Junior Basketball says

Chapter 248
Xu Hao said that's what he said. In public, he can't slap himself in the face and say something like "we have no hope of winning the game".Although he is not the captain of the team, no one denies his importance to the Timberwolves. If he shows pessimism when answering reporters' questions, it will greatly affect the morale of the team.

McHale is very satisfied with Xu Hao's performance in front of the camera, and he is also very annoyed by these Los Angeles reporters who are constantly asking about the next game.Yes, I know the Lakers are strong and have a great record, but we were the ones who won the last game. Why do you guys come to the airport to show off your superiority?It's not good for McHale to complain to the reporters as the head coach. It happened that Xu Hao said what he wanted to say but didn't dare to say. Then these people should calm down a little bit, right?
Soon the local reporters in Los Angeles retreated, and several of them gave Xu Hao an angry look before leaving.Xu Hao shrugged. Should he admit that the Timberwolves will lose the game in front of them?He felt that he had been very polite, fully expressed his desire for the game and his determination to win with all his strength, and it sounded perfect.

However, Xu Hao still thinks that his own team will have a lot of bad luck in this game. If there is no miracle, the Lakers who are playing at home are very likely to win this round of the series and advance to the second round.You must know that the Lakers' home record this season is very good. They only lost three games in the regular season, and they also maintained a complete victory in the first two series.

This time McHale arranged training on the morning of the game, and it was a tactical training, which had almost never happened before. It is conceivable how much he attached importance to this game.Xu Hao didn't mind training on the day of the game. Anyway, he was the one with the best physical strength in the team, so it didn't matter if he practiced a few more times. Others needed to pay attention.

According to McHale's idea, he hopes that the players will try it out at the beginning of the game. If the Lakers are not in good form, then kill them in one go; but if they are in good form, then deal with them slowly.

However, Xu Hao euphemistically expressed his objection. In his opinion, the Timberwolves should go all out from the beginning anyway. They are the weaker team and are not qualified to test the state of the Lakers tonight.They have to do their best from the first second of the game, grasp every offensive possession, and work hard to send the basketball to the basket.

After thinking about it for a while, McHale accepted Xu Hao's suggestion. He also felt that he was a bit overbearing. It seems that his confidence had increased unusually by beating the Lakers in the last game. This is what he needed in the game. Be wary of things.In this game, McHale did not intend to change the starting lineup. At worst, he would call a timeout for substitutions in time.

At 7:[-] p.m., all Timberwolves arrived at the Staples Center to warm up before the game, but when they walked into the court, they found that they could not hear themselves and their teammates at all. The noise in the entire arena was too loud up.Lakers fans booed them deafeningly, and Xu Hao had to speak loudly to his teammates.

He complained: "Are these Lakers fans crazy? I feel like my ears are buzzing!"

Milicic on the side took his shoulders and shouted: "Calm down, Chris, if you get on the stage of the finals in the future, you will find that this is just a trivial matter. I was in the finals with them when I was still in the Pistons." In the finals, the noise made by the fans in Los Angeles was much more terrifying than it is now, and you should be able to get used to it after staying a little longer."

Xu Hao nodded with a wry smile. He didn't want to stay in this place for a long time, which would make him feel that his eardrum might be perforated.Thinking of continuing to play in such an environment later, his face was like a bitter gourd.

But he is very clear that this must be experienced. Even if the fans in Los Angeles look like lunatics, there should be many fans in the entire league who are crazier than them. As long as he wants to move forward, he will definitely encounter similar situations in the future .Since it cannot be changed, then use his performance to shut them up, this is what he should do in the game.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started, and the Lakers unexpectedly changed their starting lineup in this game.The Zen master removed Artest and replaced him with Odom, that is to say, he directly put out all the three insiders. Obviously he hoped that the players would open the situation from the inside first, maybe he still wanted to bet How about the outside touch of the Timberwolves?
Xu Hao soon found out that he was wrong. The Lakers' deployment of the top three insiders did not mean that they gave up the outside line. On the contrary, the pressure they put on the outside line was not much less than the inside line.His quick feet allow him to quickly move to the three-point line to defend, and once he is broken through, he can quickly return to the inside to help defend.

Facing such a highly mobile big man, the only thing Xu Hao can do is to use a wide range of passes to mobilize him, and try to avoid the shooter directly facing this agile tall inside player.But in the game against the Lakers, a wide range of passes cannot be used casually. Kobe's sense of smell is far stronger than anyone imagined, and he may be intercepted by him if he is not careful.

In desperation, Xu Hao could only slow down the pace of the game as much as possible, and let Love pull up to a high position to support, so he barely provided shells for his teammates.The Lakers have an absolute advantage in the interior. It seems that Zen Master has realized their weakness in three-point shooting. He simply does not shoot three-pointers, and continues to score by holding the ball under the basket. The shooting rate is still guaranteed. Woolen cloth!I have to say that he is indeed one of the top coaches in NBA history, and this move is indeed very powerful.

Under such circumstances, Kobe's task is very easy. He only needs to break through with the ball to attract the Timberwolves' defense, and then he can pass the ball to his teammates inside to solve the problem.The only downside is that in this way, they also cannot play fast. The two sides can only slowly grind their positions on the field round by round. The speed of scoring makes people anxious.

But this is pretty good news for the Timberwolves. They don't need to be afraid of being suddenly killed by the Lakers, but can keep entangled with each other.But the Lakers' shooting point is significantly closer to the basket, which also means that their shooting percentage can be guaranteed, while the Timberwolves players have to be slightly farther away from the basket, and their shooting percentage is theoretically not as good as that of their opponents.

Fortunately, they can still maintain a high level, but as the game progresses, they don't know what will happen.

(End of this chapter)