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Chapter 153 Awards are like floating clouds with me, He Li Dunk really wants to win! (big chapter)
Before the start of the playoffs, the team blocked the way for the players to communicate with the outside world, hoping that the players can play with one heart and one mind.

However, for the head players of the playoff teams, the closed training sessions for the first two days were all vain. When the playoffs kicked off and the media conference was held, all the previous efforts would be in vain.

On April 4, at 20 pm, the Bucks held a special media conference at the Bradley Center.

He Li and other Bucks core players naturally attended the reception.

At the reception, more than 300 media outlets pointed their guns at He Li and the others, all with hot eyes, as if they wanted to eat people.

He Li claims to have accepted dozens of post-match interviews, but this is the first time he has seen this battle today.

I have to say that the playoffs are different from the regular season.

"USA Today" and "Sports Illustrated", which used to be aloof, also specially sent people over.

If He Li hadn't refused on behalf of the Bucks, the two even asked He Li for an exclusive interview.

Afterwards, when Jeff Austin learned about this, he complained to He Li for a long time: "It's over and it's over.

But if you encounter such a thing in the future, you must discuss it with me.

I will negotiate with the Bucks, I can't let them delay you! "

Afterwards, He Li learned from Jeff Austin that "USA Today" and "Sports Illustrated" are the best-selling newspapers and magazines in the United States.

The former is the largest-selling daily in the United States, and the latter is the top five in the United States, and the largest-selling weekly sports magazine.

Both have an audience of more than 2000 million people and are traditional paper media giants.

And the celebrities and stars who can be valued by these two media and landed on these two newspapers and magazines are all strong and top-notch of the same era.

The same newspapers and magazines, the influence of these two in the United States is not weaker than that of Time Magazine.

Therefore, accepting the exclusive interviews of these two companies has greatly improved He Li's popularity and style, and of course the more important thing is its commercial value.

In other words, what the Bucks helped He Li push away was not just a simple two interviews, but also contained tens of millions of commercial value behind it.

However, He Li is about to play in the playoffs. As long as the playoffs are played well, the Bucks can make it all the way to the finals. The guy who "loves to answer and ignore" before will still lick his face and take the initiative to come to the door.

He Li wasn't worried at all, the value that belonged to him was turned away.

Having said that, the playoffs are about to start, and the Bucks held this press conference at this juncture, mainly to give a simple explanation to the more than 300 media present today without discrimination.

The Bucks have a game to play today, and before the start of the playoffs, the Bucks will talk about what they can say first, and eat a wave of traffic before talking.

As for the future, that is also a matter for the players, coaches, and teams.

Basically every team will have such a link, even before the start of every playoffs, there will be such a link.

For teams located in small ball markets, this link is very important.

For the stars, this is also an extremely important opportunity to become famous.

McGrady's classic quote: "I'm already thinking about my opponent in the next round!"

It was said on this occasion.

It is because too many people know about it, and the vast majority of people in the world know about it.

He Li is not that coquettish, he basically only answers when others ask questions.

In fact, it's nothing, the regular season is over, and the awards of the regular season will be announced one after another in the playoffs.

Many of the awards are selected by journalists who need to vote.

But there are also some that don't need to be selected, they are clear at a glance.

Awards such as scoring leader, rebounding leader, assists leader, block leader, and steals leader will be announced early in the first round of the playoffs.

Anyway, if you want to hide it, you can't hide it.There is no need for an official announcement by the NBA. The major media will make their own statistics. Whether it is players or fans, it is clear.

Of course, the above awards have nothing to do with He Li.

Although He Li is good in scoring, rebounding and assists, he is still far from the leader in scoring, rebounding and assists.

Some reporters felt sorry for He Li, but He Li didn't think much of it.

He Li is still young, so it's not that he has no chance to fight for these honors.

However, He Li cares more about the honors selected by reporters than the actual data honors.

In fact, the reporters present also had the same idea. The reporters decide the ranking of the stars, and the reporters choose their heroes. This is a very cool and immersive thing.

