NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Lin Fei felt a little complacent, and then immediately refocused his attention on the playing field.

Just now Deck hit a three-pointer, James scored a counter-attack dunk, and the Timberwolves' original 7-point advantage was instantly reduced to 2 points!
At this time, the right to the ball returned to the hands of the Timberwolves!
It was still Beverly who advanced the ball to the frontcourt, facing Gary Clark's defense!

Gary Clark is 198cm tall and has strong mobility. He can keep up with Beverly's offensive speed. Facing Gary Clark's defense, it is difficult for Beverly to complete effective singles!

Beverly also knew how much he weighed, so he didn't act recklessly, but took a step back and observed the situation on the field with his eyes.

The Lakers' lineup at this time is James, Anthony, Deckard, Gary Clark and Monk. The average height is very high, which can be regarded as a big lineup!

Facing the five players who are physically stronger than him, Beverly is very helpless. It is difficult for him to get cheap in front of such a large lineup.

In desperation, Beverly turned around and handed the ball to Edwards, the core inside and outside of the team.

Edwards was being defended by James at this time. After receiving the ball, Edwards did not choose singles for the first time, but directed his teammates to run.

Facing the man-to-man defense of the Lakers, in order to free up shooting space, the Timberwolves conducted a lot of off-ball pick-and-rolls. Russell used the off-ball screens of teammates Beverly and Towns to move quickly on the court.

The average defensive ability of the Lakers lineup is good, and the insiders are not afraid of being pulled out by the guards to play on the roster. Therefore, the Lakers adopted a strategy of unlimited defenses in the face of pick-and-rolls.

Once encountering a screen, switch defenses immediately. The Lakers switch defenses extremely fast. Russell flicked and moved on the court many times without getting an open shot!
As long as Russell passes the pick-and-roll of his teammates, the Lakers will immediately have a new defender to follow him, sticking to him tightly, and Russell has nothing to do.

Edwards is holding the ball at the top of the three-point arc at this time. At this time, most of the attack time has passed, and teammate Russell has been unable to run out of space. Edwards decided to attack this ball by himself!

Facing James' strict defense, Edwards hastily called a pick-and-roll, but facing Edwards' pick-and-roll, the Lakers did not switch defenses. Instead, they chose not to switch defenses and weak delays. This defensive strategy gave Edwards Some shots.

The Lakers' defensive strategy this time is different from the strategy of defending Russell just now. Facing the weak delay of the Lakers, Edwards didn't react for a while, so he missed the shot!

When he reacted, the defender in front of him became James again. At this time, the offensive time was running out, and there was no time for Edwards to call the pick-and-roll!
He has to make a decision!
Edwards also realized this. After briefly observing James' defensive position, he decisively chose to attack James' front foot!
Edwards' breakthrough was fast and threatening, and James couldn't help but take a step back.

And it was this step that allowed Edwards to find the shooting space, and quickly exerted force on his front foot, connecting with a retreat step to shoot!

Got it!

Edwards said silently in his heart, Edwards shot this ball very comfortably, with a standard posture and a very positive touch!
But suddenly, a big hand appeared in Edwards' sight, and it slapped the basketball hard!
It was James!
Although he was swayed by a small step, relying on his historical physical fitness and explosive bullet speed, James took off and blocked this shot!

Originally, Edwards was sure of the ball, but now it was suddenly blocked by James, and Edwards was a little confused when he didn't expect it.

At this time, the basketball was moving towards the Timberwolves' backcourt after being blocked by James.

Beverly, who was on the bottom line on the right, looked at Edwards with a confused face, and quickly yelled to remind him: "Hey, go chase the ball, go chase the ball!!!"

Hearing the voice of his teammate Beverly, Edwards reacted, and quickly turned around and ran towards the backcourt.

But his reaction was still a step slow!
Just as Edwards was about to turn around, James swished past Edwards.

James' fast break was very fast. After catching up with the ball quickly, he picked up the ball and started a dunk! !

Edwards, who reacted half a beat slower, naturally couldn't catch up with James, so he could only watch James score two points!
"Oh! It seems that the Lakers' adjustment strategy was very successful. After returning from the timeout, they only used 3 offensive rounds to equalize the point difference!"

"You're right, man, it's unbelievable. After the timeout, the Timberwolves are restricted on both ends of the offense and defense. I think their head coach Chris Finch may have to make adjustments!"

The fact is, as the two commentators on the technical desk said, the Lakers tied the point difference in less than 2 minutes of game time, which shocked the Timberwolves coach!
But at this time, there is only about 1 minute left before the end of the first quarter, and it is not worth calling another timeout. Chris Finch can only order the Timberwolves players to slow down the game rhythm from the sidelines!
It happened to be the Timberwolves offensive round at this time. The Timberwolves players received the instructions from the head coach and slowly lowered the tempo. The attack time was 24 seconds. The Timberwolves players pressed the time to only 5 seconds before handing the ball to the insider. downs.

Downs punched Deckard with his back. Downs originally wanted to rely on his physical advantage to get in, but who knew that Deckard's lower body was so strong that Downs couldn't get in at all!

You know, Dyke can fight the fat tiger Zion in the low position, and the strength of the foot is naturally worthy of Downs. The offensive time is about to run out, and Downs has no time to make moves. In desperation, he just Can choose to turn over and fade away!

However, Towns' shooting touch is extremely soft, and this turnaround jumper finally hit the basket!

Towns hit 2 points to stop the Timberwolves from bleeding slightly!

The ball returned to James' hands. James held the ball and pushed forward. At this time, there were more than 40 seconds left before the end of the first quarter. James was going to play faster and wanted to grab a goal. In this case, the Lakers The team will have another chance to attack at the end of the festival!
Beverly also guessed what James was thinking. When James walked beyond the three-point line, Beverly quickly stuck up, his hands constantly interfering with James' dribbling.

James, who already had a relatively high center of gravity, was suddenly taken out by Beverly, and he staggered a bit while dribbling.

After adjusting the dribbling rhythm for a while, James headed Beverly into the inside again.

Beverly looked up at the timer. At this time, there are 32 seconds before the end of the first quarter, which means that even if the Timberwolves' offensive round consumes 24 seconds, the Lakers still have 8 seconds to attack. time!

8 seconds, for an NBA-level team, is enough to complete an offense!
Of course, Beverly didn't want to let the Lakers get another offensive round, so he quickly exerted his strength and pressed against James. At the same time, he increased the strength of his hands and tried his best to interfere with James' dribble!

I saw Beverly flicking his right hand from bottom to top, and when he touched the ball, he also hit James hard in the face!
The referee's whistle also sounded with this action: "Beep beep, personal foul!!"

Beverly, who heard the referee's whistle, put his head in his hands in disbelief. He felt that he just got the ball from James, and there was no foul action.

In addition, I have committed two fouls before, if this foul is implemented again, it will be three fouls in one quarter!
This means that at least the next two quarters of the game will have nothing to do with Beverly!

Thinking of this, Beverly felt even more impatient, and he hurried to the referee to explain to the referee.