Chapter Thirty-Five: Confident Roy

Brandon Roy, a talented guard who once brushed shoulders with the Timberwolves, is now showing his leadership charisma with the Portland Trail Blazers, and this season, he has carried the burden of the team and led the team forward.

This season's Blanton Roy led the Trail Blazers to an extremely impressive start, and at the beginning of the season, they directly and strongly rushed into the fourth place in the West, leading the way in the West.

Brandon Roy, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career last season, completed an important step in the transformation of an ordinary star into a superstar!

After being selected for the All-Star Game, Brandon Roy has become more aggressive than before, and his killer nature at key moments has become more and more ruthless, and many teams in the league regard him as Kobe's successor.

Roy's big heart allowed him to stand up decisively when the game was in a stalemate, and through his bloodthirsty scoring ability, he used his attacks to defeat the opponent again and again!

Moreover, what makes many people optimistic about him is that this young "Yellow Mamba" does not occupy the ball too much like Kobe Bryant, he will distribute the ball reasonably, as an excellent two-way guard, he can freely change roles in scoring and organization, and the Trail Blazers are under the leadership of such a leader with unlimited potential, and began their own sprint journey.

Interestingly, the Timberwolves had already drafted the All-Star guard, but because of a wrong choice by team management, they traded Brandon Roy to the Trail Blazers, averaging 19 per game. 1 point 5. 8 assists 4. The star player with 7 rebounds was handed over to the opponent in the same district.

This season's most competitive Western region is no longer the Southwest Division, the previous Texas top three lost the Rockets this strong army, after experiencing the tragic news of Yao Ming's season reimbursement, the Rockets' performance this season is extremely sluggish, no player can stand up and lead the team into the rise, it seems that this season's playoff spots, the Rockets have no hope.

On the contrary, this season's Northwest Division has been strong, with a number of teams showing strong strength, and most of them are young and impactful teams.

The Utah Jazz's Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams have formed a powerful combination to recreate the pick-and-roll tactics of the Utah duo in the 90s, and their young pair, under the guidance of veteran coach Sloan, have made the pick-and-roll tactics to the fullest, and they have made the Western Conference playoffs for two consecutive seasons, and they have performed quite well for several years, and are now ranked fifth in the West.

And the Thunder's twin stars are unstoppable, and they are beginning to show an unstoppable state of sealing demons, plus this season's new team's Tanhua show James Harden, someone has already shouted the slogan of the three young people in the Russian city, and this group of young people seems to be able to impact the playoffs this year!

With the addition of the Portland Trail Blazers and the Denver Nuggets, the Timberwolves in the same Northwest Division are under great pressure, and if they want to fight their way out of the same division, they must be stronger!

Only if they are stronger and grab more victories, the door to the playoffs will be open to them!

This game against the Trail Blazers, the Timberwolves must win!

Blanton Roy is on the home court of the Timberwolves, and they are bound to explode, and they are also bound to win this game!

In the last matchup in the same district, the Trail Blazers' estimation of the strength of the Timberwolves was too low, causing the team to lose the game carelessly, but in this game, they made full preparations for the Timberwolves before the game, and they will not make the same mistake again!

As long as this game is won, the Trail Blazers' record will remain parallel to that of the Phoenix Suns and they will be able to compete for the top three spots in the West!

For the Timberwolves, the current record and the Thunder's record have been tied, and as long as the Timberwolves can win this game, they will be able to surpass the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference and rank eighth.

With 82 regular games in the long season, any chance to overtake the rankings is not to be missed!

Before the start of the game, the players of the two teams were warming up at their respective venues, trying to warm up their bodies through warm-up activities, and they were able to play a hot hand in the opening game.

It's late autumn in Minnesota, and the temperature in this northern city is already vaguely feeling the cold of winter, and although the heating is turned on in the target center, the players' hands and feet are still a little cold, and they need some proper exercise to bring their body temperature back to normal.

At this time, Blanton Roy walked over to the Timberwolves' half court with a basketball, which attracted the attention of everyone in the Timberwolves, and many reporters in the stands even pointed their cameras at the center of the court.

Roy played with basketball with both hands, with a warm smile on his face, looked at Li Shihao and said: "Bruce, your performance this season is very good, before, even we were carelessly defeated by your men, but we are bound to win this game!" You won't stand a chance! ”

Although Blanton's appearance is ordinary, his demeanor has not diminished at all, he is gentle like a gentleman, and after the opening provocative words came out of his mouth, he did not feel the slightest malice, but seemed to want good friends to fight together.

Li Shihao took a deep look at Brandon Roy, and there was also a hint of admiration for him in his eyes: "Brandon, your record is far better than ours, and it is indeed very powerful to be able to do this under the condition of a large number of team shortages, but this victory, we have decided, this is Minnesota, if you want to win, you have to depend on your strength!" ”

Roy sighed, and glanced at Li Shihao with a little surprise, he was becoming more and more incomprehensible to Li Shihao, who had just entered the league this year, this rookie did not have the so-called rookie wall at all.

Not to mention the maturity of the way of playing, it is undoubtedly extremely surprising to be able to combine the team's attack and defense in a short period of time and initially establish the team's system.

Now in the face of his challenge, this Chinese rookie can still show a strong desire to win, this rookie is not simple!

I'm afraid the victory of this game will not be so smooth!

Brandon Roy smiled, didn't say anything more, left Li Shihao with a mysterious smile, and left the Timberwolves' halfcourt, this smile made Li Shihao can't figure out what Brandon Roy is thinking, is there any killer feature for the Trail Blazers?

It doesn't look like this game will be too easy!

Li Shihao looked at the direction of Brandon Roy's departure with a serious expression, and he didn't dare to be careless in his heart, no matter how difficult this game is, the victory will definitely belong to him!

The two sides jumped the ball in the middle circle, and the Trail Blazers' center Oden jumped first and easily took the basketball to his team's half, and Roy controlled the ball to organize the offense.

In the face of Brandon Roy's attack, Li Shihao didn't dare to be careless, the seemingly harmless player in front of him smiled extremely honestly and gently, but no one could deny the lethality of this mediocre-looking person at a critical moment!

Roy, like Lee Se Ho, doesn't have outstanding physical fitness, he is a truly experienced player who plays with his brain!

Roy's dribbling is excellent, and he has a good rhythm of changing directions, often catching opponents off guard and being broken into a sieve. His breakaway layups and mid-range pullup jumpers are the main means of scoring, and this is a player who can shoot and pass, and his threat is too big on the offensive end!

Li Shihao defended Blanton Roy closely, not daring to give him the slightest respite, hoping to force Roy to make a mistake with such a tight defense!

Roy smiled faintly, he was obviously accustomed to Li Shihao's defense, there are many teams in the league that target him like this, but he can still score calmly, this difficulty, he has already passed.

For star players, if they can't maintain their hot hand under high-intensity defense, then they will fall off the altar sooner or later.

"Bruce, don't be nervous, this ball, I'll solve it with a breakthrough!"

Roy smiled lightly, his light and breezy expression didn't seem to regard this attack as anything difficult, he told Li Shihao early that his scoring method was to let Li Shihao understand what is the strength of a star player in the west!

Roy's left-handed dribble slowed suddenly, his shoulder shook suddenly, and he made a shooting gesture in an instant.

Li Shihao hurriedly stretched out his hand to try to block, but he didn't want to, Roy pulled the rhythm back in an instant, quickly broke through Li Shihao's defense, entered the inside line, faced the inside line guarded by Lefu and Al Zhen under the basket, and made a relaxed and picturesque layup, and the basketball was steadily put into the basket.

A hint of caution flashed in Li Shihao's expression, Roy's condition is really getting better and better, it is unbelievable that this is his fourth season, it is hard to imagine how strong he will be at his peak in the future!

The breakthrough just now, Roy has mastered the rhythm very well, it can be said that it is wonderful, realistic feints, can pull back to the rhythm of the breakthrough from the state of shooting in an instant, in just one second, his strength is unfathomable.

In the next five minutes, Roy either attacked individually, or assisted his teammates, and easily connected the team together, and the entire Trail Blazers team started extremely well, leading the Forest team by 5 points in five minutes!

After experiencing the All-Star Game, Roy is like a different person, and the whole person has become more confident, as if everything can't be taken into account, this is not a kind of arrogance, but an extremely strong self-confidence, extreme confidence in his own strength!

This game is far from that simple! To win, he'll have to be stronger!

Li Shihao stretched out the back of his hand to wipe the sweat on his face, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, he would not be afraid of any opponent, even if he was the god of basketball!

There is no strength or weakness on the court, only winning and losing!