As the sound of the buzzer sounded in the arena, the players of the Timberwolves and Jazz entered the court one after another.

On the Jazz side, the team is undoubtedly led by Carl Malone (206cm/116kg) at the No. 4 position, in addition to him, the Jazz are Jeff Hornacek (191cm/86kg) at the No. 2 position, Howard Easley (188cm/80kg, 3rd pick in 2 rounds in '94), Brian Russell (201cm/102kg) at the No. 3 position, and Greg Foster (211cm/109kg) at the No. 5 position.

The starting lineup on the Timberwolves' side is the same as usual, facing a team like the Jazz, Coach Philip did not plan to play his "coaching art" well, but chose the most secure way to arrange the lineup.

The starting lineup of Wu Dao and Tom, Marbury, Garnett and others has achieved good results in the previous games.

In the face of the powerful Jazz, Coach Philip still followed this system, and at the same time focused on telling Garnett a few words before the game, so that Garnett could restrain his emotions during the game.

For Philip's advice, Garnett is also well aware.

It's not the first day he's playing in the league, he's already a third-year student, and he's played against Jazz's Carl Malone before, and he's still very young in the previous two seasons, and there's a big gap between him and Malone.

And when Malone faces a strong interior line at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, there are actually a lot of small movements in his hands, and his biceps, which look a little scary, are not ornaments.

Although Malone is full of tendon meat, he is not a rough man, you may not believe it, Malone is better at using mid-range shots as a means of finishing on the offensive end, and even the shooting percentage is not bad.

In terms of shooting position...... It's much more beautiful than the outside line......

After experiencing the baptism of the rain in the previous games, Garnett feels that there is not much gap between his current strength and the league's top power forward.

Facing a Malone who uses mid-range shooting as his main offensive means, Garnett is very relaxed and not stunned.

Even if the opponent elbows, Garnett is not afraid at all, he will let Jazz fans know that not only your Malone has elbows, but he Garnett, not to mention it!

Young people are like this, they always have some scenarios in their minds.

After the opening position, Garnett glanced at Malone standing in front of him, grinned, and took the initiative to say hello: "Hey, Mr. Carl, long time no see." ”

"It's a pleasure to play against you guys."

Garnett is an activist, and he treats Jordan and dares to talk trash-like, and he treats Malone the same.

Although these two sentences are normal, Malone also sensed from Garnett's smile that this young man was not holding back any good fart.

Don't think that a muscular man like Malone will be a violent temper, in fact, Malone has fought with Rodman of the Bulls so many times, and his temper has already been sharpened again and again.

At this time, seeing Garnett take the initiative to talk, he grinned and said, "You...... Are you the same Kevin Garnett who was crushed under the ass by the rookie? ”

"It's also a high school student who entered the league, and you've been mixed for two years, why are you still getting mixed up and going back?"

"Rookies can't suppress it, why are you embarrassed to stand by my side and compete with me?"

Ma Long's iron elbow is very sharp, and he is also a good hand at engaging people. Almost everyone in this group of "old" superstars in the late nineties knows this.

Sure enough, Garnett, who was ridiculed, changed his face slightly, he was the last thing he wanted to hear people talk about it, and now the outside world generally thinks that the boss of the Timberwolves is martial arts, but in Garnett's opinion, he is at least on an equal footing with martial arts.

An outside core, an inside core, on an equal footing, shouldn't it?

However, Garnett is not a child after all, he has been floating in the turmoil of public opinion for a long time, and his mentality has also been trained.

Garnett quickly controlled the anger in his chest, and did not refute Malone, but said according to Malone's meaning:

"yes...... It's really humiliating for me, a wretched guy who entered the league two years early, to be held down by a rookie. ”

"But it would be even more humiliating for a long-established Alliance celebrity to give me the same pathetic worm."

"You sir, you can't stop him."

Garnett had a little taste of a broken jar, looked at the martial arts not far away, and spoke. In and out of the words, it is all about the admiration of martial arts.

What could he do? Humiliating martial arts in front of outsiders? Isn't that demeaning to himself?

In fact, compared with martial arts, Garnett is more willing to step on Ma Long in the same position!

Moreover, Garnett also didn't recommend that Malone pay more attention to Wudao's body, so that he would have more room to play, wouldn't he?

