The King of the NBA

Chapter 119: Ning Yi VS Leonard (3rd update)

"Snapped."

With a crisp sound, the ball was slapped and fell into the backcourt of the Timberwolves. Martin controlled the ball and handed it to Rubio. After taking the ball, Rubio started to advance.

The Timberwolves attack first.

The Timberwolves' starters today are Pekovic, Brewer, Ning Yi, Martin, and Rubio. On the Spurs side, today's starters are Duncan, Jeff Ayers, Leonard, Green, and Parker.

The Spurs retreated quickly, returned to their own half in a blink of an eye, and set up their defense.

When Ning Yi came to the front court, Leonard greeted him, still expressionless, just staring at Ning Yi without blinking, his eyes were focused.

Rubio passes the ball to Martin

After several passes, the ball came to Ning Yi.

Seeing Ning Yi taking the ball, Leonard immediately took a step forward, and at the same time opened his hands, making a look like he was going to take the ball at any time, putting pressure on Ning Yi.

"Worthy of being the best defensive player in the future." Ning Yi felt a kind of oppressive force. Although Leonard is only a third-year rookie, his defensive strength has already been shown, at least this kind of Defensive pressure, Ning Yi has only felt it in a few players, such as Drummond Green.

Leonard looked at Ning Yi, opened his hands, lowered his center of gravity, and stared at Ning Yi's shoulders, with a calm expression, but there was still a hint of imperceptible excitement in his eyes.

"Huh." Ning Yi took a deep breath, he saw the flash of excitement in Leonard's eyes, which made Ning Yi feel excited, his blood boiled, "After all, you are still a young man, no matter how young and old you are, you will not It is possible to make the heart as peaceful as a lake. This is better, let us fight!"

The next moment, Ning Yi started, tapped his toes in front of him, and then quickly retracted. At the same time, he slapped the ball with his left hand on the floor, and the speed exploded instantly.

"Left." Leonard's judgment was accurate and his reaction was very quick. Knowing that Ning Yi was breaking through to the left, he immediately retreated half a step, moved to the right, and got stuck.

Ning Yi had already expected that it would be difficult to pass Leonard in one step, so after taking a step to the left, Ning Yi changed direction again, switching the ball from his left hand to his right hand, kicking his foot on the floor, and issued a "chi" sound.

In the auditorium, the fans were surprised. They didn't expect Ning Yi and Leonard to face each other as soon as the game started.

One is the most popular rookie this year, and the other is the future star of the Spurs. The duel between the two makes people excited, and they all stare at the field with wide-eyed eyes.

Seeing that Ning Yi was in disguise again, the fans exclaimed, worried for Leonard.

But at the next moment, Leonard readjusted his footsteps and blocked Ning Yi again. He moved to the right first to save some strength, just to guard against this.

"here you go."

"Good defense, Leonard is awesome."

Spurs fans yelled and cheered for Leonard.

However, Leonard screamed in his heart that it was not good, because Ning Yi stopped suddenly. The original breakthrough was just an illusion, but it was actually a retreat, and Leonard had no time to pounce on it at this time.

Swish!

Ning Yi shot, very fast, a clean mid-range shot.

The Timberwolves went first, the score was 2:0.

In the audience, the Spurs fans were silent. Leonard defended the ball beautifully, and Ning Yi also attacked beautifully. The first offense of this game, the first encounter between the two, was so exciting.

"Ning is really surprising. Such a rookie is really rare."

"Leonard is not bad either. He defended the ball very well and was almost blocked."

"I think both of them are very good, but their styles are different. Ning is good at offense, but not good at defense; Leonard is good at defense, but his offense is not gorgeous enough."

"What's the use of being gorgeous?"

"Why is it useless?"

People are talking and opinions vary.

In fact, Ning Yi is quite different from the current Leonard. Today's Leonard has not yet grown into the absolute core of the Spurs. His scoring is not very outstanding, but his defense has already shown a thing or two. In addition, his style of play is unpretentious, so he seems to be more defensive.

Since Ning Yi entered the NBA, he gave people the impression that he is good at attacking but not good at defending. Even though he has improved a lot now, many people still think so.

So when the two are put together, they are very different.

Spurs attack.

Parker advanced to the frontcourt, looked at the position of his teammates, Parker scored Green.

At the same time, Leonard, Ayers, and Duncan are all moving. The Spurs have a rigorous tactical system, the players cooperate tacitly, and the movement is very orderly. This is clearly reflected in this offense. After passing the ball a few times, there was a loophole in the Timberwolves' defense. Parker took the opportunity to make a mid-range shot and hit it steadily.

"Unfortunately, it's not Leonard singles Ning."

The goal was scored, but many fans still feel disappointed, but it is not surprising that a team like the Spurs seldom play one-on-one. As long as it is not necessary, most of them rely on the whole. What's more, Leonard is young and mature, and he rarely has emotional fluctuations in playing. He will not be like other people.

Timberwolves attack.

More than two minutes passed in a blink of an eye, and the two sides came and went. The Timberwolves side Ning Yi scored a goal and then shot again, but failed to score. After the first shot was made, Ning Yi felt that the defensive pressure had further increased, not only from Leonard, but also from the Spurs as a whole.

Leonard's defense is good, but the Spurs' defense is better overall, and they've developed a system in which their defense can suffocate and make life difficult for opponents.

Fortunately, everyone on the Timberwolves side felt good, and Martin and Brewer also scored, so after more than two minutes, the two sides scored 7:6, and the Timberwolves still led by one point.

"ball."

At this time, Ning Yi took the ball again.

With a flash of a figure, Leonard pounced forward, shot like lightning, and slapped the basketball.

"It's so fast." Ning Yi's heart jumped, but the reaction was not slow. He immediately slapped the ball, then turned around halfway, firmly protected the ball, and then gestured to Pekovic, who came up to pick and roll , Ning Yi threw off Leonard, and Duncan, who was facing the defense, just changed direction and accelerated, and scored with a small throw.

Scored another two points.

"Ning is two points again."

"That's two goals already."

People talk.

On the court, the Spurs were attacking, and Parker advanced to the frontcourt. Just as he was about to pass the ball, he saw Leonard rushing back and opened his hand to ask him for the ball.

"Huh?" Parker frowned, passed it with a shake of his hand, and then gestured to his teammates, "Pull it out, pull it away for him, let him play one-on-one."

"Finally no longer suppressing myself, do you want to go one-on-one with me?" Ning Yi's eyes glowed, he took a deep breath, opened his hands, and growled: "Come on!"

(asking for a reward, asking for a collection, asking for a recommendation)

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