Minnesota is located in the northern part of the United States, bordering the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north, Lake Superior to the east, Wisconsin across the Mississippi River, Iowa to the south, and South and North Dakota to the west. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Target Center is a multi-purpose arena in downtown Minneapolis that, like most NBA arenas, is used for concerts, social events, and ice arenas.

In the 2014-15 season, the Timberwolves finished at the bottom of the league with 16 wins and 66 losses. Kevin Loew sent the Cavaliers in the preseason trade period in exchange for two Canadian No. 1 picks, Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett. The former played in 82 games, started every game, and won the MVP of the All-Star Rookie Challenge. The latter is known as the parallel champion and is still not improving in the Timberwolves. In the 2014 draft, the No. 13 pick selected Zach LaVine from UCLA, a slam dunk master from UCLA, who missed most of the season due to Rubio's injury, was promoted to the main point guard and won the new dunk king of the '15 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. Before the deadline in February, Thaddeus Young was exchanged for the spiritual leader of the Wolf King, Kevin Garnett, who had been absent for 8 years.

The star Andrew Wiggins just turned 20 in February, and the main players such as scoring guard Zach LaVine and center Carl Anthony Towns are also in their early 20s, and the young Timberwolves have become the most famous youth guards in the league!

Such a team, its energy and impact are terrifying.

Li Dong and his teammates arrived in Minneapolis the day before, and after a hasty rest on the first day, they stayed in an officially arranged hotel.

The next morning, Li Dong habitually exercised his body in the morning, and after running around the quiet street outside for a few laps, he sweated slightly on his forehead, and then returned to the lobby of the hotel. By this time, breakfast had been arranged for the players in the hotel, and people like Smith, Napier and others had already gotten up and sat down at the table to enjoy their milk and bread.

Li Dong pulled out his chair, sat down unceremoniously, moved a dinner plate, and gobbled it up.

"Hey, Lee, do you wake up so early every day?" Napier said hello to Li Dong.

Shabazz Napier was a rookie last year, and after playing a season with the Heat, he was traded to the Magic, and he finished this college when he entered the league, so he should be a little more mature in front of Li Dong and others. These days, his form has gradually improved, and he has slowly moved into the important rotation of Collins.

"yes." Li Dong responded with a smile, and then handed over a newspaper he had just passed over to the door.

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After the three of them chatted in the dining room for a while, there was a constant sound of the elevator opening, and the players of the Magic kept getting up to have breakfast.

In the morning, the team did not arrange training in the training hall, and after noon, the team bus appeared at the door of the hotel, and everyone carried bags stuffed with the necessary equipment for playing basketball, and drove directly from the hotel to the target center.

Even if the Timberwolves have a lot of potential at the moment, the average city like Minneapolis is still not as popular as New York or Los Angeles. It's just that the performance of the star Wiggins and the return of the Wolves did pull a large number of fans, and the overall posters of the team and Garnett's personal promotional posters gradually appeared in the streets and alleys of Minneapolis.

By the time we came to the arena in the afternoon, the Thunder had already started training, and coach Scott Brooks was more strict in this regard.

Several acquaintances of the two teams also had a string during the afternoon training, like Li Dong, who also knew a Tang Si who was in the same class as him, but he didn't take the initiative to say hello, so he honestly trained on his own field.

When night falls, the Magic players who have just rested returned to the locker room to begin one last time tidying up their outfits before the game begins.

The fans leisurely finished dinner, drove to the target center arena. Then, one after another, on the indoor court, patches of dark blue began to appear, and they were a group of fans who had rushed to support the home team, the Timberwolves.

The coaches of both teams finished their last speech before the game and led the team into the arena.

The referee watched as the players from both teams walked onto the field and asked the staff to check that each of the arriving players was a player on the 12-man roster that had been reported before the game. Typically, an NBA team can have 15 players, and only 12 players are on the roster, leaving 3 players with inactive status.

Among the 12 players, there are only the first 8 players in the really stable rotation lineup, and there may be some teams with better reserves that will be expanded to 10 players, but the last 2 players must be on the field as a last resort or in garbage time, which is commonly known as the water cooler administrator.

The cruelty of the NBA can be seen, the vast majority of people, playing time is precarious, today may explode to get 20 minutes of playing time, after a few days of state decline, may sit on the bench again.

Before the start of the game, the players shake hands and signal the principle of friendly play.

Li Dong's eyes had never left the black athlete opposite, who was tall and thin like a bamboo pole and had several relationships with him, even if he was a few meters away, he would be shocked by his terrifying arm span.

"Hi Lee." Wiggins participated in this year's draft and was impressed by Li Dong.

Li Dong immediately returned the salute and shook Tang Si's palm.

After the trivial pre-match preparations were made, the referee blew the whistle for the game.

The King Kong-like Downs smacked the ground and soared into the air, and Vucevic below nodded awkwardly on his toes, watching the young man fly with vigour.

Li Dong and the other three starters were already ready, and in an instant, they reversed back to the half court and fell into formation. Apparently there was no hope for Vucevic's jump ball.

The Thunder's starting lineup is very conventional, with a well-rounded center on the inside, Nekar Anthony Towns, paired with the experienced Wolves Garnett, Wiggins on the outside as a scoring small forward is the team's offensive core, and then Rubio, who has excellent passing control in the backcourt, and Martin, who has excellent defensive ability and three-point shooting ability.

No matter which way you look at it, it is a very balanced team on offense and defense, if you really want to talk about a loophole, it is that the defense on the inside is still too weak, neither Downs nor the old wolf king are the kind of players who have excellent single defense, and if they encounter an All-Star level inside, it is difficult to withstand it.

The similarity between the Magic and the Timberwolves is that they are both teams that focus on outside offense.

Rubio, who was holding the ball, passed the half, and suddenly, the fans in the target center arena, led by the DJ, roared and shouted "Attack, attack!" The slogan!

Li Dong was startled by the sudden outbreak of high-decibel sound, and his body stiffened and almost didn't let Martin slip away from him.

There was a look of horror on his face—

"Why is the cheering sound at the Timberwolves' home stadium so terrifying?"