In five minutes, he didn't score a single point, two rebounds, three turnovers, one block, and several passes, but it did not turn into direct scores, so it cannot be considered an assist. This is the data that Yao Ming contributed when he returned for the Supersonics for the first time.

For ordinary players, even if this data is not very good, it cannot be considered bad, because in total, three shots were made in five minutes. Although there were more mistakes, this was caused by the lack of game feeling, not to mention a block.

But for Yao Ming, especially for him who has always made a strong comeback, this performance is really not good, but fortunately it did not cause any major harm to the team. After the game, Caresimo praised a few words casually and told Yao Ming to be ready to play in the second half of the third quarter, so he let Yao Ming sit down and rest.

Although Yao Ming sat there without saying a word, as if he was sulking, he was essentially savoring all the feelings he had just now. He now lacked the feeling on the court, and he recalled the details of every move, the situation of his opponent and the feelings he made over and over again in his mind.

Yao Ming is a very smart player. This is not a cleverness, and a real big guy has great wisdom. It is very necessary to seize the opportunity to reminisce about this feeling that it has not completely disappeared. It is very necessary and the effect is also very good.

In the second quarter, Stephen was off the court, and Caresimo replaced the double-point guard backcourt combination like Russell Westbrook and Jarrett Jack. The two men took turns to attack the basket, and after encountering obstacles, they passed the ball outward. Two three-pointers Du Fei and Durant were standing on the outside, and Channing Fry suddenly appeared outside the three-point line and suddenly returned to the basket. Although he was nearly seven feet tall, his flexibility was very outstanding.

Such a lineup and style of play may not have any effect on those teams with excellent defense, but it is very effective for basically no defense against the Timberwolves. They cannot adapt to this kind of flowery playing style at all. However, Russell Westbrook and Jarret Jack do not play randomly, and they will be assigned to the outside line after being blocked. Moreover, the quality of their passes is very high.

Randy Ferye could not prevent any of them at all, although he did not suffer any physical confrontation, Sebastian Telfer, who was replaced, had no effect. The Timberwolves quickly lost the cost of defeat, and the score gap was widened to more than 20.

"It seems that I won't have to go to the second half, and I can finally take a little more rest." Stephen sat beside Yao Ming and said a joke. Although the 20-digit gap is not enough to say that he will definitely win the game, there is basically no problem. If he works hard at the beginning of the second half and can pull the score difference to a 30-digit gap, he will basically enter garbage time.

"Oh, you might not have to play to win the game, but I still have to go to it, I am born to be hard-working." Yao Ming sighed, and Stephen kept rolling his eyes at him. Who has been resting for so long and is still hard-working, but he didn't see how these people are busy.

However, Stephen felt that the pressure on this season was not as great as last season. On the one hand, his teammates were more powerful than last season, and on the other hand, the team's strength has been proven. Stephen doesn't need to win 40 or 50 points to win the game. In many cases, he only needs to exert six or seven points.

By the end of the first half, the Supersonics led the Timberwolves by 24 points, which in turn was exactly one more point per minute than the Timberwolves, and this allowed Yao Ming to experience the five-minute game feeling and Stephen had rested for most of the quarter.

In the second half, Stephen was indeed like he said, launching a fierce attack on the Timberwolves from the beginning, scoring eight points in two minutes, and assisting Damien Wilkins to shoot a three-pointer, which scored more than 30 in one fell swoop.

After being led by the Supersonics, the Timberwolves also knew that this game was basically a sure loss. Kevin McHale began to replace the veteran and replaced some new players. It was not that he liked young players so much, but that there was no way to think about it anyway. It would be better to find an excuse to give up the game. The excuse of cultivating young players should be reasonable.

He replaced a young player, and the Supersonics naturally made the same choice. Anyway, he was already ahead of the big score. Watling was replaced by Russell Westbrook after playing for a while, Cott Thomas was also replaced by Nick Colinson, and then the rookie player Yao Ming replaced veteran Cooper.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the Supersonics' substitution, Kevin Love, a prospective rookie player who had just replaced the Timberwolves, pulled the score back with two three-pointers, which made people unable to help but pay attention to the player.

