At 7 o'clock that night, the game between the Kings and Timberwolves was once again broadcast live across the United States.
This is Wang Yi’s fifth national live broadcast since returning to the Kings.
8 games, 5 of which were broadcast live across the United States. The reason why the Kings are treated like this is because of Wang Yi.
You know, popular teams like the Lakers and Warriors only have 41 national broadcast games in a season.
Today's two sides did not have any tense remarks before the game, but they were all complimenting each other.
Edwards and Towns both said: The Kings are a very cohesive team. Wang Yi is the backbone of the Kings team. Now that Wang Yi is back, no team dares to underestimate the Kings.
The Kings have never said anything harsh to opponents who don't say harsh words before the game.
They also said that the Timberwolves' two No. 1 picks were amazing.
If the two No. 1 picks hadn't been injured, the Timberwolves wouldn't have had to play in the playoffs. They would have made the playoffs.
In such a friendly atmosphere, the match between the two sides started.
The Timberwolves' starting lineup is as follows.
Point guard: Edwards.
Now that Edwards has switched to the point position, he has developed solid basic passing skills.
Because he has a very strong body among point guards, he has a great physical advantage in the point position and is good at using his physical fitness to create space.
Now he is 28 years old and in his prime.
He averaged 27.4 points, 9.6 assists, and 7.7 rebounds per game.
Shooting guard: Tom Jr.
A typical role player.
No need to go into details.
Small Forward: Kaito Ishikawa.
Sophomore.
The Japanese small forward is thin and tall, and his mid-range shot at 45 degrees from left to right is very accurate.
Power forward: Kazai.
Is a South African player.
A very explosive, brainless explosive player.
The kind who just wants to blow up the basket when he gets the ball.
Center: Towns.
In the past, people always said that Towns' playing style was soft, but after Wang Yi retired, his playing style has become more and more tough in the past two years.
Now he has become one of the few insiders who can compete with Embiid.
Averaged 23.3 points and 13.7 rebounds per game.
The biggest highlight of their lineup is the inside-outside combination of Edwards and Towns.
This combination can average almost 50 points per game and is one of the most powerful inside and outside combinations in the league.
Except for Wang Yi returning to the starting lineup, there are no other changes to the Kings lineup.
Before the game, D'Antoni asked Wang Yi as usual how he planned to play tonight.
The answer given by Wang Yi is simple: "Watch and fight."
In fact, he hasn't figured out how to fight yet.
How to fight depends on what kind of rewards the system will give.
The moment he stepped onto the sideline, a system prompt came to his mind.
【Please host to sign in.】
"Sign in."
【Sign in successfully.】
[Sign-in reward: Intermediate hit rate black hole experience card.]
[Hit Rate Black Hole Experience Card: After using it, as long as the host works hard to defend, the opponent's success rate of shooting in front of the host will be compressed to the extreme. 】
[Usage time limit, 12 minutes.]
This experience card is a bit abnormal.
As long as I work hard on defense, your shooting percentage will be like a black hole in front of me.
Thinking of this, Wang Yi couldn't help but turn his head and look at the opposite small forward Kaito Ishikawa.
Kaito Ishikawa is tall and thin, and doesn't look like he has many special features, but he is very accurate in the two areas of 45 degrees on the left and right.
According to statistics, he is the most accurate player in this area this year.
His two-point shooting percentage at 45 degrees from the left reached 69.3%.
The 45-degree two-point shooting rate from the right side is 68.7%.
His two-point shooting percentage in these two areas is even more terrifying than that of Paul at his peak.
Originally, according to the head coach's arrangement, Danny was asked to defend him.
But that would require Wang Yi or Rose to guard Edwards.
But neither Wang Yi nor Rose's physical fitness supports them to face Edwards's level of exertion.
So at this time Wang Yi changed his mind temporarily: "Danny, you guard Edwards, and I will guard Ishikawa Kaito."
As for Rose, let's guard their shooting guard, that role player Tom Jr.
This is the most reasonable defensive combination.
Danny naturally had nothing to say about Wang Yi's words.
Although Ross had doubts, he knew that there must be no disagreements at this time of battle, so he nodded.
The two sides continued to walk towards the midfield.
At this moment, another system prompt came to Wang Yi’s mind:
[System task: Limit the opponent’s score to less than 15 points in a single quarter.]
There are only tasks, and no task rewards are stated.
When Wang Yi heard this mission, he felt a little shocked in his heart.
It is too difficult to limit the Timberwolves' scoring to less than 15 points in a single quarter.
You must know that in the last 15 games of the Timberwolves, their single-quarter points are among the best in the league.
The average score in a single quarter is 33.7 points.
Especially Towns and Edwards, they can easily score 17 or 8 points in a single quarter, or even 20 points.
It's so difficult to limit their team's scoring to less than 15 points in a single quarter.
However, Wang Yi’s nature is like this. The harder it is, the more challenging it is.
His eyes were burning.
Now that the system has given the task, let’s do it.
After the opening, both sides jumped the ball.
Although the Kings' Bond is 11 centimeters taller than Towns, the ball was still jumped by Towns.
Bond's playing style is still too gentlemanly, or to put it bluntly, too soft.
Towns gave him a slight physical confrontation and he flew out.
When Wang Yi saw this, he shook his head helplessly.
If the Kings want to go further in the playoffs, they must become stronger inside.
If the inside line is not strong, then even if he is exhausted to death, he will not be able to carry him.
After Towns got the ball, he handed it to Edwards.
The Kings players quickly came to the backcourt and took up positions.
Wang Yi stood near the free throw line, waiting for the opposite small forward Kaito Ishikawa.
At this time, D'Antoni saw Wang Yi defending here, and it was completely different from the pre-game arrangement for him to defend the opposite shooting guard.
D’Antoni doesn’t know what kind of medicine Wang Yi is selling in his gourd?
Edwards didn't attack the first ball himself, but handed it to Towns inside.
After Towns used his footsteps to turn around inside, he shook Bond away and gently put the basket under the basket and succeeded.
This ball is really easy to hit.
Wang Yi shook his head again.
If Bond had dared to block the shot just now, with his height, he should have no problem blocking Towns.
But Bond may be afraid of fouling, or he may be born with a soft ball. He just waved his hand symbolically from behind and did not try his best to defend.
Next it was the Kings' turn to attack.
Wang Yi still came to the mid-range position.
Defending him was Edwards.
Edwards is obviously very cautious about Wang Yi.
He has been beaten and scared by Wang Yi before. Although Wang Yi now is far worse than Wang Yi at his peak, he still has a little shadow in his heart.
Wang Yi directly opened his hand to ask for the ball from the mid-range.
The moment he got the ball, Edwards immediately spread his legs and pressed against Wang Yi's back.

Chapter completed!