Healing Basketball

Chapter 486. 486. A friend came from afar
It looks like a prison team on the outside, but a big warm family on the inside—this statement barely convinced the teammates.

When the warden speaks the truth, his teammates generally agree.

He never imagined that one day he would need to use the boss's 'reading comprehension answers' to answer questions.

He felt that he was mature, a mature person always had compromises of one kind or another.

After returning to Portland, Liu Xiu received the best of the month and best of the week trophies, and at the same time received a small sum of money, the kind that the whole team has.

This is the benefit that the two founders of modern basketball have obtained for all players in the league.

In 1980 and 1981, Magician and Bird led the team to win the championship successively, which brought huge attention and benefits to the NBA. Both of them signed the craziest contracts of that era. An 8-year contract of $1620 million, with an average salary of $180 million, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar's $153 million, creating a new annual salary record; the Lakers are not far behind, and signed a 25 The annual super contract of 2500 million US dollars, for the basketball players at the time, this was tantamount to 'I will help you retire'.

It was the first stage when the NBA's income skyrocketed after the merger of the NBA and the ABA, but the salary level did not follow suit. Except for the top players, everyone else could only make ends meet by playing in the NBA. Negotiated with the league on behalf of the players and obtained some benefits for the players.

Taking a fixed percentage of the official NBA income as a bonus is one of them.

At the earliest, there was only 150 million US dollars, which was allocated to the teams that advanced to the playoffs, the teams that advanced later, and the championship... If you enter the playoffs with No. 1 results in the East and West and finally win the championship, you can get the total bonus at most twenty two%.

More than 20 years have passed, and the prize money has doubled many times. This year's total prize money is 926 million dollars, which is an increase of nearly 20% compared with last season. The bonus will exceed 20 million, another milestone.

As the second in the Western Conference in the regular season this season, the Trail Blazers have a regular season bonus of $10.3.

Each team has a different way of distributing the money, and there will be some special situations. For example, there was a team where everyone hated a player. After they made the playoffs, they voted collectively. Don't give that player the chance to split the bonus.

The Trail Blazers have been pretty simple since Paul Allen became the boss. Everyone shares, from his boss to the security guard, everyone has a bonus, ranging from thousands of dollars to hundreds of dollars.

Different departments have different bonuses, but everyone in the department gets the same bonus.

The players are naturally the highest. Liu Xiu received a bonus of 4776 US dollars. The money distributed to the players accounted for more than half of the total bonus they received.

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This year, Liu Xiu didn't give the media face again. After receiving the trophy and bonus, she went home and didn't participate in the media day event in the evening.

In normal times, he is quite active when it comes to confronting reporters with whom he has a bad relationship and chatting with reporters who get along well.

But it's time for the playoffs, so there's no time to spare.

Little Momonga took on this role very actively. As a local star, after finding a new role and playing well, he became the darling of Portland fans again.

Liu Xiu was not dissatisfied when he learned that the media day event was the main C and the butcher of Little Flying Squirrel, so he guessed something.

Good thing!It must be a good thing.

After a night of rest, the next day, April 4, the Trail Blazers began to prepare for the series against the Nuggets.

The teams in the same division are sure to enter the playoffs and are in the lower half. The Nuggets have always been the Blazers' imaginary opponents in the playoffs.

In the 4 games against the Nuggets in the regular season, the Trail Blazers achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. The only game they lost was that Liu Xiu was suspended.

Every time I played against the Nuggets, I went all out, back to back, and chose another rotation to attack the Nuggets. I played against the Nuggets once at the end of the regular season. I have enough understanding of the Nuggets, and the preparations went very smoothly.

After the training in the morning, Randolph asked Liu Xiu: "Are you excited to play against Melo in the playoffs? Do you really want to abuse him?"

Liu Xiu: "Oh, butcher, what are you talking about, he is my brother, and he has a good relationship with you, why would I have the idea of ​​wanting to abuse him."

"So what do we do when we play Melo?"

"Of course we can't do too much..."

"Such as breaking the 58-point difference?"

"Oh, it's so cruel, butcher, why are you discussing such a cruel thing with me, you are my brother, and Melo is also my brother, which means that the two of you are brothers, why do you have such a cold and heartless idea... Do you think the chances of breaking the record are high?"

"That's enough..."

When Liu Xiu and Randolph were arguing, in the boss's office, Paul Allen looked at Liu Xiu's physical test report at the end of the All-Star Weekend, and then looked at today's physical test report.

