Portland.

Inside the arena where the Timberwolves practice impromptu.

"The best coach is out."

At this time, there was a timberwolves staff member who suddenly said something.

Hearing the news, the players all gathered.

Originally, they were doing recovery training, and compared to boring recovery training, the players obviously wanted to eat melons more.

Su Chen was also in the arena, and he was sitting to check the information.

"The vote for the best coach is out, Sue, go and have a look."

Milosevic said to Su Chen.

Compared with the outside world, major teams have special news channels, and they will know the news in advance.

That is, the Timberwolves are not very popular with the league, and some of the more well-informed teams already knew about it even a few days in advance.

Su Chen didn't care too much about the ownership of this award, and he didn't let Lindsay deliberately make news.

"Then let's go check it out."

Su Chen closed the information, put it on the table and got up.

After the staff member saw Su Chen coming, he was about to make an announcement.

The players are all in a hurry.

"The best coach is Popovich."

The staff made the news public.

Hearing this answer, there was an uproar.

They've finished second in the West this season, and it's outrageous that they're not even the best coach to go from a team outside of the playoffs all year round.

"Will those guys vote, won't they vote for me!"

Butler was the first to quit.

He didn't have much chance in the Bulls, but Su Chen supported him to become the core of the team, and he was very grateful to Su Chen Butler in his heart.

On the other hand, his current teammates are very good.

No matter how the offense is, there is no one who pulls the gate on the defensive end, and Su Chen's team system is also very good.

Otherwise, he would not have faced the Pioneers with good strength and played 3-0 directly.

"These coaches are too much, pure popularity tickets!"

Luo Er Deng also said angrily.

He has been in the league for a longer time and knows that the league is a personal love field.

There are factions among coaches, and many head coaches in the league now are from the Spurs.

Seeing Popovich No. 1 in the West, he didn't care how much Su Chen had improved with the team.

"It's a bit excessive."

Even Iguodala, who rarely talks about topics other than basketball, can't help but say.

In addition to them, Giannis Middleton and others also talked about unfairness.

Many people in this team were cultivated by Su Chen, and now seeing that Su Chen didn't get this honor, they are naturally not convinced.

Even Ibaka, who was traded in the middle of the process, was the same.

"Okay, if you really want to hold the grievances for me, then let's smack the spurs in the face of those voting coaches!"

Su Chen saw that the atmosphere of the whole team had arrived, and at this time he clapped his hands and said.

In fact, he thought that it would be difficult for Popovich to get this honor if he did not surpass Popovich in the human power accumulated in the league.

Popovich's impact in the league's coaching world isn't just for those who went out of the Spurs.

His own prestige in the league, as long as he is ranked first, it will be difficult for other coaches to lead the team to improve greatly and it will be difficult to snatch this honor from him.

Unless there is another person, who is also a respected old coach, or his disciples, he personally canvass for his disciples.

"We'll fight all the way to the Spurs, and no one will hold back!"

Butler was the first to say angrily.

"If anyone drags his feet, I'm going to kick his drum!"

Luo Er Deng also said at this time.

The duo that came out of the bull answered more radically.

"We're going all the way to the Western Conference Finals, but the Spurs don't have to fall behind."

Beverly said with a smile.

If it were before today, if this Timberwolves wanted to talk about touching the Spurs, they might still be a little empty in their hearts.

But after this incident, if the opponent can be picked in the second round, most of the team may vote to play the Spurs.

Seeing the team's momentum, Su Chen was also very pleased.

The morale of the team has risen, which is much more real than the false name of a best coach.

Soon, the players were back to training.

The staff member also planned to go back, but was stopped by Su Chen.

"How many votes do I have?"

Su Chen suppressed his voice slightly.

Milosevic originally turned his head and was about to go back, but when he saw Su Chen's question, he was also interested.

"Coach Su Chen, you got a total of five votes."

The staff member said after looking at the notepad.

"Okay, I got it."

Su Chen nodded and motioned for the staff member to go and do other things.

"Sue, it seems that you don't care at all."

Milosevic said with a smile next to him.

"If you want to say how it is possible not to care at all, I just ask to understand and see if it is similar to what I expected."

Su Chen waved his hand, shrugged his shoulders and said.

"That's the invisible rule of the Alliance."

Milosevic also said helplessly.

Milosevic's emotions are also well understood.

In the NBA, he and Su Chen, two outsiders, obviously can't fit into this NBA coaching circle.

Most of these coaches are local coaches, and many of them are transferred from the NCAA, and they are all old acquaintances.

After passing this incident, the entire Timberwolves team was holding back their strength.

Portland.

It's still the Moda Center Arena.

In the past two days, Su Chen's failure to be selected as the best coach should have been widely concerned, after all, it is news that Su Chen brought a perennial team back to the playoffs.

Even if the voting is after the regular season, the scoring part is also the regular season part, so the Timberwolves are also from the fish belly team to the second place in the West!

However, there are only a few articles about it.

Those celebrities originally liked to join in the excitement, but one by one, they didn't report it.

In fact, these names that seem to have big mouths are very shrewd.

