Chapter 645: Big Mouth!
Being beaten into two and one by Charles Barkley is obviously a difficult thing for Garnett to accept.
In fact, there is no need for martial arts to say anything, Garnett's truest thoughts at this time are also planning to get back from Barkley's body.
It's just a pity that the Rockets didn't let Barkley deal with Garnett in terms of defensive tactics against the Timberwolves.
Marbury dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and found Garnett in the low post at the first time, and on the Rockets' side, the defender of Garnett was Matt Bullard, who was 208c tall and weighed 97kg, and he was able to switch between the two positions at the 3/4 position, and he even dared to make a cameo as a center as long as the team really needed it.
Matt Bullard is 31 years old, which is not young, and he is not false when facing Garnett, who is superior to himself in height and weight.
When Garnett received the basketball, he immediately gently supported Garnett's waist with his left hand, and at the same time raised one hand high, ready to block and cut the ball at any time.
When Garnett received the ball, the other interior of the Rockets, Olajuwon also turned quickly, reflexively stuck the Timberwolves' Stanley Roberts behind him, and at the same time quickly looked at Garnett, ready to block at any time.
On the surface, the person who faced Garnett head-on was Matt Bullard, but in fact, the real interior core of the Rockets' defense of Garnett was Olajuwon.
Matt Bullard is just a "forward" used to consume Garnett, and when Garnett rushes past Matt Bullard's defense, there are naturally people waiting for him!
Garnett, who was catching the ball with his back to the basket, didn't notice that the Rockets' interior players had made some adjustments to their positioning.
At this time, the other players of the Timberwolves are actually not very convenient to remind Garnett, after all, Olajuwon did not go up to pack Garnett, and reminding Garnett at this time will only distract Garnett's attention and affect Garnett's judgment when attacking.
Both Marbury and Tom noticed the situation, and both paid attention to the alignment on Garnett's side, ready to rush inside at any time to remedy.
On the contrary, Wu Dao's face was relaxed, and after seeing Garnett get the ball, he actually stood outside the three-point line, with his hands on his hips as a spectator.
Barkley saw Martial Arts' posture, and his defensive posture was also slightly relaxed.
At the same time, Garnett also made a move at the moment, after a simple blow to the back, Matt Brad seemed to be a little unable to bear Garnett's physical strength, and the whole person was directly pushed back by Garnett by half a step.
But it was in this moment of gap that Garnett turned around directly with the ball, turned over directly outside the paint area, and the basketball hit the board directly on the side, and then bounced back into the basket with a crisp sound.
Neat.
Garnett played this ball very easily, as if ordinary people were eating and drinking.
Matt Bullard's defense is nothing in front of Garnett.
In this attack, everyone saw the gap between Garnett and Matt Bullard, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Matt Bullard couldn't guard a player like Garnett at all.
After the goal, Garnett's face also showed joy, and he roared: "Let me feel how good your defense is?!"
He played with ease, and the feeling of scoring made Garnett feel like he was in shape today. He felt that no matter what kind of opponent appeared in front of him, he could "deal with" it.
The Timberwolves' benches were more or less infected by Garnett's emotions at this time, and they all shouted and screamed.
When playing away from home, only some of the fans in the stands support the Timberwolves, and at this time, the cheers of the benches on the same team will become very important to the players on the court.
The role of waving a towel off the field is also very useful for the team!
In the middle of the court, the Timberwolves began to retreat, and Olajuwon paused briefly when Matt Bullard served the baseline ball, and said:
"I'll switch guards with you."
"I'll teach that kid a lesson!"
Olajuwon was also obviously aware of the gap between Matt Bullard and Garnett, and immediately took over Matt Bullard's work.
The Timberwolves have a lot of outside offensive cores, even when Takeshi is not on the court, Marbury and Tom can lead the Timberwolves' offense.
But the Timberwolves don't have much of an interior offensive core, and Garnett is the only interior offensive core on the court today.
As for Roberts?
There are many, many of these meat shield players in today's league, and basically all teams will have a few, in order to be able to not have even a little impact on others when facing O'Neal.
