The opening three-pointer in basketball

Saramento is a small city with an urban population of no more than 400,000.

However, there are more than two million people in the entire metropolitan area, and this city is in California, so although the population is not large, it is quite prosperous and has many wealthy people.

Small cities like this generally don't have many professional teams.

Just like Milwaukee, there is only one basketball team, but no baseball or football teams.

Under such circumstances, ordinary people do not have many choices even if they want to support local teams.

They can only support the Bucks.

Instead of a big city like New York, there are two basketball teams, as well as football teams, baseball teams, ice hockey teams, and soccer teams.

In this case, the fans will be dispersed, and the basketball attendance rate will not be as good as that of small city teams.

There are no other professional teams in Sacramento, only one basketball team.

This is the Kings.

However, the attendance of the Kings is not comparable to that of the Bucks.

Ever since the Medicats cousins ​​left the king.

There has never been a decent star player here, and the team's record is always at the bottom.

Fans are also disappointed with the Kings.

If you calculate carefully, it has been almost ten years since the King became a tank team.

After so many drafts, no player who can become a cornerstone was selected. I have to say that the Kings' team has really bad luck.

Last season, the Kings were second to last in the Western Conference. In the draft at the end of June, they selected Biyombo with the seventh overall pick.

This is an outside player with certain three-point shooting ability.

But for now, he is just a substitute for the Kings.

According to local media reports, the Kings have no idea of ​​establishing Biyombo as the core, and they even plan to trade Biyombo.

Because the Kings actually already have core players.

The Kings have two core players, one inside and one outside. These are Evans and his cousin Cousins.

Evans can be considered a borderline All-Star. His strengths in all aspects are relatively balanced and there is nothing particularly outstanding.

And his cousin Cousins ​​​​is the league's new generation of super center visible to the naked eye.

Cousins ​​is 2.11 meters tall. He averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds per game last season and shot 44% from the field.

With such data, he is undoubtedly one of the top five centers in the league.

However, Cousins ​​​​is similar to Love. He has only personal data but no ability to lead a team.

The Timberwolves were so embarrassing last season. The club plans to change their style of play and replace someone with them as the new core.

But the Kings' top brass feels that Cousins' statistics are good and he can still be saved.

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The game between the Timberwolves and the Kings is scheduled for October 21 at 6 p.m.

There were only seven or eight thousand fans pouring into the Golden One Arena in Sacramento at this time. At a glance, there were still a lot of empty seats.

Players from both teams came to the court and were warming up.

Bai Yi casually shot a few three-pointers. He turned his head and found a little man staring at him.

This little man is about 1.7 meters tall and wearing a hair tie.

The eyes are quite big, like bull's eyes.

He is Isaiah Thomas, nicknamed Little Flea.

Thomas is 1.72 meters tall and 1.75 meters tall with shoes on.

He is also this year's rookie, the 60th pick in the second round, which means he is the last pick.

Although he is in last place, Thomas performed well in the summer league and showed good strength in the team training.

So this time Biyombo didn't appear on the player list, but Thomas did.

The little flea is short. In order not to be bullied, he is more outgoing, more aggressive and has a strong personality than ordinary people.

At this moment, he was staring at Bai Yi, but it wasn't that he didn't like Bai Yi.

It's more about wanting to express myself.

In this year's draft, he was the last pick, while Bai Yi was the second pick.

He wants to show off and make people notice him.

Bai Yi didn't bother to look at him and just continued shooting.

Seeing that Bai Yi ignored him, Thomas snorted and walked over, patting the basketball.

Everyone was a little surprised when they saw his appearance.

Although Bilisi was defeated by Bai Yi in a one-on-one match before, which made him embarrassed, he still supported Bai Yi at this time.

"Little dwarf, what are you doing?"

Thomas smiled and pointed at Bai Yi, "Have a chat with him."

"Boy, don't go too far."

"Don't worry, we just have a few words."

The DJ at the scene also noticed Thomas' behavior. He shouted loudly, "Although our little flea is short, his spirit is not low at all."

The few fans laughed, and some booed.

When Thomas heard this, he felt even more excited. He felt that this was evidence that the fans supported him.

"Hi, Bai."

Bai Yi nodded, "Hi, Thomas."

"I am also a rookie this year, and I will beat you on the rookie list."

Bai Yi nodded speechlessly, "I understand."

"Aren't you nervous?"

Bai Yi was a little impatient. A basic polite greeting did not mean that the nanny would answer questions as readily as he could.

"Why does a little elephant care about what a little ant says?"

Little Thomas had a sullen face, glared at Bai Yi fiercely, and then left dejectedly.

Lefu and the others laughed.

Soon after, the substitutes left the field and the main players stayed.

Timberwolves starting lineup: Bai Yi, Rubio, Love, as well as Bliss and Pekovic.

Kings starting lineup: Cousins, Evans, Thornton, Williams, Dave Reiter.

The whistle blows and the game officially begins.

Pekovic and Cousins ​​competed for the ball together. Cousins ​​grabbed the ball and passed it directly to Evans.

Bai Yi ran over immediately.

Evans is the outside core of the Kings and the initiator of the Kings' offense.

Let Rubio defend, and that's just food.

So Adelman asked Bai Yi to defend.

Naturally, Bai Yi would not refuse, and now they are cultivating him as the core.

He feels that whether it is offense or defense, he must be on the front line.

Just like Jordan in the past and Kobe now.

The head coach of the Kings is called Westphal, and he can be considered a veteran coach.

At this time, I couldn't help but feel a little confused when I saw that Bai Yi, a rookie, not only started the game, but also defended Evans.

In fact, the league at this time generally does not allow rookies to start games immediately. In the NBA main game, rookies will first watch a few games, then substitute, and then start.

They are afraid that this rookie will not be able to accept the intensity of the NBA.

James and Durant also came here in the same way.

But he didn't expect that Adelman, an academic coach, would directly arrange for Bai Yi to start this time and let him guard Evans.

Could it be that Bai Yi performed so well in training that Adelman couldn't help but let him play in the game?

Adelman actually knew that his decision was a bit reckless.

But since he wanted to establish Bai Yi as the core and compete for a spot in the playoffs, he didn't dare not let Bai Yi play.

Without Bai Yi, the Timberwolves would be no different from last season, and they might have another losing streak by then.

For the sake of success, he decided to take the risk.