(This chapter is a 6,000-word chapter that combines the two-in-one chapter at 7 p.m.) This book is almost 800,000 words. The fisherman begs to subscribe again)

When everyone lost hope in the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers actually won one game on their home court, although the process of this game was extremely difficult, but there was no doubt that the Trail Blazers won.

This is the first time that the Timberwolves have lost in the playoffs this season, although Zhuang Fei did not explain it after the game, but there is no doubt that Zhuang Fei is very unwilling in the eyes of these reporters, but what makes these reporters very puzzled is that Dunleavy who won the game actually looked like he was losing, and he was not happy to win at all. And in the final stage of the game, there was an embarrassment of sending six people. It's completely in a trance. And what made the Trail Blazers even more embarrassed was that their win wasn't the subject at all in the post-game coverage. They seem to have been completely forgotten.

"The Trail Blazers won, and the game started to be in suspense, but I still think the Timberwolves are going to have the last laugh, the Trail Blazers may not be ready to win, and their head coach looks flustered."

"It's strange that the three interior lines are on the court at the same time, originally everyone thought that Coach Z was a master of small-ball tactics, but now he began to play with the big ball, Garnett, O'Neal, Wang Zhizhi, the three interior offensive triangles are extremely sharp, at least on the offensive end, the three of them let the Trail Blazers have no way at all, it's hard to believe that the Timberwolves can guess such three offensive outstanding, fast-moving, excellent athleticism, excellent awareness of the inside line, While other NBA teams might have one of them, it's good to have three. Now I think everyone is looking back on all the trades this summer, I think we will all be impressed by Coach Z, Jermaine O'Neal and Wang Zhizhi's choice is really worthwhile, this set of tactics of the three of them will make the Timberwolves one of the best offensive teams in the league in one fell swoop, if Wang Zhizhi's defensive ability is a little more and he can replace Garnett as a big forward, and send Garnett to the small forward position, which will make the Timberwolves on the offensive end can easily complete the perfect conversion of running and shooting. In this way, the Timberwolves will be invincible, but Wang Zhizhi is still a little close, it's a pity."

"There's really no way to ask too much. The Timberwolves dug a big hole in front of them, and although they had enough ability to win the game, they still lost in the end. Now what the Timberwolves need to do is keep their aggressiveness from the start, and Coach Z will do a good job of that, he's a championship-caliber head coach, and I'm sure the Trail Blazers won't have another chance in the future."

This is the report of some pro-Zhuang Fei media, even some media that are enemies of Zhuang Fei have nothing to find fault with after watching the third game of the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers.

"Okay, come on Trail Blazers, that's it, I hope your dribbling can be a little better, and then let's talk about the Lakers, I really didn't expect the Lakers to have a player like Fisher sitting on the bench. He's been off the bench for the past few seasons, and everyone has the impression that he's just a very accurate three-point shooter, but now that Phil Jackson took the risk of putting him on the board and handed him the team's playmaking responsibilities, it seems that Phil Jackson doesn't need to transform Kobe Bryant into Pippen. He is no longer entangled in transforming Kobe into Pippen, now Kobe only needs to attack after taking the ball, and he doesn't need to take care of O'Neal, he is a killer now, he is now completely an endpoint, and the team no longer needs him to be a tactical haircut. Although Kobe Bryant lost the ball, but in theory he became the Lakers' No. 1 scorer, maybe he will be far more than O'Neal in the number of shots, and even more than O'Neal in scoring, but Kobe's shots and scores no longer affect the Lakers' tactical operation, I believe that the combination of Kobe and Fisher can do better than Pippen, when everything returns to normal, the Lakers can beat the Timberwolves when everything returns to the state they had at the beginning of the season, I still think the Timberwolves will go home this year"...,

Zhuang Fei's sworn enemy, the New York Times, didn't even mention the game between the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers, but directly reported another game, the Lakers were a guest in Vancouver, facing the Grizzlies led by Carter, the Lakers won another game, and won by more than 10 points, especially Kobe Bryant and O'Neal had a refreshing feeling, O'Neal had 26 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 blocks, and scored a triple-double of assists, while Kobe Bryant scored 39 points on 15-of-28 shooting in the game, It can be said that Kobe completely suppressed O'Neal in shooting and scoring, but everyone who watched this game knows that although Kobe Bryant shot more in this game, he basically had no chance to handle the ball in his hands, Phil Jackson did not let Kobe deal with the Lakers' offense at all, and it was Fisher who really distributed the ball, and Fisher had a much better grasp of O'Neal and Kobe's ball distribution than the previous Harpa, and the three of them were very compatible.

