Chapter 551: Qiao Hai's Era (5/5)
Qiao Zhishui came this time for a different purpose than Rolf Pagano.
He was entrusted by Qiao Hai to find a new technical team and management team, and this time, Qiao Zhishui directly brought the leaders of the two teams he found.
"This is Chad Fulley and Judd Karim, from the former PayPal technology team, this is Chen Jun, a Chinese-American who used to work for Amazon."
After Qiao Hai roughly inspected the three of them, he immediately made a decision.
Then he laid out his plan and his plan.
"My idea is to set up a website where you can upload videos, share videos, and watch videos, connect to Facebook, and let it have a huge amount of traffic, and Facebook users can use this video site to upload videos and watch videos."
"The next step is to make the website have a live broadcast function, and then negotiate with some TV stations so that the website can broadcast live TV programs, negotiate with some entertainment companies, get their audio and video resources, and put them on our website."
"Finally, we can connect the website to Hoop Sports, and then negotiate with some sports leagues and entertainment companies separately to get the rights to broadcast sports games, concerts and other events."
QIAO HAI'S PLAN IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, IF IT IS ROLLED OUT, IT WILL BE A VIDEO WEBSITE THAT IS LARGER AND MORE COMPLETE THAN THE YOUTUBE OF LATER GENERATIONS.
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While Qiao Hai was busy, the playoffs continued, and in the first four games, the Lakers and Mavericks tied 2:2.
In the fifth game, the game returned to the Lakers' home court, and the Big Three broke out completely, and the Lakers won 98-79 and successfully won the match point.
Then in the sixth game, the Lakers went to Dallas, and in the midst of the boos in Dallas, the Lakers narrowly won by one point 89-88, and Shaquille O'Neal scored at the last moment.
The Lakers finally defeated the Mavericks with a total score of 4:2 and entered the second round.
Their opponents are the winners of the Grizzlies and Timberwolves.
The Grizzlies and Timberwolves played 3:1 in the first four games, and the Grizzlies only needed one win to advance to the next round, and the fifth game of the Timberwolves played at home, and after trailing by 17 points at halftime, through defense, they completed a Jedi comeback in the second half and successfully pulled back a game.
Next to Vancouver, the Timberwolves won 98-96, two points narrowly, alien Sam Kassel stunner game, the series into a tie-break.
In the tie-break, the two teams were still in a scorching situation in the fourth quarter, but in the fourth quarter, Maddie continued to dream back to the top of the season, scoring 11 points in a row in five minutes.
The Grizzlies opened up the gap in a wave and finally defeated the Timberwolves 107-101, won the tie-break, and defeated the Timberwolves 4-3 to enter the next round.
The Grizzlies will face the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals!
The battle between the Spurs and the Kings was decided earlier, and in the fifth game, the Spurs defeated the Kings 77-71, with a total score of 4-1, and successfully reached the semifinals.
In the Western Conference semifinals, they will face the Rockets, who swept their opponents in the first round!
In the East, the Pistons swept their opponents in the first round, and their opponents were the Raptors, who eventually defeated their opponents 4-1.
The Nets and Pacers won Game 5 together, beating their opponents 4-1 before meeting in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The first round of the playoffs is over, and all the matchups in the second round of the Eastern and Western playoffs are decided!
Buford complained about the league's ranking rules, saying that if it weren't for the rule that the division champion must be in the top three, the Spurs' true record should be third in the league, and their opponent in the second round should be the Grizzlies, who are not in good form this season.
"But now, the Spurs are facing the Rockets directly, with the defending champions and season's regular season No. 1 in the Western Conference semifinals going head-to-head ......"
"The other matchup is the Grizzlies vs. the Lakers, and the two old clubs of Qiao Hai will face each other in the Western Conference semifinals."
"Three of the four teams in the Western Conference semifinals have a strong imprint on Qiao Hai, and even the remaining Spurs, their head coach Gregg Popovich often admits that he has learned a lot of tactical play from Qiao Hai......
"In the East, the Pistons will face the Raptors, and the Nets led by Qiaohai's former disciple Byron Scott will face the Pacers."
"In the past five seasons, that is, in the post-Bulls era, the NBA championships have been Lakers, Grizzlies, Grizzlies, Lakers, Spurs, and Western Conference teams have won five in a row."
"This season, the west is still much stronger than the east, perhaps, we can say, this is an era that belongs to Qiao Hai!"
In the preview of the Eastern and Western semifinals, the major media frantically touted Qiao Hai because they smelled it - on May 4, the Western Conference semifinals began, and the league officially notified the Rockets that Qiao Hai would be awarded awards before this game.
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At the Toyota Center, cheers resounded throughout the arena before the pre-race award ceremony.
The players of the Rockets played one by one, and the last one to appear was still Yao Ming, but after Yao Ming, the DJ on the scene shouted Qiao Hai's name again.
"Finally, let's welcome! Best Coach of the Season! Qiao Hai! ”
One was higher than the other, and the cheers were the same, and after the boom, Qiao Hai walked out of the players' tunnel and waved to the fans on both sides of the tunnel.
And on the field, David Stern and the Best Coach trophy are already waiting for Qiao Hai.
This will be Qiao Hai's third Coach of the Year trophy and his third in six seasons in charge! As a coach, he ruled the era! ”
Amid the cheers of the audience, David Stern picked up the trophy and handed it to Joe.
Qiao Hai also held the trophy high above his head......
Then, enjoy the cheers, shouts, and screams that the Toyota Center has heard for him.
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After the medal ceremony, the game began.
The starters of both teams came on, and the Rockets, who had set the strategy for facing the Spurs early, were scheduled for their regular starters in this game.
Point guard Gary Payton, point guard Dwyane Wade, small forward Ron Artest, power forward Chris Anderson and center Yao Ming.
The Spurs made a change of lineup, with Tim Duncan and Galasiu Netrovic on the inside, small forward Bruce Bowen, and point guard Tony Parker.
Manuginobili was promoted to the starting line-up, and apparently, Popovich was afraid of Wade's outside impact, and he knew that neither Bruce Bowen nor Tyshawn Prince could keep up with Wade in terms of speed.
Therefore, he directly promoted Manu to the starter, hoping that Manu can form a containment with Wade, plus Tony Parker and Gary Payton to form a containment, and Bruce Bowen to redeem Ron Artest.
So this game is actually a showdown between Yao Ming and Tim Duncan, and it seems that it will be either Yao Ming or Tim Duncan who will decide the victory!