In addition to Cousins, the Kings also have an outstanding new player Tyrek Evans.

Tyrek Evans is amazing. He entered the league in 2009 and performed perfectly in his rookie season, averaging 20.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game. He is the fourth player in history to score 20+5+5 in his rookie season. The first three are Oscar Robertson, Jordan and James.

It can be said that judging from Evans' performance this rookie season, he will definitely be a super-level player in the future. After all, the three of them in front are already super-giant stars of their respective eras.

But what is embarrassing is that Evans doesn’t know what the hell is, maybe he has been hitting too much, but he is getting worse every year, and the data has been declining year by year.

From 20.1 points in the rookie season to 17.8 points in the second year, until there were only 16.5 points left last season. Not only did his scoring decline, but his other data were also showing a downward trend. According to his downward trend, when his rookie contract ends, the extremely dazzling players in this rookie season may not be worth it.

Now this new season is the last year of Evans' rookie contract. If he wants to sign a maximum salary contract, he must prove himself with his strength this season.

However, if you want to prove yourself, it is obviously not a suitable opportunity tonight, because the player Evans is destined to face tonight is Yi Dun.

If Evans could cut 30 to 40 on Yidun's head, he would be well developed. He guessed that the king would definitely pay a maximum salary contract with both hands, but obviously this kind of thing is unlikely to happen.

...

"Come on, guys, it's time to tell the whole league about our Timberwolves' true strength." Adelman shouted in extreme excitement.

Most of the other Timberwolves players are extremely expectant. If the Timberwolves really become strong and strong enough to win the championship, it will be a good thing for some of their marginal players.

The marginal players of the junk team and the marginal players of the super powerful team have completely different prices in the free agent market.

"Are you ready?" Yi Dun whispered in Mandarin. He will start with Yi Jianlian next to him in a while.

Yi Jianlian nodded with a serious expression, "It's ready!"

"Okay, brother, let's get excited." Yi Dun heard the referee blew a whistle, stood up straight and walked towards the court.

The four starting lineup teammates behind him began to appear closely following Yi Dun's pace.

Just looking at the Timberwolves lineup, it is actually quite weird. The main reason is that the lineup height is a bit annoying. In addition to Love and Yi Jianlian, the outside trio are not tall.

...

Love and Cousins ​​went to the midfield line to perform jump balls. Cousins' dynamic athletic ability must be much better than Love, and directly helped the Kings win the offensive ball rights.

Without saying a word, Yi Dun directly targeted his opponent's outside core Evans.

Cousins ​​was left to Love to handle this game, and the only thing he had to do on the defensive end was to lock Evans.

Evans' expression was quite calm. I wonder if he hadn't watched Yi Dun's performance at the Olympics. If he had to watch it, Jedi would not be so calm.

In the first offensive round, the Kings' super small point guard Isaiah Thomas took the ball and advanced towards the frontcourt.

Just before the game started, Yi Dun asked his teammates around him, was the little guy on the Kings bench really a professional player?

Thomas is really amazingly short, only 175 cm tall. Compared with his teammates around him, he is really not very harmonious.

But the more this happens, the more it can reflect the difficulty of Thomas's strength.

Only 175 tall, but he can start in the NBA team, how could he not have two tricks?

After the ball arrives in the frontcourt, according to Adelman's arrangement, Barrea will be responsible for defending Thomas.

Cousins ​​is now mentioning the high position, and it seems that he is going to help Thomas Jr. in the pick-and-roll. Yi Dun is unmoved and still stares at Evans tightly.

Sure enough, Thomas Jr. took advantage of Cousins' pick-and-roll and then directly passed Barrea's defense and rushed towards the basket.

Rubio made a backup defense in time, but Thomas Jr. turned around and passed the ball to Cousins. Cousins ​​made a mid-range shot and hit it directly.