Kevin is usually thin, Kevin Martin, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Durant and Kevin McHale who appeared in this game are just exceptions to Kevin Love. Although he is not thick, he has nothing to do with thinness. Although his playing style is a bit more fluid on the floor, this guy shoots very well.

But his shooting is different from Kevin Durant. He is not that elegant, but very standard and also takes a very fast shot.

After playing for a while, Stephen noticed another point. This guy has a very good sense of rebounding and his sense of rebounding can be said to be top-notch. He snatched the rebounds lost by Supersonic players from Stephen several times.

You should know that the teammates' shooting habits and shooting characteristics Stephen has carefully observed it, so that the judgment can be more accurate and he can take action in advance. However, this guy can only look at the ball path and judge the approximate landing point of the ball. Stephen relies on his advantage in bounce, but he did not gain any advantage in front of him. This is really talented.

However, after Yao Ming came on the court, there was a great improvement. How to say it, many times, Yao Ming could block a large piece of rebound without moving. Height advantage and bounce advantage are two different advantages. A rebound that jumps naturally has an advantage, but a rebound that jumps downward naturally has an advantage.

Moreover, Yao Ming, who played again, felt that he had made great progress in the game compared to last time. He received a pass from Stephen shortly after he got on the court, and then began to play Al Jefferson with his back.

Players like Al Jefferson have always been Yao Ming's victims, because they are so flexible compared to Yao Ming, so this time Al Jefferson is still as usual, carrying it while preparing for a response.

In the past, when he met Yao Ming like this, he would take advantage of the moment when Yao Ming turned around and use Yao Ming's unstable turn to squeeze Yao Ming, while reaching out to hit the ball in Yao Ming's hand.

But this time he failed. Yao Ming seemed to be turning left on the surface, so he just turned to El Jefferson. Who knew that Yao Ming turned left halfway and then suddenly turned right again. Although Al Jefferson also turned around, Yao Ming was no longer able to limit him. While running under the basket, Yao Ming raised his hand to put the ball into the basket.

After returning, Al Jefferson took advantage of his footsteps to return Yao Ming, but he had already turned three or four times and was still within the scope of Yao Ming. This reminded him of Yao Ming in the peak state. He didn't seem to have been injured at all, and his feet seemed to be more flexible than before.

Compared to his time in the Rockets, Yao Ming lost five pounds. For his height, the reduction in the five pounds was simply invisible, but Yao Ming could feel the difference, and the ease in his footsteps was even better than when he had not joined the league.

In the end, Al Jefferson really had no confidence to shoot in front of Yao Ming, so he had to pass the ball. Yao Ming completed a defensive task very well. Although there was no reflection in the data, those who know how to do it can see that Yao Ming's body and defensive consciousness were not affected by injuries.

Yao Ming and Stephen cooperated with a pick-and-roll cooperation. Stephen passed the ball to Yao Ming, and then Yao Ming passed it back to Stephen. A round-trip pass cooperation attracted the attention of the defense. At this time, Stephen threw the ball high near the basket frame. Yao Ming jumped gently and pressed the ball into the basket with one hand.

Then Yao Ming ran two rounds. Although he had no tactical contribution, his personal cooperation with Stephen was very powerful. Both of them were players who could not be restricted by single players. After Yao Ming created enough threats to the basket, Stephen was emptied.

Only a small area of ​​shooting was needed, Stephen was able to start shooting, not to mention such a large open space, and easily sent the ball into the basket with a jump shot. After scoring the goal, he celebrating with Yao Ming. Although Yao Ming has not really integrated into the tactics, the feeling of the two of them being able to cooperate is very beautiful. If the power of the whole team is added, I believe many teams will be very worried.

Next, with Stephen's deliberate help, Yao Ming made three shots and hits. Since his debut in the second half, Yao Ming's performance was very outstanding, not only on the offensive or defensive end, but on the entire influence.

By the time Yao Ming got out of the field, he had already scored eight points, three rebounds and one assist. The difference from the first half was that there was no mistake. This was a very perfect comeback data.

Then Stephen scored another five points in the third quarter, widening the gap to more than 30 again, and turning the entire fourth quarter into garbage time, and finally defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves 117 to 84.
Chapter completed!