Howard was in a state of flux.

He had 14 points and six rebounds in the first quarter, including 6-of-6 shooting from the field and 2-of-2 from the free throw line, two of which were frontcourt rebounds.

His outburst left the Timberwolves scrambling, and by the end of the first quarter, the Magic had an 11-point lead at 33-22.

Basketball is sometimes so frustrating, you can't guarantee that everyone will be in a stable state, maybe someone will be in a bad state, maybe someone will be in a big break. Howard was in such a state, and in the first quarter, Anderson was completely unable to stop Howard's offense, which made Timberwolves fans worry about it.

"It's not going to go on like this!" Whitman spun sharply, his forehead covered with beads of sweat.

On the Timberwolves' bench, the players were silent. In the first quarter, Howard not only made a big show on the offensive side, but also contributed a lot of strength on the defensive end, and even Zheng Ke's pull-up jump shot made Howard fly away. This made the Timberwolves players a little scared, and they didn't know what to do with this behemoth.

"Otherwise, I'll defend it!" Zheng Ke suddenly stood up and said something that made the players drop their jaws.

But a thousandth of a second later, Whitman was moved. Zheng Ke's strength is unparalleled in the world, and Howard's offensive range is only the size of a slap in the penalty area, as long as Howard is pushed out of the penalty area and not let him enter the penalty area, Howard's offensive threat is much smaller. The only problem is that Zheng Ke's weight is too light, and Howard weighs at least 20 kilograms more than Zheng Ke, but there is no big problem in terms of height. Because Howard isn't the kind of player Nowitzki who is particularly good at taking advantage of his height.

"Okay, that's it!" Whitman's eyes opened, revealing a gleam. Nodding heavily, he agreed.

The players around him gradually calmed down, they remembered that Zheng Ke made cameos on the inside from time to time, and remembered that during the regular season, Zheng Ke also went to the inside to defend Howard, and finally agreed to Zheng Ke's proposal.

There was a heated discussion on the bench, and the second quarter of the game officially began.

The substitutes for both teams were told by the boss before the game. In this game, everyone worked hard to suppress the other party. And at present, it seems that the two sides are fighting half-heartedly.

By the time Zheng Ke came out, the second quarter had just passed 4 minutes.

On the court, the Timberwolves still trailed by 10 points at 28-38, and the bench players were evenly matched. Zheng Ke's appearance is a shot in the arm. Let the Timberwolves players get excited.

Van Gundy frowned and called Howard to his side: "Dwight, get ready to play." ”

"Okay coach, I can't wait." Howard replied with a grin. In the first quarter, he played bravely, and the Magic also took a big lead, which made him feel much brighter.

After Zheng Ke came on the court, he began to ask for the ball with his back.

Stuck behind him was Turk Tekoglu, who went down to rest early in the first quarter, and he was not surprised to see Zheng Ke playing singles with his back and his height and weight. The nerves were tense. Zheng Ke is notoriously difficult to defend against back-to-back singles, like Kobe Bryant's step-back jumper. Maddie's pull-up jumper is the same as his signature skill.

"Bang!"

The two physically confronted, Tekoglu barely resisted Zheng Ke's attack with his weight, Zheng Ke immediately shook his shoulders greatly, and after making a feint to the right side, his left foot was the axis, his body turned to the right, his right foot stepped on the ground, his calf was tight, he jumped, raised his hand, and shot.

"Medium!"

Zheng Ke made a sound from his mouth, he didn't look like a superstar at the moment, but more like a general who walked through Yang in a hundred steps on the battlefield, this "zhong" roared and spread all over the world through the megaphone.

"What is ZK talking about?" The fans discussed with great interest the syllable that Zheng Ke had just uttered.

"I don't understand, it seems to be Chinese." The fan on the side said uncertainly.

"What a domineering syllable!" Fans admired from the bottom of their hearts.

On the side of ESPN's broadcast, "Magic" Johnson had little interest in Zheng Ke's goal, but the words that Zheng Ke said caught his attention: "I bet, it's definitely a spell." Like a mysterious mage, Zheng Ke must have prayed to the gods to bless him with goals. “

Mark Jackson was speechless about Johnson's magical imagination, and he and Johnson were two extremes when they played, one unpretentious and the other gorgeous.

