The first game between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets was lost very cleanly.

Local Minnesota fans were thrilled with the Timberwolves' win over the Nuggets. In today's game, Garnett, who has high hopes from Minnesotans, showed good competitive form.

He scored 25 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks in the game.

People who are used to the data of the small-ball era may not feel much about it, but in this day and age, it is quite a remarkable thing that an interior player like Garnett can get such data.

And on the court, Kevin Garnett also completely blew out the Nuggets' interior combination of Tony Barty and Dean Garnett.

Dean Garnett is a veteran, 208cm tall, 102KG in weight, registered as a center forward, and is now 31 years old.

He was a second-round pick in 1988 and couldn't play in the NBA after a year of haphasing with Dean Garnett in the '88-89 season.

It wasn't until the 96-97 season that this guy was tapped by the Timberwolves and reappeared on the NBA court, yes, the old club, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

With an annual salary of $250,000 from the Timberwolves, he averaged 10 points and 9 rebounds per game in the Timberwolves' bad season, and after arriving at the Nuggets, he successfully won a contract worth $1.8 million.

And Dean Garnett's love-hate relationship with the Timberwolves doesn't stop there, he played for the Nuggets in the 97-98 season, maintained a full attendance in the regular season, and also averaged 7.3 points and 7.9 boards per game.

Although the Nuggets went 11-71 that season.

But Dean Garnett is still playing a certain value.

After that, the Timberwolves traded this buddy back to the team, but when they returned to the Timberwolves, they were not stable starters. The average playing time per game has also dropped to 20 minutes.

The Nuggets' other interior liner, Tony Barty, is this year's rookie, with a lower pick than Martial Arts, and is the No. 6 pick in the first round.

Among the Nuggets, not only him, Danny Fortson, who plays the small forward position, is also a rookie this year, and he is the No. 10 repair, who was selected by the Bucks and then traded for the Nuggets.

In the warm-up game with the Timberwolves, the two rookies of the Nuggets were both substitutes and played for almost two quarters.

The 211cm tall center, Tony Barty and Garnett staggered for almost a quarter, and their performance was remarkable, scoring 5 points and 3 boards.

And Danny Fortson was a little less lucky, he first ran into Tom, relying on the fast break opportunity to cut 4 points, and then ran into the substitute martial arts, directly by the martial arts 0 blocks, and was forced by the martial arts to have 3 turnovers and 2 fouls.

Danny Fortson, who is 201cm tall, has a short range and it is too easy to defend such a player.

For the result of this game, the Timberwolves management is undoubtedly very satisfied, also this year's first-round pick, Wudao's performance is much better than the Nuggets' rookie performance.

The gap between rookies and rookies is not half a point, and the Timberwolves management has seen a strong dominance in the body of Wudao.

Even if it's just one game, you can already see a lot of things.

The Nuggets' coaching staff also noticed in the final quarter that the score was like eating and drinking.

There's no way, the yellow players on the pitch can't be eye-catching.

It's just that they are relieved that the excellent performance of martial arts is just because they nuggets surrendered their guns in advance.

It's just that this idea was quickly slapped in the face by Martial Dao.

After a day's rest, the second warm-up game between the Nuggets and the Timberwolves began.

After the Timberwolves' starting lineup led by five points at 21-16 in the first quarter, they replaced Tom and Marbury with Martial Arts and veteran Terry Burt.

When the Nuggets thought that after Tom and Marbury went off the court, their team would have a chance to chase points, but the Timberwolves directly blasted a 27-13 offensive wave in the second quarter.

The yellow-skinned first-year rookie of the Timberwolves burst inside and outside, scoring 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in a single quarter, directly dominating the game.

After Wu Dao came on the court, the defensive intensity of the Timberwolves also increased by half a notch, and the team's offensive rhythm was also greatly accelerated.

The Nuggets didn't react at all, just called a timeout and couldn't even make any useful adjustments, and the team was back on the court.

However, this pause and interruption still failed to interrupt the rhythm of the martial arts, and the Nuggets still couldn't resist the Timberwolves' mercury-like offense.

