Pick Westbrook

Chapter 104 Let's go! (Please recommend a monthly ticket)

Day two.

The league's East and West rankings are all settled.

From first to eighth in the West: Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Hornets, Oklahoma City Thunder.

Eastern standings: Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat, Philadelphia 76ers.

Among them, the fifth-ranked Chicago Bulls are really surprising.

Because in the process of Rose and Westbrook competing for the best rookie, both teams played a very gorgeous record, and the Bulls even won 6 consecutive victories against the league's weak teams in the final stage.

Even so, the Eagles are still the one with the better record, but unfortunately, the Eagles lost all the last three games, which gave the Bulls a rise in ranking.

"There is no need to question it, the Eagles are deliberately avoiding the Bucks." Big Mouth Barkley said contemptuously.

If there is a team in the Eastern Conference that is deliberately avoiding the Celtics and Cavaliers, that is, escaping from the 7th and 8th rankings in the Eastern Conference, then Barkley still thinks it is justifiable, after all, the strength of these two teams is really strong. is too strong.

But you Eagles are deliberately avoiding the Bucks, what does that mean?
Kenny Smith remembered the final stage of the regular season, the Bucks' victory over the Eagles.

In that game, the Eagles almost made sufficient preparations before the game, and they played against the Bucks' weaknesses from the beginning of the game, but in the end, the Eagles still lost.

"That game should have dealt a lot of confidence to the Eagles and coach Mike Woodson, so they deliberately avoided the Bucks because they thought they were no match for the Bucks at all."

Kenny Smith speculated.

Barkley spat, "Even though the Bucks played a very smooth offense and a good record in the regular season, it is their first time to reach the playoffs, and there are still many rookies in the team, so there is no need to be so afraid." ?
Coach Mike Woodson is such a disappointment! "

The league then announced the ownership of various awards in the regular season.

James beat Kobe with 37% of the votes with 22% and was successfully elected as the MVP.

The DPOY award for the best defensive player was unsurprisingly given to Dwight Howard, and the SMOY award for the league's best sixth man was the Jets Jason Terry.

The Most Improved Player Award MIP is Yi Jianlian.

Li Lai and Hammond were both surprised by the award of Yilianlian.

But if you think about it carefully, Yi Jianlian, who averaged only 8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist last season, has directly soared to 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists this season, and was also successfully selected as an All-Star. The ultra-long three-pointer is unique in the league. , it seems entirely plausible that he would be the Most Improved Player.

The last award, which is also the award that fans all over the United States hotly discuss at the end of the regular season, is the league's best rookie ROY.

The result was a surprise, Westbrook and Rose shared this honor!
"The league is not without such a precedent. As early as the 1970-71 season, rookies Cowens and Petrie shared the best rookie award."

"Then in the 1994-95 season, Jason Kidd and Grant Hill also shared the Rookie of the Year award."

"The same was true for Francis and Brand as recently as the 1999-2000 season."

"That is to say, there have been three examples of sharing the best rookie in the history of the league, so it is not uncommon for Westbrook and Rose to share."

It's just that Li Lai is still dissatisfied with the result.

Because Westbrook's strength at the end of the season is definitely the most important rookie among all rookies, even if the opponent is Windy Rose, he can't compare.

"So these media still can't abandon Rose, who looks better with talent. Even if Westbrook performed so well, he can only share it."

And the next playoffs for the Bucks happened to be against the Bulls, and it happened that Westbrook and Rose played in the same position.

"interesting!"

"This duel is the best proof that the best rookie award belongs!"

And after the alliance announced the awards, Li Lai's list of gods was shaken very quickly.

The black statue of Westbrook slowly cracked under the vibration, and the vibration did not stop completely until part of the stone on the right arm and body fell off, exposing the shiny golden part inside.

It turned out that this was not a stone carving, but a golden statue.

At the same time, a message was transmitted from the list of gods to Li Lai's mind.

[The staged goal of the Conferred God mission is completed. 】

[Westbrook:
All-Star MVP, regular season scoring champion, best defensive player DPOY, regular season MVP, best rookie, single-season triple-double, championship, FMVP.

Complete 4 items to become a god, and 1 items have been completed. 】

[Unlock Westbrook's skill: Giant Killer (Bronze), when attacking the inside with the ball, the breakthrough success rate increases by 1%, the impact of defense is reduced by 1%, and the dunk success rate is increased by 1%, which can be adjusted with the growth of the player's own strength and practice upgrades. 】

Immediately, there was a ripple in the blue waves that fell from the sky into the list of gods, and a spring of clear water turned into a bead and landed beside Westbrook's stone statue, circling around the other side.

