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Chapter 1409 Sincerely, Shaquille O'Neal
A few days later, in the third game of the first round, the Lakers defeated the Suns without bloodshed and advanced to the semifinals with a big score of 3-0.

After the game, Duncan and Yu Tiancan, brothers from Wake Forest University, also exchanged jerseys.

"Young people are really different now." Barkley, who enjoys his success, began to comment. "In our era, how could such a thing happen? We all want each other to die. It is impossible to exchange jerseys with each other!"

"That's because no one wants your jersey?"

Liu Yuqing satirized Barkley abruptly.

Barkley said angrily: "You know what a fart! There are so many people who want my jersey! Like Kevin McHale, you know? He chased me to change the jersey back then, and I ignored him!"

Although Liu Yuqing is already one of the hundreds of best basketball players in the world, like most people, he only pays attention to the present and doesn't care about history, and he is even less interested in the history of professional basketball.

Therefore, he did not see through the false information in Barkley's remarks.

Louis smiled and said nothing, because the old pig had obediently served as a substitute, so he didn't tell everyone that McHale became the MVP immediately after leaving him.

At the same time, another set of matchups in the West took place in danger.

The Trail Blazers, ranked third in the West, and the Timberwolves, ranked sixth in the West, finished the first three games and fell behind 1-2.

After so many years, although Jordan interpreted the name Michael as a synonym for failure in the basketball world, he never capsized in the first round.

Since he took over Portland in 1984, the Blazers have only lost two first-round games.

Jordan has never had a first-round swim in his career so far.

But now, they got the match point by a team that sneaked up by stealing money during the offseason.

Moreover, due to Pitino's unreasonable audience pressing concept, the core headed by Jordan and Olajuwon was overwhelmed.

They are both 36 years old.

Who at this age has nothing to do with the full-court press?

Moreover, even if it is done, the effect will be terrible, because the overall talent of the Blazers is too poor.

What's more, Feimeng and Feimeng didn't disobey orders. They did follow Pitino's instructions. As a result, Olajuwon was injured, Kidd's unstable basket was firmly grasped, Jordan was exhausted by his own defensive tactics, and Timberwolves, Manning was like a god of war, finding the feeling of being a firefighter in Indiana (Heat).

After losing the match point at home, the Portlanders, who were already immune to Pitino's beautiful words, finally shouted the slogan against the sky: "We want Pat Riley! Give us back Pat Riley!"

It's easy to say nice things when things are going well, but not the other way around.

Pitino is no longer in the mood to whitewash his image. He loudly emphasized to the media: "What we need most now is patience. Coach Riley has spent 6 years and failed to do it. I can't do it in a year."

Pitino thought the Blazers fans were impatient, but the opposite was true.

Fans have long been disappointed with Pitino, only to explode now.

They were not so much an appeal to Riley as an indictment of a situation that saw no hope in sight.

That night, Jordan could see scars on the corner of his mouth and between the eyebrows of his left eye, which he left in the game.

"We won't be out in the first round." Jordan said in a deep voice, "We won't just end like this!"

Louis, who was far away, saw Jordan expressing his determination, and couldn't help feeling that the other party's prospects had become bleak.

He believes that the Blazers will not fall in the first round.

Because this is Jordan in 1998.

In his previous life, this year, Jordan was able to lead the unfulfilled Pippen through the muscular jungle in the east, and single-handedly ate the "survival or death" game in the finals, successfully sitting on the throne, and eternal godhood.

However, under Pitino's wrong tactical guidance, Jordan may not even make it to the Western Conference Finals this year.

If this happened, it would be the end of an era.

With too long to wait for his semifinal opponent -- most likely the Spurs -- Louie organized a mini-training camp in Miami.

The news made West nervous.

Back then, Riley organized a devil training camp in Santa Barbara before the Finals. As a result, the core members of the team were all injured, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was left alone to carry the Knicks in their heyday.
Louis' main purpose is not training, but to make up for Duncan's birthday.Moreover, he deliberately chose a place like Miami, where the sun is abundant, the beaches are endless, and the beauties are like clouds...

