Chapter 210: Running and Bombing the Brigade
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But Montgomery had no choice, and it was unwise to fall behind the Timberwolves in the second half of the second quarter, and to defend in the second half.
Oakland Arena, second half.
The white referee called both sides back to the court, and the Warriors served from the baseline.
Fisher advanced to the frontcourt, and Youngdy came out to block Richardson's 45-degree position at the three-point line. The Timberwolves sandwiched Richardson, Yang Di split down, the Timberwolves rotated to defend, and Szzerbiak ran to the top of the penalty area in the bottom corner to defend Yang Di, Richardson had a flash of inspiration, threw the ball, and stuffed it directly into the corner.
Mike Dunleavy makes an empty three-point shot and hits. 53 to 53 draw.
There was a sparse round of applause as many fans left the stadium to buy drinks, popcorn, hot dogs and other food, so there were not many people in the stadium at the beginning of the second half.
The Timberwolves cut to the wing, and Sprewell missed a jumper with Richardson's interference.
The rebound bounced higher, and Yang Di and Garnett jumped together.
In the air, Yang Di was worried that Garnett would grab the rebound, so he didn't risk grabbing it, but reached out a little bit, and Richardson turned around just to grab the rebound.
"Attack!"
Richardson turned his head and ran, the whole Warriors team ran wildly, and although Yang Di, who landed on the ground, started last, his speed was not slow at all.
Garnett was taken aback, what a situation!
Before he could react, Yang Di, who ran forward like crazy, was already several meters ahead of him, and then the entire Warriors passed the half court at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, Richardson ran to the front court, and the Timberwolves defensive formation did not have time to set up at all.
Yang Di was unguarded in the middle and cut in.
Richardson passed the ball and Jandy dribbled and slapped twice on the ground to face Eddie Griffin!
"Up!"
He stepped on the line of the penalty area and soared into the air like a Roc bird, with a flat hand, standard tomahawk style!
Eddie Griffin was still a Rockets player in the 02-03 season and a former teammate of Yao Ming, but his attitude on the court has always been problematic. Last year, he spent a year in a rehab center and was directly absent for the entire season.
This season, he signed a one-year contract with the Timberwolves, and if he wants to get a higher contract, he will have to play well in the year.
So his attitude changed a lot, and in the face of Yang Di's dunk, he jumped vertically and wanted to intercept in the air.
"Bang!"
The two collided with each other solidly, Yang Di's body twisted, retracted the basketball in the air, and then used the time of the fall to throw the ball out.
"Bell!" The ball didn't go in, and then Garnett, who arrived in the air, grabbed the rebound.
The whole Warriors team faded back like a tide, and Timberwolves head coach Philip Saunders flashed his eyes off the court, and a word came out of his mouth coldly, "Run, boom!" ā
He couldn't believe that the Warriors actually dared to test tactics on the head of the Timberwolves, running and bombing means making mistakes, isn't he afraid of being defeated by the Timberwolves' counterattack in one fell swoop?
Cassel holds the ball high post.
Running on the wing, Garnett received the ball in the low post, Yang Di bent his arms behind him, and stood with his legs spread out, steady as a mountain.
Garnett dribbled twice, turned his back and rolled over for a jumper.
Yang Di was well prepared this time, jumping up and almost touching Garnett's shot point with his fingertips, Garnett was startled, and subconsciously shot a higher arc.
"Oops!"
He panicked and didn't think he would be able to score this goal. Sure enough, the ball bounced off the rebound, and Yang Di turned around and raised his hands and took off the rebound.
The moment they picked up the rebound, the whole Warriors team was like a clockwork machine, and they all started running.
Yang Di turned and dribbled forward, very fast.
Because he was a direct offensive promoter after grabbing the rebound, striding meteor, the entire Warriors immediately rushed through the half, and the Timberwolves were still very uncomfortable with this sudden change, so they could only react to Garnett, yell, and then immediately followed behind Yang Di.
Sprewell came over to pull the ball out of disbelief, and Yang Di "snapped" and dribbled under his crotch to avoid Sprewell.
Then he put the ball together with both hands and passed it straight to Richardson, who had already run to the three-point line.
Szzczebiak pounced on the defense, and Richardson stepped inside to force a layup directly in the face of Kassel, and easily won the hand. 55 to 53.
Montgomery's eyes lit up off the court, and Yang Di's direct dribble after grabbing the rebound seemed to be ...... Directly increase the Warriors' advance speed by 10%? He hadn't thought that the inside line could be directly advanced like this, but when he saw Yang Di dribbling on the court with ease, he suddenly felt that his long-standing thinking had been opened up all of a sudden.
Yang Di retreated with a smile, and Richardson high-fived him in celebration, "Good pass!" ā
Sanders made a pause gesture and asked for a timeout.
Garnett and others walked off the court, and at this time, there were many spectators in the arena, and they applauded when they saw the Warriors' sudden frenzied attack in the second half.
"We need to control the tempo and not be led up by them." Sanders slapped the tactical board and shouted: "The Timberwolves are starting to change to running and shooting, they can't maintain this kind of athletic intensity throughout the game, we still play our position, ensure the shooting percentage, and control the rebound!" ā
Sanders doesn't believe that the Timberwolves, who lack a top point guard, can complete the whole run, and once the physical exertion is too great, that's when the Timberwolves will take the game away.
However, he immediately realized that he was wrong, and in the face of the Timberwolves' sudden increase in speed, the classic Timberwolves players simply did not know how to deal with it, and the defensive retreat became the biggest problem. Whenever the Warriors run through the half court with five men, the Timberwolves always have only four men, or three men, on defense, directly giving the Warriors a chance to play more and less.
The Warriors set off wave after wave of frenzy, Yang Di is not the playmaker of the offense, he is just the promoter of the offense, Dunleavy, Richardson and Troy Murphy are crazy to shoot 10 three-pointers in this quarter!
Sanders also panicked and didn't know how to deal with it, so he had to replace the somewhat slow Cassel with Troy Hudson, who was in good form in the first half, and Hudson hit a three-pointer to stop the Timberwolves.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors outscored the Timberwolves by 8 points 85-78 and won the Timberwolves by 11 points in a single quarter.
After the benches came on the court, without Yang Di's strong rebounding protection, coupled with the appearance of veterans like Davis Davis, the pace slowed down, and the Warriors' offensive frenzy came to an end, but the stormy offense for most of the quarter just now left a deep impression on the audience.
It doesn't feel particularly smooth or organized, but there is always a refreshing feeling of punching the master to death.