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Chapter 112 113: The Gate of the Playoffs

113: The door to the playoffs

The Lakers have been the hottest team lately, but the end of their winning streak in the U.S. isn't exactly big news. There are seven or eight games going on in the NBA every day, and it is normal for whoever wins to lose.But the performance of the Lakers next made many media see some clues.Because of the NBA ranking rules, the Lakers have no hope of surpassing the Suns and can only sit in the fourth position in the West, so they just need to ensure that they are not surpassed by the Mavericks.

The next game completely became a place for the Lakers to train troops. Kobe played 30 minutes in each game and kept his average score of about 30 points. Everything was OK.And Chris Webber's playing time has been repeatedly reduced by Qin Tao, and it is obvious that he has made final preparations for the playoffs.But just like that, they can still keep winning.In the last ten games, except for the Lakers who showed their full strength in the two games against the Suns, the other games were basically paddling.

If the end of the regular season of the Lakers this season is the most memorable is their two home and away games against the Suns, in which the two teams experienced three overtime games in the away game and finally ended with Kobe's lore end.These two epic battles are the two games with the highest ratings in the NBA regular season.For a time, there was a wave of basketball offensive frenzy all over the world.

When the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Trail Blazers by 4 points at the Rose Garden on April 20, their regular season record was fixed at 38 wins and 55 losses.They beat the Mavericks by one game and took the fourth place in the West. The 27-2004 season NBA regular season has all come to an end. The Los Angeles Lakers experienced a weak start at the beginning of the season, and then they experienced a rocket-like rising period. When they finally sat on the fourth spot in the West, everyone Admittedly, they didn't expect the Purple and Gold giants to get back on their feet so quickly at the start of the season.

With the end of the regular season, the door to the playoffs is about to open, and the competition for the NBA will become intense.The east-west matchup list for the playoffs was also announced immediately.In the West, the Phoenix Suns are at the top of the list, and they will face off against the Denver Nuggets.The San Antonio Spurs are in second place, and their opponent is the Sacramento Kings.The Seattle SuperSonics' opponent is the Houston Rockets with the combination of Yao and Mai. This is also the series that the media believes is most likely to go through a tiebreaker to decide the winner.After that, the Los Angeles Lakers will start a seven-game battle with the Dallas Mavericks. Although the Lakers have an advantage over the Mavericks, they still cannot take it lightly.

In the East, the Miami Heat, where the Sharks have just traveled east, will face the New Jersey Nets, who have been dominating the East at the beginning of the season but have plummeted and finally ranked eighth in the East.The blue-collar lineup of the Detroit Pistons will collide with AI. Larry Brown returns to Philadelphia again. What kind of sparks will he encounter with AI again?The Celtics eventually ranked third in the East, and their opponent was the Indiana Pacers. This may be the old Miller's curtain call.And this season, like the Lakers, the Chicago Bulls, who have staged a rocket launch, sit firmly in the fourth place in the Eastern Conference and will face the challenge of the Washington Wizards.

The door to the playoffs will open in a week, and these sixteen teams will embark on the final stage of the championship.And Qin Tao also ushered in the busiest week since he took over the Lakers.Although he looked down on the Mavericks in his heart, he still gave his opponent a high degree of attention tactically.However, it was the sudden change of the PSP controller that made him most in a hurry.

After the regular season ended, the controller popped up four or five dialog boxes in a row.The first few dialog boxes are all about rewards, and the last dialog box is to remind Qin Tao that the controller has entered the playoff stage.Qin Tao didn't know anything about this so-called playoff stage.After the regular season, his points were fixed at 23349, but he found that the 23349 points seemed not enough after the system entered the playoffs.

A controller in the playoff stage needs 60 points for a bottle of speed potion, and 300 points for a bottle of agility potion.As for the equipment, the value has increased by 20 times compared to the original value, but fortunately, Qin Tao has no plans to supplement the team with equipment.But the points of the two potions he relied on the most were too much for him!On average, he uses at least 5 bottles of speed potion and 5 level agility potions in each game. The potion alone consumes 1800 points in each game, not counting the potions used by the substitute players during the anxious moments of the game.

"Kill the pig!" Seeing the changed prices, Qin Tao felt an urge to jump off the building, but even if he knew that the system wanted to kill his pigs, what would happen?He can only be killed by the system willingly.But fortunately, Qin Tao can be considered a big money now, and he can still afford to spend about 2000 points per game, not to mention the high pay and high return at the same time!

