one-handed ball

Chapter 347 The Sixth Defeat

It is not a big news for the Timberwolves to win, but it is a bit unacceptable to sweep the defending champions last season in the regular season.

But the Lakers fans think about it again, there are only four teams that can beat the Timberwolves throughout the season so far. Strong teams like the Spurs, Mavericks, and Thunder have never defeated the Timberwolves.Thinking about it this way, it seems that being swept by the Timberwolves is not a big deal.

It's just that when people think of the horror of the Timberwolves, they suddenly shudder.

The odds of the Timberwolves winning the championship offered by the bookmaker have dropped to 1:1.2, which is equivalent to only earning 2 cents for a dollar investment. Compared with other odds of 1:4 and 1:10, it is too low too much.It also shows from the side how optimistic people are now about the Timberwolves winning the championship.

After winning has become a habit, everyone in the winning team exudes a different temperament.

This is a temperament that transcends banditry. After fighting for more than half a season, the Timberwolves players successfully promoted the banditry and became the league's well-known king team.

Many younger teams, teams with less strength, and teams with low confidence, when they met the Timberwolves, they were already halfway behind in morale before they started playing, and they felt that they were inferior and inferior to their opponents.This is why there are always players provoking the Timberwolves or Zheng Ke on Twitter and the media, in order to eliminate the fear and retreat in their hearts in this way, and rekindle the morale and fighting spirit of the team players.

In an interview with the media, Jordan said: "Our team configuration is perfect this season. Every player is in hot condition. We will win the championship."

At this time, no one laughed at him anymore, or thought that he was boastful. His seemingly arrogant words received a response similar to acquiescence from the outside world.

Little Jordan felt bored, and he thought that someone would jump out to refute him, and it would be better to fight the war of words at that time.

The Timberwolves players are very shameless about Jordan’s practice of attracting hatred, especially Zheng Ke, who told Jordan: “Don’t invite hatred for no reason. Stop shopping in nightclubs!”

Xiao Qiaodan usually curls his lips, Boss Zheng is good at everything, but he is a bit lenient, anyway, legal citizens' freedom of speech.

Usually at this time, as March Madness unfolds, the eyes of American basketball fans will be attracted by the NCAA.Now, the Timberwolves have attracted too much attention for the NBA.Just as the ratings of the 98 Joe Gang Masters Finals were comparable to those of the Football World Cup at that time, the ratings of the NBA rose instead of falling.

On the 3rd, the Timberwolves challenged the Pistons away, winning 116 to 105.

On the 5th, the Timberwolves challenged the 76ers away and won 111 to 100.

On the 7th, the Timberwolves challenged the Wizards away and won 109 to 96.

At the beginning of March, they won another four games in a row. Counting the last two games won in February, the Timberwolves have completed a six-game winning streak.

For Zheng Ke, after passing the All-Star game and entering the second half of the game, his scoring average has dropped. Compared with the [-]-[-] points in the first half of the season, he is now almost They are all around [-] points, and occasionally get [-] points in a sporadic game.As a result, his scoring average began to decline, and his assists per game increased accordingly.

This season, Zheng Ke's calls for the regular season MVP are getting louder and louder.

From the beginning, Zheng Ke was the best in the official MVP list.Afterwards, ESPN half-assessed, and Zheng Ke was also the MVP.After this period of time, ESPN guessed the major awards at the end of the season, and all 15 experts gave Zheng Ke the most valuable team in the regular season.

This is the expected result.

On March 10, the Timberwolves suffered their fifth loss of the season. In the battle with the Pacers, the Timberwolves lost 98 to 103.

The Pacers are no longer the original Pacers, but this year's No. 10 pick, Paul George, and Danny Granger's wing defense combination bothered Zheng Ke a little. He made 24 of 10 shots and his shooting percentage was only Just over 40 percent, compared to his average shooting percentage of more than 50 per game, it can be regarded as a poor performance.

The Pacers became the fifth team to eat crabs this season, and the Indiana was ecstatic.

"Hey, I don't know when it started. It has become an honor to defeat us?" Zheng Ke said a little speechlessly on the way back to the hotel by bus.

Hearing what he said, Thibodeau, who was sitting in the front row of the bus, turned his head. He thought for a while, and then explained: "The Bulls were the same way back then. All the teams in the league were attacking the Bulls back then, just like today They are doing the same thing, they can be said to be the public enemy of the league. This time we can reach this point, which is also a kind of alternative affirmation, affirming that our team is the same dynasty team as the Bulls at the beginning. And what we have to do now , is to establish our dynasty!"

"Establish our dynasty?!" Zheng Ke gently repeated what Thibodeau said just now, thoughtfully.

