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Although the weather outside was unusually cold, the training in the stadium of the Target Center was still in full swing.

With a bang, Xu Zhibin fell from the basket and high-fived Ricky Rubio.

Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman stood on the sidelines and praised the brilliant aerial response.

Assistant coach Sini Lawwin said to Adelman: "Rick, Xu is getting better and better with the team, and I think our second-round pick this year is really a treasure!" I didn't expect that there would be such a guy who advocates physical confrontation among Chinese players! ”

Adelman said: "This guy is a natural interior player, he reminds me of Yao Ming in the middle and late stages of his career, the big Mac on the inside, of course, whether Xu can reach Yao's height, it remains to be seen, after all, their playing styles are not the same. ”

With a loud shout of "drink", Zach LaVine's layup was slapped out of the court by Xu Zhibin in the air!

This wonderful block also won LaVine's applause, although he was blocked, LaVine still gave Xu Zhibin a thumbs up and praised this defense!

"Zach's layup, in the current Timberwolves team, in addition to Carl, only Xu has the possibility of blocking!" Rown said with a smile on his face.

"Not only that, but he also changed another person on the team." Adelman stroked his beard thoughtfully.

"Ye Hai, we're finally going to meet!" Xu Zhibin looked at the giant clock hanging on the court, there are still 6 hours left, and the game between the Timberwolves and the Celtics will begin!

Although this game did not attract as much attention in the United States as the match between Ye Hai and Che Yicheng, in China, fans have been looking forward to it for a long time, and catv5 has arranged a live broadcast of this game! Zhang Weiping and Yu Jian are responsible for commenting on the game!

"Coach Zhang, after the last game between Ye Hai and Che Yicheng, fans finally saw two Chinese players appear on the NBA court at the same time, and this kind of frequent encounter between Chinese players is really the first time!" Yu Jian said.

"Hahaha." Director Zhang first let out a hearty laugh, and then said, "This shows the progress of Chinese basketball, there are more and more Chinese players appearing on the NBA court, the last game Ye Hai and Che Yicheng dedicated a wonderful game, this time I hope Ye Hai and Xu Zhibin can also dedicate another fierce confrontation for Chinese fans!" ”

"How does Coach Zhang see the situation and development of these two players in their respective teams?"

"Hmm... Needless to say, less than a month after the start of the season, Ye Hai has already won the hearts of Celtics fans and the team, and he is already a hotly discussed basketball player in American sports, and even ESPN commentators have claimed that if young American players can no longer emerge absolute superstars, the Chinese basketball team will become one of the fierce rivals of the American basketball team in the future, after all, in the U19 World Youth Championship, the United States has lost to China. As for Xu Zhibin, a player, although he is not particularly famous in the United States, he has also firmly established the position of starting power forward in the Timberwolves, and I believe everyone has a deep impression of him in China. I think Xu Zhibin is also very promising and will occupy a seat in the Chinese national team in the future! "It seems that Coach Yang is very optimistic about the current situation and future of both players.

Before the start of the game, the Timberwolves' starting lineup was announced:

Center: Carl Anthony Downs, 2.13m;

Power forward: Xu Zhibin, 2.08m;

Small forward: Andrew Wiggins, 2.03m;

Shooting guard: Zach LaVine, 1.96m;

Defender: Riqui Rubio, 1.93m.

Before the game, the live broadcast of CATV was given to the two Chinese players, Ye Hai and Xu Zhibin hugged each other enthusiastically before the game, these two opponents who had been in the domestic high school league until the National Games, joined the national youth team together to compete in the Asian Youth Championships, the World Youth Championships, and finally stood on the top podium of the World Youth Championships The two forwards finally met again on the NBA field!

"Ye Hai, I can finally compete with you again!" Xu Zhibin, who still had a beard, said with a warlike face.

"Hey, we'll be the ones who win in the end." Like before, Ye Hai still responded to the other party-for-tat, "But then again, it's really cold here in Minnesota!" ”

"Suck ~~~!" Xu Zhibin immediately snorted when he heard this...

The players on both sides stood still, the referee threw the ball into the air, and the Boston Celtics played the Minnesota Timberwolves away to officially begin!

Towns dialed the ball before Horford, Xu Zhibin jumped up to get the second drop point, handed the ball to Rubio, and the Timberwolves fans enthusiastically cheered for the team from the beginning of the game, adding a lot of warmth to the stadium on a snowy night in Minnesota!

Rubio handed the ball to LaVine, LaVine faced Blanton Rush's defense and accelerated to the inside, and when he was caught by Yahai and Rush, he distributed the ball to Wiggins, who was standing on the outside, Paul had already predicted LaVine's pass, Wiggins received the ball and saw that Paul had already made up for it, and passed the ball again, and Rubio, who was standing at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, received the pass.

"It doesn't matter, he doesn't have three-point ability at all!" Paul had already anticipated that the opponent might pass the ball when he was defending Wiggins, but Paul was not worried at all about Rubio's career shooting rate of less than 30%, as long as he didn't let Wiggins pitch, his goal had been achieved!

After Rubio received the ball, there was an empty space in front of the boss, and he put on a standard shooting posture and threw a three-pointer!

"Rebounding!" Paul immediately shouted to his teammates that in his mind, Rubio's three-pointer was not going to hit!

"Hey!" Seeing Horford trying very hard to squeeze himself out of the restricted area, Downs even let out a contemptuous smile, I don't know if it was because of Paul's shouting or Horford's hard stuck.

"Wow" The sound of basketball and Nets contacting, Rubio's three-point shot turned out to be hollow into the basket!

The Celtic players showed surprised expressions at the same time, but Paul reacted immediately and said: "It's okay, this is just a balloon, don't care." ”

In the next round, the Celtics attacked, Paul passed to Brandon Rush, and the vacant Rush shot a three-pointer steadily!

"Rush is our team's current three-point leader, this goal must be scored!" That's what the Celtics players are thinking.

But to their surprise, Rush's three-pointer turned around the basket and slid out of the basket!

At the moment when the ball just spun out of the basket, a pair of big hands immediately stopped the ball in his arms, it was the Chinese player Xu Zhibin!

"It's okay!" Paul immediately comforted Rush, who missed the vacancy, while directing his teammates to retreat to the defense.

Rubio easily controlled the ball at the top of the arc, Xu Zhibin stepped forward to make a block, and his wide body blocked Paul to one side, and Rubio used the block to immediately run to the other side.

Amir Johnson, who switched defenses, stood one step away from Rubio to prevent the opponent from breaking through.

After Rubio dribbled to the other side of the block, he didn't hesitate to shoot a three-pointer without hesitation when Johnson didn't make up for it!

There was another crisp sound, and the ball was once again hollowed into the basket in the surprised eyes of the Celtic players!

Rubio raised his right hand in the air, and a confident smile appeared on his handsome face! (To be continued.) )