Before the game began, Big Van Gundy made the Magic players play more aggressively.

What does it mean to be more aggressive? It's not that you're playing harder or you're more aggressive, it's that you're playing more aggressively. The Magic team is a team that focuses on outside projection, and there are very few breakthrough players in the team, except for Alstom, only Turkoglou and Lewis can barely break through a few times, and if you want to increase the inclination, Howard must play his "Warcraft" style, and only if he opens it first, the Magic's outside pitcher group will have a chance to play.

Blowing up the Timberwolves' interior line is the only thing the Magic can do at this stage.

So Howard in this game took on the most important responsibility of the Magic team, and from the beginning of the first quarter, he began to fall to the low post and singled "Birdman".

Luckily, Howard drew two fouls on Anderson just five minutes into the first quarter, and Anderson was forced to make an early substitution. The Timberwolves were forced to make early substitutions, with the relatively slow-moving Love playing as the center, the fast-moving Brewer as the small forward, and himself as the team's power forward.

This is not the first time Zheng Ke has served as the team's interior lineman, although he has not learned much of the technical moves of the inside, but he is a real "super blue collar", with fierce rebounding and outstanding defense. Especially against a player like Lewis, even if he has a slight height advantage, for Zheng Ke, he can make up for this disadvantage with a superhuman reach.

This is not a bold change, and the Timberwolves have often used such a big and four small lineup this season. All the players are no strangers to this set of tactics.

The Timberwolves play with ease, and Zheng will occasionally rely on his handy footwork to contain Howard, who once he is on the perimeter. Zheng Ke will quickly appear on the outside, and his defensive mobility will be on full display in this quarter.

At the end of the single quarter, the two teams drew at 23.

The direct duel between the bench lineup is relatively not as good as the duel between the main forces, facing Nelson, Lowry's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and several strong bursts have played a good role. And McMiller, who shot 0-of-4 from the previous game, regained his touch, shooting 2-of-3 from three-point range in the second quarter. Helped the Timberwolves outrun the Magic by 2 points in the score.

The game was unusually scorching.

In the midst of the roar of cheering from the whole court, the Magic players always clung to the score, even if the Timberwolves led by 10 points at most. Or let them chase back. Until the halfway point of the fourth quarter, the two teams were still difficult to solve, and the score was also tied.

"It's such an anxious situation, this is the finals that everyone wants to see! The Magic team played really tenacious. Barkley praised the Magic's resilience.

"Judging from the scene. Both teams have a chance to win this game. Comparatively, I'm more optimistic about the Magic team winning this game. Smith spoke his mind.

"I don't think so, the Timberwolves' ability to make key shots in the final moments is stronger than the Magic. Including the previous game against the Rockets, the Timberwolves were always able to grasp the situation on the court in the final moments and win the game. Barkley spoke eloquently.

Just like buying a lottery ticket, the key ball in the NBA at the last moment is character, and perhaps a wave may determine the final outcome of the game.

And this kind of wave is often decided by the strong whether to break out or not.

Zheng Ke is such a strong man.

He started to take over the game in the last five minutes of the game. First, he cut off Lewis' dribble on the defensive end, then hit two mid-range step-back jumpers and a layup on the offensive end with two plus one.

The Timberwolves led by six points at 91-85.

It's not that magic doesn't work hard. It's that they really don't have a good wing defender to limit Zheng Ke, whether it's James or Kobe, who is the bitter master of this Magic team.

"Attack!"

Zheng Ke grabbed the backcourt rebound and began to rush to the frontcourt, advancing like a bulldozer, kicking up smoke and dust like a herd of rattling horses.

He made a pull-up jump shot from beyond the three-point line, an unreasonable three-point shot!

"Huh!"

Return! The Orlando fans jumped to their feet in anger. Zheng Ke is really hateful, his explosive performance during this period of time has allowed the Timberwolves to lead by as many as 9 points, and in the game that ended with more than 3 minutes left, the Timberwolves have too much advantage and too strong initiative.

The Magic called two timeouts in a row, and after coming back, they relied on Turkoglu to hit a three-pointer and finally stabilized their position.

However, the performance of the Timberwolves was even better, Zheng Ke, who was trapped, split the ball outside Lefu, and power forward Lefu made his fifth three-point shot in this game! Also in.

After the goal, Lefu walked back, arrogantly opened his arms, and his arrogant appearance was booed by the Orlando fans.

Two minutes later, the Timberwolves still had a 10-point lead at 101-91, which was essentially a death sentence for the Magic with one minute remaining.

In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Magic 104-96, Zheng Ke scored 15 points in the final quarter, 13 of 25 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, and 7 of 8 free throws, scoring 37 points and 9 rebounds, leading the Timberwolves to win two consecutive away victories in the Finals, and it is getting closer and closer to winning the O'Brien Cup.

After the game, during the press conference, Whitman was full of praise for his disciple Zheng Ke: "What else can I say? He's done everything he could, he stepped up in the crucial moments of the fourth quarter, scored 15 points, had just one turnover, and his performance was flawless. ”

On the Timberwolves' side, in addition to Zheng Ke, who contributed a game-high 37 points, Love also scored a personal high of 22 points and 15 rebounds in the playoffs. He was hot in this game, shooting four out of five from beyond the three-point line, and he looked more vigorous than "Mr. Billion" Lewis.

In an interview with the media after the game, Zheng Ke praised his little brother: "Kevin is an amazing person, we like to call him "Eros". His performance was phenomenal, he was able to throw open balls in when I was packed, and his performance was amazing. On top of that, you know, he grabbed 15 rebounds, oh my gosh, that was on Dwight's head! His ability to protect rebounds in the backcourt is an important guarantee for our victory. ”

A reporter also asked Zheng Ke: "Now that you are leading 2-0 in the series, and you have not won two consecutive away games in the finals, are you ready to win the championship?" ”

Zheng Ke smiled and said, "Of course not." The NBA is a place where miracles are born, anything can happen, and we definitely don't take ourselves lightly at this moment. You know, the Magic are a tenacious team, Howard is full of strength, and if you lose two games in a row, they're going to fight back, and we've got to be completely prepared. ”

The reporters' questions basically do not leave the basketball range, Zheng Ke looked at the technical statistics brought on the table, and answered their questions one by one, without leaking.

Whitman is thrilled, he hasn't been in the NBA for long, but he's already touched the O'Brien Cup, which many coaches haven't touched in their lifetimes.

He himself knows very well the level of coaching, and in the NBA, it is just average. At most, there are some lessons to be learned in developing young players, which is nothing compared to Popovich and Phil Jackson. The Timberwolves have come to this point, and Zheng Ke's credit is the greatest.

Compared to other teams with "a few giants", single-core teams are always monolithic, and the same is true for the Timberwolves. Whether it is playing the Trail Blazers, or the Lakers, or the Rockets, the Timberwolves are clenched and blasted out. Maybe the overall strength of the Timberwolves is not as good as the Lakers and the Rockets, but when it comes to fighting spirit, this Young Guards team is always enthusiastic. What's even more terrifying is that the Timberwolves are not completely stunned like the Trail Blazers, Billups in his thirties, and McMiller, who is almost thirty, are treasures for the Timberwolves, and when young players are aggressive, they will pull them back and put the Timberwolves on the right track.

So, this is the Timberwolves' fortune this year, and all the special factors have allowed the Timberwolves to reach such heights.

And at present, it seems that the Timberwolves are one step away from the championship of the highest honor. (To be continued......)