Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 152 152. The selection of the best lineup of "Fighting Immortals"! (The two-in-one chapter asks for subscription)
"How can the Mavericks be so strong? We could completely crush the Lakers in the first round, but we were so stalemate against the Mavericks."

"This year, the Mavericks have only Dirk selected to the All-Star team. Although the team has six players averaging double figures per game, only four of them can play a role in the playoffs."

"As a result, the Mavericks' offensive firepower is even fiercer than the regular season. This is really a headache." In the office, general manager McHale said helplessly.

The Mavericks' excellent offensive firepower made the Timberwolves feel great pressure, not only the fans, but also general manager McHale and owner Glenn Taylor.

Fearing that the Mavericks would be unexpectedly upset in the Western Conference semifinals, they sent the Timberwolves home to fish.

This year's championship trophy, Glenn Taylor, is very important. There are many teams that have won championships in the NBA, but there are very few teams that can defend the championship.

As a combination of a businessman and a fan, Glen Taylor hopes too much that the Timberwolves can defend their championship this year, so that the market valuation of the Timberwolves will directly double. From the perspective of a businessman, this championship is very important.

From the perspective of fans, the Timberwolves who can defend their title and win the NBA championship will soar in popularity. This scene is also a scene that Glenn Taylor wants to see in his dreams.

Back then, Glen Taylor couldn't see any hope in the team, and in more cases he could only choose to have fun while suffering.

But now under the leadership of head coach Luke, the Timberwolves have grown into a historic team.

It even broke the 72 wins and 10 losses set by the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan. The higher the Timberwolves stand, the greater the ambition of owner Glenn Taylor.

"The Mavericks are the team with the most three-pointers per game this season, much higher than the Sonics, Suns and Warriors behind them."

"This style of play has always been like this. The game can be taken away in one quarter when the feel is smooth, but once the feel cools down, the Mavericks can shoot themselves to death." Looking up and exhaling a smoke ring, Luke pressed the cigarette butt in his hand In the ashtray.

The Mavericks faced the Timberwolves in the playoffs mainly relying on the outside line. The Timberwolves' inside defense was too strong, and the Dallasites couldn't break through at all, so they could only make a lot of shots from the COSCO position.

The Dallas Mavericks, who scored 22 three-pointers in the last game, also set a playoff record. All this can only be blamed on the Mavericks' overheated touch.

After all, Luke had moved his defensive focus outward in the G2 game and began to oppress the Mavericks' outside shooting space, but the Mavericks with smooth hands were really unstoppable, and the Timberwolves had no choice but to swallow the defeat.

Luke is no stranger to the Mavericks' style of play that relies on outside shooting, because many teams in previous lives have played this way, and the Rockets led by D'Antoni are a typical example of Magic Ball.

In fact, the Mavericks’ style of play this season is very different from those of the Rockets and Warriors, but the same thing is that the main offensive method is through shooting. There are many shooters ambushing outside the three-point line. A fatal blow will be given immediately.

The advantages and disadvantages of this style of play are obvious. As Luke said before, once the Mavericks’ touch has problems, the Timberwolves don’t need to do anything at all. They just need to watch how the Mavericks die as a bystander. Own.

"I hope everything goes well in the future. If the team is upset this season, 74 wins may become the biggest joke in NBA history."

"Don't say that Glenn doesn't want to see this kind of thing, it is also a shame to us!" McHale said, staring at Luke with a serious face.

The Timberwolves broke the Bulls' best record of 72 wins and 10 losses this season. It is no exaggeration to say that there are countless eyes from the outside world watching the Timberwolves' every move.

The record of 74 wins and 8 losses in a single season is shocking enough, but once the Timberwolves fail to win the championship this season, 74 wins will become a reminder for the Timberwolves, allowing the Timberwolves to deeply understand what is called "social death"!
"It seems that it's time to say goodbye to this round of the series." Luke nodded with a half-smile.

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In the third game of the series, the Mavericks brought the game back to Dallas. Although the fans in Dallas are not the craziest in the league, the loyalty of Dallas fans is definitely far higher than other teams.

And Mavericks owner Cuban is still a very crazy and fanatical basketball fan. During the regular season, Cuban has never missed any of the Mavericks' home games, let alone the playoffs.

When the Mavericks won Game 1 of the semifinals to tie the series at 1:[-], Cuban fired off a flurry of comments on social media, making people question just how much he drank that night liquor.

Even though Cuban decisively deleted the post within 10 minutes of posting it, it was still saved by interested netizens and caused a stir on the Internet.

There is a lot of nonsense in Cuban's series of remarks, and the inconsistent statement conflicts make people seriously suspect that Cuban drank fake wine.

To put it simply, the core purpose expressed in Cuban's dynamics is to support the Dallas Mavericks and belittle the opponent Timberwolves.

Even Cuban brought out the matter of 74 wins and 8 losses to Rapo hatred, saying that even if the Timberwolves play 74 wins, what's the point, and they are not vulnerable to the Mavericks.

Cuban's series of remarks caused dissatisfaction among Timberwolves fans. Many Timberwolves fans taunted Cuban's account crazily, and some even yelled at them.

Mark Cuban is an alcoholic. This matter is not a secret in the NBA circle. Cuban treats players with great affection and righteousness, but at the same time, his mouth has also brought troubles to his life.

After sobering up, Cuban immediately apologized publicly on social media, saying that he drank some alcohol yesterday and said something that should not be said, and the meaning expressed was different from what people imagined.

Cuban stated that he simply wanted to encourage the team and let the team play better in this round of the series. As for the belittling of the Timberwolves, it was his language error.

This incident is not a big deal, and Mark Cuban also publicly apologized on social media for the first time, but Luke singled out this incident to motivate the players, making the players feel great pressure, and the players hidden in the body fighting spirit.

