Chapter 360: Six consecutive wins in the finals
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"Nice job Steve, Great"
Zhuang Fei looked at Nash who came down from the court and gave him a very warm hug, and the other Timberwolves players next to him also smiled with satisfaction, although the Timberwolves won this game, although the Timberwolves have been suppressing the 76ers, but if you let one of the opponent's players score more than 50 points in a game, it means that you have been being pestered by the opponent. Being able to win in such a game also makes Zhuang Fei extremely excited, after all, this is the finals, even if Zhuang Fei had expected this victory before.
"Thank you, coach" Nash was also extremely happy to see his head coach's excited look, today's game is the game he has played in the past three years since he came to the Timberwolves, in this game he felt for the first time that he had become the most shining core on the court, although he was also the brain of the team before, but he has been collecting and playing, and he has been sacrificing for his teammates, this time it is his teammates who are sacrificing a lot of things for him, such as Garnett in this game, The axis of the Timberwolves' offense also gave up his position as the team's offensive axis this time, because the Timberwolves' tactics have completely become the most brutal blocking and dismantling shots, and naturally there is no need for the so-called offensive axis, so Garnett only had 2 assists in this game, and there were not many balls.
However, Nash also knows that this game is a game that is completely inconsistent with the manager's tactical system, and he also knows very well what kind of person Zhuang Fei is, and Nash is really grateful that the head coach can tolerate the way he and his teammates play in this game. This is the second time Nash can remember Zhuang Fei doing this, the last time was two seasons ago when Pierce and Garnett were battling for the boss. At that time, Zhuang Fei also let Pierce and Garnett be willful.
"I think in the head coach's mind, my status should be on the same level as Kevin Paul," it suddenly occurred to Nash that he didn't really care too much about these things. He wants the team to be happy, but it's also a joy to be able to rise in the heart of his most respected manager.
It's just that this point guard never thought that Zhuang Fei had always wanted to improve his status, but this point guard didn't agree, and sacrificed himself again and again.
The final score of this game between the Timberwolves and the 76ers was 110-101, and the Timberwolves won by nine points at home, and the Timberwolves did not win much from this score. But in fact, the 76ers have never taken the initiative at any point in the game, and the most points in this game are naturally 76ers' star Allen Iverson, the defender is the 76ers' playmaker, but the style of play is aggressive. In this game, the guard shot 42 shots and hit 23 goals, and one person scored 55 points, accounting for more than half of the team's scores, in fact, it is not uncommon for Iverson to score more than half of the team's games this season, and the 76ers scored 85 points when the last game of the Western Conference Finals played the Heat, basically every point is related to this guard, either he scores or he assists, which is where the 76ers suffer the most when facing the Timberwolves.
This is Iverson's one-man team, and the team's offense is counting on him alone, while the rest of the team is more on the defensive duty. In the East, such a model is understandable, but it is difficult to meet the Timberwolves, although no player in the Timberwolves team is crazy about Iverson, but driven by Nash's 31 assists, the Timberwolves team has 7 people scoring double-doubles, the most scoring Garnett 20 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, while Wang Zhizhi, who performed well in the last two games, only scored 14 points and 16 rebounds in this game. And the best player of the game was also awarded to Nash, who broke the NBA playoff single-game assist record and the Finals single-game assist record, even though the guard only scored 8 points.
"Mr. Zhuang, your performance in this game is better than ours, Nash is very good" Larry Brown looked at the Chinese in front of him and sighed in his heart, originally he wanted to give the Timberwolves a dismount in this game. But in the end, I found that I didn't have this ability at all. …,
In this game, the Timberwolves only played the most primitive and simple blocking tactics, and there were no other complicated tactics at all, Larry Brown never thought that his team would be defeated like this before, this Timberwolves are simply terrifying now, any tactics seem to be at their fingertips, and whether it is simple or complex, this team can maintain the strongest combat effectiveness. Never before in NBA history has a team had so many tactical changes.
What makes Larry Brown even more afraid is that this Chinese has only brought the Timberwolves for three years, media experts are now focusing on how many star players Zhuang Fei has brought out in these three years, and as a professional coach, he is more concerned about the tuning of Zhuang Fei's tactics in the past three years, which is a coach that Larry Brown admires from the bottom of his heart, thinking that his own time in the 76ers is longer than Zhuang Fei's time in the Timberwolves, but so far he has not been able to fully integrate the 76ers, this gap makes Brown feel extremely frustrated.
Zhuang Fei looked at the NCAA champion coach in front of him with a changing face and shook his head, at this time Zhuang Fei thought that this coach was very dissatisfied with the team's loss, so at this time Zhuang Fei did not say anything to comfort, just patted the famous coach on the shoulder and turned to leave. After all, at this time, the Timberwolves' target center still has many of Zhuang Fei's 'old acquaintances' in the NCAA, and Zhuang Fei, as the host, also needs to say hello to these people one by one.
It's just that Zhuang Fei was a little surprised that Coach K, who was pressed by himself in the ACC league before, is smiling today, you must know that in Zhuang Fei's impression that when Wake Forest ruled the NCAA in those three years, this famous coach has always had a bitter face when he met him, and it is obvious that this K coach is still immersed in the joy of defeating Wake Forest in this year's NCAA finals to win the championship, while on the side of the current Wake Forest head coach Zhuang Fei's Mark Allen has a bitter face.
Seeing this scene, Zhuang Fei was also extremely emotional, although he left the NCAA, the story there was still being written. Now the protagonist has become someone else.
"Mr. Zhuang, congratulations. It's your fifth win in the Grand Finals and a five-game winning streak."
