The King of the NBA

In a blink of an eye, a few days passed.

The Timberwolves have not played in the past few days. It was not until October 21 that the Timberwolves ushered in their fifth preseason game in Montreal against the Boston Celtics.

Before the game started, the auditorium was already full of people.

A fan stared at Ning Yi who was warming up on the court, and couldn't hide his excitement: "I don't know how many points Ning can score in this game, will it be another 20+?"

"I hope so too." Next to him, another fan took up the conversation, "Ning was too crazy in the last game. He scored 25 points against Gay. He is simply unstoppable, even if he can only make mid-range shots." This fan is obviously a fan of Ning Yi, and he is still wearing a Timberwolves jersey with the number 7 printed on it.

No. 7 is Ning Yi's number.

Not far away, there are some Chinese fans. They are holding signs with Ning Yi's name in their hands and waving small red flags. There are also a few Chinese girls among them, young and beautiful, forming a landscape.

With the rise of Ning Yi, now no matter where the Timberwolves play, they can almost see such a landscape. The only difference is that sometimes it is a small piece, and sometimes it is a big piece of bright red.

"beep"

The flute sounded, and the warm-up was over.

The players return to the field and the game is about to begin.

Adelman held the tactical board, looked at the players under him, and began to order: "Dion, Love, Ning, Martin, Rubio, wait for you to start."

Hearing his name, Dion beamed with joy. This was his second start. Although he knew that it was impossible to replace Pekovic, he was still very happy.

Ning Yi couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, he actually started the game.

"Ning, congratulations." Dion said.

"The coach is very optimistic about you, work hard." Le Fu smiled and patted Ning Yi on the shoulder.

Most of the teammates smiled at Ning Yi's encouragement, which made Ning Yi's heart warm, and he nodded heavily, then looked at Adelman, and said in a deep voice: "Coach, I will not let you down."

"Yes." Adelman nodded, spread out the tactical board, and began to arrange tactics.

Not far away, the newly appointed Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is also deploying tactics.

Stevens held the tactical board, glanced at his players, and sighed silently. Ray Allen left last year, and this year Garnett, Pierce, and Jason Terry were traded. The Big Three fell apart completely. Of the few heroes who won the championship for the Celtics, only Rondo is left.

Moreover, Rondo is still recuperating.

It can be said that the Celtics have entered the rebuilding phase, and now this lineup is difficult to compete with other teams, and their results this season are almost predictable.

The playoffs may only be a luxury!

"Even if I can't make it to the playoffs, I still have to prove my coaching ability." Stevens thought to himself, he just took office, facing this kind of mess, he also has a headache, but he doesn't want to be fired.

Taking a deep breath and throwing away all kinds of distracting thoughts, Stevens clapped his hands: "Okay, let me talk. Wait for Jared Sullinger, Gerald Wallace, Brandon Ba Smith, Courtney-Lee, Avery-Bradley, you guys start." He spread out the tactical board and began to arrange, "On the defensive end, you have to pay attention to Love, you can't Let Love play too easily, I would rather let him shoot outside than let him play inside. Once he holds the ball inside, double-team me."

"Also, it's Martin and that Ning."

When it came to Ning Yi, Stevens frowned slightly, and he didn't know how to evaluate it. Ning Yi looked very average, with average physical fitness and skills, but he was able to shoot and score.

"This Ning is a geek." In the end, Stevens gave Ning Yi such a definition, looked at Brandon Bass, and ordered: "Just keep an eye on him, his steps are very flexible, don't let him He easily throws you off. In addition, other people should also pay attention, once the opponent picks and rolls, immediately switch defenses, and show me this Ning."

"Yes." Bass and the others responded in unison.

"On the offensive end." Stevens ordered a few more words. In fact, what he said was very simple, and he didn't have too complicated arrangements on offense.

After all, the current lineup is really not enough, and there are too few people who can handle the ball. It would be better if Rondo was there, maybe he could play "bombards", but Rondo is not there, so he can only see the tricks and adapt to the situation up.

When the coaches of both sides arranged the tactics, the game officially started.

First is the jump ball. The tallest Celtics starting lineup today is Sullinger, who is only 206 centimeters. Compared with Dieng, who is 211 centimeters tall, he is not competitive. To the ball, to the backcourt.

Rubio takes the ball and starts pushing.

In a blink of an eye, the ball reached the frontcourt and was given to Martin. Martin faced Courtney Lee with a cross step, which was a direct change of direction and broke through. He killed the penalty area in two steps, and then scored the ball outside: "Ning!"

Ning Yi has already started. Taking advantage of the start of the game, Bass has not yet entered the state, and after a continuous feint, he moves away from Bass and kills him at a 30-degree angle to the left.

At this time, Martin passed the ball.

"Damn it!" Bass reacted and immediately chased after him.

But it was too late, Ning Yi took off as soon as he caught the ball, his current movements became more and more refined, catching the ball and adjusting it evolved into one movement, and his shots became much faster.

With a flick of his wrist, the basketball flew out from his fingertips, and with a "swish", it precisely pierced through the net, as if guided by a satellite.

"rather"

Timberwolves fans yelled.

Ning Yi smiled slightly and looked at his right hand: "Well, the feeling is still there."

Entering the starting lineup for the first time, Ning Yi was very excited and felt hot. In addition, the Celtics' defense was very average, at least not at the same level as the Raptors. Although Bass gritted his teeth and tried his best, there were Love, Martin, Dion, and Rubio on the Timberwolves side. Ning Yi was not fighting alone.

What's more, Ning Yi is not so easily restricted.

Ning Yi has made some improvements in the past few days, thanks to the recent competitions. After all, training is just an accumulation, and competitions are the real way to train people. Sometimes, after a few games, it may be more rewarding than half a year of hard training.

In addition to training these days, Ning Yi is summing up and reflecting.

These few games are of great significance to him. There have been setbacks and flashes, which made him grow and mature. He learned a lot from them. The system made him work hard to "eat in" these things and transform them into his own abilities.

Ning Yi did it, "eat" these things, comprehended them in his mind, coupled with hard training, although he failed to make a breakthrough, he also made a lot of progress.