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Chapter 157 The Jazz Visits
The Jazz are also a team in the Northwest Division, but their current record in the Northwest Division can only be ranked second to last. The only one surpassed is the Thunder of Oklahoma.

The Northwest Division has gradually become a terrifying place, and now the four, five, and six in the West have become the one, two, and three here. They are the Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves.Reports pointed out that this area has gradually become the most tragic area in the future in the West. Even the Thunder, which has a low record now, also has a large number of talented players.

But when it comes to the most terrifying division in the league today, it is undoubtedly the Southwest Division!
The traditional top three in Texas is still strong. Ask the teams in the East where they don't like to play away games. There is no doubt that it is here.

The upgraded Rockets, the seasoned Spurs, the Mavericks who are producing a chemical reaction, and the Hornets who have suffered minor injuries, the top eight in the West, and the Southwest Division accounts for four!

As for the Pacific Division, there is only one Lakers left in the top eight in the Western Conference.

Therefore, some experts predict that despite the fact that the Rockets can still rank first in the Western Conference, but by the end of the season, the Lakers are estimated to be ranked first. The biggest reason is that the civil war in the Southwest Division is too fierce. The teams in the same division play four games a season, while the teams in the same division only need to play three games a season. The Lakers are much easier than the Rockets.

This is also the reason why the teams in the same subdivision compete so fiercely, because everyone wants to suppress their neighbors. It is best to send their neighbors into hell, and let their team's record climb up.

So in this case, the Jazz came to visit!

Although there is no battle post, the smell of gunpowder between each other is already strong before the game.When Deron faced Utah's local media interviews, he set up a feeling similar to a military order, and he was about to play the style of the Jazz.

The media colleagues in Minnesota will naturally not be willing to lag behind. They found out when the Timberwolves were training and walked into the Target Center to interview Zheng Ke:
"ZK, Deron said that the victory in this game must belong to them. What do you think?"

Zheng Ke wiped his face with a towel, then thought about it, and said solemnly: "It's nothing, every athlete will have this kind of thought, it is our nature to win the game." Then he tilted his head One sentence: "I admire Deron very much, he is a player worth learning."

What?how so?The reporters jumped angrily, the Chinese are really cunning, if it is a black person, they should say let the horse come over now, or ask him to look good.When Zheng Ke said this, there is still a smell of gunpowder.
On Wednesday night, the arena at Target Center was packed.

The young girls on the cheerleading team danced their white thighs; the Timberwolves mascot Kulangqi hugged a basketball and acted cute everywhere. From time to time, he teased the children who came to watch the game with their parents, causing bursts of laughter.
The cameras in all directions were ready, and the technical statisticians on the side also made an OK gesture. The referee looked down at the clock in his hand and signaled the staff to arrange for the players to enter the pitch.

This is another series of complicated battle ceremonies. The Timberwolves players danced the robot dance. Although the movements were not uniform, they still caused a burst of screams from the audience.

The game is about to start. After greeting the Jazz players, Zheng Ke checked his equipment again, whether the shoelaces were loose, whether the knee pads were comfortable, and so on.Then he ran to the side of the center line, which is the small forward's opening position, and the player who stood with him was Ronnie Brewer.

"Huh," Zheng Ke looked at this slightly unfamiliar player strangely, and then asked with a smile, "Where's Andrei (Kirilenko)?"

"Hmph." Brewer raised his head and ignored Zheng Ke.

"Haha, I see." Zheng Ke showed a beating expression, and laughed loudly: "It seems that what those unscrupulous newspapers said is correct. Andre and Sloan have conflicts. This must be the result of being punished." Hidden in the snow!"

Brewer's face turned dark when an outsider told about his own team in person.

At this time, the referee blew the whistle to start the game, and he threw the basketball high. Okur and Anderson jumped together. Obviously, Anderson could jump better than Okur, and the basketball was transferred to Billups.

Zheng Ke, who was watching from the side, nodded. Since Anderson came, the Timberwolves have often won the jump ball, which can be regarded as a windfall.

