Pick Westbrook

Chapter 232
After the game, countless reporters poured into the stadium.

The Wachovia Center is like going through a conference finals or finals.

O'Neill and Iverson were surrounded by all the reporters, but they were not in a hurry to be interviewed at this time.

Jeremy Lin and Cousins ​​were called over by the two, and under the witness of countless fans all over the world, they exchanged jerseys.

Jeremy Lin and Iverson, Cousins ​​and O'Neal.

Two of them retired this season, and the other two just entered the NBA this season as rookies.

Kenny Smith was startled, and couldn't help shouting, "Isn't this a coincidence!"

Iverson taught rookie Jeremy Lin all his skills, and this season is also the season when he retired.

O'Neal handed over all his post-up skills to rookie Cousins, and this season is also his retirement season.

It's like a cycle.

The next new story will be written by Jeremy Lin and Cousins.

The regular season has finally come to an end.

The rankings of the teams in the East and West are thus settled.

In the Western Division, the teams with the first to eighth records are: Lakers, Spurs, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Rockets, Grizzlies, Kings, Hornets.

In the Eastern Division, the teams with the first to eighth records are: Heat, Bulls, Bucks, Magic, Eagles, Knicks, 76ers, Pacers.

After seeing this record ranking, Hammond was extremely worried and said: "This means that we will meet the New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs."

Li Lai nodded, that was indeed the case.

Hammond's concerns are misplaced.

The Knicks rank among the top three in the league in terms of luxury tax this season, and their lineup is also very strong.

It's just because D'Antoni pursues offense too much, and there are no very strong defensive players in the team, so some ups and downs in the record have led to the current situation.

After all, relying solely on offense, God knows how the players' hands feel in a certain game, so it is really difficult for a team that only relies on offense to obtain a stable winning percentage.

In addition, Chauncey Billups missed a lot of games due to injury, and the Knicks lost an offensive starting point on the offensive end, which led to a wave of losing streak. in this way.

"The Knicks are indeed a team not to be underestimated."

"Before the start of the playoffs, all teams in the league are discussing that the Knicks may be the most powerful of the four teams in the east and west. They are also the most promising team in the hearts of all fans."

Tyronn Lue and Marshall are extremely cautious at this time.

Although the Bucks and the Knicks played against the Knicks in the regular season and won the game, that can only be used as a tactical reference and does not mean that the Knicks are really not the Bucks' opponents.

Now on the stage of the playoffs, this newly formed Eastern Conference team has experienced a whole season of running-in, and their current strength must be stronger than then.

So if the Bucks are not careful, it is really possible to capsize in the gutter and be defeated by the Knicks. After all, the opponent has such strength in the lineup.

Li Lai's expression on the side was extremely serious.

Facing a team with Carmelo Anthony, bully Stoudemire and Billups, even he was extremely cautious.

Li Lai knew the strength of the three of them. If the Bucks couldn't take them very seriously from the beginning, maybe they would really be kicked out by the opponent.

However, Li Lai also gave the three people in front of him great confidence at this time and said: "We are the defending champions, so we shouldn't be scared like this by a Knicks team."

"Of course, we can't take it lightly before the game starts, and we must show our best state to fight them."

On the second day, the awards of the alliance were released one after another.

Rookie of the Year ROY: Clippers Blake Griffin.

All-Rookie Team: John Wall, Paul George, Landry Fields, Blake Griffin, DeMarcus Cousins.

Best Sixth Man SMOY: Bucks Dragic.

Best Defensive Player DPOY: Magic Dwight Howard.

League One Defense: Rajon Rondo, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant.

The league's second defense: Tony Allen, Tyson Chandler, Andre Iguodala, Joakim Noah, Chris Paul.

League scoring leader: Bucks Curry.

Best team: Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Curry, Kevin Durant.

Best Second Team: Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Amare Stoudemire.

Best Team Three: Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Manu Ginobili, LaMarcus Aldridge, James Harden.

That night, the regular season MVP awards were presented on the spot.

James sat on the podium, looked at the MVP trophy in front of him and then raised it high above his head, but soon he naturally put down the MVP trophy.

James said: "I am very happy to get this MVP trophy again, but you all know what I think of most now."

"It's the championship trophy that symbolizes the highest glory!"

"So we'll see you in the playoffs."

After saying this, James dropped the microphone and left the awards scene without even giving the reporters who were preparing to interview any chance to react.

