"Holy shit!"
Barkley exclaimed from the commentary booth.
As TNT's star commentator, he had seen more dunks than most people had seen shots.
Very few could draw that level of amazement from him.
But Tang Tian's dunk just now was definitely one of them.
It was not just about difficulty, but also its visual beauty.
Watching a dunk like that was simply a pleasure!
The Timberwolves attacked, with Towns posting up Siakam in the low post.
Siakam could play both power forward and small forward, while Towns could play both power forward and center, yet Towns could not back him down at all!
Towns's skills were top-tier among interior players, but his strength really was not much to look at.
He could only turn and shoot, but Siakam's long arms covered him. His vision was obstructed on the release, and he failed to make it.
On the way back, Tang Tian drove into a triple-team and immediately kicked the ball out to the open Brogdon.
Brogdon rose and drilled the three, getting an early warm-up in for the Three-Point Contest.
The Pelicans opened the game with a 5-0 run against the Timberwolves.
That was expected. In terms of overall strength, even without Walker and Davis, the Pelicans were far stronger than the Timberwolves.
A little over seven minutes into the first quarter, the score was 18-6, and the Pelicans had already built a double-digit lead advantage.
The Pelicans made substitutions, with Kuzma and Rose coming in for Siakam and Brogdon.
It was worth mentioning that this was also Rose's first Regular Season appearance for the Pelicans.
When the Pelicans signed Rose, they had said they would let him recover from his injury. He really had spent more than half the season recovering before finally returning once he was fully healed.