Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 90 90. The madman whose scales were touched! (7.6K words, three in one chapter, please subscribe)
On June 6, local time in the United States, the first game of the finals between the Timberwolves and the Heat officially started.

"I hope that this round of the series the Timberwolves can use regular means to win the game, instead of just being opportunistic like a softie."

"The Timberwolves are an overrated team. This team will always use some despicable means to win the game on the court."

"Even if the Timberwolves finally win the championship trophy, it will be the worst championship in NBA history!"

"Of course, the Timberwolves will never win the championship on my head this season!" In an interview with the media before the game, Heat star "The Flash" Wade said eccentrically.

Wade felt a little conflicted about facing the Timberwolves in the finals. It wasn't that Wade was concerned about the violent methods of the Timberwolves on the field. In fact, the Heat had Mourning, Kenyon During and Shanton Anderson at the same time. Wade is really not afraid of the Heat blowing the floor.

Especially Trenton Hassel and Eddie Griffin are both unable to play, the Heat are more like that bully team in front of the Timberwolves!
It's just that Wade felt ashamed of the way the Timberwolves treated Wade in the two regular season games. On the defensive end, Wade was allowed two steps away to shoot a three-pointer. De launched a pincer attack.

This kind of defense made Wade start to collapse for a while. In the two games, Wade only scored 27 points in total, and his shooting percentage was only a poor 31.2%. This made Wade see the Timberwolves as anxious as seeing the devil.

And Wade reprimanded the Timberwolves as a softie more than once in front of the media. He would only use this opportunistic way to limit his offensive efficiency on the court, and he did not dare to confront him head-on.

今年季后赛截止到目前，韦德场均可以砍下28分6篮板6助攻1抢断以及1次封盖的全面数据，且在每场出手达到20次的情况下，投篮命中率仍然高达48.3%。

Wade's breakthrough is definitely a must in the league, especially the only lost step in the league, which allows the Flash to come and go freely, ignoring the enemy's inside defense as nothing.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Wade is the best player in the league today to break through with the ball. After all, the era of Allen Iverson has passed, and Wade is gradually taking over the banner of breakthrough points.

However, the "Flash" Wade, who is almost incomprehensible on the offensive end, only made a poor 10% of his three-pointers in this year's playoffs. That's right, exactly 10%!

According to the data, Wade can only hit 0.1 three-pointers per game, and he still shoots when the opponent lets him shoot. In addition, Wade's shooting hotspots are all concentrated in the basket and the middle distance on both sides. jump shot.

Therefore, the defensive method Wade hates the most is that the enemy players let him shoot. As for the most hated team, it is naturally the current Timberwolves, because this defensive method is the first of its kind in this season!
Since the Timberwolves used this method to limit Wade in the regular season, the defense Wade faced has gradually changed from double-teaming to letting him open shots, which made Wade's teeth itch.

Even though Wade worked hard on three-point shooting with the help of trainers in the second half of the season, Wade's shooting effect was still not ideal in actual combat, and even because he invested too much energy on three-point shooting, he delayed his original goal. training plan.

And it is the Timberwolves team, and it is the Timberwolves' head coach, Luke, that has created all this!

If someone interviews Wade, who is the person he hates the most in the current league, then this person is definitely Luke!

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The Timberwolves naturally heard Wade's pre-match remarks, but the Timberwolves treat Wade as ridiculously as they treat a clown.

Especially "Madman" Sprewell looks down on Wade from the bottom of his heart, which is no secret in the entire league.

Even "Madman" made an appointment with Wade in the air before, saying that it was a man who moved his fist on the court, but it turned out that the person who replaced Wade was "former league top gangster" Shanton Anderson.

This also made the straightforward madman look down on Wade even more. Since then, whenever he faced the Heat, the madman was as passionate as a stimulant on the offensive end, and he could always perform above his season average.

People have long been used to Wade's complaints in the air. After all, every time before playing against the Timberwolves, Wade would complain endlessly like a bitter woman.

And every time he said such a few words, it made the "madman" disdain to argue with this kind of person.

It is worth mentioning that when ESPN ranked Wade among the top five players in the league at the time, the "madman" satirized ESPN on the Internet, saying that ESPN was really blind, and even a resentful woman It is an insult to other players to be ranked in the top five in the league!

From this point, it is not difficult to see that Wade and the "madman" look down on each other. Wade satirizes that the madman dare not confront him head-on, and can only deal with him in this opportunistic way on the court.

The madman ridiculed Wade, a guy who can't even shoot, would only complain after the game. If he was a few years younger, he would definitely discount Wade's dog legs on the court!
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"This game is the first game of the Finals. We have worked hard all season for today!"

