Chapter 204 All-Star on the bench

After returning from the East, Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves brought back the thirtieth victory of the season and the second fifteenth consecutive win, although the Eastern Trip Timberwolves are back-to-back but only two, and then the Timberwolves will continue to stay at their home court for four games, I have to say that the first third of the schedule of the Timberwolves this season is extremely superior, more home and less away and the strength of the opponent is relatively weak, but when these three home games are over, the Timberwolves' biggest devil schedule this season is about to begin, From January 19th to January 27th, the Timberwolves will have five consecutive away games, and the Timberwolves will have 9 away games in the next 12 games after these four home games, the Timberwolves are likely to have an accident in this devil's schedule, the Timberwolves will not have the escort of the dynasty system like the Lakers, the Timberwolves are now all relying on Zhuang Fei to let these players forcibly lift a breath, no one knows when this anger will be released, and it is impossible for Timberwolves players to keep this state all the time.

The Timberwolves' four-game home game will meet the season's biggest rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, in the third game, and this game can also be said to be the decisive game in the All-Star head coach battle. However, before that, Zhuang Fei still needs to play against the Heat and Celtics. Chapter 204 All-Star on the bench

On January 11th, the Timberwolves played at home against the Heat, the current third team in the East is still biting with the Knicks, this game Zhuang Fei is the first time in recent games to re-replace the main lineup of center Ole big forward Garnett, small forward Pierce scoring guard Jackson and organizational guard Nash, which also means that the Timberwolves rotation is over.

Before this match, Zhuang Fei and Pat Riley were still in harmony. The friendship between the two was not reflected in this game, but this game was an extremely tragic game, the game was in the third quarter when the Timberwolves actually fell behind by 10 points at home, this is the first time this season that the Timberwolves have such a situation, this game Timberwolves' outside players feel too bad, this is not their own reason, but alive by the Heat. In this game, Pat Riley knew that his team's outside line was too bad to beat the Timberwolves, but the god operator did not intend to give up, but used foul tactics at the beginning of this game. Anyway, the Heat's outside line doesn't have any outstanding ability, and everyone's strength is comparable, so there is no problem of foul trouble. In the face of the Heat's large-scale foul tactics at the beginning, Zhuang Fei was a little surprised, while the Timberwolves players were a little unprepared, which also led to the Timberwolves players' offensive rhythm being completely disrupted, and it was the first time they had encountered such a situation. So at the end of the half, the Timberwolves were behind the Heat by as much as fifteen points, and it wasn't until halftime that Zhuang Fei repeatedly adjusted to let the Timberwolves slowly chase the score. Chapter 204 All-Star on the bench

But seeing that the game time is getting less and less, Zhuang Fei also began to get anxious, if this game is really lost, then the Timberwolves will lose the record advantage and the psychological advantage when facing the Lakers, which is definitely not what the Timberwolves want. In the second half of the fourth quarter, seeing that the Heat were ready to play steadily, Zhuang Fei was in a hurry. On the other side, Pat Riley was a little excited, and this match will be his first victory over Zhuang Fei in his life. However, just when he was excited, Zhuang Fei made personnel adjustments.

"Zhuang, is this okay? We're still chasing points. And the score is gradually catching up, so now we should have to wait, right? Zhuang Fei didn't care about D'Antoni and completed the substitution again, and at this time, the Timberwolves were on the court with Garnett, Pierce, Jackson, Ginobili and Nash. Xiao Ao is down. Even Mobley also played, and the breakthrough in the face of Moning Mobley in this game was very limited, and the effect was not obvious, so Zhuang Fei replaced all the team's three-point shooters with all his brains, and this time the Timberwolves' tactics were the same set of fighting that Zhuang Fei invented in the playoffs last year. Umbrella tactics, this set of tactics after becoming famous last season, many teams have been studying and imitating, but no team has succeeded, the reason is that no team in the NBA has as many three-point masters as the Timberwolves, and no team has a fulcrum of passing masters like Nash who can make a lot of horizontal passes, but Zhuang Fei has not used it this season after last season's Western Conference Finals. ..., an all-star on the bench in Chapter 204

Chapter 204 All-Star on the bench

But the first use of this season really scared Pat Riley, the Timberwolves players on the court still seem to always be able to get empty three-point opportunities, their passing is very bold and very patient, the Heat's three outside lines can't be prevented at all, and finally Pat Riley had to give up his inside advantage and also play a small lineup with the Timberwolves, but Pat Riley's last tragic hairstyle, they lost their inside advantage and were completely passive when attacking, and for a while the Heat completely collapsed in the second half of the fourth quarter, They led the full three-and-a-half quarters, but were overtaken by the Timberwolves in the final moments. The final result of the heart-beating game was 93-90, and the Timberwolves only won by 3 points.