Xiao Hua on the side was very embarrassed.

Although your Heat team has a feeling of being invincible in the league this season, isn't it too arrogant to want that championship trophy so blatantly?

Then the league playoff schedule was announced, and the first game of the NBA this season will be played by the Eastern Division.

On April 4, the Milwaukee Bucks played against the New York Knicks.

The night before the playoffs.

Milwaukee had a rare downpour.

Milwaukee Hospital.

After comforting the old potato man to sleep peacefully, Ma Luoli wondered why the lights in her father's office were still on at this time.

She knocked lightly on the door, and walked in without getting a response.

Wesley stood in front of the window, and the rain dripped down the window continuously.

Ma Luoli looked in the direction her father was looking at. That place was the Bradley Arena, the home stadium of the Bucks.

She couldn't help but chuckled softly.

For three years, her father hadn't been to a Bucks game. At first, Ma Luoli thought her father had forgotten her childhood beliefs and dreams, but she didn't expect that the other party still remembered, and she was sincere and warm.

"The Bucks have entered the playoffs for three consecutive years, and last season they won the championship after 39 years. This season they are also one of the top five favorites for the championship."

"So why not go see what they're playing now?"

"Even if those players are not your favorite Skyhook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Big O Robertson, but that's still the Bucks."

Wesley came back to his senses, a little surprised when his daughter came to him, he shook his head looking at the Bradley Arena outside the window and said.

"But that's not my Bucks. If it's in my hands, I can bring this team back to the glory of 40 years ago. It will definitely be possible."

Lake Michigan.

As the general manager of Li Ning Factory in the United States, Johnson II has long been regarded as a successful person, but he is still used to living in this place.

Friends and familiar people who used to live here have all left here one after another. This former Milwaukee's largest slum now looks very bleak.

Johnson II leaned on the recliner with his left hand and looked with it in the direction of Bradley Arena.

Bradley Arena.

Even if the playoffs will not officially start until tomorrow night, the Bucks will have to usher in their first playoffs at that time.

But now, countless workers have started working ahead of time and getting ready for that day.

Behind the busy staff of the entire Bradley Arena, in a dark aisle, a faint light shone in, illuminating a pair of slender calves and black stockings.

The little girl murmured inside, "Peace and peace."

After shouting this sentence, the little girl sank her head completely, she didn't know who she shouted this sentence for.

His grandfather, the Bucks, or Li Lai.

"Welcome to the NBA 2010-11 season, the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks."

With the sound of Barkley falling, the fans at the Bradley Arena burst into extremely warm applause.

"Bucks! Go!"

"We are the defending champions!"

"That bastard Li Lai, command me seriously, or I'll break your three legs!"

"If you lose a game to the Knicks, you should hurry and go home! Don't delay the young talents in the Bucks."

player channel.

The players of the Bucks have become accustomed to all kinds of trash talking to coach Li Lai from their own fans.

If in any home game, these fans didn't shout and clamor to break Li Lai's three legs, then the Bucks players would feel extremely confused.

But now, listening to the daily slogan of breaking Li Lai's three legs, all the players of the Bucks team felt extremely at ease.

McGrady walked to the center of the crowd at this time.

The players of the Bucks know very well that the player who is most eager for a championship in the Bucks now is the top four in the league.

Therefore, Artest, O'Neal, Iverson, Curry and others strongly suggest that the Bucks' pre-match mobilization for the first game of the playoffs should be presided over by McGrady.

At this time, McGrady lowered his head and raised his right hand high.

"The O'Brien Cup, this is not just a name, it is a dream of the NBA, and it is a legend left by all the heroes chasing this trophy."

"Right now, we're only 16 wins away from this far-fetched dream, but there will be countless teams fighting us for this award."

"I firmly believe that we can win the final victory!"

"Because we worked tirelessly throughout the regular season to make this dream come true."

"Bros!"

"Let's kill him! Kill him until the sky is dark!"

When Yi Jianlian, Villanueva, Dragic, Artest, Curry, O'Neal and the Bucks put their hands together with McGrady, they all felt the 32-year-old veteran A strong desire emanating from the body.

McGrady needs this championship trophy.

Artest recalled that everyone in the league was not optimistic about the Bucks at the beginning of this season, and even questioned the strength of the Bucks' defending champion.

At this moment, Artest's gaze gradually became firm.

