After defeating the Kings, the Timberwolves' next game is the Washington Wizards who came to challenge.

The Wizards have Gilbert Arenas, Antoine Jamison and Caron Butler, nicknamed "Three Musketeers" and are a powerful team in the East.

As soon as the first quarter came, the Wizards showed their outside offensive firepower. Jamison and Arenas fired all out. The two scored 17 points together, helping the Wizards establish an 8-point lead in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Li Rong led the substitute lineup to catch up. Li Rong scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter. Anthony Walker made 3 of 4 three-pointers and scored 11 points. The two teamed up to help the team overtake the score.

After halftime, the Timberwolves led their opponent by four points 51-47.

Walker probably recovered his form through several games in the season, with extremely high shooting percentages on the outside in these two games.

Although Li Rong still looked down on him, he had to admit that he played well. If it weren't for Walker's key score in the second quarter, the team would probably be behind his opponent in half.

In this game, Jefferson played poorly against Wizards center Brandon Haywood and scored only 6 points in the first half.

Heywood is the Wizards' interior defensive gate. He is 28 years old this year at his peak, 2.13 meters tall and has a rich defensive experience.

When facing Jefferson, he basically doesn't take fake moves, but just uses his height and arm span to cover Jefferson's shooting space, making him very uncomfortable to play.

The scores of both sides were intertwined in the third quarter, and no one could break the gap. The Timberwolves led by 3 points and entered the fourth quarter.

Li Rong remained on the court in the early stage of the fourth quarter, assisting his teammates three times in just a short period of time, and he also scored a three-pointer.

Unfortunately, the Wizards' substitute lineup performed well, and Brache scored 7 points to lead the Wizards' bench to catch the score to just one point away.

Whitman requested a timeout and temporarily replaced Li Rong and replaced the starting lineup.

Seeing this, the Wizards sent all the starters to fight. The two scorers Arenas and Butler suddenly fired from the outside, and a 12-0 offensive was launched in just three minutes.

Seeing this, Whitman asked for a timeout again, but still could not stop the Wizards' offense, and the score difference was further widened to 15 points.

Helplessly, Whitman had to send Li Rong back, but after Li Rong came on the court, the situation still did not improve.

The Timberwolves' home basket seemed to have a cover, and all the players on the field, including Li Rong, did not score in a sports game in the remaining time.

The team's sudden power cut in the fourth quarter ruined the game that was still in the first three quarters. In the end, the Timberwolves lost to the Wizards with a score of 89 to 105, and the team lost the sixth game of the season.

Wizards Arenas scored 27 points and 8 assists, while Butler scored the highest score of 29 points.

The Timberwolves scored the highest score was McCantz's 19 points, Li Rong scored 16 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, while Jefferson made only 5 of 16 shots under Heywood's defense, only 15 points.

The next game is still home to the Timberwolves, and the New Orleans Hornets are coming to challenge.

In this game, Chris Paul was on the verge of injury, and Ratliff also strained his muscles in the last game and may be missing for a while.

Whitman adjusted the starting lineup, Walker, Li Rong and Brewer entered the starting lineup, putting Terpheer and Gomez on the bench lineup.

The disadvantages of lacking frame guards in the interior are undoubtedly revealed. Although Li Rong is trying his best to help his teammates defend, the team's defense is still leaking everywhere.

The Hornets, who lacked Chris Paul, ended up scoring in double digits and easily defeated the Timberwolves.

Walker's magical touch in this game was no longer there. He only made 2 of 8 shots in the game and scored 6 points. Brewer, who started the game, simply scored no points. McCantz only scored 7 points under the opponent's tight defense.

Only Jefferson and Li Rong were left to support him. Jefferson scored 20 points and 10 rebounds against Tyson Chandler, but did not get a free throw.

Li Rong scored the team's highest 22 points, and also had 13 rebounds and 4 assists, but the team was already 20 points behind at the end of the third quarter.

In the end, the Timberwolves lost 80 to 100 and 20 points to their opponent.

After losing this game, the Timberwolves ushered in a three-day break, and the next game will face the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

Although the Cavaliers entered the finals last season, their record was not good at the beginning of this season, with only 5 wins and 6 losses and less than 50%.

However, the Timberwolves were even worse. They only won one game with the Kings at the beginning of the season. Their current record is 1 win and 7 losses, and they are at the bottom of the league.

Head coach Whitman once again adjusted the starting lineup, put veteran Michael Doriak, who had traded from the Heat at the beginning of the season, and transferred Gomez back to the starting lineup.

Cavaliers starting lineup: center Zajunas Ilgoskas, power forward Drew Gooden, shooting guard Alexander Pavlovic, point guard Daniel Gibson.

In this game, Li Rong will face LeBron James, who may be the most talented player in the small forward position in history.

James has a strong scoring momentum this season, and currently has more than 30 points per game, and is likely to be crowned the first scoring leader in his career.

In order to defend James, Li Rong has been studying his game video these days.

But the more you study, the more you find that James is simply unable to defend.

His straight-line acceleration ability is terrifying, and his strong body and increasingly perfect personal offensive skills have almost no weaknesses.

At present, James only has one theoretical weakness, that is, his ability to be medium and long distance.

However, James is not shooting badly, but is a bit similar to a nerve knife shooter.

When the touch is not good, the outside line will hit the whole game. If the touch is up, you can hit the target no matter how you defend.

Just like all superstars, you can't expect to completely strangle him to death. The best way is to defend one-on-one single-on-one and prevent him from driving his teammates.

Fortunately, the current Cavaliers lineup lacks a second reliable ball-holding offensive point, so the chance of achieving this is quite high.

After the opening, Ilgoskas' jump ball won the Cavaliers' first offensive opportunity.

As long as the Cavaliers have a battlefield, he will start almost every attack, and this time is no exception.

Perhaps because of his deprived defeat to the Bucks in the last game, James showed a strong desire to attack from the beginning.

Facing Li Rong's defense, James chose to directly make a breakthrough in the middle.

Li Rong quickly judged his breakthrough route and moved one step in front of James.

There was a strong collision between the two bodies, and Li Rong immediately felt the pressure different from the defense of Artest.

Although Artest's body is also very strong, his speed and explosive power are not enough, and it is impossible for him to produce such a great impact like James.

Moreover, Artest's ability to get rid of the dribble is not strong, but James is different. Although Li Rong delayed his offense, he still got stuck half of his position with just one acceleration.

Facing this simple and crude style of playing, Li Rong chose a simpler and more rude way of dealing with it, and directly used his body to attack him again.
Chapter completed!