king of los angeles

Chapter 139 140. The Smart Trap

"Hey man, how am I doing, isn't it great? Hahaha."

In the locker room, Finsen was grinning from ear to ear. He was very excited today. The Timberwolves were one of the seven teams he had wandered.

After Finsen was waived by the Pelicans in November 2016, he signed two 11-day contracts with the Timberwolves in February one year later.

At that time, Towns, Butler, Teague and others were all in the team. Finsen had been teammates with them for a short time, but Finsen was just a short-term contract mercenary at that time. Want to prove myself.

Lin Feng understood this, so he passed the ball to him at the end of the second quarter.

At this time, Stephenson, who was extremely excited, played the pipa in the locker room and sang incomprehensible lyrics. Anyway, he was very happy.

"Of course dude, you've let Downs suck. We'll find a way to deal with that big guy in the second half, just wait and see."

Lin Feng replied while drinking water.

James, wearing big headphones, trotted around the locker room, and he gave everyone high fives. It seemed that everyone was very happy today, which was not seen in the Lakers locker room in the previous few games.

Wharton, who was wearing a blue shirt, walked in after a while, and he was still arranging tactics for everyone.As a coach, Walton is indeed very responsible.

There is only one player who is not very happy. He is Lonzo Ball, who has been playing and stopping due to injury. Compared with the carefree Hart and Kuzma, Ball seems to be very worried about his position in the team.

The rise of Lin Feng has threatened his playing time. Perhaps because of the second pick, Ball has always been very angry and doesn't like to show his emotions.

When Lin Feng had a conflict with Paul, Hart Kuzma and others seemed very rigid, but Brother Qiu remained calm.

As early as last year when the Lakers played against the Suns, the Suns Uris and Pope had friction. Although the Suns played averagely, the team was very united. Rookie Josh Jackson sprinted [-] meters to help Uris vent his anger. , Players from both sides surrounded them.

Seeing his teammates being bullied, Lonzo Ball walked back to the bench calmly and looked back a few times. The other four players on the Lakers field gathered with Pope. Players are out of place.

In fact, the relationship within the Lakers has always been delicate, and Lin Feng could feel it from the first training camp during the offseason.

Maybe winning the game can make the team more integrated and no longer be disturbed by some off-court factors.

Returning at halftime, Walton still sent out a rotation lineup.Towns of the Timberwolves rested, and the mercenary Toliver made his debut. It is hard to imagine that No. 43 is actually the secretary general of the players union.

In the locker room, Walton once again strengthened Lin Feng's core position in the rotation.Teams won't be pinning their hopes on an inconsistent Finsen, a guy who improvises when his head gets hot.

Rondo will play the role of the commander at the top of the arc more often, handing the ball to Lin Feng at the right time to complete the attack.

Lived up to expectations, the first offense after the opening was scored by his mid-range jumper, widening the point difference to 12 points.

The defensive Okogie was a little helpless. The Lakers No. 11 completely faced his defense and completed the shot. Because of the disadvantage of height and wingspan, Okogie basically couldn't cause interference.

From Lin Feng's point of view, when he jumped to the highest point, he only had his hands stretched out under his eyelids. The wide basket in front of him was like a vast ocean, and he had no choice but to send the ball into the basket.

"Gary, pay attention to Rose's personal breakthrough! I predict they will strengthen the impact of the back line."

Rondo assigns tasks to everyone, and his ability to read the game is at the forefront of the league. It is said that Ron's coach has a set of tactical diagrams in his mind, which can be recalled and applied at any time.

Lin Feng didn't have many duels with Rose. Thibodeau chose to use the younger Okogie to match him. Although the bounce is not as explosive as Lin Feng, but the speed can at least catch up.

You come and I score consecutively, and the gap is always more than ten points.The Timberwolves are known as the "three collapses of wolves". They often suddenly panic in the third quarter when they performed well in the first two quarters, and finally turned the fourth quarter into garbage time.

Towns, who was sitting off the court, could only worry, he had done everything he could.It was good for Thibodeau to put Butler back on the court and strengthen the defensive strength.

Butler is a well-known iron man in the league. He once played 48 minutes in three consecutive games without resting for 1 minute. In the 14th season, he played all 48 minutes five times in the playoffs, and he might cry as his substitute.

As soon as Butler came up, he completed the steal, and Rondo's pass to Lin Feng was caught by this guy.At that time, Lin Feng had already predicted that Butler would steal, but Rondo had already passed the ball, so it was difficult to make remedial measures in a few tenths of a second.

Butler, who grabbed the basketball, drove straight in, rounded his right arm under the basket and dunked the ball into the basket.

This goal drove the home fans, and they all called MVP!As was the case at the Staples Center before, Butler certainly has charisma.

Lin Feng, with an embarrassed expression, obediently ran to the venue to pick up the ball. Just now, his positioning problem gave Butler a chance.When the two passed by, Lin Feng could feel the boiling blood in his body.

In terms of the inheritance of the wolf king after Garnett, it seems that Butler is better than Downs. He is more like a lone wolf with ghostly eyes in the dark forest.

Butler's single-core Timberwolves are better than when wolves dance together, at least the distribution of the ball is smoother.

Butler didn't care who he was facing. After center Tolliver completed the screen for him, Lin Feng stood in front of Butler.

Very close to the paint area, this is Butler's attack range.Lin Feng's body couldn't carry this bull-like guy at all, and he was pushed a little bit towards the basket.

Lin Feng felt that he was being dragged into the basket by a jeep, which was different from being singled by James.

Lao Zhan feels more like a tank to the defenders, but Butler, who is as strong as a jeep, also gives him a great sense of oppression.

Lin Feng has never had such an experience before. Just after he stepped into the paint with one foot, he began to choose to go around and steal. This is a very dangerous move.

It means that the side of the face basket is completely given to Butler, so that he can easily complete the turn and layup.

As an All-Star, Butler certainly would not let go of this opportunity. The moment Lin Feng walked around, he immediately turned around and entered the basket, and he could easily put the ball into the basket as long as he took off.

Just when the commentator thought that Lin Feng had made a fatal mistake, he saw a pair of hands covering Butler's head in a blink of an eye, covering the ball he threw out of the baseline!

"Wow! What's going on? Is the stalk just now just a bait? Jimmy fell into a clever trap!"

It turned out that Lin Feng knew that he couldn't confront Butler head-on, so he chose to deliberately give up the basket to let him relax his vigilance. He didn't expect such a simple loophole to succeed.

After he succeeded, Lin Feng had a smirk on his face, he was chewing on his braces and moaning.

Butler, who took one of his caps, looked very generous, patted Lin Feng's shoulder lightly and said with a smile: "Damn bastard, you have two tricks."

"If you don't, I will be pushed to Seattle by you." Lin Feng said with a smirk.

For the Timberwolves' sideline kick, Lin Feng still defends Butler. He wants to use his unique defense to limit the All-Star player, which is also a kind of experience for himself.

"Come on Jimmy, I won't let you pass."

Lin Feng leaned against Butler's body, staring at Okogie who was serving.

(End of this chapter)