Coach Philip naturally knows the idea of martial arts.

Obviously isn't it?

After these offensive and defensive rounds, Marbury can't defend Kobe Bryant at all, the physical gap between these two players is not small, Kobe is taller than Marbury, and his strength is stronger than Marbury, Marbury's defense is not hard enough for Kobe Bryant.

Marbury is very good at stealing, and when defending, he is also accustomed to using "all-or-nothing" steals to disrupt the opponent's dribble rhythm and create opportunities for himself.

However, just because he has great tackling ability doesn't mean that the player has excellent defensive ability.

Steals and defense, in essence, are two different things.

Marbury's defensive style can often achieve good results against players who are slow to dribble, lack of offensive variety, and average in their penetration, even if the opponent is one size larger than Marbury, and with Marbury's ability, it is not impossible to defend the opponent.

But in the face of Kobe Bryant, who has a lot of offensive changes and has an excellent level of ball-handling breakthrough, Marbury sometimes makes desperate steals, but instead gives the opponent a chance.

Marbury's defensive ability is somewhat similar to Iverson's, and you want to say he doesn't have any at all, right? Of course that's impossible, players like them are very fast, and if you're not careful, the ball will be taken away.

But if you want to say that players like them have strong defensive ability, it really can't be said, at least in the No. 2 position, whether it's Iverson or Marbury, their defense is just a little better than the "10,000 stab" players.

Say. Nash, who plays the No. 1 position

In the No. 2 position, the players who are recognized as offensive and defensive are actually Jordan and Kobe, both of whom have excellent scoring ability after gaining weight, even in the low post.

is like the "Big Four" who is as famous as Kobe Bryant when he was young, Kobe's defensive ability is completely unique.

Iverson is famously open defensively, and Maizi is the kind of player who can defend and not defend, and between the two options of offense and defense, Maizi's physical fitness can only be the same, and he generally chooses to attack.

As for Carter

This guy belongs to the kind of talent at the T0 level, and the desire to win and lose at the T5 level. If Vince Carter is in a good mood, he can fight the opponent's outside offensive core for a whole game, but if he is in a bad mood, he will even learn to play eye defense.

Jordan has criticized Carter's defensive attitude at one point, which can be seen.

In the middle of the court, the Lakers and Timberwolves are playing.

Coach Philip didn't take Takemi's advice and let Ben Wallace switch to Kobe Bryant. For two reasons, one is that the battle between Marbury and Kobe has just begun, and even if Marbury is really not Kobe's opponent, he should not make adjustments so quickly.

Doesn't this become a clear way to tell Marbury, are you inferior to the other party? As a coach, Philip has to think about the mentality of the players.

As for another reason.

That is, Philip does not want to take the advice of martial arts, martial arts has more and more voice in the team, if he is a coach who "obeys his words" to martial arts, then who else can restrain martial arts at that time?

As an ambitious coach, Philip didn't want to be a star "pendant", a clay coach.

The Timberwolves don't change defenses, and Kobe, who is opposite Marbury, can play quite freely, can play alone with the ball, and can use his body to cut without the ball.

Coupled with the threat of Eddie Jones on the other side of the Lakers, Ben Wallace's attention cannot be on Kobe Bryant all the time.

The players on both wings of the Lakers are also playing more and more freely.

On the Timberwolves' side, the fight was a little stumbling.

Kobe Bryant not only fires on the offensive end, but also plays with a very good attitude on the defensive end, meticulously chasing and running, and there is no slackness at all.

On the Timberwolves' side, Marbury's burst was actually suppressed by Kobe Bryant. Although Marbury can occasionally break through Kobe's defense with the help of his teammates' blocking, this kind of score does not quench the thirst of the Timberwolves at all.

Except for Marbury, the other Timberwolves players were almost silent on the offensive end, and Tom was in very poor shape this quarter, shooting frequently.

Or rather, Tom's form has been up and down a little too much lately.

Coach Philip sent Garnett back to the court midway through the second quarter to replace Ben Wallace, who was lacking in offensive ability.

Coach Philip originally wanted to strengthen the Timberwolves' offense, but after Garnett came on the court, the offensive efficiency of the Timberwolves' side did not get a significant improvement.

Garnett is not the kind of player who can shoot like crazy, and his scoring explosiveness is not strong enough at all.

