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Chapter 188 Ranking Competition
The Timberwolves played a slightly intensive game in March, with a total of 3 games, with an average of one game every two days. On such a dense schedule, the Timberwolves suffered from certain injuries.

Billups and Lowry missed ten and twelve games respectively.The point guard was in a hurry, so Whitman had to urgently recall two young point guards from the Development League. Most of the time, Zheng Ke was used as a guest point guard, and at the same time, Foye, who is known as a combo guard, was mentioned in the starting lineup.

Under such circumstances, Zheng Ke’s assist data soared all the way in March. On March 3 against the Bobcats, Zheng Ke sent out 15 assists, refreshing the number of assists in a single game of his career, and leading the Timberwolves to a 15-112 victory. Bobcats, after this game, Zheng Ke has averaged 91 assists per game this season. He and James are currently on the assist list, which makes most of the starting point guards feel ashamed.

However, the lack of Billups still has a huge impact on the Timberwolves. In March, they failed to win against the Spurs and the Rockets. The outside world raised a lot of doubts about Zheng Ke's ability to lead the team to play a strong team.

However, Zheng Ke, who has experienced the baptism of almost two seasons, has already cultivated a tough face. The turmoil of the outside media has basically no effect on him, but there is still a desire deep in his heart, eager to be recognized by everyone. This is also one of his goals and the direction of his future efforts.

In the end, the Timberwolves led by Zheng Ke played at a satisfactory level in March.

10 wins and 7 losses.

The Trail Blazers, fifth in the West, are one or two games away from the Timberwolves. This is the rhythm of the two young guards fighting each other in the playoffs.

On April Fool's Day, the Timberwolves played against the Mavericks at home.

This is a close game. The Mavericks, who are sixth in the Western Conference, are actually only 4 games behind the Timberwolves. What's more, the Mavericks have won by a large score and lost by a small score this season. Facing the Rockets, the Lakers and other strong teams It's all rumors of fighting. If it weren't for the "No. [-] center in the Western Conference" Dampier who was too cheating, the Mavericks would have become another top team in the Western Conference long ago.

"The competition for qualifying in the Western Conference has reached a fever pitch. I think everyone already knows how important this game is. Whether you can grasp the home court advantage in the playoffs depends on these games!" Whitman said in the locker room Waving the tactical board, he issued a shocking pre-match declaration.

"Chauncey, you won't be playing for too long in this game. Your top priority now is to take good care of your body and try to show [-]% strength in the playoffs."

"Understood, coach!" Billups was a little depressed. He was recovering from a serious injury. All coaches in the NBA would choose to shorten the playing time of players. This is a very common thing.However, facing his old opponent Kidd in this game, Billups actually still wants to compete with him. Now it seems that there are not many opportunities.

Today the Mavericks sent Kidd, Etowan - Wright, Josh Howard, Nowitzki and Dampier, which is also the regular starting lineup of the Mavericks this season.

Before the game, Zheng Ke greeted German Chariot in a friendly manner. The two had been teammates in the All-Star Game, so they had a certain understanding of each other.

Nowitzki's expression was a little dignified.

The Timberwolves are not easy to deal with. At the beginning of the season, Barkley guessed that the Timberwolves would not win 25 games, and Fagan guessed that the Timberwolves would not win 20 games. But now the Timberwolves have won 49 games. If they lose to the Timberwolves, they will lose. It became another team with 50 wins this season.

Uranus is under a lot of pressure.

"Don't worry!" Kidd, an old man, saw Nowitzki's slightly depressed mood at a glance. He patted his partner on the shoulder: "The Timberwolves have been in a normal state last month, but our state is better than theirs. It’s much better, besides, Chauncey, who just came back, will definitely not be able to play for a few minutes, so we have a better chance of winning this game.”

Nowitzki nodded, with a much better expression on his face.

After the pre-match ceremony, the starters of the two teams walked onto the basketball court according to the instructions of the referee. Zheng Ke stretched his legs, stretched his waist, moved his body, and stood with Josh Howard.

