When he was still at the peak of the Wheat, he once set the most toxic and effective death flag in the Magic, and he once said that when he led the Pistons 3:1 in the series, he said, "If it was last year, I would have thought about the next round of opponents now", because the 2001 playoffs were a best-of-five system, and the Wheats had already passed the first round of the playoffs last year.

But this year's best-of-7 system is a best-of-7 system, and it is because of what he said such humiliating words that the Pistons five tiger generals chased Maddie out in three games in a row like they were thirsty for medicine, which can be described as the most typical non-action.

My Neighbor Totoro has now set the same flag, many fans are worried that their leader is not deep enough, and he will not be able to escape this curse, but for this kind of argument, Totoro is laughing it off, people always like to attribute some coincidental things to metaphysics, thinking that all this is a curse, but Totoro feels that this kind of remarks is ridiculous, the NBA is the most important place to look at strength, there are 7 games in a series, maybe the Trail Blazers can win one or two games by luck, but if the Trail Blazers can win four games and advance, I'm afraid it's not a matter of luck, but a gap in strength.

Today is the first game of the playoffs, there are two teams in the east and west to start the opening game of the playoffs, the west is the Lakers to the Rockets, the east is the Cavaliers and the Magic, this is not the first few in the league to be eligible for the opening game, but the league to see whose game the fans want to see, the league will put the games of those teams as the focus of the game, and now it also corresponds to this, the most famous Howard and Yao Ming in the center position, the most famous Totoro and James in the small forward, Kobe Bryant and Wade, the most famous shooting guards, and Paul, the freshman point guard, will all appear in the league's first-round games.

Now is an era of NBA dominance, with the improvement of broadcast technology, the outside world's attention to the NBA has long exceeded Jordan's time, it used to be the NBA in the United States, and now it has gradually transformed into the NBA all over the world, so the nature of the league has gradually developed from the basketball field to the commercial field, as long as anyone can make money for the league, the league will support this player, and the referee's whistle is different from the scale of ordinary players.

So Totoro doesn't think the Trail Blazers have the slightest chance to win, his ability to absorb money is estimated to be worth the Trail Blazers' entire team, in comparison, the league must want to let themselves advance, because I don't know how many fans are looking forward to them being able to meet the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, so the Trail Blazers will undoubtedly lose, the hard power can't be compared, the big guy is still inclined to himself, the home court advantage is one more for them, the right time and place and people are there for them, the Trail Blazers really want to win can only take the top of their heads.

The multiplier offered by the peripheral betting company to the Trailblazer and the Rockets in this round of the series is 1:125, that is, if the Rockets win, the person who buys the Rocket 125 yuan can only earn one dollar, in the same way, if the Trailblazer wins, the person who buys the Trailblazer can earn 125 yuan for 1 yuan, such a crazy multiplier is staggering, but knowing that this is the case, everyone is still happy to buy the Rocket instead of the so-called underdog, because the difference in strength between the two teams is too obvious, and at this time dare to buy the Trailblazer, It's either a bad brain or a real faith fan, and it's the kind that doesn't kill anyway.

Of course, the eventual winner of the series is one thing, and there are also company openings in each game, and although the multiplier is not as exaggerated as 1:125, there is also a difference of about 1:10.

My Neighbor Totoro has privately discussed with Da Yao and the rest of the main Rockets players that they have to win the first game, and they must win by a big margin, so that everyone can see the difference in strength between them and the Trail Blazers, and when the bookmakers pull the odds bigger the next day, they will start their own show.

Everyone quietly bought the first game to win and the second to lose, anyway, the game was played by themselves, the ball was in their own hands, is there anyone who can control the outcome of the game more than themselves?

This is undoubtedly playing match-fixing, but the problem is that it is not right to know that match-fixing, especially sorry for the fans who have been bothering to pursue them, but the phenomenon of match-fixing is repeatedly prohibited, because if it is controlled by the players themselves, match-fixing is hidden and difficult to be detected, and it is really upset to lose a game, and the fans are not to blame them for anything, is there a team in history that won all 72 regular season games? That's simply impossible, if they lose, they can at most review themselves in front of the media, and then express their confidence in winning the next game, even if this matter is over, do the fans really shoot them with guns because they lost a game?

And this kind of concealment is high, but the harvest of paying small things is very high, even if the ratio is 1:15, Totoro they quietly buy 10,000 US dollars is a return of 150,000 US dollars, and a whole team buys together is 1.5 million US dollars of income, don't worry that the bookmaker will not be able to pay this money, in fact, the bookmaker still wants to have a few more such upsets, because the number of people who buy the Rockets to win is always greater than the number of people who buy the Trail Blazers to win, and the rocket rate is low, in order to make the income considerable, Those who eat the old insurance are basically spending blood to eat the old insurance, and the bookmaker will naturally make a lot of money when it encounters such an unpopularity.

After Yao Ming first knew about this, he was actually a little resistant in his heart, thinking that it was not good to do such a thing with a clear conscience, but Totoro didn't care at all, those guys who bought spinach also deserved it, what was not good to learn was to learn to gamble, and doing it himself was equivalent to helping this group of people quit gambling in disguise, if you think about it this way, what he is doing is a good deed.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, the outside of the Dragonborn Cave Arena began to be full of people, this is the fourth time that Yao Ming has entered the playoffs after staying in the Rockets, which is different from the past, this is the playoffs they are most looking forward to, everyone knows that this year's Rockets lineup is not simple, they must not just yearn for the simple goal of entering the playoffs.

After no grand opening ceremony, a short press conference, a 20-minute simple warm-up of the players, and a general introduction by the emcee to the names of the team's players, the first game of the playoffs began just after the referee's whistle.

