Legendary basketball manager

The two haven't seen each other for a long time, but they have kept in touch.

Usually, they will use whatapp (a chat software) to chat.

This has almost become an indispensable part of Shen Fei and Ajiali's life.

The two talked about everything without putting any pressure on each other.

If one of the parties suddenly fails to reply to the message for several hours, the other party will not have any harsh words.

After all, both parties are very clear that the other party is a busy person!

Of course, the communication between the two is not limited to text.

When it is free, a certain convenience will take the initiative to dial the phone.

It was Ajiali who took the initiative to call Shen Fei today.

"Fei, how are you doing recently? I finally finished my work with the company."

Ajiali said softly.

Her father, Ranadive, is one of India's most famous it tycoons, with countless industries.

Around April every year, they will have a large number of business orders approved.

Ajiali will also be very busy in order to help her father.

"I'm okay, I've been busy with the construction of the Rockets' new arena recently."

"However, if your father's company is busy at this time of year every year, wouldn't he have no time to take care of the future king entering the playoffs?"

Shen Fei asked curiously.

"I'm still here!"

"I made an agreement with him that I will focus more on the team in the future. After all, I am not very interested in the IT field, and I am not capable enough."

Ajiali said frankly.

"Well, it makes sense. When you're done with your work, you can come and watch the game with me."

Shen Fei laughed.

"Okay, but it might be a few days before I leave Sacramento."

"Wait for the Rockets to enter the Western Conference Finals or the Finals! I will definitely be there at that time, and I will accompany you to witness the team's pursuit of the championship!"

Ajiali said energetically.

"Okay, wait for you."

Shen Fei readily agreed.

Ajiali has always been very concerned about his winning career.

In the previous gaming company incident, Ajiali also helped Shen Fei.

Shen Fei is well versed in the way of reciprocating favors.

He has already planned to help Ajiali plan during the offseason, how to make the king rise faster!

"If...the Rockets can really achieve your goal and win the O'Brien Cup, I can promise you a request."

Ajiali said suddenly.

Shen Fei was taken aback when he heard the words, and then asked: "Is it okay to ask for anything?"

......

......

"It should be... everything is fine~"

"You and your rocket, please refuel well."

Ajiali left such a thought-provoking remark and hung up the phone.

Shen Fei touched his nose resentfully.

This love has also been talked about for more than 100 million words, and it is indeed time to blossom and bear fruit.

As the saying goes, there are flowers that can be folded straight, and there is no need to fold branches without flowers.

Although Shen Fei devoted himself to his career, he was not a cold-blooded animal.

After dating for half a year, Shen Fei felt that Ajiali had basically met all his requirements for a partner.

Needless to say, appearance and family background, the two are also highly compatible with internal things such as personality and three views.

The only thing that makes Shen Fei a little dissatisfied is that Ajiali has a special hobby - raising Bengal tigers as pets!

As the old saying goes, raising tigers is a problem.

But by chance, this rich daughter who is loved by thousands of people has such a strange habit.

[Are rich people’s hobbies so special...]

Every time Shen Fei thought about it, he couldn't help but want to complain.

............

After finishing the call, Shen Fei sat back on the sofa and watched TV.

What is being played at this time is the game between the Mavericks and the Hornets.

In the previous game, the Mavericks led 3:1.

This time, the Cowboys, holding the match point, returned to the home court and once again met the challenge of the Hornets.

It is worth mentioning that after the last game, the Mavericks have already held two match points.But Hornets player Paul said in an interview:

"The Hornets are the better team. The previous two defeats were due to both luck and the referee."

Paul was fined $1 by the league for referring to referees in that sentence.

But this sentence not only attacked the referee, but also provoked the Mavericks again.

To this end, Jason Terry tweeted: "After failing again and again, is it so difficult to admit the strength of others?"

Nowitzki's response was more succinct: "See you on the court."

It can be seen from the tweets of the Mavericks' two main players-they intend to let the series end in Game 5!

............

When Shen Fei refocused on the TV, the game had reached the second quarter.

Subconsciously, he glanced at the scoreboard first—50:20.

???

Shen Fei thought he had read it wrong, but when he took a closer look, he found that it was indeed 50:20.

He was not mistaken!

"Good guy... so fierce."

Shen Fei sighed.

He turned on his phone and checked the relevant news on the Internet.

It turned out that in the first quarter, the Mavericks scored a full 10 three-pointers!

Among them, Nowitzki and Terry scored 3 each, and Kidd also scored 2.

After the first quarter, the two sides tied at 42:15.

With this ferocious outside firepower, the Mavericks took a 27-point lead.

