I'm not really a brutalist striker

Chapter 238 238. When a Madman Meets a "Madman"!
On November 11, local time in the United States, the Eagles will sit at home to meet the challenge of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

This game was broadcast live on ESPN across the United States, and it was a focus matchup with a lot of gimmicks.

In addition to being the first time Suter has played against Kevin Garnett since he changed to a swingman in the new season, it is also the first show of new Hawks aid Kirk Hinrich after joining the Hawks.

The most important thing is that after Suter changed to the second position, the player who will face up today is Latrell Sprewell, who is known as the "madman".

As Suter became more and more rampant in front of the media, the current impression of Suter from the outside world is only one word, "crazy"!
And when the most "mad" player in the active league meets the "madman" Sprewell, everyone wants to see who is the real "madman".

The confrontation between these two people will attract the attention of many fans. When the "madman" meets the "madman", what kind of scene will it be?

The league arranged this live broadcast, of course, not to see who is the real "madman" between Souter and Sprewell, but that the Timberwolves and the Eagles are one of the most comprehensive teams on both ends of the league. , The game between these two teams will be better.

This season, the Eagles have the most live broadcast games in the United States. The president of the league, David Stern, is very satisfied with the Eagles' style of play. He respects the offense and encourages speed up, rather than the traditional teams like the Spurs and Pistons who slowly attack on the court. , can often beat the sidelines fans to sleepiness.

Although Stern doesn't want to see local stars being beaten by Suter, he must admit that the Eagles did play beautifully.

The games of the Spurs and Pistons, which will always only play positional battles, should have been eliminated long ago. Compared with the Eagles, the games of other strong teams are really ugly.

The current mainstream style of play in the league is either to fight hard on defense, and the offensive end is all opened up by individual stars, or it is a team style of play like the Spurs, where a lot of balls are moved in positional battles to find offensive opportunities.

Only a few teams such as the Eagles and Warriors are considered a clear stream. They will frantically push fast breaks and shoot three-pointers on the offensive end, and strive to use the sharpest spears to break through the toughest shields of their opponents.

After the fans watched too much of the Eagles' fast breaks and Suter's crazy scoring, even Kobe's back arched twice, and then his picturesque turnaround jumper didn't look so fragrant.

Suter's personal data exploded against the Nuggets in the last game. People speculate that he will score soaring in this game. Garnett and Sprewell certainly don't want to see Suter score super high points on their heads, so they will also work hard .

In the locker room, Timberwolves coach Philip Sanderson emphasized the tactical requirements. The players resolutely double-teamed Suter on the court, and would rather let others shoot easily than let Suter score high points.

It doesn't matter if you lose, but you must not lose and lose again, that's how extreme it is.

Philip Sanders is really scared. As one of the famous NBA coaches, everyone knows that he is an offensive coach and not good at arranging defense.

An offensive team is likely to be scored by Suter when facing the Hawks. With the Timberwolves not playing well at the beginning, Sanders naturally does not want Suter to play a crazy individual on his head. Performance, otherwise he is likely to be fired by the management.

You know, the Timberwolves had a record of 58 wins and 24 losses last season and ranked first in the Western Conference. After the start of the new season, the Timberwolves' current record is only 1 win and 3 losses, and the team's performance is very poor.

Even if Philip Sanders is a well-known coach in the league, he may be dismissed by the team at any time. After all, Timberwolves general manager McHale is ambitious and has always wanted to find an opportunity to come down to coach himself. Sanders is under pressure now. It is very big, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, and resolutely not giving McHale the opportunity to go crazy.

If the Timberwolves successfully limit Souter and prevent him from scoring high points, Sanders feels that he can last until the end of the season before being fired. If Souter ushers in an explosion today, he may be dismissed soon.

The team's record is too poor, and there has been no breakthrough in the playoffs for many years. The Timberwolves must consider changing the head coach.

Philip Sanders can stay in this position purely because the team does not have a better head coach candidate. He is a coach who advocates offense. The team's strong attack power can attract some fans to watch the game at home, but There is a limit to the management's patience with him.

Especially when Sanders and general manager McHale have had more than one verbal conflict, any slight disturbance may lead to Philip Sanders dismissing get out of class.

If it weren't for Sanders' status in the coaching world, McHale would have let him pack up and leave.

