The Timberwolves failed to make a comeback in Houston, and the returning Zheng Ke scored 19 points and completed two top 10 shots that caused a stir

Since Zheng Ke landed in the NBA, the number of active Chinese players in the NBA has reached an unprecedented three, namely Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Zheng Ke. Compared with Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, as an outside player, Zheng Ke's frequency of photographing the top ten balls is significantly higher than that of the two of them, which makes a considerable number of fans very happy, after all, it is still relatively rare and glorious to see our Chinese figure in the top ten balls on the NBA official website!

The official website of the NBA duly released a pre-game promotional video for Thursday's game against the Celtics: Garnett is back in his hometown, and the Timberwolves are sniping to the death! This kind of blockbuster publicity sold out tickets for this game, but at the same time, it also pushed the Timberwolves to the forefront!

Zheng Ke smelled an unusual smell before the game Among the active Timberwolves players, Jefferson, Gomez, Gerard Green, Telfair and Ratliff were packaged to the Timberwolves in the trade last year, although the Celtics are understandable in order to get Garnett, but no player would want to be an addition to someone else's trade, let alone Jefferson, a young player who was once promised a future core by the team on the front foot, and was traded to a small team on the back foot

"Everyone is a young man, and they are all bloody men who dare to act! The importance of this game is self-evident, in front of the old folks, whether we die standing or kneeling depends on everyone! Whitman ripped off his tie, blushed his neck, and waved the tactical folder in the locker room, cheering everyone up

"That's right!" Jefferson, who was the boss, was the first to stand up from his seat: "Brothers! We can't afford to lose face in front of our folks in Minnesota! Since I was traded to the Timberwolves last year, I've been looking forward to this day, this game, I can't lose! ”

"Can't lose!" Everyone roared in unison, as if the floor was shaking

In NBA tradition, the Celtics were the first to enter the court as the visiting team, and their head coach Doug Rivers fielded the regular starting lineup, Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett and Perkins

Garnett was the penultimate player in the starting line-up, and when he did, the crowd erupted in boos, interspersed with a hint of discordant cheers

Garnett smiled bitterly and ran over to high-five his teammates, now he felt like he had been knocked over a five-flavor bottle, and he had all kinds of tastes

"Are you alright, Kevin?" Pierce, who arrived later, patted Garnett on the shoulder, and he saw reluctance and nostalgia in his old buddy's eyes.

"It's okay, Paul" Garnett smiled wryly, "for the championship, these can be done"

"What can be?" Pierce asked when he saw Garnett's desire to stop talking.

Garnett originally wanted to say that all of this could be discarded, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed it back, can it really be discarded? This is where his dream began, where he went from a stunned young man who came out of 18 to the wolf king who terrified the whole league, where he was once the eternal pride and symbol of the city, where he spent more than ten years of his life

There are too many memories of him here, too many ties, too much to let go, impossible to forget

Garnett let out a long sigh, shook his head, and looked at the entrance of the tunnel for the Timberwolves players

Timberwolves head coach Whitman has put out an unconventional lineup, Telfair, Gomez, Zheng Ke, Brewer and Jefferson Timberwolves' center problems have never been solved, Jefferson's height is too bad against some tall centers, but in the Timberwolves' current system, he has to appear in the center position, fortunately his low post jishu is excellent, but it can also be used as a traditional short center

When Zheng Ke and them came out of the passage one by one, the audience rang out with deafening cheers, and when the "new wolf king" Jefferson Zuihou appeared in the finale, the cheers of the audience reached the boiling point, and they cheered Jefferson's name, just like cheering Garnett's name back then, Jefferson became a new love in their eyes

Garnett watched Jefferson play "sassy", watching Jefferson inherit his former glory for half a season, somehow, he suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart, he felt that he should give Jefferson a profound lesson, telling them that substitutes are always just substitutes, and I am the eternal wolf king!

Pierce on the side looked at his old friend and his eyes were no longer confused, and that kind of firm and confident eyes returned to him, and he was secretly happy in his heart, this is the real Garnett!

