The King of the NBA

The outside world is still discussing, and the Timberwolves have returned to their home court, ushering in their second opponent in the regular season-the Detroit Pistons.

On the field, Ning Yi met his friend Drummond. The two had a very good relationship. They even traveled together in the summer. Later, Drummond also approached Ning Yi, but Ning Yi was in Huaxia.

"Brother." Drummond and Ning Yi hugged, patted Ning Yi's back, and suddenly said: "I haven't seen you for two or three months. You seem to have grown a lot stronger and your body is much stronger."

The corners of Ning Yi's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but think of his miserable meals in the past few months.

In order to enhance muscle density and physical fitness, besides exercising, Ning Yi also needs to strictly follow the recipes formulated by the system every day. He cannot eat high-fat food, and his drinking water is also restricted.

The point is, apart from being rich in nutrition, those foods taste really unpalatable.

Ning Yi thinks that it is because the system is not a human being, and has never eaten anything delicious. It's wrong, it doesn't need to eat at all, so it probably doesn't have a concept of "taste" at all, or it doesn't care about the taste, anyway, as long as it is good for Ning Yi's body.

This made Ning Yi suffer enough. After a few months, he almost forgot what normal food tastes like, and he wanted to pull the system out and beat him up.

You know, Ning Yi's training intensity is very high, and his body consumes a lot. Instead of eating three meals a day like ordinary people, he eats at least six meals a day, and sometimes seven meals.

If it were an ordinary person, it is estimated that they would have to eat poorly just to eat.

"Brother." Ning Yi smiled and sighed: "This is a sad story. But you, I haven't seen you for a few months, it seems that nothing has changed."

"Why hasn't it changed?" Drummond immediately said: "My shooting has improved a lot in the past few months, and it's not just shooting. I can't tell you now, you will know later."

Ning Yi was happy: "Hey, aren't we brothers, do you still need to keep it secret from me?"

Drummond spread his hands and said with a smile: "Sorry, we are opponents now."

"Haha, okay, that's what you said, I won't be merciful later." Ning Yi laughed, and Drummond laughed too, all in a good mood.

After a while, the two separated and warmed up separately.

Today is the home court of the Timberwolves. There are many Timberwolves fans, many of whom are wearing Ning Yi's No. 7 jersey, which shows his popularity in the Target Center.

After warming up, the two sides returned to the sidelines, the coaches arranged their own tactics, and the game began.

The Timberwolves are still the regular starters, and the Pistons are Drummond, Smith, Singler, Pope, and Jennings. Naturally, their lineup cannot be compared with the Timberwolves, so they fell into a disadvantage from the beginning.

The Timberwolves still played from the outside, and Love also pulled to the outside to shoot three-pointers.

Ning Yi is still the starting point of the Timberwolves' offense. The defender is Singler. The 203 cm tall small forward looks a little thin. Although Ning Yi does not suffer from height, he suffers from speed and strength.

Facing Singler, Ning Yi naturally changed his style of play.

This is also the reason why Adelman wants Love to pull to the outside. Ning Yi wants to break through against Singler. Only when Love pulls to the outside can he have enough space to break through.

After playing for more than two minutes in the first quarter, Ning Yi rushed to Singler several times in a row, and succeeded almost every time. If the Pistons didn't make up the defense quickly, the consequences would be very serious.

"Singler really can't defend." Coach Stan Van Gundy (also known as Van Gundy) shook his head. After playing for more than two minutes in the first quarter, he replaced Singler and replaced him with Caron Butler.

But Caron Butler couldn't guard against Ning Yi. Like Vince Carter in the previous game, he is a veteran. He is 34 years old this year and can't keep up with his footsteps. Moreover, he is a little shorter than Ning Yi. Ning Yi shot quickly.

The key is Ning Yi's quick shots, and shooting is what he is best at. It is too threatening, and with the speed of reaching level 8, it is difficult to guard against.

Driven by Ning Yi, the Timberwolves firmly suppressed the piston.

However, Drummond did make Ning Yi look a little different. It can be seen that this guy has practiced shooting hard this summer, and he even made a turnaround jump shot, and his small throws at the basket are also of a good level.

More than seven minutes into the first quarter, the score was 23:18, and the Timberwolves led by 5 points.

Among the 18 points of the Pistons, Drummond scored 6 points alone.

When another goal was scored, Drummond looked at Ning Yi, raised his chin at Ning Yi, and grinned, meaning, did you see my progress?

"This guy." Ning Yi laughed.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, Ning Yi was replaced.

When the first quarter ended, the Timberwolves led the Pistons by 3 points with 31:28.

The reason why it only leads by 3 points is because Drummond scored too many points in this quarter. He scored 10 points alone, plus 3 rebounds and a block.

But Ning Yi wasn't worried, and neither was Adelman. Although Drummond felt good in the first quarter and had a high shooting percentage, it was obviously not normal, and he couldn't keep it up for the entire game. As long as the Timberwolves continue to play like this, when Drummond's hand feeling declines and his efficiency decreases, the point difference will expand.

And it is true.

After entering the second quarter, Drummond's touch began to decline, and the point difference began to widen.

In the third quarter, Drummond's touch recovered a bit, but Adelman decisively adjusted his tactics and asked everyone to implement the "cut Drummond" tactic, which is to rule on Drummond.

But unexpectedly, when it came to the free throw line, Drummond's shooting percentage exceeded 70%.

"Isn't this guy shooting 30% of his free throws?" Ning Yi was also taken aback. Thinking of Drummond's mysterious appearance before the game, he suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

I have to say that Drummond has made great progress in the past few months, but it is not realistic to say that he can completely improve his shooting and free throws in a few months. He was in good form just now.

Drummond, who was fouled several times in a row, went to the free throw line and his shooting percentage was okay at first, but it soon failed, and his shooting was no longer stable.

On the Timberwolves side, they took the opportunity to quickly expand the point difference to more than ten points.

In the following time, the Pistons basically had no power to parry. Where is the strength of the Timberwolves? It was just that Drummond was in a good state before, so he was able to bite the score.

"beep"

The flute sounded, and the game was over.

"I still lost." Drummond was a little discouraged, hugged Ning Yi, and said: "It seems that my progress is not enough, and I am far behind you." He scored 28 points and 13 rebounds today, but The team also lost.

"Don't be discouraged." Ning Yi joked: "If you come to Timberwolves, I guarantee that you will always experience the joy of victory."

At the end of another game, the Timberwolves won two consecutive victories, very easily, with little trouble.