The King of the NBA

In the next few days, the Timberwolves first challenged the Spurs in an away game and lost, and then returned to the home court to usher in the challenge of the Kings, but they still lost. It's not surprising, after all, the Spurs and the Kings are not easy to deal with, but after three consecutive victories, there are two consecutive losses, which still makes the fans a little speechless.

Against the Spurs, Ning Yi played against Leonard again, and the fight became more and more uncomfortable. He improved rapidly, and Leonard was not idle, and after the last match, Leonard was obviously very good at defending him. More experience, sticking to Ning Yi throughout the game, making Ning Yi very uncomfortable, and the fight was uncomfortable.

Of course, the most frightening thing is the overall defensive ability of the Spurs. Popovich was not satisfied with the results of the last match between the two sides. This time, some improvements were made. The whole game was very dull, the rhythm was very slow, and the efficiency was very low. The score after the first half was not able to exceed 50 points, which made the fans very helpless.

But this is the style of the Spurs, the more they are like this, the more they can win.

Facts have also proved this point. Although the whole game was dull and calm, the fans almost dozed off. By the end of the full game, the score was only 90:83, but the Spurs won.

The Timberwolves players are not very happy, and only scored 83 points in one game, which is just as hell!

In the past, after a game, no matter what, it would take a hundred points, even a hundred and twenty is not uncommon, but today they only scored 83 points.

Ning Yi was also depressed. Today he was restricted enough. Although Leonard only scored 8 points, it was a really desperate defense. Ning Yi only took 11 shots and hit 5 of them. , Including a three-pointer, he didn't even make a free throw. He only scored 11 points in the game, which was worthy of double figures.

You know, Ning Yi is the No. 2 player of the Timberwolves. He usually takes more than fifteen shots per game, but today he only took 10 shots.

It's not that Ning Yi doesn't want to, but that there is no way. First, there is no chance, and the success rate of barely making a shot will not be high, which is purely a wild shot; second, the rhythm is too slow.

Let's talk about Martin, now the top card of the Timberwolves, averaging almost 20 shots per game. Of course, he also took more than 20 shots today, but he only hit 7 goals, 1 three-pointer, 6 two-pointers, and 6 free throws, 4 hits, and 19 points. No one on the Timberwolves team scored 20 points!

This game is simply depressing!

Perhaps it was affected by this game, and then against the Kings, the Timberwolves lost again. Fortunately, Ning Yi played well this time, scoring 21 points and reaching 20.

The two-game losing streak has dealt a big blow to the morale of the Timberwolves.

So the next game against the Raptors has a different meaning to them. They cannot lose, otherwise the morale will be even lower, which is more important than the outcome of the game itself.

For Ning Yi, the meaning is more than that. He will fight against Rudy Gay. What will be the result of another fight three months later?

For a while, the atmosphere of the entire Timberwolves team was a little depressed.

It was at this time that Ning Yi was surprised by a piece of news—Yao Ming, who was far away in China and had already retired, took the initiative to talk about him in a public interview, spoke highly of him, and appealed to the outside world, Solicit votes for Ning Yi, to help him be selected as the All-Star starter!

"Yao Ming actually helped me solicit votes." Ning Yi was surprised, but also very pleasantly surprised. Yao Ming is one of his few idols, which means a lot to him.

Ning Yi is a player as well as a fan. He also has idols, and he also has players he likes, such as James, Curry, Kobe, Wade, Iverson, etc. But Yao Ming is the only one he can respect from the bottom of his heart.

This is not because Yao Ming is greater than James and Kobe, nor is it just because Yao Ming is from China, but because of Yao Ming's own achievements, and his efforts for China's basketball, including international competitions such as the 2008 Olympics, including today Not yet known, the revolution he brought a few years later!

It can be said that for Huaxia fans, Yao Ming is not just a player, he has become a symbol, he is a legend in the history of Chinese basketball!

For Yao Ming, Ning Yi has respect and a kind of kindness, but he and Yao Ming have never known each other, and they have never had any intersection in the past. He never thought that Yao Ming would help him canvass votes. The occasion is very formal canvassing, with a sincere and serious tone.

The news was transmitted quickly, and Downey called immediately: "Ning, do you know? Yaoming also canvassed for you, which will definitely help you gain a lot of votes. There is hope that Duncan will be blown up this time."

"I already know." Ning Yi smiled and talked to Downey a few more words.

Ning Yi didn't remember until he hung up the phone, how many votes did he have at this time?

Turn on the computer and log in to the official website.

At a glance, Ning Yi was pleasantly surprised again. He now has 490,000 votes, which has increased by almost 70,000 votes in a few days, and the speed is amazing. It's a pity that he hasn't been able to catch up with Duncan. In the past few days, Duncan's votes have increased by almost 40,000 votes, and the total number of votes has reached 540,000.

"It's still 50,000 votes short, it's difficult!" Ning Yi sighed.

In fact, Ning Yi's votes have increased rapidly.

But he is catching up now. It is not enough to grow faster than the previous one. It has to be much faster because time is tight. January 24th is the date for the announcement of the final results, and January 23rd is the deadline for voting.

"There is still a shortfall of 50,000, plus Brother Yaoming helped me to canvass votes, there should be time, but I don't know if I can squeeze into the top three in the end." Ning Yi thought to himself, "Well, I really want to thank Brother Yaoming."

At this time, the phone rang.

Ning Yi picked up the phone, it was an unfamiliar number, calling from Huaxia, Ning Yi hesitated for a while, and pressed the answer button, there was a calm voice over there, which made Ning Yi stunned for a moment.

"Hello, is this Ning Yi? I'm Yao Ming."

Yao Ming, it turned out to be Yao Ming!

Ning Yi stayed for a few seconds before reacting. He was excited and said quickly: "Brother Yao Ming, hello, I'm Ning Yi, how do you know my phone number?" What nonsense, with Yaoming's connections, I was too excited to know that my phone call was not easy.

"Hehe." Over there, Yao Ming's voice came: "I asked Coach Adelman directly, and he told me. In fact, I have been paying attention to you, and I should have called you a long time ago."

"No, no, I should have called you." Ning Yilian said, this is not flattery, but sincerity, everything that Yao Ming has done for Huaxia Basketball deserves his respect, "Brother Yao Ming, I should give you The one who called, I’m your fan, I grew up watching your games. By the way, I haven’t thanked you for canvassing votes for me yet.”

Yao Ming laughed, and said, "I'm not just canvassing for you."