O'Neal's jump ball was as steady as ever, and after the Lakers got the ball, they quickly passed the half court with Payton's advancement.

Because they had already played before, Payton didn't choose to go to Casell, but handed the ball to Doon.

Now the madman Sprewell plays small forward in the Timberwolves, and Doane is directly opposite the madman.

Considering that his height already has an advantage, Doon didn't call for blocking, and directly faced the madman's defense and played a high back hit.

"And a little capable! You'll have to work hard, though, or I'll do it!" ”

Doon spewed trash talk as he sat the madman in the box.

One thing to say, the madman's defense is still quite tough.

The second year of the madman rookie is a second-defense level, and before Jordan made his first comeback, he also went to the Warriors for the madman.

However, the New York Knicks are tireless, the mental attributes of the madman are not good, and the physical fitness has declined to a certain extent because of the drunken gold fans in New York.

The defensive intensity, on the other hand, is mainly based on physical talent and willpower.

Look at Wiggins, who usually plays healthy basketball, and the defensive votes are only in single digits.

But in the finals, the willpower was full, and the talent was historic, and the Celtics hit others one by one, but Wiggins was hatted one after another.

Now that the madman's defensive attitude is not as positive as it was in his rookie days, and his physical fitness has dropped a bit, what can he do to defend Doon?

Even after listening to the trash talk, the madman who was embarrassed and angry used all his strength to defend Doon, but he was still beaten away by Doon's iron mountain.

However, just as Doon leaned away from the madman's center of gravity and just turned around and burst into the basket, Garnett's divine weapon descended from the sky and suddenly wrapped it up.

"Damn, it turned out to be Garnett's defense!"

Garnett's lateral movement speed and long arms make it easy to quickly help the defense in place and interfere with the offense of the perimeter players.

However, when Doon met Garnett, he was not afraid but happy.

"You have thighs?"

Doon stopped to close the ball and shook it first to try to fly Garnett, but Garnett was unmoved.

Immediately afterwards, Doon pretended to pass the ball to Garnett, who had already run to the bottom corner, Stanislav Medvedenko.

At this point, Garnett finally turned sideways, ready to pounce on the bottom corner.

At this moment, Doon's hands passing the ball suddenly paused, then took the ball back a little, and quickly threw the ball above the rebound.

"Not good!"

Garnett noticed the passing path and quickly turned back, only to find O'Neal already hanging from the basket.

Garnett's assistance defense was already costly, and seeing that the madman was struggling to defend Doon, he subconsciously helped defend him.

The problem is that the Lakers have O'Neal on the inside, and there is definitely no way to defend against Elvin Johnson alone.

However, if Garnett doesn't wipe the madman's ass, then Doane will burst to the basket, 2v2 on both sides, and O'Neal will also be difficult to deal with.

"Kobe Bryant obviously didn't show up tonight, but why does this scene feel a little familiar, it feels like Kobe Bryant is playing on the court?"

Garnett learned before the game that Kobe Bryant was not coming, and he felt that tonight's game was stable, but now that the game has just started, he faintly feels that something is wrong......

In fact, only Kobe Bryant was the only player on the Lakers team before, who was able to ignore the defense one-on-one, easily burst to the basket, and then steadily fed the ball to Olney's mouth, unleashing O'Neal's low-post dominance as much as possible.

Passing the ball to O'Neal is a great tactic, but it also requires an outside player above All-Star caliber to be qualified to execute this tactic!

In other words, it was also because O'Neal relayed in the air and occupied the space under the basket, and Irvin Johnson did not go to the basket to pick up the ball and grab the baseline ball in order to avoid injury.

By the time O'Neal landed off the basket, the Lakers' perimeter players were back in the backcourt.

In fact, the Timberwolves' ability to switch offense is not bad, but this time there is obviously no chance to play like this.

In a positional battle, the Timberwolves first held the ball and singled Payton with the ball.

However, Peyton also wants to save face, and it is impossible to be bullied by Cassel all the time.

After using all his strength, Cassel turned over and raised his head after being beaten on the back and was actually taken off by Peyton.

It was a bit of luck, but the defense did work.

As soon as Payton dropped the ball, he immediately raced to the frontcourt, followed not by Kassel, but by Doon and the madman.

