotta, who specialized in the martial arts, everyone else surrounded the paint area.
Garnett stood on the right side of the free-throw line, and his position was able to give Tom some assistance when the martial arts broke through.
After Chris Kyle approached the top of the arc with the ball, he immediately saw the martial arts of the sideways ball at this time.
Without thinking too much, Chris Kyle immediately passed the ball out, and after the ball was released, Chris Kyle also quickly ran towards the side of Martial Arts, trying to help Martial Arts make a block and give Tom a little delay.
After seeing Chris Kyle's movements, Martial Arts did not refuse, dribbling with his left hand, pacing towards the top of the arc, and at the moment when Martial Arts came up to block and dismantle, Martial Arts suddenly dropped the ball and accelerated, and the chasing Tom was blocked by Chris Kyle, and there was a gap of nearly half a meter between Martial Arts and Martial Arts.
And Anthony Piller, who was originally defending Chris Kyle, saw Martial Arts accelerate and move sideways, and he also decisively gave up chasing the person he wanted to defend and blocked Martial Arts.
Anthony Peeler has a lot of ideas, he is not going to the three-point line to block the martial arts possible acceleration rush, he is outside the three-point line, blocking the sideways movement of the martial arts.
If Wu Dao breaks through to the three-point line at this time, it will be a good thing for the green team, because Garnett near the free throw line can make up for the defense at the first time.
The fast-moving Takemichi sensed the Green team's defense, and looked at Terry Burt, who had already gone to the bottom left corner at this time.
122 joint defense, against Wu Dao, a scorer who likes to hold the ball outside the three-point line, is a very good joint defense system. But the weakness of this defence is the wings, which the experienced Terry Burt knows very well.
At the same time, Wu Dao, who has been targeted by people in the high school league, has long been aware of the weakness of this defense.
"It's Old Terry!"
Martial Dao's gaze instantly aroused Marbury's alarm, and he immediately shifted his position and moved towards the center of Martial Arts and Terry Burt, beware of Martial Dao's pass.
At the same time, Garnett, who was originally standing in the high position, also stepped back towards the basket, his eyes swept over Takemi, and then looked at Chris Kyle, who was running towards the right sideline at this time.
The seats are vacant.
It's not Terry Burt, it's Chris Kyle who helped with the delay in the dismantling of the martial arts.
Although Garnett saw it, he didn't dare to leave the inside line.
Sure enough, although Wu Dao's eyes were on Terry Burt, the basketball in his hand did not pass directly, but hooked in the direction of Chris Kyle and quickly shot the ball.
The moment the basketball flew out, Garnett jumped out directly from the inside and rushed towards Chris Kyle, who held the ball and slammed it to the floor in the middle when Garnett rushed in.
When the basketball rebounded, it was already in the hands of the martial arts of the empty cut.
After the ball, Takeshi was not idle at all, but cut directly, Tom was attracted by Takemi's pass, looked at Chris Kyle, and when he saw Garnett on the inside, Tom realized that something was wrong, and when he turned back, Takeshi had crossed the three-point line, and it was impossible for him to chase after him.
Takeshi got a pass at the free-throw line and went straight to the basket.
The Green team guarding the basket is Sam Mitchell, a 198cm tall forward.
I don't know how the Green team assigned the defensive task, letting a 208cm Tom defend the martial arts alone, and let a Sam Mitchell, who is less than two meters away, guard the inside.
Wu Dao, who took the ball, directly ignored Sam Mitchell who tried to block him, and after a blast, he took two big steps and jumped up directly, and after flying Sam Mitchell in the air, he poured the ball into the basket with both hands.
"Bang Bang !!!"
With a loud bang, the basketball quickly fell from the net and smashed on top of Sam Mitchell's head.
The Timberwolves players who watched the game on the sidelines got up and screamed, and the players on the court were blown up, and their benches were quite active and happy.
After the martial arts slam dunk, he grabbed the basket with one hand, glanced at the floor, and then fell back to the ground.
glanced at Sam Mitchell, who was a little cringe, and didn't say anything, turned around and began to defend back.
On the sidelines, the management of the Timberwolves looked at each other, shocked by the talent of martial arts.
"Not only is he physically talented, but he also has a pretty good view on the pitch and a good pass of the ball."
"It's also about finding Garnett's weaknesses in their defense."
"If Garnett doesn't get out, Chris Kyle will shoot a three-pointer."
Philip Saunders was very satisfied with Takemi's handling of basketball in this round, and nodded and commented. Kevin McHale, who was beside him, looked at the martial arts in the court, and also touched his chin and thought.
The Green team will send Tom Gugliotta to the outside to defend Budo, and putting Sam Mitchell under the basket itself is to be able to limit Budo's offense from the outside.
Sam Mitchell and Martial Arts have a height difference of nearly 10cm, and the arm span is also a small difference, with Tom and Garnett's understanding of martial arts, putting Sam Mitchell to defend the other party is similar to delivering food.
Tom will defend it, but also to be able to limit the martial arts in terms of projection, as for the martial arts breakthrough, then Garnett will go up to make up for the defense as soon as possible.
This style of play, it's not wrong, if Martial Arts is a lone wolf who can only play by himself, then this kind of defense can really suppress Martial Arts' scoring efficiency, but if Martial Arts is not the kind of player who can only hold the ball and do it alone, then the hidden danger of the green team is very big.
