Zhuang Fei is a stubborn person, very stubborn, as long as he has his own decision, it is difficult for anyone to change, now the team owner Glenn Taylor has come to the team more and more times, and he has paid more and more attention to the team, Zhuang Fei of course understands what he means, but Zhuang Fei still chooses to ignore him, Zhuang Fei gave Wang Zhizhi a promise, Zhuang Fei will cultivate Wang Zhizhi according to his own ideas, he does not need anyone to interfere, and Zhuang Fei's decision has also been agreed by Wang Zhizhi, which is enough.

On February 1, the Timberwolves hosted the Kings, and Zhuang Fei once again bloodied Adelman's team in this game, and the King now has a new change, that is, Peja has been put on the lineup by Adelman, but even so, the King still can't win when he meets his nemesis, and this loss makes Adelman almost lose confidence in defeating Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves.

On February 2nd, the Timberwolves challenged the Washington Wizards back-to-back away, the Wizards' performance this season is still bad, since they decided to send Webber away and decided to rebuild, the team has now entered a long period of darkness, it turns out that trading Webber for Richmond is not a very wise choice, Richmond lost his luster after leaving the Kings, plus he is really old, his performance in the Wizards is very average, plus the team's other core Juwan Howard, The performance of the first Mr. Billion in NBA history is also sorry for his value, which also makes the Wizards sink more and more, but when everyone thinks that the Timberwolves will easily beat the Wizards, they find that the truth is not at all, Richmond seems to be rejuvenated in this game, and Juwan Howard is also a change from the phenomenon of the Iron God, this game is very efficient, and the Timberwolves' long journey is indeed a bit tiring, which makes the Timberwolves very struggling in this game. The game fell behind from the beginning of the first quarter, and then it was not until the end of the fourth quarter that the Timberwolves seized the opportunity and overtook the score because of several mistakes by the Wizards. It's clear that the Wizards are doing a very bad job in this area, or maybe that's why they're now in the bottom three of the East. The final score of this game was 100-06, and the Timberwolves were scared out of a cold sweat.

Two days later, on February 4, the Timberwolves returned to their home court to face the Rockets, and the Timberwolves showed ups and downs again, although the game was won in the end, but it was questioned by many people after the game, and the Timberwolves have indeed fallen into a certain trough recently.

"I don't believe at all right now that this was the Timberwolves who were invincible in the first half of the season, and they look mediocre right now. They don't have the momentum to win everything, and they're still winning, but if they continue like this, defeat will come and I'd love to see how the Timberwolves face defeat."

'Any time any team has its ups and downs. The Timberwolves are doing well now, and the Lakers are still doing well? It doesn't matter, it's not important for the Timberwolves that the Lakers are good, the important thing is that only if Coach Z doesn't think that the Timberwolves have a problem, then the Timberwolves have no problems, it's that simple"

As some media and experts expected, the Timberwolves lost, losing back-to-back games against the Nuggets on Feb. 5, and Pierce was very energetic every time he faced the Nuggets. This time was no exception, but this time the result was not as perfect as Pierce had hoped, and his own performance could only be expressed in one word: iron, Pierce's hand was cold in this game, and the other Timberwolves players did not feel good, which made the Timberwolves lose to the Nuggets with a score of 97-105 in this game.

The Timberwolves lost. But the reporters found that Zhuang Fei didn't seem to be angry at all, he was still smiling at the press conference, and he was just complimenting the opponent for not saying anything about his team's affairs and problems, the Timberwolves lost this game and the record became 42-3, although they still ranked first in the West, but the number of wins was already the same as that of the Lakers. The Lakers haven't lost since losing to the Timberwolves, and unlike the Timberwolves in recent games, the Lakers have always won by big opponents and are in excellent form. In particular, their core guard Kobe Bryant seems to want to show the world what he is capable of, and for Kobe, losing to Nash in the All-Star vote is also a big stimulus, which makes him in a state of euphoria all the time. The current Lakers no longer have the status bonus of the dynasty system, but according to their strength, few teams can beat them even under normal conditions. …,

"This game will be a revenge battle for the Lakers, and the Timberwolves are in danger"

