The defending champion beat the Heat with a 17-point first game in the regular season, and this incident undoubtedly became the league headline the next day.

This season's defending champion Timberwolves and the Heat, which are crazy strengthening in the summer, can definitely be regarded as the two biggest favorites to win the championship.

Even the San Antonio Spurs and the Suns who are also strengthening, or the Detroit Pistons who have experienced a change of coaches, can only be behind them, watching the Timberwolves and Heat teams perform their might on their heads.

As a result, as soon as the opening game started, the Timberwolves directly defeated the Miami Heat by 17 points at home. While winning the national live broadcast, they also pressed the face of Heat star Dwyane Wade to the ground and rubbed wildly.

During the offseason, Wade posted his training updates on social media for more three-pointers, which attracted many fans to praise him at that time. He hoped that Wade could make up for the shortcomings of insufficient shooting in the new season and evolved into a real league superstar in one fell swoop.

But with the end of the first game of the new season, Wade was still facing a loose-shoot defense as usual in the game against the Timberwolves. As a result, Wade only made 1 of 6 shots outside the three-point line, and fans who saw his 17% three-point shooting percentage almost vomited blood.

Especially this game reminds Miami fans of the sadness of last year's finals.

Wade's outside abnormality not only made him unable to open up the situation, but also compressed O'Neal's offensive environment in the inside.

When Wade and O'Neal were unable to dominate the game on the offensive end, the Heat's threat instantly dropped from a favorite to an ordinary marginal team.

The scenes of last year's finals are still vivid in Miami fans. In five games, the "Sharks" O'Neal could only barely contribute 13.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks under the Timberwolves' heavy double-team.

As for the "Flash" Wade, there is no need to say more. Although the average number of 15.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists in the finals is not too bad at first glance, its shooting percentage of only 36.7% is really terrible.

The outside three-point shooting percentage is only a pitiful 9.8%.

The Heat general manager Pat Riley fired Stan Van Gundy himself to coach in the new season, in order to lead the team to the supreme championship trophy.

But now the Timberwolves cast a shadow on the Heat's road to winning the championship in just one game. This shadow not only makes Heat fans feel depressed, but even head coach Pat Riley's face turned gloomy!

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"It's great. The Heat are actively operating and strengthening this summer. Before the season started, they shouted the slogan of winning the championship. But they lost to us 17 points in the opening game. It's really something worth celebrating."

In the office, General Manager McHale smiled in a good mood while smoking a cigar.

Although the Heat are not the only opponent on the Timberwolves' road to defending the title this season, the Heat are definitely the most rampant of these opponents.

Whether it is a stinky and sarcastic Dwyane Wade or general manager Pat Riley, the ambitions and hostility towards the Timberwolves are not concealed at all.

But Wade is more like a verbal player and has more verbal attacks on the Timberwolves. When he really gets the court, he is still restricted by the Timberwolves and cannot find it.

At present, Wade's image in the eyes of fans is a funny clown. Every time before fighting against the Timberwolves, Wade will make harsh words, showing full of confidence in both words and behavior.

But every time Wade's face was beaten red, causing fans to gradually lose patience with Wade.

Some Heat fans have even publicly questioned on the forum that Wade can really lead the Heat to win the championship trophy??

As for the "God's Corpse" Riley never sarcastically to the Timberwolves in public, Riley is like a poisonous snake. If he really wants to listen to what he says, he will eventually die without a place to bury him.

Riley never speaks harshly, but everything Riley does reveals hostility. Compared with the slightly immature Dwyane Wade, the role of Riley is the most difficult to deal with.

"I'm afraid the Heat will strengthen this season. Pat has a deep obsession with the championship. If he finds shortcomings, he will definitely try his best to strengthen the trade."

"In a sense, Pat is a lunatic, and Shaq will definitely complain with his training intensity."

"Especially the loss of the regular season, it seems that Shaq's life in the new season is destined to be better." Luke picked up the coffee on the table and drank it all, and a smile appeared on his face.

"I had overestimated the Heat before. Now it seems that it is not certain whether the Heat can break out of the Eastern Conference. After the opening game, I realized that the Pistons' strength in the new season is much stronger than we had imagined before."

Shaking his head gently, McHale wasn't sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

The Pistons showed very strong combat effectiveness in the first game of the regular season. Without personnel changes in lineup, Sanders' offensive level is far higher than that of Larry Brown.

The good news is that the Pistons and the Heat are in the east. The strength of the Pistons can allow the Timberwolves to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, making the Heat unable to dominate the East.

The bad news is that the strength of the Pistons has added another strong enemy to the Timberwolves' road to defending their title. If you want to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, you must have a personal premise of killing the tiger. It is hard to say how the Timberwolves face the Pistons.

"At present, I think this is still too far away. Let them solve the problems in the east by themselves. Next, I will defeat the west by first." Luke said with a calm look on his face.

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The Timberwolves' start-up was very hot, and the players played the dominance that the defending champion should have in the next few games.

The defensive system built by "Gloves" Payton and "Wolf King" Garnett is enough to make most teams in the league feel broken.

Except for a few popular teams with superstars, it is difficult for other teams to gain advantage in the Timberwolves' defensive system.

In these games, center Magloil's personal performance has become more and more outstanding. Magloil is indeed a bit sad when he joined the Timberwolves in the first game against the "Big Shark" O'Neal.

However, Maglouill completely played at a quasi-All-star level in the next few games, especially with the assistance of "Wolf King" Garnett, Maglouill's offensive environment was much better than that of the Hornets.

In the last five games, Magloil was able to make 14.8 points, 12.6 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.4 blocks per game while averaging 28.7 minutes.

This data is far better than last year when Carl Malone played for the Timberwolves, and Maglouil's field mobility is also unmatched by Carl Malone, who is in his 40s.

"Gloves" Payton often performs wonderful aerial relays with Magloire. At present, the inside double towers formed by Garnett and Magloire have shown their strength.
Chapter completed!