Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 195 The "Fourth" dispute

The league eventually punished Stan Van Gundy for resting Woody.

Just kidding, I got the "American Live" treatment, so you got Woody off the stage, right?

Stan Van Gundy didn't care at all: "I am willing to pay this ticket for Woody!"

In the Heat's next game, they faced the Mavericks led by fellow "Big Four forward" Dirk Nowitzki.

Steve Nash's rebirth in Phoenix signals that, for at least this year, the Mavericks will be losers no matter what they do.

Putting this aspect aside, the Mavericks have actually done a good job this season.

After Nelson left, "Little General" Johnson took over.

Unlike Nelson, a coach who likes to maximize offense and use offense to replace defense, Johnson is a "iron head coach" who hopes his players can do a good job of defense as he says.

The Mavericks have become a defensive team in the new season!
It turns out that after they introduced Jason Terry in the summer, this team really only needs to focus on the defensive end!
Because of Terry and Nowitzki's personal scoring ability, no head coach needs to worry too much about the offensive end.

They currently sit in fourth place in the Western Conference.

The team scores an average of 102.5 points per game and concedes an average of 96.8 points per game. There are no major problems on both offense and defense. It is a team with a balanced offense and defense.

Even if the Heat, which is short of major generals, ranks first in the league, if they meet such a Mavericks team, they will still have to lose.

Gerald Wallace, who restricted Tracy McGrady in the last game, also restricted Jason Terry very well in this game.

The "Jets" averaged 15.1 points per game this season and only scored 9 points in this game.

but……

Without Terry, the Mavericks still have Michael Finley who averages 14.3 points per game, Stackhouse who averages 12.3 points per game, and Josh Howard who averages 12.6 points per game.

There are too many people to restrict. Gerald Wallace is not Nezha after all. It is true that one person cannot restrict so many people.

Woody and Nowitzki were only on a "[-]-[-]" basis in this game.

Nowitzki scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

A guy who is 2 meters tall is playing backwards in front of you. This can only be described as incomprehensible!
It is worth mentioning that since last season, Nowitzki has slowly increased the proportion of his back. Before last season, he was also a strong inside man who played with his body. Otherwise, there would be no "German Tank" "The nickname.

The "Tomahawk Dunk" when he rushes to the basket is just a matter of time.

But since the mid-range has become more and more stable, Nowitzki's scoring average has just made another breakthrough, reaching the peak of his career, averaging 26.1 points per game!
In fact, for a player, if he does not have a historical body like Woody's former teammates, can forcefully push away all defenses, and average more than 40 minutes of playing time per game, he wants to break through in scoring per game. If you score more than 25 points, you must have more skillful skills!
Nowitzki is an obvious example.

伍迪这场比赛最终的数据是28分13篮板3助攻3盖帽1抢断。

Without Shaquille O'Neal, Woody's assists per game are somewhat revealed.

However, after resting for a game, Woody's overall condition recovered very well.As soon as he started, he hit the basket continuously. In the first ten shots, his shooting rate was a terrifying 90%!

Johnson was so frightened that he called several timeouts in a row.

In the end, Dampier's top defense and Nowitzki's help limited his performance at the basket, and his shooting percentage finally dropped to a "miserable" 70%!

Therefore, even though Nowitzki had the last laugh, he still said with lingering fear: "This is really terrifying. It's hard to imagine that this guy is only 19 years old!"

Some media asked Nowitzki to compare Woody with LeBron.

This is a routine operation for many media reporters.

Not to mention, the fans really love watching it too!
The Mavericks have already met the Cavaliers.

Although LeBron also performed very well in the game against the Mavericks, with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in two games, and 28 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in the other game, the Mavericks led the way in both games. , I didn’t feel there was anything tricky at all.

Playing the Heat is different.

Firstly, the opponent was short of major generals. Secondly, in this game, the Heat once narrowed the point difference to 1 point. However, there was a shortage of personnel in the subsequent rotation, which led to the team being widened once again.

