The King of the NBA

"beep"

The whistle blew and the game officially started.

Minnesota's starting lineup today is still Pekovic, Brewer, Ning Yi, Martin, Rubio, although the team management promised that Adelman will try his best to find a deal, recruit an excellent player, and fill the period of Love's truce There are vacancies in the lineup, but so far there has been no progress.

On the Raptors side, Valanciunas, Johnson (Amir Johnson), Gay, DeRozan, and Lowry are on their regular starters, a relatively mature lineup.

This season, the Raptors have played well in the backcourt. Lowry has steadily improved, and DeRozan's progress is obvious to all. Coupled with Gay, their strength is already amazing from the book.

Now that nearly half of the regular season has been played, the Raptors' record ranks third in the East, second only to the Pacers and Heat.

Such a result is rare, because last season they didn't even make it to the playoffs. Although this season is only half over, they are only half a game ahead of the fourth-placed Bulls. Zizi has been promoted to the third place in the Eastern Conference today, this kind of progress is already amazing enough.

It can be said that the Raptors have achieved a strong rise this season. Judging from their current momentum, as long as there are no accidents, it is easy to enter the playoffs.

Players from both sides came to the field, looked at each other, and the fighting spirit quietly rose, as if a series of sparks were ignited, which could not be seen, but could be felt.

"Snapped."

It was a jump ball first. Pekovic touched the basketball first and slapped the ball to the backcourt. Martin took the basketball and passed it to Rubio quickly, and the Timberwolves began to attack.

At the same time, the Raptors have completed the retreat.

The Raptors played well this season and have great ambitions, not just to enter the playoffs, so they have been preparing and establishing a reasonable and excellent defensive system, which is a key point.

Half a season later, the Raptors have achieved some results in this regard. After Rubio advanced to the frontcourt, he couldn't help frowning. The opponent's defense was very strict and there were no loopholes.

In desperation, Rubio split the ball and passed it to Martin, allowing Martin to play singles, or to tear apart the opponent's defense with the help of breakthrough points. Martin is the Timberwolves' first scoring point and the starting point of the offense. He has enough singles ability, can shoot, and can also break through. Although he is not as organized as Ning Yi and can play well, his offensive power is beyond doubt.

What the Timberwolves need now is his offensive power.

Martin took the ball, everyone pulled away, he started to move, crossed steps continuously, facing DeRozan's defense suddenly raised his center of gravity, a Bow Buddha passed by DeRozan, DeRozan immediately turned and chased, and Johnson on the inside went up Take a step forward, block Martin, and form a pincer attack with DeRozan behind.

"Hmph." Martin was not surprised by this situation. He had expected it a long time ago. With a cold snort in his heart, he jumped up and threw the ball outside.

"Outside line."

"It's Ning."

"careful."

Outside the three-point line, Ning Yi took the ball, and Guy was in front of him, but because of Martin's breakthrough just now, part of Guy's attention was attracted by him, and Ning Yi quietly opened the distance.

At this time, Guy reacted and immediately rushed to Ning Yi.

"Go." Ning Yi growled, jumped up immediately after receiving the ball, stared straight at the basket, lifted the ball, and shook his wrist in the air.

After the ball was shot, Ning Yi also kept staring at the basket.

It's a habit and the right way to shoot.

Some people like to look away after shooting, or even put their hands down directly. This is actually wrong. The correct way is to continue to stare at the basket after shooting. It seems useless because the ball has been shot, but it is not. So what's going on, shooting the ball for a few degrees of concentration, this is to ensure concentration.

Another point is that the shooting hand cannot be put down after the ball is shot. To maintain the shooting motion, the wrist is drooping, and the fingertips should fall into the small frame on the backboard. If the fingertip does not fall into the small basket, then it needs to be adjusted and the movement should be adjusted well. This is to develop good shooting movements and improve the shooting rate.

Swish!

With a soft sound, the ball went hollow into the net.

Guy has actually rushed over. He knew that it was impossible to cover Ning Yi, because the reaction was half a beat slow, so he stretched out his hand to cover Ning Yi's eyes and sealed it to his face. But he still couldn't stop Ning Yi, the ball still went in, and the sound of the basketball piercing the net reached Guy's ears. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Ning Yi, only to see Ning Yi's solemn face, bright eyes, flickering With a ray of light, there was a look on his face, bursting with confidence and perseverance.

At this moment, Guy really felt that Ning Yi was different from before.

Although I already knew that Ning Yi had improved a lot in the past two or three months, and was much stronger, and he was no longer the "undrafted pick" at the beginning, but that was all "heard".

At this moment, Guy really felt Ning Yi's transformation, which shocked him and couldn't help frowning: "It seems that defeating him will not be as easy as last time." Guy clenched his fist, His eyes became sharp, like a sword light, and his fighting spirit was already burning.

In the first round, the Timberwolves went first, 3:0.

The Raptors fought back.

Lowry pushed forward, and after reaching the front court, he made a pick-and-roll cooperation with Valanciunas, and then distributed the ball to Guy. Guy felt a pressure when he took the ball, and Ning Yi rushed over.

"Hmph." Guy snorted coldly, lowered his center of gravity, hugged the ball with both hands, swung his shoulders back and forth, and at the same time tapped his right foot in front of him, and then his left shoulder sank.

"Left." Ning Yi secretly said in his heart, and moved immediately.

But at the next moment, Guy's movement changed, instead of breaking through from the left side, he broke through from the right side. Although the movement seemed incoherent and awkward, it caught Ning Yi by surprise.

Ning Yi didn't expect that after so many fake moves in front of Guy, the action of sinking his shoulders was still fake. His experience was still a little bit worse, and he suffered a loss, so he could only watch Guy rushing past him.

After passing Ning Yi, Gay took advantage of the situation and made a three-step layup. When he stepped out of the second step, he slowed down slightly, and his body flew into the air, colliding with Pekovic.

beep!

The whistle sounded, Gay was bounced off, and the ball was thrown when his body lost his balance.

The next moment, the goal was scored and the score became 3:2, but Gay still had a chance to add a penalty. He walked to the free throw line, made an extra free throw steadily, and completed the 2+1.

"It's a pity." Ning Yi shook his head secretly, a little pity, "If it's Dion, it's definitely not so easy for Guy to score this goal."

It's not that Ning Yi complained about Pekovic. In fact, the ball was still Ning Yi's problem. He was cheated by Guy and passed directly, which caught Pekovic by surprise. But if it was Dion, with his tacit understanding with Ning Yi, he would have been on guard against this for a long time, at most it would be a foul, and Guy would not be able to score 2+1.