"Beep-"

didn't give Malone a chance to reply, and as the referee blew the whistle, the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee.

"Smack!"

As soon as the game began, the Cavaliers' forward Greg Foster relied on his excellent explosiveness to get ahead of Cherokee Parkes, point to the basketball, and move the basketball to the Jazz backcourt.

Seeing the loss of the jump ball, the Timberwolves began to retreat quickly.

While retreating, Wu Dao quickly looked at the Jazz players, among these people, there are many, many fresh faces, for the league before 2000, Wu Dao's understanding is actually not comprehensive, he basically only knows the most famous group of players.

For the "ordinary role players" of this era, the understanding of martial arts is still very shallow.

In his opinion, the Jazz gang, that is, the muscle sticks, look a little bluffing, and it is debatable how strong the combat effectiveness of the entire team is.

Soon, Howard Easley in the No. 1 position quickly dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, this player is a fourth-year, when he participated in the draft in 94, the Timberwolves drafted this player, although the Timberwolves only played more than 30 games before being sent away, but strictly speaking, the Timberwolves are still one of his old clubs.

A second-round show is obviously not going to be taken by Marbury.

When Howard Easley quickly approached the top of the arc with the ball, Marbury took the initiative and quickly stuck to it. And at the same time as Marbury made a move, Jazz wing Jeff Hornacek also moved quickly towards the top of the arc, helping Howard Easley with the ball to make a pick-and-roll.

With the help of his teammates, Howard Easley moved towards the left side of the court, while Karl Malone also stuck Garnett with his back at the near basket outside the paint area on the left and asked for the ball from his teammates.

Without the slightest hesitation, Howard Easley quickly played the ball, and the moment he hit the ball, he also quickly passed Tom, who was misplaced defensively, and ran towards the inside.

Malone took the ball, and he didn't mean to play it himself, and when his teammates approached the paint area, he handed the ball to Howard Easley's hand, who took the ball and threw it directly.

The basketball hits the side of the board and then falls into the hoop.

"Hmm"

"It's a smooth fit."

Although a lot of text descriptions were used, when the whole thing happened on the court, it only took a few seconds, and the Jazz's offensive coordination was quite smooth, easily tearing apart the Timberwolves' defense.

Obviously, although the players of this team are not the kind of champion and high-pick talents with explosive talents, the Jazz have long been closely integrated under the leadership of Ma Long.

At the beginning of the season, the Timberwolves played so many games, and the Jazz were the first team with such a high degree of integration of the whole team.

In just one round of offense and defense, Wu Dao saw a lot of things from the Jazz team.

This Jazz has something that the Timberwolves don't have.

"Change the guard in time, don't just focus on the guy who is defending himself."

"Rotate in time!"

"Alright, let's attack!"

On the sidelines, Coach Philip loudly reminded the players on the field, then clapped his hands and shouted encouragement.

At Philip's shout, Marbury received a pass from a teammate at the back and quickly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt.

Wu Dao slowed down a bit, and he was only about three positions faster than Marbury to enter the front court in advance, and as Wu Dao approached the three-point line, Brian Russell, who was responsible for guarding Wu Dao on the Jazz side, also ran up quickly.

The solid chest of this black brother with a beard leaned directly on Wu Dao's body, one hand against Wu Dao's waist, and the other hand directly covered Wu Dao's eyes.

Very pressing defence.

Wu Dao thought in his heart, his arms were quickly propped up, and he turned without the ball, trying to get rid of Brian Russell's close defense and cut inside. But the moment he turned around, Wu Dao could clearly feel a strong pulling force coming from the jersey, which made Wu Dao unable to lift his speed.

And in the next moment, Brian Russell's figure also quickly stuck to the martial arts, this guy didn't seem to stop his steps, his body directly hit the martial arts' body, and the huge force stumbled against the martial arts who didn't stand firm.

Although the referee on the sidelines took this scene into his eyes, he didn't mean to blow the whistle at all.

Whistle?

What whistle to blow?

What is the whistle to blow for confrontation of this magnitude? It's the NBA, and it's not a high school kid playing games!

Just when Wu Dao was entangled by Brian Russell's bald muscle stick, Marbury couldn't find a chance to pass the ball and was ready to play himself, after a quick forward change of direction, Marbury started to rush, he just stabbed a step, and Howard Easley, who was defending him, directly pressed his chest against Marbury's body.

