Nine Hundred and Seventy. The Wheel of History Rolls On
"The Grizzlies are very strong and it will be difficult for us to play without a home court advantage, but we may not face any team this year without a home court advantage, so we are mentally prepared and this will not affect our confidence."
"Our goal? Now that we have entered the playoffs, our goal is of course to defend the championship."
"MVP? If I could vote, I would vote for Xiaobawang. He is the most incredible player I have ever seen. No one can compare to him. He is the strongest player in the Chinese men's basketball team and the best player in the world. ”
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On April 30, the first game day of the playoffs, the Mavericks and Grizzlies did not play, but there were many reporters from both teams who wanted exclusive interviews.
Most of them can be rejected by the coaching staff, but Yao Ming must accept the interview on the court.
After the interview, Yao Ming returned to the visiting team's training ground. Nowitzki was quite envious when he saw Yao Ming back. He has so many interviews!
Although Nowitzki doesn't care much about money, otherwise he wouldn't have left an agent, and he wouldn't have only signed sneaker endorsements and not other endorsements, but being on TV and being liked by fans is something Nowitzki still cares about.
After the morning training, the Mavericks did not train in the afternoon. Yao Ming sat down with Nowitzki, Conley, Chandler, Marion, and Barea and several core players to discuss tomorrow's first game of the playoffs.
"If we can win the first game, it will be much easier to play later." Conley put forward his own opinion.
He knows these former teammates very well, and he knows that the Grizzlies are a very emotional team, and they often win the first game like no other.
It's not that the Grizzlies won't play well after losing the first game, but the Grizzlies can't be in such good shape from the beginning.
Conley's views are valued by Yao Ming, Nowitzki and others. After all, Conley is the person in their Mavericks team who knows the Grizzlies best.
After some discussion, the Mavericks' current focus is on the first game of the series.
After the discussion, Yao Ming took Nowitzki's car home. Their homes were very close to each other. They were not particularly luxurious villas, but lived in the same area as ordinary middle-class people.
After arriving at Yao Ming's house, Nowitzki did not go back immediately, but went to Yao Ming's house to discuss it first.
Nowitzki played 52 games in the regular season this season, averaging 19 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 31 minutes per game; Yao Ming played 45 games, averaging 23 minutes per game, averaging 14.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.4 blocks.
It doesn't look great, but the data is slowly rising. At the beginning, Nowitzki only averaged 13 points per game, and Yao Ming averaged 11 points per game. By the end of the season, both of their statistics were pretty good.
Ye Li made coffee for the two of them and left the living room. Nowitzki asked: "Yao, do you think our choice this season is right?"
"This should be the best option,
If we beat the Grizzlies, I think we can reach the Western Conference Finals smoothly, but..." Yao Ming felt unable to continue.
Nowitzki took over: "But it's too difficult for us to play the Grizzlies directly."
"That's right." Yao Ming responded: "We have chosen the most difficult path. If we were two years younger, the impact of the shortened season on us would not be so great."
"Times cannot be reversed, Yao, we have to be more optimistic. We still have good hope of continuing to compete for the championship. Our current situation is not bad, isn't it?
Just like the lord said, their time is coming, and we will eventually become the traces of the wheels of history. "
Compared with Yao Ming, who has always shouldered a lot of responsibilities, Nowitzki's mentality is obviously more peaceful.
"You're right, Dirk, now that we have Mike, I think we can see Mike enter his prime before we retire, and Rick is a good guy to work with you, with Mike, with Rick at the end of his career. , This feels really great." Yao Ming agreed with Nowitzki's view. Although he was still somewhat unwilling to accept his decline from his peak period, he also accepted the reality: "It's not bad to play like this. It’s time to enjoy basketball.”
"Yes, but we can't let the lords step on us like this. This year, we will defeat them again!"
"This is a good idea, let's work together tomorrow!"
Yao Ming and Nowitzki's different attitudes toward basketball careers do not affect their tacit cooperation. It may be that they can cooperate better and more tacitly because of their very different personalities.
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While the two best players of the Mavericks are already reminiscing about their years, the Grizzlies seem very excited about another playoff matchup with the Mavericks and are very motivated during training.
Sun Ce is the most excited one. If he can defeat the Mavericks in 5 games, he will get the star experience card of King Nuo, and he will also get the skill of Golden Rooster Independence.
He already has so many skills, and he knows that these skills are only bonus effects. The golden rooster independent skill has to be practiced by himself. Therefore, if you can get Nowitzki's star experience card, you can experience it for yourself. The golden rooster independent jump shot is now the main offensive method. Nowitzki's style of play will definitely be of great help in learning this move.
Originally, it shouldn't be a problem to find Nowitzki for training during the offseason, with Yao Ming as the matchmaker, and Sun Ce estimated that Yao Ming would agree to help him invite Nowitzki to train together, but this year there is the Olympics to play, and he had already received an invitation from the Blues Association at the end of March. Of course, it was just a formality, and he had already agreed to play in the Olympics.
He, Yao Ming, and Yi Jianlian are the core combination of the Chinese team to compete for Olympic medals this summer.
After the team training, Sun Ce continued to practice sideline three-pointers, turnaround jumpers, and high-post back shots.
What makes Sun Ce a little regretful is that Kobe's high-post back king has not been upgraded, mainly the left-side shot in the three-second zone. Now he can only wait to develop a left-handed mid-range shot to see if the left-handed mid-range shot on the left side of the three-second zone can have the same effect as the right-handed mid-range shot on the right side of the three-second zone.
If it can, then there is hope to expand the full range of mid-range shots.
If not, you can only continue to strengthen the mid-range shot on the right side of the three-second zone, and then find a way to draw or get a skill upgrade card through events.
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The first day of the playoffs has passed, and four series have played their first games.
The Heat beat the Bucks 92-66 and won their first series victory.
There is no suspense. The gap in strength is too big. The Bucks should not even enter the playoffs. There is really no eighth team with playoff strength in the East.
The Knicks defeated the Pacers 101-97. The veteran point guard Baron Davis, who was signed by the Knicks at the end of March, performed well, scoring 14 points and 9 assists, helping Bynum score 27 points and Stoudemire score 23 points. With the pitchers brought out by Jeremy Lin before, they beat the Pacers in a thrilling way.
It is a pity for the fans that Jeremy Lin was reimbursed for a leg injury in the middle of the month. Although it is not a structural injury, he cannot play in this year's playoffs, which disappoints the fans who are looking forward to Lin's return in the playoffs.
The Lakers had 5 players score in double figures in the Los Angeles derby, Kobe 33 points, Paul 11 points, Gasol 16 points, Brand 10 points, Sessions 14 points, and easily defeated the Clippers 103-88 to win the first victory of the series.
On the Clippers side, Nick Young, who was signed by them and was cut by the Wizards, was the best performer, with 19 points and 2 rebounds.
The Spurs abused the Jazz the most, 114-71, winning the Jazz by 43 points, which was simply brutal.
A new month is here. On the morning of May 1, Sun Ce got up early at 4 o'clock. After the morning exercise that has become a habit, he looked at the battle report last night. It was the same as expected, especially the Spurs and the Heat. The two teams abused their opponents so badly that Sun Ce had a hunch that both teams might not be satisfied in the playoffs last year. Although the Heat made it to the finals, they were swept... So they definitely want to play with energy and spirit at the beginning of the new season's playoffs.
Sun Ce finished watching the four games in just over ten minutes. There was nothing worth watching. The Knicks and the Pacers played very intensely, but it had nothing to do with the Grizzlies. The Lakers, Spurs, and Heat, who had a chance to play against each other, completely defeated their opponents.
During breakfast, Sun Ce watched Zugo and Lily Collins discuss what style to wear tonight. The two of them had made an appointment to go out and bought a lot of things in the past two days. Sun Ce asked them what they were going to do but they didn't say...
Sun Ce was too lazy to care about what these two girls were doing. Lily Collins had finished her work and was on vacation again.
Zugo's two-year junior high school course had ended, and the school exams had been completed long ago. She had been reviewing and expanding her knowledge for more than a month. She had to take the entrance exam for a private prestigious school, which was different from the happy learning from junior high school to high school in public schools. She even had to take exams to go to a famous private elementary school, and it was not easy.
In May, the second-year students of Lausanne Middle School did not even attend classes. They had to participate in social practice activities, which were specially arranged for students who wanted to go to private high schools. After asking around, Sun Ce still couldn't figure out what the admission standards of private high schools in the United States were. School track and field competitions, various games, handicraft classes, and even charity activities... could all be used as bargaining chips for entering private prestigious schools.
Sun Ce didn't understand, so he didn't care, and let Zu and Lily Collins do whatever they wanted.
After breakfast, before Sun Ce went out, Lily Collins said, "Noah, you don't have to come back to pick us up in the afternoon. I'll drive Lerina to the stadium myself."
"Oh, okay..."
After a reply, Sun Ce set off for the stadium. The two-day preparations were over. Today, he finally started his revenge journey against the Mavericks in the playoffs.
When he lost last year, Sun Ce wanted to retaliate this season, but before he found that the Mavericks dropped to eighth, he really didn't think about fighting the Mavericks from the beginning.
The last day of preparation was simple. All the necessary preparations had been made. At 4 pm, when the Bulls and Hawks started playing in the East, the Grizzlies started warming up. The most difficult first round was about to begin!
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