Looking at the imposing Zheng Ke, Josh Howard was full of emotion. Two years ago, he was still the main attacking side, and Zheng Ke was just passively defending. Two years later, he became the defensive side; In the past, Zheng Ke was able to prevent Zheng Ke from running away with his head in his arms. Will he be able to prevent Zheng Ke to death two years later?He put a question mark in his heart.Before the game even started, he had already lost his confidence and momentum
Anderson grabbed the ball and Billups organized the offense.

This season, the Timberwolves are one of the teams that use the most pick-and-roll screens. Although Zheng Ke has excellent offensive ability with the ball, he prefers to follow the tactical route arranged by the coach, which makes scoring easier and more efficient.

"ZK came out, caught the ball, hit the ground to Kevin who was going down, and scored a layup. It was a good shot! At the beginning of the game, the Timberwolves took the lead in getting a two-pointer, which was a good sign for this game!" The commentators of Minnesota's local sports TV station spared no effort to explain the game.

"Jason (Kidd) outside three-pointer! Also hit!"

"The Timberwolves made an offensive mistake, and Anderson touched the ball except for the baseline!"

"Dirk (Nowitzki) mid-range jumper, hit!"

"ZK tried a three-pointer from the outside and hit it!"

"Wow, today the two teams are coming and going, and the shooting percentage is very high! The two teams have jointly contributed 10 points in less than a minute and a half. According to this calculation, in the 48-minute game, the two teams have a total of Can contribute. Well, how much, my math is not very good"

The Mavericks have never been good at defense. Daniel, the original defensive gatekeeper, has shown a weak trend this season. Cuban is already looking for the next defensive insider who can replace Dampier and assist Nuo Tianwang to the top.Hornets' "boxing champion" Tyson Chandler has also come into his sight, but Chandler's injuries this season have made Cuban discouraged, so the signing of the Mavericks at the center position has been pending. Even to the present.

Everyone knows that Dampier is basically useless in the offensive and defensive rotation. His value was originally used to deal with Shaquille O'Neal. Yao Ming, a traditional heavyweight low-post overlord, can be said to be advancing the fastest this season. The Timberwolves, one of the teams, Dampier's long tonnage has been abolished.

"Quick attack!"

In the last 3 minutes of the first quarter, Nowitzki missed a shot and the rebound was grabbed by Love.He immediately assumed the posture of a long pass, and when he found the three wolves running wildly in the frontcourt: Zheng Ke, Afflalo, and Foye, he made a chic long throw and let the ball fly across the half court.

Zheng Ke, Foye, and Afflalo are menacing, with bloody red light in their eyes, and sharp fangs seem to have been exposed in their mouths!

Kidd was the only one the Mavericks retreated to, and he looked like an innocent calf!

Foye, who took the ball in the middle, passed the ball to Afflalo, who was going down the left. Although Kidd had rich experience, he inevitably moved his footsteps and faced Afflalo who was holding the ball.This is a conspiracy. If he doesn't face Afflalo, Afflalo can directly attack the basket. If he faces it
The next second, Efflalo threw the ball high to the right basket.

The arc is so high that Kidd knows he can't touch it just by looking at it. All he can do is look back, pray, and hope that the Timberwolves will make a cooperative error.

"Pong!"

The savage behemoth fell from the sky, grabbed the basketball and smashed it into the hoop!

The huge No. 17 jersey fluttered in the wind, and Zheng Ke landed on the ground with the shouts of MVP from the audience.Facing the camera in front of him, he tugged at the front of his shirt, showing a bloodthirsty expression.

"I buy Karma, I buy Karma!" The commentator of the Minnesota TV station has completely lost the ability to speak. He kept shouting for God, but what he looked at was the god-like man in the camera.

A simple alley-oop dunk, but under Zheng Ke's powerful dunk, it has become extraordinarily entertaining.In the back-to-defense shot, Zheng Ke jumped up before entering the penalty area, but his excellent jumping ability still allowed him to easily flatten the frame. The picture that flashed like lightning gave a huge visual impact, and made all the target center The adrenaline of the audience soared, and cheers like a tsunami filled every corner of the scene.
(End of this chapter)