In fact, O'Neal Jr.'s fast break, also did not discuss anything with his teammates, he was just a subconscious judgment, but obviously this judgment is very in line with the style of the Timberwolves, when he ran to the free throw line, Nash's ball also flew to his hand, he just an easy catch dunk to complete this offense, and for the first time, he felt that scoring was so easy and comfortable, as if it didn't take any effort at all, which was a completely different feeling from him in the Trail Blazers. This also gave little O'Neill a wonderful feeling in his heart, maybe when he really integrated into the collective, that would be the time for him to take off.

"The Timberwolves started with a strong start, the center from the Trail Blazers scored for the first time this season, Coach Z on the sidelines applauded Jermaine O'Neal's goal, and Kings head coach Adelman was a little dignified," ABC commentator Michaels said excitedly. It seems that the Timberwolves are going to stand up in this game.

Liwei? Zhuang Fei does have this idea, he wants to take the first game to sacrifice the flag, but it is not as urgent and compelling as Michaels thinks, just let it be, the king is not a weak team, Zhuang Fei understands this very well.

"Jermaine, you pay attention to protecting the basket, pay attention to the cut of their outside players, especially that Bibby, I'll go to the ceiling to help defend, we are high and low" Seeing the Kings' offense, Garnett immediately commanded O'Neal Jr., the King's offense He knows very well, and now because of Xiao O's, he can also get out of the basket, and then he can use his movement advantage to sweep outside the restricted area. After a month of getting along, he has a lot of trust in Xiao Ao's defense and progress, and this person basically has no shortcomings except for some easy staggering.

Hearing Garnett's order, O'Neal Jr. also nodded seriously, Zhuang Fei's tactics before the game were like this, the Timberwolves outside players went to mark people one-on-one. So there's going to be a lot of emptiness at the three-point line, and the Kings' Princeton is the kind of tactic that can take advantage of the gap, so to speak. Whether the Timberwolves can defend the Kings depends on whether Garnett and O'Neal Jr. can stay at the three-point line, especially from the free throw line.

Webb, who received McBibby's pass, looked at the positions of the Timberwolves players around him, and he was surprised. Because last season's playoffs gave them countless nightmares, they couldn't tempt him out of the basket Garnett, who actually gave up the basket at the beginning of this game, and immediately followed him when he saw him get the ball, which made Webb a little puzzled.

"Could it be that the Timberwolves are ready to expand their defense because of Anderson's three-point shot? No, since the tiger is out of the hole, then just hit them directly behind them" Webber was not a hesitant player and quickly got his mind right.

"Pretty, Webb's back-to-back balls are so pretty. Nash who defended Bibi was thrown away, and the Timberwolves' left defense was empty, and Bibi cut in from 45 degrees" Michaels sweated a little for the Timberwolves, this was not the Timberwolves' defensive strategy last season, and I don't know if it's right or wrong to pinch the King's outside line at this time. And what is the strength of the Trail Blazers' backup center, no one knows, Michaels doesn't think this O'Neal can have Garnett's strong mobility and defensive ability.

It's not just Michaels who has this idea, but so does Adelman on the sidelines, who laughs when he sees Garnett give up the basket, which is definitely a great opportunity for the Kings.

"I won the ball," McBibby said. He glanced back at his old rival Steve Nash with interest, and then accelerated to the basket again, at this time he was ready to break through O'Neal Jr. for a layup, just a simple shake, and then a smooth turn, McBibby bypassed O'Neal Jr. And little O'Neill has been spotted flying. …,

"Hmph, at this level, it's too bad for Garnett" McBiby felt a sense of relief in his heart, Garnett surrounded him like a nightmare last season, and this center was too bad for Garnett who could never get rid of him.

Just when McBiby despised O'Neal Jr. infinitely in his heart, he suddenly found that his right hand that was about to go to the basket was about to put the ball into the basket, but the ball was held down by a big hand and couldn't move, and what made McBibby even more shocked was that little O'Neal, who he had despised so much just now, was now looking back at him in the air.

"How is this possible? I flew up, and I can still adjust my attitude and cap in the air? What kind of physical fitness is this? McBibby was stunned in the air and looked at Xiao Ao on his left hand, at this time suddenly a huge force pressed him down directly, McBiby also sat on the ground directly because of this huge force, and O'Neal Jr. took the ball down with a backhand in the air, and then immediately handed it to Nash, who was also a little distracted not far away, Nash was behind Bibi, he saw all the movements clearly, and he woke up like a dream until Xiao Ao handed the ball to him, and then looked back at the king's backcourt, and immediately threw the ball high, By this time, Pierce had already made a fast attack.

If it had been Garnett who had covered Bibby instead of O's, Garnett would have been able to pass the ball to the fast Pierce without having to go through Nash's relay. Xiao O's passing skills and awareness are much worse than Garnett's.

"This, this, so beautiful, so beautiful, Jermaine O'Neal's block is simply amazing, his body balance, air force is too strong, McBibby has done a good enough, but Jermaine O'Neal stubbornly turned a defensive misposition into a wonderful block" Michaels recovered from a brief loss of consciousness and roared loudly, at this time the Timberwolves fans were still immersed in the incredible picture just now, Even when Pierce had already completed the dunk, they didn't react in the slightest.

There was silence at the Arco Arena, a deathly silence.

"How did this kid get shaken so easily?" Zhuang Fei shook his head with a smile on the sidelines and said, although this ball is very exciting, it also exposes the advantages and disadvantages of O'Neal Jr.

"It's also the gap between him and Kevin, who sat on the bench for three years with the Trail Blazers. He only averages about 10 minutes per game every year, so it can be said that he is extremely inexperienced now, and he has not experienced the training of the university, maybe he can improve in the future" D'Antoni has also praised Xiao Ao recently, and Xiao Ao should now have the same empty demeanor as he used to be when he trained.

Zhuang Fei smiled and nodded in agreement, while Adelman on the other side had an extremely ugly face, and Xiao Ao's defense just now was like shattering his dream.

"One Garnett is already so tough. Now that there's another O'Neal, is the Timberwolves really the King's nemesis? Adelman sighed helplessly in his heart, does the league have a more mobile interior line than the Timberwolves? And Princeton is most afraid of such an interior player.

O'Neal Jr.'s successful defense did indeed cause a great shock to the Kings. Obviously, even if Garnett left the basket, the Timberwolves' basket was still not papery, and the Kings' offense became a little hesitant after that time. I don't know if it's inside or outside, plus the Timberwolves' main pinch in this game is the king's outside three-pointer, it can be said that at the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the king's offensive efficiency was extremely low by the Timberwolves, and even all the Kings fans present felt incredible, is this still the king they are familiar with with with the gorgeous offense?

Now that the Kings are in trouble, it's clear that Adelman didn't expect the Timberwolves to have a player like Jermaine O'Neal, and since that dunk in the opening game, the center from the Trail Blazers has only scored two points on a single shot, and it's clear that he hasn't integrated into the Timberwolves' offensive system. But that didn't stop him from being the cornerstone of the Timberwolves' defense, and he did an excellent job on the defensive end, as he and Garnett went up and down to almost block the Timberwolves' restricted area, which reminded me of last year's Spurs twin towers. Of course, the Timberwolves' twin towers and the Spurs' twin towers are completely different styles, but I think Adelman would prefer to face the Spurs' twin towers at this time" ABC commentator Michaels looked at the players on the court, and then looked at the scoreboard on the sidelines and said, he really didn't expect this game to be so disparity from the first quarter. …,

"Now the Kings can only use Webber and Bibby's pick-and-roll combination, and of course Webb's individual singles can also score. But this efficiency is too low, this is not the rhythm of the king, they need to change, but according to the king's timeout just now, their change has no effect, now the Timberwolves still occupy the absolute initiative, I hope this timeout can make the king improve "Now the first quarter is only 8 minutes, the score has become 26-16, the Timberwolves lead by 10 points, if it continues like this, the game will soon go into garbage time."

"Well done everyone, Jermaine, well done" Zhuang Fei hugged the Timberwolves players who came off the court one by one, as if the Timberwolves had won this game. O'Neal Jr. doesn't look very happy, his defense in the first quarter of this game is really good, but the offense has not improved, mainly because it is not fully integrated with the team's offensive system, the other four are matched together last season, and he is only a new player this year, and he is not willing to learn run-and-gun tactics in the summer, so now he and his teammates are not in the same rhythm when attacking, and Nash and Pierce are also more willing to seek to cooperate with Garnett rather than him, which also makes him a little frustrated, Any young man with ambition wants his offensive stats to be beautiful, and so does he.

"Don't think too much, it will get better slowly" Zhuang Fei looked at Little O'Neill with a worried face, patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, hearing his head coach's comfort, Little O'Neal's expression was also a lot more relaxed.