Yi Dun's brow shrank. The little man's ability to break through was amazing. It seemed that he had thought about NBA a little simple. He had heard the words of NBA without any weakness before, but now it seems that this is completely correct.

It was the Timberwolves' turn to offensive round, Yi Dun shook his eyes at Yi Jianlian. Not to mention the future main game, at least in these six preseason games, Yi Dun must let Yi Jianlian play.

Tonight is actually a very good opportunity. The No. 4 player on the Kings is named Patrick Patterson. He is a very powerful space-type No. 4 player. On the defensive end, because he is too short, he is better at defending small players. Defending players of height like Yi Jianlian is not his strength.

It can be said that as long as Yi Jianlian's luck is not too bad tonight, with the help of Yi Dun, his data will definitely not be very ugly.

...

Rubio took the ball to the frontcourt and passed it directly to Yi Dun.

This pass made Yi Dun a little embarrassed. Could it be that Rubio believes that Yi Dun has the ability to hold the ball and attack?

Yi Dun's offense is nothing wrong with it, but it is just an off-ball attack. If he is allowed to break through with the ball or shoot with the ball, it is definitely a slag level.

After receiving the ball, Yi Dun glanced at Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian cleverly leaned towards Yi Dun directly.

After passing the ball to Yi Jianlian, Yi Dun made a pick-and-roll directly by Yi Jianlian.

Generally, tall players will definitely have better results when playing pick-and-rolls. In recent years, more and more large inside players in the league have been proposed by coaches to do high pick-and-rolls.

Therefore, Yi Dun's pick-and-roll effect can be said to be better than nothing, but Yi Dun did not expect the pick-and-roll effect to be good. Anyway, Yi Jianlian did not make any breakthroughs. He just wanted to block Yi Jianlian a more comfortable space for central investment.

Yi Jianlian may have kept in mind Yi Dun's words at dinner time, and was extremely decisive after receiving the ball. He took advantage of the moment when Patterson was temporarily blocked by Yi Dun and shot directly.

The moment Yi Jianlian took action, Yi Dun turned his head and rushed towards the basket. If the ball was entered, everyone would be happy. If he didn't, he could still keep the offensive rebound and let the team continue to attack.

Only the crisp sound of basketball entering the net was heard. The Timberwolves' first move this season was hollowed out, and Yi Jianlian helped the team get a good start.

Naturally, the rebound was gone. Yi Dun applauded Yi Jianlian strongly and tried his best to inject more confidence into Yi Jianlian.

Seeing Yi Dun applauding wildly, the other Timberwolves players on the court naturally followed suit and presented the applause to Yi Jianlian.

"What's the situation? It's just a mid-range shot, and it's a preseason. Are you so happy?"

"How long has it been since the Timberwolves scored?" O'Neal, a commentator on the sidelines, teased a few words.

"Shake, I don't know if you believe it or not. I don't know if Yi Dun's data is good tonight. Anyway, Yi Jianlian's data will definitely not be bad." Barkley said with a smacking mouth. He was savoring it. Yi Dun was obviously helping Yi Jianlian.

It was the King's offensive round again, and this time the King still used the same tactics, with Cousins ​​raised the high position to help Thomas Jr.

Under normal circumstances, there is actually another link in this tactic, that is, Evans runs without the ball. If Cousins ​​is closely guarded and has no room for receiving the ball, he is preparing to catch Thomas Jr.

Love was beaten by Cousins ​​last round, so this time he followed Cousins ​​out of the penalty area. One thing a qualified star needs to do is not make the same mistake.

Thomas Jr.'s breakthrough was blocked by Rubio again, while Baria changed defense.

Thomas, who was habitually looking for Evans who ran without the ball, habitually passed the ball, but soon he regretted his arbitrary pass.

When passing the ball, look at Evans' position, you will definitely be able to receive the ball smoothly. Not to mention whether you can get a comfortable shooting space in the future, there is no problem with receiving the ball anyway.

