"Carl, how's the situation over there?"

In the stands of the Timberwolves' home target center, a fan anxiously asked his companion next to him, and it was obvious that the Timberwolves fan who was asked was also anxious.

He is now holding a wireless radio in his hand, and he is also wearing headphones, which makes him look extremely different, and he is probably the only one who has such an outfit in the entire target center now, he is not at all like he came to the target center to watch the game, and it is precisely this strange outfit that makes the fan named Carl the focus of the fans of the entire target center now. All the fans around him looked at him, and then frowned tightly in anticipation of Karl's answer.

"Now the situation is still unclear, the Grizzlies are still 1 point behind, but Vince Carter has exploded, O'Neal is also constantly getting free throw opportunities, this big fat man feels good about free throws today" Carl took a headset and frowned and said, when the surrounding fans heard Carl's answer, this answer spread to Zhuang Fei. And when all the fans of the target center got this answer, the target center was in a commotion again.

This was originally a Timberwolves home game, and it stands to reason that these fans who came to the target center should be watching Zhuang Fei and his Timberwolves, but how can they be distracted? Timberwolves fans have always been one of the NBA's most famous crazy fans, and they are not worse than the craziest Vancouver Grizzlies. And this game between the Timberwolves and the Clippers at home only reached the third quarter, and it doesn't look like garbage time is coming.

1 April 2001. The Timberwolves host the Clippers in their 72nd game of the season. In the previous 72 games, the Timberwolves have a record of 66 wins and 6 losses, ranking first in the league so far, while the Los Angeles Lakers are in second place with 65 wins and 7 losses, and the two sides have a direct confrontation. Last season's Timberwolves led the way on their own, but at this time they were entangled with the Lakers.

This is also the recent fact that many Timberwolves fans have been on the scene not only following the Timberwolves game but also the Lakers' game, especially when the two teams are playing at the same time, Timberwolves fans often need to be distracted. Now all Timberwolves fans expect the Lakers to make mistakes, in fact, since the end of the All-Star break, the Lakers have made mistakes, and there are a lot, but the Timberwolves are also making mistakes at the same time as the Lakers make mistakes, before the All-Star Timberwolves only lost 3 games, the Lakers also only lost 4 games, and after the All-Star break, the Timberwolves and Lakers have lost three of the 20 games so far, it can be said that the winning rate is really much worse than the first half of the season, which is actually an inevitability, After the NBA enters the sprint schedule, even the most underpowered teams will be in full swing in the face of the temptation of the playoffs and the temptation of high rankings. Therefore, the regular season in the NBA is often divided into three phases by the bookmakers.

In the first stage, before the Christmas game, all the teams were looking for form

In the second phase, before the All-Star Break and after the Christmas Contest, all the teams are on track

In the third stage, after the All-Star, all teams began to accelerate their sprint

And when a team faces these three stages, it is naturally the strongest in the third stage, in fact, the same is true for the Timberwolves, who also increased their horsepower after reaching the All-Star. The strength has also improved, it can be said that for the first place in this year's regular season, Zhuang Fei took out the attitude of last season's playoffs to face the current regular season, but even so, the Timberwolves missed three games. …,

When the opponent and their own strength are improved, when the intensity of the game is greatly enhanced, such a long-term high-density schedule will naturally make any team have more ups and downs, so the Timberwolves lost three games, and the other two games were away to the Warriors and away to the Nuggets, it can be said that these two teams are not strong, but fortunately, when the Timberwolves make mistakes, the Lakers are also making mistakes, This also makes the Timberwolves still occupy the first place in the West and the first place in the league so far, but how can such a gap be reassuring, so why Timberwolves fans are more concerned about the Lakers' results than the Timberwolves' results.

"Stephen, what's going on in the stands?" Zhuang Fei listened to the sudden buzzing sound from the Timberwolves stands and asked his assistant Stephen Green next to him, he was paying attention to the game on the court just now, and he didn't notice what happened in the stands, the performance of the Clippers today is very tenacious, although their strength and the Timberwolves can't be compared, but this fish belly team under the leadership of James Posey played very hard, although the score has been behind, but it has been able to bite so that the Timberwolves can't get out.

"It should be that there may be some accident on the Lakers' side." Stephen Green was stunned for a moment, and then took a deep look at the stands, and then said back to Zhuang Fei.

"So that's the case" Zhuang Fei nodded with a slight smile, in fact, this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, so Green understands it when he mentions Zhuang Fei a little, today there is a heavyweight game in the league Grizzlies challenge the Lakers at home, before this game, the Grizzlies and the Lakers have fought three games this season, and the two teams have kept their home stadiums in the first three games, and this one is the Grizzlies home game, Zhuang Fei is actually looking forward to this game, he himself knows very well what the Grizzlies' home court is like, The Grizzlies' home court is one of the league's most devilish home courts, the Timberwolves just lost there not long ago, it can be said that the only two in the league against the Lakers and Timberwolves will not fall behind regardless of whether they win or lose, as long as the Celtics and the Grizzlies do not fall behind, Zhuang Fei is very confident that the Grizzlies can cause big trouble for the Lakers. Now, judging by the reaction of the fans in the stands, both teams should be anxious at the moment.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Fei was also at ease in his heart, and then set his sights on the court again, and now the game is playing and the Clippers can stand up and score under the strong pressure of the Timberwolves players There are fewer and fewer players. It was extremely rare for such a team to hold on to three quarters of the game at the center of the target, and when the fourth quarter of the game began, the Timberwolves only threw off the score in the second lineup. Crawford's two three-pointers in a row and Reed's layup allowed the Timberwolves to stretch the score to more than 10 points for the first time, and the strength of the Timberwolves' second team strengthened a lot after Reed let go of the shackles in his heart. Reed's current style is very similar to Ginobili Crawford, both are the kind of players who can rush, shoot and pass, although at the request of Zhuang Fei, the shooting guard was asked to watch the video of the game between Ray Allen and Miller and let him learn from Miller and Ray Allen, Reed's style has also changed a little in the past few months, and the guard has become somewhat similar to Ray Allen and Miller.