However, even for the awards that can be selected, most of them are not related to He Li.

Except for the best rookie and the best rookie team, it is difficult for He Li to compete for other regular season honors.

Although He Li can get votes for the regular season MVP, the best team, and the best defensive team from the reporters, it is very unfair to He Li, who is only a first-year rookie, to really want to get these honors.

In addition, for He Li, the most unfair thing is the MIP, the Most Improved Player Award.

The Most Improved Player award is usually given to rookies, and is usually given to players who have evolved from rookies to stars during the season.

MIP is a new star certification, usually more attention than the best rookie.

After all, the MIP selects a player from the last four seasons, and the best rookie selects a player in a season. The selection of the former is more stringent and the competition is more intense.

There are many inspirational stories in the NBA. Some players were undrafted and made it out of the second round. There are also some players who played for two or three years and suddenly became All-Stars at the end or middle of the first round.

Let's talk about Kobe, obviously the No. 13 pick in the first round. He only averaged 7.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in his rookie season.

If Kobe participated in the draft in the small ball era, he would definitely be criticized by the vast majority of fans: "Why do you play in the NBA with such a dish! Find an electronics factory to work!"

As a result, Kobe averaged 19.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game in his third year as a rookie!Immediately afterwards, they achieved each other with O'Neal and became the head of the Lakers.

If you don't open your eyes, who would have thought that Kobe, who seemed to be a "crashing dragon and phoenix child", could reach this height?

The MIP is prepared for stars like Kobe. Of course, Kobe did not get the MIP, and Kobe, who has become famous, does not need the MIP to add icing on the cake.

But what about He Li?This is He Li's first season. He Li has averaged 26.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game.

He Li is the rookie who is most eligible to get the MIP this season, and if He Li doesn't get the MIP this season, he will be the same as the No. 21 rookie, and he will never have the chance to get it in his life.

After all, it is not difficult for players to increase from averaging 6 points per game to averaging 16 points per game.

But it is not that simple to increase from 16 points per game to 26 points per game.

这年头的外线球员，通过40%命中率拿下场均20分是球星，45%命中率拿下场均25分就是巨星，50%命中率拿下场均30分就是乔丹。

The increase from an average of 16 points per game to an average of 26 points per game can also be regarded as the evolution from a star to a superstar.

But He Li has already averaged 26 points per game. If He Li wants to get MIP next season, he may have to average 36 points per game.

Just look at the No. 21 rookie of the Spurs. Playing in a strong team with reasonable configuration, even if the superstar has the strength to average 30 points per game, he can usually only average 25 points per game, otherwise it will hurt the team.

Regardless of whether the Bucks can win the championship this season, if the Bucks want to continue to hit the championship, He Li can't make random shots.

Therefore, He Li is basically gone.Because there is an unspoken rule in the MIP selection, that is, rookies cannot be nominated in their first year...

Duncan, the No. 21 rookie, is not without reason.

It is estimated that for a long time to come, He Li will remain at the same place, the data will not change much, and there will be no improvement, and he will be a rookie all the way to the end.

In fact, He Li has already accepted his fate, but a reporter at the scene called He Li wronged: "There are still some loopholes in the NBA selection rules.

Once upon a time, Tim Duncan's failure to get MIP in his rookie season was controversial.

There is no doubt that in the 97-98 season, Tim Duncan was the best rookie and the most eligible player for MIP.

The same is true for you this year, but you can't stand because of the selection rules.

Do you care about not being able to get MIP for this? "

When He Li answered, he shrugged and spread his hands: "Ever since I entered the league, I knew that I was insulated from this award."

O'Neal, Duncan, and Carter all came here. It's not unacceptable for He Li to miss the MIP because of the rules.

If there is something that makes me feel uncomfortable, it is still the MVP!

Although the MVP hasn't been announced yet, He Li knows very well that no matter how good his statistics are, it's useless.

