no shortcuts in basketball

At this moment, the happiest person in the world should be a silver horn king in Dallas.

This possibility has indeed followed his lifetime of career humiliation in history. I thought it was for him alone, but who would have thought that after only three years, someone would come to keep him company.

I can't say I'm a little happy, I can only say that I woke up laughing from a dream.

That's how people are, even if you experience a particularly annoying/shameful/embarrassing negative event, when you know that other people have also experienced it, you instantly feel less bad.

Of course, social media was completely out of control at this time. People who were just joking with screenshots of Durant's speech began to swarm James, just like they did to Nowitzki.

Although the Jamies are trying their best to fight against it, and although social media is also deleting and banning in various ways, this is already a torrent and is unstoppable.

To be honest, although James has not improved much technically, he has devoted himself to the Cavaliers in the past few years, has a high attendance rate, and is very dedicated.

However, the league's bias against him, and his actions that can be made into highlights for more than ten or even ten minutes, have left many people dissatisfied.

In the past, it was because there were only a few people who dared to speak out, and they were easy to be controlled, but this time the concentrated explosion was more like a big explosion after being backlogged like the votes in the previous slam dunk contest.

Cleveland, James mansion.

James, Paul, and Windhorst sat in the familiar living room again.

"King, I tried my best." Windhorst was very helpless at this time. He wrote many reports one after another, such as "The Bulls' Strength Is Seriously Underestimated", "The Gold Content of Consecutive MVP", "Xu Yong's Lore Shot Starts Walking" and so on, but they are all like leaves thrown into the torrent, just a wave and disappear.

"King, for this award ceremony, you will use the reason of surgery, and I will go and receive it for you." Paul signaled Windhorst to stop talking, and then suggested to James.

His suggestion was also very smart. Don't actually appear on that occasion, and if the media doesn't get the photos, then it won't be a big problem.

After all, there are no photos, and it is only spread by word of mouth, so its influence will be a lot smaller.

James said nothing.

He didn't speak, and Paul and Windhorst could only remain silent.

The air was inexplicably quiet.

After a long time, James sat up straight, and then said: "I will attend."

……

At the same time, the Bulls headed to the away game, preparing to start the Eastern Conference semifinals with the Celtics.

The players of the Bulls are very relaxed. Their original goal was to make it to the playoffs, but now they have gone far beyond the black eight, so they don’t have any psychological burden for the next game.

Of course, the players are still very confident. After all, the Cavaliers can win. In theory, they have a chance to play against any team in the East.

So after arriving in Boston, they quickly started additional training under the leadership of Harris.

After the training, the players returned to the locker room talking and laughing.

At this time, Xu Yong was studying the Celtics game video with a tablet.

Although he knew that the Celtics team was on the same level as the Lakers and was one of the two strongest teams in the league that season, the kind that beat the Cavaliers 4-2, but he still had dreams.

"Watfack!"

At this moment, a burst of yelling and cursing suddenly came from the shower room.

It was from Noah who was the first to go into the shower.

Soon, Noah ran out wrapped in a bath towel.

"There's no hot water in the shower!" Noah complained speechlessly amid the confused eyes of his teammates.

With his background, how could he experience this.

You have to remember that it is only the beginning of May and the temperature is still on the low side.

Although with their physical condition, they wouldn't catch a cold if they took a cold shower, but who wants to be cold if they have nothing to do?

After Noah finished speaking, he put on his clothes, and then left the locker room. Judging by his posture, he should have gone to the arena staff.

But after a while he came back cursing.

"They said the heating in the visiting team's dressing room was broken and it couldn't be fixed in a while, which is bad luck."

The other team members couldn't help shaking their heads when they heard this.

It's not that there is no place to take a shower if there is no way to take a shower here, the hotel they live in is also possible.

It's just that they have a relatively strong body odor. This one is sweaty and sweaty on the bus, and the axillary fragrance of that car is irritating to think about.

"This is their old tradition." At this moment, Hinrich said while changing into clean clothes.

Under the curious eyes of Noah and others, Hinrich then told them about Boston's traditions.

The lack of hot water in the visiting team's locker room was just a trick, and what was even more amazing back then was the well-known "floor tactics".

In the early years of the NBA, splicing floors were used in arenas, so the Celtics specially set up some hollow floors, and only the Celtics players knew those areas, but the opponents did not.

Therefore, during the game, the Celtics will force their opponents into those areas, because the hollow floor dribble rebound is not enough to easily cause mistakes, so they often rely on this method to win.

Although this phenomenon was eliminated later, the Celtics won the championship in that way will not be deprived, and they even shamelessly gave those floors as souvenirs to their opponents who they thought were worthy of respect. A real absurd drama appeared.

It was an eye-opening experience for everyone else.

Xu Yong had heard about this before he was reborn, including why the Spurs turned off the air conditioning at home, causing James to cramp.

Basketball is developing, but the teams that have tasted these sweets still enjoy it.

"Then why didn't they last year?" Noah is still a little confused. When it comes to playing in the playoffs, last year they encountered the Celtics in the first round.

"Because we put pressure on them this year." Xu Yong said and stood up, and then started to change clothes.

When Xu Yong said this, the team members immediately showed joy, and then began to change their clothes one after another.

Being able to frighten the Celtics into using means, this group of youngsters is really promising this year.

……

The next night, G1 of the Bulls-Celtics series began.

At the beginning of the game, the Bulls showed their impact and took an 8-2 lead at the beginning.

But soon, they felt an unprecedented defensive pressure.

Generally speaking, an NBA team will have more or less defensive players on the court. Even the Lakers have Fisher who likes to lift his trouser legs. Mison is also a player who is strong in offense and defense in defense.

