Garnett's words echoed through the pre-match press conference.

It seemed that the words were appropriate, but the reporters at the scene could smell an unusual smell from Garnett's words.

"Not convinced!"

"Kevin is not convinced by that young wolf king!"

After hearing Garnett's answer, the reporter of the Los Angeles Times immediately had a judgment in his heart, and the smile on his face became more and more vigorous, and then he moved his eyes to Marbury, and asked with a smile:

"Mr. Stephen, do you think the same as Kevin?"

As the Los Angeles Times reporter's voice fell, the eyes of everyone in the venue also moved directly to Marbury.

Facing the eyes of everyone in the venue, Marbury subconsciously cleared his throat, coughed lightly, and said:

"Budo is a good player, and he will lead us to the Timberwolves to higher ground."

"As a No. 1 position, I will support him well and will try to make his attack power fully displayed."

"Because I'm a good defender!"

Marbury's words were a little different from Garnett's, he didn't run away from reporters' questions, and talked about his thoughts on martial arts head-on.

Simple people will definitely think that Marbury is on the side of martial arts after hearing Marbury's words, but the focus of Marbury's words should be placed in the second half of him.

He's a good defender!

In front of the media, Marbury did not intensify the contradictions within the team, but he did not put his posture very low, and through the media's propaganda, Marbury explained his value to everyone.

Whenever martial arts have an excellent performance on the court, the audience may be able to think of Marbury's words at the first time, and Marbury will also become an indispensable presence in the credit book of martial arts.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being a man who can adapt to the CBA in the future, and in the area of emotional intelligence, Marbury is deadly.

The innocent Garnett touched his chin and tasted the meaning of Marbury's words, more or less understanding.

After that, several other media asked some innocuous questions, and this pre-match press conference was over.

The Los Angeles reporter was not satisfied with the results of his interview, and he could vaguely detect the emotions of some players from the Timberwolves' answers.

Garnett is obviously dissatisfied with the young man's rule, but judging from the scene of today's press conference, the contradictions within the Timberwolves team have not further intensified. On the contrary, the Timberwolves seem to have reached a certain tacit understanding, and they are quite restrained when dealing with the media.

That's not what the Los Angeles-based journalist wants.

How can the Timberwolves, who ended the Lakers' winning streak, just let them go?!

After the press conference, reporters in Los Angeles made a phone call in a no-man's corner and prepared to write a few stories to mobilize Garnett's fans.

Since Kevin Garnett is not convinced by the young man, then look for a breakthrough from this player.

The NBA, any team that wants to win a championship, the opponents they have to cross are definitely not only the opponents on the court, but also many other hidden arrows from the team, from society, and from the media.

You can see that whether it is Jordan who has been pushed to the altar or James who is about to be pushed to the altar, behind them, there are traces of huge capital operation.

is like this year's NBA midseason game, in fact, before the game, almost everyone knew that the Lakers led by Ah Tan were bound to win.

Is it because the fans know how to play? Yes, but not exactly, the fans now don't just know the ball, they know people.

This was the case in the third decade of the 20th century, and it was the same in the 90s.

The Los Angeles Lakers have one of the strongest media outlets in the league, and this "fifth hegemon" can add a lot of color to the Lakers' championship if used well.

Although the Timberwolves were only a team that couldn't even touch the playoffs in previous years, this year, after the Lakers' game, the Timberwolves' attention soared and has become one of the strongest teams in the West, definitely the Lakers' way of progress!

After the pregame press conference, the Timberwolves returned to the lounge, changed their equipment, and waited to enter.

Nearly an hour later, the staff came to the lounge to inform the admission.

"Click-"

At the venue, at the entrance of the players' tunnel, magnesium lights shone on the floor, and the Timberwolves players ran out of it one after another amid the enthusiastic cheers of the home fans.

The first to enter the venue was white center Cherokee Parkes, followed by Tom, Marbury, Garnett and others, and when Tom and several other main players appeared, the cheers in the venue rose sharply an octave.

And when the figure of Martial Arts appeared at the entrance, the cheers of the audience poured into the stadium.

