one-handed ball

Chapter 359 Sweeping the Grizzlies
On a stage like the playoffs, young players show their youth and vitality.

Countless heroes fight here, and many unknown players are likely to become famous overnight.This is a competitive game, and it is also related to everyone's future and destiny. It arouses the passion of all the players of the playoff teams, eager to get more performance opportunities, and eager to enter a higher and bigger stage.

The battlefield of the basketball stage is full of gunpowder, and there are legendary things happening every day.

The game won by a big score, the great drama of the reversal, the anxious battle of the buzzer lore, one by one makes people's hormones soar.Fans waved their plastic sticks, gamblers waved their tickets, and players tore their shirts. The people here, from well-dressed gentlemen, have turned into fanatics with green faces and fangs.

The Timberwolves' big win over the Grizzlies is not beyond the expectations of experts.

Because the worst result predicted before the game, the Timberwolves also resolved the battle within six games.And most people predicted that the Timberwolves would sweep their opponents 4-0.

Such things as sweeping happen in the playoffs almost every year, and it is generally a high-ranking team defeating a low-ranking team.

In the first round of the playoffs, fans not only pay attention to who was defeated by whom every day, but also pay attention to the major awards at the end of the season.

For example, the first award to come out this year-the best rookie.

Among the previous award selections, the best rookie should be the least suspenseful award.In addition to the fact that there is no suspense for the best rookie this year, Zheng Ke, who swept the league in the regular season, won the MVP award.

Among this year's rookies, many good seedlings have emerged.Like John Wall, Paul George, Cousins, Monroe and so on.But among them, Griffin, who averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds per game in his rookie season, is the most abnormal. He not only won the slam dunk contest championship, but also successfully selected to the All-Star team.

Therefore, the result of the selection came out that the general was unanimously elected the best rookie in 90, and Griffin won this honor without any suspense.

Before the second award for the best sixth man came out, the Timberwolves and the Grizzlies played the second game.

The result of the game was quickly divided, and it still belonged to the rhythm of the Timberwolves.At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves led 78 to 68 by only 10 points, but at the end of the final period, the Timberwolves were already 111 to 92 leading by 19 points. 33 points!
This shows that the Grizzlies' defense still cannot stop the fierce offensive firepower of the Timberwolves, especially Zheng Ke.Despite Tony Allen's tricks and tricks, Zheng Ke has absolute advantages in strength, height, and speed. It is a complete burst of physical fitness. Still quietly scored 33 points, in addition to sending out 14 assists and grabbing 11 rebounds.

Not long after the end of the second game, the NBA announced the winner of the best sixth man at the end of the season.

Lakers backup Lamar Odom won the award.He has played a full 82 games this season, averaging 14.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, and the Lakers are the top five teams in the league, so no matter how you look at it, it should be a real honor for him to get this honor deserved.It is a pity that Lowry of the Timberwolves ranked third in the vote with 78 points.Lowry is the leader of the Timberwolves' bench this season, playing 25.7 minutes. Although he averaged 4.9 assists per game, his scoring average was only 9.9 points, far behind Odom and Terry.

Lowry has no regrets about this, after all, the data is there.Both McHale and Billups have clearly told him that he will continue to increase his playing time next year. The roles between him and Billups are likely to be swapped, the substitute becomes the starter, and the starter becomes the substitute.it made him so excited
On April 4, the Timberwolves and Grizzlies moved to Memphis.

The third game is the home of the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies in the Paul Gasol era have not been able to win even one victory since entering the NBA, and this year is the same.However, such a team that belongs to the same small ball market as Minnesota can retain the same basketball enthusiasm as Minnesota.

When the Timberwolves came here, they could deeply feel the city's true love for basketball.

The streets and alleys are full of promotional slogans for the playoffs, a huge poster of Grizzlies star Rudy Gay, and a billboard with a group photo of several players of the team.Seeing even the little fans wearing Grizzlies jerseys showing their teeth and claws to the Timberwolves players, Zheng Ke even felt a momentary trance.

"Could it be that I am doing such a vicious thing?"

But right away, Zheng Ke put this idea behind him, winners and losers, as has been the case since ancient times.The Timberwolves took advantage of the invincible confidence established in the regular season, and their energy and spirit have reached their best in all aspects.If he can't win the championship this year, Zheng Ke is afraid that he will go crazy.

The process of the third game is slightly different from the previous two games.

In the first two games, the Timberwolves defeated the Grizzlies with great momentum.In this game, adjustments were made, taking advantage of the encouragement of the fans and the slight bias of the referee, the first three quarters were played inextricably.

