Zhiba NBA

Chapter 72 (71) Wheel Warrior King
Garnett is 211cm tall, but has a pair of famous long arms with a wingspan of 226cm.The Wang Zhizhi in front of him is 214cm tall and has a wingspan of 224cm. His long arms are not much inferior.

"Where did the Rockets come up with such a monster whose stature is close to Duncan's?" Garnett secretly wondered, he was not very familiar with Wang Zhizhi either. "But who cares about him? He's not a star player, so blow him up."

However, the conservative coach Sanders still adopted the strategy of playing against the Kings before. Garnett was the main defense and let the outside line open the situation first.This is in the Rockets' arms.

On the first attack, Sprewell missed a layup under McGrady's interference, and Yao Ming protected the rebound.Wang Zhizhi pulled half a step inside the three-point line and shot a large mid-range shot, but unfortunately he hit the frame with a little more force and missed.

"Hey, Garnett didn't dare to follow out completely. Is this a shot that looks down on Wang?" Lao Tang looked at it off the court and was amused.

Cassel forced Billups and hit 2 points with an emergency stop jumper.When Billups saw that you dared to attack me, senior, I couldn't show weakness, so he immediately returned a breakthrough.The layup caused Kassel to foul, and 2 of 2 free throws also scored 2 points.

The Wolves played a few more shots in a row from the outside, but the effect was not good.Garnett had no choice but to go up by himself. He broke through Wang Zhizhi with the ball. As soon as Yao Ming stepped forward to make up for it, Garnett immediately made a pass to Johnson who was behind Yao Ming, and the latter dunked successfully.

Billups missed a three-pointer, Yao Ming overwhelmed Johnson and grabbed an offensive rebound, made a dunk and caused Johnson to foul and made an additional free throw.Dayao also grinned at Johnson, as if mocking his opponent for not being able to defend himself.

Garnett was secretly anxious, this Yao Ming grew up too fast.Last year, he was a rookie who asked himself and Duncan if they wanted a jump ball in the All-Star Game. Now he has grown into the league's second center.Except for O'Neal, there are really few centers who can compete with him, at least Johnson can't.He wanted to defend Yao Ming by himself, but was held back by Wang Zhizhi.

Johnson hit the iron again.The Rockets gave Yao Ming a singles, which caused a foul by Johnson.Yao Ming gets to the free throw line.

Sanders called the first timeout.After he arranged it, he replaced Johnson, who had fouled twice, with Olowokandi.This Nigerian guy is also considered a well-known figure in the league, but it is a pity that he is notorious for parallel imports. In 98, he was once overestimated as "the second Olajuwon". He was selected by the Clippers as the No. 12 pick on draft night.Because of this, it didn't take much effort for the Wolves to sign him to a three-year, $9 million contract in free agency last year.After all, this young man is tall and strong, so if he can't become a star and play a blue-collar role, it will still be enough, right?

Garnett and Olowokandi came up side by side aggressively, but their hearts turned cold.Wang Zhizhi went down, and the Rockets came up to Okur.

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"Jason, I have always been troubled by the arrangement of the fourth position. Wang may be the most lethal weapon on the offensive end. It would be appropriate for him to pull Garnett away, but Wang's confrontation is very poor, and Garnett may get whatever he wants on the defensive end. How about letting Yao and Wang switch defenses?"

"Rudy, there is a word in China called 'Wheel War', which means that several people take turns to deal with one person."

"Okay, you don't need to continue talking. I know that you in China still have a word called suddenly enlightened."

Tomjanovich knows where the team's weaknesses lie. Several players in the Rockets' fourth position have their own strengths, but they all have obvious flaws.But Yuanfei also awakened him, what is the team's advantage?There are enough people available!
Wang Zhizhi and Bosh have a poor confrontation, but it must be no problem for each to fight Garnett for 5 minutes.Okur moves slowly, but running for 10 minutes must be full of energy.Wallace is short, so he will go up after Garnett goes down.After a round of rounds, each of them had a good rest, and they could go up for another round.

Now Okur is a new force.As soon as Garnett was holding the ball with his back, Okur put it on like nougat, and kept reaching out to harass the ball.

