【274】 Dream back to the Timberwolves, the finals are coming!

GZ Province, QDNMZDZ Zhizhou, Jinping County.

As a son and daughter of half Jinping County, Lin Fei has been donating money and materials to the local government since he became famous in the NBA, funding the development of mountain villages and the education of poor children.

Under Qin Dongmei's full planning, the "Jinping Student Aid Network" was also officially established online, openly collecting poverty information from all over the world, so that more charitable funds can be implemented.

Now three years have passed, and a number of philanthropists under the call of Lin Fei have donated more than 580 million yuan to the local area of Jinping and the poor counties around Guixiang and Guizhou, built more than 60 hope primary and secondary schools, built more than 300 kilometers of Youbai Road in the mountainous area, and more than 200 standard basketball courts and football fields.

Liu Ruoyun, a volunteer teacher who married a family in Jinping in the past, and the senior sister of Lin Fei and Qin Dongmei, has now become the principal of Jinping No. 1 Middle School and concurrently serves as the deputy director of the Education Bureau.

With the sufficient funds donated by Lin Fei and other places, President Liu is also actively involved in the development of education, and cultivates more sports and cultural talents for the country.

As a high-achieving student in northern Qingbei, Liu Ruoyun's teaching life was also written and published by a writer, causing a sensation in the country.

More and more young college students have come to Jinping and the surrounding poverty-stricken counties with dreams, started teaching volunteers, and devoted themselves to the great cause of poverty alleviation and education.

At the same time, with the rapid development of the Internet and computers, Liu Ruoyun also encouraged the local people to follow the trend of the times, actively engage in e-commerce, adapt measures to local conditions, develop a characteristic economy, and generate revenue for the finance.

In just three years, Jinping has become a well-known model county for poverty alleviation in the country, and has been personally visited and praised by leaders, becoming a model for counties to learn from.

For the mountain people and children in Jinping, there is always only one person they are most grateful for, and that is Lin Fei.

It is precisely because of Lin Fei that the local children have a special love for basketball, but because of the limitations of height and talent, more children have no choice but to choose football and other sports development.

Under the cultivation of the most formal local school in Jinping called "Jinping Linfei Hope Sports School", a large number of first-class athletes have been sent to the country in the past few years.

As President Liu's protégé, Wang Yan, a 19-year-old poor girl from Jinping, also won the top prize in liberal arts in GZ Province with a score of 701 in last year's college entrance examination and was admitted to Qingbei as she wished.

More and more Jinping children are going out of the mountains to see the outside world.

In the same way, more and more volunteer teachers and poverty alleviation volunteers have gone into the mountains to engage in glorious and great causes.

And the origin of all these changes is because of Lin Fei.

How great can one person be?

As the ancient Greek sage Archimedes said, give me a lever and I can pry the whole earth.

Nowadays, basketball has become the most genuine love of local children, and the Jinping government also funded the first local county BA basketball invitational tournament in April this year, and CBA star Zhu Fangyu was invited to become an image ambassador.

Los Angeles, Marina Villa.

Da Yao came to Kobe's home tonight, and the two sat on the sofa together to watch the much-anticipated Western Conference Finals tie-breaker.

The nanny prepares dinner in the kitchen, Kobe's eldest daughter, 4, sits on the sand in the yard and plays, and Vanessa breastfeeds her second daughter, who is less than a year old, in the bedroom.

If Lin Fei sees this warm family scene, he will definitely pray for Kobe Bryant again, hoping that Kobe Bryant in this life can escape his doom and die happily.

"Yao, what do you think of this battle for the seventh?"

Kobe Bryant asked lazily with his hands on the back of his head, his eyes fixed on the TV screen.

"It's better for the Timberwolves to win, although Tim Duncan is still the greatest power forward on the planet, but the overall lineup of the Timberwolves is even more terrifying!"

The Lakers led by Da Yao and Kobe Bryant lost to the Spurs 2:4 in the first round of the playoffs, and the Spurs with Vince Carter were stronger, but they still did not have much advantage in the face of the Timberwolves.

"As I thought, the Timberwolves' forward defense is too strong, and the Spurs don't have a clear advantage at other positions except for Tony Parker at the No. 1 position!"

"But a game like this is the real stage for a superstar, and maybe Tim Duncan will turn the tide once again and prove his greatness!"

