Walker got the ball and faced Sam Mitchell, who was a head shorter than him.
Walker's first match of the season naturally wouldn't be polite with Mitchell. He used his signature knife rolling style, turning around a few times and directly crushing the basket. Then, he elbowed and directly opened up a space, trying to score a layup.
Garnett, who was waiting at the side, had long been impatient. He saw the opportunity and directly stabbed out diagonally, slapping Walker's ball away.
The basketball happened to fall into Lin Long's hands. Lin Long took the ball and took a step forward. His shoulder bumped into the white center, Gugliotta. He felt as if he had been hit by a speeding truck and was sent flying backward.
Linlong roared!
He directly used the momentum to pull out the onions on dry land and slammed the ball with both hands!
"Strength!"
Lin Long raised his arms and shouted at the audience, which naturally caused another round of cheers.
However, Walker's expression was ugly. In the same round, he had embarrassed himself, but Linlong had taken advantage of him to gain the limelight.
Walker, who was upset, did not try to defend in the next round. Mitchell easily ran back and received Marbury's pass, which hit the empty spot for three points.
Walker, on the other hand, was impatiently reaching out for the ball as soon as Billups passed the ball across the half court.
After successfully getting the ball, Walker did not think twice and fired directly from outside the three-point line.
This time, Walker had a good feel. He managed to get his face back by scoring three points.
For the rest of the game in the first quarter, Walker continued to play his out-of-the-box solo game. Although he was able to take whatever he wanted in front of Mitchell, he was not very efficient in his offense because of Garnett's help in the paint.
On the Timberwolves 'side, Billups could not stop Marbury's terrifying speed at all. He was turned into a sieve by Marbury's sudden attack. The current Marbury was still not the lone wolf of the future. After breaking through, his vision was wide, and his shots were accurate and sneaky. He played the Celtics' defensive line until it was leaking.
It was all thanks to Linlong's rapid defensive ability that the Forest Wolves did not completely rise to power.
Even so, with four minutes left in the first quarter, the Celtics still trailed by five points with a score of 15:20.
Auerbach waved his hand and replaced Walker.
Without Walker, Billups immediately came back to life. Without having to pass the ball to him in the first place, Billups played his favorite pick-and-roll.
The target of the pick-and-roll was naturally Lin Long!
The two players completed three consecutive pick-and-rolls on the line. Lin Long used a close-range shot after the bottom line, a three-pointer after the pick-and-roll, and an empty dunk to hold the score for the Celtics.
After the last slam dunk, Lin Long raised his hands again and showed off his muscles.
"What are you so proud of? You guys are still lagging behind."
Garrett couldn't stand the coquettish Lin Long and mocked him.
At the same time, Garnett asked Marbury for the ball. In the low post, he looked at Lin Long and said,"Rookie, can you defend against me?"
Naturally, Linlong wasn't afraid of this young version of Garnett. He immediately stuck close to him and spread his arms."Come on, let me see how iron-blooded your jump shot is.”
Garnett was about to dribble when he realized that Lin Long's defensive pressure was far better than he had imagined.
His center of gravity was extremely low, and Garnett had the illusion that he would definitely be swatted away as long as he dribbled the ball.
If it was in the past, the calm Garnett would definitely pass the ball out first.
But now, he had already said those harsh words. If it were to spread out, he would lose face.
Garnett could only hold his breath and concentrate. He bent his knees slightly and the basketball kept shaking slightly in his hands.
His upper body swayed with the movement of the basketball, and then the basketball suddenly hit the ground. Garnett lunged to his left.
Then, after dribbling the ball, there was a sudden and smooth change of direction. The ball moved from the right to the left.
These few moves seemed simple, but Garnett did it quickly and smoothly, showing Garnett's extraordinary coordination and basic skills. If a 190-centimeter guard did this, it would be ordinary.
However, Garnett, a 210-meter tall man, had mastered the crossovers exclusive to the point guard. That was really amazing!
Unfortunately, Linlong was not fooled at all!
Linlong quickly moved sideways to catch up with Garnett's steps, completely blocking his way of breaking through. Halfway through, Garnett suddenly realized that he had not shaken off the wall in front of him at all.
Helpless, Garnett changed his moves very decisively.
After taking another step forward, he suddenly retracted the ball and quickly turned back to the line like a spinning top.
However, just as Garnett turned around, he found that Lin Long seemed to be sticking to him. Garnett did not get any space. He had no choice but to use his shoulder to hit Lin Long a few times, but Lin Long did not move at all. In the end, Garnett could only make a fadeaway jump shot.
"Bang."
The basketball bounced up high on the hoop.
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