"I hope everyone can go all out and don't have any pressure. We want to step on the Timberwolves and tell others who is the strongest team in the league!"

Before the game, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy loudly encouraged the players, but the mustache and his fat and bloated figure made Van Gundy look as ridiculous as the translator next to the Royals.

As one of Riley's outer disciples, Stan Van Gundy has continued Riley's fine tradition of reusing center forwards, but compared to Riley, Stan Van Gundy lacks a lot of ruthlessness and has more. Indecision is the coach's most taboo.

This season is the second season of Stan Van Gundy's coaching career. Thanks to Toluke, Van Gundy led the Heat to the No. [-] record in the Eastern Conference, and also made it to the Finals early without any risk. This is an intermittent change of track.

Originally, Stan Van Gundy didn't want to be an enemy of Luke. Although Luke was relatively young, Stan Van Gundy felt dangerous because of Luke's fierceness.

But in the first round of the playoffs, Luke personally led the team to eliminate the Rockets led by his younger brother Jeff Van Gundy ruthlessly, and kicked Jeff out of get out of class without any grievances or signs, which made Stan Van Gundy dissatisfied.

Especially Jeff Van Gundy still hasn't figured out when he offended Luke and why Luke had to beat him out of class.

This incident made Jeff Van Gundy very depressed, and he was even more resentful towards Luke. He thought that Luke was defiant because of the excellent lineup of the Timberwolves, which was really a scourge in the coaching world.

In the finals, the Heat led by Stan Van Gundy are facing the Timberwolves. If the Heat can eliminate the Timberwolves and win the championship, Luke's reputation will inevitably be questioned, and Jeff Van Gundy will be able to express his anger.

What NBA fans like to do most is to add insult to injury. With Luke in full swing, people can only criticize Luke with the violence on the field.

But when Luke falls from a height, Luke will definitely be drowned by the drool of the outside world!

"I will definitely eliminate these guys with my own hands, and let them know that strength will always speak for themselves on the field!" Wade looked firmly in the direction of the Timberwolves.

"In this round of the series, you just need to play hard, and leave the rest to me. If the Timberwolves still want to play tricks, I don't mind letting them leave the court crying!" Shanton Anderson raised his eyebrows with a ruffian look.

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"John, don't be nervous. The coach must entrust you with such an important task because of trust. Don't think about it after playing. Dwyane is a waste. He is not as difficult as you think."

"Even if you can't guard against the coach, I won't blame you, but I still hope that you can make everyone shine!"

"The opportunity to the finals may only be once in your career, not to mention that the coach is willing to give you this opportunity, John, it is up to you whether you can seize the opportunity." With an arm around John Salmons' shoulder, "Madman" Mentoring Salmons like a big brother.

In this game, Luke decided to put Salmons in the starting lineup and let Salmons take on the important task of defending Wade. This is too much for Salmons, who was a rookie in the first few years of his career. difficult.

Especially on the stage of the finals, Salmons was both nervous and excited.

"I will try my best to play the game well and never disappoint the coach's trust in me." Salmons clenched his fists to cheer himself up.

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As the game is about to start, the two sides announced the starting lineup for the game respectively.

Heat: Damon Jones, Wade, Eddie Jones, Haslem, and "Shark" O'Neal.

Timberwolves: "Alien" Cassel, Salmons, Madman, Garnett, and Karl Malone.

In this game, the Heat still continued their starting lineup so far this season, but the Timberwolves made some changes. Among them, John Salmons was put on the starting lineup by head coach Luke, replacing Szczerbiak.

And Salmons is still playing the shooting guard position, which means that Salmons will face off against "The Flash" Wade in the game, and the madman will have the "Pipen II" style of confrontation. Called Eddie Jones.

As for the center position, Luke still chose Karl Malone instead of Olowokandi, whose tonnage matches O'Neal better.

Although there is a huge difference in tonnage between the low-post single-defense Karl Malone and the "big shark" O'Neal, after all, Malone has played against O'Neal for many years, and he has a lot of experience in defending O'Neal.

What's more, Malone's lower body strength can be called the top in the league. Even O'Neal can hardly crush Malone in a short time, at least Malone can handle it by himself before Garnett's defense.

In addition, Karl Malone's offensive contribution is much higher than that of "Sugar Man". When "Alien" Cassel is on the court, Karl Malone and Garnett will be able to play a big role. threaten.

With this trick, the Timberwolves had the best record in team history of 67 wins and 15 losses in the regular season. When Cassel, Garnett and Karl Malone are on the court at the same time, the Timberwolves' offensive efficiency will be much higher than other players. line-up.

