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Chapter 105 Strengthen defense, don't complain if you lose! (4000, please subscribe)

The Timberwolves' teammates finally trot over and helped the Timberwolves up from the ground.

But Garnett, who was standing on the floor, didn't look good.

When he first came up, Garnett would not be troubled by fouls early on.

However, when the team needed him to attack, score, and chase points, the ball he couldn't throw was taken away by Big Ben, and he was later called a foul.

This... can only be said to be very uncomfortable.

Garnett fouled Big Ben this time, and Big Ben didn't make a free throw.

The ball is owned by the Pistons, and the referee said that the Pistons served from the sideline.

In this way, the Pistons can calmly settle down and look for opportunities to attack.

Billups served the ball from the sideline, Huo Song responded in front, Prince pulled away from the top arc, Hamilton turned back and ran at the two bottom corners, and Ben was pinned down at the basket.

The Pistons can hit every point except Daben's weaker offensive ability.

This makes the Timberwolves not very defensive, especially Huo Song, the center pulls to the outside to catch the ball, who can stop it?

And Huo Song's athletic ability is notoriously good. Once Huo Song catches the ball and turns around and breaks through the basket, even Garnett may not be able to defend against it.

The Timberwolves had to focus on Huo Song's defense, and then Billups gave Huo Song a look. Huo Song pretended to turn around and cut to the basket, and the Timberwolves' defense was immediately brought out.

Immediately after Billups passed the ball, Prince received the ball from the top arc and turned to break through the basket with the ball.

Halfway, Prince passed the ball back to Billups.Billups shot directly after receiving the ball. Cassell didn't defend in time and took off to block the shot, but he still couldn't keep the ball.

"2+1! The Pistons' cooperation is quite exciting."

"Chauncey Billups is a great example of playing with your head!
He just wanted to play Kassel singles, and he always thought so.

But he didn't go directly, but took advantage of the opportunities provided by his teammates to make shots. "

Billups made a steady free throw and the Pistons continued to lead.

In the Timberwolves offensive round, Garnett continued to ask for the ball, but this time Cassel didn't give it.

"I came to Timberwolves not to be your puppet. I have two championship rings in my hand. I know how to play better than you!"

Cassel didn't have any trouble with Garnett on the court, but the move of not giving the ball now undoubtedly means this.

In many cases, the point guard is the core of a team.

Cassell is the same type as Billups, a point guard who keeps a clear mind at all times and can really lead the team to victory.

Cassel first broke through Billups with the ball, and then passed the ball to the madman.

The madman continued to break through after receiving the ball, and then made a mid-range jump shot.

Madman's shooting is not particularly stable, but he will not fail to grasp the shooting opportunities he runs out of.

In addition, Garnett didn't do nothing at the basket, he couldn't play offensively, and he was still very good at doing dirty work.

Also relying on Garnett's card position, Da Ben's defense came out a little slower.

The madman made a mid-range shot, and the Timberwolves stopped the bleeding in time.

But in the next round, Huo Song will be excited.

Huo Song asked for the ball in a low post, and Hamilton ran actively in another test.

The Timberwolves are not good at double-teaming Huo Song, let alone defending around the front. They can only watch Billups throw the ball to Huo Song.

Immediately afterwards, Huo Song hit Garnett on the back. At this time, Huo Te was quite hard.

Huo Song hit backs one after another, but he could barely hit half of his body. If he turned his back and shot a jumper like last time, Huo Song could give it a try. Anyway, he had Wiggins' shooting bag, but it didn't make much sense. .

Garnett's offense is actually not that strong, mainly relying on defense.

But if Huo Song's shooting percentage drops to the same level as Garnett, then Garnett will tell Huo Song with his rich game experience-you should play like this!

Huo Song singles Garnett still needs to maintain his hit rate, and when he is not sure, Huo Song's choice is to turn his back and slip to the bottom line.

Huo Song forced a breakthrough, but Garnett was experienced and did not give him a chance.

Then, Huo Song suddenly stopped to take off, and made a kick.

Garnett could only block the shot, Huo Song turned to pull the bar, and then threw the ball towards Tiansheng when his body fell.

Daben was waiting for the rebound, but seeing Huo Song's shot this time, something was obviously wrong.

After discovering the situation, Big Ben immediately jumped up, picked up the basketball in the air, and immediately slammed the ball into the basket.

"Alley-oop, that's okay too?"

"The cooperation between the Pistons inside players is really unexpected."

"Ben Wallace's alley-oop clearance made it difficult for Huo Song to score a layup.

In fact, this is a combination of erroneous and right.

