Legendary star

Chapter 516 25 consecutive victories

"The last 2 minutes of this game are about to start, Erwin, what adjustments do you think the Timberwolves will make in the remaining 2 minutes, in the first few minutes, the Pacers' defensive intensity is very strong , and their counterattack is also very resolute, Elvin, how do you think the Timberwolves should break the Pacers' defense, and how to defend the Pacers' quick counterattack?'Although there are two professional NBA players sitting next to Michaels The head coach, but Michaels still habitually raised this question to his old partner, and after Michaels asked this question, Randy Whitman and Scott Skiles also looked at Moved to Magic Johnson's face, waiting for his answer.

In the last few minutes of the game, the Pacers' rotation on the defensive end was perfect. On the inside defense, Garnett could not find a chance to get close to the basket under the tough defense of Jermaine O'Neal. , and NN-Hilario's defense against Michael Olowokandi is also very good. Although there is still a big gap with Mutombo in terms of game experience, but relying on strong physical fitness and excellent defense Smell, NN-Hilario almost perfectly supported the vacancy after Mutombo was injured, and compared to Mutombo who is basically dispensable on the offensive end, NN-Hilario still has a hand A very good mid-range shot, which gives the Pacers another tactical change on the offensive end.

On the offensive end, unlike the slow-paced positional battles in the previous three quarters, the Pacers caught the Timberwolves by surprise with a sharp and quick counterattack. After Garnett's shooting touch fluctuated, the Pacers opened the score in one fell swoop. Although the four-point difference cannot declare the death penalty for the Timberwolves, with only 2 minutes left in the game, the situation on the field is already very unfavorable for the Timberwolves.

"The Timberwolves must first strengthen the speed of offensive and defensive transitions. This is the most critical point to curb the Pacers' counterattack. On the offensive end, Garnett's current consumption is too high. The Timberwolves must make some changes. They must be on the offensive end. Only by regaining control of the initiative in the next two minutes can the current situation be reversed."

Magic Johnson’s words seemed to say something, but they didn’t seem to say anything, but as a former NBA head coach, Randy Whitman and Scott Skiles knew Magic Johnson very well. The meaning of the words is that the current tactical system of the Timberwolves is very similar to the combination of internal and external tactics, but their current performance on the court does not show the slightest shadow of internal and external integration. Although Garnett made 5 of 3 shots in the first few minutes , scored 6 points, but Garnett was still unable to cause damage to the Pacers' inside line under the basket, and several outside lines of the Timberwolves were obviously a little uncomfortable with the excellent defensive rotation of the Pacers. When the team's tactics cannot be fully utilized and the execution of the players on the field has problems, the Timberwolves will inevitably lose the initiative on the field.

Although they can clearly see the problems the Timberwolves are facing now, Randy Whitman and Scott Skiles, two professionals, can't find a strategy to deal with it for a while. While Dee Whitman and Scott Skiles were still thinking about it, their players re-emerged for the final minutes of the showdown.

The game restarted, and when Michael Olowokandi sent the baseline ball, the Timberwolves' tactics really changed. After Sprewell dribbled the ball all the way to the frontcourt, he did not pass the ball directly as in the previous game. Give Garnett, let Garnett play singles with the ball, but try to play a pick-and-roll with Garnett at the top of the three-point arc, so as to get rid of Jermaine O'Neal on the spot.

After successfully completing the pick-and-roll, the defender in front of Garnett became Reggie Miller, and this time with a huge height advantage, Garnett was not on Reggie Miller's head Showing his mid-range shooting skills, he used his physical advantage to directly crush Reggie Miller's defense and rushed towards the basket.

Although NN-Hilario has excellent physical fitness, whether it is defensive experience or defensive choices on the defensive end, NN-Hilario has a certain gap from Jermaine O'Neal, so NN-Hilario gave up When Michael Olowokandi went to defend Garnett, he was robbed by Garnett without any suspense.

Pushing away NN-Hilario who was defending him, Garnett dunked the basketball into the hoop fiercely. After getting off the hoop, he beat his chest and roared loudly to the sky. Vent the anger in my heart.

"I will win this game!" At this time, Garnett was like an angry lion, ready to tear apart all the enemies who tried to get close to him.

Because Sprewell and Cassel retreated very quickly this time, and for the purpose of consuming time, after the fast break failed, Meng Xu stopped more than one meter away from the three-point line. While waiting for the teammates behind him, he was thinking about how to play this offense.The current situation is still very favorable for the Pacers. At 1 minute and 45 seconds, the Pacers are still leading by two points. Regardless of whether it is three points or two points, as long as this offense can be scored steadily, the pressure on the Timberwolves will be even greater. big.

When the players on both sides were all in position, just when Szczerbiak was about to cooperate with Sprewell to double-team Meng Xu, Meng Xu had already resorted to a back-up single and began to push inward while sitting on Sprewell. up.

Seeing Sprewell like a primary school student, being pushed all the way from the three-point line to the free throw line by Meng Xu, whether it is the Timberwolves players on the field or the head coach Philip Saunders on the sidelines, now Meng Xu's face was very ugly. When Meng Xu used his back attack, it was like a bug. In the current league, there were no outside players who could withstand Meng Xu's back attack.

After feeling that the distance was almost close, Meng Xu sat down hard behind him, and then turned around in the opposite direction of Sczerbiak who was rushing to double-team, taking advantage of Garnett being caught by Jermaine O'Nealka In an instant, Meng Xu rushed directly to the basket. In front of Michael Olowokandi, he made a very easy pull-up layup, which once again extended the score to four points.

