Who has been a superstar in history who has reached the Finals as a core player after a season or two in the league? Previously, people were reminded of Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Tim Duncan, Elvin Johnson. But at this moment, people are afraid that they will have to add Zheng Ke's name to their mouths.

He's a legend, and the duo he and Billups form the strongest duo in the West. Billups expressed his thoughts in an interview: Fortunately, he didn't go to the Nuggets at the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't have made it to the Finals, maybe he wouldn't have been able to enter the Western Conference Finals.

Zheng Ke was immediately embarrassed after listening to Billups's interview. He still remembers the history of Billups and Anthony also reaching the Western Conference Finals and playing six games against the Lakers.

In the process of the Timberwolves advancing to the Finals, the Lakers are the team that makes people feel the most pity. The Lakers, who reached the finals last year, have actually improved in terms of overall strength, and Kobe Bryant's state is also the best in recent years, but it is a pity that he met a team like the Timberwolves that somewhat restrained the Lakers. Afflalo's difficulty and Zheng Ke's unstoppable ability made the Lakers' year's efforts come to naught, which is regrettable.

The league produced short films for the Timberwolves and Magic to advance to the Finals, hoping to strengthen the appeal of the '09 Finals.

Zheng Ke's ability points have increased again after the series with the Rockets, and in the playoffs, which is a super high experience dungeon, his growth rate is like a roc bird, soaring. This time he grew up with three shooting attributes, with a high 95 in close, mid and long shots. He has an offensive rating of 95, a defensive rating of 89 and a rebounding rating of 80. The overall rating is 92 points.

The Timberwolves' team has seen a lot of improvement from its young players. Billups is still unchanged, still at 86 stats, occasionally rising and falling. Love is the third Timberwolves player to reach 80, and he has been greatly trained in the playoffs, with his ability rating soaring to 83, including a rebounding rating of 99. It's a demon. Then Afflalo, who started the five tigers, also improved a lot, although his ability to hold the ball did not get much training, but Afflaro's defensive ability is getting stronger and stronger. Now he is also an excellent starter with 76 stats. Anderson's ability value is slightly weaker, with a rating of only 69, mainly because his offense and defense are too unbalanced.

And among the bench lineups, Lowry's improvement is the greatest. He already has 75 stats. Even being the starting point guard for some teams in the NBA is more than enough. And many of the other players have improved a little or a few points, and the overall strength of the Timberwolves cannot be compared with the original.

Even head coach Whitman, his growth is obvious to all. Although the on-the-spot command cannot be compared with the top head coaches such as Popovich and Pat Riley, it is not much different from the average NBA head coach. He is a godfather-level figure, and the Timberwolves are united under his tutelage, and they are far more united than the Lakers. The rockets came in unison.

That's the advantage of a single-core team in this twin. In the era of the Big Three, it may be difficult for a single team to play a piece of the sky, but it will always be the most united team.

The finals are about to be staged, and commentators, celebrities, and experts from all walks of life have begun to predict the outcome of the finals. Of the 13 experts invited by ESPN, 7 experts favor the Timberwolves to solve the battle in 6 games, 3 experts favor the Timberwolves beat the Magic in 7 games, 2 experts believe that the Magic will beat the Timberwolves in 7 games, and 1 expert believes that the Magic will solve the battle in 6 games.

"For us, even the Lakers and Rockets are defeated, will we still be afraid of magic?" Whitman gathered the players at the Target Center for a pre-finals kick-off rally.

"Although Dwight Howard has scored 40+10 stats before, his offensive ability is actually average, Chris." Whitman suddenly called Anderson's name, then turned to look at him and asked, "Have you seen Dwight's offensive distribution points and footage that you sent you yesterday?" ”

"Well, I see." Birdman is now well-behaved like a child, and he has always had a lot of respect for Coach Whitman, who has always been meticulous in completing the tasks assigned by Whitman.

