basketball pope

Chapter 686 [Last chance, unite fans]

The two western teams are also rivals. The Mavericks have been eliminated by the Lakers led by Yang Rui for several consecutive years, and they have been abused.Now, almost everyone thinks that the Clippers are like the three-peat Lakers, and the Lakers are like a lottery team.

ESPN suggested that if the Mavericks beat Yang Rui's team, it would prove that the finals have a high gold content, and it is the best chance for Nowitzki and others to prove it.

NBC Radio's comment was even more exaggerated: "This season is the best chance for the Mavericks to win the championship, and it may be the last chance. If you can't seize it, it will be very difficult to win the championship in the future. All the teams led by Jerry Young have passed the second season. The run-in will become super strong. More importantly, the Clippers are under the salary cap, and they can bring in a star this summer.”

After reading the news, the management of the Mavericks was under a lot of pressure.

The Clippers are one of the teams with the most salary space in the league in the summer. There are only two high-salary players on the team this season, Dunleavy and Paul. Dunleavy’s contract expires and there will be 1000 million free space.

How will the Mavericks compete with the Clippers in the future?Even if the Clippers have another second-rate star, their strength can be improved a lot.

On the other hand, the Mavericks, Nowitzki is 33 years old, his state may decline at any time, and it is difficult to deal with Griffin.

Terry is 34 years old, his form has begun to decline, and this year is his last peak.

Marion, 33, is transitioning from an All-Star to a defensive blue-collar, role player.

Prince is 31 years old and in good shape, but he was also a defensive role player in his prime.

The 38-year-old Kidd's speed is getting slower and slower. He has transformed into the No. 2 position. I don't know how long he can play.

This year is really the last chance for the Mavericks to win the championship. Gasol is the only young man in the core of the team.

On May 5, the first battle between the two sides started in Los Angeles.

In the visiting team's locker room, Rick Carlisle boosted morale and said loudly: "In this series, we can only win but not lose. The media analyzed that this is our last chance to win the championship, not an alarmist. The Clippers will not be alarmed unless they encounter serious problems next season. Injuries, otherwise it will be stronger, but it's hard for us to say."

Mavericks players have serious expressions, they know Yang Rui's history.

He led the Raptors to the Eastern Conference Finals in the first season, and broke the regular season record to win the championship in the second season; led the Wizards to win the championship in the first season, helped Jordan realize his dream, and retired with a championship ring; led the Lakers to win the championship in the first season , The second season broke the regular season record, Yao Ming and Kobe won the regular season MVP...

This resume is powerful and hardly human.

Now Yang Rui joined the Clippers in his first season and won the best record in the regular season, Paul MVP.They don't think it's Paul's credit. The Clippers' success is because Yang Rui is good at employing people.

Carlisle said: "The reason why I say this is not to be pessimistic, but to get everyone to cheer up, use all their strength, fight to the last moment, and win the Clippers. I firmly believe that the Mavericks will win the championship."

Usually the coach will say something like "you have no regrets if you lose", but the Mavericks are a group of veterans. How can they not regret losing?Carlisle saves this kind of decompression for the players.What they have to do now is to use their rich game experience to beat the Clippers.

Yang Rui shares many similarities with Carlisle's views when it comes to boosting morale.

"Everyone can't relax for a moment. We must fight for every ball. If we beat the Mavericks, we will definitely win the championship, because the finals will be against the Cavaliers. It's not that I look down on them. Not being swept is a victory for the Cavaliers."

The players all smiled. Although the Cavaliers Big Three did not play well, their reputation was still very bluffing.Yang Rui said that they will definitely be able to beat the Cavaliers, adding a strong psychological suggestion that will enhance the confidence of the players.

There are many young players in the Clippers. At this time, excellent psychological quality is more important than technology.

Yang Rui continued: "You are very strong, but you must do your best to deal with the Mavericks. Our team has a weakness, that is, lack of experience in the game, and the playoffs and the regular season are not the same as the standard of whistleblowing. I think you have felt it before. There you go. You're going to be tougher when it comes to confrontation."

Young players have become serious, the playoffs are more intense, double standards.

Jordan, Griffin, and Mahinmi felt the strongest. It was impossible to make dunks as easily as in the regular season. The opponent would foul severely and give them free throws. Free throws are not their strengths.

Even after practicing for a season, Griffin, the more accurate among the three big insiders, only made 67.7% of his free throws in the playoffs.

In the playoffs, it is easier to play an inside line that can shoot stably, like Dirk Nowitzki, while a strong-attack inside line will face tough defense and lead to a decline in state.

Yang Rui said to Paul: "Chris, be quick when you counterattack, as long as Pau Gasol and Nowitzki play together, attack behind them. Rudy (Guy), you have a very heavy task today, try to interfere with Novi as much as possible. Sky shot, it doesn't matter if it can't be defended, the offense has to come back, everyone get ready to play."

The players played, the Clippers home was full, and the fans uniformed their uniforms, wearing red commemorative T-shirts

CCTV5 Zhang Lei said: "In addition to two sets of traditional jerseys this year, the Clippers also launched a set of Chinese red jerseys. Although Yang Rui is not a Chinese national, he has a strong Chinese complex. The Clippers express their love for him in this way. respect."

Yu Jia said: "Today, the Clippers wore this jersey to play. I think it represents a good start. This jersey is much more beautiful than the other two."

Yang Rui put forward comments on the jersey after joining. It is necessary to have a set of Chinese red, and the other two sets will be redesigned in the future, changing the color scheme and style.

The reason is simple, the Clippers' jerseys are so ugly.If the style of the jersey makes the fans have no desire to buy it, how can the commercial value be raised?

As for the home team generally wears light-colored jerseys, the visiting team wears dark-colored jerseys, this is negotiable, not necessary, today the Mavericks will wear white jerseys to fight.

Zhang Lili said: "Lakers fans have rarely uniformed their clothes for many years, and Clippers fans seem to be more united. And on the sidelines, several entertainment stars have changed into T-shirts."

Yu Jia said: "Jerry's three girlfriends didn't come today. Two went to film and one was going to have a baby. If they came, it would be a beautiful sight at the Clippers' home court."

At this time, many fans watching the live broadcast online began to discuss Yang Rui and Scarlett's children.

"Hope to have a girl, the half-breed baby must be beautiful, just like Tom's half-breed girlfriend, with long breasts and thighs, eyes and pupils like jewels." (D'Addario: Why do their children look like me?)
"This child is so lucky. He grew up with a golden key. Will he become a ball at a young age, like Scarlett used to be?"

"I just want to know, after inheriting his father's genes, how high is this child's IQ, and what can he do in the future?"

"I don't know when Stana and Nina have children? No matter how they are born, they are of mixed race."

"I think the most amazing thing is that their family was not turned upside down because of religious issues. Scarlett is of Jewish descent, Jerry is Chinese, Stana is of Serbian and Croatian blood, and Nina is of ancient Bulgarian and Slavic blood. Descendants, what should they believe together?"

The last question is initiated by American netizens. There are many kinds of religions in the United States. If you don’t believe in religion, many people will recommend it.

Therefore, they unanimously professed to believe in Christ, but they never went to church. They just perfunctory and saved a lot of trouble.

After the players have warmed up, the game is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)