The madman was definitely unable to defend in the front court, and finally Pedue connected and completed the air relay, and Doon dunked with both hands to wreak havoc on the basket of the visiting Timberwolves again.

"You can run a little faster!"

Doon didn't hang on the basket for as long as O'Neal did, and landed immediately after unloading the power on the basket after dunking.

Then when you are back on defense, continue to spray trash talk at the madman, affecting the madman's mentality.

Crazy people are still easy to get up, once a madman is on the head, he will be like Wei Shao, not passing the ball to his teammates, and insisting on attacking with the ball himself.

Even if Garnett's offense is not as good as defense, it is still an average of 20+ scoring ability per game!

Doon hopes that the madman can prevent Garnett and let Doon win this battle for the No. 1 forward in the West!

Sure enough, the madman was repeatedly provoked by a rookie, and he was indeed furious, and immediately reached out to Cassel for the ball.

Doon had researched before the game, and in recent seasons madmen have been very fond of shooting three-pointers and long two-point shots, so Doon can only defend from the three-point line.

In the face of Doon's close defense, the madman first made three threats, pretending to shoot, but in fact threatening Doon with elbows, creating space for shooting and breakthroughs.

Seeing this, Doon immediately changed hands and put it on the madman's waist, and did not relax the defensive intensity.

After such a move, the madman knew that Doon was not an ordinary rookie rookie, so he immediately turned around with his crotch and rushed to the left.

Doon moves sideways to keep up, and continues to reach for the madman's waist, reducing the madman's breakthrough speed and limiting the maniac's waist power when he jumps and shoots.

The madman knew that there was a risk of being blocked if he continued to rush under the basket, so he didn't drag his feet and immediately chose to make an emergency stop.

And at the same time as the emergency stop, the ball protector pushed Doon, and then stepped back to step on the three-point line to shoot.

It's a long two-point shot, and the shot is obviously not well prepared, and a little further is a three-point shot.

However, the madman did rely on his individual strength to create a shooting opportunity.

Doon flew out, not interfering with the madman's shot, so he could only turn his head to look at the trajectory of the basketball as usual, and then consider whether to play a fast break.

Duang——

It can only be said that the madman's strength is not small, and the ball flies very fast. Similarly, the time for the sound of the iron to come out is a little shorter than that of other balls.

As soon as Doon saw the ball bounce outside, not far from where he was, he immediately rushed forward to grab the rebound.

After the madman noticed the iron, he immediately rushed forward, and when Doon got the ball, he wanted to step forward and hold the ball, wanting to fight for a scrum opportunity.

Seeing the madman open his teeth and claws, Dwan's palm slapped directly on his arm, so the ball protector grabbed the madman's hand in a big loop, and his right hand immediately dropped half a three-point to the frontcourt.

The referee also knew that the madman had fouled, but Doon wanted to make three free throws, which was a bit too much.

There is indeed a home whistle this year, but it is not like this foul, otherwise the game will not be watchable.

In a strong conversation like tonight's, the league advocates letting the stars figure it out themselves.

Unless the referee gets a special task, it is rare for the referee to have no face.

So, the madman was just a normal foul, and the Lakers re-served on the sideline.

The madman averages about 2 fouls per game, and it is not realistic to try to punish the madman by making fouls.

Doon took this opportunity to understand the scale of tonight's punishment, and secretly said in his heart: "It seems that you can only win the game with hard power!" ”

After serving, the Lakers quickly played a positional battle over the halfcourt.

Doon took the ball again, played with his back, and continued to slam the madman into the box.

However, at this time, Trenton Hassell suddenly came over and interfered with Doon's dribble.

When Doon saw the opportunity, he immediately passed the ball to Karim Rush, who started in place of Kobe, and motioned for the opponent to give him a hand-over cover.

Originally, Doon also wanted to beat the madman directly through singles. Who knows if the madman will be defended by Garnett or Trenton Hassell.

Then, Doon can only sacrifice the real ability to block and dismantle the little guard!

Karim Rush wanted to shoot three points directly after receiving the ball, but when he saw the movement of his hands when Doon passed, he immediately understood.

When Doon pushed Trenton Hassel and then came over to catch the ball, Karim Rush immediately passed the ball to Doon, and then stopped the pursuers behind Doon.