As if it was arranged by God, on February 9, the Timberwolves went to Los Angeles again to challenge the Lakers after a 3-day break, everyone was worried about the Timberwolves before this game, the Timberwolves have won the Lakers twice this season, and the Lakers will definitely teach the Timberwolves a lesson at home in this game, especially the grievances between the Timberwolves and Lakers players, O'Neal and Wang Zhizhi, Kobe and Nash, so Kobe's performance in this game is very positive, and the state is also very good, breakthrough, shooting, dunking, Almost showing all his offensive weapons to more than 20,000 fans at the scene, Zhuang Fei used Pierce defense and Jackson defense in this game, and finally used Bowen to defend, but in the end he found that no one could defend against Kobe, who was almost in a state of wind and demons. Zhuang Fei has checked Kobe's ability value, Kobe has been in the league for almost 4 years now, and Kobe's ability value was 89 when the two teams met for the first time this season, but before this game, Kobe's ability value had reached 90, which was the same as Pierce. Now the Lakers also have an A+ player and also have an A-level player, and the current Lakers are also the only team in the league to have a combination of A+ and A players, and last season's Spurs were also a combination of A and A+, which is obviously the standard configuration for championship teams, just like the previous Bulls and Rockets. Paired with a decent group of role players on top of this standard core setup, such a team can create a dynasty.

After this game, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson and happy, although he lost in the All-Star head coach race, but now he still defeated the Timberwolves to take the first place in the West again.

"There is no doubt that the Lakers are the best team in the league, whether it is our players or tactics, and now our results can prove it, we are the first in the West and the first in the league" Zhuang Fei looked at Phil Jackson, who had found confidence again, and rolled his eyes, this old boy was a lot more honest some time ago, but he didn't expect to start again after reaching the first place in the West.

"Mr. Phil. What do you think of this game against the Timberwolves, they were first in the West before this game and have already won against the Lakers twice"

"Timberwolves? They're second in the West right now, that's it, at least they're not as good as the Lakers now, as for the past? That's just the past," Phil Jackson said with a smile, as if he had crushed Zhuang Fei under him forever.

Phil Jackson's behavior of belittling the Timberwolves in front of Zhuang Fei made the reporters in the audience like it very much, but when these reporters observed Zhuang Fei's performance, they found that Zhuang Fei didn't care at all, what was it like at the beginning, and what it is now.

"Mr. Zhuang, what do you think of this game" The unwilling reporter began to shift the target from Phil Jackson to Zhuang Fei.

Zhuang Fei looked at a group of reporters with bright eyes in the stands and smiled, and then said softly: "We lost this game, Kobe's performance is amazing, he is always full of threats, he is the player I fear the most, I tried to use Paul, Stephen, and Bruce to defend him in this game, but in the end I was still powerless" Zhuang Fei also pretended to have a wry smile when he finally finished speaking, which made the reporters in the audience wonder for a while, is Kobe really so good? Coach Z rarely talks about the opposing team's players alone, but this time, Coach Z has praised Kobe Bryant twice.

"Mr. Zhuang, do you like Kobe Bryant?"

"That's right, I admire him, he's getting better every day, and he's getting stronger and stronger, maybe some people say that Shaq is the best player for the Lakers, but I want to tell everyone, Kobe is no worse than Shaq, if I had to choose, I would prefer Kobe to be my player, at their age, Kobe is the best, as good as Carter, in my opinion it can be a player like Michael, and his goal should be Michael, I think so at all times" As soon as Zhuang Fei's words came out, the reporters in the audience were in an uproar again, such an evaluation is already the ultimate for a young man who is only 22 years old, if Zhuang Fei just said that Kobe Bryant was the same as Carter last time, then this time Zhuang Fei is obviously saying that Kobe is more likely to replace Jordan's former position than Carter.

"Mr. Zhuang, are you kidding?" A reporter from Los Angeles asked

"Do you think I'm joking?" Zhuang Fei still smiled, while the Los Angeles reporter was a little silly.

Phil Jackson looked at Zhuang Fei on the side with some surprise, in fact, he himself is also very optimistic about Kobe, but Kobe Bryant definitely did not reach the level that Zhuang Fei said, maybe it is possible in the future, but it is definitely not now, what does Zhuang Fei mean by this? He didn't understand it very well, but it was an intuition that told him that Zhuang Fei definitely had a conspiracy.

What is Zhuang Fei's conspiracy? Phil Jackson couldn't guess, but Zhuang Fei was still in that team Kobe Bryant praised until the end of the press conference.

After leaving Los Angeles, Zhuang Fei led the team to face the Suns back-to-back away, the Timberwolves did not lose again in this game, the Suns Timberwolves in the face of Kidd and Hardaway performed very well, perhaps because of the All-Star that started soon, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 108-97 in this exciting game and ended their losing streak.

After the victory over the Suns, the Timberwolves did not return to Minnesota, but went directly to Oakland, California. That's where the All-Star Game took place. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )