Target Center Arena.

When Towns came on the court in the fourth quarter, there were scattered boos.

The fans' dissatisfaction with Towns has been written on their faces.

This is the first time Towns has been treated like this since he played for the Timberwolves, and his data today is actually not too bad.

Mainly because his data is much lower than Lin Tian's data.

Fans know that in the competition for the best rookie, as long as Lin Tian maintains his appearance rate, he will definitely be the best rookie.

On the Lakers bench, Lin Tian also heard the fans booing Towns, and he was not surprised.

When a player's performance is suppressed by his opponent and he has not yet shown his passion and determination to win, he will be booed by the fans of the home team.

Since he joined the Lakers, he has never been booed by home fans.

Howard drank water and looked at the players on the court with a smile: "We don't have much playing time today, so we can prepare for tomorrow."

"Yes." Kobe nodded, "Tomorrow's opponents will be more difficult to deal with than today's."

They have a back-to-back game against the Raptors tomorrow night.

After hearing the conversation between the two, Lin Tian just stared at the court intently.

Although he has put on warm-up clothes, he will still return to the court if necessary.

Time goes by bit by bit, and the scores between the two sides are constantly changing.

Lin Tian overestimated the Timberwolves' ability to chase points. Until there were 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the two sides were still 25 points apart.

Substitutes Nick Young and Nance Jr. seemed to have divine help today, extinguishing the Timberwolves' counterattacks time and time again.

Timberwolves head coach Sam Mitchell saw that there was no hope of chasing points, so he replaced Towns and Wiggins.

Replacing them are Zach LaVine and Muhammad.

If nothing else, Zach LaVine will be the winner of this year's All-Star Dunk Contest.

He was a rookie in the same year as Wiggins, and was also a lottery pick. He was selected by the Timberwolves with the 13th overall pick.

Wiggins is extremely talented and has never been a substitute since his debut.

Zach LaVine, on the other hand, started as a substitute. This season he occasionally started as a starter, but most of the time he was a substitute.

His current fame is not comparable to Wiggins, but in the near future, he will become famous in the slam dunk contest.

Zach LaVine played in garbage time, and Mitchell obviously didn't expect him to save the world.

When the buzzer sounded for the end of the game, the fans who stayed in the arena to watch the entire game also left with displeasure.

The fans were dissatisfied, not to mention Garnett, the spiritual leader of the team.

Garnett had been whispering to Towns when he came off the court in garbage time.

Now that the game is over, the two of them also stood up to congratulate the Lakers players.

In today's game, Lin Tian played 31 minutes and scored 50 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

Howard scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Kobe's statistics are 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Howard and Kobe's statistics are not very good, but that's mainly because they don't have much playing time.

While they won four consecutive games, their record also improved to 18 wins and 28 losses.

You know, last season the Lakers only won 21 games in the regular season!

In other words, as long as they win three more games, their record will equal last season!

After the players hugged the Timberwolves players one by one, they quickly returned to the locker room.

After taking a shower, Lin and Tian didn't even have time to attend the post-game press conference and hurriedly left the Target Center Arena.

When Lin Tian and the others got on the plane, it was already more than an hour later.

It was still late at night, and the substitute players, including Nick Young, had played a lot of time today and were very tired from playing. They fell asleep shortly after boarding the plane.

Lin Tian also put on his headphones and fell asleep quickly.

More than two hours later, the plane landed in Toronto.

The players woke up from their sleep and rushed to the hotel by bus without stopping.

After going back and forth, it was already three o'clock in the morning when they arrived at the hotel.

I don't know if it was because he slept for a few hours on the plane, but after Lin Tian arrived at the hotel, he didn't feel sleepy at all.

He opened the curtains in the hotel room and could see the Air Canada Arena not far away.

In fact, when they play away games in other cities, they often stay in the hotel where they can see the home team's arena.

The Air Canada Arena has a fan-shaped flat roof design, which is very recognizable. Even late at night, the lights outside the arena are brightly lit.

After returning to bed, Lin Tian took off his disposable slippers and turned on his phone. He saw several unread messages, including Sistine's.

Judging from the time the other party sent the message, Lin Tian should be on the plane at that time.

After replying briefly, Lin Tian clicked on the sports news.

NBA played a total of 8 games last night, and there was a lot of news:

[The strongest dunker this season! Lin dunks against Towns Dieng!]

[The undrafted battle against the No. 1 pick! Lin’s performance crushed Towns! 】

[The Lakers beat the Timberwolves! Will Lin lock up the Rookie of the Year in advance? 】

[The Warriors defeated the Kings! The current record is 46 wins and 4 losses! It is expected to hit 72 wins!]

…

The most popular teams currently are the Lakers and Warriors.

Even the Cavaliers, who have James, can only rank third in traffic.

Then Lin Tian opened Penguin Sports News.

Most of the news here contains the word Lin Tian.

Because of his name, it’s all traffic now.

As the Lakers win more and more games in a row, Lin Tian will only become more popular in the future.

After reading the news for a while, he felt sleepy. Lin Tian set the alarm clock and fell asleep.

At six o'clock the next morning, before Lin's alarm clock rang, Kobe knocked on his door: "Lin! It's time to get up and train!"

Lin Tian was a little surprised, usually Kobe wouldn't call him.

But this is definitely not a bad thing for him, at least it proves that Kobe values ​​him very much.

After washing, Lin Tian did not knock on the door of Howard's room as usual.

Back-to-back games are already very difficult. The team had previously announced the cancellation of today's training. There was no need for him to disturb Howard.

Adequate sleep is also one of the keys to staying in shape.

Lin Tian and Kobe finished breakfast together and then came to Air Canada Arena.

Interestingly, they actually saw a few Kobe fans at the entrance of the arena!

They held banners, shouted slogans, shivering in the cold wind, and some held a sign with "81" written on it.

Lin Tian, ​​of course, this means something. Kobe’s 81-point miracle was achieved 10 years ago against the Raptors.

Although this was the last time Kobe Bryant came to Toronto, which was of great significance, these fans really worked hard! They were waiting early in the morning.

However, Lin Tian also admires these fans from the bottom of his heart.

If Kobe doesn't go to their home arena to train, wouldn't it be a miss?

Kobe was obviously very moved. He gave these fans the autographs they needed and the photos they needed to take. He was extremely cooperative.

After all, people have been waiting outside the arena for such a long time.

After signing, he took Lin Tian into the home arena.

The Raptors are the only team in the NBA that is not based in the United States.

This is also one of the youngest teams in the NBA.

Kobe entered the NBA in 1996, and the Raptors are one year older than Kobe in the NBA.

The Raptors have also produced star-level players, including Stoudemire, Carter, Dragon King Bosh, etc...

The fan culture here is extremely strong. After entering the venue, their mascot can be seen everywhere: a red "little dinosaur".

But they are not here to visit the arena, but to train.

The arena security guard was also very familiar with Kobe. Under his guidance, the two of them came to a training hall in the arena.

The two trained for half a day before several other players from the Lakers arrived one after another.
To be continued...