Chapter 280 The wolf is really here

The Heat lost, and the young Timberwolves laughed until the end of the game, which broke the eyes of all the experts, and after this war, these experts who are important in the United States did not think of the transformation of the Timberwolves, but a fierce rebuke of the inaction of the Miami Heat Big Three.

In their eyes, the three superstars in their prime, teamed together, should be an invincible team, at least not to a team like the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Under the eyes of the league, the young Timberwolves had an amazing season last season, reaching the Western Conference semifinals with a fish-belly team, and although they were unfortunately lost, such a huge change is amazing enough.

In contrast, the Russian City Thunder, which was originally only one step away from the Western Conference playoffs, was extremely embarrassing, they have been rotten for several seasons, and the team has piled up young star seedlings such as Kevin Durant, Westbrook, and James Harden, but they still failed to break into the playoffs last year, and it can be said that last season was another failed season for the young Thunder.

And the Timberwolves, they are good enough, and the whole league is starting to look at them with critical and even colored eyes.

I thought that last season's success was just a coincidence, and after a summer change, the Timberwolves' chances of success this season will drop a lot.

This is almost recognized in the eyes of many people, after all, the No. 1 star in the Western team who restrained Li Shihao has been injured by old injuries, and the league's No. 1 point guard Paul, who can best restrain the Chinese kid, has been absent for most of the season, and when he returns to the game, he is no longer in the best game condition.

This season's Western region has tested the star's ability to lead the team even more, and there will be an outbreak under heavy pressure, and no one dares to make this conclusion who can break out of the encirclement and break into the playoffs.

But in the eyes of many people, this year's Timberwolves and the Russian City Thunder do not have much chance, compared with the Hornets and Spurs, the new forces do not have a lot of power, and they still need more time to grow.

There may be some truth to this result, but the situation at the beginning of the season still made the Timberwolves the target of public criticism.

After defeating the Miami Heat, the Timberwolves once again snatched a strong victory at Amway Arena in Orlando, keeping Howard awake at night.

The Timberwolves' young interior core Marc Gasol faced Howard, known as the "league's No. 1 center", and played an excellent game, with 28 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, with both offensive and defensive performances, and successfully won the best player of the night.

I have to say that Gasol Jr. did explode that night, and even Howard, the very dominant monster on the defensive end, couldn't stop it, and Gasol Jr., who was fully on the inside, couldn't stop it at all.

In the penalty area, he turned over the river and the sea, and used his all-round strength to drive his teammates and drive the rhythm of the game, until the last moment of the game snatched the title of Li Shihao's best player.

After the game, some Orlando media asked maliciously: "Marc Gasol seems to be performing better, the consistent efficiency is obvious to all, is he the core of the team?" ”

Li Shihao smiled at this and didn't care: "The question of who is the core is decided by the coach tactically, and by the fans in the game, and we players only need to play every game!" ”

Li Shihao will not answer this question head-on, he has a good relationship with Gasol Jr., but he can't publicly respond to this kind of question in front of the media, no matter which answer will be tampered with and misinterpreted by these uncrowned kings, and then it will destroy the harmony within the Timberwolves.

After all, the most depressing thing in the world is human words!

The current Timberwolves are still very young, and he is temporarily maintaining the leading position, for him this core position is not an incentive and spur, if he does not have enough strength to impress everyone, then what face does he have to be the core of the team.

Only progress, never-ending progress will allow Li Shihao to surpass step by step, surpass himself, and surpass everything!

After the Orlando Magic, the Timberwolves made a name for themselves, breaking into the top 10 for the first time on ESPN's official team power rankings, finishing seventh, just behind the Phoenix Suns in sixth.

Since the start of the season, the Timberwolves have won all six games, ranking first in the West and first in the league.

NBA fans are amazed that they don't understand why the Timberwolves, who were good enough last season, have undergone another qualitative change after a summer, and the pace of rise has not stopped, and even this time compared to last season, the steps are a little bigger.

It's already the first in the West! Has-been-in-the-western-conference！

Many longtime fans can't help but think about the Timberwolves when they see the news, Minnesota is not Los Angeles, New York, nor Celtics Chicago, it is remote and cold, sparsely populated, and if it weren't for the American soil, this team would have paid less attention than the Toronto Raptors.

A small city team, with no big-name stars to join, and no veterans with outstanding strength, actually killed the first place in the West step by step, even if it was only temporary, it was enough to stun the eyes of many people.

To exist is to be reasonable! The Minnesota Timberwolves were able to break out strongly at the beginning of the season and rush to the top of the league, naturally for a reason, more and more people began to pay attention to the Timberwolves, began to study their tactics, studied their roster configuration, and found ways to restrain and defeat.

After all, the team with the most limelight these days is the Minnesota Timberwolves, who have attracted the attention of the whole league, and many people are waiting to see how far the young Timberwolves can go?

Do you continue your winning streak, or do you suffer Waterloo and reap a painful defeat!

On November 6, Beijing time, the Timberwolves sat at home to face the Atlanta Hawks, facing the 35-point scoring frenzy of the Hawk King Joe Johnson, Li Shihao stepped forward again, scoring 31 points and 7 assists, including the fourth quarter and the Hawk King launched a confrontation, shooting 3 of 4 from outside the three-point line, scoring 9 points in a row, until a three-point shot at the fast whistle hit the iron.

On November 8th, the Timberwolves flew to the space city of Houston and visited the Toyota Center, the big brother Yao Ming warmed up and scored 13 points and 4 rebounds, not much playing time, 3 of 5 shots, 7 serves, but the Rockets still lost, the Timberwolves' inner and outer core joined forces again, Li Shihao and Mark Gasol's internal and external connections made the Rockets' restricted area frequently leak, and finally lost the game with a score of 94-120.

So far, the Minnesota Timberwolves have continued to soar, winning eight in a row.

The whole alliance understands, wolf, I'm afraid it's really coming! (To be continued.) )