The whole United States thinks that the Timberwolves' loss is just an accident, in fact, it is true, after a day on May 12, it is still the Trail Blazers' Rose Garden Arena, no matter how much the outside world looks down on the Trail Blazers, but the Trail Blazers fans are still fully supporting their home team, and just before the game started, there was a very interesting episode, Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen hugged the Timberwolves head coach fans before the game, not only that, Judging from the performance of the two, the two behaved extremely affectionately, and the scene at this time was also very interesting, and it quickly cut to the Trail Blazers head coach Dunleavy, and as a result, Dunleavy saw his dark and embarrassed facial expression in the whole United States, and it was obvious that the head coach was very unhappy, which is also inevitable, no head coach can stand his boss's hint like this, in fact, like Dunleavy, in a high-end villa in Minnesota, Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor's face is also not good-looking, Although he has a great opinion on Zhuang Fei's arbitrariness, he really hopes that Zhuang Fei will stay with the Timberwolves forever, for which he can even give up his boss's shelf, and now he has been ridiculed by many NBA bosses as 'son boss', but he doesn't have much negative reaction to this title, and even in his heart, this is someone else who is jealous of him, he can bear Zhuang Fei not giving him face. He can also tolerate Zhuang Fei's various disobedience, it doesn't matter, but he definitely can't tolerate Zhuang Fei hooking up with other bosses like this. It's like being cuckolded.

At the beginning of this game, the smell of gunpowder on both sides was very strong, and it was obvious that Dunleavy was affected by the episode before the game, the Trail Blazers were very big on both the offensive and defensive ends, and even some of the actions were directly aimed at people, but the Timberwolves players were very calm about the Trail Blazers' behavior. There was a fight between the two teams in the schedule last year, and after that incident, Zhuang Fei taught these players a hard lesson in the locker room, and this player obviously remembered Zhuang Fei's warning to them: It's okay to fight. But that's when you're in a weak position, and you need to be calm when you're still winning.

Obviously, this is a game where the Trail Blazers are winning, and the Timberwolves are adjusting to this game. After the last game, many media are calling for Zhuang Fei to bring Wang Zhizhi into the lineup, and let Garnett, O'Neal, and Wang Zhizhi form that wonderful interior movement inverted triangle offense, anyway, the Timberwolves focus on positional offense in this round of the series, and it is obvious that the Timberwolves' tactics are the most powerful in positional offense. Obviously, Zhuang Fei also intends to try the effect of this formation, of course, he did not change the formation because of the media appeal, this is just him adjusting the team's formation.

"Kevin, was the forward combination with Parish Bird when you were in Boston able to play an 'inverted triangle' offense like the Timberwolves?" In the commentary booth of the Rose Arena, ABC commentator Michaels asked McHale, the guest next to him. The most powerful attacking combination in history right now is naturally Larry Bird of the former Celtic dynasty. Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, so Michaels is very curious to see if these three players can play such an inverted triangle offense. …,

"No," McHale's insistence stunned Michaels next to him, and then McHale continued: "It's a matter of style, me." Robert, Larry's style is completely different, maybe the three of us will be better than these three in terms of strength, but these three guys are too similar in style on the offensive end, the three of them are like triplets, they can do the same thing. And more importantly, their range of mobile attacks is too large, perhaps no team in history has had such a forward combination, and of course no one can replicate this style of play, this is a strategy specially formulated by Coach Z for these three people, and the combination of these three will be the main point of attack for the Timberwolves' position in the future. ”

"Triplets?" Michaels pondered McHal's words and fell into deep thought.

"However, this lineup has a natural flaw on the defensive end, because an outside line is removed, then a player in the interior must fill this position, so Garnett, who has the best defensive range and movement speed, was pushed down to the perimeter to defend, although the outside defense is solved, but the Timberwolves are empty on the inside, Wang Zhizhi can't make up for the vacancy of Garnett's departure, which is also the biggest regret of this tactic, if Coach Z has three Garnett, and with this set of tactics, he can sweep the world." McHale said that he laughed at the end, three Garnett? It's hard to find three Garnetts in history.

"Three Garnetts swept the world? Hehe, as if this is really impossible" Michaels also smiled and shook his head.

"yes, any tactic always works well when you find the right players, although the Timberwolves don't have three Garnetts, but the staffing on the offensive end is good enough, and now the problem for the Trail Blazers is that they don't have to say anything about the thickness of the personnel, they have eight players at a quasi-All-Star level, but unfortunately they don't have a player who can really kill the Timberwolves."

