Even if they are used to seeing Zheng Ke's violent dunks, the moment they saw Zheng Ke crash away from James, the hearts of the audience and fans couldn't help but twitch.

"How domineering"

Zheng Ke jumped off the basket and pulled the placket on his chest, revealing his snow-white teeth.

He and James, who was about to go to the baseline to serve, passed by, and the two looked at each other, although they did not speak, they both felt each other's high-spirited fighting spirit.

If he had been with the Cavaliers before, James would have asked for the ball with no concessions and then returned to the court.

But now it's different, in the Heat, although he is rumored to be the big boss from the outside world, Wade is the real soul of the team. His every word and deed will be dissected under a magnifying glass, and he does not dare to ask for the ball excessively, for fear that the unscrupulous rumors of the outside media will affect this battleship formed for various reasons.

Wade understood James very well, and took the initiative to open up the space after halftime, signaling Arroyo to pass the ball to James.

"Yo, do you want to get it back?"

Zheng Ke seemed to be smiling, and his arms were spread like an eagle with wings.

"Humph!" James doesn't pay attention to Zheng Ke's trash talk, he is not the kind of player who likes trash talk, and he prefers to use his strength to silence his opponents when playing.

Just like now—

Holding the ball, he suddenly crossed his steps back a little, and then broke through with a simple rush, and the action was the same as Zheng Ke just now.

"Bang!"

The palpitating muscles collided, Zheng Ke snorted, and he was knocked down.

James didn't feel good either, it was the first time he had met someone who could go head-to-head with him. And it is not left behind. This impact, even with the weight advantage and speed inertia bonus, still did not have the desired effect. But he adjusted quickly, and the slight change of direction in front of his body actually completed a delicate passing movement.

Those who say James won't break through really underestimate him. Strong physique and superhuman speed. Let him usually break through without other breakthrough methods, just like Wade most of the time uses one step to change direction and eat the opponent, others can't even prevent the first level, so why do some other moves?

James took a half-position lead, Zheng Ke remained stuck next to him, and the two went from a shock battle between the two armies to a white-knuckle hand-to-hand combat with bayonets.

"It's time to skip!" Zheng Ke felt the change in the muscles in James's waist after two blows. Experienced in making the judgment of James's next-second technique.

Sure enough, James hugged the basketball and jumped like a big ape.

Although Zheng Ke has a prejudgment. But it still loosens a trace of defensive space.

James held the ball like Chang'e, soft as a willow, and sent the orange basketball into the sky between his five fingers, and then in everyone's sight. The board falls into the basket.

Zheng Ke has already struggled to cover it. But it's still a little bit off.

"Shit action" Zheng Ke scolded secretly, and hurriedly ran over to send the baseline ball.

The two most eye-catching super small forwards on both sides at the beginning of the game had a bloody heads-up collision, which made the adrenaline of the audience soar, and even the cheers expanded by a few decibels

Team battles, one fights strength, two fights momentum, three fights luck, and four fights referees.

Four o'clock. Zheng Ke's Timberwolves are not inferior to the Heat in any way, and like a one-handed ball system to Zheng Ke's display. Both teams have one player on the hot spot, the Timberwolves are Love and the Heat are Chalmers on the bench.

Before the bench didn't come up, the Timberwolves' Love showed a strong rebounding ability in front of the Big Three.

In the 9th minute, Billups missed a step-back jumper, and Love grabbed the rebound in anger.

In the 7th minute, Zheng Ke broke through and missed a layup, and Lefu hit a rebound.

In the 2nd minute, Pekovic hooked the basket and hit the iron, Love grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and the second offense caused a foul on the Dragon King Bosh.

In the first quarter alone, Love grabbed 3 frontcourt rebounds, plus 5 backcourt rebounds, he has already scored 8 rebounds, you know, this is the Heat's team-wide total rebounds in the first quarter.

Spoelstra jumped to his feet angrily, and the team had obviously put Joel Anthony in the starting lineup, but there was still a situation where the Timberwolves were rushing for rebounds. It's not that Lefu is too strong, it's that Lefu and Pekovic are too wide, and when they go to the basket, Bosh has no room to stretch his hand.

The Timberwolves lead the Heat by eight points 29-21.

"This is the coolest first quarter I've ever played!" Love got cheap and sold well, grabbed 8 rebounds in the first quarter, smiled from ear to ear, and looked like he was about to break the Timberwolves' personal single-game rebounding record.

"Can't be careless, can't be careless"

Zheng Ke smiled, saying that he should be vigilant, but in his heart he felt that the heat was nothing more than that. Even Anderson, Jordan Jr. and Gibson, the three frontcourt rebounding maniacs, were beaten like this, if the three of them were on, wouldn't the rebounds be abused?

