Just like saying that they would break out together, James in the East also contributed an incredible performance when he faced the Magic the next day. He finished with 37 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists to help the Cavaliers beat the Magic and trail 3-2 overall.

Two of the top small forwards put on some of their brightest performances so far in their respective divisional finals, and their outbursts have fans in Cleveland and Minnesota cheering in anticipation of a comeback at the same time. It's better to meet in the finals, after all, if the two of them meet in the finals, it will be a bit of a fateful duel, which is what fans want to see, and it is also a big gimmick.

After Zheng Ke experienced this season's playoffs, he officially stepped into the ranks of the league's top stars, and faintly compared with Kobe, James and a series of superstars. At least on the Internet, Zheng Ke fans have begun to shout for the title of invincible.

Zheng Ke naturally doesn't know all this, he rarely goes to the Internet himself, especially in a critical time period like the playoffs, and he can't wait to soak all his time in the arena.

The Rockets, who lost by a large score, held an emergency player meeting in the locker room after the end of Game 5, which Adelman attended along with members of the coaching staff. Battier was the first to speak, apologizing to all the players: "It's all my fault, I couldn't defend Zheng Ke's attack, which will cause the rhythm to be disrupted, and I have the greatest responsibility." ”

"No, I'm at fault too." Artest said sincerely: "I haven't been able to defend Zheng Ke either"

"Actually, I have a responsibility, too." Yao Ming said in a muffled voice.

"I have it too."

"I have it too."

"Alright," Adelman said, stopping the meeting that was slowly turning into a self-reproach convention. He said: "The Timberwolves' tactics for positional warfare now are very simple, which is to let Zheng Ke play alone. Faced with this, we can make it a double bag clip! ”

"Double bag clip. I'm afraid it won't work, we had already doubled in the first quarter in the last game! Said an assistant coach on the coaching staff.

"No, I mean," Adelman said word by word with a twinkle in his eyes:

"Ballless Double Bag"

The off-ball double pack puts more pressure on the players, but at the same time releases the pressure on the rest of the Timberwolves, which is a double-edged sword that may work well. But maybe it will make the rocket doomed.

In the arena at the target center, the Timberwolves blue jersey was everywhere as far as the eye could see, when the Rockets players played. I received a "welcome" from the mountains and a tsunami.

In the sixth game of the Western Conference finals of the 08-09 NBA, the Rockets vs. Timberwolves officially started at the target center.

This time the Rockets chose a different starting lineup, Maddy, Artest. Battier. Scola, Yao Ming make up the Rockets' starting unmanned group today.

Whitman saw the starting lineup of the Rockets and felt that something was wrong, so that the Rockets, who were all over 2 meters tall, had an absolute height advantage on the court. His only doubt was that with Maddie as the starting playmaking defender, would he be able to do it? Will he be able to defend against nimble Billups?

Regardless, the game started as scheduled. Whitman only wants the rockets to be self-defeating.

The Rockets' priority is to do their own defense, not offense. Putting Battier and Artest together is to limit Zheng Ke's play, which is obvious to everyone. But what everyone didn't expect was that the Rockets actually used a double bag without the ball, and Zheng Ke almost couldn't touch the ball.

"Oh my God, Jordan's Law!" TNT's host exclaimed.

This is a relatively rare tactic in this year's playoffs, even if James is like a god in this series, but the Magic still did not use similar tactics against it, and this change of the Rockets is extremely sudden.

Zheng Ke was forced to miss the ball, but the rest of the Timberwolves players did quite well, and he enjoyed being on the court.

At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves led by 3 points 29-26, and Zheng Ke only scored 2 points in a single quarter, and he only took two shots in this quarter, which was a world away from the performance in the first quarter of the previous game.

If the game goes on like this, Zheng Ke feels that the Timberwolves will be able to win immediately, but after the second quarter came up, the situation on the court immediately changed, the Rockets scored one after another, but the Timberwolves kept playing iron.

Just a few minutes later, the Timberwolves trailed by five points at 34-39.

"Damn it."

At this time, Zheng Ke must make a move, whether it is someone or not, he must stabilize the situation on the court.

After halftime, Zheng Ke suddenly changed direction and accelerated his run, like a nimble rabbit, and ran out of the encirclement arranged by the rocket at once, Lowry was quick and handed the ball to Zheng Ke.

"叱~"

Zheng Ke's sneakers made a violent friction sound on the smooth and clean floor, and after receiving the ball, he turned around, and with the help of Lefou's blocking, he wiped into the inside line of the rocket!

This is an opportunity!

Zheng quickly dribbled the ball twice on the ground, then rushed in front of Hayes and rose from the ground.

"Death to those who stand in my way!"

Although he didn't yell out, Zheng Ke's obvious dunk posture seemed to match the word, and Hayes knew that he was not good at bouncing, so he dodged the side early.

"Bang!"

Zheng Ke hung diagonally on the basket and roared angrily.

Fans immediately cheered, many waving slogans cheering for the Timberwolves, shouting Zheng Ke's name loudly, and the whistles and applause merged into a joyful symphony.

This was a signal that Zheng Ke was going to attack in the second quarter.

Zheng Ke knew in his heart that when the other Timberwolves players were feeling down, he had to stand up and take responsibility like a leader, and scoring was what he should do at this stage.

Battier and Artest are so tightly packed, or Zheng Ke has a certain impact, if he does not attack, it is difficult for him to get a good shooting opportunity, usually he will use his speed to shake off the two, or use the extreme force to hit a little space, and then attack with the ball, and the efficiency is not very high.

This point was not alleviated until the second half of Zheng Ke's embarrassment. Billups, Afflalo and Mike Miller spooked Adelman with back-to-back three-pointers from the outside. This three-point rain directly chased the Timberwolves to the points behind and quickly overtook the Rockets.

Billups finally got his way.

In the Western Conference finals, Zheng Ke's light was so dazzling that others began to forget that the Timberwolves still have an All-Star and a player who was selected to the All-Third Team.

In the third quarter, Billups made four three-pointers to give the Timberwolves a five-point lead at the end of the third quarter. Adelman's tactics seem to have been cracked.

No one expected that the Rockets, who were leading 3-1, would be forced to do this by the Timberwolves!

"That's an exaggeration, we made seven three-pointers in this quarter! I'm not dreaming! A Timberwolves fan pinched his thigh and screamed in disbelief.

"Who let them wrap up our "nuclear weapons" like this, this is a joke, do they think that the Timberwolves have fought to this point today is the credit of Zheng Ke alone? Do they think that a group of shooters raised by our Timberwolves on the outside are all dry meals? ”

"Flip the rocket, flip the rocket"

Yao Ming missed the inside attack, the rebound was taken by Lefu, and the Timberwolves quickly counterattacked.

This is the Timberwolves' best scoring method, Zheng Ke is like an arrow off the string, at the end of the fourth quarter, he still maintained his peak speed, and ran to the front of all players in an instant!

Billups just passed halftime and went straight to the empty basket!

Zheng Ke shouted, caught the basketball in the air, "bang", and simply poured the ball into the basket with both hands.

The Timberwolves lead by 10 points!

The Rockets lacked the ability to chase points in the fourth quarter, which is the consensus of all teams in the league. The Timberwolves are always on a comeback, and they are also known for their resilience, which is rare in history. The two teams fought hard in the fourth quarter, and the Rockets were at a disadvantage.

Two minutes later, Zheng Ke steals Maddy's pass and lays up in front of the court, causing Maddy to foul and score the ball!

Zheng Kejia hit a free throw and scored five points in a row!

In fact, Zheng Ke rarely uses European steps when he goes to the basket, not that he can't, but he doesn't need these feints, he can score the ball with only super strength, bounce and speed, and there is no need to waste time doing these actions, and he will be chased by others. But when he went to the basket just now, he actually made a rare European step, directly deceived Maddie's defense, and hit a layup with his left hand.

With the decline in the physical strength of the main players of the Rockets, the hope of a comeback is becoming more and more slim.

In the end, the Timberwolves had seven double-doubles at home and defeated the Rockets again 106-92. Zheng Ke had the last minute of the break, scoring 21 points and seven assists, but he couldn't stop smiling. Billups, on the other hand, scored a game-high 29 points, shooting 6-of-8 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the 3rd quarter, becoming the biggest contributor to today's victory over the Rockets. (To be continued......)