The opening three-pointer in basketball

At the Madison Garden Arena in New York, the main players of both teams have entered the court, and the substitute players have left.

The beautiful national anthem is over and the game is about to begin.

Mike Woodson crossed his arms and looked at the players on the court quietly.

He looked very calm on the surface, but in fact he was so nervous that his heart skipped a beat.

Just last night, the club's general manager told him that if he couldn't win the Timberwolves, the team would fire him.

The Knicks have been bad for so many years, and the boss finally made up his mind to give it a serious try.

As a result, Anthony and Stoudemire were invited last season, but there was no splash.

This summer, they poached Chandler from the championship team Mavericks to supplement their inside numbers.

However, the Knicks' winning rate in the past twenty games is just over half, and they are currently ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference.

The club's senior management is obviously dissatisfied with such results.

This game is Woodson's last chance. If he wins, it will give him a month or two to prove himself.

If you can't win, then start immediately.

As for compensation, it does not exist. It has been stipulated in the contract for a long time. If the performance is not up to standard, the contract can be terminated at any time.

So Woodson can only fight to the death to see if he can defeat the Timberwolves.

In order to win this game, he watched several games where the Timberwolves lost.

Lost to the Spurs and lost to the Thunder.

He discovered that the reason why the Timberwolves lost was not because of their poor offense. Bai Yi was there to support the game, and the Timberwolves' offense was fine.

The problem is that the defense is terrible.

In the previous game against the Spurs, Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker could score in almost every round.

Under such circumstances, even if Bai Yi breaks out, it is impossible to defeat his opponent.

Therefore, if the Knicks want to win, they must also work hard on offense, score in every round, and surpass the Timberwolves in shooting percentage.

To accomplish this goal, Woodson asked his players to play more inside.

After all, they now have Stoudemire and Chandler, wouldn't it be stupid not to play inside?

Love is like a scarecrow, he must be beaten.

"beep!"

The whistle blows and the game officially begins.

Timberwolves starting lineup: Bai Yi, Love, Reggie, Pekovic, and Giannis.

Giannis is a role player for the Timberwolves, earning a base salary of $1.1 million.

Worse than Johnson and Billis.

There may not be a team that wants this guy in the Development League.

That is to say, he was lucky and Connelly made a mistake. Otherwise, he would have gone to Indonesia and Thailand to play ball.

Knicks starting lineup: Anthony, Chandler, Stoudemire, Jr. Smith, and Shumpert.

The on-site DJ introduced the starting lineups of the two teams. The Knicks had three All-Stars, and he was very proud of them.

"Hahaha, the Knicks are a truly big club. We have extraordinary charm. We can attract All-Stars, but the Timberwolves cannot. They are now only relying on a rookie to support them."

"Oh, Reggie is also on the court. This guy is a second-year rookie. Do the Timberwolves really expect him to beat Shumpert and Smith?"

Shumpert has a good three-point shot and average defense.

Jr. Smith is a genius. When he is in good condition, he can defend and attack well.

The state is not good, and the defense and offense are broken.

Of course, no matter what, Smith is still more famous than Reggie, and fans recognize Smith more.

At this time, Pekovic and Chandler jumped to the ball. Chandler jumped higher and gave the ball to Smith, who then dribbled forward.

Jr. Smith is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 102 kilograms. As a defender, he is really strong and has a great advantage in height and arm length.

Reggie glanced at Bai Yi, and then ran over.

He felt that Bai Yi probably didn't want to defend such a difficult role.

Relatively speaking, Shumpert is better defensive and does not need to consume so much.

Bai Yi waved his hand and asked Reggie to guard Shumpert while he went to guard Jr. Smith.

Reggie was stunned and looked at Bai Yi blankly.

He was suddenly moved.

When he was with the Thunder, he always came on as a substitute, sometimes partnering with Durant, Westbrook, or Harden.

These three will not help him defend.

When encountering someone who is not easy to defend, these three are all about letting role players defend, and they will step aside.

The name is to conserve energy and attack better.

In fact, Durant, Westbrook, and Harden are in much better physical condition than Reggie.

If the three of them had a better attitude, their defensive effectiveness would be far greater than that of Reggie.

But that's the way the world is, and they don't want to do hard work.

After all, defense is difficult to reflect in statistics, which is not conducive to hype.

At this time, Bai Yi was so calm and calmly stepped forward to defend, which was indeed very rare.

Reggie felt heat in his chest. He felt that joining the Timberwolves would be a major change in his life.

Jr. Smith smiled when he saw Bai Yi taking the initiative.

"Smith, hit him, shoot a three-pointer over his head, let this rookie see what we are capable of."

The DJ at the scene was very excited when he saw this.

The Knicks have been silent for too long, and he hopes to see something different.

Jr. Smith twisted his neck, much like a villain about to take action in a kung fu movie. He then dribbled the ball left and right, switching the basketball between his left and right hands, while his upper body kept shaking and his center of gravity changed.

It lasted about seven or eight seconds before he suddenly rushed up and rushed directly to Bai Yi's right side.

Bai Yi quickly moved sideways.

"Bang!"

Two strong men collided.

Jr Smith then turned around and rushed towards Bai Yi's left side.

If it was Westbrook or Rose, Bai Yi couldn't stop him this time, they were too fast.

However, Jr Smith was not fast enough and Bai Yi followed closely.

"Bang!"

The two people bumped into each other again.

Bai Yi didn't take a step back.

It’s different from the new generation Hardenweiss.

Bai Yi does not exclude physical contact.

His style at this time is a bit similar to Kobe.

Jr. Smith was shocked. He didn't expect Bai Yi, a rookie, to have similar strength to him.

What's more important is that Bai Yi doesn't dislike physical contact at all.

You must know that in the college league for rookies, there is less physical contact and the playing is relatively clean.

The intensity of physical contact in the NBA has not improved even a little bit.

Many rookies cannot adapt to such changes.

And Bai Yi, the rookie... No, just like what the media said, Bai Yi is not a rookie at all, he has already reached the level of a star.

Smith's narrowed eyes widened a bit, and he was about to take it seriously.

"Oh, Smith's eyes widened. He has been freed from his sleepy state. He will teach Bai a big lesson."

The on-site DJ is still confident.

This is not an unbridled compliment.

But when Jr. Smith is in his best form, he really kills God when God blocks him, and kills Buddha when Buddha blocks him.

He can play very beautiful basketball when facing James and Wade.

DJ thinks there is absolutely no problem in saying it casually.