After seven seasons, the Dallas Mavericks finally made the playoffs again as the No. 1 in the West. Seven seasons, that's enough time to change so many things.

The Mavericks, who had 67 wins seven years ago, are now the only ones left with Nowitzki. The Phoenix Suns, who lost seven years ago, can't even make the playoffs now. The Celtics, who struggled at the bottom of the East seven years ago, have experienced the glory and dissolution of the Big Three during this period. The Seattle SuperSonics completely disappeared from the league, and the Miami Heat changed the rules of winning the championship. The Lakers won two consecutive championships, Yao Ming retired, and Rose was born......

In seven years, the league has changed dramatically. Some teams have experienced ups and downs, and some have withdrawn from the stage of history. But there are some things that never change.

The Spurs and GDP are still in the league. Bryant is still wearing a purple and gold shirt. But people would never have imagined that 7 years later, the Mavericks, who won the first place in the West with 60+ wins, would meet the Warriors who were eighth in the West again!

"This is simply God's will, otherwise how could there be such a coincidence in the world?"

"After seven years, the Mavericks, who are No. 1 in the West, are still facing the Golden State Warriors. In Chinese idioms, this is called the narrow road of the enemy! ”

The Mavericks couldn't escape their doom and met their nemesis Golden State Warriors again. Perhaps, we can witness another great Black Eight miracle happening? ”

Overnight, all the media exploded. This amazing coincidence makes the playoffs full of highlights before they start.

But what is very unusual is that almost everyone is not optimistic about the Mavericks, who are in first place in the West and have a terrifying record of 69 wins. It seems that something like the "Black Eight Miracle" is destined to happen to the Warriors.

Yiyang sometimes can't figure out who is the first in the west and who is the eighth in the west. Even with 69 wins, the Mavericks, who have historically been a regular in the playoffs, have not won the favor of the media.

On April 17 and April 18, there was an all-Union truce. Until April 19, the NBA playoffs will be in full swing. The Mavericks' first playoff game won't start until the 20th.

Although there were no games to watch in the past two days, the ratings of TNT TV have been high. Because every year, the special programs they do before the playoffs are very interesting and eye-catching.

In the first two years, the most talked about on the show was the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder. But this year, everyone's conversation is back to the Dallas Mavericks!

“...... Compared with the East, this year's Western Conference playoffs have been very exciting since the first round, and the Clippers and Rockets collided as soon as they came up. Between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers, the outcome is not easy to say. The San Antonio Spurs were instead the easiest to face without Toney. After Allen, the Grizzlies, Popovich shouldn't be in much trouble. Of course, these are just appetizers, and the most high-profile first round of the Western Conference playoffs is undoubtedly this one! In the recording room of the show, Charles. As soon as Barkley finished speaking, the Mavericks and Warriors logos appeared on the big electronic screen behind him.

"The Dallas Mavericks, who are first in the West, meet the Golden State Warriors, who are eighth in the West, and this game has transcended the meaning of the playoffs themselves. It's a legacy of history, and I'm sure Mavericks fans haven't forgotten the painful scene they suffered seven years ago. Ross Barkley looked excited and looked more excited than the fans were looking forward to the start of the game.

"Historical legacy, hahaha, this is really a figurative name. However, this is also a coincidence. Seven years ago, the Mavericks won more than 60 games, and seven years later they did it again. Seven years ago, the Warriors barely managed to finish eighth in the playoffs in the final moments, and this year they were overtaken in the eighth place in the West in the final moments. Now in such similar circumstances, the two teams meet again. I have to say, this is fate! "Kenny. Smith looked at the rankings and data from seven years ago, and if this hadn't happened, he definitely wouldn't have believed that such a coincidence would have happened in this world.

"Straight to the point, judging by the performance of both teams this season, do you think the Warriors are really likely to create another Black Eight miracle?" Kenny. Smith's question made the style of the show a little more serious. It's not enough to just play haha on the show, O'Neill and Barkley also have to talk about some professional analysis before the show can continue.

"It seems to me that history will repeat itself!" Without thinking about it, O'Neill gave his own answer.

"I have to admit first of all that 69 wins is a very great result and I have never won so many games in my entire career as a player. But the results of the regular season can only be counted as a reference. If whoever wins more in the regular season advances, then there is no need for the playoffs to be held, and the league can now award the O'Brien Cup to the Dallasians. After O'Neill finished speaking, he paused deliberately to allow the audience to digest what he said. Afterward, O'Neill put on his black-rimmed glasses and looked at the documents in his hand.

In fact, only three of the 13 NBA championships in the 21st century have been won by the top seed with a regular season record. From this, it can be seen that the strength of NBA teams after the 21st century is closer, and the variables of the playoffs are also greater. ****** O'Neill came up with a convincing statistic, and Shaq got serious, looking quite like that.

"So, I think there's a very good chance that the Golden State Warriors will create another Black Eight Miracle, even more than 80%. We all know how tough the Warriors are this season, and they have Stephen Brown. Curry and Klay. Thompson is two incredible young men. David. Li, a long-term member of the 20+10 club, is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Mark. Coach Jackson is by no means the kind of coach who does not act. If it weren't for the injury-ridden Warriors mid-season, they wouldn't have been in eighth place in the West! ”

"Come on, Shaq, it's still 80%, can you tell me how you got this odds? To put it bluntly, you're just talking nonsense! Before O'Neill could finish speaking, Barkley interrupted him in disgust.

"You said the Warriors have a strong lineup, isn't the Mavericks' lineup on paper this year not strong? Last season, you could say that the Mavericks were a 'garbage heap' of the elderly, the sick, and the disabled, but this year, the Mavericks' roster is no worse than the rest of the league. Needless to say, the strength of the MVP never needs to be questioned. Dirk has also been in much better form this season than last year, and in the playoffs, Dirk tends to be even better. Iguodala and Tony. I don't need to elaborate too much on how dedicated the two of them are. In the playoffs, these two players will become one of the hardest working men in the league! You say that the Warriors will stage the Black Eight Miracle again? What else can I say that the Mavericks could just sweep the Oaklanders! ”

What Barkley said was actually not much more reliable than O'Neal. If the Mavericks want to sweep the Warriors, the difficulty may be much worse than the Warriors' Black Eight.

However, the attitude of these two guys is very representative of the thoughts of the fans from the outside. Some believe that this year's "playbook" will follow the historical trajectory, and the Warriors will once again create the Black Eight Miracle.

Others believe that the Mavericks, who have won 69 games, will make it all the way to the finals. Although the Mavericks' performance in the past two months has been mediocre, it still can't hide the strength of the league's No. 1 team.

Before the game even started, fans set off a crazy scolding war on the Internet. Regardless of which point of view you support, you have your own reasons.

There has been a lot of hype from the outside world, but neither the Mavericks nor the Warriors have said anything about it.

They all know very well that their opponents are not characters that can be easily defeated. If the Mavericks are not prepared, there is a real possibility that they will be swept away by the Warriors in the first round.

And the Warriors also know that wanting to beat the Mavericks in the playoffs is not as simple as the outside world thinks.

Yiyang hasn't watched any programs and news in the past few days, just to keep his preparation state from being affected.

In the last two months of the regular season, Yiyang played very aggrieved. The failure to kill James on his head still affects him to this day.

Yiyang doesn't want to lose anymore, and when it comes to the real battlefield of the playoffs, every loss is very deadly.

Therefore, in the past two days, Yiyang's time in the training hall has also increased greatly. After regular training every day, Yiyang would pull Gobert and practice with himself for two hours.

Two hours later, Yiyang volunteered to stay with Carlisle to study the Warriors' game footage.

It wasn't until eleven or twelve o'clock that the two reluctantly left the court. This life lasted until April 19, the night before the start of the first game between the Warriors and the Mavericks.

After watching the video of the game and walking out of the stadium with Yiyang, Carlisle lit a cigarette for himself to relieve the pressure of a lot of work.

In April, the temperature had warmed up, but the cool breeze that blew through midnight still made Carlisle shiver.

"Seven years ago, maybe no one thought that they would be hacked." Carlisle stared at the dark sky and spat out smoke rings.

"You think we're going to lose?" Yiyang asked rhetorically.

"No, I just think that the world is unpredictable." Carlisle shook his head, tossed the cigarette he had only taken a few puffs onto the ground, and stomped it out. The Golden State Warriors are indeed not an ideal opponent. Having to run into such a big obstacle in the first round is the last thing Carlisle wants.

"Don't think about it so much, by this time tomorrow, everything will have an answer." Yiyang smiled at Carlisle, then walked towards the underground parking lot. "Do you want me to give you a ride?"

Carlisle didn't answer, but followed directly. He looked up at the huge poster hanging outside the arena at the American Route Center, seven years ago, the Mavericks didn't have Yiyang!

The whole world is waiting to see the Warriors pull off the miracle, and the whole world thinks the Mavericks are the all-out eighth upgrade package in the West.

But is history really bound to follow the previous trajectory?

Believe it or not, in short, Yiyang is dismissive of this statement.

What the people outside say, Yiyang doesn't care. Four years after entering the league, what year is the Mavericks favored?

Labels such as regular season teams, pseudo-strong teams, and crashes as soon as they reach the playoffs have been stuck on the Mavericks, and they can't be torn off.

Since this is the case, Yiyang simply didn't tear it up.

You can interpret it however you like, the only thing I want is to win the game! It's useless to talk too much, and if you fight, you will know everything.

The first opponent in the playoffs was a strong opponent. The Mavericks' 2014 playoffs seem destined to be quite difficult.