The Toyota Center Arena was buzzing with people holding up signs that read "Finals Near" and people were smiling with smiles on their faces, chatting about all things basketball.

"It's finally going to be the finals again, and it's the first time we're going to be in the finals after Hakim (Olajuwon) won the championship in '95."

"yes, but then again, the Timberwolves are pretty good. A group of young players can actually play this role, if it weren't for our overwhelming advantage on the inside, the victory or defeat is really bad. ”

"It's still Daryl Morey, and it's really good that he brought Ron (Artest) in the summer, and Zheng Ke has only averaged 29.7 points per game so far in this series, and he has a lot of credit."

"Shrimp? 29.7 points is still called only? ”

"Of course, you don't know that Zheng Ke's average points per game in the first two rounds were above 30 points, and when he played the Lakers, he averaged 38 points per game, which is super fierce."

The referee on duty today is Dick Bavita, a living fossil-level veteran referee who holds the record for the most games in the NBA and is still being broken. It is convincing that he will come to officiate the game as the referee.

Zheng Ke was expressionless as he warmed up for his jump shot at the free throw line.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

He makes jumpers in rhythmic breathing, and each shot of the basketball passes through the net with precision like a missile equipped with a positioning device.

It didn't take long for the appearance ceremony to begin. The lights in the Toyota Center went out.

The visitors came out first, and the Timberwolves' starting lineup was introduced, Billups. Afflalo, Anderson, Love and Zheng Ke, who played the last to play. Now, when Zheng Ke played, there were no strong boos in the Toyota Center, maybe they all thought that the Timberwolves would lose, after all, in the long history of the NBA, there have only been so many times when they fell behind 3-1.

Zheng Ke's eyes drooped. His expression remained unchanged, but the flame in his heart burned even more vigorously.

After communicating with the technicians, Bavita summoned the starters of both sides who had already been prepared. Holding the basketball in one hand, he walked to the center of the playing field.

Players from both sides expertly found their position and began to prepare for the center circle jumper.

Anderson and Yao Ming's arms were staggered, and the two looked at each other until the moment the basketball flew into the sky. At the same time he shouted. Jump up.

"Smack."

Anderson was the first to hit the basketball, which flew a little far backwards, and Billups took two quick steps to pick up the basketball that was almost rolling to the baseline, and then began to advance across the halfcourt.

The Timberwolves attack for the first time.

is still a familiar routine, still the same route, Zheng Ke from the bottom line with the help of the cover of Lefou's broad body, to the line. Billups made the first pass.

Zheng Ke received the ball and turned around for a jumper.

"Huh!"

It's the same as the opening warm-up training, a wonderful rhythm. Standard posture, perfect goal.

"Back to the defense!" Zheng Ke quickly retreated, stretched out his arm, and high-five Billups, who was also backwards, and the tacit understanding between the two was silent.

Offensive and defensive rotations, offensive opportunities for the Rockets.

After guiding the ball a few times from the outside, Battier received the ball at 45 degrees from the three-point line, and he looked vigilantly at Zheng Ke, who was waiting for the battle, and then saw Yao Ming, who was going to occupy the position on the inside.

He subconsciously passed the basketball to the inside.

As soon as the basketball was thrown out of his hand, Zheng Ke jumped up like a compressed spring. The speed and accuracy of the attack were outrageous, and he took Battier's pass.

"Attack!"

Zheng Ke quickly threw the basketball forward, and then strode after him.

His speed is too fast, 95 speed ability value is already the top level, and the speed in the individual event is simply Iverson's level, and when he runs, it is like a strong wind.

After a few steps, Battier watched helplessly as Zheng Ke's back grew smaller and smaller in his field of vision.

Zheng Ke rushed to the three-point line, rushed into the free throw line area, and then stepped up!

"Bang!"

He twisted in the air and framed with one hand.

4-0, Zheng Kelian scored 4 points in the opening game.

The Rockets didn't have any fluctuating emotions, and Brooks still suppressed his speed, slowly pushing the ball through the halfcourt, and then began to pretend to direct the offense.

After directing for a while, Brooks hoisted the ball to Yao Ming.

Anderson exerted all his strength to stand up to Yao Ming, his face became a little crimson because of this, and the exposed green tendons on his arms were clearly visible.

Yao Ming frowned, he felt that Anderson's defensive strength seemed to be a little bigger today.

But this did not bother him, he held the basketball high, his head slightly shifted, and rubbed the position distribution of the players on the court, especially paying attention to Zheng Ke's dynamics, because Zheng Ke often stole his basketball from behind in the first few games.

Yao Ming dribbled the basketball, feeling that the strength of his back was still very strong, he took a small step to the left with his left foot, his body shook, and made a feint, and Anderson's body center of gravity immediately shifted. He then took a step to the right with his left foot, turned around, grabbed the basketball and made a shooting feint, and Anderson immediately jumped.