After the brief opening ceremony, players from both sides stood in the midfield and prepared to jump the ball

The referee of this high-profile battle is Dick Bavita, who has never missed any NBA game assigned to him by the NBA, and he has refereed more than 2,300 consecutive games and is a legendary referee in the NBA

With his whistle, Jefferson and Garnett, two generations of wolf kings, rose from the ground almost at the same time!

The two men had their foreheads exposed, and they had obviously done their best, each of them stretched out a big thick arm, and then the two arms were entangled, chasing the basketball that flew into the sky together, like two dragons playing with pearls, however, it was Garnett's physical fitness that was more domineering, and he gave the ball to Rondo by more than one palm over Jefferson

The Celtics are determined to win the championship this season, and they have exchanged most of the team's young players and draft picks in exchange for Garnett and Ray Allen, who are still in their playing years, to form a Big Three model! Since forming the Big Three this summer, the Celtics have been surprising in terms of how quickly they have come together and how well their chemistry has been, with a 33-7 record in their previous 40 games, and the Big Three have combined for nearly 70 points per game

The atmosphere inside the Celtics team is very good, the three bosses are past the age of fighting for power, and their only goal now is to win the championship, so watching Garnett return to his former team, Rondo empathetically handed the first goal to Garnett

Defending Garnett is none other than the Timberwolves' new wolf king, Al Jefferson! The old and new generations of wolves went toe-to-toe at the beginning of the game, which made the mood of the audience be turned up, and the audience whistled and booed to disturb Garnett

Just now in the jump ball session, Jefferson lost a clean game, this time Garnett attacked, Jefferson had to get the court back no matter what he said

Garnett holds the ball with his back near the free throw line 45 degrees

Jefferson stretched out his right hand to push against Garnett's waist, his left hand was raised high, and the stuck little knee secretly pressed against Garnett's knee bend, and returned to Garnett with the tightest defense!

Garnett's brows furrowed, Jefferson's defense was in place, but this was not enough to overcome Garnett, who had experienced strong winds and waves, Garnett suddenly made a waist force, turned around and came to a straight arm backward jumper in the high position!

Jefferson's arm had already felt Garnett's lower back muscles exert force, and he reacted immediately and took a step forward to interfere with Garnett

"Bang!" The basketball was ironed, and the audience resounded with applause and cheers one after another

Garnett's already swarthy face became even darker, and for the first time in more than a decade, he was applauded at the target center

The rebound was grabbed by Zheng Ke, who came in to grab the rebound, and he handed the ball to Telfair

Telfair organized the first wave of offense, and like the Celtics, the Timberwolves also handed the ball to the "wolf king", but it was the new wolf king Jefferson!

After Jefferson got the ball, the audience burst into cheers

It was Garnett who defended Jefferson, and Jefferson singled Garnett with his back He didn't choose the same turnaround jumper as Garnett, but chose a back-to-back impact.

But Garnett's Liliang is very good, although Garnett does not have O'Neill, Big Ben's anti-heaven divine power, but the seemingly thin body contains an amazing Liliang, Jefferson didn't hit the space at all these times

In desperation, Jefferson opted for a reluctant long-range hook

The force was a little smaller, and the basketball hit the hoop and bounced back at Garnett, who was unceremoniously stretched his arm and grabbed the rebound

Garnett rebounded the ball in his hand, and when he saw Rondo, Pierce and Ray Allen flying in the frontcourt, he immediately found Rondo with a long pass.

To say that the average age of a team like the Celtics seems to be higher, but you can't underestimate them, they are experienced, and they may be on their way with one step of caution, like this ball, when Garnett didn't grab the rebound, Ray Allen and Pierce were already fast attacking, and when Garnett's long pass found Rondo, Rondo kept the ball in his hands, and found Pierce in a long pass,

Facing Zheng Ke who was rushing in, Pierce smiled weirdly at the corner of his mouth, and a hidden pass transferred the ball to Ray Allen on the outside, and Ray Allen took the ball and threw it

In this kind of situation of chasing three points, and there is no one to defend him, Lei Allen can score eight or nine out of ten in training, so the blood of the whole game was taken by this unrelenting gentleman's sword

At the same time, the curtain of this drama is gradually opened