The Rockets on the eve of Valentine's Day are going to take on the Timberwolves in Minneapolis.

The frozen realm, the battle between the two powers.

Derrick Rose, who was cut by the Jazz and temporarily became a free agent before the game started, tweeted: Minneapolis in the snow, here I am. It is also accompanied by a photo of the Timberwolves' home target center taken from indoors, and a large poster of the Timberwolves facing the Rockets, half dark, half fiery red, and lighting up the entire arena at night.

Rose also came to watch the game, could it be that he came to inspect his next club?

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Before the game began, along with Rose's own Twitter, there was also news from ESPN that the Minnesota Timberwolves were infinitely close to signing Derrick Rose. The news further claims that Rose's coach at the Bulls, Thibodeau, and former teammates Jimmy Butler and Ty Gibson are all expected to be important bargaining chips to convince Rose to join.

Although the bookmaker offered the former MVP's next home odds, the Timberwolves are still slightly behind the Washington Wizards in the East, but to watch the game, isn't it true that the rumors of joining the Timberwolves are confirmed?!

The NBA broadcast footage at the scene before the start of the game also captured the footage of Rose greeting old friends at the venue.

After taking turns with Jimmy Butler and Ty Gibson high-fives and chest bumps, Rose, dressed in all black, chatted with former Bulls mentor Tom Thibodeau for five minutes on the sidelines. Thibodeau held up a belly that couldn't be hidden in the largest suit, and talked endlessly, while the Ross hoodie covered his head, lowered his head, and only occasionally nodded his head, and the scene of the big guy teaching the elementary school students was an instant time to travel back to the bull years!

After the two finished talking, Thibodeau took Rose to his side and patted him on the shoulder meaningfully. Jimmy Butler, who was just warming up on the court to shoot, had a three-pointer that bounced out of the basket and headed in the direction of Thibodeau and Rose. Rose didn't think about it, received the ball and half-turned, and threw the ball from behind. The basketball went straight to the direction of the basket diagonally above the basket, and Butler, who was still outside the three-point line just now, understood it, accelerated to the basket in two steps, and scored a slam dunk in the air!

is simply to prove that the tacit understanding between the two has never faded.

If Rose changes into a jersey now, he can even have a direct chemical connection!

Unconsciously, the Timberwolves have taken the lead in this contest?

It seems that even the course of the game between the two teams is similar to this battle for Rose. After the opening, Butler, who had just warmed up and received an assist from Rose, was in a hot state, riding and shooting arrows after blocking and dismantling, slipping to the bottom line and super backward shots, and singled Chris Paul with his back, almost without missing a shot. Even though the Rockets had Harden hit the ground and humiliated Downs to assist Capela, Towns quickly returned the color and forced it to score 2 plus 1 by opening Bamot's high hitting board, throwing an olive branch to the "new teammates" watching the game.

At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves led 31-23 at home.

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However, even if the Wolves take the lead, Yang Yiming knows in his heart that he and the Rockets may be the ultimate winner of this competition. The meeting between him and Rose in Orlando was quite fruitful, and the latter's joining is only waiting for the official announcement at the moment, but since it is a competitive sport, the competition off the court has been won, and the game on the field cannot be lost!

Coming off the bench, he was the first to attack!

When the Timberwolves attacked, Yang Yiming defended Butler alone, and the latter saw the clues of the continuous dribbling behind his crotch, and took advantage of the opponent's unstable dribbling behind the ball to pull the ball out early, and the basketball was stabbed to the floor. The two twisted together for the ball, and the basketball rolled to Eric Gordon's feet, just in time to launch a counterattack!

Yang Yiming, who got up from the floor, grabbed a step ahead of Butler and hit the basket, and took Gordon's assist and reflexively poured his hands into the basket!

It's like a riposte to Butler's ball in the warm-up!

The Rockets defended, and the Timberwolves' offense was suddenly lost, and the iron continued. Gordon, Green, and PJ Tucker scored back-to-back points to put the score in the lead. 31-19, the Rockets won by 12 points in the second quarter, and before the end of halftime, Carl Downs grabbed the rebound in the front court and wanted to further narrow the score, but his throw was ruthlessly rejected by Yang Yiming! With the fanned basketball, the halftime score was fixed at 54-50, and the visitors took the lead.

The third quarter turned into a tug-of-war between the Rockets and the Timberwolves, which ended in a 30-all, but just when the home team thought they had a chance to make a last-ditch fight, the Rockets made a killer move...

Three points of rain.

It's Yang Yiming again, who brings up the three-point rhythm first. He took a back pass from James Harden's fake real pass, and he shot from one step beyond the three-point line and hit it steadily.

Harden himself immediately took over the game, scoring four three-pointers in a row, two of which forced shots against Karl Towns' nose-sealed defense - the latter could score 35 points and 12 rebounds in this game, shooting as much as 75%, but in the face of the unreasonable bearded brother, it can only become the background board for his projection!

The 12-0 run with four three-pointers took just 2 minutes and 07 seconds!

Timberwolves head coach Thibodeau took a timeout, but it was too late!

The rising Rockets continued to attack three-pointers, Chris Paul 1 shot, Ryan Anderson 2 shots, Eric Gordon 1 shot, Yang Yiming 1 shot, plus Harden's 12-0 4 shots, the Rockets made a total of 10 three-pointers in a single quarter, 126-108 to kill the game.

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The game was ended by the Rockets in this way, and the sideline cameras also tried to catch the reaction of Rose, who was "rumored" to join the Timberwolves, but there was no one else to be found.

His former teammate Jimmy Butler played 36 minutes and finished with a measly 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists, with no three-pointers.

This statistic can barely be compared to the Rockets' rookie Yang Yiming, who also scored 15 points, but played only 26 minutes, and had five rebounds, three assists, two blocks and one steal.

Maybe the results of the game are already a foreshadowing of the outcome of the battle for the former MVP?

Poor Wolves manager Thibodeau lost the confidence to lecture Rose before the game after the game, saying at a press conference: "We didn't defend well today. They can all shoot three-pointers from a distance, some of them about 3 feet from the three-point line. We have to expand our zone and that's very uncomfortable for us, but we have to strengthen our defense and make them feel the pressure. ”

Asked about Rose's joining, Thibodeau was frustrated: "I don't want to talk about that for now. We have a whole squad and having an experienced player like Ross on board certainly helps us with the depth of our squad. But I think what we need to do more at this stage is to be ourselves and build a more efficient and resilient rotation, rather than hoping for other people..."

All right.

The legendary Ten Moves refused, probably like Thibodeau is now.

The ultimate answer to the question of whether Rose will join or not is to let the winner of the game answer head-on.

Just a few hours after the Timberwolves lost to the Rockets, the Rockets' official website sent a message:

Derrick Rose, the NBA's youngest regular season MVP winner, finally agreed to join the Houston Rockets on a veteran contract after considering multiple offers. He will be with the team until the end of the season, wearing his national team number 6. Bobby Brown, the original owner of the Rockets' No. 6, was cut by the Rockets at the same time. Rose will provide reliable thickness to the Rockets' guard line, and his experience will help us make the most powerful push for the championship this season! ”

And the title of this exciting news posted on Valentine's Day is called:

The Covenant of the Rose.