It is worth mentioning that Philip Sanders has a good relationship with several stars in the team. His offensive style of play can help the stars get good data. Garnett, Sprewell and others all hope that he I can continue to be a coach.

But the decision-making of the management cannot be changed by the players. In addition, Garnett's relationship with the team owner is also very tense, and he has basically lost the right to speak in the team. Naturally, the management will not let them linger.

After arranging the tactics, Philip Sanders looked at the dissatisfied Sprewell, thought for a while and still didn't speak, he knew there were some things he didn't need to say.

Although Sprewell is an asshole, he definitely doesn't dare to provoke Suter on the field. It has nothing to do with whether the game will be broadcast live in the United States, because he can't beat Suter. Fat beating.

Although since last year's playoffs, Suter has rarely caused trouble on the court, but this does not mean that Suter is a good-tempered player. Whoever dares to point at Suter's nose and scold his mother on the court, this guy will melt away in minutes. For the stadium beast, beat him until even his own mother didn't recognize him.

Don't look at the blacks with big muscles, but most blacks in the United States are bullying and afraid of toughness. Once their opponents are stronger than him, they will shrink back.

At this stage, Suter is crazy and has no limits, and his popularity is extremely high. Even if Sanders encourages Sprewell to provoke Suter, this guy will not dare.

This game is a duel between two "madmen". Both of them are not friendly, and their tempers are also very hot. It is indeed a highlight to form a direct confrontation on the court.

In the locker room of the home team, Mike Woodson arranged tactics, but he didn't intend to let Suter take more shots. "Vulture, the Timberwolves will definitely guard against you in this game, so you can consider passing the ball to your teammates after attracting double-teams. Kirk, you just joined the team, pay attention to changing positions with the Vulture, and run to catch the ball Shooting and cutting inside, and everyone else has to be ready to catch and shoot.”

After finishing speaking, Woodson was afraid that Hinrich, who had just joined the team, would not understand, so he turned his head and said to him alone: ​​"Kork, don't be too obsessed with assists on the court. You have many ways to help the team. Your shooting and penetrating ability, we will play more easily."

Hinrich nodded, keeping Woodson's words in mind.

When he was in the Bulls, he was the team's best point guard, and basically all the offensive possessions were in his hands, and he averaged 7 assists per game, which naturally took up a lot of ball possession.

But after joining the Hawks, there is more than one player who is better than him here. Whether it is the head star Suter or Stephen Jackson, both of them have very good coping skills. He can no longer play like he did when he played for the Bulls. Give full play to his ability off the ball and contribute to the team between breakthroughs and shots.

It seems that Hinrich's status seems to have declined after joining the Hawks, but in fact, the attention and training space he can receive now is definitely more than that of the Bulls, because the Hawks, as the defending champion, want to win more than any other team in the league , when everyone is united and moving forward with one heart, this team atmosphere is not comparable to the half-bad state of the Chicago Bulls.

Hinrich now has a clear understanding of his team's positioning, which is to act as a green leaf next to Souter, and team up with second-in-command Stephen Jackson to support the team's offensive and defensive perimeter barriers.

He cherishes the opportunity to play next to Souter and the defending champion Hawks, because it will make him attract attention. Once he can play a good individual performance in the Hawks, he has the possibility of skyrocketing.

Hinrich will not be obsessed with assists, because he knows that he cannot become a point guard like Jason Kidd and Nash. They are not the same type of players, and there is no need to compete on the assist data. .

Just as the famous "Glove" Payton did not rely on assists in the league at his peak, every point guard has his own style of play and style of play, as long as he is outstanding, he can become one of the top point guard players in the league .

The players came out on time to warm up, and ESPN broadcast the game live. The ratings of this game were still very high. Even the game on Wednesday had super high ratings. It made people suspect that many people skipped work to watch the game.

Mark Anderson said: "After the start of the new season, the vulture is in a brave state. I don't know if he can continue his previous personal state today."

Partner Tom Horvath said: "I think there should be no problem. Since the start of the game, the Vultures have never shown a stretch. Although the Timberwolves have Garnett as a defensive machine, the overall defensive efficiency of the team is very average. Nate has been staring at the vulture today, and it is difficult to completely limit the vulture's personal performance, after all, the vulture can still choose to pass the ball when it encounters the Timberwolves double-team."

