347. Teacher Butcher is online again

After the pre-game meeting, the Trail Blazers entered the pre-game training phase, led by Hollins, with help from defensive assistant Bzdelik, shooting coach Chris Irving and others.

The coach went into fishing mode again and sighed from the side: "It's great to have a warden! Now I don't have to think about how to remind them not to be careless during meetings."

What a promising thing! The vice president who accompanied the team on the expedition despised his former leader.

But he also feels that this is a very big improvement. They are still far behind the top teams, such as many details.

For example, the mentality when preparing for a game, take the Lakers in the past five seasons as an example. Their pre-game preparations will be based on the best state shown by the opponent this season. During the preparation stage, they will not think about 'the Suns have reached the season'.

It won’t work in the postgame.’, ‘The Timberwolves without Cassell are in a mess.’ The Lakers, who often suffer from the aristocratic disease, often fall behind by a big score at the beginning of the regular season because they underestimate their opponents, but they can come back later, except for their super strong individuals.

Ability depends on how well they prepare for battle and know how to fight under certain circumstances.

This is not an isolated case. For a real championship-level team, this is a basic skill. However, this seems to be a simple thing, but not many teams can do it. The Trail Blazers did not have this basic skill before.

Fuck, but they are setting out to create such a strong team culture, and the method is very simple - emphasize it over and over again.

They don't have a coach with championship rings like Zen Master, nor do they have Popovich's military coaching style. They can only use this method, and this method is also very good. It's not like they only think about this one thing every day.

They are doing a lot of things at the same time, and they only need to emphasize it a few times in the preparation meeting for each game.

I just didn't expect that Liu Xiu's words would be better than their repeated instructions thousands of times!

When the vice president thought about this, he couldn't help but feel jealous. It's human nature.

Looking at the coach who was trying to fish, the vice president suddenly had an idea and said, "Maurice, Jess has such a strong leadership ability, how about we tell Jess the shortcomings that the players need to correct and let him help us urge the players to change?"

The coach shook his head: "No, no, no, even if it is necessary for the players to change, we have to do it, or let the veterans help the young players. We should find ways to strengthen the warden's leadership skills instead of consuming him.

leadership skills.”

The vice president calmed down after hearing this. He felt that the coach was right. He was suddenly a little frustrated but relieved - it turns out that I don't have the talent to be a head coach. It was indeed right for me to give up my dream of coaching and becoming the president.

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After a day of preparation, at 5:40 in the evening, Liu Xiu led his teammates into the target center.

After running out of the player tunnel and entering the game, Liu Xiu received continuous healing from Timberwolves players.

The man who provides the most healing value is naturally the man - Kevin Garnett!

Tonight's game was rebroadcast by Fox Sports, relying on the personal grudge between the Warden and the Wolf King.

This personal grievance naturally refers to what happened on the day of the 2004 All-Star Game... Every time the Wolf King was asked about losing a fight with Liu Xiu in the 2004 All-Star Game, the Wolf King chose to acquiesce. Over time,

This matter, it really turned into a fight between two people and Garnett didn't win.

Despite the grudge, Liu Xiu has never underestimated Garnett's strength, but has always been extremely fearful of this opponent.

"Kevin Garnett, 28 years old, ability rating 98, offense 92, defense 100, rebounds 97, passing 86... averaged 23 points, 13.4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.6 blocks per game..."

Peak super giant!

In addition to Cassel with an ability evaluation of 88, Madman with an ability evaluation of 84, Szczerbiak with an ability evaluation of 85, Joel Przybilla with an ability evaluation of 78, the core lineup is strong, Troy Hudson, Ai

The depth of the substitute lineup composed of Dee Griffin, Olowokandi, Trenton Hassell, and Fred Roiberg is also pretty good.

Although they have a fatal flaw - over-reliance on a 35-year-old veteran point guard, Cassell's ability to play tonight means that the Timberwolves do not have this flaw tonight.

The strongest thing about the Timberwolves is still the defensive system supported by Garnett alone. This is the first defensive system since the beginning of the new season that can truly limit the Suns!

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At 6 o'clock in the evening, as Garnett made a strange scream after winning the jump ball from Kwame Brown, the Trail Blazers' away game against the Timberwolves began!

Garnett gave the Trail Blazers a surprise at the beginning - the Wolf King kept shouting from the beginning of the game!

After the All-Star break last season, Garnett stopped talking when playing against the Trail Blazers.

Now, after the jump ball, I cheer with my voice, and when I start the attack, I roar loudly and direct my teammates to position...

Liu Xiu:???The new season has arrived, has the Wolf King debuff been refreshed?

A light bulb appeared on Liu Xiu's head and flickered a few times - it turned out that the Wolf King's hoarse voice was due to his own growl... Ahem, that's not right.

Seeing the Wolf King's arrogance and arrogance, "You have the guts to beat me to death," the warden had to say that this guy is very courageous and has a high golf quotient.

It's impossible for him, the warden, to give the Wolf King a beating because of his roars. The content of the Wolf King's roar tonight is different from usual. When playing against other teams, the words of the Wolf King must be from the beginning.

There was a lot of chatter in the next three streets, but tonight only words like 'coward', 'softie', 'parallel import' etc.

Accompanied by the iron-blooded roar of the Wolf King is the Timberwolves' hand-to-hand defense!

The game was extremely heated from the beginning. The Timberwolves took the initiative to drag the game into a hand-to-hand battle. The Trail Blazers, who were accustomed to playing brisk offensive and defensive battles, were caught off guard.

