Dinwiddie was replaced again.
Although Dinwiddie's progress is also very fast, he can't keep up with the Lakers' progress. .
The Lakers are now a championship-level team. Dinwiddie has no obvious role since he came up and is often invisible.
Jokic is the organizer, Booker is the scorer, and sometimes Dinwiddie doesn't know what to do on the court.
The cooperation between Dinwiddie and Jokic is not very good. He likes to play with the ball most of the time.
But the efficiency of playing with the ball is not even a little bit worse than Zhao Chen.
Whether starting or coming off the bench, the Lakers have extremely high requirements for the point guard position.
Dinwiddie himself is quite frustrated. If he continues to play like this, he will no longer be able to keep his position as the backup point guard.
After Zhao Chen came on the stage, he immediately took over the team's offense!
Faced with Wiggins and Rubio's tackle before halftime.
Zhao Chen used street ball-style tricks to pass the two of them and then rushed across the half court.
After halftime, the LOGO position has not yet been released.
Zhao Chen threw it away immediately.
Quick shot from a long three-pointer.
When it comes to long-range three-point shots, Zhao Chen is more casual than Curry.
A rainbow-like arc! !
Zhao Chen's three-pointer pierced the opponent's heart like a sharp knife!
"Uh-huh!"
99 to 108.
The Timberwolves' hope of continuing to chase points was instantly extinguished.
The Timberwolves' offense came quickly. Rubio passed a long pass to Wiggins in the frontcourt.
Wiggins dribbled past Covington and hit Harrell inside.
Harrell was too short, and Wiggins forced a layup with a change of hands.
This ball would have been reached if Harrell had been higher.
Harrell himself hit the ball on the floor in frustration.
101 to 108.
Harrell sent the ball to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen still threw it directly after halftime.
Zhao Chen's touch was great today, which gave him the confidence to throw super far.
crazy!
Crazy!
This is what the fans at the scene thought of Zhao Chen's goal.
Rubio's defense around this ball has not yet completely escaped.
This shot was very unreasonable. If it was not Zhao Chen who took the shot, then this person would be criticized wildly.
But since it is Zhao Chen who takes action, the fans are looking forward to it.
LOGO show!
Zhao Chen's super long three-pointer passed through the defense like a guided missile and directly bombarded the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
Wiggins and Towns were stunned.
Zhao Chen played like this, and the Timberwolves' defense had no effect at all.
101 to 111.
The point difference was in double figures again.
"If the NBA had a 4-point ball, then Zhao Chen would probably average 50 points per game!"
"Zhao Chen is an epoch-making superstar. His three-pointers are unparalleled and have also triggered a craze of imitation by Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard and others."
"Fans can't resist such fan love!"
Buckley stood and chanted.
Staples fans were screaming just like Barkley.
Zhao Chen hit such unreasonable three-pointers continuously, returning the game to the state of the third quarter, which made the game look like a performance.
Fans love this performance.
After scoring the goal, Zhao Chen still had a unique celebration posture.
The Lakers returned to defense quickly, and this time they did not give Rubio a chance to penetrate the defense with a long pass.
After Zhao Chen made consecutive hits, the defensive enthusiasm of the Lakers players also increased rapidly.
The Lakers players on the court also know that with Zhao Chen on the court, they only need to defend well.
All members of the Lakers continued to challenge the Timberwolves players.
Wiggins, Towns, and LaVine did not have good opportunities.
In the end, LaVine forced a long three-pointer against Harrell's defense one meter outside the right three-point line.
Harrell raised his hands on this ball and did not lose his position.
LaVine's super long three-pointer missed.
The rebound was obtained by Zhao Chen.
Booker waved from the front, and Zhao Chen directly threw the ball forward.
Not only Jokic has the ability to pass long passes, but Zhao Chen also has it.
Booker caught the ball and quickly counterattacked for a layup.
101 to 113.
Booker and Zhao Chen waved their hands to express their thanks.
Zhao Chen also praised Booker's offensive acumen.
Booker is a natural scorer.
With all the defensive attention being drawn to Zhao Chen, he had too many opportunities.
Even though this was only his first game, he still adapted to the rhythm of the NBA.
The Timberwolves requested a timeout again! ! !
.......
"Boss, your super long three-pointer is so cool!"
"Can you teach me? I also want to be as handsome as you."
"The boss's handsomeness is natural, forget it Jeremy."
"Nicholas, please give me more passes, I can do that too,"
"no problem."
After Zhao Chen came off the court, he high-fived his teammates. The Lakers players were noisily discussing the situation on the court.
The score took the lead again, and the atmosphere of the Lakers was very good.
Under the leadership of Zhao Chen, everything is developing in the right direction for the Lakers.
Scott also looked at Zhao Chen with great relief. Coaching Zhao Chen may be the easiest job in the league.
Zhao Chen is a tactical dictionary on the court. There is almost no need to arrange too many tactics for Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen can find a way to score by himself.
No matter how perverted Scott is, he will never arrange that kind of LOGO three-pointers for Zhao Chen. Zhao Chen's long-range three-pointers are all his own masterpieces.
After returning from the timeout, the Timberwolves still could not stop the Lakers' offensive, and their own physical fitness also reached a bottleneck period and declined to a certain extent.
The Lakers easily dominated the rest of the game.
In the end, the score of this game was fixed at 121 to 138.
The Lakers defeated the Timberwolves by 17 points at home.
Statistics: Zhao Chen still contributed to the MVP performance. He scored 71 points, 13 rebounds, 18 assists, 7 steals and 5 blocks in the game.
No. 6 pick Devin Booker performed well, scoring 22 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Jokic scored 12 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists for the Lakers. Arab League had 6 points and 5 rebounds, and his performance was quite satisfactory.
Harrell scored 8 points in his debut, but most of his scoring came from garbage time at the end of the fourth quarter.
The Lakers played as many as 10 players in this game, and everyone scored.
For the Timberwolves, top pick Karl-Anthony Towns scored 24 points and 12 rebounds, Andrew Wiggins had 32 points and 9 rebounds, Ricky Rubio had 15 points and 14 assists, and Kevin Garnett had 5 points and 8 rebounds. Kevin Martin, who came off the bench, scored 14 points and LaVine scored 18 points.
Towns performed well, but in this game he left the fans more humiliated by Zhao Chen.
It's either a buckle or a crushing and beating!
Especially the phrase "Rookie, welcome to the NBA."
It even makes Zhao Chen fans ridicule the top pick!
"Their talent is great, but they lack some hardness. They need more experience. Karl, Andrew, and Zach are all great players. They can do better. Of course, our team played hard in the third quarter. It was great, that was the turning point of the game." Zhao Chen summarized the game at the post-game press conference.
"Zhao is the MVP tonight, he is the metronome of rhythm control on the court." Head coach Scott said.
Everything went well in the Lakers' opening game!
