one-handed ball

Chapter 55 Celtics
The Timberwolves failed to retreat in Houston, and Zheng Ke, who came back, scored 19 points and completed two top ten performances, which made waves.
Since Zheng Ke landed in the NBA, the number of active Chinese players in the NBA has reached an unprecedented three, namely Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Zheng Ke.Compared with Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, as an outside player, Zheng Ke's top ten shots are significantly higher than the two of them. This makes quite a few fans very happy. After all, we can see us Chinese among the top ten shots on the nba official website It is still relatively rare and glorious!
The official NBA website timely launched the pre-game promotional video for Thursday's game against the Celtics: Garnett returns to his hometown, and the Timberwolves snipe to the death!Such a heavy publicity made the tickets for this game sold out, but at the same time it also pushed the Timberwolves to the forefront!

Zheng Ke smelled an unusual smell before the game. Among the current Timberwolves players, Jefferson, Gomez, Gerald Green, Telfair and Ratliff were traded together last year. Packed to the Timberwolves, although the Celtics are understandable in order to get Garnett, but no player would want to be an addition to someone else's trade, let alone Jefferson, who was once promised by the team as the core of the future. , a young player who was traded to a small team on the back foot
"Everyone is a young man, a bloody man who dares to act! The importance of this competition is self-evident. In front of the folks, it is up to everyone whether we stand up to die or live on our knees!" Hui Te Mann ripped off his tie, flushed his neck, and waved tactical folders in the locker room, cheering everyone up

"That's right!" As the boss, Jefferson was the first to stand up from his seat: "Brothers! We can't lose face in front of the folks in Minnesota! Since I was traded to the Timberwolves last year, I have been looking forward to With this day coming, this game cannot be lost!"

"I can't lose!" Everyone roared in unison, as if shaking the floor.
According to NBA tradition, the Celtics, as the visiting team, took the lead in entering the court. Their head coach Doc Rivers arranged a regular starting lineup, Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett and Parkin. Si
Garnett was the penultimate player in the starting lineup. When he played, the fans in the audience booed a lot. Of course, there was also a hint of discordant cheers.
Garnett smiled wryly and ran over to high-five his teammates. Now he feels like he has been overturned with all kinds of flavors in his heart.
"Are you all right, Kevin?" Pierce who arrived later patted Garnett on the shoulder, and he saw reluctance and nostalgia in his old buddy's eyes.

"It's okay, Paul." Garnett smiled wryly, "For the championship, all of these are fine."

"What can you do?" Pierce asked after seeing Garnett hesitated to speak.

Garnett originally wanted to say that all of these can be discarded, but he swallowed the words again, can they really be discarded?This is the place where his dream started. Here, he changed from an 18-year-old young man to a wolf king who made the whole league fearful. Here, he was the eternal pride and the symbol of the city. Here, he I spent the best ten years of my life
There are too many memories of him here, too many entanglements, which cannot be let go, cannot be forgotten.
Garnett sighed, shook his head, and looked towards the Timberwolves players' tunnel.
Timberwolves head coach Whitman arranged an unconventional lineup, Telfair, Gomez, Zheng Ke, Brewer and Jefferson The Timberwolves' center problems have not been resolved, and Jefferson's height is a bit more The tall center is too disadvantageous, but in the Timberwolves' current system, he has to appear in the center position. Fortunately, his low post skills are excellent, but he can also be used as a traditional short center.
When Zheng Ke and the others came out of the passage one by one, the audience burst into deafening cheers. When Jefferson, the "new wolf king" in their minds, made his final appearance, the cheers of the audience reached the peak. At the boiling point, they cheered Jefferson's name, just like they cheered Garnett's name back then, Jefferson seemed to have become their new love.
Garnett watched Jefferson appear on the court in a "flashy bag" and watched Jefferson inherit his former glory in half a season. For some reason, he suddenly felt uncomfortable. He felt that he should give Jefferson A profound lesson for Ferson, tell them that substitutes are always just substitutes, and I am the eternal wolf king!
Pierce on the side saw his old friend's eyes no longer confused, and the firm and confident eyes returned to him again, secretly happy, this is the real Garnett!
After the brief opening ceremony, players from both sides stood in the midfield and prepared to jump the ball

The referee of this focus battle is Dick Bavita, who has never missed any NBA game assigned by the NBA. He has judged more than 2300 consecutive games and is a legendary referee in the NBA.
With his whistle, the two generations of wolf kings Jefferson and Garnett rose from the ground almost at the same time!

