Chapter Sixty-Nine: Man, We're Finally About to Start the Real Battle!
The big win was a game in which the Pistons sounded the horn of a counterattack.
In Game 6 of the playoffs, Maddy, who returned to his home court, looked to adjust himself, scoring 37 points in a single game, the highest since he scored 43 points in the first game of the series, and judging from his shooting percentage of less than 40%, he is still constrained by the Pistons' defense.
Rick Carlisle's use of Prince is a stroke of genius.
No one expected that this weak-looking first-year rookie would have such an excellent ability to help defend entanglement.
And this is not the first time he has completed a "stroke of genius", Daben is his last masterpiece!
The big score came to a 3-3 draw, and the home court returned to the Pistons, at this time the whole momentum has completely drifted back to Detroit, and the Magic, which lost the best chance to advance, lost to the Pistons by 15 points in the last game, suffering a 3-1 to 3-4 reversal.
Woody, who watched Game 5 live, followed Game 7 of the series at home.
Maddy, who impressed Woody in the "Christmas War", made him feel a little stretched in this game, scoring only 21 points and shooting less than 30% from the field......
The destruction of Shu Kingdom, all the sin is him!
Woody didn't forget to text Ben Wallace to congratulate him on his comeback.
I thought that this text message would not be replied to until at least the next day, but I didn't expect that at 11 o'clock in the evening, Ben Wallace called him directly:
"Did the boy see that? This is the NBA, you never know what's going to happen in the next second before it happens, trust me, here, it's full of big scenes, but it depends on whether you're that 'Mr. Big Scene'! โ
You can feel his excitement just by listening to his tone.
It's no wonder that in the history of the NBA, there have been hundreds of times when you have fallen behind 1-3 in the playoffs, but there have only been 6 times when you have gone from 1-3 to 4-3 in the history of the NBA!
The most recent came in '97, when the Heat trailed the Knicks 1-3 in the semifinals and ended up in three straight games to reach the Eastern Conference Finals 4-3!
And this happened only 2 times in the 90s, and only 1 time in the 80s!
The sample size was so small that after Game 4 of the series, not only did Maddie get carried away, but many media outlets thought that the third "Black Eight" in NBA history was about to be born.
As a result, in such a situation, the Pistons were stunned to burst out of their "iron-blooded blood", snatched the "victory lady" who was about to be swallowed by Maddie, and guarded the "goose" in their back basket.
Woody went to the NBA for the money, and he would never deny that.
If he hadn't had the system, he might still be struggling with whether to choose basketball or not.
But watching Ben Wallace play out such a story in the NBA, he is a little more fascinated by the NBA.
And it's not about money, he's eager to pull off a famous scene like Ben Wallace's.
If I have to say a reason......
is probably such a big scene, which touched the threshold of Woody's "star disease"!
He loves the feeling of standing in the spotlight!
In early May, Woody returned to his alma mater, St. Mary's, for a graduation party, where he was the center of attention as soon as he appeared on the stage. Countless girls' boots stared at him.
It is not an exaggeration to say that as long as he gives a look, he will immediately strip naked from head to toe.
It's just that Woody doesn't have that mind.
He had already thought about it, anyway, the first time it was cheap, other women, it was better to find a famous and slightly experienced "old driver" to take him. There will definitely be "old drivers" at tonight's party, but the fame is too small, at least not to the extent that Woody is willing to give "the first time".
What?
You say that a big man, is it necessary to care so much for the first time?
Chill the breath!
When will we men be able to stand up!
Isn't a man's "first time" a "first time"?
It's really down!
On May 2, Woody met with Adi's representatives again to shoot a promotional video for the official announcement.
Since this official announcement video was released after May 16th, when the NBA lottery had ended, it was the time when the teams began tryouts, so "Magic" Johnson put forward his own idea: "We can use Woody's trial scene as an entry point to give Woody's physical talent more directly with numbers, so that everyone can intuitively feel Woody's physical talent!" โ
"How fast he can run, how high he can jump, his explosiveness, his static talent, all show it in front of the camera without reservation, everyone will know what kind of monster newcomer Adi has signed!"
