In the previous round, O'Neal defended like this, and Garnett thought it was an accident.
After all, it's O'Neal! A super center, why would he bother with the dirty and tiring work of helping with defense?
Helping with defense is one thing, and there's nothing wrong with assisting defense under the basket.
But this is mid-range contraction + expansion for assisting defense, which is the job of power forwards and small forwards. Garnett thought O'Neal couldn't possibly do this; the last time was definitely an accident.
Yet in the second round, the cooperation between O'Neal and Zhang Hao in defense required no training or discussion; it was just so seamless...
Garnett felt like his own team's logo had been violated!
He avoided O'Neal because he didn't want to play center, yet when O'Neal faced his Timberwolves, he actually chose to play power forward... Garnett felt targeted!
