one-handed ball

Chapter 77 The Appearance Ceremony
The Timberwolves' away loss to the Eastern powerhouse Cleveland Cavaliers finally did not upset again. Countless basketball experts touched the black hat on their foreheads and sighed with lingering fear. Then they don't have to mess around anymore, everyone just watch the Timberwolves game.
As the favorite of the best rookie in the Western Conference this month, Zheng Ke did not express his desire for this trophy after the game against the Cavaliers, but it is a pity that the league still awarded the best player in the Western Conference to Durant. After the All-Star Game, this kid has shown his three-point shooting ability. He averaged 21.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per game throughout February. The only thing that is not as good as Zheng Ke's performance is the team's record.
But it's a pity that rookies always only look at statistics when selecting honors. Of course, if the Timberwolves have a record of the top eight in the Western Conference, that's another matter.
In the Eastern Conference, after Yi Jianlian encountered the rookie wall in January and continued to slump for a period of time, he broke out strongly throughout February. He averaged 29.5 minutes per game throughout February, contributed 14.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, and made three-pointers. The rate is as high as 37%!It is no wonder that the American media praised Yi Jianlian as the next Nowitzki. Therefore, Yi Jianlian won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month trophy for the second time in his life. In the ranking of rookies, he also successfully surpassed Horford and temporarily ranked No. three!
The majority of the Chinese media is naturally rejoicing. Zheng Ke and Yi Jianlian’s excellent performance has diluted the sadness of Yao Ming’s injury. Compared with the repeated defeats of Chinese football, the Chinese men’s basketball team, which has always been used as a comparison, is undoubtedly a positive teaching material. At least the current Chinese team There is no pressure for the men's basketball team to dominate Asia.
However, the league has already entered March, and the door to trade has already been closed. The strong teams have begun to sprint to compete for home court advantage in the playoffs, and teams that need to perform poorly have also officially begun to perform poorly, such as the Timberwolves. The game is hopeless, and the team that is not in the bottom of the ranking is the most troublesome, how to live in the next month or so.
For this reason, the top management of the Timberwolves is in full swing, and there are differences of opinion among the various bigwigs.Of course, now it seems that they are obviously over-concerned. The Timberwolves entered the first week of March and ended with a wave of four-game losing streak. Although the record has not changed much, the Kings, who are closely behind, have shown the momentum of gradually overtaking the Timberwolves.
But at this time, no one cares about the life and death of a big team in the league, just like a grasshopper, no matter how much it jumps around, it is still a grasshopper.Everyone is attracted by the Rockets who have won 16 consecutive victories
On March 3th, the Rockets sat at the Toyota Center at home and defeated the Pacers from the Plateau. They beat their opponents 5 to 117, breaking the team's longest winning streak in 99 years (41 consecutive victories). , At the same time, it also created the longest team winning streak in the NBA this season. McGrady scored 15 points!
Then the Rockets went to Dallas non-stop, back to back to fight against the Mavericks, ending the Mavericks' 12-game winning streak at home and extending their winning streak to 17 games. McGrady played at the MVP level, scoring 31 points and 9 assists!
The whole league is paying attention to the Rockets, and the whole of China is paying attention to the Rockets.
At this time, the league once again updated the team strength list, and the Rockets suddenly rushed to third place, only under the Celtics and Lakers. This aroused the discussion of many experts, and they all said that the Rockets It’s unreasonable for the team’s lineup to rank No.2 in the combat power list, and the winning streak will also be terminated, so they speculate that the Rockets will be terminated when they play against the Hornets on the 8th, and Chris Paul will personally bury the Rockets Team
But they were wrong again. Although the queen bee Chris Paul played a god-level performance, sending 37 points and 11 assists, but the scarred No. 1 Rocket, Tracy McGrady played a super god-level performance. He made 27 of 17 shots, 8 of 3 three-pointers, scored 41 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, leading the Rockets to pull out the stinger violently!
The experts smiled awkwardly. They have thick skins. This time they learned how to behave. They think that the Rockets' winning streak will be ended during or before the Lakers game. You can see that this is a range. Guess, look at the Rockets' schedule, wow, the Lakers are the Rockets' opponents on March 3, so cunning
All of this is happening around Zheng Ke. His current teammates, apart from talking about women's butts and breasts, are talking about when the Rockets' winning streak will end and who will end it.
"Don't think who will end it!" Jefferson pushed open the door of the locker room and shouted: "We have to end our six-game losing streak, guys!"

