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Chapter 207 The Great Victory
After the start of the second half, McHale was very fortunate to have gathered a group of tall and strong outside players. Compared with the Warriors' shooters, their defense was more effective. In many cases, he only needed to extend his arms to cover the opponent to force the opponent to pass the ball. .However, it is difficult for them to be interfered by the opponent when they are shooting, unless they are those whose shooting foundation is not solid enough.

And Xu Hao is obviously the one with the best foundation among the outside players of the Timberwolves. Although shooting is a very simple skill, he has already improved his shooting skills through continuous training. Unable to shake his center of gravity, instead he was knocked into the air by his strong body frequently. Fortunately, he didn't reach out, otherwise it would be a foul.

Xu Hao has a natural enthusiasm for making opponents foul outside the three-point line, especially playing four-pointers. In his opinion, there is nothing in the game that hurts the opponent's morale more than this.But Curry will basically not give him such a chance. No one who can become the starter of an NBA team is an idiot. He defends defense, and he will not send his opponent to the free throw line stupidly.

But the rest of the Timberwolves are not as accurate as Xu Hao, and Ellis and Azubuike are also very fierce.After being interfered a few times, they subconsciously handed the ball more to Xu Hao and helped him open up space.Xu Hao is very calm about this kind of treatment. As the team's top outside shooter, he must shoulder this heavy responsibility.

Old Nelson had a headache. He had expected that the defense of his defenders would not be particularly good, but he did not expect it to be so bad.Every time Xu Hao took a three-point shot from the outside, he would tremble in his position, as if the young man wearing the No. 32 jersey had shot him, and in the end his three-pointers often hit the Warriors.

Seeing that the Warriors were unable to close the score, Old Nelson stood up angrily and walked around on the sidelines, shouting at the court: "Defense! Defense! Don't give them a chance to shoot outside the three-point line, we Can't lose any more points!"

To some extent, the old Nelson's yelling is still useful, at least the enthusiasm of the Warriors players on the court has improved a lot, but the effect...it is very ordinary.Now the Timberwolves' outside shots are almost concentrated on Xu Hao. Even Love has no objection to this at all. He is willing to go inside to be a good rebounding machine, ready to return the missed shots at any time.

With the help of his teammates, Xu Hao became more confident as he played. No matter Curry, Ellis or Azubuike, they could not affect Xu Hao on the defensive end, which forced Jackson to defend himself.Wu Sheng's actions were not very clean. He was originally one of the parties involved in the "Auburn Hills Brawl Incident". It is hard to imagine that he has a good temper. In this case, it is understandable that his defensive actions are relatively dirty. Before, it was just because he preferred to devote his energy to the offensive end.

But Xu Hao quickly adapted to Jackson's defensive style, and even had time to spray trash talk on him.It's dangerous to piss off an already violent opponent, but if you can get him out of the way, it's all worth it.

Under Xu Hao's trash talk offensive, Jackson quickly got a technical offender, which also made Nelson choose to replace him. He didn't want to leave this time bomb on the court. At this time, he had to go down and calm down. up.Jackson was replaced by Reggie Williams, the undrafted pick this year. Although he played in the same position, he was shorter and not as ruthless as Jackson. Using him to replace Wu Sheng seemed to Xu Hao It was definitely a bad move, but old Nelson had no other choice.

Speaking of which, the rotation of the Warriors is really strange. Except for Moore and Randolph, the other players are basically guards, or the wings of the height of the guards. Jackson is the only normal third position in the Warriors' rotation.From this, one can imagine how extreme the old Nelson's formation is. If Jackson is replaced at this time, Reggie can only be on the field.

Reggie's appearance further reduced the Warriors' average height, and also liberated Xu Hao. The Warriors were quickly beaten by the Timberwolves' stormy three-pointers.Especially Xu Hao, he hit 3 three-pointers in almost the same position for three consecutive rounds, helping the team hit a 9-0 spurt, and continued to widen the point difference to more than 20 points.

Now the Warriors fans stopped booing the visiting team. Perhaps in their view, booing the Timberwolves has no effect after the game is played like this, and the Warriors players are almost discouraged.Their guards are still shooting from outside the three-point line, but it can be seen that their shots are very hesitant. In this case, there is no need to expect them to hit.

Old Nelson had no choice but to allow his team to be slaughtered by his opponents on the field. However, the Timberwolves still did not deal with it and kept the point difference at around 20 points.In Xu Hao's view, there is no need to kill them all, just control the situation on the field. Continuing to attack wildly will consume the players' physical strength and even lead to a significant increase in the risk of injury.

Despite this, Xu Hao also played very well. It felt good to bully opponents whose height and strength were not as good as his own. The Warriors' guards did have outstanding shooting skills, but it was difficult to resist his impact on the defensive end, and they were also unable to interfere. His shooting.Just halfway through the fourth quarter, Xu Hao was replaced by McHale. At this time, he had no standard to continue playing.

Xu Hao didn't mind this either. The opponent had already replaced all the main players. It was only a matter of time before the Timberwolves won the game, and he had already collected enough data in this game.When he was off the court, his personal data was fixed at 31 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. This is also the single-game high score of this rookie so far, thanks to his 8 three-pointers.

Driven by Xu Hao, the Timberwolves shot more than 45% of their three-pointers, and the team scored an astonishing 127 points, while the Warriors on the opposite side scored only 112 points, and their three-point shooting percentage was a dismal 34.1%.Perhaps this kind of three-point shooting rate is considered good in other games, but it is still not enough compared to the Timberwolves' shooting rate, and it is reasonable to lose.

In addition to Xu Hao, Timberwolves' core Love also made a huge contribution. He got the first double 20 of his career - 23 points and 21 rebounds, as well as 3 assists and 2 blocks Income.It can be said that this victory came entirely from the two cores inside and outside the Timberwolves, which also made fans look forward to the future of this team even more.

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