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Chapter 694 Yi's Injury

In order to fight against the Bucks' Australian champion Andrew Bogut, Casey put Olowokandi back into the starting lineup and joined forces with Yi Jianlian.

"Welcome to watch NBATV. Tonight, the Timberwolves at home welcome the Bucks. Whether the Timberwolves can limit Bogut inside and whether Michael Reid can continue his previous state is a major highlight of tonight." During the game, Weber discussed the game with Albert.

"I'm really looking forward to Yi's performance," Webber said. "If there is any team that can make Yi go all out, it must be the Bucks."

"Oh? Why did you say that?" Albert didn't know about Yi Jianlian and the Bucks, but Weber was very clear.

"You should know that Yi was a popular rookie before the draft, and then fell to the second round due to some off-court factors and was selected by the Timberwolves, and the Bucks were one of the teams that promised him in the first place."

"So he has every reason to show his ability in front of the Bucks and let them know how bad their vision is."

Albert's eyes lit up, "So, there is another highlight in tonight's game."

"I just don't know if there is a clause in Yi's contract that he needs to take [-] shots against the Bucks." Weber couldn't help but teased Yi Jianlian's overlord contract.

For Yi Jianlian, this is a very frustrating thing. Now the entire NBA knows him because he signed the best (perhaps the most ridiculous?) rookie contract in history.

Subsequently, the two sides sent starters.Bogut and Olowokandi jump the ball at midfield.

Bogut is the No. [-] pick. Needless to say his own talent, Olowokandi is also the No. [-] pick, but he is a well-known parallel importer. He has also suffered from injuries this year, and his state has declined greatly.

Therefore, the opening jump ball was no suspense, and Bogut won in a landslide.

The starting guard for the Bucks is Maurice Williams. This guard who is famous for his "no pass" has a strong individual combat ability.

Ukic was under a lot of pressure, and Casey made it a point to be careful about Williams' offense before the start.

Fortunately, Williams' desire to attack is not very strong. On the first ball at the opening, he passed the ball to the Bucks' handle Michael Reed.

Battier's heartbeat intensified, and Reid's opening attack was a tentative breakthrough, followed by an unreasonable mid-range shot.

"Nice offense, Reid found the touch as soon as he came up tonight, which is very unfavorable for the Timberwolves."

"At the beginning of the game, one-on-one play, and continue to play after scoring. This is Reed's style. The Timberwolves must be careful, and they must keep an eye on him."

"Desmond, do you know how to defend? I thought you could only dunk." Bai Jidong taunted his opponent.

Desmond Mason has outstanding physical fitness.Relying on his super physical fitness, he often staged difficult dunks.But he relies too much on his body to play and doesn't practice his skills very much, so he is always ridiculed by Bai Jidong.

It seems that the player named Mason has a bad temper, and so does this Mason, who ignites like gunpowder, and the whole person is Spartan.

"Shut up! Chinaman, I'll show you how powerful I am!" Mason shouted in a low voice.

"Oh?"

Bai Jidong leaned against Mason, hooked the ball upwards, and passed it to Yi Jianlian who was about to reach the low post.

"What's so good about you? Are you good at dunking or are you good at shooting shots that you can't even get in?"

Mason was very annoyed by Bai Weidong's trash talk, but the focus on the court had shifted from them to Yi Jianlian and the eyebrowless hero Charlie Villanueva.

Yi Jianlian faced another opponent who was worse than him in everything except height, and Villanueva's strength beat Yi Jianlian to death.

"It's too mechanical." Bai Jidong shook his head secretly, this kind of beating is not acceptable.

After getting along with Yi Jianlian for a long time, Bai Jidong discovered that he has many fatal flaws, such as this mechanical style of play.

Yi Jianlian knows all kinds of skills. Although he is not good at anything, he is an all-rounder.

The problem is that he can't integrate these techniques to form his own routine.

He is like a designer, every time before starting a fight, he goes through the battle plan in his mind, thinks clearly about how to fight, and then hardens his head according to the planned moves.

This on-the-fly approach is stupid.

The game is changing rapidly. Once the fixed routine is seen through by others, it is very inefficient to continue playing mechanically without seeking changes.

Yi Jianlian's routine this round is to rely on a few turnaround jump shots.Villanueva may not have seen his routine clearly, but he firmly blocked Yi Jianlian's top outside the paint area, and the latter had no other means of attack except turning over.

Yi Jianlian forcibly turned over and shot, and Villanueva followed and sent a thunderbolt cap.

Bai Jidong picked up the ball, time was running out, he hastily made a shot, but couldn't make a shot.

Mason regarded this as his own credit, and shouted triumphantly: "Aren't you very good? Come on, why don't you make this ball?"

"Don't worry, Desmond, I'll get points on you soon." Bai Jidong said with a smile.

