This year's NBA opener is on November 2nd, the first to play is last year's Eastern Conference Final Four 76ers and the league champion Spurs, compared to strength, the 76ers are naturally not the opponent of the Spurs, but the 76ers and the Spurs' two leading players have performed extremely well in this big battle, both teams are defense-oriented teams, but the leaders of the two teams in this game have played a big score, Iverson scored 44 points in this game with 35 shots and 15, although the shooting rate is not very high, But in the face of a team like the Spurs, it is not easy to score more than 40 points with one hit, and it can be seen that the league's new superstar wants to compare himself with Carter last season, Carter didn't face the Spurs in five consecutive playoff games last season and cut a score of 40+, and now he also wants to try, and he also succeeded, and Duncan on the other side did not flinch in the face of Iverson's challenge, 30 points, 20 rebounds and 7 assists and 6 blocks, Four of the six blocks were for Iverson, and the final score of the game was 97-85, the Spurs won at home, and all the Spurs players wore championship rings in this game, but the Spurs still had a big change this season, and last season in the seventh game of the Western Conference finals with a toe three-point three-point shot against the Timberwolves Small forward Elliott was diagnosed with glomerulosclerosis, so now he is undergoing a kidney transplant and will miss all games this season, This is definitely a huge blow to the Spurs, Elliott's quality is undoubted, he and Avery Johnson are the strongest outside combination of the Spurs, and now without Elliott the Spurs are likely to become a team that cannot be balanced inside and outside. Naturally, competitiveness will also be greatly reduced.

On the other side of the Kings, they haven't changed much this season, they played very well last season, the fans were very happy, Adelman was also quite satisfied, so the main personnel did not change much, but they brought in three-point maniac Nick Anderson from the Magic in the offseason. Nick Anderson, a former three-man Magician who helped Hardaway and O'Neal reach the Finals, averaged 15 points and six rebounds per game for the Magic last season. And more importantly, he was able to shoot an average of 2 three-pointers per game in the Magic last season, it can be said that Adelman took a fancy to his three-point shooting skills, and Zhuang Fei took advantage of the king's bad three-point weakness last season to sweep him out. So Adelman has always wanted to strengthen the team's three-point score, and after the current king eats Anderson, Adelman is confident that he can fight Zhuang Fei again.

Of course, in the face of the changes in the Kings, Zhuang Fei naturally can't be said to be afraid, in fact, this season on paper, almost every team in the West is strengthening, Zhuang Fei also thinks that his team is also much stronger than last season, especially the inside, last season Garnett alone blocked the King's outside inside. With the addition of a small Ao who is also excellent in defense and movement this season, it can be said that the Timberwolves are Princeton's nemesis, and the two big men with the best interior movement and defensive ability in the league are in the Timberwolves, so now the Timberwolves are not afraid of Princeton's passing tactics at all, and naturally they will not put the Kings' three points like last season. So it's hard to say whether the Kings will have as many three-point shots as last season in this game.

"I don't think the Kings are unfamiliar to everyone, they haven't changed much this season, so they're still not a defensive team, so offensively, we have to take all kinds of open opportunities, and the Kings have a terrible defense. They're going to give us a chance, what we need is to shoot the open shots, so the key to winning this game is defense, if we want to win, we can't let the Kings score more points than us, for their offense, I think everyone is very impressed"...,

"They have an offensive system that is no worse than ours, and after last season's run-in, they are going to be even more scary this season, so we have to be focused, we need to be very vigilant all the time, Jermaine, today is your first time, pay attention to Webb's high cut and McBibby's cut and back, they have a lot of offensive fluidity"

This is the Timberwolves' first regular season game, so Zhuang Fei sent O'Neal Jr., who has had a good run-in with the team, this is also the first time he has served since coming to the Timberwolves.

"Guys, this is our first game of the season, I hope you can give your best to start our new season, the Kings are very strong, but everyone remember, we can win this game, and we must win" With Zhuang Fei's last words in the locker room, the Timberwolves players' emotions also collectively excited

On November 5, 1999, the Arko Arena was now full of 20,000 spectators, and it was here that the Timberwolves eliminated the Kings last season.

"Rick, you have done a lot of things this summer, Anderson is what many teams are staring at" Zhuang Fei smiled before the game and shook hands with the future Rockets head coach and said, if Zhuang Fei remembers correctly, the Kings will take off after this season, and it is also the beginning of this season, Adelman is gradually completing the change of blood for the Kings.

"We won't lose this game again, do you dare to give us another three points now?" Adelman said proudly, Anderson's arrival made him more confident, plus he has lost Zhuang Fei 7 games in a row in the playoffs, last season's playoffs and regular season Timberwolves and Kings played a total of 7 games, the Kings all lost, and no team in the league can defeat the Kings like this. Adelman is absolutely confident that he will end such a humiliating record in this game, because in his opinion, the Timberwolves have not changed much in the summer, and the strength growth is limited, and the Kings are no longer the same Kings as they used to be.

"Hehe, you won't have so many three-point opportunities today" Zhuang Fei smiled again, of course he won't shrink into the restricted area in this game, now with Xiao Ao and Garnett, the Timberwolves' restricted area is almost a no-fly zone, he can now completely let the outside players go to the king to mark people one-on-one, this is the method that Zhuang Fei has studied to deal with Princeton.

"Hmph, let's see" Adelman said contemptuously and turned away angrily, Zhuang Fei's confidence made him angry, and also reminded him of Zhuang Fei's sentence last season, 'I'm already thinking about the next opponent', and he vowed to make this arrogant Chinese pay.

This is the first game of the season for the Timberwolves, and it is also an ABC national live game, the Timberwolves' performance last season was amazing, the style of play was beautiful, the results were excellent, the team also has several popular new stars, and there is also a most popular head coach in the United States, so this season, the Timberwolves' national live broadcast is still the league's top, more than the Lakers and Knicks, and under normal circumstances, a team's national live broadcast will not exceed 40% of the total number of games, that is, it will not exceed 34 games, But this season, the Timberwolves have 35 live broadcasts in the United States, while the Lakers Knicks, who are second and third, only have 31 games, and the Grizzlies who are fourth have only 30 games, and the rest except for the championship Spurs have more than 25 games, and the other teams have less than 20 live broadcasts, of which the Raptors have the least number of live broadcasts, they only have 1 game, and the whole league is only the only one. …,

"Good evening ABC TV viewers across the United States, I'm ABC live commentator Michaels, I'm happy to bring you the NBA Timberwolves and Kings opener live broadcast, now the list of both sides has come out, the Timberwolves center is Jermaine O'Neal, the big forward is Kevin Garnett, the small forward is Paul Pierce, the scoring guard Jackson, the playmaking guard is Nash, it is worth mentioning that the young center Jermaine O'Neal, who was traded this summer, won the position for the first time in the regular season for the Timberwolves, It's clear that Coach Z appreciates him, and last season's Rashad Lewis was sitting on the bench, the Kings center Divac, power forward Webb, small forward Chris Williams, scoring guard Anderson, playmaking guard McBibby, Anderson is also a new player to the Kings this year, and the three-point shooting is very good. ”

"Well, the game is on, and the Timberwolves win the jump ball"

After Nash received Garnett's jump ball, he advanced rapidly again, according to the requirements of running and bombing, this is when the Timberwolves accelerated, and it was obvious that the Kings were also very aware of the opening axe of the Timberwolves, McBiby has been watching Nash very closely, and after Nash received the ball, he forced Nash, but before McBibby forced up, the ball in Nash's hand had flown to the frontcourt, and at this time everyone in Arco Arena looked at the backcourt of the Kings, because at this time, Pierce, the first person in the Timberwolves' fast break, had not yet passed half the court, Nash's pass was obviously not for Pierce, just when everyone looked at the King's backcourt, a big man over 2.10 meters had already strode towards the King's basket, and Divac, who was in charge of guarding him, had long since forgotten where he was left behind.

"What is this? Fast-break from the center? Michaels, who was on the commentary bench, looked at O'Neill's rapid back and said in a trembling voice, this center must be running too fast.

And Adelman on the sidelines also looked at O'Neal Jr. with a surprised expression with his mouth wide open, and he asked the players to pay close attention to Nash and Pierce at the beginning, but he didn't care about the backup center from the Trail Blazers, but the Timberwolves took advantage of this and directly attacked quickly from the center.

"It's so fast, if he has good defensive awareness, this game could be hanging in the air again" Adelman now suddenly heard such a strange voice in his heart.

On the other side, Zhuang Fei looked at the court with a smile on his face, this time this cooperation was not arranged by him in advance, it was obviously negotiated by the Timberwolves players themselves. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )