The King of the NBA

The Timberwolves lost the game against the Cavaliers, but no one was discouraged. After all, the strength of the Cavaliers lies there. They are the biggest favorites to compete for the championship. Compared with them, the Timberwolves are still too young after all.

For the Timberwolves, this is a good exercise, which has accumulated valuable experience and allowed the players to grow.

This is a group of young players who need growth more than victory. They can fail, they can encounter setbacks, but the most important thing is to grow. If they can grow up, they will definitely become strong contenders for the championship.

After the game, the Timberwolves rushed to the next city to prepare for the next game.

This is a consecutive away game, with a total of 5 games, one of which is back to back, and the schedule is very tight. However, the Timberwolves are a group of young lads after all, full of energy. Although they played consecutive away games, they adapted well and were not dragged down by the intensive games. They won 4 games in 5 games.

Counting the loss to the Cavaliers, they have won 4 of the last 6 games, and the winning percentage is not bad.

The current record of the Timberwolves is very gratifying, and they are stable in the second position in the West. This is a good result that the Timberwolves have not achieved for many years.

The reason why the Timberwolves can achieve such results is that Ning Yi's contribution is obvious to all. His statistics this season have completely reached the level of the first-line players in the NBA, which is comparable to Love.

Of course, the rest of the Timberwolves also contributed a lot.

Especially the performance of Jokic and Whiteside made Adelman very happy. He even felt that if Jokic and Whiteside were given a good training and given enough time, they might not be better than the main players. Difference. By that time, the strength of the rotation lineup will be astonishing, probably enough to match the main lineup of some teams.

Just thinking about it makes Adelman excited, and he can't help being happy. If that's the case, when they meet other teams, their opponents will probably cry.

Even this season, the presence of Jokic and Whiteside has largely made up for the lack of the Timberwolves' rotation. When it comes to the playoffs, this is critical.

After the away trip and returning to Minneapolis, Adelman stepped up the training of Jokic and Whiteside, and of course he did not give up on Clarkson, but Clarkson's problem gave Adelman a headache, and his skills were mixed. Not refined, able to throw and shoot, but not stable enough, poor physical resistance.

This kind of situation cannot be changed in a short period of time. It has to start from the beginning and erase the original habits. Therefore, for Clarkson, Adelman can only choose to take his time.

There is no doubt that Jokic and Whiteside are more likely to achieve results. With a little training, the two can display good immediate combat ability.

Adelman developed a training program specifically for Jokic and Whiteside.

This made other players alert and feel threatened, such as Justin Hamilton and Turiaf. They began to fear that they would have no ball to play in the future, and they trained harder and harder.

Even Shabatz, Brewer, and Jack, who do not overlap with Jokic and Whiteside, also became nervous at this time.

Everyone can feel that the Timberwolves are now in an aggressive state. From the main players such as Ning Yi, Love, Rubio, to the substitute players, they must adapt to this state. Adapt, then it will only be marginalized and eventually eliminated.

Obviously, no one wants that.

Seeing everyone working so hard, Adelman was elated, and he also worked hard to achieve a level balance. As long as you work hard, he will give you a chance. As long as you fight for it, you will have a chance. Even if you don’t play well, at least you will play. Chance.

In this way, everyone will work harder.

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of December.

The Timberwolves played very well this month. If it weren't for the Warriors playing too well this season, I am afraid that the current No. 1 in the Western Conference has become the Timberwolves.

In this month, the entire Timberwolves team has undergone some changes. From the players themselves to the cooperation of the team, the morale and atmosphere of the team have reached a very good state.

As for Ning Yi, he averaged 26.2 points, 10.6 assists, and 6.0 rebounds per game this month, and the data has improved compared to last month.

Love averaged 24.7 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, and his average double-double data was very stable.

This also allowed Love to firmly enter the top ten in the Western Conference in the first round of the All-Star voting. Although he has not yet been able to enter the top five, considering that there are too many stars in the Western Conference and the competition is too fierce, it is already considered good.

In fact, based on Love's performance this season and the record of the Timberwolves, even if he cannot enter the All-Star starting lineup in the end, he will definitely be able to enter the All-Star bench lineup.

With the amazing performance in December and the Timberwolves' gratifying record, Ning Yi was also selected as the best player of the month in the Western Conference.

This is the first time that Ning Yi has been selected as the best player of the month in the Western Conference. He is naturally very happy, and Ning Yi's fans, especially Huaxia fans, are also very excited.

Since Ning Yi entered the Timberwolves last season, he has refreshed people's perception of him time and time again, subverting people's perception of Chinese players time and time again.

You know, Ning Yi is a 203 cm small forward, not a power forward, nor a center.

As a small forward, he has achieved such a result in the NBA. This is the first time in China's history. Ning Yi is a pioneer and a creator.

At the same time, Ning Yi's All-Star votes continued to soar. When he was elected as the best rookie of the month in the Western Conference, his votes surpassed Stephen Curry in one fell swoop and became the number one in the Western Conference.

"Ning's number of votes has increased so rapidly, he is number one in the West."

"Yeah, it's only a little less than James, but looking at it like this, it doesn't seem impossible to surpass James."

"You have to admit, he's had a really good season. You can't tell he's a second-year player. He's a genius."

"The key is that Ning is still growing. He can shoot, three-pointers and two-pointers, can break through, fakes are beautiful, and he can pass the ball. His assists can reach 10 per game. I think apart from physical fitness Besides being not top-notch, Ning has almost no shortcomings. If his physical fitness improves a little bit, it will be even more terrifying."

"Also, he plays very smartly and has a high IQ."

The outside world is talking about Ning Yi and Timberwolves.

This month belongs to Ning Yi and Timberwolves. For Ning Yi and Timberwolves, this is a perfect December. They have achieved good results and made great progress.