In turn, the Bucks' offense is strong.Williams dribbles outside and passes to Reid at the free throw line.Reid hit Battier hard, but Battier's footsteps couldn't keep up with Reed's speed.

Although Reid's offense is mainly shooting, his breakthrough ability is not bad. Battier didn't keep up with the first step, and he couldn't keep up with the next few steps.

Reid rushed to the basket like a runaway horse, facing Yi Jianlian's defense and scored a layup.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA." Reed gave Yi Jianlian a famous quote for rookies.

Bai Jidong stepped forward and said: "You were too slow to mend just now!"

Yi Jianlian remained silent.

Bai Jidong continued: "Even if the offense is not good, the defense must keep up."

After Olowokandi took the ball with his back in a high position, the two baselines were opened.

Apart from Bogut on the Bucks field, Villanueva has the best inside defense, and Villanueva dare not stay too far away from Yi Jianlian.

Bai Jidong screened for Ukic, Williams was blocked, Reed had to wipe his ass, he had to keep an eye on Ukic, when Ukic accelerated the air cut, Bai Jidong rushed to the penalty area , Olowokandi arrived with the ball.

Both Bai Jidong and Ukic rushed to the penalty area, but it was Bai Jidong who caught the ball and made a layup.

"Beautiful tactical coordination, this is what the Timberwolves should look like."

"Indeed, there are not too many singles, all relying on off-ball screens and tactical moves. This tactic is not complicated. This effect can be achieved because the Bucks' overall defense is very poor."

"Okay, guys, guard against them once!" Bai Jidong clapped his hands and shouted.

Bai Jidong hadn't encouraged his teammates so loudly for a long time, and Olowokandi stared at him for a while.

Is this a sign of his return?Or is it a flashback before complete depravity?Olowokandi doesn't know, he just needs to do his own job well.

Bogut desperately withstood Olowokandi, and his teammates passed the ball to let him play singles.

"Are you considered the No. [-] pick at your level? It's a shame for us to be the No. [-] pick. You weak chicken, go to hell with me!" Bogut spat trash talk and hit hard.

Olowokandi can't do anything else, but his strength is top-notch. Although he can't stand up to low-level monsters like Obir and Yao Yueban, he has no problem against Bogut.

Bogut demonstrated to Yi Jianlian a "what if the routine is locked?" singles.Olowokandi didn't move on his back, Bogut shook his shoulder and turned to the other side to score a hook.

"You weak chicken! You are far behind me, and you are considered the No. [-] pick? I really want to dig out the eyes of the person who chose you back then." Bogut sneered.

If Olowokandi was younger, he would definitely not let it go now, but he is getting older and his state is getting worse day by day.

Olowokandi has already determined that this season is his last season, and he hopes to have a perfect curtain call.

After Garnett left, the Timberwolves only had Bai Jidong as the core, and Olowokandi also believed that Bai Jidong could carry the team, but now he is not so sure.

Bai Jidong has changed, he is completely different from before.

Occasionally, he still showed the morbid desire to win before, but most of the time, he took victory lightly and didn't care even if he lost.

If this is the final year of his career, he hopes to exit the stage like a man, even if he can't defend his title.

Now, let alone the defending champions, the Timberwolves may not even make it past the first round if they make it to the playoffs.

Yi Jianlian asked for the ball again. His position was so good that Ukic couldn't do without a pass.

Getting to a good position is half of the success of the low post attack, and the other half is the implementation of the attack. If the implementation is not good, the previous position will fall short.

Yi Jianlian no longer played forcefully, and Villanueva had already used a successful defense to make him realize the gap between the two.

It was useless to fight hard, Yi Jianlian suddenly unloaded his strength and retreated to turn over.

The idea was good, but it was a pity that Villanueva followed like a fly.Yi Jianlian didn't have time to lift the ball, and was photographed with the ball in his hands.

The referee whistled and gave Villanueva a foul.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, Casey replaced Ukic, who had unstable shooting, and sent out Spanoulis, who has been in a brave state in recent games.

When Ukic, whose shooting was unstable, went off the court, the Timberwolves' twin towers followed suit. They became two high walls in the high position, like iron chains and boulders across a dangerous mountain.

Olowokandi screened, Spanoulis accelerated and galloped, and Williams once again encountered an inescapable screen.

Yi Jianlian took another step across and made a second screen. The continuous screens have created enough space for Spanoulis' shots, and the weak side corner is empty.

Spanoulis ran to the end point of the established tactics, and at the shooting point that he was so familiar with that he could almost close his eyes, he raised his hand and scored a three-pointer.

"Good three points, Vassilis!"

"The Greek continued his previous good form and scored a three-pointer as soon as he played."

"It feels good on the one hand, and Michael and Yi's high-quality screens are also on the other hand. The Timberwolves' tactical coordination in positional warfare is too good."

(End of this chapter)