At eight o'clock in the evening, all members of the Lakers took a flight and arrived in Minnesota in the northwest.
Target Center is the home court of the Timberwolves.
This stadium can accommodate more than 20,000 spectators. In his previous life, Lin Feng saw an interesting video on TikTok.
In 2003, a white man confessed his love to Garnett in public, took off his clothes and danced vigorously, but was unexpectedly driven out by the stadium security.
Later in 2015, after Garnett won his first championship in Boston, the aging Timberwolves returned to the Timberwolves.
It was still the same white man, but he was no longer the energetic young man he used to be.
In 2015, he became a middle-aged uncle like the wolf king Garnett, with two children by his side.
When the camera was turned to the white man again, the audience cheered and signaled him to continue dancing to express his love to Garnett. However, as he had become an uncle, he declined with a smile.
However, unable to resist the enthusiasm of the crowd, the uncle stood up and danced with his two children.
Garnett, who was playing on the court, naturally remembered the white man.
The wolf king was moved and beat his chest hard to salute the white man who was dancing with two children.
At that moment, Lin Feng seemed to be able to understand Garnett's feelings.
He was selected by the Timberwolves when he was young and frivolous, and he was bound to bring the first championship trophy to this arena.
But the reality is extremely cruel!
Garnett was selected by the Timberwolves as a high school student in 1995, but he failed to fulfill his promise until 2007 when he moved to the Boston Celtics.
He couldn't do it alone. Besides, in that era, the West was strong and the East was weak. How could it be easy to break through the siege in the West and win the championship?
The passing of time has worn away the Wolf King's patience.
He eventually chose to leave the Timberwolves and formed the league's first Big Three with Pierce and Ray Allen, successfully winning a championship and bringing his 20-year professional career to a perfect end.
After all, Garnett and James are the same type of players.
When he first entered the league, he was young and frivolous, thinking that he was the chosen one and was determined to bring the championship to his home team.
After playing for a few years, I found that it was not the case. In order to win the championship, the overall strength of the team, the management, the coaching staff, etc., are all indispensable.
If there is a problem in any link, the road to the championship may be ruined.
It is now 2006, and as expected, this is Garnett's last season with the Timberwolves.
When he enters the free agent market next year, he will join Ray Allen and Pierce to form a luxurious Big Three lineup with the Boston Celtics!
Today's Timberwolves have overall declining strength and cannot rank among the strong teams in the Western Conference.
Last season, the Trail Blazers only had a record of 33 wins and 49 losses, with a winning rate of 40.24%, ranking second from the bottom in the Western Conference.
The Lakers won three consecutive victories in the new season. Lin Feng, who joined the Lakers at a minimum salary, became an NBA dark horse!
What's more, there is Kobe, the top scorer!
In tonight's game, people had already expected that the Timberwolves would not be able to beat the Lakers.
Wolf King Garnett also heard Lin Feng's story. He joined the Lakers with a minimum salary and became the biggest dark horse in the NBA!
He is extremely envious of Kobe now and can't understand how Kobe could have found such an awesome teammate?
If possible, he would like to pay out of his own pocket to sponsor Lin Feng's competition and make Lin Feng his teammate.
Because he had a hunch that if he and Lin Feng joined forces, although they wouldn't necessarily win the championship that season, at least reaching the Western Conference Finals wouldn't be a big problem.
At the same time.
Players from both teams entered the Target Center one by one. Garnett, wearing sportswear with the Timberwolves logo, walked up to Lin Feng and Kobe.
He saw Lin Feng and Kobe were talking, so he greeted them, "Hi! My dear Kobe, I heard that this dark horse next to you was discovered by you in the Development League?"
Hearing this, Kobe turned his head to look at Garnett and said with a smile, "Yes, KG, I discovered Lin to the NBA through the defense of my subordinate team. What's wrong?"
"Kobe, I have to say, you are really lucky. You had O'Neal by your side in the early years, and now there is Lin. I have watched this guy's game videos. He is a qualified All-Star player. I like him very much!"
Garnett made no secret of his love for Lin Feng.
Ask every superstar who wants to win the championship, who doesn't want to have a decent helper around him?
Lin Feng has proven his strength in three games.
It will be easy to play the game with Lin Feng. Garnett values Lin Feng's ability in rebounding the most.
In this era of the league, there is a saying that goes like this: He who gets the rebounds wins the world!
The importance of rebounds is self-evident, as they represent second-chance opportunities.
If a team has unlimited firing rights, it will be hard not to win.
As an inside player, Garnett really wanted to find an opportunity to ask Lin Feng for advice on rebounding.
In the last game, the Lakers played against the Seattle SuperSonics. After the game, Lin Feng grabbed more than 20 rebounds.
It stands to reason that more than 20 rebounds are not considered explosive. Rodman, the big man in those days, often achieved such statistics.
But the key point is that among Lin Feng's more than 20 rebounds, more than half were more difficult frontcourt rebounds.
Some young fans don't understand basketball and only look at post-match statistics. They ignore the fact that grabbing offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds are two completely different concepts!
Anyone who has played basketball knows that the difficulty of frontcourt rebounds is obviously several levels higher than that of backcourt rebounds.
Lin Feng, a point guard, can grab more than a dozen offensive rebounds in a game.
What does this mean?
Garnett, the Wolf King who has played basketball all his life, naturally knows this very well.
So he envied Kobe for having a teammate as awesome as Lin Feng.
"Hi! Lin, can I ask you for some advice on rebounding?"
Garnett looked at Lin Feng, his resolute face full of desire to grab the rebound.
Lin Feng raised his head, looked at Garnett's sincere eyes, and chuckled, "I don't deserve your advice. In front of you and Kobe, I am a junior. The game is about to start. During the game, I will use actual combat to tell you the experience of grabbing rebounds."
Lin Feng's words were ambiguous. It didn't seem like he was teaching Garnett how to rebound, but more like he was challenging Garnett.
If you want to learn how to grab rebounds, that's very simple. Just let's fight, and you'll know.
Garnett was not stupid. He heard the hidden meaning in Lin Feng's words and immediately laughed out of anger.
"Fuck! You provoked me to fight; I will make you regret it during the game!"
"Hahaha!" Kobe laughed. "Lin! Can I understand that you just took the initiative to trash-talk KG? He won't give in. This guy is a tough guy. Be careful of his black elbows!"
"Kobe, thank you for your reminder, but I believe KG is not that kind of person. I can accept trash talk, but if he uses black elbows, I will report it to the league!"
"You are quite interesting, man."
Garnett grinned and suddenly realized that Lin Feng was an interesting Chinese.
They are not as boring as the Chinese people we imagine!
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