I really can't handle the ball

Chapter 96 Garnett and I got into a fight?

The game continued, and the Timberwolves served the baseline ball.

Cassell received the pass, changed direction in front of his body and shook Nash, then quickly jumped up and shot.

"Shh!"

The basketball is hollow into the net!Steady hit!
39: 34!

The Mavericks attacked. This time, Nowitzki was still allowed to hold the ball in a high position to support. The other players of the Mavericks began to cooperate tactically. Li Xuan brought Garnett to the bottom corner so that he could not help defend other teammates.

Nash cuts to the basket with the help of Nesterovic's screen.

The "driver" understood and passed the ball immediately.

Nash received the pass and broke through to the basket. He was a little careful. He was a little surprised to see that Garnett didn't retreat to the basket to help defend, but he didn't pull down the movement in his hand and scored an easy layup.

41: 34!

When retreating, Garnett saw Li Xuan who was puzzled, and said, "Little rookie, my target is you now, and I don't care about other things. Under the marking of the best defensive player, you will no longer have any problems." Chance to score!"

After Li Xuan heard this, he looked helpless. He didn't expect the "Wolf King" to hold a grudge against him, a rookie, and then he stopped thinking about it and ran to his defensive area.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Timberwolves attack.

Garnett held the ball in the high position on the right and began to single Nowitzki with his back.

This time, the "Wolf King" showed his fangs, and the confrontation was very fierce. He directly squeezed Nowitzki away violently, accelerated to break through to the basket, and then took off vigorously to make a dunking action.

Li Xuan and Nesterovic, who retreated to the basket, saw that Garnett had already risen into the air, so they didn't foolishly go forward to serve as the background board, and watched Garnett's tomahawk dunk.

41: 36!

"Rookie, now you know how big the gap is between us!" After the dunk landed, Garnett did not forget to spray at Li Xuan, then hammered his chest, raised his head to the sky and screamed, the real wolf king Roar!
Li Xuan ignored it and ran towards the frontcourt without looking back. He was afraid that he couldn't help it, so he spat with Garnett.

In this round, Nowitzki was singles in the high post, and Garnett did not go to assist the defense, allowing the "driver" to bully Madsen, but Nowitzki's hand feeling was not good and he failed to hit a mid-range jumper.

Looking back, Garnett's iron-blooded jumper also failed to hit, and the game fell into a state of anxiety again.

In the next few rounds, the "Wolf King" rarely patrolled his territory, but stared at Li Xuan, his prey.

Every time Li Xuan wanted to take a shot, Garnett would come back immediately and complete the interference.

As for breaking through Garnett with the ball, it's just thinking about fart.

With Li Xuan's current ability to handle the ball, it is simply a fantasy to choose Garnett with the ball in singles.

Of course, the Mavericks did not give the Timberwolves too many opportunities.

In the next game, Nelson Sr. replaced Nash and Finley with defensive champions such as Lagabel and Delk to limit the Timberwolves' offense.

At the same time, Li Xuan was not idle. Although he didn't score any points, he really tried his best on the defensive end.

His active running figure will always appear in every corner of the court.

Every time the Timberwolves players thought they could shoot easily, Li Xuan would appear in front of them in time, waving his long arms as a warning.

Timberwolves head coach Philip Saunders really admired Li Xuan's performance in this game.

His defensive performance is indeed somewhat similar to Garnett, no wonder he is called "Little Garnett" by fans.

In the final stage of the second quarter, the two sides increased their defensive strength and strengthened their physical confrontation, which caused the shooting percentage to drop suddenly, and the American Airlines Center Arena heard the sound of iron strikes one after another.

At the end of the halftime game, the score on the big screen was 49:43, and the Mavericks entered the second half with a 6-point lead.

The 15-minute intermission was quickly over and the second half began.

The head coaches of both sides did not make personnel adjustments, and they were still those players at the end of the first half.

It took another four to five minutes of hard work before Mavericks head coach Nelson Sr. made substitution adjustments, replacing Nash and Finley, who had rested long enough, to strengthen the offense.

After the substitution adjustment, the Mavericks attacked.

Li Xuan cooperated with Nash in the pick-and-roll, and wanted to test how Garnett defended.

After the pick-and-roll was ready, Nash used the cover to break through to the basket. Li Xuan used small moves to delay Cassel's pursuit, making him unable to keep up with Nash in the first place.

Garnett didn't switch defenses when he saw this, but blocked Nash with his hands to delay his advance speed, and then immediately went to the outside to chase and defend Li Xuan.

Li Xuan, who ran beyond the three-point line, saw Garnett chasing him, and was speechless for a while. This really hit me.

Nash broke through to the basket, caught a glimpse of Cassell who was chasing him from the corner of his eye, and did not choose to make a layup. Instead, he made a circle inside, attracted the defense, and passed it to Nowitzki, who cut from the right to the basket.

The "driver" received the pass, took a step, jumped on one foot, and dunked the ball hard into the basket with both hands.

55: 47!

There was an instant burst of warm applause and deafening cheers from the auditorium. They had been forging irons before, and of course they had to cheer for the hard buckle.

The next round, the Timberwolves attack.

Cassel dribbled the ball from outside the three-point line and lobbed the ball to Garnett who wanted the ball from the high post on the right.

At this time, the "Wolf King" was in a very good state. He focused on defending Li Xuan alone, and did not assist in defending others. He reserved enough physical strength for him to spend recklessly on the offensive end.

In the physical confrontation with Nowitzki, the "Wolf King" had the absolute upper hand. Seeing that he was able to squeeze the soft guy in front of him and break through to the basket for a dunk, he did not expect that annoying No. 10 rookie to double-team again.

Garnett immediately passed the ball, and after Cassell received the ball, he immediately divided the ball.

Near the 45° angle outside the left three-point line, "Madman" Sprewell received the pass, immediately took off and shot, very resolute.

Sprewell is also a convulsive player. As long as the shot is straight, he dares to shoot any ball, even if he faces double-teams, he doesn't care at all.

Swish!Hollow into the net!

55: 50!

In the next attack, Nash broke through to the free throw line with the help of Nowitzki's cover, and made an emergency stop for a mid-range jumper.

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

Garnett took the lead and ran towards the frontcourt. Li Xuan followed closely behind him. There was no passer in the Timberwolves team, so he failed to pass the ball to Garnett in the first time, and missed the opportunity of fast break.

Cassel slowed down to play positional offense, and passed the ball to the team's top attacker "Wolf King" Garnett.

After receiving the ball, Garnett made a three-threat move, took a tentative step, and shook Nowitzki's center of gravity.

Just as he was about to break through with the dribble, Li Xuan came to assist in double-teaming.

Garnett is so angry!Can't you let me comfortably hit the soft egg in front of me? !

In order to win the game, "Wolf King" still passed the ball.

After passing the ball many times, Sprewell, who was standing in the bottom corner on the right, received the basketball. Without hesitation, he pulled it up and threw the basketball in his hand, completely ignoring Li Xuan who came to defend quickly.

The moment the "madman" shot, Li Xuan also rushed forward, but failed to touch the basketball.

The basketball circled around the inside of the basket and fell unwillingly.

55: 53!

On the sidelines, Old Nelson frowned and immediately asked for a timeout. The momentum was very bad and adjustments had to be made.

(End of this chapter)