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\u003c"readability-styled" style=":inline;"xmlns=""\u003eThe second quarter is the performance time of the Lakers substitutes. Even if Odom is not there, the Timberwolves have nothing to do.

Yang Rui didn't even use his tactical board. He crossed his legs and pointed at a few people casually, "You five, come on." Then he continued to eat snacks, looking like he was watching a movie in a movie theater.

Mo Williams, Ariza, Iguodala, Walton, and Diaw appeared on the field, but there was no center.

On the surface, this seems to be a fool's errand, but it is actually a clever move, because the Timberwolves have almost no offense in the low post and rely entirely on defenders' breakthroughs and outside shooting. The Lakers' swingman array will not suffer under the basket and will not become a defensive loophole.

Timberwolves five: Cassell, Anthony Carter, Jarvis Hayes, Eddie Griffin, Mark Madson.

Madsen is 206cm tall and weighs 109kg. He is very strong and has no offensive ability. He relies on missing shots from the basket to score.

Griffin is 208cm tall and his style of play is closer to that of a small forward. He mainly shoots offensive jumpers and is not afraid of inaccurate shots.

Without big men, the Lakers also play a zone defense. The only Timberwolves players who can shoot three-pointers are Cassel and Griffin. Cassel's main scoring method is mid-range shooting. No matter which side the offense is from, Lakers players can do it no matter their height. To interfere with shooting, the movement speed will not be passed by in one step.

Grabbing backcourt rebounds and counterattacking, all five Lakers players can get down quickly. Ariza is out of position against two defenders and forcing a layup is an opportunity.

In the positional battle, Walton and Diola went out to organize, leaving space for Mo Williams and Iguodala to break through and attack, which also ensured offensive efficiency.

The point difference widened to 25 points. McHale replaced Garnett and Madsen early to add a scoring point.

Yang Rui replaced Walton and replaced Rasheed to mainly defend Garnett. He continued to use substitutes in other positions. He replaced Kobe and Yao Ming six minutes later.

After Yao Ming came on the court, he immediately hit Garnett in the low post. McHale immediately replaced Olawokandi, replacing Griffin who made 0 of 2 shots and had no performance.

The top pick in parallel imports once again faced off against Yao Ming, responsible for defending the penalty area. Of course, he couldn't defend it. Yao Ming scored 4 points in a row and committed Olawokandi's third foul two minutes later.

Yao Ming scored 8 points in this quarter, 25 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in the half, dominating the penalty area.

In the second half, the Timberwolves continued to use Olawokandi to face off with veterans Johnson and Yao Ming. At the end of the three quarters, both of them had four fouls. They were unable to defend against the "drug combination" pick-and-roll.

The Timberwolves trailed by 37 points in the final quarter and entered garbage time.

At this time, many people were wondering, why not let Garnett guard Yao Ming? Isn't he a perennial All-Defensive first team selection? How does McHale become a coach? Does he know how to employ people?

Although McHale lacks coaching experience, he was a superstar for the Celtics when he was a player and one of the top 50 NBA superstars. Of course he knows basketball and defense even more, because he has been selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team three times and twice. The second formation.

Not only McHale, but also when Sanders was still there, Garnett would not be allowed to guard Yao Ming because he could not resist.

Garnett never defends big centers. He is good at guarding forwards alone, switching pick-and-rolls, and assisting in blocking shots. Due to his strength deficiency, once Garnett is leaned against and unable to jump, his defensive efficiency will be greatly reduced. In this aspect, he is no different from Gasol, Rashid, Bosh and others.

When he first entered the league, Garnett played small forward for the Timberwolves. Because he didn't want to play center, he falsely reported that his height was two centimeters shorter. His weight is around 100 kilograms all year round. As a rookie, he was only 95 kilograms and now is 107 kilograms. Not to mention professional NBA coaches, even fake fans should know that Garnett is not suitable to play center when he looks at his lanky figure.

Yes, Yao Ming's muscles don't look as strong as Garnett's, but on the court, stability in the lower body is the key.

