The front row on the sidelines also resounded with applause from many star fans, and when they came to the scene tonight, no one was not looking forward to Lin Fei's performance on the field.

Although the Timberwolves are the stronger team in the Finals, Lin Fei is also the most popular superstar.

Countless celebrity fans at home and abroad came to the scene tonight, making Minneapolis, a small ball city, burst into unprecedented vitality.

In the square outside the stadium of the target center, more than 50,000 fans gathered in a crowd of people.

These fans come from all over the world, from all seven continents and four oceans, and it's their love of basketball and the NBA that brings them together at this moment.

Many retired celebrities and current stars of the NBA, as well as players who entered the offseason early, also rushed to the scene tonight, even if they sat in the second-floor stands, to witness the much-anticipated Finals.

Michael Jordan, "Magic" Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Moses Malone, Carl Malone, Gary Payton, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing......

Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Aaron Iverson, Cameron Anthony, Dwayne Wade, Da Yao, Roughly, Maddie, Duncan, Carter, ......

In the pre-game ESPN interview, beautiful reporter Erin Andrews also interviewed Kobe Bryant and asked him what he thought of tonight's Finals G1:

Kobe Bryant smiled into the microphone and said, "I think the Timberwolves will win this game, but Lin will win the applause of the fans!" ”

As Lin Fei's girlfriend, Qin Dongmei also put down her work in the company and came to the scene in person, sitting in the front row with Mildew to cheer for Lin Fei.

The fans around the audience at the scene naturally also found the figure of the front row mildew wearing a long skirt of evening dress, and couldn't help but talk about it.

"Look, isn't that mildew? She's a big fan of Lin and the Knicks, and she never falls in every game! ”

"The Asian beauty sitting next to Mildew is Lin's girlfriend, right? It doesn't look pretty, do you? How did Lin get so desperate for her? ”

"I heard that Mildew has always had a crush on Lin, but Lin already has a girlfriend, and the title song of Mildew's new album was written specifically for Lin!"

Since the official release of his first music album in October last year, Mildew's popularity and influence in the music circle of the United States have soared rapidly, and he has participated in many music ceremonies and won many newcomer awards.

In the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs G4 game, Lin Fei created a miracle of 35.16 seconds, and Mildew was also inspired by this, and wrote a song specifically for Lin Fei and the Knicks, called "miracle" (miracle), which appeared on the Billboard new song list within 24 hours of release.

In a well-sighted position in the third row on the sidelines, Jay Chou wearing a cap also appeared in front of the camera, and next to him sat a mysterious beauty in a mask.

Similar to Mildew's "Miracle", Dong Chou was also inspired at that time, and it took less than 10 minutes to contribute a song to Lin Fei's 35 seconds and 16 minutes, which was composed and arranged by himself and lyrics by Fang Wenshan.

This single of Dong Chou, titled "Shot", was announced on major music platforms in the Celestial Empire for 24 hours, and the number of playbacks and listens reached 2 million times, and the comments were forwarded 100,000+.

In 2007, when the 3G network was not opened, this was definitely an unprecedented miracle in the history of online music.

Mayday, the first rock group of the Celestial Empire, also composed the song "Presumptuous" for Lin Fei's miracle of 35 seconds and 16 minutes, and this song is also an advertising song for Pepsi.

And there are a few lyrics in this song, which are very suitable for Lin Fei's sportsmanship in the NBA:

"Newton wants us all to live on the earth, but I'm going to fly!"

"To break free from the shackles of fate, to overthrow the Berlin Wall, to stand on the shoulders of giants!"

And in several luxury boxes on the top of the museum, Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor, Knicks owner James Dolan, the world's richest man Bill Gaitz and his friend Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen,

and MZ Party member Hussein Obama, who is speaking in various places to run for the new president of the United States, were also attracted by this much-anticipated grand final.

As Lin Fei's friends in football, this time Kaka and Messi also flew to the United States hand in hand, and sat in the front row of the field with their respective girlfriends to cheer for Lin Fei in the finals.

This year, inspired by his friend Lin Fei, Kaka completely ushered in the peak year of his football career. Won the Serie A Player of the Year 06-07.

In the Champions League final on May 23, Kaka assisted Inzaghi to score a goal to help AC Milan avenge Liverpool 2-1 and win the seventh Champions League trophy in team history.

Lin Fei also sent a congratulatory text message to Kaka at that time, remembering that Kaka's autographed jersey that was still stored in his study, and now its value should have increased rapidly.

