readytorunbook Chapter 216 Garnett who continues to stretch his hips
Chapter 216 Garnett who continues to stretch his hips
Chapter 216 Garnett who continues to stretch his hips
The second half of the game began, and both sides started. Li Qi had a few minutes of rest in the second quarter, so he came up early in the third quarter, which caught Sanders by surprise. In the last round of the series against the Grizzlies, Li Qi's playing schedule was the same as in the regular season. There was no difference. As long as the team led by more than 7 points, he would not start first.
But now that the Trail Blazers lead by 9 points, Li Qi is still allowed to play. What is the meaning? It is really taking advantage of Szczerbiak's absence to ravage the Timberwolves to death.
Trendon Hassell and Li Qi are going to guard one-on-one. The two must be present at the same time, and one cannot be absent. Sanders knows very well that if the Timberwolves want to advance to the Western Conference Finals, they must watch the performance of No. 23. If he restrains Li Qi, the Timberwolves still have a good chance.
But judging from halftime, his defense against Li Qi did not achieve the desired effect. The opponent still scored 15 points, and his shooting percentage was relatively high among the few players in the game.
Li Qi still passed the ball to Sprewell at the beginning. He went to the side instead of running directly. Trendon Hassell followed. Alan Houston was one-on-one with the madman. He didn't jump, he is not a spring man, and he can't jump very high, but because of the height difference, he doesn't need to lower his center of gravity when defending.
Maggette hesitated, and still made a straight pass and found Li Qi. Trendon Hassel was still in front of him. Li Qi took a step forward. Divide the ball.
His personal score came to 18 points, but the Timberwolves were also unambiguous. Kassel dribbled the ball in the middle, and Irving Johnson also covered him, but the Alien did not go in, but went to the right, and then rushed to the inside. Li Qi was thrown away by the opponent, but fortunately Maggette and Milicic defended very well. Decisive shot, the ball scored, 53:63, Trendon Hassell is one of the surprise players of the Timberwolves in this game. He has hit 8 of 6, 1 of 1 free throw, and scored 13 points. However, his explosion did not allow the Timberwolves to take the lead.
Some of the Timberwolves' No. 23 scores were deliberately released by the Blazers. Among the five starters of the Timberwolves, he was the most ignored one. Even Elvin Johnson was more useful than him.
Li Qi took the ball to the front. When Milicic came over, he gave the ball to Milicic and ran to the side. Milicic was facing Irvin Johnson.
He stood in front of Milicic tremblingly and left the penalty area. He really didn't know how to defend. Li Qi raised his speed to the maximum without the ball. He swayed Trendon Hassell and went straight to the basket.
With a bang, the atmosphere of the audience was ignited. This was Li Qi's 20th point.
"It's brutal. Rich went 2-for-2 at the beginning of the third quarter, and then pulled the score to 12 points, 53:65. The Timberwolves have to find a way." Kevin Harlan said, Garnett was sullen on the court, and he didn't expect that he would be the background board that day. That guy Rich is really an asshole.
Garnett's side was obviously affected by the dunk. His offense was blown away, and the Blazers had the opportunity to continue to expand the score.
Li Qi still cooperated with Milicic, because the defense in the playoffs was indeed not comparable to that of the regular season. Milicic still played the ball at the top of the arc. The Timberwolves still let Irvin Johnson defend Milicic alone. At this time, Maggette suddenly ran from the restricted area.
At 53:67, the score continued to expand. On the Timberwolves side, Cassel ran from left to right, and then from right to left. He pushed Li Qi to the distance of the three-point line, shot, hit, 55; 67, the Alien is the most normal one among the Big Three of the Timberwolves, but he is not the kind of guard with a particularly strong scoring ability.
The Blazers continued to be the cooperation of Li Qi and Milicic. Li Qi completely regarded Milicic as Sabonis. When Divac was using it, he let the Serbian support at the top of the arc.It was the first shot he missed in the third quarter.
The Timberwolves grabbed the rebound and started a fast break, and Cassell scored 2 points with a floater. At 57:67, they beat the Blazers [-]-[-].
But after all, he was leading by double digits. D'Antoni still didn't call a timeout on the sidelines. Li Qi dribbled the ball to the right and handed it to Randolph.
The two sides fought like this for about 6 minutes. Milicic turned around and scored with a hook at the basket, which caused a foul by Irvin Johnson. The official timeout of the second half finally came. So far, the Timberwolves are 67 points behind with a score of 74:7.If they really reversed the ball, Garnett must kowtow to Cassel.
(End of this chapter)