Fortunately for the Pistons, Ben Wallace scored the ball with his ability. "

Feeling the movement behind him, Garnett could only curse and walk away.

The bottom-line referee was actually a little upset with Garnett.

But considering that the Timberwolves rely on Garnett to support the box office, they didn't do anything particularly excessive.

After all, Garnett took a technical offender as soon as he came up, and now that the first quarter has not been finished, it is impossible to let Garnett get off work directly, right?
The game continued, and this time Cassel gave the ball to the madman to deal with, and he himself chose to hit the basket and grab the rebound.

This is the game experience and habits learned in the Bucks before.

George Karl likes it when players do it, even point guards.

Therefore, it is a pity that Westbrook was not coached by George Karl.

Westbrook is the MVP after all, no matter how hard it is, it is impossible to lose it, and the result is still notorious.

Having said that, Cassel's prediction of rushing to grab rebounds this time was not in vain.

The madman's shot was slightly interfered by Prince and failed to make the ball.

The Timberwolves were at a disadvantage in grabbing rebounds at the basket. Although more point guards would be useless, but this time Garnett noticed that there was support from his teammates behind him, so he jumped up and reached for the ball, trying to dial the ball out as much as possible.

Garnett also operated like this. Cassel, who was standing outside the penalty area, happened to receive the ball, and then took a step back and made a jumper.

Cassel claims that apart from Jordan, he is the most accurate in the league in mid-range.

It's not true, but it's not bragging either.

There are four or five stars at the same level as Kassel's mid-range output and shooting percentage, and Nowitzki is even above him.

But one thing to say, Cassell is really good at shooting mid-range.

This time, Cassel made a shot, and the basketball was caught in the net.

However, the Timberwolves still have a long way to go to recover the point difference. Although Kassel's goal stopped the bleeding, it did not quench his thirst. It can only be said to be a drop in the bucket.

Even if the Pistons failed to score in the next round, the Timberwolves also failed to make a transition.

After that, the two sides didn't know what happened, and they didn't score in sports for 2 minutes.

That is, Huo Song suddenly used the star-absorbing method, and became the King of the Golden Wheel, and made Garnett a foul. Only then did he make 2 free throws and help the Pistons widen the point difference.

With the dead ball, the game entered an official timeout.

Huo Song went off to rest first, and the Pistons continued to keep a big budget to limit Garnett.

After the timeout, Garnett continued to stay on the court, and his desire to attack was not very strong.

It is true that the arrival of Cassell and Madman has released Garnett a lot. He does not need to contribute to the offensive end every game, but needs to make the team's defense better.

Garnett is more like Big Ben than Big Ben, and the importance of the defensive end is particularly prominent.

For the rest of the first quarter, the Timberwolves mainly relied on Cassell and Madman to score.

However, without Huo Song on the side of the Pistons, wouldn't they be able to score?
Obviously not, Prince has been playing better and better recently, and Hamilton and Billups are hitting the All-Stars again.

Although the All-Star voting is over, the All-Star substitute spots have not yet come out.

Strong-strong dialogue is an important occasion to improve the status in the minds of the league head coaches. Defeating a strong opponent and winning the game will make it easier to win the All-Star substitute in the end.

This is why Billups played particularly vigorously when he saw Cassell today.

Billups is of the same type as Cassell. The Timberwolves have a pretty good record this season, just a little worse than the Pistons.

Cassell is very likely to become a backup guard in the West, and Billups feels that if an ugly player like Cassell can make it, why can't he?
Before the All-Star substitute list was announced, Billups had to play such a game as the All-Star Game.

Maybe it's the touch, maybe it's the mentality blessing, Billups performed very well in the first quarter.

On the contrary, Hamilton did not perform better than the madman.

And this is still the case when the madman plays the third position and the main offense and defense are Prince.

Prince's defense is better than Hamilton's.

"The thing I want to say is still defense, we have to maintain our advantage at all times, rather than underestimate the real ability we have, the really good quality."

Before the start of the second quarter, Larry Brown talked about defense with Huo Song and others again.

In Larry Brown's view, even though they scored more points in the first quarter, the Timberwolves did better on the defensive end.

Well, after the start of the second quarter, the Pistons, who focused on defense, were slowly surpassed by the Timberwolves in scoring.

The Pistons try to limit the Timberwolves' mid-range scoring, limit Cassel and Madman, and even Garnett's mid-range.

But the Timberwolves, relying on the substitute players, shot cold arrows one after another, completely rewriting the game's point difference and the rhythm of the game.

After the Pistons fell into a disadvantage, Billups shot a three-pointer without waiting for Huo Song and Da Ben to get to the basket.

