The next day, the media wrote about the Timberwolves' victory in the first game.

Most of the media still sang praises for Zheng Ke, and Zheng Ke, who scored 35 points in the game, became the most consistent firepower point of the Timberwolves, far surpassing James, who only scored 19 points. Zheng Ke's solid performance in the third quarter was also regarded as the key to the Timberwolves' victory in this game, and Zheng Ke had the absolute upper hand in the first round of the two.

If the Timberwolves win the championship this year, there will be another group of people on the team whose historical status will rise significantly.

For example, Billups, who once won the Finals MVP, has won two championships in his career as an absolute mainstay, and if he wins another one this year, he will reach the point of three championships, and it is almost a sure thing to become a Hall of Fame player after retiring in the future. He is not young, and he has repeatedly expressed his willingness to stay with the Timberwolves for the rest of his life, and Zheng Ke also responded to this, saying that he is willing to continue to work with him at the end of Billups' career and strive to win a few more championships.

The hard power of the Heat on the surface is not inferior to that of the Timberwolves, before the Timberwolves were able to sweep the league in the regular season, the media praised the Timberwolves for running in very well, and the Heat, composed of the Big Three, is considered to be a team that can compete with the Bulls Iron Triangle once it passes the run-in period. Unexpectedly, it was beaten into a sieve by the Timberwolves in the first game, but the rebounds that were worried before the game were not much worse than the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves and Heat represent two types of team operations.

In order to quickly form a big three, the Heat sent away the team's potential players, strong players and a batch of draft picks. And eat the garbage contracts of other teams. The Timberwolves have built a team with both offense and defense step by step by cultivating newcomers, although the team has Zheng Ke as the core. But he doesn't rely on Zheng Ke, when Zheng Ke is trapped, there will always be a group of people who come out.

It is difficult to distinguish between the good and the bad, the former is like a fierce medicine, and the latter takes more time to accumulate.

On June 2, the two sides fought for the victory of the second match.

Still the Timberwolves' home target center, the Heat are aiming to return to Miami with at least one game win. And what the Timberwolves think is that after 2-0, a casual win on the Heat's away road is a match point.

Spoelstra changed the Heat's starting lineup, with Chris Bosh at No. 5 and Haslem at No. 4. Haslem is not tall though. But he has a lot of fighting spirit, a fierce scramble, and has an excellent mid-range jumper, which belongs to the kind of player like Gibson. The Heat put him in the starting lineup. In fact, it was a helpless move. Joel Anthony grabbed a total of 3 rebounds in the last game, which was maddening.

The Heat took the lead, and James changed the decline of the last game and made consecutive jump shots at the beginning. Then he burst to Haslem, who hit a jumper and made a layup that caused Zheng to block a foul. In less than 5 minutes, James scored 8 points to help the Heat lead the Timberwolves 12-4.

Caught in passivity, the Timberwolves ask for a timeout. Thibodeau wants to regain control of the pace of the game with a timeout.

Haslem has excellent strength and is uncomfortable with Lefou. It is said that he is not tall, but when he stands with Lefou, it is not much different. Zheng Ke stepped up his individual offense after returning from a timeout, and after taking advantage of Lefou's block, he stunned Haslem with two consecutive back-to-back dribbles, and then hit a low-handed layup.

The Heat had an excellent hand today, Bibi blossomed on the outside, got Wade to hit a three-pointer, Wade hit a difficult step-back jumper from mid-range, and Bosh made a jumper in the paint area, and the Heat led by 11 points at most. After the second half of the game, the Timberwolves launched a counterattack, Billups stepped back and made a jumper, and Jordan Jr. got Zheng Kekong's pass and completed a dunk above Bosh's head, and the Timberwolves trailed by 7 points 22-29 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves sent Lowry and Pekovic, and the Heat replaced the bench with Simos.

Zheng Ke was rested at this time, and Lefu led the team on the field. It was Lowry who was in possession and called for the team to run. The Timberwolves mostly broke through with air cuts, Lowry forced Chanmos to miss the inside shot, and then Pekovic grabbed the rebound in the front court, hit the board under the basket, and won the second offense.

On the Heat side, Wade is still leading the team on the court, and Wade, who is 11 years old, is still full of offensive power and is in very good physical condition. Afflalo on the Timberwolves' side came off the court, and the veteran McMiller, who was replaced, couldn't keep up with the pace at all, and after Wade passed easily, he strode to the middle and hit a jumper.

Lefu plus Pekovic, the basket is already squeezed into a heap. Although Pekovic's bounce is average, he has very strong rebounding control, and he is not much worse than Lefou. The backcourt rebounds under the protection of the two are basically as stable as Mount Tai. And from time to time, the two will grab a step forward to rebound, only the basket is they get the ball, and the shooting rate is extremely high.

After three minutes of play, the difference did not mean to be close, and Thibodeau replaced Zheng Ke again.

Zheng Ke hit a mid-range jumper on the court, then broke through to cause James to foul, turned and slipped past James after serving, grabbed the basketball with one hand, made a layup with a big railing, and dodged Bosh defense in the air to hit a difficult goal. This is a juggling goal, and if the finals can complete such a goal, Zheng Ke dares to do so. The audience responded with warm applause, and the morale of the Timberwolves was greatly boosted. At halftime, the Timberwolves trailed by four points, 47-51.