But after the ball was passed, something happened immediately. Yi Dun suddenly started to explode. Before Evans received the pass, he stretched out his arm to steal the ball directly.

The pass was destroyed and the ball was snatched by Yi Jianlian after it landed.

Yi Jianlian quickly passed the ball to the team's main controller. Seeing that Yi Dun had already started to fight back, he also ran towards the frontcourt quickly.

Rubio saw Yi Dun passing the half, and he wanted to throw balls and assists into the frontcourt like Sun Yue, but he didn't have the courage.

If Yi Dun caught this and scored successfully, it would be fine if he didn't catch it, then this pass would be too bad.

Rubio, who is relatively calm, did not do what Sun Yue often does in the end, and played steadily and dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt.

Yi Dun had entered the free throw line, but he didn't wait for the pass, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. It seemed that it would take a long time to get along with Rubio.

When the ball reaches the frontcourt, Rubio is not absolutely necessary, it is impossible to play singles by himself, so it is not Rubio's style.

After looking at Baria, Rubio had no interest in passing the ball to him at all. He looked at Yi Jianlian again, and Rubio had no choice but to pass it over.

This time Yi Jianlian leaned over, and Yi Dun ran over.

The scene was already extremely obvious. Yi Dun told everyone without any hesitation that he wanted to protect Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian dribbled the ball and scored a three-pointer. After Yi Dun made a pick-and-roll for himself, he made another mid-range shot.

What surprised Yi Dun was that Yi Jianlian felt a little overwhelming tonight, and this second mid-range shot actually hit again.

This is undoubtedly a good sign. If Yi Jianlian feels so full of touch tonight, it would definitely not be a problem to score 30 points in a single game.

In fact, when Yi Jianlian was alone in the NBA, he didn't mean he had never played well. He also scored outstanding performances of 31 points in a single game and 29 points and 10 rebounds in a single game.

Now that Yi Jianlian has the help of Yi Dun, his performance tonight will definitely make people shine.

...

It was the Kings' offensive round again, and this time Thomas Jr. simply didn't pass the ball to Evans. He didn't want to be intercepted by Yi Dun. In the end, the ball was taken by the Kings' backcourt player John Salmons.

Salmons himself is Rubio who is defending, but because of the reason for switching defense, Baria is now against Salmons.

Salmons didn't even dribble, and after receiving the ball, he threw it in front of Barrea.

The height difference between the two is too big. Short players are born with huge disadvantages in defending tall shooting, unless the short player has a bounce height and speed like Yi Dun.

With a bang, the ball failed to hit. Yi Dun had already aimed at the landing point of the rebound and successfully closed the rebound before Cousins.

When the Timberwolves' offensive round was about to take action, Yi Jianlian was still in charge, and Rubio had no choice. Yi Dun didn't seem to have any desire to attack, and he didn't want to pass it to Barrea. Love has been stationed in the penalty area, so he only had one Yi Jianlian left.

If he had the ability to play singles, it would be easy to say, the key point now is that he does not...

Yi Jianlian was not so lucky this time. He failed to hit the mid-range shot, but the rebound was still taken away by Yi Dun, who was ready to go.

To everyone's expectations, they originally thought that they would dunk directly on Cousins' head after receiving the rebound, but they didn't expect Yi Dun to pass the ball.

It was not passed to Yi Jianlian, but to Love at the basket.

After putting Cousinsca behind him, Love appeared in an extremely comfortable open space at the basket. Yi Dun decisively passed the ball, helping Love easily get two points.

Yi Dun was naturally able to attack and dunk twice on his own just now, but Yi Dun felt that there was no need.

This game tonight is still very special. I want to protect Yi Jianlian, which will undoubtedly affect Love's data. Love has never even touched the ball until the beginning.

Because it was the preseason, Love might not care much, but whether Love is concerned or not, Yi Dun doesn't want to do anything, so he has to give Love a share of the pie.
To be continued...