Chapter 186: Take medicine before the game
While the Rockets are about to enter the playoffs, Yao Ming has also set a record in the past four years, which is the only season he has not had an injury except for his rookie season.
The Rockets have always been troubled before Totoro came, and the healthy Yao Mai is very competitive in the West, but the Rockets have never been able to break through the first round in the West, so why? The reason is that Yao Mai has never been completely healthy for a day.
Maddie's back injury occurred for a while, and the little giant's knee problem was also a big problem, and the role players couldn't help the main team share the pressure, and the main players couldn't share the pressure for the core, which led to the Rockets having people injured all the time, and the lineup on the books was never complete.
But Totoro's arrival seems to have changed the feng shui of Team Rocket, he is young and competitive, he puts most of the pressure on his shoulders, but he has never been crushed, the little giant can breathe, others can hide under his umbrella to breathe, with such a relaxed environment, the performance of the Rockets teammates is naturally outstanding, and the record is also naturally rising.
In the last 6 games, Totoro led the team to win the first two opponents, and opened the gap between himself and the third place in the West to 3 wins, and Adelman was relieved and bold to let all his main teammates, including Totoro, also take turns off.
The Rockets won and lost each other in the next few games, and the standings and matchup lists of the Eastern and Western playoffs were finally settled.
The first in the West is indisputably the Lakers after trading to Gasol, the Purple and Gold Army's goal this season is no other than the championship, and the Spaniards and the Lakers are also very compatible, last season was obviously added in the second half, but the Lakers directly reached the Finals, and now after a summer and a complete playoff training, the big Gasol has been fully integrated into the Lakers' team, this year's Purple and Gold Army sharpened the silver sword and polished the steel gun, Just on their home court, the Mavericks, who are eighth in the West, are waiting for a visit.
And the Mavericks have also experienced a failed season, they sent away the injured Josh Howard this year, traded over one of the Wizards' three muskets, Caron Butler, and also introduced Kidd, just to assist Nowitzki in this year's playoffs, BA is not a place that can produce results by relying on star matching, at least from the current point of view, Butler, Kidd These experienced veterans are not suitable for the Mavericks' system, and the Mavericks' record has also swooped from the fourth place in the West before the trade to the last place in the West, If it weren't for the fact that they didn't play badly before, I'm afraid it's a bit up in the air whether they can make the playoffs this year.
Experts predict that this is the most suspenseless round of the series in the West, with a 70% probability of the Mavericks being swept and a 4:1 probability of being eliminated is also about 20%, and less than 5% of fans think the Mavericks can win, and this is based on the fact that the Lakers Kobe Bryant or Gasol are injured at least one, and the Mavericks may beat the Lakers 4:3.
The Rockets, who are second in the West, are against the Trail Blazers, who are seventh in the West, and Portland has a winning record of less than 10%, which is also the second best combination in the West.
The hapless Portlanders tried every possible way to avoid the Rockets, but there is a saying that fate is determined by heaven, and the Houstonians finally faced the Trail Blazers by mistake, they really wanted to cry and had no place to cry.
The third Spurs in the West against the Jazz, this combination is not easy to see the winner before the game, although the Spurs are strong, but the aging of the team is a problem that they can't avoid, in the face of the Jazz's muscular forced defense, I don't know if the GDP combination that adds up to 1 00 years old will fall apart.
However, Ginger is still old and spicy, as steady as Mount Tai to Duncan, Parker is becoming more and more mature, Ginobili who can still become a Jordan at all times, and Popovich who is far-sighted, the Spurs are still a team that no one in the league can underestimate, the Spurs have a 70% chance of advancing to the next round of the playoffs, and if the Utah twin breaks out, the Jazz are not without the slightest chance of winning.
The Suns, who are fourth in the West, are against the Hornets who are fifth in the West, this is a battle between the new generation of superstar point guards and the older generation of superstar point guards, Nash vs. Paul, the golden point guard in '97 vs. the local superstar in '03, this is considered the most intense game by the outside world.
Xiao Si inside one-on-two against boxing champions Chandler and David West, the son of the wind singled out Queen Bee, but the game has not yet started, and the Americans all feel that Paul will become the final winner of the series, although this is a plot of his own countrymen, but the most important thing is that Paul does have a good performance every time he faces Nash in the regular season, Nash is fast, Paul is not slow, Nash is good, Paul is also good, Nash has a high ball quotient, and Paul's ball quotient is not low. But Nash is not physically good, in this regard, the younger and stronger Paul has an advantage, Paul can limit the son of the wind a little, but Nash can't limit the queen bee at all, isn't the gap reflected?
The Hornets have a 60% chance of winning, and this is the only one of the 16 playoff teams in the East and West that is favored by reporters and fans to play in the game.
The difference in the format of the Western Conference is touching, but except for the most rookie calf, there is a 10% chance that the other players can turn the tables. But there is not even a 1 percent chance in the East.
Look at the teams from one to four in the East, the first Green Shirts, the second Cavaliers, the third Magic, and the fourth Hawks.
Let's take a look at the next five teams, the Heat, who are crippled to the point that there is only one Wade left, the Bobcats who have been tepid, the Raptors led by the pseudo-superstar Dragon King, and the Nets who have entered the playoffs somehow.
These four teams are estimated to be able to play with the Kings who are at the bottom of the West, and they are not necessarily the kind that can not win, so they will play against the top four teams in the East, and they will probably have to laugh secretly if they can win one of them.
Due to the arrival of Totoro, the original history has changed, the Nets have entered the playoffs for the first time, and the Green Arrow has also started his first journey to the playoffs.