At the end of the second quarter, the Timberwolves gave the Nuggets an early verdict with a huge advantage of 48:29, a huge 19-point lead over the opponent.

This game, because it is the middle of the game, the team is at its most competitive.

Budo's performance immediately caught the attention of Minnesota's home fans. However, just when the fans wanted to see what else the rookie could perform, the Timberwolves pressed Wu Dao on the bench and hid it.

In the next two quarters, Marbury and Tom took turns to take over the ball and kill the game with a score of 87-71.

Philip Sanders staggered the playing time of Tom, Marbury and Garnett in the second and third quarters, and more often than not, Anthony Peeler and Sam Mitchell stayed on the court to play.

Therefore, although the Timberwolves won the game, they also saved enough face for the Nuggets.

In two consecutive games, the Timberwolves easily defeated the Nuggets, and such a hearty victory made the Timberwolves, who had been rotten for a season, feel a little unreal.

Although the Nuggets are the bottom team in the league, no matter how they are at the bottom, they are also NBA teams.

Garnett and others don't feel real, but Timberwolves head coach, Philip Sanders, feels very normal.

The reason why the Nuggets are weak to this extent is mainly because of the opponent's offensive arrows, Lafonso Ellis is not in very good shape.

In the 96-97 season, Lafonso Ellis, who is 203 tall and weighs 109kg, was able to contribute an excellent stat of 21 points and 7 rebounds per game.

It's just that Lafonso Ellis tore his Achilles tendon in April this year and has been recuperating until now, so he can only play games that are not very strong.

In the warm-up game with the Timberwolves, Lafonso Ellis basically played one or two quarters, and his competitive state declined very significantly compared to the 96-97 season.

Wu Dao also had a confrontation with Lafonso Ellis in the second quarter of the second game, and the opponent's strength was good, but the explosiveness and speed were not very good, and he was directly targeted by Wu Dao on the court.

It can only be said that injuries are too easy to destroy a player.

After two warm-up games, the Nuggets also left Minnesota and returned to Denver.

And after they left, the Timberwolves faced the Golden State Warriors at home.

It is different from the nuggets that are full of wounded and weak chickens.

The Warriors are one level higher than a team of the Timberwolves!

At this time, the star of the Warriors is the legendary Latriel Sprewell.

A total of 4 All-Stars in the future, a team in the NBA in '94, and a team of best defense.

Nicknamed the madman, he dared to lock his throat in training, and at the same time formed a superquantile of the three wolves in the Timberwolves in the future, along with Garnett and Sam Cassel.

The guy just scored a career-high 46 points against the Dallas Mavericks at the end of January.

At the end of March this year, Latril Sprewell got his first career "triple-double" against the Phoenix Suns, with 31 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists.

With a height of 196cm and a weight of 89kg, Ratriel Sprewell is a relatively standard and typical team core.

Speaking his name, perhaps some young fans are not very familiar.

But there is one phrase that young fans may not be unfamiliar with.

"There is no way to feed a family without 10 million."

Sprewell is the creator of this meme. At that time, he was dismissive of the three-year, 21 million contract offered by the Timberwolves, and said such things.

And then

Then he retired and pensioned

Wu Dao is actually quite familiar with the Golden State Warriors team, of course, he is familiar with the Warriors who captured a certain superstar who loves to drink bathwater.

He really doesn't know about the warriors of this era.

However, Ratriel Sprewell's name, Wu Dao still knows something, after all, this is also a "terrier king", even if he didn't know it at first, he heard a lot of jokes, and naturally he would understand it.

Today, Ratriel Sprewell is 27 years old and in his prime.

If you want to say martial arts, there is really no problem with Ratril Sprewell asking for a 1000 contract around 2000, of course, provided that the off-field factors of this buddy are put aside, and the value of the court is considered alone.

But at that point in time in 05, a 35-year-old veteran asked for such an expensive pension contract, and he was still a guy with a lot of shit, and if it was martial arts, he would also let the other party get out.

21 million for three years was already a price full of sincerity for Ratriel Sprewell at that time.

