Defending champion

Chapter 384 Under the Peak Showdown with Kevin Garnett

Chapter 173 Under the Peak Showdown with Kevin Garnett

In the second half of the first quarter, the Hornets failed to further open the score.

However, the Timberwolves also failed to narrow the score further.

After the end of the first quarter, the score between the two sides came to 23 to 31.The Hornets entered the second quarter with an 8-point lead.

In the second quarter, take advantage of the Hornets' rotation.Under the leadership of Garnett, the Timberwolves beat the Hornets to a 12-3 spurt.

Jack, who had just rested for less than 3 minutes, had to go into battle again at this time.

Jack replaced David. West, David. West has so far been carrying 3 fouls.

Even though he didn't want to, he had to go down and rest.It can be seen that the pressure Garnett put on David West is enormous.

As soon as Jack came up, the Hornets players still cooperated very well and handed the ball into Jack's hands.

Because, without the Hornets of Tyson Chandler and Chris Paul, Jack is the only offensive point left for the Hornets.

In the low post, Jack ran into Garnett's defense.

Jack is in the low post, holding the ball and facing Garnett's defense.

"Rookie, under my defense, you can never get another point." Garnett is a well-known trash talker in the league, and Garnett will definitely come when he talks trash.

Jack didn't answer, and Garnett's defensive pressure on Jack was also huge.Even though Jack has the help of the system, he still feels the defensive pressure of Garnett.

Garnett's defense is not for nothing.

Jack spun like a top under the basket, but he still couldn't get rid of Garnett's entanglement.

The defensive center of gravity that Garnett did not have was not lost. Garnett has correctly judged Jack's shooting point.

Garnett took precautions in advance, and Jack's shooting space was blocked.

The rhythm of Jack's shooting was disrupted because of this. In a panic, Jack shot the basketball in his hand.

A white shadow flew up from the ground like lightning, and slapped towards the basketball thrown by Jack.

If Jack hadn't deliberately adjusted the angle of the basketball shot just now.Jack must have been given a big hat.

But even so, Garnett's fingertips still touched the basketball lightly.

Jack's basketball trajectory has changed, and with a "bang", the basketball hit the basket heavily.

"Shit!!!" Jack cursed.

"Just a bit of a rookie!!!" Garnett yelled at Jack with a hideous face.

Timberwolves possession of the ball!
The Timberwolves still handed the ball to Garnett.

Garnett received another pass from McCants.

This time, he didn't just take the ball and make moves like before, but first observed the distance between Jack in front of him and himself, and whether there was a sneak attack next to him.

This time he was facing the basket, and within a step, Jack's long arms were still shaking in front of Garnett's eyes.

But the pace under his feet showed no sign of moving, as if he was afraid that Garnett would use his footsteps to break through.Garnett is no ordinary player, defending Garnett, Jack's nerves tensed up involuntarily.

"A ridiculous rookie, do you think my long-range shots are inaccurate?"

When Garnett saw Jack, he didn't intend to rush forward.

He directly chose to make a shot, and this time he didn't even bother to do the fake moves in the early stage.The center of gravity rises at roughly the same rate as the ballhandler, and Garnett feels confident in his shot. With BT's bounce and BT's wingspan, anyone will have confidence.

Confidence is a good thing, but excessive self-confidence is pride.Garnett's self-confidence made him mistake Jack in front of him for an ordinary defense.

When Garnett's hand holding the ball pushed the basketball away from his hand, a palm that covered the sky was like a dark cloud hanging over his head.

Garnett couldn't get rid of it even if he wanted to.

The big hand that covered the sky directly blocked the basketball's route to the basket, and there was a crisp sound, as if it was directly drawn on Garnett's face.

The basketball didn't fly straight to the distant stands like a typical violent block.

Instead, it flew directly over Garnett's head towards the Timberwolves' side of the court. A blue figure, like lightning, swept across the center line in an instant, picked up the dropped basketball and rushed to the basket.

Flying towards the basket, he jumped up from the free throw line, and as if angry, he blasted the basketball in his hand into the basket.

There was a loud bang, and the basket began to shake from side to side under Butler's bombardment.

Butler's violent dunk directly shocked everyone's nerves. After landing, Butler ran to his own half.On the road, he reached out and gave Jack a heavy five, indicating that it was a good shot.

But Butler is not as charismatic as Jack.

As soon as Butler's dunk came out, there was a wave of applause from the audience, and they filed out from the auditorium in an instant, and immediately swallowed the entire basketball arena.

"Go back to New Orleans!!!"

"asshole!!!"

"Flower fist embroidering legs is useful!!!"

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Everyone is used to the booing from the fans.

Jack didn't immediately start to participate in the offense after blocking the shot, because the moment he blocked the shot, he had already seen Butler who was already in the activated state from the corner of his eye.

With this guy who seems to have taken stimulants, there is no need for him to run back and forth to exercise his body, it is just a waste of energy.

"Wolf King, you are so naive, don't just shoot if you want to, and ask me if you agree before you shoot next time?"

After covering Garnett, Jack is full of confidence
Sprayed at Garnett.