Da Yao nodded, but shook his head again: "Not every star can create miracles like Lin, 35 seconds and 16 minutes will become a portrayal of the entire era!" ”

Kobe Bryant sighed lightly: "Maybe you're right, this season's NBA belongs to Lin, but next season, we must create a miracle that belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers!" ”

What makes Kobe Bryant feel fortunate is that he sees hope in the current Lakers team, in addition to himself and Da Yao, Al Jefferson's growth is also expected,

At the same time, the Lakers management is also actively seeking further reinforcements this summer, and the Los Angeles Lakers will inevitably gain greater competitiveness in the new season.

Look back to Minneapolis, Target Center Arena.

At seven o'clock in the evening, at the signal of the referee, the starters of both teams all walked onto the field.

The starting five Tigers on the Timberwolves' side are:

Point Guard (PG): Carlos Arroyo,

Shooting Guard (SG): Ray Allen,

Small Forward (SF): Gerard Wallace,

Power Forward (PF): Ron Artest,

Center (C): Kevin Garnett.

The starting five on the Spurs' side are:

Point Guard (PG): Tony Parker,

Shooting Guard (SG): Vince Carter,

Small Forward (SF): Bruce Bowen,

Power Forward (PF): Tim Duncan,

Center forward (C): Fabrizio Oberto.

The current Timberwolves and Spurs actually have an obvious problem, that is, they can't find qualified centers next to Duncan and Wolves, the two top power forwards.

Coupled with the crowded situation of the Timberwolves' front line, McHale, who is also the head coach of the Wolves this season, directly let Artest play big, and the Wolves mentioned the center position.

This actually makes the Timberwolves' style of play more flexible, and the pace of offense and defense has become faster, which fits perfectly with the small-ball style of play.

On the Spurs' side, although the starting center has always been Oberto or Nesterovic, their more knowledge has shared part of Duncan's eye-catching rim protection tasks on the defensive end.

In fact, on both offensive and defensive ends, the Spurs' interior pillar is always a stone Buddha.

The inside situation of the two Western giants also fully proves the withering of excellent centers in this era, and the top power forwards naturally need to take on more responsibilities.

Tonight's West Finals tie-break is also the pinnacle duel between the two No. 21s.

Kevin Garnett was the No. 5 pick in the first round in 1995, and Tim Duncan is known as the No. 1 pick in '97.

Although the Wolves entered the league two years earlier than Garnett, he entered the league as a high school student after all, so the actual age of both was born in 1976, and Garnett is even a month younger than Duncan.

The whole game was always very intense, whether it was the head-to-head confrontation between the Wolf King and Shi Buddha at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, or the wrestling between the two quarterbacks of Ray Allen and Vince Carter.

Tactics, defense, breakouts, and three-pointers all played at the highest level of NBA games.

Many fans believe that Duncan's overall strength is slightly stronger than that of the Wolves, and Vince Carter, as the four quarterbacks, is also slightly stronger than Ray Allen in terms of overall strength.

In addition, in terms of point guards, Tony Parker and Carlos Arroyo are both foreign players, but Parker's strength is obviously better than Arroyo.

Such a comparison of the three positions will give fans the illusion that the Spurs are stronger than the Timberwolves.

But ignoring that basketball is a team sport as a whole, the Spurs except for the KDP triumvirate of Duncan, Carter and Parker, the overall quality of the rest of the role players is too different from the Timberwolves.

After all, the Timberwolves still have Gerard Wallace and Ron Artest, two strong forwards, and the substitute Szebiak avoided a major ankle injury under the persuasion of Lin Fei's friend, and now still maintains a stable output of about 17 points per game.

In this season's Sixth Man of the Year award, Ginobili was elected, followed by Jason Terry, Barbossa and Szebiak in 2nd to 4th place.

On the other hand, the role players on the Spurs' side are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and it costs a lot to get Carter.

And from the operation of the team's tactical system, Ray Allen also has to adapt better than Vince Carter, because his off-ball is top-notch, and he can perfectly apply the off-ball tactics formulated by the Timberwolves for Lin Fei in the past.

A classic wolf-horse tie-breaker, and finally with the blessing of the Timberwolves' deeper team lineup, they narrowly defeated the Spurs 106-102 at home and reached the finals again after three years.

The KDP trio scored 72 points, but they still couldn't beat the Timberwolves' five players scored double-doubles.

Kevin Garnett's 24 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks dominated the offense and defense, which was on par with Tim Duncan's 27 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks.

The entire target center arena is shouting "MVP", and the bloody image of the wolf king on the court over the years has been completely transformed into the spiritual totem of this team.

Ray Allen also hit five three-pointers tonight to score a team-high 21 points, which was not as good as Vince Carter's 25 points and seven rebounds, but was more efficient.

Gerard Wallace and Ron Artest each scored in double figures, and starting point guard Arroyo also took on his responsibilities perfectly, contributing 8 points, 6 assists and 2 steals.

Tony Parker had 16 points and 5 assists, and he didn't quite show the dominance and advantage of an All-Star point guard against Arroyo.

In the original world, the Spurs easily swept the Cavaliers 4-0 in the 06-07 season finals to win the championship, and Tony Parker also won the FMVP with an average of 25 points per game, beating Duncan's 18.9 points.

But fans who know the ball know very well that it was completely easy for the Spurs to sweep the Cavaliers that year, and the gap between the strength of the Eastern and Western champions was huge, and there was no need for Duncan to break out, and the Cavaliers and James had already fallen.

In fact, in the first three rounds of the playoffs that year, the Spurs faced the Nuggets, Suns and Jazz respectively, and Duncan's average points per game were higher than Parker's, and his defensive contribution was not comparable to Parker's.

Therefore, Parker completely relied on his own advantages and characteristics to play wonderful statistics in the Finals, which led to Duncan winning the Finals MVP.

In this regard, it is very similar to the situation in the 15th Finals of the next 15 years, Andre Iguodala beat Curry to win the MVP of the Finals.

So in a united team, especially when you meet altruistic team leaders like Duncan and Curry, the chances of a Finals MVP will increase dramatically.

The Timberwolves bench, led by Szebiak, helped the team score a total of 28 points and beat the Spurs' 15 points off the bench, which was also the key to the Timberwolves' victory.

Mr. Bobo was once again blocked out of the Finals, and at the same time he really saw the iron will of this Timberwolves team.

As the second-in-command of the Celtics in the 80s, coupled with a generous roster, Kevin McHale truly infused this Timberwolves with the iron-blooded spirit of the Green Army.

Bobo could secretly instruct Bruce Bowen to pad a small guard like Nash, but against Garnett, Gerrard and Artey of the Timberwolves, that is one who will not dare to attack.

In Lin Fei's view, this year's Timberwolves are very similar to the Celtics who formed the Big Three in the original world in 08, after all, the two cores overlap, and Gerald Wallace on the small forward is slightly worse than the "truth" Pierce, but with the addition of Artay, this is all the same.

After hugging the Timberwolves players one by one, Tim Duncan also returned to the locker room from the players' tunnel with a lonely back.

Although he is low-key, Tim Duncan, who is at the peak of his debut, is still proud in his bones, and the big honor of 2+2+2 is also firmly in the top ten in history.

However, since winning the championship in 03, the Spurs have missed the championship for 4 consecutive years, and the only 05 years to reach the finals were still swept by the Heat Big Three 4:0.

Lost to the Lakers in the playoffs in '04, the Heat in the Finals in '05, the Mavericks in the playoffs in '06, and the Timberwolves in the playoffs in '07......

Could it be that the era of his stone Buddha has ended early? Duncan gritted his teeth, he would never accept such an outcome.

At the Western Conference Championship ceremony, Kevin Garnett enjoyed the cheers from the sky, holding the Western Conference Championship trophy from the hands of the league's vice president and holding it high above his head.

At this time, what came to his mind was the scene of winning the championship with Lin Fei that year, which was the first peak of his career.

However, in this year's Finals, Kevin Garnett's Timberwolves will inevitably have a battle with Lin Fei's Knicks.

Ray Allen's mood at this time is also surging, and after 11 seasons in the league, he is finally about to taste the Finals.

Perennially ranked below the top four quarterbacks, how could Ray Allen be willing? This year's finals are his best chance to prove it.

At the same time, the heavy responsibility on Ray Allen's shoulders at this time also made him clench his fists even more, because in the finals, he will inevitably face Lin Fei, the super demon who created a miracle of 35 seconds and 16 minutes.

With the end of the Western Conference Finals, the heat of the Finals has also been pushed to the climax, and the peak matchup between the Timberwolves and the Knicks has also attracted crazy discussions from hundreds of millions of fans around the world:

"Knicks VS Timberwolves, this Finals is full of highlights! Don't forget that Lin Fei is a superstar who came out of the Timberwolves! ”

"Three All-Stars for the Knicks, four All-Stars for the Timberwolves, plus two quasi-All-Stars for Artest and Randolph, this Finals is absolutely full of cards!"