Among the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year, which will be selected at the end of the year, Kaka has a clear advantage and is expected to reach the pinnacle of football in 2007.

On the other hand, the 19-year-old Messi has also improved rapidly this year, scoring 17 goals in 36 games this season, helping Barcelona win the La Liga title, and he was also elected the best young player in FIFPro.

Although the football careers of the two are thriving, there is still a big gap in influence and popularity compared with Lin Fei, who is now dominating the NBA.

"Lionel, do you think Lin can lead the Knicks to win this game tonight?"

"It's hard for me, but Lin is going to play a good game, and he's always capable of anything on the NBA court!"

The NBA Finals were streamed live in more than 72 countries and 109 regions around the world, and more than 800 million people watched it online.

2007 was a year of rapid development of the NBA in the world, and Lin Fei's 35.16 seconds raised the NBA's influence on the world to a new height.

In front of a relatively empty position in the grandstand on the second floor, the four people of the Tianchao Commentary Team, Zhang Dao, Yang Yi, Su Skirt and Yu Jia, had already arranged cameras and other instruments at this time.

Prepare to broadcast the highlight of the Grand Final for hundreds of millions of fans of the Celestial Empire.

"Hello fans and friends in front of the TV and the Internet, I'm Zhang Lili, this is the scene of the NBA2006-07 season finals!"

"Standing next to me are Teacher Yang Yi, Teacher Su Skirt and Teacher Yu Jia! There are still ten minutes left, and this exciting finals G1 will start! ”

"I believe that every Lin Fei fan will be familiar with the Target Center Arena in Minneapolis, where too many miracles belonging to Lin Fei and the Timberwolves have been witnessed in the 2004 Western Conference Finals and Finals!"

"Now, in a new capacity, as the leader of the New York Knicks, Lin Fei is returning to the Target Center Arena to challenge his former parent team and teammates here!"

"This is also the fourth year in a row that Lin Fei has represented three different teams to reach the NBA Finals, creating a new history in the NBA!"

"There is an old saying in our Celestial Empire, called the iron-beaten battalion and flowing soldiers, and in the NBA finals in the past four years, it is the iron-beaten Lin Fei's flowing team!"

While Director Zhang and the other three commentators discussed the comparison of the strength of the two teams on paper,

At this time, on the live broadcast screen of the five sets of TV stations in the Celestial Dynasty, Lin Fei's average data in the finals of the past three seasons was also displayed, which attracted the memories and reveries of countless fans.

"Lin Fei's average data per game in the finals last season was really against the sky, even if he was banned for three games, he was still the best candidate for FMVP!"

"It turns out that David Stern's approach is completely correct, and the 06 Finals FMVP is well deserved to Lin!"

"He was the team's scoring champion in the finals for three consecutive years, but he only got one FMVP, and this 04 year is also for Kevin Garnett, after all, Lin Fei is a newcomer, but the FMVP in 05 should really be given to Lin Fei, but it turned out to be O'Neal!"

"In the past three championships, black fans have said that Fei Ge is a group for warmth, this season Fei Ge led the Knicks to the finals single-core, and if he wins the championship again, I think who would dare to question it!"

On the side of the Celestial Empire, according to incomplete statistics, the total number of fans waiting in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of the game in real time has exceeded 87 million, and the number of people is infinitely approaching 100 million.

At the Bird's Nest Stadium in the North Fourth Ring Road of the Imperial Capital, on a huge external screen, the much-anticipated NBA Finals was also being played at this time, and tens of thousands of people in the Imperial Capital gathered here to stop and watch.

"Lin Fei is really the pride of our Celestial Empire, with him, the preparations for the Olympic Games in this imperial capital are also smoother!"

"Now Lin Fei is the face of the entire NBA, if it was 10 years ago, who would have thought that a guard player of our Celestial Empire could also stand at the peak of the world's highest basketball world?"

"I really look forward to the arrival of the 08 Imperial Capital Olympics as soon as possible, and the Celestial Empire men's basketball team led by Lin Fei and Da Yao will definitely be able to play well again at our own doorstep!"

Eyes back to the Minneapolis Target Center Arena, the time came to seven o'clock in the evening,

At the signal of referee Joey Crawford, the starters of both teams also took to the pitch.

The starting five on the New York Knicks' side are:

Point Guard (PG): Stephen Marbury,

Scoring Guard (SG): Lin Fei,

Small Forward (SF): Trevor Ariza,

Power Forward (PF): Zach Randolph,

Center (C): Eddie Curry.