Garnett spouts a lot of trash talking, and Jack is also not a vegetarian.

Garnett was blocked by Jack, and Garnett even had a thousand and ten thousand upsets in his heart.He can still hold it in his heart.

Winner and loser! ! !He still understands this truth.

As soon as Jack came up, he got stuck with Garnett.Whether on offense or defense.Garnett, who has obviously been tossing for most of the quarter, is obviously not Jack who has just rested.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Jack led the team to make quick adjustments.Under the leadership of Jack, the Hornets once again widened the point difference to 8 points.

Among them, the most classic scene of this game was staged with more than one minute left before the second quarter.

There was a dramatic scene in the game:
Jack held the ball on the outside and scored the ball after breaking through.However, Butler made a mistake when receiving the ball, and Rashad McCants made a decisive decision and copied the basketball from Butler's face.

After getting the basketball, Rashad McCants, as if he had found a treasure, turned into a bolt of lightning and rushed to the Hornets' basket.

Stepping into the free throw, McCants watched the unguarded basket soar into the air. At this time, the basket looked like a naked soft girl twisting her body and moaning.

"Hey!"

McCants yelled, and poured the ball into the basket with one hand in his right hand!

"Turn over!!!" Has McCants finished yelling yet?He found out that something was wrong.

"You're still young!"

A tyrannical voice sounded from behind McCants.

"Snapped!"

Jack, like a peerless monster, rose from the baseline and slapped the ball in McCants' hands with a giant palm like a mountain.

"hateful!"

McCants said harshly, he didn't know when Jack followed.

If he watched the replay on the big screen, he would find that after Butler lost the ball, although Jack was chasing behind.

However, when McCants took off, there was still a gap between the two, which allowed McCants to complete the dunk in a short time.

However, when McCants made a move, Jack's hands were like magnets, he just leaned on the basketball and shot the basketball out of it.The shot basketball flew towards Mike James who was catching up behind him.

"Haha, my chance!"

Mike James was overjoyed, a brush like him naturally couldn't let go of such an opportunity.

He quickly held the ball to his chest with his right hand, held the basketball with his left hand, raised the ball high above his head, and jumped up without hesitation.

The whole process was as smooth as flowing water, without the slightest extra movement. It is really good to analyze it from the movement alone, otherwise this guy would not be able to score 20+5 in the Raptors.

"McCants, this bastard, ginger is still old and hot, this opportunity is cheap for me!"

Watching the basketball leave his palm, James laughed wildly in his heart.

McCants graduated from the University of North Carolina and is a combo guard. Casey often let McCants play point guard this season.

Let Mike James' playing time be squeezed again and again. At this time, seeing his teammates blocked, Mike James is not angry but happy.

But in the next second, Mike James petrified, his eyes staring straight ahead and unable to move.

Because, in the eyes of Mike James, Jack is before the basketball is about to fly to the highest point.Kicking off the ground, his legs seemed to be loaded with springs, and a pair of big hands seemed to be lingering dark clouds, covering his entire vision.

Mike James suffered the misfortune of being risked.

The orange-red basketball was slapped away by Jack again.

I don't know if Jack did it on purpose, or if the heavens who were fanned by Jack already had arrangements somewhere.

The basketball that was slapped by Jack still flew towards the Timberwolves players.Ricky Davis from the backcourt catches up and the ball flies right at him.

"Looks like God knows the ball wants me!"

Ricky Davis is also very happy, although Garnett's position in the team is unshakable.

However, his second child status is threatened.Whether it is Rashad McCants or Mike James, as long as he does not perform well, he may challenge his status.

With this ball, he wants to prove to everyone that in the current Timberwolves, only Ricky Davis himself is Garnett's most capable helper.

After Ricky Davis got the ball, he drove the ball directly into the Hornets' penalty area.

At this time, almost all the players in the backcourt had returned.However, they haven't arrived yet.

The frontcourt is still in Jack's one-vs-three position, and Ricky Davis has no intention of passing the ball.

I saw that Ricky Davis swayed left and right first, cheating Jack's center of gravity, and then Ricky Davis made a very fast backward shot, which was really beyond everyone's expectations. , including Wolf King Garnett!
Ricky Davis's recline is very large, and his posture looks very handsome.He himself seemed to be enjoying this feeling. When he leaned back to the highest point, Ricky Davis' wrist lightly pressed, and the basketball drew a wonderful arc and flew straight to the basket.

"Come in!"

Ricky Davis felt that the ball was definitely scored from the moment the ball was released.

Is this really the case?

Of course not, Davis, whose body was still in the air, froze at this moment, and the smile turned into astonishment.

Because, the basketball was blown away again, no one else but Jack! ! !

How could Ricky Davis's little tricks fool Jack?Jack's defensive focus has never been lost, he just has to wait for the moment when Ricky Davis shoots.

Although Ricky Davis uses a fadeaway shot, the difficulty of blocking the shot has greatly increased.However, this was nothing to Jack at all.

