Chapter 132: Lotto draw

On May 11, the Boston Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-88 at the Quickloan Arena to win the Battle of Kings Mountain.

James and the Cavaliers, once again, stood on the cliff.

The thrilling G6 will be played at the TD North Shore Garden Arena, the home of the Devils in Boston.

Under the watchful eye, the semi-finals G6 will start on May 13.

In the end, James still didn't cross the Celtics Big Three.

The Cavaliers lost to the Celtics in two straight games, 85-94.

In the post-game greetings between the players of both sides, Boston Wolves Kevin Garnett attached himself to James' ear and said something that affected James' life.

"Don't let loyalty hurt you."

At the post-game press conference, James rejected all questions about the contract extension, only saying that he needed to rest and then think about the contract extension.

The owner and general manager of the Cavaliers also said in an interview that they will provide James with a maximum salary and do their best to keep James here.

But there was a faint feeling in everyone's hearts, James, I'm afraid I'm leaving.

As the pride of the sky, he has been sticking to the small city of Cleveland for 7 years at this time!

How many years does an athlete's career last?

7 years, long enough!

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With the Cavaliers out, the NBA East and West Finals will also kick off.

On May 17, the Eastern Conference Finals G1 began, and the Boston Celtics narrowly defeated the Orlando Magic 92-88 on the road, knocking out the Magic's home-court advantage.

And on the second day, in addition to the first game of the Western Conference Finals, there is one more important thing for Li Kaiming!

Today is the day of the NBA Draft draw!

The NBA draft is the main way for teams to replenish their teams.

For the sake of fairness, the league gives teams with poor records a higher probability of getting a higher pick, and some of the picks cannot be traded.

This method has also been proven by many years of drafting, and it is a relatively fair draft method.

Especially for those teams in the small ball market, sometimes they count on picking a day to take the team to the sky.

Big city teams have an innate advantage when it comes to signing teams.

The most famous example is the national father-in-law, Magic Johnson.

When the Lakers drafted the Magic in 1979, they were still the No. 1 in the league, and the team had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the all-time scoring champion, and James Worthy, a Hall of Famer player, which is why the Magic was able to win the FMVP in his rookie season.

In addition to his own strength, the Lakers are a championship-caliber team in their own right, which also gives the Magic a chance to perform on the Finals stage.

If he is sent to another small city, it would be good to play in the playoffs, and he will also be FMVP, don't even think about it.

This year's draw ceremony was televised.

The bottom 14 teams are ranked according to last season's regular season record, and these teams are drawn for this year's lottery.

Last season, the New Jersey Nets were the leader with a 12-70 record, with a 25 percent chance of being the top pick.

Next is the Minnesota Timberwolves, a 15-67 team that ranks second with a 19.9 percent chance of getting the top pick.

The Kings are third, with a 15.6 percent chance of picking the top pick.

The Warriors and Wizards had the same record, and it was decided by a coin toss, and in the end, the Warriors finished 4th and the Wizards 5th.

Next up are teams with a probability of less than 10 percent, with the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons tied for 5.3 percent.

The probability of the following teams is not more than 3 percent, and the chances of winning the top pick are very small.

Elliott Williams, who is still training with the devil, also rarely found time to come over to Li Kaiming to watch the lottery ceremony together.

The two men stared at the TV screen, very focused.

The NBA lottery is similar to the two-color ball of the lottery, there are 14 small balls with 1-4 written on it, and then they start to shake under the blowing of the blower, and finally according to the order of the out, to determine the ownership of the champion lottery.

According to the current rules, the actual draw results are that the top three picks will be drawn first, and the remaining 4-14 picks will be ranked in reverse order according to the record.

However, in the actual announcement process, it will be announced from the 14th.

In other words, the real lottery-like process is not visible on TV.

After a while, the ceremony began!

The first to come out was the lottery representative of the Rockets!

14th pick, belongs to the Houston Rockets!

Not surprisingly, the Rockets also have the best record of the 14 teams.

13th pick, Toronto Raptors!

The only team in the NBA league that has a foreign team, they also have the second-best record.

12th pick, Memphis Grizzlies!

Li Kaiming's local team is also his hometown team.

11th pick, New Orleans Hornets!

The point guard god welcomed his lottery teammate and was also an 11th overall pick.

10th pick, Indiana Pacers.

The Utah Jazz acquired the 9th draft pick traded from the Knicks.

The Clippers got the No. 8 pick, the Pistons got the No. 7 pick, and the Warriors got the No. 6 pick!

Next up, the Saramento Kings!

No. 5 sign!

No Wizards!

There are no 76 people!

These two teams, which are not as likely as the Warriors and Kings, actually finished in the top 4!

Both Li Kaiming and Williams were a little surprised!

It looks like tonight's draw ceremony is going to be an upset!

No. 4 pick, Minnesota Timberwolves!

The Wizards and 76ers have rushed to the top three!

Good boy!

Li Kaiming and Williams were dumbfounded, especially the 76ers, with a 5% probability of signing the champion, they were able to get the top three picks, which is simply a robbery!

The Timberwolves' lottery representatives have black faces!

One place short of getting the top three, I didn't expect to draw 76ers!

Next, it's time for the exciting first three picks to be revealed!

Signing, New Jersey Nets!

it!

Williams next to Li Kaiming stood up directly and burst into a foul language!

With a 25% probability of winning the lottery, I finally got a probe lot!

I don't know, I thought I was acting in a movie here!

And the Wizards and the 76ers counterattacked all the way to the top 2 picks!

The Nets' lottery representatives are about to cry, how can they go back to pay for this special thing!

I'm afraid that as soon as I return to the team, I will be expelled for stepping into the stadium with my left foot!

Philadelphia 76ers!

Champion sign, Washington Wizards!

The ups and downs of the lottery ceremony came to an end!

Even Li Kaiming didn't expect that in the end, it was a wizard who got the champion sign!

And the moment the draw results came out, Williams on the side patted Li Kaiming on the shoulder.

"Lee, the Wizards' top pick is very good, Washington is a good city, and it is also the capital of the country, congratulations on going to a good place!"

Li Kaiming smiled, "Don't be selected by the Raptors, you will freeze to death when the time comes!" ”

Williams shrunk his neck, rolled his eyes and said to Li Kaiming, "Don't be a crow's mouth, I don't want to add hemp to it!" ”

After seeing Williams off, Li Kaiming sat down on the sofa with a smile on his lips and began to think about his future.

The Wizards are also a good place to go, in his own opinion.

Although he doesn't like those places that are particularly lively, he also doesn't want to go to some backward or remote places.

Like Detroit, Toronto, and so on.

And the teammates of the Wizards are also very good, Gilbert Arenas, who averaged 22 points and 7 assists per game, plus Antoine Jamison, Josh Howard, Caron Butler and other strong forwards, just lack a powerful interior line......

Then I passed by myself, didn't I just make up for the last shortcoming of the wizards?