Chapter 170: Confrontation Battle

On the bench of the suspended Timberwolves, the leader of the youth army felt a sense of solemnity. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The guy on the other side of the info was so hot that his barrage of precision strikes was a bit overwhelming, and it was hard to imagine that before the game started, his scouting report was just an inside cutter with amazing physical fitness.

"The Timberwolves' uniform team should do some introspection!" Wiggins complained in his heart.

At this time, Mitchell's speech also entered the climax, and after satirizing a series of words about being humiliated by rookies, his eyes shifted to the quiet young man on the bench.

With the coach's gaze, everyone also shifted to the bench.

It was a white-skinned youth, and it was a bit unique in this dark-skinned alliance.

"Zach, it's your turn!" Mitchell watched with satisfaction as the sophomore, LaVine, showed an unusually mature side, a very different style from the other defender on the court, Martin.

Martin bowed his head gloomily, the 21-year-old LaVine is getting better and better, this season, although often playing as a substitute, but the playing time is not low at all, many key final moments, the coach will keep LaVine on the court, not as a starting point guard.

"Whew, it's finally me!" Ravenhoran stood up from the bench.

Wiggins and Downs were overjoyed, and they stretched out their fists and encouraged each other with LaVine.

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As the clock ticked into the fifth minute of the first quarter, LaVine came off the bench.

Li Dong was very strange to see that the Timberwolves changed a player at an unconventional time, and as soon as this player came up, he made a stand with his round eyes, and he was a little shorter than Li Dong in terms of size.

Neither of them spoke, but fought secretly.

"Hey, the strength is good!" Li Dong showed a look of surprise on his face, the strength of this player who came up was very good, at least it felt that the strength of his upper limbs was similar to his, which made Li Dong a little unexpected. You must know that since entering the NBA, I have encountered Wade, who is on the opposite side, and can compete with him in terms of strength.

"This must be a super defensive stalwart." Li Dong thought so

In the next round, after Vucevic's inside body was strong and immovable, the ball returned to Li Dong's hand, Li Dong controlled the ball under his crotch, exchanged his left hand with his right hand, twisted his knees, turned his body, pulled the basketball in his right hand back to his left hand, and his body made a change of direction in front of his body beautifully!

"Ah~" The basketball shoes rubbed violently on the floor.

Li Dong shook off the defensive Zach LaVine like a gust of wind, and after he passed the new player, he realized that something seemed wrong, how could it be so easy?

But he didn't have time to think carefully, he was already close to the inside, Ibaka and Kostic were blocked by their respective defenders, and Li Dong took three easy steps to complete a hanging frame flying dunk.

He dropped from above the rebound and glanced back at the beard, whose face did not change, but he could not see any fluctuations.

Li Dong had an unrealistic feeling...... "This defense seems to be a little weaker than Martin just now." ”

However, no matter what he thinks, there must be a reason for the Timberwolves coach to change the lineup like this, and Nocioni once said that you must not underestimate every player who can survive in the league, they have their own unique methods.

After the offense and defense switched, LaVine held back a bit, Wiggins split the ball, intending to let this little brother who has performed well this season make a shot.

LaVine was also not polite, holding the ball a little to the left of the top of the arc to form a one-on-one with Li Dong.

"It's a singles again...... Li Dong is also speechless about the Timberwolves' tactics, basically thirty or forty percent of them end in singles.

LaVine squinted, the yellow-skinned guy in front of him had long arms.

There was a cheering from the audience, they were obviously personal fans of the Timberwolves No. 8, and when they saw that their favorite star was going to play single, they desperately cheered for him.

The two faced off for less than three seconds.

Suddenly, LaVine slid down with his left hand on the ball, grabbed the basketball a little to the middle, and at the same time made a tentative step with his right foot, and his body tightened and rhythmic.

This realistic tentative step did not deceive Li Dong, but then, LaVine suddenly raised his hand in the air and made a shooting pose.

