The Timberwolves had a slightly more intensive schedule in March, with a total of 17 games, an average of one game every two days, and the Timberwolves suffered from a certain amount of injury problems during such a dense schedule.

Billups and Lowry missed 10 and 12 games, respectively. The point guard was in a hurry, and Whitman had to urgently transfer two young point guards back from the Development League, most of the time, Zheng Ke was a guest point guard, and at the same time, Foye, who was known as a two-way guard, was mentioned in the starting lineup.

In this case, Zheng Ke's assist data soared in March, and on March 15, Zheng Ke sent 15 assists in the game, refreshing the number of assists in a single game in his career, and at the same time leading the Timberwolves to a 112-91 victory over the Bobcats, after this game, Zheng Ke's average assists per game this season have reached 6, and the current assist list has two strange flowers like him and James really make most of the starting point guards embarrassed.

However, the absence of Billups still has a huge impact on the Timberwolves, and the games against the Spurs and the Rockets in March have not been won, and the outside world has raised a lot of questions about Zheng Ke's ability to lead the team to play a strong team.

However, Zheng Ke, who has experienced almost two seasons of baptism, has developed a strong face, and the disturbances of the outside media have basically no impact on him, but there is still a desire in his heart, eager to be recognized by everyone, which is also one of his goals and the direction of his future efforts.

In the end, the Timberwolves led by Zheng Ke played at a decent level in March.

10 wins and 7 losses.

The Trail Blazers, fifth in the West, are 1-2 wins away from the Timberwolves, and that's the rhythm of the two Young Guards going to pinch each other in the playoffs.

April 1, April Fool's Day. The Timberwolves host the Mavericks.

This is a close game, and the Mavericks, who are sixth in the West, are actually only 4 wins behind the Timberwolves, not to mention that the Mavericks have won by a big score this season. Losing by a small score, facing the Rockets, strong teams like the Lakers are all playing in the limelight, if it weren't for the "No. 1 center in the West" Dampier who is too cheating, the Mavericks may have become another top team in the West.

"The competition for the Western Conference has entered a white-hot point, how important this game is, I think everyone already knows, whether you can grasp the home advantage in the playoffs depends on these games!" Whitman wielded a tactical board in the locker room. A heart-wrenching pre-match declaration was made.

"Chauncey, you won't be playing too long in this game, and now your priority is to take care of your body. Aim to play 100 percent in the playoffs. ”

"Got it, Coach!" Billups is a little depressed, recovering from a major injury, and all NBA coaches will choose to shorten the playing time of their players. This is a very common thing. However, this match is against old rival Kidd. Billups actually wanted to have a good fight with him, and now it seems that there is not much of a chance

The starters the Mavericks field today are Kidd, Etoine Wright, Josh Howard, Nowitzki and Dampier, which is also the regular starting lineup for the Mavericks this season.

Zheng Ke greeted the German tank in a friendly manner before the game, and the two were teammates on the All-Star field. It can be regarded as having a certain understanding of each other.

Nowitzki's expression was a little solemn.

The Timberwolves are difficult to play against, and at the beginning of the season, Barkley guessed that the Timberwolves would not be able to win 25 games. Fagan guessed that the Timberwolves would not have won 20 games, but now that the Timberwolves have won 49 games, a loss to the Timberwolves would make them another team to 50 wins this season.

The king is under a lot of pressure.

"Don't worry!" The Kidd man is an old demon, and he saw Nowitzki's slightly depressed mood at a glance, and he patted his partner on the shoulder: "The Timberwolves' form last month has been very average, but our state is much better than them, not to mention that Chauncey, who has just returned, will definitely not be able to play for a few minutes, so we have a better chance of winning this game." ”

Nowitzki nodded, the expression on his face looking much better.

After the pre-game ceremony, the starters of both teams walked onto the basketball court according to the referee's instructions, Zheng Ke pressed his legs, stretched his waist, moved his body, and stood with Josh Howard.

