Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 15 Crushing Wesley Johnson

The 10th popular rookie Wesley Johnson came on stage, and the fans at the Target Center burst into applause. Everyone was looking forward to Johnson's performance.Tyreke sat on the bench and watched Johnson step onto the court. Thinking of the agreement with the team's general manager Petri, he couldn't help but focus more on watching the game.

The Timberwolves fell behind by double digits at the beginning of the game. Coach Rambis replaced Milicic with Toliver, who has outside ability, and put Love at the fifth position. At the same time, he sent Johnson, who is more physically fit. Replacing Ellington in the second position, strengthening the pressure on the outside.

Back in the game, Ridnour dribbled the ball across half court, Love came out from the inside to make a pick-and-roll, Ridnour moved laterally with the ball, Garcia stepped forward to switch defenses, Ridnour transferred the ball to Beasley, Beasley After taking a step in, he stopped and shot a jumper!Hit!
"Beasley! This goal is beautiful! The star of tomorrow with excellent offensive ability is currently the No. [-] firepower of the Timberwolves. Although he played for the Heat last season, his performance in the playoffs was not satisfactory, but he His personal talent is absolutely outstanding!" Jim Peterson explained from the sidelines.

The Kings attack, Hyde holds the ball up front and passes it to Garcia on the wing, and Johnson marks Garcia.Johnson is the same height as Garcia at 2 meters, but weighs nearly ten kilograms heavier than Garcia. Although he looks lean, he is full of strength. In addition, today is also Johnson's first regular season game. He is full of desire and defensive. Aggressive, Garcia, who wanted to pass Johnson and shoot directly from the middle distance, had to pass the ball.

"Crack!" Garcia was about to pass the ball, but Johnson reached out and knocked the ball away!Timberwolves counterattack quickly!Johnson dribbled the ball for a single fast break, Hyde saw the ball was intercepted and immediately returned to defense, Johnson played Hyde one-on-one!Leaning on Hyde to force a layup!Wipe the board hit!Whistle!Hyde thugs foul, 2+1!

"Good shot! Wesley's wonderful steal and scored 2+1! Full of domineering!" Benz roared excitedly, and the audience boiled again!

Johnson's goal boosted the team's morale. In the next game, the Timberwolves played more and more courageously, but the Kings' offensive ability dropped greatly after Tyreke and Cousins ​​went off the field. By the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves will The point difference narrowed to 5 points, and the Sacramento Kings ended the first quarter with a 28-23 lead.

At the end of the first quarter, there was a 120-second break. Everyone was sitting on the bench and preparing for the next quarter. Tyreke got up and walked to Coach Westphal, and said solemnly: "Coach, I will be in the next quarter." Come defend Johnson!"

"Tyreke, do you want to guard Johnson?"

"Johnson swings between the [-]nd and [-]rd positions. In this game, he should play the [-]nd position. Their [-]st position Ridnour can't defend me at all. I think he should also guard me on the defensive end. I have to play the offensive and defensive. Hit him at both ends!" Tyreke said confidently.

"Okay, in the second quarter, I will let you face Johnson and curb their offensive momentum!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, Tyreke and Cousins ​​returned to the court and formed the king's lineup with Casspi, Udri, and Thompson. The Timberwolves' lineup at this time was Sebastian Tell Phil, Johnson, Corey Brewer, Beasley, Nikola Pekovic.

The first few offenses of the Kings in the second quarter still focused on Cousins, but Cousins, who was still calling the shots in the first quarter, is now playing extremely hard.Pekovic, who has trained in Europe for many years and landed in the NBA this season, is taller and heavier than Cousins. Although Pekovic's defensive level is average, this is only Cousins' first regular season game after all. The lack of experience made him have no effective way to take Pekovic in the offense. The restricted offense made Cousins ​​a little hot-headed. He forced shots several times regardless of the situation on the field, allowing the Timberwolves to tie the score to 34-34. .

"Dave, look, I didn't expect Pekovic to be so impressive. He contributed a lot to the tie. I think he is stronger than Howard. I think it is difficult to find a stronger player in the league now. Someone here." The score was equalized, and Peterson on the sidelines couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Coach Westphal saw that Cousins ​​was in a tough fight, and immediately replaced him with Dalembert, and the team's main attack point shifted to Tyreke.Tyreke organized the offense with the ball in the frontcourt. As expected, the Timberwolves had Johnson defend Tyreke.

"Jim, your favorite Wesley is facing last season's Rookie of the Year, Tyreke Evans!"

"Evans is indeed amazingly talented. The fourth 20+5+5 rookie in history is enough to explain everything, but I believe Wesley can contain him!"

Just after Peterson finished speaking, he saw Tyreke change direction, swayed in the opposite direction, and passed Johnson with one step. Johnson didn't keep up with Tyreke at all. Lembert resisted Pekovic to create space for Tyreke, and Tyreke went straight to the basket for a backhand layup and made a steady hit!

After succeeding, Tyreke stared at Johnson behind him, provocatively with a disgusted expression on his face: "Hey! Rookie! Your paper defense, I can pass you in one step! You are the fourth pick like me ? Too weak!"

When running back to his own half-court defense, Tyreke felt endless emotion in his heart. He has actually started to provoke his opponent now. His strength really makes people hard. This is self-confidence!

The ball was switched, the Timberwolves attacked, Telfair took possession of the ball, Johnson asked him for the ball, Telfair passed the ball to Johnson, Johnson signaled his teammates to open up space, and he wanted to single-handedly defend his own Tyreke.

"Dave, look, Wesley is going to single-handedly fight Evans. As the No. [-] pick, he really refuses to admit defeat. He was beaten by Evans just now, and now he wants to fight him back to get back the field. ah!"

Tyreke stared at Johnson, who wanted to single him out, and bowed his body to make a defensive posture. Johnson tried to shake people, but Tyreke didn't want to shake people at all. He stared at Johnson's steps, relying on his excellent wingspan, Clinging to Johnson like brown sugar, Johnson saw that he couldn't get rid of Tyreke's defense, so he directly pulled out and forced a jumper!Tyreke knew that since Johnson wanted to hit him alone, he would definitely complete this attack by himself. He saw the upward movement of Johnson's hand, and he shot the ball away from Johnson's hand quickly!
After the ball in Johnson's hand was shot by Tyreke, Tyreke directly counterattacked with the ball, and the two teams switched offense and defense!After all, Johnson was a young man, and he didn't give up. He chased after Tyreke and wanted to defend him. How could Tyreke give him such a chance?After Tyreke took off, Johnson took off at the same time beside Tyreke, trying to escape Tyreke from behind, but when the two bodies collided, they were directly knocked away by Tyreke in the air, and they landed unstable and fell to the ground. !
Tyreke grabbed the frame with both hands, jumped to the ground, and yelled at Wesley Johnson who fell on the baseline and the Timberwolves fans in the target center behind him, announcing that at this moment he is the protagonist of the target center !

(End of this chapter)