BT's height, BT's arm length, BT's bounce... If all these factors are added up, isn't it a very simple matter to block Ricky?
"Ooooh what is Jack doing? Three consecutive blocks? How did he do that?"

The voice of the ball critic has trembled.

Jack's three consecutive blocks this time established the concept of a no-fly zone.

The game goes on, God is fair, the block went to Butler
Fast attack!

All the fans in the audience uttered WOW in unison, and the ball commentator said in surprise:

"Oh, GodDamn! The basketball flew towards Butler, there was no one in front of him, what is he going to do, dunk!"

bang!
Butler swung a beautiful windmill with the ball in one hand, and the entire basketball stand was shaken by his grasp, as if it was about to collapse at any moment.

Even though Jack provoked them again and again, he was still impressed by Jack's wonderful performance from the bottom of his heart.

In the auditorium, two girls were dancing, a bald man was shaking his fists, and a beautiful young female fan was blowing kisses to Butler.

The Timberwolves encountered such a situation, how could they not call a timeout?
Looking at Garnett's face on the bench, mixed with disbelief, embarrassment, and anger, watching the cheerful expressions of his teammates, watching Byron Scott give him a thumbs up, watching the cheerleader throwing The winking eyes come...

Jack is really enjoying it all...

Today's game was beyond everyone's expectations, the Hornets, who were originally looked down upon by the media.Actually led the Minnesota Timberwolves in the away game at 54:47 in the first half.

At the end of the first half, Devin Casey walked into the dead locker room, stood at the door and glanced at the crowd, then stopped his gaze on the eyes of the crowd, and the eyes burst into flames.

Hearing the footsteps stop abruptly, everyone raised their heads and watched Casey come in. No one could see the expression on his face because there was nothing there.

Casey didn't speak right away. He lowered his head to pick up a basketball from the ground, and then he looked up at the team.

"Mike James, Rashad McCants, Ricky Davis, Mark Jaric, Trenton Hassell, Mark Blunt."

He spoke slowly, reporting the names of players who performed poorly in the first half one by one.
"Now I'm asking you a very serious question... Did you guys go out to have a sex party last night?"

Everyone didn't expect their head coach to ask such a question, they all stared at him with their mouths wide open, not knowing how to answer.

"Answer me, yes, or no?!"

Casey suddenly raised his voice and yelled. Everyone in the locker room was intimidated by him. Devon Casey was always gentle in the team, but his aggressiveness at this time was unacceptable, and no one dared to answer.

"***, you guys are good at ejaculating, why are you withering today, if I were the owner of a nightclub, I would give you thousands of whores, let you ejaculate, ejaculate as much as you want, ejaculate until you die !"

Casey waved his arms excitedly, completely different from the gloomy Casey before.

"Your performance is shit... Wrong, not shit, not even shit, 27 of 5 shots, this hit rate is comparable to the probability of ** fertilization."

Kathy paused, then sighed,

"Think about it for yourself, are you worthy of your fans? Are you worthy of the salary the team gives you, and are you worthy of Kevin (Garnett) fighting alone?"

No one expected that when Casey opened his mouth, he would scold him severely. His words were vicious, clear, and emotional, completely subverting the impression of this person in their hearts.

They were stunned by Casey's scolding, and they sat in their positions one by one, not knowing what to say.

After a short rest, I took the opportunity to observe the expressions of the players.

Casey continued:
"If any of you don't want to go on stage, tell me that New Orleans is currently in a mess and has just undergone major changes. If even this rabble is afraid, stand up!"

Many people looked at Casey with different expressions, including surprise, excitement, and thinking.

Casey knew that the hair dryer was a success, and no one wanted to admit that they were weak. Although they didn't usually pay attention to it, this issue was brought up on the table, and no one agreed.

Casey smiled inwardly. He raised his arms and said loudly:

"Now I have a way to turn things around in the second half, but I need people who really want to play and want to play to implement this plan. I don't need impotence who hasn't woken up and cowards who think we're doomed. I need It's wolves, a bloodthirsty group, not a wolf king howling alone, remember, our wolf pack!"

Crash, everyone in the locker room stood up at the same time.

Casey smiled: "Very well, wolves."

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The intermission passed quickly, and players from both sides were already standing on the field, waiting for the kick-off.

Casey glanced at the stands, the only fans in the stands with the sign "Timberwolves must win" are still there, I bet I won't make you regret it!

The same discussion as in the first half rang out behind him. Casey didn't even look back. He didn't want to talk to them now. Wait until the game is over to see their expressions.

The referee blows his whistle and the second half begins.

The ball commentators took a sip of water, cleared their throats, turned on the microphone, and started his work.

"This is a game in the NBA regular season in the 06-07 season. The Hornets played against the Timberwolves. In the first half, the Timberwolves led the Minnesota Timberwolves 54:47. What did we see in the second half? Oh, the Timberwolves completed an alley-oop !"

He had to change his prepared lines before he finished speaking.

Just as the referee's whistle signaled the kick-off, it sounded again.

This time it was Ricky Davis running back off Butler, receiving an alley-oop pass from Kevin Garnett, and drawing a foul on David West.

(End of this chapter)