Although the Hornets were squeezed out of the top eight in the West, their strength is still recognized, at least in the eyes of many people, the Hornets are still a difficult team.

The Timberwolves slaughtered the Hornets by 29 points away from home, which was really a big surprise.

Chauncey completed the great feat of 8-of-9 three-pointers on Paul's head this time, and in the eyes of many, the low-key grassroots MVP is influencing the team in his way, and the Timberwolves are getting stronger and stronger, beating the Rockets, Slaughtering the Hornets, eight straight wins, and this team in sixth place in the West is only half a win away from the Trail Blazers in fifth place in the West!

Sports Illustrated, which used Zheng Ke's eight-pack abs as its cover, is undoubtedly huge, with 3 million subscribers and 23 million adult readers every week. This used Zheng Ke's picture as a cover, which is equivalent to doing a lot of publicity for Zheng Ke within the scope of Shijie, and even the NBA All-Star Game votes with Zheng Ke have skyrocketed for a period of time.

Zheng Ke struck while the iron was hot, pulled all the players of the Timberwolves, and made a simple canvassing video, mainly for the majority of Chinese fans. In this video, Zheng Ke's purpose is to help Billups canvass votes, and on the training ground, he faces the camera and speaks a non-standard Mandarin to greet the Chinese fans:

"Hello everyone, I'm Zheng Ke. Well, the All-Star voting has been going on for a while, and it's everyone's love that I'm able to spot in the top five in the West right now. Today, I made this video to promote my big brother, Chauncey Billups. In the last game against the Hornets. Chauncey made eight three-pointers, so I think everyone should be familiar with Chauncey's strength, he is an underrated basketball player. The Timberwolves have made such a huge improvement this season, and he has played the biggest role, and I hope everyone can vote for him. ”

Then, Zheng Ke found the other players of the Timberwolves, and Lefu was the most active, and he couldn't wait to jump out:

"Harrow, a fan in China. I'm Kevin Love, and I love you guys. Chauncey is a top-notch defender and conductor on the basketball court. I hope the fans and friends can vote for him, of course, you can vote for me by the way. "He didn't forget to advertise himself, you know. As the Timberwolves' "Big Three." "Love was also selected for the All-Star waiting list.

Zheng Ke Zuihou found Billups, who was training muscles in the Liliang training room, and under his explanation, Billups readily agreed to Zheng Ke's camera, and he couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart, Zheng Ke's actions really moved him.

"Hello Harrow, I'm Chauncey Billups "Flounder" and I'm a member of the Timberwolves team. I haven't been to China. But I have been yearning for Chinese culture for a long time, yes. I love everything about China, you look at my arm. Billups raised his arm and pointed it at the camera.

There is a tattoo with the word "stable" on it.

"It's a word for stability, and I tell myself to stay calm all the time, and on the basketball court, I hope I can be the most consistent player forever, so at the same time, I also hope that people will like me and vote for me. ”

Zheng Ke told Billups that "big heart" means always calm and calm, and that three words are too long, and Zuihou chose the word "stable" as a paraphrase for "big heart".

After this video was transmitted to China, the number of hits skyrocketed instantly, and the number of Billups' All-Star votes also skyrocketed, ranking fourth in the West after Kobe, Maddy, and Paul among the guards in the West. Zheng Ke's appeal can be seen, and he is now a well-deserved and hottest star in China.

After that, the Timberwolves take on the Clippers on the road on Wednesday.

The Clippers had a poor record, and suffered a large number of injuries, Chris Carman, Zach Randolph, Marcus Camby, Byron Davis are all recovering from injuries, and the main force that can play is only Eric Gordon.

In desperation, even "Little Jordan" DeAndre Jordan, who played an average of 14 minutes per game, became the team's starter.

The Timberwolves pulled away in the first quarter, leading by 10 points at 26-16 and looked like they were going into the rhythm of garbage time.

However, in the second quarter, the Clippers relied on the bench Novak's consecutive three-pointers and immediately recovered the score, and the Timberwolves only led by 5 points into the second half, which made the Clippers very excited, and from the single quarter, they even won the Timberwolves by 5 points. Thinking about it this way, the momentum of the Clippers is right, and the fighting spirit is rekindled.

The two teams played a tie in the third quarter!

