"What? Failed? ”

"Team, that's how things are, two people are stronger than the other." McHale held his cheek in one hand and his phone in the other, showing a helpless expression.

Sure enough, Glenn's roar came from the phone in the next second.

"Didn't you pat your chest and promise? What are you going to do with me? Are you trying to show the whole league a joke about our Timberwolves? I'm going to ask you right now, can we Timberwolves make it to the second round? ”

McHale was silent before replying, "I'm afraid it's going to be difficult."

"My day." Glenn let out a heart-rending wail, as if he saw countless pieces of money grow wings and slowly fly away from his eyes. You must know that every time you get close to a round, the income will increase exponentially! Last year, the Timberwolves won the championship, and his assets were reversed. "How can Zheng Ke say, he won't really have a bad feeling for the Timberwolves as the media says, right?" Glenn suddenly asked McHale nervously.

McHale was a little stunned, but immediately reacted and said, "No, there is no such thing. I talked to him for a long time, and he was ready to fight to the death. But you know, there is only one championship, 30 teams recruit every year, and only a very small number of people succeed in the end, just like us last year. As long as we keep this team, we will be championship contenders next year and beyond. “

Hearing McHale say this, Glenn suddenly exhaled a long breath, and he told McHale: "Kevin, this time has been hard for you. I know it. It's a bit unsympathetic for me to say this, but after all, the hope for the future of this team is still only on Zheng Ke, so. At the end of the season, Zheng Ke must stay. Ahem As for Randy, as for the new head coach, I think you should be able to look for it, and I'm going to listen to you on that. “

Sure enough, McHale thought to himself, as he expected, the board would definitely go after Whitman. "It's all early. But the boss. You know, even though we were 2-0 down, we lost two games in a row at home. But competitiveness remains. I believe in the professionalism of those people, they think that they will give 120% of their effort and go on the next competition, so the final result is still undecided, everything is possible. "Yo-heh. Adidas' promotional slogans were all taken out and used. Why don't you say "no brothers, no basketball"? “

McHale: ""

McHale was right that the Timberwolves' work ethic is strong. Whether it's Zheng Ke or Whitman, they at least show that Shang has returned to normal training. Against the Spurs, the two are indispensable, and the Timberwolves are not without the power to fight, and the difficulty now is that the Spurs are not so stressed in their hearts. It's home court advantage again, compared to the Timberwolves on the edge of the cliff. They are more at ease.

Every day, there will be a dense crowd of reporters at the entrance of the target center, which surrounds the Timberwolves players, and only relies on the security guard led by Uncle Henry, the security guard at the door, to barely block a narrow passage for the Timberwolves players, and the Timberwolves players are harassed while training.

Popovich's words during the interview were a bombshell that detonated directly in the center of the target. He didn't kill two birds with one stone, but caused a series of chain reactions.

Almost at the same speed as the runaway, the Timberwolves players left the city of Minneapolis.

Unexpectedly, when they came to San Antonio, they were still greeted by a crazy group of reporters, and their harassment was far more terrifying than the beating of gongs and drums by extreme fans.

On the evening of the 23rd, the Timberwolves led by Zheng Ke visited the Spurs AT Center.

One recuperates and unites, while the other is trapped internally and externally and is in a desperate situation. This is a battle that no one can afford to lose, and the Timberwolves have proven many times how tenacious they are, and winning this game will make them burst out even more terrifying. The Spurs players knew this very well in their hearts, so they had the same serious expressions and did not say that they couldn't help but be happy because of the two consecutive wins on the road. "We're on the edge of a cliff, we're losing, and we're really going to have to go fishing this season!" Seeing that Zheng Ke had no intention of speaking, Billups volunteered, clapping his hands and loudly boosting the morale of the players.

Popovich's knowledge that the Timberwolves are sure to explode with amazing energy in this game is a basic common-sense judgment. The Timberwolves are down 2-0 like a team that fell behind by a big score in the first half, and this third game is like the third quarter of the game, and this quarter is the only chance to equalize. If nothing is done in this section, then the last quarter will become garbage time, just like after falling behind 0-3, the flame of hope is basically extinguished.

So he arranged a strict arrangement, and even made certain lineup adjustments. "Actually, Ginobili starts?" Zheng Ke glanced at the Spurs' on-court lineup, a little surprised by Popovich's boldness, and dared to put Parker directly on the bench, what was he going to do?