"No lethal players for the Timberwolves?" Michaels looked at McHale again.

"Yes, the Timberwolves do have a flaw in defense, but now the Trail Blazers can't use this flaw to break the Timberwolves, they don't have a player like the Lakers' O'Neal or the Spurs' Duncan who can break the Timberwolves' defense, which allows the Timberwolves to fully make up for their losses on the defensive end on the offensive end, if the Trail Blazers can't change this, then they will eventually be defeated by the Timberwolves" McHale looked at the Chinese on the sidelines with some complexity after saying this, The Chinese proved once again that reaching the Western Conference Finals last season was not a flash in the pan, and both he and the Timberwolves had the strength. Before you know it, the Timberwolves have grown to this point, he is the general manager of the Timberwolves, he is a witness to the growth of the Timberwolves, and even so, the growth rate of this team is amazing.

"It seems that Mr. Dunleavy needs a headache now" ABC commentator Michaels looked at Dunleavy with a smile on his face, he hoped that Dunleavy could have a peak duel with Zhuang Fei like last year's Popovich, and the showdown between Popovich and Zhuang Fei last season has always made this commentator reminisce. However, this year, the Spurs have finally been eliminated due to the aging of personnel, and the duel between Zhuang Fei and Popovich can only become a memory in the end.

Dunleavy does have a headache now, as Michaels said, in fact, he has had a headache for more than a day. In the last game, he began to have a headache after seeing Zhuang Fei's 'three big' tactics, although the Trail Blazers also have enough personnel on the inside, but there is only one Rashid Wallace. Others such as Sabonis, Brian Grant, Schramf and others are all very strong, but Sabonis is too slow, Grant and Schramf are too short, just like Zhuang Fei dreamed that it would be good if he had three Garnetts, and Dunleavy is now looking forward to having three Rashid Wallace, although both of them are dreaming, but Zhuang Fei's reality is much better than his reality, although Zhuang Fei does not have three Garnetts but these three are not bad. Dunleavy, on the other hand, was far from his dream. …,

"Is this really going to be lost here, is this year's playoffs still over?" Dunleavy was unwilling, especially when he saw Zhuang Fei and Paul Allen's intimacy, he was extremely unwilling, in his opinion, only by defeating Zhuang Fei and eliminating the Timberwolves could his boss realize his value. But it's too tough to beat this timberwolves. Thinking of this, Dunleavy could only sigh in the end, looking at O'Neal Jr., who had just received a pass from Wang Zhizhi on the court, cut from the baseline and dunked, he was full of regrets, he really regretted sending O'Neal Jr. to the Timberwolves, and he also regretted not giving O'Neal Jr. too many opportunities to prove himself.

"Maybe this is my punishment," Dunleavy finally sighed.

Zhuang Fei didn't know that the opponent not far away from him was secretly sad, and now the performance of the Timberwolves made him very satisfied, very satisfied. In fact, this 'inverted triangle attack' tactics can become conventional tactics, and the tactics that can become conventional tactics are tactics that can be vigorously developed, Zhuang Fei has invented a lot of strange tactics before, such as 'umbrella tactics' such as 'wolf pack tactics', although these tactics are also very peculiar and novel, but they cannot become conventional tactics, Zhuang Fei cannot use umbrella tactics in regular time and cannot use wolf tactics in regular time, but this 'inverted triangle attack' can. In the past, everyone in the NBA recognized Zhuang Fei as a master of tactics like the old Nelson, but Zhuang Fei was much inferior to Nelson in terms of status, because Nelson invented the conventional tactic of running and shooting, although this running and bombing had been ridiculed and fooled before Zhuang Fei did not appear, but this is still a conventional tactic after all, and the 'master' who did not invent conventional tactics is only a 'pseudo-master' after all, or 'or is' But from now on, Zhuang Fei can rightfully enjoy his reputation as a master tactician, maybe the starting conditions of this tactic are more difficult than running and bombing, more difficult than Princeton, and even more difficult than a triangle attack, but it doesn't matter.

"Mike, do you say I'm a master manager?" Zhuang Fei suddenly asked his partner next to him at this time, which made D'Antoni stunned, but the assistant coach still nodded solemnly.

"Although you are younger than me, I have always thought that you are my teacher, you have taught me a lot of things, you are naturally a master" McHale didn't know why Zhuang Fei asked this question, isn't this something that has been recognized?

