one-handed ball

Chapter 263
After entering the third season of his career, Durant has also faintly stepped into the ranks of superstars.

So far, he ranks second on the scoring list with an average of 31.3 points per game.From the perspective of age, he is refreshing the youngest scorer in the NBA time and time again.His growth is also huge, and under his leadership, the Thunder's record is on the rise, even if they play against many old strong teams, they will not fall behind.

In the draft in June, the Thunder, holding the No. 6 pick, selected the "Mr. Beard" from Arizona State University-Harden.This seems to have found the last piece of the puzzle for the Thunder, completing the seamless transition from the starter to the bench.The name of Thunder Three Young Masters gradually became popular in the northwest region.

This is Harden's first visit to Minnesota, and the beard will go with the team.

Durant sat silently on the plane, he looked a little serious.Harden stared at Durant, who turned his head and looked out the window for a long time, with big round eyes, and couldn't help but be full of curiosity about that good friend of Durant.

"What kind of person is this? Can Boss Kevin care so much about this game."

The cabin of the Thunder team is a bit dull. Although Harden likes to be lively, he is not the kind of person who talks too much.The same is true for Durant and Westbrook. The main players are silent, let alone no one speaks. Everyone silently reads magazines and does their own things.

To be honest, the impact of the Timberwolves winning the championship on Durant is huge.

Before that, the name mentioned in the 07 draft was always Durant, but now, Zheng Ke's evaluation is much higher than him.When people mention Durant, oh, a great scorer.When mentioning Zheng Ke, he described it as an unbelievable player.

Such a change has greatly stimulated Durant.This summer, he didn't go anywhere, except to hone his skills on the street court, that is, to train non-stop in the training hall and training games.

Success always goes to those with perseverance.

With such hard work, Durant has grown rapidly since the end of the season.In addition to the rising scoring average, others such as rebounds and assists have increased slightly.

"His attack with the ball has become better." After the last game with Durant, Roy commented on him.

Zheng Ke raised his vigilance for this.

When the bus drove into the target center, the first thing Harden saw was the championship flag flying over the arena.Not only him, but most of the players on the Thunder team have never won a championship. When they saw the championship banner, they all had a feeling in their hearts.When they walked into the arena, they were welcomed by local fans from Minnesota. Many children made faces at them. They are so young, but they have a clear position.

Zheng Ke and others have already started daily training in the training hall of the Target Center. Although the opponent at night is the Thunder, who are also the Western Youth Guards, but the Timberwolves are a team that has just won the championship after all. His own strength is even better, and judging from his record, the same is true.

Therefore, although Big Beard and others waited and watched at the door, the Timberwolves players treated them as if they did not exist, and continued to train in their own way.

"Hi, Kevin." Zheng Ke saw Durant and walked over while he was resting.

"Long time no see." Durant grinned and gave Zheng Ke a firm hug.Then, he introduced the bearded man beside him: "This is James."

"Hello, bearded man." How could Zheng Ke not know Harden, he smiled, and warmly hugged this uncle-like figure.

"Hello, ZK." Harden was obviously restrained and surprised.He didn't expect Zheng Ke to be so enthusiastic, which is a little different from the Chinese people he imagined.

"Where is Russell?" Zheng Ke probed his head and found that Westbrook did not "visit" with these two people.

"They have already gone to training." Durant stood up and said jokingly: "We are here to spy on the enemy, so you let us go in like this?"

"Haha." Zheng Ke laughed, with indescribable confidence in his expression: "We didn't deploy tactics against you tonight, and you can see nothing."

Zheng Ke suddenly leaned close to Durant's ear mysteriously, and whispered: "Your new recruit really has a personality. I'm afraid it will be a bit troublesome to clean up the beard on this face? But then again, you What are you doing here today? Don’t you just take your little brother here for a walk?”

"Ahem." Durant was a little speechless. It seemed that everyone who saw Harden would be interested in his beard. He glanced at Harden's beard, but he didn't think it was strange?Is it because I have been watching it for a long time?

The two were whispering there, Harden pricked up his ears, but couldn't hear clearly. He vaguely heard the words "James" and "bearded". His eyes were big and small, and he was quite proud. "It seems that the new MVP of the finals is still very concerned about me."

There are no weak teams in the Northwest Division. This is a saying that has been circulating in the NBA recently.

In addition to the second-ranked Timberwolves in the West, there are four strong teams: Thunder, Trail Blazers, Nuggets and Jazz.In the past, the young guards headed by the Timberwolves always liked to be upset. Now, what kind of sparks will there be when the two young guards collide?Is the Timberwolves winning 10 consecutive victories, or is the Thunder upset again?People are full of expectations for this.

