"How many days are you going to Minnesota? Is it still cold there? Do you want to bring more clothes? ”

"Silly girl, it's already May, Minnesota is not the Arctic Circle, take care of your body at home, I'll be back in four days at most, don't worry. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

On May 9, 2004, Liu Han was packing at home as the team was about to leave for Minnesota, where two tough battles awaited them.

Anna has become more and more attached to Liu Han since she was pregnant, and she can't wait to follow Liu Han all the time, through the understanding of the medical team, Liu Han also knows that this is Anna who has prenatal syndrome because of pregnancy, so many things are done as much as possible according to Anna's wishes, but he didn't dare to take Anna to Minnesota this time, after all, it has been seven months, and there will be problems if he is not careful.

"Then you have to be careful with yourself, don't always rush inside, just shoot outside, okay?"

Anna pouted and begged Liu Han pitifully, she was worried that her lover would be hurt.

"Bo-, well, absolutely listen to you, I'll shoot three points from the outside, and shoot them to death."

Looking at Anna's delicate red lips, Liu Han couldn't help but kiss it, and then agreed to Anna's request in one bite.

On the same day that the Mavericks ended their second home court, the Heat and Pacers also played Game 2.

80-91, the Heat lost to the Pacers again, they lost without temper, and were suppressed by the opponent throughout the game, the young Heat team can only rely on Wade, a rookie, to score with personal ability under the Pacers' tight defense, and Wade is excellent but unfortunately he is only a rookie, and he still has a lot to learn for the playoffs.

On May 9, the Mavericks set off for Minnesota with a full lineup, and on this day, the Lakers who were playing away lost to the Spurs again, 78-88, Popovich's shark-cutting tactics worked wonders again, O'Neal only scored 19 points in the whole game, he only hit 4 of 15 free throws, and consecutive free throws missed gave O'Neal huge psychological pressure, even if he was a pure optimist.

The reason why the series between the Lakers and the Spurs was first played on the home court of the Spurs is also because of the problem of the region, the Lakers won 56, they are the first in the Pacific region, and the first in the Southwest division is the Mavericks, the second is the Spurs, the first in the Northwest division is the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves have more wins than the Lakers, so although the Spurs got 57 wins, they still regrettably ranked fourth in the West, but in the second round of the playoffs, The home-and-away relationship between teams depends on the actual number of wins.

The Nets, who returned home in the second round of the Eastern Conference matchup, finally got a victory, although they only scored 82 points, but by killing others, let the Ben? Wallace's scoring tactics for the Nets allowed the Pistons to score only 64 points, and entering the playoffs, the Nets' usual offensive tactics failed, and it was the defense that could bring them victory, Lawrence, who was only in his early thirties? Frank shows his coaching flexibility. Bryant scored 30 points alone in this game and was a big contributor to the team's victory, and he completely blew up Prince, which showed his excellent side.

The first thing the Mavericks feel when they come to Minnesota is the hostility that comes from the city's pavement, the Timberwolves have been the league's belly team since their inception in 1989, but Garnett's arrival has changed the team, and their ability to reach the second round of the playoffs is a huge success for the local team, but the fans want more, and the Timberwolves players want more.

In the target center arena, Timberwolves fans held up all kinds of slogans cursing the Mavericks, including some discriminatory slogans, these discriminatory slogans are basically aimed at Liu Han, although Minnesota is vast and sparsely populated, but the population of Minneapolis is still quite large, and it is easy to fill a stadium that can accommodate 20,000 people.

As the center circle jump ball began, the game officially began, and as always, the Timberwolves still won the ball first.

Compared with the previous two games, today's Timberwolves played more confidently after returning to their home court, and as soon as Sprewell started the game, he used Garnett's cover to catch the ball and shoot it, hitting three points, and the Timberwolves started very decisively.

The Mavericks also came back by Liu Han to use Nowitzki's cover to the high post to hit a three-pointer, and he listened to Anna's instructions and decided not to play inside.

The Mavericks still haven't put more effort into defense, but the rotation of players is still very aggressive, and they are not afraid of physical confrontation, but today's Timberwolves are also playing in the middle, they are more of a team offense, and Garnett is more of a teammate scoring and rebounding in the opening game.

Maybe it's because of the return to the home court, the Timberwolves' starting shooting rate is very high, including Sprewell and Kassel, there are outside shots, although it is difficult for Kassel to get rid of Liu Han's defense, but with the help of his teammates, Liu Han has no way to completely lock Kassel, and the stability of the veteran at this time is not comparable to that of ordinary rookie players.

The first quarter lasted four minutes and the two teams were tied at 11.

After four minutes, Garnett began to strengthen his interior attack, and at the same time, he frequently sought out Nowitzki and Jamison for physical confrontation, and the Timberwolves began to play more iron-blooded on offense, with every player actively rushing for rebounds, which once made the Mavericks' interior line a lot of noise.

Seeing this, Liu Han signaled his teammates to speed up the pace of the game, and if they kept following the Timberwolves' style of play, maybe their interior line would be troubled by fouls in this game.

Playing away, the Mavericks are bound to be affected by some other factors, although they are now very popular in the league, and the league management is also quite supportive of the Mavericks, but this is the playoffs after all, and this is Minneapolis, how to consider the emotions of the home audience, the NBA league still has to attract the attention of fans in the final analysis, without the attention of fans everything is empty talk, so it is not too much of a problem for players on the court to fight, but once the players and fans clash, it is bound to be a big problem.

After speeding up the offensive tempo, the Mavericks increased their outside shots, although the Timberwolves rotated quickly in defense, but after all, they still couldn't keep up with the pure speed flow of the Mavericks, so the Mavericks got a lot of open opportunities, Liu Han can accurately hand over the ball to the players who run out of the correct position every time, and the Mavericks' tactical execution ability is still very strong.