Chapter 375: The Strongest
It's a foregone conclusion that the Timberwolves will become the best team in history.
And Thibodeau's choice to let the starters reduce their playing time in the game against the Nuggets is understandable. But even so, the Nuggets still can't win against the Timberwolves.
After the victory over the Nuggets, the Timberwolves flew to Phoenix, where they were greeted with the biggest "welcome ceremony" ever by Suns fans.
The Suns, as a witness to the Timberwolves' 73-win history, coupled with the humiliating defeat in Minnesota, have long been mad. Many die-hard Suns fans have been clamoring on the forums to make the Timberwolves look good next time. Unexpectedly, the two have the last time they have played each other this season, and they must not have looked at the schedule when they spoke.
There's no way, the cruel words have been released, you can't do nothing, right?
Suns fans inquired about the Timberwolves' hotel, and when the Timberwolves bus had not yet entered, they beat gongs and drums to "welcome", and the hotel staff "invited" them out. In the middle of the night, Suns fans erupted outside the hotel as if they were playing a key playoff game, screaming and honking through loudspeakers until the police arrived.
Suns fans have made such a move in the NBA, making the Timberwolves their mortal enemies.
Of course, as Zheng Ke gets stronger and wins more and more honors in the NBA, his future rivals are bound to increase, and the injured Suns have that potential
Zheng Ke purely sees the behavior of Suns fans as being afraid of him, just like every time he hears other people's boos in the away stadium, he sees other people's fear, fear, anger and other emotions, he will have a special feeling in his heart, a sense of accomplishment that ordinary people can hardly imagine.
This idea is very perverted, but it can give Zheng Ke more motivation.
In the game against the Suns on the night of the 11th, the Timberwolves won the opponent in three quarters. Zheng Ke was not inside, but he grabbed 15 rebounds and played 31 minutes. scored 31 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists such perverted statistics, and single-handedly broke the Suns.
The Timberwolves easily won their 75th game, and the clock is about to enter the final two days of the regular season.
The NBA has a lot of games scheduled on the final day of the regular season. With the exception of the Nuggets and Kings, who have played 82 games, the rest of the teams will end the regular season after today. And half of them will finish the season after today.
For teams that have completely disqualified from the playoffs, this game means little. For teams that have already confirmed their playoff standings, this game is also of little significance. The significance of this game is only important enough for teams with playoff hopes, or teams that determine the final playoff standings.
Of course, for a team like the Timberwolves who make history every step of the way, this game is just as interesting.
Especially after encountering the rocket, this game has become a game with the significance of "Chinese Derby", which has excited many Chinese fans.
The question is. The Rockets don't want to fight the Timberwolves.
The Rockets have locked up the sixth spot in the West, and winning or losing one game doesn't really mean much to them. Adelman's top priority was how to get the Rockets past the first round and break through the sniping of the defending champion Lakers.
So in this case, Yao Ming and other main players played a pitiful time, and several people played less than two quarters on the court. It's like going through the motions.
On the Timberwolves' side, Thibodeau saw that the Rockets knew each other like this, so he naturally smiled knowingly and put Zheng Ke and the other main forces to rest.
The fans are not happy, and they bought tickets at a great price, and they will let me see these if you take them? They clamoured in the second half of the third quarter, and the cries of "change Zheng Ke, change Zheng Ke" were endless.
Thibodeau was unmoved. Look at the nose and mouth and look at the heart, pretending not to hear.
The game ended in such a strange rhythm, Lowry and other substitutes got a lot of opportunities, Zheng Ke only played 19 minutes, and the score just reached 20 points, which was very efficient. But it almost allowed Thibodeau to break the record of scoring 20 points in every game this season.
So far, the Timberwolves have become the creator of the best record in NBA history with a record of 76 wins and 6 losses. The streamers fluttered, and Zheng Ke hugged the rocket players one by one when he got off the court.
"Come on, Da Yao, the big sharks have been. Afraid of a small shark? Zheng Ke and Yao Ming said.
"Hey, with you timberwolves so perverted, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, haha." Yao Ming patted Zheng Ke on the shoulder and laughed loudly, with a thick and unique Shanghai accent, which made Zheng Ke listen to it with great difficulty.
"Don't say that, anything is possible!"
When two humble Chinese come together, dialogue is to compliment each other, and even though Zheng Ke and Yao Ming have been living in Laomei for several years, this culture in their bones still affects their words and actions
The 10-11 regular season has come to an end, and the top eight spots in the East and West have been decided.
The East is led by the Bulls, whose 60-22 record would normally be enough to make them the league's hegemon, but now they can only settle for second place in the league. This was followed by the Miami Big Three's 57-win record, with the Celtics 56-win, Magic 51-win, Hawks 43-win, Knicks 41-win, 76ers 39-win, and Pacers 37-win.
The Timberwolves' exaggerated record of 76-6 in the West is proud of the league, and 24 teams in the league were swept by the Timberwolves in the regular season, and the invincible capital was killed from the West Coast to the East Coast. This was followed by 59 wins for the Spurs, 56 wins for the Lakers, 55 wins for the Mavericks, 54 wins for the Thunder, 52 wins for the Rockets, 48 wins for the Hornets, and 46 wins for the Grizzlies.
Almost at the end of the game, the system task prompt that Zheng Ke hadn't heard for a long time finally sounded again.
"Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden task of building the best team in the league.
Mission Completion Description: The host built the Minnesota Timberwolves into the best team in NBA history over the course of four years. The hosts went 76-6 in the 10-11 season, breaking the 72-10 record achieved by the Chicago Bulls in the 95-96 season.
Mission Rating: S
Rewards: 50,000 GS points, basketball god Jordan's left elbow wrist brace (S level: 30% increase in shooting stability), open career achievement system. ”
"Pit Daddy" Zheng Ke wailed, this time he fought so hard, except for this super rich GS points, the other two looked like pit people. Jordan's left wrist guard, but he already has Iverson's left arm guard, it is impossible for him to wear an arm guard and then wear a wrist guard, whether it has any effect or not, the ugliness of the picture alone has made Zheng Ke unimaginable. And the second open career achievement system, Zheng Ke took a closer look, it was just a series of career milestones he lit.
For example, if the career score breaks through the 1000-point mark, the achievement system will automatically light up the "1000-point warrior" icon, for example, if the career rebounds exceed 20 in a single game, the achievement system will automatically light up the "rebounding monster" icon. Most of this icon has not been lit up yet, but in the opinion of the pragmatist Zheng Ke, it does not increase the ability value and has no special effect, which is simply chicken ribs.
However, after he transferred the rich GS points he got to his personal attributes, the comprehensive score finally made a breakthrough.
99 near shots, 99 mid shots, 99 long shots, 99 layups, 99 slam dunks, 99 dunk on the spot, 99 free throws, 99 dribbles, 99 ball guards, 80 catches, 80 offensive rebounds, 95 passes, 99 strength, 99 stamina, 95 interceptions, 95 blocks, 95 ball defenses, 80 defensive rebounds, speed, 99, agility 90, bounce 99, staying power 99, offensive rating 99, defense rating 97, rebound rating 85, overall rating 99.
The rating of 99 is already the strongest rating in NBA history, and before that, only Jordan had reached such a height, and now Zheng Ke has also walked into this door.
Zheng Ke originally had the title of invincible in today's NBA, but now he has taken a small step forward and has truly become synonymous with invincibility.
As the curtain of the playoffs gradually opened, the league also began to put the playoff promotional videos produced early in the morning on major media TVs.
One of the factors in the commercialization success of the NBA is the importance of this advertising effect, and the NBA's vision is more far-reaching, placed in Asia, Europe, and the world's markets, and the slogan shouted is mostly "basketball without borders" Such moving words, these 16 regular season highlights of the MV with dynamic songs, instantly detonated the blood of fans.
The Timberwolves' playoff opponent is the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies' main big man Rudy Gay is currently injured, but they are the six teams that were not swept by the Timberwolves in the regular season. In other words, they have a track record of beating the Timberwolves this season, which has given Grizzlies fans a lot of illusions.
"Why can't you do it? We're strong too," Grizzlies fans thought.
And the Timberwolves fans laughed at the Grizzlies fans' fantasy, being lucky enough to beat the Timberwolves in the regular season does not prove anything, when the Tigers are napping, the Timberwolves just jumped a not too strong opponent to end their fatigue of continuous winning streaks, like the Lakers, Spurs, Bulls, Heat, these strong teams were all swept.
In a few days to go, fans of both teams automatically started an encouraging war of words on the online forum.
Zheng Ke, who had just reached 99 ability, was in the spring breeze, and media reporters interviewed him at the end of afternoon training to ask him for his views on the playoffs.
Zheng Ke replied categorically without thinking: "Of course it's the championship, we have only one goal, and that is the championship."