Pick Westbrook

Chapter 332

5 month 6 day.

The battle for the first round of the East and West playoffs is still going on, and only a small number of teams ended the battle early.

east.

The Bulls were staged a black-eight miracle by the Knicks because of Rose's season reimbursement.

This team, which has been recognized as the top one in the Eastern Conference since the beginning of the regular season, only won two games in the playoffs and regretted saying goodbye to the entire season.

Team head coach Tom Thibodeau suffered round after round of condemnation from Chicago fans, which made them feel even more regretful.

Truth Paul Pierce expressed his extreme disappointment after the end of the season. He is 35 years old and has been on this team for two seasons.

But the Bulls didn't make it out of the Eastern Conference in two seasons, and even failed to reach the Eastern Conference finals. Pierce, who was running out of career, was extremely disappointed with this team.

According to some people close to Pierce, he is very likely to apply for a deal in the off-season.

Considering that Pierce is still able to contribute an average of 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists this season, there must be many teams willing to take over him.

At the same time, the Heat became the first team in the East to reach the second round of the playoffs. They swept the 4ers 0:76.

After losing the playoffs for many years, the 76ers have also reached an extremely difficult moment.

Team general manager Sam Hinkie expressed his extreme disappointment with the team in his post-match press conference.

Facing the already rising Heat and Bucks, as well as a group of extremely powerful Eastern teams, the 76ers are likely to choose ups and downs next season and completely announce reconstruction.

雄鹿队4:1轻松战胜了步行者队，大卫-韦斯特场均能够砍下17分6篮板3助攻的数据，给卫冕冠军雄鹿队带来了不小的麻烦。

The signing of David West has also been recognized by most people. If the Pacers can solve their weak backline problem in the upcoming offseason, this team may stand on a higher level. stage.

The Eagles and Magic fell into a bitter battle, and the big score came to a 2:2 tie.

Such a result surprised countless people in the league, because the Magic had Warcraft Howard, but they were cornered by the Eagles.

More importantly, Howard's shoulder injury has been confirmed by the team doctor after the last game, and he will miss at least the next two games.

The situation of the Magic has reached a very pessimistic situation.

Western.

湖人队4:0横扫了快船队，科比场均29分5篮板4助攻，谁都没有想到34岁的黑曼巴竟然还能有这样的实力。

The Hornets swept the Rockets 4-0 beyond everyone's expectations. Yao Ming was praised by countless commentators and commentators in this round of the series. He bluntly said that this was the strongest round of the series played by the opponent.

It's just that the Rockets' management was criticized by everyone after this round of the series.

The Facebook account of their general manager, Dog Mo, was left by countless Rockets fans to tell the truth, calling the whole family dead.

Some Rockets fans even tweeted that they wanted Yao Ming to escape from here.

Except for the Lakers and Hornets who have advanced to the conference semifinals in the West, the remaining four teams are playing a little more anxiously.

"The Lone Ranger team and the Kings are now at 3:1. It seems that the Lone Ranger team has the upper score."

“不过保罗乔治在上一场比赛突然大爆发，24投10中，三分球12中6，罚球11中8，砍下了34分7篮板5助攻3抢断的数据。”

“而另一位被认为是国王队球队老大的哈登却只有19投6中，罚球12罚10中，三分球6中0，拿下了22分4篮板6助攻的数据，同时还有7次失误。”

"If it weren't for Harden's slightly stretched hips in this game, the Kings should have moved the big score to a 2:2 tie."

"In the current 3:1 situation, they are almost standing on the edge of a cliff."

Du Feng looked at the game data of the two teams and said.

Stevens nodded and said: "Harden's style of play is still mainly foul-making on the court, but he has many dispensable confrontations with opponents and the referee did not call fouls."

"When those fouls don't work, it's either a missed shot or an offensive error."

"The Kings got a lot of counterattacks from the Mavericks because of Harden's style of play."

The Lone Ranger team is a team that is very good at playing fast. When the Kings give such an opportunity, it is easy for the opponent to play an advantage.

In the playoffs, giving such an opportunity is undoubtedly fatal.

Li Lai did not pay too much attention to these two teams, the Mavericks and the Kings. He quickly turned his attention to another contest in the series.

