Basketball myth

Chapter 231 Timberwolves Weakness
"Garnett succeeded in jumping the ball. After Nash took control of the ball, he had a pick-and-roll with Garnett, quickly went to the basket, and the ball scored! Timberwolves' fast break really went deep into the bone marrow! In the opening 9 seconds, the Timberwolves won first First place!"

"The Lakers' offense, Fisher slowly dribbled the ball forward and handed it to O'Neal under the basket. The other players quickly opened the distance, giving O'Neal a lot of space to attack, facing Garnett's Defensively, O'Neal easily scored the ball!"

"Garnett stepped forward to pick and roll again. This time O'Neal did not go out, but Hill defended. However, Nash quickly found Jackson's position and scored a three-pointer!"

"O'Neal got to the basket again, Jackson double-teamed, O'Neal passed the ball, Hill made a mid-range shot! Goal!"

The two teams at the beginning quickly started to play their own special offense!Although both teams made adjustments every time they defended, it can be seen that neither team could defend the other!

"Johnson, do you think so? Both teams can't defend each other?" Derek fired again!

"No! In fact, the Lakers are still at an advantage! Because O'Neal didn't encounter too many challenges inside! The Timberwolves' offense relies more on the outside! This is a last resort! And Garnett has too many responsibilities O'Neal is the defensive strength, and he is the one who causes damage to the inside line when attacking! We don't know how long this effect can last!"

"You mean to say that once the Timberwolves' outside line loses the sight, even for a few minutes, the Lakers will quickly open the score, and what scares the Timberwolves even more is that they have no way to draw the score?"

"Well! Let's put it this way! O'Neal's strength, we are too clear! It is Garnett and another person double-teaming him! O'Neal also has the ability to force the score! Timberwolves can't do it! Once Garnett is off, or outside Several players lost their sights! It would be fatal for the Timberwolves!"

"So, what would you do if you were Coach Z?"

"Hey! I am a firm supporter of the Lakers! Are you letting me fall into the arms of the enemy?" Johnson quickly responded!
"It's just your experience! Will Coach Z value your tactics?"

"In fact, even if I don't say it, all the coaches will think about it! It is to open the second offensive point! It can't be Nash. Now Fisher is dedicated to guarding Nash. Fisher has taken the initiative to attack a lot just to let him Nash's physical strength is insufficient, even if Nash starts to attack, the efficiency of other players on the team will drop, and the Lakers' defense will relax a lot, and the rhythm will not be on the side of the Lakers!"

"Then the Timberwolves don't have much choice! In the last round, Pierce's superb performance allowed the Timberwolves to get off to a good start! Now this task must belong to Pierce!"

"Maybe! However, it can be seen from Coach Z's hesitation that Coach Z doesn't really want to do this! In other words, it's not necessarily that Coach Thomas still wants Timberwolves to do this!"

"What do you mean?"

"Carter hasn't taken the initiative to attack yet! This season's rookie king is not an easy role!"

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right!Johnson's worries are Coach Z's thoughts, and Thomas' sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai is this!Absolute trust in Carter!From the outbreak at the beginning of the season to the instability in the middle, and finally to the current sinking mood, Carter's strength is an existence that no coach will ignore!
However, the actual situation does not allow Coach Z to think about other things. Hill can't take advantage of this right now, otherwise, let Thomas see it, ha ha!The last chance of this round of the series is gone!
In the 8th minute of the first quarter, after Lewis failed to make the second three-pointer, Coach Z quickly made a gesture, which meant to let other players distance themselves and let Pierce play singles!
The Lakers are also very cooperative!This is the most exciting matchup in this draft!Pierce received a pass from Nash outside the three-second zone. Pierce first leaned against Carter with his thick buttocks. After protecting the ball, he quickly swayed from side to side and made a fake move, but Carter, who was defending at the top, did not move at all!Pierce didn't intend to shake Carter away, and he directly made a small step back shot to end the battle!

This distance, such a shooting method, if ordinary players would definitely not touch it!However, the most intimidating thing about Carter is his jumping ability!Quickly approached Pierce. Before the basketball reached the highest point, Carter's finger touched the basketball. Of course, the last basketball didn't go in, and O'Neal took the rebound!

In this attack, Carter directly got the basketball facing Pierce's defense from outside the three-point line!Carter, who picked up the basketball with one hand, didn't make any fake moves, and started to accelerate directly, forcibly breaking through Pierce. Pierce followed Carter closely, but Carter, who was one step away from the free throw line, quickly jumped up. Pierce was unable to fully bounce because of his defense, so he had to watch Carter dodge Garnett's defense in the air, put the ball away and put it into the basket.
Seeing Carter like this, Pierce became distressed for the first time!

In the second round, Pierce faced Carter's defense at a further distance from the three-point line. This time, after tapping with his left foot, Pierce quickly dribbled the ball and shot directly in a very stride!The whole action was done in one go, which was also Pierce's standard action later on. If it was an ordinary defensive player, when such a shot ended, the most likely thing would be to seal Pierce's eyes. There is no way to stop Pierce from this standard shot!

That's right, that's all Carter did!However, there is no way to improve the hit rate with such a shot!It's more about Pierce's touch!If every attack by Pierce ended like this, Thomas would be very happy!

Pierce seems to be aware of this shortcoming. After such a goal, he also began to attack the defense at the basket. However, facing Carter's all-round care, the shooting rate can meet!

The Lakers ended their first quarter with such an advantage!Leading the Timberwolves by 5 points!
The second quarter is time for the bench!If the Timberwolves have Mobley, they may still pose a great threat to the Lakers' bench. However, now that Mobley is on the Lakers' side, the comparison effect is too obvious!

Fortunately, the Timberwolves' substitutes are old players such as Mitchell who fought with the Lakers last season!Still has a certain strength!However, it's just a matter of strength. The Lakers' lineup of Mobley, Harper, Barry, Barkley and Ben is really unbearable for such a lineup!

In the 5th minute of the second quarter, when the main players played, the Lakers had already opened the score to 9 points. This can determine a lot of statistics!
After playing, the Timberwolves have no more ways to stop the Lakers' offense. Even if their offense can compete with the Lakers under Nash's conditioning, there is no way to close the gap!

Thomas is playing with such a conspiracy in this game!Tell Coach Z of the Timberwolves, I am suppressing you with all my own strength, if you can't bear it, be prepared to fail!

The Lakers did not use any conspiracy or make special adjustments. Putting Barkley on the bench was because of Barkley's own speed problem, and this approach actually improved the Lakers' bench!

In the main force, maybe the Timberwolves can still be compared with the Lakers, but in the stage of the substitute, the disadvantage of the Timberwolves has only been established for a year!No matter how capable Coach Z is!He also has no way to teach the substitutes and the main players so well in one season!

The end of this game also reflected this! Coach Z's main lineup must average 40 minutes of playing time per game!The Lakers are different. The average playing time of the substitutes reaches about 16 minutes!And even this substitute lineup can challenge the Timberwolves' offense!
The Timberwolves' weakness of no defensive system was infinitely amplified by Thomas in this game!
(End of this chapter)