basketball kingdom

Chapter 73 Where It Begins
After the end of the first week of the regular season, the NBA officially announced the players of the week in the East and West, namely Warriors point guard Stephen Curry and Cavaliers small forward LeBron James.

上周库里场均拿到33.2分、5.7篮板、6.2助攻和2.1抢断，带领勇士取得3胜1负的战绩。4场比赛里，库里场均上场时间只有32分钟，凭借着场均6.6个三分，硬生生贡献出了爆炸的数据。

上周詹姆斯场均拿到28.7分、8.3篮板、8.6助攻和1.8抢断，命中率高达59.6%，带领骑士取得3胜0负的战绩。

湖人虽然战绩只有2胜2负，但徐天凭借着场均19.8分、7.2篮板、9.1助攻和3.1次抢断的数据，成功入选了虎扑的每周权力榜。这不是官方的排名，但也代表徐天的表现进入了联盟顶尖行列。

On the afternoon of the second day after the game between the Lakers and the Nuggets, the players took the team plane to Brooklyn, New York, where Xu Tianmeng started.

Four months ago, Xu Tian was selected by the Rockets in Brooklyn and started his NBA career from that moment.

The Lakers are about to embark on a five-game winning streak. Kobe would not travel with the team in the original plan, but in order to give back to the away fans, he still came to the Big Apple.

The home court of the Nets was moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 2012, but its status is similar to that of the Los Angeles Clippers, and it has never been able to replace the Knicks as the main owner of New York.

The Nets formed an army very early, but it originally belonged to the ABA, and did not join the NBA until 1979, and has never won a championship since its establishment.Not only that, the Nets have never had a superstar who can represent the Nets. If you insist on finding one, you can only put Jason Kidd on the table.

Kidd is one of the top five point guards in league history.He started his career with the Mavericks and retired after the Mavericks won the championship, but his career with the Suns and Nets was brilliant enough.

Not much to say about the Suns period. In 01, Marbury and Kidd swapped clubs. Kidd came to New Jersey and became the team leader.

The 01-02 season was the personal peak of Kidd's career. He ranked second in the MVP list that season and led the Nets to the finals.But at that time, the Lakers team led by the OK combination was in full swing, and the Nets had no strength to resist in the finals, which was a pity that they lost.

In the 02-03 season, the Nets scored twice and reached the finals again, but lost to the San Antonio Spurs led by Duncan.

Reaching the finals for two consecutive years is the pinnacle of the Nets in the 21st century. Since then, the New Jersey people have not been able to touch the stage of the finals.

It is worth noting that Carter was not in the Nets lineup for the two consecutive finals, which means that UFO has never played in the finals.

After the Russian boss Prokhorov took over the Nets, he quickly moved the team to Brooklyn, and he did not hesitate to pay a huge luxury tax to build a lineup, and finally formed Garnett, Pierce, Deron, Joe Johnson and Lopez. luxury warship.

Prokhorov's grand vision didn't pan out.

The luxurious lineup of the Nets on paper could not help them break through James' dominance in the East, and their dream of winning the championship eventually came to naught.

Now the Nets' lofty ambitions have been in vain. Only Lopez and Joe Johnson are left among the former Big Five, and they are still struggling to support the team's appearance.

Xu Tian sat in the hotel room, took a pen to read the Nets roster printed on the paper, and drew a horizontal line under the names of Lopez and Joe Johnson with the pen, marking the two who needed to focus on defense.

Lopez and Joe Johnson are top-notch All-Star players, and the overall strength of the Nets is not good enough, which is easier to deal with than the previous teams.But Xu Tian's goal is the MVP of the regular season. If he wants to win this award, his record is naturally the primary factor. Therefore, even if it is a game with a high probability of winning, he dare not relax in the slightest.

Curry and James are in a hot state, and it is really difficult to get the MVP from them, but Xu Tian never doubted it, and he firmly believes that he can do it.

Scott had a small dispute with Kobe last night. This incident made him very worried that the coaching position would be in danger. He didn't want to rest at this time. He stayed in the hotel room with his girlfriend and studied the game video of the Nets, thinking carefully. offensive and defensive tactics.

Although Alice is a relative of the player, she still cannot take the team's airliner and flew to Brooklyn alone.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, she took a taxi to the Lakers hotel and met Xu Tian.

Xu Tian had already waited in front of the main entrance of the hotel in advance. Seeing Alice get off the car, he walked over to help her get the suitcase out of the car.

The taxi driver looked familiar to the big man with the luggage. After checking for a long time in the rearview mirror, he found that it was Xu Tianhou. He hurriedly opened the car door and asked, "Are you Xu from the Lakers?"

Xu Tian put the suitcase in his hand on the ground and said, "Yes, I am."

The master driver greeted Xu Tian, ​​found Xu Tian's poster and a marker pen in the driver's seat, and ran to Xu Tian with these two things.

