18. Start Tonight!

"Noah, you go in first, I'll take those things to school, see you at the game tonight." John took out the front row tickets he bought with a lot of money, and pointed to Sun Ce, who asked the stars to sign them yesterday photos, basketball, and more.

"John, don't you want to visit the locker room?" Sun Ce asked.

"Haha, I'm just kidding, I'm not interested in that." John laughed.

Sun Ce didn't think too much, got out of the car and walked towards the player's tunnel in the parking lot.

John looked at Sun Ce's back, and he could see that Sun Ce seemed to be playing for real, but Sun Ce was not a real NBA player. He usually played for fun, and his friends had goals. John didn't want to cause trouble for Sun Ce.

Although John is not optimistic about Sun Ce.

April 13, 2009 was the closing day of the NBA regular season.

Yesterday, the day before yesterday, and the day before yesterday, half of the teams had finished their regular season. There are still four games left today, but it has no impact on the rankings. Before the last game of each team, the rankings are already fixed.

The Cavaliers won the regular season championship with 66 wins and 16 losses, beating the Lakers with 65 wins and 17 losses. This is also the first regular season championship in the history of the Cavaliers.

In the East, the Cavaliers, Celtics, Magic, Eagles, Heat, 76ers, Bulls, and Pistons entered the playoffs.

In the West, the Lakers, Nuggets, Spurs, Trail Blazers, Rockets, Mavericks, Hornets, and Jazz entered the playoffs.

Judging from the teams with the best records, the top three in the East have better records than the top three in the West. The Celtics have 62 wins and the Magic have 59 wins.

However, the record of the ninth Suns in the West may be the same as that of the Eagles, the fourth in the East. Now the Suns are 46 wins and 35 losses. The Eagles ended the regular season yesterday with a final record of 47 wins and 35 losses. The West can't make the playoffs.

However, luck is also part of strength.

Of course, the strength of the West is also very uneven. How uneven is the West this season?

The ninth Suns in the West won 46, and the Warriors, the tenth in the West, won 29...

In fact, the 07-08 season was even more uneven. The threshold for the Western Conference playoffs in the 07-08 season was 50 wins, and the last four in the Western Conference had only 20 wins.

The Suns have basically lost hope of the playoffs since April this season, and finally it's the last game, and the fans are very enthusiastic.

Although there is no chance to enter the playoffs, after the head coach was replaced by Gentry, the Suns have a good record, and fans are looking forward to the performance of the Suns next season.

When Sun Ce came to the arena early in the morning, there were already many fans waiting outside the arena. There were the most people outside the parking lot. You could see the pictures of players driving in. Maybe some stars opened the roof of their cars. You can also see the stars directly.

After the video of yesterday's training match was broadcast on the local TV station, Sun Ce gained some fame in Phoenix.

Even when Sun Ce entered the stadium, he heard cheers.

When Sun Ce came to the training ground, it was still early, only a little past eight o'clock, but someone had already arrived.

Steve Nash!

Although Nash didn't play tonight's game, he hasn't even played for several days.

But training, tactical meetings, etc., Nash has never been absent.

Seeing Sun Ce coming, Nash smiled at Sun Ce, said nothing, and continued to practice shooting.

After all, they are really unfamiliar.

Sun Ce was also practicing shooting next to him. Nash watched Sun Ce's shooting, although it was a bit slow and tough, but his posture was very standard, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

When it was close to nine o'clock, the Suns players arrived one after another.

Now there is no camera to shoot, so the players who are more cheerful, like Grant Hill and Jason Richardson, greeted Sun Ce,

Dragic didn't even look at Sun Ce.

On the other hand, O'Neal, who left early yesterday, greeted Sun Ce warmly today, since he is an alumnus after all.

A team is basically a small society. Sun Ce had a brief contact with an NBA team and gained a certain understanding.

However, these small social matters of the team have nothing to do with Sun Ce now, such as the next tactical meeting.

After the coaching staff arrived at the arena, they took Sun Ce to choose the jersey. Originally, Sun Ce liked No. 1 the most, but when Stoudemire was wearing No. 1, Sun Ce took the second place and chose No. 3.

Sun Ce is in charge of listening throughout the entire process. Not to mention Sun Ce, even most players have no right to intervene. Only superstars such as Nash, O'Neal, Stoudemire, Grant Hill, or veterans of former superstars are eligible to propose tactics. suggestion.

Gentry asked Sun Ce to attend the tactical meeting, just hoping that Sun Ce could learn more about how NBA point guards should cooperate with stars, and he didn’t speak specifically for him. Anyway, he gave him the opportunity, whether he can seize it is Sun Ce's own business.

Participating more deeply in an NBA team's game day, Sun Ce was a little dizzy, so he just knew that he should listen carefully.

In the tactical drill in the afternoon, Sun Ce mainly ran and passed the ball according to the tactics.

Suppressing Dragic one-on-one in the training game made Sun Ce's coaching staff and players look up to Sun Ce a lot, thinking that Sun Ce should still have a little strength, so he consciously helped Sun Ce learn to run in tactical training .

In their view, Sun Ce may be a speed-type street player. The biggest gap between street players and NBA players is teamwork. If they are singled out, some street players may have a certain advantage against marginal players in the NBA. They think Sun Ce should be one of the best street players.

Although the last game was not very important, the enthusiasm of the fans exceeded expectations, so Sun Ce will not be given a chance to play blindly. Sun Ce is definitely the starter, but if Sun Ce affects the performance of the rest of the team, he will was replaced, and there is a high probability that Gentry will not let him play again.

Whether this game will become the pinnacle of Sun Ce's basketball dream, or whether it will be the only NBA game in Sun Ce's life, depends on Sun Ce himself.

The only good news for Sun Ce is that he will not have any pressure on the defensive end. Types of abuse.

Throughout the day, Sun Ce was like the idiot son of a landlord's family. He would come here as others arranged for him. After all, he really didn't have any right to speak, and he didn't have the capital to follow his own temper.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Ce warmed up with the Suns players, and when it was close to six o'clock, they entered the stadium together...

Since it was still in the "show" period, the Suns really gave Nash status in the appearance ceremony. After all, the publicity was to "replace" Nash's debut!

Sun Ce suddenly had a thought: "Is this me going to be the peak when I come out?"