For Timberwolves fans, the 08-09 season is obviously a happy season, the team brought in the "Finals MVP" Chauncey Billups, selected Kevin Love from the University of California, Los Angeles, plus super small forward Zheng Ke, who had an excellent performance last season, the team's record has been soaring, in the words of fans: "The young players of the Timberwolves have used their outstanding performance to shake off those who looked down on the Timberwolves before the start of the season, a loud big ear scraper." ”

That's why fans love this Timberwolves team.

Now the playoffs are about to start,The league has already made haode playoffs promotional videos began to be broadcast on major TV stations,Sixteen playoff teams fight each other,Zheng Ke,Duncan,Kobe,Garnett's wonderful performance this season is more and more on the screen,Fans are happily talking about the teams in the playoffs,Many lottery companies have opened a handicap,Guess the victory or defeat between the teams in the playoffs。

The Timberwolves have home-court advantage in the playoffs.

There was no such atmosphere of gunpowder before the start of the game between the two teams, and their respective stars Roy and Zheng Ke were not the kind of people who liked to fight with words.

On the evening of April 18, the Bulls and Celtics in the East took the lead in the playoffs.

At Boston's North Shore Garden, the young Bulls challenged last season's champions, the Celtics, and before the game, no one was optimistic about the Bulls, and experts thought it was a one-sided game. The old spicy Celtics may only need three quarters to get the inexperienced Bulls down.

However, the process of the game surprised countless experts, and the champion Lang Rose was possessed by the leader, and he was not afraid to face the Celtics. He finished with 36 points and 11 assists on 11-of-19 shooting, tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record of 36 points in his playoff debut as a rookie.

The Bulls stuck to a defensive counter-attack strategy from the start, and against the Celtics, they used tireless runs to put the Celtics under defensive pressure on the defensive end, and the Bulls had the upper hand from the start. It wasn't until the third quarter that the Celtics caught up with the score, and the two teams were tied in 48 minutes. Extra time. Rose left the court with six fouls, but alas, the rest of the Bulls held on to the win as they defeated the defending champions.

Throughout the game. Rose's magical play was perhaps the main reason for the Bulls' victory. But Garnett's absence and Ray Allen's poor hand are perhaps the more important reasons.

Regardless, the Bulls still won, narrowly winning by 2 points, which bodes well for the young team.

When the news reached the target center, Zheng Ke and they were still doing warm-up exercises before the start of the game in the stadium, and today, the players rarely made no jokes, pressing the legs. Running of running.

"Zheng, the bull won!" Whitman holds a blue tactical board that he hasn't replaced in a long time. Walked into the training hall.

"Actually won?"

Zheng Ke has been reborn for two years, and many major events in the future have long been unclear, so according to his own analysis, it is definitely a very surprising thing for him that the Bulls can win.

"Yes, Derrick Rose chipped in 36 points and 11 assists and narrowly beat the Celtics by two points in overtime." Whitman and Zheng Ke told the details of the game.

"The best rookie is no longer in suspense!" Zheng Ke said helplessly, he turned his head to look at Lefu, who was still doing push-up training seriously, and felt very sorry in his heart.

"Hey~" Whitman also sighed, as his disciple, if he can win the best rookie, then he will also have a light on his face.

Zheng Ke skillfully dribbled the ball behind his back and asked Whitman, "How was the game between the Pistons and the Cavaliers?" ”

"The Cavaliers led the Pistons by 12 points at halftime, the Pistons' offense was blocked, the defense was poor, and if they didn't make changes in the second half, the victory or defeat would be out of suspense after the third quarter." Whitman analyzed to Zheng Ke.

"Hey," Zheng Ke sneered: "How can there be a change in the Pistons, they will even send Chauncy away, even Allen (Iverson) will abandon it, can they beat the Cavaliers?" By whom to organize, by whom to break through? ”

Whitman didn't answer, he felt that Zheng Ke's idea was problematic, and from his perspective as a coach, if a player had a conflict with him, he would definitely put that player in the cold. It's true that Iverson is a superstar, but the head coach is not a nanny, and a coach like Mike Brown is in the minority.