Until the last quarter of the game, in the last 5 minutes, they still relied on Randolph's long-range mid-range shot to tie the score.

Who knows that after this ball, the Grizzlies no longer have the touch, and the defensive end is in a hurry.Tony Allen, who was physically exhausted (combatant skills), declined, Zheng Ke took the opportunity to strengthen his personal offense, scored consecutively, and extended the score to 3 points within 13 minutes.

The Timberwolves stunned the Grizzlies with a 13-2 climax, and the Grizzlies fans have not reacted now.

The camera turned around in the auditorium, and it was full of dumbfounded Grizzlies fans.Many blond and blue-eyed female fans had tears in their eyes, and covered their mouths that were opened wide by surprise with their small hands, in disbelief.

In the end, the Timberwolves still defeated the Grizzlies 103 to 89. It seemed that the Grizzlies were still unable to fight back. In fact, they had played the most bloody battle since the playoffs. With only 40 percent, he regained some of his shooting percentages by relying on his consecutive scoring at the last moment.

3 to 0 has basically declared the death of the Grizzlies.

At this time, more and more important awards began to be announced.Thibodeau was successfully awarded, and the Timberwolves became the first team in history to win the best coach for two consecutive years.

This year, the Timberwolves have the best record in NBA history with 76 wins and 6 losses. What is amazing is that the team's head coach Thibodeau is just a rookie coach who has just coached.This has made Thibodeau sought after by various teams in the NBA. Thibodeau has only signed a two-year contract with the Timberwolves, and his table is currently full of contract negotiation applications from more than 20 teams in the league.

The awards were announced one by one, and the Grizzlies were heading towards the long vacation step by step.

The fourth game is a life-and-death battle for the Grizzlies. If they lose, they have to go home and go fishing.The system now shows that the entire Grizzlies team has entered a [excited] state.

At the beginning of the game, the Grizzlies even suppressed the Timberwolves.

Tony Allen frantically entangled Zheng Ke like he was on hormones, with a desperate spirit, brave and fearless.Zheng Ke was unable to move his hands and feet for a while, which directly paralyzed the entire offensive system of the Timberwolves, but kept hitting the iron everywhere.

Fortunately, even though the Grizzlies fell into [excitement], their offense was still as frustrated. Under the desperate defense of the Timberwolves, they couldn't please it.

The two teams "dangdangdang" together, and at the end of the first quarter, it turned out that the Grizzlies led 17 to 16 by 1 point.

Such a low score shows that the shooting percentage of the two teams is too low.At the same time, the number of rebounds was also increased. Not only Love grabbed 4 rebounds, Zheng Ke himself also grabbed 4 rebounds, and one of them was an offensive rebound.

0.9 seconds before the intermission, Zheng Ke assisted Love to make a three-pointer to overtake the score. The Timberwolves ended the first half with a 35-34 lead.

If things go on like this, I'm afraid that the combined score of the two teams will not exceed 150 points in the entire game.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Ke finally broke out in the third quarter. Being defended like a mad dog by Tony Allen, Zheng Ke had been holding back a fire for a long time. Once the anger broke out, he began to shoot suddenly and forcefully!
When everyone was forging iron, Zheng Ke's way of causing damage has achieved great results.In the entire third quarter, he got 5 fouls and made 10 free throws for 10 points.Amidst the boos of "black whistle", Zheng Ke scored 21 points alone in this quarter, and together with the 4 points scored by several others, the Timberwolves led by 25 points from 18 to 7 in this quarter.

With an 8-point difference in the final quarter, the Grizzlies' hope of victory became increasingly slim.

What the fans want to see is for the Grizzlies to win a long-lost victory on the stage of the playoffs, but Zheng Ke stifles this wish without knowing the style.

At the end of the game, the Timberwolves defeated the Grizzlies 84 to 74 and swept into the next round.

Zheng Ke played a battle that was enough to be recorded in history, with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists in the game. Among them, he scored 21 points in the third quarter, which laid the final victory for the Timberwolves. It is enough to be written in all basketball-themed movies. In the script, the scene of the hero riding alone on the Savior is clearly the favorite tune of Americans.

After the game ended, the league announced the 10-11 Most Improved Player Award.

Love is very concerned about this award. After all, according to the predictions of experts in major media newspapers at the end of the season, Love is in the lead in this award.

After the results came out, Love was injured again.

Aldridge successfully counterattacked. After Roy was injured this year, Aldridge, who holds the team's first shot, has seen a surge in statistics, averaging 21.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.Although Love has 12.9 rebounds, his scoring average is only 18.6 points per game. Looking at the data compared with the previous two years, it seems that the improvement is not very large.

(End of this chapter)