This type of player is generally the type of player who is heavy, strong, and skilled, and this kind of player does not play much role on the offensive end.
Why can the big shark have such terrifying dominance on the inside, is it just because of his terrifying physique? Not exactly, O'Neal's footwork is actually quite good, and O'Neal's lateral speed is also very fast.
In the early days, he was also the kind of talented player who could go from the inside to the outside.
It's just that he later found out that he was too strong, too dominant, so he was sloppy in his weight control and training, so that his defensive area shrank a bit.
It can be said that O'Neal has no shortcomings other than mid-to-long-range projection, and the lack of a way to pull out to prevent pick-and-roll.
And a center forward of Olajuwon's level basically has no shortcomings at all.
Garnett, who had just scored, was on the rise at the moment, and as the game progressed, he got into more and more form.
It's just that Garnett probably doesn't know that the Rockets' Olajuwon has already set his sights on Garnett.
Rocket offensive.
This time, Barkley, who held the ball, and Olajuwon, who cut into the basket, came to a tacit linkage. With a high block by Olajuwon, the martial arts defending Barkley was delayed for a while before catching up with Barkley.
On Roberts's side, there is no way to follow up on the help defense Olajuwon, not to mention, when Barkley broke into the inside, he was also attracted by Barkley, and helped Wudao pounce to help defend Barkley.
Olajuwon, meanwhile, also cut inside and Barkley saw the opportunity to get the ball out of Roberts' crotch.
After Olajuwon received the ball, he took off to split the dunk, although Garnett on the side had the heart to help defend, but the Rockets' attack was too fast, Roberts's mistake directly made the Timberwolves' defensive rotation chaotic, and Garnett was also a little late to react.
"Boom !!"
The basketball was poured into the hoop, and the stands were filled with cheers. It's just that the voices of the audience haven't fallen yet, the bottom line of the Timberwolves is fast, and the players are still pressing towards the Rockets half at high speed.
The tense transition between attack and defense brought the cries above the stands to an abrupt halt.
The Timberwolves looked for Garnett again on the offensive end, but when Garnett received the basketball, the Rockets' Olajuwon immediately came behind Garnett.
Garnett held the ball in his back and shook his shoulders slightly to test it, feeling the huge power behind him, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little excitement.
The ball quickly turned his back to the basket, and Garnett made a basketball move, but he didn't shoot a jump shot after his body center of gravity was raised.
In the next moment, Olajuwon's big hand also covered the top of Garnett's head, covering Garnett's projection route.
Garnett's feints failed to deceive Olajuwon. While Olajuwon raised his hand to block Garnett's vision, his body quickly attached to Garnett's body, not giving Garnett any room to move at all.
Dead ball.
"Get it out!"
Marbury and Takedo shouted at almost the same time, and they both realized that something was wrong.
But they reacted quickly, and the Rockets were not slow to react, and Barkley decisively gave up the martial arts and surrounded Garnett.
It's just that his figure just moved, and Garnett also quickly played the ball, and Barkley noticed this
The direction of the body turned, and he quickly ran back to the front of the martial arts.
Barkley's movement speed was so good that he was back in his place almost the moment the basketball was in place.
Powerful mobility, staggering.
However, Takedo didn't mean to play by himself at all, and after the ball, Garnett readjusted his position and carried the basket to the key position, and Takedo also passed the ball back to Garnett.
"Huh?!"
Barkley's choice of shots was somewhat surprising:
"Really?"
"You don't think that kid can win against Hakim, do you?"
"If he can score this ball, I'll eat it!"
Barkley's big mouth is really a little famous, and seeing that the Timberwolves seem to be planning to let Garnett single, he couldn't help but taunt.
Garnett plays, Barkley has actually seen it, Garnett's reputation in recent years is not small, and some media have commented that Garnett may grow into the "top four in the league".
It's just that Garnett's light has been suppressed by the light of martial arts recently, and the degree of discussion in the media circle has declined.
Barkley scoffed at such media rhetoric.
With averages of less than 20 points per game, it's too early to start touting Garnett.