With a terrifying record of 54 points in a single game, he led the Timberwolves across the mountain of the Lakers, and has now become the hottest star in Minnesota.

Tom, Garnett, Marbury and others have a lot of fans, and there's nothing wrong with that. But the Timberwolves, under their leadership, are a team that can't even enter the playoffs, although last season was deliberately messed up by the Timberwolves, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that if the team is really strong enough, why do they need to mess up?!

The arrival of martial arts has changed the previous decline of the Timberwolves, not to mention the significant improvement of the Timberwolves' record, and also made the Timberwolves' game look good.

Martial arts has a calm personality, but when he encountered a strong opponent in the game, he was also enthusiastic and unrestrained, and more importantly, the martial arts style is gorgeous, and the viewing degree of playing is very high.

This style of play has also gained a large number of fans for martial arts.

If the martial arts used the "crab jumper", his fans must not have exploded as much as they do now.

"Martial Arts !!"

As the Timberwolves players stepped into the arena one after another, the lights in the venue were all turned on, and several hotly dressed young ladies in the front row of seats couldn't help but shout loudly after seeing the martial arts enter.

In the stands, there were also young people cheering and waving the self-made cheering cards in their hands.

Wu Dao's eyes looked around the audience, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of heat in his heart, until now, the Timberwolves team was finally labeled as a shallow label by him.

As long as Takeshi continues to play, as the regular season progresses, his label on the Timberwolves team will become deeper and deeper.

The number of reporters present today is much less than in the previous battle with the Lakers. However, the number of spectators in the stadium is not much less, because the tickets for the target center arena are all sold out.

After the pre-game warm-up, Coach Philip simply encouraged the players, then clapped his hands and let the players enter.

As a strong team that has beaten the Lakers, Philip didn't take this game too seriously.

Because in terms of configuration alone, the Cavaliers' current lineup is far inferior to the Lakers.

The core of the Cavaliers' current home is "Rain Man" Sean Kemp, this is a big inside line, their Timberwolves even ate the Lakers' O'Neal, will they still be afraid of Shaun Kemp?

The previous victory against the Lakers is where Philip's confidence lies.

As the sound of the buzzer sounded in the stadium, the players of both teams also entered the stadium one after another.

The starting lineup on the Timberwolves' side has not changed much from the previous game, with Cherokee Parkes at the center at the No. 5 position, Garnett at the power forward position at the No. 4 position, Gugliotta at the No. 3 position, Wu Dao at the No. 2/3 position and Marbury at the No. 1 position.

On the Cavaliers' side, the No. 5 position is Zajunas Ilgoskas (221cm, 108kg; Lithuanian, 20th pick in the first round in '96); Sean Kemp in the 5/4 position (208cm/104kg, nicknamed Reign Man Ruler, homonym rain man before being called Rain Man); Cedric Henderson (201cm/98kg, 16th pick in 2 rounds in '97) at No. 3; 1/2 Wesley Person (198cm/88kg, 23rd pick in the first round in '94); Blevin Knight (178cm/78kg, 16th pick in the first round in '97) at No. 1.

The Cavaliers who built the team around Sean Camp are very young, and all the players are basically players who have been drafted in the past three years, two of which are still the same year show with Martial Arts, but Martial Arts is a high pick in the first round, and the Knights' two picks are relatively low, and their exposure and tactical status are far inferior to Martial Arts.

But these two low-pick players were included in the Cavaliers' starters, which shows how weak the Cavaliers' team is.

After entering the court, Wu Dao did not look at his opponent Cedric Henderson in this game, but instead looked at Sean Kemp, who was opposite Garnett, and then his eyes fell on the Cavaliers' No. 1 position, Blevin Knight.

One of the characteristics of the NBA in this era is that almost every team will have a small guard who is short and lean.

It's not that the height of 176cm is short, it's just that in this game in the NBA, the height of 178cm is not outstanding enough. You rarely see a professional player of this height in later generations, but in today's league, it abounds.

Wu Dao swept his gaze, and then quickly retracted his gaze and looked at Cedric Henderson, this player Wu Dao is very fresh, the two should have met when they took rookie photos before, but Wu Dao does not pay much attention to players with low rank and no reputation.

