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Chapter 317 The Right Way To Treat Old Friends
The Grizzlies are like soldiers who have lost confidence in victory, and the Timberwolves won easily.

Bai Jidong and Garnett each played three quarters, got a certain amount of data and then rested.

The Timberwolves' substitutes continued to kill the Grizzlies. In the end, the Grizzlies defeated the Timberwolves by 30 points and ended the final battle of the season in the most ugly way.

For fans, such a loss is unacceptable.

Fans can accept failure, but not give up.

The Grizzlies gave up from the start, and they didn't even try to recover from the loss.

It's like a desperate person who is about to commit suicide and finds that he doesn't even have the courage to commit suicide.

"Without a doubt, this is the ugliest playoffs of the year. Compared to the Houston and Dallas playoffs, Memphis played ugly."

The Timberwolves knew their opponents in the next round that night-the Dallas Mavericks led by Nowitzki.

Speaking of Nowitzki, this is the pain of Jerry Krause's life.

The Bulls held the third pick back then, so they could have selected him.

However, Krause chose LaFrentz.

This is the black spot of Klaus' life, because the assistant coach Manoski at the time suggested many times that Klaus went to Germany to watch Nowitzki's game before making a decision.

Klaus insisted that Nowitzki was mysterious because he was not capable enough, and he was afraid of being exposed in front of his champion manager, so he didn't put Nowitzki in the option.

Everyone knows what happened later. Although LaFrentz did not become a parallel importer, he was far from what people expected of him at the beginning. Nowitzki became a blockbuster and became the biggest surprise of that year.

Today, Bai Jidong and Nowitzki are the leaders of their respective teams, leading their respective teams to sweep their opponents in the first round.

Meeting in the semifinals, no one budged.

There are several acquaintances of Bai Jidong in the Mavericks team. They are from the 95 draft just like Bai Jidong.

They are Jerry Stackhouse and Michael Finley.

Stackhouse planned the freezing plan against Bai Jidong in the Rookie Challenge back then.

Later, Bai Jidong gradually became a superstar, while Stackhouse stopped at the All-Star, and the grievances between the two ended here.

Finley moved to Dallas in the 98 season, where he ushered in the peak of his career, averaging more than 20 points per game for five consecutive seasons.

He is Nowitzki's most trusted helper and the leader of the three musketeers.

In addition to Finley, there is a growing Jason Terry and Josh Howard, who is burning with passion from the beginning of the game.

Eric Dampier jumped to possession for the Mavericks, and Nowitzki caught the ball with one hand and threw it to Terry.

Terry dribbles forward and hits the ground to Dampier.

Dampier smashed the ball to the ground, trying to force Olowokandi.

Olowokandi withstood his impact, stepped back with his left foot, raised his right hand high, and blocked Dampier's shot.

Finley quickly ran into the penalty area and picked up the rebound to make up.

"Dallas is coming aggressively. Although they are ranked fourth in the Western Conference, overall, the gap between the top four in the Western Conference is not that big. I wouldn't be surprised even if Dallas wins in the end." Kenny Smith likes the Mavericks' style of play very much.

Barkley holds the exact opposite view: "No, they can't play against each other. The Timberwolves will beat the Mavericks to enter the Western Conference Finals."

"I know you don't like Dirk all the time, but I still want to hear your opinion, why are you so sure that Minnesota can break through?" Smith asked.

Barkley said with a smile: "The answer is simple. KG and the White Wolves doomed Minnesota's lower limit to at least the Western Conference Finals. They are definitely the best team in the Western Conference. Dallas can make some resistance, but Minnesota will win in the end. "

"I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention." Bai Jidong raised his hand to admit his mistake. He paid too much attention to the Mavericks' outside position just now, and didn't notice Finley rushing in to grab the rebound.

Garnett said: "It's okay, just call back."

"That's right, call back!" Olowokandi said: "White Wolf, let that guy know who is the leader at level 95!"

"Don't say that, Maifen and I have a good friendship."

Maifen is the abbreviation of Finley's name, because Bai Jidong has known too many Michaels, and he is too lazy to call them one by one.

He couldn't understand why Americans liked to name their children Michael so much. How could this name sound so good?

"Maifen, I regard you as a friend, but you play sneak attack." Bai Jidong said seriously: "This is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Finley asked.