After hearing what Thibodeau said, Little Jordan and others were immediately excited, and they all yelled.Love patted his chest and said: "You are right, coach. We want to build our dynasty, we want to win one championship, two championships, and even countless championships, let others come and hug our thighs! "

As soon as he finished speaking, there were deafening cheers in the bus, and everyone was deeply impressed.

"Would you like to go to the nightclub to have fun tonight, boy?" Little Jordan behind Zheng Ke secretly asked Thornton on the side, Zheng Ke's ears moved and he turned his head.

Thornton was about to agree, but when he saw Zheng Ke's fierce eyes, he immediately changed his tone and refused righteously: "No, DeAndre, I don't want to go to a place like a nightclub. The team just lost, I need Do a deep self-examination so that you can take on more responsibilities in the near future."

"You..." Little Jordan was just about to say something about Thornton's nerves, when suddenly he saw a huge head out of the corner of his eyes.

"Oh, dear Zheng, I'm just, I'm just." Little Jordan stammered, sweating from his back.Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he blurted out: "I just want to test Marcus!" After speaking, he reached out and patted Thornton's shoulder, and laughed loudly: "Very good, Marcus, stand still in the face of temptation, the team needs young people like you."

After finishing speaking, he also showed an expression that I am optimistic about you.

Zheng Ke shook his head, Jordan is a living treasure of the team, and he is also the person with the richest nightlife among the Timberwolves.Although Zheng Ke doesn't like nightclubs and has no right to interfere with players' private lives, as the boss of the team, he has expressed his "deep abhorrence" of nightclubs on more than one occasion.In this way, most players will reduce their chances to play nightclubs in order to cater to his boss's "eccentricity"-except for the weirdness of Jordan.

"You'd better take care of your kidneys. I'll give you a word: young people don't know how expensive gold leaves are, and when they get old, they cry when they grow old." Zheng Keyu said to Little Qiaodan earnestly.

Little Jordan smashed his mouth, he didn't take it seriously, he is a legendary talent!

In fact, as long as it does not affect the state of the field, the general NBA coaches will manage humanely. For players like Jordan who do not have a formal girlfriend, Thibodeau will not prohibit them from going to nightclubs to have fun, except for back-to-back and playoff games such time.

Little Jordan, the romantic nightclub prince, still couldn't resist the temptation of the glamorous Indiana girl. After returning to the hotel, he found a chance and took Thornton along for a walk.

In line with the idea of ​​surpassing their predecessors, the Timberwolves usually go all out.

In a game against the Jazz in mid-March, Zheng Ke scored 51 points and defeated the new Jazz formed by Deron, Kirilenko, Favors and others in overtime.

The Jazz lost their All-Star power forward Boozer last summer, and then there was news of a discord between Deron and coach Sloan.Such a powerful team in the Western Conference a few years ago has been precarious for more than a year.Now although Deron hasn't said whether he will jump out of his contract this summer or whether he will renew his contract with the Jazz next year, anyone with a discerning eye in the NBA can see that Deron has also thought of leaving Salt Lake City.

This is the chain reaction brought about after the grouping, from the Celtics' Big Three winning the championship, the Lakers Kobe Bryant teaming up with Gasol to win the championship, to Miami's formation of the appalling Big Three, and the recent incident of Anthony teaming up with Stoudemire. It has caused a huge impact on the stars of the league, and it has become a trend in the league to achieve better results in groups.

Deron really wanted to join forces with Zheng Ke, and the Timberwolves were a little moved after hearing Deron's agent's thoughts.The problem is that the Timberwolves can't come up with an exchange at all.Moreover, the current Timberwolves chemistry has reached its peak, and no one knows what will happen after the trade. Before the Timberwolves suffered a huge change, McHale was not stupid enough to personally dismantle these combinations.

Therefore, the Timberwolves withdrew from the Deron contender.Among the remaining teams, only the Nets are somewhat attractive to Deron. For the rest of the Raptors, Bobcats or something, Deron might as well stay in Utah if he wants to go there.

After defeating the Jazz in overtime, the Timberwolves suffered another defeat.

The loss in Game 82 came from the Celtics in the East.At the end of March, the Timberwolves lost to the Celtics 85 to 40.00.The Celtics traded Perkins in the middle of the season and got Jeff Green from the Thunder. The depth of the current team lineup is comparable to that of the Timberwolves. It is around [-]%.

The highest scorer in the game is still Zheng Ke, who scored 19 points on 9 of 35 shots, including 15 free throws.In particular, in order to prevent Zheng Ke from attacking, the Celtics would rather use foul tactics to interrupt the rhythm
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