After the rematch with the Trail Blazers, Takedo also found Coach Philip, hoping to rest in the next game against the Nuggets and later against the Grizzlies.

Rotational rest.

In today's NBA, superstar rotation is not popular at all, and the stars of this era are the most face-saving, but as long as they can persevere, they have to play no matter what.

In the regular season, the situation is not bad, but once it gets to the playoffs, the stars are fighting for their lives.

Suffice it to say, in the playoffs, a lot of players are betting on their careers and fighting their opponents. There are many players who continue to play after being injured and continue to play, and the number of players who continue to play despite injuries is too many to count.

A rookie like Wu Dao, who has just made some achievements, actually took the initiative to ask the coach to take a break for a game, which is really outrageous, and Philip has never seen it.

However, Wu Dao himself thinks very quickly about the rest of himself in the rookie promotion period.

Resting is to be able to play better, and unlike many, many rookies, he thinks he has established himself in the Timberwolves, and he doesn't need to worry about affecting his team status because of the rest of one or two games.

Because of the martial arts that proposed a break to Coach Philip, his expression was flat, as if he was saying something that was normal.

"Did the postman's elbow blow affect you in any way before?!"

"The instrument didn't check out, but you're still not feeling well?"

"Well, if you want to rest, then take a break for a game, and the next game is against the Nuggets."

"Even if you rest, it shouldn't have much impact on our team."

Although Coach Philip was surprised in his heart, he quickly found the "reason" for Wudao and agreed with a concerned face. Although the martial arts break has a great impact on the strength of the Timberwolves, in terms of schedule, the Timberwolves are still quite relaxed.

After the game with the Trail Blazers on November 26, the Timberwolves did not play on the 27th, which can be regarded as a bye, and on the 28th day, their opponent was the Nuggets.

This team is now at the bottom of the West, the bottom of the middle, and has lost all 12 games since the beginning of the season!!

Coach Phillip doesn't think such a team can make any difference to the Timberwolves.

After the game against the Nuggets, on the 29th of this month, their Timberwolves will host the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies are a new team, all the players are very young, at the beginning of the season, the Grizzlies were 6-10, the record is not very good, and in terms of hard power, both teams and the Timberwolves have a certain gap.

Even in Takemichi's absence, Philip is confident that he can win these two fights.

Therefore, when Wu Dao made such a request, Coach Philip nodded and agreed after a little thought.

Wu Dao asked for the leave of these two games, and he also had his own considerations, and he made such a request to the coach after carefully studying the schedule.

After defeating the Trail Blazers on the 26th, the Timberwolves will face the Nuggets and Grizzlies on the 28th and 29th.

After these two games, there were no Timberwolves games on November 30, December 1, and December 2, and it was not until the third of next month that the Timberwolves would face the Pacers at home.

This also means that Wu Dao does not need to leave Minnesota at all during this time, and he has nearly a week to rest, which is directly a small long vacation.

Wu Dao is not the kind of person who is not sensible, before taking leave, he also studied the opponent, he felt that the two games he missed, they Timberwolves were able to win steadily!

On the 27th, the Timberwolves took a charter flight to Denver.

When boarding the plane, Garnett and the others noticed that Wudao did not come today, and they all asked curiously about Wudao.

In this regard, Coach Philip's explanation was that Wudao's body had some conditions and needed to be adjusted for a period of time, and in and out of his words, he hinted to the players that Ma Long's elbow had some impact on Wudao.

In this regard, the members of the Timberwolves did not doubt him, but were concerned about the physical condition of the martial arts.

"I knew that guy was holding on!"

"How can the postman be so strong, how can it not have any effect?!"

"Hope he's okay!"

When Garnett heard the news, he didn't gloat at all, but became worried. Although Martial Arts and him are in competition, they are teammates, and Garnett is also very clear about how much Martial Arts' presence is a great help to him.

The position of team boss is indeed very important, but this is the NBA, and the highest honor is called the championship, not the team boss.

