Winnie and Thurmond took Chamberlain to the Warriors' Bar, not to invite him to drink, but to let him learn about the history of the Warriors and make him understand the responsibility on his shoulders.

It's a moment every Warriors captain goes through, and the last Warriors player to visit the bar was Byron Davis, who has now been traded to the Pistons, but he did leave an indelible impression during his time with the Warriors:

The 2006-07 season was dominated by reports and photos of their Black Eight miracle takedown of the Mavericks.

Interestingly, the Warriors' last game of the regular season this season was at home against Davis' current Pistons, the 82nd game between the two teams and a contest between fifth in the West and third in the East.

Time flies quickly, after Chamberlain visited the Warriors Bar, he has a deeper understanding of this team, and a higher understanding of his responsibilities, especially before he leaves, Mo Bodhi sighed to him: "Do you know the way, man, when I first came to the United States, I was as young as you, and the Warriors at that time had just been formed, yes, just formed, I remember very clearly, when I came to the streets of Philadelphia, I happened to see their first game, and the game was still on the streets at that time, and everyone could watch the game, That's when I fell in love with basketball, even if it was the first time I saw it! ”

"Basketball, the American Dream, a black man, man, can you relate to the connection between them? I don't know how I, a black man born and raised in the desert of Africa, could love this sport so much, in my opinion, it is God's will! ”

"Basketball is my faith, and the Warriors are my totem of Xinyang, I followed it all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast, from free Philadelphia to San Francisco, the Warriors have been working hard, but we have always lacked a little bit of luck, we have had the Big Dipper, Rick Barry and Thurmond these top guys, but only three championships, it's not enough, it's not enough! Moreover, the three championships, even the latest, were already in 1975......"

"In 1975, it was so long ago that I forgot what I was like that year. Z, you're the Warriors' new hope, and the only hope, Thurmond they've never brought a rookie to me, but they brought you, do you know what we expect from you? We want to see the Warriors reborn from the ashes, and you're the only one who can do it! ”

Chamberlain is not the kind of person who is overwhelmed, he has a strong sense of initiative and self-discipline, after returning from the Warriors' bar, he has trained harder and played more seriously, and the Warriors have won 12 of the remaining 16 games in a month, which is already a good result, because their opponents in March and April are all strong teams!

Until the last game on April 16, the Warriors won the fifth place in the West with a 54-27 record and rushed to the playoffs again. In fourth place is the Utah Jazz, who have a 54-28 record, and the Jazz have a worse record than the Warriors in terms of record - even if the Warriors lose to the Pistons in the last game, they will still have a better record than the Jazz if they have won two of their last three games.

However, the Jazz have an advantage, that is, they have the worst record in the Northwest Division of the three Western Divisions, they are the leaders of the Northwest Division, and according to NBA regulations, they are ranked ahead of the second Warriors in the Pacific Division.

This season's Western Conference playoff race has reached an unprecedented level of brutality, with the first Spurs in the West with a 57-25 record so far, the second-placed Lakers with a 56-26 record, and the third-place Hornets with a 55-26 record, while the Jazz are in fourth place, the Suns in sixth place are 53 wins, the Mavericks in seventh have 52 wins, and the Rockets in eighth place are also 52 wins, but they are also Texas teams, and they have lost three of their four meetings with the Mavericks. So the Mavericks are one spot ahead of them.

In ninth place in the West is Iverson's Nuggets, who unfortunately failed to make the playoffs this season, even though they have the golden double guns, even though they have 51 wins - this is the first time in NBA history that a team has won more than 50 games without making the playoffs!

Iverson left the court blushing after the Nuggets' final game, refusing to attend a press conference and disappearing from the public. This season really broke his heart, he was bent on winning the championship, leaving the 76ers who selected him and popularized him to the Nuggets with a stronger interior line, is it not for the championship? As a result, it is better to stay in the East, at least in the East, where the 76ers are still in the playoffs this year, even though they only have a record of 42 wins.

Looking at the 30 teams this season, the Nuggets are the most miserable, they have two All-Star players Iverson and Anthony, and they also have three All-Star level interior players Camby, Martin and Nene , but they haven't even made the playoffs, and no one really thought they would have such a bad record before this season.

In fact, the Nuggets' record is not bad, and it can only be said that they are unlucky to encounter such an era.

If the Nuggets are the saddest one, then the Celtics and Lakers are undoubtedly the luckiest two, in no particular order.

After a gap of 21 years, the "Purple and Gold" and the Green Shirts are finally very likely to be potential NBA Finals opponents again, and "Zen Master" Phil Jackson said yesterday when they played their last regular season game: "Maybe some people will crawl out of the grave...... It's definitely nostalgic! ”

Yes, the Lakers and Celtics have not met in the Finals since 1987, and it is very likely that these two teams will meet in the Finals this year, the East is dominated by the Celtics, and the Spurs have the best record in the West, but considering that the Lakers only got Gasol in December and have Gasol's record is the best in the league, then they are indeed likely to be the team with the most laugh in the West.

Now the media is widely optimistic that the Lakers will become the champion of the West, although the Spurs are very powerful, but the opponent they will play in the second round is either the Warriors or the Jazz, the resilience of these two teams is definitely a tiger in today's NBA, but the third Hornets Although the record is good, no one thinks they can bring any trouble to the Lakers, Paul is too tender.

Of course, the reason why the media thinks so is also related to the general trend of the alliance, and it is safe to say that Stern must have waited for this day for a long time.

The Celtics and the Lakers, this is not simply equivalent to the revival of the Lakers dynasty or the green dynasty, but will allow a generation to relive the classics and glory of the "black and white" era, and evoke nostalgia for "Big Bird" Bird and "Magic" Johnson, a pair that opened the NBA's modern glory.

Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen, Gasol, and Coby stand at both ends of the pitch, and it can be expected that in the front row of the arena stands, Bird, McHale, Parish and "Skyhook" Abdul-Jabbar and "Magic" Johnson are chatting and laughing together. Perhaps, and Bill Russell......

In the last few games, the Celtics' "Big Three" have two full truces, and the Hulk II team can still peel off the dignity of the Bobcats and Knicks at will. Garnett averaged 19 per game. 0 points, 12. 5 rebounds and 3. 2 assists, Pierce 19. 8 points, 5. 2 plates and 4. 6 assists, Ray Allen 17. 6 points, 3. 7 rebounds and 3. 1 assist, the "Big Three" contributed 56 per game. 4 points, which is half the points per game average of most teams.

In addition, the Celtics' younger teammates also got enough workouts, "Aliens" and P. J。 Brown's arrival adds depth and playoff experience to the bench. And the Lakers have the all-powerful Kobe Bryant and potential center Bynum, in addition, the "Zen Master" after accusing McHale and Angie of being a bad guy in trading Garnett, getting Gasol is enough to satisfy them, which is also a perfect team.

But all this is not a certainty, because the west is too chaotic now.

The most common western scenes of Hollywood shootouts are now played out in the NBA, where there are chaotic scenes such as bar clashes, cowboy rush showdowns, hand-to-hand fights on horseback and train thieves, but in reality they are chaotic battles.

The Spurs went to the top of the West 57-25, but ultimately only one win ahead of the third-place Hornets. The Nuggets were brilliant and vigorous, and their 51-31 record became the best playoff team record in NBA history. Even the Trail Blazers and Kings, who missed the playoffs earlier, vowed to carry on the situation to the end, and strong teams such as the Spurs, Hornets, Lakers, and Rockets were pulled down by them one by one.

It was one of the most chaotic years in league history, and the word wild no longer even describes the competition between teams in the West. Bryant said: "The regular season rankings don't really have an essential meaning, and in such a special season, the team that wins the most is the team that plays better in the playoffs. As Tony Parker said when he led France to the European Championships, "There are 10 teams in Europe right now that have the strength to lift the trophy. ”

Now that the wild regular season is over, the wilder playoffs are just around the corner!

However, wild does not mean the championship, although the overall strength of the west is far better than that of the east, but the championship has not yet been settled, and the strength of the west is just an illusion for the top teams in the east.

Regarding the illusion, Xing Ye had the best interpretation in the movie "Domestic Zero Zero Paint": "This looks like a hair dryer, but it's actually a razor." ”

It is true that the Kings, who are 11th in the West, can all rank eighth in the East, but this does not mean that the Kings, Trail Blazers, and Nuggets can be very competitive in the playoffs, and in the end, it is also a big unknown whether the team in the West can win the championship.

The Celtics in the East are the best team in nearly 22 years with a 66-16 record, 19 games ahead of the first-place Lakers.

Many fans initially questioned how the Celtics would be in the West, and the Celtics fought back with action, they had an absolute 25-5 advantage against Western teams this season, and in the most difficult journey of the 5-day tour of the Southwest Division from March 18 to 23, 4 games in 5 days, and Ray Allen was absent in the first two "Big Three", the Celtics still defeated the Spurs, Rockets and Mavericks, and finally lost due to fatigue on the fifth day of the matchup with the Hornets.

In this year's West, Kobe Bryant said that there is no essential gap in the strength of the team in the playoffs, in fact, the Lakers play the Hornets, the Spurs play the Rockets, the Hornets play the Mavericks, and the Jazz beat the Warriors.

When the final lucky ones in the West pass the test and stand in front of the Celtics, how many more can they hold out at the end of the crossbow? The '06 Mavericks even took a 2-0 advantage, which ultimately led to the Heat's comeback.

The imbalance between the East and the West is that the West is strong and the East is weak, and it has become the biggest "illusion" in the NBA, where everything is measured by championships, and if the Eastern team wins the championship in the end, I don't know how David Stern views the prosperity of the West, perhaps we should seriously consider George Carr's call - "Let the 16 teams with the best records in the league enter the playoffs".

The Hornets are the dark horses to lock up third in the West, and the Magic are pushing to third in the East with unprecedented momentum, but they are the most desirable opponents for playoff seeded teams without home-court advantage.

Paul has never had playoff experience, Magic big man Howard had a hard time in the playoffs last year, and their other core Lewis always acted like he had taken money from his opponent in key games and crunch moments, and of course, the Hornets have a similar Peja Stojakovic.