The finals are never a stage for role players, but there are always some supporting characters who are not well-known and put on a comeback show.

After the Magic timeout, the Magic made an early substitution, and Petrus made three shots to give the Magic a wave of 8-2 small climax, and Zheng Ke felt that the momentum of the Magic players on the court instantly overwhelmed the Timberwolves.

It's a bad sign, he's going to go through basketball and get ready to play one.

Petrus bullied the body, known as the physically gifted "French Jordan", and he is already one of the few good wing defenders on the Magic team.

Zheng Ke faced Petrus and began to dribble simply under his crotch.

Before he could start to break through, someone from the Magic team immediately came to wrap up, it was Tony Barty, who replaced Lewis, the big man born in the '97 draft with a big man of 2.11 meters, and after he opened his hands, Zheng Ke felt a lot of pressure.

"Here!"

Billups slipped out and put his hands on his chest, and when Zheng Ke saw this, he immediately passed it over.

Because of Zheng Ke, Lefu was already completely empty when he received the basket, he aimed at the basket and threw the ball out of the basket with a calm face.

"Bang."

The basketball brushed out of the frame and was grabbed by Howard for a backcourt rebound.

Zheng Ke has a black line, and it is a pity that he can't shoot in this vacant position.

There was no time to regret it, Zheng Ke called on his teammates to retreat. Alston chased the Timberwolves' ass through half court before taking a stand outside the three-point line and observing the formation.

It's still Howard's pick-and-roll tactics in the high post, and this time Billups bypasses Howard. Directly blocked on Alstom's forward route.

Alston was taken aback, subconsciously crossed the dribble, and stopped. Then he slowly took two steps backwards. He distributed it along the line to Turkoglou, who was going to make a pick-and-roll for Tekoglou. However, Zheng Ke was too close to the ground, took a big step directly, and stuck the position in advance and passed Alstom's blocking.

Tekoglu froze, dribbling in front of him, ready to break through from the right side.

Zheng Ke smiled, and the same sudden brake. Coming to a halt with ease, he stretched out his long and terrifying arm and struck the basketball in Tekoglu's hand with lightning speed.

"Smack!"

Height is Tekoglu's strength. At the same time, it is also his disadvantage, Zheng Ke is the most powerful contender for the best defensive player, and I don't know how many times this season he has used the ball against his opponent, but he still tried it repeatedly.

The basketball stumbles and rolls to the frontcourt. Zheng Ke walked up quickly. Grab the basketball and run away.

The Magic team gave up the return defense, Zheng Ke's speed was too fast, and he rushed through the half court in the blink of an eye, the Magic team did not have a chasing block master like James, how to defend Zheng Ke's fast attack?

Zheng Ke looked back vigilantly, and after making sure it was safe, he slowed down.

In the midst of the boos of the entire audience. He rushed into the free throw line, two steps later. He grabbed the basketball, bent his legs, jumped, and spind. Spiraling up like a coiling dragon, it flew towards the basketball hoop.

"Bang!"

Zheng Ke let go of his hands, jumped off the basket, and watched the audience gasp in unison, his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

"Zheng Ke completed a 360-degree turn dunk!" Sun Zhengping was obviously very excited, and his tone of voice became a little sharp: "He stole the dribble of the Turk Turk Turkoglu, rushed to the front court in a dragon, and completed a 360-degree dunk!" He is the first Chinese to complete a dunk on the NBA Finals stage! ”

Sun Zhengping's words made people's blood boil, Zheng Ke didn't know that he had accomplished such a "feat", what he knew was that the morale of the Magic players dropped after his dunk, while the morale of the players on the Timberwolves' side rose a lot.

Howard is not inexplicable on the inside, at least his rough offensive approach makes Anderson a little less painful when defending Yao Ming, and Anderson's judgment of the landing point and Howard's offensive style are a lot more accurate.

Whitman used such a conservative tactic against Howard that he hoped to change his defensive strategy through a change in effect.

At the end of the quarter, the Timberwolves led the Magic by two points at 24-22, and Howard picked up a second foul near the end of the first quarter, which was good news for the Timberwolves. Replacing Howard was the Polish Gortat. Although Gortat was drafted by the Suns in '05, he only entered the NBA last season, in other words, he, like Zheng Ke, is a rookie player in the 07 world.