"It's good that you know it in your heart." West stopped asking.

In fact, whether or not to make up for his birthday is not important to Duncan. What he values ​​is that he can finally take off the pressure of playing for a while and swim.

"Sir, Tim is like a fish in the water, he swims so fast!"

Wang Mukong is the only one in the Lakers team who is not interested in beaches and beautiful women, and because of deep sea phobia, he dare not go to the sea, so he can only eat barbecue on the shore.

"I hear he wouldn't be playing now if it wasn't for a hurricane that washed out his swimming pool in his hometown."

"Maybe, but I think he was born to play basketball."

Duncan is the kind of person who is very easy to get acquainted with people, because he has no airs, is good at listening, and has a dual business online, and he will make cold jokes at a not low frequency.

He likes to make fun of others, and accepts that people make fun of him.But what he can't stand the most is the game where O'Neal beat him with the whistle.

How can the victory obtained with the referee's help count?
What Duncan didn't expect was that Kobe's competitive spirit could be brought from the court to the beach.

"Let's have a water test today!"

Duncan asked helplessly: "Do you want to win or lose everything?"

Kobe said he was justified: "I am a player who is not even a starter, of course I have to keep motivated. Do you think I will be willing to be Jiang Duo's substitute?"

"Well, that's true."

Then, Duncan and Kobe began to compete in snorkeling.

Although Duncan hasn't practiced swimming for many years, his boyish skills are still there, and it is more than enough to beat Kobe Bryant.Kobe knew that he was invincible, but he had to persevere to the end, and then he was taught a lesson by Dahai.

Kobe accidentally stepped on a sea urchin, which was so painful that he almost called his mother on the spot.

Everyone gathered around.

After taking a closer look, Duncan said sincerely, "Bean, you should take a pee at this time, and sprinkle it on the part that was pricked by the sea urchin."

Kobe was so painful that he wanted to cry, his eyebrows twitched when he heard this, and he looked at Deng Daidai dissatisfied.

"Tim, your conscience is seriously broken!"

Duncan pleaded innocent: "Where is it?"

"Hmph, even if I didn't go to college, I wouldn't be stupid enough to listen to you and pee on myself!"

Big Ben echoed, "That's right, it's so nonsense, Tim, do you think Bean is as stupid as Jasmine?"

The crowd broke out again.

Duncan waited for everyone to calm down and said: "I'm serious. The acid in the urine can relieve your pain. It's like a self-sufficient painkiller. I'm not lying to you. Of course, believe it or not."

Duncan is a loyal man, and Kobe knew he had misunderstood him.

Although his feet still hurt like hell, he couldn't do anything.

Kobe had to say: "I see, thank you, but I don't feel like peeing now."

Duncan still had a sincere face, and said with a smile like the most reliable and honest man in the world: "I have."

That night, Duncan's birthday party was very grand.

The staff and players in the team have prepared gifts.

When the birthday cake arrived, Buzz raised an eyebrow at Louie.

Louis understood, went out and asked, "What happened?"

"Sir, there is something wrong with the cake."

"poisonous?"

"That's not it."

"What's the problem then?"

"Uh…"

Little Bass felt that he couldn't speak clearly, so he led Louis over to have a look.

When Louis saw the greeting card on the cake, his first reaction was to laugh, and then he straightened his face and said angrily, "Which crazy bastard did this?!"

Little Bass looked like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

"Do you know something?"

Little Buss smiled wryly: "I guess... the whole team has a share."

"The whole team has a share? Is Tim's popularity so bad?"

"Not really, it's just a good-natured joke, maybe it can motivate Tim, you know how much he loves to joke."

Things have come to this point, Louis can only let it go.

The singing of "happy birthday to you" filled the room.

Duncan wore an exquisite paper crown, closed his eyes, and made good wishes one after another to benefit others and himself.

Then, when he opened his eyes, the greeting card that was pushed into his sight, which read:

"If you are well, it will be sunny. Sincerely, Shaquille O'Neal."

(End of this chapter)