Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 31 31. An adult's despair is only a moment
After returning from the second half, the Kings took the lead in making adjustments on the offensive end.

Before the Princeton Kings, Chris Webber stood at the free throw line to support, and then others used a lot of off-ball pick-and-rolls to take care of air cuts and find positions to catch and shoot.

However, due to the special defensive style of the Timberwolves in this game, the Kings could not play an effective Princeton at all, so Adelman took the initiative to adjust his position in the second half.

The person who should have stood at the free throw line changed from Weber to Peja, and Weber changed to playing off the ball, acting as an air cut and secondary organizer.

Although Adelman's adjustment is just to swap the positions of Peja and Chris Webber, there is not much change to the overall running route.

But Peja is one of the best pitchers in NBA history, and the Timberwolves really dare not let Peja shoot from the mid-range position.

At least when Luke sat off the court and saw the king's adjustments, he was obviously hesitant, as if he was thinking about something.

But while Luke was still in a state of thinking, Peja had already completed a shot from the mid-range position.

And the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and hit the net, helping the Kings to score the first goal of the second half.

After scoring the goal, Peja's face remained unchanged. After all, for Peja, this kind of open mid-range shot is like sending points.

Seeing that Peja made a shot, Chris Webber became more interested, and the whole person seemed a little excited. Those who didn't know might think that the ball was made by Weber.

"As I said, you will definitely pay the price. If you have the guts, you will always be like this. I hope you can still laugh." Looking at Garnett viciously, Weber's behavior and expression are simply the words of a villain. displayed to the extreme.

"If I were a fan, I would definitely think that you made the shot." Garnett looked at Webber with a look like a fool, and Garnett was too lazy to complain.

Next, the Kings have maintained this style of play on the offensive end. Peja will replace Webber at the mid-range position. Peja has a high shooting percentage.

However, after the Kings scored the first field goal in the second half, Luke stood up and gestured for the Timberwolves to change their strategy.

When Peja stood in the middle distance and continued to receive the ball, the Timberwolves directly put pressure on him, and started to rotate according to the normal second and third defenses, and no longer let Peja shoot from that position.

Faced with this situation on the court, Adelman obviously explained something during the intermission, so Peja did not hesitate too much, and directly began to cooperate with his teammates again in Princeton.

But in the Princeton tactics played by the Kings, Peja originally played the role of a shooter.

In other words, Peja will go through a series of off-ball pick-and-rolls, and finally pull outside the three-point line to find opportunities.

But now that Peja is standing at the free throw line as the supporting axis, Weber seems somewhat awkward in this tactic.

Especially when Weber successfully ran out of the three-point line to receive a pass from Peja, Weber, who was standing outside the three-point line, was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether he should shoot the ball or not.

Although Webber's three-point shooting percentage can reach 34% this season, Weber's average number of shots outside the three-point line is only 0.6 times per game.

Weber has the ability to shoot from beyond the three-point line, but under normal circumstances the three-point line is not Weber's shooting hotspot.

From this position, Webber will only force a shot when he is open.

But the opportunity has come, and Webb, standing outside the three-point line, hesitated a little, and still raised his hand to shoot the three-pointer.

"boom!"

As the sound of the basketball hitting the iron came out, Garnett, who received the backboard, couldn't help laughing. The look he looked at Webb from the air seemed to be looking at garbage.

Sensing Garnett's gaze, Weber couldn't help but stare back, and then cursed in a low voice: "Fuck!"

Although Adelman's adjustment throughout the third quarter made the Timberwolves hesitate a little at the beginning, when Luke reminded them off the court, the Timberwolves quickly adapted to the game again.

From letting Webber shoot in the middle distance, it has now become close to Peja for the first time, and then observe Webber's position, and let him shoot in other places.

All in all, the Timberwolves have only one defensive purpose, which is to let Webb shoot in the middle and long range.

Regardless of whether Weber is the supporter standing at the free throw line or the finisher who uses the off-ball pick-and-roll to run out of opportunities, as long as Weber is not cutting to the basket, the Timberwolves will rotate for Weber at this point.

This cruel fact made Chris Webber feel insulted. In his 11-year career, Webber has never felt as aggrieved as he is today.

This feeling of being shot by the Timberwolves wherever he goes is really bad. Even if Webber scored 22 points in the half, the fact that the team was so far behind and the insult that Weber felt really made Weber happy. Can't get up.

With Luke's targeted "shooting tactics", Weber scored 10 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, but at the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves still held a 10-point lead, allowing the Kings to only catch up in the third quarter. Back to a mere difference.

"I'm really fed up, these bastards!" Angrily crushing the water bottle, Weber only felt that he was on the verge of collapse.

In his 11-year professional career, Webber has been beaten countless times in matchups. In last year's playoffs, Garnett even pushed him to the ground and frantically rubbed against him.