The starting five on the Minnesota 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.

Garnett, the "Wolf King" and Eddie Curry, jumped the ball in the middle circle, and with this even better experience, Garnett took the lead in picking up the basketball on Eddie Curry's head.

"Smack!"

Arroyo dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, and the Timberwolves opened the game with the first offense.

Garnett went straight up front and made a cover for Ray Allen, who was running off the ball.

"Whoosh!"

It's just that Lin Fei's defense speed is very fast, and he always chases Ray Allen to prevent him from receiving the ball easily, and he doesn't let Garnett's cover play enough effect.

As a power forward to play center, Garnett came to play against Eddie Curry on the Knicks' side, which can be said to have both advantages and disadvantages.

Although Garnett may not be as good as Eddie Curry in terms of tonnage and physical confrontation, Garnett is better than Eddie Curry in terms of mid-range jumper crosshairs, speed, breakthrough skills and explosiveness.

At the same time, on the defensive end, as a two-time Defensive Player of the Year, Garnett's help defense under the basket is also a league must, but when he is tough against the center in the low post, he will still be slightly insufficient.

Lin Fei didn't let him catch the ball easily, and Lei Allen completely took away Lin Fei's defensive attention with his constant running.

Arroyo's side played a block with Garnett in the middle high post, misplaced and distributed the ball to the Wolves, at which time the Wolves took Eddie Curry out of the penalty area.

Artest, who was high on the right wing, made another off-ball cover for Gerard Wallace, and Gerrard directly shook off Ariza to cut the basket and catch the high post of the Wolves.

Jump up directly and send a one-handed slam buckle.

"Boom!"

The Timberwolves played a very united screen play, with the athletic superiority of Gerard Wallace and Artest up front, and Kevin Garnett's playmaking ability in the high post all on full play.

Timberwolves head coach Kevin McHale, who was standing on the sidelines, was still very satisfied with the team's offensive tactical execution at the beginning.

Although the Timberwolves have an advantage on the front line in the individual position, McHale believes that the opening game should try to get the players to cooperate so that they can integrate into the game as soon as possible and maintain a positive offensive and defensive state.

The ball was converted, Marbury took the ball to the frontcourt, and saw that Gerald Wallace on the outside was chasing Lin Fei very fiercely, relying on his height and arm length to interfere hard, not giving the opponent a chance to receive the ball easily,

Lin Fei didn't deliberately ask Marbury for a single, but motioned to the other party to have one for himself.

In the face of Arroyo, Marbury directly chose a stop-and-go jump shot after a sudden step, and the basketball went into the net.

"Huh!"

In the position of the starting point guard, Marbury, who has been in a lot of battles, still has a certain advantage over Arroyo.

The head coach of the Timberwolves, who was standing on the sidelines, nodded slightly, expressing satisfaction with the Timberwolves' defense.

In addition to Lin Fei, the singles of other role players of the Knicks and even the open three-pointers from the outside are acceptable to the Timberwolves tonight.

But the biggest mission of the team's defense is to limit Lin Fei's explosion as tightly as possible, using multiple strategies such as joint defense and packing, and not giving Lin Fei a chance to score continuously.

As the general manager who watched Lin Fei emerge from the Timberwolves in the past, and at the same time a defensive warrior who came out of the Green Army in the 80s, McHale knows the importance of Lin Fei's defense.

If this Knicks team didn't have Lin Fei's super play, it would still be a weak team in the East that couldn't make the playoffs.

The Timberwolves attacked, and the "Wolf King" Garnett used his feet to get rid of Eddie Curry in the high post and tried to hit an iron-blooded jumper that missed the frame, but Artest drove Randolph to grab the offensive rebound.

Straight to the basket.

"Huh!"

In his cameo appearance as a starting power forward this season, Artest has shown a more flexible role on the court, not only with his strong size, but also with a significantly higher speed and agility than the Black Bears.

Knicks (2) :( 4) Timberwolves.

Isaiah Thomas, who was standing on the sidelines, frowned slightly, and the two forwards of the Timberwolves, Gerard Wallace and Ron Artest, were really a little ubiquitous at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

has the strength and is willing to be a blue-collar worker, works hard by Garnett's side, grasps offense and defense, and actively works hard.

This is also a big reason why the Timberwolves were able to reach the Finals in the fiercely competitive West.

The ball was converted, Lin Fei directly took the ball to the frontcourt, faced Gerard Wallace's close defense, his eyes swept across the frontcourt, and instantly saw through the Timberwolves' defensive strategy.

It's actually a four-and-a-bit strategy, but Ray Allen and Ron Artest on the flanks are also relatively outward, ready to step up and disrupt themselves at any moment.

At the same time, Kevin Garnett in the low post is in charge, even if Eddie Curry is lifted up to block and dismantle, he will not be completely brought out, with his height and arm span and top defensive awareness, he completely cut off his breakthrough scoring opportunities.

It's not so much a four-in-a-star, it's better to say that this is a 1-2-2 defensive formation, arranging three layers of defensive barriers for Lin Fei on the outside, before and after the three-point line, and under the basket.

In order to cut off his outside shots and break through the basket, he appropriately let go of a large area in the middle distance.

It seems that the whole league has thoroughly studied its offensive methods, and the three-point and basket have long become key prevention and control areas.

Lin Fei's offensive play itself is highly magical, and tonight's Timberwolves' defense is also an anti-magic ball strategy.

Instead of rushing to attack alone, Lin Fei chose to hoist the ball high to Eddie Curry, who was back to Durant, under the basket, and let the opponent rely on tonnage to force one.

Garnett has spent most of his time as a center this season, so he has added weight, and against a big-tonnage center like Eddie Curry, even if he suffers a little hard bar, he can often use experience to interfere enough.

"Smack!"

Just when Eddie Curry was about to roll over and hook his hand twice, the wolf king with his back quickly turned sideways and walked forward, showing the demeanor of a two-time best defensive player, and his long arms made a decisive attack and slapped the basketball in Eddie Curry's hand.

In terms of reflexes and agility on the inside, Garnett completely crushed the young Eddie Curry.

The Wolf King, who quickly controlled the ball, gave the ball to Arroyo as soon as possible, and the Timberwolves hurriedly launched a counterattack and fast attack.

Ray Allen, Gerard Wallace and Ron Artest flew down in threes, and the Timberwolves played the familiar fast-break pattern.

Lin Fei, who retreated at the first time, could only take the lead to make up for Gerard Wallace under the defense and cut the basket, and Arroyo's side quickly distributed the ball to Ray Allen, who followed up at a 45-degree angle on the right side.

After receiving the ball, Jun Zilei was cold-blooded, and he raised his hand and shot a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

The stadium in the target center resounded with cheers and shouts, and the Timberwolves played heartily 7:2 in the opening game, while Lin Fei and the Knicks obviously had not yet entered the state.

The ball was converted, Lin Fei received Marbury's pass in the front court this time, facing Gerard Wallace's close defense,

Directly accelerated and changed direction to break near the three-point line, and with the help of a block by Eddie Curry, he shook off Artest and went straight to the restricted area.

"Whoosh!"

However, Garnett, who was standing under the basket at this time, was fearless, facing Lin Fei three meters away in front of him, and had no intention of stepping forward to pounce.

Garnett knew that Lin Fei didn't shoot from mid-range, so he could be foolproof if he defended the basket.

On the other hand, Gerard and Atai, who were thrown behind them, had no intention of catching up and forcing at this time, completely leaving Lin Fei with the opportunity to shoot in a large empty position in the middle distance.

Lin Fei suddenly felt embarrassed, and only at this moment did he realize the importance of CIC at this moment.

In desperation, Lin Fei could only grit his teeth and hit the basket under a sudden stop and rapid rhythm change, hard bar DPOY, against Garnett's pounce, and threw the ball with a backhand in the air.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei's backhand throw this time had a very high arc and successfully avoided Garnett's big hand, but the crosshairs were slightly worse, and the basketball bounced on the edge of the basket after hitting the board, and the iron missed.

"Smack!"

However, the offensive rebound was actively grabbed by Eddie Curry, who jumped up against Garnett and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands.

"Boom!"

Garnett was finally hard to beat with two punches, and Eddie Curry also regained the face of the steal in the last round with a shark dunk.

"The Timberwolves' defensive focus is obviously on Lin, mainly pinching the three-point line and the basket area, the other main players of the Knicks must stand up to share the pressure for Lin, Stephen, Zach and Trevor and others, should appropriately increase the mid-range shot!"

"It turns out that Lin really doesn't have a mid-distance shooting bag, and he still doesn't dare to shoot in such a big space as 4 meters away from the basket just now!" (End of chapter)