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Chapter 707 The Wolves Ravage the Houston Mavericks and Meet a Strong Enemy ([-])

"Dayao, what happened to your last match? How did you lose so badly?"

On May 2004, 5, the Rockets and the Timberwolves ended the tiebreaker. As a result, the Timberwolves relied on their home court advantage to play a powerful game, but their opponent, the Rockets, suffered an inexplicable downturn. , The Rockets lost to the Timberwolves by a full 2 points in the tiebreaker away game. This is their worst loss in the playoffs in recent years, with less than 36 points in the game.

"Brother Liu, to be honest, I don't know, but the team is not very peaceful now. Steve and Mr. Van Gundy are arguing fiercely. That's all I can say."

Liu Han called to ask about Yao Min's situation, but Yao Min's exhaustion could be heard from the phone. He encountered foul trouble again in the last game, and only played for less than 10 minutes. The high-intensity games in the postseason and the troubles in the team made Yao Min extremely exhausted both physically and mentally.

"Well, that's fine, I won't say much. Let's rest for a few days now. Don't rush back to China. Let's go back to China after my playoffs are over. If the Basketball Association urges you, tell them what's up." Come to me, you need to take a good rest now. Seriously, according to your weight and height, you are actually more likely to be injured than the average player. I will ask my Chinese medicine doctor to go to Houston to contact you later. , take care of yourself."

Liu Han didn't forget to take care of Yao Min's body. After all, he will go to the Olympic Games with Yao Min this year. There are always some people in the Basketball Association who go to Liu Han and Yao Min for big games. This makes Liu Han Han was very disgusted. There were so many young players in the country who didn’t know how to exercise. They even called Yao Min back for the Asian Championships. Later, when Liu Han found out, he went directly to the leader of the General Administration of Sports, and bluntly explained that this was a forced recruitment of foreign players to participate in the competition. It is a waste of resources for more players to participate in the Asian Championships, which makes the Basketball Association restrained a little. However, there will be an Olympic Games this year, and the people from the Basketball Association sent a notice to Liu Han early. Now Liu Han actually thinks more about whether to find Li Rui contacted and beat some "ignorant" people in the basketball association. According to Liu Han's current status and reputation, he could do this.

The Timberwolves reached the second round, and the Heat in the East also defeated the Hornets in the tiebreaker to advance to the second round. The two teams had another defensive competition.

On May 5, the first matchup of the second round of the Eastern Conference has already started. Although the Nets ranked the Pistons in the regular season record and became the second in the Eastern Conference, this is only because they are the first in the Atlantic Division. position, while the Pistons are second in the Central Division, but in the playoffs, the distribution of the home and away games of the two teams still depends on the real results, so the Pistons have one more home game, and the first game of the two teams is at The Palace of Auburn Hills kicks off on May 3.

Offense against defense, the new Nets coach Lawrence Frank, who is only 34 years old, gave the Nets fans a failing answer sheet.

56 points, yes, 56 points, this is the score the Nets got in the whole game, they were completely defeated by the Pistons' iron-blooded defense, Kobe was defended by Prince on the outside, Kidd also lost when he met Billups Losing the calmness of the past, Kenyon Martin completely disappeared in the pincer attack of the two Wallaces, and the Nets' rout appeared from the very beginning of the game.

On the same day, the first round of the Western Conference also ended the last game. The Spurs defeated the Kings 102 to 91 at home with more experience in the playoffs to advance to the second round. The Kings fought until now, but they regretted being eliminated in the end .

In this way, the second round of the Western Conference playoffs will officially start on May 5th. The Mavericks rested for nearly ten days, while their opponent Timberwolves only rested for one day. This is undoubtedly the best news for the Mavericks. , At the same time, they also have the home field advantage.

For the Timberwolves, the Mavericks have played against their opponents many times this season. The Timberwolves are undoubtedly strong this season. Garnett has matured after years of training, and Cassel also has the experience of winning the championship. Although Hall sometimes has "abnormal" nerves, it has to be said that when he is crazy, he is comparable to the league's top scorer.

Facing such an opponent, the Mavericks did not dare to be careless. At least Nelson and Liu Han were not too careless. Nelson wanted to fulfill his coaching dream of winning the championship. After all, he has been coaching for decades and has a winning percentage of more than [-]% in the playoffs. , but never won a championship, he didn't want to retire with regrets, but Liu Han wanted to use a championship ring to create a brand new wedding ring for Anna.

Against the Timberwolves, Nelson feels that it is always important to limit Garnett's performance. He is the most critical point for the Timberwolves in terms of the combination of inside and outside, and he is the unstoppable core of the Timberwolves in defense. If Garnett is dealt with, then it is estimated that the Mavericks will win this round of the series.

On May 5th, at the American Airlines Center Arena, the Mavericks once again decorated the arena in plain white, but this plain white did not disturb the fiery atmosphere in the arena. This is Dallas, and there will never be a shortage of impulsive cowboys.

Cuban rubbed his hands nervously. Although he didn't play the game, he felt that this was more nervous than running the company.

The Mavericks' starting lineup has undergone a small change today. The brave Danny Fortson got the start. His task is not to prevent Garnett from killing him, but to use his brave playing style to stimulate Garnett and let Garnett Te also became impulsive. This was Nelson's plan. "Mad Scientist" doesn't care if his tactics are reasonable or not, his coaching philosophy is just to work.

As the referee threw the ball in the middle circle, the game officially started. The Timberwolves got the ball as expected, and they started the attack.

The Mavericks quickly returned to the defensive position at the beginning of the game, and they put on a zone defense posture.

The Timberwolves were also well prepared for the game. Garnett received a pass back from Cassel with an outside screen. He did not hesitate to shoot a high mid-range shot. However, Garnett missed the mid-range shot under the interference of Fordson's body hair level. After all, not everyone can make a steady hit even when their armpits are getting cold.

After Dirk Nowitzki grabbed the rebound, he failed to give the ball to Liu Han quickly. The Timberwolves deliberately blocked Liu Han's line of receiving the ball after losing the offensive rebound.

The game was very competitive from the very beginning, and the players had a lot of physical contact.

(End of this chapter)