The blue veins on the foreheads of the two people were exposed, obviously they had exerted all their strength. They each stretched out a big thick arm, and then the two arms were entangled together, chasing the basketball flying into the sky together, just like two dragons playing with a ball. However , or Garnett's physical fitness is more domineering. He passed the ball to Rondo with one palm more than Jefferson
The Celtics are determined to win the championship this season. They exchanged most of the team's young players and draft picks in exchange for Garnett and Ray Allen, who are still in their prime, forming a Big Three model!Since the formation of the Big Three this summer, the Celtics have been running in quickly and have a good chemical reaction. In the previous 33 games, they have achieved an impressive record of 7 wins and 70 losses. Contributed nearly [-] points.
The internal atmosphere of the Celtics team is very good. The three bosses have passed the age of fighting for power. Their only goal now is to win the championship, so seeing Garnett return to his former team, Rondo understands Satisfactorily, the first ball was handed over to Garnett.
It is Timberwolves' new wolf king Al Jefferson who defends Garnett!The old and new Wolverines confronted each other at the beginning of the game, which aroused the emotions of the audience. The audience whistled and booed Garnett.
Just now in the jump ball session, Jefferson lost a clean sheet. This time Garnett attacked, Jefferson will get the field back no matter what.

Garnett gets the ball with his back near the free throw line at 45 degrees

Jefferson stretched out his right hand against Garnett's waist, raised his left hand high, and secretly pressed his stuck little knee against Garnett's knee bend, using the tightest defense to pay back to Garnett!
Garnett frowned, Jefferson's defense was in place, but this was not a problem for Garnett, who had experienced a lot of wind and waves. Garnett suddenly exerted force on his waist, turned around and made a straight arm turning over in a high position Fadeback jumper!

Jefferson's arm has already felt the strength of Garnett's waist muscles. He reacted immediately and took a step forward to interfere with Garnett.
"Bang!" The basketball hit the iron, and there were applause and cheers one after another in the auditorium
Garnett's dark face darkened even more as he was booed at Target Center for the first time in more than a decade.
The rebound was grabbed by Zheng Ke who came in to grab the rebound, and he handed the ball to Telfair
Telfair organized the first wave of offense. Like the Celtics, the Timberwolves also handed the ball to the "Wolf King", but it was the new Wolf King Jefferson!
After Jefferson got the ball, the audience cheered
It was Garnett who was defending Jefferson. Jefferson played Garnett in a post-up single. He did not choose the same turnaround jumper as Garnett just did, but chose a back-up hit.

But Garnett's strength is very good. Although Garnett does not have O'Neal and Daben's god-defying power, his seemingly thin body also contains amazing power. Jefferson didn't break the space at all these few times.
In desperation, Jefferson chose a reluctant long-range hook
The strength was a little weaker, the basketball hit the rim and bounced back towards Garnett, Garnett was not polite, stretched his arms lightly, and grabbed the rebound

With the rebound in hand, Garnett saw Rondo, Pierce and Ray Allen rushing forward, he immediately found Rondo with a long pass,

It should be said that a team like the Celtics seems to have a relatively high average age, but they should not be underestimated. They have rich experience, and they may be in their way with one step of caution. Like this ball, Garnett did not grab a rebound. At that time, Ray Allen and Pierce had already made a fast break. When Garnett's long pass found Rondo, Rondo did not stop and kept the ball, and found Pierce in a long pass.
Facing the galloping Zheng Ke, Pierce smiled strangely, and transferred the ball to Ray Allen on the outside with a covert pass. Ray Allen caught the ball and shot
Like this kind of chasing three-pointer, and there is still no defense, Ray Allen usually trains ten and can score eight or nine. Therefore, the first blood of the whole game is taken by this merciless gentleman sword up
At the same time, the curtain of this drama was gradually opened.
(End of this chapter)