masters-orleans Chapter 208 The First Battle Begins
Chapter 208 The First Battle Begins
Chapter 208 The Fourth Battle Begins
Chapter 2 The Fourth Battle Begins
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This is the first trip to the playoffs since the "Wolf King" Garnett left for the East Coast. All the Timberwolves players understand this, and the difficulty of their playoff trip is not low at all.
Once upon a time, they were the underdogs in the league who were bullied by everyone, but this season they turned around suddenly, not only breaking into the playoffs, but also in the first round of the playoffs against the second-ranked Dallas Mavericks in the West There have been several battles, and they have a big lead for the time being.
Such a result was beyond the imagination of all Minnesotans before this season. Even McHale, who chose Li Shihao, was very lucky, and was impressed by the wise vision of the Warriors old Nelson.
This meritorious coach in the league is indeed extraordinary, especially in the training of defenders, he is extremely outstanding.
With Baron Davis in front of him, and now with Li Shihao in front of him, McHale couldn't help but be shocked by the old Nelson's draft vision.
In the 06 draft, he exchanged Brandon Roy and the Portland Trail Blazers for Randy Foye because of a mistake. It was precisely because of this mistake that McHale missed Huang Mambaroy and lost a All star guard.
Last summer, when the Golden State Warriors traded up, trying to trade for a higher draft pick, just in exchange for that seemingly ordinary Chinese kid.
When this trade proposal was handed over to McHale, McHale was overjoyed for a while, thinking that this was just a cover-up by the Warriors. Their goal must not be the Chinese boy, but they wanted to use the exchanged draft picks to exchange for the golden boy. Rubio.
However, it was also a mistake. This time, McHale held back the speculation in his heart and used another precious first-round pick to select the Chinese boy Li Shihao, taking the risk of cutting his beard from the Golden State Warriors.
However, McHale secretly rejoiced that this risky "robbery" action seemed to be successful. Old Nelson was very angry, and even questioned McHale, accusing the latter of why he did not abide by the agreement.
This questioning also made the big rock in McHale's heart fall safely for the time being, but he made another bet and traded Ty Lawson and the golden boy Rubio who were selected by the other two draft picks, but the target was not For the Golden State Warriors, this move did not make the cunning old Nelson respond.
McHale understood that he had made the right bet. When Nelson Nelson once again tried to propose a deal in exchange for the Chinese boy Li Shihao, McHale rejected the application, showing his strong determination.
According to the scouting news in McHale's hand, the Golden State Warriors have not sent a training invitation to the golden boy Rubio, and they are not very interested in pursuing the latter.
According to this news, the chances of the Golden State Warriors selecting the golden boy Rubio in the draft are too small.
Now that one season has passed, facts have proved that McHale's original move to cut off Hu was extremely correct, and Li Shihao's performance in his rookie season was even worth the value of the No. [-] pick.
After the arrival of Li Shihao this season, he has brought about a world-changing transformation for the Timberwolves. This team, which has been unable to make the playoffs for several seasons, has reached the top eight in the Western Conference. At the same time, it seems that there is still nearly half of the hope. In the finals, this surprise was really too big.
However, all of this will not be known until the first round of the series is over. If the Timberwolves cannot break through the Dallas Mavericks, then no matter how much they have an advantage in the early stage, it will be useless. After all, it will be a waste of effort.
Waiting and waiting, the fourth game of the playoffs finally started, still in the Minnesota Target Center, the two teams confronted each other!
Although this game is at the Timberwolves' home court, the referee presiding over the penalty is very likely to make a relatively fair penalty. After all, the Dallas Mavericks are more important in the eyes of the league's top executives.
The Timberwolves have already taken advantage of a large score. From the perspective of the league executives, this loss will not have much impact. At most, it will be delayed until the tiebreaker. They care more about the Dallas Mavericks.
There are two reasons for this. First, the Dallas Mavericks have been a major taxpayer in the league in recent years. This seems to be a disadvantage for the team. Unseen privileges.
For example, the schedule of the regular season, such as the whistle-blowing scale in the game.
For the top executives of the league, it is natural that the big city teams are more happy to qualify. After all, the latter can create more profits and increase more ratings. This point, even small city teams can’t keep up. .
The last point is also an issue that the alliance has been paying attention to, the development of the European market.
As we all know, football is the number one sport among ball games in the world, and it can even be said to be the most influential sport among all sports.The base camp of football is in Europe, which is beyond the reach of the Americans.
Europeans like to watch football games, and football is the number one sport they like. Therefore, if the NBA wants to complete globalization, attacking Europe is a step that must be taken. It’s just that this step is quite difficult, and the resistance is even higher than in the past. It is even more difficult for the NBA to develop the Asian market.
Dirk Nowitzki is the signature star of the Dallas Mavericks. His German identity also makes him very popular among European fans. The league wants to open up the European market. The introduction of outstanding European players is an important step. The NBA can borrow This opens up the European market.
An important step to attract the attention of European fans is to present an epic drama, which must satisfy European fans.
At the beginning, the league painstakingly planned a drama that allowed Dirk Nowitzki to win the regular season MVP. Unfortunately, the Dallas Mavericks led by the latter failed to survive the first round of the playoffs and were beaten by the crazy Golden State Warriors. The feat was swept into the dark corners of history.
In this game, whether it is to ensure the maximum benefit of the league or to "take care" of the Dallas Mavericks, the on-duty referees in the Target Center will try to avoid the occurrence of the home whistle, and give the Dallas Mavericks a better Much "care".
On April 4, the fourth game of the playoffs was held as scheduled. The entire target center was filled with Timberwolves fans. The uniform blue fan T-shirts rendered the target center into a blue ocean.
Did the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Dallas Mavericks at home again and took the lead to win the match point 3-1, or did the Dallas Mavericks complete a Jedi counterattack and take advantage of a hearty victory to tie the score 2-2?
No matter what the result is, there is no need to question the importance of this game. Whoever wins this game is an important step that can change the situation of the battle!
(End of this chapter)