basketball kingdom

Chapter 517 Troubled
League president Adam Silver attaches great importance to the Western Conference finals. After the series matchup was confirmed, he called the referees to hold an emergency meeting to determine the whistleblowing scale for this round of the series.

Media reporters have already flocked to Oakland to find out the location of the Lakers' away hotel in advance, ready to dig out some news as soon as possible.They rely on news reports to eat, and basically don't consider the feelings of the players.

Xu Tian didn't care about the hot weather, and put on a sports cap to cover his face, but the effect was not obvious. After all, there were only a dozen Lakers players, and he could quickly find out which one was him.

The Lakers team naturally has some attention, coupled with its excellent record, the Chinese market and the blessing of superstars, it is even more prosperous.The media reporters blocked the way to the bus, which caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers players.

The staff of the Lakers kept communicating with the reporters, asked them to leave first, and informed them that they would be interviewed in the training hall soon.Even so, there are still some reporters from small websites who are unwilling to leave.

Xu Tian felt a little tired after dealing with the reporters in San Antonio not long ago, but also had to deal with a large number of media reporters in Oakland, but this is their job, and they can't avoid it.

In order to help the players solve their problems, Scott took the initiative to stay for a temporary interview, so that the players could take the bus to the away hotel to rest.They had been on the plane for a while, and they were all a little tired.

Tyson Chandler has been to many teams in his career and won a championship with the Mavericks, but he has never seen so many reporters and has to lament the popularity of the Lakers.

It took Xu Tian a lot of effort to squeeze through the crowd formed by the reporters, walked quickly into the bus, and found a seat by the window to sit down.He didn't know how long this life would last.

Nance Jr. and Clarkson are more familiar. They sat together. Nance Jr. said: "No wonder people say that the NCAA is pure basketball. There is no annual salary there, and there are not so many media reporters around. The players just concentrate on playing."

Clarkson said: "Actually, it depends on the state of mind. If you look at it from Nick's point of view, the NBA is likely to be romantic. If you look at it from Xu's point of view, it is pure basketball."

Xu Tian looked out the car window at a street scene that was completely different from San Antonio, and let himself go leisurely.He knows that no matter how the scenery outside changes, basketball will never change, but it's hard to say what methods the opponent team will use.

Kobe once experienced a game. At that time, he felt that the basket was a little bit off by virtue of the shooting deviation, and finally measured it off by 0.6 cm.Of course, there may not be teams doing this in this era, but it may also be that today's players do not have the ability to detect changes by feeling.

Naturally, Xu Tian can also judge the position of the field and the basket by the feel of the hand, but he doesn't like to be explicit, and he will basically adjust the feel of the hand very quickly to adapt to the deviated basket.Even so, his hit rate is basically the same.

There are many Warriors fans who are Chinese, so they have some good feelings for the Lakers. No one buys billboards to mock Xu Tian.He has encountered this situation in the previous two rounds of the series.

Steve Kerr was interviewed in the training hall, and when he talked about how he would defend Xu Tian, ​​he said: "Some defensive arrangements can only be used as secret weapons. Once they are said, they may not be effective. After all, Xu has too many tactical reserves, as long as he releases the wind, he can find a way to deal with it, and I can't take this risk."

The domestic media is even more powerful, spreading the publicity overwhelmingly, which means that Xu Tian and Jordan will be juxtaposed.This kind of publicity is very conducive to attracting new fans who have never watched football.

All the major forums couldn't hold back and began to predict the trend of this round of the series. Everyone has their own opinions, and the conclusions are not uniform.But combined with the overall view, basically each accounted for half, which is equivalent to no prediction.

ESPN's expert group gave their own predictions. There are also ten experts who believe that the Lakers will advance, and ten experts who believe that the Warriors will advance.This is in sharp contrast to the [-] experts in the Eastern Conference Finals who all believe that the Cavaliers will advance.

Boss Jin always browses various forums when he has nothing to do, and watches various opinions to see if there are any useful suggestions for Xu Tian.I don't know if I don't see it, but I really found it different from the past.

Due to Xu Tian's personality, in the past, most of the forum fans liked him and hated him about the same number, but looking at it now, they are basically praising him, thinking that his dominance is basically the same as that of Jordan.

This kind of evaluation is too high, which makes Boss Jin feel a little flattered.However, he carefully recalled the previous two rounds of the series. Xu Tian played against the sky at critical moments, and his average data and efficiency per game were against the sky, which gave him a natural reaction to compare with Jordan.

Xu Tian never thought about this.All his goals were focused on competing for the championship this season, and he never wavered for a moment.

Before the bus arrived at the parking lot of the away hotel, the Lakers players saw a large number of media reporters. In order to avoid being troubled by various interviews, they decided to enter the hotel through the back door.It's a pity that there are also a large number of reporters at the back door, and it is basically impossible to escape this sudden interview.

These reporters who did not get the interview tickets for the training hall mostly served the small media and asked aggressive questions that made it difficult for the players to answer.They do feel that way.

Xu Tian was surrounded by five meters of reporters. They all wanted to ask something worth discussing, and they rushed to pass the interview microphone to Xu Tian, ​​throwing all kinds of questions at him.

The Lakers staff contacted the hotel security and asked them to remove the reporters from the vicinity of the hotel as soon as possible to give the players a good rest space, otherwise they would immediately terminate the partnership with the hotel.As soon as this warning appeared, the hotel sent a large number of people to stop the reporters from the hotel gate.

The reporters didn't give up, and went to the hotel front desk to register for the room, hoping to meet the Lakers players who might walk out of the room.

Sometimes Xu Tian understands that the work of journalists is not easy, but he also feels a little bored when he is really entangled by them.But he didn't blame them. After all, some people didn't want to come here at all, and they had to stay in this hotel unrelentingly because of their work.

Fortunately, the media reporters did not break through the last line of defense, leaving a certain space for the players, so as not to generate resistance, otherwise their work would be even more difficult to carry out in the future.

After dealing with the reporters near the airport, Scott was already sweating. He had no choice but to take a taxi to the away hotel. He was going to take a hot shower first, and then consider the tactics for the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

(End of this chapter)