The King of the NBA

"Bledsoe, you come down, Gerald Green, you go up." The coach of the Suns made a substitution first. Brasso played well on the offensive end just now, but he was not good on the defensive end. Well, once he switches defenses and faces Ning Yi, he is almost a loophole, and he is directly blown up by Ning Yi.

"Green, you play the 3rd position, pay attention to the defense of Ning. Remember, guard against his shots. The most terrifying thing about him is not the breakthrough, but his shooting." The Suns coach said: "Tuck, you play the 2nd Position, make good use of your body. Also, you must be firm in your outside shooting, you have the ability to make three-pointers from the outside.”

"yes."

"Understood." Green and Tucker responded.

Here, the Timberwolves will gather around Adelman.

Adelman spread out the tactical board, made some arrangements, and said: "Ning is in good shape today. Later, I will give him more pick-and-roll screens and let him switch to singles. Ning, the opponent will definitely change later. If they switch to singles The effect is not good, you have to change your strategy in time, the opponent is most afraid of your projection, you can completely reverse it, make more breakthroughs, and create more damage."

"I know, in the words of our Huaxia, it is the opposite." Ning Yi smiled.

Adelman nodded. Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence, he expected it to be similar to what he said. He looked at Love again, thought for a while, replaced Dion with Whiteside, and said: " The opponent's insider Markieff Morris has a body and height, and his defensive ability is good, but his movement speed is slow. Love, wait a minute and try to pull him outside. You have outside shooting, which is your advantage, and at the same time It can make space for the inside, which is convenient for Ning to break through, and it is also convenient for Whiteside."

"Whiteside, the opposing center's defensive ability is mediocre, here is your chance. Play hard for me, don't just focus on getting rebounds, but also use your offensive ability, you know?"

"Yes." Whiteside nodded, eyes glowing with excitement.

After being in the Timberwolves for so long, his shining point is still in defense and rebounding.

But thinking about it from another angle, he felt that he was not reconciled. He could only defend and rebound, so he was doomed to not play too much time and had a single role.

He didn't want this, and he was training his offensive skills assiduously, but it was a pity that he never had the chance to play it.

But now, he knew the opportunity had come.

Whiteside is very clear about his position in the Timberwolves and is still a role player, but even if he is a role player, it does not mean that he has no future.

If you play well enough and are recognized by others, you have every chance to be righted, even if you can’t be righted, and when you switch to other teams in the future, what kind of contract you can sign and whether you can be reused depends on your own strength. , your performance on the court is also a key factor.

Therefore, Whiteside knows that this is an opportunity, and he must seize this opportunity to let others know that he can not only defend and rebound, but also score.

No team likes a player who can't score.

"beep"

The whistle blows and the timeout ends.

The two sides returned to the court, the Timberwolves replaced Whiteside, and the Suns replaced Green.

The Suns did not focus on the offense. Originally, Bledsoe was on the court and the backcourt combination with Dragic was their dominant point. But Bledsoe went down, and Dragic was alone, and the outside line was not a strong point. Dragic also understood this, so he kept directing his teammates to move, trying to play a team offense.

Passed the ball several times, but didn't find a chance. The Suns players played a little conservatively. In the end, the ball returned to Dragic. Dragic glanced at the timer and knew that he had to go it alone.

"Pick and roll."

A pick-and-roll, Dragic breaks through, his speed is not fast, but the rhythm is very good, there is a shift to get rid of the defense, take advantage of the situation to get inside, and is about to make a layup, but finds that the space for the layup is blocked.

"If you want an easy layup, go dream." Whiteside roared, and jumped up, the whole person was like a wall of people, with his hands open, covering the sky above Dragic.

This ball layup is not enough.

Dragic was anxious and happened to see Tucker at a forty-five-degree angle on the left. He didn't have time to think about it and passed it immediately.

Snapped!

There was a crisp sound, but it was Ning Yi who shot out from a diagonal stab, broke the ball, and then quickly grabbed the ball, and passed Tucker with a beautiful back dribble. Yiqi Juechen left everyone behind, and when he reached the frontcourt, it was a gliding split button.

The Suns coach's face was livid. He just made a mistake when he came back from the timeout. He was successfully counterattacked by the opponent. Who was embarrassed, not the players, but the coach.

For a coach, when to call a timeout, when to change players, how to change, and the tactical arrangement after the timeout, these often give people an intuitive impression.

For example, Popovich of the Spurs, as everyone knows, usually calls a timeout, and when the timeout comes back, the Spurs can always successfully score a goal.

This is what people know about him, and it is also a belief, so whenever Popovich calls a timeout, his players can calm down, while opponents can't help but feel a sudden rush.

But if, like now, a mistake is made immediately after a timeout, it will definitely be a blow to the Suns, and the morale of the Timberwolves will be boosted. The fans in the audience will also question the Suns coach.

"Don't rush, be patient, but be determined, don't be timid." The Suns coach shouted from the sidelines, just called a timeout, and it must not be called again at this time.

The Suns players were also a little depressed.

Reorganizing the offense, Dragic gestured to his teammates and played a fixed tactic. The ball was passed, ran, and then distributed to the outside line. Tucker made a three-pointer.

Swish!

The ball is here.

The coach of the Suns also let out a long breath, saying that the players are under a lot of pressure, but the coaches are also under a lot of pressure. There are countless coaches fired by the NBA every season, not including assistant coaches.

Tucker's three-pointer came in time, but it was just a drop in the bucket.

Soon the Timberwolves retaliated, and Ning Yi was still stronger. Although Green was now defending Ning Yi, his height did not suffer, but he defended very forward, and Ning Yi began to break through frequently.

Of course, the Suns are not fools, and someone has already defended from behind, but they underestimated Whiteside.

This big center who returned to the NBA used to have the influence of being able to grab rebounds and block shots, but today he made people shine on the offensive end. When Ning Yi broke through and encountered supplementary defense, he chose to split the ball. With the opportunity, or the hook, or the mid-range jumper, he showed another side that he didn't use in the past.