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Chapter 186 Talent and Effort

I think that when Wheat was at its peak, he had set the most toxic and most effective death flag in the Magic. He once said that when he led the Pistons 3:1 in the series, he said, "If it was last year, I’m already thinking about my opponent in the next round.” This sentence, because the 2001 playoffs had a five-game three-win system, and Maizi had already passed the first round of the playoffs last year.

But this year is a seven-match four-win system, and because he said such humiliating words, the five generals of the Pistons chased McGrady out in three consecutive rounds as if thirsty for medicine.

My Neighbor Totoro has also set the same flag now. Many fans are worried that their leader is not strong enough to escape this curse, but Totoro laughs off this argument. People always like to put some The coincidence is attributed to metaphysics, and I feel that all this is a curse, but Totoro thinks this kind of remarks are extremely absurd. The most important thing in the nba is a place to look at strength. There are 7 games in a series. Maybe the Blazers can rely on luck Win one or two games, but if the Blazers can win four games and advance, it may not be a matter of luck, but a gap in strength.

Today is the first game of the playoffs. There are two teams in the east and west to start the opening game of the playoffs. In the west, the Lakers give the Rockets. To participate in the opening game, it is the league to see whose game the fans want to watch, and the league will release those teams' games as the focus of the game, and now it happens to correspond to this point. The most famous center positions are Howard and Yao Ming , the most famous Totoro and James at small forward, the most famous Kobe and Wade at shooting guard, and the new point guard Paul, will all appear in the first round of the league.

Now is an era when the NBA is fighting for hegemony. With the improvement of broadcasting technology, the outside world has paid more attention to the NBA than Jordan did at that time. It used to be the NBA of the United States, but now it has gradually transformed into the NBA of the whole world, so the nature of the alliance is also different. Gradually developing from the basketball field to the commercial field, as long as who can make money for the league, the league will praise this player, and the whistle of any referee is different from that of ordinary players.

So Chinchilla doesn't think the Blazers have the slightest chance of winning. His ability to absorb money is estimated to be equal to the entire team of the Blazers. The fans are looking forward to their meeting with the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, so the Blazers will undoubtedly lose. The hard power is no match. If the player wants to win, he can only win by taking the top of his head.

Peripheral bookmakers offer a ratio of 1:125 for this series between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets. That is, if the Rockets win, the person who buys the Rockets for 125 yuan can only earn one dollar. Similarly, if the Blazers win, buy the Blazers. The winner can earn 1 yuan for 125 yuan. Such a crazy rate is staggering, but knowing this is the case, everyone is still happy to buy the Rockets instead of the so-called unpopular, because the strength gap between the two teams is really huge. It's too obvious that those who dare to buy the Trail Blazers at this time are either out of their minds or true fans of faith, anyway, they are the kind that don't want to die.

Of course, the final winner of the series is one thing. Each game also has a company opening. Although the ratio is not as exaggerated as 1:125, there is still a gap of about 1:10.

Totoro has already discussed with Dayao and other main players of the Rockets in private. They must win the first game, and they must win a big one, so that everyone can see the strength gap between them and the Blazers. When the gaming company increases the odds the next day, they will start their own performance.

Everyone quietly bought the first game and lost the second game. Anyway, the game is played by themselves, and the ball is in their own hands. Is there anyone who can control the outcome of the game more than themselves? ?
This is undoubtedly match-fixing, but the problem is that we know that match-fixing is wrong, especially sorry for those fans who have been chasing after them. The matter is hidden and difficult to be discovered. It is really upset and loses a game, and the fans can't blame them. Is there any team in history that won 72 games in the regular season?That is simply impossible. After losing the game, they will at most review themselves in front of the media, and then express their confidence in winning the next game. This matter will be over. Could it be that the fans really lost a game because of them? Just take a gun and shoot them?
And this kind of concealment is high, and the rewards for small efforts are very high. Even if the ratio is 1:15, Totoro and the others quietly buy 15 US dollars, which is 150 US dollars in return, and the whole team buys [-] million US dollars. Don’t worry that the gaming company will not be able to pay the money. In fact, the gaming company still wants to have a few more such upsets, because the number of people who buy the Rockets will always be greater than the number of people who buy the Blazers. , Moreover, the rocket rate is low. In order to make considerable profits, those who are on the old insurance basically spend their money on the old insurance. The gaming company will naturally have to make a fortune when encountering such an upset.

After Yao Ming first learned about this matter, he actually resisted a little in his heart, thinking that it was not good to do such unconscionable things, but Totoro didn't care at all, those guys who bought spinach deserved it, why don't they learn He chose to learn how to gamble. Doing so by himself is equivalent to helping this group of people quit gambling in disguise. If you think about it this way, what he is doing is a good deed.

At 6:[-] p.m., the outside of the Dragonborn Cave Arena began to buzz with people. This is the fourth time Yao Ming has entered the playoffs since he joined the Rockets, but it is different from the past. This is the one they are most looking forward to In the playoffs, everyone knows that the Rockets' lineup this year is not simple. They must not only yearn for the simple goal of entering the playoffs.

There is no grand opening ceremony, a short press conference, 20 minutes of simple player warm-up, and after the master of ceremonies introduced the names of the team members in general, the first game of the playoffs began after the referee's whistle.

The Rockets actually prepared some gimmicks in the opening ceremony, but the Chinese bosses did not decide to use those gimmicks in the first round. The league hoped to rely on Totoro and Yao Ming to open up the Chinese market and earn money from the Chinese. Why doesn't the Chinese boss want to use the Rockets to open up the US market and the global market in order to earn the dollars and pounds of the Yankees and Westerners?

Yao Ming won the ball for the Rockets. In order to play the opening momentum, Totoro accelerated to the front court the moment the ball was thrown by the referee. After the little giant won the basketball, he just ran under the opponent's basket.

The Blazers have been abused by the Rockets for more than one or two games. Although they are miserable, there is a saying that the underdogs must win, and the stupid birds fly first. During this time, the coaching staff and players of the Blazers have been studying the Rockets' games day and night. Habits and tactical arrangements, they are familiar with several of Totoro's habitual moves, especially the French rookie Bartomeu who has played against Totoro so far.

This French small forward with the same height and long arms and excellent defense has watched the video of Totoro countless times in the past few days. He watched the information report given to him by the trainer while eating, and watched Totoro on his mobile phone when he went to the toilet. When taking a bath, the VCR puts praise reports about Totoro, and even before going to bed, he has to silently recite the name of Totoro several times, otherwise he won’t be able to fall asleep.

He and Totoro are rookies in the same class. He used to be naive and always wanted to step on Totoro and let others know that he is actually a guy who got into the lottery show by his skin color. In terms of real strength, he should be in his own ranking. Underneath, but there is an old saying that true gold is not afraid of fire. After these few fights, people can clearly see the gap between the opponent and themselves.

Bartom was questioned and ridiculed a ton, because people always like to see other people joke. He once provoked Totoro brazenly. After he failed, others would hold on to him. Every day there are several The idle and panicked guy ran to his Weibo and Facebook to check his presence, saying that he was not ashamed to bluster or something, and Bartom said that he was very hurt.

But he Bartom is not a bully, or a player who is willing to admit defeat.

Maybe when others see this gap, they can't bear the pressure and come forward to apologize and admit defeat. It's fine. As long as he is an official pervert in front of the media, those idle and annoying guys have no reason to mock Bartom. Well, this stubborn Frenchman just doesn't do this. He has kept in mind all the ridicule and sarcasm that others have made of him these days. He is not afraid of these negative influences that are not good for him, and he does not resent these ordinary people who hate him. On the contrary, he also regards this as a spur to himself, so that he can continue to work hard and make continuous progress, until one day he can defeat the one who brings all his shame.

My Neighbor Totoro is also quite innocent. He never wanted to trouble others from the beginning. It was all the things that others wanted to trouble him. If he couldn't beat him, he used himself as a negative example to motivate him. What can he do?
But aside from these, Bartom's progress is visible to the naked eye. He is getting stronger every day, his confrontation ability is improved, his shooting is more stable, and his defense is better. According to the parallel world, this should have been his two or three years ago. The standard that he will be able to reach after the next year is only because of the stimulation of Totoro, he can complete the things he used to do for three years in one day. To be honest, he should have to thank Totoro.

Totoro ran to the basket, and Bartom followed up to the basket. Totoro got stuck in Bartom's position and wanted the ball, but there was a huge force behind him, and Totoro was not ready. , the original position was squeezed out by Batum again, which surprised Totoro a little.

"interesting!"

It's just that he still received Yao Ming's basketball. Although it wasn't the best position, there were no dead spots for Chinchilla on this basketball court. He didn't have the saying of ordinary players' shooting hot spots.

Before the other players of the Blazers came over, Totoro avoided Bartom's block with a big back and threw the ball. He has not done any exercise that is good for his physical and mental health, and he has sufficient physical strength today, so he is still very sure of this shot.

Bartom stretched his arms and couldn't cover Totoro's slightly backward basketball. He could only watch in vain as the basketball in the air drew a beautiful trace and bounced off the backboard into the frame.

"Aren't you naive to want to guard me? Sorry, I have a hundred and one ways and means to score. I only used 50 of them in the regular season. You should give up and work hard until It’s even more frustrating to feel like you’ve failed in the end.”

As soon as Totoro saw that the opponent seemed to be prepared, he immediately activated his mouth cannon skill in an attempt to disturb Bartom's mood.

However, Bartom was not affected at all. He has suffered too much criticism and accusations in this regular season. These negative factors have made him strong enough to ignore anyone's verbal attacks. Totoro has always had an unfavorable mouth. Cannon skills are also ineffective.

When it came time for the Blazers to attack, the five players of the Blazers began to run their positions honestly. Oden pulled out to pick and roll for Blake who was in possession of the ball.Instead of being obsessed with competing with Yao Ming in the interior, Aldridge also pulled up and took Randolph to clear the interior for the Blazers. Roy immediately received the basketball and used a realistic fake shot to shake Iguodala, and then went in. The inside line scored with a one-handed dunk.

"Something's wrong!"

Adelman frowned when he saw the Blazers' first attack. The opponent obviously came prepared after training.Everyone in the Blazers also put themselves in a lower position. The whole team is not arrogant or impetuous, calm and calm. Compared with the Rockets, who have been training like a game these two days, they are too prepared for this playoffs. too much.

Chinchilla on the field also saw the opponent's contribution for this game, but he did not have Adelman's worries. In his view, the team's talent and hard power are the decisive factors. I am better than you because I am better than you. Qiang, what, is it like in the anime world in the real world, when the wind blows twice, the small universe can turn around?It doesn't exist at all.

"I can see that you are working hard, but big brother, the gap between us cannot be solved by your hard work. I advise you to give up resistance obediently and let me manipulate you. If you must persist in your obsession, I will never I admire you mentally, but in terms of action, don't blame me for being ruthless."

(End of this chapter)