Chapter 274 Dreaming back to the Timberwolves, the finals are coming!
gz province, qdnmzdzzhizhou, Jinping County.
As a son and daughter of half Jinping County, Lin Fei has been donating money and materials to the local government since he made a name for himself in the NBA to support the development of mountain villages and the education of poor children.
Under Qin Dongmei's full planning, the "Jinping Student Aid Network" was also officially established online, openly collecting poverty information from various places, and allowing more charitable funds to be implemented.
Now three years have passed, and many philanthropists led by Lin Fei have donated a total of more than 3 million to Jinping and the surrounding impoverished counties in Gui, Hunan and Guizhou, built more than 5.8 hope primary schools and middle schools, and built asphalt roads in mountainous areas. More than 60 kilometers, more than 300 standard basketball courts and football fields.
Liu Ruoyun, the former support teacher who married the An family in Jinping and the senior student of Lin Fei and Qin Dongmei, has now become the principal of Jinping No. 1 Middle School and concurrently serves as the deputy director of the Education Bureau.
With sufficient funds donated by Lin Fei and various places, Principal Liu has also actively devoted himself to the development of education, striving to cultivate more sports and cultural talents for the country.
As a top student in northern Qing Dynasty, Liu Ruoyun's life as a teaching teacher was also written and published by a writer, causing a sensation across the country.
More and more young college students come to Jinping and surrounding impoverished counties with dreams to become volunteer teachers and devote themselves to the great cause of poverty alleviation and education.
At the same time, with the rapid development of the Internet and computers, Liu Ruoyun also encouraged the local area to follow the trend of the times, actively engage in e-commerce, adapt to local conditions, develop a characteristic economy, and generate revenue for the government.
In just three years, Jinping has become a well-known model county for poverty alleviation in the country. It has been personally visited and praised by leaders, and has become a model for counties all over the country.
For the mountain people and children of Jinping, there is always only one person they are most grateful to, and that is Lin Fei.
It is precisely because of Lin Fei that local children have a special love for the sport of basketball. However, due to limitations in height and talent, more children have no choice but to choose football and other sports for development.
Under the training of the most formal local school in Jinping called "Jinping Linfei Hope Sports School", in recent years, a large number of first-level athletes have been delivered to the country.
As Principal Liu's favorite student, 19-year-old Wang Yan, a poor girl from Jinping, also won the provincial liberal arts champion with a score of 701 in last year's college entrance examination, and was admitted to Qingbei as she wished.
More and more Jinping children are going out of the mountains to see the outside world.
Likewise, more and more supporting teachers and poverty alleviation volunteers are entering the mountains to engage in glorious and great undertakings.
The origin of all these changes is because of Lin Fei.
How great can one person's power be?
As the ancient Greek sage Archimedes said, give me a lever and I can move the entire earth.
Nowadays, basketball has become the most authentic passion of local children. The Jinping government also funded the first local county BA basketball invitational tournament in April this year. CBA star Zhu Fangyu was invited to become the image ambassador.
Los Angeles, in a beach house.
Dayao came to Kobe's home tonight as a guest, and the two sat on the sofa together to watch the much-anticipated tiebreaker in the Western Conference Finals.
The nanny was preparing dinner in the kitchen, Kobe's 4-year-old daughter was sitting on the sand in the yard playing by herself, and Vanessa was breastfeeding her second daughter, who was less than one year old, in the bedroom.
If Lin Fei saw this warm family scene, he would definitely pray to God again for Kobe, hoping that Kobe in this life could escape bad luck and live happily ever after.
"Yao, what do you think of this tiebreaker?"
Kobe asked lazily, holding the back of his head with his hands and staring at the TV screen.
"The Timberwolves have a better chance of winning. Although Tim Duncan is still the greatest power forward on the planet, the Timberwolves' overall lineup is even more terrifying!"
The Lakers led by Dayao and Kobe lost to the Spurs 2:4 in the first round of the playoffs. The Spurs with Vince Carter are stronger, but they still don't have much advantage against the Timberwolves.
"Similar to my thoughts, the Timberwolves' forward defense is too strong. Except for Tony Parker at the No. 1 position, the Spurs have no obvious advantages in other positions!"
"But a game of this level is the real stage for superstars. Maybe Tim Duncan will turn the tide again and prove his greatness!"
Dayao nodded, but then shook his head: "Not every star can create miracles like Lin. 35 seconds and 16 minutes will become a portrayal of the entire era!"
