The Spring Festival is the most distinctive traditional festival in China, and the Chinese have celebrated the Spring Festival for more than 4,000 years. It has a different meaning for all the Chinese people in Shijie, and it is recognized by all Chinese as the most important festival of the year! As the Great Celestial Empire became more and more open, more and more foreigners also knew about such a festival

For the NBA, the Chinese market is a huge cake, and on the eve of the Spring Festival, the NBA officially organized most of the balloon stars in the league to bless all Chinese

Zheng Ke, as a popular rookie in the NBA today, and has a unique identity as a Chinese, naturally joined this blessing lineup with Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, if this is also an advertisement, then this is the first advertisement in Zheng Ke's career, and his first shooting

Of course, after the news of O'Neal's trip to the west was exposed on Chinese New Year's Eve, it can be regarded as adding a little after-dinner tea talk to this jubilant Chinese New Year's Eve, this shark swam to the Pacific Ocean at its peak, bringing the Lakers a flourishing Purple and Gold Dynasty, and then swam to the East Coast of the United States at the end of the peak, bringing the first championship in history to the enthusiastic Miami, this time flying back to the Pacific Ocean at the end of his career, I don't know if it can bring the first championship in team history to the Suns?

Either way, the NBA chaos is here, and now no one knows which team will win the O'Brien Cup this year, the rock-solid Spurs or the old and strong Celtics? Is it the Lakers who are coming back from the ashes or the Cavaliers who are making a comeback? Or maybe it's the Rockets, the Hornets, the Mavericks, the Suns, the Western powerhouses?

Along with this, there are frequent small trades by each team, as well as the goals set by each team for the second half of the season: the sprint that should be sprinted, and the sprint that should be sprinted

The Timberwolves are now in a dilemma, on the one hand, the team has no playoff hope, and on the other hand, every player on the team seems to be positive, and if it is left to the bottom, it will indeed hit the hearts of these young players

After the Spring Festival, the Timberwolves traveled to Boston's North Shore Garden on Feb. 8 to challenge the Celtics

The last time the Celtics were killed at the Timberwolves' home court, the Celtics held back the fire in their stomachs and had already sharpened their fists, ready to prepare a big gift for the Timberwolves

At the beginning of the game, the whole Timberwolves team was booed by the crowd in the North Shore Garden, and Ray Allen changed the style of the last game in the target center, hitting three points in a row, and the Celtics sent a 33-18 to the visiting Timberwolves

Of course, the Timberwolves boys will not admit defeat so easily, after the second quarter came on, Gomez and Jaric hit three consecutive three-pointers to chase the score to 33-27, chasing the difference to within 10 points in one fell swoop! The Celtics immediately called a timeout

After the timeout, the Celtics gradually stabilized their position and controlled the rhythm of the court, and after halftime, the two teams were tied at 55-43

At the beginning of the second half, Zheng Ke stole Rondo's pass to Pierce's ground-hitting pass, counterattacked and made a layup, and then caused Pierce's foul on the offensive end, dragging the score into less than 10 points again!

At the critical moment when the Timberwolves were on the rise, Garnett played his role as a needle, limiting Jefferson's play on the defensive end, hitting a high jumper and grabbing a frontcourt basket on the offensive end, and the Timberwolves' counterattack was once again snuffed out by the Celtics After the Timberwolves never made a decent counterattack until the zuihou of the game

The Timberwolves lost the game 89-102, 13 points on the road, and Pierce scored a quasi-triple-double of 18 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Celtics showed championship momentum and defeated the Timberwolves who had beaten them at home

The Timberwolves slid back to the target center

After returning to the home court, the Timberwolves played against the visiting Toronto Raptors, and the Dragon King Bosh and the Wolves King Jefferson fought inside

Bosh had 14 points and 9 rebounds on 5-of-12 shooting, and Jefferson had 18 points and 9 rebounds on 8-of-16 shooting

The whole game was uneventful, and the Raptors' main point guard Jose Calderon penetrated the entire Timberwolves defense with his masterful pass, and he grabbed 14 assists in this game and was the key figure in the Raptors who could lead all the way to Zuihou

