Chapter 238: Great as He Is
"Who can beat the Timberwolves now? Lakers? Trailblazer? The Timberwolves are already flying, and it's opening up the gap with other teams."
"Coach Z is on the path of his dreams, and I guess he can complete the conquest of the NBA this season, and he will show his greatness again"
"It's a shame that the Kings can make the Western Conference playoffs, they didn't show their quality at all, they didn't have a bit of fighting spirit and no trace of anger, they made it too easy for the Timberwolves, the SuperSonics should replace them, the Timberwolves' strength shouldn't be like this, there are at least 4 teams in the NBA who can beat them, I bet the Trail Blazers will definitely be able to beat them in the next round"
"I still think so, Coach Z is still going to fail this year, he's not a good fit for the NBA at all, he should go back to college, Trail Blazers come on, Scott Pippen come on"
The Timberwolves advanced, easily defeated the Kings, the same was true of the Timberwolves last season, this season looks more relaxed, many media in the United States are talking about the Timberwolves for a while, but Zhuang Fei has no time to care about these now, he is now sharing his family with his family, and now the Timberwolves will face their next opponent on May 5, the Timberwolves have seven days of rest, but from the current situation, the next opponent of the Timberwolves is a little confusing, the Trail Blazers and Jazz have played 2-1, The Trail Blazers won two home games and lost one on the road. However, from the current strength of the two sides compared to the strength of the Trail Blazers, the next opponent of the Timberwolves is likely to be the Trail Blazers.
The team that is as easy as the Timberwolves in this year's playoffs is the Pacers, who also easily defeated the Civilian Magic 3T1, the Pacers are also strong in the East this season, and it is a miracle that the Magic can make the playoffs after losing Hardaway and Anderson, because the Magic's head coach Doug Rivers has a good chance of winning the best coach of the year. Compared with the Pacers, the Heat is a little difficult, although the Bucks' performance in the regular season this year is very average, with three muskets, they are only ranked seventh in the regular season, but just like last year's Knicks, a low ranking does not mean that the strength is also low, the Bucks' three outside musketeers are extremely lethal to the Heat, of course, the Heat definitely don't want to be black eight last year and be black seven this year, the Heat also has their own absolute advantage, that is, the interior line led by Mourning, now in the East, the Heat's interior line is also second to none, In such a situation, this round of matchup between the Heat and the Bucks is a bit entangled. In addition to these two matchups, the New York Knicks and the Pistons are also very close to each other, Grant Hill came to the game with an injury, although the overall strength of the Pistons is not good, but it also dragged the Knicks, but the fourth and fifth in the East This game with a small gap in strength is a bit unworthy of the name, in this round of the fourth 76ers in the East and the fifth Hornets game, 76ers leader Iverson scored 45 points in the first game alone After the next three games were more than 30 points, not only that, He can also deliver more than 10 assists while scoring, and like the Pacers, who are the first in the East, they eliminated the Hornets with a score of 3-1, the reason why Iverson changed his style to divide into assists is also because of a matchup in the West, the third Grizzlies in the West face the Spurs in the sixth place in the West, this group of Wake Forest's civil war was originally considered the most stalemate matchup, the two teams played 3-2 last season, and this year's matchup is still the most watched in the United States, but compared with last season, Duncan's score in this year's round of matchup is much higher than last year's, while Carter's score is much lower than last year's, and now Carter is mainly an assist to drive his teammates, so in these four games with the Spurs, Carter has played a 30+100 performance in a row, it can be said that the current Spurs and Grizzlies are upside down, last season Duncan played very calmly with the advantage of the team's strength, but this season he needs to desperately grab points, Carter, who needs to desperately grab points last season, has been very calm to organize the team this season, So in that sense, it's going to be tough for the Spurs to beat the Grizzlies this year. …,
When the fourth round of the playoffs is over, six of the eight matchups in the first round of this year have ended, the Timberwolves 3-0 Kings, the Pacers 3-1 Magic, the 76ers 3-1 Hornets, the Knicks 3-1 Pistons, the Trail Blazers 3-1 Jazz, the Timberwolves have also determined that their next opponent is the Trail Blazers, and the most watched Grizzlies and Spurs, the Grizzlies also defeated the Spurs 3-1, and Carter has broken through the first round in the second year of his career.