Seeing this, Cassel immediately switched to Doon, and Garnett under the basket also had to move closer to the free throw line.

After seeing Cassel, Doon didn't care, and immediately elbowed the way, pushed Cassel away, and continued to rush to the basket.

Garnett then stopped in front of Doon, but Doon performed a European step, and there was a pass feint as he burst on.

Garnett could only take a step back in order to prevent O'Neal from taking the ball, but at this time, Doon suddenly stopped and threw a shot!

Garnett reacted and immediately jumped off the block, only to find that it was too late.

"The ball is in!"

"Doon, Doon, Doon!"

After Doon's throw was scored, there was a loud cheer from the Staples Center.

Although Doon's goal is not a one-five game, he also single-handedly broke through the Timberwolves' defense!

And face Garnett's defense, and score the ball in front of Garnett, this goal is too hard!

In fact, Garnett was hit by Doane in front of him, and he didn't feel anything, but on the way to the frontcourt, he aimed at O'Neal's figure with the rest of his eyes.

The Timberwolves attacked the round, and Garnett was in no hurry to get the ball.

The madman was a little irritable because Doon had already scored a lot of points against him, and he didn't score a single point, and he was eager to score with the ball.

Doon continued to play hard against the madman, and the madman also combined with sudden throws, that is, there was no pass, and he continued to play Doon alone.

Actually, Doon is not very good at defending the madman, who is always able to get a chance to shoot in between the flickering and moving.

Just like Kobe Bryant faced the bag, he still shot as if he had an open shooting opportunity.

Similarly, the madman's mid-range also has the flavor of four and three irons, and can be thrown, but the hit rate is not high.

During the break, Doon asked the assistant coach to look at the data panel.

The Maniacs scored six points on 2-of-8 shooting and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line in the first quarter. Looking at the data, Doon is actually good enough to defend.

However, Doon's own defense of the madman knew that he had not completely defended the madman.

In many cases, it is because the madman himself forcibly makes a difficult shot, wastes the ball, and reduces the scoring efficiency.

Thanks to the crazy guys, they still had to play, and the score was 19-24 in the first quarter, and the Lakers temporarily led by 5 points.

"Doon, your defensive task is very heavy today, do you want to rest first?"

As soon as Doon saw his stats, he scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-5 shooting in the first quarter, when he heard the Zen master calling him.

"If I had a choice, I'd choose to take a break in garbage time in the fourth quarter, provided we beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first three quarters!"

Hearing Doon say this, the Zen master was also very pleased: "Very good, very energetic!" ”

The Zen master likes this kind of young man who is by him and is full of fighting spirit.

The second quarter restarted, with the Lakers' Doon leading the team, and the Timberwolves three-headed monster only Garnett came first.

Seeing that the madman was not there, Doon didn't have to expend too much effort on the defensive end, so he also screamed for blocking and dismantling, and played some simple balls first.

Garnett's help defense was really terrifying, and Doane was capped as soon as he burst to the basket.

Later, Doon learned to be obedient and directly took the cover to shoot a three-point shot.

With just over three minutes to play in the second quarter, the Timberwolves had to send the madman back to the court after Doon hit two three-pointers.

Although the madman couldn't withstand Doon's back shot, he also limited Doon's three-point shot in the first quarter.

After the madman came up, Doon did not shoot any more three-pointers, but also took the initiative to reduce his shots, and instead burst to the basket to pass the ball to O'Neal.

Doon is more focused on defensive maniacs and trash-talking.

Sure enough, as if a manic madman, he continued to perform eighteen martial arts on Dunn, striking iron again and again, proving that he was really strong.

"Prepare me a bag of glucose, I need more energy."

During the second-quarter timeout, Doon spoke to an assistant coach in advance and asked him to help prepare what he needed at halftime.

It has to be said that defensive maniac is indeed a chore.

Don't look at the madman's low hit rate, but the madman's shot frequency is high! Half of the Timberwolves' offensive rounds require Doon to defend the madman.

Since the defensive maniac can win, Doon naturally has to redouble his efforts to defend the madman.

It's just that Dune, who originally had a certain amount of stability in terms of physical fitness, felt a little overdrawn in his physical strength before the first half was played, and he couldn't do it.

