NBA: Art is trash talk

Chapter 373 My Pants Are Expensive
The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and at the same time, the US financial market is full of bad news.

Shares in Bear Stearns, the fifth largest investment bank, plummeted in April.

At the beginning of May, U.S. home sales were down 5% compared to the same period.

No matter how those owners lowered the price, the house just couldn't be sold.

It's not that everyone suddenly becomes poor, but that rich people are also choosing to wait and see, and don't want to jump into the fire pit before the situation is unknown.

On May 5, the Dow fell 8%, the S&P fell 4%, and the Nasdaq fell 6.2%. The U.S. stock market showed signs of collapse.

This is a situation that the top leaders of the United States do not want to see.

Ever since, on May 5, the Federal Reserve announced that it would inject $15 billion into the market to rescue the market.

For a while, real estate companies, investment banks, banks, and real estate speculators all cheered, as if they saw hope.

However, they ignore one point. When a doctor prescribes medicine to them, it often means that their problem is already serious and they cannot recover on their own.

Few people can see this, so this news is a shot in the arm for them.

Many real estate speculators and bankers regained their confidence and clamored to build more real estate and sell more CDS.And those speculators who bought CDS panicked to varying degrees.

From the perspective of God, future generations may think they are stupid and worry about it.

380 billion US dollars can't quench thirst at all. In the original time and space, the world once invested 48 billion US dollars to rescue the market within 3262 hours, but it didn't cure this disease, let alone 380 billion.

However, no one can be 100% sure that the property market will collapse without knowing the direction of the following things.

Carl, Hubble, and Steve all ran to He Xinghui and asked him if he would let him go.

If you sell it now, you can still earn about 80% of the profit, and someone will buy those CDS from them.

"How about this, you don't have to sell to each other, just sell to me directly, and I will pay twice the price."

He Xinghui dispelled the worries of Carl, Hubble and others with one sentence.

Obviously, He Xinghui is extremely confident.

"Haha, I was just trying to test your will. Now that you are so determined, I am relieved. A mediocre person is willing to earn twice as much. I want more."

Carl laughed, and the other two just wanted to give him the middle finger immediately.

"According to the current trend, it is estimated that there will be a complete collapse in August, and then we can make a move."

He Xinghui said.

Because of him, in this time and space, the confidence of real estate speculators and ordinary people in the real estate market has plummeted, and the speed of market collapse has accelerated a lot.

He estimated that the time-space financial crisis will come earlier.

There are still more than three months, Karl and others are smiling.

For them, enduring another three months of suffering is just a trivial matter, after all, this is a billion-dollar business.

"First of all, I wish you the championship. Get us some tickets for the front row seats. We also want to go to the game to decompress."

Carl laughed.

On the 18th, the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the Clippers played against the Spurs at Staples Arena.

Kaman, Livingston, Millsap, and Norwin all sat on the bench in suits, forming a scenic spot.

It is extremely rare for a team to have so many people suspended at the same time.

At the beginning of the game, the Clippers started with Cassel, He Xinghui, Maggette, Gasol, and Perkins.

Mobley returned to the bench, staggering the playing time with He Xinghui.

After all, when He Xinghui was on the court, Mobley didn't have much possession of the ball.

And with the two of them in the starting lineup at the same time, the Clippers' bench really became a pile of rotten fish and shrimp.

After comprehensive consideration, Dunleavy still decided to let Mobley play as a substitute.

The Spurs are Parker, Finley, Bowen, Fabricio, Duncan.

Ginobili also played off the bench.

The two teams jumped the ball, Perkins grabbed the ball, and the Clippers went first.

The Spurs players quickly returned to their own positions to deploy defenses. Only Bowen did not retreat. He was following He Xinghui to prevent He Xinghui from making a super long three-pointer.

"You run so actively, how much is your annual salary?"

He Xinghui asked with a smile.

The current Bruce Bowen has two championship rings and was selected to the All-Defensive Team 7 times.

With this honor, you have to be a full middle class with an annual salary of 800 million if you change teams casually.

However, in the Spurs, his annual salary is only more than 300 million, which is not worthy of his ability.

The salary is not high, and the work is quite positive, but the Spurs are out of luck.

And this is not the luckiest thing for the Spurs, they are the happiest now, than picking up a Mike Finley for nothing.

Now the Mavericks paid Mike Finley, and then Mike Finley helped the Spurs beat the Mavericks, and in that series, Mike Finley played pretty well.

Bowen did not respond, and He Xinghui continued to run without the ball.

