At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Wu Dao opened the situation with a beautiful jumper, looking at the score on the scoreboard, the cheers in the target center arena did not stop for a long time.

It wasn't until the Spurs started to organize the offense, and as Duncan came up from the inside to make a pick-and-roll for Avery Johnson, who was holding the ball, that the cheers around him began to subside.

After David Robinson went off, the Spurs made some changes on the offensive end. Originally, Robinson was the initiator of the attack, but now, Duncan has become the initiator of the attack.

When Duncan blocked and picked up the high post, Garnett also quickly followed up, Avery Johnson took advantage of his teammate's block, quickly cut the inside line, and then made a small throw under the defense of Stanley Roberts.

If Garnett, who moves fast and bounces terrifyingly, comes up to help defend, Avery Johnson may have to think about whether he wants to go on his own, but in the face of Stanley Roberts, he has no scruples at all and kills directly.

"Smack!"

Sure enough, the basketball flew past Stanley Roberts' fingertips, hit the rebound head-on, and then quickly bounced back into the basket with a crisp sound.

As the Spurs quickly counterattacked, the originally noisy arena suddenly became quiet. When the fans saw that their opponents were so quick to color, they immediately fell silent.

"Kevin, don't mention the position so high!"

"If the other party wants to cast far away, just vote for them!"

On the sidelines of the court, Coach Philip reminded loudly that the Spurs are playing a two-tower lineup, and the end points are generally two players on the inside, and this kind of concentration of the ball often creates a situation, that is, people who often play the finishing ball can often quickly adapt to the court and adapt to the rhythm of the game.

But the rest of the team often feels cold and can't play as well as they should.

Coach Philip doesn't mind how many more shots his Duncan plays, even if it's a few high shots, it doesn't matter. But Coach Philip didn't allow the rest of the Spurs team to play as well.

If the entire Spurs team is revitalized, then their Timberwolves' next game may be very difficult.

Although Garnett heard the words of the coach off the court, he nodded slightly in recognition on the surface.

But Garnett didn't take Philip's request to heart in his heart, and he didn't want Duncan to have too many high shooting opportunities.

What he was thinking about was how to completely prevent Duncan from death!

It may sound whimsical to others, but that's exactly what Garnett has in his head right now. Only in this way can Garnett prove to everyone that he is the top No. 4 position in the entire league.

The Timberwolves started pushing after the Spurs scored.

At the signal of Wu Dao, Chris Kyle began to consciously speed up the pace. Takemichi doesn't want the team to maintain the current offensive rhythm, he wants to be able to speed up the overall tempo.

The Timberwolves' No. 4 position is Garnett, who can easily adapt to the pace of the game with a large number of rounds. On the Spurs' side, Duncan's athleticism is terrifying, but the Timberwolves have an advantage that the Spurs don't have.

That's the physical advantage!

The physical advantage mentioned here does not mean that Garnett and Wudao are better runners than Duncan of the Spurs, but that they are referring to physical reserves.

Unlike the Timberwolves, the Spurs played the Raptors on the road just yesterday before they played the Timberwolves.

In that game, the two sides fought quite closely, and the victory and defeat did not show signs until the middle of the fourth quarter.

Duncan and Robinson both played 34 minutes in that game, and the rest of the Spurs' main and key rotation players played more than 20 minutes.

In that game, the playing time may not be long for an NBA-level player, but with days of planes and back-to-back games, the physical condition of the Spurs players is definitely not comparable to the Timberwolves who are waiting for work.

Picking up the pace is definitely more of a pros than cons for the Timberwolves.

Silly positional battles with Spurs?

Wu Daocai didn't have that kind of thought, he just wanted to take advantage of David Robinson's absence to quickly open the score of the two teams!

In just five seconds, Chris Kyle was already dribbling the ball into the front court, and then quickly passed to the side of the martial arts.

The latter received the ball outside the three-point line, still holding the ball with a low center of gravity, and Chuck Person, who had suffered a loss, learned smart this time and chose to block the strong and let go of the weak.

Martial Arts is a tentative step with the left foot as the axis, and Chuck Person simply separates his legs back and forth, moves his left foot back, and actively waits for Martial Arts to accelerate from this direction.

The opponent's defensive pace was also seen by Wu Dao, and after a quick stabbing step towards his right front caused Chuck Person to shift his center of gravity, Wu Dao was a quick anti-crotch dribble, and after a bomb ball, he quickly stepped sideways to the left, directly opened a distance of nearly one meter five with the opponent, and then pulled out a three-point shot.

A series of fluid movements caused Chuck Person to stumble and nearly fall to the ground.

Chuck Person only had time to turn around before he saw the basketball make a beautiful arc in the air, and then landed firmly in the basket with a crunch.

Pointers.

Martial Arts spread his arms outstretched, retreating to defend while accepting the cries of the audience.

On the side of the court, Popovich saw that Wu Dao was so easy to cut points on their spurs' heads, obviously it was the winter season in November, but there was some sweat on his forehead.

"Is the heating in the target center arena so powerful?"

Popovich grabbed his collar and tugged at it, and couldn't help but whisper.

In the court, a group of Spurs players couldn't help but take a few more glances at the Timberwolves, a rookie, after scoring a goal in Wudao. At this time, they all had a sense of foreboding.

Professional players are probably no strangers to this kind of scene.

Timberwolves, this is about to take off!

Between offense and defense, the Spurs made a mistake in their own offensive round, and after Duncan's high block sent an offensive signal, the basketball was transmitted to the hands of Ver Perdo, who played Stanley Roberts under the basket, but missed the layup, and the basketball was held by Garnett, who came back to defense.

The moment he grabbed the rebound, Garnett saw Chris Kyle and Wu Dao quickly sprinting towards the front court, and without thinking about it, he threw the ball directly towards Chris Kyle in the front court.

Pursued by Spurs guard Avery Johnson, Chris Kyle quickly entered the Spurs' paint area, facing the empty basket and Avery Johnson chasing behind him, Chris Kyle did not blindly choose to play on his own.

Then Takemichi, who followed up behind, sent a pass.

As Wu Dao, who jumped high, received a pass from his teammate in the air, he poured the ball directly into the basket with both hands.

"Bang Bang !!"

The air-catching slam dunk action that stretched out the explosive air once again detonated the target center arena.

Martial Arts, who fell back to the ground, also high-fived Chris Kyle, who was excited. On the sidelines, the Timberwolves players were also waving towels and cheering, watching the numbers on the sideline scoreboard jump.

Not long after the start of the second quarter, Wu Dao scored 7 points in a row, once bringing the difference between the two teams to 9 points.

Faced with the upcoming double-double, Spurs coach Popovich was also annoyed, looked at the game time, and for a while wondered whether to replace David Robinson on the court in advance.

But soon, the players in the stadium immediately reassured Popovich.

This time, Duncan didn't elevate his teammates to block and pick up, but asked for the ball in the low post. After the basketball was quickly passed to the inside, Duncan quickly turned around and raised the ball after a confrontation, and his actions directly deceived Garnett.

Then with a slight leap, the ball protector blocked Garnett in the air and hooked the ball to the basket with his left hand.

"Huh!"

As the basketball entered the net, Garnett, who had obvious forward pounces when defending, also made physical contact with Duncan. Obvious foul action, even the referee at the Timberwolves home court was embarrassed to "eat" the opponent's free throw when the team was ahead.

A shrill whistle sounded in the middle of the field.

Duncan, who stood at the free throw line, scored a free throw to chase the difference between the two teams to 6 points.

"This defense really blinds me."

"You jump, what's going on with your move?"

"Hungry tigers, huh?"

"Is Duncan a good-looking big girl? Worth your pounce? ”

When the Spurs retreated, Wu Dao couldn't help but complain about Garnett's defensive actions just now, and his words not only made the green tendons around Garnett's neck jump, but also made Duncan, who was returning to defense, slip under his feet, and couldn't help but glance back at Wu Dao.

Boy!

This first-year newcomer trash talk is much more lethal than that Garnett.

Duncan couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, suppressing the anger in his heart.

Garnett was angry, but strangely enough, at this moment, he chose to shut up.

As a player, what is lost on the pitch has to be retrieved on the pitch. Although Garnett has a bad personality, he also knows this truth.

Deeply influenced by the culture of the neighborhood, he will never say a word of nonsense when he does something wrong.

If you don't get back on the field at this time, do you have to show your hands to the referee?

In the middle of the court, Garnett, who was fast into the front court, quickly sank into the low post, leaned his back towards Duncan, and immediately raised his hand to ask for the ball from guard Chris Kyle.

This time, instead of giving the ball to Takemichi again, Kyle quickly hit the ball into the interior after a body change of direction.

Chris Kyle is well aware of Garnett's character.

If you don't give him the ball at this time, you don't know what kind of trash talk is waiting for him.

"Smack!"

The basketball started, Garnett's face also showed a little excitement, once the ball was fried, Garnett leaned on Duncan's body half sideways, and then after another bomb, Garnett gave a physical confrontation, at the same time, the right hand was also a quick grasp of the ball, and a small hook hooked the ball to the basket.

Admittedly, Garnett's unique skill is the "Iron Jumper", but that doesn't mean he doesn't have other scoring abilities.

Garnett's biggest weakness on offense isn't his lack of faceframe skills.

For a No.4 who is accustomed to receiving the ball in the low post and receiving the ball in the short and medium distances, the no-basket technique is the best, and it is not a problem to have it.

His biggest problem is that he is used to solving problems with "iron-blooded jumpers".

Garnett, as a No. 4 position, is actually very comprehensive in the low post, and this kind of small hook is of course handy.

"Smack!"

"Huh!"

Basketball 45° angle wipe into the net.

"Look at me! Bastard! ”

"How do you defend without looking at people?"

Garnett pumped his fist excitedly and said to Duncan.

However, in the face of Garnett's trash talk, Duncan grinned slightly, showed a look that seemed to be smiling, and did not say a word.

Trash talk, someone has to spray it, and cooperate with the "blow".

This is equivalent to when you are messing around in Zu'an, trash talk often has to be paired with a single kill to be powerful. And what can make your emotions even higher is that the other party is still unconvinced after being killed by you alone, and sprays mouth-to-mouth, at this time, give the other party a gorgeous single kill, this time is the coolest.

Garnett is only halfway done now, and Duncan hasn't given him a chance to continue stacking emotions.

It's like you're halfway through when you reward yourself, and that feeling you don't want to experience a second time.

"Hurry up and get back to defense!"

"Hold this ball."

"Completely open up the difference in the second quarter!"

A first-year martial arts student, he actually encouraged his teammates loudly on the court, and Roberts, Chris, Mitchell and others, who had been in position early in defense, also responded loudly, without feeling any sense of disobedience.

In their hearts, Wu Dao has become the leader of the team since he didn't know when.

On the sidelines, Coach Philip saw this scene with a slight surprise in his eyes, but quickly restrained this emotion.

"This kid has built up prestige with the team so quickly."

"Sure enough, scoring goals is the best way to prove your status."

"Still. The better he plays, the more he has to speed up the process of sending Tom away. ”

"This is the case before the locker room conflict erupts completely."

Philip thought so to himself, and couldn't help but glance down at Tom who was sitting on the bench. Tom had a calm face at this time, staring at the martial arts in the court, and the emotions in his eyes were quite complicated.

With the performance of martial arts in the Timberwolves, Tom also felt that his position began to waver.

He originally thought that even if this rookie could play, it would take 3-5 years. In that case, Tom doesn't mind taking this young man with him as a senior.

But it's a pity that the growth rate of martial arts is too fast. The pinnacle of Tom and martial arts actually overlapped.

In this case, Tom understands that he must play better and hold down the martial arts, only in this way can he maintain his current low position.

In the previous games, the team gave Tom a chance, and Tom worked very hard and achieved good results.

But seeing the martial arts that are now recklessly scoring points on the field, Tom suddenly feels that what he has done before may be in vain. The goal he scored with all his might, in Budona, it looked so easy.

In the court, the Spurs lost their offense, and Duncan, who received the ball in the low post, was caught by Martial Arts when attacking the basket, although he passed the ball in time, but unfortunately Chuck Persson could not take advantage of this open opportunity. (In the '97-98 season, this guy shot 35% from the field)

The Timberwolves quickly launched a counterattack.

Wu Dao received the ball on the outside, held the ball and then quickly closed the shot and dunked, and then after mobilizing Chuck Person's center of gravity, he directly dug and accelerated his advance, directly from the side to the basket, and dunked the ball into the basket with lightning speed.

Until Wu Dao scored, Duncan was still wrestling with Garnett for position, he didn't expect his teammates to not even be delayed, and he was directly stepped over.

With the basketball entering the net, the atmosphere of watching the ball in the target center arena has also been pushed to a climax.

Indiscriminate singles.

As Coach Philip said, the Spurs don't have a single outside player who can resist the edge of the martial arts!

(End of chapter)