At today's press conference, Zhuang Fei was obviously able to feel a different atmosphere. Although at the beginning, these reporters also complimented Zhuang Fei as usual, but soon Zhuang Fei felt the changes in these reporters, and these reporters immediately began their real purpose today, these people began to ask Zhuang Fei what he thought of the American basketball coaching circle that has been fighting recently, Zhuang Fei has never wanted to be involved in such a thing, even if he has a lot of power to speak now. Just like Larry Brown next to him, the old guy never posted anything about it, after all, both are in the NBA now, but it's clear that Larry Brown is completely ignored by reporters today. And Zhuang Fei became the protagonist of these people's bombing.
"Mr. Zhuang, the NCAA league is preparing to select the 10 greatest head coaches and the 100 greatest players of the last century in the United States this year, don't you have something to say about this?"
Zhuang Fei looked at the Washington Post reporter below and sighed, this year is the first year of the 21st century, so now the world is selecting the best of the last century, for example, not long ago football also selected the best club of the last century, as the largest basketball league in the United States, NCAA is naturally unavoidable, and at this point in time, NCAA is obviously ready to integrate the American coaching community, which has been noisy recently, It is also the NCAA league that is ready to suppress the arrogance of NBA head coaches who have become more and more arrogant recently, which is also to show their authority. The intention of suppressing NBA coaches is obvious, and soon when the NCAA league released this word, the American coaching community, which was noisy, quieted down, and these people are looking forward to showing their faces on the list, and no one dares to play against the NCAA at this time, and the power of the NCAA league can be seen. …,
The NCAA league is authoritative, there's no doubt about it, especially when it comes to the best coach or the best player that they select is more recognized than the NBA, but the problem arises now. In a recently exposed list of the so-called top ten coaches, only the Cardinal of the Celtics was selected, which made the NBA's coaching circle explode, and even Phil Jackson, who has always been very pessimistic about these, stood up and shouted and said in a very sour tone that he is also qualified to become one of the ten greatest head coaches in American history, after all, this selection can be passed on to future generations, and no one can get rid of such a thing, and what makes Zhuang Fei embarrassed is that he is now ranked fifth in this list, Only Naismith, John Frieden, Cardinal, and Dean Smith.
Regardless of whether this list is true or false, Zhuang Fei doesn't want to join the war of words at this time, now that the Timberwolves are playing in the Finals, he really doesn't have the kung fu to respond to these, just yesterday Pat Riley called him to knock on the side and asked him to help, Pat Riley is naturally eligible to be selected, but he, like Phil Jackson, is simply not in the field of professional coaching, and the position of head coach of the United States team was almost removed not long ago. Zhuang Fei, a 'good friend' who has always been very important to fame and fortune, is also helpless, and the head coach of the Heat is also here in today's game, and now it is estimated that he is 'talking' with Coach K.
After this incident, Zhuang Fei really understood that the United States was also like this, and any selection was extremely 'insider', and it was not much worse than the Great Celestial Empire.
Now Zhuang Fei is forced to be a little embarrassed, and the 76ers head coach Larry Brown on the side is smiling, although he lost this game, he is also very happy to see such a Zhuang Fei.
The final post-match press conference turned out to be not surprising, Zhuang Fei shook his hand and left, and after Zhuang Fei left, Larry Brown, who was gloating next to him, was targeted by this group of reporters.
On June 9, 2001, the second game of the Finals between the Timberwolves and the 76ers was staged at the Target Center, this game may be the last time the Timberwolves audience watched the team's Finals game on their home court this season, so today's game was almost all over the city, and the outside of the Target Center was simply surrounded by water, and the 76ers fans who had been asking for tickets outside the door in the last game were also frightened to see such a formation and finally all hid aside.
In this game, the Timberwolves unexpectedly made a change in the personnel, the first three games have been playing Chinese center Wang Zhizhi finally appeared on the bench, the Timberwolves' change is actually quite unexpected, because the previous games Wang Zhizhi played quite well, especially his god-like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's tricks are even more impressive, now many people think that this Chinese is the most underrated player among NBA players, and replacing Wang Zhizhi at this juncture has also puzzled many experts.
These people are puzzled, but this game Timberwolves played better than the last game, this game 76ers' Iverson is still as crazy as the last game, but in this game this guard has encountered more trouble, after Wang Zhizhi left the game, although the Timberwolves have fewer people on the inside, but the defensive intensity is not less at all, and in the last game Iverson is more in the face of Wang Zhizhi's help defense, this game is Garnett, these two inside lines are not a style at all, In the absence of adaptation, Iverson's shooting percentage in this game was extremely low, and it was basically impossible for the 76ers to win in this situation.
So in the end, the Timberwolves settled the battle in the first three quarters, and the final score was 117-90, the Timberwolves won by 27 points at home, and Nash played 29 minutes in this game and sent 8 points and 16 assists to win the best single game again, while his opposite Iverson scored 34 points on 11-of-33 shooting in the third quarter.
Unlike other people who pay attention to the game, Zhuang Fei is more concerned about the changes of Wang Zhizhi in this game. Although the stunt of Tiangou can still be used, after all, the experience is here, which is also the biggest role of the star card, not to improve the ability of the players, but to let the players feel the way of playing those superstars, and then reflect these experiences and game methods in their minds, until one day in the future there is a metamorphosis, but it is obvious that the offensive range of the Tiangou has changed, if it was said that Wang Zhizhi could hook up and attack anywhere within the three-point line before, then now it can only be within the free throw line, after all, the ability is now this Wang Zhizhi is very bad, but even so, Wang Zhizhi performed very well on the offensive end in this gameHe also scored 14 points in 28 minutes of play. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )RQ