Chapter 113 What should you do without KG?
Xie Hou has seen all kinds of defenses, and the one who is the most ruthless in breaking through restrictions is definitely the Timberwolves.
There are two first-class single defenders on the outside, Kassel and Sprewell. They are old and difficult for them to make any contribution to the defense, but Garnett, who is in his heyday, helping defense is the least thing they need to consider.
Only talking about assisting defense and switching defense, Kevin Garnett in the 20032004 season was one of the most terrifying players in the NBA ever (not even one in my mind). Many players are known for being able to cover defense within the three-point line, but most of them are just exaggerating.
Garnett is a minority of outliers, and the only player who "covers the three-point line in the defensive end" is not enough to describe his defense.
His limitations on breakthroughs are terrible. In this era when he can get started, he has a height of 210, a wingspan of 220, and agility of 190 cm.
His unique physical talent makes him the strongest assisted monster in service.
This advantage has reached its peak this season, and he has put in 100 efforts in every round, so that all breakthrough players have to face him as long as they break into the three-point line, and average 14 rebounds per game.
He built the Timberwolves' defensive system alone and won the most rebounds in the league.
This is his value and the reason why Xie Hou scored in the first quarter to swallow eggs.
Garnett can lock his breakthrough.
Moreover, Miller made 0 of 4 three-pointers in the first quarter, and his inefficient three-point output made Xie Hou’s breakthrough space extremely narrow, and it is rare to be able to pass 4 assists.
"Arthur, take a break," Claire said. "I will replace you later. I need you to take the initiative to shoot. This is the only solution."
Xie Hou nodded gently.
After a season of play, he has seen all possible defenses.
If he can't shoot, it will be a tough game tonight. Fortunately, his shooting is not as weak as the data shows.
Xie Hou's shooting efficiency is at the league average, and he doesn't shoot much, making people think he doesn't like shooting.
He shot fewer before, but on the one hand, there was no chance, and on the other hand, there was no need. He prefers to break through the opponent's defense line by breaking through and then breaking through one by one with passing ball.
This method is not applicable to Timberwolves.
Xie Hou recalled the Timberwolves' defense against him, and almost every round was targeted at him for breakthroughs, and his opponent really regarded him as a weirdo who could not shoot.
"If I'm not sure, I'm at the bottom."
Xie Hou was immersed in his own world as if he was autistic, and suddenly heard Miller say this to him.
Xie Hou glanced at him: "You made 0 of 4 three-pointers in the first half."
If Miller's three-pointer had not been oppressed by his opponent, the first quarter would not have been so difficult, Garnett's assisting defense was not so powerful that Xie Hou, who could average 25 points per game by breaking through, was completely silent.
Miller just hummed softly: "No one can always maintain a hot feel. I, xx, don't allow you to play a stinky ball because my xx's poor feel. Don't try to throw the blame on me!"
Xie Hou is very good at shirking responsibility for some small matters, but he usually doesn't just push his own blame for such big matters.
Hearing Miller say this, Xie Hou didn't know whether he was stimulating himself, stimulating others, or both?
I don't know, 4 minutes have passed.
Xie Hou did not let his teammates open after the break. In the past 4 minutes, they only scored 1 point with free throws. Fortunately, the Timberwolves also played poorly and only scored 3 points.
Within 4 minutes, the two teams scored 4 points in total. By the standards of top NBA teams, this offense is really eye-catching.
Timberwolves' head coach Larry Sanders was dissatisfied with the team's performance and called a timeout first.
Timberwolves replaced Garnett Fred Hoyberg.
On the Pacers' side, they also replaced Shehoupapalucas and Miller.
In order to make Xie Hou focus on the offense, Papalucas will take over the ball and Miller continues to play the second position.
"You are finally here. I thought you were beaten to the point where you were peeing in your pants by kg, so I didn't dare to go on again!" Sprewell looked excited as if he was taking drugs.
"cut!"
Xie Hou was too lazy to reply. In his opinion, this was just an old man who bullied others with power. If Garnett hadn't been there, he would have been ruined by his old arms and legs.
"Can Arthur throw the ball into it?" The Pacers' coaching staff all watched the game nervously.
Xie Hou was able to score goals before, but he had never encountered such intensity games in the NBA, and he had never personally taken over a game where there would be no chance if he didn't stand up.
Claire watched the game without saying a word, and the Greek dribbled the ball through the half, stretched out his hand to slow down everyone's pace. He did not intend to call for tactics.
In the last 12 seconds, Xie Hou ran to the 45-degree three-point line on the left wing to receive the ball. Sprewell smiled with Yoshimura Takayuki's face, as if he was full of confidence in his defense.
"kg won't let you break through!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ball in Xie Hou's hand had already landed, and he jumped forward cleanly, occupying the madman's defensive position like a bandit breaking in.
Can he react?
If Xie Hou had no extra moves, he could react. But King Arthur was also a man with a temper. He was a man who was not moving before, and this guy was still arrogant and he was so arrogant that he couldn't blame the younger generation for being rude.
Xie Hou knocked away Sprayville's body and pulled up two steps within the three-point line.
The madman wanted to block, but the question was, what did he cover? What he wanted to block was a straight arm jump shot that was 204 cm high, 224 cm long, arm span vertically bounced nearly 60 cm.
Sprewell felt powerless about his defense for the first time. He didn't know how to stop Xie Hou. Xie Hou had no other concerns and took action steadily.
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"Shot in! Very beautiful shooting posture, Arthur finally scored!"
Xie Hou landed on the ground, turned around and saw Sprewell with a rusty face, and did not forget to finish the knife and add salt: "Can your defense be a little worse?"
The madman was swearing and chasing him from behind. Seeing that he was in a fight, he rushed to the front and realized that he wanted to have a few resentful confrontations with Xie Hou.
"You won't want to use kg again?" Xie Hou teased, "What should you do if you don't have kg?"
After saying that, Xie Hou gave Sprewell more force to confront him.
In order to teach young people a lesson, Sprewell began to make moves that were easily called and fouled.
Garnett just got the ball at the free throw line and wanted to support him, he heard the referee beating next to him. Xie Hou was lying on the ground in a large shape, and Sprayville stood there as if petrified.
That's right, the veteran who was dedicated to teaching the rookie lesson was swearing a foul of no ball by the referee.
"Poor old man, what should you do without kg?" Xie Hou repeated this sentence.
Chapter completed!