On Dec. 30, the Bobcats ended their 2004 schedule at home against the retaliating Heat.

O'Neill announced his injury when he first entered December, and it's hard to say whether the injury is real or fake, but he's rested anyway. Then, the Heat cup, Wade was used to having a big brother on his head to protect himself from the wind and rain, and he suffered a gorgeous 7-1 win in the next eight consecutive games, which was worse than the Bobcats led by Patin! In the 12 games that O'Neal was not around, the Heat lost 10!

The shark couldn't see that he could do it, and he came back decisively, and then he was alive from the first moment he returned to the court, and Hua Ben couldn't see where he was injured.

Some people say that O'Neal's comeback is a warm-up for the Bobcats, and it's still impossible to say whether this is true or fake, but he knows that in the final game in December, which is the second game of O'Neal's comeback, the bastard Shark erupted like the volcano at the bottom of Yellowstone, and it was a continuous eruption... O'Neal played 46 minutes in the game, and the previous game was only 38 minutes per game, and the hatred of the Bobcats can be seen from this.

Before the game, Hua planned to continue to clean up O'Neal, and he must let the dead fat man know that Lao Tzu is outstanding, and he must let him talk about his soul when he talks about it, but this game did not give him a shameless defeat.

There is a main reason for this defeat, and that is that the Bobcats have as many as 7 people banned from the team: Anderson, who has just arrived, and West, who has not yet had a good leg, the rookie trio, and Martin, who is suspected of pulling the sidelines.

Men have always been true to their words, and the spit is a nail, and when they played, Huaben and Jordan regretted it, why did they ban their own people in the first place? Isn't this a gloved masturbation, and it's not fun to find yourself unpleasant? However, both of them are dead and face-saving existences, no matter how hard and tired they are, they grit their teeth and stand up, and they will never compromise.

Without Pattin, the attack of the entire Bobcats collapsed, and Huaben could only go to singles again and again, and the singles did not go well. There are not many people who can help him, Mo Ning can, but he is still banned. Today, his step-back jumper was out of line, because O'Neal left the restricted area again after eight years, and the defense followed him all the way to the three-point line!

Of course, in the face of O'Neal, Hua could have broken through, and his breakthrough now is a miracle skill, but unfortunately, there is a Wade waiting for him at any time. Wade had to clean up Padding when he was there, and without Padding, there was a House left, and Wade didn't look at him properly.

And just like that, the game ended with the Bobcats outscoring by 16 points at 92:108. O'Neal almost shot in excitement after the game, and he became the first man to end Wabeon's victory, so Shaq once again had a new nickname: "Big Ben Finisher".

Waben scored 42 points, close to half of the team's scores, which is useless, O'Neal's 38 points are not much less than him, not to mention Wade's 27 points in hand. In order to continue the victory, Hua Ben also wanted to exchange for an organizational skill, but was strongly vetoed by the intelligence center: If you don't want to die, be honest.

Losing the last game in 2004, Huaben was a little unhappy, but fortunately, the next game was the debut battle in 2005, which would have stronger meaning, and in the next game, Huaben's opponent was the Western powerhouse, the Timberwolves!

After a one-game ban, the internal atmosphere of the Bobcats has changed, and Anderson is now a ruthless person, not only beating him without discussion, but also walking his word. With the Bobcats trailing at the beginning, Anderson thought the team would lift the ban on a few people, although outsiders like him didn't have a chance, but Padding, Iguodala and other Huaben's descendants can always be, right?

As a result, until the end of the game, even if Hua Ben was tired of calf cramps, he worked the court alone, but he didn't lift the ban on them. So, although Anderson was still unruly, he didn't dare to mess around again: if he was banned from the team for a season, it would be miserable.

There are also several benefits to this game, the first is that Patin and the rookies have been rested, and if it wasn't for Huaben's crazy play in the last game, they would have lost to the Raptors, and one of the reasons for that situation is that the players are physically exhausted. With this break, these people can take a break.

Second, Jordan discovered the team's most serious problem at the moment: playmaking guards, and they lacked a strong playmaking guard! This man must be able to prop up the team's perimeter in Pattin's absence, and at least put the ball in Huaben's hands, if not in the same methodical way as Patin did. However, there is no such person on the Bobcats right now, or if there is, but he is still struggling with the injury list.

It is impossible for Patin to maintain the high level of energy that started the season, and even as his fitness drops severely, he will suffer injury problems, which have to be considered in advance, and it is always more useful to plan for a rainy day than to hold on to it. So, after the first trade, the Bobcats began to plan a new trade, this time by guard.

This kind of thing can't be rushed, and the first thing is always that the team is ready to compete with the Timberwolves.

