Obviously he started the game, but he played a soy sauce session in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves finally gave Wu Dao the treatment he deserved, and with Wu Dao's second three-point shot, the score of the two teams also came to 38:29, and the difference between the two teams also came to 9 points.

Martial Dao, who had returned to the scene, moved his shoulders, neck and wrists slightly, and finally had some smiles on his face.

Unlike the starting lineup, the Timberwolves' bench lineup has only two ball-handling abilities, Wu Dao and Sam Mitchell.

As for fellow outside lineman Chris Kyle, as a third-year second-round pick, he knows exactly what his responsibilities are on the team.

If he didn't know, he wouldn't have been able to play in the Timberwolves until now.

Offense and defense alternated, the Trail Blazers' rotation lineup was still quite fast when the offense was spread, although Kenny Anderson, the main control No. 1 position, was replaced off the court, but Ryder's offensive initiation point was still on the court.

And the player against him was also changed from Tom to martial arts.

Mitchell's mobility is average, and his height and weight are not much different from Ryder's.

Mitchell is 198cm/95kg, while Ryder also has 196cm/98kg.

The result of this two-person counterpoint is most likely to be Ryder's advantage. On the one hand, his explosiveness is already stronger than Mitchell, and another key factor is that Ryder is the offensive side, while Mitchell is the defensive side.

The attacker has a bit of an advantage over the defender.

Martial Arts, who was intent on deciding the win in the second quarter, simply wouldn't have let Ryder defend his teammates.

Because Takeshi knows very well that Ryder is the offensive starting point of the Trail Blazers, if he wants to open the gap in the second quarter, the first thing to do is to step on this offensive starting point first.

The Trail Blazers' offense really changed the soup, and after the basketball was brought into the front court from the No. 1 position on the bench, they didn't even look at who the player who defended Ryder was, and directly gave the ball to Ryder.

It seems that in the eyes of the Trail Blazers' players, Ryder can play the same way against anyone.

"Go!"

"Ryder, give that first year a little color!"

"Let him know what the NBA is!"

In the stands on the sidelines, the spectators who had been gagged by Wu Dao's three-point shot began to shout at this moment.

They hope that Ryder will be able to get them back on the field.

In the cheers of the audience, Ryder, who wanted to pass the ball, changed to dribble under his crotch in time, and with a quick lead of the basketball in his hand, he readjusted his rhythm and prepared to break through.

To be honest, Ryder didn't want to fight martial arts at all.

In fact, he hopes that his teammates can step up at this time

The moment the basketball started, Wu Dao had already quickly come to Ryder's side, and the distance between him and Ryder was only about half a meter.

The martial arts of the master of the human master just stood in front of Ryder, which gave him a very strong sense of oppression. At the same time, Ryder had some bad memories in his mind.

He fought with Martial Arts.

At that time, Wu Dao had just come to the United States not long ago, and when he went to the Timberwolves for a tryout, he left a deep impression on Ryder.

As the audience on the sidelines said just now, he was going to let Wu Dao know what the NBA was, but the result was that he was taught a good lesson by the other party.

Nearly two years have passed, and Ryder doesn't know how much his strength has improved compared to that time, but Ryder knows that compared to back then, the current martial arts must be stronger than before!

In the face of martial arts, Ryder "stir-fried the vegetables" on the spot, and after a delay of a few seconds, he finally decided to take a look first.

Cowardice before fighting.

This kind of thing must not be revealed, otherwise, he will have no place in the NBA.

"Smack!"

As Ryder blasted the ball vigorously, his feet quickly staggered, and while his right hand hovered the ball, he also made a stride.

However, as soon as he made a move, Martial Dao straightened up and pressed directly in front of him, violently compressing Rydell's dribble space.

The scale of martial arts is very well grasped, and his body is only "stained" with Ryder, and he does not give him strength at all.

The referee on the sideline was also staring closely at the confrontation between Wu Dao and Ryder for a while, and there was even a whistle on his mouth.

After all, Ryder is an experienced ball-handling player, and at the moment when Martial Arts was close to him, he quickly took half a step back, pulled away some positions, and decisively changed his rhythm when Martial Arts was ready to continue to press forward.

The basketball in his hand fell from his crotch, quickly changed direction and rushed to the left, and his movements also made Wu Dao have to give up continuing to press and retreat in pursuit.

Ryder's advance was sharp, and even if Wu Dao chased back in time, it allowed him to cross the three-point line smoothly.

As he was on the move, Ryder was quickly pushed in place by Martial Dao's solid chest.

The sudden movement also had to be stopped.

After the basketball changed hands on the ground, Ryder forced his way through the side of Wu Dao, and then quickly held up the basketball with his right hand, hooking the ball directly to the basket more than a meter inside the three-point line.