Spurs and Grizzlies.

"The two teams are now tied at 2:2, and the series has fallen into a very anxious situation."

“灰熊队的黑白双熊在这轮系列赛打得十分出色，马克-加索尔场均15分9篮板4助攻2盖帽，扎克-兰多夫场均18分10篮板2抢断。”

"Duncan averaged only 13 points and 10 rebounds per game under the defense of the black and white bears. His shooting percentage was 47%, and his efficiency dropped sharply."

"But even with that, most people still think the Spurs will have the last laugh."

"They're the stronger team after all."

Li Lai shook his head repeatedly after hearing Stevens' comments. He didn't think the Spurs could get cheap from the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies are not as unbearable as the outside world thinks, at least in terms of interior defense, the opponent ranks second in the league in the regular season, and the perimeter defense is also good.

Of course, the Spurs are indeed a traditional strong team, so it is still unknown who will have the last laugh in the game between the two teams.

Du Feng looked at Li Lai and said, "These two teams have been unable to decide the winner for a long time, and we have no idea who the next opponent will be."

"The team is about to start training and tactical drills tomorrow. Who should we use as our simulated opponent?"

Stevens looked at Li Lai, who also wanted to know the answer.

Although Li Lai said after the series with the Rockets that the Hornets only need to be themselves, the Spurs and Grizzlies are the teams that should be more worried about their opponents.

But this was the playoffs, and Stevens didn't believe that Li Lai really didn't care who his opponent was, so he gave up tactical drills in advance.

At this moment, Li Lai folded his arms and repeated that sentence confidently.

"We just have to be ourselves!"

"The Hornets will just rehearse the established tactics in the next training."

5 month 11 day.

The first round of the East and West playoffs is all over.

The decisive battle between the Grizzlies and the Spurs reached the tiebreaker, and finally the Grizzlies won the black seven and had the last laugh.

The old man Popovich refused the interview very angrily after the game, and the Spurs were once again laughed at by the whole world.

Only Popovich himself knows best, because the front line still has not been extremely effectively reinforced, and it is becoming more and more difficult for the Spurs to compete with the powerful teams in the West.

The veteran Lone Ranger team won the Kings 4:2, and the silver horn king Dirk Nowitzki once again led the team to the conference finals, and is about to usher in a contest with the Lakers.

The Eagles in the East successfully advanced and defeated the Magic.

The league quickly announced the schedule for the second round of the playoffs.

West: Lakers VS Mavericks, Hornets VS Grizzlies.

East: Eagles VS Knicks, Heat VS Bucks.

"The Heat and the Bucks will meet in the second round of the playoffs in advance. This scene has been predicted by countless people as early as the start of the playoffs."

"It can be imagined that this must be an extremely fierce battle."

"The defending champions take on the league's public enemy, the Heat."

"Last season, the Heat, which was in the limelight, were eliminated by the Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals."

Stevens looked at Li Lai at this moment, knowing the relationship between Li Lai and that team.

Originally, he thought that Li Lai would definitely give a lot of comments and opinions on the two teams at this time, but he didn't expect that the other party would soon return to talking.

"The Grizzlies have actually determined that they are our opponents, so we will discuss a tactic to defeat them as soon as possible tonight."

"This team is also built on defense, and its defensive strength is even stronger than ours."

"If we can't find a way to break their defense, we will be very passive in this round of the playoffs."

"Of course, they just finished the tiebreaker with the Spurs. Physical strength will have a big impact. This is something we can take advantage of."

Du Feng nodded again and again, and immediately prepared all the recordings of the Grizzlies in the last round of playoffs. Stevens also set off to prepare for the entire regular season of the Grizzlies.

The entire Hornets have already moved after the first-round series against the Rockets.

Payton has been working on the defensive trio of Beverley, Leonard and Jimmy Butler.

Peja is doing shooting training for the whole team because of the team's unsatisfactory three-pointer in the last round of the series.

All Hornets players are working hard for the next round of playoffs.

new orleans.

This is the first time Zhang Zhiyuan has come to this city. The reason why he came here at this moment is to inspect the branch of Li Ning's company in New Orleans.

And being invited.

Zhang Zhiyuan found Wang Lishen first.

