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Why does Zhuang Fei say that he has an advantage in the schedule? Because for the Timberwolves, in the next 10 games, there are not many hard-hitting games, and even if there are those two hard-hitting games, it is beneficial to the Timberwolves in the arrangement of the schedule.

After the victory over the Mavericks on April 15, the Timberwolves watched the Trail Blazers challenge the Spurs in Minnesota, the Spurs won by 81-80 at home, this is a very classic defensive battle, the shooting rate on both sides did not exceed 40%, and in the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers, who were once 53-63 in the first three quarters, launched a crazy counterattack in the fourth quarter with the depth of the lineup, and almost overturned the Spurs, but in the end the Spurs still held on, It also put the Trail Blazers on a two-game losing streak, bringing their season to 11, which also put them almost out of contention for the top two spots in the West.

On April 18th, the Timberwolves who had rested for three days welcomed the Jazz at home, the Jazz played the Lakers away on April 17th, there was no suspense, Malone and Stockton stunned the Lakers again, but after a long journey from Los Angeles across the entire continental United States to the Timberwolves, the Jazz still failed to hold on to the victory, Malone only scored 14 points in this game, Stockton also had 7 points and 8 assists, and the Timberwolves won 97-76 at home by 21 points.

"We lost this game, we have a problem with the fitness of our players, but what can we do, this is not the end of the world, we are still the same record as the Spurs, we still only lose 8 games this season, don't forget, this game won our Timberwolves is still one game away from us, they have lost 9 games" After the game, Jazz head coach Sloan was very impatient with reporters' questions, these reporters were asking him when the Timberwolves would be able to surpass them, but his heart was not as optimistic as he said, Because on April 20th, the Jazz will face the Spurs who are the first in the West at home, this game is destined to have only one winner, and it is also destined to be the first in the West.

"Coach Sloan is right, they and the Spurs are still the two strongest teams in the West, I am now looking forward to the game on April 20th, I can't wait to see who is the strongest, I think you will feel the same as me" Zhuang Fei did not forget to remind the media after Sloan finished speaking, just after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, Sloan began to be besieged by the media again about the Spurs. Zhuang Fei is not afraid of big things when he sees the excitement, and now the Timberwolves are a fisherman.

That's the Timberwolves' advantage in the schedule, the Timberwolves' devil's schedule has been almost all gone through before, and the Trail Blazers, Jazz and Spurs, these three teams are not completely over. As long as there is no accident, Zhuang Fei is confident that he can squeeze out one of the Spurs or the Jazz, and maybe even both.

While the Timberwolves defeated the Jazz at home on April 18, the Spurs also struggled to beat the Rockets 86-83 at home, and the Spurs won two games in a row, both of which were close defeats.

On April 20, the focus and eyes of the whole league were on Salt Lake City, where the Spurs and Jazz, the first in the West, will compete with each other, whoever wins, who will be the first in the West, but the process of this world-renowned game is not fierce enough, it can be said that it is one-sided, the Jazz who are fighting at home have no style of the home team at all, since the first quarter, the Spurs have been leading, in the face of the Spurs Twin Towers, Malone has also lost his calmness when facing O'Neal, Duncan is 15 of 24 in this game, With a shooting percentage of 62.5 percent, seven blocks and five fouls on Malone's back, Duncan was able to win the battle for who is the league's number one forward. Although Malone's performance was not bad with 8 of 14, 23 points, 11 rebounds and 1 block, it was a bit insufficient to be made by Duncan with 5 turnovers and 5 fouls. In this game, the Spurs consolidated the first position in the West, and also kicked the Jazz to the Timberwolves, who are now second in the West with 9 losses, and now the competition has just begun.