“？？？”

The strange shot really surprised Wu Dao, although he turned around in time to block the ball, but Ryder still made a smooth shot.

"Rebounding!"

Takeshi yelled at his teammates on the inside, and he himself quickly jammed Ryder and circled the paint area.

"Bell~"

Sure enough, there was basically no possibility of scoring this kind of ball, the basketball collapsed directly out of the basket, and the Timberwolves, who had been prepared, also stuck the opponent, and then Stanley Roberts put the board in his arms.

"Hey, brother, are you in such a hurry?"

"It's not necessary, is it?"

Wu Dao reminded Ryder with a smile after successfully defending, and Ryder didn't say anything when he heard this, just returned to the court quickly.

In the middle of the court, the Timberwolves players also slowly pressed closer, not impatient at all.

"Pass!"

Outside the three-point line, Takedo stretched out his hand towards Chris Kyle, who heard Takemichi's shout, didn't even hesitate for a second, and passed the ball directly to Takemichi.

Starting with basketball, Wu Dao faced Brian Grant's defense, still taking a tentative step, making the floor simpler, and then quickly closing the ball and lifting the ball.

Because of that three-pointer from Takemichi before, Brian Grant was a little wary of Takemichi's shot.

The Trail Blazers had previously studied several Timberwolves players, so Brian Grant knew that Martial Arts had a strong three-point ability.

Seeing Wu Dao lifting the ball at this moment, Brian Grant didn't want to directly step up to pounce.

However, as soon as he moved, Wu Dao's side also made a quick move, landing the ball sideways and quickly taking a step, and Bryan Grant quickly staggered his position and then directly combined the ball and shot a three-point shot.

Brian Grant's reaction was also a beat slower, and his movements were also a beat slower, seeing the martial arts projection, he could only raise his hands to make the last effort, but his raised palms and fingertips could only reach the position of the martial arts' big arms

The difference in position is too far, and there is a lot of difference in the bounce between the two.

The basketball flew straight over Brian Grant's head, and then under the gaze of the Trail Blazers crowd, the basketball once again hollowed into the net with a crunch.

“ohhh！”

"Good shot!"

On the sidelines, the Timberwolves' benches cheered as they waved towels.

Garnett saw that Wu Dao was another three-pointer, and he couldn't help but clench his fists and get up, just wanted to cheer, but he stopped stiffly, and then sat back on the bench without saying a word.

Tom, who has a competitive relationship with martial arts, is also sitting on the bench at this moment, clapping his hands gently, and his face is not very good-looking.

Of course, there are not no people with worse faces than him.

Seeing that he was shot in front of Wu Dao by Wu Dao again, Brian Grant was already a bit emo at this moment.

He felt that he was defending very well.

But the results don't seem to be very good.

"That rookie really dares to vote!"

"Too confident."

On the side of the court, Mike Dunleavy of the Trail Blazers couldn't help but praise, and then looked back at the rest area, and after looking for a long time, he couldn't find any player in his team's bench area who could contain the opponent's play.

A big man with three-point shooting ability, this kind of player, is one of the most difficult types on the court.

Even if Mike Dunleavy wants to give martial arts a fight, with a weight of nearly 110kg, there are not many outside players in the league who dare to say that they can play against him.

It's nice not to be confronted.

Mike Dunleavy had just thought this when there was an "oh" sound from the stands.

Raising his eyes and looking towards the court, he saw the Timberwolves' No. 2 quickly passing in front of his eyes and directly into the Trail Blazers' restricted area.

It turned out that just when the Trail Blazers organized a counterattack, their team made a mistake.

The intention of passing the ball to Ryder at the No. 1 position was too obvious, and Takeshi used his long arms and height advantage to directly grab Ryder's position, preemptively point on the basketball, and then complete the solo fast down.

At the beginning of the second half, the Trail Blazers were beaten in a scandalous manner.

Wu Dao scored 8 points in a row, which once made Mike Dunleavy feel speechless.

What to do?

Pause.

As the sound of the buzzer resounded across the court, the Trail Blazers used a timeout less than two minutes into the second quarter.

"Stopped?"

Hearing the voice, Wu Dao, who walked off the arena, wiped the sweat on his chin, glanced sideways at the rest area of the pioneers, and muttered suspiciously.

You fell before I could exert myself?

This feeling is not good.

"Good play, keep it up!"

"Martial arts, it's good! The defensive pressure was a little more sufficient. ”

"When you attack, you can push forward, attract the pack, and then pass the ball to your teammates and create scoring opportunities."

