After the game, the media all talked about the Timberwolves' defense.

I couldn't see how good the Timberwolves' outside defense was during the regular season, but now it seems that the outside defense team composed of Zheng Ke, Billups and Afflalo is almost the strongest defensive team in the NBA today. All three of them started by relying on defense, and they are all players with very strong defensive concentration on the field, whether it is single defense, assistance defense or supplementary defense, the three of them have a very high level of fire.

After entering the playoffs, the Timberwolves have relied more on Zheng Ke in terms of offense, but it does not mean that Zheng Ke's defensive ability has declined, in fact, Zheng Ke has maintained a strong fighting spirit whenever and wherever he wants. Defending is deep in his bones, and he likes to make opponents feel suffocated by defending strongly.

In the first game of the matchup with the Magic, the Timberwolves' defense can be called oppressive, especially against the Magic's outside shooters.

The Timberwolves beat the Magic by a big beat, and everyone felt that the Timberwolves were about to win the championship. Adidas can't wait to launch the "ZK III" sneaker.

Zheng Ke launched three generations of sneakers in a year, and the update speed was frighteningly fast. The sneaker contract he signed with Adi now looks a little scary. $500,000 for All-Star Game selection, $500,000 for All-Second Team selection, $500,000 for All-Defensive Team selection, and $100,000 for Playoff Selection. $200,000 to enter the second round, $500,000 to advance to the division finals, and $1 million to enter the finals. That's a total of $3.3 million!

This is not counting the 1.5 million bonus if he gets the MVP of the finals, if he counts that, Zheng Ke will earn 20.8 million US dollars in sneaker endorsements this year, and according to the current money-making speed of Kongcheng Entertainment, he can't earn it back in a year.

But Adidas is happy to pay, and they definitely earn it. As the two giants of the sneaker industry, seizing the Asian market is the one thing they want to do now. Zheng's emergence has already overtaken Nike in sales in Asia, especially in China.

"The rapid rise in Zheng Ke's commercial value is staggering." The CEO of Adidas looked at the report in his hand and shook his head and said. The thing he regrets the most now is why he didn't sign Zheng Ke for a few more years. Five years is really too short, and now a year has passed, and the 25-year-old Zheng Ke is still in his prime, when the time comes. Who knows what will happen to the road? The only thing that is certain is. Nemesis, the nemesis, will definitely snatch Zheng Ke with a heavy hand, and this is not the first time they have done this kind of thing.

Not only China, Zheng Ke's No. 17 Timberwolves jersey is almost out of stock in the world, and he was just a beautiful face, but under the halo of superstar, he has been called "one of the most handsome men in the NBA".

If Yao Ming made Chinese begin to accept the sport of basketball, then Zheng Ke really pushed basketball to the top in China. Countless teenagers are starting to get out of their dorms and off the internet. Walking into the basketball court, imitating Zheng Ke's shooting posture. imitated all of Zheng Ke's technical movements, and some people even imitated Zheng Ke's tone of speech.

In the small city where Zheng Ke was at the beginning, he has become a city promotion ambassador, and now even Zheng's father and Zheng mother will be greeted by people they don't know when they walk on the road, and some people even ask the second elder for Zheng Ke's signature.

Outside are building momentum for Zheng Ke and singing praises for Zheng Ke. Zheng Ke himself is sober-minded, the next morning after the game, Whitman gathered all the members of the Timberwolves and warned the young players of the Timberwolves not to take it lightly, not to have a mentality of underestimating the enemy, the Magic team can enter the finals, and the strength is definitely more than that.

In any case, the Magic team is a team with the ability to compete for a championship, and the Timberwolves are only winning back the home-court advantage so far.

"Why didn't Taylor come with you?" The elusive Schwartz cheekily ran over to rub breakfast, he took a piece of cake from Zheng Ke's table, and asked vaguely.

Zheng Ke rolled his eyes: "Taylor went to prepare for her solo concert, where did you come from?" ”

"Oh no, dear Zheng, I didn't come out of nowhere, I came here to cheer you on, okay? How's that, isn't there a sense of surprise? ”

Zheng Ke: ""

Schwertz said to himself: "The breakfast in this hotel is really rich, tsk, this cake is good, very delicious." ”

The green tendons on Zheng Ke's forehead throbbed.

Schwertz observed his words, laughed dryly, then took out a few contracts from his pocket, patted them on his hand, and handed them to Zheng Ke: "Well, they are all contracts that have been clamoring to sign with you recently, you can take a look at it, if you can, then sign it." ”

After Zheng Ke took it, he read it carefully.

Schwartz said: "I have studied it carefully, they are all endorsements that do not take up much of your time, I know that you don't like too many business activities, so the commercial contracts of these contracts are relatively few, you see." ”

Zheng Ke flipped through for a while, it was some food endorsements and clothing endorsements, and then "Boom" signed his name. These endorsements can only be regarded as small endorsements for him today, and the annual endorsement fee is only one million to two million US dollars, which is not as much as the reward given to him by Adi.

After Schwertz collected the contract, he took Zheng Ke's glass of milk with him, leaving Zheng Ke with a dashing back: "Enjoy the game, my rich man." I'm going to take care of some other things first, and I'll be there tomorrow night to cheer you on, Champion! ”

Zheng Ke watched him leave in a hurry, and suddenly laughed out loud: "Funny guy." ”

"What's interesting?" Billups came over with a plate, saw Zheng Ke suddenly laugh, asked suspiciously, and then followed Zheng Ke's gaze to look ahead, but saw nothing.

"Over there." Zheng Ke was speechless and pointed in one direction.

"Oh, it's Jeff, what's wrong?" When Billups saw Schuwats, who was talking to Lefou, he still didn't understand a little, and asked weakly.

"It's nothing, I just think Mrs. Jay is very good, how about it, do you want me to introduce him to you, your agent Andy Miller, I don't think so?" Zheng Ke took a sip of milk and said with a smile.

"Forget it, I've been working with Andy for years, and the two of us are a good match." Billups shook his head and rejected Zheng's offer.

Schwartz and Lefu over there said something, and then left with a smile, snapping their fingers when they left, and said hello to Zheng Ke from afar, and the old man looked energetic. Schwartz is also Lefou's agent, and at the end of the draft, Schwertz found Lefou, and the two hit it off and achieved good things

The second game of the 08-09 season finals was still held in Orlando, and it was still the Amway Center Arena.

Orlando fans don't lose a game and lose faith in the team, nor do they lose a season to become fans of other teams. The fans are clearly more loyal than the superstars who have changed clubs repeatedly, and they will always be there to support them no matter what the outcome is.

"Neither team has tasted a championship, and no matter who wins or loses this series, they can make history for their respective teams, and that's one of the great things about this Finals." Before the game, Barkley said this about the series.

From an economic standpoint, the Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves are both big winners in this year's playoffs. They reached the finals and entered the highest stage, showing their talent and sweat to basketball fans all over the world, showing their ability and fighting spirit.

When Zheng Ke walked into the arena to train, the players of the Magic team had already walked into the arena, and they all looked solemn and solemn with grim faces. "It seems a little tricky." Zheng Ke said secretly in his heart, frowning slightly.

But then, his brow furrowed. The Timberwolves players are also fully prepared, and the Magic players just have a scary expression, and there is no reason to be afraid of them.

Immediately, the Timberwolves players silently began to warm up, and Zheng Ke took the lead and began to run in the arena, slowly moving his body (to be continued......