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"Lao Zhang, what do you think of this game?"

On May 9, 1999, at 9 a.m. in the AV5 live broadcast hall, Director Zhang and Mr. Xu were already in place, and the live broadcast of AV5 was the playoffs between the Timberwolves and the Kings that started at 10 a.m. BĚIJĪNG time.

Coach Zhang used to be a professional player, and his insights on basketball are richer than Coach Xu's, and now the live broadcast has not yet started, and the two commentators chatted in the studio.

"I think there should be no problem with the Timberwolves in this game" Mr. Xu explained that the NBA has been for seven or eight years, but he has paid little attention to the Timberwolves and the Kings, and it can be said that these two teams have basically not been paid attention to in the past.

Before this shrinking season, most of CCTV's live broadcasts were given to the Bulls, so these people are like a few giants to the Bulls, Lakers, Jazz, and Rockets, and they basically have no impression of the Timberwolves, a new team that has risen this season, and this season because of the suspension, because Jordan retired, because the Bulls disbanded, which almost made CCTV give up this season's NBA live broadcast, although they did not give up in the end, but the intensity was not as good as before,

It wasn't until March that AV5 noticed the Timberwolves, and only then did I notice Zhuang Fei, it can be said that AV didn't buy a live broadcast of the Timberwolves before that, and I didn't notice the Timberwolves until mid-March, but even so, the live broadcast schedule of CCTV in April has been determined, and there is still no Timberwolves

What's the matter, and the Timberwolves also surpassed the Trail Blazers in one fell swoop at the end of April, and the Jazz entered the top two in the league, this AV5 has its eyes on the Timberwolves' playoffs, and it is not the 21st century, and there are no Chinese players in the NBA, so many basketball reporters will not be stationed in the United States to report on the NBA at all, at most when they are All-Star, or when they report to the finals, which also leads to Zhuang Fei, although he is already a household name in the United States, he is a nobody in China.

"Hopefully, the Timberwolves vs. Suns game on May 7 seems to be the best-watched game of the year, no lower than when the Bulls were broadcast live before, and the leaders above have decided that the playoffs will be broadcast live to the Timberwolves this year." Mr. Xu sighed and said that the disagreement between the leaders above Jordan's retirement, coupled with the impact of this year's shrinking season and the decline in ratings, once made some people have plans to give up the NBA, but the most

After Zhuang Fei's sideways and the good ratings brought by the Timberwolves and Zhuang Fei in the last regular season game live broadcast on May 7, AV5 finally made up its mind to continue to increase the investment in the NBA.

"I will probably go to the NBA draft this year, I heard that the Mavericks are very interested in him, if he can roughly enter the NBA, then Zhuang Fei and the roughly Chinese derby will be interesting" Director Zhang said longingly, in fact, this is also a reason why CCTV has not given up on the NBA, China is about to have players land in the NBA.

"This thing is very difficult to do, he is probably not an ordinary player, he is a soldier, the army may not release people, I heard that Yao Ming of the Shanghai team is very likely to participate in the draft this year" Mr. Xu is richer than Director Zhang in these secrets.

"Yao Ming? Can it work, it's only 19 years old, and he can't compare to it now" Director Zhang doesn't believe that Yao Ming has the strength to stand in the NBA now. Although Yao Ming has great potential, his ability is still lacking.

"I don't know, that's how this matter was spread anyway" Just when the two were chatting energetically, the director next to him had already begun to remind the live broadcast to start. The two immediately stopped talking, then straightened their clothes and sat up.

"Good morning to the audience in front of the TV, welcome to watch the live broadcast of an NBA playoffs brought to you by AV today, I am Xu Jicheng, and sitting next to me is the famous national player Zhang Lili, Teacher Zhang."

"Today's live broadcast is the Timberwolves home game against the Kings, the head coach of the Timberwolves in this game is Zhuang Fei, a Chinese, maybe everyone doesn't know him very well, let Zhang Gui Office let's introduce him"

Teacher Zhang said a little straight: "Zhuang Fei is a native of Baoding, Hebei Province, 28 years old this year, he went abroad to study when he graduated from high school at the age of 18, when he was in high school he was a part-time amateur basketball player in Baoding Amateur Sports School, according to his previous teacher, he showed a high basketball wisdom at a very young age, he was the coach off the court in the basketball team of Baoding Amateur Sports School, and the head coach of the Baoding amateur basketball team at that time, Mr. Wang, saw his basketball talent very early, and sometimes let him command his teammates to play"

Director Zhang said very seriously, and Mr. Xu next to him was a little surprised, what is this, as far as he knows, Zhuang Fei is a 10,000-year substitute in the amateur sports school, and he is not treated well by his teammates and coaches, and he has been laughing at him for being a nerd. However, Director Zhang didn't notice Mr. Xu's expression, but continued.