James and Wade both performed well in the first half, James had the meaning of a little emperor in this game, and Zheng Ke's confrontation was on par, and the level of scoring after several breakthroughs was also extremely high, and he played his ten successes. And Wade is even more incredible, with three blocks in the first half, two of which were given to Lefou, which is also the key to the Heat's morale not losing to the Timberwolves.

In the second half, the main players of the two teams fought on the field, and the game was more anxious.

After four minutes of tug-of-war, James hit a three-pointer from outside the line to score the first three-pointer of the second half for the Heat. The Heat led the Timberwolves by five points 57-52. Then Zheng Ke singled James with his back and made a backward jumper, bringing his personal score to the 20th point in the game. The third quarter was mediocre for both teams, and after that, the two teams continued to play iron, and as their stamina decreased, the superstar's efficiency began to decrease.

The Heat's outside shot is not inferior to the Timberwolves in terms of strength. Spoelstra's eyes lit up, as if he had found the direction of the future development of this Heat team!

That's right, it's the three-pointer from the outside. James and Wade of the Heat are both ball-handling masters, and their breakthrough ability is among the top in the league, and the Heat only need to be paired with a group of reliable three-point shooters, which is enough to enter the ranks of the most terrifying teams. Playing defensive counterattacks like this year, although it can also reach the Finals, but the power of sports warfare is not obvious, and once the outside line is out of sight like the last game, the Heat will become very passive.

With 30 seconds left before the end of the quarter, Zheng Ke blocked James' outside jumper, and then hit a layup of his own to chase the score to 69-72.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Timberwolves played more patiently. Although the team is two or three points behind, it is not worth worrying about in front of the Timberwolves, who have a terrifying scoring explosion, and the players are more concerned about how to maintain a correct rhythm. Love shot a three-pointer from the outside to tie the score for the Timberwolves.

Bosh was brave in the fourth quarter, grabbing two frontcourt rebounds in front of Love and hitting two mid-range shots in the positional battle. He seems to be telling people with his performance that the Heat are actually the Big Three, not the Gemini. Zheng Ke did not rest in the second half, played very hard in the fourth quarter, and rushed into the interior many times to make kills, and the more critical the game, the clearer his thinking became.

Until the final two minutes, the two teams were still inseparable, with the Timberwolves leading by just one point at 90-89, and the Heat called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Heat opened up space and left James at the top of the arc to control the ball, and Zheng Ke and James formed a heads-up state again. The Heat arranged double cover for James, but James couldn't shake off the kraft-like Zheng Ke. Wade went to the low post and James passed the ball to Wade in the low post.

Wade singled Afflalo in the low post, turned around to the middle after two hits, and then raised the basketball hook with one hand, a bit like the one his former teammate Marion used to use.

Basketball hit, the Heat 91-90 ahead of the Timberwolves by one point.

The Timberwolves fell to the ground to attack, and Billups organized and commanded the ball. After Zheng Ke ran a few tactics, he didn't have too good opportunities, and he held the ball outside the three-point line and confronted James. The Heat were sandwiched, Zheng Ke shared the ball with Billups, Billups shared the ball in the bottom corner of Afflalo, Afflaro missed a jumper, and the rebound was grabbed by Love.

Bosh just rushed to grab the frontcourt rebounds in a row, but now the key rebounds were snatched away by Love, and the head of the Heat coach on the sidelines was smoking.

The Timberwolves weren't in a hurry to attack, and after a while on the outside, Billups beckoned everyone to open up space. Zheng Ke walked to the low post to ask for the ball, Billups dropped the ball in, and Zheng Ke got the basketball. The Heat still chose to resolutely wrap up, Zheng Ke was more resolute in distributing the ball, and sent it to Lefu who withdrew from the three-point line, and Lefu jumped for three points.

This time, 94-90, the Timberwolves led by 4 points, and the pressure was all on the Heat, and the time was only left for the Heat to take a timeout.

Then James missed a jumper, and the Timberwolves ran out of 24 seconds, leaving time to play more and more unfavorable to the Heat.

The Heat served quickly on the sideline, and Wade assisted James for a layup, and the Heat trailed by two points at 92-94. The Timberwolves had to spend that final time to win, and the Heat had to choose foul tactics. The foul was committed on Zheng Ke, who ranked first in the league in free throw shooting percentage.

Two free throws and two hits, 96-92.

Then James missed an outside three-point jumper, the rebound was taken by Love, and the Heat fouled Love. Love only hit 1 of 2 free throws on the free throw line, but the Heat also looked powerless, Wade's three-point shot still missed, Bosh grabbed the rebound in the front court and pointed it to the outside of Qian Moss, there were only 4.5 seconds left, and Qian Moss actually hit a three-point shot, 97-95!

Theoretically, the Heat, who did not foul, still had the possibility of a lore, but after Zheng Ke hit two free throws again, the Heat completely turned the tables and lost the game 95-99. (To be continued......) u