i am legend

Chapter 446 California War
Entering April, the performance of the Warriors is still very good. They are always ahead of the Mavericks by a half-court advantage, which has kept them in the No. [-] position in the Western Conference!
"Bruce, if we can maintain the current trend, the Warriors will undisputedly win an amazing record of 60 wins in a single season for the first time in many years!!" West said excitedly to Bruce. I am very confident in my state and stable record!
"Haha, this kind of picture must be very exciting!" Bruce laughed twice, turned his head and glanced at the family photo on the wall with great significance. He took a photo with Chamberlain back then, and he couldn't help praying for him silently in his heart!
"This season, we have a very good tendency to win the championship. Even though the Mavericks have shown strong strength, they are still behind us on the defensive end!!" West continued to analyze: "Don't forget, the playoffs are not Not only offense can solve everything!"

"I agree with your argument very much. The competition in the playoffs is tenacity and top-level defense!" Bruce nodded in agreement: "Once we can suppress the Mavericks defensively, the championship will be very close to us." !"

When West heard Bruce's words, bitterness flashed in his eyes: "The Lakers played really badly this season!!"

"Sorry, Jerry, I should consider the Lakers as our opponent!" Bruce shrugged apologetically, but a trace of casualness flashed in his eyes.

This season, the Lakers have completely lost their championship demeanor. Even though O'Neal and Kobe are still performing very well, the contradictions between the two and the damage to the tactical system have really made their combat power far below the standard. !

Once there is a chance to meet the Lakers in the playoffs, Bruce firmly believes that the Warriors will eventually defeat them. Even if the game is fought to the last game, the final victory will only be the Warriors!
In this season, after the growth of the previous seasons, the Warriors have really become a team that has attracted the attention of the league with Duncan, Bowen, Kirilenko, Ginobili, Barkley and others!
Judging from their current stable style of play and record, no one dares to underestimate and classify them as a team other than competing for the championship!

Especially Duncan's outbreak. In this season's MVP selection, Duncan has a slight advantage over Garnett who is closely behind!

If it weren't for Duncan's strong results in leading the team, I'm afraid Garnett will have a great chance to win the trophy that symbolizes the highest personal honor in this explosive season!
However, the NBA does not look at personal data. Even if today is the last game, given the record of the Timberwolves, it is obvious that Garnett will not win the final trophy!

With Duncan's explosion, plus Nowitzki's quasi-double-double data of 35 points and 9 rebounds per game and very good role players such as Bowen, the Warriors' twin towers and powerful bench lineup, It really caused headaches for all teams!

"Haha, shouldn't we have champagne ready?" Bruce said to West half-jokingly and half-seriously, with a flash of expectation on his face.

"Why not?" West tilted his head and said in the same tone as Bruce.

According to the schedule, the first round of this season's playoffs will start on April 4, US time.

With the Warriors defeating the Trail Blazers 4:108 in the first game in April, all teams with playoff strength are struggling to compete for the final spot and final ranking.

On April 4th, when the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers again with their strong offensive power, after completing the double play of this season, they directly locked in a spot for the final playoffs half a month in advance!
The contest between them and the Mavericks made everyone discuss their record.

Just like what the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Daily said, the winning percentages of the Warriors and Mavericks have put great pressure on other teams in the West!

On April 4, when the Warriors were about to welcome the Lakers at their home court, the contest between them just attracted the attention of a large number of fans, and even some countries made an exception to set this game as the most anticipated game of the day Think of it as publicity!
In the office, Bruce was wearing a set of casual clothes. He smiled and nodded to West, and then the two went directly to the arena!

The game between the Lakers and the Warriors, because Oakland is not very far from Los Angeles, a large number of Lakers fans also came to Rockefeller Center!

When Bruce and West appeared in the auditorium, their appearance, captured by the cameras of the arena camera, caused cheers and applause from all the fans in the arena!
The operation of Bruce and West made the Warriors directly reach the championship level this season.

Even though West's operation seems a bit weak, the convenience and reform he brought to the Warriors team is still recognized by all fans!

Watching the surrounding fans, led by a certain fan, stand up and applaud for the two of them, Bruce was excited, and waved his right hand to greet all the fans!