"Coach, are the Kings in too bad shape in this game, or are we in too good shape, why do they always feel that they are much weaker than last season's playoffs" The Timberwolves' bench, Garnett said with a smile on his face, and the others also agreed.

"It's not that they're weak, it's that you're strong, and you've changed more than them," Zhuang Fei said with a smile.

"When the timeout is over, Bruce, Manu, and roughly Rashad will come on, and Manu, you'll be the playmaker after you come on

Guard, pay attention to the echo of Mobley, the team's second lineup you two are the core, although Nash is down, but we still can't lose speed"

Ginobili and Wang Zhizhi looked at Zhuang Fei with a surprised face, they knew that they could play in this game, but they didn't expect it to come so soon, this was just a rotation pause in the first quarter. This also means that they are the normal rotation players for the Timberwolves, considering that his two rivals are Dean Garrett and Sam Mitchell.

"Don't you look at me so sluggishly, don't you have confidence in yourself" Zhuang Fei scolded with a smile, and the other Timberwolves players were also laughing and watching, while Ginobili and Wang Zhizhi hurriedly shook their heads with some blushing.

"That's right, don't be pressured. This is your first game, so I won't make any special demands on you. ”

"What's going on, the Timberwolves actually replaced all the main players in this rotation? Do they want to be prepared to use these bench players against the Kings? You know, this timeout, the Kings didn't go down at all," Michaels looked at the Timberwolves lineup with a surprised expression. Although Mobley and Lewis can't be considered substitutes, Wang Zhizhi, Ginobili and Bruce Bowen are definitely undoubted substitutes, even if Coach Z is arrogant, he can't play like this, right?

See this big change for the Timberwolves. The Kings fans in the audience immediately let out earth-shattering boos, the Timberwolves' behavior is definitely the greatest contempt for the Kings, even if they believe in their hearts that the Timberwolves are indeed stronger than the Kings, but the Timberwolves can't be so arrogant.

"Maybe because of Jermaine O'Neal's success just now, Coach Z's confidence has been greatly increased, let's see if Bowen, Wang Zhizhi, and Ginobili will surprise us like Jermaine O'Neal"...,

Is this Zhuang Fei's arrogance? Adelman shook his head, Zhuang Fei's arrogance is certain, he was arrogant against the Kings last season, but his arrogance has never failed. So Adelman was still very wary.

"I want to see what the hell you're going to do," Adelman looked at Zhuang Fei on the side, thinking silently in his heart.

Does Zhuang Fei want to make a ghost? Of course not, the Kings are the weakest defensive team in the league, and this is the first game between Ginobili and Wang Zhizhi, and now that the Timberwolves are leading by a large margin, this kind of game is definitely the best game for a new player to make his debut. So Zhuang Fei had no intention of making a ghost at all.

After the moratorium ends. The Kings players were extremely careful with the new Timberwolves players, but after the game went on, they found that the Timberwolves' players were not as 'strong' as they imagined, and after several tentative offenses by the Kings after this rotation, the Kings players found that the Timberwolves' interior defense had almost become a sieve, and there was no airtightness just now, which also made the Kings quickly adapt. And also began to vigorously chase points.

"Zhuang, that's no problem, right? The king's offense is up, and we can't prevent it now" Looking at the situation on the court, D'Antoni said to Zhuang Fei with some concern, if it really makes the king happy, the main force may not be able to stop it when it comes on.

"No problem, if the king can open it, we can open it too, and I also believe that these players sitting on the bench now can suppress the king," Zhuang Fei said with a smile, and the confidence in his tone made D'Antoni stunned.

Zhuang Fei's prediction is not wrong, although these substitute players of the Timberwolves can't defend the king's offense, but in the same way, the king can't hold the Timberwolves, Ginobili and Mobley's turn-by-turn breakthroughs make them extremely uncomfortable, and Ginobili's breakthrough is extremely special, for a while, the court actually became even, and a team's substitute actually played evenly with the opponent's main force, which is absolutely abnormal.

"Now it looks like the Timberwolves have not been defeated, the Argentine of the Timberwolves has quite a good vision, the breakthrough point is very threatening, and the passing is also very good, beautiful, Wang Zhizhi from the heart of China received Ginobili's breakthrough point in one step in the left 45-degree three-point line, and hit an easy shot, which was his first goal in the NBA, and the first score"

Wang Zhizhi watched the ball he threw fall into the pocket steadily, and his hands trembled a little.

