Reborn in the 96 golden generation

Chapter 17 Garnett's Trash Talk

Since he is not strong enough, Zhou Yu can only pass the "movement warfare".

Sadly, Garnett moved more flexibly, and his slender arms were like a huge spider web, covering Zhou Yu tightly.

Seeing that the 24-second violation was about to occur, Zhou Yu had no choice but to pretend to break through with the ball, followed by a step-back jumper.

Under the interference of Garnett's long arm, Zhou Yu's jump shot obviously lost sight, and it bounced off the outside of the basket, and the rebound was grabbed by Garnett.

Facing Zhou Yu, Garnett's offensive method was a little simple. He just used a half-turn with a feint, and then a large backward jumper.

Zhou Yu stretched out one arm and swooped up, but it didn't pose much threat at all. He could only watch the basketball go over his head and fall straight to the basket behind him.

With a crisp sound of "shua", the basketball entered the net hollowly!

In the next round of offense and defense, Zhou Yu was still tightly restrained by Garnett, and could only barely make a shot. As you can imagine, the shot still came out of the frame.

On the defensive end, it was still difficult for him to limit Garnett's fierce offensive. Garnett was like a loach crawling around in front of Zhou Yu, making him hard to defend against.

The result of the first duel was exactly the same as that of Mourning. Zhou Yu lost by "0:12", and he lost completely.

After pouring a basin of cold water over his head and face, Zhou Yu's mind became calmer.

Playing against a player like Garnett who moves fast and has explosive physical fitness, he can only move faster and shoot more decisively.

Although due to his height, Zhou Yu's movements were much clumsy, but also, his steps were bigger and his movement distance was longer.

In the next duel, Zhou Yu further increased his movement speed, and his shots became more decisive. As long as there is a slight gap, he will shoot immediately.

In addition, in actual combat, he gradually explored a "three-step layup jumper", which is similar to "horseback archery". It is usually a common move of guards and rarely used by big players.

One is because of the high requirements for body balance, and the other is because it is more difficult to aim at the basket on the move.

Fortunately, Zhou Yu was born as a defender, coupled with his solid basic skills, his hit rate is still somewhat guaranteed.

On the defensive end, Zhou Yu gradually discovered that Garnett prefers mid-range jumpers to hard shots inside.Therefore, he strengthened his defense against him. Although he still couldn't prevent his fadeaway jumper, he could disrupt his shooting rhythm through physical confrontation.

After continuous exploration and improvement, the results of the second and third matches finally improved. Although Zhou Yu still lost at "4:12" and "6:12", he finally managed to score.

Just as he was about to continue the fourth duel, the system reminded him that his energy points had been used up, so he had no choice but to exit the system involuntarily.

On November 11, the game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves came as scheduled.

The Lakers' home court is still packed, and many fans have already played a huge poster of Wang Zhizhi. The guest commentators in the commentary booth are still the famous Lakers "Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the outspoken glasses brother.

The Lakers' starting lineup remains unchanged, and the Timberwolves' starting lineup is as follows:
Stephen Marbury (PG), Chris Kyle (SG), Tom Gugliotta (SF), Kevin Garnett (PF), Cherokee Parks (center forward).

The Minnesota Timberwolves are regarded as the biggest dark horse this season, and various media believe that the internal and external combination of Garnett and Marbury will bring a lot of impact to the league.

Before the game, the outside world regarded the inside battle between O'Neal and Garnett and the rookie battle between Wang Zhizhi and Marbury as the biggest highlights of the game.Of course, the dispute between Wang Zhizhi and Garnett, who are both power forwards, has become another highlight.

After the halftime scrimmage, the Timberwolves got the ball.After Marbury took the ball across the half court, he passed the ball directly to Garnett inside.

The main player defending Garnett is Robert Horry. This dude is good at shooting three-pointers, but his defensive ability is so-so. Some are stretched.

When Garnett saw Horry defending him, he was also unceremonious. After a half-turn around, he directly shot a jumper.

Horry, who didn't defend well, could only watch the basketball slowly fall to the basket.

After a crisp sound of "唰", the basketball went into the net hollowly!

"2:0", the Timberwolves scored first and got off to a good start.

