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Chapter 249
Chapter 2 Seventy-six
The expectations of each team in the new season are different. The Timberwolves swallowed Trevor Ariza's big contract in the summer, strengthened the third position, and introduced a number of new players at the same time. The purpose is to hit the Western Conference playoffs.

Eat food one bite at a time, this principle is the same everywhere.

Last season, the Timberwolves broke out in the West with a young and talented lineup, scored a record of 50+ and broke into the second round of the West. Of course, the efforts of everyone in the Timberwolves were involved, but it was also inseparable from luck and changes in the pattern. .

Last season, many strong teams in the Western Conference suffered changes and lost their original dominance, which gave the Minnesota Timberwolves a chance to stand out from the encirclement.

The original Devil Division in the West is the Southwest Division. The top three in Texas occupy the top eight seats in the West all the year round.

Now the Houston Rockets, one of the top three teams in Texas, has fallen. Tracy McGrady, one of the leading stars, is troubled by injuries. He is no longer in the state of scoring champion. The returning Dayao struggled to support him.

Last season, the New Orleans Hornets did not make it to the playoffs. The league's top point guard "Queen Bee" Chris Paul missed most of the games due to injuries, and finally missed the best time to catch up with the playoff shuttle.

This season, Paul, the queen bee who has returned from injury, will definitely lead the Hornets to a strong rise and return to the playoffs.

The Portland Trail Blazers also had twists and turns last season. Their lineup suffered extensive injuries, and the title of the city of tears spread like wildfire again. Although they made the playoffs last season, they still failed to make it out of the first round. , What the result of this season will be is still unknown.

After experiencing the only market in the summer, the pattern inside has changed a lot. Whether the Minnesota Timberwolves can take this opportunity to soar into the sky still needs to be verified by time.

The pace of the schedule did not stop, and the Timberwolves soon ushered in the next two opponents, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Memphis Grizzlies.

The two teams have shown different fighting spirit in the new season. They gave the Timberwolves a very strong block at the beginning of the game, but after all, there was an obvious gap in strength. At the end of the third quarter, their weaknesses were exposed one after another. Escaped the fate of being taken away by the Timberwolves.

After playing the Memphis Grizzlies, it happened to be the end of October. After three games, the statisticians in the league were surprised to find that the originally unremarkable Minnesota Timberwolves had jumped to the number one position in the league in one fell swoop.

He won all three games in the opening game, not only occupying the first position in the Western Conference, but also unmatched in the entire league.

After the Timberwolves are the Los Angeles Lakers. They won both games and missed a game due to the schedule. They are temporarily behind the Timberwolves and ranked second in the West.

The strong teams in the Eastern Conference all performed poorly, with a uniform record of [-] wins and [-] loss. The Miami Heat lost to the Boston Celtics in the opening game, and then won two consecutive games, temporarily ranking first in the Eastern Conference.

The Chicago Bulls led by Derrick Rose also followed closely behind with two wins and one loss, and there is a possibility of overtaking at any time.

Last season's Eastern Conference champions, the Boston Celtics, beat the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers, but lost to the New York Knicks, which was a bit surprising.

On the contrary, the New York Knicks, which performed poorly last season, started this season with a record of two wins and one loss. They defeated the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics, lost to the Western Conference Trail Blazers, and ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference. .

The experts all expressed that they could no longer understand the situation in the east and the west, and felt that the strength and weakness were blurred. The west was somewhat normal, but the east was completely incomprehensible.

The fantasy big three in Miami did not play a dominant performance. The three superstars who were playing in their prime were beaten by the old big three in the opening game.

Last season's Eastern Conference champion Celtics, after renewing the contracts of the two giants, introduced Shaquille O'Neal to consolidate the inside line, but they lost to a bad team like the Knicks at the beginning of the season.

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In short, there were too many surprises. The experts and celebrities in the NBA who used to talk a lot are still waiting and watching, quietly hiding in a dark corner, waiting for the situation to clear up.

Speaking with a big mouth also needs evidence. Although these people who control public opinion like to make some remarks to show their sense of existence, they still care about their own face. After all, the comments are wrong. peers ridiculed.

However, the media in Dallas couldn't hold back. After seeing their arch-rival Minnesota Timberwolves start the game well, although they didn't jump out to blame the Timberwolves for their problems, they also overturned their cool jars, and everyone could hear it. Sour smell from afar.

"The schedule of the Minnesota Timberwolves seems a little too easy. The opponents arranged by the league for the first three games are not haunted by strong teams, which makes it a little too easy for them to win the first place in the Western Conference..."

As soon as the remarks made by the Dallas media came out, they were a little unkind. Although the team owner Cuban looked very cool, he offended many people.

What does it mean that the opponent is not haunted by a strong team?Forget about the Kings and Grizzlies, they didn't make it to the playoffs last season, so there's nothing to say about being ridiculed by others this season, but the Milwaukee Bucks are not happy.

Although they are a small city team, they don't have the status of a top ten city in the United States like Dallas, and they don't have a rich owner like Mark Cuban, but you can't do it like this.

We made it to the playoffs in the Eastern Conference last season, and you guys actually said that we are not a strong team, so we were almost labeled as a "pseudo-strong team"!
Besides, make it sound like we really want to lose?
Who wouldn't want to win?People are not happy if their skills are not as good as theirs. Do you still blame us for sending them to win?
The three teams were all shot while lying down, and they were all suffocating in their hearts. They were all ready to fight hard in the next game. If they met the Dallas Mavericks, they were even more ready to settle their accounts. Snipe hard to prevent the latter from getting better.

Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, and if we are in a hurry, they dare to drag the strong team into the water!
The players of the Mavericks naturally don't know that their loyal media have introduced three potential opponent teams to themselves. They were hacked seven last season, and they are planning to fight hard again this season.

The head star Dirk Nowitzki is still at his peak, and the team's lineup has also been strengthened in the summer. This season may not be without a chance to win the championship!

Others think that they will grow old if they are not crazy, but the Mavericks think that they will grow old if they do not win the championship!

Time is not forgiving!

(End of this chapter)