one-handed ball

Chapter 297 Cracks
The Spurs are still the regular lineup, Parker, Bogans, Jefferson, Duncan and McDyess.Although Ginobili is sitting on the bench, anyone with a discerning eye knows that he is only used as a connection point for the second team, playing more time than some starters.

For the Timberwolves, Billups, Afflalo, Zheng Ke, Gibson and Pekovic formed the starting lineup. At first glance, the combination of insiders is a bit immature.

After the tedious ceremony, the players of the two teams found their positions on the court according to their duties on the court.Zheng Ke and Jefferson stood together and competed on the center line without giving in to each other.

"Hey, bald head, how many points did you score? Let me guess, it's like 9 points or 10 points. It's really weak." When Jefferson met, Zheng Ke began to rant. He hadn't been there for a long time. He took the initiative to spout trash talk, but it was still very powerful, Jefferson frowned when he heard it.

"Humph!"

Jefferson didn't have time to refute, because at this point Duncan and Pekovic were standing in the middle circle and jumped up to grab the ball.

Relying on a slight advantage in height and a superhuman wingspan, Duncan defeated floor players like Pekovic and took the lead in dialing up basketball.

After two transfers, Parker took control of the ball.

The Spurs immediately started to run like a machine, and all the soldiers marched to the Timberwolves half court in an orderly manner, and then followed Popovich's tactical arrangement and began to perform various interspersed cover runs.

After a few rounds of outside guidance, the basketball was handed over to Parker.He and Duncan cooperated with the pick-and-roll near the flanks of the three-point line. After throwing away Billups' positions, he made an emergency stop jumper.

Maybe he didn't feel very good when he first played. Parker's hands were a little stiff, and the basketball hit the basket's neck and bounced high.

The veteran McDyess at the basket smiled. Although he was caught by Pekovic, he found that the ball bounced to the outside, and it seemed that it was about to fall into his hands.

"mine!"

A black shadow suddenly appeared, like a soldier from the sky, he stretched out his long ape-like arms in the air, grabbed the rebound, clasped his hands together, hugged his chest tightly, and opened his hands immediately , erected his two sharp and sharp elbows.

Jefferson, who was just about to come over to take out the ball, happened to meet Zheng Ke's big elbow and almost missed his face. He subconsciously took two steps back, and then retreated embarrassingly.

The Timberwolves will see Zheng Ke take the rebound and run to the frontcourt like flying.

After Zheng Ke took the basketball, he began to dribble it to the frontcourt. The basketball was around him, like a butterfly flying with him, and he could control it freely.

He was very fast, following behind the Spurs, who were somewhat scattered in formation.

Jefferson couldn't bear it anymore, and he tried to reach out for the ball.

Zheng Ke showed a playful smile, as if he knew he was going to do this.Seeing Jefferson pull out the ball, he dribbled behind the back with no time to send, and dodged Jefferson's gambling steal.

"This evil pen!" Popovich cursed in his heart, and couldn't help standing up from the bench.

Without the constraints of Jefferson at this time, Zheng Ke's speed increased again, and he rushed near the Spurs' three-point line in the blink of an eye.Gambos immediately came over to carry out the encirclement and suppression.

"boom!"

Zheng Ke shortened his body, accelerated, bumped into Gambos's body unreasonably, and relied on his speed to forcibly break through Gambos' supplementary defense.

As soon as the basketball was sent forward, Zheng Ke followed in two steps, kicked his calf on the ground, stepped on the floor with explosive force, and flew into the sky with a "swoosh".

"Bang!"

Zheng Ke's basic slam dunk action with both hands back, but with Superman's bounce, over-the-rim posture, and amazing strength, his slam dunk is full of violence, and the roar of his hands hitting the rim seems to overturn Like this target center.

Just at this moment, the pot exploded!

At this time, what people think of is Yu Jia's series of classic commentary lines.This kind of player must not let him charge up, it is a dunk. A beastly slam dunk!The rim is almost shattered. It seems that the league's rim has to be specially reinforced for him. He dunked again. He is a dunk machine!

In NBA games, being the first to win is definitely an extremely prominent advantage.Sometimes, relying on the morale and offensive at the beginning, the overall tone of the game was established.Of course, the aging Spurs are obviously not in the ranks. The expressions of Duncan and others remain unchanged. Maybe they are also surprised in their hearts, but who knows?

The Spurs' offensive and defensive rotation was extremely fast, and they immediately forced the Timberwolves' half.

It is rare to see their excited and celebrating side, but it is this kind of indifference and stability day after day that has created the glory of the four championships.

The basketball started to rotate from Parker's hands, and he didn't stick to the ball. After releasing the ball, he directly started to perform complex off-ball running tactics.The crowd huddled together, and Parker slid to the baseline and then ran to the upper line to receive the ball again.Through Duncan's final high-quality screen, Parker has a direct chance to attack the basket.

