With the Spurs' loss, who will break the winning streak first between the Timberwolves and the Heat has also become a hot topic.

The ESNP also launched a poll among industry professionals.

Of the 15 professionals who participated in the vote, 15 favored the Heat and 0 favored the Timberwolves.

The result of this vote is a very normal thing.

The Heat and the Spurs are different, although the strength of the Spurs and the Heat are both among the favorites to win the championship, the Spurs are too old to have to rest.

The Spurs want to rest the core and develop young people, and the Spurs' winning streak is nothing.

But the Heat is different.

The Heat's Big Three are all in their prime, and James is a famous Iron Man in the league, and now he has nothing to rest in his peak grade.

Even if it were necessary to take a rotational break, it would not be like the Spurs' GDP three-man rotation.

The Heat's Big Three will also maintain the situation of the two giants leading the team.

The Heat don't have much to work out for youngsters, and all of them are role players outside of the Big Three.

These role players are more than veterans, and they don't have to talk about workouts.

The Heat don't have any strong opponents in the next schedule, and the Heat can deal with them relatively easily.

Look at the Timberwolves, on the other hand.

Many of the games won by the Timberwolves rely on the good feel of the outside, and when the outside feel is poor, the opponent can pick up the victory even if the team is bad.

At the same time, the experts invited by ESPN also analyzed today's timberwolves.

Over the past five games, the Timberwolves have identified two core players on the team.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jimmy Butler.

Among them, Giannis Antetokounmpo is this year's rookie, and in terms of draft predictions, he is around the fifteenth pick.

But he was selected by Su Chen with the No. 8 pick.

When Giannis Antetokounmpo was selected at that time, many people were not optimistic, and everyone doubted that this skinny bamboo pole could really play in the NBA.

However, after an offseason of hard work, Giannis Antetokounmpo has become visibly stronger.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is tall and has long arms, also began to show his talent after hanging the meat.

It has a height and arm span comparable to that of the inside, but the style of play is an outside style of play, and the proportion of low-post offense is very small, and many of them are breaking through the frame with the ball.

But Giannis Antetokounmpo is not strong enough now, and gaining muscle is not a problem in the offseason, but whether Giannis Antetokounmpo can maintain his current pace after gaining muscle is another question mark.

There is some quality for the rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo, but there is caution for his future experts.

No one is saying that Giannis Antetokounmpo will definitely become a star or even a foothold in the league in the future.

And the other Jimmy Butler.

This was an addition to the Lefu transaction, and the outside world felt that Su Chen was the favored Loer Deng.

But from the beginning of the season to the present, everyone can see that Su Chen's request for Luoer Deng is fake.

It's true that Butler wants to cultivate!

In the offseason, the league changed a number of rules, including defensive rules for breakaways.

Butler didn't know if he studied the new rules carefully this summer, and his ability to make fouls was particularly strong.

If Butler had been an All-Star and had been familiar in the league, there might have been more whistles than he is now.

But Butler's shortcomings are also obvious.

As a second-round pick, Butler's lack of talent is his problem.

Although Butler in his third year has already shown mature immediacy, a team with Butler at the core naturally has a limited ceiling.

That's why none of the 15 experts invited by ESPN are bullish on the Timberwolves.

Of course, the most important thing is the Timberwolves' next schedule.

The next Timberwolves will face the Mavericks, Lakers, and Clippers one after another.

In addition to the Lakers, the Mavericks and Clippers are both playoff-caliber teams.

In the 2011 season, the Mavericks won the championship, and Terry Kid Chandler in the original team was no longer in the team.

But there are also new signings, Monta Ellis, Calderon, Vince Carter, these guys.

The most critical thing is that Nowitzki, the core of the Mavericks' championship, is still there.

This season, Nowitzki can still contribute an average of 21 points per game, and his offensive ability is still the same as it was back then, and it is his defensive ability that has declined.

But at the very least, the Mavericks are still playoff-caliber competitive.

If the Timberwolves can pass the Mavericks, then the Clippers will be difficult for the Timberwolves to continue their winning streak.

