551: The Strongest
Under normal circumstances, the training of two teams should be divided into two different training venues. Generally speaking, an NBA team has more than one home stadium and training venue, which can fully meet the needs of two teams to train together without disturbing each other.
What's more, in order to prevent too much contact with the opponent before the game, they will even rent a training hall for training. In short, the training of two different teams must be best in the hope of not interfering with each other.
There are many training halls, but there is only one competition venue. Therefore, the training time at the competition venue is generally staggered between the two teams.
For example, if the home team comes to the stadium for the game in the morning, then it will be the turn of the away team in the afternoon. In short, it is not possible for players from both teams to train at the same time.
Today, however, Jimmy. That's where Butler met.
By the time Link arrived at the training ground, Paul hadn't left. He just glanced at Link and went on shooting.
"Just him?" Link gets together with Jimmy. Butler asked, whispering.
"He's the only one who has been practicing shooting and hasn't spoken to me." Jimmy. Butler spread his hands, he had never seen a team's star come so early except for Link.
Seeing that Paul was alone, Link didn't say anything. Anyway, the Grizzlies' training hasn't started yet, and Paul doesn't have eavesdropping tactics. And if he's just shooting alone, it doesn't affect Jimmy to be honest. Butler prepares for war with himself.
Although Paul has a stubborn personality and a lot of small actions on the field, he is a principled person. Link believes he'll naturally leave when the Grizzlies' field acclimatization training begins.
But what made Link curious was why Paul came to the court so early to practice shooting. Could it be that I lost so badly yesterday that I couldn't sleep at night?
Yes, you can only find the best feel if you practice on the competition field. Although the basketball hoop, hoop and basketball are all exactly the same, there are still differences in the feeling of shooting on different courts.
Link ignored Paul, and Jimmy. Butler also practiced as if the two sides didn't exist for each other.
But the two are less than a hundred meters apart, and it is impossible to completely ignore each other. After a while, Paul heard Link's half of the court, and the sound of the Nets tumbling began to continue, and Paul on the other side couldn't help but grit his teeth.
He doesn't want to throw in the towel! Even if it's just training!
Then Link found out that wherever he shot, Paul would shoot himself in the same position in the other half!
That guy is on the same page as himself!
"Damn, this has to be compared with me, so you won't lose!" Link is young and vigorous, although he is not young in the NBA, but in fact, he has only been out of college for a few years, and he must not be able to stand this kind of provocation!
Besides, due to the environment in which NBA players live, there are many people who are still like children until they are in their thirties, let alone Link.
The two didn't say a word, so they secretly competed with each other.
Link threw one in here, and Paul immediately returned one. The key is that both of them have a very high shooting level, and after shooting for a long time, they have not missed a beat, and they can't tell the winner!
As two players in the top five in the MVP rankings, it is not difficult for them to shoot unguarded and reach 100% shooting.
Watching Link and Paul secretly competitive, Butler was a little speechless. These two guys, can they do it? The key is their shooting that makes Jimmy. Butler was devastated......
That's so special!
It was only after about seventy or eighty pitches that Link missed for the first time. This time, Link chose a position one step away from the top of the arc on the three-point line, which was indeed a little far away from the basket, and he wanted to make it difficult for Paul, but he didn't know that he overturned first.
βYesοΌβ Seeing Link striking the iron, Paul finally couldn't help but yell in the other half, the guy must have waited for this moment for a long time, and he couldn't suppress his excitement.
Then, Paul was also one step away from the three-point line and jumped to shoot!
But unlike Link, Paul's basketball is still hollow into the net, and the crisp sound of the basketball rubbing against the net makes Paul close his eyes.
It's the most beautiful note in the world!
", this guy feels so good today......" Link wiped his sweat, it was very tiring to shoot so many baskets in a row.
How bad Paul was last night, Link hasn't forgotten. While Paul still managed the Clippers' offense in good order, his own scoring performance wasn't great.
However, today, Paul has bottomed out.
After the win over Link, Paul put on his training uniform contented, as if he was ready to leave.