The playoffs are about to start, and the media are also busy.They shoulder the responsibility of sending all fans the latest news about the team.In the week before the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs, all kinds of speculation filled the trash can like cheat sheets after exams, and all kinds of speculation crowded the eyes of fans.

Because of the strong return of the Zijin Army, many people once again included them in the ranks of winning the championship.Even if the Lakers are only ranked fourth in the Western Conference, many experts are optimistic that they can at least enter the Western Conference Finals.Among the teams in the Eastern Conference, only two teams are considered favorites to win the championship.Both Miami and Detroit are favorites to win the championship, but everyone is more willing to believe that this year's championship team will be produced in the West.

And just before the start of the playoffs, the most favorable contender for the NBA's best coach this season, the most mysterious coach—the Prophet Qin Tao.The issue of his contract renewal was put on the table by the media.At that time, Qin Tao signed a one-year, 700 million contract with the Lakers.The contract expires in June 2005, which is the end of the 6-2004 season.At this time, the media began to hype Qin Tao's contract renewal, which must have no good intentions.Perhaps there would be no unstable factors in the team originally, but it may be because of such media hype that the unstable factors in the Lakers will appear.

For example, Kwame Brown, Caron Butler and Luke Walton.These people obviously play the role of Qin Tao's direct line in the Lakers.These people may have strength, but whether they will have the same status as the Lakers in other teams is still unclear.Just say Caron Butler!His situation among the three is the best. He and Kobe were combined by the media as "Purple and Gold Double Stars", but compared with Kobe, his status is one in the sky and one in the bottom.And Kwame Brown?After joining the Lakers, he experienced a downturn for a period of time, and then his performance began to stabilize, but he did not have more explosive performances except for the game against the Wizards. His brilliance was completely overshadowed by Chris Webber.And what about Luke Wharton?He is the point forward of the Lakers' backup lineup, but his physical resistance is poor and he is easily injured. Before Qin Tao came to Los Angeles, he didn't have much playing time. Just such a person, if Qin Tao leaves Los Angeles, he will still have him location?

Of course, the media can see these problems, and they even took the opportunity to hype these seemingly unstable factors in the Lakers.Originally, Qin Tao didn’t pay much attention to the media’s hype about his contract renewal, but later he felt that if the media continued to hype, the Lakers’ morale would be unstable sooner or later. But who knows if these and other problems will erupt in the future?

Regarding the issue of whether to renew his contract with the Lakers, Qin Tao has no other ideas. As long as the Lakers management does not propose to fire him first, he will basically not leave the Lakers on his own initiative.In terms of money, perhaps the New York Knicks are richer than the Lakers in the entire league!But Qin Tao is really not flattered about New York's basketball environment and record. He is determined to create a legend and he will never go to New York anyway. So on the surface, staying in Los Angeles is the best choice and becoming a Los Angeles legendary coach One of the legendary coaches even surpassing any dynasty in Los Angeles.It's just that these are just Qin Tao's wishful thinking. He still doesn't know what Bass thinks. Why didn't Mickey come to talk to him about the contract?Does the Los Angeles management want to change the coach?Qin Tao's heart has been uncertain, knowing that after today's training is over.

On the second day after the end of the regular season, the Lakers had just finished training, and Qin Tao had already seen that people like Sasha Vujacic lost their concentration.Just returned to the office, he wanted to insinuate Bass' tone, and a call was made to his office landline.

"Hello! My lord prophet, did I disturb you!" A voice came from the phone.Qin Tao's eyes lit up immediately, and most of the troubles in his heart were instantly swept away, "Mr. Bass, what do you want from me?" He knew in his heart that Bass was calling him at this time to discuss contract renewal. .

"Well! There are some things. I want to remind you not to be late for the party at night. Don't dress so formally, just as usual. Seriously, I really like how you look in sunglasses, you are very handsome." Bass laughed speak.

"Oh, I see." Qin Tao replied.

"Hey! Look at my brain, don't forget to bring your manager's girlfriend with you at night. Well, I have some things to talk to you about. Oh, and, come early, we will try to get things over before the banquet starts. We're done talking."

"Okay, goodbye, Mr. Bass."

"See you tonight."

Putting down the phone, Qin Tao's worries were completely settled. He took his coat from the hanger and left the office...

(End of this chapter)