Author: Different Sparks

"The Timberwolves have reached the Western Conference Finals for the second time in nine years!"

"Greg Oden's super triple-double helped the Timberwolves advance to the Western Conference Finals and aim for the O'Brien Trophy!"

"On the importance of super center and Greg Oden's strategic core position!"

"Hua Guochen's first season with the Timberwolves was a great success! He led the team to the Western Conference Finals for the second time in team history!"

After this high-profile tiebreaker ended, many media headlines published the news that the Timberwolves had reached the Western Conference Finals. In these articles, they also used all the words of praise for Chen Dazhuang.

Naturally, in these articles, because Oden stole the show in Game 7, the Miami Heat's Pat Riley was once again belittled by many reporters.

If the praises of the media reporters in the beautiful country are still a little implicit, then the domestic news in China is much exaggerated. On the night after the game between the Timberwolves and the Thunder, the news of the Imperial TV even appeared in the 30-minute news that the Timberwolves were eliminated.

News about the Thunder reaching the Western Conference Finals.

For a time, the name Chen Dazhuang could be said to be unrivaled in the country.

There are as many as five domestic hot searches for Chen Dazhuang and the Timberwolves.

In just one season, the Minnesota Timberwolves have suddenly become the team with the largest number of fans in the country, surpassing the Houston Rockets early on. It is said that many domestic companies are already preparing to sponsor the Timberwolves next season.

Even recently, there have been continuous rumors that Chen Dazhuang has taken a fancy to which domestic player, and is preparing to appoint such and such to join the Timberwolves.

Anyway, any news related to the Timberwolves or Chen Da can always attract a wave of traffic.

While the outside world is hyping up all kinds of news about the Timberwolves, the entire Timberwolves team has begun preparations for the Western Conference Finals.

According to the league's schedule, the Eastern and Western finals will start on May 19th, when the Eastern Conference games will be played first. The first game of the Western Conference Finals series between the Timberwolves and the Spurs will start on May 20th, because the regular season

The Timberwolves will have home court advantage in the ranking, and the Timberwolves will usher in the first game between the two sides at the Target Center.

As the game time approached, the atmosphere became increasingly tense.

On May 19, all eyes were focused on the Bankers Life Arena.

The Pacers faced off against the Heat in the first round at home. Before the game, most people's predictions for this game were that the Heat would win the game, because the Pacers' performance throughout the playoffs was indeed unsatisfactory.

Make people satisfied.

But the final result of this game was beyond many people's expectations.

In the end, the Pacers took the lead at their home court, defeating the Miami Heat 107-96.

Hibbert, who has been criticized before, performed very well in this game. It can be said that the reason why the Pacers were able to win was not Paul George, who scored 24 points, but Hibbert, who contributed 19 points and 9 rebounds.

In the internal battle with the Heat, Hibbert completely had the upper hand, which relieved a lot of pressure on Paul George.

For many people, such a result makes them look forward to the game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs.

After all, the insiders of both teams are among the top in the league.

Duncan VS Oden!

But what no one expected was that in this game at the Target Center, the Timberwolves had their worst performance since the playoffs.

The entire outside line, which the Timberwolves are proud of in the league, had a simply appalling shooting percentage in this game.

81 to 103, this was the fixed score between the two sides at the end of the game.

With a score difference of 22 points, the Timberwolves suffered a disastrous defeat in the first round against the Spurs.

The Timberwolves' three-point shooting percentage throughout the game was simply ridiculously low.

Middleton made 1 of 10 three-pointers, Yi Jianlian made 0 of 7 three-pointers, Bennett made 1 of 6 three-pointers, but Rubio hit two three-pointers from the outside.

It can be said that the entire Timberwolves team was banging the iron throughout the game, and tonight the basket in the center of the target was as unfriendly as a lid on the Timberwolves team.

Chen Dazhuang had no choice. The system was not powerful in the first place and gave a five-white buff. In addition, the players were in no condition. To be honest, in this game, as long as someone on the outside line had a slightly higher shooting rate, the game would be better.

It wouldn't have been like this. Although Oden on the inside couldn't completely suppress Duncan like he did in the previous games against the Thunder, he still had the upper hand, but there was no one on the outside to help Oden share the pressure.

, so in the second half of the game, the Spurs could double-team Oden unscrupulously.

Da Zhuang even felt that even without the help of the system, as long as he could maintain a normal shooting rate from the outside in this game, he had a high chance of defeating the Spurs.

After the game, Da Zhuang looked at the smile on Popovich's face and said, Damn it, old man, let's see how I deal with you in the next game.

"I tried every method, but nothing could improve. I think luck may not be on our side today. It even made me wonder if this was the basket in the center of the target." Post-game press conference

Shang Da Zhuang could not see the impact of losing the game.

"Today's game is a good start. I believe we will win the final victory in this series. I am looking forward to the moment when I stand on the finals stage again, but I also told my players that it is not yet

When we relaxed, our opponents were very strong. Maybe today's game was just an accident. Of course, for all of us, no matter who is standing in front of us, we have the confidence and ability to defeat them."

Popovich seemed a little modest in the post-game press conference.

According to the schedule, the next round of the match between the two teams is on May 22, and the match will continue at the Target Center.

The day after the game between the Spurs and Timberwolves.

The second round of the Eastern Conference game also went on as scheduled.

The two sides played a very dull game at the Pacers' home court. Both teams' shooting percentages were very low, as if they had discussed fixing the basket together.

87 to 83, the Heat finally won the game with a 4-point advantage.

The big score between the two sides was changed to a 1-1 tie.

Losing this game also cast a shadow on the Pacers' dream of entering the finals. For the Heat, being able to return to their home court with a score of 1-1 should be very good news.

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Chapter completed!