But if you enter this circle, your position in his heart will rise rapidly.

To describe it in one word, arrogant.

Although Sun Hao’s relationship with Nash was OK before, it was at most a test on the edge, but this time he entered directly.

So he has enough reason to believe that winning may be in the next game!

On December 29, the Mavericks faced the Timberwolves back-to-back at home, their last game in December.

This summer, the luckiest team was the Orlando Magic. They won McGrady and Hill at one time, but the most unlucky one was the Timberwolves.

Because they had a "yin-yang contract", they were confiscated in the first round of the next five years. Team owner Glen Taylor and vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale resigned for one year. The protagonist of the contract, Joe Smith, the No. 1 pick in 1995, and the team's contract was also declared invalid.

Although McHale later claimed that such a contract was very common in the NBA at that time.

"8-10 teams have been doing this, they are good at it, and we were caught."

But violations are violations, and there is nothing wrong with the Timberwolves being punished like this.

The problem is that the team's core Kevin Garnett has suffered. Not to mention Smith, the inside partner, will the team's future be gone.

But even so, Garnett is Garnett, one of the greatest power forwards of the 20th century, and he still leads the Timberwolves into the playoffs.

The Mavericks' current record is 15 wins and 10 losses, seventh in the West.

The Timberwolves' record is 14 wins and 11 losses, eighth in the Western Conference.

Although the two teams are in different competition areas, they are now in direct competition.

And like the Mavericks, the Timberwolves have performed averagely in the past week, losing to the Spurs one after another, the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, and suffered a three-game losing streak.

This game is very important to both sides and can even be regarded as a game that changes the trend of the season.

The two teams also attached great importance to this game and both came to the stadium to warm up early.

Sun Hao also met the "Wolf King" Garnett for the first time.

Although Garnett was wearing a big bald head as he remembered, he had not yet grown a beard and looked a little green.

But in fact, this is his fifth year in the league, and it is one year more than Nash.

And in addition to Garnett, he also unexpectedly saw a very familiar person.

Chauncey Billups, he didn't expect that he would also play in the Timberwolves at this time.

In addition to the two he saw, there were people from the Timberwolves coming to say hello to him.

Wally Szebiac, last year's No. 6 show, comes from Madrid, Spain.

Before, when Sun Hao was participating in a joint trial in Europe, he heard his name in the training camp, and now he has seen the real person directly.

Being handsome is really handsome.

Szebiak is a shooter, his nickname is "Handsome", and that tall man is really a perfect match.

When the warm-up was about to end, Garnett continued the interview with the reporter on the sidelines.

"What do you think of the game tonight? We know the team hasn't performed very well in the past week."

In Dallas, reporters naturally tried every means to hit their opponents' morale before the game.

"No, we didn't perform badly. We lost 3 to 5 points in every game, which means we played well."

"What do you think about tonight's game?"

"We will win the game, we know the game will be tough, maybe we will play to the fourth quarter again, but we are very united with each other and we will win the game."

"What do you think of Dirk?"

"Dike, Dike is a very good young player, but he still needs to learn and grow. It will be very interesting to play against him, and I will enjoy that process."

Garnett is a "professional trash talker" on the court, and is no less than that off the court.

After the warm-up, the opening ceremony was entered, and the two teams were released one after another.

On the Timberwolves, Trier Brandon and Billups on the outside, Szebiak and Garnett on the front line, and center Rasu Nestrovic.

On the Mavericks' side, there are still Nash, Sun Hao, Finley, Nowitzki and Letterner.

Leitner turned the ball back to the Mavericks' half and officially kicked off the game.

In the first round, Sun Hao started running without a ball.

In fact, another important reason why he is willing to play without the ball is that his height has grown to 1.87 meters, and this height is nearly 1.9 meters with shoes, which is not short in the double-energy guards.

The biggest help that height brings when playing without the ball is vision.

With his already-known gold-level basketball IQ, playing without a ball is enough.

Nash and Nowitzki passed the ball in a pick-and-roll fake move, and then passed the ball with advance amount to Sun Hao.

The ball is very deceptive. After Sun Hao received the ball, he threw away Brandon and shot quickly.

Nestrovic and Sun Hao encountered the big white bears in Europe, and they couldn't keep up.

The ball flew towards the basket.

"Swish!"

A crisp sound.

Sun Hao's first three-pointer shot made a hit!

This is not only a bonus for pick-and-roll masters, catch-and-shooters, long-distance sharpshooters, but also the training results of him and Nash inside and outside the system over the past period.

Chemical reactions are invisible but tangible!

The Mavericks, take the first goal.

Garnett's organization of holding the ball at a high frontcourt.

There was once a comment that described Garnett's style of play.

If a player can average 22 points per game, you will think that this person is a pretty good scorer.

But if you add 11 rebounds per game, you will think that this person is a strong inside player.

But if you add 6 assists per game, you will find it impossible, such a player does not exist.

If you add 1.5 steals and 2 blocks, you'll think this is a joke.

Garnett is such a player, a player who can really play from No. 1 to No. 5.

The word "Almighty" was synonymous with him for a long time in the early 20th century.

A beautiful pass was given to Brandon, who also scored the Timberwolves' first 2-pointer tonight.

The Mavericks continued to run tactics in the frontcourt. Nash passed the ball to Nowitzki, who cut in after pick-and-roll.

Nowitzki flew into the layup.

However, Garnett actually strode back to the three-second zone and chased him and gave Nowitzki a big hat.

Top defensive talent!

There was a turmoil at the scene.

After Garnett blocked, he kept beating his chest and letting out a signature wolf king-like roar at the sidelines.

When he turned around, he passed the ball in the free throw line and made a fake move, breaking through Nowitzki to the one-handed dunk with his long arm inside.

The ball was smashed into the basket.

4 to 3!

The Timberwolves took the lead!

Garnett glared at Nowitzki hard after dunking.

In the past, he completely suppressed Nowitzki in this offense and defense.

Just as he said in an elder tone before the game, Nowitzki still has a lot to learn!

His eyes were full of confidence.

But he never expected that this was the only lead for the Timberwolves tonight.
Chapter completed!