The King of the NBA

"I didn't expect it to be like this."

"Yeah, I thought the Timberwolves without Love would definitely be vulnerable, but it turned out."

In the audience, people lamented that they did not expect the game to develop like this. Although it was only the first quarter, the Timberwolves, who were supposed to be depressed, were full of morale and high morale. Not only did they lead the Pistons, but they also expanded the point difference to 10. points or more.

On the sidelines, Coach Cheeks looked very unhappy. This was not the result he wanted. The Timberwolves' performance exceeded his expectations. Although Love was missing, they still played well.

"It seems that I still underestimate them." Cheeks took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, "Although you are ahead, you won't be ahead for long."

There was not much time left in the first quarter, and the two sides began to change their rotations.

When the rotation lineup was replaced, the Timberwolves immediately fell into a disadvantage. Barea still couldn't adapt to the new role, and his style of play remained the same as before.

As for the others, they are positive enough, but lacking in strength after all.

Seeing the situation, Adelman frowned, but there was nothing he could do about it. It was impossible for starters to play for 48 minutes in a game, and there was always a need to rotate the lineup. In the current situation of the Timberwolves, there is really no one else available.

"I hope Barea can adapt as soon as possible." Adelman thought to himself, shaking his head.

When the first quarter ended, the Timberwolves led the Pistons by 5 points at 31:26.

In the Timberwolves rest area, Barea and the others lowered their heads and were depressed. The team had already led by 10 points, but they went up for only two or three minutes, and the point difference became 5 points.

This is their fault.

"Okay, look up for me." Adelman shouted: "Isn't it just being chased for a while, what's the big deal, just take it back later." Seeing several people raise their heads, Adelman suddenly After a while, he looked at Barea, "Barea, you are now the leader of the second team, you have to make adjustments, you can't remain the same as before."

"I know." Barea nodded, with a bitter face. He knew the truth, but it was not always easy to do it. He was also trying hard, but the time was too tight.

At this time, Barea was really jealous of Ning Yi. How could Ning Yi adapt so quickly? He has just been put into the starting lineup, and he can play impressively immediately.

Soon, the second quarter begins.

Into the second quarter, Adelman lined up the rotation, re-adjusted a bit of tactics.

At the beginning of this section, the Timberwolves still fell into a disadvantage, but Adelman did not adjust the lineup immediately. Now it is a new rotation lineup, and everyone has to adapt again. This is not easy, it cannot be accomplished overnight, there are always ups and downs and trials, and they must be allowed to compete and fight.

It can be said that Adelman is training.

This is very dangerous, because the opponents are not weak and strong, and the Timberwolves are not many ahead. If you go to training at this time, it is easy for the opponent to seize the opportunity and overtake the score in one fell swoop.

"We must hurry up. There are many stronger opponents behind us. If we adapt everyone to the new lineup and tactics as soon as possible, we will only lose more games." Adelman said with a serious heart, "This risk must be taken. We All that's missing is time."

On the sidelines, Ning Yi and Martin sat together, and the two looked at each other, knowing clearly what the coach meant, but it was really dangerous.

"Ning." Martin said: "You played well in the first quarter, but you can do better. The team needs you to do better, do you understand?"

"I know." Ning Yi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry."

In a blink of an eye, a few minutes passed.

In the past few minutes, Adelman called two timeouts in a row, making constant adjustments, tactical adjustments, personnel adjustments, different lineups, and different combinations.

After a few minutes, the effect was also there, but the score was still overtaken by the Pistons after all.

"Substitution."

Entering the sixth minute, Adelman replaced Ning Yi and Martin together, and Rubio, Pekovic and Brewer came on one after another in front.

At this time, the Timberwolves lineup became Ning Yi, Martin, Rubio, Pekovic, Brewer, and became the starting lineup again.

The opponent also changed, replaced the main force.

"We are behind by 5 points." Martin glanced at the scoreboard and said to the crowd, "Play hard, and we will try to overtake the score before the end of this quarter."

"Yeah." Ning Yi nodded.

Rubio, Brewer, and Pekovic also nodded in unison.

With sharp eyes and murderous intent, several people launched an attack.

In a blink of an eye, the ball came to the frontcourt.

Ning Yi ran back and passed Brewer. Brewer made a pick and roll for Ning Yi. Ning Yi threw off the defender and came to the other side to receive a pass from Rubio. There was no hesitation, and there was hardly much Adjustment, raising your hand is a mid-range shot.

boom!

There was a muffled sound and the ball missed.

Ning Yi frowned: "Unfortunately, I still haven't been able to break through to level 8. If I can break through to level 8, the hit rate can be improved by a bit. Such a shot can probably make it."

In the last game against the Heat, Ning Yi touched the threshold of "level 8 CIC".

Ning Yi has been trying to break through for the past two or three days, but he has never been able to succeed. He seems to be a little bit short of the peak of the 7th-level CIC, and he can't always reach it, so he can't open the "8-level CIC".

The so-called "level 7 peak" is actually a state that is difficult to explain. In the last game, Ning Yi felt as if he had arrived, but in fact it was not, and it was still a little bit worse.

Drummond got the rebound and the Pistons counterattacked.

After this substitution, the rhythm of both sides began to speed up, both offense and defense were upgraded to a higher level, the game became more intense, and the score also rose rapidly, but the Timberwolves were still behind.

There are only a few points difference, but it is not so easy to catch up. Martin's state begins to decline, Ning Yi encounters the opponent's strict defense, Rubio has many opportunities, but his shooting is unstable, Brewer can score one occasionally, but he hits It was tough, with Pekovic tangling with Drummond in the paint.

Until the end of the second quarter, the Timberwolves were still 5 points behind.

But at this time, the voice of the system suddenly sounded in Ning Yi's mind: "The three-point skill is activated, level 7, and the fusion begins."

boom!

Ning Yi's mind was shocked, surprised and happy.

Originally, he had been working hard, hoping that the CIC would break through to level 8, but he didn't expect that the CIC was always a little bit worse, but the three-pointer suddenly broke through and reached level 7.

A wonderful feeling rose from the bottom of Ning Yi's heart. This was another transformation. He activated the "level 7 three-point skill", and his three-point ability was further improved.

"Although CIC failed to break through, it's not bad to break through with three points." Ning Yi's eyes lit up, and he laughed, "I'm looking forward to the second half."