The Clippers have a starting lineup that no team in the entire league would dare to underestimate, and Paul and Griffin Jordan Jr. have made it an empty city.

On the bench, they also have the league's best sixth man, Crawford.

And many experts feel that the Timberwolves can win streak now by relying on a momentum, as long as the momentum stops when they lose, it will be a losing streak.

So don't look at the Timberwolves' five-game winning streak and temporarily ranking first in the West, accounting for only a small part of the long regular season.

The Timberwolves' strength is still not recognized by the public.

Miami.

The Heat took a flight back to Miami after a road trip.

On the team's bus, everyone was chatting.

chatting and chatting about the recent hot topics.

"Guys, what's going on? Are these media already comparing us to the Timberwolves? ”

Bosh held his phone and laughed.

"It's not like it's not uncommon for those weak teams to win streaks at the beginning of the season, and they come back to their original shape in the middle of the season, so I don't know what to report."

Chanmos said with some disdain.

"But I heard that their rookie is quite good, with the height and arm span of the inside, but he can play on the outside."

Wade didn't taunt, but found the bright spot.

"What's so big about this, let him 1v1 with me, I can beat him home to find his mother."

Bosh laughed.

Hearing Bosh's words, the other Heat players also burst into laughter.

The whole bus was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Hearing everyone laughing, James curiously took off his headphones and listened, only to find them discussing the Timberwolves.

This made James shake his head secretly.

He didn't participate in everyone's conversation, but he didn't sweep everyone's interest either, and continued to listen to the song with headphones.

Last year's defeat has been haunting James' mind.

At present, the biggest opponent in his eyes is still the Warriors.

Although the opponent they discussed was the Timberwolves, a former Warriors head coach, James had watched the Warriors play this season.

He has played against the Warriors, and he can see that the new coach has almost learned Su Chen's set.

The Warriors' basic system is working fine, and it is estimated that they will still be able to break out of the West.

In James's view, the role of the coach is nothing more than to develop a suitable system for the team, and the most important thing is to look at the ability of the players.

The Warriors' system has already been formulated, and the new coach Kerr has the ability to continue to play this system, which is enough.

James thinks that the real power is still the guy named Curry.

Every time Curry makes a move, it makes him feel a little uneasy.

A little bit of space can allow Curry to complete the shot, but such a shot also has a very respectable shooting rate.

As long as the Warriors continue this system and let Curry make a shot, then the Warriors will not be so weak compared to last season.

At the same time, there is also the one named Thompson, who finally managed to prevent Curry, and he opened it again.

The level of complexity for the Warriors to deal with is too high.

Although the Warriors lost to the Timberwolves in the last game, this point does not affect the threat of the Warriors in James's heart.

Losing a game in the regular season is a normal thing.

There is no team that does not lose a game in the regular season.

There is no strong team that dares to say that it will not lose a game to a weak team.

But in the playoffs, the suppression of the strong team against the weak team is needless to say.

Otherwise, there will be only a few times in history of Black Eight.

"These guys don't pay attention to the Warriors, they pay attention to a Timberwolves who can't even make the playoffs."

Thinking of this, James was also a little helpless.

But he didn't bother to say it.

Anyway, if you don't win the championship this season, the team will be disbanded, and there is nothing to say.

Minnesota.

Back at the target center, the Timberwolves welcomed their opponent Dallas Mavericks at home.

In this era, Maverick has not changed its name to the Lone Ranger.

For many domestic fans, the name of the Mavericks carries the memory of youth.

The most classic bull and horse battle is a topic that old fans can talk about.

Even after officially changing its name to Mavericks, there are still many fans who maintain the habit of calling Mavericks, and occasionally causing debates between new and old fans to force Lai Lai or something like that.

When Su Chen used to do the analysis of Maverick tactics, he easily typed the title into Maverick, which caused many people to say in the comments.

"But no matter what, it's more familiar to look at a calf like this."

Su Chen couldn't help but smile when he looked at the substitute players opposite.

If the calf is a memory of youth, then Nowitzki is the symbol that evokes this memory, and when you think of the calf, you will think of Nowitzki.

And when it comes to the Mavericks, it's easier to think of Doncic.

It seems that the Mavericks and Nowitzki are already far, far away.

But even in this era, Nowitzki is not at its peak.

Of course, the attention of this game is still not low.

Because the Timberwolves are on a six-game winning streak in the opening season, the Mavericks, although not too strong, are still at a playoff level.

However, the resources for live broadcast in the United States have not been given.

After all, the Timberwolves have also been a bit of a topic lately, and the team does not have any star players, and the most famous is the coach.

At the same time, in a small ball market like Minnesota, the league has little interest in it.

Especially after Taylor later rejected the relocation proposal, the Timberwolves directly became the worst team in the league.

For the Timberwolves, playing on the road is better than playing at home.

Because at Minnesota's home court, the referees usually catch the Timberwolves to blow it.

On the contrary, on the road, the league seems to be trying to balance it, at least not to be targeted too much.

This gives fans of other home teams the illusion that the Timberwolves are a whistle team.

Because they sometimes feel that they don't have a home whistle, and sometimes they even give it a little bit to the Timberwolves.

It makes many fans who don't pay attention to the Timberwolves and only focus on their home team feel unbalanced.

But in fact, they look at the Timberwolves' games at home to know why the Timberwolves are not blown too badly on the road.

There is no whistle at home, and if you go to play away and be targeted, then the league's top pick will be chartered by the Timberwolves.

This is also what the alliance does not want to see.

Champions are a precious resource for teams, and most of them will be star players in the future, so how can you throw all these future star players in a small place like Minnesota?

Even if they are not the champions, the Timberwolves will occupy the top few places for a long time if they have a bad record.

In fact, the Timberwolves team is also something that Xiao Hua finds difficult to deal with.

For the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves are hob meat, if you don't give the record, then go and draw the champion.

Smoke all the talented players from the NCAA!

You're going to give him a whistle so he can get some records, and a place like Minnesota won't make much money for the league.

The owner is reluctant to move, and it is useless for him to warn him with a whistle, so he can't directly vote to kick the Timberwolves out of the league.

And at this time, the warm-up of the players on both sides is over.

Rick Carlisle and Su Chen walked to the middle and shook hands.

Carlisle is similar to Popovich and Larry Brown, all of whom come from standard academic coaching.

His results are still very good.

If it weren't for the Auburn Hills Palace incident, the Pacers he led might have really made it to the finals.

However, the Mavericks also won the championship trophy as they wished.

Old coaches like these academics are usually stubborn, but Carlisle belongs to the group that has embraced the changes of the small-ball era as much as Popovich.

There are still some differences in personality with a coach like Larry Brown.

Carlisle is undoubtedly a very good coach.

But for Su Chen, he didn't have to worry too much.

The Mavericks have not been part of the first echelon in recent years, and no matter how good Carlisle is, there is not much to do against such a team.

At this time, the starters of both sides also entered the field.

Timberwolves starting lineup: Mike Muscala (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Lore Deng (SF), Andre Iguodala (SG), Jimmy Butler (PG).

Mavericks starting lineup: Samuel Delham Porter (C), Dirk Nowitzki (PF), Sean Marion (SF), Monta Ellis (SG), Jose Calderón (PG).

Since the Mavericks have a pure blue-collar interior like Samuel Delham Porter, and there is no offensive interior, Su Chen went directly to Muscala.

For Nowitzki, in fact, Gobert won't add much defensive ability.

Gobert has a good ability to limit the outside line, or straight up and down, like Jordan Capela Jr., who also has the ability to limit.

On top of that, Gobert's defense isn't so good when it comes to the technical flow inside.

The old and spicy Nowitzki, in particular, will definitely teach Goebel a lesson.

Su Chen didn't want Nowitzki to help Goebel in class, Goebel didn't have that ability, and it was better to teach Gobert than to give Brother Alphabet a lesson.

(End of chapter)