The King of the NBA

boom!

After all, Ning Yi was taller than Harden, and he didn't lose his position at all. He reacted quickly and interfered a lot with Harden. Harden couldn't make the ball, the basketball bounced out of the basket, Love got the rebound, and the Timberwolves launched a quick counterattack.

Rubio dribbled the ball for two steps. Seeing that Turner and Ning Yi had passed the center line, he passed it immediately. Turner took the ball without delay, rushed to the inside of the Rockets, and then passed the ball to the side.

"Good pass." Ning Yi rushed, received Turner's pass, and flew forward with a one-handed dunk.

The Rockets returned to defense a bit slower. Only Ariza came back alone, one defense and two defenses. Seeing Ning Yi jumping up, he had no way to stop it.

The difference is 4 points!

Seeing this situation, Coach McHale called a timeout.

"Harden, you don't have to fight Ning, we are a team." McHale said.

Harden nodded, expressing his understanding.

He knew that he had fallen into a bad cycle, blindly singled out with Ning Yi, or even directly matched with Ning Yi. With Ning Yi's defensive ability, he had no advantage.

What's more, Harden's defense itself has certain flaws. He is physically strong and has a very good confrontation ability, which makes his layups always so stable and allows him to defend well even in the low post.

However, his lateral movement ability is not good. When defending from the outside, it is easy to be passed by the opponent with a change of direction.

Ning Yi is not good at low-post singles, but he is good at outside breakthroughs, which happens to restrain Harden, so directly facing Ning Yi, Harden is actually a bit at a disadvantage.

When the timeout came back, Harden made a change.

Ning Yi tried it out, and seeing that Harden ignored him, he smiled slightly, and no longer insisted on singles. The confrontation between the ace players of both sides came to an end and entered a normal rhythm.

"Unfortunately, we only hit a few balls against each other."

"I haven't seen enough."

Seeing this situation, the fans in the auditorium shouted regret, what they were looking forward to was this kind of one-on-one between ace players, which was extremely exciting.

Entering the normal rhythm, the point difference was only 4 points, the two sides played extremely anxiously, and the score was always maintained at a few points.

Until halfway through the third quarter, the difference between the two sides was still only a few points.

"beep"

At this point, McHale called a timeout.

McHale knew that it would be difficult to widen the point difference for a while, and Adelman also knew that now that the score is tight, it may be possible to catch up with the score, but it is obviously unrealistic to overtake too much.

The coaches of both sides began to change players and entered the rotation time.

Until the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides was still deadlocked. The Timberwolves relied on Martin's final buzzer to overtake the score, rewriting the score to 88:87, and the Timberwolves led by one point.

"This is the first game in the series that is so anxious."

"It seems that this series will not be flat. The Rockets are indeed much better than the Mavericks."

In the auditorium, the fans were discussing.

In the first round of the series, the Timberwolves swept the Mavericks and showed great strength, but the Rockets are not bad. The combination of Harden and Howard is very lethal.

Of course, this is under the premise that Howard performed well.

Howard performed very well today, especially at the free throw line. He played at a super level, and his shooting percentage was almost the highest in his entire career.

Amidst the people's discussions, the fourth quarter began.

In this section, both sides have a rotation lineup, and the Timberwolves have a clear advantage. After the first round of training, Jokic and Whiteside have become more mature and formed a good immediate combat power.

After a few minutes, the Timberwolves extended their lead to 9 points.

"It has to be replaced." McHale sighed and replaced Harden.

For the Timberwolves, Adelman also replaced Ning Yi.

As soon as he came up, Harden turned on the offensive mode, broke through for layups, made three-pointers from the outside, and scored consecutive points.

The same is true for Ning Yi. Love was not around at this time. He became the team's strongest firepower, took on the team's scoring responsibility, and used his best method to plunder the Rockets' basket.

"ball."

Ning Yi ran back, received a pass from his teammate, and then accelerated suddenly, reaching the free throw line to face the opponent's defender, suddenly turned around with the ball, bypassed the defender, and jumped up.

Snapped!

beep!

Thug, the referee whistled, pointed at Terrence Jones, and gave him a foul.

But no one cares about Terrence Jones. At this moment, Ning Yi fell to the ground, covering his left leg and failing to stand up

"Ning is injured?"

"It's over."

"My God, hope Ning is okay."

In the auditorium, the fans were sad and worried for Ning Yi.

Ning Yi was indeed injured. He sprained his ankle when he landed, and then there was a sharp pain. He knew very well that his ankle was twisted.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way"

The team doctor quickly stepped forward, checked Ning Yi, frowned and said: "There is no way to judge now, an MRI is needed, but based on my experience, the problem should not be serious." The team doctor pointed to Ning Yi's swollen ankle, Said: "But you have also seen that he can't continue to play this game."

This is bad news for the Timberwolves.

Ning Yi is the wolf king of the Timberwolves, the trump card of the team, and he is the most critical part of the team system. He can organize, score, and defend. Without him, the strength of the Timberwolves will be greatly reduced .

"It's just a small injury, and I'll get better soon." Ning Yi took a deep breath. He is the leader of the team. Even if he is depressed in his heart at this time, he can't show it. He has to stabilize the morale of the army, "The rest I can't play these few minutes, but I will cheer for you on the sidelines. Brothers, I believe in you, even if I am not here, you will definitely win."

Everyone was shocked and nodded.

Ning Yi was lifted up and came to the sidelines. He grabbed Love and said, "Kevin, the team needs you now."

"Yeah." Le Fu said in a deep voice, "Don't worry."

Seeing that Ning Yi was injured, Timberwolves fans were covered in a layer of gloom. The Rockets are strong. Without Ning Yi, can they still win?

After a while, the game continued.

Without Ning Yi, the Rockets knew their chance was coming, and the offense and defense became more fierce, the confrontation was fierce, and the point difference was quickly approaching. But in a short time, the Rockets caught up with the score and led by one point.

"It's over, it really won't work without Ning."

"It has been overtaken, this is troublesome."

"Damn it, if Ning hadn't been injured, we would have won this game."

In the auditorium, the fans were annoyed.

Originally, the Timberwolves had already led by 9 points, and it was because of Ning Yi's hands that the Timberwolves were thrown into disarray, and they were hit by a wave of shock waves.

If this goes on, the situation is not good, and the Timberwolves are likely to lose the game.

"Without Ning, there was a problem with our tactical coordination, and the Rockets played too well this time, so they were overtaken." Love frowned, his eyes sharp, "I promised Ning, I must do it, Now that he's not here, I have to step up and lead the team to win. The victory in this game is ours."