In the frontcourt, Zheng Ke started to run. Love's off-ball screen was of very high quality, blocking the clingy Brewer. Zheng Ke took over the basketball, and the player defending him became Boozer.

This is one of the Timberwolves' favorite tactics this season. Through the off-ball screen of the inside players, then Zheng Ke catches the ball. If the opponent does not switch defenses, Zheng Ke's speed advantage will explode, and he can directly enter the inside line and disrupt the opponent's defense. Formation, if the opponent switches defenses, then there will be a dislocation of small and big, just like now.

Zheng Ke exploded with his right foot and rushed towards the right side of Boozer. One step made the two people parallel. The game had just begun. Boozer didn't want to foul so early, so he didn't reach out to pull Zheng Ke. Zheng Ke relaxed Get past Boozer.

Okur came out to defend.

The Turk had a pair of long legs, and rushed towards Zheng Ke with his teeth and claws.

Zheng Ke took it easy, stretched out his arms, and threw an easy high throw over Okur's head, passing through the middle of his raised hands, the movement was freehand to the extreme.

Anderson took a step forward and dunked the pass from Zheng Ke with both hands.

"boom!"

Oh yeah, I'm the center of the Timberwolves, and I'm Birdman Anderson!Anderson murmured something, shook his head and returned to defense.

The opening is a dunk, which is called head start.The audience, who were very focused, burst into thunderous applause. The momentum was not much worse than that of the Jazz at home.

"Let's take our time!"

Seeing some enthusiastic fans in the audience, Deron frowned. While carefully controlling the ball, he raised his right arm to comfort his teammates on the field.

Brewer brought Zheng Ke to the bottom corner, and Boozer came out to set up a pick-and-roll for Deron.

Deron has excellent ball control and amazing personal attack power. He is a player who has perfectly combined strength, skill and speed in the past few years. His performance is an unknown X factor for the Timberwolves.

Almost instantly, before the audience could understand what was going on, Deron slipped through the middle of Boozer and Love like a slippery loach. It is unbelievable that this is a player who looks a bit chubby actions made.

As soon as Deron took two steps, he wanted to take off outside the paint area!
"not that simple!"

Anderson had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Deron take off, he jumped up straight from the ground, and his outstretched hands were like spread wings, covering the sky and covering the earth!
But when Anderson jumped into the air, he found that the basketball in Deron's hand was gone.

"Where did the basketball go?"

While Anderson was puzzled, he heard the sound of a dunk behind him, and immediately understood that Deron had passed the ball behind him, but how did he do it?
The replay shot gave him the answer: Deron seemed to predict that Anderson would jump up. He slammed the ball to the floor immediately after he attracted Anderson to jump up, and passed the ball from under Anderson to Okur behind him. .

A very imaginative pass, Zheng Ke still couldn't help secretly praising it.

Turning around, Zheng Ke came out inside to catch the ball, walked to the middle with the help of Anderson's 45-degree pick-and-roll, faced Okur's defense, and hit a jumper with an emergency stop.

Okur was worried that Zheng Ke would force him, so he hesitated a little, and Zheng Ke easily scored.

Zheng Ke's fadeaway jumper is not good enough. Under normal circumstances, he rarely uses this skill. Now his offensive method is a bit single. The emergency stop jumper is the only move he can take, and it has more technical content. .

In fact, for outside players, if they have abnormal breakthroughs and good mid-range jumpers, then becoming an All-Star is almost within reach. Zheng Ke is like an enhanced version of Westbrook in later generations, but compared Less, Zheng Ke's three-pointers are obviously more reliable.

The Jazz fell into the position to attack, and Boozer set up a pick-and-roll for Deron. Passed the ball to Boozer.

Love had no time to return to the defense, at the free throw line, Boozer made a jumper.

After playing more than one point, the Jazz's offense is still sharp, just like last season, the Timberwolves are faintly unable to prevent their pick-and-roll offense.
(End of this chapter)