"It can be said that Zhuang Fei is an excellent young coach trained by our country, after Zhuang Fei left his homeland for the United States, he quickly showed his talent, he became the head coach of Wake Forest University when he graduated from graduate school at the age of 25, and won the best head coach in the United States for three consecutive years, beating Phil Jackson"

After hearing what Director Zhang said about national training, Mr. Xu suddenly realized that someone had assigned some tasks to Mr. Zhang.

"And it's worth mentioning that Tim Duncan, who everyone is familiar with now, is a disciple trained by Zhuang Fei in college" After Director Zhang finished speaking, he didn't forget to look at Teacher Xu, Teacher Xu was surprised, and then immediately said.

"The game started right away, and the starting lineups for both sides came out, with Divac at center, Chris Webber at power forward, Chris Williams at small forward, Wahad at shooting guard, and McBibby as the No. 7 rookie this year as the playmaker."

"For the Timberwolves, the center is Garnett 22 years old, the big forward Rashard Lewis is 19 years old, the small forward Paul Pierce is 21 years old, the shooting guard Stephen Jackson is 21 years old, and the playmaker Steve Nash is 25 years old, and the Timberwolves' players are as young as their head coach"

The NBA playoffs with Zhuang Fei are for domestic fans to find a home team that can participate in it by themselves, of course, these things Zhuang Fei doesn't know, he is still a little worried, although he has a stronger strength, although the two sides have a record of the Timberwolves leading, even if the Timberwolves have so many advantages, but for Zhuang Fei he still can't completely put his mind at ease, not to mention his own reasons, just look at the opponent, the king's inside line is Divac and Webber, In the matchup, it is definitely stronger than Garnett and Lewis, Webber's current ability value is 91, and Garnett is 90, Lewis's current ability value is 75, and Divac is as high as 84, the Kings have an advantage in this regard, although the ability value does not represent everything many times, but at least it can be seen that the King is capable of causing a lot of trouble for the Timberwolves, although they are now very flawed on the outside.

Today's target center is indeed very lively, these fans are very confident in this game, because of Zhuang Fei, they believe that the team can defeat any opponent, many fans in the stands are holding Zhuang Fei's large posters waving the flag and shouting, there are many more fans holding Zhuang Fei's photos than Garnett and Pierce's, there is no doubt that Zhuang Fei has now become the favorite of the Timberwolves, a coach has become the favorite of a team's fans, maybe no one will believe it, but, obviously, the Timberwolves are now in this situation.

As the game was about to begin, Garnett looked coldly at Divac in front of him, the center who would be executing the jump ball with him, and for the jump ball, Garnett was confident that he could beat anyone in the league.

"At the beginning of the game, Garnett, the young center of the Timberwolves, successfully jumped the ball, and the Timberwolves won the first wave of possession," said Director Zhang excitedly in the studio hall of Běijīng, as if he was on the spot.

Nash didn't rush to speed up this time, it is obvious that after this season's games, teams across the league have a good understanding of the Timberwolves, and they all know that the Timberwolves will attack quickly after jumping the ball, so now other teams in the league have defended the Timberwolves very strictly, which also leads to the Timberwolves jumping the ball and breaking the fast break less and less. And the Kings are naturally very clear about this game, and although they can't defend well, the speed of retreat is not bad.

Nash pushed the ball across the halfcourt, played a block with Garnett at the free throw line, and then transitioned the ball to Garnett, Garnett did not stop the ball, nor did he pass back to Nash, almost didn't look, threw the ball into the bottom corner, Pierce received the ball and directly pulled out three points, Chris Williams almost did not react. It was an extremely fast and tacit three-person cooperation.

"Brushed" Pierce three-point shot, the originally enthusiastic arena was almost overturned because of this three-point, looking at the arm that Pierce was waving at him not far away, Garnett was a little distracted at first, but finally smiled at Pierce. Having such a competitor may be a deliberate arrangement by God, which reminds Garnett of Zhuang Fei's words, your goal is to be first in the league, not Pierce.

Paul, you will be the first springboard in my life, Garnett swore to himself.