Johnson is definitely a genius at storytelling, and when he told the story of Michael Jordan's magical ball in the air, Adi's director took his advice and changed his mind at the time.
In the morning, the shooting of the promotional video was successfully completed.
On May 8, Johnson threw a party for Woody.
After today, Woody officially turns 18 years old.
The whole party was going according to Woody's intentions. - Originally, Woody handed over this matter to Johnson, but after listening to his arrangements for the entire party process, Woody felt that he would probably not be able to save this "first time". And don't ban 18, you can't stop it with 20 bans, and in the end he vetoed Johnson's opinion and made the party more private.
There were no outsiders invited to the whole party, except for the Stephen Curry family and Perkins, the rest of the "Magic" Johnson family and his second uncle Wu Erzhuang arrived at home.
Oh, by the way, and his second uncle's new girlfriend, a blonde with big waves, convex and backward, full of S-shaped curves.
I don't know if I've been messing with Lao Hei for a long time recently, and his second uncle's aesthetics are now too old and black!
Wu Erzhuang, who has a girlfriend, looks even more hilarious!
Woody is not worried that the second uncle will have weak legs if he has such a girlfriend, but he is worried about whether the blonde in front of him can hold up a spear that has not been sharpened for more than 40 years.
Don't underestimate the "inventory" of old men!
Just look at Michael Jordan, the third comeback, the average score per game can still get 20 points, and even if the physical load really can't support the current NBA intensity, this average score can be increased again.
"The God of Basketball", terrifying.
"Magic" Johnson's family is here today, and in addition to his wife, he has two sons.
The eldest son's name is Andre Johnson.
Tall, like a "magician second generation" posture.
But unfortunately, Andre has little interest in basketball, he wants to be a good investor and businessman.
The second son's name is Eยท J. Johnson.
It can only be said that Johnson's genes are really strong, and the brothers are five or six years apart, but they look like they are carved out of a mold.
And his physical condition looks good, although he is only 10 years old, he has a strong figure and slender limbs, no matter how you look at it, he is the material for playing basketball.
E.J. Johnson's birth was a bit bumpy.
When his mother was pregnant with him, it happened to be when Johnson was diagnosed with AIDS, so his mother rushed to the hospital for a check-up, but fortunately, there was no problem, and E.J. Johnson was born safely.
However, compared to the outgoing and talkative "Magic" Johnson, E.J. Johnson's personality is too shy, and when Woody greets him, he still hides behind his mother, and then dares to show his head and secretly look at Woody.
Not like a little boy, but like a little girl......
Johnson also has a headache, and his son is too introverted!
After the "coming-of-age ceremony" at the age of 18, Woody officially entered the second phase of special training to prepare for the upcoming trial.
Therefore, the second phase of special training focuses on Woody's physical fitness-related training.
On May 15th, the 03 NBA lottery that many teams are looking forward to officially arrived.
Under the auspices of David Stern's "fair and open", the top 10 picks are: Cavaliers, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Raptors, Heat, Clippers, Bulls, Bucks, Washington Wizards, New York Knicks......
Among them, the happiest was naturally the representative of the Cavaliers, and the moment the result was revealed, he pounced on the representative of the Grizzlies next to him.
The world-famous painting "The Joys and Sorrows Between People Are Not Connected" was born.
If the Cavaliers representative is the most excited on the scene, then the Grizzlies representative should be the most desperate, not that the second pick in the first round is not good, but ...... As long as their pick this year is not the top pick, they will be sent to the Detroit Pistons, and they will give someone a first-round second pick for nothing, and it is such a "draft year", you say, are they happy?
Damn Stu Jackson, you're a sinner in all of Memphis!
In '97, it was this deal that gave away the Grizzlies' signing in '03 to the Pistons!
Now that he's patted his ass and left, leaving such a big hole, what's even more infuriating is that he's still the NBA's negative president, which is really special......
Relying on the defense!
After the results of the top 10 picks were announced, "Magic" Johnson's mobile phone was extremely busy, and in less than 1 hour, he received tryout invitations from 8 teams with the top 10 picks.
With the exception of the Nuggets and Clippers, other teams have shown interest in Woody!
Johnson shook his phone at Woody, "Dude, we're finally going to start the real fight!" โ