I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 59 Coach, I don't want to play basketball anymore
Timberwolves offense.

Garnett continued to attack in the low post, attracting double-teams and passing the ball to his teammates.

Trenton Hassell made it from the middle distance.

9: 8.

Looking back, Liu He continued to play tactics with Payton.

At the moment when the two staggered, Hassel and Cassel rushed towards Liu He at the same time, and they were really scared by Liu He.

However, Liu He didn't hesitate at all, he directly pulled out his hand and shot above the heads of the two of them by virtue of his height and wingspan.

Swish!
still have.

12: 8.

There was a moment of dead silence at Target Center.

Immediately, cheers erupted from the Lakers bench, and a team covered half of the arena's Minnesota fans.

Phil Jackson also smiled for the first time since Malone was injured.

Beep!
Coach Flip Saunders immediately called a timeout.

can you believe it?

The Timberwolves played so well at the start, with a 4% offensive success rate in four rounds, and they were still behind by [-] points!
If this fight continues, the Timberwolves will be shot by Liu He alone.

During the timeout, Coach Sanders changed his defensive tactics, expanded his defensive formation, and defended the three-point line.

The Lakers have also made adjustments here.

The 39-year-old "Cobra" Horace Grant replaced Medvedenko as the fourth position.

Pause back.

Garnett continued to take Grant low.

But this time, Garnett didn't take advantage.

Grant is no Medvedenko, and Garnett's trash talk doesn't work for him.

As one of the Bulls' first three-peat giants and one of the Lakers' three-peat jigsaw puzzles, Grant has never seen any storms.

The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish... NO!It was Grant who was calmer.

Garnett's trash talk is just too much, but compared to the quality, it's not worthy to mention the shoes of "Marinated Egg".

During the Bulls period, Grant was devastated by corned eggs. Now facing Garnett's trash talk, not only will it not affect his mentality, but he will have a million points to laugh.

Is this the only level for young people today?
Seeing that he couldn't influence Grant, Garnett obediently shut his mouth and slapped Grant hard.

But Grant's strength and confrontation are much better than Medvedenko's. After all, he is a big man who "played" from the 90s, and hand-to-hand combat is commonplace.

Garnett chiseled twice, Grant barely moved, and mocked casually: "Kevin, compared to your mouth, your body is too soft, you look like a pussy!"

Garnett was so angry that he turned over and shot a jumper, but the ball was too forced and the distance was farther, so he missed the shot.

Bang!

O'Neal jumped high and protected the rebound.

Lakers offense.

Liu He followed behind O'Neill.

With more than one meter away from the three-point line, Liu He reached out for the ball.

As soon as the ball was in hand, Hassel, Cassel, and even Sprewell all rushed over.

The clever O'Neill stood in front of Liu He and blocked them.

Liu He pulled up directly and shot a super long three-pointer.

Swish!
15: 8.

At this moment, there was a deathly silence in the center of the target.

The enthusiasm of the Minnesota fans and the morale of the Timberwolves players were completely chilled by Liu He's three-point rain.

And Liu He looked calm.

Basic exercise, don't be 6!

Timberwolves offense.

Garnett still didn't take advantage of Grant.

The Lakers protected the rebound and then counterattacked.

Liu He ran to the frontcourt and was about to reach out for the ball.

But Garnett ran over, pushed Trenton Hassel away, and stood in front of Liu He.

Garnett spread his legs, pressed the center of gravity extremely low, and then leaned over and slapped the floor heavily.

clap clap clap!
He shouted fiercely: "Rookie, come on! Now I will defend you personally."

For a moment, Liu He felt that he was being targeted by a big eight-legged spider.

Garnett's height, wingspan, long legs... that is the real talent, the ceiling of static talent.

When he spread his legs and spread his arms, Liu He felt that all the space in front of him was covered.

Quickly throwing away the pressure in his heart, Liu He made a fake move to the right, but actually accelerated to the left with all his strength.

But Garnett actually followed Liu He, preventing Liu He from receiving the ball.

can you believe it?

A big player with an official height of 211cm and an actual height of about 216cm has such fast footsteps and such flexible body.

Garnett is really dynamic talent plus static talent, both of which are the ceiling of the fourth position.

Liu He tried several times, but couldn't get rid of Garnett's one-on-one marking, and couldn't get the ball at all.

Peyton then dealt the old cobra Horace Grant.

Grant forced Hassel, standard big and small, and the post-up singles were skillful and smooth, but the final shot was missed.