Kobe sighed softly: "Maybe you are right, this season's NBA belongs to Lin, but next season, we must create a miracle that belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers!"
Fortunately for Kobe, he sees hope in the current Lakers team. In addition to himself and Dayao, the growth of Al Jefferson is also exciting.
At the same time, the Lakers management is also actively seeking further reinforcements this summer. The Los Angeles Lakers will definitely gain greater competitiveness in the new season.
Back to Minneapolis, Target Center Arena.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, under the instructions of the referee, all the starting players of the two teams took to the court.
The starting five for the Timberwolves are:
Point guard (pg): Carlos Arroyo,
Shooting guard (sg): Ray Allen,
Small forward (sf): Gerald Wallace,
Power forward (PF): Ron Artest,
Center (c): Kevin Garnett.
The Spurs' starting five are:
Point guard (pg): Tony Parker,
Shooting guard (sg): Vince Carter,
Small forward (sf): Bruce Bowen,
Power forward (PF): Tim Duncan,
Center (c): Fabricio Oberto.
The current Timberwolves and Spurs actually have an obvious problem, that is, they can't find a qualified center next to Duncan and the Wolf King, the two top power forwards.
Coupled with the crowded front line of the Timberwolves, McHale, who is also the head coach of the Wolves this season, directly asked Artest to play power forward, and the Wolf King mentioned the center position.
This actually makes the Timberwolves' style of play more flexible and their offensive and defensive rhythm faster, which perfectly fits the small ball style of play.
As for the Spurs, although the starting center has always been Oberto or Nesterovich, they have more knowledge to share part of Duncan's eye-catching rim protection task on the defensive end.
In fact, on both offense and defense, the Spurs' inside pillar has always been the Stone Buddha.
The inside situation of the two Western Conference giants also fully proves the decline of excellent centers in this era. The top power forwards naturally need to take on more responsibilities.
Tonight's tiebreaker in the Western Conference Finals is also the pinnacle showdown between the two No. 21s.
Kevin Garnett was the No. 1995 pick in the first round in 5, and Tim Duncan was the well-known No. 97 pick in .
Although the Wolf King entered the league two years earlier than Garnett, he entered the league as a high school student after all, so the actual ages of the two were both born in 1976, and Garnett is even one month younger than Duncan.
The whole game was always very intense, whether it was the head-to-head confrontation between the Wolf King and Shi Buddha on both offense and defense, or the struggle between the two shooting guards Ray Allen and Vince Carter,
Tactics, defense, breakthroughs, and three-pointers have all reached the highest level of NBA competition.
Many fans believe that Duncan's overall strength is slightly stronger than the Wolf King, and Vince Carter, as one of the four shooting guards, is also slightly stronger than Ray Allen in overall strength.
In addition, at point guard, Tony Parker and Carlos Arroyo are both foreign players, but Parker's strength obviously beats Arroyo instantly.
Such a comparison of the three positions will give fans the illusion that the Spurs are stronger than the Timberwolves.
But they ignore that basketball is an overall team sport. Except for the KDP Big Three of Duncan, Carter and Parker, the overall quality of the Spurs' role players is very different from that of the Timberwolves.
After all, the Timberwolves also have two forwards in Gerald Wallace and Ron Artest. Szebiak, who came on the bench, avoided ankle injuries under the advice of his friend Lin Fei. Despite major injuries, he still maintains a stable output of about 17 points per game.
In the fierce competition for the best sixth man award this season, Ginobili was finally elected, and the second to fourth places were Jason Terry, Barbosa and Szebiak respectively.
On the other hand, the role players on the Spurs' side are all old, weak, sick and disabled. In order to get Carter, the price is huge.
And from the operation of the team's tactical system, Ray Allen has adapted better than Vince Carter, because his off-ball skills are top-notch, and he can perfectly apply the off-ball tactics that the Timberwolves developed for Lin Fei in the past. .
In a classic tie-break between the Wolves and Horses, the Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Spurs 106:102 at home with the support of the Timberwolves' deeper team lineup, and reached the finals again after three years.
The KDP trio scored 72 points, but still couldn't defeat the Timberwolves' five players who scored in double figures.
凯文·加内特24分16篮板5封盖统治攻防,和蒂姆·邓肯的27分15篮板3封盖不相上下,同时在最后关键时刻大帽了卡特的突破上篮,打出个人季后赛的又一场代表之战。
The entire Target Center Arena was shouting "mvp". The Wolf King's passionate image on the court over the years has completely transformed into the spiritual totem of this team.
