With the arrival of the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals, Minnesota fans are full of passion, expecting the team to continue its miracle and create the first 1:3 comeback in the history of the NBA Western Conference Finals.
The more than 20,500 tickets for Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals at Target Center Arena were quickly sold out. Front-row tickets originally priced at more than $6,000 each have been sold by scalpers for more than $100,000.
According to statistics, the average price of tickets for Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals at Target Center Arena was US$650, and the total ticket sales exceeded US$13 million.
This number also broke the Timberwolves' record and became the most-grossing game in the team's history.
This makes Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor very proud. The more than 20 million in luxury tax paid this season has not been in vain.
Although Lin Fei did not agree to renew his contract with the Timberwolves in advance, Glen Taylor still gave him a big red envelope of US$50,000 to thank him for his 3+1 buzzer beater in G6 of the Western Conference Finals.
Lin Fei was naturally happy to accept this. The $20,000 in the last game and the $50,000 in this game, no one would have trouble with money.
Although he received a red envelope from his boss, Lin Fei would not feel nostalgic or guilty about the Timberwolves because he knew that he deserved it.
As we all know, NBA players are not paid for playing in the playoffs. Each player's annual salary is paid out during the regular season in less than six months.
For a team that reaches the playoffs, the players can be said to play for free for the sake of exposure and honor, and the rookies also have the opportunity to show their worth.
Then there is the part of the bonus subsidies given by the league headquarters to the promoted teams.
Lin Fei's regular season salary was only 350,000 US dollars a season. In the playoffs, he accompanied the team to the Western Conference Finals. The league also gave the Timberwolves a bonus of more than 600,000 US dollars.
But with the players and coaching staff, as well as some team staff, it was divided equally among Lin Fei's heads, and it was just over US$10,000.
Now that Lin Fei has performed superbly in G5 and G6 of the Western Conference Finals, the Timberwolves can sell more tickets for one more game in G7, helping the team earn more than tens of millions?
Now that I have only received a red envelope of less than 100,000 US dollars from my boss, what is there to feel guilty about?
If you meet a stingy boss and he doesn't give you anything, Lin Fei will naturally have nothing to say, but since he gives it to you, no matter how much it is, Lin Fei can feel at ease with it.
That afternoon, led by Philip Sanders,
Sam Cassel held a team scrimmage with his teammates.
Phillip Saunders deliberately put Lin Fei and Cassel on the same team. The two worked together surprisingly well, and they quickly developed a chemical reaction.
As a pure point guard, although Cassell's passing level is not as good as that of super point guards such as Nash and Kidd, his insight is much higher than that of the Wolf King and "Madman".
In several offensive rounds, when Lin Fei's sharp movement penetrated the defense, Cassel was always able to seize the fleeting opportunity and pass the ball comfortably and accurately.
Lin Fei also hit these three-pointers.
In the eyes of the Wolf King and "Madman", this is not even a suitable passing opportunity.
Of course, in the first cooperation, Cassel was too pursuing passes from tricky angles and Lin Fei's elusive movement, which inevitably led to several mistakes.
But in the eyes of head coach Flip Saunders, these are completely acceptable.
It's a pity that Cassel's back injury is always aching, and he is unable to perform at his true peak level.
If Cassel recovers from his back injury next season, Lin Fei will choose to stay with the Timberwolves.
At that time, the overall strength of the team will inevitably reach a new level, making the entire league terrified.
Phillip Sanders shook his head helplessly. It would be difficult for his idea to come true.
When he returned to his villa that night, Lin Fei went into the gym again and conducted strength training and endurance training for an hour.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for training on strength and endurance for one hour, free attribute points +2]
What surprised Lin Fei was that his bench press strength had increased from 73 kilograms to 74 kilograms.
The bench press was stuck at 73 kilograms for a long time, but now with the ten times strength training card, in just three or four days, there has been a significant improvement of 1 kilogram. The system's products are indeed excellent.
If he keeps training like this, Lin Fei believes that when the new season starts, his bench press strength will have a chance to increase to 85 kilograms or even more.
By then, Lin Fei will no longer suffer an obvious disadvantage in the physical confrontation with black defenders.
