A round and a heavy sky, the stage of death.

The brutality of the NBA playoffs can be seen from the format.

Unlike most soccer competitions, the NBA playoffs, although they are played in an overarching format, are somewhat similar to the knockout stages of a soccer tournament. But unlike football, there are some games that determine life and death, and some home and away games are won or lost.

In the NBA playoffs, between each pair of opponents, it is a best-of-seven game.

"This rule, at the beginning, was a best-of-five game in the first round, and it was changed later."

The plane had landed, and London at the end of summer was filled with a heavy humidity.

The air is a little dreary than in the United States, but it seems to be more orderly.

It's just that Gu Yu and Chen Mu, who had dealt with the British in the league, both knew that dullness and orderliness were just a layer of disguise on the surface of the British.

The real Britain can only be found in the small street pubs on the night of a football match.

"Gurgling Purr"

The wheels of the suitcase glide on the ground of the airport. The flow of people around him was in a hurry, and when they came to the UK, a super sports celebrity like Chen Mu didn't have to wear sunglasses all day long. Because this is a country of football, basketball stars are far less well-known than football players.

Although Chen Mu is in the circle of basketball fans, he is already the first person in the world who everyone knows and knows. But when you come to the UK, British drunkards don't care if you play basketball or baseball or ice hockey.

All they have in their eyes is football.

“…… It's Chen! It's really Chen! ”

"The one next to it is...... Hairstyle brother! Haha, earned it, earned it!! ”

"Sorry, please take a photo! Thank you!! ”

Walking out of the airport all the way, although the two big men, Chen Mu and Gu Yu, attracted some eyeballs, there were still a few Britons who really recognized who they were.

The people who come up to ask for a picture of the ball are all real basketball fans, but if you're really serious, go up and ask them, "When did Chen get his first MVP trophy?" Or, "What's Gu's highest single-game score in the playoffs?" They may not be able to answer such questions.

Because although they are basketball fans, they are still football fans at heart. Basketball is just the most popular sport among the "sports other than football".

“THX！”

After the group photo, the British did not forget to pay attention to the two beauties who accompanied the two.

Compared with Su Yin's girl next door, she is pure and lovely, Xiao Yu's sexy and slender, and her long-legged offensive are obviously more in line with international aesthetics.

The bold Briton even stepped forward with the strength of wine and asked tentatively: "Beauty, can you take a photo with your face......?" ”

"Get out!"

The answer to them was naturally Gu Yu's roar and sandbag-sized fist......

"If it's really like football, it's a game to decide the winner, or two games at most, it's too fortuitous."

While walking out, while dealing with the "enthusiasm" of pseudo-basketball fans, Chen Mu did not forget to continue to communicate with Gu Yu about basketball.

"It's said that football is round, on the one hand, because there are more people involved in a game, and the role that a star player can play is a little bit lower than that, and it's hard to dominate the game by one person - in basketball, that happens every day, right?"

Chen Mu continued: "On the other hand, the football score is low, and there will be draws from time to time, and there is a little accident in any round, resulting in a goal, and the result of the game may be completely changed. ”

"But in modern football, the probability of an upset is decreasing, right?" Gu Yu asked.

"That's true, because in modern football, tactics have become more and more important, and they have even begun to completely override the individual abilities of the players."

Chen Mu nodded and said: "In addition, the football tournament, which is either a single win or a defeat elimination, or a home and away elimination, has further spawned the birth of an underdog. ”

In the world of basketball, there will be relatively few underdogs.

Especially the playoffs.

"If you think about it, there are at least four games in a round, and a team loses to each other in four games, even if one or two of them are coincidences, but what about the next two? Could it be a coincidence? Even if it's really a coincidence, doesn't it prove that the losing team is not strong enough, and the winning team seized these coincidences and went straight down? ”

Chen Mu shrugged his shoulders and said: "So there are few real coincidences in the playoffs, whether it is the so-called Black Eight Miracle, or UNDERDOG winning the championship, these winning teams themselves have the strength to not lose to strong teams, but they are relatively low in the ranking for various reasons." I always feel that being hacked is being hacked, and there is no excuse to find. If you lose, it proves that your strength is insufficient. ”

In the NBA, food is the original sin.

Gu Yu still remembered this sentence.

"So if we can get past Celtic, it proves that we are better than Celtic now. What is a coincidence in basketball? In the final of the 2008 Olympic Games, our Chinese team defeated the United States, which is called a coincidence. ”

Chen Mu is also telling the truth.

"What about the East Final? What interests me the most is the East Final. ”

Gu Yu asked.

"The ...... of the East"

Chen Mu took a deep breath, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, obviously remembering some not-so-good memories.

"If there wasn't 'that thing'...... Maybe we won't be fighting for that long......! ”

"Brother Mu, is that the car??"

The two were still chatting, and Su Yin and Xiao Yu, who were walking in front, had already arrived at the exit of the airport. A car was parked at the door, and a yellow-skinned Chinese stood next to the car, holding a sign with the words "Chen" and "Gu" written on it.

