Heat (9) :(4) Timberwolves.

In the opening 2 minutes, Lin Fei hit 3 three-pointers in a row, and single-handedly scored the first 9 points of the Heat team.

Especially the last two three-pointers, the difficulty coefficient is very high, and it is full of shock.

Timberwolves fans at the Target Center arena were in abrupt acclaim, and there was a flurry of applause.

"Lin is too strong, I feel that his three-point shot is obviously improved compared to last season's finals!"

"With a single defense block and a three-point dragon from a long distance, Lin's performance on the defensive end is exactly like two people last season, and this defense is no worse than Trenton Hassel!"

"Lin's arm span and speed are good in themselves, and the defensive end has always been very active and hardworking, coupled with the improvement of confrontation strength and the growth of experience, the defensive level will naturally go up!"

"Hey, it's a pity that Lin, who has both offense and defense now, is no longer a player of our Timberwolves team, otherwise there will be absolutely no pressure on the Timberwolves to defend their title this season!"

"We are not a team that is good at switching defenses inside, and it is not easy to contain Lin's three-point shot!"

"I have a hunch that Lin is going to hit at least 10 three-pointers tonight! No, at least 12! ”

On the court, Lin Fei, who hit a long-range three-pointer, was confident and chic, squatted down in the LOGO area during the defense, stretched out his right hand and stroked the pattern on the floor.

It's as if you're feeling the temperature of this stadium.

Standing up and looking at the "madman" with a look of disgruntle and shock, Lin Fei joked: "Ratril, I really didn't expect that the first block in my NBA career was actually taken away by you!" ”

The nervous "madman" was stunned for a moment, and for a while he couldn't tell whether Lin Fei was praising him or hurting him!

Head coach Philip Saunders, who was standing in front of the Timberwolves bench on the sidelines, also smiled and took the initiative to applaud Lin Fei's wonderful performance.

Sanders didn't rush to call a timeout and make adjustments, he wanted Lin Fei to perform to the fullest.

After all, it's just a not-so-important regular season, and tonight's Timberwolves vs Heat is all about feelings.

Of course, Sanders knows Lin Fei best, and he also knows the essence of the second set of offensive tactics arranged by the Heat team around Lin Fei today.

In addition to the Wolves, there is no second player on the Timberwolves who can effectively switch Lin Fei on the outside, not Olowokandi, let alone Johnson Sr. and Mark Madsay.

If you want to pinch Lin Fei's three-point catch, the best way is to clamp the ball carrier, strictly guard against the passing line, and if the inside line changes defense, you can only be shot to death.

In fact, this is also the biggest headache for the Timberwolves management in the new season, and the two positions that need to be strengthened most in the team today are point guards, and the second is the interior.

Although Garnett is an MVP-level, he must also have a reliable interior helper around him to share the pressure, and the parallel top is obviously still a lot worse.

Stan Van Gundy also smiled and nodded, Lin Fei, who started tonight, looked like he was about to set a new record in the face of his former teammates who won the championship with him.

The "madman" who was blocked by Lin Fei was naturally unconvinced, and came to the offensive end to ask Cassel for the ball again, misplaced against Lin Fei, and had to play alone.

This time, Sprewell was no longer obsessed with the breakthrough, and saw that Lin Fei was a little big, so he jumped out of the post three to score two points.

"Bang dang!"

The shot was a little hurried, the power was a little bigger, the long rebound popped up and was caught by the wolf king, and he broke through the situation and took a step past Haslem, and jumped up directly to send a one-arm dunk.

"Boom!"

The ball was converted, and the Heat once again seized the problem of the Timberwolves' interior switching.

O'Neal received the ball after blocking and dismantling Wade at the top of the arc, followed by a cover with Lin Fei, and at the same time quickly sent the ball to the opponent.

Lin Fei, who ran at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the position, faced Olowokandi's stumbling change of defense, and jumped again to make a lightning shot.

"Huh!"

The fourth.

After less than 3 minutes in the first quarter, Lin Fei had already hit 4 three-pointers in a row, and there was no missing shot.

Philip Saunders finally called a long timeout and was ready to adjust his strategy for Lin Fei on the defensive end.