The commercial value of the player himself is also linked to his own honor, and there is nothing that can enhance the commercial value of the player more than the championship.

"The Jazz have been absent in recent games."

"It seems that these two are a lose-loser."

"But I think martial arts should be in a better situation."

"He still played very well in yesterday's game!"

After hearing the news, Marbury thought a little and relieved the players. Hearing this, the heavy look on the faces of the Timberwolves team members also disappeared. Marbury is right, since Wu Dao was still able to play a single game at the level of 30+ yesterday, it means that Ma Long's elbow attack has a limited impact on him, and a little adjustment is enough.

There were no worries in their hearts, and the Timberwolves who got on the plane became active, chatting with each other and talking about interesting things that had happened recently.

When the Timberwolves left Minnesota on a charter flight early in the morning, Takeshi was sleeping at home.

Although the biological clock woke up Takemichi in the morning, Takemichi got up and made himself two omelettes and drank half a glass of milk, then returned to bed and slept comfortably.

After getting up at noon, Takeshi made several phone calls one after another, and then stayed at home to rest and relax.

He didn't touch a basketball all day, just did some exercise in the evening and completed a "daily task".

For martial arts, this is a rare leisure time.

The next day, Takemichi, who had been at home all day, left Minnesota and went to Syracuse University, where Takako Fujima is now a freshman and went to Syracuse University to have a good exchange with his girlfriend.

Everyone is an adult, so this way of communicating is naturally a little different from that of high school.

It's just that when he was happily playing with his girlfriend, his teammates who went to Denver gave martial arts a big surprise.

On the evening of November 28.

The Timberwolves lost to the Nuggets by 11 points at 84-95 and suffered their second loss so far this season. A bottom-of-the-line team with a 12-game losing streak is actually a 12-1 Timberwolves, which is a big surprise that happened in front of the fans.

When the team lost, the Timberwolves fans immediately scolded, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment, of course, the fans hope that the Timberwolves can continue to win, ten consecutive wins, twenty consecutive wins, and even thirty consecutive wins.

But to their disappointment, the Timberwolves would lose in the face of a garbage team like the Nuggets.

After the team's loss, the martial arts who were absent "due to injury" were often talked about by the fans, and the most common sentence among the fans was "If the martial arts are here, the Timberwolves will not lose." ”

It was Coach Philip who "reported" the team's defeat to Martial Arts, but Martial Arts did not hear any unwillingness or anger from Philip's tone, on the contrary, Coach Philip's mood was very calm.

As for why it was calm, because after the game, Philip's assistant coach sent him the team statistics. There is no big problem with the players' performance, and the team's overall shooting rate is also maintained at a "not bad" baseline. Except for that 9-1 three-pointer, the rest of the stats can be seen.

Of course, there is another statistic that can make Philip angry, and that is the number of fouls.

They had 41 fouls on the Timberwolves, Garnett was sent off, and the Nuggets had 23 fouls, well, healthy, regular.

By the way, in their game against the Jazz, the Timberwolves had 37 fouls on the team, while the Jazz had 39.

The number of fouls in the game between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets is actually greater than the number of fouls in the fight with the Utah Jazz.

As for why, everyone who understands understands.

After this game, I think there are many bosses who can make a lot of money, and the bottom team of 12-0 has cut down the Timberwolves, which are now the first in the West, and the odds are tsk~

Coach Philip is an old fritter, there are some tacit things, you know, I know, everyone knows, he won't shout around with his mouth open, he is not the current Raptors coach, after losing to the Lakers, he actually tried to block the "GOAT", shouting "The Lakers must win?" If that's true, we won't fight in advance! ”

Coach Philip is a sensible man who learns to shut up when he knows it's time to shut up.

And coincidentally, the game against the Nuggets is not in the martial arts, and the focus of Timberwolves fans will naturally not be on the unbalanced foul count of the two teams, but on the point that "the team is in charge, so they lost".

"What's wrong?"

Takako snuggled up to Takemichi's body, and when she saw Takemichi put down the phone, she couldn't help but ask curiously.

"It's nothing, I'll go back tomorrow."

"Even if you don't play, show your face."

Wu Dao gently hugged the person next to the pillow, shook his head, and said. Hearing this, Takako was a little reluctant to wrap his arms around Wudao's neck, stretched his neck, and brought his lips to Wudao's mouth.

Early in the morning of November 29, Takedo took the morning flight and flew back to Minnesota.

At noon, Wu Dao went to the target center arena and met his teammates who had just tasted defeat.

And when the Timberwolves players saw Martial Arts arrive at the arena, they lowered their heads one after another, turning a blind eye, and didn't dare to look at Martial Arts at all.

If Wu Dao is not there, they dare to lose to a bottom team like the Nuggets, this kind of thing is really too embarrassing.

"Martial Dao, why are you here?"

"Isn't it a rest adjustment?"

Garnett saw the tired Martial Arts walk into the court, and immediately came up to greet him, looking at Martial Arts's face, Garnett's face also showed a little worry.

"I'm fine."

"I was going to come to the arena to touch the ball."

Wu Dao told the truth, but his words fell into Garnett's ears, but they were a little reckless.

"Now that you're in a state of condition, let's rest and rest!"

"Don't worry, yesterday's game was just an accident, and such a thing will never happen again!"

"We're going to take the Grizzlies tonight!"

Garnett doesn't want to give the impression that "the Timberwolves can't even beat the Nuggets without martial arts", and he wants to prove himself and the team's ability through tonight's game.

The other team members also noticed Martial Dao's face, and after Garnett came up, they all gathered around Martial Dao, and they didn't say hello, and they stood in front of Martial Arts one by one to express their determination.

Although the Timberwolves are a young team, and Takeshi and other players don't get along for too long, the team's cohesion is still very strong.

This cohesion is "one for one" in martial arts and Ma Long; The team lost to the Nuggets; After Wu Dao dragged the "sick body" to the arena, he became even stronger.

The enthusiasm of his teammates surprised Wu Dao, and Wu Dao was also stunned when he saw the appearance of these buddies showing determination.

He didn't expect this gang of people to be so "shameful and brave" after losing, it was really . He was so moved.

"Okay, come on tonight, I'll fight side by side with you!"

The enthusiasm of the teammates made the martial arts infected, and the enthusiasm for playing was also ignited, and the fatigue of the body was swept away, and he said to the players excitedly.

But as soon as Wu Dao's words fell, a group of team members surrounded Wu Dao and persuaded him.

"Rest well! Martial arts! ”

"Your body matters, don't worry about today's game, we will definitely win it for you!"

"Just sit on the sidelines and watch, we're going to gnaw the grizzly bear!"

Garnett, Chris Kyle and the others said words of assurance one after another, and when they said this, Wu Dao suddenly had an illusion in his heart, "Am I really hurt?" ”。

Evening.

The Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies game kicked off at the target center.

Philip didn't arrange for Takemichi to play today, but Takedo still entered with his teammates.

Minnesota home fans saw Takemichi among the players in the stadium, and the cheers suddenly broke through the dome.

Garnett and others were also infected by the enthusiasm of the home fans, and when they mobilized before the game, they didn't need Philip to say any nonsense, a group of players pulled up the martial arts, and then started the pre-game encouragement around the martial arts.

With the sound of the buzzer, Garnett and the others walked into the court with resolute faces.

Well. The Timberwolves are imposing.

106:87。

The Timberwolves' players proved their strength with a big victory, and although the fans did not see the martial arts performance, they were very happy to see the home team sweep away yesterday's decline. On the Timberwolves' side, six players scored double-doubles, and Tom slashed 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

And today's performance of the Timberwolves also restored some confidence in the Timberwolves.

The November game also came to an end with the cheers of the fans.