The much-anticipated Christmas war, Zheng Ke didn't feel it at all.

At the end of the half, out of 13 shots, only three of them hit dismally, less than 25 percent of the shots. Zheng Ke himself also knew that he was a little evil today, and after shooting so many times, he only hit one, leaving one layup and an empty dunk. So he only scored a total of 9 points in the half, including 2 free throws, which was very inefficient.

Nine half-time points may be a very good stat for some NBA players, but it's not enough for Zheng.

As a result, the Nuggets were able to tie with the Timberwolves by 47 points at halftime.

"It's not good to go on like this!"

Zheng Ke in the locker room held his chin and his face showed contemplation. He has encountered a situation like this now, and usually in this case, the Timberwolves are more than lucky.

"Zheng, do you know how to play in the second half?"

Zheng Ke was still thinking when a familiar voice interrupted his thoughts.

He turned his head to see that it was the head coach Thibodeau.

"How?" Zheng Ke blurted out.

Three black lines suddenly appeared on Thibodeau's head, and Zheng Ke didn't listen to him at all just now. So he repeated, "When it feels cold to the hand." You can try to focus on other aspects of the game, you're the most well-rounded star of all time, you can do everything in defense, rebounding, assists, so what you're really trying to do is to use your leadership skills to mobilize everyone! ”

Zheng's eyes lit up at Thibodeau's words, and he was actually already helping the team in this way in the first half, including a few natural draws of attention for Anthony's excellent defense. At this time, Thibodeau opened his mouth, and Zheng Ke suddenly had a feeling of sudden realization.

Thibodeau's release is showing Zheng the way forward for this match.

At the start of the second half, Zheng Ke regained his confidence. In the fight against the Nuggets, Zheng Ke began to pay attention to his passing ratio and did more work to connect the team.

Billups was happy to take it easy, quietly playing as a shooter on the outside.

The third quarter was the watershed moment reflected in the difference in strength between the two teams, under the transfer of Zheng Ke. Love, Billups, and Afflaro have greatly improved their scoring efficiency.

Especially Afflaro, this little-known kid doesn't know when he also made a good breakthrough.

Zheng Ke delegated power. Several of them shared the offensive opportunities of the Timberwolves, like Love, who was even more happy, and Zheng Ke alone sent him two three-point assists from the outside.

"Defend, defend!"

George Carr was furious, and the veteran coach yelled at the team's players on the sidelines, expressing his displeasure with the Nuggets' poor performance in a while.

Turn around, dribble behind your back, and cross in front of your body to change direction.

Zheng Ke is as light as an elf, and Anthony can't keep up with Zheng Ke's movements at the moment, and Zheng Ke shakes off the defensive flaws after two hits. Then Zheng Ke made a mistake and brushed past Anthony's side, bringing a breeze with him. "Defense!"

Seeing Anthony out of position, George Karl loudly reminded the Nuggets players.

Without his reminder, Jefferson and Nene were already standing in front of Zheng Ke. Zheng Ke's several passes just now were because they stood too far forward and passed to the inside line easily. Let them pounce. So this time, although he made up for the defense, he was a little close to the basket and was ready to defend the other Timberwolves athletes behind him.

Zheng Ke's heart moved, and the outstretched hands suddenly received them in his arms! "No more!"

Zheng Ke laughed, and the second step took off into the air, and Yaoyao flew into the air. His line of sight was level with the basket, and he buckled to the Nuggets basket with a thunderous momentum. "Bang!"

The crisp sound of muscles hitting the basket. Zheng Ke staggered and flew out of the bottom line. He pouted, really thinking he wasn't going to score?

The Timberwolves are getting harder and harder to defend, that's what all the Nuggets players are saying.

After Zheng Ke's firepower declined, the firepower of other Timberwolves players increased greatly, and Billups and others were fully capable of scoring.

And defensively, the Timberwolves' defense is significantly higher than the Nuggets.

The Nuggets have never been a team known for their defense. Anthony and Jefferson are also not defensive masters in their respective positions. The star is the soul of a team, what kind of star can create what kind of team, Duncan creates the stability of the Spurs, the hardness of the Pistons, and the speed of Zheng Ke the Timberwolves. It's a reciprocal process. When a team affects the stars, the stars are just as counterproductive to the team.

Strong in offense and strong in defense.

The Timberwolves embarked on the road of a king who repaired both inside and outside, and integrated offense and defense.

In the third quarter, the Timberwolves won the Nuggets by 11 points 29-18 in a single quarter, leading the opponent by a total score of 76-65. Anthony and Jefferson each scored eight points in the quarter, but most of them were singles. "If you go on like this, you can win!"