Mark Anderson said with a smile: "The Vulture's style of play is really getting more and more comprehensive. Even after he scored 71 points in a single game, I don't think 30 points is a high score for him. At least 40 points are needed to start. That’s what deserves people’s admiration.”

With Suter's scoring ability getting stronger and stronger, fans now feel that Suter's scoring 30 points is no longer shocking news.

Some fans feel that 30 points is as simple as cutting melons and vegetables for Suter. As long as Suter wants to, he can score 82 points in 30 consecutive games.

However, 30 points is a high score for Kirk Hinrich, who just joined the team. Both of them were rookies in the 2003 class.

Suter may be closely double-teamed by the Timberwolves today, which means that he may get a lot of easy shots, coupled with the arrangement of the head coach Mike Woodson before the game, this made Hinrich feel that before the start of the game Excited, I feel that I am likely to hand over a good scoring data in the Eagles' personal debut today.

During the warm-up, Hinrich's shooting was good. Suter walked up to him and said: "Kork, you are in good shape today, take more shots. I will pass the ball in your direction and try to help you get the highest score of your career. .”

"Are we playing like yesterday in training?" Hinrich asked slightly excitedly.

"Yes, as long as you pay more attention to your running position, I can definitely see you, blow up that guy "Alien" Cassel, don't be polite to him, let him know how powerful young people are nowadays." Suter and Hinrich high-fived, very pleased with the new teammate.

As a player with the eyes of God, Suter naturally knows how well-rounded Hinrich is. In addition to the excellent personal entanglement on the defensive end, Hinrich also has great personal potential on the offensive end. Apart from the core of the team, Hinrich is definitely a perfect third choice.

He works hard on both ends of the offense and defense, and doesn't care about the proportion of the ball. A rookie with a clear mentality like Hinrich is indeed rare in the NBA.

Suter guessed that he would definitely face the tight double-team defense of the Timberwolves today. He could single-handedly beat Sprewell through his personal ability, but it would be more troublesome to play that way. It would be better to switch teammates to attack, and things would become very simple.

"Alien" Cassel is 1 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms. He is 84 years old this year and is a veteran of the league.

Although Kassel has a lot of experience on the court, his state has declined due to frequent injuries in the past two years, which made his weak athletic ability even worse.

The young Hinrich has a great physical advantage against Kassel. If there is no double-team, Hinrich can play one-on-one with the ball.

Eagles starting: Hinrich, Suter, Stephen - Jackson, Josh - Smith and Drobiak.

Timberwolves starting: "Alien" Cassel, "Madman" Sprewell, Szczerbiak, Garnett and "Sugar Man" Olowokandi.

Drogbiak wins with a jump ball and the game is on.

After the opening, Suter first went to the left corner, and then ran to the three-point line to receive the ball under the cover of Josh Smith. Sprewell and Garnett immediately double-teamed Suter from the outside.

"Sugar Man" Olowokandi was the No. 19 pick in the 98 draft. He is 2 meters tall and weighs 13 kilograms.He is responsible for guarding the penalty area. If the Eagles focus on attacking the basket, he will deal with the impact of two inside players at the same time. Generally, coaches really dare not arrange this, because the loopholes are too obvious.

Moreover, although Olowokandi is the number one pick, he is a parallel importer, and he is not a very good player himself.

The Eagles started to play the offensive routine that they drilled in yesterday's training. After Stephen Jackson passed the ball, he moved to the right.

Suter took the ball and changed direction in the middle, and passed the ball to Hinrich who borrowed a cover from the right to cut inside. The athletic ability pulls the hips, jumps up and can't block the block completely, Olowokandi fails to defend, the goal is scored, 2:0.

"Sugar Man" Olowokandi did not dare to go out to help defend the defender, which allowed Hinrich to get a good shot in the middle distance, but this defense cannot be said to be Olowokandi's mistake. Going out, Hinrich took advantage of the opportunity and gave Josh Smith a chance to dunk directly. Even if Garnett returned to the basket, it would be too late.

It can only be said that from the moment the Timberwolves choose to double-team Suter on a large scale, there will inevitably be irreparable leaks on the court.

It was too easy for Suter to send out his first assist of the game in just a dozen seconds of the opening game.

　Tomorrow is Monday, and there will be more next week. Days are not a dream.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)