This season, Grant's playing time is too little, and he was waived by the Magic at the beginning of last season and basically didn't play much. The competitive state is really not satisfactory.

The Timberwolves protected the rebound.

Garnett immediately sprayed Liu He's ears.

"Is this what you do?"

"Can't even catch the ball, it's ridiculously weak."

"Rookie, I can blow you up with one hand!"

……

Liu He rubbed his ears expressionlessly, closed one eye comfortably, and squinted at Garnett with the other.

"Are you going to buzz around my ears like a mosquito all night? Then you'd better scream louder, so that I will be more sexually aroused!"

To be honest, with Garnett's level of trash talk, he can only win by numbers.

Who is Liu He?

Trash talk is learned from "Fighter" Gary Payton, and tricks are learned from "Iron Elbow" Karl Malone.

Either of these two villains is countless times "worse" than Garnett.

So Garnett's nonsense not only failed to irritate Liu He, but was irritated by Liu He's words.

"Pinkie, there's still a lot of time tonight, and I'll let you cry and beg for mercy."

"Woooooo!"

Liu He immediately made a crying face, and asked indifferently, "Is it like this?"

Garnett: "..."

It's hard to imagine how a rookie can grow up to be such a rascal.

The game continues.

Timberwolves offense.

Cassel saw that Garnett's continuous attack was fruitless, so he took on the responsibility of attacking himself.

He reached out and summoned Garnett to come out to play the pick-and-roll, forcing Grant Sr. to follow.

Garnett blocked Payton, causing Cassel to get rid of the defense, and the old Grant could only switch defenses.

Cassell singles old Grant.

If it is standing still and competing for strength, it is like fighting Garnett in the low post just now, Grant is really not afraid.

But when encountering a small guard like Cassell, relying on his speed and skill, Grant's old footsteps can't keep up at all.

He is "only" 39 years old, but his pace is much slower than that of 41-year-old Malone.

Cassell easily passed Ra Grant, and the throw was easy.

Swish!
15: 10.

Lakers offense.

Garnett continued to entangle Liu He, sticking Liu He to death, and did not let Liu He catch the ball at all.

The 28-year-old Garnett is in the peak of his body, which is simply outrageous. He can play from the first position to the fifth position, and can defend from the first position to the fifth position.

He can dislocate small forwards like Pierce, Anthony, and Liu He, and he can occasionally overwhelm centers like O'Neal and Yao Ming... he is simply omnipotent.

Before James, Garnett was synonymous with versatility.

Grant continued to attack, but the poor competitive state caused by the long-term lack of games obviously cannot be adjusted in one or two rounds.

His attack failed again.

The Timberwolves protected the rebound and immediately launched a defensive counterattack.

Cassell advances to the frontcourt and pops up for a layup under Kobe's pursuit.

But Garnett followed closely behind, took advantage of the momentum, and a put-back dunk slammed the basketball into the hoop.

boom!
15: 12.

Garnett, who landed, naturally roared, adding a "passion" buff to the team and fans.

Afterwards, Garnett sprayed at Liu He again: "Bi Qi, just because of you, why do you want to start the All-Star? You don't deserve it!"

Case solved!
No wonder, during the warm-up period, Garnett was unhappy with Liu He, staring at Liu He repeatedly.

It turned out that he beat Garnett in the first round of the All-Star voting, which made Garnett feel hostile.

But didn't Garnett say that he didn't care about these honors, he only cared about winning?

Another "hypocrisy" big guy!
Lakers offense.

O'Neal started killing opponents in the low post.

Garnett defended Liu He and was pulled beyond the three-point line, which made O'Neal much more comfortable.

Elvin Johnson alone can't restrain O'Neal.

Do not!
It should be that no one person can limit O'Neal alone.

It doesn't seem right, the "cancer" department and "breakthrough" Zhan can do it.

One didn't pass the ball to O'Neal at all, and the other competed with O'Neal for space at the basket.

Back to topic.

O'Neal pushed Johnson away and put the ball into the hoop with ease.

Swish!
17: 12.

Timberwolves offense.

Cassell continued with the old Grant's military training, pulled him to the outside line, and then passed easily to the basket.

O'Neill rushed to make up the defense.

Cassell passes a through ball into Johnson's arms.

Johnson made a dunk.

17: 14.

Lakers offense.

O'Neal continued to make kills in the low post, and Johnson could only watch O'Neal push himself away and score easily.

19: 14.

Timberwolves offense.

Cassel continued to train the old Grant, and Grant, who was passed off, could only show a helpless smile.

