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Chapter 209 Still too frizzy

Before the game, McHale found Xu Hao and said to him: "Chris, in this game, I need you to pass the ball to the inside as much as possible, and then wait outside the three-point line to catch and shoot. I want to see the team's new insider The power of the combination, so..."

Xu Hao smiled and said: "It's okay, I can understand, I will pay attention to passing the ball to Kevin and the others, don't worry."

McHale nodded. He hoped that the team's new inside lineup could be adjusted as soon as possible and find their tacit understanding. The game is obviously the best way.In addition, the Blazers' insiders are also young people, so it may not be impossible to let them try, and their inside offense will undoubtedly have the support of Xu Hao, after all, the latter is the one responsible for distributing the ball.

After the game started, Xu Hao strictly followed McHale's requirements, constantly passing the ball to the inside, and then ran to the bottom corner to wait to catch the ball and shoot.However, what gives Xu Hao some headaches is that after giving the ball to the inside, Love basically performs a one-man show. Basically all Jordan has to do is grab offensive rebounds to complete the second offense. This is obviously not a good phenomenon.

McHale is also a little helpless. Love does not have a strong high-post support ability, and the inside pass is also very average. The only thing worthy of praise is the cross-court long pass after taking off the defensive rebound. If you want him to cooperate well with Jordan in the interior Still a little too anxious.So he stood up and walked to the sidelines, called Xu Hao's name, and made a gesture to him, asking him to drive the players inside.

Xu Hao shrugged, he knew this would be the result.Now the combination of Love and Jordan is still distinct. One of them is responsible for offense and the other is responsible for defense. There is a lot of interaction but it is not very effective. At this time, Xu Hao is needed to drive them to cooperate.You can't make those exquisite passes. You can't go wrong with hand-to-hand passes and behind-the-head passes, right?

With the addition of Xu Hao as a lubricant, the cooperation between Love and Jordan on the offensive end suddenly became smoother. In addition, the Blazers' power forward Aldridge's defense can only be regarded as average, and the Timberwolves' inside offense is very fast. Opened up the situation.Jordan had a great time eating cakes, and Love could also get open shots. Both of them were not low in efficiency.

However, the Trail Blazers are not at a disadvantage. Aldridge and Love have the same mid-range shooting ability, but Oden is much better than Jordan in singles with the ball in the low post, and his style is tough, and he can post up singles and connect with small hooks. It's hard to guard against the hand.

However, Jordan's biggest threat does not come from Oden, but from Roy who attacks from the outside with the ball.This is a cunning and difficult player. His breakthrough layup has never been straightforward. As long as he is allowed to find an opportunity, he will foul, and many times he will score 2+1.It was because of Roy's breakthrough that Jordan got two fouls in the first half of the first quarter.

McHale quickly replaced him, a sad look clearly on his face.Jordan was also very upset. He casually high-fived his teammates on the bench, took a towel, covered his face, and quietly sat back in his seat.

This is the first game in the Timberwolves, it's really embarrassing to play like this!Jordan felt that he had failed the trust of the coach. He was a substitute for Kaman in the Clippers. He didn't expect to start here when he came here.But as the team's starting center, two personal fouls occurred in less than 6 minutes, which is unreasonable anyway.

It was Milicic who replaced Jordan, but it was also difficult for the Serbian to resist Oden's impact at the basket, and the Timberwolves quickly fell behind.McHale wiped his face vigorously, and let out a long breath. It seems that Jordan still needs to be polished. With his current skills, it is estimated that it will be difficult to take advantage of those experienced insiders.

At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves trailed by 29 points 35 to 6. This was because Xu Hao hit 1 consecutive three-pointers in the last minute. Otherwise, the Blazers would enter the second quarter with a double-digit lead .During the break during the quarter, McHale asked Hitting to arrange the tactics for the players in the second quarter, and he pulled Jordan aside to guide himself.

"DeAndre, after the first quarter of the game, did you find that you had any problems defending inside?"

"I'm sorry, coach, I'm too easy to get distracted. Even if my brain tells me to watch the opponent's movements carefully, my body will naturally take off to interfere, and then...then I will be fouled by the opponent. I don't want to .”

Seeing Jordan's dejected appearance, McHale is not good at accusing him loudly, which will affect Jordan's mentality to a certain extent, and even have a huge impact on his career in the Timberwolves.He was silent for a while, and said seriously: "Next, I will let Kevin defend at the basket. You just need to be ready to help defend when he blocks the opponent."

Little Jordan shrugged, this is indeed the best way for him.With Love in the front, he can jump from the side and slap the opponent's shots without worrying about whether he will fall into the trap again, which will effectively avoid fouls.

Of course, McHale also knows that this is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. As the team's default frame protector, Jordan must improve his ability to defend one-on-one under the basket, instead of always relying on his teammates to help him. The first attack.Maybe he is very suitable for the role of a defender, but this is not what McHale wants. He hopes that Jordan can go further.

After the break, McHale put Jordan back on the court. His behavior also surprised the head coach of the Blazers, McMillan. The first quarter of the game has proved that Jordan is an unreliable frame protector. He couldn't resist Roy's impact at all, and made himself carry two fouls because of this, obviously not the best choice for the Timberwolves' center position.

The only possibility is that the opponent has thought of some way to cover up his shortcoming and let him give full play to his advantages, otherwise, continuing to put him on the court is looking for abuse.Despite this, McMillan still has full confidence in his players. Whether it is Oden, who is wrestling with Jordan in the interior, or Roy, who relies on breakthroughs to make him foul, they are the biggest reliance for the Blazers.

In this case, what is there to be afraid of?McMillan insists that his team can win this game. It is true that everyone is a young guard, but the talent of the Trail Blazers players is stronger than that of the Timberwolves, at least in McMillan's view.He is 100% confident in winning this game, but can reality really go as he expected?
(End of this chapter)