The Timberwolves picked up a big bargain during the offseason. Joel Przbilla, the ninth overall pick in the 2000 class, only played 17 games in the last year of his rookie contract last season, averaging 2.9 points and 6 rebounds per game entering 2004.

After that, he was reimbursed for the season. After the free market opened, no team wanted him. The Timberwolves signed him with a two-year special exception with a total price of US$3.1 million. So far this season, he has averaged 6.6 points, 7 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks per game.

The mid- and short-range defense built by Garnett and Przybilla drove top frontcourt scorers like Randolph and Raheem crazy.

The Trail Blazers also had to fight a defensive battle with the Timberwolves. Liu Xiu's main scoring area was mid-range and short-range, and he was also surrounded by Garnett. Three of the four top scorers were restricted by Garnett.

The game was full of physical fights and confrontations. Kwame Brown was cheated tonight. He was so irritated by Garnett that he fouled him repeatedly. He was also angry and gave Garnett a slap in the face because of his "parallel import" and "abandonment" like a repeater.

Technical offender, Garnett, who was elbowed, had no intention of fighting back and kept retreating...

In the end, Kwame Brown played 27 minutes, scoring 4 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers, and left the game with 6 fouls.

In addition to Kwame Brown, there is another starter who has been cheated - Payton.

It's true that he can't beat Cassel. Payton is experienced and seasoned, but Cassell's experience is not inferior to Payton's at all, and his condition is even better. He has played 10 games so far this season, averaging 16.3 points and 7.5 assists per game, ranking second to the Timberwolves in scoring.

Second on the team, first in assists.

Facing Payton's defense, Cassel scored 19 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists tonight, while Payton only had 5 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

In hand-to-hand combat, there is a very key scoring method - defensive counterattack.

The Trail Blazers also failed to play well, and Garnett was called the counterattack nemesis!

But the Blazers did not give up easily. They defended on defense and fought hand-to-hand. Warden and Butcher were not timid in confrontation.

Unfortunately, at 11 minutes and 21 seconds of the fourth quarter, Liu Xiu missed a three-pointer in a single, and then the Madman hit a long two-pointer in a single, widening the point difference to 6 points, and the Timberwolves secured the victory.

At 8:25 pm, the long whistle sounded at the end of the game. After 2 hours and 25 minutes of hand-to-hand combat, the Timberwolves relied on defense to narrowly defeat the Trail Blazers 93-87, ending the Trail Blazers' three-game winning streak!

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Garnett performed extremely well tonight, scoring 17 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, Cassel had 19 points and 8 assists, Madman had 23 points, and Szczerbiak had 21 points... When Cassel was here, the top four of the Timberwolves

The star's ball rights and shot rights are distributed very well.

For the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu played 44 minutes tonight and made 9 of 25 shots, including 2 of 9 three-pointers, plus 10 of 11 free throws. He scored 30 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Randolph

Scored 16 points and 14 rebounds, Flying Squirrel 13 points, Raheem 14 points, Outlaw 4 points and 8 rebounds... Payton and Kwame Brown are really responsible for the loss.

Payton has played for so many years, and the pitfalls are no longer one or two games. He can adjust himself.

But Kwame Brown has been covering his head with a towel since he was sent off for six fouls at the beginning of the fourth quarter. I don't know if he thought he fell asleep on his knees.

Returning to the locker room after the game, Liu Xiu took the initiative to take responsibility for his teammates, saying that he scored two more three-pointers out of the seven he scored to win the game. However, when he saw Kwame Brown, he still had an expression of "It's all my fault."

Liu Xiu had a headache, but he still had to find a way to comfort the talented center. It was not, but it was so troublesome... Yes!

Liu Xiu appeared in front of Randolph who was applying ice. He seemed to be distracted and did not notice that Randolph was next to him. He muttered in a voice that Randolph could hear: "That high school center is really useless.

I can’t bear any blow..."

At this point, Liu Xiu stopped and did not give the final concluding adjective, but let Randolph see his disdainful expression.

The Butcher was originally like the little emperor after losing, thinking, 'Whatever happened to the game just now, he will do it.' But now his attention was attracted by Liu Xiu's words, and his not-so-smart apprentice was disliked by the warden.

Got it!

Argue with the warden and accuse him of looking down on his little brother?

Liu Xiu is also one month older than Kwame Brown.

Randolph got up and searched around, and found the parallel import champion who had taken a shower. Looking at his eyes, he actually cried!

There is really no way to argue with the warden. His psychological quality is really bad. Just now the warden took the initiative to take responsibility, but this guy is still feeling sorry for himself and thinking about 'what if' with his teacher... That's not right.

, thinking too far, Randolph began to think about how to comfort his not-so-smart apprentice.

Randolph's smart cerebellum was working rapidly... The warden took the initiative to take responsibility, but this guy still blames himself, so it shouldn't be possible to start with the 'responsibility'... Yes!

Kwame Brown is still blaming himself for losing, and he was very upset. Many people comforted him, but they didn't succeed in the end. But, he still needs someone to comfort him, but he won't stop because someone comforts him.

Cheer up, even the person comforting him got a little annoyed with him in the end.

Randolph comes to Kwame Brown's side.

The latter was ready to accept a new round of being comforted...but the other party did not comfort him! Nor did he scold him, but what he said really shocked him!

"Kwame, that elbow you gave Garnett tonight was so cool. I heard that you didn't dare to talk back when he scolded him before. You did a good job this time and made great progress, but there is still room for improvement. Next time
Chapter completed!