Ray Allen also hit 5 three-pointers tonight, scoring the team's second-highest 21 points. Although not as good as Vince Carter's 25 points and 7 rebounds, he was more efficient.
Gerald Wallace and Ron Artest scored in double figures respectively, and starting point guard Arroyo also shouldered his responsibilities perfectly, contributing 8 points, 6 assists and 2 steals.
Tony Parker scored 16 points and 5 assists. In the matchup with Arroyo, he did not fully demonstrate the dominance and advantages of an All-Star point guard.
在原世界中,马刺在06-07赛季总决赛上4:0轻松横扫骑士夺冠,托尼·帕克也以场均25分的表现力压邓肯的18.9分勇夺fmvp。
But fans who know football know very well that it was completely easy for the Spurs to sweep the Cavaliers that year. There was a huge gap in the strength of the Eastern and Western championships. Duncan did not need to break out. The Cavaliers and James had already fallen.
In fact, in the first three rounds of the playoffs that year, the Spurs faced the Nuggets, Suns and Jazz respectively. Duncan's scoring average was higher than Parker's, and his defensive contribution was not comparable to Parker's.
Therefore, Parker completely relied on his own advantages and characteristics to produce wonderful statistics in the finals, and then he defeated Duncan and won the finals mvp.
At this point, it is very similar to the situation in later generations when Andre Iguodala beat Curry to win the Finals MVP in the 15-year Finals.
Therefore, in a united team, especially with selfless team leaders like Duncan and Curry, the chance of winning the Finals MVP will be greatly increased.
Under the leadership of Szebiak, the Timberwolves' bench helped the team score a total of 28 points, instantly beating the Spurs' bench's 15 points. This was also the key to the Timberwolves' victory.
Mr. Pop was once again blocked from the finals, and at the same time he truly saw the iron-blooded will of this Timberwolves team.
As the second-in-command of the Celtics in the 80s, coupled with a rich roster of players, Kevin McHale truly infused the Timberwolves with the iron-blooded spirit of the Green Army.
Bobo can secretly instruct Bruce Bowen to step on small guards like Nash, but facing Garnett, Gerrard and Artest of the Timberwolves, no one dares to take action.
In Lin Fei's view, this year's Timberwolves are very similar to the Celtics who formed the Big Three in the original world in 08. After all, the two cores overlap, and Gerald Wallace at small forward is slightly better than "Truth" Pierce. Bad, but adding Ron Artest would be better than this.
After hugging all the Timberwolves players one by one, Tim Duncan returned to the locker room from the player tunnel with a lonely figure.
Although he is a low-key person, Tim Duncan, who was at the peak of his career, is still proud in his bones. The 2+2+2 honor is also firmly in the top ten in history.
However, since winning the championship in 03, the Spurs have missed the championship for four consecutive years. The only time they reached the finals in 4 was that they were humiliated by the Heat's Big Three 05-4.
They lost to the Lakers in the 04 playoffs, the Heat in the 05 Finals, the Mavericks in the 06 playoffs, and the Timberwolves in the 07 playoffs...
Could it be that the era of his stone Buddha has ended prematurely? Duncan gritted his teeth, he would never accept such a result.
At the Western Conference Champions Award Ceremony, Kevin Garnett enjoyed the cheers from the sky, picked up the Western Conference Championship trophy from the hands of the league vice president, and raised it high above his head.
What came to his mind at this time was the scene when he won the championship with Lin Fei, which was the first peak in his career.
However, in this year's finals, Kevin Garnett's Timberwolves will definitely have to decide the outcome with Lin Fei's Knicks.
Ray Allen's mood at this time was also surging. After 11 seasons in the league, he was finally going to taste the finals.
How can Ray Allen be willing to be ranked below the top four shooting guards all year round? This year's finals is his best chance to prove it.
At the same time, the heavy responsibility on Ray Allen's shoulders at this time also made him tighten his fists even more, because in the finals, he will inevitably face Lin Fei head-on. This created a miracle of 35 minutes in 16 seconds. The super devil.
With the end of the Western Conference Finals, the popularity of the Finals has also been pushed to its highest climax. The peak showdown between the Timberwolves and the Knicks has also attracted crazy discussions among hundreds of millions of fans around the world:
"The Knicks vs. Timberwolves, this finals is a lot to watch! Don't forget that Lin Fei is a superstar who came out of the Timberwolves!"
"With three All-Stars from the Knicks, four All-Stars from the Timberwolves, plus two quasi-All-Stars in Artest and Randolph, this finals is definitely full of cards!"