He wants to defend this hard-won glory for the Bucks, and he wants to prove the strength of the Bucks

Westbrook stared at the front of the player tunnel, the harsh lights gradually illuminated the small area, he raised his arms and shouted.

"Bucks!"

Everyone: "Let's go!"

CCTV commentary desk.

Yu Jia said excitedly: "Now the starting rosters of the two teams for tonight's game have come from ahead. Let's take a look at which players will play in tonight's battle."

Bucks starting lineup: point guard Westbrook, shooting guard Curry, small forward Artest, power forward Villanueva and center Cousins.

Knicks starting lineup: Point guard Chauncey Billups, shooting guard Bill Walker, small forward Carmelo Anthony, power forward Amare Stoudemire and center Jared Jeffer Reese.

Su Qun was a little surprised and said, "Why hasn't Arab League appeared in the Bucks' starting list?"

Since Yi Jianlian returned from injury, he has been playing for the Bucks as a substitute player.

This has aroused the doubts of all commentators, commentators and fans as early as the regular season.

After all, Yi Jianlian was an Eastern All-Star player last season, and he is also a very important pivot player in the Bucks' offensive tactics.

It stands to reason that after such a player returns from injury, the team's coaching staff will definitely give the opponent a lot of playing time to help him regain his form, and it is not impossible to even sacrifice some game victories.

But what makes Su Qun very puzzled is that Yi Jianlian has been playing as a substitute for the Bucks since his return from injury, and his average playing time is only 25 minutes per game.

At that time, Su Qun was still guessing whether the coaching staff of the Bucks used him so cautiously in order to protect the UAE.

After all, Yi Jianlian also proved his vulnerable physique at the beginning of his career, and now he has suffered a serious injury, which will inevitably make the Bucks coaching staff feel afraid of being bitten by a snake for ten years worry.

But now it's the playoffs. In such an important game, the Bucks' coaching staff is still letting Yi Jianlian play as a substitute, which is very telling.

"Maybe the United Arab Emirates will always play as a substitute in this year's playoffs."

Su Qun couldn't help guessing.

Yu Jia was stunned at the side, and said with some indignation: "Arlian is an All-Star player, the coaching staff of the Bucks really dare to let him play as a substitute?"

"What do they eat!"

Su Qun was not filled with righteous indignation like Yu Jia at this time. He did not believe that the coaching staff of a defending champion would make such a big mistake.

Even a third-rate coach in the league would not dare to let an All-Star player with a five-year 5 million contract play as a substitute player on the court.

The most important thing is that since Yi Jianlian returned from injury, the latter has been playing as a substitute, and Su Qun has never heard Yi Jianlian complain about this in front of the media.

So he guessed that Yi Jianlian should have known before his comeback that he would be a substitute player after his comeback, otherwise it would be impossible to be so calm.

"Then the question is, why did the UAE agree to play as a substitute at his age? What exactly does the Bucks' coaching staff want to do?"

On the court, the game is about to begin.

Anthony walked to the court with a big man's temperament. After tidying up the headband on his head, he pointed to his teammates Bill Walker and Jared Jeffries, signaling them to play hard tonight.

Anthony knew that the team in front of him was the defending champion Bucks. In fact, the Knicks originally wanted to rush to the fifth place in the Eastern Conference to avoid this team.

But who would have thought that Billups was injured and rested for 10 games after the All-Star break, which also caused the Knicks to lose a lot of games that should have been won, resulting in a failure to hit the fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

In addition, the Eagles don't know what's wrong with the team. Since last season, they have been determined to avoid the Bucks, so they have been firmly occupying the fifth position in the Eastern Conference, and they have not given the Knicks a chance at all. any hope.

Of course, the Knicks can also choose to drop their record to the seventh and eighth positions in the Eastern Conference to avoid the Bucks, but after thinking about which two teams in these two positions will face in the playoffs, The Knicks management decisively rejected the proposal.

"We'd rather play the Bucks than the Bulls and the Heat."

Technical front.

Neither Li Lai nor Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni chose to shake hands, but went straight to the front of the technical stage, nodded solemnly, and went through a cutscene.

Kenny Smith couldn't help but said with great anticipation: "One is the former strongest offensive coach in the league, and the other is the current strongest offensive coach in the league."

"The confrontation between the two will be as exciting as sparks hitting the earth."

(End of this chapter)