Chapter 266: One More Victory: The Timberwolves' Offensive Grade

。 This is the first Finals victory in the history of the Timberwolves, after this game, none of the Timberwolves fans left the court early, and the Timberwolves players did not return to the locker room in advance after the game, the club has already prepared a large number of memorials for the players to distribute to the fans, it can be said that the end of the game is another carnival for the Timberwolves. It's a carnival for everyone, not counting the Pacers on the road, of course.

"Minnesota is such a happy place, they are fortunate to witness the rise of an era, and they are fortunate to be able to undertake the birth of a dynasty," said Magic Johnson, looking at the target center that seemed to be a sea of joy, and this was only the first game of the NBA Finals.

"The rise of the times? The birth of a dynasty? Maybe that's really the case" Michaels was also stunned after hearing the last words of the magic, maybe it was too early for the Timberwolves to say this, but who can deny such a possibility? They're more vigorous than the Pacers.

The best player of the game was awarded to Paul Pierce, who scored the most points in this game, this player who was not jerky at all scored 30 points alone in this game, even in the entire history of the NBA, a player who scored more than 30 points in the Finals for the first time is one of the few, and Pierce's popularity is a little bleak compared to Pierce's popularity, Timberwolves boss Garnett is a little bleak, 15 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists, the data is not bad, almost a triple-double, but for Garnett, it can only be regarded as decent, Steve Nash, another core player of the Timberwolves, was a little out of his own rhythm in this game, only dishing out 5 assists in this game, but scored 18 points, and the Timberwolves' three musketeers combined to contribute 63 points, which is a perfect performance for a still immature combination. On the Pacers' side, Reggie Miller scored the most, and even though Jackson was basically full of defense, the league's best shooter was still able to score 26 points in limited opportunities and open spaces, and threw in five three-pointers, in addition to Reggie Miller's consistent play. Big center Smits also contributed 22 points, although Smiters is inconspicuous in the Pacers, but has always been the most consistent scoring point of the Pacers, similar to Zhuang Fei's Yao Ming in his previous life when he was in the Rockets, but in addition to these two, the other Pacers players are a little miserable, and only Jalen Rose's 15 points are left in double scores. None of the others scored in double figures.

"The Timberwolves are very strong, whether it is defense or offense, they are above us in this game, and the Pacers lost this game convincingly" The press conference of Larry Bird and Zhuang Fei was much more harmonious, both of them are good friends, although they are enemies on the court. But off the field, it's still very harmonious. Even if the Pacers lost this game, Bird still did not hesitate to praise the Timberwolves.

"Pierce? He impressed me a lot, even if I didn't have the same performance as him when I first reached the finals in 1984, without stage fright, he will have great achievements in the future, of course. In my opinion, Kevin Garnett was also very impressive in this game, and I always saw him on both the offensive and defensive ends. This is a player who can dominate both ends of the court, and he's one of the best players in the league right now."

"The Timberwolves' defense? All right. You can stop this discussion I just said, their defense is also above us, every one of their players is positive, every one of their players is crazy, including the Nash who you call can't defend, they make us a little bit breathless, the Timberwolves' defensive ability is underrated, they are the first in the league on the offensive end, maybe the same is true on the defensive end."

In the face of Larry Bird's praise, Zhuang Fei is very open, this is only the first game, the Timberwolves have only completed a quarter of the distance, and the 100-mile traveler is half 90, not to mention only a quarter. …,

"The quality of the two sides is very close, our players performed very well in this game, and the same is true for the Pacers, I was shocked when I saw the technical statistics, the total number of turnovers between the two teams in the whole game was only 5, which is unbelievable, which means that the players of both teams did not make a single mistake in the whole game, and we should pay tribute to these players" Zhuang Fei also gave all the credit to the players.

"The overall winner? It's too early to say that, we want one win at a time, and any one of our victories will accumulate four times before we can win the first championship that belongs to us."

"The best player of the game? In my opinion they were all the same, it's true, it was a collective win, I know you want me to say Pierce, but I wouldn't say that, it's a fact, everybody was great in this game, Nash, Garnett, they were all like that, and everybody enjoyed that role."