But this Celtics starting five, Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Kendrick Perkins, none of them are bad defensively.

Okay, you stumbled and fought with others until the rotation, they played an 8-man rotation, replaced Tony Allen, Rasheed Wallace, Glenn Davis, the defensive strength is still the same .

Not to mention Walker, Bynum and Sangueira, who were traded from the Bulls, can only sit on the bench.

We all say there is a certain degree of relaxation, but if you keep it tight, you will feel uncomfortable.

And the key is that they still have experience, and they are particularly good at grasping the details. If you can't grasp the fleeting opportunity, it is really fleeting.

So players like Noah and Brown, who played well against the Cavaliers, basically have difficulty scoring opportunities on the offensive end.

Rose was targeted much more than the Cavaliers.

Xu Yong's performance is barely normal, but opportunities are rare.

So playing and fighting, they can only passively start a battle with the Celtics and enter the opponent's rhythm.

After four quarters, the score was 83 to 93.

The Bulls didn't lose much, but only after watching the game did they know that the strength and experience of the two teams are quite different.

After the game, the players returned to the locker room.

But unlike the frustration they imagined, they kept talking about the details of the game.

There is a saying that actual combat is the best way to improve experience.

A game like this against the Celtics is the best practice because it forces you to dig into the details and do research.

So from a long-term perspective, this is more meaningful to them than completing Black Eight.

Especially people like Hinrich who played against the Celtics last year, so the analysis can be more accurate.

After two days of rest, G2 of the Bulls-Celtics series continued.

Compared with G1, the Bulls have done a significantly better job in details.

After showing the outside world their potential in the first round, they showed the outside world their learning ability in the second round.

The score of this game was finally fixed at 93 to 97.

Although they still failed to win the game in the end, compared with G1, they obviously did better.

After the end of the first two games, the Bulls returned to Chicago to prepare for the two games at home.

Because they failed to win the two away games, the next two home games are crucial to them.

At this time, an incident in the league temporarily shifted people's attention from the fierce playoffs to the New York headquarters.

Because there, James, who originally said there was a high possibility of thumb surgery, attended the awards ceremony in good health and received his second MVP trophy.

However, contrary to what many people expected, James who appeared at the scene did not appear as annoyed or frustrated as Nowitzki did.

He looked, even, very happy.

After accepting the trophy, he delivered a personal acceptance speech.

He started from thanking his mother, to his teammates, to the fans, and finally mentioned that he was proud to win the MVP back to back. At the same time, he also mentioned the superstars who had completed back to back feats before, saying that he was honored to be in the same row with them , and finally he thanked his team and those who supported him along the way.

"We've had a fantastic and brilliant season, and we've won the league's No. [-] title for the second straight season, which is an incredible achievement."

This is the conclusion of his speech.

Overall, this is a very standard speech, and you can tell at a glance that it was written by a master.

Especially in the end, although it is not very direct, it indirectly talks about the definition of MVP. This is the most valuable player in the regular season. They are No. [-] in the Eastern Conference. There is no problem in receiving this award.

As for what won the MVP and was eliminated, it is absolutely impossible to mention the second Nowitzki.

And after receiving the award, James also accepted an exclusive interview with ESPN.

The content is about the trials and difficulties the Cavaliers experienced during the season, and how they reached first place in the Eastern Conference.

After this wave of operations, it cannot be said to be similar to Nowitzki's original reaction, it can only be said to be very different.

To put it in a very appropriate sentence, unlike Nowitzki's embarrassment and embarrassment, James really doesn't think it is a shame, but an honor.

Not to mention the fans, even the NBA players were eye-opening.

To say that the only one who might not be so surprised is Xu Yong.

He had seen too many operations of James before his rebirth, and this one in front of him can only be said to be unexpected, but it is reasonable.

And James' way of handling it also made him realize that although his appearance has changed some things, James, who is the direct target, does not seem to have changed.

This also means with a high probability that James' departure from the team is a certainty.

Of course, these are all episodes of the Bulls series.

After another two days of rest, the Bulls played at home against the Celtics.

The process of the game is not much different from the previous two games. The performance of the Celtics after three seasons of running-in can only be said to be the Chinese high-speed rail before Xu Yongzhong's life. The outstanding thing is a stable word.

But the Bulls have done a better job of handling the details, and the most important difference is that they basically made all the shots they had a chance in this game.

This is especially critical in such high-intensity competitions.

The result was that after four quarters of fierce battle, the Bulls defeated the Celtics 103-92, chasing the big score to 1-2.

Xu Yong and Rose performed very well in this game. They both scored 25 points, scoring nearly half of the team's total.

But just when the fans felt that the Bulls were going to use their youth to overwhelm this team with an average age of over 30 years old, in G4 of the series, the Celtics staged a wave of team resilience for everyone.

Or in fact, as I said before, this Celtics team is known for its resilience.

Therefore, they should have played better and better as the series progressed, because their performance declined due to physical exertion.

94 to 85, the Bulls failed to hold their most important home game, and the big score has fallen behind 1 to 3.

Although after they moved to Boston, they felt overwhelmed and unexpectedly beat the Celtics 113 to 92.

But in G6 of the series, the Celtics played their strongest defense, limiting their scoring to 70 points, and finally defeated them 94-71.

With a big score of 2 to 4, the Bulls finally failed to get past the Celtics and unfortunately stopped in the conference semifinals.

But no one will criticize them, because after completing the black eight, they played six games against the Celtics. For a young team, what else can you not be satisfied with?

No, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Because just after the G6 game, Xu Yong, who followed De Nagro to the press conference, said this sentence on the spot: "If we meet again next time, we will win all the games we lost here. "

Thanks for the 500 tip for bringing your plane to stay~~

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