After the East-West match was released, the media and fans also began to predict impatiently.

TNT has taken over all the playoff games as it did last year, and in the latest episode, the Big Three will certainly have to make professional predictions.

The opinions of the other groups are basically the same, except for the Spurs, Thunder, and Pelicans, Mavericks, and the two groups are quite different.

"The Thunder are going to take the Spurs upside down, and the Pelicans are going to sweep the Mavericks."

O'Neal's prediction was fairly straightforward, but it also drew frantic opposition from Barkley and Smith.

"Man, the Mavericks aren't as weak as you think, they won't be swept and even have a chance to black."

Barkley agrees with O'Neill's first half, but strongly disagrees with the second half.

"I don't think the Spurs are going to lose to the Thunder, and Popovich's playoff coaching is incredible."

Kenny Smith is a Spurs veteran who has a lot of respect for his former coach.

"And Kenny is right, the Pelicans are a bit similar to the Hawks last season, and I wouldn't be too surprised if they didn't play well and lose to the Mavericks."

Smith completely rejects O'Neill's claims.

“！ The Pelicans have Don, they're in a completely different situation with the Hawks, and they've got 74 wins, guys, 74 wins! ”

O'Neill couldn't complain about what his two partners had said.

This is following him for a long time, instinctively opposing his point of view, this is the bar essence!

"Shaq, mind you, the Mavericks have Nowitzki, Butler, Harris and Embiid, and they should be in the top three in the league when they run in, and it's just a surprise that they're now in eighth place."

Barkley said with a smile.

"Yes, the Pelicans have 74 wins, they still have Don, they have a bigger chance of winning, but the difference in strength between the two sides is not that big, and the Mavericks are very promising."

Smith echoed with a smile.

The hardest thing in the world is to convince people who have different views than you.

O'Neill had no choice but to spread his hands, and it seemed that they could not reach an agreement on these two sets of matches.

In fact, not only media such as TNT, but also the judgment of fans on the two sets of matches has a huge difference.

According to the latest survey, 53% of fans really think the Spurs can beat the Thunder.

In the Pelicans and Mavericks, the percentage is a little higher, but it's only 62 percent.

That's much lower than the Warriors (90%) and Rockets (85%).

In theory, the Pelicans' 74-win run is convincing enough.

But the strength of the Mavericks on paper, coupled with the Pelicans' defeat in the playoffs, still makes fans not confident enough in them.

In other words, while the Pelicans had an incredible regular season, they still have a lot to prove in the playoffs.

The Pelicans have the league's best record, and they have home-court advantage over all teams in the playoffs.

The first game of the first round of the playoffs will be played in New Orleans, two days after the end of the regular season.

Stevens trains rigorously, but in the two days leading up to the playoffs, he has put it off properly, only arranging training in the morning and resting the players in the afternoon.

At the end of this day's training, Tang Tian came out of the shower and saw Ariza wiping his body.

He deliberately took a second look, and saw that the tattoo on Ariza's chest was the same as Stephenson said, the head of Ariza's brother.

This shows that the rumors that Stephenson said at the beginning are true.

He withdrew his gaze, and suddenly remembered something in his mind that was also related to tattoos.

In the 2010~2011 season, Jason Terry of the Mavericks tattooed a championship trophy on the inside of his biceps muscle in order to build up the confidence of his teammates to win the championship.

This move stunned everyone at the time, not only did the outside world laugh at his approach, but even his teammates thought he was just joking at first.

After all, the Mavericks at that time were not even the favorites to win the championship.

But in the end, the Mavericks really won the most incredible championship that season.

Terry's performance in the playoffs, especially in the Finals, has been very eye-catching.

While the Mavericks didn't win the championship just because of that tattoo, it was clearly one of the many factors that won the championship.

Tattoos, like hair, are a very popular thing among NBA players.

Tang Tian was a coach in his last life, and coupled with his identity as a Chinese, he was not so interested in this piece.

But Terry's story, combined with Ariza's experience, led him to think that way.

Davis had just come out of the shower at this time, and Tang Tian directly stopped him.

"Let's get a championship tattoo on our arm."

Tang Tian said very directly.

Davis didn't react at first, and after sitting down and chatting with Tang Tian, he nodded in agreement.

They had to do the same thing as Terry had done, and even the same purpose.

But the Pelicans' situation now is certainly different from that of the Mavericks.

The Mavericks are desperately reborn, and they are determined to win.

After losing in the playoffs last year, there is no reason for them to lose again this season.

Especially after such a glorious regular season, the championship became their only goal.

Since you have no choice, tattoo it on your arm and remind yourself all the time.

Anyway, there was no training in the afternoon, and the two of them went to the tattoo parlor together.

Originally, Terry tattooed the championship trophy on the inside of his biceps, so that it would not be too ostentatious.

But both Tang Tian and Davis chose to tattoo it on the outside.

They don't have anything to cover their eyes, and tattooing on the outside also reminds them better of themselves.

In the training session the next day, when Tang Tian and Davis appeared in the training hall, they caused a burst of excited screams from their teammates.

Davis had tattoos before, and they didn't notice it at the first time, but Tang Tian was the first time in earnest.

And with such an eye-catching championship trophy, it's hard not to be seen.

"Yes, that's it!"

Stephenson shouted excitedly.

"It's ours!"

Bojan followed suit.

Jokic and Ariza didn't speak, but they both had confident smiles on their faces.

At first, Terry's tattoo was taken as a joke by his teammates, but after Tang Tian and Davis got tattoos, his teammates reacted by becoming more confident.

The eldest and second of the team have made this statement, and they really have to win the championship this season!

In this day's training session, the players were all in high spirits.

Stevens was surprised to see it, but when he saw Tang Tian and Davis's new tattoos, he understood.

His confidence in the playoffs has also increased.

Tattooing such a tattoo is tantamount to completely cutting off one's retreat.

After all, if you don't win the championship in the end, it will become a laughing stock for your entire career, and you will never be able to pick up the lost face.

Tang Tian and Davis This is the practice of putting death and reviting, and if it doesn't succeed, it will become a benevolent, which is pressure but also motivation.

The core of the team is so confident, and he, as a coach, must also have confidence.

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