The NBA playoffs are already underway, and participating teams and fans are ready to enter the bloodiest and most brutal of the game.

Stevens, who had finished his March Madness work, took his wife and children on a plane to Dallas, and at this time, Stevens had an envelope in his suit. This envelope was sent by Yiyang, and inside, there were several Mavericks playoff tickets.

As the coach who introduced Yiyang to the professional basketball field, Stevens naturally wants to see his protégé perform in the NBA playoffs. And Yiyang also hopes that his mentor can personally witness his growth.

Of course, Gordon. Hayward also received tickets from Yiyang. Although Hayward's Jazz team failed to make the playoffs, that didn't dampen Hayward's enthusiasm for the playoffs in the slightest. Because his best friend is about to fight in that arena.

However, for the current Yiyang, there are more important people than these. There is also a professional basketball player who also received an invitation from Yiyang.

"Is the league all over in Italy?" In between training breaks, Yiyang picked up the phone and dialed the number that he had been calling more and more since the All-Star Game.

?? Vignari knew what Yiyang was going to do, but she deliberately didn't answer immediately, but asked Yiyang rhetorically, "Is there something wrong?" ”

This girl hopes that Yiyang will personally invite her.

?“ Well...... BA Playoffs, you know...... The playoffs are usual, usually exciting. Although she mustered up the courage to kiss Vignari at the airport last time, Yiyang found that she was still embarrassed to talk to her now.

"The day after tomorrow, I should be in Dallas."

"Dallas!?" Yiyang screamed in surprise, attracting the attention of several teammates.

"I've already bought a ticket to Dallas, how can I miss your game?" The girl on the other end of the line laughed, as if she were a queen who had won the "victory". Although she had been prepared, at least this time, it was Yiyang who took the initiative to invite her to go.

"Hey, thank you for coming." Hearing Vignari say this, Yiyang really felt very grateful. The feeling of being paid attention to all the time is an experience that Yiyang has never had in the first 20 years of his life.

"Let me ask you a question."

"What's the problem?" Yiyang also thought that Vignari had asked about the game.

"Did you miss me?"

For Vignarie's open and pungent personality, Yiyang will never deal with it. He was a little shy, and his face turned red. "What shall I say...... I ......"

"Hahahaha, okay, I got it. You go to training, I don't want to go to Dallas and see you get beaten. ”

"You can't just say something good."

"If it's good, I'm going to say it in your ear......"

When Yiyang returned to the basketball court after making a phone call, people found that this guy, who was quite normal just now, was now flushed.

You don't have to ask to know that Yiyang must be on the phone with his girlfriend.

"Look at your little bit of interest, where someone will blush when they call their girlfriend." Seeing this, Terry began to catch Yiyang and complain again.

"I just...... It's so hot! Yiyang said, taking off his training jersey.

"Alright, put on your clothes, I don't want to have intimate contact with your wet body later." Kidd also joined Terry's camp this time, and of course, he really didn't like playing with topless people.

This episode in training proves that the Mavericks players are still relatively relaxed. That's what Carlisle wants to see, and if everyone is on their nerves right now, the string will break sooner or later.

The Mavericks are probably the biggest of any team in the playoffs, and they are third in the West, but they are treated as "underdogs" by everyone. No way, who has kept the Mavericks from performing unsatisfactorily in the playoffs? In the face of heavy pressure, if the Mavericks players don't know how to adjust themselves, it can be very troublesome.

The two-day truce went by quickly, with training sessions in the morning, noon and evening, and Carlisle made sure the guys didn't have the strength to get into trouble off the pitch other than to play.

It's finally April 16, and tonight, the Mavericks will host the Portland Trail Blazers to kick off their playoff journey.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Yiyang was woken up by the sound of rain ticking outside the window.

Dallas is not a city with a lot of rain, and today's hot game attracted a lot of fans, but unfortunately, the weather was not beautiful. I wonder if this heavy rain will extinguish the heat of this game?

"Yiyang, breakfast is ready!" Wen Xue's voice reached Yiyang's ears on time, and Yiyang walked to the living room, where milk, eggs, and two pieces of bread were already on the table.

"How's the preparation for the game?" After Yiyang sat down, Wen Xue asked with concern. She knew that today was a big day for her son!

"It's good, I'll start today's game." Yiyang turned on the TV while eating breakfast.

"Really?"

"Well, Coach Carlisle has decided." Yiyang nodded slightly.

At this time, the sports news on TV is also broadcasting news related to today's game. Seeing this, Yiyang picked up the remote control and increased the volume of the TV.

A host in a suit sat in front of the stage and began to flip through the materials in his hand.