In terms of endurance and speed, Lin Fei also felt a slight improvement in his body, but it was just not enough to be reflected in the data.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, after taking a shower, Lin Fei lay on the comfortable big bed in the second-floor bedroom, enjoying the cool breeze blowing in from the window, and summoned the system's personal attribute panel.
[Name: Lin Fei]
【Sex: Male】
[Age: 19 years and 353 days]
[Height: 1.92 meters (bare feet) 1.94 meters (wearing shoes)]
[Weight: 85.5kg]
[Armspan: 2.11 meters]
[Bench Press: 74kg]
…
Sure enough, Lin Fei's barefoot height has increased to 1.92 meters, while his arm span has also increased from 2.09 meters to 2.11 meters, and his bench press has increased from 73 kilograms to 74 kilograms.
[Location: SG/PG]
[Free attribute points: 125 points]
[Layup: 0]
[Near shot: 0]
…
[Three points: 99]
[Free throws: 75]
[Ball IQ: 70]
…
Lin Fei realized that he had browsed his only three non-zero basketball attributes. According to the system's explanation, basketball intelligence cannot be added or subtracted through free attribute points.
Therefore, Lin Fei must increase his free throw attribute from 75 points to 99 points before he can improve other basketball attributes.
The higher a basketball attribute is, the more free attributes are required for each point of improvement. Lin Fei doesn't know if adding the current 125 points of basketball attributes to the free throw attribute can increase the free throw attribute to 99 points.
To be on the safe side, Lin Fei first added 20 points of free attributes to his free throw attribute.
[Ding, congratulations to the host, 20 free attribute points have been added to the free throw attribute, and the free throw attribute is +8, raised to 83 points]
[Ding, congratulations to the host, 30 free attribute points have been added to the free throw attribute, the free throw attribute is +7, raised to 90 points]
[Ding, congratulations to the host, 50 free attribute points have been added to the free throw attribute, and the free throw attribute is +6, raised to 96 points]
[Ding, congratulations to the host, 25 free attribute points have been added to the free throw attribute, the free throw attribute +2, raised to 98 points]
Lin Fei shook his head and sighed. Even with the addition of 125 attribute points, the free throw attribute did not reach 99. However, 98 points exceeded Lin Fei's expectations.
As long as I get another 15 points of free attributes in training tomorrow, I should be able to almost increase my free throw attributes to 99.
Next, which basketball attribute should be improved first? Is it defense, dribbling, or layups...
Lakers players stayed in a hotel ten kilometers away from Lin Fei's villa.
The "Zen Master" banned all nightlife for the players and supervised them to go to bed before eleven o'clock.
The Lakers' special plane landed in Minneapolis this afternoon because Kobe was going to Colorado to appear in court for a lawsuit.
Therefore, he did not catch the team's special plane, but had to take a passenger plane by himself early tomorrow morning to meet with the team.
At this time, Kobe had not yet bought a private jet, so, ahem...
After twelve o'clock in the morning.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gongs and drums outside the hotel. Hundreds of local Timberwolves fans held an open-air rock concert in order to disrupt the rest of the visiting team players.
O'Neal, who had just fallen asleep and was having a pure dream, was suddenly awakened by the noise. His huge body shivered, and he angrily opened the quilt and jumped up from the extra-long bed:
"Mad, these Timberwolves fans are too outrageous. I want to call the police!"
Gary Payton, who was sitting on the big bed next to him, was used to seeing storms, but he was obviously much calmer:
"Shaquille, stop working, maybe the local police are also Timberwolves fans!"
"It's better to lie down and sleep. I have an extra pair of headphones here. Do you want to use them?"
…
June 2nd, 6pm local time.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Target Center Arena.
More than 20,000 ardent Timberwolves fans packed the auditorium on all sides and made a roar.
In the square outside the arena, more than 25,000 home fans also gathered, and the occasion was unprecedented.
For a small city like Minneapolis with a population of only 400,000, this kind of fanatical atmosphere has not been seen for many years.
It can be said that one out of every 10 people in this city came to the Target Center and excitedly witnessed the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals.
"Destroy the Lakers F4, the Timberwolves will win!"
"The Timberwolves must win, we are here in the finals!"
The largest betting company in the United States, the latest odds also give the home team a handicap of 6.5 points.
This also shows that major mainstream media are unanimously optimistic that the Timberwolves have a greater chance of advancing to the finals than the Lakers.