While Martial Arts was looking at his opponents, Cedric Henderson was also looking at Martial Arts.

"This yellow man is martial arts."

"Obviously, he entered the league in the same year as me, and he was only a high school student, so he had already stepped on those people."

"If I can beat him here, the team will definitely take me more seriously!"

NBA players, each of them is the pride of the sky, Cedric Henderson faced Wudao, not only was not frightened by Wudao's terrifying scoring ability, but secretly rose in his heart the idea of competition.

"Beep-"

With a whistle, the game between the Timberwolves and the Cavaliers officially began.

On the middle line, the 221cm Zajunas Ilgoskas and the 211cm Cherokee Parkes on the Timberwolves jumped the ball, and the basketball was directly dialed to the Cavaliers' backcourt.

After Brevine Knight got the ball, he made a tactical gesture towards his teammates, and then slowly ran towards the front court with the ball.

As soon as the Cavaliers entered the frontcourt, Sean Kemp quickly sank inside.

Sean Kemp is an extremely good player, like the No. 4 position in most leagues, his physical talent is quite strong, back then, like Garnett and Martial Arts, he also entered the NBA as a high school student.

But Sean Kemp has a big flaw, or a flaw that many NBA players have in common, that is, after becoming famous and rich, his private life is very chaotic, and this chaos is not only reflected in his sex life, but also in other aspects.

For example

Drinking, drug abuse.

Shaun Kemp in '97 has just been signed and traded by the Cavaliers and has been given a seven-year, $107 million contract. and is at the peak of his career, but many of his bad habits have been exposed.

Before the start of the regular season, Sean Kemp was often late for training with the Cavaliers, but he is not too old now, only 28 years old, and some problems have not yet been exposed, but one thing is for sure, this player has gone up and down the slope, and this slope is very steep!

"Bang!" Sean Kemp stood firm on the inside, leaned towards Garnett's body, and immediately asked his teammates for the ball as soon as he reached out.

Soon, basketball started.

Sean Kemp took the ball and quickly blew the ball back, quickly turned to the basket after a force, took the ball with both hands, and directly tricked Garnett into the basket, and then lifted his foot, the ball protector blocked Garnett's arm, and the other hand grabbed the ball and sent the ball from Garnett's armpit to the basket.

"Smack!"

"Huh!"

With a soft sound, the basketball hit the rebound and fell into the net.

It was a very light up and down step, and the Cavaliers scored first.

Garnett glanced back at the basketball that had fallen from the basket, then looked at Sean Kemp, who was leaving quickly, and caught up with the opposition.

"It's easy to play hard"

"A rain man, a 221cm big center, this interior combination, although it is not better than the Lakers, but if it is against our Timberwolves, it is more suitable than the Lakers' interior combination."

"I'm afraid there won't be a problem with that 221 suppressing Cherokee, Rain Man and Garnett will open 73 or 64, and now Garnett is still a little tender."

It's just a round of alignment, and Wu Dao, who was standing on the outside and saw the knight scoring easily, couldn't help frowning, and said secretly in his heart while running towards the frontcourt.

After thinking about it, Marbury quickly dribbled the ball into the front court, and for the first goal of the opening game, Marbury decided to see how Wu Dao felt today, and then decide how to play.

When he approached the top of the arc, he took a small jump, and the basketball was quickly given to Wu Dao's hands.

As soon as the ball was in his hands, Wu Dao did not hesitate at all, and quickly dropped the ball directly to break through, and after a blast, his sideways body was directly on the body of Cedric Henderson, the same year show, and the huge force instantly hit the 98kg defender.

Although Cedric Henderson wanted to try to keep up with the footsteps of the martial arts, the moment he was strong, his feet could not move at the first time.

In just one step, Takedo broke through Cedric Henderson's defense, and in the whispers of the fans, Takedo quickly marched to the middle distance, directly stopped and shot his shot, and the basketball flew towards the basket from the side, and then fell into the basket with a "bang".

There was no joy on the face of the martial arts who scored the goal. The goal seemed to be taken for granted for Martial Arts, with a calm face.

(End of chapter)