That's Westbrook's skill.

Li Lai was amazed. Before, he was still curious that there was no reward reminder after completing the task of Conferred God. Now it seems that the reward should be this.

"That is to say, every time he helps Westbrook complete a goal of becoming a god, he will have one more skill, and this skill is also very practical.

But what if the goals are all accomplished? "

Li Lai was very curious. It would be impossible to add 8 skills to Westbrook.

Then let others not play.

After a day off, the Bucks all returned to the training hall to start warming up.

Tomorrow night they will usher in the first game of the playoffs, against the Bulls at home.

Tyronn Lue was still there constantly preparing the Bulls' information, and analyzed the opponent's offensive and defensive advantages and disadvantages one by one, including the current state of the Bulls players, who's three-point shooting is unstable, and whose free throw is the best. A great hidden danger, Tylen Lue has done everything in detail and comprehensively.

"This is the first time I have entered the playoffs as a member of the coaching staff. I must provide great help to Coach Li Lai, alleviate his troubles during the game, and prove my worth."

Tyronn Lue clearly knows that he is now in the last year of his contract, and he will definitely retire next year, so he is very eager to stay in the Bucks as a new assistant coach.

Especially after seeing the huge contract offered by the Bucks to Villanueva, including the largest shooting trainer contract in history signed when dealing with Reggie Miller, Tyronn also wanted to have one for himself. share.

Thinking of this, Tai Lunlu subconsciously looked towards the training ground.

Li Lai was leading the players to chat, laugh and spank. Apart from practicing some three-point shooting, all the players were doing relaxation training.

"I'll give it! What kind of head coach is this damn? He's going to play in the playoffs tomorrow night, and he's still playing!"

But Tyronn Lue soon felt that something was wrong, because Li Lai was the most stubborn in the past, especially in the training of the players, he has always been very tight.

That's why the Bucks players basically have no rest this season, and Westbrook even almost played the entire regular season.

But now that the diametrically opposite picture appeared, Tyronn Lue naturally became more and more puzzled.

"Is this some secret weapon that you didn't tell me?"

Reggie Miller, who had accompanied the players to practice three-pointers, came up and said, "This is no secret weapon."

"Most of the Bucks players are too young, so the more intense the game is, the more they need to relax and adjust their mentality."

"If you put more pressure on them, it will make them more nervous on the field."

Reggie Miller is very satisfied with Li Lai's approach, and he is also looking forward to the performance of the Bucks in the first round of the series.

If they are lucky enough to beat the Bulls and reach the second round of the Eastern Conference, this is already a great success for the Bucks this season, and it can also bring these rookies extremely important playoff experience.

Reggie Miller suddenly took a long breath and read softly: "Li Lai, the playoffs are the real battle in the NBA."

Bradley Arena.

"Welcome to the NBA08-09 season, the first round of the playoffs, the Bucks vs. Bulls at home!"

Kenny Smith's rousing shout was followed by deafening shouts and screams from the Milwaukee crowd.

The color of the Bucks' home ball is green, so all the fans put on green jerseys to cheer for the home team in tonight's game.

"The Bucks go win!"

"Kill the Chicago Bulls!"

"We are invincible!"

"Li Lai, if you dare to lose tonight's game, I will cut off three of your legs!"

Barkley was so frightened by the home atmosphere of Bradley Arena that he showed a shocked expression. Even if he is used to seeing the big scenes in the playoffs, he felt that the power tonight was a bit too hot.

Li Lai looked at the fans and tonight's opponents calmly, until the Bucks' mascot Bongo rushed across the field holding a huge battle flag, and he recovered from the fighting emotions.

This was not the first time he had seen Bongo. Li Lai had already been attracted by Bongo's passionate pre-match cheers as early as the opening match.

In the playoffs, Bongo worked harder than ever.

"Get to know who Bongo is dressing up when you get a chance, because he's the one who really loves the Bucks."

At this time, the Bucks player channel.

The arena outside is noisy.

Motivation before the game.

Artest called all his teammates over and put Westbrook in the middle.

Everyone raised their hands high and clasped together, and then they all bumped their heads together.

Artest closed his eyes and whispered: "There are two important days in a person's life, one is the day you were born, and the other is the day you know why you were born.

And we were born to win! "

Everyone raised their heads at this moment with firm eyes.

Westbrook glared at the direction of the player tunnel, angrily pulled his training uniform and shouted.

"Let's go!!!"

(End of this chapter)