The King of the NBA

"The Timberwolves are so good, even the Spurs are not their opponents."

"Tsk tsk, the Grizzlies failed to make a black eight in the first round, maybe the Timberwolves can, although it's not a black eight."

"Ning and Love played so well, Ning scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, almost a double-double. Love also scored 29 points, 3 assists, 11 rebounds. Tsk tsk, Ning is on top It seems to be true, but it seems that his relationship with Love seems to be better than before, which is weird."

The Timberwolves defeated the Spurs and won the first game of the second round. This in itself did not surprise the fans too much. After all, the Spurs still played the seventh game against the eighth-ranked Grizzlies in the first round.

What makes the fans different is the relationship between Ning Yi and Love. Originally, people thought that Ning Yi was in the top position, so it would definitely threaten Love, and the relationship with Love would become stale. To suppress. But the result is that Ning Yi is more and more amazing, and Le Fu is also shining brightly. The two of them saw that they did not fight against each other, but complemented each other, and the more they fought, the better they were.

At the same time, Ning Yi's popularity soared further, and even those fans who thought he was "outrageous" changed their attitude towards him.

Unknowingly, in the eyes of people, Ning Yi has become one of the core of the Timberwolves. His popularity has surpassed many NBA players, almost comparable to those stars, and even superstars.

In the process, the second game between the Timberwolves and the Spurs also came.

Originally, the Timberwolves planned to take the prestige of the previous game and win the next game in one go, but they didn't realize they were wrong until the game came.

The Spurs' regular season No. 1 record in the Western Conference is not accidental, nor is it luck. In the first round, they were almost blacked out by the opponent against the Grizzlies, but that does not mean that the Spurs are weak.

To a certain extent, there was an element of chance.

In the first game of the second round, the Spurs lost to the Timberwolves. It doesn't mean they are weaker than the Timberwolves. It's just that the Timberwolves are too strong. Ning Yi and Love played very well. The two complement each other and form a good complement. .

It was not until this game that the Spurs finally showed their strength.

From the beginning of the game, the Spurs led the Timberwolves, and let the Timberwolves chase after them. The Spurs always took the lead, leading until the end, defeating the Timberwolves by 11 points, and rewriting the total score of the series to 1:1. .

This game made Adelman feel the danger. The Spurs seemed to break out their real strength at this time, as if they were hiding their clumsiness in front.

Yes.

Not only Adelman has this feeling, but Ning Yi also has this feeling.

In the first game with the Spurs, Ning Yi felt the strong defense of the Spurs, and felt their long-term accumulation, which has formed an instinct and a system with a general cultural background.

But at that time, Ning Yi didn't feel afraid. Instead, he was full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit. Together with Love, he led the team to defeat the Spurs and won that victory.

But this time, Ning Yi felt a trace of fear.

The Spurs are like a behemoth, gradually waking up from their slumber, not only their players, but also the legendary coach Gregg Popovich, half of the strength of the Spurs is coach Popovich.

At the end of the second game, Adelman was anxious about Terry Porter and others, analyzing the Spurs' tactics, strategies, players, and coach Popovich overnight to make a response plan.

But when the third game came, the Timberwolves still lost.

The Spurs' horrible defense made the Timberwolves suffer. Ning Yi only scored 12 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. He only made 5 of 16 shots in the game, including a 3-pointer and 4 two-pointers. Another point came from free throws, and even the extremely stable free throws in the past have become unstable.

Not only Ning Yi, Love only scored 20 points, plus 7 rebounds and 2 assists; Martin 14 points, Pekovic 9 points, Rubio 7 points, and only Love scored among the starters 20, the Timberwolves scored only 84 points, creating a new low for their entire season.

The Timberwolves finally saw the horror of the Spurs!

This defeat hit the Timberwolves too much, so that the Timberwolves could not recover from the shadow in the fourth game, and they also lost the fourth game.

In this game, Ning Yi scored 19 points, but still failed to reach 20; Love scored 21 points, which was worthy of 20; Martin played well and scored 20 points, but it didn't work. Lost to the Spurs 97:104, the total score of this series became 1:3.

Timberwolves have reached the edge of the cliff, life and death.

A dull atmosphere filled the Timberwolves. Everyone felt like a big stone was pressing on their hearts, making them unable to breathe, only feeling difficult to breathe.

It's a stress, a mental stress.

Seeing the state of his players, Adelman became angry, and he yelled at everyone, regardless of their reaction, he just yelled at them anyway.

After this swearing, everyone cheered up and regained their fighting spirit. At the critical moment of life and death, the Timberwolves launched a counterattack.

This game has been anxious from the beginning, and after that, the two sides are almost fighting hand-to-hand.

Including Ning Yi, everyone is desperate, defending desperately, running desperately, for every attack, every rebound, every point.

When the game was over, the Timberwolves almost fell down from exhaustion.

The only thing to be happy about is that they won the game and were not eliminated by the Spurs 4:1. They climbed back from the edge of the cliff, rewritten the total score to 2:3, and saw hope again.

In this game, Ning Yi scored 28 points and 10 assists, and finally got a double-double in the playoffs; Love scored 26 points and 13 rebounds; Martin 18 points and 5 assists. In addition, Pekovic, Barea, and Mbah a Moute all scored in double figures. With the performance of the whole team, the Timberwolves pulled back a game.

At the same time, in the female dormitory of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Ye Qian was packing her luggage while Nina was helping her with gestures. There are not many things, just some clothes and some books.

"Ye Qian, this is for you." Nina took out a gift and reluctantly said: "Time flies so fast, you will be returning to China in a blink of an eye, I really miss you."

"I also miss you." Ye Qian said.

Nina looked at Ye Qian and asked, "Ye Qian, does Ning know that you are going back to China?"

Ye Qian shook her head: "I haven't told him yet."

Nina hesitated for a moment and said, "Ye Qian, you should tell him, maybe he wants you to stay. I know you like him, why didn't you tell him?"

Ye Qian was startled, and sighed softly: "Thank you, Nina."