Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 35. Chapter 35
The reason why Luke was able to watch Parker fight endlessly against Cassel, but still sit on the sidelines indifferently, is that he has accurately grasped the Spurs' offensive focus.

The player facing Duncan in this game is Garnett, so Duncan has no advantage in one-on-one, at most he can only make some mid-range shots from the outside.

And when Luke insists on man-to-man, Garnett's excellent defensive awareness can immediately block the breakthrough route of Parker and Ginobili.

In this way, Parker can only make some pick-and-roll pull-up jumpers or projectiles in the middle distance.

The Spurs are a team with very strong tactical execution. Popovich rarely relies on stars to play singles on the offensive end.

As for what Luke is doing now, he is destroying the original offensive system of the Spurs, so that Parker has to fall into more individual singles.

As early as when Luke didn't intend to defend the zone defense, Luke knew that Cassel would definitely be overwhelmed by Parker.

Even Luke can't do anything about this, the current speed gap between the two is too obvious.

Since he was unable to remedy it, Luke simply threw out Cassel's point as a bait.

Cassie formed a state of isolation and helplessness on the field, forcing Parker to play more one-on-one singles, making the Spurs unable to play teamwork on the offensive end, which invisibly weakened the sense of participation of the other four Spurs. .

To be precise, Luke's arrangement can no longer be called a conspiracy, because it is completely a conspiracy.

If the Spurs want to continue to play as a team on the offensive end, then Cassell is truly escaped at this point, otherwise, even if Cassell is a few years younger, he will definitely not be able to guard Parker.

What's more, Parker's main scoring method this season comes from layups after breakthroughs and throws during the run.

Although the mid-range position is in Parker's shooting hotspot, it is the least efficient of all Parker's offensive methods.

Knowing this well, Luke naturally wouldn't let it go, and directly pushed Cassel out as a bait, transferring this problem that belonged to the Timberwolves to the Spurs, and let the Spurs measure the gains and losses by themselves.

Throughout the first quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two teams was not very high. The Spurs were originally one of the best defensive teams in the league today, and there were no obvious defensive loopholes in the starting five points.

Even Tony Parker, who has the worst defensive ability, has a height of 1.8 meters [-], which makes it impossible for Cassel to use his height advantage to turn his back to complete the strong attack.

As for the madman, Bruce Bowen took care of it all the way, making it difficult for the madman to play an efficient offensive level.

Therefore, the Timberwolves' offensive focus in the first quarter shifted to Nehbar instead. Nehbar and Garnett have been playing and cooperating, frequently pulling between inside and outside.

And Nehbar also hit two three-pointers on Ginobili's head in the first quarter, helping the Timberwolves maintain the lead in this constipation battle.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides played a low-efficiency score of 19:17, and the Timberwolves temporarily took the lead with a slight advantage of two points.

It is worth mentioning that although Bruce Bowen's defensive strength in the first quarter was not low, his defensive actions were very restrained, as if he did not intend to tear his face with the Timberwolves.

Seeing this scene, Luke, who was sitting off the court, smiled disdainfully, feeling sad for Bruce Bowen's bullying behavior.

It's also a pity that I can't find a chance to teach Bruce Bowen a lesson. After all, before Bogut's sudden rise, Bowen has always been a dirty dog ​​that everyone can punish.

"The defensive intensity given by both sides in this game was huge, which also led to the Timberwolves and Spurs failing to score more than 20 points in the first quarter."

"Especially the Spurs, who can limit the Timberwolves' scoring in a single quarter to less than 20 points, this defense is really suffocating."

"The Timberwolves are the team with the third highest scoring average per game this season. It is definitely not easy to limit the Timberwolves' offense." During the rest period after the first quarter, the commentator Konifleck said.

"Yes, the Spurs' defensive ability is indeed the top in the league, but in this game, I think the Timberwolves are the team that played better."

"Even though the Timberwolves' offensive scoring in the first quarter was far below the season average, the Timberwolves undoubtedly did a better job of finding holes in the Spurs' defense."

"Especially Bokey, I was shocked by his calmness in the first quarter. It's hard to imagine that this is a rookie who has just stepped into the league." Partner Tom Horvath spread his hands helplessly, as if he couldn't understand Nehbar at all. calm down.