Height and weight are not important, Liu Xiu is the strongest player in the back line of the league, and this has always been the case.

Currently, after playing a regular season, Liu Xiu is at her peak in appearance and figure. She is a kilogram heavier than she was during the All-Star Weekend, but she looks a little thinner.

The focus is on speed. Paul Allen has always felt that Liu Xiu's height and weight has the mobility of an ordinary speed guard. Paul Allen has always thought it was exaggerated.

But today's physical test, he felt outrageous!
Liu Xiu's speed test results were significantly better than during the All-Star Weekend!

Huo Tu, who was in charge of the physical test, also deliberately re-tested sprints, switchbacks and other events, and the results were indeed improved!

Is it really just to lose weight and even improve your physical fitness?
Feelings of envy and jealousy couldn't stop popping up. Back then, Paul Allen also had a basketball dream and wanted to play in the NBA...but after years of hard work, he had to start a company called Microsoft in the end.

And look at this warden who can't even manage his body well, and gets fat if he doesn't agree with him. He doesn't work hard at all, but he is very talented!

This weight loss speed can be increased by half a gear, which is unreasonable!
The contract can be renewed early in July, right?

Hit him with money!smash him to death!

On the other side, Liu Xiu, who was arguing with Randolph, suddenly received several healing reminders from the big dog family, which made him confused.

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While the Trail Blazers were preparing for the game, the Nuggets had already arrived in Portland, and in the afternoon they came to the Rose Garden Arena to prepare for the game.

In the evening, Anthony went to visit Liu Xiu's house as usual. Usually, the two rarely talked about topics related to the upcoming game in private, but now it was different. They played directly in the playoffs. Qing'er, who doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, stirs up the flames...

In terms of public opinion from the outside world, yesterday, the media were hyping up about the scoring champion, and the topic of discussion today has become the highlight of each series.

The Trail Blazers and the Nuggets, the battle between the Syracuse Brothers, the mine bandit leader VS the warden, who gave the most hats... There are many points of discussion.

When it comes to caps, the top ten caps in the regular season this season accounted for three in 03.

Anthony ranked second with 94 blocked shots.

James is fourth with 86 caps.

Liu Xiu was sixth, with 81 caps.

The series between the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets also brought together three players with the top ten blocked shots. In addition to Liu Xiu and Anthony, Randolph ranked seventh with 80 blocked shots.

Both teams are also teams with a solid inside depth, and some people have opened the market online. How many times have the three major hated monsters been blocked in this series.

Liu Xiu, Anthony, Randolph, and James were blocked more because they all love to attack the basket. The same is true of Iverson who has been blocked 88 times and ranks third.

But No.1 and No.5 are very surprising, they are two centers with super long wingspan!

No.5, Paul Gasol of the Grizzlies, has a soft style of play, a lot of offense at the basket but not strong enough, and the offense at close range and on both sides of the three-second zone is more efficient. He has been blocked 85 times this season.

The most surprising thing is No.1 - Tim Duncan!

Tim Duncan was blocked 101 times this season, easily breaking the record of 96 blocked by the rookie mine bandit leader last season.

The number of caps has been counted in detail since the 1999-2000 season.

In the first round of other series, there are actually not many things to watch.

There is a big gap in the strength of the teams in the upper and lower half of the playoffs, especially in the Eastern Conference this season. The teams ranked 1-4 and 5-8 in the Eastern Conference are completely two world teams.

也就76人队有艾弗森，可能能挣扎一下，常规赛76人队打热火队2胜1负，赢的两场，艾弗森分别拿到45分10助攻和38分16助攻，输掉的那场也有27分9助攻。

In the other three series, even the No.5 Wizards team is a gap away from the strength of the top four.

The West is much better. Although there are three teams with 3+ wins in the West, the top seven teams in the West all start with 60 wins.

The records of the Sonics and the Spurs are the closest, and theoretically speaking, the strength is also the closest in the Western Conference's four-group series.

The highlight of the series between the Kings and the Mavericks is that the Kings avoided the Mavericks, but unexpectedly met the Mavericks in the end.

The most interesting thing is that the Rockets, the eighth in the Western Conference, are playing against the Suns, the number one in the league!

Although the difference between the two teams is nearly 20 games, Yao Ming performed very well when he played against the Suns. He played double 4 twice in 20 matches and 40+ in a single game. In the playoffs, the stage is more suitable for giant centers. It is very exciting to see if they will perform something special.