There are no weak teams in the NBA, and teams like the Clippers have this talent, they are all soldiers, and they play very well without the main force, Zheng Ke admires it in his heart.

In the past half of the fourth quarter, the score difference between the two teams is still about 5 points, Jordan Jr. got consecutive opportunities to pull the score closer to 3 points, the Clippers were unwilling to lose the game, and were still struggling to catch up, Zuihou juncture, the Clippers failed to achieve a turnaround with foul tactics, and finally lost 86-94. Zheng Ke finished with 21 points and five rebounds.

The Timberwolves extended their winning streak to nine, but alas, the Trail Blazers also won, and the Timberwolves are still in sixth place in the West.

On Saturday, the Timberwolves continue their road trip against the Utah Jazz.

Love was blown out by Millsap, who replaced Boozer with 28 points and 15 rebounds, Deron played well, with 17 points and 13 assists, and Oku with 22 points and seven rebounds.

The Timberwolves started slowly, scoring only 2 points from free throws in the first three minutes, and were hit by the Jazz with a wave of 12-2 overwhelming offense, and the new Utah trio performed eye-catching in this wave of offense, Williams contributed 2 points and 3 assists, Oku scored 5 points, and Millsap had a 2+1 layup.

Whitman called a timeout and returned to Forest, where Billups hit a three-pointer, Zheng hit two consecutive shots, and Afflalo hit a three-pointer. However, the Jazz's offense is still sharp, and the Timberwolves have a sense of powerlessness, Myers and Millsap each staged a violent dunk in the second half of the quarter, and the Jazz have always pressed the Timberwolves in momentum.

At the end of the first quarter, the Jazz led 32-25.

The Timberwolves' turnaround came in the second quarter, when Randy Foye's bench team exploded, the bench bandits hit four three-pointers in just three minutes, Randy Foye contributed two, Channingfrye and Lowry each contributed one, and the Jazz were suspended.

Under this wave of offense, the Timberwolves gradually regained their momentum on the court, and Zheng Ke, as the "big brother", took the lead in applauding off the court and applauding his teammates' outstanding performances.

After a half-quarter timeout, the starters came on one after another, Zheng Ke chased down Delong's layup, and after coming back, he completed a one-stop layup, giving the Timberwolves the lead over the Jazz for the first time in this game. After that, Oku hit a three-pointer from the outside, and Love also hit a shot, and the two teams entered a tug-of-war. At halftime, the Timberwolves instead led by two points at 57-55.

In the second half, the Jazz took the lead in launching an 11-6 offensive, Millsap was like no one, and the scoring methods were dazzling, he turned around and hooked his hands, turned to the basket, and shot in the middle of the shot, he simply turned into a superstar, and Lefou's limelight was completely covered by him, and for a while Lefu was disgraced and ugly.

After the Jazz re-established the lead, they seemed to be a little careless and made some mistakes, which were immediately seized by Zheng Ke and led the soldiers to play a wave of 11-2 counterattacks, which suddenly stretched the score difference to 6 points. Zuihou played a two-minute bench matchup, and the Timberwolves took the advantage and led 87-79 into the fourth quarter.

In the Zuihou quarter, the Jazz, Oku took the lead and hit a long shot, and then Korver also shot from the outside, hitting a three-pointer, instantly closing the score to only 2 points. Whitman called a timeout, and after the timeout came back, Foye hit a three-pointer from the outside, and he had already scored 15 points in this game! For the next three minutes, the Jazz fell into a scoring drought, scoring just one point from Millsap's free throw, and Zheng helped the Timberwolves extend their lead to nine points. The situation suddenly became very unfavorable for the Jazz, and Sloan replaced all the starters and fought to the death.

Zheng Ke took over the game at a critical moment, he made two consecutive inward cuts to make kills, helping the Timberwolves to stay in a safe position, Zuihou 1 minute, the Timberwolves still led by 10 points, and the Jazz replaced all the main players and announced their surrender. So far, the Timberwolves have won 10 in a row of wins.

The Timberwolves have rekindled Minnesotans' enthusiasm for the game of basketball, and it is only one game away from the longest winning streak in team history of 11 consecutive wins, which is a sacred thing in the eyes of many media and newspapers, and if Zheng can lead the team to break the 11-game winning streak, he will be able to completely shake off the mark left by Garnett and become the real ruler of Minnesota. (To be continued......)