The opening three-pointer in basketball

"Let's welcome the great Grizzlies, the toughest defensive team in the league and our favorites."

"Jia Xiaojia... Kangli, Tony Allen... Randolph."

Players from both teams entered the stadium together. There were no lights on the Timberwolves side, but the whole court was on the Grizzlies side. The DJ shouted loudly, and the fans responded loudly.

Playing away from home, that's it.

Soon after, the substitute players of the two teams came off the court, while the main players stayed on the court, and the national anthem of the beautiful country was played.

Timberwolves starting lineup: Baiyi, Billis, Rubio, Pekovic, and Johnson.

Grizzlies starting lineup: Randolph, Kevin Garnett, Tony Allen, Gay, and Kang Li.

The Grizzlies also have powerful players such as Mayo, Cunningham, and Arenas.

In terms of lineup depth, the Grizzlies far surpass the Timberwolves. Except for Bai Yi, if anyone else goes to the Timberwolves, they may not even be able to make the second team.

"Guys, keep playing defense and let's beat the Timberwolves."

The live DJ shouted.

With a whistle, the game officially started.

Xiaojia and Pekovic jumped the ball together. Xiaojia easily passed the ball to Kang Li. When he fell, he deliberately bumped Pekovic.

Pekovic is from Eastern Europe and has always been discriminated against by players from "developed countries" like Canada.

Kang Li held the ball and waited for both Marc and Randolph to be in position before passing the ball to Marc, who turned around and made a hook.

The fans opened their mouths and roared for Kawhi, but the basketball was weak and hit the rim with a bang and bounced out.

O'Neal curled his lips, "Nowadays, the inside players' handwork is really terrible."

Buckley nodded, "I really want to tell my mother that if she had given birth to me ten years later, my achievements would have been greater."

The basketball was snatched away by Randolph. He easily knocked away Billis and then forced a dunk.

It was the Timberwolves' turn to attack, and Rubio held the ball past halftime.

Bai Yi also followed, but this time there were no two players in front of him, only Tony Allen was defending alone.

Tony Allen is 1.93 meters tall and has excellent arm length. His body shape is somewhat similar to Bai Yi.

His defense is one of the toughest in the league.

Generally speaking, there are four main types of players who are good defenders.

One is continuous physical confrontation, constantly consuming the opponent's physical energy.

Kobe is this type. He likes to be physical in defense and constantly fights.

Playing with Kobe, you may be able to explode for part of the time, but your physical energy is consumed very quickly and you will soon run out of energy.

And Kobe is a monster in physical fitness, and he can continue to score goals.

The second is continuous interference, that is, there are a lot of small movements on the hands.

People like Tucker, Leonard, and Paul can all be considered in this category.

However, Tucker and Leonard are not aiming to irritate offensive players, they are more to interfere with offensive players.

Their hands will constantly push forward and reach out to touch the ball.

And Paul really does a lot of small things.

He likes to secretly twist, pinch, or put his hands on offensive players.

The third is the prediction of offensive players.

Paul is also a master in this regard.

This requires very strong prediction ability, very familiarity with the league's offensive players, and a high IQ.

Paul is only 1.83 meters tall, but no one in the league dares to name Paul. His defense is really good.

The fourth is effective interference with the offensive rhythm.

Tony Allen talks about this fourth type. If Tucker Leonard is there or not, then Tony Allen's purpose is much clearer.

His defense makes offensive players always feel like they are being interrupted.

I still have the basketball in my hand, but I just feel uncomfortable.

But no matter how powerful attackers are, such as Tony Allen, he can make Durant and Kobe very uncomfortable, but he has no impact on Westbrook Ross.

Because people ignore him.

Westbrook Ross rushed up and broke through.

Tony Allen is also helpless. His speed is okay, about the same as Durant, but he is not on the same level as Westbrook Ross.

Bai Yi has long observed Tony Allen and he knows how to deal with such a player.

He then raised his hand for the ball.

Rubio was a little surprised.

After all, a player who has been on defense three times in a row is not that easy to deal with.

Bai Yi is not afraid and even takes the initiative to ask for the ball. This is really impressive.

The DJ at the scene shouted loudly, "Oh, since Bai wants to die, let's grant him his wish."

Tony Allen was very calm. He bent down and stared at Bai Yi carefully.

At this moment, Bai Yi suddenly rushed up and broke through Tony Allen with a change of speed. He started very fast.

In the blink of an eye, he was ahead of Tony Allen.

Gay subconsciously recovered the defense, and Bai Yi then passed the ball to Bliss, who raised his hand for a three-pointer.

The basketball banged and hit the basket hard.

No one blamed Billis for scoring a three-pointer. They were more surprised by the sight of Tony Allen's unintentional breakthrough just now.

It was too fast. He rushed up suddenly and broke through all of a sudden.

Tony Allen didn't even react.

This was rarely seen by elders in the past.

DJ subconsciously shouted: "Oh, this seems to be another fast horse."

Many fans at the scene also thought of Rose and Westbrook, and their cheers were a little quieter.

After all, these two big guys performed well every time they beat the Grizzlies.

The game continued, this time Kang Lilai shot a three-pointer.

The basketball still hit the rim.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Players from both teams were demonstrating how to hit the iron, but as a result, they became harder and harder and never scored a goal.

In the sixth minute of the first quarter, the two teams scored four to two.

The Grizzlies scored two goals, while the Timberwolves only scored one.

O'Neal was speechless, "Why doesn't Bai attack well? The scoring level of others is really ugly."

"Bai, please play hard and get a few three-pointers."

Bai Yi also didn't expect the Grizzlies' scoring ability to be so weak.

No wonder the defense is good, but they can't make a further step in the playoffs. The offensive strength is indeed not good.

There is no player in the entire team who is particularly stable offensively.

Regardless of whether it is Xiaojia, Randolph, or Kang Li, they are all better defensive players.

Bai Yi originally did not plan to purchase temporary skills in this game.

It's even better now. He doesn't need to make three points in the whole game. He can wait for the second half or the second quarter and then go for three points with the Grizzlies.

When the time comes, defeat your opponent in one fell swoop.

Right now, we focus on organizing the offense first and helping our teammates score.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The blacksmithing is still going on, Billis is blacksmithing, Rubio is blacksmithing, Garfield is blacksmithing, and Randolph is blacksmithing.

Billis and Rubio are long-range shots. If they can't make the shot, it means they don't have good touch.

However, Garfield and Randolph were under the basket, making hook shots or small floaters from time to time, but they still couldn't score.

This is a bit difficult to deal with.

Hollins couldn't help but call a timeout first.