Super Small Forward

　　 On December 15, the Lakers and Timberwolves game started at the Target Center.

From the beginning of the game, the Lakers took the lead. The Lakers defended very hard. They didn't want Kobe's milestone to become a tragic mileage.

Kobe made another shot, which brought deafening cheers from away fans.

Although it is an away game and the home target center of the Timberwolves, the Lakers are more popular here than the Timberwolves!

After all, the Lakers have a very glorious history here.

It was in this city, in this old arena in this arena, where the former Minneapolis Lakers won five championships in six years and established the first NBA dynasty.

To say how deep this place is with the Lakers, you can tell from the name of the Lakers.

Minnesota is a famous granary in the United States because it has the most lakes in the United States and its agriculture is quite developed.

There are more than 15,000 lakes in Minnesota, and Minneapolis, once home to the Timberwolves and Lakers, has more than 10,000 of them.

That's why the name of the Lakers team comes from the people in the City of Ten Thousand Lakes.

As the former home base of the Lakers, the Lakers won 5 championships in Minneapolis, leaving the city with the brand of the Lakers.

Now there is a statue of George McCann, the world's number one basketball player at the entrance of the Timberwolves Arena.

The Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, where there was no NBA team for thirty years. It was not until 1989 when the Timberwolves joined the NBA that the city had a new NBA team.

Originally, the Timberwolves built a new arena to move the statue of George McCann, but the local fans collectively opposed it, saying that if the Timberwolves did this, they would not build a team here.

Not only that, but Minneapolis also has a memorial museum of honor for the Lakers in those years. From all aspects, you can see how deeply the local fans love the Lakers.

In fact, for the Timberwolves, the Minneapolis people have been full of expectations from the beginning, just like the expectations of the Lakers back then, looking forward to this team becoming a top team like the Lakers.

But the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. After all, the Timberwolves are only Timberwolves. Even if they get the three-headed combination of Garnett, Sprewell and Kassel, they will only make it to the Western Conference finals. The other times are the first round or Lotto. If it weren't for the glory that Garnett brought to this city, the people here really didn't have any sense of belonging to the Timberwolves.

In the season after the Western Conference Finals, the Timberwolves’ petty and short-sightedness let go of Kassel and did not renew their contract with Sprewell. The Timberwolves’ three-headed monsters collapsed and became a lottery team. He hasn't made the playoffs yet.

It is said that Sprewell is greedy for money, but for an 18+4+3 outside core not to give a ten million contract, is it too stingy? And the Timberwolves' wages are far from paying the luxury tax.

The strategy of the Timberwolves boss is to save money, save money and save money.

So even after more than forty years, the Minneapolis people think that the Lakers are their home team. In 2004, the Timberwolves and the Lakers played in the Western Conference Finals, and the Lakers could hear cheers here.

Bryant's 18 years of popularity in the NBA, coupled with the origins of the Lakers and Minneapolis, the fans on the scene saw that he is about to set the Jordan record is like seeing his own players set the record, very excited.

Every time Kobe made a shot, the fans on the scene cheered loudly.

Kobe and Jordan scored only 12 points before this game. Jordan's career total score is 22292 points, and Kobe has reached 22280.

With a gap of only 12 points, Kobe only needs to make eight shots at most to complete the honor.

However, Kobe did not start with scoring as the main purpose, but used his ability to attract defense to create many opportunities for his teammates.

Therefore, Kobe only scored 6 points in the first quarter, which makes the fans even more expect him to complete this milestone soon. Every time he scores a goal, he cheers loudly, hoping that he will have more desire to score because of cheers.

But Kobe didn't mean that. He was very interested in the new champion of the Timberwolves and used various methods to play Wiggins.

Wiggins has a defensive talent and has shown it since college. This is also the most important reason why he was elected the NBA No. 1 pick without any suspense.

But in front of Kobe, Wiggins was too tender. Kobe used false moves to play Wiggins countless times, and then finally attracted other players to pass the ball after assisting in defense, playing Wiggins unnecessarily.

For Kobe's old naughty mentality, Mr. Sanders, the Timberwolves coach on the sidelines, really wanted to ask the referee if he could count Kobe's 40 points and let him off the court.

Sanders is a headache. He wants to train young players, but most of the young players now are not able to withstand the blow. He doesn't want his own No. 1 pick to lose confidence because he was teased by Kobe.

Sanders is very depressed, why is it so difficult for him to train a Garnett-level star for the Timberwolves?

The owner of the Timberwolves wants to win the playoffs. This team is the only team that hasn't made the playoffs since 2004. But the Timberwolves, although they can play, are not up to the point where they can make the playoffs in the Western Conference.

Now Sanders has a difficult problem in front of him. Facing most opponents in the West, the Timberwolves cannot win even if they try their best.

After working hard or losing, it is obvious that it will cause a great psychological burden on these aggressive young players, which will make these rookie players feel frustrated and doubt themselves. Even if they try their best, they still can’t win the ball. After a chain reaction, slack training and game attitudes will gradually change. In the end, talent can only be talent.

The Timberwolves have been like this for so many rookies. From the lottery show in 2005, the Timberwolves have only played out by Love alone.

Before entering the Timberwolves, those rookies who were called once-in-a-year geniuses finally disappeared after a few years in the league.

This is the reason why the Thunder didn't care about the record when they trained Durant and Westbrook.

It is also a loss. If the rookie knows that the team is to develop themselves and does not care about the record to lose, then it is different. They will not be frustrated because of temporary losses, but constantly hone their skills.

The 76ers did this more than ten years ago. The Cavaliers, Heat, and Nuggets in 2003, and the Thunder in 2007 all did this, and they all eventually produced epoch-level stars.

The Timberwolves bosses desperately want to win and often hold team meetings to emphasize winning, which will undoubtedly bring a huge psychological burden to young players~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and even the bosses in the forest want to rely on those veterans to attack. In the playoffs, let young players play on the bench.

Although there are also superstars like Kobe who came out of the bench, Kobe's growth path is so different from ordinary people, it is difficult to replicate.

Sanders would like to simply play bad, it is not suitable to assist Wiggins players are all replaced, peace of mind to cultivate this talented top pick.

But Sanders is working for others, and the boss's arrangement must be accepted. He can only try to give Wiggins, Gion, and Shabs more opportunities to perform.

As for Bennett, Sanders is busy cultivating Wiggins, as well as Shabs, Gion and others, this parallel champion can't take care of it.

It is actually difficult for Sanders to train young players. This team has a lot of players who have found a dozen or twenty minutes per game in the NBA, but they cannot help the current Timberwolves win, but they must Give them playing time.

Seeing that Wiggins was constantly being tuned by Kobe-feeling a little broken in the play, Sanders hurriedly let Wiggins change defense and let Rubio to defend Kobe.

Sanders is really afraid that Wiggins will be broken by Kobe.

but……

He did not think of...

If Wiggins doesn't guard Kobe, he can only guard Liu Ren...

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