Stan Van Gundy saw that Haslem was blown up by the Wolves, so he roughly replaced Haslem with a rough replacement, which couldn't be prevented anyway, and it was also a good choice to strengthen the offensive performance.

After the timeout, the Timberwolves made obvious adjustments on the defensive end, continuing to let Trenton Hassell chase Lin Fei at the same time.

When encountering the cover, the main pinched Lin Fei's receiving line at the first time, and appropriately selected the decisive bag holder according to the situation, and tried every means to prevent Lin Fei's catching the ball.

Philip Saunders knows Lin Fei best, so this defensive strategy has also achieved good results.

In the next few minutes, Lin Fei didn't get another chance to catch the ball in the positional battle, but Wade and O'Neal stepped up.

With their personal ability, coupled with Lin Fei's outside containment, the two constantly connected in the restricted area to create kills, and hit the basket again and again.

Among them, Wade resisted the wolf king's change of defense in a breakthrough, and shot to the limit when he completely lost his balance in the air, and played a beautiful 2+1.

The powerful waist and abdomen strength and aerial confrontation ability are undoubtedly displayed, and even the wolf king, who has always been proud, has to admire the terrifying talent of Wade, a sophomore rookie.

A talented breakthrough invincible, a sharp three-point master, and a giant in the penalty area, one of the most powerful centers in the history of the league,

With these three guys teaming up, it's hard not to get strong for the Miami Heat.

Eddie Jones and Roughly became the Timberwolves' defensive selective open points, and both hit open three-pointers.

At the same time, on the defensive end, Lin Fei has always maintained a high level, and has performed in single defense, switching defense and assisting defense.

Although it was difficult to catch the ball again in the positional battle, the Heat played two consecutive counterattack fast breaks at the end of the first quarter, and Lin Fei also used sharp running to penetrate the defense, and received the ball and hit two more three-pointers.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

At the end of the first quarter, Lin Fei played 12 minutes in a single quarter, shooting 6 of 6 three-pointers, scoring a game-high 18 points.

Heat (33) :(25) Timberwolves.

After the start of the second quarter, Lin Fei and O'Neal temporarily rested off the court, and Wade played with the substitutes on the court.

Taking advantage of the time when the Wolf King was not present, Wade's breakthrough on the offensive end was sharper, and he instantly switched to the role of quarterback, scoring 5 points with a free throw.

On the defensive end, he flew to steal the ball in the hands of Szebiak, and sent another explosive tomahawk dunk in the lightning fast attack.

"Boom!"

Wade scored seven points in a row.

Even the "madman" Sprewell who sat on the bench of the Timberwolves not only sighed, he has always rarely admired young rookies, and now Lin Fei is the first, and Wade is the second.

"This guy's physical talent is so explosive, it's much more fierce than when I was younger!"

As a point guard, Sam Cassel naturally sees things differently from the "madman".

"Yes, Pat Riley is a godfather of a generation after all, this Dwayne and Lin partner in the backcourt is simply a perfect match, and the two of them perfectly make up for their respective shortcomings!"

The wolf king beside him sighed: "Coupled with an experienced and explosive center in the league, this Heat team is really too strong this year!" ”

The Heat quickly took a double-digit lead, and Stan Van Gundy experimented with more lineups, giving O'Neal more time to rest, Lin Fei and Wade staggering to play, and Eddie Jones getting more balls.

Eddie Jones is still performing very well in the new season, following the Heat Big Three, averaging 15+ output per game, and is very efficient, shooting close to 50%.

Defensively, 34-year-old Eddie Jones is still aggressive, which directly boosts his trade value.

At present, the management of the Miami Heat and the Memphis Grizzlies and other teams are still actively discussing a trade for Eddie Jones, and some results have been achieved.

Therefore, Pat Riley's side also gave Stan Van Gundy a request to create as many scoring opportunities as possible for Eddie Jones without affecting the team's chemistry and the outcome of the game.

In this way, there is more hope that Eddie Jones will be exchanged for the player he likes, and the final piece of the puzzle will be completed for the Miami Heat to win the championship.

By halftime, the Heat had a 15-point lead over the Timberwolves.

Heat (66) :(51) Timberwolves.

He scored 66 points in the first half, and the scoring efficiency was very high.

The two teams were mainly playing offensive efficiency tonight, and they didn't take it too seriously defensively.