"It's not right anywhere!" Bai Jidong caught Hardaway's pass and took a third threatening step to the left. Finley's defensive tendency was shaken, and Bai Jidong immediately started to the right. This step was really as fast as lightning. , Finley lost his position in an instant.

Nowitzki gave up his resistance when Bai Weidong went deep, and he took the initiative to stop Bai Weidong.

Bai Jidong attracted the inside defense, before making the shot, he swung down and passed it to Garnett, who caught the ball and dunked it.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Garnett beat his chest and roared violently, as if he was about to shoot out the flames in his body through his mouth.

Mavericks' offensive position is the strangest Bai Jidong has ever seen, one inside and four outside.

That is to say, the big center is close to the basket, and everyone else stands outside.

Nowitzki is the weirdest thing about this position, standing seven feet tall and always attacking from the perimeter.

Terry broke through Hardaway and slammed into the iron wall of the Timberwolves. Before hitting the crowd, Terry flicked the ball out and Nowitzki caught the ball.

Nowitzki has an obvious weak-side jerk when receiving the ball, which makes Garnett's body respond accordingly.

Then, Nowitzki dribbled to the strong side, and Garnett quickly followed.

These two power forwards, representatives of the flourishing age, started a head-to-head confrontation from the very beginning of the game.

Nowitzki's speed is very fast, he has rare coordination among seven-footers, leaning on Garnett into the paint and slamming a pull-up jumper, like a two position.

If he shrank ten centimeters from his height, he would be an excellent shooting guard.

To face such a freak in a series, Bai Jidong would give Garnett a headache just thinking about it.

"Damn bitch!" No one knew whether Garnett was cursing Nowitzki or himself, because he often cursed himself to himself.

"Damn German bitches!"

"Okay, I'm scolding others." Olowokandi said, "KG, don't worry about it."

"That bitch dared to do this with me!" Garnett's eyes almost sparkled.

Nowitzki needs someone to do the dirty work for him due to his defensive flaws.

This glorious task fell to Dampier, who was responsible for defending the basket for Nowitzki.

This is the most criticized point of Nowitzki, as a superstar, his defense is terrible.

Hardaway wanted to come to Garnett's cover, and as soon as he stepped in, Nowitzki's help defense came up.

Hardaway speeds past Nowitzki, attracting Dampier's help defense to pass the ball to Battier on the outside.

Battier made a three-pointer after aiming and made a hit.

"See, this is the deadliest place in Dallas, and their leader is a defensive black hole!" Barkley mercilessly pointed out Nowitzki's defensive problems, "His defense will ruin Dallas' playoff prospects. "

"Dirk's defense is indeed a problem, but not so serious?" Smith said.

"Unless the current game is not won by defense." Barkley said.

"Basketball has been developing, and maybe in the future it will develop into a basketball based on offense. However, I have only recently retired. I know what the game is like now. A superstar without defense cannot succeed in the playoffs. ,” Barkley said.

Defects on the defensive end have always been the main weapon for black fans to attack Nowitzki, and Nowitzki's response method has always been recognizable.

Even if Barkley is sitting on the sidelines, he will not shake his confidence because of Barkley's words.

His purpose is simple and clear, to win this game, defeat the Timberwolves in the semifinals, and lead the team to the conference finals, this is his goal.

The Mavericks' defense is indeed a problem, but their offense should not be underestimated.

Finley catches the ball outside, "Come on, Bye."

"Is this how you treat an old friend you haven't seen for a long time?" Bai Jidong's defense enveloped Finley.

"You kept pushing me, I was just forced to fight back," Finley said.

"Forcing you? Don't be kidding, my defense is the most gentle in the league. If you don't believe me, try Ron Artest's defense." Bai Jidong said.

"The softest defense in the league?" Finley said. "It's not funny at all."

After all, Finley made a move, opening a gap in Bai Weidong's defense.

Bai Weidong's defense pervaded Finley's surroundings. Although Finley's surprise attack disrupted his arrangement, it did not hinder the overall defense.

Finley was shocked, Bai Jidong in the playoffs was completely different from the regular season.

"Is this how you treat old friends?" Finley imitated Bai Jidong's speech.

"That's right, that's it." Bai Jidong smiled.

　Rest for a few days, see if tomorrow can break out

　　
　
(End of this chapter)