207. The battle for rhythm is the most difficult(1/2)
"System, look at Billups' abilities."
"Ding... Chauncey Billups, ability value 71, 73 three-pointers, 67 mid-range shots, 71 layups, 86 speed, 82 strength... Discovered totem skills: Yi Zhong. Characteristics: wandering."
"Yi Zhong: Years of wandering have given him the character of perseverance. No matter what crisis arises, he will never give up in the face of any powerful opponent. His perseverance gives him the ability to control himself like a coach on the field, and he is calm and calm.
The field control ability can compete with all powerful enemies, and the hand feel is greatly improved at critical moments."
"Wandering: He is good at discovering loopholes on the field, and often performs different ball-handling behaviors that the coach and star players want, but his own ability is not outstanding. His excellent field-controlling ability makes every team want him, but
You have to give up because it is difficult to control. If you don’t have a suitable team, you will eventually be traded and your career will be in trouble.”
Billups actually has the field control ability to compete with Garnett's double buff!
Although the comprehensive attributes are not high, he may not have reached his peak. The peak period will directly remind you, but even Billups now, if you put Popovich, Pat Riley, and Larry Bird,
In the hands of the old monster, the good guy... can he control Iverson?
But as for Billups now, Liu Mang is not bad, especially Billups' steady field control ability is offset by Garnett's aggressive and expensive indiscriminate attack buff.
That is to fight for strength!
Liu Mang now has an ability value of 70 when he triggers the bench gangster, which is about the same as Billups. Moreover, Billups' personal offensive ability is indeed in an average state, and Liu Mang is under much less pressure.
Not only Liu Mang, but when the Timberwolves' ball-handling player became Billups, everyone in the Hawks felt that the pressure was not so great, and their fighting spirit suddenly recovered.
Billups is very strong. He may not have explosive power, but he is still strong. He pressed towards Liu Mang and tried to use his body to push forward.
Liu Mang, on the other hand, immediately stepped back without any physical contact.
Who doesn't know your reputation?
Before he developed a fairly good shot in the summer of 2003, Billups's rare scoring method was drawing fouls. In the 2002-03 Eastern Conference Finals, the Nets swept the Pistons 4-0, and Billups achieved success.
Kidd is known as a defensive giant. In four games, Kidd prevented Billups from shooting more than 20%. In the fourth game, Billups was directly defended to 1 of 8 in the half, and in the second half
I don't dare to vote anymore. People give me nicknames but I can't win.
Don't play by the rules! This is the first time Billups has encountered someone with such decisive defensive choices. He has to see if his opponent's shots are accurate today!
Billups retreated from the three-point line. If he shot in an open position, his distance from the free throw line and the three-pointer were the most accurate. At this time, Liu Mang immediately came back.
Billups advanced, Liu Mang retreated, Billups retreated, and Liu Mang stayed close. Billups really didn't know how to hit the ball!
The positions of his teammates were also different from what he thought. None of Garnett, Szczerbiak, and Joe Smith were under the basket, and they stood motionless at their respective shooting spots.
Raheem, Ratliff, and Muhammad were huddled at the edge of the three-second zone, ready to grab rebounds. They were not afraid of the Timberwolves' three frontcourt shooters who were so good in the first half of the quarter.
At this time, Garnett saw that the time was good and reached for the ball in an attempt to break through, but Billups felt that he should make an outside shot at this time to let the opponent's defense spread out.
Billups is the kind of person who works on his own. What he needs is a team that completely trusts him. This time, he pressed forward and deceived Liu Mang to take a step back. Then he took back his foot and made three moves.
Take action!
Great selection, but didn’t get in!
When Liu Mang saw the arc of Billups' shot, he knew the ball was too crooked! He rushed straight to the frontcourt! Sure enough, Muhammad grabbed the defensive rebound and immediately passed the ball over.
After rushing to the opponent's basket, Liu Mang suddenly discovered that Garnett had caught up!
This long-legged monster!
Billups returned to defense very quickly, following closely behind Garnett. Liu Mang returned the pass and passed the ball. At this time, even if Garnett got away, Billups followed behind.
Jason Terry, who followed up, finally got a perfect shot and hit a three-point shot!
15 to 9! The Eagles opened the point difference to more than 5 points!
"This rookie! It's more trouble than that bastard Kobe said!" Garnett seems to have a hot temper, but in fact he is extremely calm inside. Everything is just to anger his opponent. In fact, it is extremely difficult to see him really being with his opponent.
Fight! Every time, he provoked his opponent to fight, and he provoked his opponent so much that he was punished by the referee.
Immediate effect! Liu Mang had an immediate effect when he came up, which reminded Garnett of a legendary sixth man of the Celtics - Bill Walton!
That historical geographical figure who can open up a situation for the team when he comes up.
The Timberwolves attacked, Billups advanced, and Garnett once again came to the three-point line to ask for the ball.
Garnett couldn't understand one thing. Billups was quite good when he led the second team by himself, and his shooting was quite accurate when it came to winning shots. But when the two of them were playing together on the court, it just didn't feel right.
How uncomfortable.
Billups' stability and Garnett's aggressiveness are completely incompatible!