It is precisely for this reason that if you want to play the second half of the game in better condition, you will definitely not be able to withstand eating bananas and drinking energy drinks at halftime.

Originally, the intensity of tonight's game was playoff level.

Doon entered playoff mode early, which is not too outrageous.

Not long after, the second quarter ended, the score was 40-47, and although the Lakers continued to open the difference, the lead did not expand much.

It can be seen that the second half was definitely a tough battle.

At halftime, O'Neill, as usual, ordered a table of delicious food for everyone.

Seeing Doon playing with the sling bag, O'Neill asked for a bottle of glucose.

However, it is not an injection, but a direct lifting of the bottle cap, like drinking, a mouthful of glucose and a mouthful of food, accompanied by the smell of sweat in the locker room, and enjoy it comfortably......

"Doon, would you like some?"

O'Neill toasted to Doon, who shook his head despite being a little hungry.

The choice of glucose injection was originally to avoid suddenly running and spitting out.

Besides, just after eating and playing, it is easy to get sleepy due to lack of oxygen in the brain, which affects the concentration of the game.

After hanging up the sling bag, not long after the halftime break, Doon drank half a bottle of Gatorade and returned to the game.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Doon was in a normal state, but in the second half of the quarter, it seemed that the glucose began to work, and he felt a lot more relaxed.

It just so happened that the madman might have eaten something too, and his attention began to drop.

Doon got rid of the Mad Guy's defense and hit a mid-range and a three-pointer in a row to help the Lakers stretch the margin to more than 10 points.

However, Garnett, who didn't shoot much in the first half, also stepped up in the third quarter.

Hitting two mid-range shots in a row made Doon realize why Garnett's mid-range can be revered as an iron-blooded mid-range shot.

Fortunately, the continued slump in the second half of the third quarter also gave the Lakers a chance to continue to open the score.

62-74, the Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a 12-point lead.

"Shaq, are you all right with Doon?"

The Zen master seemed intent on closing the game in the first half of the fourth quarter, because in the second half of the fourth quarter, O'Neal was prone to being hacked.

O'Neill shook his head when he heard this, indicating that he needed to rest.

Doon felt in good form and continued to start the team.

It is worth mentioning that Doon has played 31 minutes tonight, which is the player who has played the most minutes on the Lakers' side.

After returning to the field, Doon continued to face the madman again.

Clearly, the Timberwolves didn't give up the game and wanted to bite the score at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

However, the enemy was very red when they met.

When the madman saw Doon, it was like eating the taunt skill and directly lost his mind.

While Doon was strengthening his defense, he also began to play smart balls, taking advantage of Garnett's absence to block and break down the small guard to score under the basket.

Relying on Doon's outstanding performance of shooting 2 of 3 from the first three minutes at the beginning of the fourth quarter, 2 of 4 free throws, and scoring 6 points in a row, the Lakers continued to widen the gap a little.

By the time the Timberwolves sent Garnett and Cassel, the Lakers also pressed O'Neal and Payton.

Next, Doon basically did not hold the ball alone, but focused on passing the ball to O'Neal.

With O'Neal's low-post dominance, the Lakers once extended the margin to 17 points.

It's just that the Timberwolves sacrificed a way that was not a way out, and used shark-cutting tactics to make the Lakers' offense fragmented.

Fortunately, O'Neal's free throws didn't particularly pull his hips, and although he only shot 4-of-8 in the fourth quarter, it was enough to make the Timberwolves hate it.

87-95, the Lakers finally took an 8-point lead and won the game!

It is worth mentioning that the Maniac shot 9-of-24, 2-of-5 from three-point range, and 6-of-7 from the free-throw line to score 26 points.

Garnett shot 9-of-16 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line to put up a double-double of 21 points, 12 rebounds and four assists.

Doon relied on 11 of 25 shots, 4 of 9 three-point shots, 6 of 10 free throws, 32 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

After the game, Doon was interviewed and continued to say wildly: "Doubts are used to break."

I like Michael Jordan's sentence very much, if I don't blow up the opponent, others will think that I am on the same level as him!

We're number one in the West and we're going to be number one in the league, and we're not afraid of any challenge! ”