Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 15 15. Dangerous Luke, what is real cruelty!

With the targeted deployment of the Heat's offensive end, Luke had to call a timeout after only four minutes into the first quarter.

Because if Wade is allowed to play at this pace, then the Timberwolves are likely to lose to the Heat by double digits in the first quarter.

You know, the Timberwolves' defensive efficiency can be ranked among the top five in the league. It turned out that Wade broke through the defense alone in the first quarter when O'Neal hadn't exerted his strength. This is really a shame.

So at this time, Luke doesn't want to hold back any more. Luke wants Wade to see what real cruelty is!

"Listen, guys, next we're going to defend the zone on the court, yes, that's the set of positions we often use in training."

"Especially Latrell, you have been passed by Dwyane just now, he passed you as easily as crossing the road in the morning."

"If you want to get back some face, then I advise you to suppress your anger. I don't want to hear people say after the game that our winning methods are not glorious." "Sprewell, Luke continued holding the tactical board again.

"Latrier, when you return to the court, you can put Dwyane two steps away to defend."

"That's right, I just want to give him the chance to shoot open three-pointers. Even if he keeps shooting and making shots, he doesn't have to worry at all."

"Because I don't believe he's going to make that damn three."

"Attention, Kevin, after defending the zone defense, your mission will become very important. Whether the Heat will hand over the offense to Shaq or Dwyane next, your position will be the most important defense station bit."

"I hope you can destroy the Heat's offense like a beast. I think you don't want to hear that Shaq can hang you."

"So you know exactly what you should do." Looking at Kevin Garnett with a gloomy face, Luke seemed to add fuel to the fire.

"Lu, you don't need to provoke me on purpose. I think you should have thought of this method a long time ago, instead of just showing it now." Garnett, who was in a bad mood, bickered with head coach Luke every day.

"Very good, it's in this state. I hope your style of play on the court can be as tough as what you say in a while." Luke looked at Garnett with a sneer.

In fact, Luke's method is the zone defense used by the Detroit Pistons to beat the Heat in the normal historical trajectory.

It is to let Wade shoot from the outside, and then block all of Wade's breakthrough routes through zone defense.

At the same time, the inside twin towers can also attack O'Neal immediately after receiving the ball. In addition to the decline in the ability to defend outside the three-point line, this kind of zone defense is almost unsolvable.

And Luke also made some improvements to the defensive position that originally belonged to Larry Brown, integrating the tactical concept of the later Heat to defend the Bucks Antetokounmpo.

To sum up, this set of zone defense can limit the enemy's breakthrough and attack at the basket to the greatest extent. Although the defensive pressure on the outside line will be reduced appropriately, it is absolutely suitable for dealing with this Heat.

So Luke couldn't help but want to see what kind of expression Wade will show next.

After the timeout, the Timberwolves are still the same horned offense on the offensive end.

The advantage of the horns offense is that although the enemy coach can easily crack the theoretical structure of this tactic, the changes that the horns can bring are not inferior to Princeton.

That is to say, the opponent can study the next play line of Niujiao at most, but it is difficult to pinch the various changes of Niujiao's attack from the root.

Coupled with Garnett's pentathlon on the field at this point, this makes the Timberwolves' offensive methods even more unpredictable.

As Szczerbiak made a three-pointer from the bottom corner after receiving a pass from Cassel on the offensive end, the Timberwolves immediately retreated and completed the zone defense position on the defensive end.

Seeing the Timberwolves' defensive tactics changed after the timeout, Wade, who held the ball through the halfcourt, just smiled lightly, not paying attention to the Timberwolves' zone defense at all.

After all, last season, there were not ten or eight zone defenses that Wade passed through. Wade is really fearless about this kind of zone defense position.

However, when the madman's defensive end stood two steps away from Wade and made a defensive move, Wade, who was standing outside the three-point line with the ball, was stunned.

Even the first thought is to feel that the madman is humiliating himself?

Faced with this kind of humiliation, Wade couldn't help laughing angrily, and then combined the ball outside the three-point line, aimed at the basket, and shot.