"The Timberwolves played two tiebreakers with the Mavericks and the Spurs. The strength of this team has been tested at the highest level. Although Lin is strong, the Knicks are still far behind the Timberwolves!"
"In short, there will never be a shortage of miracles in a game with Lin in it. It is recognized that the Knicks' overall strength is not as good as the Timberwolves, but we still look forward to Lin's next incredible performance!"
Although Lin Fei's 35 seconds and 16 points are popular all over the world, the popularity of "Wolf King" Kevin Garnett is equally hot. In addition, defeating Duncan to reach the finals and the training of two tiebreakers have also injected more enthusiasm into the Timberwolves. Much iron-blooded style.
According to ESPN's statistics on voting in 50 states across the United States, fans in 39 states prefer the Timberwolves to win the championship. Only 11 eastern states, including New York, choose to support the Knicks.
According to comprehensive data analysis by multiple media experts and commentators, the Timberwolves have a probability of winning this year as high as 81%, while the Knicks are only 19%.
At Madison Square Garden, seeing the Timberwolves suspected of passing the test, Lin Fei also took the initiative to send blessing text messages to two friends, Garnett and Szebiak, and looked forward to the showdown in the finals.
Szebiak: "Lin, it's been three years, and we finally reached the finals together. It's just that we were teammates back then, and now we are opponents!"
Kevin Garnett: "Lin, see you in the finals. You and your Knicks must not be too weak! I want to play a few more games with you in the finals!"
As the popularity of the Finals rises, fan groups at home and abroad have begun to discuss the battle for the historical status of Lin Fei and Kevin Garnett, the bosses of the two Finals teams:
"Qualifications aside, in terms of major honors, Lin Fei has 3 championships, a regular season MVP and a finals MVP, while Kevin Garnett only has 1 championship, 1 MVP and 1 FMVP,"
"The Wolf King's only championship and FMVP were both won with the help of Lin Fei. Which of the two has a higher historical status? Is there any need to discuss it?"
"After all, Garnett has played in the league for 12 seasons. In addition to the great honor of 1+1+1, he has also been the rebounding champion for four consecutive years, the DPOY for two consecutive years, countless All-NBA and All-Defensive teams and All-Stars. , is it completely reasonable and reasonable for his historical status to be higher than that of Lin Fei now?"
"Taking into account the best lineup and All-Star appearances, Garnett's advantage is definitely more obvious than Lin Fei's, but if we only talk about three major things, Lin Fei has undoubtedly surpassed Garnett!"
"Lin Fei's performance with the Knicks this season is a unique one in history. He is the scoring leader averaging 40+ points per game. He has 5+ points in 60 games, 70+ points in two games, and 63 points in a single game in the playoffs. He is also the best. A miracle of 35 seconds and 16 points..."
June 6, Minneapolis, Target Center Arena.
Lin Fei led the Knicks back to this familiar arena, and started his most arduous journey to the finals in four years despite being completely unpopular.
Glen Taylor is a sentimental boss, and he is also full of gratitude to Lin Fei, tonight in the player appearance ceremony before the start of G1 in the finals.
The Timberwolves officials also specially edited a highlight of Lin Fei's wonderful performance with the Timberwolves in the 04 playoffs and played it on a loop on a high-definition four-sided screen.
Countless home fans at the scene also dreamed back to the 04 Western Conference Finals and the Finals, applauding and cheering for Lin Fei's wonderful three-pointers and super-kills.
When the Knicks players called out Lin Fei's name at the end of the ceremony, the on-site DJ also used a loud voice to emotionally announce a series of titles and prefixes:
“三届nba总冠军、2005-06赛季总决赛mvp、2006-07赛季常规赛mvp、得分王、抢断王,连续三年赛季双一阵,连续三年全明星票王,04年雅典奥运会男篮银牌、06年男篮世锦赛冠军……”
"The youngest Mr. 50 points in the NBA, the youngest Mr. 60 points, the youngest Mr. 70 points, the highest scoring record in a single game and the highest scoring record in a single quarter in the playoffs, the youngest regular season MVP..."
"Tell me louder, who is he?"
When the 22 Timberwolves fans in the audience shouted the name "Lin Fei", Lin Fei, also wearing the Knicks No. jersey, jogged out of the tunnel and waved his hands towards the fans.
Standing in front of the familiar Timberwolves logo in the center of the court, Lin Fei looked towards the audience, and there were actually many people wearing his old Timberwolves No. 22 jersey.
At this moment, Lin Fei returned to the place where his NBA dream began.