"Good. Your job is to withstand Dwight Howard's offense on the inside. As you know, the Magic's final scoring weapon is still the outside shooter, and our strength lies in the outside iron slag defensive ability, and I believe you can definitely handle Jamil Nelson, Conteny Lee, and Siddo Turkoglou. After speaking, his eyes swept over the faces of Billups, Aflalo, and Zheng Ke.

Afflaro scratched his head innocently, he was a little embarrassed by Whitman's words.

Whitman continued: "There are a couple of players on the Magic bench that we need to look out for. The first one is Rockets abandoned Ralph Alston, I have watched the footage of these games, and he has played quite well, and many games against the Cavaliers have squeezed Nelson to the bench. The second is to pay attention to Michael Petrus, the Frenchman has good physical qualities, defends well and is an important rotation for them."

Whitman paused, then asked Zheng Ke, "Do you have anything else to add?" ”

Zheng Ke looked at the lineup of the Magic team, and everyone looked at him quietly. He ran his finger over the names and then rested on one person's name: "I think I should pay attention to this player." ”

Everyone looked at it: "Marcin Gortat? ”

Whitman's brows furrowed, and he wondered, "This player?" ”

Zheng Ke explained: "He has the quality to start. It's a pity that Dwight was used as a substitute, and he didn't have many opportunities to play, and his rebounding efficiency was very high. ”

"That's right!" Whitman nodded, then took out a red pen and circled Gortat's name in red, specifically marking Gortat's 4.5 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 12 minutes per game.

Whitman went on to ask Billups, "Is Chauncey anything to say?" ”

The finals of the 08-09 season are about to start in Orlando.

The Magic, who had the lead in the regular season, had home-court advantage, and fans began to set up the Finals venue early. In Orlando, two of the most popular words right now are "finals" and "championships."

When the Timberwolves bus entered the city, it was greeted with the most "warm" welcome by the Magic die-hard fans, and the Orlando fans expressed great hostility towards this extremely dangerous team, and it was hoped that the Timberwolves players would feel Orlando's determination in some way.

It's the finals, and it's a lie to say that nothing has changed in the hearts of the players. There are only so many people in this world, and even a veteran player like Zheng Ke still has some nervousness in his heart. The good news is that this Magic team is also making it to the Finals for the first time, and most of the players on the team can be called "Finals rookies."

"Huhu~" Zheng Ke stretched out his right hand to support the cabinet in the locker room, swinging his left leg, lowering his head and closing his eyes, adjusting the frequency of his breathing.

The quality of professional players is far stronger than people think, and the only thing Zheng Ke is worried about is the rookie player Lefou, who started in the Finals for the first time, and he has the shortest time in the NBA, and the least experience, I don't know if Lu Dao can adjust his form.

Two days ago, Lefu talked and laughed and couldn't see the nervousness, but when he was about to enter the court today, his face stiffened, and he lost his accuracy when he warmed up before the game to shoot, and "bang" there to hit the iron.

Zheng Ke frowned deeply when he saw it, he held the basketball in his left forearm, walked to Lefou's side, and gently patted Lefu on the shoulder.

"It's all right, Kevin?"

"No, it's fine." Lefu smiled dryly, his facial muscles out of control.

Zheng Ke was speechless, and he had no way to solve this problem. As a professional player, adjusting the state is a very basic ability, how to maintain one's condition under heavy pressure is a compulsory course for everyone, even if Zheng Ke has the ability to reach the sky, there is no good way to do this.

He turned to the old demon Billups and gave him a look.

Billups nodded, reached out and hooked Lefou's neck, pulling him away, muttering something in Lefou's ear, and Lefu nodded there cooperatively, occasionally beginning with a few replies.

The Magic players on the other side of the court were no better than the Timberwolves players, and several young players were a little pale, and the O'Brien Cup embroidered on their chests was as heavy as a thousand pounds, pressing on the players' chests, and it was so oppressive that people couldn't breathe. Only Howard, a living treasure, walked around the court, constantly enlivening the tense atmosphere, which made the faces of the Magic players look much better.

With half of the lights extinguished, the pre-finals ceremony began! (To be continued......)