But before leaving, he looked at Link and said his first words of the day.
"I'm here tomorrow night, I've got you covered, rookie. Don't think that winning a game will destroy me. β
Paul had just left, and he was aggressive.
"Hey, he's talking about you, Jimmy." With a nonchalant expression, Link stabbed Butler next to him with his elbow.
"Huh!? What's the matter with me, this is obviously a grudge between the two of you, okay! Butler was speechless, and when Link was funny, Randolph had to bow down.
"Oh, he's talking to me." Link looked casual, but his fists were already clenched, "Then let's take a look!" β
Jimmy. Butler shook his head, do these guys have to make things so complicated?
But then again, Paul was really good at shooting today. Although the shooting state is not the same as the game state, looking at Paul's posture just now, it is not discouraged at all.
In the series of the Rockets, the Grizzlies basically defeated the Rockets in the first game. But Paul, even though he had only lost one yesterday, still looked scrappy.
Butler pursed his lips, it seems that this vicious battle will not end so soon.
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The day's training went by quickly, and now that the whole world was talking about James winning the MVP, Link was happy not to be bothered.
On May 9th, the second game of the Western Conference semifinals continued at the Federal Express Arena!
Today Link is not smiling, and people still think that Link is unhappy because he regretted losing the MVP.
Only Jimmy. Butler knew what Link was thinking.
LeBron. James? It is estimated that he has been thrown out of the sky by Link. Link's mind is full of chris. O Paul!
On the other hand, the atmosphere in the visiting dressing room is even more serious. Link is serious, but he doesn't impose that sentiment on his teammates.
Unlike Paul, if he wants to work hard, he will ask the whole team to work as hard as he does.
This may also be the reason why Paul's popularity in the league is not very good, those who like him like him to death, and those who hate him also hate him to death.
Some players really don't play for winning, but Paul may not be able to figure that out for the rest of his life.
"Link, don't worry. You're only 24 years old, and you have a chance. Cal. Malone only won his first MVP title at the age of 33, but that didn't detract from his greatness in the slightest. Before the game, Randolph came over to comfort Link.
Link is really speechless, don't force comfort people if they can't comfort people. It's okay if Randolph doesn't say it, as soon as he says this, Link is afraid that he will not win the MVP until he is in his thirties.
"I don't care about MVP right now, Zach, I just want to go to Los Angeles with a 2-0 scoreline." Link waved his hand, stood up and staggered twice.
"Cut, that's not easy? Just like the Clippers, they were wiped out at half time today! β
An hour later, Zach. Randolph regretted saying this.
Just now, Chris. Paul hit a second throw over Randolph's head of the game. The big black bear is angry, this feeling of touching the ball almost when you are about to touch the ball, but the basketball grazing your fingertips and falling into the net, is really fucked!
"Chris. Paul, he scored again. In the first quarter, Paul had already scored 6 points! And 3 shots and 3 hits, very efficient. Today, Chris. Paul is on fire! "On the podium, Kenny. Smith nodded affirmatively, this is Paul's normal level!
"Paul's form today is really much better than it was two days ago. Who knows if the Clippers would have lost if Paul had done that two days ago? β
"Don't worry, we'll get the answer today, Charles!"
After Paul's throw, the Clippers also led the Grizzlies by five points. Although the lead is not big, everyone can see that the Clippers are very strong today!
Clippers fans believe that the end of the Nuggets in the last round will soon come to the Grizzlies.
After Paul scored, he deliberately ran to Link and then muttered in Link's ear.
"You're going to lose just as badly as you did yesterday, stinky boy! Keep your eyes open and I'll teach you how to score! β
With that, Paul hastened his pace and left.
But when he looked at Link again, he didn't see Link's angry expression as he wished, but saw Link laughing!
"That guy is an idiot!" Paul was shocked that Link was the first person he'd ever seen to get sprayed and still laughing.
Can Link not laugh? After all, it's been a long time since he's met a decent mouth-sucking opponent.
Today, he's here!