Years are ruthless!
19: 16.

O'Neal continued to force the low post, Sprewell helped Johnson defend, O'Neal gave the ball to Kobe, and Kobe made a mid-range hit.

Swish!
21: 16.

Timberwolves offense.

Cassell continued to train the old Grant.

Liu He rushed forward to block Kassel, delaying Kassel's action.

The experienced Cassell took his time and seized the opportunity to throw the ball into the penalty area.

Garnett jumped high and dunked alley-oop.

boom!
21: 18.

The scores of the two sides continued to rise.

The Lakers without Malone, after Liu He made an outside shot, the offensive firepower is still off the charts.

But on the defensive end, the Lakers' four position has become a big problem.

Whether it was Medvedenko or the old Grant, they were all named for military training by the Timberwolves, and Garnett played well.

End of first quarter, 28:25.

The Lakers only led by 3 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides rotated to compete. The Timberwolves and the Lakers were similar. The bench was not deep enough, and the bench was not enough.

So halfway through the second quarter, the Lakers still failed to widen the point difference.

In other words, the Timberwolves are biting the Lakers.

37: 35.

Only then did the head coaches of the two sides begin to change players and change the starting lineup back.

"Liu He, I plan to ask you to take the fourth position."

Before playing, Phil Jackson exhorted Liu He.

Phil is no longer available. Neither Medvedenko nor the old Grant is qualified for the fourth position, so Liu He can only give it a try.

Liu He nodded.

So the Lakers lineup became:
O'Neal, Liu He, Kobe, Payton, Fisher.

The Timberwolves are still the same at the beginning:
Johnson, Garnett, Trenton, Sprewell, Cassell.

The game begins.

Timberwolves offense.

Garnett found that the man defending him had become Liu He, and immediately became excited, and caught Liu He reaching for the ball.

Cassel naturally passed the ball over immediately.

Garnett leaned against Liu He, sitting and digging in.

Although Garnett is not a big man who is particularly good at playing low post, his height and weight are much larger than Liu He.

In body crushing situations, technique is not so important.

Liu He was knocked back by Garnett's raised arm, and his chest hurt as if he had been hit by a car accident.

Gouging to the basket, Garnett turned over and made a jumper, finishing the shot over Liu He's head.

Swish!
37: 37.

"Roar!"

Garnett, who completed the goal, naturally punched and roared.

Relying on Garnett's iron-blooded jumper, the Timberwolves tied the score, and the fans at the Target Center once again ignited their passion and cheered for the home team.

Phil shook his head helplessly. Sure enough, he was thinking too much. Liu He was at a disadvantage playing the fourth position. How could he be Garnett's opponent?
Accompanied by the goal, Garnett began to whisper in Liu He's ear again, constantly spouting trash.

But still the same sentence, Garnett's trash talk is purely based on quantity, not quality.

Liu He didn't feel anything at all, and even glanced at Garnett contemptuously.

Instead, Garnett was stimulated.

Lakers offense.

Liu He, who plays the [-]th position, does not enter the paint area at all, and directly ambushes in the bottom corner, opening up space for O'Neal to the maximum extent.

At this time, it was Garnett who was in a dilemma.

Put Liu He, double-team O'Neal, Liu He has made 5 of 5 three-pointers so far.

It doesn't seem like a good choice to defend Liu He and let Johnson defend O'Neal alone.

As for Garnett himself, both O'Neal and Liu He are enemies. One stole his player of the month, and the other may steal his All-Star starter.

After thinking for a while, Garnett pounced on Liu He.

The best player of the month is gone, and there is still hope for the All-Star starter to come back.

At this moment, O'Neill smiled.

He feels that the current basket is as empty as the Pacific Ocean. He has never had such a comfortable offensive space in his life.

The experienced Payton naturally discovered this and immediately dealt the card to O'Neal.

O'Neill forced Johnson.

Elvin Johnson?You are not called a magician.Even if the magician stands here, he is just a little Karami in front of the peak O'Neill.

How easy it is for Garnett to play Liu He, and how easy it is for O'Neal to play Johnson.No!Twice as simple.

O'Neal held the ball with one hand, raised it high, with his back against Johnson, and suddenly turned around and easily shook off Johnson. In front of him was an empty basket.

O'Neal jumped up and violently bombed the basket.

boom!
39: 37.

Under O'Neal's devastation, the Timberwolves' basketball hoop wailed in pain, just like Johnson's heart at this time.

"Coach Sanders, I don't want to play basketball!"

(End of this chapter)