But Weber has never hated a game like he did today, and now Weber just wants to end this game quickly, and then never meet that lunatic Luke again in his life!
Yes, that is crazy!
No normal person can think of such a disgusting way, at least this is the most disgusting game Chris Webber has encountered in his 11-year career.

Even this game made Chris Webber yearn for the past for the first time. If it wasn't for the injury that caused his hand to decline, Weber really wanted to humiliate Luke with his shooting.

But now, Webber, who scored 32 points in three quarters, only feels that he is the one being humiliated, especially every time he makes a shot, Weber feels that others are laughing at him!

In the last quarter, Chris Webber, whose mentality was already on the verge of collapse, couldn't bear it.

After receiving the ball at the mid-range position, even though the Minnesota's inside line was a solid wall, Weber resolutely held the ball and rushed to the basket.

It's just that he would rather use his body to win fouls, would rather challenge Garnett's defensive authority, and do not want to continue to be taken by the Timberwolves at the mid-range position.

Chris Webber faced up to the difficulties like a hero in the last quarter, which directly moved the Kings fans at home.

This kind of suicidal attack, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, and walking toward the tigers, is like moths flying into the flames. People haven't seen it in Weber's body for many years.

However, when more and more fans started to stand up and shouted to support Webber, the scene of being directly slapped to the ground by Garnett's big hat made the king's home court become silent in an instant.

And the air was full of embarrassment, even the commentator who was excited a second ago felt embarrassed and wanted to shit.

Being knocked to the ground by Garnett's head-on hot pot, Weber lay on the ground straight.

The whole person didn't get up in a fit of anger to fight Garnett. Instead, he looked at the sky above the arena very calmly, with despair in his eyes.

Weber knew that today's game would definitely become his laughing stock. After this game, he would no longer be the top four forwards in the league, but the top four jokes in the league.

This deep sense of desperation never occurred even when Garnett pressed him to the ground in the playoffs last year.

At this moment, Weber just wanted to find a quiet place to stay alone, and he just wanted to let this terrible game end quickly.

Lying on the ground, watching Garnett, who had just capped himself, growling in the sky not far away, Weber really wanted to slap him in the face.

But the last sliver of reason told Weber that it must not be like this, otherwise it would not be as simple as losing a game.

Losing fans can accept it, and losing fans can also accept it, but losing and losing fans will definitely not accept it!
In the next period of time, Weber became unmotivated on the court, even in the face of open opportunities, he became indifferent.

It wasn't until the game went on for more than two minutes that Weber intentionally took a foul, making the game enter a dead ball stage, and then actively signaled Adelman to replace him, apparently because he didn't want to continue the game.

Of course, Adelman didn't want to accept Chris Webber's behavior. After all, the game was not over yet, and they trailed by 14 points in half a quarter. In theory, the Kings still have a chance to come back.

But when Adelman saw that Webber covered his face with a towel and sat there without saying a word, Adelman could only sigh helplessly, took advantage of the opportunity to replace all the main players, and announced the game in advance Enter garbage time.

With Adelman's initiative to show weakness, Luke did not kill them all. After 2 minutes, Luke took the initiative to call a timeout, officially announcing the end of the game.

"duo~"

Until the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the Timberwolves finally defeated the Kings in a way that people did not expect, and sent a surprise in the nationally broadcast Christmas game.

Throughout the game, Garnett and Szczerbiak performed the best on the Timberwolves side.

其中加内特贡献出24分16篮板3助攻1抢断以及2次封盖，斯泽比亚克则为31分6篮板4助攻。

The 31 points in a single game not only created a new high for Szczerbiak in a single game this season, but his 78.6% field goal percentage was also shocking.

Facing Peja with average defensive ability, Szczerbiak dreamed of returning to his peak in this game. With his outstanding personal performance, he helped the Timberwolves win this high-profile Christmas game.

For the Kings, even though Chris Webber scored a season-high 36 points in this game, Weber became the loser on the field.

Especially in terms of mentality, I'm afraid Weber's mentality has exploded. If he meets this Timberwolves again in the future, I don't know if Weber will leave a shadow.

In addition, Chris Webber left the field early with more than 30 seconds before the end of the game, and even covered his head with a towel when passing the player channel.

In addition to making the home fans feel helpless, this appearance also feels a little sad.

I think Chris Webber was also one of the four forwards who were on equal footing with Duncan, Garnett and Rasheed Wallace back then.

But now Garnett and Duncan are gradually dominating the league, and "Roaring God" Wallace also helped the Pistons just win the championship.

Among the former four forwards in the league, only Chris Webber was so miserable. When the other three were in full swing, Webber could only hide in Saramento and walk down the altar, watching himself and the other three Lopsided.

I am afraid that in a few years, when people mention the name of Chris Webber again, they will only leave a sad and ridiculous sentence: "The king of that branch was the strongest uncrowned king..."

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