Chapter 51 [Role Player's Victory]
Garnett and Ewing jumped the ball, bounced significantly stronger and flicked the ball to Marbury. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Marbury distributed the ball to Gugliotta on the right side, who leaned his back against Bowen and turned to the right to squeeze his opponent into the basketball. 0 to 2.
Ewing was a step slower to help defend, Bowen was too thin to get stuck, and Van Gundy pouted in the first round, which was not the defensive intensity he wanted.
Yang Rui knows that the team must have weaknesses, so it depends on whether he can make up for them with advantages.
The Knicks attacked, the players pulled away, Bowen ran to the bottom right corner to stand, Jackson was 70 degrees on the right side, Ward took the ball in the middle to organize the offense, and Ewing gave Houston no ball cover on the left side.
Garnett kept up with Jackson, and Stanley defended Ewing for a local advantage.
Ward saw the timing to split the ball, Houston ran to the left bottom corner to receive the ball, and Stanley couldn't change the defense in time. Houston made a three-point shot and hit it with little to no interference, 3-2.
The Timberwolves attacked, Marbury and Garnett played pick-and-roll, and Jackson's advantage came into play, he didn't have much game experience, but he was stronger than Oakley in defense, moved much faster, and was the sparring partner for all outside players on the team.
Marbury couldn't get a single pass, took to the right and pulled away the pass back to Garnett in the middle.
In the face of Ward's switch, Garnett raised the ball high above his head and sent it to the baseline, Gugliotta squeezed Bowen into the air, and turned to the basket as soon as he received the ball, and this time, Ewing retracted the basket and freed up Stanley.
Unless it's a macho like O'Neal, not being able to shoot from any position is a bad weakness, Stanley didn't dare to shoot the ball in the left vacant position, took a step inside, Ewing turned around again, interfering with the layup and missing.
Gugliotta grabbed the rebound and Bowen fouled him to the free throw line. After hitting both free throws, it was 3-4.
Van Gundy loves and hates Bowen, Bowen is good on the outside, works hard, and can shoot three points in the bottom corner, but he is not qualified in all other abilities except for the defensive outside, and his height of 201CM can hardly grab rebounds.
The Knicks attacked, Ewing went to the side to cover again, Houston ran to the line, scored a 70-degree jumper, and Stanley was slow to change defense. 6 to 4.
THE BIG CENTER, 213CM TALL AND WEIGHING 129 KG, IS SPECIALLY USED BY THE TEAM TO DEAL WITH O'NEILL AND CANNOT BE GUARDED. In the 20th century, pile-type inner lines abounded.
Yang Rui is sure that the opponent must adjust first, otherwise the unlucky one will definitely be the Timberwolves.
After a couple of passes, Garnett singled out Jackson, turned around and missed the shot, and the rebound was grabbed by Ewing.
In the next round, the Timberwolves made adjustments on the court, Stanley defended the middle, Garnett defended the side, and Jackson looked easier to deal with.
As a result, Jackson quickly hit a three-pointer in the middle, and broke through with the ball, causing Stanley to foul and hit both free throws.
The Knicks slammed into a bit and the fight was over, and Timberwolves coach Philip Sanders was forced to call a timeout and replaced him with 198CM small forward Sam Mitchell, and Garnett went straight to the center position.
The effect of this adjustment was immediate, strengthening the defense on the outside, and Garnett had the advantage of defending Ewing in the main defense, with similar height and better physical fitness.
However, the Timberwolves' offense was also in trouble, Bowen defended Mitchell much easier, and Jackson also interfered with Garnett's jumper three times, which did not become a defensive hole, and Garnett shot 2 of 6 in the first quarter, and the two goals scored were not against Jackson, which was a big surprise.
Only Yang Rui is not surprised, Jackson's 203CM looks short to play power forward in this era, and it is the standard height after 2010. And his most impressive time was the 2007 Warriors Black Eight, defending Nowitzki.
Don't look at Garnett, who is called "hard", that's because of defense, and he relies on jump shots on the offensive end.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Garnett's offensive ability was never top-notch, playing an average of 40 minutes per game at his peak, scoring 24.2 points on 19.6 shots. His strength lies in his all-roundability, claiming to be able to play five positions, and he has scored 20+10+5 data in many seasons.
Garnett is very similar to Nowitzki, it is easy to play a slow inside, but it is not easy to score against a small forward like Jackson, Jackson keeps up with the footsteps, and Ewing helps him inside.
26-25, the two sides were evenly matched in the first quarter, mainly relying on stars to score.
In the second quarter, Starks was responsible for holding the ball in the middle, giving teammates off-ball cover on both sides of the interior line, looking for misplaced opportunities, and Atkins exploded.
Atkins first ran down the left and caught the ball and hit a three-point shot; Then he cut the ball on the left side and passed the Timberwolves backup center Cherokee Parkes scored a layup; Then he forced a layup on the counterattack, and also made a foul on Timberwolves point guard DeJuan Witt, and after hitting a free throw, he completed 2+1.
Starks' form continued to be sluggish, missing two shots, rebounding balls were snatched by Big Ben, scoring one goal in the second offense, another foul, and missing both free throws.
No matter how much the coaching staff pushed, Big Ben's free throws didn't improve at all, which was his weakness.
The margin quickly widened to 13 points, and Garnett played again after a three-minute break, and Sanders realized that he couldn't do without Garnett, and the shortcomings of the two centers were too obvious.
Stanley is too slow, Cherokee is too soft, and this big white man has very average physical fitness, all based on his height, and he lacks shooting ability.
Garnett went up against Oakley, scored twice under the basket, and no experience worked.
Van Gundy didn't make a substitution, shouting from the sidelines to let Big Ben go to the opposite Garnett. Although shorter, Timberwolves fans are a little worried that Big Ben broke Garnett's thin arm.
This adjustment is also very effective, Garnett is difficult to get into the basket, can only pull out to block and shoot, and Ben is not inferior to the block.
After that, the Knicks rotated the lineup to ensure that everyone could reasonably allocate their physical strength, which was the core of Yang Rui's tactics.
In the second half, the advantage of the Knicks playing more people began to appear.
After Jackson's four fouls, Van Gundy let Moore come on the court to defend Garnett for a while, and the effect was not bad. Moore is also tall, maneuverable, and does a good job of interfering with shots.
Houston, Starks, and Atkins took turns firing from the outside, and Sanders had no other way but to let the core play more. As a result, the Timberwolves bench did not play at all, and a total of 8 people were rotated.
Point guard Witt played less than five minutes before being firmly pressed to the bench and could not be used again.
In the final quarter, the Timberwolves played about 40 minutes in several starters, and the efficiency decreased, but the Knicks players remained alive and won 114-103.
Compared to the stars, the Timberwolves won, with three scoring 20+.
The Knicks only had two 20+ points, Ewing had 22 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists, and Atkins scored 25 points.
Compared to the whole, the Timberwolves lost badly, and only four players on the team scored in double figures.
The Knicks scored in double figures with six players and came off the bench to score 46-8.
Knicks home commentator, Marv Albert, called it "a role player victory"!
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