The tremendous force made Marbury's body stunned, and his control of the ball was greatly reduced.

Marbury couldn't help but stop his spurt, and after a bad dribble, he quickly dribbled back and opened up the distance between him and Howard Easley.

Jazz's style of play is very fierce.

This team doesn't feel like they're playing the regular season at all, but rather a playoff tiebreaker, and the defensive pressure is very strong from the start.

"Stephen!" Just as Marbury adjusted his pace and was about to relaunch the attack, Takemichi quickly ran away from the three-point line under the defense of Brian Russell.

Although Brian Russell was glued to Budo's back, Marbury still gave a little advance and passed the ball towards Budo's front.

"Smack!"

Wu Dao, who quickly returned to the three-point line, quickly copied the ball in his hand, and under the pursuit of Brian Russell, the martial arts of the basket was actually a back luck, and the moment the basketball rebounded, Wu Dao suddenly turned around, and at the same time picked up the rebound basketball with one hand, his body also quickly crossed the pursuing Brian Russell.

From taking the ball back from Martial Arts to turning and accelerating, it is completed in the blink of an eye.

Wu Dao just approached the three-point line with the ball, and Bryan Russell also successfully braked his foot and turned back to chase after him.

This black brother's defensive action is very big, although the person has not caught up with the martial arts, but the hands have already covered the eyes of the martial arts.

When Martial Arts crossed the three-point line two steps, Brian Russell was also smoothly stuck in front of Martial Arts' side, and his body leaned directly on Martial Arts' body.

Wu Dao also quickly slammed up at the moment when the opponent's defense came up, the basketball pulled back in front of him, and after a big retreat, he retreated to the half-step position inside the three-point line, and then quickly pulled out his hand.

Although the sudden move was beyond Brian Russell's expectations, he had already raised his arms in time and rushed towards the martial arts quickly.

And Brian Russell didn't mean to slow down at all, and his body directly hit Martial Dao's body in mid-air.

As soon as the basketball was shot, Wu Dao ushered in the impact, his body was unbalanced in the air, and he fell directly to the ground, sliding backwards for more than a meter.

"Huh!"

And the basketball thrown by Wu Dao also fell smoothly into the net at this moment, making a crisp sound.

At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded at this moment.

"Beep-"

The referee gave Brian Russell a backhand foul, and Brian Russell, who heard the penalty, didn't care at all, raised his hand to signal, and then lowered his head to look at the martial arts on the ground, and said with a smile:

"Say hello, don't mind, young man."

"Welcome to Salt Lake City, I'll treat you well!"

As he spoke, Brian Russell walked up to Martial Dao and stretched out his hand towards the martial arts on the ground.

Seeing Brian Russell with a smile on his face, after Takeshi glanced at the other party coldly, he raised his hand and grabbed Bryan Russell's hand, and the moment he took Bryan Russell's hand and got up, Takemi's sneakers directly hit Brian Russell's feet.

The martial arts arm that had just gotten up was forcefully pulled, directly pulling Brian Russell behind him.

"Puff !!"

Brian Russell didn't expect this young man to make such a small move, so he didn't notice it for a while and fell directly to the ground.

The referees didn't even notice for a moment, and when they heard Brian Russell's sudden fall, they all looked sideways.

Wu Dao glanced back at Brian Russell, who had fallen into the mud, and spread his hands to the referee nonchalantly.

“f**k！”

"Boy, you're looking for death!!"

Brian Russell quickly got up from the ground, cursed angrily, and then rushed directly towards Martial Arts.

But at this time, the referees had already reacted, and in front of them, a group of people quickly hugged Brian Russell.

Wu Dao still spread his hands and said lightly:

"Do you want to hit someone if you fake a fall?"

"Referee, it's hard to convince the public if you don't blow his T!"

Brian Russell had a lot of strength, and several referees held him to control him, and although some referees heard the sound of martial arts, they didn't pay attention to martial arts at all, but warned Brian Russell:

"Don't make a fuss, or I'll give you a technical foul!"

Hearing the referee's warning, Brian Russell calmed down.

A pair of eyes stared at the martial arts, as if they wanted to eat the martial arts.