In the history of the NBA, only two people won the MVP in their rookie season. One of them is Chamberlain and the other is Wes Unseld, both in ancient times.

However, it was precisely because Wes Unseldra lowered the quality of the rookie MVP that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would not be able to win the MVP in his rookie season no matter how brilliant his performance was.

This is also the case with the magician after that. He obviously has the strength of the FMVP in his rookie season, but he just couldn't get the MVP in his rookie season.

In recent years, it has been Duncan. Although the Spurs got Duncan and deliberately played poorly, after Duncan joined the Spurs, the Spurs' record has indeed improved a lot, and Duncan's personal data is also very gorgeous.

This year's Bucks and He Li are replicas of the Spurs and Duncan in the 97-98 season.

Duncan is out of play, and He Li is naturally out of play.

Although He Li was very clear about it, he just wasn't happy with this sticky pattern.

Whoever is strong wins, isn't it fair?

But the world is like this, many times there is no fairness at all, and the only way to break everything is with strength.

……

"Big bus, so you still don't know if you can play today?"

"That's right. How to line up in the playoffs is the coach's business. I'm just a player, and I don't count."

Although Battelle was a little depressed, he still answered Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping honestly.

Although Battelle knew that the compatriots who came across the ocean had good intentions for him, he was more angry than others. When he thought that He Li had become the boss of the Bucks, Battelle continued to stand in front of the camera, and he felt a little ashamed.

"He Li will be here in a while, you guys wait a moment, I'm going to train." Battelle fled in despair using the excuse of training.

This season, there are only three Chinese players in the NBA, two of whom are in the Bucks.

In this case, where should CCTV reporters and commentators appear?Obviously, in the Bucks.

However, CCTV staff have limited funds for business trips, and the playoffs are long.

In order to avoid wasting resources, Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping did not attend the press conference of the Bucks, but went directly into the arena.

Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping saw Battelle, but He Li happened to be away. The two were both concerned and curious, so they pulled Battelle to have a chat.

Unexpectedly, Battelle left just like that.

The two, Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping, could only chat awkwardly: "Young man Daba is quite motivated."

"Yes, that's right. I don't know when Dali will come, why haven't I seen him?"

The two talked nonsense for half an hour before He Li, who was wearing training clothes, came to the arena. When they saw He Li, they immediately surrounded him with the CCTV team behind him.

"He Li, can you spare some time and accept our interview?"

"Yes." He Li saw the person clearly and replied decisively.

Immediately afterwards, He Li said again: "But let's talk about it first. At this moment today, is the camera on or not?"

"Huh?" Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping felt puzzled when they heard this.

Soon, Zhang Weiping remembered, and laughed loudly: "Haha, I remembered, it was us who interviewed He Li last time. Before the equipment for the interview was turned on, He Li just said something."

"Haha, He Li, don't take it to heart, we didn't do it on purpose. Let's turn on the device quickly."

Although we haven't seen each other for half a year, He Li can still vividly remember the embarrassing scene in the last interview.

Now He Li doesn't care anymore, people always have to eat!It's not shabby to make money.

This meeting is unnecessary, He Lidu is now the head of the Bucks, and he is no longer a rookie who just entered the league that day.

Besides, in front of hundreds of millions of compatriots, He Li still has to show a glamorous scene as much as possible.

Soon, He Li was interviewed by CCTV. After the necessary procedures were completed, He Li chatted with Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping for a while.

He didn't give up until the Pacers players entered the field to warm up and He Li was called by the coaching staff.

He Li left, but Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping watched He Li's leaving back, but they still had a lot to talk about.

"Dali is awesome now!"

"That's right, becoming the head player of the Milwaukee Bucks men's basketball team at the age of 19 is really not what ordinary people can do."

"This is the one-in-a-million martial arts genius that the elders often say? It's just that martial arts is not popular in this era, and sports are more popular."

"That's right. If sports are strong, China will be strong, and if the national sport is prosperous, sports will be prosperous! The appearance of He Li also symbolizes that our country is becoming more and more prosperous and prosperous."