Zheng Ke is not like an international player like Gortat, although Zheng Ke has Chinese nationality, he has studied in the United States, played in the NCAA Collegiate League in the United States, and meets the requirements for signing up for the NBA draft. No, as an overseas player like Gortat, you have to be at least 22 years old to land in the NBA.

The first half of the second quarter was all show time for the benches of both teams.

Compared to a center forward like Gortat, Channingfrye is simply a different style of center in complete opposition to him. And Nelson, who came off the bench, was not in as good shape as he imagined, and Kyle Lowry could press Nelson on the court.

"The impact of the small steel cannon is really extraordinary." Zheng Ke couldn't help but praise after seeing Lowry dodge Gortat's block and complete another layup.

'He's getting more confident now, and although it's been slow to improve, I see the potential in him.' Whitman's ears were a mess sensitively, and he actually heard Zheng Ke's words, turned his head and said such a thing to Zheng Ke through Afraro, and immediately took Zheng Kelei's eyes lightly, are you a good ear?

Compared to Randy Foye, who is becoming less and less reused, Lowry has become more and more reused in the playoffs, and his performance level has become higher and higher, even making people ignore his unreliable three-point shooting ability.

"Huh!"

Channingfrye hit his second three-pointer after coming on. This goal directly brought the Timberwolves' lead to 6 points, which made Zheng Ke, who was watching from the sidelines, excited, he stood up and applauded, and at the same time shouted to the Timberwolves who performed well on the court: "Good job, just play like this!" ”

This made the Orlando fans sitting behind him even more unhappy, and they felt that this guy was particularly annoying.

Big Van Gundy wiped the sweat from his head and began to change the Magic team continuously, replacing players on the court in a marquee, hoping to find one or two Magic players who were in full form.

In less than half a quarter, the Timberwolves led by 8 points 35-27, and the Magic's bench couldn't even get the Timberwolves bench! You must know that when they met the Lakers and Rockets in the first two rounds, the Timberwolves bench was completely blown up! Both Odom and Artest are near-All-Star caliber players. The contrast is so great that the Timberwolves players are surprised.

The Magic had to replace the starters early, hoping to make up for the situation on the court.

The Timberwolves saw the move and replaced McMiller, who shot 0 from 2 shots, and replaced Zheng Ke, replaced Brewer, and replaced Kevin Love.

ESPN filmed Van Gundy cheering up the Magic players in the locker room before the game, and Van Gundy said: "We've even got LeBron done, are we still afraid of Zheng Ke now?" Play our style, play our strength, keep the strategy, when it's time to shoot, we have to be confident and we can win the game! Come on, guys, come on"

However, as the half was about to pass, the Timberwolves' prowess made the Magic team tremble. originally thought that the Cavaliers, who had the first record in the regular season, should be even more powerful, but I didn't expect that there were such terrifying enemies hidden in the West. Whether it is the fighting spirit of the players, the tactical coordination, or the ability to attack the attack, the Timberwolves are extraordinary. Playing against the Timberwolves feels more difficult than the Cavaliers.

"It's a hard bone!" Big Van Gundy felt a little headache.

Zheng Ke got the basketball from the outside, stepped past Turkoglou's defense, and near the free throw line area, faced Howard who was saved, and directly pulled out a jumper.

"Huh!"

The ball goes in.

"!" Howard picked up the basketball and slapped it hard, and the more he played, the more aggrieved he became. Obviously, the Timberwolves didn't wrap him up, but he couldn't handle the Timberwolves' group of bamboo-like interior players.

The old fans in the stands were in a trance, the blue figure just now, the lightning-fast step, and the dry pull-out jumper that was not afraid of any defender, looked like the talented No. 1 player at the beginning. Let them unconsciously remind them of the prosperous years of the Magic team.

Some of Zheng's technical moves are still quite similar to Maddie's, and his arsenal of offensive weapons is becoming more and more, but in essence, he is still similar to Abdul-Jabbar, who likes to use players who "eat all the time", and if he can go all the way to the step-back jumper, he will definitely go to the step-back jumper all night.

The Magic then went on a 12-5 run, but at halftime, Billups and Zheng contributed another small highlight.

At halftime, the Timberwolves led the Magic by 9 points at 50-41, and even on the road, the advantage was still very obvious (to be continued......

PS: Poor Dao is going to travel for a few days in the near future, and the update cannot be guaranteed, I hope you will forgive me, and I will make it up after I come back.