He Xinghui believes that if Bowen is 37 years old and runs with him, he will have to stop before halftime.

He Xinghui was running blindly, but Bo Wen could only keep up.

After all, he didn't know that He Xinghui was running around blindly, and thought it was the Clippers' new tactic.

On the other end, Cassell and Gasol hit the pick-and-roll, and Gasol scored two points on Parker's head.

The offense and defense switched, and the Spurs advanced slowly.

They don't want to play fast break with the Clippers, that's not what they are good at.

After landing, Parker started to break through Cassel, and Duncan pulled Perkins out of the basket.

Perkins must follow, otherwise Duncan can wipe the Clippers to death with a wipe board.

Parker got a good breakthrough environment, went to the basket and scored two points.

In the next round, He Xinghui continued to run without the ball, and his smart skills took effect, throwing away Bowen and running to the bottom corner.

Kassel didn't care what position He Xinghui was in, seeing that He Xinghui had a chance, he immediately threw the ball over.

He Xinghui made a three-pointer and missed.

Good chance, but unfortunately missed.

But it's not a big problem.

On the contrary, Popovich was worried. He saw his biggest disadvantage, that is, Bowen's speed could not catch up with He Xinghui.

But apart from Bowen, there is only Ginobili who can defend against He Xinghui.

As for double-teaming, Popovich is unwilling to double-team unless it is absolutely necessary. The Spurs' defensive system does not operate around double-teaming.

Although He Xinghui missed the shot this time, Popovich believes that with He Xinghui's shooting rate, he will definitely get a high score under this opportunity.

On the pitch, Parker had already had the ball in half court, and Cassell could only do his best.

Against Parker at his peak, his speed was too much of a disadvantage.

Parker continued to pass, Mobley helped defend, and then Parker scored Mike Finley.

Mike Finley made a mid-range jumper and scored.

He was once hailed by the media as Jordan's successor, how could he get such an evaluation without two brushes.

2 to 4, it seems that the Spurs are in a better state at the beginning.

In the next round, Maggette hit the basket and was capped by Duncan, and the Spurs also lost power, and Fabrizio missed a short two-pointer.

Fabrizio is just a make-up existence, and he may not even be able to get a mobile phone opportunity in other teams.

However, the principle of the Spurs is whoever has the opportunity will make the shot.

The Clippers chose to guard against others and relaxed their defense against Fabrizio. He has many opportunities on the court, and it depends on whether he can grasp them.

In the transition between offense and defense, He Xinghui received the pass under the cover of his teammates, and then directly shot a jumper.

Three point hit.

5 to 4, the Clippers overtook.

In the Spurs round, they were still the same old way. They moved first to find opportunities, disrupted the Clippers' defense, and created misplaced opportunities. Duncan was looking for positions at the basket.

Once again Fabrizio was ignored, and Parker followed the coach's instructions and passed the ball.

Fabrizio made a shot and scored.

5:6.

The Clippers missed a counterattack, and when it was the Spurs' turn, Fabrizio took the shot and scored two more points.

5:8.

The main attackers of the Spurs at the beginning were actually Fabricio and Finley, which was unexpected.

After playing several rounds, Duncan still hasn't touched the ball much.

At the transition of offense and defense, He Xinghui ran out of the opportunity to catch the ball, but Mike Finley's supplementary defense was very timely and directly stuck to He Xinghui's body, making it inconvenient for He Xinghui to take off.

Although he could dribble back a few steps with the ball and then take a step back to make a shot, He Xinghui knew that after a second, or [-] seconds later, Bo Wen would appear behind him and double-team him.

Ever since, He Xinghui squeezed Mike Finley directly, and then made a tank-like breakthrough.

Mike Finley was a little surprised. After all, this was not He Xinghui's regular move. He was not prepared and was squeezed away by He Xinghui.

If he is prepared, his strength is actually not that great.

After He Xinghui passed Finley, he continued to accelerate, hit the basket and caused a foul by Fabrizio, and scored the ball.

Duncan was squeezed aside by Perkins and couldn't get through.

Perkins still has no problem with this job.

Penalty hit.

8:8.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker continued to pass the ball to Fabrizio, provoking the Clippers players.

Gasol left Duncan behind and went up to Fabricio, who immediately passed to Duncan.

Duncan faced Perkins with a jumper, and the basketball fell into the basket.

One-on-one, Perkins is completely unable to restrain Duncan technically.

It's okay to compare strength, but Duncan won't be tough with him.

It is difficult for the Clippers to defend against the Spurs' offense. Similarly, it is difficult for the Spurs to defend against the Clippers' offense.