Zheng Ke didn't know that this is not the first time that Popovich has put on this formation. Ginobili, George Hill's starting backcourt is not weaker than the combination of Parker and Gambos, in order to be able to maximize the offensive efficiency, Parker's playing time has actually decreased to a certain extent this season, in addition to his own injury reasons, George Hill's excellent play is also an extremely key factor.

Jefferson is like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, obviously he was almost killed by Zheng Ke in the last game, but this time he was alive again, and he came over with a dead face, holding his knees and his buttocks, and stood beside Zheng Ke. "Why, haven't fired that damn coach yet? I'm you, and I've already slapped it with an ear scraper. "Hmph." Zheng Ke turned his head and snorted softly, not believing Jefferson's big mouth at all, he saw Jefferson's gushing appearance, and immediately sneered: "Do you dare to fan Popovich?" If there's a kind, you'll go. “

Jefferson wasn't annoyed, shook his shiny head, and laughed: "Ha, I'm close to Greg, do you think we're all the same as you?" “

Zheng Ke scolded this fool in his heart, seeing that Duncan and Pekovic had already started to jump the ball, taking advantage of the referee's inattention, he secretly pushed Jefferson, and then pounced on McDyes like a leopard.

Sure enough, Duncan jumped to win the basketball, and the basketball flew majestically towards McDyce, and the old man stretched out his hands to take the basketball

Suddenly, a dark shadow burst out from the corner of McDyce's eye. "I'll rub it."

The old man was experienced, reacted in an instant, and accelerated the speed of arm extension, a pair of black palms like ink, and a yellow-skinned palm pressed on the basketball at the same time. "Hey!"

A smile crossed Zheng Ke's face, and his fingers tapped the basketball, changing the direction of the force, and the basketball flew over McDyes's head.

The spectators opened their mouths wide as they watched the basketball that had just fallen and once again soared into the sky.

Zheng Ke was extremely fast on the ground, and with a bend of his knee, he actually bypassed McDyce in an instant to chase the basketball in the air. It's like a ball in a football game, and Zheng Ke's flashing imagination is amazing.

Height, arm length, speed, and strong strength.

In this kind of pure physical fight, Zheng Ke completely crushed the Spurs generals. George Hill watched as Zheng jumped up in front of him, grabbed the basketball, and then slammed into him with a flying speed.

It's like a heavy tank, and in the face of such a behemoth, George Hill is inevitably a little flustered, and his calves can't help but tremble.

But the moment of contact, Zheng Ke's movements were extremely light, he pulled the ball with his right hand, used his left foot as the axis, and used his inappropriate flexibility to turn and wipe past George Hill.

In the hinterland of the spurs, Zheng Ke easily killed it, got up in three steps, and completed a two-handed buckle with a flat head frame.

Light and swift, savage and violent.

How have AT centers ever seen such a performance? has been watching the troika defeat the opponent in the simplest way of basketball, how have you ever seen a swing man like Zheng Ke who does not play according to the routine? The framing at that moment was really amazing, and the hearts of the fans couldn't help but beat half a beat slowly.

Then there was naturally a lot of boos, but Zheng Ke shook his head from side to side, with a flat face.

Zheng Ke is a person who has seen big storms and waves, and he can survive no matter how big the situation is. In Portland, in Staples, the fans there are more "enthusiastic" than the fans in the AT Center, and he is even known as the big devil in Portland, which is actually the number one villain.

George Hill's face was a little ugly, on the stage of the playoffs, he got a rare opportunity to start, but he didn't expect to be turned around by Zheng Ke and cleaned up.

He controlled the basketball and pushed through half court.

After half-time, flank Ginobili picked up Hill's pass. Blocking, running, covering, and simple tactical coordination are the sharpest offensive weapons when combined. Hill began to slide to the bottom left corner at the top of the arc, and Jefferson ran to the top of the arc to receive Ginobili's ball.

A Spurs cover in the paint area, and Duncan came out to ask for the ball in a deep position.

Jefferson passed the ball, and at this point Gibson squeezed out the space for the pick-and-roll, barely bending his arm behind Duncan, but he didn't dare to push him hard.

Duncan, who won the basketball in this position, is no different from sending points directly. His usual turn hook hand, the basketball was thrown to the basket, Gibson was powerless at all, and could only watch the basketball obediently enter the frame.

That's the strength of a top-tier insider. It is said that when O'Neal was young, when he wanted to get the ball in this position, he basically turned around and dunked, and he didn't even bother to use the hook hand.

2-2, the third leg of the Spurs and Timberwolves, the first leg of the opening round.

Draw! (To be continued......)