Nine Hundred and Fifty-Four. This Candy Is Quite Delicious

Taking my sister with me, I feel much happier.

Zu E has never been to San Antonio, so Sun Ce took her with him this time. Anyway, this girl is full of energy and doesn't feel tired even if she flies continuously. Sun Ce can at least tease her little sister and cultivate her sentiments when the schedule is so tight that it makes people crazy.

Zu E still has more than a month before the holiday, but the school exams are almost over. Her grades are also good enough for a good public high school. Now she reviews her lessons every day, mainly because she wants to take the private high school entrance exam. Even if she stays in Lausanne High School for high school, she has to take the entrance exam for the high school department of the school at the end of May.

So it is very easy to take leave, and the school also encourages students to go out and see more, which makes Sun Ce complain that so much tuition is paid in vain. Why don't there be three-year high school entrance exams and five-year simulations?

On April 10, Sun Ce and Zu E came to Dallas with the team. The Grizzlies will have another day off today, and will start 6 games in 8 days tomorrow, which means three consecutive back-to-back games. However, the opponents are similar. The Mavericks went to San Antonio yesterday. The Mavericks played the Spurs and Grizzlies back-to-back, and the Spurs played the Mavericks tonight and the Grizzlies the day after tomorrow.

During these three days, the three favorites to win the championship in Texas faced each other. The Spurs were slightly better. There was one day of rest in the middle, and the Grizzlies and Mavericks were back-to-back.

After arriving at the hotel and having lunch, Sun Ce took Zu E to watch a horse race. While watching the horse race, he met a very talkative white uncle, who seemed to be an old gambler. He knew every horse and told the record of each participating horse as if he knew them all, as well as their "personality characteristics". He felt more familiar with them than his own wife.

In the evening, Sun Ce and his teammates watched the live broadcast of the game between the Mavericks and the Spurs. Both teams played in this game with all their main players. In the end, the Mavericks relied on Yao Ming's consecutive singles at the critical moment to score 5 points and narrowly defeated the Spurs 111 to 108.

While watching the game, Sun Ce suddenly discovered one thing. The Spurs, who have been quite low-key this season, have 11 wins and 1 loss in the past 12 games. If they hadn't lost to the Mavericks in this game, they could have surpassed the Lakers.

After this game, the Spurs' record became 40 wins and 16 losses, and they continued to be overwhelmed by the Lakers with 41 wins and 16 losses. The Mavericks, who defeated the Spurs, became 31 wins and 25 losses, temporarily ranking seventh in the West.

Looking at the Spurs' 11 wins and 2 losses in the past 13 games, there were not many reports about the 11 wins and 1 loss in the past period before losing to the Mavericks. Sun Ce really wanted to ask: Why?

Now the "Grizzlies Threat Theory" has emerged among NBA media and fans, but the Spurs, a team that can become a big devil with a meat shield center, can still be so low-key!

Since the end of March, the Lakers have played well, and Paul + Kobe + Gasol have been said to be the ultimate giant combination occupying the first person in three positions, but from late March to now, the record is only 11 wins and 3 losses, which is not as good as the Spurs.

And the Grizzlies have lost 4 games since the All-Star Weekend, the same number of games lost by the Spurs, and they are already regarded as "big villains".

Why can the Spurs be so low-key when their record is so good?

Sun Ce feels that this is too unfair!

Putting aside personal emotions, Sun Ce felt the power of the Mavericks and Spurs, two teams dominated by veterans, from this live broadcast.

It is really amazing. The head coaches of the two teams may be the two best head coaches in active service. Carlisle is good at adjusting details and reacting on the spot. Popovich also reacts well on the spot, and his pre-match arrangements are very strong, not inferior to Phil Jackson, the Zen Master.

The rotation adjustments and tactical changes of the two were fully demonstrated in this game.

From the perspective of fans, Sun Ce was very happy to watch the game, and he also saw the championship-level strength of the two teams when they carefully prepared to deal with their opponents... Sun Ce still couldn't understand why the Mavericks are still seventh in the West when Popovich wanted to overtake the Lakers and wanted home advantage? This is completely inconsistent with the strength they showed.

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After a night's rest, on April 11, Sun Ce woke up Zugoose who was sleeping soundly in the morning. After breakfast, Sun Ce took Zugoose and Zugoose with homework, and followed the team to the American Airlines Center to prepare for tonight's game.

After the pre-match meeting and tactical training in the morning, the Mavericks also returned to Dallas from San Antonio.

After two days of rest, the Grizzlies began to rest after returning to Memphis. They did not arrange training yesterday when they arrived in Dallas. It was the last 11 games of the regular season. Sun Ce and his teammates were gradually getting excited.

Although they were tired, they just had to get through it. Other teams were also tired. For example, the opponent tonight, the Mavericks, had just fought with the Spurs to a critical moment yesterday. In the last quarter, Jason Terry chased points and Yao Ming locked the victory. They have a physical advantage tonight.

After the preparations in the morning, we rested in the afternoon and gathered at the American Airlines Arena at 4 o'clock to have dinner and warm up. The game started at 8 o'clock in the evening.

Sun Ce took Zu Ge back to the hotel and prepared to watch the video of the game between the Mavericks and the Spurs last night again to understand more clearly how the Mavericks played in recent games and what was different.

But when I returned to the hotel room and turned on the TV, it was the American Cable Sports Channel where I watched sports news last night. It was broadcasting a live NBA press conference. The content was a rumor that had been circulating since the beginning of this season. There were rumors a few days ago that David Stern was about to make a decision. Sun Ce also learned from the team management that the boss had been staying in New York since April. Not only the owner of the Grizzlies, but also the owners of all the teams in the league had gathered in New York to discuss with the league who would be the next president, vote, etc.

Today, the decision was finally officially announced!

In the press room of the NBA headquarters in Manhattan, New York, David Stern actually wore a cap with the NBA logo printed on it today. Facing the sports media around the world and the camera of the American cable TV station that broadcast the press conference live, he announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the fifth NBA Commissioner Draft, David Stern selected the most talented business genius in the NBA, Adam Silva!

I will step down as NBA Commissioner on February 1, 2014, the last day of my 30 years as Commissioner, and Adam will continue to lead the NBA forward. I believe Adam can lead the NBA to new glory."

After saying that, just like a draft, Adam Silva came up and shook hands with David Stern. David Stern took off his hat and put it on Adam Silva...

Seeing that David Stern is about to retire, people have become much more lively. Let's mourn for this old man: You will be pissed off in the future!

God knows what the NBA will be like in the future. Anyway, Sun is not afraid. Just play his ball. We will talk about the future later. If you really don't like the school beauty in the future, just keep playing. See who can't stand it and retire first!

He looked at his special skills transformed from Stockton's characteristics. He, Sun, is currently 22 years old. David Stern decided to retire at the age of 72. He just saw that the school beauty is currently 50 years old. 22 years... can make him die!

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On the other side, Manhattan Island, New York, NBA headquarters.

After the press conference, David Stern left early.

Humans have always been very realistic. When David Stern did not decide on the time of retirement, he sneezed and many people came to ask about his well-being.

Now, even if he is seriously ill, it is estimated that he will become deserted.

And Adam Silva, who returned to the office area, became the object of pursuit of officials from major leagues in the NBA headquarters.

Stu Jackson, who failed to compete for the position of president, also left early. Mark Tatum, who is expected to take over the position of vice president of business operations of the league after Adam Silva succeeded as president, said to Adam Silva after he accepted the flattery of his colleagues: "Adam, let's have a party tonight to celebrate!"

This touched the hearts of colleagues. Flattery like this doesn't work. Let's have a drink

"We are very busy this year. There is no need to waste time celebrating for me. Everyone should finish the work in hand and rest early. The future of the league depends on our joint efforts, not just me."

Adam Silva was moved by his words, but how many people would believe it... He didn't care. He had to do a good job of face-saving.

Returning to his office, sending away the secretary, closing the door, Adam Silva finally couldn't help laughing wildly.

If someone was there, that shrill voice would definitely be scared to death.

After laughing for a long time, Adam Silva looked at the gifts piled up in his office. Since the beginning of the month, when the owners of various teams came to New York and it was rumored that he would succeed the NBA president, he received gifts from many teams, many agents, many TV stations and newspaper editors... and even some players.

The voting of the owners of various teams has ended a few days ago, and it has been confirmed that he will become the next president, but David Stern has been thinking about when to retire in the past few days, which makes Adam Silva have no time to see what gifts he has received, and he doesn't care.

David Stern has never said when he will retire, which makes Adam Silva feel uneasy. Now it is finally confirmed that in less than two years he will be able to sit in the position he has been waiting for for more than ten years.

Now looking at this pile of gifts, Adam Silva is happy no matter how he looks at them. He flipped through the gifts. There is a fresh fruit basket that just arrived this morning, a watch given by James, a lifetime VIP of a nightclub given by James Dolan, the owner of the American cable TV station... and a candy basket, which says it is from Sun Ce.

This surprised Adam Silva. James was a good person. He gave Adam Silva a brand-name watch, but Sun Ce actually gave him a gift.

Adam Silva was very excited and wanted to eat something sweet. He picked up the beautifully packaged box in the middle of the candy basket and opened it. It was a candy ball.

He opened one and put it in his mouth... It tasted good! He put the box of candy into his briefcase...