After receiving the basketball from the referee, Adrian patted it twice and took two deep breaths to keep his body stable. After the whistle sounded, he immediately shot the basketball in his hand.
"Shua..."
With an easy extra free throw, Adrian also scored his 22nd point in the first quarter.
"Adrian has already scored 22 points. There are less than three minutes left in the first quarter. Maybe Adrian still has a chance to break the NBA's historical single-quarter scoring record." Charles Barkley said.
"This is impossible." Kenny Smith shook his head: "The NBA's single-quarter scoring record is 33 points in a single quarter held by 'Ice Man' George Gervin. If Adrian wants to do it, that means he
We have to score 11 points in the remaining two minutes to tie, and score 12 points to surpass. This is really difficult and impossible to achieve."
"Kenny, so you have never become a superstar in your life because you never dare to imagine. Your imagination is worse than your baldness." Charles Barkley shook his fat fingers.
He said with a look of disdain: "The reason why superstars are superstars is because of their creativity in accomplishing things that ordinary people cannot accomplish!"
"Oh, although I don't have much imagination, at least I have this." Kenny Smith also shook his finger, but his finger obviously had something more than Barkley's, a glittering championship ring.
: "Every time I see this ring, it always reminds me of the good old days when I was young. We were so crazy back then. Charles, use your imagination to create a ring and show it to me?"
Charles Barkley's expression suddenly changed. The championship ring was an eternal pain in his heart: "Kenny, you damn guy. I will tell Jesse. Last time you went to the nightclub with me to find that stripper.
matter."
"Shut up Charles, I didn't go to any nightclub, and I didn't find that stripper named Lily. You are just slandering me naked!"
"Shua..." During the argument between the two, Adrian once again hit a mid-range shot and scored 24 points in a single quarter.
"Nine points!" Someone shouted loudly in the Timberwolves' stands, shouting out the number of points Adrian had left to break the single-quarter scoring record. The atmosphere in the Target Center Arena finally became lively.
Finally, there was an atmosphere that seemed like a high-level game was being held. However, this atmosphere made the Timberwolves players even more constrained, because in their home court, the crowd was filled with fans cheering for the Lakers players. This kind of atmosphere was clearly there.
The home game feels like playing an away game, even colder than being in the wilds of Minnesota.
Randy Wittman couldn't help but call a timeout.
Although the Timberwolves' record this season is not the worst but worse, there are still some things that cannot be tolerated, such as being the backdrop for others to break records, especially such important records.
"Ryan, man, what are you doing? Where's your defense? You let that rookie score at will on your head? How many more points do you want to let him score on your head? Do you really want to let him score?
Is he breaking the record here? Don't forget this is Target Center. It's our home court." As soon as the players came off the field, Randy Wittman impatiently yelled at Ryan Gomez.
"Shut up!" Ryan Gomez's face suddenly darkened. Ryan Gomez was already quite unhappy with Adrian's constant abuse. Especially when the home team fans continued to attack that brat from Los Angeles.
Come on, Ryan Gomez's mood became even worse. Now that he was scolded by Randy Wittman, he couldn't suppress his anger immediately and shouted at Randy Wittman: "If you can, go out and defend him."
"
"You...what did you say?" Randy Wittman was stunned by Gomez's yelling. When he reacted, his temper was instantly exploded. His player, an ordinary player, dared to attack him.
Yelling. Randy Gomez obviously forgot that he can't get any respect from these players. It's obviously difficult for people to respect a head coach who can't lead the team to victory.
"You sit here and calm down for the rest of the game!"
Ryan Gomez stood up with a loud sound and strode towards Randy Wittman. The menacing Gomez immediately frightened Wittman. However, Gomez did not rush forward to confront Wittman.
With Lao Quan, he went directly to the players tunnel.
"Oh oh oh oh, what did we see? On the sidelines of the Timberwolves, Ryan Gomez seemed to have a conflict with the head coach. Gomez seemed to have walked into the locker room. Haha, this is really interesting. Today's game
A lot of fun things really happened during the game.”
And Randy Wittman's face is as exciting as opening a soy sauce shop, and the colors are constantly changing.
The one-hundred-second timeout came quickly, and he didn't have time to make any tactical arrangements. He had to emergency replace Anthony Walker, who took the small forward position instead of Ryan Gomez, who voluntarily withdrew from the game.
Randy Foye broke through the basket and forced a shot. Due to Odom's interference, the shot missed. The rebound was directly confiscated by Chris Mihm and then quickly thrown to Adrian. Adrian is expected to break the single-quarter score
Record, these Lakers players are also happy with the beauty of adulthood. After all, although Adrian has been isolated in the Lakers due to management reasons, privately, no one has any grudges after all.
After receiving the basketball, Adrian immediately broke through and threw away Anthony Walker beside him in one step. The gap in distance widened. In fact, he didn't even seem to have the intention to pursue the defense.
This is definitely a stupid substitution. Although Anthony Walker is 205 centimeters tall, don’t forget that he is already in his thirties. After winning a championship ring with the Heat, his only motivation for playing is to
To solve my increasingly serious financial problems, I can spend one more day in the NBA.
In particular, Anthony Walker's defense has a big problem. His slow pace on defense has been there since early on and has never improved. Now that he is in his thirties, his pace will only change.
Even slower. Ryan Gomez can't keep up with Adrian's pace, and Anthony Walker is even slower and can't even catch up with Adrian's shadow.
Another person caught up from the other side, Randy Foye. Now the only person on the Timberwolves court who can keep up with Adrian's pace is Randy Foye, because Adrian controls
With the ball, Randy Foye caught up with Adrian near the three-point line, and
He stretched out his arm to try to interfere with Adrian's advancement. However, Randy Foye's interference was quite weak. The gap between the two in terms of physical strength was really too big. Even if Foye tried his best, he could only let
Adrian's speed slowed down slightly, and it was impossible to stop him.
In desperation, Foye chose to foul. He stretched out his hand directly to pull Adrian's jersey. Feeling the pull behind him, Adrian immediately jumped up, glanced at the basket and quickly shot the basketball in his hand.
Sure enough, the moment Adrian took action, he clearly heard the referee blowing the foul whistle.
"Bang...bang...shua..." The basketball hit the white frame of the backboard, and the rebound hit the front edge of the basket, causing backspin, and then spun and fell into the hoop. Another 3+1.
"6 points!"
"Uh-huh..." Adrian's extra penalty was a solid hit.
"5 points!"
"Kenny, can you still say that Adrian can't do it now?" In the commentary box, Charles Barkley had already yelled loudly: "Adrian has already scored 28 points, and he is far away from catching up with the single-quarter scoring record.
There are still 5 points left, and there are still 6 points left to break this record. The current time is 11 minutes, and there is still a full minute in the first quarter. This means that the Lakers still have at least two offensive opportunities. As long as they receive
Adrian was able to score in the next two attacks."
"Even if we both score, there is no way to tie." Kenny Smith still gritted his teeth and said hard: "I have to say that Adrian has indeed exceeded my imagination. He has done what many people can't do in their lives.
Things like that. Scoring 28 points in a single quarter is difficult for even the top scorers to achieve, but it is still difficult to break the record. Unless he can hit two three-pointers in a row."
"Don't worry, Kenny." Charles Barkley grinned and said, "Adrian can definitely do it, because he is a superstar, right?"
On the court, Randy Wittman once again called a timeout.
"This is what you want, to leave a record that no one can break." On the sidelines of the Lakers, Kebi stared at Adrian and asked: "It seems that they will all have a headache."
"Since I can do it, why don't I do it?" Adrian said with a smile: "Records are meant to be broken. Even if I really set a new record, it will be broken by others one day.
.So, I have to leave more records! Maybe just like Wilt, create a data record that makes people feel powerless after looking at it.”
After the timeout, Timberwolves head coach Randy Wittman changed all the main lineups in advance. Obviously he was prepared to do his best to prevent Adrian from breaking the record at the Timberwolves' home court.
"You want to write history here, but I will never agree!" As soon as Al Jefferson came on the field, he stared at Adrian and said fiercely: "The center of the target is my territory!"
"I don't need your consent." Adrian smiled proudly, raised his hand and pointed at the stands: "Because they have already agreed and are eagerly looking forward to that moment. They are all mine now.
fans, so I can’t let them down, right?” (To be continued...)