To be precise, it is difficult to prevent He Xinghui's threat.

He Xinghui changed direction abruptly, and Bruce Bowen, an old bone, couldn't keep up.In desperation, he grabbed He Xinghui's shorts and opened the opening to fit several basketballs.

He Xinghui's speed was too fast, and in such a sudden situation, his body lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

However, this way of falling is not dangerous.

beep!
The referee directly blew Bowen a first-degree malicious foul.

A first-degree malicious foul is also a very serious penalty, requiring two free throws and one throw, which is equivalent to two offensive rounds.

Compared with the second-level malicious foul, there is no need for expulsion.

Of course, if it happens again, it will be deported.

"No, no, it's an ordinary foul, it's just an ordinary foul."

Popovich waved his arms like a monkey in protest at the referee.

It was too serious, even if it was a technical foul, Popovich would not agree, let alone a first-degree criminal.

Under such a penalty, Bruce Bowen didn't dare to make any moves, and he would fight timidly.

Originally, he was not strong enough to prevent He Xinghui, and he couldn't let go of it, the disadvantage would only be greater.

"Greg, calm down, this is a very dangerous move, this move can cause serious injury to the player."

The referee explained.

There was nothing he could do about it. It implied that they should pay attention to the protection of He Xinghui, and nip in the bud the other players' thoughts of hurting He Xinghui.

As for Bowen and Horry, these two are the targets that referees need to focus on. Both of them have dark histories.

Especially Bruce Bowen, not only has a lot of black history, but also tried to hurt He Xinghui, but it was unsuccessful.

"Calm down, it's impossible for any coach to be calm when encountering such a thing."

Popovich was unrelenting.

beep!
"Now you can calm down."

The referee called Popovich a technical foul.

Popovich still wanted to run away, and his two assistants quickly dragged him away.

If you keep shouting, you will be expelled, and the game has just begun.

"Nice job."

Clippers fans praised the referee and appreciated his toughness.

The chaos ended, and the Spurs pinched their noses to accept the result. He Xinghui stood at the free throw line and made all three free throws.

Then, the Clippers still have the ball.

Perkins served the sideline ball, Cassel received the ball, He Xinghui ran without the ball and slipped to the baseline, caught the ball and made a three-pointer and made a hit.

In one round, the Clippers scored six points, and Popovich gritted his teeth on the sidelines, hating himself as a coach.If it was a fan, he could rush up and beat up the referee.

14 to 10, the Clippers led by 4 points.

In the transition between offense and defense, He Xinghui followed Bo Wen and taunted: "My pants are very expensive, so I can't take them off casually."

"Go away, you traffic clown."

Finally, Bowen couldn't help but replied.

"I feel like you're jealous of me, but I have no proof."

He Xinghui said.

[The anger value from Bruce Bowen is 100 points. 】

What He Xinghui said is right, Bo Wen is envious of He Xinghui's superstar post and privilege.

There are few people who are not jealous of this thing.

Parker broke through Cassel, went to the basket and scored two points to stop the bleeding.

The Clippers quickly counterattacked, He Xinghui and Maggette rushed to the front, Parker and Bowen chased, both of them chased He Xinghui, and Maggette easily scored two points.

The two teams come and go, playing evenly.

After halfway through the first quarter, the coaches of the two teams began to make frequent substitutions.

First, Ginobili replaced Bowen and let Bowen regain his strength.

After that, the Clippers also replaced Perkins with Mobley, and then Gasol went to play center.

The Clippers now only have Perkins as a center. For a period of time, Gasol must be supported for a while.

The consumption of the center is greater than that of the defender. It is enough for Perkins to play 30 minutes, let alone expect him to play the whole game.

In the 9th minute, He Xinghui and Gasol also went off to rest, and Singleton came on.

In the first three quarters, Dunleavy only needed the team not to fall behind too much.

Let the players rest, and then come to the decisive battle in the last quarter.

He has to consider not only the win or loss of this game, but also the win or loss of the entire series. He can't let He Xinghui and Gasol's main players consume too much for just one game.

When He Xinghui went off the court, the score of the two teams was 28 to 24, with the Clippers leading by four points.

Without Bowen's malicious foul, the two teams would basically be in a tie.

This result is acceptable to the Clippers players and fans, which at least means that the team still has hope and did not collapse because of an uneven lineup.

Popovich and the Spurs fans can't accept it anymore. They hope that the team can take the lead, after all, the opponent is a disabled team.

(End of this chapter)