After the Timberwolves beat the Hawks at home, they will start their consecutive road trips, fortunately, the two opponents are not strong, on April 6, the Timberwolves face the Clippers away, and now the Clippers are at the bottom of the West, and now the only goal of the Clippers is probably to get a trophy for the best rookie for the team's big man James Posey, so James Posey's data has risen very quickly recently, and it is obvious that this has a lot to do with the arrangement of the team's head coach. If there is no way to fight for collective honor, then you can only brush up on individual honor, which is one of the unspoken rules in the NBA, so the NBA is not optimistic about the data of many leading players of fish belly teams, just like the Warriors leader Szzebiak, who now averages as many as 27 points per game, if it weren't for his 49% shooting rate, it is estimated that most people would say that he is a brush, you know, only the Warriors did not enter the playoffs among the top five players in the league's scoring list.

Whether it's strength or brush, there is no suspense in this game between the Clippers and the Timberwolves, Zhuang Fei is not a pedantic person, since James Posey needs data, then he will not be deliberately embarrassed, this game Timberwolves rotated on a large scale again, but for Bowen it was a little depressed, Zhuang Fei did not let him play in the whole game, but even so, the Timberwolves easily defeated the Clippers 108-100 on the road, and James Posey of the Clippers scored a game-high 35 points, This Clipper is too weak in Zhuang Fei's opinion, and at present, the team is only James Posey who can come to the stage, and the others are not worth mentioning at all.

After the win over the Clippers, the Timberwolves will face the eighth-place Kings in the West on the road, and the Kings and Suns have the same record as the SuperSonics. It's fair to say that the three teams are now competing for the last two playoff spots, and for the Kings, what they hope most is to become seventh in the West, so as to avoid their nemesis Timberwolves, and now Adelman almost has a headache when he sees the Timberwolves' two major interior lines. Garnett and O Jr.'s style is his biggest nemesis at Princeton, but it's a nightmare for the Kings that these two nemesis will be on the same team, just as Zhuang Fei once hoped that the Lakers would break up, and Adelman now prays to God every day. Hopefully, the Timberwolves' two interior combinations will unravel. Otherwise, he will not have a day in the west.

So, for the Kings, eighth place into the playoffs is the same as not making the playoffs, and now they have lost 10 games in a row to the Timberwolves, and in this game against the Timberwolves, they still lost, in fact, this time the Timberwolves have not been on Garnett and O's at the same time. Zhuang Fei let Garnett and Xiaoao take Wang Zhizhi and Lewis respectively, but even so, the Kings still did not defeat the Timberwolves in the end, Zhuang Fei can clearly see that in the hearts of Adelman or the Kings players, they already have a strong fear for the Timberwolves. I was stunned before the battle. This also made Zhuang Fei's heart a little complicated, this team that was only majestic in his previous life was forced so badly by himself, although the king is not yet at his peak, but it is obvious that the Timberwolves are now under too much pressure on them

April 19, Minnesota Target Center. The Timberwolves fans in the stadium were cheering enthusiastically, and Zhuang Fei walked to the bench of the visiting team.

"Zhuang, I remember a few months ago. I've told you before, I'm worried that you're going to run too hard in the regular season, forget the brakes, and end up falling short in the playoffs, and that's a problem that has happened to a lot of teams in the past, but. Now it seems that I am overthinking, you and your team are a lot more mature than I thought. They're in good shape right now, these young guys have enough hunger, Zhuang, you're a top head coach, I used to think I was the best in the NBA when it came to developing young people, but now it seems that I'm still far behind"...,

This is the last regular season game of the season for the Timberwolves, hosting the Dallas Mavericks, for the Mavericks it is just a formality, they have long been determined to miss the playoffs, of course, whether it is against the Mavericks or the Timberwolves, this is their last game of the season.