Zheng Ke walked past the side of the bench, stretched out his palm to high-five every teammate and coach, and then sat on the bench and took the paper cup handed by the staff. "It's already a triple-double, and you can get such data without scoring, it's really."

Surrounded by sycophants, Lefu admired Zheng Ke's ability to brush data. The two have similar temperaments, and they are both very interested in these digital things, and they chatted with each other. "Hmm~" Zheng Ke raised his head and squinted at the statistics on the big screen in the midfield. "13 points, 14 rebounds and 15 assists?" Zheng Ke said in an uncertain tone, is there such a?

Lefu looked envious, and then lowered his voice and secretly said to Zheng Ke: "In the fourth quarter, go and shoot a ball casually, grab a rebound or something, and you will be able to complete a triple-double of 15+15+15, a large data in a large data!" "Hey, haven't you won three pairs? Such an expression. Zheng Ke raised his eyebrows and asked. Nonsense! Lefu was mercilessly uncovered by Zheng Ke, and said angrily: "Do you think everyone is as perverted as you?" When you don't feel it, you can still brush out a large triple pair? “

When Zheng Ke heard this, he smiled dumbly, when Lefu said this, his ability value seemed to be really perverted.

The two talked and laughed off the court, and the Timberwolves suppressed the Nuggets game on the court.

Less than three minutes into the fourth quarter, George Carr couldn't hold his breath anymore and replaced Anthony and Jefferson early. This is a normal choice, and the average coach will choose to increase the playing time of the superstar appropriately in this situation of falling behind by 10 points.

So the combination of Anthony and Jefferson makes the Nuggets stronger than the Timberwolves bench lineup on the court, plus Anthony has no defense like Zheng Ke's kraft candy. Suddenly I felt that the air was fresh and the sun was shining, and the throwing of the ball became extraordinarily smooth, and I hit three balls in a row.

This is terrible, Thibodeau thought that there would be a three-day holiday after Christmas, so he simply replaced it with Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke's appearance thought that Anthony's good days were over, he opened his arms and blocked Anthony like an iron wall, and Brewer, who was thin just now, simply improved his defense by n grades.

After Anthony missed the jumper, the Timberwolves Jordan Jr. grabbed the backcourt rebound, he didn't dare to throw the discus like Love, and after protecting the ball, he handed it to Lowry safely.

Lowry advances with the ball.

This is Lowry's third year with the Timberwolves, and he knows everything about the Timberwolves' tactics. As long as Billups doesn't play one day, or is difficult to start, he can step up by the minute and become the Timberwolves' most reliable starting point guard.

Especially the three-point shooting ability developed this year, after the start of the season, Lowry's three-point shooting rate was as high as 39%, which is already very good among point guards. According to the three-point shooting percentage, more than 45% of shooters are full-time shooters, and most of the players are role players; 40 to 45 percent are feared shooters, because there may be hidden players who shoot a lot of three-pointers, such as Zheng Ke; And 35 to 40 percent can be counted as a reliable shooter, and it is enough to be a starter; As for those below 35 percent, in terms of the shooter's hit rate, it is extremely unqualified.

Lowry is already a qualified shooter, at least others dare not let him go and wantonly wrap up Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke and Lowry played a high-post blocking and dismantling cooperation on the three-point line, the boss personally blocked and dismantled, and Lowry held a big butt, and even the speed was three points faster than usual.

He swept past Zheng Ke neatly, shook off the defenders, and made his way inside.

Before Jefferson made up the defense, Lowry redistributed the ball to Zheng Ke on the outside, and Zheng Ke made a virtual point in the air, as if he was about to shoot, which attracted Anthony, who pounced on the defense, to increase his center of gravity slightly.

After that, Zheng Ke withdrew the basketball, took a photo with Anthony, and grazed into the Nuggets inside.

It's fast and imposing.

Almost subconsciously, Zheng Ke made a pull-up jump shot a little past the free throw line. "Hey, I'll go!" Zheng Ketou went out and remembered that he didn't feel good today.

As a result, the basketball grazed the hoop, passed through the net, and rolled up a churning net. “

Zheng Ke was happy in his heart, his fist was loosened, his fist was loosened, his finger bones were moved, and he felt that his hand might be back! "Entered?"

Thibodeau touched his chin and smiled, he had seen countless superstars, all of whom had a bad hand in the front, but at the end of the game, he was perverted. "Entered?"

Nuggets coach George Karl was taken aback, he just yelled for the Nuggets to grab the rebound, only to have Zheng Ke hit a textbook pull-up jump shot for two points. This time, the Timberwolves led the Timberwolves by as many as 7 points 81-74, and the morale of Anthony who hit three consecutive shots just now fell.