The stadium continues to warm up the players, the atmosphere of the coming big game is quietly spreading, among the Timberwolves players, there are only a few players with playoff experience, including Zheng Ke, Lefu and many other major players have no playoff experience, which is one of the reasons why the Timberwolves are not seen before the game.

But in Zheng Ke's opinion, this is all nonsense. Does Batum have experience, does Roy have experience, does Aldridge have experience? In terms of playoff experience, the two teams are only half a pound and eight taels, not to mention that the Timberwolves have a veteran with Finals experience like Billups, who is theoretically more advantageous

"Good morning spectators, welcome to the 08-09 MLS Playoffs, which will be played by the Minnesota Timberwolves, fourth in the West, against the Portland Trail Blazers, fifth in the West, at the Timberwolves' home target center. Today's game will be explained by me and Director Zhang. "At half past ten in the morning Beijing time, the imperial court TV broadcast the game on time.

"The previous three games have all ended, with the Bulls beating the Celtics, the Cavaliers beating the Pistons, and the Jazz beating the Spurs. Coach Zhang, the Bulls and Jazz are both opponents who won as the seventh in each region, and their strength should be inferior to their opponents, but they won again, can you analyze the reasons? ”

"Yes." Zhang Weiping naturally took over the conversation and said: "The Bulls are seventh in the West, and the Jazz are also seventh in the West, but neither team is weak. The Bulls were able to defeat the Celtics today, luck accounted for a lot of ingredients, first of all, the Celtics are not a full strength lineup, Garnett did not play, and secondly, Ray Allen did not feel good. Ray Allen hit just 1 of 12 shots from the field and 0 of 6 from three-point range, which kept the Celtics' offense in a quagmire and the reason why the Bulls were able to win narrowly. So for the Jazz, they played with momentum, on the home court of the Spurs, the Jazz's blocking and pick-and-roll combination played a lot of noise, Boozer's 27 points and 13 rebounds were not inferior to Duncan, and they played a beautiful sniper battle. ”

"So which team would you like to win for the Timberwolves or the Trail Blazers?"

"Timberwolves." Zhang Weiping said without thinking, just kidding, now the Timberwolves have a tendency to become the favorite team of countless Chinese fans, even if it is to follow the trend, he should say so, not to mention that he originally thought so.

Zhang Weiping said: "The advantage of the Timberwolves is more obvious. Although the Trail Blazers have a lot of good small forwards on the team, such as Batum, such as Fernandes, and Ryan Gosman, they are all newcomers and have zero playoff experience, so it may be difficult for them to limit Zheng. ”

While the two were talking, the Timberwolves' appearance ceremony had ended, and all ten starters of the two teams stood on the court, and as far as the eye could see, the center of the target was white.

Today is a big day in Minnesota, the Timberwolves are back in the playoffs after 5 years, and countless fans who love the Timberwolves have come to the target center, turning the entire target center into a sea of joy. There are even many fans who do not have tickets, and can only feel the atmosphere of the game in the streets, squares and bars outside the target center.

The Declan bar was packed today, with countless fans in Timberwolves blue jerseys talking loudly about the Timberwolves. Diclan has released a reward, and if the Timberwolves can win the game today, then every fan in the room will get a big sip of dark beer.

Zheng Ke stood on the field, he felt the huge noise of the scene, the sea of white jerseys was spectacular, those were the fans who came to cheer for them!

Zheng Ke felt every cell in his body tremble, and he couldn't wait to compete.

It was a big game, and the league sent Joe Crawford as a result. The NBA's golden whistle came to the Target Center today, and he took on a lot of pressure against two teams that were almost exclusively playoff rookies.

The main centre-forwards of both sides were in the centre circle, with Anderson and Joel Purzbilla, and the two looked at each other, and each could see the flame in the opponent's eyes.

Crawford looked at his watch, he looked at the jishu platform, where the jishu personnel made an OK gesture, he looked at the other two assistant referees, who also made a ready gesture, so he signaled to the players on both sides to kick off. He blew the whistle in his mouth and threw the ball into the sky with one hand.

"Drink!"

Anderson and Purzbilla shouted at the same time, and the two of them leaped into the air together like two monsters with springs, stretching out their superhuman arms and struggling to the basketball point in the air (to be continued......