Chapter 452 Fight Back, I Can't Get It Out! (Fourth Update!)
Minneapolis is the coldest month in February.
When the Pelicans got off the plane, even though they were prepared to wear down jackets, they all shivered unconsciously.
No wonder few stars come to this place. It's really not that pleasant to feel cold down to the bone.
"Tang, will the feeling of your hands be frozen?"
Ci Shiping exhaled hot air and made fun of Tang Tian.
Ci Shiping has become close to him since they became friends because of the fight on the field.
"How is that possible? Although Minneapolis is cold, the Target Center is still air-conditioned."
Tang Tian's words made Ci Shiping laugh.
But Tang Tian didn't say the next sentence, fearing that Ci Shiping wouldn't get a laugh.
After all, not every arena has the same bad air conditioning as ATT Arena in San Antonio, does it?
At the Target Center that night, the arena's occupancy rate was only about 60%.
Just 60% of the fans, and 10-20% came for Tang Tian.
The Timberwolves' football market is now as cold as the weather.
But what Tang Tian said was true, the target center was air-conditioned, and the fans who arrived at the scene were quite enthusiastic.
At least a lot of fans were cheering Tang Tian, holding the Godfather's KT board in their hands.
Uh, it seems that the style of painting is not quite right, isn't this an away game?
But it doesn't matter, after all, there are many Chinese fans in every city.
The scene entered the opening ceremony, and the starting players of both sides were introduced one after another.
The Pelicans have a regular lineup, with Holiday and Morrow on the outside, Tang Tian and Davis on the striker, and Akinsa at the center.
For the Timberwolves, Rubio and Kevin Martin are on the outside, Brewer and Love are on the front line, and Pekovic is the center.
Davis jumped and beat Love, officially kicking off the game.
The Pelicans attacked the frontcourt, and without further ado, Brewer directly circled forward to defend Tang Tian.
This has also become a common scene after Tang Tian's comeback.
You have to admire the professionalism of the NBA. Although Tang Tian has gradually increased his ability to pull up and break through this season, his opponents will soon be able to make targeted defenses.
Holiday was about to turn around and find Davis for a pick-and-roll.
However, Tang Tian took the initiative to run beyond the three-point line to ask for the ball.
Holiday handed the ball over and motioned for his teammates to pull away.
A Davis and a Holiday, after being guided by Tang Tian alone, became his loyal younger brother.
Needless to say, the other teammates, taking Tang Tian's Ferrari, how could they not cooperate.
Tang Tian held the ball from the outside, and Brewer defended close to him.
Brewer is Tony Allen with weak defense and strong offense, and his defensive ability is also at the top of the league.
If this was the case before, Tang Tian could only use his physical strength to force him, but this time, after posing in a three-threat pose, he half bent his waist and directly dribbled the ball with his left and right hands.
The core of low-body dribbling is a low center of gravity, so that the control of the ball will be more stable.
Brewer shot directly after seeing it.
He is a very hardworking player, and he will watch videos to study his opponents before the game, which is why he can frequently play excellent defense.
Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.
He knew that Tang Tian's ball-handling skills were mediocre, and his luck at this time was giving him a chance.
"Snapped!"
But just as he made a steal, Tang Tian suddenly changed direction and accelerated, passing right past him!
Change to extraordinary!
Basketball skills are actually figured out, which is why the skills in the system are attribute bonuses, not skills that are really given to you.
For example, McGrady, you don’t have waist strength bonus, you don’t have stability, you don’t have that bounce, you can’t use that skill in the game.
The same is true for ball-handling skills. Whether it is Irving's fancy style or Iverson's butterfly crossing, they are all variants of changing directions.
Owen is strong on the control of the ball, and Iverson is strong on the absolute speed of changing directions.
After Tang Tian got the low body dribble, what he gained was the stability of the dribble.
And he just completed this change of direction. In addition to this stability, there is also the dynamic vision aid that he started training very early.
Predicting that Brewer was going to make a steal, he dribbled and changed direction almost at the same time, directly hitting a time difference.
Snapped!
And so it passed.
There was an uproar at the scene.
Brewer, the team's best defensive player, was directly passed by Tang Tian in one step...
Brewer wanted to fight back, but Tang Tian had already dribbled the ball to the basket quickly.
Ajinsa has the ability to shoot from the middle distance, Pekovic didn't dare to help defend casually, Tang Tian went to the basket and was unguarded, and directly scored with a one-armed dunk!
Dunk dunks at the beginning, show!
The Pelicans bench was seething.
Darius Miller flew up, still waving the towel.
Williams also showed a surprised look at this time.
Tang Tian's ball-handling skills have obviously become stronger.
The coaching staff of the Pelicans is very concerned about the training of players, and they also learned that Tang Tian will practice this information in the evening.
So Tang Tian's suddenly stronger ball control ability is acceptable.
If a technique is practiced all the time, it will undergo a qualitative change on the day it is truly mastered.
Although Tang Tian's qualitative change came much earlier than expected.
In the Timberwolves' offense, Love asked for the ball in the low post to hit Davis with his back.
Love has been gaining weight and confrontation in the past few years, and Davis is obviously struggling to defend in the low post.
Love fights to the basket and squeezes Davis' shot.
"Snapped!"
But he somewhat underestimated Davis' defensive ability.
Although he was pushed away, Davis's wingspan was too terrifying, and he blocked it directly with his fingertips.
Love wanted to grab the rebound again before making a shot, but Davis snatched the ball away with his long hands.
After Davis got the ball, he turned around and asked Tang Tian to pass the ball to him.
Tang Tian's passing ability is excellent. When the team plays a fast break, it usually comes from his long pass.
But this time Tang Tian didn't play the ball after receiving the ball, but directly dribbled forward by himself.
Rubio helps defend.
"Snapped!"
Tang Tian changed direction and passed Rubio directly!
The fans at the scene were dumbfounded.
Is this still the Tang Tian they have seen before?
This frontal change requires a lot of control over the ball, which is usually only used by dribblers like Irving and Walker, but Tang Tian?
Tang Tian used it!
Before they came back to their senses, Tang Tian had already thrown Rubio away with big strides.
The Timberwolves' offensive firepower is good, but the defense is as bad as Adelman's inherent impression.
They've given up 105+ points every night this season.
After Tang Tian threw away Rubio, there was already a flat landscape in front of him.
Rush to one step inside the free throw line, gliding directly to pull the ball with one hand.
"Boom!"
A one-handed snap full of visual effects!
The slam dunk training during this period has begun to pay off!
The fans at the scene were amazed.
There are two consecutive dunks in the opening game, you are about to participate in the dunk contest, but you don't have to do it like this!