"I didn't expect you to buy a house in New Orleans."

"However, this house is still a bit too small. Based on your position and salary in Li Ning's company, as well as the performance of Li Ning's company in the United States in the past few years, it stands to reason that you should not be short of money."

"Why not change to a bigger house?"

At this moment, Wang Lishen shook her head and said, "Don't get me wrong, this is not my house, it's Li's."

"What? He lives in this kind of place?" Zhang Zhiyuan was shocked when he heard the answer.

Because he already knew that Li Lai is now in the top 500 of the Forbes Global Rich List, and his personal wealth has already exceeded 30 billion US dollars.

Even the activity funds have at least hundreds of millions.

Just such a super rich man would live in such a small house.

When Zhang Zhiyuan and Li Lai met for the first time, he already had a premonition that Li Lai had such potential, but he never thought that Li Lai would be able to achieve such a level in just a few years.

"and many more!"

Zhang Zhiyuan suddenly thought of something, looked at Wang Lishen and said, "You live with him?"

Wang Lishen nodded without hesitation. Since the Li Ning branch in New Orleans started construction, she has been staying at Li Lai's house.

In addition to managing the operation and construction of the company, there is also a part-time job for Li to live.

Because Li Lai is always too busy on weekdays, in addition to studying tactics, he is studying tactics, so he is a complete idiot in life.

Wang Lishen still remembers the last time she went to the supermarket with Li Lai. After seeing that the price of milk was 10 dollars, Li Lai was so shocked that he almost went crazy.

He said, "How much? $10! ​​Is that golden milk?"

Wang Lishen laughed out loud, raised her small head to look at Zhang Zhiyuan who was still shocked, and said in a low voice.

"Don't think too much, I don't have the kind of relationship with him that you think. I also know that I have the task of monitoring the operation of Li Ning's branch, so I don't have selfishness in my work."

"Li Lai is very frank in this regard, and with his business ability, there is absolutely no need to be opportunistic in this regard."

Zhang Zhiyuan believed in this very much, and he had already understood Li Lai's character through contact with him in the past few years.

But what Wang Lishen said, she and Li Lai didn't have the kind of relationship that Zhang Zhiyuan thought, he wouldn't even believe it.

"Who doesn't know that Li Lai was once a famous playboy in Milwaukee. If you live in his house, it's like a kitten in a husky's kennel."

"He can't tell if it's a cat or a dog."

"But it doesn't matter. We are all adults. I respect your choices."

Zhang Zhiyuan quickly talked about the most important thing of his trip.

"I want to see Li Lai."

New Orleans Arena.

Li Lai received a message from Wang Lishen.

"Come back to my mother quickly."

If it was someone else's news at this time, Li Lai would probably not respond to it.

But it belonged to the little girl Wang Lishen, so he had to take care of her.

Because Wang Lishen is not only a foodie, but also a guy who cooks extremely delicious food. Li Lai has also gotten used to eating the other party's food this year.

He can still tell the difference between being full and being full again.

Li Lai temporarily put down the team, and went home to see what kind of nerves that little girl was having.

And the moment he got home, before Li Lai laughed and scolded Xiao Nier for disturbing his work, he saw Zhang Zhiyuan who came from afar.

"Long time no see, Mr. Li Lai."

Li Lai was startled, nodded and said, "It's been a long time since I saw Mr. Zhang Zhiyuan, did something happen to the factory?"

Zhang Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile, stretched out his hand to signal Li Lai to sit down, but soon realized that he was the guest, so he said with an embarrassed smile.

"I came here uninvited this time to see the construction of the New Orleans factory, and to bring condolences to you from the management of the headquarters."

"Everyone is extremely satisfied with your performance in the United States, and other people in the high-level even want to invite you to China very much to see you well."

Li Lai knew that Li Ning was already the No. [-] sports brand in China and No. [-] in the world.

Although it has not yet kept pace with Nike and Adidas, the momentum is astonishing, and there is a faint tendency to catch up.

So Li Lai was not surprised that Zhang Zhiyuan would come to express condolences to him, but what surprised him was the latter sentence.

"Invite me to China?"

"Manager Zhang, do you have anything else you want to tell me?"

(End of this chapter)