At 1 minute and 09 seconds, the Timberwolves repeated the same trick. Through the pick-and-roll cooperation between Sprewell and Garnett, Garnett once again forced NN-Hilario, 95 to 93, and the difference between the two sides returned to two points again.

After NN-Hilario sent the baseline ball, Meng Xu began to dribble forward slowly. In the case of running out of time, as the Pacers in the lead, it is natural to consume the game time. It is best to Attacks can consume more than 20 seconds.

As for the Timberwolves, the pressure is very high now, and Philip Saunders on the sidelines is already anxiously yelling at the Timberwolves players on the field.In the roar of Philip Sanders, the Timberwolves' defensive strategy in this round also changed again. In this situation, Garnett gave up Jermaine O'Neal, who was facing him, and waited for Meng Xu near the free throw line.

"I don't care about my head, I'm talking about you." After spending about ten seconds, looking at the empty basket of the Timberwolves, Meng Xu took two steps in a row. First, he got rid of Sprewell in front of him, and then In front of Garnett who was rushing to defend him, he made a big change of direction, trying to get rid of Garnett, but Garnett was obviously prepared, not only occupying a favorable position in advance, but also Meng Xu began to change direction At the moment, he started to turn around, which also caused Garnett to cling to Meng Xu tightly after Meng Xu completed the change of direction. At the same time, under Garnett's interference, his speed decreased greatly after the change of direction Meng Xu couldn't speed up again.

Just after everyone thought that Garnett had prevented Meng Xu's change of direction, Meng Xu made an emergency stop first, and after taking advantage of a certain space between him and Garnett, he quickly made a breakthrough in the opposite direction. After Garnett made a lateral reaction, Meng Xu immediately stopped his steps and continued to take the next step, and then changed direction again, thus completely getting rid of Garnett.

"Is Meng crazy?" Seeing Meng Xu's consecutive breakthrough moves on the field that can be called ankle terminators, Michaels couldn't help standing up from the commentary booth. Meng Xu just got rid of Gane The series of moves made by Teshi can be said to be very crazy. This kind of action will end Meng Xu's career if he is not careful.

With Michaels' soft roar, Randy Whitman, Scott Skiles, and even Magic Johnson looked at Meng Xu with a different look. Look, the current Meng Xu's desire for victory seems to have reached the point of paranoia.

After successfully getting rid of Garnett, Meng Xu's eyes were already empty. Enduring the pain from his ankle, Meng Xu gradually pulled up his body and stood in front of Michael Olowokandi who was in a hurry to defend. , A light turn and a small throw, once again widened the difference between the two sides to four points.

After seeing Meng Xu hit again, Philip Saunders on the sidelines could only shake his head helplessly. He had to admit that Meng Xu was too good at the time, even though Philip Saunders had already targeted Meng Xu before the game. He came up with various plans and detailed coping strategies, but on the court, Philip Sanders realized that no matter how much he did before the game, it seemed to be useless. What he was facing was an undefendable players.Philip Sanders can only pray now that this group of players under his command can bite the score again in the next round.

With 38 seconds left and a four-point gap, Garnett, who realized that it was useless to play two points steadily, in this offense, after successfully tearing apart the Pacers' defense, did not continue to forcefully attack NN- Instead, Hilario passed the ball to the outside. Szczerbiak hit a three-pointer, 97 to 96, and the gap between the two sides was only 1 point.

27 seconds, 1 point difference, even if the Pacers scored two points, the Timberwolves still have the last chance to shoot, so the Timberwolves did not execute foul tactics against the Pacers, and Philip Sanders did not call a timeout, and It was on the sidelines facing the players on the sidelines, yelling constantly, and making various gestures by the way, instructing them how to defend the Pacers' final attack. As long as there is no foul and the Pacers are not allowed to shoot three-pointers, the Timberwolves will still have Chance.Moreover, what if the Timberwolves defend the Pacers' offense?
At the same time that Meng Xu dribbled the ball very slowly to the frontcourt, the other four Pacers players all pulled away, and directly set up a posture for Meng Xu to play singles, although at this time, Meng Xu basically would not pass the ball to them.

While Garnett and Szczerbiak were marking their respective defensive targets, they also glanced at Meng Xu from time to time, because they knew very well that this attack by the Pacers would definitely be completed by Meng Xu himself. .

"20 seconds, 19 seconds, 18 seconds..." For the audience at the scene, they have never felt that time is so slow. At this moment, just over 20 seconds, it feels so long .

He looked up at the timer not far away, and when the time on the timer was less than ten seconds, Meng Xu started it.

After seeing Meng Xu move, Garnett and Szczerbiak almost gave up their respective defensive targets at the same time, and rushed towards Meng Xu, and Sprewell immediately posted on Meng Xu. Xu, Sprewell's defensive strategy is very simple, that is, let the shot go, although Meng Xu's current three-point shots are declining year by year, but Meng Xu's shooting rate is not bad at all, especially at the critical moment. Three points, still as stable as ever.

With the sound of the system prompt, Meng Xu directly crushed Sprewell to complete the breakthrough. After dribbling two steps forward, Meng Xu came to the outside of the three-point line, facing Garnett who had already pounced. And Szczerbiak made a very decisive three-pointer.

　Originally I wanted to write about conflicts, boxing or something, but when I thought that Sprewell was too pitiful, I couldn't bear it, and I couldn't just squeeze one wool.

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