i just can throw in

Chapter 291 The first game of the playoffs

After the opponents in the first round are determined, the NBA immediately announced the playoff schedule.

The match between Timberwolves and Mosaic will start on April 4st. The former is the number one in the league and has a star like Li Yu who has his own topic. The game is scheduled for prime time on April 21st.

Mosaic made it to the playoffs in the first year after getting Harden and Lin Shuhao. Although it was only ranked No. 8, it was still something worth celebrating for the old fire fans.

The Timberwolves are a newly emerging team. Most of the players in the team lack experience in major competitions, and in this season's matchup, Mosaic beat the Timberwolves. Therefore, Mosaic fans feel that the team is expected to be black eight.

But basketball experts don't think so. They think the probability of mosaic Black Eight Timberwolves is almost zero.

Mosaic is proud of its offensive firepower. This season, it can rank tenth in the league. It has indeed made great progress compared to before, but it is not enough compared to the Timberwolves. The latter's offensive firepower ranks second in the league. Even higher than the Heat.

Not to mention the defense, the Wolves' defensive ranking is not high, but the mosaic is even more unsightly. The team's two popular players, Harden and Lin Shuhao, are not good at defense. Their defensive efficiency this season ranks at the bottom of the league.

In terms of competition experience, some Timberwolves players do not have playoff experience, but there are also such youngsters in the Mosaic team.

In fact, the Wolves can still overwhelm Mosaic in this regard, because the head coach of the Wolves, Ashuai, does not lack playoff experience. On the other hand, Mosaic's head coach McHale, this is his first trip to the playoffs.

It's okay to be inferior to Ah Shuai in terms of experience, and Refrigerator, as a representative of the chicken soup coach, is even inferior to the former in terms of tactics.

The prediction given by the expert group is that Mosaic can win the next game in this round of the series.

Mosaic fans naturally disagreed with the result of the game predicted by the expert group. They followed the social accounts of the expert group and posted crazy comments to vent their dissatisfaction.

Compared with the fanatical fans, the Mosaic players are much calmer.

Unlike fans and experts, they have really played against the Wolves and experienced the invincible demeanor of the big devil. They don't think they can defeat the mighty Timberwolves, even if the Wolves' players are very young.

"The Timberwolves have the best record in the league and are very strong. How should we fight?"

"The Timberwolves' super twins are like two tireless engines. Our perimeter defense can't trap them at all."

"It's a demon wolf back from hell and I don't see a chance of winning."

The head coach Refrigerator heard the frustrated remarks of the disciples, and looked at the team's boss Harden, hoping that the latter could stand up and say something encouraging.

But Harden didn't seem to see the wink from the refrigerator, and he was stunned and didn't know what he was thinking.

Lin Shuhao was unable to stand up to boost morale because of his status.

Refrigerator sighed, he had to do it himself, he stood up, slapped his hands to gather the players together.

"Guys, it's not that we can't win. Don't look at the Timberwolves ranking first in the league. In fact, they have weaknesses. As long as we grasp this weakness, with our offensive firepower, we can completely beat the opponent.

The example of black eight is not far from us. That's what the Grizzlies did back then. Our offensive firepower is stronger than that of the Grizzlies.

You don't think the Timberwolves' defensive ability can be compared with the Spurs, do you? "

The players in Mosaic always felt that something was wrong when they heard what the refrigerator said, but they couldn't find it.

"Yes, we can black eight too!"

"Anyway, we're the eighth seed. We won't lose if we win one game, we'll earn money if we win two games, we'll be awesome if we win three games, and we'll advance if we win four games."

"Overthrow the Timberwolves and advance to the second round!"

Listening to the slogans shouted by his teammates, Lin Shuhao, as a top student at Harvard, shook his head helplessly.

He can easily tell that the head coach is secretly changing concepts, but he will not reveal it, because he also wants to win this round of the series. He is also of yellow race, and he feels that he is not much worse than the big devil.

On April 2013, 4, the NBA playoffs kicked off. There were four matchups on that day. The match between the Timberwolves and Mosaic ranked first.

The other three matchups are: Grizzlies VS Clippers, Bucks VS Heat, Bulls VS Pacers.

The G1 match between the Timberwolves and Mosaic took the lead in the Target Center arena, and the arena was packed that day.

Fans of the Timberwolves, Li Yu's fans, came to cheer for him one after another, making it to the playoffs for two consecutive years, the fans of the Wolves were so excited.

As soon as the players who were so excited to the mosaic came on the stage, they booed "enthusiastically".

Fortunately, the mosaic players are thick-skinned and dark enough that no one can see their shame and anger.

The Timberwolves are not what they used to be. Compared with last season, in this playoff trip, every game of them will be broadcast live across the United States, with TNT's ace commentary team as the commentator.

Kenny Smith saw Mosaic's players enter the field and joked: "Charles, do you think Mosaic has a chance to win this game?"

Barkley narrowed his eyes and said, "You might as well ask me, in what quarter the Timberwolves will end the game."

Smith laughed and changed the topic.

"Shaq, how many games do you think the Timberwolves will use to end this series?"

O'Neal stretched out 4 fingers: "I have four championship rings, so I think the Timberwolves will end this round of the series 4-0."

The corner of Barkley's mouth twitched. He felt that he was implicated, but he had no evidence.

In the joke of the three live treasures, the G1 game between the Timberwolves and Mosaic is about to start, and the live DJ announced the starting lineup of the two teams.

Mosaic: Jeremy Lin, Harden, Chandler Parsons, Greg Smith, Omer Asik.

Timberwolves: Lillard, Li Yu, Jeff Green, Love, McGee.

The referee's whistle sounded and the game officially started.

The big centers of the two teams walked to the middle circle, ready to jump the ball.

After McGee entered the starting lineup, the jump ball got better and better, forcing Asik to dial the basketball to his backcourt.

Lillard received the call of the basketball, quickly advanced to the frontcourt, came to the top of the arc to face Lin Shuhao's defense, and dribbled continuously under the crotch to shake the defender away.

Although Lin Shuhao's defensive ability is not very good, this is his first time on the stage of the playoffs, and he cherishes this opportunity very much.

Concentrate on the person holding the ball and dare not be distracted in the slightest.

Lillard swayed for a while, but failed to find any loopholes in the defender, so he had to give up the idea of ​​a one-on-one match, and left the basketball to Li Yu.

After receiving the pass, Li Yu made a stance to shoot the ball. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Harden pounced on him, and he pushed the basketball out calmly.

Whoosh, the basketball flies at top speed and hits the net in an unbiased manner.

(End of this chapter)