"Thank you, Don, I still have a lot to learn from you" Zhuang Fei smiled modestly, this is what he said in his heart, in the current NBA, the most successful head coaches are undoubtedly Phil Jackson and Pat Riley, in the eyes of many fans who only look at the championship and only look at victory, these two people are the greatest head coaches in the NBA, but for Zhuang Fei, these two people are not his role models to learn, in his opinion, the old Nelson is the head coach who can best let him study and learn, it can be said that Zhuang Fei is not in college, or currently in the Timberwolves, It can be said that in the professional coaching circle in the United States, Zhuang Fei and old Nelson are coaches of the same school, and Zhuang Fei has never denied such a statement, because Zhuang Fei does not want to deny that Zhuang Fei's previous non-point guard forward in college was created by Nelson Sr., and the point forward was invented by him, and Zhuang Fei's current bombardment tactics are the same, and even some strange tactics invented by Zhuang Fei's on-the-spot command are very similar to Nelson's style. So for Zhuang Fei, others compare him with the old Nelson, and even call him the old Nelson of the NCAA, he will not refute, if because he won three consecutive championships in the NCAA and he used triangular tactics, if someone says that Zhuang Fei is Phil Jackson's second, Zhuang Fei will definitely jump up and refute, which can also see the status of the old Nelson in Zhuang Fei's heart, in the previous life Zhuang Fei's most admired head coach was the Rocket's Tang Shuai, and now Zhuang Fei's most respected head coach is the old Nelson, this is a person who is also a teacher and friend, Zhuang Fei was very happy and frightened to be recognized by the old Nelson, he knew that he still had a long way to go, and his current success was still brought to him by the dynasty system.

Old Nelson looked at Zhuang Fei's appearance and shook his head with a smile, obviously in his opinion, Zhuang Fei just said it out of courtesy, Zhuang Fei naturally saw Old Nelson's thoughts, but he didn't explain much, as long as he remembered it in his heart.

"Zhuang, I hope you can win the championship after this game, if the Timberwolves can win the championship, it will also give me a lot of confidence, it will prove that my style can also win the championship in the end, although we can't make the playoffs now, but in my heart I have not given up on the championship content"

In the end, the old Nelson patted Zhuang Fei on the shoulder and said, the fighting spirit in his eyes was very strong, obviously leading the Mavericks to not enter the playoffs for two consecutive seasons was not a big blow to him.

"I'll work hard," Zhuang Fei smiled and nodded.

This is the last game of the season for the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves have won 71 of their 82 games this season, just one game away from the 72-win record set by the Bulls in the 1995-1996 season. Before this home game against the Mavericks, the Timberwolves lost to the SuperSonics and Grizzlies again on April 12 and April 14, which is why the Timberwolves were not able to tie or break the Bulls' record in the end.

"Congratulations to everyone, you have successfully completed a wonderful season," Zhuang Fei said as he looked at a group of Timberwolves players in the locker room. The Timberwolves players looked at Zhuang Fei with a smile on their faces, last season they had fantasized about toppling the Spurs and becoming the regular season champion, but ended up in second place, and this time, they succeeded.

"The regular season is over, our battle will come to an end, for us, this brilliant result only belongs to the past, what we have to do now is to have the next stage of the battle, bet on all our glory, and then reach the top of the NBA" Zhuang Fei raised his fist after saying this, and then the other Timberwolves players also raised their fists with Zhuang Fei. …,

"Climb to the top!!" Zhuang Fei's shouting again instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the entire Timberwolves locker room.

Climb to the top! This is Zhuang Fei's heart, last season's failure, this season's dormancy, this whole year is enough to torture him, now, the opportunity is here again, looking at the group of Timberwolves players full of fighting spirit in front of him, Zhuang Fei is also relieved, obviously, most of the people here are eager to make a comeback.

"Coach, it would be nice if I could meet the Spurs again this year, I want to regain the lost victory in them," Pierce said with a final sigh of regret, perhaps the most eager player for the playoffs or a championship among the Timberwolves is probably Pierce.

"Yes, coach, I also want to touch the Spurs, but unfortunately their regular season record this season is only sixth, we will meet them I am afraid we have to wait for the Western Conference finals, but according to their strength this season, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through the blockade of the Grizzlies and Lakers, I am afraid we will not be able to take revenge in the playoffs this season" Garnett also sighed a little, in his own script, the Timberwolves had better beat Malone, O'Neal, Duncan all the way, and then climb the podium of the final championship, he personally hopes to step on these three inside lines.

"There will be opportunities in the future, we will meet again sooner or later" Zhuang Fei's eyes also shrank, although he was very relaxed on the surface, but Vicky did give him the first defeat in his coaching career, this hatred Zhuang Fei has always remembered.

Reaching the top and beating the Spurs are his last two goals for the Timberwolves.