The opening three-pointer in basketball

May is still a bit cool in Minnesota.

In the Timberwolves training arena, Bai Yi is practicing three-pointers.

He was wearing a jersey and had no expression on his face.

There were two guys picking up balls for him on the opposite side. These two people looked frustrated. It was obvious that they were not in a good mood at this time.

The guys who picked up the ball were all fans of the Timberwolves, the kind of young fans that a father would take his son to watch.

Regardless of whether the Timberwolves are good or bad, watching Timberwolves games has become a part of their lives.

Bai Yi knew why these two people had such expressions.

They are worried that the Timberwolves will be eliminated.

Now the Timberwolves and the Thunder have a huge score of 2 to 2, but the Timberwolves have been belittled by the entire network. Most people feel that the Timberwolves will definitely lose and cannot win.

There are also many media and fans who feel that in the next two games, the Timberwolves players will pack up and go home to fish.

Timberwolves fans certainly don't want this to happen.

They have tried their best to defend, but all outside media, fans, and football commentators are not optimistic about the Timberwolves.

Gradually, the fans became less confident.

Although Bai Yi didn't specifically go to major forums to understand the situation, he also had a general idea.

But the more critical the moment, the stronger we must be.

He doesn't really want to be interviewed by reporters now, and he doesn't want to read comments from netizens. It's not that he's afraid, it's mainly because he's upset.

He is also a normal person. He has already lost the game, so why are he forcing himself to laugh? He is not an actor.

However, the dejected state of the two ball-picking boys on the opposite side still attracted some attention.

These two people often pick up balls for Bai Yi.

He intended to enlighten and enlighten them.

Bai Yi raised his eyes, then put the basketball down, "You guys come and shoot, I'll pick it up for you."

The two boys looked at Bai Yi with surprise on their faces.

"It's okay, come on."

The two boys were shy, with excitement in their eyes, and then they took the ball and started shooting.

"puff!"

"boom!"

"puff!"

Sometimes it is the crisp sound of brushing the net, and sometimes it is the dull sound of iron striking.

Bai Yi carefully picked up the ball for the two men. Gradually, the two boys shot faster and their hit rate became higher.

There was a bit more joy and excitement after exercise on the two people's faces.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside and the sound of someone arguing.

"You can't go in, that's the rule."

"We are special reporters for ESPN. Your club has an agreement with us. We can enter the training arena anytime and anywhere to film."

But there was a conflict between the security guard and the ESPN reporter.

Three reporters came to ESPN, a woman and two men, one with a camera and the other with a camera.

Bai Yi curled his lips.

At this time, he was the only one training in the entire training hall, so these three guys must have come to find him.

When the two boys saw someone breaking in, they immediately stopped.

Bai Yi was a little angry. He felt that the reporter planned the movement of his fans.

However, he later took it out and realized that it was not intentional.

He noticed that the two boys actually didn't pay much attention to the reporter, but looked more at him secretly.

Both of them had worried looks in their eyes.

Bai Yi thought for a while and understood why this happened.

He has not been interviewed by reporters since his two consecutive defeats. Many reporters could not interview him and began to make up nonsense.

Said that he was very depressed, sad and desperate, and even planned to leave the Timberwolves.

Many fans became worried about this.

I'm afraid the same is true for these two ball-picking boys.

Only then did Bai Yi realize that he was actually a bit willful in not accepting interviews from the media.

He thought for a while and then walked over.

"No need to stop them, just let them come."

"Oh, Bai, that's really great. I want to give you an interview."

"no problem."

According to the female reporter’s self-introduction, her name is Maria.

This person is in her early twenties, has blonde hair, and has a great figure. She is a very popular sports reporter image in the beautiful country.

Whether it's ESPN, TNT, or Fox Sports, most of their audiences are middle-class white people.

Those black brothers or Mexicans are not in good spirits to enjoy a game.

Under such circumstances, blonde beauties naturally become the best choice to please the audience.

Maria also blinked and raised a few eyebrows at Bai Yi.

Bai Yi ignored Maria's actions and then signaled Maria to start.

"Bai, are you hiding from the media because you lost?"

"Of course not. People who say this don't know me at all. I'm not afraid of failure. I just don't want to spend time on this. I need to be in a better state to face new games."

Maria nodded, she recognized Bai Yi's words.

"So do you think the Timberwolves will win the next game?"

"Of course, we will be the team that truly breaks out of the Western Conference, and we will win the championship."

Maria's face flashed with excitement, and she seemed very satisfied with the answer.

"Then why are you so confident? You know that other people are generally less optimistic about the Timberwolves."

Bai Yi smiled, "I am me, and others are others. If they can influence me, or what they see is correct, then this world does not lack a lot of fun."

He answered some more questions, which was lower-key than before.

After entering the playoffs, he became much more high-profile.

Bai Yi felt that it would be easier for his teammates to understand his thoughts this way.

Soon after, Maria and the others left happily. The two ball-picking boys swept away their previous frustration and looked at Bai Yi with light in their eyes.

Bai Yi chuckled, and then continued to pick up balls for the two boys.

However, the two boys expressed that they wanted to pick up the ball for Bai Yi, so Bai Yi continued to shoot.

He pitched very seriously and focused. After half an hour, Bai Yi ended the training.

Bai Yi then said goodbye to the ball picker and drove home.

After returning home, not long after, he received some calls one after another, all from China, asking if he had encountered any difficulties.

It turns out that the news of the Timberwolves' two-game losing streak also spread back to China.

The speculations of some unscrupulous media in the beautiful country have also spread to the country.

Similarly, there are also a group of people in China who make up news, and messy news soon leaks out, and some even think that Bai Yi has been injured.

Many domestic fans are worried about Bai Yi's physical condition.

After Bai Yi heard this, he explained what he had done. He thought about it and posted a line on Twitter, Facebook, and Weibo.

"I'm fine, we'll make it out west."

After posting, he went to take a shower. When he came back from the shower, he found that it had been forwarded more than one million times on Weibo and there were more than 30,000 messages.

He smiled, closed the computer, and closed his eyes to rest.