"boom!"

However, the sound of shooting and hitting the iron made this picturesque scene somewhat embarrassing.

According to the position, Karl Malone stuck O'Neal tightly the first time Wade made a shot, and he didn't have the slightest intention to fight for rebounds.

It seems that Malone is planning to give up the jump by himself, but at the same time, it prevents O'Neal from taking off, which is a disgusting way of getting stuck.

Relying on Karl Malone's excellent positioning ability, Garnett received the backcourt rebound steadily. Before everyone in the Heat could react, Garnett, who received the backcourt rebound, tensed up all his muscles and threw it directly in the backcourt. There was a long pass.

Seeing Garnett's passing action, the Heat only reacted, but when Wade turned around and returned to the defense with all his strength, the madman rushing to the frontcourt had already caught the pass immediately.

Then facing the unguarded basket, there was a one-handed heavy dunk of Huashan style!
After landing, the excited "madman" vented the grievance in his heart by roaring, and when passing by Wade, the madman even whistled provocatively.

However, in the face of the madman's provocation, Wade endured it. This scene disappointed Luke on the sidelines, because Luke hoped that Wade would have a fight with the madman.

In this way, Luke has reason to teach Wade a lesson openly.

For the next period of time, the Timberwolves still kept this position on the defensive end. On the defensive end, Wade was kept two steps away to defend. After two consecutive three-pointers, Wade gave up shooting. It is the first iron inward line that begins to break through.

But since Luke can send out this set of zone defenses, he is naturally confident that he can limit Wade's breakthrough threat.

Especially with Garnett serving as the core of the defense, Luke has absolutely no reason to worry.

In the end, after several consecutive offensive rounds, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy had to call a timeout.

Because the Heat played too badly during this period, or the Timberwolves' defensive efficiency was so perfect that the Heat had no chance to score at all.

After the timeout, Stan Van Gundy began to shift the focus of offense to O'Neal. This change was completely within Luke's expectations.

So when the Heat began to let O'Neal act as the main attacker, the Timberwolves still defended in an orderly manner, and Garnett and Karl Malone kept pestering O'Neal.

Forcing O'Neal to hit the ball to the outside, unable to finish the offense comfortably.

The most important thing is that the Timberwolves' position can limit the offensive habits of both Wade and O'Neal at the same time. For the Heat, this is the worst thing.

And Luke caught Wade's lack of shooting ability, and O'Neal and O'Neal could only hit the basket. This defect caused the Heat to fall into a swamp step by step, and the situation on the court directly took a 180-degree reversal.

At the end of the half, the Timberwolves took an eight-point lead away from O'Neal and Wade with their excellent defense in the first half, ending the contest between the two sides in the first half.

"The opposite is a bunch of idiots! They don't dare to confront me head-on, so they can only use this opportunistic way to steal the victory. They are a group of idiots through and through."

"Don't let me find a chance, or I will make them pay the price, bang!" In the players' locker room, an angry Wade punched the locker.

Obviously, the way the Timberwolves defended in the first half made Wade uncomfortable, especially the guy's facial expression every time the Madman let him take a two-step shot. Wade couldn't help but want to smash the ball in his face.

"What a bunch of cunning guys, Stan, I think you should find a way, don't talk about Dwyane, even me."

"In the first half, I couldn't attack the basket comfortably. As soon as I got the ball, the opponent would jump on me like a mad dog, so I could only pass the ball to others."

"I'm really fed up with this kind of game, so do you have a way to break it?" Sitting on the changing bench, O'Neal's face was also a little gloomy.

Although O'Neal has seen all kinds of defensive methods throughout his career, this kind of targeted defense is definitely what O'Neal hates the most.

Even for the first time, O'Neill felt that the "shark hacking" incident was not as bad as he had imagined.

"Don't worry, I've already thought of a solution. Take a break first and recover your physical fitness. I'll discuss some details with the coaching staff." A drop of cold sweat fell from his forehead, and Stan Van Gundy replied calmly.

In fact, Stan Van Gundy has never thought of cracking Luke's offensive method at all, because the zone defense is different from the traditional zone defense, and the position and movement of the zone defense will be faster.