It wasn't until the second quarter that the Hornets recovered a little.

Paul, who made 3 of 0 shots in the first quarter, also woke up like a dream at this time, relying on a breakthrough to score a 2+1.

But soon, the Mavericks' bench lineup also began to show off.

A mountain in Puerto Rico - jj-Baia, hit a long shot from beyond the three-point line.

Then, Caron Butler succeeded in singles at a 45-degree angle on the right.

After going back and forth, the score came to 50:20 as Shen Fei saw.

"This rhythm...won't another tragedy happen?"

The corners of Shen Fei's mouth could not help but slightly twitch.

The Rockets just beat the Grizzlies yesterday, and today the Mavericks seem to be killing the Hornets.

His words finally became a prophecy!

In the following games, the Mavericks continued to expand their score advantage.

The two players who tweeted and angered Paul, Nowitzki and Terry, were particularly vicious.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was fixed at 115:70, and the Mavericks had already led by as many as 45 points!

At this point in the game, the suspense was completely lost.

During the intermission, Hornets coach Monty Williams surrendered and removed all the main players.

On the side of the Mavericks, although several main players were unhappy with Paul, they still chose to respect their opponents and all rested.

In the fourth quarter of the game, both sides replaced the full bench lineup.

Generally speaking, in this kind of duel between the substitute lineups, the strength gap will not be too big, and the point difference will generally not change much.

But today's game seems to be different...

The Mavericks' bench gangsters have no intention of letting the Hornets go.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, they played a wave of 8:0 shock waves, widening the point difference to 53 points in one fell swoop.

Seeing such a huge difference in points, Shen Fei already thought of that magic number in his mind.

At the same time, the director of the Mavericks' home court had nothing to do, so he cut the camera to the Hornets bench and accurately found the "queen bee" - Chris Paul.

At this moment, Paul watched the game blankly, wondering what he was thinking.

"click~"

The picture freezes, and a beautiful photo is taken.

The director sent the photo to the team's media department with satisfaction.

............

In the following games, the Hornets' substitutes obviously played a lot harder, and the point difference remained at around 55 points.

In this way, the game came to the last 1 minutes.

Mavericks' offensive round.

Barea holds the ball through half-court, keeping his weight low and waiting for the clock to tick.

After this attack, they will not launch another attack in the future.

So Barea decided to play the round well.

When there were 6 seconds left in the shot clock, he moved!

I saw Barea dribble the ball under the crotch, change the ball to his left hand, and then speed up to break through to the inside.

Jarrett Jack, who was defending him, quickly moved laterally to block.

Throughout the fourth quarter, Jack was broken by Barea many times, which has already caused a psychological shadow.

Therefore, when blocking laterally, he was too aggressive, and the center of gravity of his body shifted a lot.

Seeing this, Barea slammed his right foot on the ground, took a step back and bounced outside the three-point line, and then shot a three-pointer.

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

158: 100.

The Mavericks actually extended their lead to 58 points!

There are still 36 seconds left.

The Hornets' substitutes did not give up and continued to play the last attack.

Off the court, Paul frowned.

This point difference has already reminded him of some bad memories.

He never imagined that after two years, this nightmare figure landed on his head again.

This made Paul regret a little, and uttered wild words before the game.

The Hornets' final attack failed in the end.

After the Mavericks protected the rebound, Barea took the ball across the half court and waited quietly for the end of the game.

In the end, the Mavericks sat at home and beat the Hornets by 158 points 100:58, advancing to the second round!

After watching the game, Shen Fei took out his phone again and checked the news for a while.

Soon, he saw a photo of Paul laughing on the bench.

This photo is obviously photoshopped.

And his original film is the one shot by the Mavericks' home director.

"Murder and heart..."

Shen Fei shook his head and said.

As we all know, Paul has always been famous for his competitive spirit.

In this photo, his smile, coupled with the score in the lower right corner, is particularly ironic!

Of course, this is what Paul asked for.

Shen Fei knew that the reason why Paul said those provocative words in the interview was to get Mavericks players mentality.

Because Paul knows very well that in the absence of David West, the strength of the Hornets is difficult to compete with the Mavericks.

Without using these off-the-board tricks, they have basically no chance of winning.

It's just that things backfired, and these out-of-the-box tricks made the Hornets lose even more embarrassingly.

............

The next night, the playoffs continued.

City of Angels, Staples Arena.

The Lakers sit at home against the Denver Nuggets.

In the previous 4 games, the Lakers also took a 3:1 lead.

As long as they win this game, they will become the Mavericks' opponents in the next round.

Such an important game, the ace of the Lakers - Kobe - Bryant will naturally not relent.

