Chapter 283: Back to the target center

? December’s Minnesota has entered a cold night. Fortunately, the snowstorm has not hit the city. Although the temperature has already dropped below freezing, the good weather at night still makes the city’s fans all go to the Target Center to watch another NBA routine. Match. The game tonight is a bit special. Timberwolves fans will meet a familiar friend at home, Kevin Garnett.
This is the first time Garnett has returned to Minnesota after he was traded to Boston. After arriving at the arena on the team bus, he was frantically chased by reporters in the passage, while Garnett remained silent. Without expression, he walked into the team's locker room in the arena.
This is the first time in eight years that Garnett is preparing for the game in the away locker room of the Target Center. He looks a little dull, and he is different on weekdays. Garnett used to be the rhythm master in the Celtics dressing room. He would dance with a big headset, joke with young people, and laugh. It's just that he can't do it tonight, in the center of the target, as an enemy.
Garnett's silence seemed to affect the others. Everyone was silent, and the head coach was not there. Everyone had no idea. Although Rick Carlisle is also a good coach, his upright and lack of wrist character is difficult to convince the public. He took an oily pen and scribbled on the tactical whiteboard before the game. Everyone listened very well. Seriously, but there is no discussion.
Carlisle also wanted to say something like Leon to inspire everyone, but he couldn't say what he said. In the two years in the Detroit Pistons, he still didn't learn to say those inspiring bullish words. He felt straightforward to tell the players. What they should do, the players follow his instructions and do it.
"Everyone, come on, I hope our road trip has a good start." Finally, Carlisle said flatly. There is less than an hour before the game begins, and the players are ready to go to the court to warm up.
"Will Fox come tonight? I don't know how the outcome of the trial is going." Dave Cowens asked Rick Carlisle. Carlisle shook his head after hearing this and said, "I don't know, he said he would Come here as soon as possible, but who knows how long the trial will last. Moreover, in the face of these messy problems for two consecutive days, he must have a big head. I hope he can take a good rest."
Indeed, the head coach is a very energy-consuming job. Both Carlisle and Cowens have been head coaches. Knowing the pressure and hardship, they don’t believe in attending court hearings for two consecutive days and facing such high pressures of public opinion. , Leon will rush to Minnesota. Besides, the game is about to begin, and the players have entered the field to warm up.
When Kevin Garnett appeared on the floor of the target center in a green and gray Celtic sportswear, there were cheers on the scene, and a large number of fans stood up and applauded at Garnett. Shouting, only sporadic boos mixed in.
Garnett was expressionless, as if he hadn't heard anything, just warming up on the court normally.
Then when the scene began to enter the player introduction session, the Celtics adjusted the player's order of appearance, allowing Garnett to be the last of the five players. When the DJ on the scene shouted "Kevin Garnett from South Carolina" in the tone of introducing the home players, the cheers of the audience reached its peak in an instant, drowning everything.
Garnett pursed his mouth vigorously, waved his hand slightly to the surrounding area, and then lowered his head deeply. The cheers lasted a long time, one minute or two minutes, but for Garnett, it was one year, two years, and eight years. These applause and cheers included Minnesota fans and his eight years of feelings. He was the first real superstar here. He was once the pride and hope here. He should have brought more warmth and glory to this cold city, but in the end he had to succumb to reality, destiny, and desire that were colder than ice and snow.
Garnett's heart at this time contained confession and happiness, shaken and determined, and it was as complicated as the dotted lakes in Mingzhou.
This is not good news for the Celtics, although Garnett is a very dedicated player, he will never release the water when facing his old club, on the contrary he will play harder. But for a high-level athlete, the mentality is very important. In a basketball game, the player must remain hungry for victory, even with a bit of hatred for the opponent.
Now Garnett finds it difficult to hate his opponents. His inexhaustible passion in the game before came from his desire for victory and his hatred. Now he wears a green jersey and it can’t be targeted. The center beat his chest and couldn't sprinkle magnesium powder on the side of the technical stage. He changed from a wolf to a human, from a monster to a poet.
But the opponent is the opposite. In the Timberwolves' formation, someone is burning a raging fire of revenge.
Compared with last season, after supplementing Kassel and Sprewell, trading for Garnett to get a bunch of chips, the Timberwolves who lost Garnett rose instead of losing strength. They have successfully formed a very Talent, a strong lineup.
Darko Milicic, this young man from Serbia has become the new favorite of Minnesota. He got plenty of playing time. He has the opportunity to shape his own style of play according to his own ideas. He wants to be like Tony Kukoc. Almighty fighter. In this regard, Sanders is a tolerant mentor, he treats this young man who has brought a foreign country like Garnett he did.
But it seems that Milicic is not going to forgive the Celtics who selected him and sent him away. Young people are like this. For those who look down on themselves, they want to show them the future and prove the past. You are blind. Milicic is no exception.
Antoine Walker became a sacrifice for the Celtics. He is considered the second Cedric Maxwell. He was traded for better chips when the team no longer needed it. Maxwell was sent to the Clippers that year and got the number 5, Bill Walton. But at any rate Maxwell has two titles and one Finals Most Valuable Player, while Walker has nothing.
Walker doesn't hate the Celtics, nor does he hate Leon. He doesn't hate anyone. He doesn't rely on hatred and desire to win. These are just incidental emotions. However, in the face of the old master, in any case, he has to prove that the Celtics' choice was wrong, even if 10,000 people say the deal is good, he has to stand up and say no.
With such emotions, the two sides started a big battle. The Celtics currently rank first in the league with a record of 19 wins and 5 losses, and the Timberwolves have an equally impressive record. They have achieved a record of 14 wins and 9 losses in the stronger West, second only to the Lakers and Kings in the West. The reason for the zoning rules ranked second in the west.
This is undoubtedly a strong dialogue, and sparks have spattered because of the summer transaction between the two sides.
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At the same time, Leon and Khomeinis arrived at Minneapolis International Airport by plane at 8 o’clock in the evening. As soon as they got off the plane, the two did not even find a hotel to settle down first, but went straight from the airport. Take a taxi to the target center.
In the car, Leon wanted to call the Celtic staff ~EbookFREE.me~ but found that his mobile phone was dead. The same was true for Khomeinis. The two of them hadn’t even been running for a whole day. Time to recharge the phone.
In the taxi, Leon asked the driver to turn on the radio. He wanted to hear about the night game.
"Milicic made a three-pointer! Unbelievable, this is his first three-pointer tonight? He is showing people his almighty skill...Kevin Garnett, Garnett turned over with the ball Jump shot! The ball is scored... It's still that accurate, or the signature swaying shoulders, the fans in the target center miss you..." A live broadcast from the local radio came on the radio, and Leon knew that the game had reached the second stage. During the festival, the game was quite fierce, the Timberwolves players were in excellent form, and Milicic felt hot.
The Celtics are weak in defense, relying on Pierce, Reid and Arenas to support the three people to ensure that the Timberwolves will not open the score.
Leon only felt anxious, urging the driver to speed up the throttle. He knew that the team needed him and he needed him as the head coach to stabilize the military and formulate targeted plans and measures.
As long as you arrive before the end of the third quarter, everything is not too late. (To be continued.)