On the same day that the Timberwolves defeated the Pacers from afar, Jordan's Bulls also won a huge 97-87 victory over the Celtics led by superstar Antoine Walker (203cm/102kg, No. 6 pick in the first round in 1996).

In this game, Jordan led the team to victory with an excellent performance of 11 of 21, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 6 of 8 free throws, scoring a game-high 29 points in a single game.

Compared to Jordan's excellent performance, Antoine Walker, the super rookie of the Green Army, played a little worse.

Facing the Bulls led by Jordan, the young Antoine Walker was very positive, and he wanted to tell the fans that his hard power was not inferior to Jordan.

Times have changed, and Antoine Walker will be the league's best player for the next 20 years.

But as a result, Antoine Walker shot 8 of 24 from the field, 2 of 7 three-pointers, and 1 of 4 free throws, and he scored 19 points.

Antoine Walker told the fans with practical actions that he is not as good as Jordan.

After the game, Jordan, who scored 29 points and led the team to victory, was interviewed by media reporters.

"Dear Michael, congratulations to you and your bulls on winning another game."

"Obviously, you played really well today."

"We can see that on the field, the young man of the Green Army often wants to challenge you, as a veteran of the league, Michael, do you have anything to say to that young man?"

Jordan's player days have always been an arrogant player, and Jordan has always been more "demanding" in front of the media for the young people in the league.

But at the end of his career, it was not until after his retirement that Jordan finally realized that he had to maintain his "image" well, and during this period, Jordan would try his best to "refrain" from speaking in the face of the media.

In the face of the reporter's question, Jordan wanted to mock the challenger who was not self-sufficient, but when the words came to his mouth, Jordan's face showed a warm smile and said:

"The young man you're talking about, is that Antoine?"

"Young people are not bad, but they are a little younger, and they still need some experience."

"I think in a few years, he'll be qualified to challenge me."

Jordan's words are both positive and negative, and if someone tastes the words carefully, they can taste his disdain for his opponent from Jordan's words.

The reporters present were all old fritters, and when they heard Jordan's humorous answer, the venue was suddenly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

But whenever Jordan is happy, there are always people who don't have long eyes, so he doesn't feel happy.

"Michael, I got the news that the Timberwolves of Minnesota won at home against the Indiana Pacers not long before 'our' Bulls beat the Celtics."

"The young wolf king of the Timberwolves, in the matchup with Reggie Miller, scored 49 points in the game."

"You seem to have watched the Timberwolves before, what do you think of that young man from the Timberwolves."

"Who's stronger than Antoine?"

When a young reporter asked a question, he used the word "we" to describe the bull, he wanted to get some talk from Jordan, but at the same time he didn't want Jordan to "remember" himself, so when he spoke, he tried to express his closeness.

Jordan is known to have a bad temper, and in the face of some reporters who upset him, he will retaliate by "refusing an interview with that reporter".

A sports reporter who is in the basketball circle, once he is beaten into the "cold palace" by Jordan, it will be more or less difficult to continue to mix in this circle.

In today's league, Jordan is synonymous with "traffic".

"49 points? Reggie Miller? ”

Hearing the reporter's question, Jordan's expression was obviously stunned, and he subconsciously raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, but he quickly put a smile on his face and replied lightly:

"Well, the player you're talking about, is it the Timberwolves' martial arts?"

"I've definitely watched him play, he's really good, but I think he needs to share the ball with his team-mates a lot, a young man who has a lot of everything, he can't grasp it."

'You know, a mature player who needs to put the team's win first.

The reporter's words didn't know which nerve Jordan touched, maybe it was because Wu Dao's average points per game from the beginning of the season to the present were too explosive, and they had even overpowered him, which made him a little unhappy.

After saying that, Jordan paused and continued:

"Wu's problem is actually the same as Antoine's, maybe in a few more years of training, he will be qualified to stand in front of me."

In front of the media, Jordan smiled and "mentioned" martial arts.

"But as far as I know. The Timberwolves have only lost two games since the beginning of the season, and those two games, Wudao is not there."

The young reporter was obviously not too satisfied with Jordan's answer and continued to ask.

No way, reporters are like this, they always want to make a big news day by day.

Sure enough, hearing the young reporter's question, Jordan's face darkened. The Bulls are 10-7 so far, and now that reporter pointed out what is the purpose of the Timberwolves' only two losses since the beginning of the season? Isn't it just to make him ugly?

"Which media outlet is that guy from?"

"I won't be interviewed by that media in the future."

Jordan removed the microphone from his mouth, whispered to the team staff behind him, turned his head, and Jordan replied with a smile:

"Are you questioning me?"

"Question me with five championship rings?"

"It's just the regular season, and it's the playoffs that test a player's true ability."

Jordan moved out of his honor and directly crushed the young reporter.

Subsequently, the post-game press conference ended hastily, and Jordan, who left the venue, also made up his mind to be more serious in the next game.

He will never allow a rookie to step on his head!

The next day, Jordan's remarks began to spread widely through the channels of television media.

Martial Arts is no longer a nobody, at the beginning of the season, although his performance on the field was outstanding, but the splash was like a splash, but after Martial Arts knocked down Karl Malone, Martial Arts immediately became famous and became the most high-profile newcomer in the league.

Jordan is a well-deserved face of the league, and martial arts is now showing the demeanor of a young superstar, and even ranks first on the scoring list per game, while his Timberwolves, with an outstanding record, are also firmly in first place in the west of hellish difficulty.

In addition, martial arts is the only yellow core in the NBA, and under several superimpositions, the topic of martial arts is also very large.

Jordan commented on the superstar of martial arts, and it is clear that many people will be interested in it.

Minnesota fans, even more so.

They want to hear Jordan's praise for martial arts from Jordan's mouth, which is equivalent to "certification", and for a rookie, recognition from "God" may be much more useful than those things like the best of the week and the best of the month.

But unfortunately, Minnesota fans are disappointed after all, and Jordan is still the same Jordan. "Lao Tzu is the best in the world", this is the Jordan who is well known to fans.

Jordan's remarks were rightfully offended by Minnesota fans, although it was true that the Bulls just won the championship last year, but so what?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that today's Timberwolves are rising strongly, and that group of young people has initially possessed the ability and potential to compete for the championship. Today's Minnesota fans lack the most basic "respect" for Jordan.

The reason is also very simple, because they have a superstar in Minnesota, and fans believe that it will not be long before martial arts will become a superstar in the league.

After a day's rest, the Timberwolves played another home game against the Kings led by Mitch Richmond (196cm/98kg, guard, 32 years old, known as The Rock).

In previous years, he was an All-Star bench every year, and in the 94-95 season, he even won the AMVP.

Last season, Rock Mitch Richmond was even able to average 25.9 points per game.

And this time against the Timberwolves, the Kings also came with the determination to win.

The Timberwolves are becoming famous in the league, and seeing that the Timberwolves, who have been pressed under the ass and have never gotten up, have risen strongly this year, the players on the King's side have not completely adjusted their mentality.

They're still a Timberwolves, they're still the little brother, they're still the bad team that can be manipulated at will.

But after a walk through the target center arena, Mitch Richmond realized how wrong they were.

In this game, Mitch Richmond still maintained an All-Star level performance in the face of martial arts, shooting 11 of 25 from the field, 0 of 3 from three-point range, and 7 of 8 from the free throw line, scoring 29 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

With the age of 32, the crazy score in front of the young man of martial arts really shocked Minnesota fans.

This is the first player they have seen who can score so many points on the head of the martial arts.

Although Mitch Richmond's performance is excellent, Martial Arts' performance in the face of the king is still explosive.

He was 17-of-24 from the field, 4-of-6 from three-point range, and 6-of-7 from the free-throw line, scoring a terrifying 44 points, not only that, but Wu Dao also had 6 boards, 5 assists, 1 block and 1 steal.

not only killed Mitch Richmond in terms of scoring, but also steadily pressed the opponent in other statistics.

The play of martial arts made Mitch Richmond's dazzling performance a background board.

At the same time, the Timberwolves also won the game with a score of 101:90, and the team's record also came to 15-2.

After the game, the fans in Minnesota were naturally cheering, and with the "rock" Mitch Richmond folding the target center player, Jordan's remarks in the past two days were turned out by the fans of good things.

Coincidentally, on the same day that the Timberwolves defeated the Kings, the Bulls also defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 84-62.

Although the Bulls won, Jordan's performance was dug up by fans who like to be lively, Jordan played a little more than three quarters in this game, playing 35 minutes, but Jordan handed over 4 of 16, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, and 13 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

But fortunately, when the Bulls won the game, the battle between the Timberwolves and the Kings was not over, and the real-time score of the martial arts at that time was only 20+, and the game with the Kings was a stalemate.

In the face of media ridicule, Jordan just said with a flat expression: "I have long stopped pursuing personal statistics, if you watch the game, you can find that in today's game, 9 players in our team played more than or close to 20 minutes." ”

"It's a game with no suspense, and if I want to, I can easily score 60 or even 70 points in the game!"

Jordan's words are still very convincing, there is no way, his mouth is very hard, and at the same time, his strength and honor are also very hard.

If the same thing comes from the mouth of another player, it will not be laughed at, but ridiculed.

After the game against the King, Wu Dao and the others finally left Minnesota and went to Washington, D.C., to play the Wizards away.

The current Wizards are teams led by league stalwarts such as Chris Webber and Juwan Howard, and unlike previous games, this time, Juwan Howard has returned to the court after injury.

Amid the frantic shouts of Washington fans, the Timberwolves finally tasted defeat at the beginning of this month.

The Wizards' iron-blooded interior line built by the likes of Chris Webber and Juvan Howard has left Garnett, young Ben Wallace and Cherokee Parkes and other Timberwolves insiders speechless.

In this game, Chris Webb had 33 points, 12 points and 4 assists, while Juwan Howard also scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

It's hard for you to imagine that in this era, a team like the Wizards, who have a vague position, can play at such a level, and the tallest starters of this Wizards are the brothers Juwan Howard and Chris Webber, both around 206cm.

But it's such a group of players who blew up the Timberwolves' interior line.

Garnett, who was opposite Chris Webb, only got 14 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, but it was Tom, although he couldn't defend it, but he knew how to guard rebounds and scored 11 rebounds.

Wu Dao and Marbury scored 37 and 22 points respectively.

But unfortunately, the Timberwolves still lost the game 108-114.

In the final quarter of the Wizards, several players broke out one after another, beating the Timberwolves 38-27 in a single quarter, bringing the game to an end.

Chris Webber can score inside and outside in today's game, grabbing boards, mid-range shots, and three-pointers, while on the Timberwolves' side, after Garnett was pulled out of the interior line, the interior barrier became extremely weak.

Tom had the heart to make amends, but it didn't help.

The young Ben Wallace still needs to grow again, and Cherokee Parkes has limited talent, and the ceiling is already visible.

The loss against the Wizards also made Philip, Wu Dao and others realize where the team's biggest problem is now.

Center.

Chelokee Parkes is an offensive player, and while his offense is so-so, he's more offensively than defensively.

The Timberwolves' interior defense actually relies more on Garnett's excellent defensive ability.

But once the Timberwolves meet a strong two-inside combination, and if one of the opponents still has the ability to transfer Nedt out, then the Timberwolves' interior line will no longer have a barrier.

The battle with the Wizards made the Timberwolves gain a lot.

(End of chapter)