Chapter 14: The First Battle, Minnesota

"The Kings' first game of the 10-11 season is about to be played at the Target Center Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and now that the team has left the hotel to prepare for the game, I'm the team's reporter James Murphy. Ham will do the live coverage for you. ”

In the away locker room of the target center arena, Tyrek and his teammates were making the final preparations before going on the court, and Coach Westpal stood in the middle of the locker room, he clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to listen to him, "Today is our first regular season game of the new season, although it is an away game, everyone must also show their best condition!" The opponent is not strong, we must win this game! Benno. Yudri, Tyrek. Evans, Francisco. Garcia, Carl. Landry, DeMarcus. Cousins, you five are starters today! ”

The game was about to start, and the Kings in the aisle of the players surrounded Tyrek in the middle with their heads bowed, and Tyrek shouted, "In the first regular season, we will go on the court and blow them up!" Victory is ours! One, two, three, come on! ”

"One, two, three, come on!" Everyone jumped and shouted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the first game of the new season for the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves are hosting the challenge of the Sacramento Kings. I'm Dave, the live narrator. Benz, next to me is my partner Jim. Peterson. Jim: What are your thoughts on today's game? ”

"Last year we were bottom of the West, the Kings were second to last in the West, and neither team did well. This year, our team has changed a lot of personnel, and it can be said that there has been a big change. With Jefferson gone, the team should be ready to completely straighten Kevin. Love, at the same time traded to the talented player Michael . Beasley and Luke, who signed for 4 years and 16 million. Rednow should lock in two starting spots, and this year's No. 4 pick Wesley. Johnson also has superstar potential, and Nikola, who was drafted in 2008. Pekovic may have a surprise. With the development of young people in the squad, overall our team should be a big improvement this year compared to last season. On the other hand, the Kings, except for the trade came to Samuel. Durham Porter and the signing of DeMarcus. Cousins didn't make any big moves, and I don't know what Cousins could do as a rookie, and the only attraction for the Kings was last year's rookie of the year. Evans too. In today's game, both teams are relatively young, and the focus is on whether the newcomers play well, and I personally look forward to the Timberwolves winning the game. ”

"Okay Jim, the game is about to start, let's keep our eyes back on the field."

Today's Minnesota Timberwolves starter is Luke Timberwolves. Ridnow, Wayne. Ellington, Michael. Beasley, Kevin. Lefou, Daktronics. Milicic, Cousins and Milicic stood in the center circle ready to jump the ball, and as the Timberwolves got possession of the ball, the game officially began!

Lidno controlled the ball in the front court and handed it to Lefu at the top of the arc, Landry, who had shrunk inward, was still two steps away from Lefou, Lefu glanced at Landry and shot three points directly on the spot!

Landry didn't expect Lefu to actually catch the ball and shoot from a distance, although Lefu often shot three points in the first two seasons of his career, but the shots were not frequent.

Landry rushed towards Lefu and reached out to interfere, but the ball had already arced in the air and hollowed into the net!

"Beautiful! Lefu suddenly gave a cold arrow and hit a three-point shot! The Timberwolves score first! Benz on the stage said excitedly.

The Kings organized an offense, Tyrek gave the ball to Cousins on the inside, Cousins received the ball with his back and singled Milicic, pressed Milicic to squeeze in, Ellington turned around to defend Cousins, at this time Ellington's defensive Tyrek saw the gap, bypassed Ellington and cut the basket, Cousins understood, the ball arrived, Tyrek received a light basket and hit two points! Tyrek's first score in the NBA regular season!

This is one of the common combinations of Tyrek and Cousins in training, Tyreic and Cousins stand aside, Cousins holds the ball and singles the defender, Cousins' tonnage and small skills are enough to deal with most interior defenders, once the outside defender hits Cousins, Tyrek immediately runs to find a gap to receive Cousins' pass and cut or shoot, if the opponent insists on defending Cousins alone, Cousins directly hits the inside line or turns his back and throws back. It all relies on Cousins' reflex and containment power, which is enough to deal damage against the average defender.

"Beautiful! DeMarcus! Milicic can't stop you on the inside, you come and break through their inside! Tyrek said as he ran back together with Cousins after the goal.

"Tyrek, today is my first fight, I want to show everyone my strength, give me the ball!" Cousins shouted at Tyreck.

After the Timberwolves hit the first shot in LeFou, due to the large number of newcomers in the team, the starting five Reedno and Beasley both joined the team in the new season, Milicic also joined the team in the middle of last season, Ellington only played one start last season, the team played extremely messy, and Beasley was addicted to individual single-handedness, and the whole team's offense fell into a stalemate. At the same time, Cousins frequently made difficulties on the inside, Cousins has height, strength, technology, and a stable mid-range, whether it is Milicic or Love, the single defense can not prevent Cousins at all, so that Cousins scored 6 points in a row, once the defense Cousins gave the Kings a chance to go outside, and soon the Kings played a wave of 18-6 under the leadership of Cousins. Rambis was forced to call a timeout, at which point the Sacramento Kings led by 11 points, 20-9.

"It's good, everyone is playing very well, the Timberwolves lineup is too bad, the coordination is too low, and this wave is very aggressive. Now that we've built up some leads, we're starting to rotate the lineup, but keep pressing on the pitch and strengthen defensively! On the Kings bench, Coach Westafar shouted at the players.

The game continued at the end of the timeout, with the Kings replacing Tyreck, Cousins and Udri for Hyde, Green and Dyrem Porter, and the Timberwolves for Milicic and Ellington for Anthony. Tolliver and Wesley. Johnson.

"Wesley. Johnson is on the field! No. 4 show Wesley from Syracuse University. Johnson, Jim, I heard you know that the Timberwolves happily stayed up all night when they picked Wesley? ”

"Yes, I'm quite optimistic about him, an absolute superstar! I can't believe we could pick him with the fourth pick! Although he is one of the oldest rookies in this class, his physical talent and his projection are all fascinating. Cousins, the King's No. 5 pick, had played well before, but now it's Wesley's showtime!! ”