Speaking of fighting an opponent like the Jinzhou Warriors today, Wu Dao was still shallow excited.

He knows very well that the strength of the Warriors is not at all the same level as the Nuggets he has played against before.

Martial Arts still hopes to be able to show his value in front of stronger opponents.

Therefore, on this day, Wu Dao also expressed his desire to play a little longer to the team's coach Philip Saunders.

Of course, in the face of such an unreasonable request from Wu Dao, Philip Saunders of course decisively refused.

Just kidding, you're a newcomer, and you dare to make a request?!

If I answer you, how can I bring this team?!

It hasn't been long since Philip Sanders became the head coach of the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves have not played any results in his hands.

Saying that martial arts is too demanding is just a joke.

In fact, Philip Saunders has his own considerations, and his position as head coach is still unstable, and he has to consider the ideas of other players.

At the same time, Philip Saunders is also secretly blaming martial arts, a young man who is ignorant, and wants to play time, of course, he has to say it in private!

It's not that martial arts don't have emotional intelligence, he has played a lot of campus basketball over the years, and it has always been smooth, and the coaches he meets are all coaches who follow and spoil themselves.

This made Wu Dao subconsciously forget the "good habits" he had developed in his previous life.

His upbringing environment is somewhat similar to that of a foreign stall. However, when Ah Tan entered the team, the coach was still used to licking it.

But Philip Saunders is a little different, after all, his position is not obtained by martial arts, although there are certain factors in martial arts, but the most important thing is his old teammate, the executive chairman of the team.

After being rejected by Philip Sanders, Martial Arts also saw Philip Sanders' eyes at him, and immediately understood and didn't say anything more.

Minnesota Target Center.

There were a lot of fans who came to watch the game before today's warm-up game, and the local sports media also came.

The preseason games in this era are generally not broadcast, and the games that are broadcast live are often played against both teams that are extremely influential.

Although the Timberwolves have players like Garnett and Tom, the team's record is stretched, and except for some local media, there will not be many people who come to see and report for duty.

Not the favorite, where is the high attention in the preseason?!

Although this game did not have much impact, the tickets sold well. Relying on Garnett's golden signboard, the Timberwolves are not afraid that local fans will not buy it.

What's more, the previous two games between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets finally allowed Minnesota fans to experience what is called a "hearty" victory.

Therefore, for today's game, the fans' expectations are also relatively high.

They want the Timberwolves to play better against the Warriors and give them hope of making the playoffs!

Although the Warriors missed the playoffs last year, they won more games than their own team!

Suffice it to say, the Warriors are the playoff goalkeepers

Among the teams that made the playoffs in the West last year, the Kings had 34 wins, while the Warriors had 30 wins.

And compared with last year, this year's Warriors have not undergone major changes, but the bench has been expanded, which is obviously a team that is directly aimed at the playoffs, so there is no problem in saying that the Warriors are the goalkeepers of the playoffs.

In the target center arena.

The buzzer screeched, and players from both sides began to enter.

On the Jinzhou warriors' side, there are two large and three small ones.

Ratriel Sprewell (sg/sf), Don Yell Marshall 206cm, 99kg2 (SF), Eric Dampier 211cm, 120kg (C), Jim Jackson 198cm, 100kg (pg/sg), Joe Smith 208cm, 102kg (sf/pf).

In fact, it can't be said that there are two big and three small, strictly speaking, this is an early star.

Or rather, this is the "small-ball era" that died on the beach, and the head coach of the Warriors at that time was P.J. Callesimo.

On the Timberwolves' side, in addition to the standard Garnett, Marbury, and Tom three-piece set.

There's also center Stanley Roberts, and forward Sam Mitchell.

In terms of height, the Timberwolves and the Warriors are actually not much different, and even the technical characteristics of the opposing players have some degree of overlap.

The Warriors are like a mirror to the Timberwolves.

For example, Joe Smith, who was opposite Garnett, was once called "Little KG".

Takemichi sat on the sidelines, watching the players entering the court, quietly waiting for the game to start.

(End of chapter)