A newcomer, an arrogant newcomer, an arrogant and capable newcomer.

When you turn a player like that into a rookie on the team you support, then you can understand the frenzy of Minnesota fans in the Target Center arena right now.

Cheers poured into the stadium like a mountain and a tsunami.

The cheers continued for a long time, and it wasn't until the Hornets' old Curry got into the front court with the ball that the cheers were a little quieter.

On the courtside, Hornets head coach Dave Cowens tried to reassure Anthony Mason Jr., who was provoked by martial arts.

Obviously, as one of the representatives of "iron-blooded basketball" in this era, Anthony Mason Jr. has been a little unable to sit still after being so rooked.

But at this time, Dave Cowens can't let Anthony Jr. play, he is no longer the little Anthony of the year, and it is an extremely physically demanding thing to let a large weight No. 4 position defend a highly mobile player like Martial Arts.

If it's Anthony Mason Jr. in his prime, he should be able to mark around two quarters with all his might. But now, marking a section is already a very difficult thing.

Dave Cowens can see this from the amount of sweat Anthony Mason Jr.

And Anthony Mason Jr. is not very good-tempered, put on the court at this time, I am afraid that he will soon return to the rest area with fouls

In the middle of the court, the Hornets' offense played very smoothly, and Glen Rice quickly rushed inside after getting the old Curry's block, and after attracting Marbury's help to defend, he quickly passed the ball back to the old Curry.

The latter raised a feint after receiving the ball, smoothly picked up Tom, who was switching defenses, and made a three-point shot directly from the outside after a quick drop of the ball and a step.

Curry's shooting stance is a little different from the traditional two-stage jumper, but it's not the kind of upside-down shooting that his son is best at.

Strictly speaking, it should be considered a 1.5-stage shot, and the speed of the shot is faster than the average two-stage shot, and the speed of rotation is very slow when the basketball is in the air.

But strangely enough, the stability of such a shooting basketball is very good.

Tom was deceived by the feint and turned his head to look at the basket, and under his gaze, the basketball thrown by Dale Curry went straight into the net with a crisp sound.

Seeing the players on the court shoot three-pointers, the Hornets' bench immediately cheered.

Dale Curry was the NBA's All-Sixth Man in the '93-'94 season, and when he broke out, his scoring ability was definitely something that all teams needed to pay special attention to.

"Hey!"

"Don't be so easily lit up!"

"Don't jump like this on the outside defense! What to jump! I'll just ask you, what are you dancing?! ”

"Raise your hands, interfere, interfere with it, do you understand!"

Sure enough, after seeing Tom's round of defense, Coach Philip on the sidelines was already shouting.

It's normal for teams to concede goals, but the defensive details of the players are also something that needs special attention.

Their Timberwolves are ready to rely on defensive counterattacks to play this season, and the core of the outside defense is Tom and Wu Dao.

Philip would never allow such a low-level mistake to appear on the team.

In the middle of the field, Tom, who heard the coach's reprimand, couldn't help but turn his head to look at Philip's face, and when he turned around, he could already see that his teammates were already advancing quickly towards the front court.

Philip said such ruthless words in front of so many media, which made Tom a little unhappy, and no matter how he said, he is also an "All-Star player", although he is a substitute.

In the NBA, coaches generally pick and choose people, and for the absolute core of the team, basically no one will shout as loudly as Philip.

For example, when Mike Brown coached the "One and Only GOTA" with the Cavaliers, it can basically be said that it was James' leg pendant.

Ah Tan has been in the league for so many years, and there is almost no improvement in technology, a large part of the reason is that the team's management is too proud of this "pride of the sky".

So much so that a physically gifted player like him couldn't even dribble under his crotch, and was cut into a JPG and was wildly ridiculed by the fans.

In high school, Ah Tan's absolute physical talent can make him solve many things easily, but in the NBA, it is not so easy.

Tom's concentration was a little scattered, and Marbury's side didn't notice anything unusual about his teammates, and after entering the court, he made a feint to give the ball to Takemi, and then passed the ball back to Tom on the side.

Tom, who was inattentive, slipped his hand when receiving the ball, did not hold it steadily, and just as he took the ball into his arms, Glenn Rice, who was defending him, suddenly made a move and clicked on the basketball from the bottom up.

At the same time as the basketball fell, Glenn Rice also quickly rushed forward, grabbed the basketball and directly hit the fast break counterattack.

“ohhh！” The clean steal made the Hornets on the sidelines look very exciting.

In the middle of the court, Glenn Rice, who quickly dribbled into the Timberwolves' three-point line, directly closed the ball and dunked when he approached the basket, pouring the ball into the basket.

When he landed on the ground and turned around to return to defense, he saw that less than a meter in front of him, Wu Dao was walking towards the bottom line and preparing to pick up the ball and serve.

Seeing the figure of Wu Dao, Glenn Rice was shocked, he didn't realize that there was already someone behind him when he pushed the fast attack.

And Glenn Rice also has a hunch that if he hadn't made a decisive dunk just now, the Timberwolves rookie in front of him might come up and give him a top hat.

This is indeed the case, when Glenn Rice pushed the fast attack, Martial Arts actually followed in the first place.

However, for the sake of safety and control of the number of fouls, Wu Dao did not choose to block when the opponent split the dunk.

“oh！”

“fk！”

"Martial arts, what are you doing! Why stop? Seal him up! ”

"What are you worried about? You're on the NBA arena right now, and this is the battlefield! ”

"What are you being merciful to your enemies?!"

Marbury returned to the court, and Takeshi ran in front of Marbury after the ball and walked quickly towards the front court.

When I passed by the rest area of my team, I heard Coach Philip roaring with some anger.

When Wu Dao heard this, he didn't argue anything, after all, there was nothing wrong with what Coach Philip said.

And Tom saw that Wu Dao was also reprimanded by the coach because of defensive problems, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. The unhappiness of being reprimanded by the coach just now is gone.

It is clear that Philip is not targeting him Tom alone, but for everyone!

Due to the Hornets' consecutive three-pointers and Tom's mistakes, the Timberwolves fell into the upper hand at the beginning of the second quarter.

The team is now in desperate need of a goal to stop the bleeding.

And Marbury also cast his eyes on Martial Arts.

Although Marbury is very reluctant to admit it in his heart, but after so many practice games with Wu Dao, I have to say that Wu Dao is the most stable offensive among their Timberwolves outside players.

The key ball was played to this rookie without any problems.

As soon as I thought of this, the basketball in Marbury's hand had been quickly passed out. I gave the side martial arts.

When Wu Dao received the ball, he was still more than a meter away from the three-point line, and after the basketball started, Wu Dao changed direction after a simple change of hands under his crotch, and his steps were already close to the three-point line.

And in front of the martial arts, .· Red maintained a relatively high center of gravity, beware of the sudden cold arrows of the martial arts.

Completed the martial arts of changing hands and dribbling, grabbed the ball with his left hand and paused slightly, while levitating the ball, his eyes were already looking at the basket, .· Red was alert in his heart, and immediately stepped to get close to his body, and as soon as his foot moved, the basketball had already fallen in front of Wu Dao's body, changing hands to his right hand.

At the same time, Martial Arts is also an acceleration, directly past the opponent.

The two-sided direction, which looks relaxed and freehand, has become a big killer weapon in the attack at this level of arm span of martial arts.

The ultra-large change of direction and the extremely fast first step made the martial arts easily flash.· Red's defense.

The 203cm tall and 112kg forward player is clumsy in front of Martial Arts.

After crossing the opponent, Wu Dao made a two-step jump shot within the three-point line, and the basketball flew to the basket quickly.

Cheers suddenly rang out in the target center arena, and Wu Dao, who scored the goal, did not look at the opponent on the field, but turned his head to look at Anthony Mason Jr. off the field.

Even when he turned back to defend, Martial Arts' eyes were fixed on Anthony Mason Jr.

Although he didn't speak, everyone knew what Martial Dao meant at this time.

The repeated provocations finally made little Anthony Mason unable to bear it, and couldn't help but mock when he passed the rest area on the martial arts road: "Boy, what the hell are you crazy about?!" When I was on the court, you only scored six points! ”

"In the second half of the first quarter, you didn't score a single point!"

Hearing this, Wu Dao slowed down, plucked his ears, and said with a smile: "I just know that my score has been doubled." ”

"And some people are still sitting on the bench."

"Are you going to defend me off the field? Are you going to make me respect a mouthful player? ”

There was not a single swear word in Wu Dao's words, but little Anthony Mason was now bruised on his neck, and his face was full of anger.

Seeing this scene, Dave Cowens knew that if he pressed Anthony Jr. off the court any longer, there would be problems.

As a coach, sometimes you can't just think about the outcome of the game, and it is also very important to make the players play comfortably.

There are more than 80 games in the regular season, and if the mentality of the players collapses, it is not as simple as losing one game or two.

In the middle of the court, the offense and defense alternated, as the Hornets Glen Les projected an iron, and the basketball was played by Garnett and Tony Farmar, who were scrambling for rebounds, the Hornets immediately made substitutions.

Anthony Mason Jr. is back on the pitch.

I didn't play for a few minutes.· Red returned to the lounge area.

Hornets possession, after the basketball was sent out from the baseline, it was given to the old Curry after several transmissions, and the latter took the ball and directly feintmed to rush in, hit the paint area and then threw it to the hand.

After the offensive and defensive rotation, Marbury advanced to the front court with the ball, but before half time, he saw Takeshi calling him.

"Stephen!"

"Give the ball!"

Marbury had never seen such an excessive demand, and when he looked at Tom, he saw that Tom was standing outside the three-point line with his hands on his hips after entering the frontcourt early.

If the rookie wants to fight, then fight.

After hitting the wall, he, the boss of the team, can stand up again!

It's not just Tom who thinks so, Garnett actually thinks so too. He didn't deal with Martial Arts, and Martial Arts was deflated, which Garnett was happy to see, although his inner reason told him that the old and frail little Anthony might not be able to stop a sharp super scorer like Martial Arts.

But what if?

Didn't Anthony Mason Jr. defend quite well in the first quarter?

Marbury saw that Tom and Garnett had no opinion, and he also gave the ball to Takedo early after crossing the halfway line.

As far as Marbury himself is concerned, he doesn't actually mind martial arts eating the ball, it's good if the game can be won, no matter who scores, his Marbury as the "core" of the offense, the value can still be reflected.

The basketball fell into his hand, and Wu Dao dribbled towards the three-point line.

Anthony Mason Jr. and. Red was different, and immediately posted it when Martial Arts was still about two meters away from the three-point line.

And as the defenders approached, Wu Dao also suddenly accelerated the rhythm of dribbling, a stabbing step quickly leaned over to accelerate, and little Anthony couldn't keep up with Wu Dao's sudden speed by sliding steps, so he could only change to a chasing step.

But the pace has just been adjusted, and Wu Dao directly leaned towards Little Anthony with the ball and took the initiative to seek confrontation.

"Bang!"

After the martial arts stride forward gave a strong physical confrontation, the body shape was still very good, on the other hand, little Anthony, under the impact of the martial arts, he took half a step back, let go of a little position, and when he adjusted, the martial arts also quickly stepped down and changed direction, and his right hand became a ball protector, against the chest of little Anthony, and rushed to the left.

At the same time, Wu Dao has also crossed the three-point line.

Anthony Mason Jr.'s strength was outstanding, holding his breath and holding his chest to maintain his position, and then quickly made up for it.

However, as soon as he arrived at the side of the martial arts, the martial arts that had advanced in disguise, his body was fixed on his body again.

Little Anthony landed his feet on the ground and met the impact, and at the same time, there was some small movement in his hands, grabbing the jersey of Martial Arts.

If Martial Dao continues to advance, he will be able to grab the Martial Arts jersey and delay it for a while, affecting Martial Dao's offensive stance.

But after this physical contact, Wu Dao, who was holding the ball, suddenly took a step back, retreated to outside the three-point line, and then put his feet on the three-pointer and jumped directly.

At the moment of the shot, Martial Arts also leaned back with nearly ten degrees or so.

The extremely high shot point simply made Anthony Mason Jr. unable to even interfere.

The basketball flew directly over the opponent's head, and as the spectators above the stands watched with bated breath, the basketball quickly fell and passed through.

Terrifying offensive efficiency!

The audience erupted in cheers when they saw the basketball enter the net.

In this round, both offensive and defensive sides played very well, but after all, the martial arts skills were superior.

The New York beast had just returned to the field when it was hit by an arrow in its body.

"Defend!"

"Defend! Little brother! ”

"Don't stand there like a log! Let's fight! I can't feel the pressure on your defense! ”

"You're called the New York Beast?"

Wu Dao's goal was also subtle, and he spread his hands directly towards little Anthony.

And the provocation of the martial arts was also recorded by the media's cameras, accompanied by the goal replay, and was shown over and over again in front of the audience in front of the TV.

After today's game, Budo will gain a group of fans, and at the same time, it will also get a group of black fans.