The King of the NBA

"It's okay, there is still the fourth quarter, we still have a chance." The coach of the Trail Blazers comforted his players, but no matter how he heard it, he felt that he had no confidence.

The players don't have much confidence, and now the point difference is already 16 points.

The key is that they have always been at a disadvantage and have never gained the upper hand. What kind of team is the Timberwolves? Not to mention Ning Yi who has started the "playoff mode", but relying on Love, Rubio, Martin and others, as well as a bunch of substitutes, it would be difficult for the Trail Blazers to reverse 16 points in the last quarter. ascend to heaven.

still have a chance? That's only theoretical.

The atmosphere here in the Timberwolves was much more relaxed. Everyone was laughing and talking, and Ning Yi was naturally the focus. He scored 36 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists in three quarters. His teammates were booing, saying that he would work harder in the last quarter and hit a 40+10+ 10 data come.

"I don't care about statistics or anything." Ning Yi shook his head and said seriously: "We have the upper hand now, leading by 16 points, but we can't take it lightly. My goal is to sweep the Blazers, not to sweep them in this game, but to It was the series that swept them and knocked them out 4-0."

"I don't want to waste too much of our energy in this first round, so we must kill our opponents with thunderous momentum. We must not take it lightly and must go all out."

Everyone was solemn when they heard the words, restrained their smiles, and agreed in unison.

The fourth quarter begins soon.

It was the last quarter, and the Trail Blazers tried to make a last-ditch effort, knowing the odds were slim. But the facts quickly proved that this was futile, and even without Ning Yi and Love's shots, the Timberwolves' bench lineup expanded the point difference to 20 points in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter, which completely lost the suspense of the game.

20 points reversed in 8 minutes?

That is impossible.

"Sigh..." The Trail Blazers coach smiled wryly and shook his head. He comforted the players just now, saying that there was still a chance, but now he was directly slapped in the face.

The Trail Blazers replaced the main lineup.

But after only three minutes of playing, they replaced the main lineup one after another and announced that they would give up the game.

In three minutes, no miracle happened. The Trail Blazers shot a lot of three-pointers, but the shooting percentage was very low, and it took another three minutes. The game has completely lost its suspense.

When the game ended, the Timberwolves defeated the Trail Blazers 126:111 and won the first victory in the series.

Ning Yi's performance shocked the fans and caused an uproar. He scored 30 points, plus 10 rebounds and 8 assists. It was because he only played less than three minutes in the fourth quarter, otherwise he would have scored 40 points. + easy.

After the game, everyone was talking about Ning Yi's "playoff mode".

Some people believe that this is Ning Yi's true ability. He has not been at full health during the regular season. But there are also some people who think that his scoring of 39+10+8 is just accidental. If these are all normal performances, wouldn't he be comparable to LeBron James and Kevin Durant?

A day later, the Timberwolves ushered in the second game of the series at home.

The Blazers made a lot of adjustments this time, but in the end they found that they could not change anything during the game. The gap in strength was indeed too great.

Like the first game, there is no suspense at the end of the three quarters.

"It's a complete slap."

"This series is over, the strength gap is too great."

"At first I thought that the Trail Blazers' backcourt double guns could challenge the Timberwolves, but when Ning Yi's 'playoff mode' started, everything was over."

Many fans are emotional.

Now no one is arguing whether Ning Yi scored 39+10+8 in the first game was luck, because in the second game he scored 34 points, plus 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and clocked out of get off work in three quarters.

One was luck and chance, but two?

If two games are not enough, there are three more, four more

In the third game of the series, the Trail Blazers played tenaciously and took the lead for a time, but they were overturned in the end and lost to the Timberwolves 110:116, suffering a three-game losing streak in the series.

In this game, Ning Yi scored 32 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 30+ in three consecutive games, and averaged 35 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 8 assists in the three games of the series. Do you still need to doubt it?

A day later, Game 4 of the series came.

In fact, this series has lost its suspense. It is impossible for the Blazers to get back when they are 0:3 behind, because they lost not because of dribbling, but because they were really inferior.

The Trail Blazers did not play well in the fourth game of the series, even worse than the previous three games. They were already disheartened, knowing that it was impossible to win, and lost their fighting spirit.

In the end, the Timberwolves easily defeated the Trail Blazers, swept the Trail Blazers with a big score of 4:0 in the series, and became the first team to advance to the second round.

In this game, Ning Yi scored 20 points, 3 rebounds, and 7 assists. He didn't take many shots, because he won easily and didn't need him to exert his strength to win, so the statistics are not very gorgeous.

"It's terrible, the Blazers were swept away directly."

"Yeah, with two guns in the backcourt so strong, there is no suspense in losing."

"Ning Yi's playoff mode is too strong. It feels no worse than James and Durant. It seems that he really didn't give his best during the regular season."

"Isn't that obvious? The Timberwolves also have Love, Rubio, Martin and others. The bench lineup of Whiteside, Jokic, Clarkson, Turner and others are also good. They are a very strong overall team. The team does not need to rely on Ning Yi to make it to the playoffs. So of course Ning Yi will not go all out during the regular season."

The series between the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers is over, but the fans are still talking about it, especially around Ning Yi, there are always endless topics to talk about.

In fact, not only the fans were surprised, but even the entire Timberwolves team was surprised, because Ning Yi hadn't fully shot in the regular season, so everyone didn't know how strong he was.

People have guessed, but when Ning Yi suddenly broke out and started the playoffs mode, people still found that they had guessed wrong, and Ning Yi was stronger than imagined.

In the next few days, the series of other teams also ended one after another.

The Warriors in the West lived up to their reputation of 73 wins and 9 losses in the regular season. They swept the Rockets 4:0, the Spurs beat the Mavericks 4:1, and the Thunder beat the Clippers 4:2. , Spurs, and Thunder advanced to the second round together.

The Eastern Cavaliers swept the Pistons 4:0, the Raptors defeated the Pacers 4:3, the Heat defeated the Hornets 4:3, and the Eagles eliminated the Celtics 4:2. There was also no upset. The top four in the East defeated the last four. The Cavaliers, Raptors, Heat, and Eagles advanced to the second round.

At this point, the first round of the playoffs is over.

In the second round, the Timberwolves will play against the Spurs, the Warriors against the Thunder, the Cavaliers against the Eagles, and the Raptors against the Heat.

"This time we still want to sweep our opponents and not give them a chance." When Ning Yi said this, the Timberwolves players were shocked. This time, the opponents are the Spurs!

Can you sweep the Spurs?