Yuan Fei nodded secretly off the court, that's how it should be played!Give Garnett enough personal consumption, as long as Garnett collapses, the Timberwolves will not be afraid at all.In the 06-07 season in the previous life, the Rockets lost 7 games to the Jazz in the first round of the playoffs.Although Yao Ming scored a lot under Okur's defense, he averaged 4.7 turnovers per game.Okur's defensive assistance is mediocre and his ability to protect the frame is insufficient, but he has a lot of experience in the stalemate consumption of inside confrontation.Many European players in the United States are evaluated as afraid of physical confrontation and play softly, but Okur is not like that.

Garnett saw that it was difficult to make a strong play, and he also looked at all directions, and the point was given to Cassel who made an empty cut, and the latter succeeded in a layup.Although the goal was lost, Okur was still satisfied. After all, Garnett, who won the second MVP vote, did not dare to play hard.

On the offensive end, Billups also felt a lot more comfortable. Okuru "stuck" and "stuck" Cassell with a solid screen.

This is also Okur's advantage. Although his long-range shooting success rate is not as good as Wang Zhizhi's, he has stronger strength, wider shoulders, and the small-range coordination of outside cuts and return passes after pick-and-rolls is very powerful.Because of his high release point, Cassell can't stop his jumper after switching defenses.And if Garnett kept up, Chauncey would have made a layup all the way.

Garnett fought like a quagmire under Okur's fight. Although the difference between the two sides was always small, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Rockets had the upper hand.McGrady and Yao Ming took turns to rest one after another, and Sanders did not dare to replace Garnett to rest, I am afraid that the point difference will expand to double digits as soon as he goes.

At the end of the second quarter, Bosh played, and Garnett finally scored 2 times in a row. Even so, he only scored 10 points in the first half.As for the Rockets, Yao Ming is 15+8, McGrady is 9+5+4.For the immature little giant, he can't beat O'Neal, but he is more than enough to beat Olowokandi.

In the third quarter, Garnett finally got off the court to rest. Tang Shuai immediately dispatched his troops and adjusted Parkrid Wallace. The Timberwolves' backup forward Rockets players are familiar with it. It was Madsen who played for the Lakers last year.Wallace saw that his old friend was very kind, and he went up and dunked head-on, which made Madsen panic.Wallace couldn't help being overjoyed, thinking: My level is so much higher than yours.

The old Cassel made a mistake under the constant pressure of Parker, who was full of physical strength. With McGrady's dunk, the point difference widened to double digits.Sanders hurriedly replaced Garnett, Tang Shuai saw the trick, and Okur also appeared on the stage.

In the fourth quarter, Garnett, whose physical fitness was gradually exhausted, could not support the Wolves' defense, and he participated less in the offensive end, so the team could only gamble on three-pointers.Fortunately, the three pitchers Sprewell, Szczerbiak, and Hoiberg (the future Bulls coach) are still up to the mark, and they hit three-pointers one after another to continue the life of the Wolves.In the last 2 minutes of the game, the Rockets returned with all their main players, and the Wolves were only 4 points behind.

The bloody Garnett gritted his teeth and asked for the ball, forcing Wang Zhizhi to foul.It's a pity that the number of fouls has not yet arrived, and the Wolves still serve the ball out of bounds.Garnett got the ball again and turned around for a jumper, but he forgot that the Rockets had a taller giant.

Yao Ming slapped a cap, and Billups quickly grabbed the ball and quickly pushed it across the half court. McGrady shot a three-pointer and scored!

Cassel missed a key goal, and there were only 50 seconds left in the game, with a score difference of 7 points.The Wolves had to resort to foul tactics.The Rockets made free throws steadily, and Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi made 4 of 4 free throws to end the game.

89：100，火箭主场喜迎西决开门红。加内特在火箭的车轮大战下精疲力尽，他出场45分钟仅得到了17+10，而姚明得到27+18+5，完全统治了内线。

　The Cavaliers championship created many records in NBA history.This is really a great season, the Warriors who made history, the old and solid Spurs, the tough and tough Thunder, and the Cavaliers who won the first championship trophy in Cleveland history.As an old fan, I feel from the bottom of my heart that this is a glorious period for the league to become more and more prosperous!

　　
　
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