In this game, he made 6 of 5 shots in the first quarter and scored 12 points to help the Lakers establish a lead.

In the second quarter of the game, Kobe reappeared with 6 minutes left.

But after playing, he immediately entered the "Killing God" mode and scored 15 points in a row!

The Lakers also led by Bryant, at the end of the second quarter, extended the lead to 20 points.

In the end, the Lakers also defeated their opponents without bloodshed and advanced to the second round.

Shen Fei watched the match in his office.

This result did not surprise him at all.

After all, Kobe has come out of a knee injury.

After the Lakers advanced, the second round of the Western Conference will almost come out:

Rockets vs Thunder.

Lakers vs Mavericks.

One group is a duel between young soldiers, and the other group is a dream-chasing competition among old boys.

I have to say that both sets of duels are very interesting!

Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the Thunder can beat the Spurs and successfully enter the second round.

............

Not long after the Lakers' game ended, Game 6 between the Thunder and the Spurs came as scheduled.

Shen Fei originally thought that the Thunder would be able to take advantage of the victory to pursue and win the series in one fell swoop.

Who would have thought that the aging Spurs would "rejuvenate" again.

In this battle, the Spurs' outside shooters were fully fired.

Throughout the game, they scored a total of 20 three-pointers!

Among them, Matt Bonner, known as the "catapult", scored 6 three-pointers alone.

Relying on strong outside firepower, they finally narrowly beat the Thunder 105:100, pulling the total score to 2:3.

............

Two days later, except for the Spurs and Thunder, the rest of the first-round games have ended.

East side.

The Heat beat the Pacers 4:1.

The Bulls beat the 4ers 1:76.

The Eagles defeated the Magic 4:2.

The Knicks lost 2:4 to the Celtics without Garnett.

In the second round, the Heat will play against the Celtics.

James and Wade will once again face the past sufferers - Celtics.

Another set of matchups is the Bulls against the Eagles.

Seeing such a matchup situation, Shen Fei can basically conclude that the Eastern Conference Finals will be played between the Heat and the Bulls!

At that time, Rose will fight against the Big Three of the Heat alone as in the original time and space.

The story of the three heroes fighting against Lu Bu is inevitable.

[Only relying on Rose, wanting to defeat the Heat composed of James, Wade, Howard, and Ray Allen is a bit difficult...]

[Looking at it this way, the Rockets enter the finals, and their opponent is the Heat. ]

Shen Fei thought to himself.

He didn't consider the Rockets' unexpected exit.

Time flies, and it is night in a blink of an eye.

Shen Fei drove to Rocket's training hall.

He will watch with the players tonight, the 6th game between the Thunder and the Spurs!

When Shen Fei walked into the video analysis room, all the rocket generals were surprised.

Since the team's new arena was put into construction, Shen Fei has become a busy man.

Except for the Rockets' games at home, he hardly ever makes an appearance.

During the game, it was naturally impossible for the teammates to have any communication with Shen Fei.

Therefore, today they met Shen Fei again after a "long absence".

"Boss, tell me quickly, who do you think performed the best in our team in the first round?"

As soon as Lori came up, he dug a hole for Shen Fei.

Shen Fei was taken aback when he heard the words.

This question is really hard to answer.

After all, the strength of the Grizzlies is quite different from that of the Rockets. The Rockets won all 4 games.

The three core members of the team—Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, and Curry—also performed brilliantly in different games.

If you only talk about a certain game and judge a player with the best performance, it is very simple.

But combining 4 games...it's really hard to choose.

Then don't choose!

"I think it's Kyle Lowry."

"Without your active atmosphere, how could we have won the series so easily."

After thinking for a while, Shen Fei replied jokingly.

"Boss really has a unique vision, it seems that I am the mvp of the first round!"

Lowry said with a smile.

"Speaking of mvp, after the Spurs and Thunder series, the regular season mvp will be announced, right?"

Tony Allen asked.

When everyone heard the words, they immediately turned their attention to McGrady.

"It should be, I didn't pay much attention."

Maddie said noncommittally.

But the slightly raised corners of his mouth betrayed him.

"Don't worry, it's fine~"

Curry smiled and patted McGrady on the shoulder.

Shen Fei looked around.

It can be seen from everyone's expressions that everyone very much hopes that McGrady can win the mvp smoothly.

[Fortunately, I managed to get Stern, otherwise this mvp would be gone if he targeted...]

Shen Fei thought to himself.

"The game is about to start, let's watch the game together first."

Mark Jackson reminded.

Everyone nodded and turned their attention to the TV.

With the referee throwing the ball high, the game officially begins!