"Zhuang, this is probably the first three-point shooting tactical system in NBA history that is completely based on the appearance of players, I have only heard of its name before, but now it seems too terrifying, such a rhythm of chasing points is estimated to scare a bunch of teams" After the game, Pat Riley said to Zhuang Fei with a wry smile, this time I thought I could win the game but still lost, but this game is not wronged, now although the NBA has begun to pay attention to three-point shots, but more is paired with a strong inside, such as the former Rockets, the current Lakers, It is the first time that Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves have completely interspersed coverage and transmission through outside players. Chapter 204 All-Star on the bench

"It will gradually increase in the future" Zhuang Fei said with a smile, now the league is still exploring three-point tactics, and there will be more and more in the future, but Zhuang Fei is indeed the first person to eat crabs, and he has also gained enough benefits, this tactic almost overturned the Spurs when playing Spurs last season.

"But it's too much to demand, and it doesn't look like we're going to need it," Pat Riley said with some regret at the end.

After the end of the game with the Heat, the Timberwolves welcomed the Boston Celtics on January 13, the Boston Celtics ranked twelfth in the East last season, and so far this season is the tenth in the East, up 2 places from last season, but for the NBA's biggest giant team, such progress is almost a shame, and now the Celtics' chairman and general manager and head coach, Zhuang Fei's biggest opponent in the NCAA, Mr. Pitino, is quite stressful, The Bostonian has now become almost a street rat in Boston, with the whole of Boston shouting at him for class, and now all Boston fans are questioning why the management rejected Zhuang Fei in the first place, and now the Timberwolves' performance is too much for these Celtics fans to blush.

In fact, the Celtics are now pulled like this, and they must not blame Pitino alone, the current Celtics are hard to return, and no one can come, especially after Pierce was taken away by Zhuang Fei, the current Celtics are even more difficult, although now the cooperation between White Chocolate and Anthony Walker has gradually become tacit, and they will slowly get better if they want to give them some time, but according to the pride of Celtics fans, it is estimated that they will not tolerate them too much, and now it is impossible for Pitino to get such a large space in the NCAA, Don't look at him as both chairman and general manager now, but as long as the boss says a word, he will still leave, but now Pitino still has the huge prestige accumulated in the NCAA so that the Celtics boss does not dare to move, but there is really not much time left for Pitino, which is also the reality of the NBA, and even if Zhuang Fei can't lead the team to victory one day, it is estimated that he will suffer the same treatment. Chapter 204 All-Star on the bench

There is no suspense about the outcome of this game, the Celtics did not create a little trouble for the Timberwolves from beginning to end, the final score of this game was 118-90, the Timberwolves won by 28 points at home, Zhuang Fei wanted to give his old opponent a little face, and replaced all the substitutes in the second half, Wang Zhizhi came back to play the second half in this game, but the Celtics still lost 28 points, and the most points in this game were Mobley's 20 points, Pierce Garnett and their main players only played more than 20 minutes in this game, and Wang Zhizhi, who came back from the 'cold', scored 12 points and 7 rebounds in this game, and his efficiency was still very high. This also made almost everyone in the Timberwolves look forward to him, at least the team owner began to blow the wind to Zhuang Fei again.

The day after this game, the Timberwolves were once again in the national spotlight, and the reason for this focus was not of course because of the big win over the Celtics at home, but because the results of the second phase of the All-Star voting had come out, and the Timberwolves occupied three of the five spots in the previous breakaway, and the results of the second phase of the voting changed again.

"Could it be that this year's center is really Wang Zhizhi?" Zhuang Fei looked at the statistical results in the newspaper and said with a wry smile, Wang Zhizhi is now 1.01 million votes and O'Neill is 980,000 votes, although there is only a difference of 30,000 votes, but the last result was only a few hundred votes apart, it can be said that this result is growing, it can be said that after winning the direct duel with Ao Fat, Wang Zhizhi is now under a lot less pressure, but Zhuang Fei is now under a lot of pressure. Chapter 204 All-Star on the bench

Has there ever been a team in history that has an All-Star center on the bench like the current Timberwolves? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )