Head coach of parallel imports in the NBA

Chapter 178 Timberwolves

On June 6, in this water city in Minneapolis, Minnesota, countless fans began to gather towards the Target Center arena since noon, even if they knew that they could not enter the arena at all. It can't stop the pilgrimage in the hearts of these fans in the slightest.

The Minnesota Timberwolves were part of the two-step expansion opportunity of the NBA. They officially joined the NBA in 1989. However, it was the second season of the Timberwolves' entry into the league that the target center was completed and used. The time when the city fell in love with the Timberwolves was not until the 96-97 season, because this season they reached the playoffs for the first time, although the process was very short, that is, at the end of this season, the Timberwolves and Garnett signed With a huge 6-year contract, Garnett was officially crowned the Wolf King.

In the following seven seasons, the Timberwolves were able to enter the playoffs every year. Until the 03-04 season, the Timberwolves ushered in the pinnacle of their entry into the NBA. They reached the Western Conference Finals, but unfortunately they were defeated by the Lakers.

After the peak is the trough, but when they didn't expect this trough, there is no minimum but lower for the Timberwolves. A series of decision-making mistakes made the Timberwolves sink continuously.

And the summer after 9 years was originally another nonsensical decision of the team uniforms in the eyes of Timberwolves fans, but it gave everyone a huge surprise. 9 years later, the Timberwolves made it all the way to the finals. , On the night when the Spurs were eliminated, the entire Minneapolis was caught in a sea of ​​carnival, and even some fans couldn't believe this was true.

But the Timberwolves still didn't guess their ending. They thought it was just a passer-by in the finals, but after four games, the Timberwolves actually got the match point.

This is the closest the Timberwolves have come to a championship, and it only takes one game.

The streets are full of fans who don't know each other but are wearing Timberwolves jerseys, like old friends who have been together for many years, putting each other's shoulders on each other's shoulders and singing.

Today's game has attracted the attention of the whole world. Penguin Sports began to broadcast live at 8:10 in the morning, but the game did not start until 7:[-], which is [-]:[-] pm local time.

Several guests in the live broadcast room were also chatting about some interesting news about the two teams.

"Guys, I still remember your prediction last time. It seems that Director Hu and I have guessed right." Yang Yi asked with a smile.

"Many people probably didn't expect this result now." Du Feng shook his head and said with a smile.

"That's right. I watched all four games. It's really unreasonable. As the defending champions, the Heat really didn't have the strength to match, especially in the last game." Zhang Reasonable said.

"What Zhang Zhi said is true. The Heat's performance in the last game was indeed poor, and it seems that Bosh and coach Spoelstra had some conflicts."

While everyone was chatting, the Timberwolves and the Heat both arrived at the target center and began to enter the arena to warm up.

Before entering the arena, the head coaches of both sides were interviewed by reporters.

From the faces of the two, we can see the mentality of both sides at the moment. Spoelstra has a serious face and even a trace of heaviness, while Chen Dazhuang is very relaxed with a smile on his face.

And everyone found that the same is true for the players on both sides. The players on the Timberwolves side walked into the arena almost talking and laughing, while the atmosphere on the Heat side was a bit gloomy. reject.

Just the performance before the game seems to have foreshadowed the end of the game.

An hour before the start of the game, fans began to enter the arena. The reporters also found Timberwolves owner Kelly, former owner Glenn Taylor, and the team's executive president Sanders. The three accompanied league president Adam Silver to appear In the box of the arena.

When the Timberwolves reached the Western Conference Finals some time ago, some media broke the news that Sanders will no longer serve as the team's executive president starting next season. It is said that general manager Milt is likely to take over.

The O'Brien Trophy also arrived at Target Center,
The Timberwolves' championship T-shirts and ball caps are all ready, and even the club's management is already planning the championship parade, and everything is ready.

Soon the warm-up of the players on both sides will be over, and the two teams will return to the locker room for final arrangement and mobilization.

At this time, the entire Target Center, which can accommodate more than 2 people, is already full of seats, and the atmosphere in the arena has also reached its peak. Timberwolves fans can't wait, and thousands of people have gathered on the square outside the arena. With tens of thousands of fans, the Apolis municipal government even built a large screen on the square to allow fans outside to watch the game.

For the first championship trophy in the history of their team, the Timberwolves are ready to welcome it.

And here in the locker room, Da Zhuang felt more relaxed after turning on the system. The system did not embarrass him at this critical moment. Of course, it may be that the system felt that there was no need to embarrass the Timberwolves with three match points. .

A gleaming golden buff and four white ones appeared in the system's buff column.

Road to Glory: Within 10 minutes, the three-point shooting percentage of shooting guards will increase by 30.00%, and all abilities in the three-second zone of center forwards will increase by 30.00%. Every time the team completes a successful defense, the defensive ability of small forwards will increase by 5.00%. Each successful completion of an offensive cooperation will increase the movement speed of the three players by [-]%, and each successful offensive rebound by the center will increase the shooting rate of everyone on the team by [-]%. (Shooting guard, small forward, center trio buff.)
Hidden attribute: Successfully defeating the opponent to win the final championship, rewarding the host with 50 skill points, and upgrading any of the host's tactics to advanced.

Fuck it, this nima's dog system is quite reliable at critical times, and the reward for this hidden attribute is finally my turn.

"Crack, crack!" After Da Zhuang used this golden buff, he looked at the players sitting around and clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Guys, some of you were here when I didn't come to the Timberwolves, such as Ricky, Chase, and some of you were traded after I came, such as Greg, Chris, etc., but I believe I’m afraid you didn’t expect to come to this point before the start of the season, and even I didn’t think about it. You all know that I have been telling outside reporters that our biggest goal this season is to enter the playoffs. I didn’t just say that Yes, it is."

"It is you, it is the hard work of all of you that we can come to this point, this is your glory, it belongs to all of us, now we are still one small step away from that sacred trophy, as long as we work harder Little by little, we can put our names on the trophy, and you will be a member of the Minnesota team history, guys, come on, kill the enemy in front of you, and lift the trophy on our home court."

"come on! Come on!"

All the Timberwolves players gathered together and put their hands together.

(End of this chapter)