Head coach of parallel imports in the NBA

Chapter 163 Western Conference Finals
"The Timberwolves reached the Western Conference Finals for the second time in 9 years history!"

"Greg Oden's super triple-double helped the Timberwolves break into the Western Conference Finals and point to the O'Brien Cup!"

"On the importance of a super center, Greg Oden's tactical core position!"

"Hua Guochen's first season in the Timberwolves was a great success! Leading 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, Chen Dazhuang was also exhausted.

Naturally, in these articles, Pat Riley of the Miami Heat was once again belittled by many reporters because of Oden who stole the limelight in the tiebreaker.

If the praise of these media reporters in the beautiful country is still a little reserved, then the news in Huaguo is a lot exaggerated. On the night when the game between the Timberwolves and the Thunder ended, the news on the Imperial TV Station even showed that the Timberwolves were eliminated. The news that the Thunder reached the Western Conference Finals.

For a while, the name Chen Dazhuang could be said to be the most popular in China.

There are as many as five searches on Chen Dazhuang and Timberwolves in domestic hot searches alone.

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

Even in the recent period of time, there have been continuous rumors that Chen Dazhuang has taken a fancy to which domestic player and is planning to appoint someone to join the Timberwolves.

Anyway, as long as it is news related to Timberwolves or Chen Da, it will always attract a wave of traffic.

While the outside world was hyping up all kinds of news about the Timberwolves, the entire Timberwolves team began to prepare for the Western Conference Finals.

According to the league's schedule, the Eastern and Western finals will start on May 5, when the Eastern Conference will take the lead, and the first game of the Western Conference Finals Timberwolves-Spurs series will start on May 19, because the regular season The Timberwolves will have home court advantage, 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 more and more tense.

On May 5, all eyes were on the Bankers Life Arena.

The Pacers ushered in the first round of the contest with the Heat at home. Before the game, most people's predictions for this game were that the Heat would win the game, because the performance of the Pacers throughout the playoffs was indeed incomprehensible. Satisfying.

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

In the end, the Pacers took the lead at home and defeated the Miami Heat 107-96.

Hibbert, who has been complained about 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 inside contest with the Heat, Hibbert completely had the upper hand, which relieved a lot of pressure on Paul George.

For many people, such a result is even more looking forward to the game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs.

After all, the inside lines of the two teams are the top in the league.

Duncan VS Oden!

But what everyone didn't expect was that in this game at the Target Center, the Timberwolves played their worst game since the playoffs.

The entire outside line that the Timberwolves are proud of in the league, their shooting percentage in this game is simply appalling.

81 to 103, this is the score that the two sides fixed at the end of the game.

With a full 22 points difference, the Timberwolves ushered in a disastrous defeat in the first round against the Spurs.

The Timberwolves' three-point shooting percentage in the whole game was ridiculously low.

米德尔顿三分球10投中1，易建连三分球球7头0中，本内特三分球6中1，倒是卢比奥在外线投中了两记三分。

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

Chen Dazhuang had no choice. The system was not effective at first, and gave a five-white buff. In addition, the player's state was completely depleted. To be honest, as long as there is someone on the outside who has a slightly higher shooting rate in this game, the game will be better. It's not going to be like this. Although Oden on the inside couldn't completely suppress Duncan like he did in the previous few scenes against the Thunder, he still had the upper hand, but no one on the outside helped Oden share the pressure. , So in the second half of the game, the Spurs could unscrupulously double-team Oden.

Da Zhuang even felt that even without the help of the system, as long as he can guarantee a normal shooting rate on the outside in this game, he is very hopeful that he can beat the Spurs.

After the game, Da Zhuang looked at Popovich with a crooked smile on his face, damn it, old man, let's see how I deal with you in the next game.

"I tried everything I could, but I couldn't improve it. I think today's luck may not be on our side. It even made me wonder if it was the basket in the center of the target." Press conference after the game Shang Dazhuang couldn't see the impact of the loss of the game.

"Today's game is a good start. I believe that we will win this series. I am looking forward to the moment when I stand on the stage of the finals again, but I also told my players that it is not yet When it’s time to relax, the opponent’s strength is very strong, maybe today’s game is 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 beat them.”

Popovich seemed a little humble in the post-match press conference.

According to the schedule, the next round of the match between the two teams will be on May 5, and the match will continue at the Target Center.

On the second day after the end of the game between the Spurs and the Timberwolves.

The second round of the game on the Eastern side also proceeded as scheduled.

The two sides played a very dull game at the Pacers' home court. The shooting percentages of both teams were very low, as if they had negotiated to fix the basket together.

87 to 83, the Heat finally won the game by 4 points.

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

Losing this game also cast a shadow over the Pacers' dream of entering the finals, and for the Heat to return to their home court with a score of 1 to 1, this should be very good news .

(End of this chapter)