The King of the NBA

A few rounds passed in a blink of an eye, and the Pistons relied on their inside performance to make an 8:4 start, leading the Timberwolves by 4 points.

In these few rounds, Ning Yi didn't have any good chances. He made a shot once, but he didn't score. Martin, on the other hand, after Adelman gave him the right to fire without restriction, his scoring ability exploded completely. The Timberwolves scored all 4 points from him, one mid-range shot and one layup.

"boom!"

The Pistons hit iron.

Pekovic and Brewer jumped up at the same time and grabbed the rebound.

But at this moment, an arm shot out across the air, grabbed the ball in front of the two of them, and then made a rebound and put the ball in.

"Drummond."

"here you go."

In the auditorium, Pistons fans cheered loudly.

Pekovic and Brewer looked at each other, feeling a little helpless. They were really not Drummond's opponents when it came to rebounding.

More importantly, Pekovic and Brewer don't have the scoring ability of Love. Although Brewer is now playing the 4th position, his scoring method is more inclined to the 3rd position, and he can't make much damage inside. Although Pekovic is a 5th position, facing Drummond's defense, he is somewhat unable to perform.

What's more, the Pistons also have Monroe on the inside, who, like Drummond, is a big man in the 10s and 20s. When the two of them stand on the inside, it is almost an iron gate.

In the next minute or so, the Timberwolves didn't score a single point, and fell into a disadvantage inside. Fortunately, the Pistons couldn't score, so the point difference didn't widen, but going on like this is not an option.

"Ning." Martin walked up to Ning Yi with a serious face, "Pekovic and Brewer are difficult to open up the situation. We have already fallen into a disadvantage inside and can only rely on the outside. You must strengthen your offense and score. Just do it."

"Well, I know." Ning Yi replied.

The Timberwolves lacked Love, and the disadvantage of weak inside offense has been highlighted. If they want to compete with the opponent, they can only work hard on the outside to strengthen the outside offense.

Martin is playing well, but he can't be alone.

Moreover, as a rookie, the reason why Ning Yi was able to start the game is because of his scoring ability, so at this time he must stand up and score, and he is duty bound.

Timberwolves attack.

Rubio advanced to the frontcourt, and Ning Yi ran back and asked for the ball at Rubio. When the ball was taken, a figure flashed in front of Ning Yi, and Josh Smith chased him.

"Boy, do you know? You will lose miserably today." Josh Smith looked at Ning Yi with his hands open, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Really?" Ning Yi glanced at him, and it was a breakthrough directly, "I don't think so, you will lose today, I promise you."

At this moment, Ning Yi's speed exploded completely, decisive and straightforward, without any fancy movements, just speeding up the breakthrough, winning suddenly and resolutely enough, stepping out with one step, already passing half of Smith's body.

Smith was taken aback, cursed inwardly, and backed away quickly.

But at this moment, Ning Yi paused, retracted the foot he stepped out, and retracted the ball at the same time, barely taking off, raising his hand was a mid-range shot, and the speed of the shot was amazing. When Smith reacted, he rushed towards Ning Yi, and the ball had already been shot, drawn an arc, and pierced through the net with a bang.

"Ning started to attack."

"This is Ning's strength. Such a mid-range shot is really speechless. I don't know how he can do it so fast."

"nice shot."

Some people are sighing, some people are applauding.

Ning Yi finally made a move, showing his fangs, and entered the real fighting state.

Martin, Rubio and others looked at Ning Yi and nodded at him.

In the next few rounds, the Timberwolves players began to consciously create opportunities for Ning Yi, and Ning Yi did not let them down. First, he made an empty cut, and after reaching the basket, Drummond fouled, and he made two free throws at the free throw line. . Then Ning Yi used his weird running position to get rid of Smith, received a pass from his teammate, swayed on the spot, and jumped up the Monroe who was defending, and then Ning Yi accelerated his breakthrough and reached the inside line for a Counter-basket and scored two more points.

But for a while, Ning Yi scored 6 points by himself.

At this time, more than four minutes passed in the first quarter, and the score was 10:10. After Ning Yi scored 6 points in a row, the Timberwolves caught up and tied the score with the Pistons.

"beep"

Pistons coach Chris Cheeks called a timeout with a black face.

A few Pistons players came off the court, Smith lowered his head, his face was ugly, Drummond, Monroe, and Jennings were the same, and Pope took the initiative to say: "Coach, I'm sorry, we didn't defend well. That Chinese boy."

"Hmph." Cheeks snorted coldly, and interrupted: "It's okay to not defend well, but what about offense? The opponent is scoring consecutively, but you are hitting the iron continuously. Could it be that the opponent has scored two goals in a row to scare you?" , Can’t even play the offense well? It doesn’t matter how many points Ning Lian gets, I have to admit that he plays very well. But our own offense must be played well, even if he is scoring consecutively, as long as we can Get the ball in and stay ahead."

"Look at the scoreboard." Cheeks pointed to the scoreboard and said in a low tone, "Think about it for me." After speaking, he made personnel adjustments, replacing Smith and Jennings.

Although the score is only tied now, Cheeks is very unhappy. The opponent has lost a core such as Love, and it has only been two or three days, so it is impossible to adjust it all at once.

What's more, it's at home.

Under such a situation, Cheeks couldn't accept that he let the opponent score consecutively, but his side hit the iron continuously.

On the Timberwolves side, everyone surrounded Ning Yi, very excited.

Adelman also smiled, and said to Ning Yi: "That's how you fight, you did a good job. However, I think you can do better, come on."

"Yeah." Ning Yi nodded heavily, full of fighting spirit in his heart, "Yes, I can do better."

Subsequently, Adelman also made substitutions, replacing Brewer with Dion and letting Dion play No. 4. This is similar to the Pistons. The Pistons also have two big men playing the 4th and 5th positions. Monroe at the 4th position can also play a center forward. Together with Drummond, they form a twin towers inside.

Now that Adelman replaces Dion, it is tantamount to a "twin towers" lineup.

Of course, it may not be as strong as the "Twin Towers" of the Pistons, but at least on the defensive end, it will be better than the combination of "Pekovic + Brewer". Another point is rebounding. The Timberwolves' offense focuses on the perimeter, but if they don't have enough rebounding ability, the perimeter offense will inevitably be affected.

After all, you can't always be so accurate outside.