Although Garnett is very young, he landed in NbA in '95 as a high school player, and now he is only 22 years old, which is only the age of someone else's sophomore, and the beginning of '98 has not even passed a month.
Compared to Garnett, Barkley felt that the 19-year-old young man in front of him was much more terrifying.
「.....」
I don't know why, when Wu Dao heard Barkley's words, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he kissed the donkey's buttocks, and he didn't know if the basketball could be eaten or digested....
Under the basket, Garnett's offense was obviously handled more cautiously, after a bomb ball, Garnett continued to shoulder the ball, and finally chose to turn around, his body drilled from Olajuwon's side, and successfully found a route in the small space close to the baseline, and then jumped and hooked the ball to the basket with a backhand from the opposite direction of the basket.
Although Olajuwon did not fully understand Garnett's movements, his excellent defensive quality allowed him to make the most correct reaction the moment he noticed Garnett's abnormal movement.
"Bell~~"
The difficult backhand layup failed to score smoothly after all.
Olajuwon's excellent defensive reflexes caused Garnett quite a bit of a problem, completely disrupting Garnett's projection.
The basketball went straight out of the hoop.
"Haha!"
"I'll just say I won't enter!"
Barkley had already rushed to the basket when Garnett made a move, and he also came from the stage of young players, and he could see that Garnett had made up his mind to come on his own.
Barkley flew towards the basketball and whispered excitedly.
However, the moment his hands just caught the basketball, a large hand descended from behind him and pressed directly on the basketball.
Caught off guard, Barkley pressed the ball hard with his big hand and dunked it into the basket.
「!!!!」
The impact came from his back, and Barkley landed on his feet unsteadily, using both hands together, and rushed forward several steps before he could stand up and avoid falling into "".
Turning his head to look in the direction of the basket, he happened to see Takemichi let go of the basket and fall back to the ground.
"Wow—"
On the bench of the Timberwolves, the players were already cheering, Mitchell patted his head with a shocked face, the surrounding media also let out a low shout, and even in the stands, the Rockets supporters were also exclaiming, they couldn't believe what they saw.
Barkley was actually shut-off, and the opponent was only a first-year, such a field
noodles, let alone seeing them with my own eyes, I didn't even imagine it before.
Wu Dao, who scored a dunk, just glanced at Barkley, turned back to defend, and when he passed Garnett, he slapped Garnett's ass hard and encouraged:
"Good job, adjust the angle and you can score."
"Charles said you can't score in front of Hakim, and when you score, he eats the ball."
"Look at yours! Kevin!"
Martial Arts is deeply rooted in the essence of the message, and it is too easy for him to take it out of context and distort the facts, and after "honestly" passing Barkley's words to Garnett, Martial Arts quickly ran towards the Timberwolves halfcourt.
Garnett, who heard this, also quickly recovered from the shock of Barkley, glared at Barkley not far away, and turned back to defend angrily.
Barkley also listened to the words of martial arts, but at this time, did he still care about explaining anything to Garnett?
What Barkley wants to do is to score the head of the martial arts and make the fans forget the scene that just happened!
If Michael, his best friend, saw the scene just now, he wouldn't know how to laugh at him.
On the Rockets' side, the offense revolved around Barkley, Barkley's offensive skills are actually very comprehensive, starting with basketball, after a simple basket triple threat, Barkley quickly got off the ball and accelerated to impact the defense of the martial arts.
Although he was unable to completely deceive the defense of Martial Arts, relying on the power of terror, Barkley accelerated his impact against Martial Arts' defense and hit the basket, and forced a shot with a low hand and a high board in the middle distance during the march.
Wu Dao didn't react, and the basketball flew past Wu Dao's side, grazed the rebound, and then bounced back on the basket, collapsing out.
But the next second the basketball fell, Barkley's figure also quickly appeared under the basket, lightly under the basket, and made up the ball into the basket.
Seeing Barkley score, Wu Dao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, from the beginning, the opponent didn't plan to score directly on the high board, this guy himself was planning to play a second attack.
"The experience of the elderly should not be underestimated!"
"It's a history-based secondary offensive capability."
Realizing this, Wu Dao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
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