But before the Timberwolves could exert their strength, the Jazz lost again, on April 21, the Timberwolves, who had rested for 3 days again, easily defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 119-105 away, while the Jazz who were back-to-back again lost to the Phoenix Suns 82-91 on the road, and the Suns also became the giant killer of this season, after defeating the Jazz, the Suns also raised their ranking to 8th position, and touched the threshold of the playoffs again, and the Suns became a giant killer in April this season, Both the Spurs and the Jazz fell under their feet. And it's the same as the victory over the Spurs, Kidd suppressed Stockton, veteran Manning suppressed Postman Malone, and former Clippers leader Manning was in a hot state in the second half of the season, especially when it comes to strong conversations, there will always be amazing plays.

"Finally second in the West" D'Antoni and the Timberwolves players got this message while they were showering in the locker room, and they all shouted with cheer, which made the Timberwolves' locker room a mess, with towels and xx swaying everywhere. It's so unsightly.

However, Zhuang Fei didn't care, it can be said that the Timberwolves players finally breathed a sigh of relief, the top two in the West are really too difficult, and the Jazz are finally underestimated.

"After this game, I hope you can all grasp the hard-won opportunities, the next six games are not difficult for our opponents, and the schedule of three home and three away games is also good, are you confident that you can maintain this advantage." Zhuang Fei said with a smile to all the Timberwolves players.

In such an atmosphere, the Timberwolves players patted their chests and assured Zhuang Fei.

"Coach, don't worry, we won't lose one of the next six games, maybe the Spurs will take a nap, and we can still win the Western Conference regular season championship this season."

"Yes, second in the west is too low, our goal is to be first in the west"

Looking at this group of young people, Zhuang Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head, he was really ashamed.

However, in the next game, the Timberwolves' players did not slack off in the slightest, and they are also fulfilling their own promise, that is, the goal is to be the first in the West, it can be said that as a catch-up identity, the Timberwolves have performed very well this season, this season's Timberwolves have been catching up, never falling behind, starting to catch up with the Trail Blazers, and finally the Trail Blazers fell behind, and then catching up with the Jazz, and now the Jazz are about to collapse, and the final target of this group of young people is aimed at the Spurs.

On April 23, the Timberwolves defeated the Kings 105-97 on the road, the Spurs beat the Mavericks 103-76, and the Trail Blazers lost 85-96 to the Jazz, which left the top four seats in the West basically lined.

On April 25, the Timberwolves defeated the Rockets 108-104 and the Spurs defeated the Lakers 108-81, ending the last strong opponent of the season.

On April 27, the Jazz lost again, away to the Seattle SuperSonics, which also almost announced that the Timberwolves secured the second spot in the West.

On April 28, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 97-92 at home, on April 30, the Timberwolves defeated the Warriors 90-80 at home, and on May 1, the back-to-back Timberwolves defeated the Clippers 103-93 at home, and the Spurs also defeated the Trail Blazers 98-90 at home, which also announced that the Spurs have locked the first place in the West.

"Well, we've done well, it's not our reason, and we didn't get the first place in the West this season, it doesn't mean that we won't have a chance in the future," Zhuang Fei said comfortingly, this season's Spurs are indeed strong.

On May 5th, the Timberwolves who rested for four days faced the Phoenix Suns with an all-main lineup, this game is the last game between the two teams, the current Suns, Grizzlies have the same record, 24-25, and the Kings are 25-24, the last Grizzlies host the King, and the Suns are away to meet the Timberwolves who have locked the second in the West, although Zhuang Fei did not receive a call from Carter, but he also consciously wanted to help Carter, and finally fought with the main force, The Timberwolves, who had a four-day break, defeated the Suns 120-100 on the road, while the Grizzlies defeated the Kings on the road to lock up the last playoff ticket and finish eighth in the West to advance to the playoffs, which was also the first time that a Canadian team entered the playoffs.

50 games 41-9, this is the Timberwolves' record this season, second only to the 42-8 Spurs, ranked second in the West and second in the league, the first Miami Heat in the East is only 33-17, the Jazz in third in the West is 39-11, the Trail Blazers in fourth in the West is 35-15, and the four teams in the top four in the West collectively occupy the top four in the league, and any of these four teams will have a home-court advantage in the Finals.

"It's not easy" Zhuang Fei, who finished the last regular season game, sighed, this year's season is really too difficult.