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"Haha, coach, the Lakers lost again in their first game, it seems that the Grizzlies really hope to overturn them"

When Zhuang Fei arrived at the team's office from his home early in the morning of May 7, the team's assistant coach, Stephen Green, was already waiting for him in his office.

Recently, the assistant coach is very happy, the Timberwolves' victory in the first game allows the assistant coach to see a lot of problems, the Spurs are not the opponent of the Timberwolves now, so the assistant coach is quite concerned about the other Western Conference Finals in the West, the Lakers and Grizzlies game is the second day of the game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, and it was yesterday that Zhuang Fei also saw the Grizzlies' hearty victory on the road.

"It's hard to say now" Zhuang Fei smiled and sat in his place and then took out a report from the drawer of his desk, this is the scouting analysis report of the Timberwolves and the Spurs, this is completely for the first game of the two sides, since Zhuang Fei came to the Timberwolves, he has been asking the team's scouts to come up with a third-party scouting report for every game of the Timberwolves, the third party means that the scouts analyze the game from the perspective of a truly neutral fan, and this job was done by Green before, Originally, Zhuang Fei proposed this mission to train Green, but now it has been retained because of the good effect.

"Well, I know, the Lakers are just a light enemy, our biggest opponent this year is still the Lakers" Green also smiled and nodded, he still has this vision, although the Grizzlies won one away game but still do not have an advantage in strength. It is possible that the Lakers will be swept away at any time like the Suns in the first round.

"The Lakers and Grizzlies will still play very badly, there are no seven games that will definitely not be able to tell the winner, what we have to do now is to beat the Spurs as soon as possible, and then wait for the arrival of these two teams" Zhuang Fei lowered his head and looked at the scout analysis report in his hand and said cautiously, and Green also nodded secretly.

In fact, when the first game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs was over, many people knew that the Spurs were going to lose this year, the overall strength of the Timberwolves was stronger than the Spurs, and the advantage of the Spurs over the Timberwolves in the past was to have Duncan, the strongest point. But now it's good that Garnett of the Timberwolves can now completely compete with Duncan after winning the MVP in the regular season, so the emergence of such a situation naturally lets everyone know that the Timberwolves are comprehensively suppressing the Spurs this time. It's almost impossible for the Spurs to beat the Timberwolves in such a situation.

And the second game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs on May 7 is very much in line with everyone's predictions for the two teams, in this game the Timberwolves did not give the Spurs any chance, this is a full-court suppression. The Timberwolves led from the beginning to the end, and even dragged the game into garbage time with 4 minutes left, and the final score of this game was 116-102, the Timberwolves won by 14 points, and the best player in this game was still won by Garnett, the Timberwolves had six double-doubles in this game, but Garnett's 28 points and 20 rebounds were also particularly conspicuous, and he still did not fall into the disadvantage in the second game with the Spurs and Duncan, Although Duncan once again played a super double-double of 38 points and 19 rebounds in this game, the statistics are also much better than Garnett. But this is also because Duncan is the only offensive strong point for the Spurs, and the two have performed similarly in time.

In fact, Garnett has been a little soft in the face of strong opponents in all the playoffs before this year, whether it is against Malone or Fat or Duncan, even if he won the finals MVP last year and won the regular season MVP this year, many people are not too optimistic about Garnett's strength. There are also those who think that Garnett's ability to draw with Duncan in the last game is likely to be an accident, but after this game, I am afraid that no one will think that it is still an accident. Garnett has now officially become another top star in the league. …,

The Timberwolves now have an absolute advantage over the Spurs, but Vicky is not an easy head coach to give up, just when the Timberwolves thought they could easily beat the Spurs, the Spurs gave the Timberwolves a dismissal in the third game between the two sides on May 10.