It's not easy, it's really not easy, from Ma Jian Song Tao to Wang Weidong, from the wind-chasing boy to the little giant Yao Ming, from the contact to the ten-day short-term contract to the NBA and finally to the playoffs as the main force, the Chinese people have walked on the road of the NBA for a total of 16 years, although the time is long, but the progress is obvious, these people have used their own experience to pave the way for future generations, and at the same time are telling the world that Chinese basketball players can also do the best in the NBA.
Even the craziest Chinese fans will not think that the UAE can beat Garnett and lead the Nets to win the Celtics into the next round of the series, but domestic fans still sincerely wish the UAE League, they do not ask the UAE to play any performance against the wolf king, even if it is blown up by the wolf king in turn, they feel that the Green Arrow can stand on the stage of the playoffs, and the greatest PF in the history of the league is a victory, this round of the series UAE should learn, and then wait until next year to fight for the fruits of victory.
It has to be said that the fate of the UAE was also changed by Totoro.
Originally, the Green Arrows were the highlight performance of the Bucks for a period of time, but the good times did not last long, and the rapidly declining UAE was ruthlessly sold to the Nets by the Bucks the following year, and then from the Nets to the Mavericks, and after staying with the Mavericks for a year and completing the final rookie contract, Yi Jianlian said goodbye to the NBA and returned to the Guangdong team.
The UAE is not without strength, although some unscrupulous reporters in China boast every day that Green Arrow is good for increasing their sense of existence, but the UAE is not really so watery, his bounce, speed, and flexibility are all top among the yellow race, and in the NBA, he also belongs to the middle and upper class, even if the original weak strength has become above the qualified line in the NBA's two-year training.
His skills are not bad, his mid-range shooting is also very stable, purely in terms of comprehensive basketball talent, Green Arrow may be a little taller than the little giant, but the question is why does the UAE have such a good advantage but fail to gain a foothold in the NBA?
It has to do with the referee, it has to do with the atmosphere in the team and most importantly it has to do with his personality.
Yi Jianlian is not soft, but he is a little stuffy and a little introverted, in the United States, people with wooden personalities are not so easy to mix, after all, cheerful and bold has always been the label of Americans.
Originally, Green Arrow still had to follow his old path, but the appearance of Totoro changed all that.
My Neighbor Totoro seems to be a copy of himself in terms of physical fitness, from the perspective of static physical talent, they are almost the same type of players, if Totoro does not appear, the United Arab Emirates can use his absolute height as an excuse to comfort himself when he fails, but when he succeeds, the United Arab Emirates feels that he has no excuse to find a reason for his failure.
Dribbling skills, long throwing, mid-range shooting, these are all things that can be cultivated through hard practice, the appearance of Totoro is like adding a whip to the back of the ass to Green Arrow, everyone is a yellow race, why can the other party's banana man play better than you, a pure national player? Doesn't that explain your own reasons?
It's a bit unrealistic to want to make the UAE a future supergiant like Totoro, but now Yi Jianlian is firmly in the Nets to beat Henforth to sit in the position of the main power forward, he and the rookie genius Lopez are very competitive in the international interior line, Da Lopez is good at offense, and he can achieve an average of 12.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in his rookie season With 7.8 boards, 2.1 assists and 1.1 blocks, counting the young Jefferson and the new Hades Harris, the Nets made a late effort and forced to squeeze out the Bucks, the old club of the United Arab Emirates, in the East to catch the last train of the playoffs.
It is said that Holtzson, the head of operations of the Bucks, sighed after seeing the performance of the UAE, and the shrewd man once manipulated the deal single-handedly, exchanging this seemingly difficult Chinese for the former scoring champion and dunk king Richardson, at that time he was still complacent about his earnings, and the Nets' fools must have taken a fancy to the Chinese market behind him to eat this dumb loss.
But who knows that the plot is completely reversed from what he imagined, the UAE continues to improve in the Nets, but Richardson is reimbursed for the season because of cervical spine problems after playing two games with the Bucks, and now he really regrets it in his heart, even if Yi Jianlian can't reach the height of Richardson's peak, he will definitely not do the deal he made back then, because Green Arrow is still young, and he can still give people unlimited possibilities, but Richardson is old, and he will only go downhill now.
Originally, the two owners of the Bucks, Wesley Addens and Larys, have recently verbally promised themselves to wait until next year to straighten themselves out and become the general manager of the Bucks, but the recent mistake has made him hopeless for promotion in recent years.
'We're not worried at all, yes, we're not worried at all that they're going to cause us problems, we swept the opponents in the regular season, and it's the same in a minute, we're already thinking about the next round of opponents.'
In the Houston Dragons Cavern Arena, Totoro and the other Rockets players were doing a relaxing shooting practice, and the players were talking and laughing in twos and threes, and there was no sign of the tense atmosphere before the playoffs.
A local media came over to interview Totoro, and Totoro replied casually without thinking about it, and at the same time set a death flag for himself.
"Oden? He's good, but I don't think he's at the level of the Great, and now the only person in the league who is qualified to be called the Emperor is James, and he has to add a small print in front of it, Aldridge? Come on, I don't think he'll be able to take advantage of Randolph's David Lee's matchup, they're the only one to worry about Roy, but it's fine, I'll watch him myself tonight, they don't have a chance today. ”
Blowing and blowing, I don't know if it's blowing a big hair, My Neighbor Totoro leaked the team's tactics in advance, which shocked the fans of Totoro and Rockets in front of the TV, what's wrong with his own leader today, shouldn't it be a madman who practiced his exercises? That's not good! Hurry back and take your medicine and come back to the game?