Now there are only the Heat and the Bucks in the entire first round, and the Lakers and the Suns have played a 2-2 tie-break, and when the time comes to May 1, the Heat and the Bucks are at home to grab five, the Heat are very nervous, and now the team has reached the brink of being crushed, although Pat Riley is a legendary coach, and the core of the team Mourning is also a tough guy, but now the pressure is too great, just last year was blacked eight, and now it is on the verge of black-seven again, and what is even more sad is that the whole United States is now discussing the possibility of the Bucks black-seven, Obviously, public opinion is not optimistic about the Heat, and even some New York media gloat that the Heat will lose.
"Pat Riley will fail again, just like they lost to us last year, the Bucks are much better than the Kings, in fact, the Kings can do that, but in the end they themselves gave up, Bucks come on, and now all New Yorkers will pray for you"
But the trend of this game under such a deer force was beyond everyone's expectations, the Heat led almost at the beginning, and even led by 20 points at halftime, while the Bucks, who had been favored before the game, completely lost themselves, the three musketeers felt extremely poor, and when they were about to impact the basket on the periphery, they suddenly found that Mourning in this game was like a big net covering them, the center who contributed 4 blocks per game last season gave 9 blocks in this game aloneIn addition to contributing 36 points and 19 rebounds, the center, who is currently No. 1 in the East, showed his extreme dominance, which is why the game lost suspense at the beginning of the fourth quarter. And in the end, the Heat also defeated the Bucks 98-85 at home, and finally got rid of the shadow of last season's black eight to the season almost being black seven, Zhuang Fei was holding his little nephew to watch the game with his family, but after the game, Zhuang Fei received a call from Patrari at home, and Zhuang Fei even heard Pat Riley's choking sound on the phone.
"Zhuang, we almost got crushed I feel like my nerves are about to break, so is Mourning, we've been sleepless for days in this game, this series is like a continuation of last year's nightmare, good thing we finally woke up from the nightmare, thank goodness"
Zhuang Fei listened to Pat Riley's words on the other end of the phone and sighed in his heart, even if a player like Pat Riley and a player like Mourning will have such a nervous disorder in the face of such pressure, Zhuang Fei can imagine that when the Timberwolves really enter the Finals, then the pressure on the Timberwolves will only be greater than that of the Heat at this time, and at that time, how Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves players adjust this pressure will become a problem, although the Timberwolves players are no longer the first brothers in the playoffs, But the playoffs and the Finals are still incomparable.
Zhuang Fei after receiving a call from Pat Riley, the whole person is not as easy as before, he has now seen the problem far away, if the Timberwolves have not won the NBA last season, then this season, the strength of the Timberwolves is enough to win the championship and win the championship in addition to the strength There are many other things to do, Zhuang Fei does not want the Timberwolves to fail like the Mavericks in 2006 and the Heat in 2011 in the case of absolute superiority.