Averaged 22.6 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2 blocks per game. He attended all 82 games and played in 246 consecutive games. He broke the record for consecutive attendance of 220+ centimeter players held by former Pacers Giants center Rick Schmitz. After the team, the third-year Yao Ming led Joe Smith Mobley, David Wesley, Desmond Mason and others to advance to the playoffs. Although the days were hard, he further proved his strength.

Americans really prefer giant centers. The bully averaged 26 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.6 blocks per game this season, ranking first in the league. However, in terms of public opinion, Yao Ming is better. Yao Ming is Kidd, Yao Ming is definitely better than Little Bully.

As the two strongest players in the 02 class, the two are naturally on opposite sides. Now they are directly confronting each other in the playoffs, which has attracted a lot of attention.

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The two rest days after the regular season passed quickly. On the morning of April 4, the NBA officially announced that Suns general manager Brian Colangelo was elected the best manager of the season.

Jerry Colangelo, who is currently the chairman of the American Basketball Association and chairman of the NBA Rules Committee, and Brian Grangerlo have become the first father-son pair of best managers in NBA history.

The awards for the regular season have begun to be announced, which means that the playoffs are coming!
At 3:[-] in the afternoon, the Nets' game against the Celtics kicked off the prelude to this year's playoffs.

这场比赛毫无悬念，靠着基德的9分7板14助攻、理查德-杰弗森的33分、麦迪的27分、莫宁的10分10板4盖帽……篮网队以116比98狂屠凯尔特人队，拿下今年季后赛第一场比赛。

The series between the Pacers and the Wizards was quite exciting. Although Arenas met Artest and was defended with 19 of 3 shots, Stephen Jackson scored 23 points and Jamison scored 22 points. The score is on top.

拉里-休斯的13分8助攻中规中矩，主要是他防阿泰斯特防得好，阿泰斯特今晚8投2中只拿到7分，但有10板6助攻5抢断，与拿到10分7板3助攻3盖帽的天尊一起把全队进攻梳理顺畅，帮助杰梅因-奥尼尔拿到全场最高的30分，且构建了非常强力的防守。

The overall strength of the Pacers is still better, narrowly beating the Wizards 93 to 88 and winning the first victory in the series.

Wizards fans are starting to miss Kwame Brown.

Jamison and Haywood are simply cash machines for Jermaine O'Neal!
The series between the Nets and the Celtics looks too suspenseful, but the series between the Pacers and the Wizards is quite interesting.

It can be clearly seen that although the Pacers have an advantage in strength, they mainly rely on a few stars, the veterans of the Reggie Miller era, and the core players are hindered.

In fact, the problem of the Pacers in the first round is not particularly big, but the Wizards have shown signs of struggling, and the title of the battle report given by the media is like this-will the defending champion be eliminated in the first round?

Liu Xiu had time to pay attention to the progress of the first game of the two-group series in the Eastern Conference. He had no time to pay attention to the game between the Mavericks and the Kings. Their game started only half an hour later than the game between the Mavericks and the Kings.

But it doesn't matter, he doesn't really care about these three series. He just said that the playoffs are coming. If there is a game, he can't help but care about it, read the battle report, and get a general idea.

When it came to the warm-up stage of his own game, Liu Xiu put aside all other teams' games and focused on preparing for the game.

The time came to 8 o'clock in the evening. After the warm-up, I came to the players' tunnel and waited for admission.

It's not the first time playing in the playoffs, but Liu Xiu is still excited.

The first to enter is the visiting Nuggets.

The Nuggets players are mentally prepared. They have already felt the atmosphere of the Blazers Devil's home court in the last match, but in the playoffs, the atmosphere in the Rose Garden Arena has become even more manic!

The playoffs make the Rose Garden Arena extra noisy!
When the Trail Blazers players entered the arena, the cheers and screams of the fans on the scene did not feel like the first round of the game at all, like they were playing in the finals!
The Trail Blazers players are also very excited, and the fanatical home fans make them even more excited and eager to win.

Even the warden, who is known for his calmness in the competition, was extremely excited tonight.

The atmosphere of the playoffs is really different from the regular season!
Accompanied by the enthusiastic cheers from the fans, Liu Xiu's system notification also came!
"The host and Carmelo Anthony have established a deep brotherhood in college, but now they are standing on the stage of the playoffs, conducting a cruel match of the loser's elimination. They are born from the same root, so why is it too urgent... Mission: A friend came from afar to trigger..."

(End of this chapter)