"Is that what it's like to score in the NBA?" Wang Zhizhi's thoughts flew in his heart for a while.

"King, don't be in a daze, pay attention to retreat"

"Wang's shooting is very solid, and after Manu attracts the defense, this pass is also very beautiful, maybe they can make a good combination" D'Antoni said with a smile, in fact, he personally admires Wang Zhizhi very much now, especially his projection ability and athleticism, which is very suitable for his run-and-gun tactics.

"Yes," Zhuang Fei smiled and nodded. I am also very happy, after all, this is the first time that a Chinese player has scored in the NBA, and Wang Zhizhi's current growth environment is much better than in his previous life. He also believes that the current Wang Zhizhi will be more promising than the one in his previous life.

At this time, China, which is thousands of miles away, has already been boiling, and some Chinese fans were still complaining about why Zhuang Fei didn't let Wang Zhizhi, but now seeing Wang Zhizhi's score, these grievances have been completely eliminated.

As the game progressed, Adelman on the sidelines became more and more anxious, and now there are only substitutes for the Timberwolves on the court, if this can't suppress them. So how do you play when the main force of the Timberwolves comes up? But no matter how anxious Adelman is, these Timberwolves bench players in this game feel really good, almost like a god. The Timberwolves' bench lineup does not have the ability to attack the restricted area, although Wang Zhizhi can also score under the basket, but now he obviously has no way to go to the basket to fight. But it was such a group of players who focused on shooting that actually pinned down the king. …,

At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two sides was 36-28, and the Timberwolves still led by 8 points, and halfway through the second quarter, when the Timberwolves replaced all of them, the score on the court was 50-46, and the Timberwolves still led by 4 points, which means that the entire rotation time, the Timberwolves' bench only lost by 6 points.

"Well done, Manu, roughly. How do you feel?" Zhuang Fei said with a smile to Ginobili and Wang Zhizhi, who were still a little unsatisfied.

"It's good, it's just a little excited, I missed some good opportunities," Wang Zhizhi said with some self-reproach, he scored 9 points on 4-of-7 shooting in these 10 minutes, and was the most scorer in the entire second team. Mobley and Ginobili are also deliberately feeding him the ball, obviously this is also looking at Zhuang Fei's face. Compared with Wang Zhizhi's self-blame, Ginobili seems to be a lot more calm, this game is not a big test for him, and the king's defensive pressure is too small.

"The Kings are gone in this game, and this year's Timberwolves are strong. Their young players are even better than they were in last season's Western Conference Finals, and with this year's new player Jermaine O'Neal bringing them great defense, this Timberwolves will definitely be successful this season" The game only ended in the second quarter when Michaels sentenced the Kings to death because the Timberwolves came on and stretched the score to 10 points again. The Timberwolves led 65-55 at the end of the first half.

After a short halftime break, the Timberwolves were still overwhelmed, and the Kings still didn't find a way to break the interior defense of O'Neal Jr. and Garnett, just like that, after the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves had a 17-point lead of 93-76, which made almost half of the entire fourth quarter garbage time, and the final score of this game was 120-107, and the Timberwolves beat the Kings by 13 points, which was definitely a hearty victory. And several new players of the Timberwolves performed very well in this game, O'Neal Jr. played 30 minutes and scored 8 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks, while Wang Zhizhi scored 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting, plus 3 rebounds, Ginobili was 4 points and 5 assists, only Bowen was not good in statistics, not a point, not a rebound, only one steal, but when Bowen was on the court, the Kings' newly introduced former All-Star level player Anderson shot 0 of 4 three-pointers

"I'm very happy with the team's performance today, everyone showed their quality, the Kings are a strong team, they are very dangerous offensively," Zhuang Fei said with a smile at the post-match press conference. He's in a good mood right now.

"The Timberwolves are strong, that's what everybody knows, but we still underestimated their quality, so we lost, I think we're going to change in the next game, and the loss in this game won't affect our next game, it's just a normal regular season"

After the game, Zhuang Fei and Adelman were in a very good atmosphere, and both of them were complimenting their opponents.

"Coach Z, do you think a player with 8 points and 8 rebounds is worth an annual salary of 6 million? Is it worth signing a 28-year-old player who has only one steal in 18 minutes worth signing him with a three-year, $5 million mid-level contract? ”

At this time, all the reporters turned their attention to Zhuang Fei, and they had been waiting for this scene for a long time.

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