In the rest of the first quarter, Wu Dao also had insight into the opponent's defensive strategy, and after he scored consecutive points, Wu Dao simply reduced the number of shots he made.
Although he still asks for the ball, he no longer plays alone, but selectively passes to Chris Kyle or Terry Burt to give them a chance to fire from beyond the three-point line.
It's just that I don't know if it's because of nervousness, or if it's because the level is not good, Wu Dao passed three to Chris Kyle, and this guy came 3-0, all of them were vacant, and none of them entered.
Old Terry was slightly better, 4-1
When Wu Dao realized that these two brothers were not very good, he couldn't help but force a three-point stop at the top of the arc under the bag, but it was Wu Dao's "random play" ball, and the basketball went directly into the net, so that his personal score went up to 11 points.
After realizing that his outside teammates were pulling his hips, Takemichi changed his route.
Two of his interior teammates are "big" centers, and one of the two of them is Garnett, who has been guarding against martial arts from a high position, and the other is a small forward who is less than two meters tall.
But unexpectedly, Wu Dao gave two to the inside, Stanley Roberts and Cherokee Parks both failed to seize the opportunity, one of the strong shots under the basket was interfered with by the small forward, and Cherokee Parks was even more slow after receiving the ball, and was covered by a big hat from Garnett who was chasing back when he shot.
At the end of the first half, the green team actually managed to suppress the white team 22:16.
was beaten with a score difference of 6 points in the first quarter, such a scene, Wu Dao has really not seen it for a long time.
After a short break, the game came to the second quarter.
The green team's defensive strategy did not make much adjustments, it was still 122 joint defense, they felt that although the restrictions on martial arts in the first half were not too good, allowing martial arts to play 11 points in a single quarter, but it didn't matter, his teammates pulled their hips!
As long as the high school student is blocked, the team will naturally be able to win.
In the second quarter, Takemichi didn't trust his teammates' open shooting ability and began to hold the ball in high singles.
Although his teammates pulled his hips, Takemichi had a very good hand today, he maintained a shooting rate of nearly 70%, and scored 22 points in the second quarter under the defense of Tom Gugliotta.
In the singles mode of martial arts, Chris Kyle actively blocked and dismantled the vacant position, and the "black and white double evil" on the inside line was also stuck under the basket to protect the frontcourt rebound.
Not to mention, the two who were single-mindedly holding the board worked together to get several frontcourt rebounds, creating several opportunities for the team to attack twice.
Although the White team has been easily penetrated by Garnett on the defensive end.
But at the end of the second quarter, the score of the green and white teams came to 48:44, and under the leadership of Wu Dao, the difference between the two teams was narrowed to 4 points.
After the second quarter, Wu Dao was able to figure out the usage of several of his teammates.
Come on, there are two "inside Optimus Prime" guarding the basket, does he still need to do any bells and whistles?
After halftime, Wu Dao increased the number of his three-point shots, a single third quarter three-point 7-5, poured into 5 three-pointers, plus shooting, basket attack, free throws, a third quarter played, Wu Dao included the team's almost 100% offensive possession, and scored 22 points.
However, the offensive efficiency of the green team is a little stretched, Garnett's shooting accuracy has decreased, Marbury's continuous attack on the basket is not very efficient under the restriction of two long men, as for Tom, he was directly locked by martial arts, "learning" rookie Chris Kyle, shooting 3-0.
That is, the martial arts card position error, let him go to the basket to grab a frontcourt board, and make up for the ball to score two points.
At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 66:70, and the white team successfully overtook it.
Wu Dao thought that the team could maintain such a momentum, and led the team to crush the opponent to death.
But the idea is very beautiful, but the reality is that it slapped the martial arts hard.
The white team, led by Takemi, collapsed in the fourth quarter.
Old Terry was physically exhausted and was completely beaten by Marbury; Chris Kyle's route didn't need to be guessed at all, he was broken 3 times in a row, and his heart was suddenly lost; As for the white team's inside double, the running speed is actually starting to be unable to keep up.
In the fourth quarter, Marbury and Garnett began to pick up the pace, but the white team completely collapsed under the opponent's speed.
Wu Dao was also led by his teammates, and he "only" scored 10 points in the last quarter.
As the whistle blew for the end of the game.
Wu Daokong scored 65 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, and 1 steal, leading the team to deliver the victory to Garnett.
Tom Gugliotta, who played the whole court against the martial arts, handed over a report card of 8 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists.
Tom Gugliotta, who has been smooth sailing all these years, has been attacked by a terrifying back wave.
Although the team won the game smoothly, except for Marbury, who was happy for a while, Garnett, Tom Gugliotta and Sam Mitchell did not look very good.
Sam Mitchell is a serious small forward; Tom Gugliotta is a swingman up front and a big man in the team; Garnett is the second-in-command who considers himself the team's big man.
Facing a martial arts team that scored 65 points, all three of them felt unprecedented pressure, and after this game, they realized that the team was about to make a big change.
Garnett was negotiating salary with the team at this time, his rookie contract was about to expire, and the arrival of Wu Dao also had a huge impact on his contract.
Although the game is over, the storm of the Timberwolves has just begun.
(End of chapter)