Chapter 29: Spurs
After more than a dozen games in the regular season, the Timberwolves' performance of being good at upsets has also fallen into the eyes of many, and the Timberwolves now have the potential to be a killer of the league's strongest teams, having beaten the No. 1 Cavaliers in the East and the Mavericks, the dominant team in the West. Maybe the current Timberwolves lineup does have many flaws, but the temperament and fighting spirit shown by the young players of the Timberwolves have indeed made countless people look sideways.
But no matter what the outside world says about the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves' Texas journey continues, and after the victory over the Mavericks, the Timberwolves travel to San Antonio to face the defending champion Spurs back-to-back!
The Spurs are the team with the most titles to win the championship after the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Chicago Bulls. This summer, they swept the Cleveland Cavaliers led by James, the little emperor who entered the Finals for the first time, with the French sports car Parker winning the Finals MVP and becoming the first European Finals MVP in the NBA.
When it comes to Spurs, there is always one person who comes to mind, Tim Duncan! Duncan, nicknamed "Stone Buddha", since he entered the NBA, has steadily maintained a 20+10 output contribution every season, is the soul of the Spurs, the core of the team, the defensive pillar, he has won 4 championships for the Spurs, if you want to evaluate the number one forward in history, then Duncan's votes are estimated to be the most.
The Timberwolves just had a bloody game against the Mavericks, and Whitman didn't have much hope against the old Spurs, let alone the rest of the team. As soon as the game with the Mavericks ended, the whole Timberwolves seemed to be relieved, and Whitman knew that the team's momentum had fallen to the bottom, and it was basically impossible to defeat the stable Spurs.
So before this game, Whitman had reminded all players to protect themselves and not to care too much about the outcome of the game. Zheng Ke didn't want to admit defeat so simply, but he had no way to resist the head coach's arrangement, unless he didn't want to mix. This trip to the Southwest, the Mavericks, the Spurs, the Grizzlies, Whitman originally only thought that there was a chance to win the Grizzlies, but now he actually won the Mavericks first, so why bother with the Spurs again? Besides, it's hard to win.
Therefore, before the game, the American media and the Chinese media paid close attention to this game, and they very much wanted to see the Timberwolves repeat the miracle and be able to do a Western powerhouse again. As a result, as soon as the game began, they were disappointed.
The Timberwolves really didn't have the fighting spirit of the last game, and they were all in a state of exhaustion, and the Spurs waited for work, leading by seven points in the first quarter at 26-19.
That is, the Spurs are still less three-pointers, and if they meet the Suns, the Timberwolves are estimated to surrender in the first quarter.
Before this game, the Timberwolves team conducted a major physical examination, after the examination of the accompanying team doctor, Zheng Ke's state is the most exhausted, Zheng Ke's previous physical strength was not as good as those blacks, the last game against the Mavericks fought for 36 minutes, after the team doctor directly proposed to head coach Whitman to let Zheng Ke reduce playing time and reasonably distribute physical strength to avoid major injuries.
Whitman, of course, knew that Zheng Ke's physical strength was not good, and he was not ready to win this game, so it was logical to put Zheng Ke in the bench lineup.
In the second quarter, Zheng Ke played as a substitute point guard, and his task was to defend the "demon knife" Ginobili in the Spurs' troika!
The 30-year-old Ginobili is in his prime, and his body functions are in perfect condition, and this season in history, Ginobili won the Sixth Man of the Year with an average of 19.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 31 minutes per game. The basketball player from the football kingdom of Argentina seems to have mastered the most fancy offensive dance, and he is a left-handed player, and his unique style of European step layups makes his breakthrough full of weirdness.
It was in this situation that Zheng Ke encountered the "Demon Knife", perhaps infected by the Spurs' silent style, and Zheng Ke rarely spewed trash talk without coming up.
Zheng Ke already has excellent defensive ability and some defensive experience, but this is the first time he has encountered this type of player. Whenever Ginobili broke through, Zheng Ke stuck on it like everyone else, trying to put pressure on Ginobili's defense. But he easily bypassed Zheng like a nimble snake and hit a layup in a weird position.
Maybe with Zheng Ke's current agility, he can't defend against these players who are too flexible and good at changing the pace, but Zheng Ke also has his own method, that is, to make some small moves to delay Ginobili's change of direction, turn around, etc., but Zheng Ke hit the trick again.
Ginobili seemed to know Zheng Ke's small actions, whenever Zheng Ke quietly pulled the corner of his clothes, or secretly retreated from him, this guy was like being knocked over in a football game, and came to a standard diving sport, and there was a miserable cry in his mouth, just like an innocent little daughter-in-law who had been violated, the key is that the referee also ate this set, and he also cooperated to blow Zheng Ke's blocking foul a few times.
Zheng Ke played only 5 minutes and received 4 fouls, and his performance was quite poor.
The game was still lost to the experienced Spurs, the Timberwolves lost the game 81-90, not much to lose, but never to lead, this game in the words of the media, that is, the defending champion Spurs controlled the rhythm of the game.
There was nothing frustrating on the part of the players, perhaps they thought it was normal to lose to the defending champions, and even Zheng Ke had a rare thought in his mind, even though he knew it was wrong.
The outside media didn't have much to say about this game, at most it was a dull game to describe whether the game was exciting or not.
As for the fans who pay attention to Zheng Ke, the media didn't expect Zheng Ke to play so badly this time, he played 5 minutes and received 4 fouls, and then there was no data, the better media said that Zheng Ke as a rookie, his state will inevitably fluctuate, and the worse media directly criticized Zheng Ke for being beaten back to his original shape, listing a bunch of data to show that Zheng Ke only has the strength to play as a substitute, just a qualified second-round show. According to the comments of these media, a group of Zheng Kemi and Zheng Kehei who have just popped up on the Internet have a war of words, most of Zheng Mi are more rebellious teenagers, they naturally think that these media are farting, Zheng Ke definitely has the strength to play the main force, otherwise Whitman will risk losing and reuse Zheng Ke? They generally believe that Zheng Ke entered the NBA through the back door, and McHale, as the person who picked Zheng Ke, definitely put pressure on Whitman, Whitman succumbed to McHale's obscenity, and had to tearfully help Zheng Ke to the starter.
Zheng Ke naturally saw the comments of these media and fans, and what made him ashamed was that the media that criticized him all said that the idea was up, and in terms of the comments in the one-handed ball system, he is now only a qualified water cooler administrator, so he is very humble to see others discover their "true strength".
Regardless of the hustle and bustle of the outside world, the Timberwolves' Texas game tour is not over, after the Spurs, the Timberwolves came to Memphis to challenge the Grizzlies led by Gasol.
In this game, the Timberwolves don't want to lose again, because compared to the Mavericks Spurs, the Grizzlies are more like a weak team.
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