NBA: I have 3, no D, and I can't dribble

Chapter 36 [36] The tacit understanding with the aliens, the tiebreaker is coming!

With the arrival of the Western Conference Finals tiebreaker, Minnesota fans are passionate, looking forward to the team's continued miracle and creating the first 1:3 comeback in the history of the NBA Western Conference Finals.

The more than 7 tickets for the Western Conference Finals G500 in the Target Center Arena were also quickly snapped up. The original price of a ticket in the front row was more than 6000 U.S. dollars per ticket, which has been sold by scalpers to more than 10 U.S. dollars.

According to statistics, the average price of G7 tickets for the West Finals at the Target Center is $650, and the total ticket sales have exceeded $1300 million.

This number also broke the record in the history of the Timberwolves and became the most popular game in team history.

This made Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor proud. He paid more than 2000 million in luxury taxes this season, and it was not in vain after all.

Although Lin Fei did not agree to renew his contract with the Timberwolves in advance, Glenn Taylor still specially gave him a big red envelope of 6 US dollars to thank him for his 3+1 lore in G[-] of the Western Conference finals.

Lin Fei naturally accepted this with pleasure. No one would have trouble with money for the $[-] in the previous match and the $[-] in this match.

Although he took the red envelope from the boss, Lin Fei didn't feel any nostalgia or guilt towards Timberwolves, because he knew that he deserved it.

As we all know, there is no salary for NBA players to play in the playoffs, and the annual salary of each player has been paid out in less than 6 months during the regular season.

For the teams that entered 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 play their value.

Then there is a part of the bonus subsidy given by the league headquarters to the promoted teams.

Lin Fei’s salary in the regular season is only US$35 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 US$60.

But with the addition of players, coaching staff members, and some team staff, it was only a little over US$1 to Lin Fei.

Now Lin Fei has played superb performances in G5 and G6 of the Western Conference finals, allowing the Timberwolves to sell tickets for one more game in G7, helping the team earn more than tens of millions?

Now I only got a red envelope from the boss of less than $[-], so what is there to be ashamed of?
If you meet a stingy boss, Lin Fei will naturally have nothing to say if he doesn't give you the money, but since you have given it, no matter how much it is, Lin Fei can take it with peace of mind.

That afternoon, led by Philip Sanders,

Sam Cassell played an intra-team practice game with his teammates.

Philip Sanders deliberately put Lin Fei and Cassel in the same team. The effect of the two partners was surprisingly good, and they had a chemical reaction soon.

As a purebred point guard, although Cassell's passing level is not as good as super point guards such as Nash and Kidd, his insight is much higher than that of Wolf King and "Madman".
In several offensive rounds, when Lin Fei's sharp running position pierced through the defense, Cassel always grasped the fleeting opportunity and passed the ball comfortably and accurately.
And Lin Fei also hit these three-pointers.

In the eyes of Wolf King and "Madman", this is not even a suitable passing opportunity.

Of course, with the cooperation for the first time, Cassel was too pursuing the passing of tricky angles, and Lin Fei's elusive running position, so it was inevitable that he made several mistakes.

However, in the eyes of head coach Philip Saunders, these are completely acceptable.

It's a pity that Kassel's back injury has always been aching, and he can't play at his true peak level.

If Cassell recovers from his back injury next season, Lin Fei also chooses to stay with the Timberwolves.

At that time, the overall strength of the team will inevitably reach a new level, making the whole league terrified.

Philip Sanders shook his head helplessly. It should be very difficult for his idea to come true.

When he returned to his villa that night, Lin Fei went straight into the gym for an hour of strength training and endurance training.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for one hour of strength and endurance training, free attribute points +2]

To Lin Fei's surprise, his bench press strength has increased from 73 kg to 74 kg.

At the beginning, the bench press was stuck at 73 kg for a long time, but now with the ten times strength training card, there is a significant increase of 1 kg in only three or four days, and the products produced by the system are really high-quality products.