"Hehe" Zhuang Fei looked at D'Antoni's puzzled eyes and shook his head, recalling his coaching path, first became famous because of the dynasty system, the university because his assistant Mark Allen adjusted the triangle offense for himself, and he just copied Niels's small-ball tactics, in college, Zhuang Fei thought that half of his achievements were due to the dynasty system, a quarter to his assistant Mark Allen, and a quarter was the old Nelson, Zhuang Fei has always been a sober person, he knows what he needs, He has a dynastic system, he is higher than others, but he knows that he is too poor in tactical literacy, although he has a lot of experience in later generations, but he still has no self-made achievements in tactics, Zhuang Fei has been making up tactical materials and books, in McHale and D'Antony's opinion, Zhuang Fei's efforts are a little ashamed of themselves, but Zhuang Fei's efforts have begun to slowly pay off.

He invented the umbrella tactics and wolf tactics with the experience of later generations, which is not his own ability, and only this 'inverted triangle' is truly his own. In his previous life, he was just an assistant coach of a small youth team who struggled for the establishment of public institutions, and in Zhuang Fei's heart, all his achievements in this life were based on plug-ins, which also made Zhuang Fei always have low self-esteem, but from now on, he can really throw away these inferiority complexes. At this time, Zhuang Fei looked at the Timberwolves players running on the court, and felt that his eyes were much clearer. …,

In this game, the Timberwolves began to slowly increase the score, and Paul Allen, the big owner of the Trail Blazers, did not have much idea except for some regrets, although the general manager of the team assured him that the team would definitely make a breakthrough this season, but Paul Allen is not an idiot, on the contrary, he is very smart He also knows a lot about the NBA, he is a superstar, in his opinion, the Trail Blazers do not have a superstar, he has experienced Isaiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, And then Jordan and Olajuwon, no championship team is without a superstar, although he spent a lot of money on this Trail Blazer, but still failed to get a superstar, at this time Pippen has begun to decline, which is also the reason why he is in love with Zhuang Fei, since the team does not have a superstar player, then get a superstar coach, the Timberwolves were not as good as the Trail Blazers a year ago, and now they are not playing well, the whole world knows that this is the credit of Zhuang Fei, It's just a pity that Zhuang Fei doesn't seem to have any intention of coming to the pioneer, although now he has a relationship with Zhuang Fei through investment, but the road ahead is still very long, he is a patient person, since he has been waiting for 12 years, then he can do it if he waits for Zhuang Fei for another 10 years.

"It seems that the Trail Blazers have gone to this game, and a home defeat will make them fall behind 1-3, so it can be said that they are on the edge of the cliff" ABC commentator Michaels sighed in his heart, Dunleavy is still Dunleavy, even if he expects him greatly, he can't become Popovich, Dunleavy didn't let Michaels see the shining point he wanted in this game.

"Although the Trail Blazers don't have a ram but they shouldn't think that they have no resistance, their strength can still bring challenges to the Timberwolves, Mr. Dunleavy is too timid, he should let Rashid Wallace attack more, and he should go to the interior more, he should put more pressure on Wang Zhizhi, but he is now worried that Rashid Wallace's strong offensive ability is not very strong, and Sabonis should also go to the basket more to ask for the ball, O'Neal's defense around the front is very good, but Sabonis has the ability to hold the ball, and he can also break through, It's just that now the Trail Blazers, whether they are players or coaches, are too hesitant" Michaels sighed softly, Zhuang Fei's defense around the front is a great deterrent to the Trail Blazers, which can't blame the Trail Blazers' hesitation, it's just that Dunleavy lacks Zhuang Fei's gambling spirit and determination.

The Trail Blazers lost 100-114 at home to the Timberwolves by 14 points, one of the best defensive teams in the league, and the Trail Blazers scored hundreds of points in all four games, and this home loss has almost declared them out early. The Timberwolves' best performance in this game was naturally the interior trio of Garnett, O'Neal and Wang Zhizhi, who combined to score 68 points, including Garnett's triple-double of 22 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

At the post-match press conference, Dunleavy was disappointed, while Zhuang Fei was relaxed and kept smiling.

"Mr. Zhuang, can you tell me about this game?"

"There's nothing to say about this, I'm already thinking about the next round" Zhuang Fei smiled lightly. Dunleavy was a little helpless when he heard Zhuang Fei's words.

This is Zhuang Fei's famous saying, which Zhuang Fei said to the king last season.

According to the interpretation of the media and the bookmaker, when Zhuang Fei said this, it means that he will definitely be able to win and enter the next round.

Zhuang Fei made a declaration of victory. (To be continued) RQ