Zhiba NBA

Chapter 76 (75) The Proud Wolf King

As the saying goes: Don't be afraid of the same opponents, but be afraid of pig-like teammates.But Garnett really has a few pig-like teammates.

Darrick Martin made a jumper and got another big cap from Yao Ming.After playing for a quarter and a half, he made 4 of 0 shots and only had one assist statistically.

Sanders shook his head.It's a pity that Cassell was injured, otherwise why would he use this substitute player as the main force.Offensively, the shots were inaccurate, and when defending, Billups beat him into a sieve.

But there are still people who trust Martin.

"Kevin is a natural leader. The most interesting thing is that he treats the team's '12th man' with such respect as if it is a starting star. He treats everyone the same and gives people a lot of advice, but not in a very annoying way." - Sam Cassell

Garnett's singles attracted double-teams, and then split the ball to Martin.The latter succeeded in facing an open jumper.

Garnett ran to the defensive position while laughing and patted Martin on the shoulder.After all, he is not a lone wolf by nature, but the king who leads the pack of wolves.

Wallace and Billups pick and roll, Garnett pounces on the unguarded Billups, but Wallace gets the ball and layup.After all, Martin is only 180cm tall and weighs 170 pounds. It is too easy to block him.

Cassel's absence has brought too serious consequences to the Wolves. Garnett not only needs to score more points on the offensive end, but also has to consume more energy on the defensive end to defend.The Rockets were merciless and began to seize Martin's weakness and beat hard.

Sanders finally couldn't bear it anymore and replaced shooter Hoiberg.Although the player's ball handling is a bit worse than Martin's, at least his shots are accurate.And what about ball control?Someone can share.

Garnett dribbled the ball past half court, and he had another job, part-time point guard.Wallace followed him closely and kept interfering with the ball. After all, he was used to playing small forwards, and he was also very good at defending against dribblers.

When Garnett finally adjusted to some Wallace harassment, the opposite defender was replaced by Okur.The Turkish guy stuck to one side and kept reaching out to steal the ball, and Garnett was also annoyed.What's worse, he, who has always been known as a man of steel, gradually felt tired, after all, the burden he shouldered was too heavy.

第二节加内特7投仅2中得到了5+5，48:51火箭领先结束上半场。

Coach Sanders and Manager McHale are miserable, and I really regret it.If he could afford to renew Billups' contract at the beginning, why let Garnett control the ball today.It's a pity that I didn't regret selling the medicine, and I could only watch Billups succeed in the Rockets.

Sang Shuai knew that Garnett was tired, but the only chance to win was to fight hard.The Rockets' bench is much stronger than the Timberwolves. If they don't continue to use a few core players in the second half, the Wolves will have no chance of winning.

The Timberwolves were lucky. The two substitutes Hoiberg and Szczerbiak felt good. In addition, Sprewell continued to take over the offensive power. In the third quarter, the Timberwolves maintained good outside firepower.In this quarter, Garnett scored 7+4 on 8 of 7 shots, and the madman also scored 10 points. After a wave of three-pointers, the Wolves overtook the score with 80:79.

The score was overtaken, but Tang Shuai did not panic at all.In the third quarter, it is normal for the Rockets to replace the bench to speed up and play small balls, but the Wolves have been using their core players hard.In the fourth quarter, the well-rested CTM will teach them a lesson.

The first to stand out was Yao Ming, who tortured Johnson and Olowokandi in consecutive singles.In particular, Olowokandi fouled 18 times in 5 minutes, and Sang Shuai had to replace him to rest.

As soon as Martin played, Billups repeated his tricks and hit the basket with Okur's pick-and-roll.Martin's weak defense was exposed, and Sang Shuai quickly replaced him.

Sanders completely felt that a good woman can't live without rice.Johnson was useless, Olowokandi fouled too much, Madsen made a lot of mistakes, Martin was sieved as soon as he went up, and other marginal players were not as good as these.Garnett was out of breath, but Sang Shuai didn't dare to replace him to rest.

Now he is the only one who can stand up to share Garnett's worries - Sprewell hit consecutive three-pointers, opening the point difference to 6 points again.He has scored 11 points in half a quarter!The Rockets called a timeout and Tracy McGrady replaced Jefferson.There are 6 minutes left in the game, and the decisive moment has arrived.

Okur missed the shot.Sprewell failed to receive the ball under McGrady's tight marking, and Madsen was forced to make a hasty shot.McGrady ran to the frontcourt to get the ball and waved Okur to go forward to pick and roll.

