It was a sleepless night.

Everyone is crazy. Timberwolves fans cheered and jumped all night long, holding hands, singing, dancing, getting drunk, and being proud of the same name.

Fifteen years later, when Zhang Guangming, the greatest center in the history of the league, also retired, he wrote in his autobiography "Attack on Titan":

"It was destined to be a night that deserved to go down in history. I still remember what happened that night.

Li Qiang went crazy. He ran so fast that the five of us didn't have a chance to chase him for a foul. From the moment he got the ball in the backcourt to the time he made it, it didn't even take a second.

It often happens that when we kick off, just after halftime, the ball is broken by Li Qiang. Everyone chased after him frantically, but he was like a flash of lightning and came to the three-point line. There was a jump. And then we chased the player who fouled him just past half the court...

Such nightmares happen almost every minute, no, every half minute. ”

Pelicans' point guard Jimo. Speaking to the media after the game, Fredette said: "I chased Li Qiang very the court, but he was like a slippery loach that escaped from the close of our foul players every time. Whenever we see him jumping from beyond the three-point line, we have to think bitterly: the opponent has scored another three. Because at this point, whether or not we can rush up and touch the corner of his shirt for a foul, he has already locked up the three points.

Yes, for defending Li Qiang, fouls have become a luxury. Even if five people run towards him at the same time to foul, it can't limit his performance! Because we couldn't touch him at all, we had to eat the dust and watch him escape our foul hand and throw a wonderful three! ”

Pelicans center Omir. Here's what Asik said:

"Maybe I'll remember a moment like this for the rest of my life. Li Qiang dribbled past half court while I stood under the basket to defend. Just one step, Li Qiang stepped into the dunk line and looked at me coldly. That cold look made me tremble...

Then Li Qiang suddenly rose to an altitude of nearly 20 meters like a rocket. That's almost the height of an entire basketball court!

I was standing under the hoop because he was jumping so high that I almost sprained my neck to see the tall figure from afar. We look up to him like a god, and he looks down indifferently on the basketball court at a height of more than ten meters, as if a glance can decide our life and death.

And then he just came straight at me from above, no, to the basket to be exact. At that time, my first reaction was to squat on the ground and hold my head in my hands. The impact was so strong that I couldn't afford to resist in the slightest.

You might say, why not men defend a little bit? No, you can never experience the fear that spreads from the depths of your heart unless you are in that position. It's like a low-level life facing a high-level life, and the difference in life levels makes me feel the urge to crawl. ”

And then that's pretty much what the story is all about. After that game, the entire Pelicans, including Zhang Guangming, almost completely lost their fighting spirit. Let the opponent cut more than 400 points in a game above his head, and anyone may be unable to bear it.

The entire league trembled under the divine might of the basketball king.

God is as powerful as hell.