If Mango TV organizes a basketball game, He Jiong will definitely not be able to guard against Haitao. Haitao can beat him until the gardenia blooms and let him know why the flowers are so red!

If Garnett can resist others, McHale won't have to pay high salaries to dig up people like Olavokandi after Nesterovich left. It's not that McHale still believes in his talent, but that the team must have a meat shield center, which is a helpless move.

In Yang Rui's previous life, even during the Celtics' Big Three era, Garnett had to have a human shield around him.

The Celtics led the Lakers 3-2 in the 2010 Finals. After Perkins was injured, they were reversed as expected.

Later, Perkins was traded to the Thunder, and the Big Three could hardly regain their former courage. The decline was related to the age of the stars, but the unreasonable lineup configuration was the root cause. The team's center was Rondo, who was 185cm. How could they win?

In Yang Rui's previous life, Garnett realized that he couldn't do without weight after the team failed to make the playoffs in the 2004-2005 season, so he started to gain weight in the summer. During the training camp of the 05-06 season, his weight reached 115 kilograms and he was Major media reports called it a "sudden weight gain." However, even after the weight gain, Garnett was unwilling to play center. His legs were not thick enough and his lower body strength was average.

Until Yao Ming retired, the number of times the two faced each other could only be counted on one's fingers. Garnett often competed with Hayes, hitting Hayes with his back and failing to hit the ball, leaving a lot of videos. This is the reason why Hayes was able to get a high-paying long-term contract with the Kings.

The "hard secret" is most proud of, the case where Garnett "prevented" Yao Ming from death was on January 3, 2008, when the Rockets challenged the Celtics away from home, and Garnett defended Yao Ming at a critical moment in the fourth quarter. I met Yao Ming for a few minutes.

McGrady did not play in that game due to injury, but the Rockets once overtook the score when they were more than 20 points behind. At the last moment, due to Garnett's outstanding performance, they lost 93-97.

In this game, Yao Ming's hand was not good, but he was very lethal. The Celtics used starting center Perkins and substitute center Pollard to defend Yao. As a result, he committed 6 consecutive fouls in the fourth quarter.

Then, Garnett came out of nowhere. After his teammates consumed Yao Ming's energy with a wheel battle, he faced off against Yao Ming, who played for 40 minutes, showing a strong defense. Moreover, it's not that Yao Ming, whom Garnett was guarding, couldn't make a shot, it's that he missed the shot when he had the chance.

Looking at the lineups of the Celtics and Rockets at that time, and comparing them, the "hard secret" was clearly touted as Yao's name. If they swap teams, can Garnett start half the game with Hyde, Alston, Battier, and Hayes?

The Celtics started with the Big Three, Perkins, and Rondo, and the substitutes also included Tony Allen, James Posey, "Big Baby" Glen Davis, Eddie House, and Leon Bow. Wei and a group of strong men.

In that game, the key to the Rockets reaching the end was that Yao Ming was able to beat the two insiders. The Green Army wanted to restrict Yao Ming, but the price they paid was that Wells broke out. The Rockets' inside score totaled 55 points, and it was Yao Ming who restrained him. defensive results.

On the other hand, for the Green Army, except for Garnett, the other insiders were basically useless, with a total of less than 40 points.

And that was Yao Ming's worst game against Garnett's team, with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists in 42 minutes, with a 35% shooting rate.

While Garnett was in the Timberwolves, Yao Ming averaged 25+10 per game, completely dominating the Timberwolves inside, and Garnett did not focus on defense. On the offensive end, he also shot outside and would not challenge Yao Ming.

The hard, special defense against death and the soft Yao are just legends. His style is actually most suitable for partnering with Yao Ming in the paint, rather than being an opponent.

In the final quarter, both sides sent substitutes. The Lakers' five players were Mo Williams, Ariza, Walton, Diaw, and Diop. They had a balanced offense and defense. They grabbed the Timberwolves substitutes and went through brutality, 32 to 15 in a single quarter.

In the end, 134-80, the Lakers won by 54 points and got a good start in the playoffs.