Sprewell was annoyed for a while, and thought to himself: I am in good shape and scoring consecutively, why don't you fight me one-on-one?You actually called a pick and roll?underestimate me?
Yuan Fei nodded again and again, McGrady is really mature.Don't be obsessed with emotional disputes, but handle the ball steadily.

Garnett is defending Yao Ming, and Madsen comes out with Okur.But after Okur set a screen to block the Madman, Madsen was forced to switch to McGrady.How can he guard against McGrady's sudden appearance?
Garnett hurriedly filled the position, McGrady passed Yao Ming to score an easy dunk, 96:92.

Garnett singled Okur and missed a jumper. Yao Ming protected McGrady with a long pass to the rebound.The latter made a fast break one-on-one and easily broke through the madman's defensive layup and scored 2 points.

Tang Shuai is very satisfied. It is because of his reasonable rotation that McGrady can maintain ample physical fitness at the last moment of the game.

Sprewell singles, under the pressure of McGrady, he made a difficult twisted drift shot and missed.Billups assisted Okur in the cast, 96:94.

Seeing that Sanders was about to tie, he could only call a timeout.But there were not many cards available in his hand, and after some arrangement, he was forced to play Olowokandi who committed 5 offenses.

This timeout was still very effective. Garnett acted as an axis to attract double-teams and then distributed it to Hoiberg. The latter made a jumper against McGrady who was desperately coming to fill the position. The ball was scored and the thug fouled!
Hoiberg made an extra free throw, 99:94.

Yao Ming made a pass error, and Garnett hit Okur for a foul and made 2 of 2 free throws.Okur was replaced for 5 fouls, and Wang Zhizhi and Reed appeared on the stage.

McGrady missed a three-pointer, Garnett fouled Big Zhi again, and still made 2 free throws. 103:94 There are only the last 2 minutes left in the game, and the Timberwolves seem to be very close to victory.

But don't ignore the Rockets' three-point leader, Billups assisted Reid to quickly score a three-pointer.

The Timberwolves began to steadily delay the time, and after 20 seconds of passing, the ball was handed over to Sprewell, but he didn't have a good chance, facing McGrady's long arm and missed a three-pointer in a hurry.

Yao Ming singled out Olowokandi's foul. The latter left the field with 6 fouls and Madsen made it up.

Dayao made a free throw, 103:98.

Two free throws were missed, but the ball bounced far, and Yao Ming actually grabbed the offensive rebound by himself.After that, Billups catches the ball and hits a three-pointer! 103:101 In an instant, it was only 2 points away!

Garnett forced Yao Ming to foul again, and he made 2 of 1 free throws.

The key goal was handed over to McGrady. He forcibly broke through and attracted many people to double-team and then split the ball outside.In the last 104 seconds of the game, the Rockets tied the score.

Sprewell was very angry. He played well before and had already scored 29 points.But in the last 5 minutes, it was very difficult for him to catch the ball under McGrady's defense, and he didn't score a point.Madman is McGrady's senior. He was even selected to the first team in 94 when Jordan retired.Now that he is ruled by a junior on both offense and defense, what face does he have?

A madman naturally has his madness. He desperately wants to get the ball behind him and want to single-handedly beat McGrady.Billups had already lurked to the side out of his line of sight, and the chip was successful.

Garnett rushed to his penalty area to stop the Rockets' fast break, and Billups was not in a hurry, and slowly controlled the ball to delay time.With only 8 seconds left, the ball was given to McGrady.

McGrady breaks through and passes the ball to Reed on the outside. Reed makes a three-point shooting posture, shakes Szczerbiak and bows his head to break through.Garnett hurriedly filled his position, and Reed made a pass to Yao Ming, who easily dunked 104:106.

With only 1.3 seconds left in the game, Sanders called the final timeout.

Garnett, eyes red, fought desperately to take the last shot, but Wallace clung to him.The Wolves were forced to deal Szczerbiak, who missed a three-pointer and declared the end of the series.

With Garnett's mournful sigh, the Timberwolves ended this regrettable season.Garnett played 46 minutes and contributed 30+19+5. His team was only a little bit close to bringing the series back to Minnesota.

The Rockets finally eliminated the second-ranked Timberwolves in the Western Conference 4:1, and returned to the Finals after 9 years!
　Congratulations to Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin for being selected.Special congratulations to Zhou Qi for coming to the Rockets whose tactical system suits him!
　　
　
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