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Chapter 137 137. I want to give him a chance
Chapter 137 137. I want to give him a chance
After the game started, the defensive strength of the two teams was very sufficient, and no one could easily score under the opponent's defense.
The Pistons' starting lineup still maintains last season's starting five.
The Timberwolves are: "Glove" Payton, Madman, Gerald Wallace, Garnett, and Magloire.
Judging from the starting lineup alone, the two teams can be said to be star-studded, and their defensive ability is the best in the league, so it is difficult to distinguish between superior and inferior.
Garnett of the Timberwolves and Ben Wallace of the Pistons are the two players most likely to compete for DPOY this season.
Big Ben's personal data is not as good as Garnett's, averaging 7.3 points and 11.3 rebounds per game looks like a blue-collar.
But the role of Ben Wallace on the field is not measurable by personal data. This is somewhat similar to "Glove" Payton. The average data of the two are not so dazzling, but they are very important to the team's defensive system.
The defensive end of the Pistons is still a zone defense, Ben Wallace is responsible for guarding the penalty area under the basket, and Rasheed Wallace is responsible for interference on the periphery.
Coupled with the fact that both Billups and Prince have excellent defensive capabilities, the entire Pistons can fully utilize the zone defense to the extreme, whether it is inside or outside, it can put a lot of pressure on the opponent.
The Timberwolves' offense mainly relies on counterattacks and horns. "Gloves" Payton's ability to read the game is more abundant than "Alien" Cassel.
However, the Timberwolves are not without weaknesses on the offensive end. Except for the madman who scored all kinds of unreasonable fairy goals with a hot touch, the Timberwolves' ability to chase points and attack tough problems is far from as good as outsiders imagined.
Especially after head coach Luke took Szczerbiak out of the starting lineup and replaced him with Gerald Wallace, the Timberwolves relied more on defense to win the game, and their offensive ability in positional warfare was relatively weak.
Otherwise, the Timberwolves would not have lost to the Mavericks in two consecutive games not long ago, and it is a pity that the point difference in the two games was small, which can be called a real loss.
"boom!"
As Gerald Wallace flew out from behind, he gave the "Little Prince" Prince a big cap, and Garnett, who grabbed the backcourt rebound, immediately pushed back and threw a long pass to "Madman" Sprewell.
The counterattack between Garnett and the Madman has been perfected. As long as the Madman can grab a more favorable fast-break position, Garnett can always send the ball in the first time.
"Bang!"
After catching the ball, the madman couldn't tell that he was a 35-year-old veteran. Facing Hamilton's retreat, the madman didn't slow down at all, and directly faced the defense with a dunk!
The madman's counter-attack dunk allowed the Timberwolves to extend their lead to 4 points. Although the point difference was not large, the overall momentum of the Timberwolves was boosted by this dunk.
Throughout the first half, the Timberwolves did not take advantage of too many points. The point difference was kept within five points, and the number of times the scores crossed was as high as eleven times.
The Pistons' excellent defensive rotation gave the Timberwolves a headache, and center Magloire's performance was even worse. He was limited to only 6 of 1 shots by the opponent player Ben Wallace.
On the contrary, Bynum, who came off the bench, played a good personal performance in the face of Big Ben.
Magloire has a personal advantage over Daben in terms of height and speed, but Daben's foot is stable, and frequent physical confrontations make Magloire completely lose his rhythm. Position try hook.
At the end of the first half, with "Glove" Payton's final buzzer shot, the Timberwolves led the Pistons by three points.
"Jamal's core strength is still a bit weak, and he is more suitable to match up with an agile center."
"I think in the second half, we can consider increasing Eddie's playing time, let him pull beyond the three-point line to cause trouble for the Pistons, so that Ben can't sit comfortably at the basket."
"Anyway, Ben's offensive ability is very poor. Even if he has a physical advantage against Eddie, we are not afraid that he will overwhelm the inside." Looking at Luke who was sitting on the side holding a tactical board and frowning, assistant coach Raymond whispered remind.
Magloire's poor personal performance in the first half gave the coaching staff a headache. Even though Magloire is likely to be selected for the All-Star team this season, it is Ben Wallace who defends Magloire after all. The best defensive center in the league.
Even if Magloire can't take advantage of anything, the coaching staff can't blame him at all.
"Jamal's core strength is too poor, which is why I chose to trade for Andrew."
"After so long in special training, I want to give Andrew a chance to see what kind of personal performance he will play against Da Ben."
"Andrew's physical fitness is much better than Ben's. Except for his strength and experience, he has no reason to be weak. He just won my trust." His fingers tapped the tactical board rhythmically, and Luke seemed to be still thinking.
"Andrew?"
"No, no, he's still too young, I mean he doesn't have enough court experience to directly compete with Big Ben."
"Even if he has a physical advantage against Big Ben, I think this will put the team in a more unfavorable situation." Luke's proposal made Raymond shake his head hurriedly.
The Timberwolves want to win this game from top to bottom. Although Bynum has improved significantly in the past two months, and his body has grown stronger, Bynum, who is too simple-minded, has never been favored by Raymond. .
Raymond would rather Hayes go up and wrestle with Ben Wallace, and he doesn't want Bynum to go up and humiliate himself.
Back in the second half of the game, the fans found that the Timberwolves actually sent Andrew Bynum at the center position.
After the Lakers were traded to the Timberwolves, although Bynum could get about 20 minutes of playing time in each game, Luke kept Bynum on the sidelines at critical moments and believed in Magloire's Performance.
As a result, back in the second half, Luke directly promoted Bynum to the starting position, replacing Magloire's position. This scene surprised the commentator Conifrek: "Lu actually promoted Andrew to the starting lineup in the second half, although Jamal's performance in the first half was very bad, but Lou was too confident in Andrew."
Partner Tom Horvath said: "Indeed, Ben is a strong contender for DPOY this season. Ben's low-post defensive ability has always been recognized in the league."
"Except for Shaq in his prime, there is no one who doesn't have a headache when he meets Ben in the low post."
"After coming to the Timberwolves, Andrew's average data rose to 8.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, but I believe no one will be optimistic about Andrew's performance in front of Big Ben."
In an environment of doubts and expectations, Bynum, wearing the No. 17 jersey, looked excited.
Apparently, even he himself didn't expect to start the game in the second half. Even though he had to face Ben Wallace next, Bynum didn't have the slightest worry in his eyes, only a blazing fighting spirit!
(End of this chapter)