To put it more simply:
As soon as Woody comes off the court, the Heat lose points!
In this case, who do you think Nowitzki thinks is the better of the two...

In addition, some media mentioned the topic of "four forwards", but Nowitzki had no objection: "The players can let their performance speak for themselves!"

He didn’t have any other meaning, he just wanted to show:
I will use my performance to convince those experts and give them the evaluation they deserve.

But in Kevin Garnett's ears, that's not the case at all...

What do you mean?
Does this mean that my performance in leading the team this season is not ideal, and my personal data has also shrunk, but I am still complaining like a whiny woman that I am only ranked fourth among the "four major forwards"?

I didn't like this white man at first, but now Kevin Garnett doesn't like him even more.

Sure enough, white people have no empathy!
This game also became a little more explosive.

Ok……

From Kevin Garnett's perspective.

Because the Timberwolves lost another game and fell to ninth in the Western Conference, in the eyes of the Mavericks, they really have no competitiveness.

The Western Conference has been very competitive in previous years, and the difference between third and seventh place may only be two or three games. Except this year, the Timberwolves, ranked ninth in the Western Conference, are now seven games behind the Mavericks.

If this situation continues, it is possible that the winning gap between the two teams will reach more than 10 games by the end of the season.

And such a difference in wins means that there is a gap between the Timberwolves and the Mavericks.

Kevin Garnett didn't even compete with Nowitzki, and the team had already lost by 8 points.

Coupled with the fact that the Mavericks took more and more aggressive shots from the outside in this game, the Timberwolves surrendered after just three quarters.

Kevin Garnett, who was sitting on the bench, watched Dirk Nowitzki chatting and laughing with his teammates depressingly. Then he looked at himself, the faces of everyone on the bench were even worse than when he saw his wife getting into his boss's car. Unable to resist, he immediately covered his face with a white towel, out of sight!

The Mavericks ultimately won this game by 16 points. Dallas used this game to step on Kevin Garnett on behalf of Nowitzki.

With a wounded heart, Kevin Garnett came to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs.

He and Tim Duncan already had conflicts, and this time the topic of "four forwards" has not dissipated. The confrontation between the two in this game was particularly fierce.It was an ordinary regular season, and it didn't involve the rankings of the two teams, but it gave them the intensity of the playoffs.

In the end, with two signature mid-range shots, Tim Duncan defended his home court, and the Spurs narrowly defeated the Timberwolves 104-96.

凯文-加内特全场豪取26分8篮板6助攻2抢断3盖帽，看着压倒了蒂姆-邓肯的21分8篮板2助攻2盖帽。

But his two missed attacks at the last moment were what the media really focused on after the game. "The San Antonio Sentinel" directly said: "This is the reason why Kevin Garnett did not become Tim Duncan. If Tim participated in the draft in 95, then Kevin Garnett's draft pick would have to be further back. Move one place, it’s a fact!”

It was hard for Kevin Garnett to be ridiculed by Nowitzki and Tim Duncan's city in turn.

He vented all his anger on the next scene.

面对以自己为模版的克里斯-波什，凯文-加内特甩攻防两端30分10篮板5助攻2抢断3盖帽的数据让后者知道了“完全体”的他到底有多么吓人！

But that's not enough. In the second season of his career, Chris Bosh averaged 16.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, but he still can't find his name among the league's top power forwards.

For Kevin Garnett, he wants to prove himself, and the next game is particularly critical...

Another match after the new season, this time in Minnesota, the home of the Timberwolves.

That's right, this time the Timberwolves' opponent is none other than Woody and his Heat!

After the game against the Mavericks, the Heat encountered another wave of "back-to-backs". They were already short of players, and now they are even more stretched.

In the end, they lost two "back-to-back" games, plus the loss to the Mavericks, the Heat won another "three-game losing streak". Now they are in desperate need of a victory to curb this momentum.

The good news is that Wade will finally come back in this game!