Lin Fei played 18 minutes in the first half, hitting all 8 three-pointers and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 27 points alone.

In the second half, the Timberwolves raised their offensive and defensive levels and wanted to launch a wave of counterattacks, but Sam Cassel accidentally collided with Wade in a defense and withdrew from the game with a recurrence of a back injury.

With the departure of Cassel, the Wolf King, "Madman" and Szebiak also fell into a situation of fighting on their own, and the offensive end was chaotic, and the score could not be approached.

In one of the defenses, the "madman" missed the outside three-point shot, and the long rebound just fell to Lin Fei's side.

"Smack!"

Lin Fei concentrated, picked up his first rebound of the night, turned over and quickly gave it to Wade, who was fast in the middle, and then walked quickly to the side to follow up the frontcourt.

"Whoosh!"

"Madman" turned around and chased very closely, intercepting Wade's first fast attack line.

According to Wade's usual style, this ball will be forced to turn into a layup directly against Sprewell.

But at this time, Lin Fei ran out of a good position on the right side and threw the chasing Hassel two meters away.

"Whoosh!"

Wade flicked his wrist as he went, and gave the ball to Lin Fei's hand near the 30-degree angle on the right.

But Wade's pass was not very good, and Lin Fei didn't catch the ball for the first time when he ran at high speed, but the nerves in his brain had already sent a signal to jump out.

So when Lin Fei was jumping up and about to make a move, the basketball that he didn't hold steady took off directly, and jumped out of Lin Fei's palm like a disobedient rabbit.

Seeing that Hassell was struggling to catch up and was about to grab the ball, Lin Fei didn't have time to think at this time, and after landing on the ground, he rushed up and held it with his big hand, and subconsciously threw the ball directly above the basket.

But it wasn't a standard shot, and the basketball bounced off the toughened rebound.

However, in the next moment, Lin Fei saw a vigorous posture jumping under the basket, resisting the defender, his long arms soaring into the sky, and his palm dragged the basketball into the basket.

"Boom!"

In the loud noise, Wade relied on his excellent bouncing and aerial confrontation ability to withstand the "madman", and instantly transformed a near mistake of Lin Fei into a wonderful board assist.

The referee blew the whistle to signal that Wade's dunk was valid, and the staff in front of the technical desk quickly made changes to the player's stats.

Wade scored +2,

Lin Fei assists +1.

This was Lin Fei's first assist in tonight's game, and his first in the entire 04-05 season.

Unexpectedly, after the basketball got out of his hand, a subconscious urinal shot actually made a mistake in the ball unexpectedly converted into a wonderful board assist.

Lin Fei had to sigh at the horror of his teammate Wade's physical fitness, and at the same time, a bold idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

Now there are breakthrough masters like Wade and O'Neal, the league's No. 1 center, around.

Many times, if Lin Fei feels that the rhythm is not adjusted well after receiving the ball, or that the defense has completely kept up, it is not necessarily necessary to force a difficult shot.

Even if the ball is thrown directly to the basket, with O'Neal and Wade's two monster teammates, the Heat has a high probability of completing an empty dunk or a secondary offense.

In that case, wouldn't he, a partial student with an assist attribute of 0, also be able to happily brush assists?

After all, the rebounding attribute is 0, and Lin Fei has not grabbed rebounds, so this assist is also a truth.

Thinking of this, Lin Fei started a new attempt in terms of playing style.

At 2 minutes and 19 seconds in the third quarter, the Heat attacked, and Lin Fei received Wade's pass at a 0-degree angle on the left side after roughly covering, but at this time, the Wolf King quickly changed his defense and pounced.

Lin Fei jumped up without hurrying, took the ball with both hands and faked a real pass, and threw the basketball out of the armpit of the wolf king who was defending.

At this time, O'Neill and Olowokandi were both near the penalty area, and the players of both teams subconsciously thought that Lin Fei's goal was probably going to score again.

After all, Lin Fei made all 10 three-point shots tonight, and he hasn't lost one yet.

But it is obvious that Lin Fei's aerial throwing is an obvious passing action, without any shooting posture.