"Ah, it should be!"

Chen Mu nodded, Audi, it is obviously the taste of our Chinese.

“…… It's coming, it's coming! They're coming!! ”

The pick-up person next to the car obviously also noticed the approach of the two big men and the two big beauties, and after carefully identifying them, he immediately became excited, waved his hand and said loudly: "Brother Mu, Brother Hairstyle!" Here! Here! ”

"Yo, the specifications are quite high!"

Taking a closer look, Gu Yu nodded, it was an extended Audi that came to pick up the airport, and this treatment is not something that anyone can enjoy.

"Brother Mu! Hairstyle brother! ”

Seeing the two approaching, the pick-up person hurriedly put away the sign and respectfully saluted the two and said, "Finally waiting for you!" ”

"Hahahaha polite~"

Gu Yu nodded, and pushed the luggage to the other party without being ashamed.

"Thank you!"

Chen Mu is not a person who is rigid about etiquette, seeing that Gu Yu acted first, he hurriedly gave himself and Su Yin's luggage to the other party, and finally waved a bag in his hand and said, "The babies are all here!" ”

"Haha, he'll be happy to see it!"

The pick-up person was also happy, and gave Chen Mu a thumbs up.

"Uh...... He?? ”

Chen Mu was a little puzzled.

He?

How do you say that it seems to know me?

I have seen the list of the national team this time, and there are indeed many old acquaintances, and they usually have a lot of contact.

But the coaching staff has changed, and apart from the coach, the players of the national team will not be very interested in these various basketball materials from the United States!

Who can be called "he"?

Don't......

Su Yin stepped forward to open the car door, and before he could sit down, a head poked out of it.

"Xiao Chen, don't come to harm......?"

This—this is ......

"Old Hu !!"

Chen Mu shouted, attracting many pedestrians nearby.

"Stinky boy, are you so surprised to see me? Yes?! Did you think I was dead or something? You're disappointed that I've lived so long, haven't you?!! ”

Lao Hu was very straightforward, and when he got out of the car, he stretched out his hand and jumped up at Chen Mu's head to hit, but of course he didn't hit it.

"Ahem, cough, ahem, pay attention to the impact on Lao Hu...... There's one of your fans here......"

Chen Mu stretched out his finger and pointed at Gu Yu while dodging.

"I can't kill you turtle grandson...... Ahhh Gu Yu! Hairstyle brother, right? Hahaha, look up for a long time! ”

Lao Hu was halfway through the fight, and seemed to notice that Gu Yu was also beside him, and hurriedly reached out and shook hands with Gu Yu with a smile.

"Where, where, you're welcome, Brother TIGER!"

Gu Yu is like filming a TVB TV series.

“TIGER……？”

Lao Hu was confused.

"Eh, don't worry about it so much, let's get in the car first!"

Chen Mu led everyone into the car, and he was the last to get into the car and close the door.

The car started and drove towards the Olympic Village, where the Chinese team was staying.

"Speaking ......"

After introducing each other in the car and getting acquainted with each other, Chen Mu took the lead in speaking: "Lao Hu, aren't you retreating from the second line?" What are you doing here?? Q I want to sign?? ”

“…… I'll take you to King Yama's for a walk, do you want to?? ”

Lao Hu glared at Chen Mu and said with a smile: "I'm not more familiar with you, and then you took me around the United States many times later." Considering the above, my grasp of the international basketball situation may be more accurate, no, it pulled me out of the warehouse, haha! ”

"Also, this time the whole coaching team has changed, Deng Huade is American, and it may be easier for you to communicate with him."

Gu Yu nodded.

"Yes, this time the situation is not as strong as last time!"

Lao Hu was very proud, patted his chest and said: "Last time, there was Da Yao, and Xiao Chen, one was an NBA All-Star center, the other was an NBA rising star power forward, and the United Arab Emirates and Sun Yue all had NBA-level strength, but everyone felt that our role players were not good, so they were not very optimistic about us." ”

"This time it's different!" Gu Yu also patted his chest and said: "Chen Mu is the first person in the NBA, I am the NBA playoff scoring champion, this combination, see who kills whom!" ”

"Wait a minute...... After only playing one round, I'm embarrassed to call myself the scoring champion?? Chen Mu couldn't listen to it anymore, and couldn't cry or laugh.

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat! When the time comes, I'll show you how popular I am! Gu Yu was triumphant.

"Hahaha, that's right! Xiao Gu is right! ”

Lao Hu was amused by Gu Yu's straightforwardness, and nodded with a smile: "When you arrive at the Olympic Village in a while, you will know it at a glance!" ”

"It's so mysterious......"

Chen Mu was a little unimpressed and shook his head.

However, about half an hour later, when the car stopped downstairs in the Chinese team's accommodation.

Chen Mu really realized how terrible Gu Yu's current popularity was.