Therefore, the Heat team hopes to end their last game in January with a victory.

Woody was asked again by reporters about the "four top forwards" before the game.

Coincidentally, since the rankings of the "Four Forwards" were updated, the four of them have continued to meet each other, and in conversations again and again, this topic has become more and more popular.

The rankings of this group of media are also simple and crude, and their rankings are determined by their victory or defeat when they meet each other.

The current situation is that Tim Duncan has won all the games recently, and Nowitzki lost to Duncan once. He also won all the others and is ranked second.

That is to say...

Woody and Kevin Garnett will compete for this "third" spot.

Woody doesn't value this ranking. In his opinion, it has no basis.

When the Heat reach the finals this season, let's see who ranks first!

However, Woody, who didn't care at first, watched the media keep talking about "No. [-]" and "No. [-]", and his competitiveness and "star disease" all started to attack. He has been unlucky enough recently, and he can't do it anymore. The misfortune continues.

Whoever likes to be this "fourth child" should be the one!
Anyway, he doesn't want to be...

Kevin Garnett probably thinks so too. When he warmed up tonight, you could tell he was very involved.

The atmosphere in Minnesota is still very good, even if their record this season is not as good as last season.

It's all because of Kevin Garnett.

Here, at least 8 out of [-] fans are die-hard fans of Kevin Garnett.

Here, the "Wolf King" is really just like the "Earth Emperor".

Kevin Garnett can always perform better at home!

The wolf howls from the fans are the best encouragement for him.

Just by looking at his appearance, you can tell that he can't help but hit the pillar!
Passion is Kevin Garnett's best "buff". In the first round, he completed his iconic "iron-blooded jump shot" from the mid-range.

The roar sparked cheers from the crowd.

I don’t know why, other people’s mid-range shots are mid-range shots, but Kevin Garnett’s mid-range shots can be linked to Iron Blood.

During the Heat's counterattack, Wade had been away from the battlefield for a long time, so in this attack, Alston gave the ball to him first and let him find his condition.

When Wade faced "Madman", his first pass felt very good, and he directly let "Madman" eat the exhaust gas.

But after rushing to the basket for a confrontation, the feeling on his hands was not very good. He didn't even touch the basket while playing cricket.

Kevin Garnett faced off against Woody under the basket, and the "Sugar Man" next to him happened to pick up the rebound.

Without Shaquille O'Neal, the biggest problem under the basket is that there are few people to block Woody's position. Haslem's fighting spirit is no problem, but if all problems can be solved by fighting spirit, then the "Wolf King" should be wearing full hats at this moment. championship ring.

The Timberwolves successfully protected the rebound. This was supposed to be the moment when the Timberwolves took the opportunity to widen the point difference, but Cassel, who dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, did not give the ball to the outside when the Heat had shrunk the entire defense. "Handsome" Szczerbiak.

Instead, he forced his way to the basket and missed the throw...

This is a microcosm of the Timberwolves' season.

Under the fierce collision of team coordination and individual shots, this team that could have developed a very good chemical reaction faltered.

Woody successfully blocked Kevin Garnett behind him this time and protected the rebound.

The offense still belongs to Wade.

This time he very calmly broke through and shot to complete the goal.

But it was also his only goal in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the Heat were 24 points behind 29-5.

Wade, who had just returned from injury, made 5 of 1 shots and made 1 turnover.

Woody performed normally, making 5 of 3 shots and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

In order for Wade to find a better rhythm, he sacrificed a lot in the first quarter.

Plus Kevin Garnett was in really strong form tonight...

Made 6 of 4 shots and even hit a three-pointer!

You must know that his average 3-point shooting percentage per game is only 24%...

This made him feel as if the goddess of victory was smiling at him tonight.

Woody listened to the cheers of the audience and looked at the singing and dancing Timberwolves fans. He said to Stan Van Gundy: "Stan, I am ready to play the remaining three quarters tonight!"

(End of this chapter)