Compared with the boring two 4:0 in the semifinals of the East, the pair of Wolf King and Yao Ming in the West fell apart. Another pair of strong insiders, Shark and Stone Buddha, are even more inseparable.

As you can see from the four strongest teams in the West, it's the era of the inside. If you don't have a superstar interior lineman, at least a super defensive interior player like Big Ben and Bobcats' Sabonis.

It is still the heyday of the interior line, but it has transitioned from the era of full center to the era of power forward, and the powerful power forward of this era is like a carp crossing the river. In 2017, the league has become an era of small forwards. The three strongest teams in the league, the Cavaliers, Warriors, and Spurs, all have their own super small forwards.

And small forwards are starting to move towards all-rounding, and they take care of a lot of things on the court, not just scoring as defined by a classical small forward. Needless to say, James carried the whole team forward; Durant is nicknamed Du Center because he has taken on a lot of rim protection and rebounding work since joining the Warriors; The small card is a grasp of offense and defense, which is not only the most powerful sharp knife, but also the most reliable shield.

It's not just the emergence of super small forwards, the league has grown to 2017, and all the strong teams are hoarding small forwards. In addition to the reason of encircling and suppressing LBJ, there is also the position of small forward, or tall wing, which can not only be organized, but also can play modern offense, and can also take into account the height of the court and interior defense.

The Celtics have stockpiled five left and right wing players in one go, including All-Star wings like Hayward and high-ranking rookies like Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum.

The Warriors were even more terrifying, as they frantically hoarded eight wings. They are Durant, Green, Thompson, Iguodala, Matt Barnes, McAdoo, McCaw, Kevon Looney.

Here we have to mention Riley's prediction, Riley predicted that the future of basketball is the sport of five players between 2 meters and 2.05 meters, regardless of position. And Riley's actions are the same as his predictions, he traded Carter and Maddie, and the legendary five players in their early two meters have already been put in place, and maybe it won't be long before the crazy Riley can really get together five such players.

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The last time Hu Qingniu paid attention, due to the combination of the OK combination, the scattered Lakers team was finally temporarily condensed together, relying on the overall talent and strength, defeating the powerful Spurs.

In the next few games, the Spurs did not fall behind, and still played back and forth with the Lakers. But the turning point of the game, which is also the key point, appeared in the last 0.4 seconds of the battle of Tianwang Mountain, it was Fisher, although the current NBA league is very different from Hu Qingniu's last time and space, but the time to come, still comes.

Fisher's stunning 0.4-second final strike gave the Lakers a series point and struggled to shut the Spurs out of the Western Conference Finals in Game 7.

After the game, Lakers fans exclaimed that the Purple and Gold Dynasty had returned, and they had crossed the big hurdle of the Spurs. The various losses of this time last year come to mind, and to see the fruits of today's victory is really different. Next is to face last year's defeat, and Lakers fans have long known that the Timberwolves have nothing to do with Kobe, and this is a series with a good chance of winning.

The Timberwolves and Lakers meet in the Western Conference Finals, just like they have met in history. The Timberwolves were defeated by the Lakers the year before, and this time it was the enemy who met each other, and they were very red-eyed. Garnett's heart is hot, and remote Minnesota and bustling Los Angeles are contradictory opposites. From being drafted by the Timberwolves with the fifth overall pick in '95 to now, KG has spent nearly a decade fighting for Minnesota.

Small cities are lonely and destined to be less appreciated and paid attention to. In the past nearly ten years, KG has continued to sharpen himself, he is not Duncan, and he has the honor of defeating the Dream Team before joining the league. KG, who has just entered the alliance, is a piece of jade, but he is even more stunned, he started as a substitute, starting from Gugliotta's younger brother.

By now, Garnett is already the league's MVP player, and with a fiery heart and faith, and the thorns that have been broken along the way, he finally came to the arena of the Western Conference Finals. Before that, he had only been in the first round for seven years, and the pressure on his body was as heavy as that of the entire Minnesota.

Because KG won the Western Conference championship for the Timberwolves, the noble Purple Lakers also had to enter the bitter cold land of Minnesota.

On May 22, 2004, 20,000 Minnesota citizens were on hand to cheer on the Timberwolves.

Kobe Bryant hit a free throw early in the first quarter, and then he scored on a layup, and the Lakers gave the Timberwolves a kick-off in the opening game. Veteran Johnson forced the basket and caused Malone to foul and hit both free throws to fight back for the Timberwolves.

After that, Sprewell hit a three-pointer from the outside to overtake the score, but Payton also hit a three-pointer and didn't give up an inch. Garnett hit his first shot midway through the quarter with a turnaround jumper as the Timberwolves began to take the lead. In contrast, O'Neal missed both free throws and affected the morale of his team, and Garnett led the team to an 8-0 lead.

Although O'Neal dunked in the end, the Timberwolves still led 32-24 in the first quarter, and Kobe Bryant scored 14 points in a single quarter. Kobe Bryant's suppression of the Timberwolves' outside line can be imagined.

After the start of the second quarter, it was Garnett who scored on the board one after another, and the Timberwolves' lead expanded. But then, Bryant hit a three-pointer for the Lakers to close the gap to within 10 points, but after that, the Lakers only had Fisher shoot a three-pointer for five long minutes. The Timberwolves continued to extend their advantage, with Sprewell hitting a mid-range shot to take a 43-32 lead with four minutes left in the quarter.

In the last 3 minutes of the quarter, the Lakers missed another shot, and only Kobe Bryant scored 3 points on a free throw. In the final 10 seconds, the Timberwolves launched their last offense, Garnett missed a shot, but immediately grabbed an offensive rebound and shot again, and he just made a shot, and the game time of the quarter was just right. Garnett was lucky enough to hit the hoop and jump, but it still went in as it fell, and the Timberwolves ended the first half with a 55-39 lead.

In the first half, the Timberwolves, who were playing at home, sealed the victory for themselves. And the Lakers except for Kobe, everyone else has become a small blacksmith in Minnesota.

At the start of the third quarter, Garnett and Cassel teamed up to score goals, and the difference widened. At the critical moment, Kobe Bryant once again exerted his power, he first scored on a mid-range shot, and then broke through to a layup after a fast break, once chasing the score to only 10 points.

After the start of the fourth quarter, something happened to the hearts of Timberwolves fans, Cassel dodged a block during a layup, but accidentally sprained his left foot and was helped off the court by the team doctor. On the pitch, the opponent will not pity the injury. Phil Jackson called a timeout, and after returning from the timeout, O'Neal dunked, followed by a layup by Fisher near the baseline.

There was only 5 points left in the difference, just when everyone thought that the Lakers would take advantage of the victory and chase after it and turn the tables in one fell swoop. Garnett stepped up, and he scored back-to-back singles for Malone. and rewarded Payton with a big hat on the defensive end. With just one minute remaining, the Timberwolves extended their lead to 12 points. The Lakers are gone.

KG scored 34 points and 11 rebounds to successfully defend the home court. Sprewell also had 21 points on the books.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant scored a team-high 31 points, while O'Neal had a shabby 14 points and 16 rebounds. Ma Long is considered to be the main reason for the team's failure because of the success of consecutive singles by kg at the last moment.