The Rockets actually prepared some gimmicks at the opening ceremony, but the Chinese bosses did not decide to use those gimmicks in the first round, and the league hopes to rely on Totoro and Yao Ming to open the Chinese market to make money from the Chinese, and those Chinese bosses, in turn, don't want to use the Rockets to open the American market and the global market, so as to earn the dollars and pounds of those Yankees and Westerners?

Yao Ming won the ball for the Rockets, and in order to play the opening momentum, Totoro accelerated to the front court the moment the ball was thrown by the referee, and after the little giant earned the basket, he ran right under the opponent's basket.

During this time, the coaching staff and players of the Trail Blazers studied the Rockets' game habits and tactical arrangements day and night, and they are well aware of Totoro's habitual movements, especially the French rookie Bartom who has been playing against Totoro so far.

This French small forward, who is also tall and has long arms and excellent defense, has watched the video of Totoro countless times in the past few days, reading the information report given to him by the trainer when eating, and watching the highlights of Totoro with his mobile phone when he goes to the toilet, and there are praise reports about Totoro in the video recorder when he takes a bath, and he must recite Totoro's name several times before going to bed, otherwise he will not be able to sleep.

He and Totoro are the same rookie, once naïve he always wanted to step on Totoro on the top, let others know that he is actually a guy who relies on his skin color to get into the lotto show, and he should be under his own ranking in terms of real strength, but there is an old saying that real gold is not afraid of fire, and after a few fights, people will see the gap between the other party and themselves clearly.

Bartom has been questioned and ridiculed by tons, because people always like to see other people's jokes, he once provoked Totoro unashamedly, and after the failure, others held on to him, and every day a few idle panicked guys ran to his Weibo Facebook to brush their sense of existence, saying that he was not ashamed to say that he didn't want to be embarrassed or something, and Bartom said that he was very hurt.

But he Batatom is not a player who is easy to bully, or willing to admit defeat.

Maybe when others see this gap, they can't stand the pressure to come out and apologize and admit defeat, as long as he is officially perverted in front of the media, those idle guys who hurt the eggs have no reason to ridicule Bartom again, this stubborn Frenchman just doesn't do this, he keeps all the ridicule and ridicule of others in his heart these days, he is not afraid of these negative effects on himself, and he is not disgusted by these hateful remarks of ordinary people, on the contrary, he also regards this as a spur to himself, So that he can continue to work hard and make progress until he can one day defeat him who brings all his own shame.

My Neighbor Totoro is also quite innocent, he never wanted to find trouble with others in the first place, it was all about others wanting to find him, and after he couldn't beat himself, he used himself as a negative teaching material to motivate, what could he do?

But don't talk about these, Bartoum's progress is visible to the naked eye, he is getting stronger every day, his confrontation ability is better, his shooting is more stable, and his defense is better, according to the parallel world, this should have been a standard that he can only reach in two or three years, just because he was stimulated by Totoro, he completed what he used to do for three years in one day, and he should really have to thank Totoro.

My Neighbor Totoro ran to the basket, Bartom also followed up to the basket, Totoro stuck Bartom's position and wanted to ask for the ball, but there was a huge force behind him that did not belong to him, Totoro was not ready, and the position that was originally going to be was squeezed out by Batum again, which made Totoro a little surprised.

"Interesting!"

It's just that he still received Yao Ming's basketball, although it is not the best position, but there is no dead end for Totoro on this basketball court, and he does not have the saying that ordinary players have a hot spot for shooting.

Before the other members of the Trail Blazers arrived, Totoro threw the ball with a big lean back to avoid Bartom's block, which was more difficult, but because the game had just begun, Totoro didn't do any sports that were beneficial to physical and mental health last night, and his physical strength was very sufficient today, so he was still very sure of this ball.

Bartom stretched out his arms and couldn't cover Totoro's slightly backward basketball, so he could only watch in vain as the basketball in the air crossed a beautiful trail and bounced off the rebound into the frame.

"You can't be naïve to try to stop me, right? I'm sorry I have a hundred and one ways to score and I only used 50 of them in the regular season, so it's even more frustrating to give up, and it's even more frustrating to try and fail in the end. ”

As soon as Totoro saw that his opponent seemed to be prepared, he immediately activated his mouth cannon skill in an attempt to disturb Bartom's emotions.

But Bartom is not affected in the slightest, he has been subjected to too much criticism and accusations in this regular season, these negative factors have made him strong enough to ignore anyone's verbal attacks, and Totoro's always invincible mouth cannon skills have also failed.

Coming to the Trail Blazers' offensive link, the five Trail Blazers players began to run honestly, and Oden pulled out to block Blake, who controlled the ball. Instead of obsessively competing with Yao Ming on the inside, Aldridge also pulled up to the top and took Randolph to clear the interior for the Trail Blazers, Roy immediately received the basketball and shook Iguodala with a realistic fake shot, and then scored on the inside with a one-handed dunk.

"Something is wrong!"

Adelman frowned when he saw the Trail Blazers' first offense, this opponent was obviously prepared, and this is only in tactics, in the player's mental level. The Trail Blazers have also put themselves in a lower position, the whole team is not arrogant or impatient, calm and calm, compared to the Rockets who have been training like a game in the past two days, they are too prepared for this playoffs.

My neighbor Totoro on the field also saw the other party's dedication to this game, but he didn't have Adelman's worries, in his opinion, the team's talent and hard power are the decisive factors, I am stronger than you is stronger, what, is it still like in the anime world in the real world, can you turn the tables when you roar twice when the wind is headwind? It simply doesn't exist.

"I can see that you are working hard, but big brother, the gap between us cannot be solved by your efforts, I advise you to give up resistance obediently and let me be at my mercy, if you must be obsessed, I admire you spiritually, but in action, you don't blame me for being ruthless."