There was a chance to equalize the point difference, but this time it was good, but it was turned into a conversion by the Timberwolves.

There is no way, the Pistons need to score, and someone needs to be able to score at the basket.

Huo Song singles Garnett's shooting rate is not bad, but after almost two quarters, his state has declined a little.

At this time, Larry Brown suddenly adjusted the rotation without knowing where the courage came from.

Suddenly, Okur was used to replace Daben.

Daben is the core of the Pistons' defensive system, and the team is in charge.

Usually when the Pistons play strong teams, if Hamilton insists on playing 40 minutes, Ben will play 42 minutes.

If a defensive-oriented team removes the defensive core, then the keel will be removed from the ship, and it will fall apart and disintegrate after a period of time.

Fortunately, Okur only came up for a while, and the team needed to score stably inside.

Garnett is facing two big and tall men, and it is not very easy to play two inside.

Even if Garnett put all his strength on the defensive end, it would be too much.

After Okur played, Huo Song continued to back Garnett, consuming Garnett's physical strength and limiting Garnett's ability to sweep the defense.

After the back shot, even if the shot is missed, there is still Okurka in the position, and there is a chance to grab an offensive rebound.

However, after Huo Song backs Garnett, he will still look for opportunities to pass the ball to Okur.

After all, Okur's offensive ability is not bad. Although he is not particularly good at independent offensive inside, but Huo Song can still eat the cakes that Okur feeds.

In addition, the biggest advantage of Huo Song's cooperation with Okur is the height.

As long as the Timberwolves don't play fast breaks and the Pistons have twin towers inside, Garnett's previous effect of hitting two at the basket will not be so obvious.

Two fists are hard to beat four hands. Garnett did a good job in blocking positions and rebounding before, but he still bullied the big and short.

Now two walls surround Garnett, and Garnett can't even make a big mid-range shot.

He made 4 of 1 shots, and Garnett, who was second in the game, didn't even dare to make a shot.

After Duncan's training, Huo Song has become more and more enlightened on the defensive end, and will use his physical talent to limit opponents from scoring in low positions.

As the game entered the third quarter, the original balance of power finally changed a lot.

Big Ben re-entered the court, which once made the Timberwolves a little uncomfortable.

It is extremely rare to adapt to the half-quarter game rhythm and change due to the appearance of a player.

But Daben has such ability.

The second half of the second quarter plus the inter-section rest time gave Daben ample rest.

As soon as the third quarter came up, Big Ben walked out of the restricted area to sweep more frequently than Garnett.

Maybe it's because he has seen Huo Song become more and more reliable on the defensive end off the court, so Daben can do what he is good at with more peace of mind.

In this way, the madman misfired first, and the three-headed monster of the Timberwolves had to rely on Cassel and Garnett to carry the team forward.

Garnett continued to make contributions on the defensive end, but as Hamilton hit two consecutive mid-range shots and the point difference between the two teams gradually widened, someone from the Timberwolves had to come out and score!
Cassell tried it, but was beaten by Big Ben and was confused.

Immediately afterwards, Garnett attacked Huo Song at the basket, but just as Garnett had imagined at the beginning, he failed to suppress Huo Song in the first quarter, let alone in the next few quarters.

Although Huo Song didn't perform as explosively as Daben on the defensive end, he could still do it through physical confrontation, long-arm interference, limiting Garnett's shots, and limiting his shooting percentage.

Under Huo Song's strict defense, Garnett's bad touch continued into the third quarter.

The three-headed monsters of the Timberwolves were all restricted, and there were endless rotation players in the second quarter, and they couldn't find the feeling of shooting at this time.

After three quarters, 68 to 62, although the Pistons did not defeat the Timberwolves, the point difference has almost widened.

For a strong defensive team, the 6-point difference is already fatal.

As long as you continue to play like this in the fourth quarter, the Pistons will definitely win.

The next game situation, just as the Pistons thought.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Okur partnered with Big Ben and continued to restrict Garnett a bit.

Hamilton continued his touch in the third quarter and played more and more smoothly.

Billups and Cassel exchanged sons, and the state is not very good.

That being the case, connect the teams as much as possible to help teammates find more comfortable shots.

Before Huo Song could play again, the point difference between the two teams had widened to more than 10 points.

"Three-pointers, it's a bit too much to shoot three-pointers at this time!"

"However, the opportunity is in Huo Song's hands. A three-pointer from the corner, a center who can shoot three-pointers, is incredible!"

"Huo Song has an incomparably soft touch and an incomparably outstanding physical talent."

"Today's game, the Timberwolves have worked very hard."

"When you meet such an opponent, you can only say that you won't complain about the loss."

(End of this chapter)