NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 63 Lu Yuanzhi comes on the court, and the Kings’ defense is ready!
On the night of December 12, the Minnesota Timberwolves visited Sacramento to challenge the Kings away.

The two teams did not play this year's Christmas game, but this game is the focus of attention in the league.

Before the game, the Kings had 25 wins and 5 losses, ranking first in the league!

The Timberwolves are not bad either, with 19 wins and 8 losses, temporarily ranking fourth in the Western Conference, only behind the Kings, Spurs and Lakers, and ahead of the Mavericks, who are very popular this year.

The Timberwolves' starting lineup is center Rasu Nesterovich, power forward Kevin Garnett, small forward Joe Smith, offensive guard Wally Szczerbiak, and point guard Cangxi Billup. Sri Lanka.

The first impression of this lineup is that it is tall, really tall.

5个人的身高分别是213、211、208、201和191公分。

Twenty years later, Mr. Lu, who is 20 centimeters tall, is playing center for the Warriors, and at this time, Szczerbiak, who is 198 centimeters tall, is playing offensive guard.

The Kings, who usually take advantage of average height, are actually at a disadvantage in terms of the height of their starting five.

However, on the bench, Turkoglu is 208 and Lu Yuanzhi is 206. They are both players who are considered top players in the size category in the scouting report, and they can definitely step up at critical moments.

At the beginning, the Timberwolves won the ball with Garnett's jump ball, and wanted to use his height advantage to attack the Kings' weak point. Therefore, Billups singled out Bibby for the first ball of the offense.

The Timberwolves have obviously studied the game between the Nets and the Kings, and remember the scene where they used their size advantage to eat Bibby alone, and now it has been engraved on Billups.

At this time, Billups had not yet earned the reputation of "big heart". After he was selected as the third overall pick by the Celtics, he has been criticized for his poor organizational skills and low number of assists.

After playing only 51 games with the Celtics, Billups was traded to the Raptors, and then began his wandering basketball career. Last year, he came to the Timberwolves.

Regardless of whether the evaluation of "poor organization" is correct, Billups, like Kidd, has a huge advantage in using his size advantage to single-handedly beat Bibby.

Billups easily squeezed Bibby near the free throw line and turned over to hit a jumper.

The Kings can't swing Christie over to guard Billups like they did against the Nets, because Szczerbiak is much more versatile than Kidders at the offensive guard position.

This Spanish-born offensive guard who has received systematic basketball skills training has also experienced several years in the NCAA in the United States. He is also very skilled in post-up singles.

If Bibby were to swing over to defend Szczerbiak, he would probably suffer even worse.

Coming to the defensive end of the Timberwolves, they took the lead in using the zone defense that was just allowed this year.

Yes, after zone defense was allowed in 2001, the team that played the most zone defense was the Timberwolves, because all their players were tall and long-armed, and Garnett's foul-like movement speed made their zone defense system even more powerful.

Divac got an open shot at the free throw line, but just before he shot, Garnett quickly helped defend from near the 45-degree three-point line, and a big cap slammed Divac's shot.

Billups picked up the basketball and made a fast break. Smith quickly followed up and ended the fast break with an alley-oop.

In less than 1 minute of the opening, the Timberwolves scored 4 points in a row, which seems to indicate that today's game will be a replica of the match half a month ago.

Under the leadership of Weber, the Kings made sudden shots from inside and outside, and quickly stabilized the situation.

Garnett and Smith took turns defending Webber. Although there was nothing they could do about Webber for the time being, their outstanding athletic talents almost interfered with Webber several times.

The scores of the two teams increased alternately. At about 6 minutes, when the first official timeout came, the Timberwolves temporarily took the lead in the away game with 16:12.

"Max, you go up to replace Peja, and pay more attention to the defense of others; Doug, you pay attention to the defense of Smith."

Taking advantage of the official timeout, Adelman unexpectedly replaced his favorite player Stojakovic and replaced Lu Yuanzhi.

Stojakovic played very hard in the first half of the first quarter. Generally speaking, the three-pointer and the mid-range shot near the free throw line are the big killers to break the second and third defenses, but the rotation of the Timberwolves is too good. , he basically didn't get a good shot.

That being the case, Adelman replaced Lu Yuanzhi, trying to use Lu Yuanzhi's better athletic talent and defensive ability to ease the defensive pressure of Bibby and Webb.

Yes, after the research of the coaching staff of the Kings, everyone was surprised to find that Lu Yuanzhi's correct use method is not to defend the opponent's offensive core, but to use him as a flank scavenger, so that Lu Yuanzhi's dynamics can be better utilized. Talent makes the Kings' defense more three-dimensional.

Lu Yuanzhi came on stage and walked towards Joe Smith.

This guy is really famous, he was the No. 5 pick, and he played reasonably well during his rookie contract, and then he made a famous Yin-Yang contract, and he joined the Timberwolves with a minimum salary, and then the Timberwolves were stripped of their five-year draft rights, and Garnett left Kyle. Special person.

However, the investigation was still ongoing at this time, and the league did not let the news out. Joe Smith thought his plan had succeeded, and was working hard to improve his data.

On the first attack back from a timeout, the Timberwolves continued to let Billups attack.

Lu Yuanzhi secretly gave Bibby a look, Bibby understood, nodded, and began to carry Billups' back singles hard.

However, he couldn't bear it. The difference between the two was more than 6 kilograms. Even if Bibby tried his best, he couldn't stop Billups from squeezing in.

Lu Yuanzhi was watching what was going on on the other side and saw Billups hit him again. Bibby staggered and was pushed away, unable to defend effectively anymore.

"It's now!"

Lu Yuanzhi suddenly threw off Smith, who was marking, and rushed towards Billups.

With a distance of three to four meters between the two, Lu Yuanzhi shortened the distance by more than one meter in the first step, took off in the second step, and flew over like a big bird in the air.

Before Smith had time to remind, Lu Yuanzhi slapped the ball thrown by Billups and flew towards the Timberwolves half court.

Bibby was the first person to react. The moment he saw Lu Yuanzhi flying over, he felt that the ball was there. After adjusting his center of gravity, he rushed directly to the frontcourt.

Lu Yuanzhi and Billups landed at the same time, and they saw that Bibby had already rushed through the half court, picked up the basketball that was still bouncing forward, and easily moved it into the three-point line, and then made a simple layup for two points. .

Billups glanced at Lu Yuanzhi beside him, his eyelids twitching. Where did this man come from?

The Kings players took a reassurance.

Now that Lu Yuanzhi is on the field, the king's defense is here!
Lu Yuanzhi came on the court, and the Kings' half was peaceful! !
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