At the end of the quarter, the Mavericks trailed the Timberwolves by three points. On paper, the two teams are evenly matched and indistinguishable, but looking at the process and the comparison of the momentum of the two teams, the Mavericks are far from the Timberwolves.

Fortunately, the Western Cowboys created by Cuban have a bench lineup that is really nothing to say, compared to these players that Zheng Ke bought with his golden fingers, the Mavericks' bench players are as tough. Terry, Brand Buss, Singleton, and even Zheng Ke saw Gerald Green, who had already been cut by the Timberwolves.

Terry's ability value is very high, Zheng Ke saw that Terry's ability value is as high as 81, of which the offensive ability rating is as high as 86, and the defense is slightly worse, only 65, which is a serious biased player, but for the bench lineup, what you want is not your comprehensiveness, but your characteristics.

Terry came on for three minutes in the first quarter, but nothing was done.

But shortly after the start of the second quarter, he suddenly exploded, first breaking through Miller to the inside, causing a foul on Channingfrye and making it two plus one; Then he got a three-point shot opportunity from the outside and hit a three-pointer; Before the Timberwolves players could react, Terry followed up with a single block and covered, and directly chose an unreasonable three-point shot from the outside, or hit! In just 2 minutes, he led the Mavericks to a wave of 9-0 mini-climaxes, instantly catching up with the Timberwolves' score and surpassing the Timberwolves by 5 points.

The Timberwolves request a timeout.

Whitman was angry that the dominant advantage they had built up in the first quarter was gone after the second quarter, and now the Timberwolves on the court were like a depressed atmosphere on the field. There was no momentum: "How many times have I told you before the game, you have to pay attention to this game, pay attention to this game. How can you casually let your opponent shoot. The defense just now is simply full of flaws! Everyone remembered that the Mavericks couldn't be allowed to shoot from the outside, especially not to allow Terry to easily catch the ball and make easy shots. When he gets the ball, you have to do it at the right time. Got it? ”

"Hmm!" The players nodded their heads in a hurry, indicating that they understood.

"Hey, it's hard for them. Randy's (Whitman's) spit was almost squirting in their faces. Zheng Ke let out a long sigh, he was also helpless now. If it had been at the beginning of the season, he would have gone straight to the fire. But now, Whitman has arranged for them to consciously start a physical reserve for the playoffs.

"Terry is really hard to guard against." Chauncy said.

"Cut." Zheng Ke pursed his lips and did not speak.

Whitman's timeout was quite timely, and Terry came back with a clear feeling that wasn't as hot as he had just now. But he still maintained a strong aggressiveness. Several breakaways have left the Timberwolves scrambling.

After the half-quarter of the game, the managers of the two teams had a very tacit understanding to put back their main players. At this point, the Timberwolves trailed by four points at 41-45.

"Just bombard." Zheng Ke said to Lowry, who had just returned, revealing a slightly gloomy face: "If they dare to keep Dampier on the field, we will be bombarded." ”

"Good!" Lowry heard that he was naturally 10,000 willing, and it was rare that Billups didn't have much playing time, and the bombardment could speed up the pace of the game. It's easy to play good numbers, and it's not just Lowry. As long as you're a player, there's no one who doesn't like this free-paced and fast-paced tactic.

Lowry controlled the ball, relying on the absolute advantage of weight, instantly knocked away Terry, and crushed it strongly, and the brutal breakthrough of the man and ball combined with Carlisle (Mavericks head coach) lit up.

"Toot ~"

The referee's whistle blew and a defensive foul was blown for Nowitzki. Although the German made an innocent expression, the referee obviously did not buy it, and walked under the basketball hoop with the ball in his hand, signaling the player to stand.

Lowry took two deep breaths and hit two free throws.

43 to 45.

Zheng Ke shouted loudly for everyone to return to defense and took the lead in walking back to the halfcourt, and the Timberwolves players immediately dispersed and put up a formation, with two inside lines and three outside lines.

Kidd advanced with the ball, he beckoned inside, and Nowitzki immediately ran out and made a pick-and-roll look.

Love was fooled and bypassed Nowitzki to delay Kidd's attack, but he didn't expect Nowitzki to wait for him to move, and immediately hurry down, Kidd was obviously prepared, a small throw, and handed the ball to Nowitzki.

After Nowitzki got the ball, there was a blank in front of him, and he was overjoyed, and he was ready to dunk after three steps!

"Be careful!"

Flying in the air, enjoying the sound of the wind whistling by, a familiar voice suddenly came to my ears, this is Jason (Kidd)'s voice! Nowitzki wondered, what else is at stake? That birdman was all blocked by Dampier, so what danger could there be?