Especially when the Timberwolves still have Garnett as a defensive pillar, this makes Stan Van Gundy simply unable to think of a solution.

At least for a short period of time, Van Gundy only felt that his mind was blank.

This season is only Stan Van Gundy's second season in charge of the coach, but Van Gundy found that he seems to have encountered the biggest trouble since his coaching career.

After returning from the second half, Stan Van Gundy, who was obviously tough, really changed his offensive strategy.

It's just that the offensive strategy given by Van Gundy is to break the outside projection used in the second and third defenses. Strictly speaking, it means something is wrong.

Even though Luke's zone defense is also relatively limited in its ability to defend the outside line, compared to the slow-moving and more restricted two-three zone defense, Van Gundy wants to use outside shots to defeat the Timberwolves' defense. This is somewhat idiotic.

Throughout the third quarter, the Timberwolves' performance on both offense and defense remained stable.

On the other hand, on the Heat's side, after switching to an outside offense, O'Neal's sense of presence not only became lower, but the Heat's shooters also did not bring the Heat an advantage.

Even if the Heat and Jones jointly hit 5 three-pointers in the third quarter, at the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves still held a 9-point lead, and there were only 12 minutes left before winning the game.

In the last quarter, Van Gundy, whose three-point tactics failed to bring him an advantage, simply gave Wade and O'Neal the ball and began to fight.

And when two people have the ball, others will immediately pull to the weak side, leaving the strong side for the star to play one-on-one.

This is already the best way Van Gundy can think of at present.

However, although this simple and brainless method is easy to use, it is more or less a bit too brainless.

Especially when O'Neal's physical strength has been consumed for a full three quarters, Luke doesn't know how to evaluate Van Gundy's brain.

"duo~"

The whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the Timberwolves beat the Heat by 13 points away.

While improving the team's record to 12 wins and 1 loss, he also personally ended the Heat's six-game winning streak and won the league's top strong dialogue!
Throughout the game, Garnett, who is the core figure of the zone defense, made a huge contribution on the defensive end.

If it weren't for Garnett, it would be difficult for the Timberwolves to limit the Heat in a real sense with this defensive position.

面对还没有晋升为“哈队”的哈斯勒姆，加内特全场斩获下19分14篮板4助攻6抢断以及2次封盖。

Although the offensive data of the whole person is average, Garnett's role on the defensive end is absolutely irreplaceable.

It can even be said to be the biggest contributor to the Timberwolves' ability to win this game, and there is absolutely no one!

In addition, the "madman" Sprewell, who was angered by Wade in the first quarter, also ushered in an explosion in the last three quarters.

全场比赛狂人在进攻端16投9中，其中三分线外5中2，罚球线上7中5，一身火气的砍下25分4篮板2助攻以及1次抢断。

In terms of other people, Karl Malone and "Sugar Man" Olowokandi, who have been defending against O'Neal on the defensive end, also worked very hard and made great contributions to the victory of this game.

In the end, Hudson on the bench scored 16 points and 3 assists like a convulsion, which became an important factor for the Timberwolves to beat the Heat by double digits in the away game.

For this victory, in Luke's view, Garnett is definitely the biggest contributor. But having said that, every victory in the game is the result of everyone's unity.

So in the press conference after the game, Luke praised the players of the team for the first time.

Since coaching the Timberwolves, it was the first time in public that he expressed his satisfaction with the team's game performance, and it was even the first time he smiled in front of the media.

Because before that, when Luke was interviewed by the media, he either had a violent face or a murderous look.

But relatively speaking, the media still felt that the smiling Luke would become more dangerous. Of course, this danger refers to the opponents facing the Timberwolves.

Just like Wade, who just couldn't help kicking over the trash can when he left the field, the reporter is eager to interview Wade on how he feels.

Similarly, I would also like to interview Wade about whether he enjoyed the game!

　The big chapter is here, and I haven’t eaten until now, so I hurried to take a bite of the meal, after all, there is still a book I haven’t written.

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