Seeing Bruce being treated like this, West couldn't help secretly applauding the young man's performance!

After a while, when the arena finally returned to normal conditions, looking at the fans wearing Lakers jerseys around, Bruce couldn't help waving to their positions to say hello!

"Dam, Mr. Bruce is really a nice guy!" The Lakers fans wearing Kobe's No. 8 jersey couldn't help admiring the attitude of the young boss after seeing Bruce's gesture!

"Hehe, Bruce is my favorite boss, not one of them!" The fan called Damm said firmly after stretching out his right arm in the direction of Bruce.

Over the years, while Bruce has been constantly promoting Chinese culture, with his very good character, some racially discriminatory American fans have recognized his deeds!

No matter what the purpose or idea is, Bruce has gradually recognized these fans with his way of dealing with people, and even some fans have fallen in love with this yellow-skinned NBA owner. This is one of his greatest achievements. My own way has been recognized by most people!
When Bruce and West sat down, the players from both sides walked out of the player tunnel amidst the shouts of the fans!

On the Lakers side, their main substitutes were the first to come out. When Kobe, wearing No. 8 training uniform, and O'Neal, No. 34 jersey walked out respectively, they were cheered and applauded by a large number of fans!

"Wow, it seems that there are already a lot of Lakers fans!" Hearing the continuous cheers in the arena, Bruce couldn't help being surprised by the Lakers fans!

"Hehe, the combination of Shaquille and Kobe is one of the most powerful combinations in the history of the NBA!" Bruce's words seemed to evoke West's memories, and he said proudly to him with strong love in his eyes.

This season, although the relationship between Kobe and O'Neal has become more and more severe, under Phil Jackson's peace, the two have always maintained their own restraint on the court.

Especially for a period of time before the start of the playoffs, Kobe used 9 consecutive 40+ games to plunge the Los Angeles fans into great joy and surprise!

And Kobe's powerful performance also gave birth to some fans discussing the comparison between him and O'Neal!

"Gerald!!" Wilkens yelled with a serious expression, and after Gerald Wallace trotted over, he said very cautiously: "Kobe's defense will be a very important thing, you You must put your utmost focus on defending him, I don’t want to see him appear in front of the media with an amazing 40 points performance at the end of the game, understand?”

Gerald Wallace looked at Wilkens solemnly, and after listening to his words, Wallace nodded vigorously very simply!

After coming to the Warriors, Wallace's performance has always seemed to be a bit slow. Even though his physical fitness is very strong, his frizzy offense and defense made Wilkens not put too much pressure on him. body!
However, with the arrival of Ginobili, Gerald Wallace's performance has become more worrying!
If he loses even his good defense, I'm afraid he won't get the same treatment as these two seasons in the following seasons!

Therefore, in order to contain Kobe as much as possible, after Gerald Wallace returned to his seat, his eyes were like a ferocious wolf, staring at No. 8 in the Lakers' rest area!
"drop!!"

A whistle made the fans in the stands shout excitedly, and everyone couldn't help shouting!

Amidst the excited roars of the fans, the entire arena seemed to be filled with strong adrenaline.

The Warriors players who are about to start warming up on the court, amidst these roars, everyone is extremely excited!

"Tim, you may appear in the high position more in this game, I hope you don't mind!"

Standing at the free throw line, after Duncan threw the basketball in his hand into the basket, he couldn't help but think of what Wilkens told him in the locker room before!
Although he doesn't mind Wilkens' arrangement, after all, he is now a center, not a power forward when he was with the Spurs!
Although the high position can give full play to his advantages, after all, as a center, only scoring can't help the team at all!

Thinking of this, Duncan turned his head blankly and looked at O'Neill on the other side!
O'Neal, who was farting with his teammates, just threw the basketball out, and he clearly felt the feeling of being paid attention to!

"Huh? Who is it?" O'Neill looked around suspiciously. When he saw Duncan looking at him with a blank face, he couldn't help but grinned at him!
"Hey, it looks like there's going to be a good show!" Barkley had noticed Duncan's expression a long time ago. Although he didn't know Wilkens' arrangement, he still noticed the cluster of clusters under Duncan's expressionless expression. Fiery flames of fighting spirit!

(End of this chapter)