Snapped.
The referee threw the ball high, and Draymond Green and Adrian Ennis jumped up at the same time. The latter touched the basketball first and slapped the ball into the hands of his teammates.
boom.
Derrick Rose got the ball and advanced with the ball.
The game officially begins.
Players from both sides quickly took position.
After halftime, the person guarding Rose was Stephen Curry. The latter was staring at his dribbling while reaching out to interfere, as if he was planning to rob Rose.
Rose did not panic, nor did he react in any other way. He just dribbled the basketball to protect his possession of the ball.
Many Chinese fans watching the live TV and online broadcast outside the stadium couldn't help but sigh when they saw this scene.
"Oh! It's such a pity! Rose's life is really bad! If he hadn't suffered a serious injury, Curry would probably be killed by him if he went one-on-one... Curry's offense is very It's great, but on the defensive end, his restrictions on Rose at his peak are really limited..."
"Not only was his fate bad, but he also met Thibodeau! However, if Rose had not suffered injuries, there is a high probability that he would not have come to the Timberwolves... If Rose at his peak teamed up with Zhao Feiyang , I think the Timberwolves' backcourt is definitely the most explosive in the entire league..."
His eyes returned to the field again.
Rose held the ball and organized the attack at the top of the arc, and Zhao Feiyang came up from the wing to respond.
Snapped.
The basketball was passed to his hands, and Zhao Feiyang, who got the ball, did not pass the ball away, but faced Klay Thompson in a one-on-one game.
The two met each other, and Zhao Feiyang made a sudden change of direction to shake Thompson away, and then rushed towards the left side of the basket with the ball.
Just as they were about to enter the two zones, Green came over to defend. Zhao Feiyang pretended to force a shot, but actually attracted Green to rush forward to defend. The moment Green came in front of him, he made a wonderful pass and threw the ball.
Snapped.
Adrian caught the ball smoothly under the basket and then smashed the ball into the basket with a two-handed dunk.
The Timberwolves scored their first offensive possession on the field.
It was the Warriors' turn to fight back.
Curry held the ball past half-court, but before he reached the half-court, Kevin Durant was already standing on the wing. The person following him was Andrew Wiggins, who kept sticking to him and trying to influence him to catch the ball, but Durant would always use his body to push Wiggins away.
After halftime, bang, the ball came to Durant.
Durant faced Wiggins and chose to play singles. The two faced each other. Durant faced Wiggins with a feint, followed by the "Bowing to Buddha" action. Wiggins unexpectedly jumped up high. , and as a result, Durant took advantage of Wiggins' opportunity to rush directly into the two areas on the right.
Instead of forcing his way into the basket area, he chose to make a pull-up jump shot to end the battle.
Uh-huh.
A two-point shot landed firmly in the basket.
The fans in the Oracle Arena screamed and cheered, and many people stood up and did various celebrations. The Timberwolves' bench was solemn, and head coach Eric sat down and stood up nervously.
Everyone knows how powerful Durant is!
But being so powerful is really hard for them to accept.
The Timberwolves continued to attack.
This time Rose broke through to two zones with the ball. After encountering interference, he passed the ball to Serge Ibaka under the basket. Ibaka received the ball and played a post-up single, facing Zaza Pachulia's Interference, Ibaka's fake shot shook the opponent away, and then he used his flexible footsteps to avoid interference and enter the basket.
Snapped.
The basketball thrown by Ibaka hit the backboard and bounced into the basket.
It was the Warriors' turn to serve again.
This time Clay also started to exert his strength. After Curry handed the ball to him, just after halftime, he and Zhao Feiyang went one-on-one.
Zhao Feiyang rarely suffers from Clay's losses. He has always been carefully paying attention to Clay's shooting, so when Clay made a very realistic shooting action, Zhao Feiyang almost subconsciously pounced on him.
Clay took the opportunity to pull away and rush to the basket, and threw the ball out with a throw as he approached the penalty area.
Unfortunately, it was just a little bit close, and the basketball hit the rim and failed to score.
However, the scene of shaking off Zhao Feiyang made Clay very proud. After Green moved the ball to the wing under the basket, Durant received the ball and scored a three-pointer. Clay turned around and pointed at Zhao Feiyang. Feiyang joked.
"Man, this is the first time in this game!"
"Just wait! There will be more after a while."
Clay said with a smile.
Zhao Feiyang didn't respond at all, not because he lacked confidence, but because his teammates were strong enough this time. The other side had just scored when Adrian threw a long pass under the basket and the basketball flew into the hands of Rose near the half court.
Rose held the ball and rushed towards the Warriors' basket.
Curry chased after him, and Durant also chased after them. Rose did not rush to pass the ball in the one-on-two situation. He looked back when he was about to rush to the penalty area with the ball. At this time, Zhao Feiyang had already rushed to the corner and was worried that Rose would be chased by Durant behind him. Shout out to Ross immediately.
"Derek, here."
Rose took a look and pretended to pass the ball.
This small action misled Durant's judgment, so that he failed to jump in time to interfere. Rose took advantage of the situation and hit Curry's defense with a left-hand pull, avoiding Curry's block while successfully sending the ball into the basket.
boom.
The ball went in.
Zhao Feiyang was quite pleased to see Rose hit this ball.
"Derek! Well done!"
He made a celebratory gesture towards Rose, who immediately responded with a smile.
It's a pity that they were happy too early.
Curry under the basket had no time to pay attention to any of this. As soon as Rose scored, he quickly served the ball and threw a long pass across the half court. The person who received the ball was Green. He was outside the Timberwolves' three-point line at this time. After getting the ball, he glanced at Pachulia.
"Farke!"
"It's better to let me fight this guy myself!"
Green groaned inwardly in disgust.
Then he took the ball and rushed toward the basket. Adrian on the side was almost defending closely. This time the two jumped up in mid-air at the same time.
The ball thrown by Green did not go in. However, what Adrian did not expect was that after Green found out that the shot did not go in, he quickly jumped high for the second time and even got the ball this time. Without even landing, he used one hand to tip the basketball into the basket in mid-air.
Uh-huh.
The ball went in.
Seeing the player he was guarding perform like this, Adrian began to admire Green somewhat from the bottom of his heart.
"Although I hate this guy very much, I have to say that he is indeed capable of staying in the Warriors..."
"But I would never lose to him! He's a second-round pick, who isn't?"
