With 45 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block, Yiyang used a very "brutal" statistic to end the Rockets' 14-15 season. There's nothing like leading the team to the Western Conference Finals on MVP night, and there's nothing quite like that.

After this game, James. Harden was the first to disappear from the court. For the current Rockets, stopping in the Western Conference semifinals is definitely not the ending they want. But the Rockets seem to have a huge gap with either the Warriors or the Mavericks.

Harden couldn't even help but wonder if things would have changed if he hadn't left Oklahoma in the first place.

But soon, Harden shook his head. Time can't be turned back, and what he has to do now is not to look back, but to look up and forward. I hope that this summer, the management of the Rockets can bring him some different surprises.

At the post-game press conference, Yiyang, who won the regular season MVP award for the third consecutive year, naturally attracted the most attention from reporters. This season has been extremely perfect for Yiyang, and it is only one O'Brien Cup away from being super perfect!

And the biggest opponent on the Mavericks' road to winning the championship is the Golden State Warriors!

"Also, how sure do you think you are if the Mavericks do meet the Warriors in the next round?" After the game, a reporter also began to discuss the next round of games, and he said "if" they would meet, out of respect for the Grizzlies. Because judging by the current situation, the Warriors will definitely advance!

And the outcome of the series between the Warriors and Mavericks is also unpredictable for everyone. The two sides played out a 2-2 draw in the regular season and were equally unbeatable during the playoffs. The Mavericks have Yiyang on their side, and the Warriors have an incredible Stephen on their side. Curry.

Yiyang did not directly answer the reporter's question, but gave a good response from the side. "Neither the Western Conference Finals nor the MVP trophy is the end goal, and I repeat, this season, our goal is to win the championship!"

This answer is explicit enough, as long as we dare to stand in the way of our opponents on the way to winning the championship, all of them will be killed!

The Mavericks have already begun handing out war papers to the Warriors, but the Warriors don't have time to respond, and they must find a way to escape from the bloody maws of the Black and White Bears.

This is good news for the Mavericks, as they are once again getting more rest than others.

So on the first day after returning to Dallas, Nowitzki sent an invitation to Yiyang. When the old Dirk did not invite Yiyang to practice, but on this rare rest day, he invited Yiyang to go fishing on the shore of Baiyan Lake.

When Yiyang and Dirk sat on a small wooden boat, floating freely in the middle of Baiyan Lake, enjoying the not-so-hot Texas sunshine in May. Yiyang finally understood why Dirk liked to fish on the shores of Baiyan Lake so much.

Float up and down with the waves in the middle of the lake, feel the breeze passing through your face, gently insert your fingers into the lake, and enjoy a touch of coolness through your body. It's a feeling of comfort that you can't feel anywhere else in Dallas. On this small wooden boat, Yiyang felt that his tired body was completely relaxed.

"You've lived on the shores of Baiyan Lake for so many years, and you've never fished?" Nowitzki held the fishing rod in his hand and spoke to Yiyang.

Yiyang looked at the German on the other side of the wooden boat, bearded, long-haired, and wearing a fisherman's hat. I don't know, I thought it was an old man. No, not to think. Dirk is almost forty years old now. As soon as the season is over, Dirk will have his 37th birthday.

"I'm not a big fan of fishing, so I've never been there. You know, in Wood, you can't develop a hobby like fishing. Of course, I'm good at catching dolls. Yiyang and Dirk joked, although they don't fish, but just sitting on this small boat and chatting with old friends, Yiyang is already very satisfied.

"The next round is probably the hardest Western Conference Finals we're going to experience." Dirk's eyes were still on the lake, but the conversation inevitably turned to basketball and work.

"It's harder than playing spurs?"

"Trust me, too. While Popovich's Spurs were just as strong before, they weren't the same as the Warriors. Spurs are strong, and they are still within an acceptable range, and they come according to tradition. And the Warriors, they're a little unjustifiably strong, they're breaking tradition. To be honest, I've never seen a team as magical as them. ”

Nowitzki had doubts, and not for nothing. From a German youth to a current German uncle, Dirk himself has experienced a lot of changes. And it was these changes that deepened his concerns.

In fact, before the Mavericks experienced the Warriors' Black Seven in 2007, Nowitzki played more like Durant. Throughout the history of the league, if there is a player who is more than 2.08 meters tall and has more mobility and athleticism than Nowitzki in the early days, then many people can only imagine Durant.

Eat the opponent raw with speed, control the ball yourself and advance a dragon single from the backcourt, and use a dazzling butterfly to pass by...... A lot of people say that this is the era of small ball, and many young power forwards have the ability to run through the whole court. But in reality, Nowitzki did it many years ago.

