Five minutes into the first quarter, by the time of the first official timeout, Zheng Ke only made one shot, and he didn't hit it yet. However, the Timberwolves led by 3 points 11-8, so although Zheng Ke was a little irritable, he didn't show anything unusual, he thought that he didn't have to shoot, and his teammates won the same.

It's just that the fans who watched the game today were a little depressed, they wanted to see Zheng Ke continue to score points, but Zheng Ke was caught as soon as he got the ball, and the Trailblazers' tactics of preferring other players to shoot in empty positions rather than letting Zheng Ke shoot are very annoying, at least that's what Zheng Ke fans think in their hearts.

Whitman didn't understand, he didn't know why the Trail Blazers set up such a tactic, at least in his eyes, if Zheng kept attracting the bag pass like this, the Timberwolves should be able to pull away and win immediately.

Immediately after the official timeout, the Trail Blazers hit a three-pointer by Roy.

Then Billups made a mistake on the offensive end, and the ball was returned to the Trail Blazers, Aldridge made a block for Roy, and Roy single-blocked the cover and hit a mid-range two-pointer.

The Trail Blazers scored five points in a row, not only catching up with the score but also overtaking by two points.

"Don't panic!" Zheng clapped his hands and loudly encouraged his teammates, and the Trail Blazers scored 5 points in the blink of an eye, which made the Timberwolves' players have some subtle changes in their mentality.

Zheng Ke asked for the ball in the low post, and Billups looked at it and hoisted it to him.

At the top of the back is still Gomez. Gomez is also a liliang-type player at the small forward position, although he does not have Zheng Ke's metamorphosis, but his super tonnage can allow him to withstand Zheng Ke's back hits.

The crowd hasn't opened up the space yet. Batum waved a pair of long arms and pounced on Zheng Ke with teeth and claws.

Zheng Ke's face was dark, and it wasn't endless.

He sped up the dribbling rate. Collect the ball early, take the left foot as the axis, take a big step towards the middle with the right foot, and then hold the ball with both hands around the top of Batum's head, jump on the floor with both legs, and sink the waist board, floating outward like catkins.

Zheng Ke's move was extremely fast. Gomez's reflexes couldn't keep up with Zheng Ke's movements at all, so as soon as he saw that he had the intention of attacking, Aldridge immediately moved in small steps. Reaching out and pounced.

Aldridge was tall and had long arms, and he almost covered Zheng Ke, but even if he didn't cover it, he managed to seal Zheng Ke's vision, and Zheng Ke couldn't see the basket in the air. I threw the ball with my usual shooting sense.

"Huh!"

Good luck. The basketball was hollow into the frame, but Zheng Ke landed unsteadily and fell to the ground, he quickly got up and patted his ass to defend himself.

"Oh, one dozen three, it's too difficult!" Yang Yi, the commentator of the imperial court station who broadcast the game, couldn't stop exclaiming when he saw this scene.

"It's not easy." Yang Jian also nodded. There was a look of disbelief on his face: "Aldridge's ball has been defended very well, but Zheng Ke can still shoot." It's a really difficult ball. ”

14 to 14.

Zheng Ke's goal was very morale-boosting, and as soon as the audience saw Zheng Ke score points, they immediately became commotion, and many viewers shouted Zheng Ke's name loudly, mixed with some shouts of "MVP".

Just after Zheng Ke's ball, the Timberwolves lost their touch.

When Zheng Ke was blocked, Billups, Love and Afflaro and others suddenly lost their touch, Zheng Ke received the ball and hit it back, and Afraro missed the empty jumper; Zheng Ke broke through the split ball Billups, and Billups used Lefou's blocking and dismantling cover to kill the inside line and throw the iron; Love grabbed an offensive rebound under the basket and his shot was covered

Three minutes later, the Trail Blazers led the Timberwolves by five points, 19-14, and the Timberwolves didn't have a single offensive attack in three minutes.

Cold sweat gradually broke out on Whitman's forehead, and he thought he finally understood the significance of McMillan's tactic, after Zheng Ke was blocked, once the other Timberwolves players lost their touch, then the balance of victory would completely fall to the Trail Blazers, in other words, it was a gamble.

Just bet on whether the other players of the Timberwolves can stand up when Zheng Ke is infinitely trapped, but if one of them can break out, the Trail Blazers will not be pleased, but unfortunately, the Timberwolves do not.

But Whitman didn't believe it, and he felt that the rest of the Timberwolves players would adjust immediately.

It didn't take long for the Trail Blazers players to feel hot, and the Timberwolves players felt like winter, Zheng Ke wanted to pass the ball and forced a few more attacks, except for one foul, none of them hit.

At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves trailed by 7 points at 18-25, and Zheng Ke returned to the bench with a gloomy face, he was very depressed, holding his breath, but he didn't know who to send it to.

