New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 280 Destroying Barnes

Zhang Yi is now the biggest headache for the Timberwolves.If Barnes' defense can improve to another level, the team will not barely squeeze into the playoffs and be swept away.

The stars that Minnesota is looking forward to always don't have the life of a superstar, but they have the disease of a superstar!Barnes transferred to sign a maximum salary. In his first interview, he boasted that his offense was worth the price. When he talked about his criticized defense, he only said that he could use it to attack and destroy opponents.

If Barnes can really show a stable performance next to Curry, he is really right. After all, his shooting percentage and scoring explosiveness are indeed among the top in the league.

It's a pity that his active offense has never been developed, although he can throw off some defensive players with his lateral speed.But this is not a breakthrough trick that is eaten all over the world.Players in the league's perimeter defense quickly got used to his movements. As long as he stuck close to him and interfered before he shot, Barnes' shooting percentage immediately dropped.

Especially in the past two years, the league has not been too strict about shooting fouls, and Barnes's shots are already a bit [-]-style. Although the speed is very fast, defenders can often pull out the ball and steal during the time when the ball is shot.

Of course, this has to be a veteran with enough experience to do it.The Timberwolves coach naively thought that Zhang Yi would not notice this shortcoming when defending Barnes one-on-one.

For this ball, because Barnes threw Zhang Yi away from the bottom line, he raised his hand to ask for the ball, and of course the point guard sent it over.

Although the Timberwolves have now switched back to the regular starting lineup, the termination of this game has not changed. If you can beat Barnes at this point, just give him the ball.

And before this game, the potential trading partners proposed by the Timberwolves will also pay attention.Although Barnes' recent performance has been getting worse and worse.But he is still young after all, and he still has enough time and opportunities to improve himself.

The shooter gene is what many teams in the league lack. As long as he has a high shooting percentage and goals in this game, Barnes still has a market.

When he got the ball, he wanted to catch the ball and shoot immediately.But I didn't expect Zhang Yi's defensive speed to be very fast, which completely exceeded Barnes' preparations...

If it is a normal situation, the shooter moves to the bottom corner to supplement the defense, and he will distribute the ball at the first time.Because standing at this point is too dangerous, if you are not careful, you will be double-teamed and the ball will be dead.

But Barnes doesn't care so much, he is too confident in his shooting speed.Indeed, there are very few people like him who can shoot without reaching the highest point, and his hand speed is already fast, so it is too difficult to find the rhythm to block the shot.

It's just that he has already shot three times in front of Zhang Yi, each time with a small horizontal push before raising his hand.

Although Zhang Yi is a rookie, he has more experience than many players who have played in the league for several years.Because when defending Wang Long, the coach will set up a more serious situation for Zhang Yi.

Now is the time to defend the perimeter like this.Zhang Yi faced Wang Long's changing shooting posture countless times, and it happened to be like Barnes, so after repeated confirmation, he was already confident in his defense this time...

When the opponent's ball was lifted up, Zhang Yi immediately took the ball decisively!It happened so suddenly that Barnes had no chance to react.

With a snap, the basketball was pulled out of his hand.And Barnes was about to lean over to save the ball, so of course he couldn't compare to Zhang Yi, who was already prepared.

The Lakers completed another steal, which was the third turnover by the Timberwolves in the first few minutes of the first quarter.The two times of grabbing were beaten as counterattacks, and this time was of course no exception.

It's just because several other Timberwolves players are also experienced veterans.Therefore, after this situation occurred, he immediately launched a counter-grab on the spot, and did not give Zhang Yi a chance to pass the ball quickly.

Robert rushed across the half court in vain, and in the end the basketball was handed over to Oscar to stabilize the situation.

Seeing that the Lakers' offense was blocked, Barnes, who made a mistake, sighed.Because he also understands that if he doesn't play well in this game, he may be kicked out of the team by the Timberwolves.

It's just that he is still too naive, and his thinking is almost the exact opposite of reality.Played badly, and the Timberwolves couldn't clean him up at all.On the contrary, if this performance is extraordinary, there is still a chance to trade.

Seeing the scene like this, the Timberwolves coach's face was also very ugly.Because now he can only feel that he was obsessed with ghosts and regarded Barnes as the core of the team.

Although there are many teams with high salary and low ability players, it is too rare for Barnes to be capable but unable to play.

The opportunity for the team and the players to fulfill each other was simply smashed by Zhang Yi.And looking at the energetic appearance of the Lakers players, it may not be realistic to wait for them to enter the regular rotation before letting Barnes collect a wave of data.

After Oscar took control of the ball, Zhang Yi and others passed the halftime.They played the Princeton tactics with Wally as the organization center.This is also their favorite tactic in positional warfare.

The Timberwolves' lineup is almost a shooter with four defensive players.It all depends on one person's offense to drive others, although their offensive efficiency is slightly worse.But when it comes to defensive efficiency in limiting opponents' scoring, they're still strong.

It's just that the Princeton tactics of the Lakers restrained the Timberwolves' defense.In addition, there is Barnes, a poor defensive player who is not a colander, and it is impossible for the opponent's offense to be well restricted.

When Zhang Yi bypassed Wally's screen and rushed to the basket, the ball holder immediately hit the ball to Robert on the outside.The Timberwolves' defense line was hit by such an impact, and then a combination of inside and outside was torn apart.

When Robert was ready to make a shot and attracted two help defense blocks, he immediately passed the fake pass to Zhang Yi who was running down, and the latter shook the defender and made a layup.

The Lakers' offense is to play fast or play positional battles, because even if the players are mainly rookies.But the tactical execution of these few people is very good.

In addition, the main players have all experienced the test of NCAA tactics and have already played an extraordinary tacit understanding, so their offense can be extremely smooth with every ball.

In the matchup with Zhang Yi, Barnes' face as a star small forward was ravaged and shattered by the ball and the ruthless shot breakthrough.

Recalling his provocation against Zhang Yi before the game, Barnes really regrets it now.Because it's hard to say if I didn't intentionally provoke my opponent, would I not be infinitely targeted in the game.

(End of this chapter)