Therefore, tonight's Target Center arena is full of seats.

Behind the basketball hoop of the Timberwolves, there are already reporters carrying cameras, holding cameras, and shooting short shots. Some of them are from local TV media, and more are from some big cities.Even if they were "distributed" to a barren place like Minnesota, the reporters still felt very happy.Because here, there is the championship of last season, because here, there are the top five superstars in the league.

Following the introduction of the on-site DJ, the starting players of the Timberwolves walked out of the channel one by one.

"Next, let's welcome. From China, a small forward who is 223 feet [-] inches tall and weighs [-] pounds, our FMVP, Zheng~~ke~~"

This seemed to be a signal, and there were wolves howling one after another in the Target Center arena.The fans welcomed their wolf king, no, their wolf god in such a unique way!
Zheng Ke ran out of the tunnel at a trot. He stretched out his ape-like arms, high-fived the densely packed fans at the entrance of the tunnel, and then ran among the Timberwolves players.

Zheng Ke slid in a half-squat, stretched out his arms, and high-fived his teammates one by one in a motion similar to a mechanical dance.

Afterwards, the starters came on the stage, and Zheng Ke and others took off their training uniforms and walked onto the field.He closed his palms, exhaled into his palms, and ran to the basket shaking his head.

With a light leap, Zheng Ke's warm palm grabbed the cold iron basket.

He lifted his body with bent arms, made a pull-up motion, raised his head from under the net, passed through the basket, and after doing three, he jumped off the basket lightly.

The players of the two teams stood near the middle circle according to their respective positions on the field.

The Thunder's starting lineup is: Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Leonard Krstic.

Krstic of the Thunder is a representative of a technical center and comes from Serbia. Born in 83, he is now 26 years old. Although he was in his prime as a basketball player, he tore the cruciate ligament in his left knee and even left the NBA sadly because of this. His athletic ability is really average.

Therefore, even if he is 2 centimeters taller than the 11-meter Pekovic, the one who wins the basketball is Pekovic, who is almost the representative of the floor flow.

Surprised, Billups took the basketball down, then reacted and sneaked a thumbs up to Pekovic.At the same time, Billups dribbled forward and began to organize the first offense.

After leading the ball from the outside, Zheng Ke and Billups made a pick-and-roll cooperation. Westbrook forced through Zheng Ke's cover, announcing the failure of the Timberwolves' pick-and-roll.

Billups passed back to Zheng Ke, and everyone naturally opened up the space.

Zheng Ke stepped on the three-point line at 45 degrees, and Durant stretched out his long arms and placed them ten centimeters in front of Zheng Ke.The noisy voices of the audience quieted down, and everyone watched the two leading players who were caught in a heads-up match on the court, and they dared not show their atmosphere.
"Will I let the audience down if I try my hand at this place?" Zheng Ke asked Durant as if he was seeking advice.

Durant didn't dare to answer. He has been in the league for three years, and he is also clear about some of Zheng Ke's habits, including trash talk that disturbs people's hearts from time to time.According to Zheng Ke's words, he generally doesn't talk trash, but when he meets an opponent who excites him, he will unconsciously say a few words.

"Hmph, boring!" Looking at the silent Durant, Zheng Ke felt dull.

Iverson once talked to Zheng Ke about his breakthrough ability.Generally speaking, Zheng Ke's breakthrough is already at the top level of the NBA. The problem is that Zheng Ke doesn't often break through others. He prefers to use post-up singles to solve problems. Therefore, Zheng Ke's breakthrough ability has never been in the league. How famous.

But actually, his first step was very swift.

Like a white lightning, it cut people's sight.Contrary to Durant's expectations, Zheng Ke didn't use any fake moves, even omitted the tentative steps, and directly forced a breakthrough on the right side.His reaction was a little slow, and he was scratched by Zheng Ke who was like a bulldozer, and his ribs were hit and hurt.

Jeff Green is only [-] meters, and his figure doesn't look like an orthodox power forward player. After being placed in the main position by Love, he can't move at all.

"Bang!"

Zheng Ke turns his body into a bow and completes the super battle ax snap!
The audience felt as if they drank a glass of Pepsi, and they felt very comfortable; they also felt as if they drank a mouthful of wonderful beer, opening all the pores on their bodies.

They all stood up and let out the most heart-piercing cheers
(End of this chapter)