"During the regular season this season, the Mavericks played the Trail Blazers three times. With a 3-0 record, the Mavericks have never missed a game. But we all know that the playoffs are completely different from the regular season. In the regular season, everyone flies around in planes, and the opponents are constantly changing, so there won't be too much targeted research. The playoffs are best-of-7 games, and playing against the same opponent in a row, there will naturally be a lot of pertinence in the game. In this way, the weaknesses of the team will be revealed by various statistical videos. The strengths and weaknesses of the team's leading stars will also be infinitely magnified. Therefore, the regular season record can only be used as a reference, and cannot be used as a basis for predicting the outcome of this round of the series. ”

Hearing this, Yiyang turned off the TV. Sure enough, almost no one is bullish on the Mavericks' prospects. In the regular season, the Mavericks were really good, there is no doubt about that. But in the playoffs, those are two completely different concepts.

"Hey, don't pay attention to what they say. You and your teammates, not for them. Although Wen Xue usually doesn't ask more about Yiyang's studio, Wen Xue has not seen less reports about the Mavericks in the past few days, and most of the media have not had a very good evaluation of the Mavericks. So, this mother also cheered Yiyang for a rare time.

"Don't worry, Mom, I won't be affected by these sounds." Yiyang took his mother's hand and gave her a confident smile.

After breakfast, under the heavy rain, Yiyang drove his heavy-duty pickup truck to the door of the stadium in the center of the American route. At this time, huge posters of the players were already hanging around the stadium. Posters of Nowitzki, Yiyang and Kidd hang on the front, which also shows what Cuban expects from these three people.

Although it was still early before the start of the game, the entrance to the American Route Center was already surrounded by fans. Fans stood at the entrance of the stadium and sang loudly, and the colorful umbrellas were lined up in a row, which looked very spectacular.

Yes, right now, it's really only the people of Dallas who still believe in themselves.

The atmosphere in the dressing room today was different from usual, less giggling and more serious.

Nowitzki had been frowning from the moment he walked through the door, and Terry's pistachio wasn't joking with anyone today.

This solemn atmosphere undoubtedly creates a strong smell of gunpowder in the air. A few days ago, the players were relatively relaxed, but now, with the playoffs about to begin, no one is going to hang on anymore.

In the morning, Carlisle led the players to study tactics and then did some warm-up training.

In the afternoon, the players were given massages to relax their bodies, and then shot shots from time to time to find their groove.

Two hours before the game, fans were pouring into the stadium and the Portland Trail Blazers team bus arrived at the American Route Center Arena. Mavericks owner Mark. Cuban pushed open the locker room door before the players could enter.

The boss had the same seriousness on his face as the players, as if he was going to play later.

"Guys, are you ready!? The Trail Blazers have arrived! Kuban clenched his fists and waved them in the air.

"Ready, we can't wait!" Nowitzki stepped forward and gave Cuban a hug.

"Listen, everybody thinks we're bullying in the playoffs! But this year, let's show them that the Dallas Mavericks are not a backdrop! ”

"Roar!" After Cuban finished speaking loudly, the players responded with a loud roar. Now Yiyang feels like he's not in the Mavericks' locker room, but in the barracks. And soon, this "army" will go out to fight a war where either you die or I die!

"Are you ready, cowboys! You ready! Nowitzki changed his usual calm appearance and angrily asked his teammates one by one in the locker room and high-fived them.

Previously, Terry and Kidd told Yiyang that Dirk also had times when he was angry with the Warriors, and he had been furious in the locker room when he was blacked out by the Warriors and kicked the locker at Oracle Arena.

Hearing this at that time, Yiyang didn't believe it. Because in the regular season, you always feel that Nowitzki is very peaceful, not like the kind of person who will burst into intense emotions. But now, looking at the "German tank" that started the engine, Yiyang believed it.

"Ready!? Cowboy! Finally, Nowitzki walked up to Yiyang and reached out to give Yiyang a high-five.

"Ready!" Yiyang was also infected by this atmosphere, and this time, his response was no longer cold, but sonorous and powerful!

"Let's go! Here we go! Let them see whose territory it is! ”

Nowitzki took the lead and walked out of the locker room with a group of screaming "bandits".

In the locker room, only Carlisle, Stotz and Cuban remained.

"Are they getting a little too excited?" Cuban looked at the string of backs that disappeared at the exit of the players' tunnel, crossed his waist and smiled.

"They will burn the enemy, but they will never hurt themselves." Carlisle looks much calmer than the players, and that's the difference between the manager and the players when they face the game.

"Let's win, Rick."

"They can win, man, they can win......" Carlisle said as he walked out of the locker room.

As soon as he pushed open the locker room door, even while still in the players' tunnel, Carlisle heard cheers on the field.

It must be the heroes of Dallas, who have just appeared. 8)