The opening three-pointer in basketball

Amid the cheers of 18,000 home fans, Bai Yi walked into the stadium with his teammates.

When the spotlight focused on Bai Yi, he looked like an entertainment star, and many fans screamed loudly.

Connelly was naturally sitting on the sidelines. He looked at Bai Yi expressionlessly, with a look of worry in his eyes.

This game is undoubtedly very stressful for Bai Yi.

As a rookie, he led the team to the finals for the first time.

As a rookie, he faced the Heat's Big Three in his first finals.

As a rookie, at such a critical time, his head coach actually fell ill.

All kinds of things come together.

It's enough to make an ordinary player nervous, timid and suffocated.

Bai Yi comes from China. This ancient country has a long history. It seems that Chinese people are also good at enduring and bearing heavy burdens.

But those are all words of experience after all, and it’s really hard to say whether it will work for an individual.

Connelly himself was very nervous. This was his first time as general manager and his team had entered the finals.

Once he wins the championship, he will receive a lot of praise, honors, and a lot of money.

He almost couldn't sleep last night. He tossed and turned in his house.

In order not to disturb his wife, he later simply went to the study to sleep.

If he is like this, what about Bai Yi?

Looking at Bai Yi's stern face at this time, Connelly was filled with emotion and heartache.

After all, he is the rookie he found. He hopes that Bai Yi is good enough. The higher Bai Yi becomes, the more praise and recognition he will get.

Soon after, the players ended their warm-up, the substitutes came off the field, and the main players stayed on the court.

Timberwolves starting lineup: Bai Yi, Morris Jr., Tucker, Reggie, and Pekovic.

Heat starting lineup: James, Wade, Joel Anthony, Bosh, Chalmers.

The Timberwolves are already full of elite players. They still have Love and Rubio to support them, but these two are too weak defensively.

The Heat are very strong. They also have three-point shooters Shane Battier and Jones, as well as guards Cole, Mac Miller, Haslem and Yafoare.

In terms of player lineup and team depth, the Timberwolves are nothing compared to the Heat.

With a whistle, the game officially started, Anthony and Pekovic jumped the ball together.

Pekovic grabbed the basketball first, and then threw it to Bai Yi.

Wade and Chalmers immediately surrounded him.

The two people spread their hands, like a big net, directly forming a half arc of about 210 degrees.

Bai Yi didn't try to force a breakthrough, he threw the basketball to Reggie.

As soon as the basketball fell into Reggie's hands, James pounced on it.

This is the speed of the Heat. Their overall advancement, defense, and offense are all very fast.

Spoelstra once said that he wanted five players like James to play.

Because this lineup has speed, the overall movement is very fast.

Although the Heat did not start with five James, they still implemented Spoelstra's basketball philosophy.

The players move very fast, like a high-speed machine.

Smooth, precise and fast.

Reggie is only 1.9 meters tall, so he really has no advantage against James who is as big as a gorilla.

He kept making false moves, but to no avail.

James didn't take this approach at all and ignored Reggie.

James' defense is definitely the best in the league. Players born in his generation, such as Wade, Paul, and James, still maintain the style of old-school players and are still very sharp in defense.

And three or four years later, Harden, Westbrook, and Durant will be tough on defense.

Reggie had no choice but to pass the ball to Morris on the other side.

Bai Yi was double-teamed, and the player the Timberwolves let go was Morris Jr.

His shooting is average and unstable. Whether it's the Heat or other teams, if they want to double-team Bai Yi, they usually leave Morris short.

He naturally knows his shortcomings, others have told him many times.

He caught the ball and didn't shoot. Instead, he patted the basketball and hit the basket unskilledly.

Tucker held Bosh, and Pekovic held Anthony, gaining a free passage for Morris.

Morris dribbled the ball down quickly and then made a layup.

The basketball flew up, landed on the rim, bounced twice, then fell to the side, and Bosh took the rebound away.

Morris Jr. turned around and found that the layup had not been made.

He blushed and raised his hands, signaling to his teammates that it was his problem.

Moments later, the Timberwolves came back.

Wade and Chalmers still opened their big hands, half surrounding Bai Yi.

Both men have long arms and a very large defensive range.

Bai Yi ran forward, bumped into the arms of two people, and was stunned. Such a collision could actually lead to a defensive foul.

However, the referee did not say anything. Obviously, the penalty scale has obviously changed for Bai Yi.

It was not easy for Bai Yi to break away from the encirclement of Wade and Chalmers. He was not nervous and just kept running hard.

The leaders Wade and Chalmers started running while trying to open up space for their teammates and create opportunities.

Naturally, the basketball was left to Reggie.

This time, Morris Jr. and Tucker changed positions. Morris Jr. went to the basket to pester Bosh, and Tucker stood outside the three-point line. In this way, the person the Heat let go was Tucker.

Compared to Morris Jr., Tucker's three-pointers are much more reliable.

Reggie naturally passed it to Tucker this time.

After all, Tucker is now vacant, and Tucker is the only candidate.

Tucker caught the ball and no one was guarding him. He then dribbled twice to get a feel for it before throwing the basketball away.

The basketball flew up, drew an arc, and then hit the basket hard.

"Bang!"

The dull sound gave the home players a pause, and many of them almost fell to the ground.

The first two attacks were unsuccessful, so everyone couldn't help but have some hope.

Connelly was also speechless.

The Timberwolves' fundamentals are so poor that even though they tried hard to make substitutions midway through the season, they still had little effect.

Faced with this situation, Connelly was also very helpless.

Now the team's shooting is actually relatively stable, with only Love and Bai Yi.

Bai Yi was double-teamed, while Love was a defensive black hole and couldn't be used in normal conditions.

They can only count on Tucker, Reggie, and Morris Jr.

But I didn't expect this to be the result.

This is a bit embarrassing.

Could it be said that only when Bai Yi is active can he drive his teammates to score?

If you let them score by themselves, would it be extremely difficult?

Connelly looked at Bai Yi, he was not sure whether Bai Yi would call timeout.

On the one hand, he felt that in such a game, Bai Yi should call a timeout.

On the other hand, he felt that Bai Yi should calm down and not worry about what other people think.

He was so confused that he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time.