The Timberwolves play the Lakers at home.

This is the fourth game between the Timberwolves and Lakers this season, and it is also the last meeting between the two teams in the regular season.

Lakers.

This accoladed team is one of the most high-profile teams in the NbA league, and the Lakers have one of the league's most dominant centers, O'Neal, and when the Lakers came to the Target Center arena, they naturally brought media attention here.

The game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves has attracted much attention from fans, this is the first game in the West and the third in the West.

More than halfway through the season.

The Timberwolves and Lakers continue to play according to their current record, and as long as there is no injury impact, it is almost certain that these two teams will enter the Western Conference playoffs.

For some ambitious teams, it is actually time to observe the opponent well.

The Lakers' O'Neal and the Timberwolves' martial arts are both the top players in the league, and if they want to beat their teams, they must find a way to beat these two players first.

It's a great opportunity for other teams to meet.

And this game is different from the previous game between these two teams, O'Neal has recovered, and the Lakers' game lineup today can be regarded as the most perfect lineup of the team today.

On the other hand, the Timberwolves, just the day before the game with the Lakers, the Timberwolves just had a big battle with the Houston Rockets.

Playing against the Lakers the day after the game against the Rockets, this back-to-back intensity of the game can simulate the playoffs to the greatest extent.

Only in such a game can you see the quality of a player.

What kind of level will the Timberwolves play in the playoffs now, and whether the team's big boss can maintain his condition in the high-intensity schedule of the playoffs, some clues can be seen from today's game.

The players entered, and amid the cheers of the audience, the players of the Timberwolves and Lakers entered the game one after another.

Coach Philip didn't know what was going on today, he looked a little absent-minded, his eyes would occasionally look at Martial Arts, who was actively preparing for the fight, and occasionally at the team owner Glenn Taylor, who was in the back row of the rest area.

I don't know what he's thinking.

In the pre-match preparation stage, Philip did not encourage the players as usual, but waved lightly towards the martial arts, and after the martial arts approached him, he opened his mouth towards the martial arts:

"In today's game, you have to play hard."

"If you think you have a good chance of scoring, you can play freely."

"The Lakers don't have an outside line that can restrain you."

"Of course, if you feel average today, then pass it on a lot, and you don't have to force it."

Philip said earnestly towards Martial Dao, listening to his words, Martial Dao felt a little surprised.

Why did this coach suddenly change sex?

In fact, the difference between domestic basketball education and foreign basketball education is still relatively large, domestic players are accustomed to listening to the coach's instructions to play, every time it comes to the turning point of the game, the players often dare not make their own decisions, often need the coach to call a timeout, arrange a tactic, and then play according to the coach's arrangement.

But there are too many things like the turning points of the game, and there are so many of them coming down from a ball.

A player from the opposing team scored several goals in a row; The other party exploded, crazy bursting; Or maybe the team has no feeling on their own side, and they can't attack for many rounds in a row.

All of this can be regarded as a turning point in the game.

Although Wu Dao is a player from Asia, the head coach was Coach Anzai when he was growing up in high school, and Coach Anzai has a characteristic, that is, when the team is not alive or dead, he is used to letting the players on the field find their own way to solve the dilemma.

Coach Anthy is one

Players who give players plenty of freedom.

Takedo then entered Oak Hill High School as an overseas player, and when he entered Oak Hill, he established himself as a team member with a training match.

And Coach Smith is a resultalist coach, he doesn't care whether the martial arts play is reasonable or not, what kind of way he plays, he just wants one, win.

As long as you can win, no matter how you play martial arts, it's not a problem to put aside the brainless three points.

This kind of growth experience has shaped the style of martial arts today.

The head coach who is suitable for him is not a coach who is all-encompassing and has to say everything like those head coaches in China, what he needs is a coach with strong tactical literacy and tolerance, and only needs to remind martial arts at critical moments.

Although Philip is the coach of the United States, his coaching style is a bit similar to that of domestic players, and his desire to control is stronger.

Martial arts is in the Timberwolves, in fact, it has more or less suppressed some of his previous playing habits.

Compared to when he was in high school, he played a lot more reasonably.