Before '07, Dirk was still eating talent, mobility, and full coverage range at the bug level at hand. But as a result, he and Mavericks brought the old Nelson's Golden State gang back to pre-liberation overnight.

So, Dirk began to change his style of play, he was low-key, honest, and didn't dribble the ball all over the court. He's like a really mature big man, honing his traditional low-post technique.

As he got older, Dirk could no longer run around the stadium like he did when he was younger. He was glad that he had practiced a solid low-level kung fu back then, otherwise he might not even be able to play as a substitute now.

But it is precisely because he is slow and old now that he can only shoot at fixed points and play singles in the low post. That's why Dirk is anxious, and the coke oven itself won't play much of a role in the series against the Warriors.

As we all know, the Warriors' offense and defense are very fast-paced, and except for Bogut's center, the other four have completely blurred the definition of "position" on the basketball court. You'd be hard-pressed to say Drummond. Is Green a power forward or a guard.

Dirk is at a loss in such a game. His sluggish pace doesn't allow him to engage in fast-paced offense and he struggles to contain opponents on the defensive end. Now he misses his young self very much, if he was by Yiyang's side at that time, the fast pace of Green and the Warriors would not be a threat at all!

This season, Dirk is averaging only 17 points per game. On the court, he is more often a receiver of Yiyang's ball and shoots cold arrows. But as a Mavericks man who desperately wants to retire in Dallas, Dirk's biggest fear is not the reduction in his points per game, he doesn't even care if he can play as a starter. Dirk's biggest fear is that he won't be able to help the team.

"Come on, Dirk. Even ESPN's team of 13 experts can't predict who will win or lose. Golden State Warriors, last season, we got them in the first round! This season, they only survived to the third round. But the ending that we got will not change! Drummond. Green can't stop you, look at what he's done to Randolph in this series. Sometimes, the traditional is not necessarily worse than the new. For example, this wooden boat, although it is old, is just the most suitable for such a lake. Yiyang patted Dirk on the shoulder and smiled reassuringly.

He knew what Dirk was worried about, this guy dared to fight Ibaka hand-to-hand, he could fight Duncan to the end, and he could defend Bosh from nothing. But in the face of Green, who is younger and faster, Dirk is a little uneasy.

But Yiyang is full of confidence in Dirk, a person who has scored more than 28,000 career points this season, ranks seventh on the NBA's total scoring list, and is also the most scorer among active players, it is impossible to get lost in front of a mere Green.

Dirk looked at Yiyang's smile, I don't know why, the smile of this guy who doesn't like to laugh can always give people confidence. But he is also right, traditional does not necessarily work. Didn't Nowitzki's switch to a more traditional power forward style since 2007 take his career to the next level? Pure talent can never fight against tradition, and it can't overwhelm time!

At this moment, the surface of the lake was in waves. Nowitzki immediately clenched the rod and reeled it hard!

"Looks like we've caught a big fish!"

The two men stood on the small wooden boat and began to get busy.

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On May 15, the sixth round of the NBA Western Conference semifinals. In Stephen. Curry finished with 32 points, 10 assists and six rebounds on 8-of-13 three-pointers as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 108-95 on the road.

After this game, the series aggregate score became 4-2. This also means that the Golden State Warriors will return to the stage of the Western Conference Finals after 40 years!

The Warriors have won the NBA championship three times, most recently in 1974-75. After losing to the Western Conference Finals in 1975-75, they never went that far since.

Finally, this year, under the leadership of the "Splash Brothers", the Warriors launched an attack on the 40-year record. In this game, although they led by double digits, they once let the Grizzlies chase only one point, but in the end they still stubbornly passed and finally entered the Western Conference Finals.

The moment the game ended, Mike. Brin jumped to his feet with excitement. It's not because of how much he likes warriors, but because the high-profile "Yongniu" battle finally came as promised!

"I believe that the next round of the series will be an unprecedented battle of the century!" Mike. Brin's words whetted the appetite of all fans around the world.

After the game, the Grizzlies players walked back to the tunnel without landing on the ground. Every playoff game, they have the ability to wrestle with champions. But every year, it's always a breath of air.

And the young men of the Warriors are proud. Before the start of the season, absolutely no one could have imagined that this young team would be able to get this far.

"Is there anything you'd like to say to your opponents for the next round?" Big Mouth Drummond. Green is always surrounded by the most journalists, because his remarks tend to be the most topical.

"Look at what happens to the Grizzlies, next, it's your turn!" Green stares at the camera, unscrupulously saying cruel words.

In today's game, Green limited Randolph's shooting to 35.7 percent, which was undoubtedly Green's best performance in the Western Conference semifinals.

This guy can't wait to drag Nowitzki off the horse. It's just that he didn't know that far away in Dallas, an old German man with blond hair was already waiting for him.