"The best men's basketball player in America is Michael Jordan.

In China, we can't say who it is now, but it should be He Li in the future.

I heard people say that the great Michael Jordan wanted to team up with He Li to win the championship.

As a result, Michael Jordan didn't even make the playoffs, but He Li's Bucks had the best record in the league. "

"Talented people come out from generation to generation, each leading the way for hundreds of years! We are getting old, and the next will be the era of He Li and the others."

"I just don't know when today's game will start. It is said that it will not start until the game between the Pistons and the Celtics is over, so we have to wait."

The NBA playoffs are different from the regular season. Every playoff game will be broadcast live across the United States.

Although the ratings of the first round of the playoffs are not high, the ratings of the first round in recent years have been around 900 million.

But early mosquitoes are also meat, and the ratings of the playoffs are much higher than the ratings of the national live broadcast of the regular season that broke through.

In recent years, except for the Lakers games and the strong dialogues between the strong playoff teams in the regular season, the national live broadcasts during the regular season rarely have more than 600 million viewers.

Therefore, in order to maximize the benefits, the playoff games on the same day will be played sequentially under the official coordination of the NBA.

Usually, on the first day of the playoffs, the Eastern Conference plays first. The first game is the fourth in the Eastern Conference against the fifth in the Eastern Conference, and the second game is the first in the Eastern Conference against the eighth in the Eastern Conference.

The situation in the west is the same. As for the delay, it is because of the time difference. The games are all at night, and the difference between the east and the west is at most 5 hours!

The difference between the playoffs and the regular season is the scale of penalties for the playoffs.

In order to ensure the look and feel of the playoffs, that is, the fluency of the game, many whistles that can be fined or not are usually not blown.

For this reason, in the playoffs, the defensive intensity will be upgraded to a higher level.

Sometimes they are beaten or knocked into the air, and there are also cases where they don't blow the whistle.

However, the intensity of the playoffs is high. In order to ensure scoring, the number of breakthroughs into the paint is often more than that of the regular season. Therefore, the average number of free throws per game is not less than that of the regular season, and even more in some games.

And a star who is invincible in inside singles like O'Neal will be more lethal in the playoffs.

Of course, when O'Neal encounters a free throw, he may have one head and two big heads.

Closer to home, the game between the Bucks and the Pacers is the second playoff game today, and we have to wait for the Pistons and the Celtics to decide the outcome.

What's interesting is that the Bradley Center gradually filled up towards the end of the game between the Pistons and the Celtics.

After the game between the Pistons and the Celtics was completely over, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Big O, Greyhound Dandridge, Sydney Moncrieff and other Bucks celebrities appeared in suits and ties in a very formal manner at the Bradley Center.

"The game is finally about to start!"

The Bradley Center is already turning off the lights, which means that the starters of the next two teams are about to debut.

However, there was an accident in the middle of the closing. The lights did not go out completely, but stopped suddenly in the middle.

It turned out that Jordan rushed to the game scene at this time.

The old hooligan smiled slightly at the camera, and then it was fine, the lights quickly went out.

After the guest first, the Pacers took the lead in O'Neal.

Although it is the home court of the Bucks, the Bucks can allow Reggie Miller to play first or second to frustrate the Pacers, but the Bucks are much stronger than the Pacers on paper, so there is no need to play such a clever trick.

Soon, Artest, Brad Miller, Jamal Tinsley, and Reggie Miller appeared in turn.

After the lights on the Pacers' side dimmed again, the next step was the main event, the Bucks starters debuted.

The Bucks' DJ gave Ray Allen, who was the first to appear, a long introduction to his wonderful moments and statistics of the season.

This is the home court of the Bucks, and the fans who entered the arena to watch the game were also Bucks fans. It was no surprise that Ray Allen was the first to make his debut.

Everyone greeted Ray Allen's arrival with warm applause and cheers.

Immediately afterwards, in accordance with the previous process, Kassel and Anthony Mason went up again.