Today, Philip suddenly said these words to himself, and he couldn't help but think about martial arts.

"What's wrong? Coach Philip?"

"Are there any tactical changes the team is going to make?"

Wu Dao asked with curiosity on his face, but he didn't stupidly take Coach Philip's words and continued.

"Tactical adjustments?"

"No, no."

"Martial arts, you are the tactical number one core of our timberwolves."

"The whole team revolves around you!"

"You just have to remember that."

Coach Philip patted Martial Dao's arm lightly, and in Martial Dao's puzzled gaze, he raised his chin and signaled that it was time for Martial Arts to enter.

Seeing Coach Philip like this, Wu Dao didn't think much about it, turned around and went to the side of his teammates, and after a group of people gathered in a circle to encourage themselves, they stepped into the field.

After seeing Takedo and the others enter, Coach Philip sighed softly sadly, but he quickly picked himself up, turned his head, and looked in the direction of Glenn Taylor.

Glenn Taylor was sitting behind the Timberwolves' rest area, although he didn't hear all the conversation between Philip and Martial Arts, but he also heard some content more or less, and sensing Philip's gaze, Glenn Taylor nodded slightly, with a satisfied smile on his face.

The reason why Philip suddenly found Martial Arts to say such things is also very simple, because the boss Glenn Taylor personally went down.

It's all too common in the NbA league that good players and good coaches can be at odds.

Owner Glenn Taylor had heard early on from the team's executive chairman, Kevin McHale, about a petty conflict between Martial Arts and Philip.

The two have some different concepts, and the contradictions between the two are very restrained, and there has been no sign of intensification.

Because of this, Kevin McHale and Glenn Taylor have also paid little attention to these things before.

But as Martial Arts got better and better on the court, and even suppressed Jordan to win the Vp in the All-Star Game, the value of Martial Arts has been completely different from when he first entered the team.

Widely regarded by fans as a Vp-level player, Budo is a superstar who has already cashed in on his talent. If there are no injuries or other off-field factors, he will go to any team, which is the cornerstone of the task.

In today's league, I'm afraid that except for the Bulls, who have a non-trading product, other teams are afraid that any conditions can be accepted in order to pursue martial arts...

The friendly conversation between Wu Dao and Tang Shuai made the management of the Timberwolves feel a strong sense of crisis.

The relationship between the player and the team is very delicate.

The rookies have to hold the team management, for fear of losing their jobs, but at the level of martial arts, his relationship with the team is equal, even... The players are bigger than the team...

"Wow—"

As the players of the Timberwolves and Lakers entered the stadium, there were also enthusiastic cheers in the stands.

The Timberwolves' starters are all old faces, in addition to Wu Dao, Garnett, Marbury, Tom, the player who plays the team's starting No. 5 position is the young Ben Wallace.

O'Neal is one of the most dominant interior players of the moment, and now he is in his prime.

In order to fight against players like O'Neal, the value of the league's meat shield rough players has skyrocketed one by one. Even if it's a technical rookie, you can get a contract from some teams.

The Timberwolves certainly have that guy, Stanley Roberts, a player who was teammates with O'Neal in college.

He and O'Neill are still familiar with each other.

The Timberwolves will sign such a center who averaged 9.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season just to be used as a meat shield.

However, functional players need to be put on at the most opportune time.

At the height of O'Neal's play, it was the right way to use a shield player to "interrupt" Stanley Roberts directly.

By the way, it's called a shark slashing tactic.

But in reality, O'Neill is not the first victim of this tactic. Chamberlain in the "ancient" era suffered such treatment.

For the Lakers, the starting center is O'Neal, along with Eddie Jones, Rick Fox, Robert Horry, and Fisher.

After the players of both teams entered, standing in front of Budo was the old rival Rick Fox.

Maybe it's because the fame of martial arts has improved greatly during this time, Rick Fox, who has never talked to martial arts much in the past, smiled kindly at martial arts, and then said:

"Hey, Martial Arts, I've seen your all-star debut."

"It's amazing!"

"It's well deserved to be able to win the VP."

"You can be softer today, don't make me too ugly."