The cold winter has not yet passed, and the air in Minnesota is still cold. As Whitman opened the door so rudely, a cold current rushed into the warm locker room. Zheng Ke, who was putting on knee pads, could not help but shudder. trembling
"Hey, please close the door!" McCants, who was stripped to only a pair of underwear, said dissatisfiedly. He was wearing slippers, ran to the door, and locked the door at once.
Jefferson looked at McCants, who was shivering from the cold, and couldn't help being happy. He laughed loudly and said, "The coach is coming soon, are you ready?"

"Ah, so fast!" Immediately there was another flurry of wild jumps.
"Fuck, who took my wristband?"

"Where's my headband?"

"Fake squid!"

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Sure enough, Whitman arrived immediately, and he pushed open the door of the locker room.
In the locker room, all the players were ready. As soon as he opened the door, the sights of more than a dozen pairs of eyes shifted to
Whitman nodded with satisfaction. He is a person who pays attention to details. He likes the way the players are prepared. "The list of starting players for this game remains unchanged! Jefferson, Zheng Ke, Telfair, McCann Tets and Channing Frye"

Whitman took the information and said, "Do you remember what I told you yesterday?"

"remember!"

Whitman continued: "The Clippers' record is behind us, and their team's leading star Brandon is currently on the injury list, so this game, Al!"

"Yes, coach." Jefferson pretended to be serious, and responded.

"You have to hold the ball more and hit in. Only Kaman can support them inside, and the rest are temporary workers. Zheng Ke!"

"Yes, coach." Zheng Ke immediately sat up straight and stared at Whitman.

Whitman smiled and said, "Don't be so serious, little guy"

There was laughter in the locker room.
"Hey," Zheng Ke scratched his head.

After Whitman waited for the laughter in the locker room to stop, he said, "Zheng, you have to guard the Clippers' small forward Corey Maggette well. He is now an important scoring point for the Clippers."

"Yes, Coach!"

"Welcome, ladies and gents, to the hottest, hottest Target Center!"

With the unique voice of the DJ in the Target Center and the explosive music, the audience cheered, and the atmosphere in the arena gradually became hotter
"First of all, let's welcome our youngest guy, a [-]-foot-[-] small forward from China, Zheng~~~ke~~~~~"

Zheng Ke hurriedly opened his hands, and ran out of the player tunnel. With his appearance, the atmosphere in the arena reached another level, and cheers of "Zheng Ke, Zheng Ke" sounded from everywhere.
I don't know when Zheng Ke became the first player of the Timberwolves to play. Maybe this is a default of his status in the team.Anyway, in the Timberwolves team composed of young people, Zheng Ke has gradually become an indispensable member and the player with the highest commercial value. In the eyes of boring fans, Zheng Ke is already one step ahead of Yi Jianlian, because he He took the lead in the counterattack and became the "second master" of the team.
With Jefferson making his final appearance, several starters began their elaborate opening ceremonies.
"Da da da la la la." Rhythmic music sounded in the arena. This is a dance song with a strong street style. Anyway, Zheng Ke has never heard this kind of song. He doesn't like these tunes .

As the music gradually sounded, five people including Zheng Ke started a regular robot dance. Robot dance is also a kind of street dance and is very popular in the United States.As the saying goes, street dance and streetball are not separated. In the NBA, many black players are from the street. Their unique street style has been widely spread after passing through the big stage of the NBA, such as Iverson The braided head and so on, so many players in the NBA are both ball and dance.
However, when Jefferson proposed the dance appearance ceremony, he received objections from Zheng Ke. Although he can dance, it still feels weird to perform in front of so many audiences, but his arms can't twist his thighs. In the end, Zheng Ke still Respecting the public opinion, I agreed to dance this opening dance. Hey, let’s treat it as a slam dunk, Zheng Ke thought helplessly
"Hey, Zheng Ke dances well!" Zeng Xiaojun, the owner of the restaurant sitting on the sidelines, said to his friend next to him.

"Yeah, I really didn't see it!"

Zheng Ke danced this mechanical dance, which is called a good one. He didn't know that Zeng Xiaojun praised him for dancing well. If he knew, he would be proud of it. But speaking of mechanical dance, it was the dance that Gomez taught him, Gomez In the past, the Timberwolves danced the best. When they practiced together, Gomez would often pull the shy Zheng Ke to dance. Gradually grow in the simple dance.
(End of this chapter)