Sure enough, after the second quarter came on the court, Gibson and Jordan Jr. comboed and grabbed rebounds.

For an insider, an important criterion to measure whether he is qualified is the rebounding efficiency per minute, the two are obviously crazy about grabbing rebounds, one or even four hands grabbed together, and then stared at it for a long time without letting go, which made the audience burst into laughter.

"It's definitely going to be on the funny show." Zheng Ke laughed and said to the Timberwolves players next to him.

Seven minutes later, Zheng Ke was the first starter to play in the second quarter. And James on the Heat's side has been on the court for 2 minutes.

Zheng Ke, who came on the court, immediately scored a three-pointer in front of James.

At this time, the Timberwolves led the Heat by 12 points 44-32. What was predicted to be a game before the game has a tendency to become a one-sided situation.

Wade and James were unwilling.

Bosh was found to block and dismantle, and Wade dodged into the interior.

"Stop!"

Little Jordan's eyes flashed fiercely, and he stretched out a pair of evil hands to press Wade's dunk.

But Wade is obviously talented, and he also made a folding dodge move in the air, Shi Shiran dodged Jordan Jr.'s block, and then switched to a left-handed layup.

"I'm rubbing, how can I teach you!" Thomas on the side was obviously very dissatisfied, and deliberately ran to yell at Little Jordan.

Little Jordan shrunk his neck at his scolding, and turned around depressedly to serve from the baseline.

From Zheng Ke's point of view, this ball Little Jordan has been very well defended, but Wade's amplitude in the air is obviously too exaggerated, and he can still pull the rod after avoiding Little Jordan's long arm, even if Zheng Ke comes to make this ball, he does not dare to guarantee a 100% hit rate.

A brilliant goal can boost the morale of the players, and the Heat have skyrocketed after Wade's goal.

Then he scored three goals in a row to close the score to six points.

Thibodeau immediately asked for a timeout.

Seeing that the Heat were about to get off the ground, Thibodeau's timeout was just right, and the Timberwolves players were able to breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, starters who have rested for most of the quarter can also take advantage of this pause to return to the playing field

There are always twists and turns in team games, and it is rare to be able to smooth sailing for the whole game.

Especially in the face of a strong team like the Heat, the Timberwolves do not have the luxury of killing them with a stick. Like a frog boiled in warm water, Thibodeau hopes to turn a little bit of accumulated advantage into an opportunity for victory.

After half-time, the two sides picked up the tempo of the game.

The lineup of Lowry, Afflalo, Zheng Ke, Love and Jordan Jr. of the Timberwolves is full of energy, and compared to the Heat, who are also sharp on the fast break, they are not lagging behind.

The two teams launched an offensive battle in the third quarter, with sporadic and bloody defenses, such as Zheng Ke's goal chasing Hat Bosh.

Zheng Ke scored 14 points in the third quarter, and James scored 13 points in the third quarter, and the two coincidentally broke out all their strength in the third quarter, making breakthroughs, shots, and violent dunks the main theme of this quarter.

Fans love to see things like that.

Fast & Furious.

Thibodeau, however, did it on purpose. The Timberwolves went against the Heat in the third quarter, and rebounding and three-pointers became the most critical things in the quarter, and both of which the Timberwolves excelled at. As it turned out, the Heat seemed to play passionately in this quarter, and the Timberwolves led the Heat by 3 points 32-29 in a single quarter.

As a result, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves still held a lead of more than ten points.

Only when playing the Celtics will the Heat feel the pain of not being able to catch up. The difference is that on the Celtics, the Heat felt the difficulty of scoring, and in the end they couldn't close the score; In the case of the Timberwolves, the Heat felt that they had been scoring, but the score gap had not narrowed.

Thibodeau didn't use the defense he was good at, and he had already made the Heat almost surrender.

Of course, the fact that James, Wade and Bosh are still in a run-in period is a big reason. At the end of the game, James mentioned this issue in an interview.

"We're still in the run-in period, and the Timberwolves have been on this roster for two seasons, and this is their third season. They played well, but we also had a lot of shine. The Heat are still the most talented team in the league, and we still have a long way to go."

Zheng Ke said in an interview that he was very satisfied with the team's performance in this game.

"Love is a phenomenal player, he scored 20 points and 22 rebounds in this game, and he contributed a lot to the victory. As you know, the most important thing in basketball is the guarantee of rebounding, and protecting the rebounding ball can win half of the game. The rest of the players did well, Billups made three three-pointers, Afflalo allowed Wade to score only 19 points, Jordan Jr. sent three blocks, and we played our part and played a classic Timberwolves-style victory! "And this kind of victory will be more common in the future" (to be continued......