However, Kassel didn't have many chances to play in the Western Conference Finals. With his feet at a disadvantage, Luke could only try to arrange the playing time of Kassel and Tony Parker to stagger.

Even if Cassell was selected to the All-Star team this season and was also selected to the third team of the best team, the physical disadvantage brought by age cannot be compensated by any experience.

After fishing for so long, Kassel is currently in a strong physical state, and it is time for him to make a good effort in this round of finals!

After the game started, O'Neill and Garnett stood in the middle circle to jump the ball.

When O'Neal saw that it was Garnett who jumped the ball with him instead of Karl Malone, O'Neal couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and he didn't even bother to jump, and gave up the first wave of the ball.

"Fatty, you don't even bother to jump now. I think you're probably going to retire." While walking, Karl Malone looked at O'Neill with a smirk.

Malone and O'Neal have a good personal relationship, and they were teammates with the Lakers last season. If it weren't for the different camps, Karl Malone would really like to partner with O'Neal inside.

"Leave him alone, I'm afraid I'll surprise you by jumping up." O'Neill responded with a smile.

At the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves still followed tactics on the offensive end. The Heat's defensive ability was good, with the "big shark" O'Neal on the inside and Wade on the outside.

Except for the average defensive ability of point guard Damon Jones in the entire starting lineup, the defensive efficiency of everyone else is above the league average, and even reaches the league's first-class level.

"You coward, you were too scared to play against me in this game, and even sent a rookie to guard me for you. Is this your ability?"

"But it doesn't matter. I will take the initiative to find you on the defensive end. You can't get a high score against me today." Wade couldn't help laughing at the madman with his body close to him.

"You're not qualified enough for me to guard against you. A rookie is enough to deal with you." Looking sideways at Wade, the madman showed a sneer on his face.

After receiving Cassel's breakthrough, Garnett raised his hand and feinted at the mid-range position, but Haslem has a lot of defensive experience, so he was not caught by Garnett's fake action.

Seeing Haslem's excellent reaction ability, Garnett distributed the ball to the left corner and received the pass. The madman's offensive opportunity was not very good, but the madman still held the ball and made a breakthrough to the inside.

When Wade's defensive center of gravity shifted sideways, the madman suddenly pulled the ball back with his crotch. Although this move is not the unique skill of the madman, it is the iconic move of the madman.

Facing the madman's fake move and retreating, Wade's reaction ability was very fast, and he rushed forward at the first time. At the moment when the madman shot, Wade's defense basically did not lose his position.

"Shu~"

As the sound of the basketball hitting the net sounded, the madman made a steady step-back jumper and helped the Timberwolves score the first goal of the game.

"The caddy in the arena who is responsible for picking up the ball is quicker than you. You are a moron who only complains. Since you choose to defend me, you should be ready to stand at attention and get hit at any time!" He bumped into Wade, looking at Wade with disdain in his eyes.

"Arrogant, defend me if you have the guts!" Wade took the serve through gritted teeth.

For the Heat's offensive round, the Heat's offensive method this season has always been very simple. Basically, Wade and O'Neal used their personal abilities to cause damage.

Wade hits sudden points, O'Neal hits sitting points, and the double Jones is like two forts standing outside the three-point line to open up space for the two, making the offensive environment of the two better.

As for Haslem, he has been standing in the mid-range position on the strong side all year round. In this position, he is responsible for receiving the passes from O'Neal and Wade after they are assisted in defense.

After receiving the ball, Haslem can either choose to make a mid-range shot on the spot, or he can choose to pass the ball to the outside as a transfer station, which is a bit similar to the S in AASAA tactics.

On the defensive end, the Timberwolves defended a zone defense. Just like in the regular season against the Heat, they did not defend man-to-man defense, but defended a zone defense with a stronger overall blockade.

Even if this set of defense wants to limit both Wade and O'Neal at the same time, it is bound to be hit hard by the Heat from beyond the three-point line, but Luke is betting on the touch!
Luke bets that Twin Jones won't have enough perimeter touch to kill the Timberwolves. Luke bets that Stan Van Gundy won't be able to watch Twin Jones shoot [-]-pointers endlessly.

Wade is an offensive guard who is very good at using pick-and-rolls to create breakthrough opportunities, but at the same time, Wade's offensive flaws are also obvious.

It was obvious that Salmons let Wade two steps away to defend at the beginning of the game, and even the madman on the side made a gesture of please, "What can I do if I let you shoot for a piece of trash like you?" .”

This defensive method not only hurts a lot, but also is very insulting. Even though Wade has experienced two games in the regular season, the Timberwolves still defend like this in the finals at this time, which still makes Wade feel ashamed.

"A bunch of cowards who can only play tricks!"

He didn't shoot a three-pointer on the spot. Wade knew exactly what his poor shooting was like. With a 10% three-point shooting percentage, he couldn't bear to look directly at him.

I saw Wade suddenly accelerated and killed directly from the right side inward, which seemed to mean that he knew that there were tigers on the mountain and went to the mountain.

However, on the defensive end, Salmons let Wade two steps away to shoot. This distance is very difficult even if Wade has a spring under his feet.

Especially when Salmons's lateral speed is already very good, at the moment Wade's body collided with Salmons, Salmons saw the opportunity and tapped the ball back with his right hand.

The "Flash" Wade was obviously a little careless, and he didn't expect Salmons' defense to be much better than he expected.

After all, Salmons was an insignificant role player in the Timberwolves. Before the finals, even the head coach Stan Van Gundy did not study this guy alone. Obviously, Salmons is not qualified enough to be remembered by the Heat players.

But it was such a small role, Wade suffered a big loss from the defense at the beginning of the game. Seeing that the basketball was shot by Salmons, the madman rushed forward immediately, picked up the basketball and threw Eddie Jones. Behind him, facing the unguarded basket, he completed a counter-attack dunk!
"I said before, a rookie is enough to defend you, you bastard!" When returning to defense, the madman unabashedly mocked Wade.

"You bloody bastard!"

It was still the Heat's offensive round. This time, Wade handed the ball to O'Neal, allowing him to play in the low post, but O'Neal just received the pass in the low post, and Garnett stepped forward decisively to help defend, and did not give O'Neal any baskets. Opportunity to place an order.

Seeing the help defense O'Neill pass the ball to Haslem in a hurry, and Haslem chooses to shoot from the middle distance in the face of the open space.

However, at the same time Haslem shot, Garnett, who had already gone to help defend O'Neal, suddenly came back. The excellent lateral speed allowed Garnett to use his wingspan to successfully interfere with Haslem's shooting.

"boom!"

Using his muscles to hold the "big shark" O'Neal tightly, Karl Malone gave up fighting for the backcourt rebound.

After taking off the backboard, Garnett subconsciously looks forward. This season, the Timberwolves focus on defensive counterattacks. Whenever Garnett takes off the backboard, Garnett will subconsciously look forward.

However, the Heat's return to defense is very fast. It seems that Stan Van Gundy has made a fuss about this before the game, telling the players not to be counterattacked by the Timberwolves.

In the next period of time, the Timberwolves and the Heat fell into a defensive battle. The defensive efficiency of both sides was very good, and the defense speed was extremely fast, so that both sides could only rely on the stars to complete the kill as much as possible.

It's just that the situation between Wade and O'Neal is not friendly, especially Dwyane Wade. As long as he holds the ball for half the court, Wade will find that Salmons has retreated to the free throw line and put himself in the three-point position. Outside the line shot.

This kind of scene was extremely insulting to Wade, and even the Timberwolves sent a neat boo to it at home, and the boo was extremely harsh in Wade's ears!
"boom!"

The time came to 6 minutes and 24 seconds. As Wade attempted a three-point shot for the first time in this game, the ball was undoubtedly hit. The rebound was received by the "alien" Cassel Down.

Holding the ball and advancing forward quickly, the Heat returned to defense very quickly. When Kassel passed halftime, only O'Neal of the Heat failed to settle.

Facing Damon Jones, Cassell sent his signature backward lean. Jones is 1.9 meters tall and weighs 84 kilograms. He does not suffer from Cassell in terms of body shape.

But Cassell's post-back experience is completely at the level of the ancestors. When Jones was suppressed by Cassell in advance, all Jones could do was to try his best to take off and block the block, so that outsiders could see that he had completed an excellent and extreme defense.

"Shu~"

It's a pity that although Damon Jones' defense is very confusing, Cassel's post-up shot still stabilizes the old dog and helps the Timberwolves continue to expand the score.

When Cassell made another turnaround jumper, the Timberwolves extended their lead to 6 points.

This situation on the court made Heat coach Stan Van Gundy very anxious, and he seemed very uneasy walking up and down the court.

On the other hand, Luke sat off the court a little calmly, as if the current situation had already been expected by Luke.

In fact, Luke used the zone defense to limit the Heat's offensive focus in this game, making it impossible for O'Neal and Wade to complete singles comfortably, pushing them out of their offensive comfort zone.

And there are not many opportunities for Double Jones to catch the ball on the outside. The entire Heat team has the most opportunities to come out, and Haslem has the best offensive environment.

Haslem currently scored 5 points and 3 rebounds in the half-quarter of 6 of 4 shots, but the Heat are still six points behind the Timberwolves and are suppressed by the Timberwolves.

The reason is precisely because Luke has been guiding the Heat to transfer the end point to Haslem, deliberately showing flaws in Haslem's position, and ordered Garnett to evenly distribute the defensive focus to several other players.

Unless the double Jones makes strong shots against the defense from the outside, or O'Neal and Wade both face double-teams and forcefully create kills, this point of Haslem must be the best opportunity for the Heat to come out.

It is worth mentioning that Salmons, who played in the finals for the first time in his career, performed brilliantly in the first quarter. Salmons did a good job of personal defense against Wade throughout the first half, and his excellent lateral speed allowed Salmons to Ermons was able to keep up with Wade's change of direction for the first time.

Coupled with Garnett's excellent defensive ability, the two almost blocked all of Wade's breakthrough routes, making Wade 5 of 0 shots in the first half and barely scored two points through free throws.

Coupled with the madman's constant taunts on the defensive end, this made Wade become irritable for a while. On the offensive end, he went to the basket many times and was assisted by Garnett to make a mistake and lose the ball.

Throughout the first quarter, the Timberwolves clearly had the upper hand in the situation. Even though Stan Van Gundy called timeout adjustments twice, the Timberwolves' defensive focus has not changed, that is, all the opportunities are given to Haslem alone.

When Haslem was replaced by Stan Van Gundy, Rasoul Butler, who replaced him, did the same.

The Timberwolves concentrated all the defensive pressure on Wade and O'Neal, and then concentrated the remaining defensive focus on the perimeter where the double Jones was by vacating one man. The meaning of distance shooting.

Especially when Wade's outside shooting is very bad and can only cause damage inside like O'Neal, this makes it easier for the Timberwolves on the defensive end. Garnett alone can help defend at least three positions!
As the Heat were unable to break through the Timberwolves' defense in the first quarter, until 1 minute and 21 seconds left before the end of the first quarter, when Wade was replaced by Stan Van Gundy, the Heat were already behind the Timberwolves by a full ten points!
"Damn it! There is a group of despicable guys on the opposite side, and they will only defend themselves through such cowardly means. This is a group of naked cowards!"

After the end, Wade threw the drink bottle to the ground angrily, looking very irritable.

Throughout the first quarter, Wade felt that he had been humiliated by the Timberwolves. On the defensive end, not only was the Timberwolves allowed two steps away to make random shots, but the trash talk of Madman and Garnett also stabbed his heart.

This made Wade on the verge of madness, and couldn't help but want to beat the madman many times, but every time Wade saw the eyes of the madman, Wade forced himself to calm down in his heart.

It is not rational to have a conflict with a madman on the court, especially Wade's importance to the Heat, and it is necessary to hold back all negative emotions.

After the timeout ended, Van Gundy replaced Kenyon Dooling and Shanton Anderson at the same time. The two are important rotations on the Heat's guard line. They play an average of about 15 minutes per game, and their offensive efficiency is quite stable.

Of course, Kenyon Dooling's shooting percentage has been stable at around 50%, and Shanton Anderson's shooting percentage has been stable at 25%. This year's playoff shooting percentage has never been above 30%, which can be called very stable!

In this situation, Stan Van Gundy still reuses Shanton Anderson, naturally because of his defense, ruthless style of play, and mad dog spirit, which makes Shanton Anderson as difficult to deal with as Trenton Hassell on the court.

"You bastard, I advise you to keep your mouth clean on the court, otherwise I don't mind smashing your stinky mouth!"

"Remember, keep your mouth clean!" Anderson said viciously as he bumped into the madman head-on with his shoulder.

Shanton Anderson's words made the madman sneer, "Whenever garbage is worthy of teaching me how to do things!"

The madman's reaction Anderson was not angry, but made Anderson laugh, and stretched his head towards the madman, Anderson looked straight into the madman's eyes: "Kang Dexi smells so good, this guy is really crazy, next time I will You must teach this bitch a lesson!"

"I. Go. You. Mom!"

As soon as Shanton Anderson finished speaking, the madman seemed to have been touched against the scales, turned around and punched Anderson hard in the face.

This punch Anderson really did not expect, did not expect that the madman would actually dare to attack him!
"Go to hell, bastard!"

The madman's punch directly knocked Anderson off balance, and before Anderson could react, the madman's fist followed immediately.

"Crack!"

The sound of bones breaking sounded from between the two!

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