Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 118 118. Against Bogut

After the game started, the Timberwolves got the ball first.

The Bucks' starting lineup for this game is: TJ Ford, Michael Reed, Bobby Simmons, Joe Smith, and Bogut.

The Timberwolves are still the same: "Glove" Payton, Madman, Szczerbiak, Garnett, and Magloire.

It can be seen from the starting lineup that the Timberwolves have a huge advantage in this matchup. In the entire Bucks team, only star Michael Reed can score an average of 25 points per game, and no one else has scored more than 13 points.

However, Michael Reed is not an excellent team leader. Compared with other stars, Reid is a pure court scorer.

This kind of player's offensive firepower is more terrifying than Jordan's. But in Luke's eyes, a player like Reid with a single scoring method is easier to target.

The Timberwolves have a historical blocker like "Glove" Payton on the defense line. As long as Luke doesn't want to give Reed an offensive environment, Reed can only score as much as possible on the court with his touch.

As soon as they came up, the Timberwolves changed their normality. They neither used the madman to launch an offense nor played the team's best horn tactics. Instead, they directly handed the ball to the low-post Magloire to play singles at the basket.

The Timberwolves' offensive choice made Bucks head coach Stotts a little dazed off the court. He obviously didn't expect the Timberwolves to not follow the routine and use Magloire, who usually only played a supporting role, to take the lead in attacking.

Magloire has never been an excellent basket ruler in his career, but Magloire's signature face-up singles are definitely a guarantee for him to be selected as an All-Star that year.

Facing Bogut, a rookie who has just entered the league, Magloire still has great personal advantages, especially in terms of footwork and lateral speed, which Bogut can't match even if he flatters him.

Facing Bogut with the ball, Magloire accelerated and attacked the basket from the right side. His body was close to Bogut and did not give the opponent space to take off. He raised his right hand lightly, and the basketball hit the net in response, completing a wonderful individual singles.

From the very beginning, Magloire played very strongly. Not only did the Bucks head coach Stotts feel confused by the aura on the offensive end, even Bogut did not expect this guy to play so viciously.

Before the game, Stotts arranged a variety of defensive methods for the Timberwolves' offensive habits, but none of them had the option for Magloire to become the main attack point.

Seeing Magloire's determined face on the field, Stotts only felt that things were not that simple.

There must be a demon in everything that happens, but Stotts almost frowned and couldn't think of what kind of medicine was sold in Luke's gourd.

Now Stotts can only take one step at a time to see what the Timberwolves are planning on the court.

Speaking of the coach Stotts, most fans are relatively unfamiliar, but in his previous life, Stotts has been coaching the Portland Trail Blazers since [-].

He can be regarded as Lillard's mentor, and he has single-handedly trained Lillard and McCollum into one of the league's strongest offensive backcourt combinations.

Stotts makes good use of guards. This is something Luke knows very well, which is why Michael Reed can score a career-high 25.4 points this season.

The Bucks attacked, facing the Timberwolves' defense like an iron wall, Michael Reed struggled to complete the shot from the middle distance.

"boom!"

Using his strength to hold on to Bogut, the useless dog, Magloire protected the backcourt rebound on Bogut's head, and completely lost Bogut's position.

On the offensive end, the Timberwolves continued to feed the ball to Magloire in the low post. This time, the face-up Magloire directly used the impact to hit Bogut hard.

While the huge ball-holding impact pushed Bogut almost out of the baseline, Magloire turned around and immediately sent a two-handed dunk!
After landing, Magloire turned his head and glanced at Bogut who was full of dissatisfaction.

I don't know if it's Bogut's illusion, but Bogut seems to see pity and sympathy from this guy's eyes.

"???"

This look was a bit inexplicable, and Bogut looked uncomfortable, as if he was a pitiful stray dog ​​in his eyes.

"I advise you to put away this look, I don't like your look!" When attacking, Bogut pretended to be fierce and said.

Seeing Bogut's incompetence and rage, the good-natured Magloire just shook his head: "I advise you to speak more while you can still speak."

For the next period of time, the Timberwolves' offensive focus is very clear. As long as the team falls into a positional battle, Payton will do everything possible to hand the ball to Magloire to single out Bogut, a useless wood.

After the frontal confrontation, he dunked from the other person and used his footsteps to sway Bogut's turn and throw. Magloire hit Bogut to two fouls in just 4 minutes.

Bogut, who had two offenses on his back, was so angry that he kept complaining to the referee, and even the eyes he looked at Magloire gradually began to resent.

If the opposing team wasn't the Timberwolves, who were full of evil, Bogut would have been unable to hold back a series of trash talk and started spraying people.

But the Timberwolves team really made Bogut afraid. Although Bogut just entered the league this year, the notoriety of the Timberwolves has long spread throughout the American basketball circle.

Especially this summer, the "devil" Bill Lambert joined as an assistant coach. As long as the Timberwolves are not bullying too much, there is really no player in the league today who dares to take the initiative to provoke the Timberwolves.

Even the lawless Spurs and Pistons last season gradually began to admit defeat.

When asked by the media about the topic of the Timberwolves, the two teams would talk about it, and they didn't dare to shout with the Timberwolves after the game.

I'm afraid that when the two teams play against each other, they will be slapped by the Timberwolves, and they will disappear from the championship list this season.

After the first quarter, the Timberwolves only led the Bucks by 4 points because the core of the Timberwolves' offense was on Magloire.

But Magloire scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks on Bogut's head.

Even Bogut was fouled three times in the first quarter, and his mentality began to explode after being beaten by the Timberwolves. After leaving the game, he threw the towel on the ground fiercely.

In the second quarter of the game, Bogut had committed three fouls, so Bogut sat off the court throughout the first half, and it was not until the second half that coach Stotts tried to bring Bogut back to the court.

Seeing that Bogut was back on the field, Luke also replaced Magloire as soon as possible, and continued to target Bogut on this point.

Two minutes later, Bogut, who had four fouls on his back, walked off the court cursingly during the dead ball stage, and it seemed that his verbal greetings to the Timberwolves had never stopped.

Looking at Bogut who was walking and cursing, Luke drew a sneer on the corner of his mouth, as if it was as chilling as an abyss.

"Coach, isn't it my turn for the second half?" Eddie Griffin licked his lips frantically, showing even more eagerness than Luke.

"Be careful, don't put yourself in it for too long for a dog." Luke's cold voice reached Eddie Griffin's ears, making Griffin's expression more and more perverted!
At the end of the half game, even though the Timberwolves' offensive focus of this game has changed, they still lead the Bucks by nine points with the team's excellent defensive ability.

(End of this chapter)