Although the style of play seems to be similar, Zhuang Fei also knows it. This is more of a resemblance, and there is no way to achieve a higher level of resemblance, mainly because the time does not allow, the NBA game is already dense, and the players do not have much training time during the season. Zhuang Fei is very satisfied with Reed's current changes, although Reed is improving, Reed and Crawford's ability value is not bad compared to Mobley and Lewis, but this season's Timberwolves' second team has never been as perfect as last season, so Zhuang Fei is also very worried about the team's strength this season, although this season's Timberwolves' record is better than last season, but if it is only compared to strength, it is obviously insufficient. If last season's Timberwolves are willing to break the record, they can do better than this season's Timberwolves, and last season's Timberwolves are definitely a little better than this season's Lakers. This season's Timberwolves are slightly inferior to the Lakers in terms of strength, although it seems to be only a little bit of a gap, but when it comes to the game of life and death, it will be infinitely magnified. …,

"Coach, the Timberwolves are too strong this year, and the Bulls' record can't be run"

The final result of this game was 116-101, the Clippers lost by 15 points, and after the game, James Posey, who scored 22 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, smiled and found Zhuang Fei and said, This season, the Clippers leader is already a player who can steadily contribute 16 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1.5 blocks, although the Clippers are still a bad team, but James Posey, as the leader of the team, doesn't care, even if he loses this game, it can't affect his mood. This is also the difference between James Posey and the other Vic Forest Five Tigers. This kid is too much of a bastard.

"Hehe, have you forgotten Vince's grizzly bear?" Zhuang Fei shook his head, then said with a smile and hammered the small forward's chest.

"Vince? Cut, although his team is not bad, but it is still worse than the Timberwolves Lakers, this season the coach only needs to worry about the Lakers" James Posey heard Zhuang Fei talk about Carter and immediately said with a disdainful face, Zhuang Fei also shook his head disapprovingly.

Grizzly bears are not to be underestimated.

"How, what was the result"

As soon as Zhuang Fei left the court, he found the team's general manager, McHale, and asked about the results of the game between the Lakers and the Grizzlies.

"In the end, there were 2s left in the Lakers' Szczebiak three-point shot, but after Szzambiak's three-point shot, the Grizzlies were left with 0.3s, and Carter completed the anti-kill against the Lakers at 0.3s, so in the end, the Grizzlies won 106-104 at home"

By the time McHale finished speaking excitedly, Zhuang Fei was already stunned.

Lore? Anti-lore? It's a game of ups and downs.

"It seems that now we can rest assured, the gap with the Lakers has been widened to 2 wins, and there are still 9 games left, it is very likely that we will win the first place in the regular season, and from the current point of view, it is a foregone conclusion that we will break the first record in the history of the Bulls."

McHale looked at Zhuang Fei, who was still in a daze, and said with a smile, and Zhuang Fei also came back to his senses after hearing McHale's words and nodded.

"Well, that's the case in theory, but breaking the Bulls' all-time first record is second, mainly to win the regular season first, but in fact, we still have a direct confrontation with the Lakers, so we still can't be underestimated" Zhuang Fei finally sighed and said, and this time McHale also nodded in approval.

Zhuang Fei and McHale and even the Timberwolves players are very calm after learning that the Lakers lost, for these people are not children who have not experienced storms, they know the current situation very clearly, for the Timberwolves after a day off on April 2 will usher in a direct confrontation with the Lakers.

Although the Timberwolves are very clear about their current situation, for the American media, the Lakers' away defeat by the Grizzlies means that the Lakers have actually lost the initiative, even if the Lakers can win in the next direct encounter, the Timberwolves will be the first in the league, and in the last eight games of the Timberwolves, except for the last home game with the Celtics, there is basically no team that can create a threat to the Timberwolves, as for the Celtics, this is a nerve knife team, and the crazy can handle the Lakers with both hands, They've beaten the Timberwolves this season, but who knows if they're going crazy? It can be said that for many media bookmakers, it is a foregone conclusion that the Timberwolves will break the Bulls' regular season record this season and topple the league's regular season by the way.

On April 2nd, the NBA had a day off, because this season's NCAA finals also kicked off, this time the NCAA finals were the Wake Forest Devils Deacons against Duke under the command of Coach K.

This season, the Wake Forest team has performed very strongly, losing only 2 games in the regular season and only losing 1 game in the ACC league, so this season Wake Forest is beating Duke University to win the ACC regular season and championship double, and also went all the way to the final of the final national competition, this is the first time in two years that Wake Forest has reached the NCAA finals after Coach Z left, it can be said that Wake Forest fans are extremely looking forward to this game, and Zhuang Fei is also the same.

So this time, Zhuang Fei also accepted the invitation of the organizer to come to the scene.

But what disappointed Zhuang Fei was that Wake Forest finally lost to Battier, Dunleavy Jr., and Duke University led by Boozer with a small score of 86-92, and finally the NCAA MOP was also won by Battier.

After the game, Zhuang Fei also saw Wake Forest's Joe Johnson crying to death, for many players, the NCAA championship is hard to find. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )