The godfather of basketball started from conquering the NBA

Westbrook took the lead in breaking the deadlock for the team with dunks, but the Lakers' offensive end is still constipated.

Howard and Nash were not on the same channel at all. Howard continued to ask for the ball in the low post, but this time he didn't even get stuck in his position and was squeezed out of the basket by Oden.

This time Nash had no choice but to hang it back to Howard.

Facing Oden, Howard wanted to turn around to pass Oden, but he had completely lost his position, and his lower body strength was not as stable as Oden, so when he turned around, he staggered a little, and the ball flew out directly.

The Lakers made a mistake and the Timberwolves continued to attack.

"You should come out for the pick-and-roll instead of reaching out for the ball in the paint." Nash, who is recognized as a good old man, couldn't bear to accuse Howard.

Originally, according to the script of the previous life, Howard at this time would choke with Nash a few times, and then was captured by the media and ushered in accusations from fans.

But just as Howard in this life was about to hit back at Nash, he saw Garnett walking towards him, ready to spray.

Howard was immediately persuaded, and could only bow his head and return to defense.

"Guys, let's show them what a pick-and-roll is."

Westbrook directed the team's offense, Oden came up to cover for Westbrook, a very strong pick-and-roll directly caught Nash, and Westbrook activated instantly.

Because the Lakers adopt a retreating defense, Howard is going to stand under the basket to protect the frame, so the Lakers' second line of defense is handed over to Garnett.

If this is a young Garnett, he might be able to stop Westbrook, but now Garnett is 37, close to the age of retirement, how can he keep up with Westbrook.

Was directly thrown away by Westbrook, seeing that Westbrook was about to blow up the frame, Garnett could only shout from behind

"Stop him Dwight."

Seeing this, Howard could only come up to defend Westbrook, but it was this small step up that gave Oden an opportunity.

Oden seized the opportunity and went down quickly, and Westbrook understood.

It is said that Westbrook is not compatible with the insiders without blue and will occupy the space inside, but they don’t know that Westbrook is one of the best players to pass the ball to inside players. Any pie-eating insider with Westbrook can hit a new career high .

Westbrook made a small hand, and Oden jumped up immediately after receiving the ball. Artest on the bottom line discovered Howard's intentions, but it was too late to make up the defense, and Oden was solidly dunked.

"Why did you leave the basket? You and Kevin have pinched Westbrook to death with that ball. He doesn't have any room to shoot. Use your ass to think that he will pass the ball."

Artest, who was detained, was also dissatisfied and complained directly to Howard.

And this became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Fuck it, Kobe said, Garnett said, Nash said I can bear it, are you Artest, what is he, and you are also questioning me?So Howard hit back directly:

"Shut your dog's mouth and watch it, complain to Kevin about your damn complaints, if he didn't let Westbrook in so easily, I would go out to defend Westbrook?"

Artest, who had been detained, was in a bad mood. After hearing Howard say this, his mood became even worse. He directly complained to Howard on the spot. Anyway, he belongs to Kobe's faction, and he is not afraid of causing trouble.

Then there was a very explosive scene in history.

The two Lakers players actually started to play against each other on the court.

And this scene happened to be captured by the camera, and it was broadcast live across the United States, which directly made the Lakers famous.

D'Antoni realized that the situation was wrong and immediately called a timeout, and Kobe and Garnett quickly pulled them apart.

"Brother, did you make a mistake, broadcasting your internal strife throughout the United States?"

At this moment, Lakers fans should be the most desperate.

"what's the situation?"

The Timberwolves were also taken aback. During this timeout, Xu Xiao didn't plan any tactics at all.

On the side of the Lakers, Artest calmed down first, but Howard couldn't swallow the breath, and his suppressed emotions burst out. Artest just wanted to say a few soft words to calm the two sides, but he didn't expect Howard to get up and go back. The locker room is over.

"Howard is back in the locker room!"

At this moment, the entire audience was stunned, and even the commentators didn't know what happened.

The camera was replayed, and no one on the Lakers bench spoke to him, nothing happened, and he just left.

D'Antoni shook his head helplessly, but the game still had to continue.

The Lakers replaced Ebanks to play small ball and let Garnett go to the top center.

And D'Antoni's helpless substitution actually reaped unexpected results.

The Lakers' offense suddenly became smoother. Garnett frantically made pick-and-rolls and did not go to the inside to fight at all.

Oden, who is good at inside melee, couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and the Lakers took the opportunity to play a wave of 10 to 2 to overtake the score.

"Look, I'm just saying Howard is a piece of trash, and it's not going to be good if he's in the Lakers."

"Hehe, how come he was the No. [-] center when he was in the Magic, but when he came to the Lakers, he became a villain?"

"Obviously the coach's problem, he won't use Howard at all."

"The problem with the coach? Come on, tell me, is the Lakers overtaking the score without Howard?"

"What are you in a hurry for? The Lakers are playing well during this period, but Howard is indispensable if they want to win the championship."

"If you want me to say, it's just that the management's brains are twitching. Why do you want Howard? It's a waste of Bynum."

The denunciation of the Lakers fans on the Internet continued, but in reality, Bass had already gone to Howard to appease his emotions for the first time. The Lakers on the court did not lose momentum to the Timberwolves.

In the second quarter, the Lakers continued their small ball tactics, and the Timberwolves also took the initiative to change their lineup, replacing Oden with Jimmy Butler, moving Josh to the fourth position, and began to play bombardment with the Lakers.

The difference is that among the five players on the Timberwolves field, the oldest is only Josh, who is under 28 years old. On the other hand, the Lakers are full of old men running desperately on the field.

Even Kobe, the stamina maniac, started to gasp in the second quarter.

F*ck off the bench, this is D'Antoni's biggest problem.

The Lakers also relied on veterans such as Kobe and Garnett to maintain the score at 55 to 54 at halftime, only 1 point behind.

"Did Howard come back in the second half?"

"It's reasonable, he should calm down, it's not a big deal."

"Upstairs, have you watched the game? In this case, you can't play by default. Don't think about it, you will definitely not be able to come back to this game."

"That is, when you targeted me Howard, why didn't you think that one day you would need him so much. If I were Howard, I would not come back if I could."

At the beginning of the second half, Howard still did not come back, but the Timberwolves changed their tactics again and began to strengthen the inside offense. At the same time, the Timberwolves also made three-pointers from the outside.

In the first half, they only led by one point. It was entirely because the Timberwolves made poor three-pointers in the first half. Except for Oden who scored one, the rest of them were 10 for 0, which gave the Lakers the opportunity to bite the score. Chance.

But in the second half, Xu Xiao didn't want to play games with them anymore.

If you don't talk about martial arts directly, it's just doing your inside line. Once you attack, the outside line will make a decisive three-pointer.

Whether it's Oden or Dayao who came off the bench, Garnett can't stand it alone. Let alone he is old now, even when he was young, he was most afraid of the top defense of such a heavy center.

After a few rounds, the score was stretched to 71 to 59.

It was useless for D'Antoni to call the timeout bad. In the fourth quarter, DeRozan also staged a dunk with a steal and counterattack against the windmill, which directly locked the top five goals tonight.

湖人也彻底没了士气，虽然科比依旧在努力，全场比赛拿下32分2篮板4助攻还有2抢断的数据，加内特也贡献了19分11篮板的两双数据。

But under the three-point rain of the Timberwolves, the Lakers looked so small and powerless.

In the whole game, the Timberwolves made 20 of 13 three-pointers in the second half, with a shooting rate close to 70%, and won the game without any suspense.

129 to 97, and even scored 44 to 19 in the last quarter, which made the Lakers lose face in this national live broadcast.

But this is not the most important thing, what they are most concerned about now is Howard's emotions.

Whether it is Kobe or Garnett, they all know the importance of Howard to them. If they want to achieve something this year, Howard is indispensable, and how to deal with the public opinion of the media.

As for the previous target...

"It was to let him know what the Lakers are, to teach him how to win."

Yes, to teach him how to win.