With the separation of the Heat and the Bucks, now only the Lakers and the Suns are left in the entire first round. However, in the first four games of this round of matchups, Hardaway played an average of 32.5 points, 8.5 assists and 7.5 rebounds per game, and in these four games, the Suns and Lakers played 4 overtimes, except for the first two games each played an overtime, the fourth game played 2 overtime, and that is, in the two overtimes of the fourth game, Hardaway led the Suns to drag the game into a tie-break, Hardaway is now seriously injured, and his strength is not at his peak, but just like many times, the ability of a player does not only depend on his strength, just like Hardaway, Zhuang Fei has specially checked the rating of his dynasty system,The ability value is only 91, and Kobe Bryant is the same in terms of ability value,Compared to Ao Fat's 98, there is no comparison at all,But the strength he plays is not at all 91 Ability value players can do,He is a person who carries Ao Fat and Kobe BryantOf course,Now the relationship between Ao Fat and Kobe Bryant is not a problem of 1+1=2 Now the relationship between the two has not been smoothed,This is also the reason why the Lakers are now stuck in a quagmire。 Under normal circumstances, the Lakers would not have been made like this by the Suns. …,
Zhuang Fei looked at Phil Jackson on TV with some emotion, Phil Jackson on TV still looked calm, but Zhuang Fei could clearly read anxiety and firmness in his eyes, after this period of time Phil Jackson's use of Kobe Bryant Zhuang Fei actually admired him, Phil Jackson no matter how bad the Lakers' performance was, he had no intention of removing Kobe, and he had been insisting on using Kobe, and even he knew that O'Neal alone might be better, but he still didn't use it like this, Obviously, the famous coach has not given up Kobe, if Zhuang Fei is allowed to stand in the same position, when Pierce and the team's tactical system conflict, Zhuang Fei believes that he definitely does not have such a lot of patience to mediate Pierce.
"When persistence is useless, you are still persevering, and you are better than many coaches by virtue of this" Zhuang Fei looked at Phil Jackson and thought of Adelman, who changed his Princeton tactical thinking not long ago, and Phil Jackson is more respectable in this regard.
"Huh? Tim Donaghi? This name is so familiar," Zhuang Fei looked at the figure of the referee who appeared on TV, and then saw the name shown in the subtitles below, and suddenly recalled some things in his previous life.
"It turned out to be him," Zhuang Fei finally showed a playful smile at the corner of his mouth.
"Uncle, what were you laughing at just now" The little nephew in his arms kicked his legs and looked up at Zhuang Fei and asked suspiciously, Zhuang Fei just knocked on the little guy's head and smiled, but the little guy pouted very dissatisfied.
"Uncle, who can win this game" Zhuang Lin has been watching the game with Zhuang Fei these days, and he has a little interest in basketball, but it is still only a preliminary stage, and he will only ask Zhuang Fei about his victory or defeat.
"Who does Kobayashi think will win?" Zhuang Fei scratched his nose and asked, the little guy was obviously a little dissatisfied with Zhuang Fei's action, and then straightened his chest and said, "The yellow team can win"
"Oh? Why" Zhuang Fei was a little curious about why his little nephew firmly believed that the Lakers could win.
"The No. 8 on the yellow team looks amazing, especially his hair looks amazing, I will have that kind of hair like him in the future, but my dad may not let it" Zhuang Lin looked at the Lakers' No. 8 on TV with a look of envy, but in the end it was also gloomy.
"Eh" Zhuang Fei was confused by his little nephew's answer and didn't know what to say, Kobe Bryant's explosive head and beard scruff do look a little sharp now, it is obvious that his little nephew has become a primitive, Komi.
"Uncle, is it possible to keep the hairstyle of the No. 8 of the yellow team as long as you become a basketball player in the future" Just when Zhuang Fei sighed in his heart, the little nephew raised his head again and looked at Zhuang Fei, his eyes were full of anticipation, Zhuang Fei looked at the little boy's eyes, and the corners of his mouth showed a smile again, and then nodded solemnly.
"Yes" Zhuang Fei kissed his forehead after speaking, Zhuang Fei now found that he liked children very much, and he was already thinking about whether he should also have a child, but thinking of Scarlett's age Zhuang Fei gave up, obviously he had to wait.
"Uncle, then I will become a basketball player like that No. 8 in the future" Zhuang Lin seemed to have made some oath in his heart, and his little face looked serious and funny, but Zhuang Fei didn't have the slightest smile, but gently stroked the little boy's head, and then said with some approval: "Our Xiaolin will definitely be able to become a great player like that No. 8 player"
"Hmm" The little guy didn't know what the word great meant, but he nodded vigorously...... )