Chapter 40 - Empty cut!
Halfway through the first quarter, Guy was replaced and replaced by small forward Landry Fields.
On the Timberwolves, Adelman also replaced Love, Martin, and Dionziqi, and replaced Pekovic, Turiaf, and Bamot.
After this substitution, Ning Yi was playing against Fields.
Landry Fields is a kind of tall wing player, good bounce, able to grab rebounds, but the shooting stability is not enough, more rely on cut points.
But on the defensive end, Fields is very suitable for anti-small forward.
Looking at Fields, Ning Yi couldn’t help but think of Jeremy Lin. In 12 years, Jeremy Lin suddenly broke out, setting off a wave of “Lin Madness”, sweeping NBA and the whole world.
In Jeremy Lin’s nba career, he has experienced many ups and downs, and the word “sofa” has a distinctive meaning in his life.
In February 12th, the night before Jeremy Lin broke out, he lived on the sofa of Landry Fields’ house, when Fields was still in the Knicks.
After that day, Jeremy Lin started his crazy performance.
Since then, people have remembered Landry Fields… To be precise, people have remembered Landry Fields’ sofa.
Nowadays, Jeremy Lin went to Houston, and Fields went to Toronto.
“beep……”
The game continued and the Raptors attacked.
The ball moved quickly after reaching the frontcourt. Today, the Raptors lineup has only one core of Lowry, and the rest are almost all substitutes. They are also scattered. There is no particularly targeted tactics.
On the court, no matter how elaborate tactics are always played around people, if there is no player who can handle the ball, many tactics will become on paper.
After several transfers of the ball, the Raptors failed to find a chance. The ball returned to Lowry. Lowry bent down and made a breakthrough fake, and then directly pulled, raising his hand was a three-pointer.
Now!
With a crisp sound, the ball was hollow into the net.
With Lowry’s three-pointer, the score became 14:13, the Raptors overtake one point.
The Timberwolves served the bottom line, Rubio held the ball forward, and Ning Yi ran forward quickly. As soon as he stood in a good position, Fields rushed up and posted very close, not giving Ning Yi space to shoot.
Everyone knows that Ning Yi’s killing trick is a mid-range shot. As long as he doesn’t give him space to shoot and doesn’t allow him to easily make a mid-range shot, his threat is not big.
However, this time they were wrong.
Ning Yi started to run, her feet swayed like a butterfly, and suddenly accelerated to the right. Fields didn’t respond slowly, moved immediately, and took a step back.
But at this time, Ning Yi stepped on a brake, stopped abruptly, then changed direction, bypassed Fields from the left, and rushed to the restricted area.
At this time, the Raptors’ inside line was empty, and everyone was pulled outside.
Seeing Ning Yi cut in, Rubio’s eyes brightened, and the ball was passed over with a blow. Ning Yi held the ball, which was a light layup and scored two points.
“It turned out to be… a layup!”
After a few games, everyone fell into a misunderstanding, thinking that Ning Yi would only shoot, defending him as long as he did not give him the opportunity to hit a shot.
But people have overlooked one point, most of the excellent pitchers are masters of positioning, and most masters of positioning are good at empty cutting.
Ning Yi had almost never cut it before, so people automatically ignored it, and even the Raptors players waited for the reaction, but it was too late.
“Ning played this ball very cleverly and the timing was also very good.” Adelman smiled and was satisfied with Ning Yi’s performance today.
On the court, the game continues.
A few minutes later, Ning Yi had another two cuts. Once the teammate’s ball failed to pass because Rubio was replaced and Baria came up. To say that the pass is clever, Barria is still not as good as Rubio.
once again was interfered by the opponent’s inside line, Ning Yi did not hit hard, scored the ball outside the left corner three-point line, assisting Ba Mote hit a three-pointer.
At this time, there was not much time in the first quarter, and Ning Yi did not get the mobile phone meeting again. When the first quarter ended, he took 6 points, 1 assist, 1 rebound data to the field.
“Ning, good job.”
“Good job.”
A group of Timberwolves players and Ning Yi high-five.
These games Ning Yi’s performance has captured many fans, and also won the recognition of his teammates, except for Shabatz and Budinger who are not waiting for him, other people are also good to him.
“Ning, you are doing very well, that’s how you play.” Terry Porter smiled and patted Ning Yi.
Ning Yi nodded.
Adelman also came over and said, “Ning, your footsteps are very good, you can cut a little more. This is also good for yourself. The more offensive means, the harder it is for your opponent to restrict you.”
“Yes.” Ning Yi responded.
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After a while, the second quarter begins.
Ning Yi went up for more than three minutes in this quarter. When Guy was on the court, Adelman was consciously training him to make him match up with Guy and hone himself.
More than three minutes, Ning Yi still fell into the disadvantage.
Compared with Guy, Ning Yi’s strength is ultimately much worse, which cannot be compensated overnight.
However, Ning Yi is improving all the time~www.mtlnovel.com~Although there is no way to restrict Guy on the defensive end, with the help of his teammates, it also prevents Guy from passing him easily. The ball needs to spend more energy and energy.
On the offensive end, Ning Yi played very cautiously and had a steady feel. If he didn’t have a chance, he wouldn’t take the shot.
feels like this. The more you are afraid of the tail, the less you feel, and you won’t enter. The more determined you are, you don’t think about anything, but you can invest.
In three minutes, Ning Yi shot twice and hit one. In addition, there was an empty cut. After he got to the basket, he received a pass from his teammates, got a backlash, and scored two points.
By this time, Ning Yi had scored 10 points, plus 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
Of course, Guy also scored a lot. He has scored 13 points, including 9 points, either directly or indirectly. Anyway, it was taken by Ning Yi.
It can be seen from the scores of the two guys that Guy has the advantage, but Ning Yi also played well. Compared with the last match against Guy, he has improved a lot.
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“beep……”
In a blink of an eye, halftime ended, the score was 53:50, the Timberwolves led by 3 points.
Ning Yi walked off the court, ushered in the teammates’ high-five celebration, and also welcomed the cheers from the audience.
He scored 10 points in the half, plus 2 rebounds, and 1 assist. Ning Yi’s performance today did not lose to the last game against the Bucks. Those who predicted that he will be hanged against Gay and scored very difficult. The person feels hot on his face and is slapped with a slap in the face. Who said that Ning Yi could not score 10 points?
This is only halftime, they have already scored 10 points!