Whitman's expression was also bitter, and then he gathered his disciples aside, and then said sincerely, "I want to ask you daoqian, young men. ”

The players all showed surprised expressions, and even Zheng Ke looked up and looked at him in surprise.

Whitman's deep voice rang out: "It's entirely my responsibility to fall behind in the first quarter, and I'm sorry that I didn't make a timely response to the Trail Blazers' change of lineup, which caused the team to be at a disadvantage." ”

"Don't say that, Coach. We are all responsible, and the first section is that we don't feel good about it. When Whitman said this, most of the anger in Zheng Ke's heart had already disappeared, and he hurriedly said to the ashamed Whitman, saying that he didn't care.

"yes, yes." The surrounding players also nodded and said.

Whitman waved his hand to signal the players to calm down, then he pulled out his tactics board and said, "We played very passively in the first quarter, and the main reason was that they blocked our arrows. After speaking, he looked at Zheng Ke.

Zheng Ke had no sadness or joy on his face, but he clenched his fists tightly underneath, he only scored 4 points in the first quarter, and only shot 1 of 4, far lower than his regular statistics in the first quarter of this season, some data show that Zheng Ke can average 6.1 points per game in the first quarter this season, ranking third among all players, second only to Wade and James.

Whitman arranged for the bench players, and he told Randy Foye: "Randy, the Trail Blazers' bench lineup is relatively poor, and now it's us who are behind on the court, you have to find the right opportunity, if there is an open position, throw a three-point shot decisively and boldly, if there is no vacancy, break through to the inside, make a kill or divide the ball to the outside, Mike (Miller) and Channing (Fry) are people who can be trusted." Or pass it back to Kyle (Lowry)"

After coming off the bench, Whitman walked up to Zheng Ke.

He squatted down, took out the tactics board, and drew on it: "Zheng, in the first quarter, they implemented the bag and clamp policy, and I didn't make adjustments in time, which made you play hard, I'm really sorry." ”

Zheng Ke shook his head and signaled that it was okay.

Whitman said as he drawn: "Throughout the first quarter, the people who came to wrap the bag were basically Batum, you can handle the ball in the opposite direction of the Batum pack, Gomez's physical fitness can't cover you." Secondly, I will arrange for Afflaro to walk the bottom line on the other side and keep Batum away from you. Also, when you get to this place, you have to be careful of Roy's defense, in the first quarter, Roy will often reach out his right hand to steal you in this place, although you won't drop the ball, but the rhythm of the offense will be interrupted, we need you to stand up in the second quarter, so you can also properly strengthen the ball-holding attack, it doesn't matter if you don't shoot, but you must play momentum and tilt! ”

Zheng Ke couldn't help nodding, and when Whitman said this, Zheng Ke's thinking suddenly broadened a lot. He just didn't understand why he felt like there were two or three people around him anytime and anywhere in the first quarter, but now he understands the Trail Blazers' bag strategy, and he has a few new offensive ideas in his heart.

At this time, Channing Frye rewarded Fernandez with a hot pot on the field, causing a burst of cheers from the audience. Zheng Ke also quickly stood up and applauded non-stop, it was really rare, Channing Frye would be capped.

The substitutes for both teams are also composed of young players, with many mistakes, fast speed, dazzling play, and the cheers of the audience rang out one after another.

It didn't take long for Whitman to replace Zheng Ke, and five minutes into the second quarter, the Timberwolves still trailed by six points at 27-33, and the two teams played evenly off the bench.

Seeing Zheng Ke on the field, McMillan was naturally very nervous, he patted Gomez on the shoulder and signaled him to hurry up, this time it was Spaniard Fernandez who cooperated with Gomez to defend.

Zheng Ke replaced Brewer, and the two high-fived.

"Come on!" Brewer cheered Zheng Ke up.

Zheng Ke nodded coldly and walked to the sideline to serve.

Lowry ran out and received a pass from Zheng Ke, and Lefu glanced at Zheng Ke's eyes, and put his hands in a blocking position at the three-point line.

Zheng Ke understood, and as soon as he finished serving, he wiped the side of Lefu and rushed to the basket.

His speed advantage was fully reflected at this moment, Gomez was half a body behind Zheng Ke from the start, and after being blocked by Lefou, he lost his vision.

"LaMarcus!" Gomez was taken aback and quickly shouted.

Aldridge reacted and turned to chase Zheng Ke, but how could he still be in time?

Lowry's accurate cannonball found Zheng Ke, Zheng Ke took it in the air, changed his hands to one hand, and poured the ball straight into the frame, smashing out a huge roar!

"Drink!"

Zheng Ke grabbed the basket with one hand in his right hand and swung around the basket by inertia, making an ape-like roar (to be continued......