The league eventually punished Stan Van Gundy for his rotational break.

Just kidding, Lao Tzu's "All-American Live Broadcast" treatment has been given, and you took Woody down for me, right?

Stan Van Gundy didn't care at all: "I'm willing to pay this ticket for Woody!" ”

The Heat's next game was against the Mavericks led by fellow "Big Four" Dirk Nowitzki.

Steve Nash's rebirth in Phoenix bodes well for the Mavericks, at least for the year, no matter what the Mavericks do, they're losers.

That aspect aside, the Mavericks have actually done a great job this season.

After the elder Nelson left, "Little General" Johnson took the throne.

Unlike Nelson Sr., a coach who likes to play offense to the fullest and replace defense with offense, Johnson is an "iron-blooded head coach" who prefers his players to do what he says they can do defensively.

The Mavericks have become a defensive team in the new season!

As it turns out, after they brought in Jason Terry in the summer, the team really just needs to focus on the defensive end!

Because of Terry plus Nowitzki's individual scoring ability, no manager needs to worry too much about the offensive end.

They are currently in fourth place in the West.

With an average of 102.5 points per game and 96.8 points conceded per game, there are no big problems on both offensive and defensive ends, and it is a well-balanced team on offense and defense.

Even if the Heat, which lacks major generals, ranks first in the league, when they meet such a Mavericks, they should lose or lose.

Maddy's Gerard Wallace was limited in the previous game, and this game also did a good job of limiting Jason Terry.

The Jets are averaging 15.1 points per game this season, and they only scored nine points in this game.

But......

Without Terry, the Mavericks also have Michael Finley, who averages 14.3 points per game, Stark House, who averages 12.3 points per game, and Josh Howard, who averages 12.6 points.

There are too many people to restrict, and Gerard Wallace is not Nezha after all, and he really can't do it by one person to restrain so many people.

Woody and Nowitzki only played a "five-to-five" game this time.

Nowitzki finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and four assists.

A guy with a height of 2.13 meters plays backwards in front of you, which can really only be described as incomprehensible!

It is worth mentioning that since last season, Nowitzki has slowly increased the proportion of recline, and before last season, he was also an inside hunk who played with the body, otherwise he would not have the nickname "German tank".

rushed to the basket to "tomahawk split", that is also said to come.

But since the mid-range has become more and more stable, Nowitzki's points per game average has broken through again, reaching a career-high average of 26.1 points per game!

In fact, for a player, if he does not have a historic body like Woody's former teammates, can push away all defenses strongly, plus an average of more than 40 minutes per game, and wants to average more than 25 points per game, then he must have more skill!

Nowitzki is a clear example.

Woody's final stats in this game were 28 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal.

Without Shaq O'Neal, Woody's assists per game are a bit of a true form.

However, after a game break, Woody recovered well. As soon as he came up, he hit the basket in a row, and the first ten shots were a terrifying 90%!

Frightened, Johnson called several timeouts in a row.

In the end, it was Danpier's top defense that limited his play under the basket with Nowitzki's co-defense, and the shooting rate finally dropped to a "miserable" 70%!

So, even though Nowitzki had the last laugh, he still said with trepidation: "It's really terrifying, it's hard to imagine that this guy is only 19 years old!" ”

Some media asked Nowitzki to compare Woody to LeBron.

This is the routine operation of many media reporters.

Not to mention, the fans really love to watch it too!

The Mavericks have already met the Cavaliers.

Although LeBron also played a very good performance against the Mavericks, with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in one game, and 28 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in one game, the Mavericks led all the way in both games and didn't feel any tricky at all.

It's not the same when you play the Heat.

First, there was a lack of major generals on the opposite side, and secondly, the Heat team once narrowed the gap to 1 point in this game, but there was a shortage of personnel in the subsequent rotation, which led to the team being pulled apart again.

To put it more simply:

As soon as Woody gets off the court, the Heat loses points!

In such a situation, you say that Nowitzki would think who is the better of the two......

In addition, the media mentioned the topic of the "big four", and Nowitzki had no opinion: "The players just need to talk with their performance!" ”

He didn't mean anything else, he just wanted to show that:

I'll use my performance to convince those experts and give the evaluation they deserve.

But in Kevin Garnett's ears, that's not the case at all......

What do you mean?

Is this saying that I have not led the team well this season, and my personal data has shrunk, but I am still complaining like a resentful woman that I am only ranked fourth in the "big four"?

Originally, it was not pleasing to the eye to look at this white man, but now Kevin Garnett is even more unpleasant to look at him.

Sure enough, none of the whites have empathy!

This game also has a bit of a gunpowder flavor because of this.

Well......

From Kevin Garnett's perspective.

Because of another loss, the Timberwolves, who fell to ninth in the West, are really not competitive in the eyes of the Mavericks.

In previous years, there was a lot of competition in the West, and the third-to-seventh record may only be two or three games apart, except this year, the Timberwolves, who are ranked ninth in the West, are now seven games away from the Mavericks.

In this case, it is possible that at the end of the season, the difference between the two teams will reach more than 10 games.

And such a win difference means that there is a gap between the current Timberwolves and the Mavericks.

Kevin Garnett didn't have much of a fight against Nowitzki, and the team has lost by eight points.

Coupled with the fact that the Mavericks were shooting more and more fiercely from the outside in this game, the Timberwolves only played three quarters before disarming and surrendering.

Kevin Garnett, who was sitting on the bench, watched Novitzki talking and laughing with his teammates depressedly, and then looked at his side, all of them were even more difficult to stand up to than seeing his wife get into his boss's car, and immediately covered his face with a white towel, out of sight!

The Mavericks ended up winning by 16 points in this game, and Dallas used this game to stomp on a wave of Kevin Garnett for Nowitzki.

