Chapter 347 [The coach is the protagonist, adjustment is too crucial]

The Timberwolves had the ball and Sanders called a timeout. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Timberwolves' offense in the second half was terrible, scoring only 16 points in the final quarter, and the team's top scorer was veteran Kendall Gill, who scored 22 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Garnett scored 17 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists, and Hudson had 17 points and 5 assists.

Sanders guessed that the Wizards would continue to use the joint defense, with weaknesses on the wing and in the bottom corner, so he arranged for Garnett to play in the middle, with Nesterovic covering Gil on the right side to help him catch and shoot, Hudson running on the left side looking for opportunities, and forward Gary Trent covering it.

If Hudson doesn't have a direct chance to catch the ball, he can break through with the ball, attract the defense to be misplaced and heads-up, or pass to Trent, who is 203cm tall and weighs 113kg, and cut to the basket.

Yang Rui also made adjustments, changed the joint defense to be a man marker, and replaced the veteran Kristen Leitner on the inside, with Wallace at the No. 4 position, small forward Jordan, scoring guard Bell, and point guard Wesley.

This lineup can be offensive and defensive, and the single defense of each position is not bad, and it is not easy to make mistakes at critical moments with veterans.

At the beginning of the game, the throw-in was issued, and Garnett received the ball in the middle to face Jordan, which caused Garnett to go head-to-head, and it was also Jordan's idea, and he was confident that he would never be passed.

Garnett shot 7-of-14 from the field, half of them and 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, but 12 of those points came in the first half and he was sloppy in the second half, shooting 1-of-6. At this time, Garnett made a move, and the whole Wizards team liked to hear it.

Garnett also knew he had a bad touch and chose to split the ball to Hudson, who took a step and was caught by Wallace and Wesley, and distributed the ball to Trent, who took a step and dribbled and was blocked by Leitner outside the box.

At this time, Nesterovic was emptied and had the ability to shoot from the middle, but Trent habitually passed the ball to Garnett, because he knew that Garnett was the boss of this team.

The "Wolf King" is an amazing deterrent in the team. When Szzczebiak was a rookie, Garnett once said to him in the locker room: "Some people don't know who the boss of this team is!" And during an intra-squad training session in 2000, Garnett punched Szebiak in the face.

Since then, all newcomers to the Timberwolves have been very careful when working with Garnett, and they like to pass key balls to him to attack. They are worried about angering Garnett, who is the absolute boss of this team. Trent doesn't want merit but no fault, and his passing awareness is also terrible, and he often can't see the opening.

Garnett received the ball and then passed to Nesterovich, and Leitner was back in place.

After a few more passes, the ball ran out in 24 seconds and the ball was back in Garnett's hands. He could only hold the ball and go heads-up, leaned on Jordan with his back, relied on his height advantage to turn around and shoot a jump shot missed, and the rebound was grabbed by Leitner.

Leitner passes to Jordan, who requests a 20-second timeout on the court.

Yang Rui immediately made substitutions, Margety, Stoudamire, Hamilton, and replaced Leitner, Wallace, and Bale. Yang Rui arranged a tactic for the three on the sidelines.

The game continued, Jordan attracted Garnett's defense to the right side in the middle, Hamilton and Xiaosi got rid of Gil without the ball in the middle, ran to the right side to receive the ball at 45 degrees, attracted Nesterovic to change defense, and half-turned and transferred the ball to the middle.

Trent let go of Margeti's defensive basket, and Stadamire rushed up, took the ball and prepared to dunk, but was stopped by Trentera.

Smalls hit both free throws, 86-88.

The Timberwolves attacked, Gill received the ball and was guarded tightly, crossed to Lugarnett, and everyone else stood still after a run to watch the boss heads-up. Garnett turned around and made a jumper in the face of Jordan, and missed again under interference. Stoudamire grabbed the rebound and played to Wesley, who passed to Margeti to fight back.

Margeti receives the ball in the front court, lowers his head and starts to sprint, pulls the ball inside the three-point line, and takes three steps with the ball in both hands. He holds the ball very steadily, no one wants to cut it off, and his muscles are tight enough to play the Devil Terminator.

Jill saw that he couldn't stop it, and chose to pull someone to foul, but he didn't pull it, Margeti staggered his right hand and threw the ball to the basket, and after hitting the board, he tossed it on the basket and went in.

The referee blew the whistle, 2+1, and Magettiga hit the penalty to make it 89-88.

Sanders called for another timeout, set up tactics and made no substitutions.

The game continued, Trent first gave Hudson an off-ball cover, then cut to the basket to catch the ball, attracting Stadamire to retreat to defend and then distributed it to Nesterovic at 45 degrees on the right side, the Slovenian center didn't shoot for a while, didn't grasp the rhythm, and missed the shot in the open position.

Jordan grabbed the rebound and held it tightly in his arms, and the opponent couldn't grab it.

Wesley came to answer, also played the role of a veteran, used a strong body to protect the basketball, slowly dribbled across the half court, Garnett and Jordan were very tight, he did not pass, but relied on Hudson, who is 185CM tall and weighs 77 kilograms, to observe the running position of his teammates.

Stoudeyer gave Hamilton cover from the baseline, Wesley passed the ball and Gill caught up.

Hamilton took the lead and passed to Margeti from outside the three-point line on the left, at which point there was a mismatch on the court, and Margeti, who was a guest at power forward, faced Trent.

Trent is a relatively mobile interior line for the Timberwolves, with a height of 203CM, a weight of 113 kilograms, and a traversal speed that is not as fast as Margety's swingman.

Margeti received the ball and quickly changed direction into the box, took a step to pull the ball up, and rushed to the basket with the basket, and Trent was passed.

Nesterovic let go of Stoudeyer's defense, and Margeti jumped up to the basket and made a move to pass the ball from Nesterovic to the right.

Xiao Si received the ball and took a step to dunk violently, but Garnett withdrew from the middle to the basket to make up for the defense, but could not stop him from jumping, so he could only foul Xiao Si from the air.

Xiao Si went to the free throw line again, and at this time he showed excellent touch, hitting both free throws. 91 to 88.

The Timberwolves only had 21 seconds left to attack, and embarrassingly, they were missing a three-point shooter.

Sanders called a long timeout and set up a screen for Hudson to catch and shoot. Hudson is just an average role player, not even a good point guard, and he shoots three-pointers. Trent grabbed the rebound and scored two points on the second offensive board. 91 to 90.

The situation was still in the Wizards' favor, the baseline ball was delivered, Margeti received the ball to protect it, and Trent adopted a foul tactic.

This season, Margeti shot 82% of his free throws, and he hit both free throws when it mattered. 93 to 90.

Sanders called a timeout to arrange tactics again, and the Timberwolves could only bet three points at the last minute, and Yang Rui replaced the mobile outside defender. Defending Gill and Hudson couldn't catch the ball, "Blacksmith" Peeler was forced to throw the last shot, which went wide of the basket.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Jordan raised his fists excitedly, he was not the protagonist on the field at the critical moment, he was not responsible for the main attack, and the newcomers completed the task well.

Yang Rui's several adjustments were too crucial, and the players who missed the collective shooting reversed the game.

The Timberwolves home commentator sighed: "In the second half, the Wizards used more appropriate tactics, and Jerry Young made every adjustment, he is really a great coach." ”

Many Timberwolves fans sighed, they couldn't sleep well tonight, the home team led after the opening, and in the end, they were actually punished to death by the Wizards with free throws, and the loss was too embarrassing.