If he persists in training like this, in Lin Fei's opinion, when the new season starts, his bench press strength may rise to 85 kg or even more.

At that time, in the physical confrontation with the black defenders, Lin Fei will no longer be at a disadvantage.

In terms of endurance and speed, Lin Fei also felt a slight improvement in his body, but it was not enough to reflect on the data.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, after taking a shower, Lin Fei lay on the comfortable big bed in the bedroom on the second floor, enjoying the cool breeze blowing in from the window, and summoned the personal attribute panel of the system.

【Name: Lin Fei】

【Sex: Male】

【Age: 19 years and 353 days】

[Height: 1.92 meters (bare feet) 1.94 meters (wearing shoes)]

【Weight: 85.5 kg】

[Armspan: 2.11 meters]

[Bench press: 74 kg]

……

Sure enough, Lin Fei's barefoot height has risen to 1.92 meters, his arm span has also increased from 2.09 meters to 2.11 meters, and his bench press has increased from 73 kg to 74 kg.

【Location: SG/PG】

[Free attribute points: 125 points]

【Layup: 0】

[near shot: 0]

……

【Three points: 99】

[Free throws: 75]

【Ball quotient: 70】

……

Lin Fei consciously browsed his only three non-zero basketball attributes. According to the system's explanation, the basketball quotient cannot be added or subtracted through free attribute points.

Therefore, Lin Fei had to increase his free throw attribute from 75 points to 99 points before he could improve other basketball attributes.

The higher a basketball attribute is, the more free attributes are needed for each point of improvement. Lin Fei wonders 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 free throw attributes to the free throw attribute.

[Ding, congratulations to the host, 20 points of free attribute have been added to the free throw attribute, the free throw attribute +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 +7, raised to 90 points]

[Ding, congratulations to the host, 50 free attribute points have been added to the free throw attribute, the free throw attribute +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 softly. Adding all 125 attributes did not make the free throw attribute reach 99, but 98 points also exceeded Lin Fei's expectations.

As long as he gets another 15 points of free attribute in training tomorrow, he should almost be able to raise his free throw attribute to 99.

Next, which basketball attribute should be improved first?Is it defense, dribbling, or layup...

In a hotel ten kilometers away from Lin Fei's villa, the players of the Lakers stayed here.

"Zen Master" banned all night life for the players, supervising them going to bed before eleven o'clock.

The special plane of the Lakers landed in Minneapolis this afternoon, because Kobe was going to Colorado to run a lawsuit to appear in court,

So instead of catching up with the team's special plane, he will take the passenger plane to meet the team by himself tomorrow morning.

Kobe in this period has not 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, in order to disturb the rest of the visiting team players, collectively held an open-air rock concert.

O'Neill, who had just fallen asleep and was dreaming of a pure dream, was suddenly awakened by the noise, his huge body trembled in a daze, and angrily lifted the quilt and jumped up from the extended version of the big bed:
"Mad, these Timberwolves fans are too much, I want to call the police!"

Gary Payton on the big bed next to him was used to storms, so he was obviously much calmer:
"Shaquille, stop busy, maybe the local policeman is also a Timberwolves fan!"

"Let's just lie down and make do with it. I have an extra pair of headphones here, do you want to use them?"

……

June 6, 2:[-] p.m. local time.

Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Target Center Arena.

More than 2 fanatical Timberwolves fans packed the auditorium on all sides, and the noise was overwhelming.

On the square outside the arena, more than 2.5 home fans also gathered, which was unprecedented.

For Minneapolis, a small city of 40 people, the frenzy has not been seen in years.

It can be said that one out of every 10 people in this city came to the inside and outside of the Target Center arena, excitedly witnessing the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals.

"Blow up the Lakers F4, the Timberwolves will win!"

"The Timberwolves must win, the finals, here we come!"

The largest gambling company in the United States, the latest odds also gave the home team a handicap of 6.5 points.

This also shows that the major mainstream media are unanimously optimistic that the probability of the Timberwolves advancing to the finals is greater than that of the Lakers.

(End of this chapter)