Pekovic suddenly appeared in front of Parker at this moment, blocking Parker's 45-degree cut route.

"呲~"

French Trot couldn't stop at all. Facing the burly Pekovic, he dribbled the ball and started spinning like a top, as if he was dancing a ballet dance. He bypassed Pekovic lightly and quickly. body of.

"What?" Pekovic's huge body became a burden at this time, and his flexibility was not comparable to that of Parker. He watched this little guy slip away from him.

Parker danced smartly and held the ball out with one hand.

Hitting the basketball into the frame is his most classic and common layup action.

The Spurs tied the Timberwolves 2-2.

This is such a chic and beautiful goal. Even Zheng Ke, who is an enemy, can't help but applaud Parker's goal in his heart. It has nothing to do with the camp.

Offensive and defensive rotation, Timberwolves' offensive opportunity.

Zheng Ke leaned back against Jefferson and took the initiative to find an opportunity to play him in the back. When he pushed forward, the Timberwolves players consciously opened up the space, except for Billups and Afford who have three-point capabilities. Lalo and Gibson also stand far away, hiding near the free throw line, where he has the most confidence in the high jump shot.

"What are you doing? Why are you playing singles again?"

Whitman frowned, seeing Zheng Ke holding the ball and playing back singles, with an unhappy expression on his face.He gave the players professional counseling before the game, so how could he confront the Spurs head-on?What about the tactics, where did the tactics go?

Whitman hopes that it will be only occasional Zheng Ke's back-up singles, because as the head coach, he did give Zheng Ke unlimited fire rights during the regular season, including unlimited singles.But now it seems that this seems to have affected the overall combat power of the Timberwolves. Whitman began to reflect deeply. Should he also learn from Popovich and reclaim the ball rights of some superstars?

Zheng Ke didn't know what Whitman was thinking. When he fell into the low position and singled out Jefferson, he felt the strong strength of Jefferson. This opponent was not young, and his strength was really good.

"boom!"

The two faced each other head-on, their muscles colliding without fancy, and a huge impact erupted.

Zheng Ke had the upper hand, and Jefferson, with his blood and courage, could withstand Zheng Ke's advance.Zheng Ke took back the basketball, swayed left and right, his right shoulder sank, his left foot suddenly pivoted, his right foot stepped forward, and then used his standard backward jumper to get the ball out.

Jefferson's judgment was accurate, and he took off vigorously, touching Zheng Ke's wrist with his fingertips.

The basketball spun violently and fell into the basket after hitting the board, which caused a lot of cheers from the scene.Afterwards, the audience came to their senses and immediately cheered vigorously. This is the signature move of their star players. It is difficult, the moves are handsome, and the hit rate is extremely high.

The Timberwolves lead 4 to 2 by 2 points.

For a long-range jumper like Zheng Ke, when the basketball is dialed out, there will always be a feeling of not going in, so when it "unexpectedly" makes it, it immediately makes people feel extra excited.Not only because he saw a super-difficult technical move, but also because he was impressed by his firm belief.

Two minutes later, Zheng Ke made another fadeaway jumper from the same position and scored his sixth point of the game. It was only 2 minutes into the game.

The Timberwolves lead by 8 points 4 to 4!
The Spurs immediately requested a timeout.Popovich found it very strange that today's Timberwolves gave up the cumbersome tactical routines and directly chose the simplest offensive method, singles, singles, but the Spurs' defense was somewhat powerless.He asked for a timeout to sort out his thoughts, and at the same time let the Spurs players breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, the biggest crisis ever broke out on the Timberwolves' bench.

"Zheng, what are you doing? Why don't you follow my tactics, singles, singles. Are you going to just play singles for the whole game?"

The Timberwolves players walked off the field talking and laughing, but were immediately bombarded by Whitman, as the team's boss, Zheng Ke, bore the brunt.

Zheng Ke suddenly had an unknown fire in his heart. He took a deep look at Whitman, walked back to the bench and sat down without saying a word.

The air seemed to freeze, the Timberwolves players stopped talking, and the coaching staff members around them were also afraid to breathe, holding the tactical board blankly, not knowing what to do.

Whitman stood awkwardly in front of the players, his face livid.

The embarrassing scene on the Timberwolves bench caught cameramen and reporters, although there was no picture in the TNT broadcast footage.But the picture of Zheng Ke "suspected" ignoring Whitman was captured by all the reporters who followed the Timberwolves. After seeing the embarrassing scene of the Timberwolves bench, they strengthened their inner guesses and began to use their imaginations to their heart's content.
This pause became extremely embarrassing, and everyone was silent, afraid to speak.Billups, Iverson and others saw it and were anxious.Iverson actually has the deepest understanding of this point. When the team's record is unfavorable, there will always be various conflicts between players, players and coaches. He saw the scene of the crack between Whitman and Zheng Ke. Immediately, his hands and feet were cold, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition that it would be difficult for the Timberwolves to make a difference this year.
(End of this chapter)