Therefore, at the end of the second quarter, the Timberwolves and the Lakers played a 17-30 game, trailing the Lakers by 13 points in a single quarter.

The sluggish performance of the outside players made the Timberwolves play unusually ugly on the offensive end.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Garnett's offensive ability is somewhat lacking, and compared with ordinary interior players, Garnett's offensive power is certainly not bad. But compared to those superstar insiders, Garnett's offense is a little under-watched.

The Timberwolves' offensive ceiling actually depends on the outside, not on the inside.

In the third quarter, on the Lakers' side, Campbell was back on the court. At the same time, Bryant was not substituted, but it was the Lakers' young guard Nick Van Exel who went off after playing two quarters.

On the Timberwolves' side, Tom, who played two quarters, was replaced, and it was Wu Dao who was replaced.

As for Chris and Marbury, they are still on the court.

With the addition of Cherokee Parkes and Garnett on the inside, the lineup on the Timberwolves' side, and the starting lineup in the first quarter, have changed more or less.

Chris Kyle certainly cherishes this opportunity to play, and he has secretly made plans in his heart to assist Martial Arts to score in the next game.

This is not because Chris Kyle licked the dog again, but because in the second quarter, he felt that he had done his best to assist Garnett and others, and the team's point difference was opened up by the Lakers, which was definitely not the "pot" that he Chris should bear.

With the score at 41:54, the Timberwolves trailed by 13 points, and the Lakers still had the right to serve in the third quarter.

After the martial arts entered, the originally silent stands finally became active again, and the fans shouted the name of the martial arts, and for a while, the shouts filled the entire stadium.

"This guy is really popular!"

While walking towards the front court, Kobe Bryant peeked into the stands on both sides, and saw the fanatical appearance of the Minnesota fans, Kobe Bryant couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

He's in Los Angeles, but he doesn't have so many fans, those spectators, the focus is on O'Neal. O'Neal not only has a strong dominance, but also a lively, humorous player, O'Neal's popularity is very high.

Kobe Bryant is better than other bench players in the Lakers, and he is the Lakers' "first bench".

But in the end, a substitute is a substitute after all, what is the difference between the first substitute and the second substitute?

Thinking so in his heart, Kobe Bryant's gaze at the martial arts became more and more fierce.

Although the two of them can be regarded as friends, on the court, the two are enemies!

Kobe and Eddie Jones both ran in the direction of Martial Arts, and the place where Martial Arts landed was the right elbow area of the halfcourt, which was also the offensive position that both Kobe and Eddie Jones were good at.

Of course, the two are also very good at attacking in the left elbow area, but relatively speaking, the right elbow area will make them more comfortable in breaking through.

The dominant hand is right-handed, and it is inevitable that there will be a bias. Even if a player can develop the ability to break through and shoot with both hands, it is difficult to change the subconscious habits of human beings.

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Eddie Jones and Kobe, who ran towards the martial arts, both noticed each other, and both let out a strange murmur from their mouths.

"You're going to hit that short guy!"

Eddie Jones pointed to Marbury on the other side and spoke.

Attacking scoring is one of the most dazzling things on this court, especially being able to score on the head of the opposing star.

Martial arts are now famous, and if you can score crazy points on the head of martial arts, it will be a good opportunity for both Kobe Bryant and Eddie Jones to make a name for themselves.

There are no human rights to substitutes.

Kobe Bryant pursed his lips a little unpleasantly, and did not stop after arriving at Wu Dao's side, quickly entered the inside line, and then ran through the paint area and ran towards the bottom corner of the other side.

Derrick Fisher, who came on as a substitute, noticed Bryant's movements, hit the ball in a small open corner, and quickly passed the ball towards the bottom corner where Bryant was.

The basketball flew almost to Kobe Bryant, Kobe squatted, held the ball in his hand, and then adjusted it and raised the ball to shoot, Marbury blocked it from the right side of Kobe.

However, Kobe Bryant, who lifted the ball, made a feint, dropped the ball quickly with his left hand, and crossed Marbury with a big stride, and then Kobe quickly closed the ball and shot.

"Huh!"

With the basketball falling into the Nets, Kobe's personal score also came to 12 points, and the difference between the Lakers and the Timberwolves was further expanded to 15 points.

After the feint, the ball breaks through, and then the empty space makes a pull-up jumper.