Rick Fox seems to have a good personality, which is also a rare person who shows kindness when facing the yellow rookie of martial arts.

Maybe it's because martial arts are different from before...

He is also a person with personal honor now, not big or small, and he is really a "star".

What do you mean by that? When you're good, you're surrounded by good people.

"Competition, friendship first, competition second."

Hearing this, Wu Dao responded with a smile on his face. Martial Dao's attitude seemed sincere, but in reality, he didn't have any intention of keeping his hand.

Just kidding, if friendship comes first, what do you want to compete? Is it bad to have a banquet?

Players from both sides entered the pitch one after the other, with Garnett and O'Neal jumping on the halfway line.

As the referee's whistle blew, the basketball was pulled to the Lakers' backcourt, and O'Neal beat Garnett to win the jump ball.

The Timberwolves began to retreat quickly, and at the same time, Fisher carried the ball and quickly entered the frontcourt.

And just as Fisher was close to the top of the arc, O'Neal sank into the low post, but O'Neal had just revealed his intention to receive the ball, and Garnett on the other side seemed to feel something and left the spot.

At the same time as Garnett left the spot, Wallace, who had been struggling to resist O'Neal and not let O'Neal into the basket, suddenly lost his strength, and went around from behind O'Neal to O'Neal and went around without the ball.

The Timberwolves' two interior lines put all the defensive focus on O'Neal.

「......」

O'Neill was about to turn around and change his position, when he suddenly felt a huge force coming from his back, and he looked sideways slightly, and found that Garnett had replaced Wallace's position, making it not easy for him to change positions.

Such a blatant illegal defense made O'Neill hold his breath in his chest, and there was nothing to say.

The League's system of illegal defense still exists today.

It's just that it's too difficult to define, and the general competition blows very little.

It's common for teams to have defensive tactics that pack core players, but when everyone engages in this thing, at least cover it up, the Timberwolves are at home, and they don't even act....

Fisher, who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, couldn't just hoist the ball to O'Neal like this, but could only pass the ball to Eddie Jones on the side.

Why O'Neal was always knocked down when facing teams like the Jazz and Spurs before Kobe Bryant grew up was not because O'Neal was not strong enough, but simply because O'Neal had to face the same defense that he was facing now.

The inside line is two to one, and the other teammates are all dumb, and the key is that there is no way to give the ball to O'Neal, which is what the Lakers are most afraid of.

It's not just the Lakers who are afraid, but the dominant single-core centers are afraid of this.

The players who assist O'Neal don't necessarily need an outside scorer like Kobe, and a big forward with a bit of independent offensive ability and a slightly longer range can also solve this problem.

Boozer's kind is enough, and if there are one or two off-ball shooters on the outside, then the Lakers can be said to be invincible.

It's just that most teams in the league don't pay attention to three-point shooting, and the requirements for power forwards don't seem to pursue the attributes of strong projection.

And the Lakers don't have such a person at the moment....

No, as soon as O'Neal was pinched, the ball could only be given, and Eddie Jones singled from the outside.

The Lakers' offensive rotation is actually very conventional, with Rick Fox on the martial arts defense going to assist in the pick-and-roll, while Fisher tried to cut in the air, but Robert Horry pulled it out and got an open opportunity.

Eddie Jones moved sideways under the cover of Rick Fox, and then faced the martial arts after the change of defense, in the face of the imposing martial arts, Eddie Jones did not want to try to attack the martial arts, and quickly gave the ball to Horry, who was pulled to the middle distance.

However, while the Lakers rotated the ball, Garnett was quickly pulled out from the inside, and Big Ben was also a psychic spirit, standing in front of O'Neal and cutting off the inside and outside connection.

Horry himself got a certain amount of space, and seeing Garnett coming, he chose to shoot himself.

He has a certain amount of shooting ability, and can even shoot three-pointers.

But the hit rate ....

"Bell~~"

With a crisp iron sound, the Timberwolves easily defended the round, and the basketball jumped far away and was held in Garnett's hand.

With the basketball coming out, the Timberwolves, who easily defended this round, everyone looked at the martial arts with joy.

Why were the Timberwolves able to target O'Neal?

Because martial arts is an open-book exam!

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