Mark Jackson rolled his eyes and smiled: "Zheng Ke was selected by the Timberwolves in the second round of the draft last year, if he had been picked by other teams, maybe the team we broadcast today would be completely different." "Haha." Johnson laughed and teased the Timberwolves: "No matter which team Zheng Ke is picked by, but I know that if the Timberwolves don't have Zheng Ke, they will never be able to enter the Finals, and maybe they will be in the playoffs." “

The Timberwolves fans who came to the home stadium today are all uniform white jerseys, and before the game, the jerseys specially distributed by the Timberwolves have made the momentum of the home court even stronger. Whether it is from the perspective of pomp, staffing, or DJ encouragement, it is impeccable, and the Timberwolves' working group has also spent a lot of hard work.

After Zheng Ke scored, most of the "Kemi" on the scene immediately cheered, and the Timberwolves' momentum rose.

In the next round of attack, Zheng Ke hit Tekoglu again in the same position, but this time he chose to spin in the middle and threw the basketball head-on.

When Zheng Ke succeeded in attacking like this for the third time, Da Van Gundy's ass felt like he had been pricked by a needle, and he couldn't sit still anymore, and he hurriedly made a pause gesture to the referee: "Substitution, substitution." “

The Magic brought in Petrus and Howard.

The corners of Zheng Ke's mouth curled up slightly, and he walked to Howard's side. "Hey, you're in the wrong place." Howard frowned, and kindly reminded Zheng Ke. "Yes, this is it." Zheng Ke didn't raise his head, and said categorically. "Huh?" Howard's eyes widened, and his heart turned over with a huge wave: "Are the Timberwolves crazy?" actually used Zheng Ke to defend me, just his height, just his weight? "Oh, Maiga, there's a strange scene on the field!" "Magic" Johnson let out a cry of surprise: "The Timberwolves actually let Zheng Ke defend Dwight!" What kind of strategy is this, I don't understand it at all! ”

Howard didn't understand either, but that didn't stop him from going according to plan, he secretly gave Alston a look, motioned for him to wait a moment and passed the ball to him, and then ran to the inside with a "knock knock". After taking two steps, Zheng Ke appeared in front of Howard, who, as usual, turned his back and pouted his buttocks, wanting to go deeper.

But this time, it was Zheng Ke who stretched out his hands and held it up, and he stood still like a mountain, standing still like the roots of an old tree, and deeply pinning Howard outside.

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Howard thinks it's a big problem, why can't he get into the restricted area? He turned around in a dashing manner as before, staggered his steps, and ran to the other side.

But Zheng Ke is more flexible than him, no matter how Howard turns around, Zheng Ke always clings to Howard like a maggot on the tarsal bone, and he can't shake it off at all.

Alstom's lob ball came over at an inopportune time, and Howard opened his hands to take the basketball.

"Bang!"

He tried to lean his back on Zheng Ke, but Zheng Ke was still as strong as a rock. At such a distance from the basket, Howard made a difficulty, and he didn't know how he should attack. He looked up at the position of the basket and gave up the jumper that was a little long.

Then, his body shook, picked up the basketball and went inside.

With a smug smile on his face, Zheng Ke stuck to Howard and kept putting pressure on Howard.

Two steps later, Zheng Ke found the right moment, stretched out his big yellow hand, and cut at Howard's accidentally exposed basketball like a bolt of lightning.

"Ahh

As soon as the basketball was cut away, Howard knew that something was wrong, he screamed and waved his hands, hoping to win the referee's foul penalty, but the referee shook his head and didn't eat him at all.

The basketball smashed into Howard's thigh, bounced off, and was snatched by the quick-eyed Billups, and the Timberwolves reflexively launched a fast break.

Up front, Lowry, Brewer, and Channingfrye played a skinny Alstom, and it was Brewer who ended the attack with both hands.

"Oh my God!" Magician Johnson shook his head in disbelief: "The "Wolf God" Zheng Ke once again shocked the world, he actually blocked the unstoppable Warcraft! He really went from the number one position to the number five position! He's an all-round fighter! ”

Howard didn't believe in evil, and the next time he tried to force an attack, he was still cut off by Zheng Ke.

The Timberwolves made a quick break like mercury, Lowry made a fake fax shot, and hit a layup with a low hand.

38 to 38!

The Timberwolves tied the score just over halfway through the second quarter! (To be continued......)