Zhuang Fei has been maintaining the uniformity of the Timberwolves locker room recently, in the past, Zhuang Fei liked to compare players very much, but now Zhuang Fei will not do this, this kind of time point is too sensitive.

Zhuang Fei won the first trip to the finals of his career, and although Zhuang Fei has been downplaying the significance of this victory, these bloodthirsty media have no intention of letting him go so easily.

"The first step to conquer the NBA, Coach Z took his first step perfectly, we saw a rare 'perfect game' in this game, this game was not exciting enough, this game was not exciting enough, this game was even lethargic, but it was the coach's favorite game, and he got a perfect game in his first trip to the Finals, which is a great and interesting thing"

"Like Coach Z, Larry Bird is also experiencing his first time, but now it seems that his light is being overshadowed again, he didn't panic in front of Coach Z, who has always been his target and idol, he forced the Timberwolves to play a defensive game, he forced the Timberwolves and the Pacers to be in the same rhythm, which is already great, he did a good job, he is the strongest coach of the five greatest players in history, he should be proud of that"

"Like the Chinese said, this is only the first game, we don't need to go to the platform, I still think this championship will stay in the East, the Pacers have the ability to win the final victory"

"Whether some people admit it or not, the Timberwolves have the lead, and the Timberwolves have the best chance of winning this matchup."

Amid the media uproar, Zhuang Fei and his Timberwolves ushered in the second game against the Pacers, and played at home again on June 9.

Before this game, Zhuang Fei issued a nirvana order, the finals match is a 2-3-2 matchup, the Timberwolves first two home courts, and then the Pacers after three consecutive home courts, although the Timberwolves have a home court advantage, but in the first two games can not lose one, otherwise it is very likely to lose three consecutive losses directly on the road and then it will be a tragedy, and finally even the home court can not come back.

The second game between the Pacers and the Timberwolves on both sides is still maintaining the rhythm of the last game, although the Pacers lost but Larry Bird did not think that the team was losing tactically, the Pacers' tactical execution and arrangement were very good, their restrictions on the Timberwolves were very good, the team almost played 0 turnovers, Larry Bird was also ready to gamble, unless the game was lost in the end, he would not consider changing the lineup.

For Zhuang Fei, he doesn't have as many ideas as Larry Bird, and the Timberwolves can now switch between running and shooting, positional and defensive, as was the case in this game.

Both sides were playing defense at the beginning, and at the end of the first quarter, the score on both sides was 22-22, and the score was lower than the previous game, and both teams did not feel very good in this game, which should also be done, and it is impossible to have such a high shooting rate as in the last game under this defensive intensity and game intensity, especially the Timberwolves' shooting rate dropped even more, and the Pacers are okay. In the Timberwolves, Pierce became a blacksmith in the first quarter, and the small forward who was very powerful in the last game scored 2 points in the first quarter of the game. But even so, the Pacers still couldn't put the score over the Timberwolves. And the Timberwolves still scored 50 points after halftime. …,

"Maybe the Pacers should have changed, although they were able to reduce the Timberwolves' scoring average from 117 to about 100 points per game at this pace, but they themselves also reduced their scoring average from 101 to about 90 points per game, maybe Larry's original thinking was wrong, they should fight with the Timberwolves on offense rather than defense, because now this Timberwolves can score 100 points no matter what kind of defense they face, and the Pacers can't reach that level when they focus on defense, They should focus more on the offensive end, they also have the ability to score 120 points in a game, they have room to improve, while the Timberwolves have little room to improve, because the Timberwolves are now averaging 117 points per game, if it is still this rhythm, the Pacers will lose" Magic Johnson said helplessly in the commentary seat, the Pacers' defense of the Timberwolves made him amazed, but in order to limit the Timberwolves' defense and then slow down, his offense was gone, In this way, even if the Timberwolves' offense is limited, there is no way to win the game.

In fact, the result of this game was the result, the Pacers lost the game again 94-100 on the road, and the Timberwolves still scored 100 points, and so far, the Timberwolves have scored hundreds of points in all of their playoff performances this season, also setting a league record again.

The Timberwolves' offensive ability is already on another level. (To be continued)