"Oh man, no one would have thought that the team with Andrew Wiggins, Karl Anthony Downs and Zach LaVine would win just one of the six games at the start of the season!"

At Amway Arena in Orlando, the ESPN commentator looked helpless: "Before coming to Orlando, they also swallowed a four-game losing streak in Brooklyn, which completely exceeded the expectations of this youth army before the season began. ”

The Minnesota Timberwolves, since the wolf king Kevin Garnett moved to Boston, has never entered the playoffs.

After trading Kevin Love for 14-year champion Andrew Wiggins, they drafted Carl Anthony Towns last year, plus Zach LaVine, a scoring guard who was a blockbuster in the slam dunk contest, after last season's run-in and offseason growth, the world's media are looking forward to how the Timberwolves will make the NBA tremble this season.

However, for now, Minnesota's young people are not doing as well as they should.

In the season opener, facing the Memphis Grizzlies, Wiggins, Towns and LaVine, the Timberwolves scored 65 points together, but they still couldn't escape the fate of losing, and after that, although they won a victory, the next four games were simply a nightmare for the Timberwolves.

Towns was completely suppressed by Cousins, the Timberwolves defeated Sacramento, and the three young men combined to score 71 points, and the Timberwolves lost to the Denver Nuggets, losing opponents one after another, exposing many problems for this young team.

In the next two consecutive defeats, their tactics became very simple, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder, Downs broke out, slashed 33+8, and the team was defeated!

After the game, Karl Anthony Downs, the excellent young interior player, had a very ugly face in the interview, and he vowed to help the team get out of trouble.

However, even against the Brooklyn Nets, a weak team in the East, the Timberwolves are still like a lost lamb, Andrew Wiggins scored a season-high 36 points, plus 7 rebounds, and it is still difficult to prevent the Nets, who have 7 players in double figures, from blowing the horn of victory on their home court!

"It felt terrible, and I never thought we were going to lose in Brooklyn."

After the game, facing the media camera, Wiggins, who has always been humble, was also very displeased: "In this game, our whole team wanted to win, but the facts are in front of us, we lost, and the opponent performed better than us." ”

"In the next game, we will give it our all, it feels bad to lose!"

No one is going to accept the team's back-to-back defeats, especially the top picks who entered the league as the top pick, and this is Wiggins' third year in the league, and this is the year he needs to make a difference.

Recalling the picture of his last game scoring 36 points or losing, Wiggins, who was doing shooting training in the Amway Arena, was irritable, took the ball directly and dribbled two steps, and rushed to the basket to be a gliding split!

"Andrew, you're in great shape today!"

Downs, who was doing hook practice under the basket, helped his teammate pick up the ball and pass it back to Wiggins.

"Carl, I'm at my best every day."

Catching a pass from a teammate, Wiggins held the ball tightly with both hands, his arms were tense, and his muscles were quite toned, and it was obvious that he was not idle in the offseason.

However, the team's current situation has put the young talent under pressure, and the Timberwolves have traded Love for Wiggins, which is to press the team's future on him, as the boss of the team, the team can't play results, and all the criticism and responsibility will be like waves, sweeping towards Wiggins.

In competitive sports, no one ever forgives a loser.

"Michael, come here."

On the Timberwolves' side, the two champions communicated with each other, and on the Magic side of the home game, head coach Frank Vogel didn't look so nervous, and asked his players respectively, and Vogel called Wu Rui, who was warming up, to his side.

Pointing to the two Timberwolves players standing under the basket opposite, Vogel asked Wu Rui: "Do you see the two young men over there?" ”

"Andrew Wiggins, and... Carl Anthony Downs? Wu Rui's eyesight was okay, and he followed Vogel's fingers to see the two people under the opposite basket at a glance, and then he was a little puzzled: "Coach, you don't think I don't know them, do you?" ”

"Oh, that's two years in a row, each of them is a super talent, and they will change the pattern of the NBA in the future!" As soon as Wu Rui talked about strong opponents, he couldn't close the conversation: "They are representatives of the younger generation of players!" ”

"Michael, do you think you still need to tell me this?" After Wu Rui's impassioned words, Frank Vogel was still expressionless, and even a little impatient: "I just want to tell you that just like Joel Embiid, the other side also has the same level of talent." ”

"In this game, you have to watch it well and study hard."

After saying this, Vogel was worried that Wu Rui would continue his oral performance, and hurriedly motioned for DJ Wilcaulistan to come over and let Wu Rui go back to continue warming up.

"Look good... Study hard......"

Although Vogel said it very succinctly, Wu Rui muttered this sentence repeatedly during the warm-up, and for a period of time after that, he was always observing what the two champions were doing in the opposite half.

Of course, Downs is an inside player, so Wu Rui just took a casual look, and he put the focus of his learning on Wiggins, who is also a forward position.

I have to say that Andrew Wiggins can indeed afford to be the top show, at least from the warm-up period, Wu Rui can see that Wiggins has excellent motor nerves and good shooting ability, especially his physical fitness, which is simply amazing!

During the period of Wu Rui's observation, Wiggins dunked three or four baskets in a row, this physical talent, Wu Rui drooled when he saw it.

Although I also did the body side last time and felt quite good, Vogel has not released accurate numerical information to Wu Rui, and the only useful evaluation is what Vogel said at the time: "average".

This also made Wu Rui full of envy when he saw the ability of other people to fly away, if he could dunk at will like Wiggins, then for the time being, he could also contribute on the offensive end, right?

Thinking of this, Wu Rui's mind couldn't help but recall what Vogel said to himself just now: Look hard, study hard!