The King of the NBA

After the game with the Raptors, the Timberwolves easily defeated the Magic at home.

The cohesive Timberwolves became even more terrifying, completely crushing the Magic. Although the Magic also tried to counterattack, it was useless. After only three quarters, they basically gave up their resistance.

Afterwards, the Timberwolves rushed to the away game and played successively against the Kings, Trail Blazers, Lakers, and Warriors. Although it was four consecutive away games, the opponents also included strong teams such as the Trail Blazers and Warriors, but now that the playoffs are approaching, most teams have entered trim stage.

For example, the Warriors, their record firmly occupies the first place in the Western Conference, so whether they win or not is meaningless to them. In the game against the Timberwolves, both Curry and Thompson did not play again after three quarters.

For the Timberwolves, Adelman also limited the playing time of Ning Yi and Love, but he used more for Whiteside and Jokic.

Whiteside and Jokic still need to exercise. There is not much time in the regular season now, so we have to hurry up.

In the game against the Warriors, the Timberwolves won, and against the Kings and Lakers, the Timberwolves also won. Only the game against the Trail Blazers was lost, but it doesn't matter anymore. With the current record of the Timberwolves, they have firmly occupied the second place in the West. There is a gap of 5 wins with the Rockets in third place. Even if the next two games are not used, the Rockets will not be able to catch up.

After several away games, the Timberwolves returned to Minnesota.

In the arena, Ning Yi is training alone, and today's team training has ended long ago.

With the playoffs approaching, Adelman also relatively reduced the amount of training to allow the players to reserve physical fitness for the playoffs. The intensity of the playoffs is not comparable to that of the regular season, and it will not work without sufficient physical fitness.

Ning Yi is an exception.

Even if the playoffs were coming, Ning Yi did not stop his training, it was still the same as usual, and even the intensity of training was even greater.

This is because he desperately wants to get a breakthrough.

"Shua!"

With a soft sound, the basketball flew out of Ning Yi's fingertips and pierced through the net.

Ning Yi stopped, gasping for breath, sweating like rain, he looked at the basket, full of unwillingness: "I obviously feel that I will be able to break through soon, but it's just a little bit short, damn it!"

The voice of the system sounded: "At this time, you should calm down and treat it with a normal mind. In fact, you touched the threshold of a breakthrough some time ago, and the breakthrough is only a matter of time. In fact, if you can maintain a normal mind, you may have already broken through at this time." Ning Yi, you are too hasty."

"I, I know." Meng Yun was depressed, full of helplessness.

He also knows that there is no benefit in being anxious, but the playoffs are coming, and he has a sense of urgency in his heart, and he insists on forcing himself to make a breakthrough before the playoffs, because if he waits until the playoffs start, he will not be sure when he will break through , Maybe the first round can be broken through, maybe the second round, but what if it is still going on?

With the current ranking in the Western Conference, the Timberwolves are ranked second, and they are likely to face the Mavericks in the first round. With the current strength of the Timberwolves, it should not be a big problem to beat the Mavericks.

If there is no surprise, then the Timberwolves' opponent in the second round will be the Rockets.

The Rockets have not always been an easy team to deal with. Even if the Timberwolves are strong now, if they really meet the Rockets, it is hard to predict who will win.

Ning Yi doesn't want any surprises. His goal is to reach the Western Conference Finals, compete with the Warriors, and even kill the Warriors to reach the Finals.

Therefore, he has been very anxious.

"Ning Yi, you need to calm down," the system said.

Ning Yi nodded, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and tried his best to calm himself down.

As the system said, he actually already possessed all the conditions to break through. The reason why he failed to break through lies in his own mentality, which is the key to restricting him.

After a while, Ning Yi calmed down: "System, I know. Don't worry, I will calm myself down no matter whether I can break through or not. The playoffs are coming soon, and I can't be distracted."

"That's right." The system said.

In the next few days, the Timberwolves ushered in games against the Pelicans and the Thunder at home.

These two games are meaningless to the Timberwolves, but they are very important to the Pelicans and the Thunder. Now the Spurs are eighth in the West, while the Pelicans are ninth and the Thunder are tenth, but the Pelicans and Thunder are now The records are even, and the two teams and the Spurs are only one win away.

In other words, they still have a chance to squeeze out the Spurs and enter the top eight.

So against the Timberwolves, whether it was the Pelicans or the Thunder, they went all out. Because the Timberwolves had nothing to do with the record rankings, they simply released water and lost both games.

It's a pity that even if the Timberwolves lost all two games, the Pelicans and Thunder failed to make the top eight.

When the regular season is over, the East and West playoff teams are also officially announced. The top eight in the East are the Cavaliers, Eagles, Bulls, Raptors, Wizards, Bucks, Celtics, and Nets.

In the West, the top eight are the Warriors, Timberwolves, Rockets, Clippers, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies, Mavericks, and Spurs. In the final stage, the Spurs won both games and are still one game ahead of the Thunder, entering the eighth place in the West. playoffs.

In this way, the Western Conference in the first round of the playoffs will be the Warriors VS Spurs, Timberwolves vs Mavericks, Rockets vs Grizzlies, Clippers vs Trail Blazers.

"Sure enough, I'm afraid the first round is nothing to watch. Only the Clippers and the Trail Blazers will play some games. Others feel that there is no suspense."

"Why is there no suspense? Are the Spurs weak? With coach Popovich here, maybe there will be a black eight."

"Dark horse? I'm afraid it's impossible. The Warriors this season are too strong."

"It's just a pity that the Thunder failed to enter the playoffs. If they can enter the playoffs, it must be very interesting."

"Where's the Timberwolves?"

"There is probably no suspense between the Timberwolves and the Mavericks. The Timberwolves are also terrible this season. They are too balanced. Whether it is the main lineup or the bench lineup, they are not bad. What's more, there are Ning and Love. Ning played too much this season. Well, doesn't look like a second-year player at all."

The regular season is over and the playoffs are approaching. The fans are talking and getting excited.

The nba's long regular season tends to make fans feel tired, because there are too many games, especially after the top eight rankings are basically stable, many fans lose interest.

Wait until the playoffs for fan interest and enthusiasm to return.

It can be said that the playoffs are the most attractive stage for NBA fans.

In the playoffs, there will be high-intensity confrontation, fierce fights, cruel eliminations, and blood-spiking superstar duels. Everything you want to see can be found in the playoffs.