With a wounded heart, Kevin Garnett came to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs.

He and Tim Duncan already had conflicts, and this time, the topic of "four forwards" has not dissipated, and the confrontation between the two people in this game is particularly intense. A mere regular season, and it didn't involve the rankings of the two teams, but it gave them the intensity of the playoffs.

In the end, with two signature mid-range shots, Tim Duncan defended his home court, and the Spurs narrowly defeated the Timberwolves 104-96.

Kevin Garnett scored 26 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks in the game, and watched overwhelm Tim Duncan's 21 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

But his two missed attacks in the final moments were really focused on by the media after the game.

The San Antonio Sentinel said directly: "That's why Kevin Garnett didn't become Tim Duncan, if Tim was drafted in '95, then Kevin Garnett's draft pick would have to move back one place, that's a fact!" ”

Taking turns to be ridiculed by Nowitzki and Tim Duncan's city, Kevin Garnett is very uncomfortable.

He vented all his anger in the next one.

Facing Chris Bosh, who uses himself as a model, Kevin Garnett's 30 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends let the latter know how scary he is when he is "fully physical"!

But that wasn't enough, Chris Bosh came to his second season of his career, averaging 16.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, but he still can't find his name among the league's top power forwards.

For Kevin Garnett, he wants to prove himself, and this next game is especially crucial......

The next meeting after the new season, this time in Minnesota, the home of the Timberwolves.

That's right, this time the Timberwolves' opponent is none other than Woody and his Heat!

After the game with the Mavericks, the Heat encountered another wave of "back-to-back", and they were already short of people, and this time they were even more stretched.

In the end, they lost two games in a "back-to-back", and with the loss to the Mavericks, the Heat got another "three-game losing streak", and now they desperately need a win to curb the momentum.

The good news is that Wade will finally be back in this game!

So the Heat are all the more hopeful that they can end their last game of January with a win.

Woody was asked by reporters before the game about the "big four".

Coincidentally, since the ranking of the "Big Four" was updated, the four of them have been constantly meeting each other, and in the conversations again and again, the topic has become more and more popular.

The rankings of these media outlets are also simple and crude, and their rankings are determined by the victory or defeat when they meet each other.

The situation now is that Tim Duncan has won all of the recent leads, Nowitzki has lost to Duncan once, and the others are also all wins, sitting in second place.

Other words......

Woody and Kevin Garnett are going to fight for the "old three" spot.

Woody doesn't value this ranking, and in his opinion, it's all unwarranted.

When the Heat reach the Finals this season, let's see who is in first place!

However, Woody, who didn't care about it, watched the media talking about "fourth" and "fourth" one by one, and his competitiveness and "star disease" all broke down, and he was unlucky enough recently to continue to be unlucky.

Who loves to be this "fourth", who is responsible!

He didn't want to be a ...... anyway

Kevin Garnett probably thought the same thing, and when he warmed up tonight, you could tell that he was very engaged.

The atmosphere in Minnesota is still good, even if this season is not as good as last season.

It's all because of Kevin Garnett.

Here, at least 8 out of 10 fans are Kevin Garnett diehards.

Here, the "Wolf King" is really similar to the "Earth Emperor".

Kevin Garnett can also play better at home every time!

The wolf howls of the fans are the best encouragement to him.

Just by looking at his appearance, you can see that you can't help but hit the pillar!

Passion is Kevin Garnett's best buff, and he made his trademark "Iron Jumper" from mid-range on his first round.

The roar provoked the shouts of the audience.

I don't know why, other people's mid-range shots are mid-range shots, and Kevin Garnett's mid-range shots can be linked to iron blood.

The Heat's counterattack, Wade has been absent from the battlefield for a long time, so for this attack, Alston first gave the ball to his hand and asked him to find his state.

Wade faced the "madman", and the first time he passed the person felt very good, and directly invited the "madman" to eat the exhaust.

But after rushing to the basket to fight, the feeling in this hand is not very good, and the cricket ball does not even touch the basket.

Kevin Garnett played against Woody under the basket, and the "sugar man" next to him happened to pick up the rebound.

Shaq O'Neal is not there, the biggest problem under the basket is that there are fewer people to give Woody a spot, Haslem's fighting spirit is fine, but if all the problems can be solved by fighting spirit, then the "Wolf King" should be wearing a championship ring at the moment.

The Timberwolves successfully protected the rebound, which should have been the moment when the Timberwolves took the opportunity to open up the difference, but Cassel, who dribbled to the frontcourt, did not give the ball to the "handsome guy" Szzebiak on the outside when the Heat had already shrunk the entire defense.

Instead, he forced himself into the basket and missed the throw......

That's a microcosm of the Timberwolves' season.

Under the fierce collision of team cooperation and individual shots, the team that could have developed very good chemistry faltered.

Woody managed to get Kevin Garnett behind him this time and protect the rebound.

The offense is still handed over to Wade.

This time, he calmly broke through and finished the goal.

But it was also his only goal in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the Heat trailed by five points, 24-29.

Wade, who had just returned from injury, made 1 of 5 shots and made 1 turnover.

Woody played normally, scoring eight points on 3-of-5 shooting and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, along with two rebounds and one assist.

In order for Wade to better find his rhythm, he sacrificed a lot in the first quarter.

Plus Kevin Garnett's form tonight is really strong enough......

He shot 4-of-6 and even hit 1 three-pointer!

You must know that he averages 24% of his 3-point shooting rate per game......

This made him look at the buff of "Goddess Victory is smiling at him tonight".

Woody listened to the cheers of the audience and looked at the Timberwolves fans singing and dancing, and he said to Stan Van Gundy: "Stan, I'm ready to play the remaining three quarters tonight!" ”

(End of chapter)