Kobe Bryant's movements are relaxed and chic, giving people a sense of elegance, although Minnesota fans have no feelings for Kobe, but I have to say that Kobe Bryant is still relatively good-looking, with two points of Jordan's charm.

Attacking and defending alternately, and music encouraging offense sounded from the loudspeakers on the pitch.

Wu Dao's running speed was not fast, and the direction of travel was the right elbow area of the half, where Eddie Jones had already been waiting for him.

He is looking forward to playing against Martial Arts, and now, for the young players of the league, being able to overpower Martial Arts is what they are pursuing.

"Chris."

As he approached the three-point line, Takeshi slowed down and called out to Chris Kyle, who was holding the ball.

In fact, there is no need for martial arts reminders, Chris knows very well what he needs to do. He's not like Marbury in that he doesn't play "reasonable" team basketball.

All he knows is that he's a substitute and he does whatever the boss says.

The basketball shot quickly, given to the hands of Wu Dao, Wu Dao's position to receive the ball and the three-point line are two meters apart, after the basketball starts, Wu Dao also holds the ball and quickly advances a step, and then the body is stunned, and the left hand quickly towards the basketball.

“？？”

"Dry pulling?!"

Eddie Jones has watched the game of Martial Arts and knows that Martial Arts sometimes throws some unreasonable three-point shots, and the worst thing is that the three-point shots that seem unreasonable to others are always something you can throw.

At this time, Eddie Jones saw Wu Dao's movements, no longer hesitated, and quickly raised his hand to pounce.

However, as soon as his center of gravity moved, Wu Dao also quickly became shorter, and dribbled directly past Eddie Jones and killed the inside.

The Lakers' players didn't seem to react to the fact that players like Eddie Jones were so easy to break through, and the interior players didn't raise their positions to intercept early, and by the time Budao got close to the paint area, his speed had already risen.

Martial Arts jumped directly from the basket at a position of nearly two meters away from the basket, and in the face of Campbell's full blocking, Martial Arts in mid-air made a mistake with both feet, as if walking in the air, and after a short period of stagnation, Martial Arts grabbed the ball with his right hand and sent the ball to the basket with a large lever.

Campbell missed, and the basketball flew over his head, grazed the rebound, and then fell into the basket.

“ohhhh！！！”

As the basketball entered the net, the target center arena erupted in cheers.

Fans are fed up with the Timberwolves' twisting offense, and the clean and chic strolling lever of the martial arts is exactly what the fans want to see.

In the cheers of the audience, the martial arts quickly returned to the field.

The Lakers faced the current lineup of the Timberwolves, and they didn't dare to let the two of them guard against the advance of the martial arts. Unlike Ben Wallace, Garnett has excellent offensive ability in the low post.

In the face of Garnett, Garnett will be scored without losing position, and if the interior player position is too high, it is easy to let Garnett vacant.

And the Lakers' forced defensive adjustments also gave Wudao a chance to play one on the outside.

Eddie Jones, this kind of "small" defender who is less than two meters tall and weighs less than 90kg to defend him from this real No. 3 position, is really not an order of magnitude.

Soon, the Lakers launched a counterattack, and Fisher did not abandon Eddie Jones on the offensive end.

The latter used the reverse run to create some opportunities for himself, and with a one-position advantage over Budo, he went inside, but when Fisher's ball was given to Eddie Jones, Budo, who was originally one position behind, quickly followed Eddie Jones.

Eddie Jones, who was driven by Wu Dao, also faced Garnett's bag, and he forced a layup when he entered the interior, but the basketball was directly pressed on the rebound by Garnett and Wu Dao.

The twin ghosts bang on the door.

The basketball falls and is picked up by Garnett.

"Hey, what are you thinking?!"

"Lost your mind?"

Garnett's mouth opened, and the "taunt" mode was directly turned on.

At this time, the Timberwolves also pushed back quickly, but the Lakers' defense was relatively fast, and the Timberwolves did not have a chance to attack quickly.

Positional warfare.

It was still Wu Dao who received the ball at the right corner, Wu Dao beckoned, and Garnett, who had not yet sunk to the bottom line, quickly stepped forward to block and dismantle.

Immediately after dismantling, go down.

It's just that Wu Dao didn't look at Garnett at all, and while the opponent blocked and dismantled, he moved the ball sideways, and then pulled out the three-point shot directly.

The next second Garnett just entered the basket, the basketball also flew directly into the net, making a crisp sound.

(End of chapter)