For example, a certain Wo's revelations are very accurate every time, but in fact, it was someone else's team who cooperated with him to let him break the news.

There is no problem for Popovich to beat Su Chen to win the best coach, the problem is that Su Chen got five votes.

Logically speaking, even if Su Chen's results are not selected as the best coach, they should not have such a low number of votes.

The alliance also felt that this matter was not conducive to the reputation of the alliance, and it was also suppressing the news.

And the league doesn't want to praise an Oriental coach, and the league doesn't plan to interfere with Su Chen's low votes.

The news that should have caused a storm was so bland.

This made the Timberwolves players feel resentful.

Su Chen has led this Timberwolves all the way to the present, and everyone knows how much help he has for the team.

Su Chen was treated like this, which made the Timberwolves players feel that their efforts were not respected.

But they didn't go out to fight because of this incident.

As Su Chen said, when they defeated the Spurs, they slapped those favored coaches in the league.

The game.

The attendance rate in the Moda Center Arena is only about 70%.

This is rare in the playoffs.

But thinking about how many arrogant words the Trail Blazers had before, how disappointed the current Trail Blazers fans are, and it's still 3-0.

For the Trail Blazers, it's already 3-0, and this one is a little easier.

Being relaxed doesn't mean that you don't have fighting spirit, and winning a game at least looks better.

But the Trail Blazers didn't win easily.

The whole Timberwolves team is still aggrieved, and at this time, the Trailblazers have normally become the vent of the Timberwolves.

The Trail Blazers' defense itself isn't particularly strong either.

Facing the Timberwolves players who were like playing chicken blood, the whole Trail Blazers team was stunned.

You're all 3-0 ahead, as for fighting so hard?

The Timberwolves didn't give the Trail Blazers any chance, which also upset Terry Stotters.

He simply activated the lineup that he didn't dare to use before.

Aldridge plays center, and Batum goes to play big forward.

This idea, in fact, Terry Stouts had thought about it before, but he himself rejected it.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is on a rampage on the inside, and at this time he takes the initiative to go inside, isn't it faster to lose?

But it was this change that suddenly eased the defensive pressure on the Trail Blazers.

Giannis Antetokounmpo beat Batum, and his efficiency began to decline.

You know, whether it was Lopez Jr. or Aldridge before, or even the inside linemen who came off the bench.

One counts as one, and the single defense is all blown up by Giannis Antetokounmpo.

However, with the change of Batum as a striker, it has achieved results.

It's not really able to defend, but it's not like the previous inside line, and it was directly blown up by Giannis Antetokounmpo.

If you develop a defensive strategy at this time, with Batum who can top it slightly, then it is possible to defend against Giannis Antetokounmpo.

It's just that Terry Stotters is not good at making make-the-minute adjustments, and the Trail Blazers' disadvantage is already too great.

At this time, Su Chen also saw something.

Just when it was time to pinch the table and make a substitution, Su Chen immediately replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Even if Terry Stouts wanted to experiment with defensive methods, he couldn't find the opponent.

The Trail Blazers have lost too many points, and even without Giannis Antetokounmpo's strong offense, the Trail Blazers will not be able to chase points at this time.

Coupled with the fact that they have already been beaten to zero, the morale of the Trail Blazers has also been somewhat dispersed.

The Trail Blazers still didn't catch up with the score.

With the end of the game.

Trail Blazers 89:99 Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves won the series.

The Trail Blazers, who were confident before the start of the series and took the initiative to pick the Timberwolves to play, were swept by the season.

Many Trail Blazers fans in the arena have retreated early, but there are also many fans who are sitting in their chairs in disappointment, and their requirements for the team are not to be swept away.

But even so, the Trail Blazers didn't even fight a game.

The Trail Blazers' players didn't look good either, but as a matter of professionalism, they shook hands with the Timberwolves players.

After the Timberwolves players celebrated, they also shook hands and hugged the Trail Blazers players one by one.

Although Terry Stottes was unwilling in his heart, he still walked towards Su Chen.

"Congratulations, you're doing a better job than me for getting the team back to the playoffs."

Although he was a little unwilling, Terry Stotters still congratulated Su Chen.

Speaking of which, he also brought the Trail Blazers into the playoffs, but he took two seasons to bring the Trail Blazers for one more season than Su Chen.

Moreover, Su Chen's achievements are beyond his reach.

Last season, Su Chen led the championship with the Warriors, and this season brought the Timberwolves to second place in the West, and swept them.

'You're a good team and if you play against other teams, you get some wins.'

Su Chen looked at Terry Stouts and smiled slightly.

Terry Stouts was also a little speechless when he listened.

They are in the lower position, and the other teams they can meet are not the Spurs and the Warriors?

Although Su Chen had the intention of elevating them, he still elevated himself more, indicating that he was stronger than the Spurs and the Warriors.

For Su Chen's speech, Terry Stottes was not easy to answer, and after shaking hands, he also turned around and left.

And the fans in Minnesota are celebrating in the streets at this time.

The team returned to the playoffs and actually swept the opponent in the first round, which is simply a grand occasion for Timberwolves fans!

(End of chapter)