In the first game of the playoffs, the Bucks still gave Anthony Mason a pretty good treatment.

Anyway, as the Pacers center, Brad Miller's inside offensive ability is not strong. If he only defends for a few minutes, Anthony Mason is also fine.

However, after Anthony Mason, DJ did not introduce He Li's performance and statistics as usual. This time, he introduced another person - Glenn Robinson.

The previous head of the Bucks was arranged to appear in fourth place, so who is the remaining position that should belong to the head of the game?The answer is self-evident!

"The Bucks changed hands! The Bucks are trying to let He Li, a first-year rookie, be the head of the team, let He Li carry the team, hit the playoffs, and compete for the championship!"

Before the playoffs started, the Bucks conveyed such an explosive news to fans across the United States.

Many viewers in front of the TV shouted: "Unbelievable!"

However, most of the fans at the scene did not react this way, and everyone was still cheering for the big dog.

It's just that the difference from the past is that the feelings expressed by the Bucks fans to the big dog are not admiration, but respect.

Everyone seems to have expected a long time ago that the Big Dog will give up his position as the leader of the team one day.

Bucks fans naturally don't know that the big dog's ability can only reach the playoffs. If the Bucks really want to win the championship, they still have to change to someone to be the master.

But over the years, Big Dog has worked hard without credit.

The Big Dog can bring out a rookie like He Li, and he is willing to step aside for He Li to assist He Li to become the throne. The Bucks fans still respect them very much and are very grateful to the Big Dog.

At this time, the big dog stood in the center of the playing field, raised his hands high, and waved to the fans in all directions, and the fans responded more intensely.

This made the big dog speechless for a while.

"Although I feel it, why do I feel that when I was the boss, you didn't respect me so much! Is He Li really so charming?"

The big dog was moved and moved, and suddenly became sore.

Within a few seconds of the big dog being sour, the DJ began to report He Li's wonderful performance this season.

At the same time, the big screen in the stadium dome also began to broadcast the five best goals contributed by He Li this season.

He Li obviously plays with a shooting-based floor-style style of play, but the big screen is full of shots of He Li flying into the sky and escaping from the ground for dunks.

"Finally, please, this season's super rookie, All-Star MVP, Bucks No. 7 player—He Li!"

He Li appeared on the stage, all the players were present, and the game started soon.

In the jump ball link, the Bucks handed over to He Li to handle it.

This time He Li didn't BB with Jermaine O'Neal, and directly used his actions to beat Jermaine O'Neal cleanly.

"He Li won the ball for the Bucks."

"The ball fell into the hands of Ray Allen, Ray Allen did not pass back to Cassel, but directly chose to play a fast break."

"The Bucks hit the Pacers with an unstable foothold. Ray Allen passed the ball to He Li. Will it be a triangle offense?"

"Jordan's Law, the Pacers once again imposed Jordan's Law on He Li!"

"But He Li didn't pass the ball! He Li didn't pass the ball!"

"He Li chose to break through, He Li chose to break through at this time!"

"Three strides, one-armed windmill dunk!
2+1!Ron Artest wanted to stop him, but he didn't.

On the contrary, He Li made a foul as soon as he came up!
He Li's attack is too tough! "

"What is talent? Talent is that I take three big steps from the three-point line and shoot in. I either draw fouls or score! Excuse me, what do other people use to defend me?"

"He Li has the ability to dunk from the free throw line, has the confrontation ability that does not belong to a rookie, and has the top free throw ability in the league!"

"He Li didn't need to shoot a three-pointer, he just scored a three-pointer at the beginning!"

"What's the difference between a superstar in the regular season and a superstar in the playoffs?
If it is He Li, I will tell you that he wants to win even more!

So he will tell you in a more direct way that he can win the game in this way! "

"Do you know me? I'm an All-Star MVP who can often score 40 points! Do you really think I'm a rookie?"

"We may not see the Skyhook today, but we should be able to see Michael Jordan!"

(End of this chapter)