Last season's breakthrough to the Western Conference Finals had a profound impact on the Timberwolves and gave the Wolves the confidence to compete for the championship trophy in the new season. What's more, Garnett has completely transformed into one of the top superstars in the league, and if it weren't for Huaben's sudden rise last season, he would have won the MVP! Even so, he got his first MVP trophy in Timberwolves history, albeit shared.

In Huaben's words, the MVP trophy is that the wolf king has completed a molt and matured a lot.

In fact, if the Timberwolves still failed to break through the first round of the playoffs last season, then Garnett, who is now in Minnesota, is likely to be banished by the Wolves to other teams.

A mature team doesn't easily make big changes to the squad they've worked so hard to build, and the same is true for Wolves. In the transfer market this summer, Wolves did not want to bring in any new big-name players, instead focusing on maintaining the stability of the squad. With the signing of Hojborg, Hassel and Hudson, Wolves have retained all of last season's squad, except for the departure of Trent, which is a small change.

As long as there are no injuries, this squad is more than capable of winning a championship with Wolves' bench depth, which is the view of the Minnesota media, who are adamant that they will be able to defend the title, and the Charlotte media's hope at the beginning of the season is not to finish at the bottom of the team, and now they are also ambitious to steal the championship.

The balance of offense and defense is the biggest advantage of the Wolves, which is also what Jordan and Huaben fear the most. Fortunately, before the start of this season, the Timberwolves' wolf cubs became "nest counters". The two big generals of Kassel and Sprewell have rebelled because of contract renewal issues, and the Timberwolves "three-headed monster" is facing dissolution at any time. It is for this reason that the Timberwolves have not been able to sit first in the West this season as they did last season while maintaining a full set of the main lineup last season. The current No. 1 in the West is the Suns led by Nash, who has the second highest MVP voice.

However, the second place in the West is now the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves and the Bobcats, one is second in the West and second in the East (the Heat fell to third in the East all of a sudden, and the first in the East is the Pistons), one is the King of the Wasteland Wolves, and the other is the jungle super killer Bobcats, which is-for-tat from the name, and Warben and Garnett also shared last season's MVP, this time the encounter was Mars hitting the Earth, and there was a hype for this game before the season, and ESPN will be broadcast live across the United States.

Huaben and Garnett are also at the top of the pyramid among NBA players, and of course, this competition also exists, especially after sharing the MVP last season, both of them have expressed challenges to their opponents on different occasions, so the meeting at the Time Warner Center is not very pleasant.

Garnett hugged Huaben and asked with concern, "Ben, Shaq seemed to make you very uncomfortable the day before yesterday?" How about taking a break? Don't fall into the dark. ”

Hua Ben smiled and responded, "It's okay, Kevin, I didn't hit seriously yesterday." By the way, I heard you're stressed? Also, you said, a guy like Nash actually brought out the No. 1 record in the West, and the MVP ranking actually ranked No. 1 in the West, which is not scientific! ”

Garnett gritted his teeth viciously and said: "It's okay, they are an offensive team, they can't go far in the playoffs, if I can meet them, I will make Phoenix worse than dead!" ”

Warben patted Garnett on the shoulder and said, "You guys better solve your own problems first, I heard that Cassel and Spreville are leaving?" Oh, you said this is a big deal, why is this like this? The trident broke two forks, what is that called? Red tassel gun? Hehe, but Kevin, you too, you got a big contract of 20 million, and your teammates are indeed three or four million, which is not like a thing. ”

Sprewell and Cassel nodded in unison when they heard this, Garnett was furious when he saw it, and nodded Nima's head, is the contract given to you by the team still small?

In fact, although the Timberwolves owner has always been stingy with role players, this time he was really generous, this year is Sprewell's contract year, and he was given a three-year, 21 million contract. But Sprewell refused directly, replying that 'this money is not enough to support his family', and he asked for a contract with an annual salary of 10 million, a difference of 3 million a year, so the negotiations stalled.

Wajben knew that the Trident would be disbanded next summer, and Sprewell was even more unlucky to go straight home, and he ultimately did not accept the team's offer of seven million. To this, Garnett responded to one of the NBA's classic quotes: "I can forgive him for his greed, but I can't forgive him for his stupidity!" ”

This season, the Timberwolves have played very hard, because the Trident knows that this season is crucial. For Garnett, it's the closest combination to total feeling; For Sprewell and Cassell, this is the team's inspection of them, if the Timberwolves do win the championship this year, they will definitely give them a big contract, if they can't get it, then I'm sorry, you better go, anyway, you can't bring breakthrough progress to the team if you are given a high salary.

However, Sprewell and Cassel don't seem to understand that their efforts are to brush up on their own data: as long as their own results are good, then even if the Timberwolves don't give them a big contract next season, they will have other owners to blame.

After waiting with all parties in doubt, the first game of 2005 was unveiled.

(To be continued)