Yao Ming held the basketball in his right hand, passed his body through the bottom of Anderson's right side, reached out to send the basketball, and the basketball easily hit the board into the frame.

"Wow!"

The crowd immediately cheered, and the Rockets players on the bench jumped up and threw up their towels.

"It's really amazing, Yao Ming's basic footsteps are really solid, coupled with flexible shooting movements and a soft to the extreme feel, it is simply an invincible killer."

"Yes, in the previous four games, Anderson left the court with six fouls every time, he was so easy to shake, not to mention that when he encountered Yao Ming's realistic feints, he couldn't jump without jumping."

Anderson's face was unswerving, and he sent the baseline ball with a gloomy face. As the Timberwolves' starting center for a season, his performance was popular during the regular season, and with 2.5 blocks per game, he even had a vote for the All-NBA team at the end of the season. But in the playoffs, he has been repeatedly frustrated, whether it is Oden, Aldridge, Prazbill, Bynum, Gasol or now Yao Ming, every manpower and height are stronger than him, making him extremely painful. At the same time, the outside world's evaluation of him has also been lowered.

Billups stretched out his right hand and gave tactical instructions.

Just as the Rockets like to play Yao Ming, the Timberwolves also like to start from their strongest point, and after everyone pulled away, they hoisted the ball to Zheng Ke on the inside.

Behind Zheng Ke was Battier, and Yao Ming was eyeing not far from the other side. Anderson, who has almost zero attack power and almost only dunks, has no way to complete the task of attracting attention at the moment, which is not as good as Channing Fry, who is excellent at shooting.

Battier bent his arms against Zheng Ke's back, and he could feel the tremendous energy contained in Zheng Ke's strong back.

The next moment, Zheng Ke's back dilated in his pupils, and then slammed into his erect chest with a "bang".

Battier snorted, his body couldn't help but take a small step back, and then he reacted, and immediately took a step forward.

Zheng Ke leaned back, his eyes were firm, and his posture was graceful.

Hit!

Although Battier's eye-insertion method was a little terrifying, Zheng Ke relied on thousands of training sessions and a good shooting rhythm to pull out the basketball in his hand and still pass through his heart.

6 to 2.

Zheng Ke came up with three shots and three hits, and his condition looked too good to be a mess, which made Adelman's brows on the sidelines wrinkle deeply, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, Zheng Ke seemed to be throwing too smoothly.

Coming back, the Rockets' offense, Brooks had an open three-point opportunity on the outside, he chose to shoot, and the basketball smashed on the edge of the basket and bounced out.

The rebounds were grabbed by Lefu who was waiting on the side, and in terms of rebounding, the Timberwolves were not inferior to the Rockets, especially the backcourt rebounds, Zheng Ke, Lefu and Anderson usually protected the backcourt very well.

"Back to the defense!"

The Rockets players were like frightened rabbits, one by one, they quickly retreated back to the defense, while staring at Zheng Ke's dynamics. They were really scared by the Timberwolves' defensive counterattacks, especially Zheng Ke's scoring ability between offensive and defensive rotations was even more chilling, and he really did it like picking up something.

Lefu had already raised the basketball with one hand, and when he saw the Rockets player's rapid retreat, he laughed dryly, put the basketball down in a curt, and gave it to Billups, who stretched out his hands to ask for the ball.

Billups's bright head shone in the light, and he looked at Zheng Ke, who felt a little hot, and gave him a "you continue" look.

Zheng Ke received it, and after half the court, he took over the basketball.

Battier opened his arms on the three-point line and waited for him, and Yao Ming was also staring at Zheng Ke on the inside, as well as Maddie, Brooks and others, who seemed to be ready to wrap Zheng Ke at any time. The players of the Rockets are not stupid, and seeing Zheng Ke's hand feeling so hot, he naturally made the most rigorous precautions.

Zheng Ke grabbed the basketball with one hand and hung down, his eyes half-open and half-closed.

Then his lazy eyes suddenly changed, he shot a terrifying chill, his waist suddenly exerted, and his left foot kicked the ground to drive his whole body to jump suddenly, and he suddenly jumped into the air, and at the same time made a textbook standard shooting posture.

"Oops! How dare you shoot from such a distance! "Battier was shocked and wanted to defend. But Zheng Ke was at least a meter away from the three-point line, and he could only stretch out his arm in vain, hoping to interfere with Zheng's shot.

Seeing Zheng Ke shoot like this, the audience immediately exclaimed.

The basketball shot with a small arc, but it spun rapidly in the air, and under the eyes of everyone, it smashed into the rim of the hoop and plunged into the net.

9-2, the Rockets called a timeout.

Zheng Ke turned his head and walked to the bench, the camera gave him a close-up, his lips were slightly upturned, his cold face exuded a bloodthirsty light, and there was an unyielding flame burning in his black pupils, at that moment, he was like blowing the horn of the timberwolves to fight back between heaven and earth! (To be continued......)