Seeing the things in the driver's hand, Xu Tian understood that he was looking for his signature, and happily took the poster from the driver's hand.

After the driver took the signed poster from Xu Tian, ​​he was so happy that he even forgot to take the marker pen, and hurried back to the taxi. Before leaving, he remembered to say thank you to him.

Xu Tian was used to such things, turned around and picked up the suitcase on the ground, and walked into the hotel with Alice.

The night Xu Tian and Alice spent in the hotel, they tossed and turned all night long, so it was no problem.

The next morning, Xu Tian took a taxi to the Barclays Center for his daily routine training with slightly heavy steps.After entering the training hall, he saw unexpected people.

Hibbert knew that Xu Tian often came to the training hall very early, and in order to express his sincerity, he came to the Barclays Center earlier than him.

Xu Tian knew that the magician had given Hibbert an indefinite suspension, and looked at him in training suspiciously, not understanding what his move meant.

Hibbert saw Xu Tian walking into the training ground, grabbed the basketball that bounced over, hit the ball and passed it to Xu Tian.

Xu Tian gently put the ball on the floor and asked, "Roy, what do you mean?"

Hibbert walked straight towards Xu Tian, ​​and stopped when he was almost in front of him. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Xu, your words are the most important thing now, can you let the magician lift the suspension?"

Xu Tian didn't expect that Hibbert would take the initiative to give in, and raised his eyebrows lightly and asked, "Why didn't you look for the magician, but came to me?"

Hibbert is an American, and said straight from his heart: "You are the boss of the Lakers now, and you need the help of the center, don't you?"

Xu Tian said, "I'm the boss of the Lakers, but I'm afraid I'm not qualified enough to influence the Magician's decision."

Hibbert picked up the basketball from the ground and said, "No! The magician knows that you have a strong desire to control, as long as you speak, he will not refuse."

“How come you see?”

"Dude! I'm a professional player anyway, can I not understand your strength?"

Xu Tian snatched the ball from Hibbert with his right hand, dribbled the ball flexibly with the fingers of his left hand, and said at the same time: "You are looking for me. But you must make it clear in advance that if you do not perform well in the game tonight, the Lakers will There's no place for you anymore."

Hibbert looked at Xu Tian's superb ball-handling ability, and said in a dazed way: "No problem! As long as you can help me get rid of the suspension penalty, I will definitely do it with you loyally."

When Kobe walked into the arena, he saw Xu Tian and Hibbert standing on the court at first sight. He walked over slowly and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Xu Tian didn't like to beat around the bush, and said, "Roy wants me to intercede for him and let the magician remove his suspension."

When Kobe heard this, he looked at Hibbert curiously, and said, "Okay! I thought you didn't like playing basketball anymore, but I didn't expect you to have such a heart."

Now that Hibbert has decided to bow his head, he is not afraid of embarrassment anymore, and said: "You have given the control of the Lakers to Xu, so what if I bow my head!"

Xu Tian laughed and said, "Roy, I might lie to you, but the money definitely won't. As long as you work hard enough on the court, the pass will definitely get in your hands."

Hibbert would not doubt Xu Tian's ability to pass the ball, and calmly accepted this sentence.

Xu Tian didn't waste any more time, and soon started his daily routine training.He knew very well that the reason why Hibbert succumbed was because his performance on the court was amazing enough, otherwise it would be impossible to bow his head.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the Lakers players all came to the training hall near the Barclays Center to practice with the team.

The defensive coach didn't know the conversation between Xu Tian and Hibbert, and guided Bass and Nance Jr. to defend in the penalty area, completely leaving Hibbert aside.Hibbert understood the cruelty of the commercial league, ignored the neglect of the coaching staff, and concentrated on shooting training.

After returning to the hotel after regular training, Xu Tian called the magician and expressed Hibbert's application to play.

The magician asked Xu Tian for his opinion, and without any hesitation, he immediately agreed to lift Hibbert's suspension.

Scott didn't know what happened. After receiving the call from the magician, he rushed to Hibbert's room and said excitedly, "Roy, the magician lifted your suspension. You can play in tonight's game." , get ready!"

Hibbert sat on a chair in the room and nodded numbly, which was in stark contrast to Scott's excitement.

Alice endured Xu Tian's violent shock last night, and she didn't get out of bed all morning. She lay on the bed and asked, "Who were you calling just now?"

Xu Tian sat by the bed and said, "I talked to the magician about the team."

Alice shut her mouth obediently after hearing Xu Tian's answer.

Xu Tian took Alice's hand, thinking about the team quietly, and the room quickly returned to silence.

Pelinka called Kobe and asked Jerry West for his advice on lineup adjustments.

Kobe kneaded his forehead, tried to recall West's words, and conveyed them to Pelinka as completely as possible.

(End of this chapter)