one-handed ball

Chapter 322 Bucks
The Bucks are a team that has risen in the past two years.

Last year, they met the third-ranked Eagles in the Eastern Conference in the first round. They lost after seven games. In terms of strength, they can be considered a strong team in the Eastern Conference.

The Bucks didn't make much action during the offseason, but signed Salmons with a five-year contract and signed a multi-year contract with forward Rally Sanders.After cleaning up the cumbersome striker, he used the second-round pick and Darnell 0 Jackson to acquire Brockman from the Kings.

The same minor repairs and repairs as the Timberwolves, but their strength should not be underestimated.

Yi Jianlian came to Minnesota as a rare guest. Zheng Ke was very happy. He met him the day before and invited him to taste the local specialties of Minnesota.

Yi Jianlian did well in the Bucks, not at the level of an All-Star, but he was more than enough to be a starter.Last season was his third season in the Bucks. He averaged 16.4 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 40%. The Chinese land pays more attention.

Entering the league's fourth year, Yi Jianlian is no longer as thin as before. He looks muscular all over his body, much stronger than when he first came.He is now considered a veteran of the Bucks. When Reed was almost abolished, the Bucks didn't have many veteran players, which also made Yi Jianlian's status in the Bucks a lot higher.

After chatting for a long time, the two drove to the Target Center for training together. When they got off the car, they were chased by the media, many of whom were from China.

Zheng Ke faced the media calmly, and after dealing with a few problems, he left first and went to the training center.

Last season, the Timberwolves were blacked out in the first round of the Western Conference. This is an extremely shameful thing.

Although the fans say they don't blame anyone, there will always be pimples in their hearts.Time can wash away everything. After several months of precipitation, what people hope to see is a brand new Timberwolves, and what they hope to see is a monolithic Timberwolves.

Therefore, the Timberwolves' home opening game, the ticket sales are extremely hot!
Those who didn't come to Target Center don't know what the Timberwolves mean in Minnesota land.That's right, it means honor and hope. The rise of the Timberwolves has made basketball popular in this land. Children like to imitate the words and deeds of their idols, and adults are even more crazy.

Even if it wasn't the playoffs and white T-shirts were not uniformly distributed, most of the fans here still wore the classic blue jerseys of the Timberwolves. Looking around, there was nothing but azure blue.

"It's really unlucky, I have to go all the way to challenge the Timberwolves in the first game." Jennings at the player's tunnel, watching the crazy fans, muttered in his mouth.

"The Timberwolves are hard to play. Zheng Ke averaged more than 30 points per game last year, and he is still in the rising stage of professional player growth. After a summer of training, I don't know what he will look like." Bucks starting small forward Delfino Shaking his head, he said slowly.

"Hmph!" Salmons was a little unconvinced, and sneered: "How strong can it be? No matter how strong it is, it won't be eliminated by the Spurs in the first round. And after a summer, who knows whether it has improved or regressed?" , I often see reports that he has traveled somewhere."

"No matter what, we are about to fight, and we still can't take it lightly." Although Jennings is young, he has the demeanor of a star player. Quietly waiting for DJ's appearance arrangement at the entrance of the player channel.

After the tedious appearance ceremony, the starting players of both sides stood on the field.

Timberwolves starters: Billups, Afflalo, Zheng Ke, Love and Pekovic.Bucks starters: Jennings, Salmons, Delfino, Yi Jianlian and Bogut.

On paper, the Bucks are bleak.The Timberwolves are much better in comparison, and it can be seen from Zheng Ke's system check that the ability value of the Timberwolves players is obviously higher than that of the Bucks.

Timberwolves Billups ability value 83, Afflalo 78, Zheng Ke 97, Love 86, Pekovic 75.Jennings, the highest player in the Bucks, only has an ability value of 81, while Bogut has an ability value of 79, Yi Jianlian has an ability value of 78, Salmons has an ability value of 77, and Delfino only has an ability value of 74. The ability values ​​are quite average.

The black referee tossed the ball into the middle circle, and after gesturing to both sides, he began to prepare to throw the ball.

The jump ball is a pain in the Timberwolves' heart. After Pekovic served as the team's starting center, the success rate of the jump ball is the lowest in the league. Like Bogut, he is not inferior to him in height and has excellent bounce. , Pekovic basically gave up the ball for the first offense.

The Bucks organized the first wave of offense.

"here we go!"

Zheng Ke's eyes flashed with excitement. He has been waiting for too long. It has been 5 months since he was overthrown by the Spurs in May. For 5 months, he has been thinking about returning to the game all the time, and now he finally waited until the start of the regular season. He felt every cell in his body trembling, it was a cry of eagerness to fight.
Jennings stood still with the ball outside the three-point line. Suddenly, a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

"What? It turned out to be a joint defense?"

After observing the Timberwolves' defense, Jennings came to this surprising conclusion.You know, the Timberwolves have always been one of the strongest representatives of man-to-man defense in the NBA. Are they actually using zone defense now?

Having played games in Europe, Jennings is no stranger to zone defense. It only took him a second to see that the Timberwolves are the most basic zone defense of 2-1-2.

"Is it aimed at the Bucks' weak inside offense?" Jennings turned his head quickly, while standing at the top of the arc and beckoning Bogut to come out for a pick-and-roll.

The best tactic to break the zone defense is to play pick-and-roll and three-pointers. This is something every basketball player knows.

Jennings and Bogut's pick-and-roll was only so-so. After he passed Billups, he found that the Timberwolves' stupid big man was still standing outside the paint, as if watching him shoot.

"Damn, I really think I'm a blacksmith!"

Jennings cursed in his heart, and when he pulled it up, it was an emergency stop jumper.As soon as he shot, Pekovic stretched out his long arm and stepped forward to interfere.

"boom!"

The basketball bounced, and Zheng Ke rushed in and stole the Timberwolves' first rebound of the new season.

Jennings' face darkened and he shook his hand.Just started the game, the hand is still a little stiff, the direction of the shot was a little bit off, and finally hit the right side of the ring.

"Quick attack!"

Here, Zheng Kegang grabbed the rebound and, like a bandit leader, yelled at his younger brother to charge forward.

Delfino is the Bucks player defending Zheng Ke.This player was born in Argentina in 1982 and is also a product of the 03 golden generation. In 04, he helped Argentina win the Olympic gold medal, and Manu Ginobili and Scola were called Argentina's "golden generation".His three-pointers are quite accurate, but playing the position of small forward, he obviously lacks in strength, especially after comparing with Zheng Ke, he is simply not a heavyweight.

Zheng Ke dribbled the ball and ran wildly, leading the Timberwolves across the half court aggressively in the blink of an eye. At this time, the Bucks retreated extremely chaotically. Jennings, Yi Jianlian and Salmons couldn't find their position.

Chaos creates opportunity.

Zheng Ke, who was dribbling, attracted most of the attention. He controlled the ball steadily, and suddenly he flicked the ball with both hands, and the basketball flew to the basket like a cannonball.

"what?"

Jennings, who was retreating, was obviously not tall enough at this time, and the basketball whizzed past his head arrogantly.

"Hey!"

The white figure stretched out his dark arms, grabbed the flying basketball, and with a huge inertia, it slammed onto the hoop with a bang.

"Good news!"

"Good buckle"

Zheng Ke laughed out loud, and bumped chests with Efflalo in celebration.

The first goal of the Timberwolves in the new season was an exciting fast-break lob. The fans who had been holding back for several months suddenly roared, as if to vent the pain of not being able to watch the game for several months.

"This fast break" Although Thibodeau already knew that the Timberwolves' fast break is very strong, he did not expect to be even faster during the game. Less than 4 seconds have passed, which can be called a smooth attack.

"These little guys are all suffocated." The unkempt Thomas rubbed his beard, laughed at Thibodeau, and said, "Tom, it's really inappropriate for Pekovic to start, I think you'd better think about it." Jordan came in to start, and he improved so much under my guidance."

Three black lines appeared on Thibodeau's forehead, and he said speechlessly: "Why are you still thinking about this? I will try whoever starts the game. Everyone will have the opportunity to show themselves, whether it is a newcomer or an old one. If the young Jordan is really suitable to cooperate with Zheng Ke and others in the starting lineup. I will be happy to let him play. Also, can you stop mixing personal feelings with work in the future? You almost have it written on your face that I like Jordan gone."

"Okay, okay. I know you've always been the most businesslike..." Thomas spread his hands with a funny expression.

The whispers of the two on the sidelines did not attract the attention of the players or fans, because the Timberwolves on the court played a perfect wave of rushing after the start, and directly stopped the Bucks 10-0.

"Hey, this Delfino still wants to fuck you, obviously looking for abuse." Billups patted Zheng Ke on the shoulder with excitement on his face, and the last two words "seeking abuse" unexpectedly Speak it out in Chinese pronunciation.

"Okay, Chauncey!" Zheng Ke's eyes were all smiling, and he grinned: "The level of Chinese has skyrocketed!"

"Just a little bit." Billups laughed, "I am the fastest player in the Timberwolves to learn Chinese."

Since Zheng Ke became king in the Timberwolves, Chinese has become more and more popular in the Minnesota area.In particular, NBA stars, including Billups, still have mysterious ancient Chinese characters tattooed on their bodies, allowing this Chinese culture to spread rapidly in the NBA.Everyone in the Timberwolves can speak a few simple Chinese words, and the Timberwolves players come from all over the world, from Europe, Africa, America, Asia, really the whole world speaks Chinese
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