The game on May 10 was played on the home court of the Spurs, and it was clear that the Timberwolves players were a little uncomfortable with this game, and the Spurs were the big enemies of the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves are like the Lakers against the Spurs, it is absolutely impossible to have a light enemy, but the Timberwolves players in this game are too tight, they want to defeat the Spurs at the beginning like the last game, and they want to swallow the Spurs in one bite, but it is clear that this game is different from the previous one, this is an away game, the most important thing to play on the road is to be stable, what is needed is to grind slowly with the opponent, but it is clear that the Timberwolves are not like this, This is what makes these Timberwolves players appear a large number of peripheral shots again in this game, even if Zhuang Fei's continuous timeout changes the playing style and mentality of these Timberwolves players, it has not been able to make the Timberwolves players' hand feel return to normal, the Timberwolves' 39% shooting rate in this game is also a new low in the playoffs this season, and it is not surprising that they finally lost 101-109 to the Spurs on the road, although the overall performance of the Timberwolves players in this game is not good, but Garnett's performance is remarkable, This inside line in this game in the interior offense is the biggest factor that the Timberwolves can always bite the score, this game Garnett is also the first time to overtake Duncan in statistics, this game Garnett's 40 points and 22 rebounds also made him the fifth player after Olajuwon, David Robinson, Barkley, O'Neal, Duncan after 1985 playoffs to score 40+20 data, but it is a pity that the Timberwolves finally lost.

The Timberwolves lost the first game of their road trip, and the Spurs finally tied the score to 1-2, but even so, not many people would think that the Spurs have any hope of coming back, and the Spurs can expect the Timberwolves to be in a low state, but the Timberwolves are definitely not in a continuous state slump.

On May 12th, the fourth game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs was also the second away game for the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves were also a little tight at the beginning of this game, but this tightness was different from the previous game, the last game of the Timberwolves was more dependent on the periphery to find the feel, and it was never able to get the feel back, but in this game although the Timberwolves fell behind in the first quarter, but after halftime they chased the score back, and after the third quarter, the Spurs also completely lost the dominance of the court, The Timberwolves quickly overtook the score and slowly began to pull points, until the end of the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves had once again stretched the difference to more than 10 points, and the final score of this game became 110-100, the Timberwolves won again, which also made the big score of the two teams 3-1, the Timberwolves have obtained the match point, and the matchup between Garnett and Duncan in this game is no longer the main theme of the game for the first time, In addition to the reason why the Timberwolves players didn't feel good at the beginning in the first quarter, Garnett took responsibility for the main quarter, and when the Timberwolves players got back on track, Garnett handed over the lead to Nash, and the Timberwolves also returned to the team's team mode instead of Garnett's individual mode.

In fact, Zhuang Fei planned to let Garnett end in individual mode all the time, but it was obvious that Garnett felt that it was not a happy thing for him to be above his teammates after three games, so in the end, this new super interior line was hidden again, and the Timberwolves' offense became more fluid, and this team model also made the Timberwolves have a greater advantage over the Spurs. After all, a gap like Pierce vs. Elliott is too big for Garnett vs. Duncan. …,

When the Timberwolves won the Spurs away, everyone had already begun to announce the Timberwolves in advance, and it was impossible for the Spurs to win the Timberwolves away from home, and the current Spurs also lost that momentum, the first four games have made all the Spurs players or coaches see the gap between the two sides, even the Vicky, who has always refused to admit defeat, told the media at the pre-game press conference before the start of the fifth game between the two sides that he has begun to prepare for this year's draft, Obviously, although the coach is a little joking, the helplessness in this discourse can also be clearly expressed.

On May 15th, the fifth game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs, the Timberwolves who were fighting at home played the smoothest offense in this series, which was also the first time in this round of the series that the Timberwolves had a team offense led by Nash, it was obvious that the Spurs wanted to resist but resisted in the third quarter and gave up completely, because the Spurs had fallen behind by 20 points at the end of the third quarter, which also made the entire fourth quarter garbage time, and at the end of the game, the Timberwolves also beat the Spurs by 25 points 126-101, In this game, the Timberwolves also scored double-doubles for all eight players on the team, and Garnett, who scored the most, only scored 18 points, and the best player of the game was awarded to Nash, the point guard who scored 10 points and 15 assists in this game.

So far, the Timberwolves eliminated their old rival Spurs with a score of 4-1 and reached the Western Conference Finals first, and their opponent is the winner of the battle between the Lakers and Grizzlies who are still in a stalemate.

The day after Zhuang Fei's home win over the Spurs, Zhuang Fei received a fax from the Celtics.

"Zhuang, this is a fax letter from Celtic head coach Piertino" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )