After the Raptors who almost withdrew from the playoff competition in advance, the Timberwolves returned to their home court again, and the Timberwolves have played a lot of home games in recent times, which also provides excellent conditions for the Timberwolves to find their form and even ensure their regular season lead, just like the Timberwolves at the beginning of this season, the Timberwolves' schedule at the beginning of the season is also very comfortable, which is why the Timberwolves have been able to bite the Lakers at the beginning of the season, but now the situation in the entire NBA is a little different from the beginning of the season, Almost every team that has a chance to make the playoffs is increasing their horsepower by 120% right now, and now is the time to fight for a playoff spot and a name, so now for the Timberwolves their opponents are definitely not comparable to the beginning of the season. net

This is not Zhuang Fei's first NBA season, Zhuang Fei can't say that he has no experience in the NBA sprint, last season the Timberwolves were led by Zhuang Fei in the playoffs in the sprint stage all the way from fourth to second, and even almost pressed the Spurs to become the first, and even dragged down the aging Jazz on the way to the sprint, but last season was a very special season after all, and many teams were not fully prepared, and many teams found themselves weak in the sprint stage, completely unable to rush, The Timberwolves are the opposite, Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves are extremely well prepared, which also gives the Timberwolves an advantage in the sprint, which is why the Timberwolves almost won the championship last season, but some experts do not buy the Timberwolves' results, because the Timberwolves' results are not determined by their strength.

So, in a sense. This season is the first time Zhuang Fei has encountered the NBA's brutal sprint battle, looking back at history or looking back on his previous life, Zhuang Fei knows that many teams will be dragged down in the end, but for the current Timberwolves, they can be completely assured, after all, the team's current 49-5 record allows them to enter the playoffs with peace of mind. Although the Timberwolves have no problem entering the playoffs or entering the playoffs with a good ranking, Zhuang Fei will certainly not be satisfied with such results. Zhuang Fei's goal this season is to become the first in the league, and if you want to become the first in the league, Zhuang Fei must compete with the Lakers, and now the Lakers are also 49-5. The Lakers lost another game yesterday after losing to the Hornets on the road, losing 98-103 at home to the Spurs. This also made the Lakers lose their first position in the league, and now the Lakers also have problems, plus the previous Timberwolves, and now the successive weakness of the top two in the West has also made the media nervous for a while, after all, before this, the Timberwolves and Lakers were with the mission of breaking the Bulls' single-season 72 wins record in the 1995-1996 season, but from the current point of view, it is difficult to complete such a mission according to the current state of the Timberwolves and Lakers.

"Maybe we should have waited a little longer for this record, it's only been four years now, and maybe it's not been buried long enough for this miraculous record. But I think all the teams in the league should be working hard right now, your chance is here, the two teams that were invincible in the first half of the season have gone wrong, this is your chance, and no one knows when they will return to normal. But definitely not now"

As soon as these media were spoken, the top two in the West lost again, and this time both lost, the Timberwolves returned to their home court to face their old rival San Antonio Spurs, in fact, the current state of the Timberwolves is definitely not as bad as the media described, the Timberwolves are in normal condition. The loss of this game is not because the Timberwolves are in bad shape, but because the Spurs are in too good shape, at the beginning of this game, the Spurs gave the Timberwolves a dismount, Duncan's current style of play is not the kind of strong offensive characteristics at the beginning, but this game Duncan started with force, which was completely unexpected by the Timberwolves, this is just a regular season, although the opponent is an old enemy and the defeat is strong, but the Timberwolves cannot have too much preparation, in fact, Duncan is not this game in advance recently, This is the case in many games in the front, this is Vicky's strategy, now Vicky does not dare to retain the state or retain the strength of the late striker, now the Spurs' ranking is almost to a precarious situation, now the Western Conference except for the Timberwolves and Lakers at the top of the leaderboard is unbeatable, the teams ranked 3 to 7 have extremely close records, take the third-ranked Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers are now 40-15, and the fourth Jazz is 39-15, the fifth Grizzlies and the sixth Spurs plus the seventh-place Suns, All three teams have a 38-17 record, and even the eighth-placed SuperSonics and ninth-ranked Kings both have a 34-22 record. …,

Now all the teams in the West know that the Lakers and Timberwolves are too strong, and it is estimated that it will be a tragedy to meet these two teams in advance in the playoffs, so now almost all the teams that can compete for the playoff seats are catching up with the top four, and the top four and the bottom four are completely incomparable, but the problem is that there are too many teams that can compete for the top four in the West now, in addition to the Lakers and Timberwolves, there are 7 teams, so now Vicky still dares to adjust the state of the team, and it is very likely that a bad one will not even enter the playoffs, This is no joke, last season's championship has made many people say that if you can't even make the playoffs this season, it will be really joyful.

This is also the reason why Zhuang Fei became passive in this game and the Timberwolves lost, after the Spurs took the initiative in the first quarter of this game, they attacked until the end of the half, and it was not until the second half that Zhuang Fei rearranged his tactics in the locker room, and the Timberwolves eased up, but when Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves desperately chased back the score, they found that the Spurs' tenacity was beyond imagination, and Duncan's pillar role was perfectly reflected in the fourth quarter, but in this game he still taught Garnett, who is currently ranked first in the MVP list, Duncan only scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, plus 16 points in the first quarter, Duncan scored 45 points and 20 rebounds in this game, while Garnett on the other side was 22 points and 12 rebounds.

Duncan rarely performs like this in the regular season, as the Spurs rarely use Duncan in this way. Duncan has also been very quiet and conservative in the regular season, but the last few games have completely changed. It can also be seen that the competition in the West is too fierce, Duncan in the regular season is already a little insufficient, and the Spurs also need him to show the form of the playoffs.

The same fate as the Timberwolves was the Lakers, who lost at home to the Grizzlies led by former Wake Forest player Ash Carter, in a game where the Grizzlies also played like crazy and are the third in the MVP list this season. Carter's performance against the Lakers is a plus for his MVP, and the last time he met the Timberwolves, Carter defeated the Timberwolves. This time in Los Angeles, the Grizzlies won again against the Lakers, and the final score was 106-103. The Grizzlies only won by three points, while Carter scored 35 points and nine assists by himself, making the Grizzlies the third team to beat the Timberwolves and Lakers this season after the Trail Blazers and Spurs.

The Timberwolves and Lakers both lost, but the content of these two games is not the same, the Timberwolves have always been chasing points, and the loss is not unjust, after all, the Spurs are indeed much more prepared than them, and the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies, the Lakers were a little wronged in this game, and the Lakers have always been in the lead in this game. Even led by 10 points at halftime, it can be said that the Lakers would have no problem under normal circumstances, but the Lakers, who had led all the way, suddenly became unable to play when they were caught up by the Grizzlies in the fourth quarter, and the team played very chaotic in the final moments

, the triangle offense, which has always been regarded by Phil Jackson as the foundation of the team's standing, has not been played at all. This allowed the Lakers to be overtaken by the Grizzlies in the final moments, and Bryant missed three points in the final attack and failed to tie the score.

The loss was the Lakers' third loss since the All-Star season this season, and the way it lost was pretty much the same, with the lead at the front and the end overtaken, and both of them not playing when it mattered. After the All-Star Game, the Lakers lost three of the four games with a score difference of less than 5 points, and a big reason for this situation is that the Lakers simply can't put the ball in O'Neal's hands at a critical time, take this game as an example, O'Neal shot 12 times in the first half and scored 22 points, and the Lakers also led by 10 points, but in the second half O'Neal only shot 6 times, and only shot four times in the most important fourth quarter, which is also the biggest reason why the Lakers were backwatered, O'Neal couldn't get the ball, Then the Lakers are not playing a triangle offense at all, which is also the reason for their tactical confusion at critical moments, as the boss O'Neal can't get the ball, so where is the ball? Kobe Bryant scored 34 points in this game, the highest on the Lakers' court, Kobe Bryant scored 14 points in the first half, 20 points in the second half, and Bryant scored 8 points on 3-of-10 shooting in the fourth quarter in the face of Artest's defense. …,

This is the problem that has occurred recently for the Lakers, when the game is tense, the team's tactical execution on the court has problems, if the big score is ahead, it's fine, but when it comes to this kind of fatality, Kobe Bryant will not let go of the ball now, in the past, the Lakers' first point of attack at this time was always O'Neal, and now O'Neal has become the second point.

So after this game, as a teammate of the Western All-Star team, Carter found that the first center's face was very unhappy when he was hugging O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant on the other side was the same.

Now Phil Jackson is very difficult, originally he has established a good balance between Kobe and O'Neal, this balance can allow the Lakers to play the most powerful, but also let his triangle offense be effectively executed, but now because of Zhuang Fei's intervention, he must find a balance again, but now it has reached the playoff sprint, this time to change some of the team's playing style and tactics, such difficulty and pain relief can be imagined, in Phil Jackson's heart all this is the Chinese harm, If it weren't for that Chinese to stir things up, the Lakers would have been on the dust long ago, how could they be forced to such a point by a small grizzly bear. And what makes Phil Jackson most uncomfortable is that the two games he has suffered in a recent losing streak have been against a team led by former Wake Forest players, and such defeats are definitely the most unacceptable for him.

The same loss, different content, it can be said that Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves look better now, their team has any problems with tactics, and the state has also returned to normal, so losing to the Spurs at home is just an accident, the Timberwolves can get back on track soon, and the Lakers are in trouble now, Phil Jackson is now facing almost the problem of the team's tactical reconstruction, it can be said that now the Timberwolves have taken a great initiative in the competition for the first place in the league, as long as it continues like this, If nothing else, the Timberwolves will be the first in the West this year, and as for whether they can break the Bulls' 72-10 record, it depends on luck, no team in the NBA can guarantee no accidents, and there is no guarantee that they can beat any team, otherwise the Bulls would not have lost ten games that year. Fortunately, Zhuang Fei is now very open to this kind of thing, and he doesn't pursue this kind of thing too much, if Zhuang Fei really pursues it, it may not be able to be completed, but for Zhuang Fei, the most important thing is this year's championship, the Timberwolves don't need to be crazy in the regular season, and it will be difficult to do when the playoffs are sluggish.

Compared with the tense playoff situation in the West, the East looks slightly better, the West is now the first group except for the Lakers and Timberwolves, and the rest is a mess, and the East now looks like a clear hierarchy, the Pacers have the third record in the league so far, and the East is firmly first, much higher than the second and third Heat Knicks, it can be said that the Pacers are the first group, and the Heat Knicks are the second group, and then the Hornets, the 76ers, are the third group, in the end Pistons, Bucks, The Magic is a playoff team, the Celtics ranked ninth in the East and the Magic in eighth place are separated by 5 wins, it can be said that the Eastern Conference playoff teams are very stable now, unless the next game, the Celtics with Maddy can go all the way. However, as a team that has just traded its boss, the possibility of such a situation is almost zero, and it will definitely take time for the Celtics team to run in.

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