Guoshu basketball

Chapter 107 The end of the regular season

Yang Yijia's article has been widely reprinted.Feelings, this word has been sought after in China since ancient times, especially fans who like NBA. Everyone knows the stories behind the stars. These stories have also inspired generations of fans to continue to love basketball and miss basketball. .

Li Du was suspended for 8 games, but his popularity did not drop but rose, and he was not idle. In the past half month, Li Du devoted his time to studying the Qilin step except for regular practice every day. .

After the start of April, Li Du was also lifted. At this time, Kobe told him that there is no need to hide anymore, and he can shoot with all his strength on the court. The Lakers need to win more games to ensure their ranking in the playoffs.

With Kobe breaking out and Li Du doing his best, the Lakers seem to be back to the beginning of the season.Throughout the regular season in late March and the first half of April, the Lakers did not lose. Finally, on April 4, in the regular season finale, the Lakers beat the Kings 18-117 and scored 106 wins and 50 losses. The record got his wish and advanced to the playoffs as the fourth in the West.

The Lakers' opponent in the playoffs is their carefully selected Suns!In fact, the Suns' record in the middle of the season is still very good, and has always been ranked second in the West, second only to the Mavericks.However, in the middle of the season, Nash and Stoudemire had a truce successively, which caused the Suns' strength to be greatly damaged, and the rankings also dropped all the way.

Nash has always had spinal problems and cannot stand for a long time, so every time he rests, he always lies on the sidelines.This time the truce was due to the relapse of his old spine disease.Stoudemire accidentally sprained his foot during training. Considering his height and weight, spraining his ankle is also a serious injury, which should not be underestimated, so the Sun team doctor strictly ordered Stoudemire to rest.

This was originally done to keep the two cores of the Suns in the best condition in the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Suns lost their two cores at the same time.In the final stage, with the return of Nash and Stoudemire, the Suns stabilized their record and finally advanced to the playoffs as the fifth in the Western Conference.

With the end of all games on April 4, the final ranking of the regular season has also been determined. The Lakers and the Suns ranked fourth and fifth, and other teams were basically expected.

The Mavericks reached the finals last season, and this season is even stronger, ranking first in the Western Conference and the league with an excellent record of 67 wins and 15 losses!The Spurs ranked second in the Western Conference with 61 wins and 21 losses.The Mavericks and Spurs are also the only teams that have won more than 60 games this season, and they are considered by everyone to be the favorites to win the championship.

The Jazz are third, the Rockets are sixth, the Nuggets and Warriors are seventh and eighth, respectively.

Thus, the first round matchup of the Western Conference playoffs appeared.Mavericks vs. Warriors, this is a tactical competition between the young general Johnson and his mentor Nelson.The Spurs vs. Nuggets, this is a duel between the tactical system and the talent system.The Jazz vs. Rockets, this is the gathering of new friends in the NBA in the past two years.Lakers against the Suns, this round of the series is considered to be Bryant's revenge battle.

In the Lakers training facility, Li Du looked at the playoff matchup table posted on the wall, and turned to Kobe Bryant: "Boss, this time we meet the Suns, should I still block Nash like I did at the beginning of the season? Or do I need to play again?" Do something else?"

"No need!" Kobe shook his head and said: "Lee, as long as you can continue to block Steve and force Steve to pass the ball to other people to start the attack instead of him instigating the attack, we will win! "

"Boss, the Suns have played against us three times, and I blocked Nash each time. After such a long time, they may think of other ways to deal with us. Didn't they prepare early?" Li Du asked his question.The matchups in the playoffs are extremely targeted, not to mention that the Suns lost three games in a row to the Lakers in the regular season. They should think of other ways to deal with the Lakers.

"Don't worry about this." Kobe said while shooting the ball indifferently: "Let's not talk about the Suns, in the entire NBA, the Spurs are probably the only team that can deploy completely different tactics as their opponents change! The Spurs are not able to change their tactics at will. All tactics need to be guaranteed by strong core players! The core players of the Suns are only Amare and Steve, and they can't change any tactics!"

"It's you!" Kobe pointed at Li Du, "Li, you seem to have been troubled since I told you to restrain yourself and not play with all your strength. Now that it's the playoffs, you are sure to show that amazing performance again. Desperate defense?"

Li Du smiled: "Don't worry, boss, with more and more games, I know more about basketball now, and my sensitivity has not decreased. Of course I know the importance of the playoffs. Just watch it Going all out on defense for the first time, let Nash not get a point!"

"Really?" Kobe smiled and reached out to Li Duyi: "Come on, let me see how much you have improved. Let's play one-on-one, ten balls, and the loser will have dinner tonight, how about it?" Sample?"

"Okay!" Li Du agreed, walked into the three-point line in two steps, and began to defend Kobe.

An hour later, Kobe sat on the field panting, looked at Li Du who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, meditating to adjust his breath, and regained his strength, and laughed: "Li, let's call it a draw this time! If we continue to fight, we will be pure." It's a physical exertion!"

Li Du didn't speak, still sat cross-legged, and nodded slowly.

After an hour, the final score between the two turned out to be zero to zero!Kobe and Li Du have nothing to do with each other.Facing Li Du, who was defending with all his strength, Kobe could not take advantage of it even with his rich game experience, and Li Du was not proficient in offensive skills, and he could not break Kobe's defense.

Looking at Li Du who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, Kobe laughed maliciously. He was thinking, in the first game against the Suns on April 4, Li Du could not get a single point against Nash. What's the situation?I don't know what Nash will think.

After coming out of the training ground, Li Du bid farewell to Kobe and went to David Geffen Hospital.Master Shang Yun specially instructed Li Du to go to him after training today, and Shang Yun wanted to make Li Du a nightmare for all opponent players in the past few days!The current Li Du is still short of something.

Arriving at David Geffen Hospital, after Li Du greeted his brother, Shang Yun took Li Du out of the ward and found a quiet park.Then Shang Yun said to Li Du: "Xiao Du, do you know what is the biggest change between you now and the you at the beginning of the season?"

Li Du originally wanted to say that he was more familiar with basketball, but he thought that his master didn't understand the rules of basketball at all, and what he wanted to ask was definitely not these, so he shook his head and waited for his master to continue.

Seeing Li Du shaking his head, Shang Yun didn't say much, and posed in the three-body pose, facing Li Du.The next moment, Li Du only felt a gust of cold wind blowing, and the murderous intent on Master's body enveloped him. In an instant, the hairs all over Li Du's body stood on end, and instinctively lowered his breath, looking nervously at Master Shang Yun!

(End of this chapter)