"The Timberwolves, the Mavericks and the Spurs played two tie-breaks, the strength of this team has been tested at the highest level, although Lin is strong, but the Knicks are still much worse than the Timberwolves!"

"In short, there is no shortage of miracles in the game with Lin, and the overall strength of the Knicks is not as good as the Timberwolves, which is recognized, but we still look forward to Lin's next game against the sky!"

Although Lin Fei's 35.16 minutes are popular all over the world, the popularity of "Wolf King" Kevin Garnett is also hot, coupled with defeating Duncan to reach the finals, and the tempering of the two tie-breaks has also injected more iron-blooded demeanor into the Timberwolves.

In ESPN's all-50 state voting campaign, fans in 39 states were more inclined to the Timberwolves to win the championship, and only 11 states in the east, including New York, chose to support the Knicks.

In the comprehensive data analysis of multiple media experts and commentators, the Timberwolves have a championship probability of 81% this year, and the Knicks only 19%.

At Madison Square Garden, seeing that the Timberwolves were suspected of passing the test, Lin Fei also took the initiative to send a message of congratulations to Garnett and Szebiak, and looked forward to the showdown in the finals.

Sizebiak: "Lin, it's been three years, and we finally reached the finals together, but we were teammates back then, and now we are rivals!" ”

Kevin Garnett: "Lin, see you in the finals, you and your Knicks must not be too weak!" I'd like to play you a few more times in the Grand Finals! ”

With the rise in popularity of the finals, fans at home and abroad have begun to discuss the battle for the historical status of the two finals teams, Lin Fei and Kevin Garnett:

"Seniority aside, in terms of big honors, Lin Fei has 3 championships, a regular season MVP and a Finals MVP, while Kevin Garnett only has 1 championship, 1 MVP and 1 FMVP,"

"The only championship and FMVP of the Wolf King were all obtained with the help of Lin Fei, who of these two has a high historical status? Is it still necessary to discuss? ”

"After all, Garnett has played in the league for 12 seasons, in addition to the big honor of 1+1+1, he is also a four-time rebounding champion in a row, a DPOY for two consecutive years, countless All-Star and All-Star teams, and his historical status is higher than the current Lin Fei, which is completely reasonable, right?"

"Considering the best team and the number of All-Stars, Garnett's advantage is definitely more obvious than Lin Fei, but if you only talk about three major things, Lin Fei has undoubtedly surpassed Garnett!"

"Lin Fei's performance in the Knicks this season is a unique super explosion in history, with an average of 40+ scoring champions per game, 60+ in 5 games in the season, 70+ in two games, 63 points in a single playoff game, and the most awesome miracle of 35.16 seconds......"

June 6, Minneapolis, Target Center Arena.

Lin Fei led the Knicks back to this familiar arena, and began his most arduous journey to the finals in four years without being favored in an all-round situation.

Glenn Taylor is a caring boss and is also full of gratitude to Lin Fei, tonight in the player appearance ceremony before the start of G1 in the finals.

The Timberwolves also specially edited a highlight of Lin Fei's wonderful performance in the 04 playoffs in the Timberwolves, which was played on a loop on the high-definition four-sided screen.

Countless home fans at the scene also dreamed back to the 04 Western Finals and Finals, and applauded and cheered for Lin Fei's wonderful three-point and super-god kill.

When the Knicks' players called out Lin Fei's name in the finale of the ceremony, the DJ on the scene also used a loud voice to emotionally broadcast a series of titles and prefixes:

"Three-time NBA champion, 2005-06 Finals MVP, 2006-07 regular season MVP, scoring champion, steal champion, three-year season double-team, three-year All-Star ticket king, 04 Athens Olympics men's basketball silver medal, 06 men's basketball World Championship champion ......"

"NBA's youngest Mr. 50 points, youngest Mr. 60 points, youngest Mr. 70 points, playoff personal single-game high-scoring record, single-quarter highest-scoring record, youngest regular season MVP ......"

"Tell me out loud, who is he?"

When the 20,000 Timberwolves fans in the stadium shouted the name "Lin Fei", Lin Fei also wore the No. 22 jersey of the Knicks, trotted all the way out of the players' tunnel, waving his hands at the fans.

Standing in front of the familiar Timberwolves logo icon in the center of the court, Lin Fei looked at the audience, and there were still many people wearing their former Timberwolves No. 22 jersey.

At this moment, Lin Fei returned to the place where his NBA dream began. (End of chapter)