Back in the second quarter, the two sides replaced the bench lineup to compete. The Spurs are definitely not as good as the Timberwolves in terms of lineup depth, especially since the Timberwolves just traded for "Penny" Hardaway, the Timberwolves' second lineup is infinitely close to perfection.

However, the Spurs are a team with very strong tactical execution. Sometimes the Spurs' bench lineup cannot be judged from a conventional perspective, because people cannot predict who can become the fourth player to stand out besides the troika.

Since Szczerbiak was placed on the bench by head coach Luke in this game, the Timberwolves' rotation in the second team is luxurious.

Hudson, Hardaway, Szczerbiak, Griffin, and Divac, as well as the "three-point king" Hoiberg sitting on the bench, etc.

On the offensive end, Hardaway's excellent organizational skills fully assumed the heavy responsibility of Nehbar.

Facing Brent Barry, Hardaway and Griffin continued to play pick-and-rolls at high positions to create opportunities through pick-and-rolls.

Coupled with the fact that Szczerbiak is like a nuclear weapon in the second team, it makes it difficult for the Spurs to gain an advantage in this period.

The most is to delay the score and ensure that the Timberwolves will not further increase the score.

As Robert Horry missed a three-pointer on the offensive end, Hudson, who rushed to grab the backcourt rebound, immediately held the ball and pushed for a counterattack.

Since all the players from both sides went to the basket, and Hudson grabbed another long rebound that jumped out of the basket, only Horry and Malik Rose were the only ones who reacted and retreated from the Spurs.

But the movement speed of these two strikers is naturally not as agile as Hudson, especially when Hudson passed Malik Rose who was about to steal the ball with one step, the only one standing in front of Hudson was Robert Horry.

However, just as Hudson was sprinting with all his strength and was about to complete the pass beside Horry, Horry suddenly shot Hudson, pushing Hudson directly out of the sideline, and hit the billboard on the sidelines heavily. superior.

Robert Horry used a lot of strength, coupled with Hudson's unreserved all-out sprint, Hudson was completely off balance.

Hudson obviously didn't feel well after the fall. He lay on the ground covering his right shoulder, as if he was in great pain.

After this scene happened, Robert Horry raised his right hand high and looked at Hudson who was lying on the ground in great pain but smiled.

Horry's entire career has not been a good one, and similar malicious fouls will come every few games.

And Horry has no psychological burden for this kind of bad behavior, because Popovich asked him to do these things on weekdays.

Seeing his teammate Hudson lying on the ground in pain, Griffin rushed from the backcourt immediately, using the inertia of sprinting to push directly on Horry's chest, pushing Horry back and forth. , and finally one of them lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Griffin, who pushed Horry to the ground, didn't seem to be able to vent his anger. Before Horry got up, Griffin rushed up again, and kept hitting Horry's door with his fists.

Since Horry failed to get up in time after being knocked down, when Griffin rushed in front of him, Horry could only lie on the ground and kept covering his head. Griffin confronts.

This scene on the field quickly attracted the attention of others, and everyone ran to this side immediately. The referee and teammates stepped forward to fight, but the angry Griffin continued to swing his fists again and again despite the pull of the crowd. on Horry.

Until more and more people poured into the arena and pulled the two apart, Griffin still looked at Horry fiercely, and the growl in his mouth never stopped.

As a player who was accompanied by drugs all the year round and died young in his 20s, Griffin's tendency to violence is much higher than that of a madman.

Especially when his good friend Hudson was deliberately criminalized by Horry, Horry should be thankful that this is the arena, otherwise Griffin would definitely kill this guy.

However, when Griffin was pulled away by a group of people, Horry, who stood up, suddenly gained momentum, and kept moving towards Griffin under the pull of the crowd, still shouting all the time. It is as fierce as it wants to be.

I'm afraid those who don't know may think that it was Griffin who was lying on the ground and being beaten all the time.

"let me go!"

"Get out of here!"

"You bastard, I will make you regret coming to this world!" Seeing Robert Horry's domineering look, Griffin pointed at Horry and roared angrily.

　Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket, ask for support, thanks for the third brother!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)