A black figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

A big hand, with five fingers open, pressed precisely on the basketball he raised!

"What?" Nowitzki was taken aback, and before he could see who it was, an irresistible force came from the point of contact with the basketball.

"Smack!"

It's like the sound of a slap on the face, and the basketball is slapped by the comer.

The target center was immediately engulfed in a stormy cheer, and the audience rose to their feet, clapping excitedly and shouting hoarsely from their mouths.

But Zheng Ke didn't bother in this block, and after landing on the floor, he waved his hand: "Attack!" ”

"Little Steel Cannon" Lowry grabbed the rebound and slapped the ball forward, and then took the lead in rushing forward, Afraro and Love followed, even Anderson ran fast, I have to say that after a season, the awareness of fast break has been deeply rooted in the hearts of all Timberwolves players, and when this kind of defensive counterattack, all Timberwolves players are running very actively.

The Timberwolves attacked quickly, and the Mavericks quickly retreated.

Lowry took the lead, and he enjoyed this speed-like propulsion very much, but immediately, the old spicy Kidd stuck to Lowry, and Lowry's speed was suddenly forced to decrease.

"This way!"

Lefou, who ran to the three-point line, waved to Lowry, who understood and passed back to Lore.

Lefu jumped and raised his hand for three points.

Zheng Ke just ran to the three-point line at this time, and saw Lefu's three-point pursuit, although he hoped that he would shoot, but the pace of his feet did not decrease, and he was ready to grab the board inside.

The trajectory of the basketball deviated slightly, smashing on the basket and bouncing on the side.

Josh Howard under the basket is ready to jump up and grab the board.

However, he noticed that the lights of the scene suddenly dimmed, and a brute force came from behind him, pushing him firmly under the basket, and he staggered out of his position.

Ignoring Josh Howard, Zheng flew sideways to the right side of the basket.

The light gathered on Zheng Ke who was flying in the air, and this countless camera was aimed at the man who violated the laws of gravity on the earth, and he stretched out his long arm, which was not thick, and the muscles of the arm were tensed at the moment, showing that the master had used all his strength.

Zheng Ke shouted, his body sank, his waist and abdomen exploded instantly, and his hands smashed into the basket fiercely.

"Bang!"

The basket was like a bullied little girl, moaning in a state of overwhelm, and the noisy sound of the scene was drowned out by the loudspeaker spread, and people opened their mouths wide and stared blankly at the basket that had been smashed by Zheng Ke and made obvious deformation.

Zheng Ke cushioned his chin with his tongue, his mouth opened slightly, his chin protruded obviously forward, his eyes were cold, facing the camera in front of him, he clenched his fists and stretched out the thumbs of both hands, pointing at his chest, the whole person was arrogant and domineering.

"I'll go, it's too!" Lowry and Lefu surrounded Zheng Ke, their faces full of excitement, and then said something in a machine-gun style.

There was a long applause at the target center, Whitman's face was full of relief, and the Timberwolves bench waving towels, at that moment, not only tied the score, but also pushed the momentum of the whole Timberwolves team to the peak.

Carlisle was helpless and immediately called a timeout, hoping to reduce the somewhat frenzied atmosphere a little.

But like the raging basket, the Mavericks' entire team has shown a downward trend in momentum, and in the face of the omnipotent Zheng Ke, they subconsciously retreated, this is not a timeout that can be pulled back, unless someone responds to the Timberwolves with the same defense, but it is clear that the Mavericks do not have such passionate players.

At halftime, the Mavericks trailed the Timberwolves by five points, 51-56, but trailed by a wide margin.

Zheng Ke was interviewed after the game, and the reporter asked: "The Timberwolves have achieved suppression in this game, except for some difficulties in the first half of the second quarter, in fact, you are leading all the time, can you tell us the reason for this?" “

Zheng Ke smiled, wiped his face with a towel, and said, "Yes, we have the initiative most of the time, and we play more strategically. Kyle [Lowry] did a great job, he played a good role in Chauncey's absence, Kevin did a good job of protecting our rebounds, Mike [Miller] also hit a couple of three-pointers, we played our part and played our style, so we ended up winning. “

"Okay, so on top of that, we want to congratulate you guys, after this game, you have 50 wins this season, is there anything you want to say?"

"It's a great starting point, and it's a testament to the potential of the Timberwolves, and it's not easy to do that. Everyone has put in the effort, the coaches, the staff, the GM and the players, and I hope it's going to be a great start and the Timberwolves will be a 50-win regular! (To be continued......)