Garnett held the ball, and the others stagnated again. Billups couldn't hit without the ball in his hands, and the others didn't have the ability to attack independently. Since Garnett's outside shooting performance was not so good in the first half, Muhammad
Shrinking in, Garnett once again chose to thrust forward!
Muhammad stepped back continuously and guarded the basket with Ratliff. Garnett rushed into the free throw line to make an emergency jump shot. Rahim flew over to block the shot! Muhammad moved to Garnett in time.
In the passing route between Te and Szczerbiak, Garnett could only pass to Joe Smith, who made a mid-range shot!
Still missed!
"Return to defense!"
Garnett roared loudly, and the Timberwolves players' defensive efficiency improved significantly. Rahim grabbed the rebound and threw it to Liu Mang. When Liu Mang advanced the counterattack, the opponent had retreated simultaneously.
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Liu Mang made a decision in an instant and moved forward quickly!
After the fourth level of Ball Control Master, Liu Mang felt that his speed was a little faster, closer to his speed when running without the ball. The Eagles as a whole followed Liu Mang's rhythm, and Jason Terry also followed suit.
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Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt, and Billups came up to block Liu Mang. Liu Mang dribbled the ball from his hips and pulled Billups away. Liu Mang rushed inside and turned to look at Jason Te.
Take a look inside.
This glance deceived Garnett, who was originally going to help defend. Especially when Liu Mang ran past the free throw line on the right side of the basket, he jumped up and collected the ball. Garnett ran to the top arc to stop Jason-
Terry catches the ball.
There is Joe Smith under the basket, and Billups is following behind. With Liu Mang's layup ability, Garnett is still very confident in Billups and Joe Smith's defense.
At this moment, Liu Mang put away the ball with his right hand and threw it towards the basket!
At this time, Liu Mang's right leg was still moving forward. This was basically an unergonomic shooting action. The Timberwolves didn't expect it at all!
"Bang...swish"
Liu Mang hit the ball with a close throw!
"Huh... so dangerous."
Liu Mang felt that this ball was a bit lucky. Although he had the skills and the movements were very smooth, the accuracy still needed training. He didn't actually want to hit the board just now... but this gave him a direction. Generally speaking,
It is said that the shooting rate of practicing layups is relatively higher than that of direct layups!
Timberwolves call timeout!
The wrinkles on coach Flip Saunders' face are about to turn into chrysanthemums.
The whole team feels really bad today!
In other words, since January, the Timberwolves have been in average condition. Looking at the record alone, it is almost the same as the SuperSonics. The key is that they lost directly to the SuperSonics.
Coach Sanders is a good coach. He trains rookies and is very good at using their immediate strength. Garnett was trained by him. The future Pistons will reach the Eastern Conference Finals for six consecutive years. If Carlisle and Larry Brown still rely on
With the Pistons' top five, the Pistons were basically in a mess when Coach Sanders took over. Ben Wallace degenerated and was traded, and everyone else's condition declined to varying degrees, but he still kept the Pistons top two in the Eastern Conference.
Strength.
The current lineup of the Timberwolves is indeed unsatisfactory. Szczerbiak can't dribble and move well in the second position, and his impact in the third position is insufficient. His scoring average of 189 points per game is only a few points.
You can see it from the free throws. Billups has taken close to 5 free throws.
Szczerbiak basically takes the pass from Garnett who is double-teamed and shoots. Of course, in addition to free throws, he has a shooting percentage of close to 180 for the club.
More, such as strong play to open up the situation... He can't even force Jason Terry.
And Joe Smith, Coach Sanders doesn't understand the management's thinking, just because this guy actually lost his fifth-year draft pick?
There is no single play inside, and the rebounding is very poor. As a center, he averages nearly 30 minutes per game and only has 6 rebounds. He doesn't even have a position or pass. The highest number of assists in a year is 1.6. Only defense is okay, but it is equal to
A weakened version of Garnett is good at making up defense rather than defending at the basket.
"Kevin, Chauncey, slow down your speed. Mark, please replace Joe and pay attention to the position. Anthony and Wally, you must be decisive when catching and shooting. Don't hesitate just because you can't make a shot. If you have a chance, take action quickly!"
Coach Des can only do this. Even a clever woman can't make a meal without rice! Although one of the future Pistons' five tigers is missing, there are still four of them. If they can't defend, they can balance offense and defense. The Timberwolves are really useless!
There are only three ball-holding points, and one is still discussing retirement with the management.
We can only slow down! Although it will lose Garnett's fast-paced offensive and defensive transition ability, it cannot let the Hawks run. The Hawks' cavalry tactics have made all opponents in the league feel the rise of a new force.
For the Eagles, Coach Kruger is now more and more experienced and understands that the opponent should slow down. If possible, he also wants to slow down the rhythm and catch the opponent off guard, but it's time for Ratliff to rest.
The team does not have any other big centers who can defend the basket, so they cannot play as they want. It is a helpless move to send a small lineup. Obviously, they can rely on their opponents to judge how fast they are playing to counterattack.
, but unfortunately there are not enough manpower.
Sometimes it's not all the coach's problem, it's just that the team's lineup is not enough, otherwise it could go further.
After returning from the timeout, the two teams began to compete in rhythm.
To be continued...