In addition, many players of the Raptors scored double-doubles, "06 parallel goods" three-point shots and three shots, scored 16 points and 5 boards, Anthony Parker scored 10 points, Capono scored 12 points, and TJ Ford scored 11 points, and the scores were distributed very evenly, just like the performance of the Spurs who like team basketball

In contrast, the Timberwolves don't seem to have come out of the last game loss, except for Jefferson's 18 points, only Zheng Ke, who has been in good form recently, scored 14 points, and the other players are either 8 points or 9 points, and even McCantz, who averaged 15 points per game this season, has played abnormally, he shot 2 of 7 and only scored 4 points of 0 of 3 three-pointers

So the Timberwolves lost to the Raptors by a full 23 points, 82-105 at home!

The two losses have made the lively atmosphere up and down the Timberwolves a little depressing, and rumors have spread from the sports newspapers in Minnesota that the Timberwolves are about to make a trade for McCantz, who has performed well this season, or outside players such as Gomez

Just when everyone was panicking, the NBA's official website finally posted the Timberwolves' trade information!

The Timberwolves swapped Gomez with Trail Blazers backup power forward Channing Fry!

As soon as the deal came out, it was met with mixed reviews, and Minnesota-area media newspapers described Timberwolves management as a stupid deal.

They believe that although the traded Channing Fry is advertised as an insider, he is actually a 7-foot tall scoring guard who can't grab rebounds, and judging from the performance of the previous years, Channing Frye's performance is not as good as a year, and he can only score 6.8 points now after averaging 12.3 per game in his rookie season.

Portland's media is not like the Timberwolves' media, and they generally believe that it is a win-win deal, with the Timberwolves getting the interior height they need, Channing Frye's arrival opening up space for Jefferson, and the Trail Blazers getting the qualified No. 3 player they've been looking for for a long time

When Zheng Ke saw this news, he couldn't believe his eyes!

Gomez is the first good friend he met after arriving at the Timberwolves, although the two are in a competitive position, but the relationship between the two is very haode, the two often train together, go home together Gomez and Zheng Ke showed the tacit understanding in the game is the best proof of the two good friends, this time the transaction is too sudden, and too sad for Zheng Ke, when he dialed Gomez, Gomez has already packed his luggage

Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport

Zheng Ke and Gomez were walking around the airport, and they didn't know what they were thinking, so they didn't speak

"Ryan," Zheng Ke wanted to liven up the atmosphere, and teased him, "You don't want to lose the face of our Timberwolves!" Be sure to hit the starter! ”

"Of course" Gomez's frustrated expression finally improved slightly, and he gave Zheng Ke a punch: "Your strength is getting stronger and stronger!" You have to perform well and you might become a superstar in the future! ”

Zheng Kehaha smiled and said, "Maybe I'll be traded tomorrow!" ”

Zheng Ke thought for a while and continued: "Don't underestimate the No. 3 position of the Trail Blazers, Webster's three-point shot is very accurate, if you want to kill him, you must practice the three-point shot!" ”

Gomez shook his hand, "Got it! ”

He showed a depressed expression and said: "I don't know how you kid practice, obviously the two of us train together, why are your three points more and more accurate, and even your strength is getting bigger and bigger, it's strange!" ”

Zheng Ke also said depressedly: "To be honest, I really don't know what the team management thinks, especially McHale, it's clear that we have no hope of making the playoffs this season, and Weishenme still wants to trade you?" Isn't your potential as good as that of Channingfry? ”

Gomez laughed: "Don't talk nonsense, the team must have their own ideas, maybe Chaninflye will be able to play well after he arrives at the Timberwolves, you know, every trade in the NBA is all kinds of gambling."

"If it's me, at least change a second-round pick" "If you die, I'll be worth a second-round pick!" "Of course not, I mean add one more to the deal"

After teasing each other for a while, the two walked to the security checkpoint

"Take care!" Zheng Ke gave Gomez, who was already fully armed, a big hug.

"Take care!"