O'Neal reacted quickly under the basket, blocked Olovo Kandi with his body for the first time, jumped up to grab the rebound, and rushed into the basket with a jump after landing, and suddenly jumped up and poured his hands into the basket to complete a shark dunk.

"Boom!"

Lin Fei's pass is obviously not accurate enough, and the landing point and height are not suitable for direct empty dunks.

But O'Neal relied on his personal ability to turn Lin Fei's almost wrong pass into a wonderful assist.

O'Neill scored +2,

Lin Fei assists +1.

This is Lin Fei's second assist tonight.

In the TNT TV live room.

Accustomed to seeing Lin Fei catch the ball and shoot three-pointers, tonight's two accidental assists scored by teammates, but it made Charles Barkley feel even more surprised and curious:

"A lot of people say that Lin has no assist ability at all, but tonight's assists in the bottom corners of the third quarter on both sides of Dwayne and Shaquille were enough to slap the comments of these fans!"

"OMG, it turns out that Lin is moving in a more well-rounded direction, not only has he improved a lot on the defensive end, but his options on the offensive end have also become diverse!"

Kenny Smith also praised: "It is worth noting that Lin has scored 34 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 block and 2 steals so far, filling up the five stat columns!" ”

"This is the first time in Lin's career that he has filled the pentathlon column in an official competition!"

"While those two assists will seem a little funny and weird, we did see a more aggressive and well-rounded Lin on both ends of the floor tonight!"

At the last moment of the third quarter, the wolf king was roughly caught by Lin Fei, and the offensive end forced a turnover jump shot that missed.

"Bang dang!"

"Smack!"

The rebound was grabbed by Wade, who rushed up, and there were only 1.5 seconds left on the timer until the end of the third quarter.

The Timberwolves' defense was noticeably lax, and no one would have thought the Heat would be able to complete another transition offense in those 1.5 seconds.

But there was one person who clearly did not give up.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei shook off the wolf king and went straight to the frontcourt, and the moment he stepped on the three-point line at the top of the arc in the backcourt, Wade's ball was quickly passed.

This is a very good quality lead pass, Lin Fei took another step and reached out to pick up the basketball directly, too late to make any adjustments, and directly threw the ball to the front basket.

The moment the basketball flew out of Lin Fei's hands, the red lights on the timer and tempered rebound also lit up instantly, and the third quarter of the game ended.

The basketball flew over the court at a height of nearly 20 meters, and under the gaze of tens of thousands of fans in the target center arena, it crossed a long arc, impartial, and smashed the yellow dragon.

"Huh!"

Also in.

The 11th.

With Lin Fei's 20-meter over-the-top three-point whistle shot, the Heat also ended the third quarter with a huge advantage of 17 points.

Lin Fei played 28 minutes in the third quarter, made 11 three-point shots, 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 38 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 block and 2 steals.

For the first time in his career, he filled the five-event data column in a competition.

The Timberwolves fans at home were amazed and helpless, Lin Fei's 20-meter ultra-long shot hit the whistle, which can be said to have completely destroyed the confidence of the Timberwolves to chase the score and reverse.

In the final quarter, Eddie Jones ushered in a small burst with his benches, and the Heat led outside 20 points at one point.

Stan Van Gundy was willing to let Eddie Jones brush up the score, and with the victory almost certain, he didn't send another big three in the final quarter.

On the Timberwolves side, the Wolves and the Mad Guys also did not appear in the final quarter, and Philip Sanders was more concerned about the team's current roster structure than a regular season game.

If the Timberwolves want to go far in the playoffs this season, or even complete the title defense, they must strengthen the team through trades and make the roster more rational.

In the end, the Heat defeated the Timberwolves 116-99 on the road, and the record of the new season also came to 9-1, continuing to rank first in the East.

And Lin Fei made 11 three-point shots tonight, filling up the five-event data column in an NBA game for the first time in his career, which can also be regarded as a wonderful performance in front of his old club, and also shows his all-round improvement compared with last season.

But the game didn't make the media spotlight after the game, and Lin Fei and the Heat didn't make the front page headlines in the sports press.

Because this day is destined to shock the world with that man named Ron Artest.

Even with the lessons learned from the Timberwolves and Pistons in last season's Finals, history has always been amazing.

On November 19, 2004, the Auburn Hills Palace incident erupted.

(End of chapter)