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Chapter 205 Undefended

But then the Warriors let the Timberwolves players see what a blitz is. They quickly created an open space through continuous breakthroughs and transmissions. Azubuike slipped out under the cover of Moore to receive the ball and scored three points.

It only took the Warriors 12 seconds from their backcourt serve to the three-pointer, which also included Xu Hao's interference with Ellis across the half court.Although it is not as good as the "eight-second run and bomb" of the Suns in previous seasons, it is already very fast.Thanks to the three-guard lineup, the Warriors are very fast, and the Timberwolves players' help defense can't keep up.

McHale's face was a bit dignified. The sharpness of the Warriors' attack far exceeded his expectations. Some things cannot be understood just by watching the video. You must experience it yourself to know whether it is true.At least for now, McHale is very afraid of the Warriors' fast offense. What's worse is that he doesn't know what to do for the time being, so he can only let the players play on the court.

As the team's first line of defense, Xu Hao was naturally very upset about this. When the Warriors launched an attack again, he began to yell loudly for his teammates to stand in their positions and defend a defensive formation. Effectively inhibit the opponent's breakthrough points and even score.He and Ellington stand on the line, and the others line up along the bottom line. This is the position of the 2-3 defense.

But the Warriors obviously didn't intend to reason with them. It was just a few simple passes from the outside. The rookie Curry who entered the league this year got a shot, and then he hit another shot before Ellington came to make up the defense. three points.

McHale immediately called the first timeout of the game. He waved the tactical board and said loudly: "Is it okay to defend the three-point shot from the outside? They have hit 2 three-pointers, which is not right for us." A small blow. Their internal strength is not strong, unless they break through, the defense line should not shrink, try to keep them near the three-point line to put pressure on them!"

The game restarted, and the Timberwolves strengthened the perimeter defense according to the coach's instructions, but except for Xu Hao, the others were constantly broken by the opponent. Ellington and Gomez were both battered, and Brewer was not much better.Their strength on the defensive end is not strong, it is barely average, and the three guards of the Warriors are as empty as the road in the early morning.

Fortunately, the Timberwolves can still maintain a high scoring efficiency. Xu Hao and Love contributed a lot. One of them can catch the phone from the outside and shoot three-pointers, and the other can catch the ball under the basket and play against the opponent's weak inside.It is also thanks to the outstanding performance of their two players that the Timberwolves were not overwhelmed by the Warriors' fast-break frenzy, and the point difference was always kept within 5 points.

With 3 minutes and 17 seconds left in the first quarter, Xu Hao was replaced for a rest. He sat down next to McHale, frowned and said: "Coach, our defense is useless to them, yes Isn't it possible to consider a confrontation?"

McHale glanced at him meaningfully, and said: "The opponent prefers chaotic battles like confrontation, so that they will get more opportunities to make shots. And we are more suitable for positional warfare, and confrontation seems to be unacceptable." what a cheap..."

Xu Hao shrugged: "But it would be stupid to continue to focus most of our energy on defense. Their three-back lineup is sharp enough. We don't have to play the rhythm of running and bombing like them. We only need to focus part of our energy on offense. among."

His words made McHale deep in thought, but he did not answer Xu Hao immediately, but said: "Let me think about it first, and wait until the second quarter begins. With our overall strength, it should not be a big problem to win the Warriors." of."

Xu Hao was a little helpless, but the Warriors helped him a lot. In the last few minutes of the first quarter, they played a 12-3 spurt and opened up the weight loss point difference to double digits in one fell swoop.If the referee hadn't blown the whistle to end the first quarter, the Warriors might have continued to beat the dog in the water. This fact also made McHale understand that it seemed impossible not to play against each other.

So McHale replaced Xu Hao at the beginning of the second quarter and asked him to run with the substitutes, don't be afraid to shoot and hit the iron.Of course, this does not mean that the Timberwolves have completely given up on defense, they just put more energy on the offensive end,

However, under such circumstances, the Timberwolves' offense is almost controlled by Xu Hao, because the others do not have a strong scoring ability.According to McHale's instructions, the Timberwolves' bench gangsters only need to open up space for Xu Hao to play singles.But Xu Hao is not without helpers. Milicic is the team's chief substitute at the fifth position. They can completely play the set of tactics formulated by Hitting before. Anyway, they are the main ones in the tactical coordination, and the third person is on the side to assist. That's it.

Under the leadership of Xu Hao, the Timberwolves slowly regained their disadvantage on the field. As he once again hit a three-pointer with Milicic's cover, the two sides finally returned to the same starting line.This forced the old Nelson to call a timeout. In fact, he did not expect that the rookie point guard on the opposite side would actually have such a strong strength, and he almost saved the situation on the field by himself.

According to the old Nelson's vision, the Warriors should go all out to continue to open the score and beat the opponent directly, but Xu Hao's sudden outburst made his plan come to naught.But old Nelson didn't mind too much. He called this timeout to largely disrupt Xu Hao's scoring rhythm, and at the same time put his best trio back on the field to attack the opponent.

Seeing the opponent's substitution, McHale changed into his starting lineup without saying a word. He also asked the players to strengthen their outside shooting.In fact, almost everyone in the Timberwolves' starting lineup has a certain three-point ability, but they don't often shoot outside the three-point line, because the team has no other rebounders except Love, and they have to consider bullet reloading.

Because of this, he asked Love to stay within the three-second zone and play the classic tactics of one big and four small lineups, such as passing from inside to outside.And as a rebounding cleaner, Love will be happy to help the team fight for offensive rebounds.

It stands to reason that the Timberwolves' outside shooting is not as good as the Warriors, but they have Xu Hao, a pervert who has adapted to the NBA's three-point shooting range. Any team with him does not need to worry about three-point firepower, let alone his side. There are also Gomez and Ellington to help. This is obviously a big threat to the Warriors. Now it depends on who has the better touch. The team with stronger firepower will be easier to gain an advantage on the court. After all, unreasonable three-pointers can easily destroy the opponent's confidence.

(End of this chapter)