Chapter 16: First Win of the Season
In the next few rounds, Tyrek ate Johnson several times, and Johnson was blown up by Tyrek in terms of strength and speed, footwork and confrontation. On the offensive end, Johnson gradually lost his mind, thinking about beating Terek one-on-one, but the more irrational he played, the more weaknesses were exposed, and the whole team became more and more passive. Tyrek knew he was going to be one-on-one, and after seeing through his purpose, he could easily take him down every time, interfering with offense, steals, blocks, and even making offensive fouls. Finally, in an attack, Tyrek watched Johnson press himself, wanted to gamble for a steal, and a cross-step breakthrough directly made Johnson's center of gravity unstable, and a dog ate and pounced on the ground! Then Tyrek, who got a large gap, made a steady shot from mid-range and hit two points!
After hitting the ball, the Kings, led by Tyreek, unleashed a 13-3 spurt to reopen the score and lead by 10 points at 47-37. During this period, Tyrek scored 11 points alone, and Johnson, who was opposite Tyreco, did not score a point!
"Jim, Wesley seems to be a big gap compared to the Kings' leading stars, the first half of the game may be like this, the score gap is not very big, look at the performance of the Timberwolves in the second half."
"Evans is arguably the rookie of the year and is really a cut above Wesley so far. However, Wesley is only a rookie after all, inexperienced, and plays more blindly when the confrontation is not dominant, and it will change as the season progresses...... "Although Peterson thinks so, he doesn't know that Evans at this time is actually Tyrek playing the NBA regular season for the first time, and Tyrek is purely playing on the spot and talent, and he is not as good as Wesley in terms of experience. Johnson, it can be seen that Johnson's basketball talent can really only be said to be average.
Coach Rambis saw Johnson in a quagmire on the court and had to replace him, just a minute before the end of the first half. In the final minute of the first half, the Kings played two more offenses, while the Timberwolves continued to slump, and at halftime, the Kings led by 14 points at 51-37, and Tyrek played 17 minutes in the first half and performed well, scoring 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
In the away locker room of the target center, Coach Westphaal dragged a chair and sat by the locker room door, looked at the players sitting around the locker room to rest and prepare with a happy face, and said: "Everyone performed very well, and made persistent efforts in the third quarter to win the game in one go!" DeMarcus, don't get stuck in a solo fight and let the ball spin between teams if you can't get in! They can't do anything about Tyrek, and in the third quarter, Tyrek continues to be the assist point, and the others cooperate! ”
After Coach Westafal finished speaking, Tyrek looked at Whiteside, who was sitting next to him, his face full of distress, he had not been given a second of playing time so far in this game.
Tyrek shook his head helplessly, as he could remember, Whiteside had only one appearance in his first season with the Kings, the last role on the bench, and he had been with the water cooler all season. Prior to this game, Whiteside had not had many chances in pre-season and his limited playing time was mediocre, so it is not surprising that he is not getting a chance to play now.
Tyrek thought for a moment, got up and walked to Coach Westfaal's side, bent down and whispered in his ear, "Coach, give Hassan a chance to play in the second half......
Coach Westphale looked at Terek with wide eyes, got up and put Terek into the corridor outside the locker room, and said with a slightly unhappy expression: "Tyrek, I have my own plans in my heart for how to use people, just play as a player, and don't worry about other things." Hassan's desire to perform is too strong and he lacks tactical execution, and I can see that he has some talent, but at the moment he still has a lot of precipitation. ”
Seeing that Terek didn't speak, Coach Westfal stretched his expression, patted Tyrek's shoulder and said with a smile: "Go back Tyrek, I know you have a good relationship with Hassan, I'll see the situation." ”
At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Tyreke continued to lead the team to launch a fierce offense, because the Timberwolves did not have anyone on the outside to contain Tyreek, Rednor, Telfair, Ellington, Brewer and Johnson were completely unable to prevent Tyreck, Brewer and Johnson could not keep up with Tyreck's pace at all, and the confrontation with Tyrek was not dominant, not to mention Rednor and Telfil, defense was not a strong point, and letting them defend Tyrek was simply a big colander that Tyrek could ravage!
After Terek opened, the whole team was brought together. No one on the outside of the Timberwolves can defend Terrick alone, and the Timberwolves can't let Tyrek treat their half as their own backyard, so they can only choose to defend Tyrek with two people. In the face of two defenders, Tyrek did not force the attack, but actively transferred the ball, mobilized the enthusiasm of his teammates, looked for open teammates to end the attack, and took the initiative to form a team. Soon, the gap between the two teams was widened, and by the end of the third quarter, the Kings had led the Timberwolves by as many as 25 points.
"It seems that Lady Luck was not on our side today, and this game is basically a coffin, and the 25-point difference in the fourth quarter should also go into garbage time early......"
"Well, Dave, I feel very sorry, the team has changed too much this year, the lineup is still not enough after all, but today we can still see the hard work of the boys, the season is still very long, the team is still very young, grow slowly......"
"But Jim, judging from this game, the Kings' Evans continued last season's form, and he is indeed very strong."
"That's true from this game, but as I said, it's still a long season and you have to wait and see......
As Timberwolves' sideline commentator Benz said, the game went into garbage time soon after the start of the fourth quarter, and the Timberwolves also withdrew their main players early to abandon the game, and Whiteside also got a chance to play in the fourth quarter, but it was only five minutes. Because it was garbage time, the team didn't play much, the benches tried their best to brush up the data, and Whiteside, as a center, didn't get much of the ball, only got two rebounds, and didn't score.
In the end, the Sacramento Kings defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-85 away to get the first win of the new season, and Tyrek played 30 minutes in the game, scoring 29 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in an efficient all-round data, and was elected the best of the game. Cousins also had a strong regular season debut, scoring 24 points, 13 rebounds and three assists.
For the Sacramento Kings, who finished second-to-last in the West last season, the joy of victory was enough to overshadow everything, and even Whiteside, who didn't get many chances, high-fived his teammates in celebration. Thompson picked up a bucket of sports drinks and poured it directly on Tyreck's head during the celebration, and he shouted excitedly: "Tyrek, it's impossible to pour the opponent, I'll pour it if they win, since it's us who won, then this bet will be replaced by pouring the first hero of our victory!" ”
Tyrek was immersed in the joy of winning, but his face was full of joy and didn't care, the bet was just fun, and winning the first regular season victory made Tyrek look forward to the next challenge like never before!