"Others, pay attention to Wudao's movements when attacking, he holds the ball for more than three seconds, and immediately goes up to block it."

"Be active in your running position, and you have to fight for your scoring opportunities!"

"Do you hear that?"

The timeout was short, and Philip didn't make any tactical adjustments, just encouraged his players.

The pause ended quickly.

The Trail Blazers' first offense after the timeout had a noticeable change, Ryder was temporarily abandoned as the starting point of the offense, and Ryder, who was originally staying in the corner position to receive the ball, also quickly moved towards the top of the arc to make a cover for his teammates.

The latter rushed forward with the ball, while the Timberwolves did not change the defense in time, and Chris Kyle was not able to keep up with the rushing John Crotty in the first place, allowing the opponent to come to a pull-up jump shot near the free throw line and send the ball into the basket.

Almost everyone in the NBA guard of this era has a pull-up jump shot.

Regardless of whether the hit rate is high or not, there is no doubt about the popularity of the technology of emergency stop jump shots.

“ohhhhh——”

It was just a goal, but the Trail Blazers fans in the stands still contributed to the earth-shattering cheers. They really needed this goal to stop the bleeding.

John Crotty is the presence of a pioneer savior at this moment.

Switching offense and defense, Wu Dao called a cover, mobilized his teammates, and then quickly forced the basket by blocking and dismantling, and then hit a side high board against the Trailblazers' supplementary defense.

And the Trail Blazers also quickly fought back, after a high post block, John Crotty went straight to the basket from the middle, forced a layup against the Timberwolves' interior player, and relied on the cry of "Soul Elimination" to deceive a foul.

Then the second of the two stabilized the situation for the pioneers.

At the same time, after the martial arts scored one after another, the interior defense of the Trailblazers was also strengthened, and several interior positions were more close to the edge of the paint area, ready to pounce at any time to make up for the defense.

In this attack, Takemichi did not choose to receive the ball outside the three-point line, but sank into the low post in an attempt to attract the opponent's defense.

However, Chris Kyle's pass was too bold, and he actually intended to pass directly to Martial Arts, rather than in the form of "hanging".

The reckless pass was also sniffed by John Crotty, who completed the steal, and then scored smoothly with a fast break.

In the next few rounds, Chris Kyle's passing was also much more cautious, and Brian Grant, who defended Martial Arts, was also bitter, and frequently watched Martial Arts project and score in front of him.

Halfway through the second quarter, Wu Dao had scored 24 points on 11-7, 3-of-4 on three-pointers, and 2-1 on free throws.

In the entire second quarter, Wu Dao almost single-handedly took over about 70% of the Timberwolves' first quarter, suppressing the Trailblazers.

On the Trail Blazers' side, Ryder couldn't play his role, and at the end of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers put Kenny Anderson back on the court, and this guy also had high hopes.

And Kenny Anderson did not live up to the trust of his teammates, seized his offensive opportunities, and scored 9 points in a single quarter, which was extremely efficient.

But compared to Kenny Anderson's excellent play, Brian Grant, who was targeted by martial arts in the first quarter, felt cold, so cold that the fast-break empty basket was directly dunked

Shooting 6-1 on the offensive end, he wasted a lot of chances.

On the martial arts side, his outstanding performance also gave the little friends under the basket a chance to eat cakes, and at the same time, Mitchell, who was not noticed, also got a few empty cutting opportunities, adding some data to the assist panel of martial arts.

After the second quarter, Garnett and others, who were originally scheduled to play, did not play at all, and Wudao played a full quarter and scored 27 points in a single quarter.

At the same time, he led the Timberwolves to a 14-point lead in the first quarter with a score of 33:19.

At halftime, the difference between the two teams came to 23 points.

In the second half, Philip replaced Budo, who had played 24 minutes, and replaced Tom and Garnett and others, ready to seal the victory in one fell swoop.

But to Philip's consternation, the Timberwolves were by their opponents 17:27 in the third quarter

Tom may have been sitting on the pitch for too long and feeling cold to the touch.

And Garnett didn't know what was crazy, he frequently turned over and leaned back in the middle distance, and he didn't force the inside, and while playing iron, he didn't have a chance to grab rebounds.

Coach Philip watched with annoyance from the sidelines, but didn't make any adjustments.

In the fourth quarter, fearing that Tom would continue to throw wildly, Coach Philip pressed Tom to the bench and then switched to martial arts.

However, Wu Dao's performance in the fourth quarter was also decent, shooting 4 of 7, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 2-2 free throws, and scored 13 points hastily, and the efficiency decreased significantly.

However, Garnett is much more comfortable when someone attracts interior defense.

In the end, the Timberwolves won the game at 31:29 in the first quarter.

(End of chapter)