Minneapolis, Target Center Arena!

When he went to the locker room, Ji Liang was surrounded by more than a dozen reporters.

"Congratulations, Ji Liang, thanks to your amazing performance last week, you beat Tim Duncan, Grant Hill and other superstars to become last week's Player of the Week!"

Last week, there were a total of five games, and due to the ban, Ji Liang also participated in three games.

Even so, the league still awarded him the Player of the Week, in addition to Chi Liang's amazing performance, he also has plans to open up the market.

Of course, the most important thing is the player stats.

In the first game, facing the Clippers, Ji Liang scored 21 points, 20 assists and 12 rebounds.

In the second game, facing the Grizzlies, he slashed 32 points, 21 rebounds and 8 assists.

In the third game, facing the SuperSonics, he scored 30 points, 20 assists, 12 rebounds, 8 blocks and 5 steals.

Looking at these three games, Chi Liang got 20+20 triple-doubles, 30+20, quasi-quadruple-doubles and triple-doubles +5×5 respectively, such data is undoubtedly very amazing.

On the whole, Ji Liang averaged 27.6 points, 16 assists and 15 rebounds per game.

If it were the original history, Kevin Garnett would have won the best player of the week, but now he is still suspended, so he was naturally robbed by Ji Liang.

"Really?"

Despite this, Ji Liang was still full of surprise, but he missed two games, and still beat Duncan and other superstars to win the honor of Player of the Week.

In addition, it was the first time he had won a league award. For a rookie, that's a big affirmation.

"Yes, the alliance was also refreshed not long ago, can you talk about your thoughts now?"

Affirmed by the reporters, Chi Liang organized the words and began to say the same feelings, probably the official words of thanking the league, the team, the coach, teammates, etc.

After dealing with reporters, Chi Liang returned to the away team's locker room, and by this time, his teammates also knew about it and congratulated Chi Liang.

For the arrival of the Nuggets, the Timberwolves are naturally extremely unhappy, although Garnett made the mistake first, but Garnett's long-term ban has seriously affected their strategy.

Originally, with the Timberwolves' record, they could fight for playoff qualification, but now it's good, Garnett's long-term ban, their strength has obviously weakened a lot, and how can they compete with other teams.

In this case, the Timberwolves had no choice but to play badly, but despite this, in the face of the attacking Nuggets, they naturally had to give them a good look.

The away team's locker room was temporarily renovated by the Timberwolves, with a small space, a serious lack of facilities, and no electricity, so electrical appliances such as lights and heaters naturally could not be started.

The most speechless thing is that the city of Minneapolis is still cold, and in the history of the league, and because of this, some rookies have even refused to join the Timberwolves.

"Well, don't complain! In order to avoid affecting the state, everyone changed their clothes first and immediately went to the stadium to warm up. ”

D'Antoni stopped the players' complaints and led the way towards the players' tunnel.

Fortunately, this time is not winter, otherwise in the absence of heating, it is easy to affect the state and even catch a cold.

Even so, the players were shivering in the process of changing clothes.

Even now, Minneapolis is still cold.

Soon, Chi Liang and others came to the court in advance.

"Get out!"

“You're not elcome here，To hell ith it！ (You're not welcome here, to hell)"

……

When the Nuggets came on the court, the target center exploded instantly, boos were loud, and countless Timberwolves fans shared their hatred and began to taunt the Nuggets.

It was at this time that Van Exel smiled and deliberately waved his hand in all directions.

Shhh

For a while, there was a lot of boos, and after being provoked by Van Exel, Timberwolves fans obviously increased their efforts, and the entire arena was filled with endless boos and curses.

In the face of even louder boos, Van Exel showed an expression of enjoyment. It was as if he heard not boos, but cheers.

Ji Liang shrugged his shoulders, he was used to the away boos, not to mention that there were not many Timberwolves fans who came in advance, even if he tried his best, it was still not as good as the Nuggets' home court.

Soon, the Nuggets will begin to warm up.

As they warmed up, more and more Timberwolves fans entered the arena, and soon the arena turned into a sea of white.

If you look closely, you will find that the Timberwolves' attendance is not high, which is mainly related to Garnett, and after Garnett's suspension, the Timberwolves are naturally less attractive than before.

Time passed slowly, and suddenly, the fans erupted in strong cheers, and it turned out that the Timberwolves began to enter.

However, due to the loss of the core, the strength of the Timberwolves has been greatly affected, and there is not a single All-Star caliber player.

Before the start of the game, D'Antoni shouted excitedly: "That's the way it is, we have to try to qualify for the playoffs, we have to give our best in every game, do you understand?"

It turned out that after the Nuggets won three in a row, they rose one place in the rankings again, temporarily ranking ninth in the West, which also made the team management very excited, and finally dispelled the idea of swinging.

"Got it!"

D'Antoni nodded in satisfaction and began to pick up the tactics board and arrange the tactics of the game.

It didn't take long for both starters to start playing.

Nuggets starting lineup: center John Taylor, power forward Herrera, small forward Williams, point guard Billups and point guard Van Exel.

Due to Clark's poor performance and D'Antoni's desire to play run-and-shoot tactics, he sacrificed a small lineup.

As for Ji Liang, in order to fight for the best sixth man, he played two minutes later.

On the other side, the Timberwolves fielded center Bill Coleley, power forward Tom Hammond, small forward Dennis Scott, point guard Sam Mitchell and point guard Trill Brandon.

Compared to the last game, the Timberwolves lineup has changed a lot, except for the guard line that remains the same, the rest has changed.

The Timberwolves have had bad luck, with the exception of Garnett, who has been affected by injuries to Joe Smith and Dean Garnett after he was suspended.

With such a lineup, how can it be compared to the Nuggets, even if McDyce is still recovering from injury, it is enough to crush the Timberwolves.

As it appears on the surface, the Timberwolves are no match for the Nuggets. From the beginning, he was pressed into the disadvantage by the Nuggets and began to widen the score gap.

After only three quarters, the game lost its suspense and the Nuggets won comfortably.