Looking at the imposing Zheng Ke, Josh Howard was full of emotion, two years ago, he was still the main attacking side, Zheng Ke was just a passive defense, but two years later he became the side to defend; Two years ago, Zheng Ke was able to defend himself from holding his head and running away, can he prevent Zheng Ke from killing two years later? He put a question mark on himself. Before the game even started, he had lost his confidence and momentum

Anderson grabbed the ball and Billups organized the attack.

This season, the Timberwolves are one of the teams that use pick-and-roll coverage the most, and although Zheng Ke has excellent offensive ability with the ball, he prefers to follow the tactical route arranged by the coach, so that scoring is easier and more efficient.

"ZK came out, caught the ball, hit the ground to Kevin, who was about to go, and scored a layup, what a ball! At the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves took the lead with a two-point shot, which was a good sign for this game! "The commentators on local sports television stations in Minnesota went out of their way to explain the game.

"Jason [Kidd's] three-pointer from the outside! Also in it! ”

"The Timberwolves made an offensive mistake, and Anderson touched the ball in addition to the bottom line!"

"Dirk (Nowitzki) mid-range jumper, hit!"

"ZK tried a three-pointer from the outside and hit it!"

"Wow, the two teams are going back and forth today, and the hit rate is very high! In the opening minute and a half, the two teams have joined forces to contribute 10 points, according to this algorithm, the whole game of 48 minutes, the two teams can contribute a total of amount, how much, my math is not very good"

The Mavericks have never been good at defense, and Daniel, the defensive big man on the inside, has been weak this season, and Cuban is already looking for the next defensive interior who can replace Dampier and assist the king of Noh to the top. The Hornets' "boxing champion" Tyson Chandler has also been on his radar, but Chandler's injuries this season have put Cuban off the way, so the Mavericks' recruitment at the center position has been hanging in the balance, even until now.

Everyone knows that Dampier basically can't play a role in the offensive and defensive rotation, and his value was originally used to deal with O'Neal, Yao Ming, a traditional, heavyweight low-post hegemon, facing the Timberwolves, which can be called one of the fastest advancing teams this season, Dampier has lost all his tonnage.

"Attack!"

Three minutes into the first quarter, Nowitzki's shot was missed, and the rebound was grabbed by Love. He put out a long pass of jiashi as soon as possible, and after finding the three wolves running wildly in the front court: Zheng Ke, Afflaro, and Foye, he made a dashing long throw and let the ball leap over the half court.

Zheng Ke, Fuye, and Afflaro were menacing, their eyes glowed with red blood, and their mouths seemed to have sharp fangs exposed!

Kidd was the only one on the Mavericks' defense, and he looked like an innocent calf!

Foye, who won the ball in the middle, distributed the ball to Aflalo, who was fast on the left, and Kidd, although experienced, inevitably moved off the ground and faced Aflalo, who was holding the ball. This is a conspiracy, he doesn't face Afflaro, Afflaro can directly attack the basket, if he does

In the next second, Afflalo threw the ball high to the right basket.

The arc was so high that Kidd knew he couldn't touch it with just one glance, and all he could do was turn around and pray, hoping that the Timberwolves would make a mistake in their coordination.

"Peng!"

The wild beast fell from the sky, grabbed the basketball and smashed it into the basket!

The huge No. 17 jersey fluttered in the wind, and with the shouts of the MVP of the whole game, Zheng Ke landed on the ground. Facing the camera in front of him, he tugged at the placket of his chest, revealing a bloodthirsty expression.

"Even buy Ka, even buy Ka!" The Minnesota TV announcer was completely speechless, and he was shouting God all the time, but he was looking at the god-like man in the camera.

A simple air-caught dunk, but under Zheng Ke's liliang frame, it becomes particularly ornamental. In the defense shot, Zheng Ke had already jumped up before entering the restricted area, but the excellent bounce still made him easily flatten the frame, and the lightning-like picture gave people a huge visual impact, making all the audience in the target center have adrenaline surges, and the cheers like mountains and tsunamis filled every corner of the scene (to be continued......