The feint of this shot is large and fast, especially when he looks at Li Dong, his eyes are full of firmness to look at the basket, Li Dong was in a trance, and subconsciously stood on tiptoe and stretched out his hand.

But immediately, Li Dong, who had leaped up, shuddered, and he found that something was wrong!

LaVine didn't move, he collected the ball to the left side, and his right foot stepped diagonally to the left, and the whole person's body turned into a streamer, which was easily wiped in.

"Block him!" Li Dong shouted.

Frye, who was closer to the inside line, let go of Garnett behind him and came to make up for Li Dong's misposition, and the experienced man stretched out two long arms at the same time, vaguely blocking LaVine's passing route to Garnett, if LaVine chose to pass at this time, he didn't mind accepting the basketball.

LaVine, who was running, had no intention of passing, and the left hand that controlled the ball dotted the basketball, and his body and shoulders shook disorderly.

Then slow down, the basketball slaps the ground, and the body moves to the left to make a layup to the left. Before Brand could react, LaVine put away the basketball again, stepped his right foot out to the right and actually made a right layup.

"It turned out to be a European step!" Frye counted LaVine's steps, and saw through LaVine's technical movements with some pride in his heart, and his body made a defensive response to save on the right, thinking that he could get a good hat now!

A hint of banter flashed in Laven's eyes, it was not a big deal to be shaken away so easily!

His right foot suddenly stopped, then collected the ball to protect his chest, his left foot stepped out to the left side by a larger amplitude, and the whole person jumped on the left point like a ballet, leaning forward to support the ball with one hand, and the basketball slammed into the basket and bounced into the frame.

"Let's go!" Brand poured bitter water at the referee, how can this guy take the third step?

The referee didn't bird Frye and turned his head to chase Payton, who had already served forward.

Li Dong ran to the front court, while looking up at the big screen replay directly above the arena, in the replay video, LaVine's first feint to the left was actually dribbling, but his right hand to protect the ball looked like he grabbed the basketball and took three steps.

"That's amazing." Li Dong was amazed, he would also take this European step, but he never expected that someone would use so many changes, as if every stroke of his body had become a feint.

It's just that he thinks that the young man is very powerful, and the defense is really average.

In this round, Harris made a no-ball cover for Li Dong, and easily let Li Dong get rid of LaVine, Wiggins was forced to change positions, and followed Li Dong to run outside the three-point line, not daring to let go again. Oladipo, on the other hand, leaned back to LaVine and reached out to ask Payton for a basketball.

Oladipo dribbled with a right turn back and feint, shaking LaVine's center of gravity to shift one step, and then controlled the ball in the opposite direction for two steps, facing the basket and hitting a backward jumper.

Both sides are in excellent form, and the attack is like Mars hitting the earth, and the hit rate is surprisingly high.

When there were only 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Li Dong missed the first shot of the night, and he still missed the layup that broke through to the inside.

At this time, the two teams were already 35-34, and together they scored nearly 70 points.

At this time, the Magic had completed their first rotation, with Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon coming on the court, and Li Dong and Oladipo still on the court.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic led the Timberwolves by 2 points at 41-39, and Li Dong shot 8 of 9 in the first quarter, including 3 three-pointers, which made his personal score reach 19 points in a single quarter.

The last time a rookie was able to have such an amazing single-quarter scoring record, fans immediately remember the Bucks' talented No. 3, who scored 55 points in his rookie season, including 29 points in the third quarter.

Compared with Jennings, Li Dong looks more relaxed, and the freehand when scoring is like a super general on the battlefield, taking people's heads is like picking up things.

Perhaps it was Li Dong's performance that stimulated Wiggins, and after he appeared on the court in the second quarter, he suddenly turned on the scoring mode, scoring 10 points in a row, and scored 25 points in the first half.

The two teams went back and forth, throwing around the three-point line, and by halftime, the score had reached 69-72, and the Magic trailed by three points.

The wonderful offensive battle made the audience fascinated, and the players of the two teams tried their best to show their young talents in the air, and the wonderful blocks, fast breaks, violent dunks, and three-pointers made people's blood rush.