Chapter 56 - Against the Thunder
On November 1, the Timberwolves sat at home and ushered in a game with the Thunder.
This game has attracted much attention from the outside world. The 13-year Thunder team is in full swing. The Timberwolves are also in morale this year. With the unexpected joy of Ning Yi, there is no reason not to expect.
The only worry is that Westbrook may be sidelined today.
For this game, some foreign sports media have live broadcasts, and China Penguin Sports, five sets of sports, and sports are also broadcast live. Obviously, this game is very important.
The five sets of sports live commentary are Zhang Weiping and Su Qun. The two are very familiar commentators for fans. They have also partnered with each other many times. They are very familiar and have a relaxed atmosphere.
At this time, the Thunder players had arrived on the screen and saw Westbrook wearing a suit. Zhang Weiping said: “We can see that Westbrook is wearing a suit today. There were rumors before the game that he will be truce today. It seems to be true now. Then Durant is left alone.”
“It reminds me of Harden.” Su Qundao said: “If Harden didn’t leave, then the Thunder is really powerful. When the three were together, the people watching were boiling.”
“There is Reggie now.” Zhang Weiping said.
Su Qun smiled and nodded: “Yes, Harden is gone, but there is Reggie. And the two rookies this year, Thunder Adams and Andre Robertson are also good.”
Zhang Weiping said: “When it comes to rookies, it depends on Ning Yi. He is the most outstanding rookie this year. He averaged nearly 17 points in the preseason and scored 17 points in the last game of magic.”
“Great.” Su Qundao said: “Since the beginning, I have been paying attention to Ning Yi. Originally, I was still worried about whether he could get a contract, but I didn’t expect not only to get it, but also a $2.6 million a year. The contract has caught up with the lottery rookie. And I heard that the Timberwolves intended to give him a 2+1 contract, but he refused.”
Ning Yi rejected the Timberwolves’ 2+1 contract and insisted on signing for only one year, which also caused some heated discussions.
Originally, some people thought that Ning Yi did not know what to do, and criticized Ning Yi, but he didn’t know that Ning Yi’s popularity not only declined, but also soared again, and was pursued by many young people and became their idols because Ning Yi refused. Timberwolves. To young people, this is a kind of self-confidence and a kind of courage.
You need this for young people.
“Hehe.” Zhang Weiping smiled and said: “So, ah, any success is not accidental, Ning Yi can play such a result, and his confidence is inseparable. Many of our Huaxia players lack this Self-confidence, lack of this spirit of daring to fight and take risks. But without this, you can’t integrate into nba.”
This is a fact. Su Qun nodded, but didn’t answer the word.
This problem is very complicated, with various reasons, and it is related to style, to people, to talent, strength, and even to culture.
Su Qun did not have Zhang Weiping’s old qualifications, so it’s not good to comment on these, and he changed the topic: “Zhang Guidant, do you think Ning Yi can continue the last play today? How many points do you think he can get?”
“Well,” Zhang Weiping thought for a while, and said: “I think it depends on Ning Yi’s state and the defense of the opponent. The last time Ning Yi scored 17 points, this is a signal to remind the Thunder to let They should not underestimate Ning Yi. So I think that the Thunder’s defense against Ning Yi will definitely be more targeted than the Magic.”
“Under such circumstances, Ning Yi can perform and how many points he gets, it’s hard to say.” Zhang Weiping’s eyes are sharp and can be regarded as sharp.
This is indeed the case. The Thunder will not let Ning Yi let him tactics.
Of course, the Thunder will not know that Ning Yi today is different from two days ago. The tactics originally aimed at him may not work.
At this time, the Timberwolves also played. After the two players warmed up, the game was about to start. Zhang Weiping and Su Qun stopped talking and started to explain the game.
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Minnesota, Target Center Arena.
The Timberwolves launched an offensive. The starters on the field were Pekovi, Love, Brewer, Martin, Rubio. Rubio advanced the ball and quickly reached the frontcourt. When the figure flashed, Reggie Jackson flew over, lowered the center of gravity, opened his hands, and stared at Rubio coldly, his expression fierce.
Today the Thunder starters Kendrick Perkins, Serge Ibaka, Kevin Durant, Sabo Sofratz, Reggie Jackson.
Reggie mentioned his starter today. Obviously, he was extremely serious. At the beginning, he was very oppressive. Rubio frowned, without too many sticky balls, and quickly passed to Martin.
At this time, Brewer and Carrefour crossed positions, Carrefour attracted the defender, Martin passed the ball to Brewer, Brewer took the ball is a breakthrough, once again out of the ball, back to Martin.
Martin shot.
boom!
hit the iron, the Thunder took the rebound and launched a counterattack…
As soon as the frontcourt was reached, the ball was given to Durant, and UU read the book www.uukanshu. Comt Durant faced Brewer’s decisive singles, backed up Brewer twice, and then suddenly pulled back.
Now!
made a soft sound and scored.
This is Durant, the three-time scoring champion, and scoring has become an instinct for him. If he wants, there will always be ways to make the defender helpless and hopeless.
looked at Durant, Ning Yi rumbling: “There is still a big gap between me and him now, but I believe that as time goes by, I will narrow this gap until I surpass him.”
This is an ambition and a pursuit.
But for the average person, it may be said that this is extravagant hope, so Ning Yi will not say it, he just silently nagging in his heart, urging himself to continue to move forward.
On the court, the two sides come and go, and it is not so fierce, but no one is willing to relax. Whenever one side scores a goal, the other side tries every means to return one.
Especially Love and Durant, the two are the core of the team, although they are not directly against each other, but they can compete everywhere, both of them play very well and are particularly dazzling.
When 6 minutes passed in the first quarter, the Timberwolves led by 4 points.
At this time, the Thunder team called a timeout.
On the Timberwolves side, Adelman made a substitution: “Ning, you go in and replace Brewer. And Dion, you also go in and replace Pekovic. Ning, your task is still shooting and scoring.” As for Dion doesn’t need to tell him, scoring is not Dion’s strength, defense and rebounding are his tasks.
Ning Yi got up and walked onto the court.
Seeing Ning Yi playing, the Thunder coach Scott Brooks narrowed his eyes, raised his corner of the mouth, and showed a sneer. He made a gesture to the Thunder players, meaning: “Play as I arranged, prevent death. Perseverance.”