Chapter 69: The Future First Point Guard
Chris Bosh's head was booming, and he couldn't believe he was being held back by a rookie.
looked at Lin Sen who jumped from the basket and fell not far in front of him in a trance.
“wood! wood! wood! ”
Under the cheers of the audience, Lin Sen enjoyed this moment that belonged to him with open arms.
Minnesota fans looked at Linson under the basket and found the person they needed again, and they seemed to see a bright future for the Timberwolves.
Sam Mitchell couldn't help but look at the Italian Bagnani sitting on the bench, and his whole mind went back to that New York night more than four months ago.
Alas!
Sam Mitchell couldn't help but sigh, time can't start all over again, the past is the past.
What he can expect is that Bagnani can grow to the height that the team expects, and he looked at Lin Sen who ran to the backfield with some reluctance in his eyes.
Sam Mitchell called a timeout, and the 22-point deficit wasn't entirely out of the question, but it was too unlikely.
And tonight's Timberwolves are in particularly good shape, Kevin Garnett has played a super dominating performance, and Chris Bosh, who he relies on, is obviously demoralized.
So Sam Mitchell simply called a timeout, ready to replace the main players, and completely gave up the game.
Devin Casey saw Sam Mitchell call a timeout and knew the Raptors had given up the game.
"KG, Wood, you two are going to rest." Devin Casey was in a good mood to win another game.
Fans at the final target center witnessed the Timberwolves' victory on their home court, and the Toronto Raptors finally suffered a 26-point defeat on the road.
The Target Center Arena became a sea of joy.
Kevin Garnett, who played just 33 minutes in the game, scored a season-high 36 points while also contributing 18 rebounds, four blocks, five assists and three steals.
Before the game, it was seen that Chris Bosh scored a pitiful 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting, and Bosh's rebounding data of 2.13 was only a pitiful 3, while Linson, a rookie guard, grabbed a career-high 7 rebounds in the whole game.
Lin Sen only made 8 shots in this big win, and scored 12 points on 5 of them, setting a new career low for single-game points and single-game shots.
However, anyone can see how important Linson is to the Timberwolves, and his 16 assists are the most direct proof of this, and his combination with Garnett completely made the Raptors despair.
Twenty minutes later, the post-match press conference took place.
Garnett and Devin Casey, as well as Sam Mitchell and Chris Bosh, were present at the press conference.
"Can Sam tell me about tonight's game?" A white journalist stood up.
"There's nothing we can do with them, that's the reality, KG played so well tonight, he's been so good for 11 years, and even more so tonight." Sam Mitchell looked at the reporters in the audience and said helplessly.
"I'm a reporter for ESPN, Sam, can you talk about Wood? Four months ago you insisted on Andrea, but did you think you made the right decision to start the new season? ”
Sam Mitchell had a headache looking at the reporters standing up, and he couldn't show it even though he regretted it when he started the new season.
'No, we don't regret it, Andrea wasn't as good as Wood, but he wasn't bad at all, and at the moment he's on the bench because of our tactical needs, but he didn't lose his fighting spirit and just played and he was able to give what we needed. And he's still young, and we're sure he will have a bright future. Sam Mitchell said with a smile.
"KG, can you tell us about your performance tonight? Your performance tonight has been dominant. ”
Garnett smiled, his goatee standing out: "Yes, my performance is not bad, but it is the result of our hard work, without Devin's tactical arrangement, without the cooperation of teammates we would not have been able to play such a game." ”
"Devon, can you tell us what you think of Wood Lynch? What do you think of his performance tonight? ”
"I think we all see his performance, I have no doubt about him, but he is still young and the new season has just begun, and the current performance is not necessarily going to last, I want everyone to look at his performance rationally, whether it is good or bad, we should look at it optimistically, as Sam said they are still young." Devin Casey said with a smile.
The biggest contributor to this game is undoubtedly Kevin Garnett, but Linson's 16 assists are also eye-catching, which keeps Linsen at the top of the assist list in the new season.
As a rookie in just six games, Linson has already scored 15+ assists in three games, and only failed to get a double-double in a single game against the Washington Wizards.
Although Linsen's organizational skills have been criticized by many people, they complement Garnett well.
Those exaggerated high throws, unexpected back passes, and imaginative crotch wipes that would have turned into mistakes if they weren't for Garnett, but now they've basically turned into assists.
The eye-catching assist stats once again pushed Linson to the public, making people realize that the rookie had good offensive ability and could still deliver so many assists to revitalize the team.
Six games, five games contributed to a double-double.
As a rookie, he held the first place in the assist list, and at the same time, he averaged nearly 4 steals per game.
He shot 54.5 percent from the field and hit 17 three-pointers and 47 percent from three-point range in six games.
The stunner against the Washington Wizards, the key shot and key steals against the Los Angeles Clippers proved to everyone that he has a big heart.
Although this is just the beginning of the new season, such statistics are not representative of the whole season, but many people feel that the future of rookie Wood Lin will be bright if nothing else.
ESPN even exaggerated the title of "future No. 1 point guard" on Lin Sen, which suddenly pushed Lin Sen to the forefront.
Lin Sen, who was originally the most famous among the rookies in the new session, once again became popular because of the touting of some media.
However, Devin Casey does not want to see Linson being so magnified in front of the media, because that will make opponents pay more attention, and the most important thing for the current Timberwolves is the combination of Linson and Garnett.
As a rookie, Lin Sen currently has a variety of shortcomings, and once he is placed under the microscope, he is destined to be strictly guarded by various teams.
And if Lin Sen's play is restricted, it will directly affect the performance of the Timberwolves.
Once Lin Sen plays badly, then media criticism will follow.
Although Lin Sen usually performs very maturely, if he does not perform well in the criticism, then more criticism will come to him, and Devin Casey is worried that Lin Sen will completely lose himself in such a vicious circle.
And it just so happened that the seventh game of the new season for the Timberwolves was to face the Golden State Warriors led by Baron Davis, who had made Linson suffer a lot in the preseason, which made Devin Casey's worries even heavier.
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