Here Garnett just made a mid-range shot, while O'Neal just squeezed the defender away and detonated the audience with a ferocious two-handed dunk.

In the first few minutes of the game, both sides played on the inside. Garnett used various shooting methods to torture Horry to death; O'Neal also used various dunks and strong hits to abuse the white center Parkes into a scumbag.

In the opening 5 minutes, Garnett and O'Neal did not have too much physical contact, and they flexed their muscles in their respective positions.

Therefore, the scores of the two sides took the lead alternately, and it was hard to distinguish.

After the timeout, the Timberwolves took the lead in changing their style of play, using Marbury's "scalpel"-like breakthrough to crazily attack the Lakers inside.

Although Marbury was young at this time, his breakthrough skills and speed did not give way too much. With only a few simple changes of direction and acceleration, he could easily pass Van Exel's defense, and then hit the inside line, using his own Good air stay frequently impacted O'Neill.

Unprepared, O'Neal fouled twice in just 3 minutes and had to leave the game early to rest.

Hard-pressed Harris looked around the bench, and finally set his sights on Zhou Yu.

"Wang, let you defend Garnett, can you?"

Harris asked in a consultative tone.

Zhou Yu couldn't help being startled. Garnett's strength was obvious to all. It was obviously difficult for him to defend him.Fortunately, he had just had a contest with him in the system last night, so he had some understanding of his offensive and defensive abilities.

"Coach, I can do it."

Zhou Yu nodded.

"Well done, Wang, in addition to defending against his offense, you also need to try your best to control fouls."

Harris reminded with some worry.

"I see, coach."

Zhou Yu nodded, knowing in his heart that Harris sent him on the field mainly for defense, and did not expect him to attack.

After the timeout, Campbell was also replaced early. Horry's defense was so bad that he could only sit off the court for a while.

When Garnett saw that Wang Zhizhi was the defender, he felt a little excited. In the past two days, various media have praised him to the sky, and he has long wanted to meet him.

"Little Chinese brother, I heard that you are very popular recently, but do you know that I have always had the title of 'firefighter', and I will let you see how I blow you up in a while."

Garnett sneered for a while.

Zhou Yu felt uncomfortable when he heard this. Although he knew that Garnett was good at talking trash, he didn't expect his mouth to be so stinky and arrogant.

"Oh? Really? Then I really want you to see the power from China."

Zhou Yu smiled disdainfully.

O'Neal's end made Garnett more determined to play inside. After receiving a pass from his teammate, he squeezed Zhou Yu away and approached the penalty area step by step.

Zhou Yu knew in his heart that if he successfully squeezed him away, he would be greeted with a one-handed dunk the next moment.

So he mustered his strength and struggled to get stuck in the vantage point, preventing Garnett from getting a chance to dunk.

Garnett was very surprised. He didn't expect Zhou Yu, an Asian player, to have such stable lower body strength. It seemed that it was impossible to force his way into the paint.

In desperation, he can only look for opportunities to make calls by moving laterally.

Zhou Yu had a premonition that he was about to take a shot, so he clung to him quickly, using constant body collisions to disrupt his offensive rhythm.

This trick really worked. Garnett finally used a jumping hook that missed. After bouncing out of the basket, the rebound was grabbed by Campbell.

Since the other members of the Timberwolves returned to the defense in time, the two sides switched to a rigorous positional battle.

With O'Neal not on the court, the core of the offense naturally became Eddie Jones, so Van Exel immediately handed the ball to him.

Facing Chris Kyle's defense, Eddie Jones suddenly made a fake move, passed the defender, and then used his signature emergency stop jumper.

It should be said that Eddie Jones' technical movements are very standard and can be written into textbooks.But the biggest shortcoming is that his style of play lacks aggressiveness, and he still likes to use mid- and long-range jumpers to solve battles.

This is the biggest difference between him and Kobe. Although Kobe also likes to use jump shots, whenever he has a chance, he will desperately go inside and cause a strong impact on the opponent's defense.

Unfortunately, Eddie Jones missed the mid-range shot. Fortunately, the rebound was grabbed by Zhou Yu, and the Lakers had a second chance to attack.

After Zhou Yu grabbed the rebound, he didn't pass the ball to the outside line, but prepared to give Gane a special look.

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