At this moment, Howard smiled confidently.

"I don't think there is a waste of time. Just prepare for defense."

But Pekovic ignored it at all.

This attitude made Howard feel even more despised.

He said with a more arrogant attitude: "You will regret angering me."

Meanwhile, the referee threw the ball into the air.

The two jumped up almost at the same time.

"Let you see clearly the gap between us!"

Howard stared at the basketball at this time and made an extremely confident statement.

But at this moment, the appearance of another big hand made Howard stunned for a moment.

"How is that possible?"

The height Pekovic reached was almost the same as Howard.

Taking advantage of Howard's moment of being stunned, Pekovic directly picked the ball.

The ball fell into Irving's hands, and the Timberwolves got the starting offensive ball in the first quarter.

Until this moment, Howard was still unable to react.

"What are you doing, defense!"

D'Antoni shouted loudly on the sidelines.

And at this time, Howard really reacted.

But Irving had already cooperated with Love's pick-and-roll and went straight into the basket, and the spacious space was extremely easy to complete the layup.

"here you go!"

"It seems that today will be very relaxing."

The atmosphere of the Timberwolves was cheerful and there was no feeling of tension at all.

At this time, Kobe walked past Howard and whispered: "If you don't want to lose, don't stand there."

Although Howard felt a little dissatisfied, he immediately began to focus.

The Lakers' first offense looks much more serious.

At this time, Kobe dominated the ball and opened the empty space on the left.

Leave it to your teammates to perform first.

After Ci Shiping received the pass, he immediately rushed to the basket.

But he was quickly double-teamed, so he turned around and sent the ball into Howard's hand.

"Okay, I've won this ball!"

Howard roared confidently, exerting force on his feet and back.

But after a while of reservation, Howard discovered something that made him feel incredible.

"Hey, are you really exerting force?"

Pekovic looked at Howard with a sarcastic look on his face, his voice extremely lazy.

Such a situation made Howard unable to believe it, and even broke out in a cold sweat.

He tried to squeeze hard again, but the feeling of being pressed against a wall made Howard nervous.

The big talk I said was about to become a joke now.

Even the summons from teammates were not noticed.

"Howard, what are you in a daze?"

As Nash's dissatisfaction complaint spread throughout the audience, the referee also blew the whistle.

In the five-second violation, Howard has been carrying his back for five seconds in a row and has not had any other moves.

In the rules, when an offensive player is in the frontcourt and the free throw line is below the free throw line, he becomes back-to-back or side-to-side dribbling for more than five seconds, otherwise it will be considered a violation.

This rule itself was formulated for Charles Barkley, a legendary Rockets legend, known as the Fliggy.

Therefore, it is also called the "Bakley Rules".

Any player who is more focused on the inside knows this.

This is almost an infrequent low-level mistake.

But Howard committed it directly at the beginning, obviously not in a state.

Even the Lakers fans at the scene began to talk about it and expressed their disappointment.

"What are you doing? Do you want to be the boss of the Lakers like this?"

"Is it really a dazed head? Do you mean to disgust people?"

"If you don't want to play, just get on the bench and sit down!"

...

Many fans are loyal fans of the Lakers and are not so polite to Howard.

At this time, Howard, who realized that he had a problem, immediately explained to his teammates.

However, all those who waited for him were gloomy.

Kobe reminded him: "Don't doze off anymore, this is not the place where you dream."

When Howard heard this, he felt angry, but not internally, but externally.

His eyes were staring at Pekovic tightly and he swears in his heart.

"This guy, I must make you look good!"

The Timberwolves' attack soon gained the upper hand again.

Wanlong and Irving cooperated ingeniously, threading needles and threading continuously, easily avoiding defense in the penalty area.

A backward jump shot from the middle distance on the right, Wan Long also completed his first score in the game.

In the first five minutes of the first quarter, the Lakers only scored 2 points, while the Timberwolves made 5 of 7 shots and scored 11 points.

This (11:2) climax caught the Lakers off guard.

D'Antoni immediately used up his first pause.

After returning from the timeout, Howard was placed on the bench and Jordan Hill came on the bench.

Although after adjustments, Howard did not make any low-level mistakes.

But the performance was still sluggish in five minutes.

Even Pekovic alone hesitated, completely losing the domineering sensation he had before.

This made D'Antoni feel a headache, and he has to suspect that he was deliberately pretending.

After all, the news about the boss in the locker room is also a hot topic.

Even though I knew what was going on, I began to become less convinced at this time.

Howard was at his peak, and it was natural to become a leader.

When he was in the Magic, Howard himself was the core that was absolutely surrounded.

Although Gasol is willing to give up the second place in the team, Kobe actually begins to refuse.

This is why, there are contradictions.

In fact, what Howard really wants to compete for is his absolute right to speak besides Kobe.

But this still challenges Kobe's authority and is therefore not allowed.

At this time, Howard sat off the court with a look of annoyance.

"what is going on?"

"How could I not even fight him?"

At this moment, Wan Long was very satisfied with howard noticed Howard's posture.

But it is also clear that Howard will not be depressed for too long, otherwise he will not be a warcraft.

Even with Pekovic's current strength, he is still one step away from Howard.

The reason why the first five minutes were smooth was that Howard couldn't accept it for a while because the changes were too big.

But soon, maybe only two quarters at most, Howard will be able to adapt.

Then, it is the time to compete.

So Wanlong walked to Pekovic and whispered: "Nicola, the other party Hill will not need to spend too much energy, just try to get stuck as much as possible."

"Your real opponent hasn't woken up yet."

Hearing this, Pekovic nodded immediately.

Of course, it is also clear how strong Howard is.

It takes more energy to really show off.

Although Hill is also very strong, Pekovic is now enough to suppress him.

Relax more appropriately, it is also for the subsequent strong showdown and retain physical strength.

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