"We just lost a game and people taunted us online, wanting to step on us and treat us like villains."

"So everyone should be very clear, once we are really upset in this round of the series, what kind of voice will everyone welcome."

"Here I can help you make it clear that once the Mavericks upset the team in this round of the series, all of us will definitely be greeted with overwhelming curses and ridicule."

"There are championships every year, but there is only one 74 wins. This sentence is true, but don't forget that it doesn't mean anything if you don't win the championship."

"Even if the team can maintain a record of 82 wins and 0 losses in the next ten years, it will be a joke not to win the championship."

"When people discuss this team in the future, at most they will say that the regular season was very dominant, but once they entered the playoffs, they began to show their true colors."

"No one wants to hear these voices, including me, so everyone knows exactly how to deal with this round of the series."

"The next thing we have to do is to win three games in a row and send the opponent home to go fishing!" Luke said solemnly in the players' locker room before the game started.

Luke's words made the atmosphere in the Timberwolves locker room somewhat depressing, but it has to be said that at this moment, the Timberwolves players had only one thought in their minds, and that was to win this round at all costs!
No one wants to be a background board, no one wants to be a tragic person, and no one wants to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Especially for players like Garnett, Payton and "Penny" Hardaway who are already qualified to enter the Hall of Fame, the external evaluation will be much higher than the honor itself. If you can leave no stains, try not to leave stains!

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The Mavericks who returned to the home game played very excitedly throughout the game. Although the home game could not increase the Mavericks' shooting percentage, it could make the Mavericks more relaxed in terms of mentality.

Especially in the case of a big tie, the two sides returned to the same starting line again.

This also made the Mavericks at home more daring to shoot. Even the role players shot without any ambiguity, which made the Timberwolves feel the pressure for a while.

In the first half, the score between the two sides was always tight. It was not until the last two minutes of the second quarter that the Timberwolves briefly opened up the point difference with Garnett scoring six points in a row.

Even though the Mavericks are more relaxed than the Timberwolves in terms of mentality, there is a kind of mentality that I am at a disadvantage anyway, and it doesn't matter if I lose.

But the Timberwolves were full of enthusiasm. What Luke said before the game was too realistic, so realistic that the Timberwolves players dared not lose. No matter who was replaced on the field, they were full of fighting spirit after playing.

Falling to the ground, running without the ball, and defending close to the ground, the Timberwolves' state as if the whole team had beaten chicken blood made the Mavericks miserable. Mavericks coach Johnson's right eyelid twitched, as if there was something wrong things are about to happen.

At the end of the half game, the Timberwolves lead away by 7 points, and 7 points is also the biggest difference in this game.

Back in the second half of the game, the Mavericks, who were behind in the score, were no longer as relaxed as they were in the first half. At the very least, every shot made by a role player had to bear tremendous psychological pressure.

Unlike players like Nowitzki and Jason Terry, Nowitzki doesn't feel good and misses consecutive shots. Stay on the field.

But if the role player does not perform well and misses consecutively on the offensive end, the head coach will not only replace him off the court immediately, but even become the target of abuse and blame after the game.

If it is more serious, it will affect the signing of the next contract.

So this is why role players dare not make shots at critical moments. Even if the hand feels very hot, not everyone can bear the psychological pressure.

The Mavericks, who were at a disadvantage throughout the second half, wanted to make a comeback and made a lot of three-point shots from the outside. However, the Timberwolves, who had suffered a loss once, focused more on the outside and started a head-to-head confrontation with the Dallas Mavericks.

The excited state of the Timberwolves made the Mavericks completely unable to adapt, and even the "little general" Johnson also hoped that the league would conduct a urine test on the Timberwolves after the game, seriously suspecting that all the Timberwolves took drugs.

As "Penny" Hardaway dreamed of returning to the top in the second half, scoring 17 points and 3 assists in the two quarters, the Timberwolves have been firmly in the initiative, winning the Mavericks by double digits for the first time this season.

"Dududu~"

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the Timberwolves beat the Mavericks away by 14 points, taking away the victory with a completely unexpected ending.

This victory not only allowed the Timberwolves to rewrite the big score to 2:1 and regain the initiative, but also caused the Dallas Mavericks to lose a home game and become passive in the next match.

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On May 5, local time in the United States, with the completion of the first three games of the semifinals, the league announced all the winners of this season's regular season.

The best lineup with the highest gold content was announced first. This season, the Timberwolves have only two players selected, namely Garnett of the best team and Madman of the best second team.

It looks a little more downcast than last season, but its overall strength is much higher than last season.

After a whole season of competition, the five players who were finally selected to the best team are: Nash, Kobe, James, Garnett, and O'Neal.

The best second and third teams are: Wade, Madman, Nowitzki, Duncan, and Ben Wallace.

Billups, Iverson, Anthony, Brand, and Yao Ming.

The 15 players who can be selected to the best team in a single season may not necessarily be the 15 strongest players in the league today, but they are definitely top stars in various positions, and their contributions to the team are far higher than the data brush.

There are surprisingly many stars who regretted not being selected for the best team this year, such as the "General" Arenas in the East, "Mask Man" Hamilton, Kidd, Carter, Rasheed Wallace and so on.

And McGrady, Parker, Marion, Gasol, Ray Allen, Mike Bibby, etc. in the west...

These players all have the strength to be selected for the All-Star and even the best team, but this year's best team is simply a fight between gods.

The fact that Arenas, who averaged 29.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2 steals per game, failed to be selected is enough to prove how fierce the competition for the best team this year is.

If you think the loss of the "general" is a bit outrageous, but you only need to look at Iverson, who is in the best third team, to understand why this year's best team is called "fairy fight".

本赛季艾弗森依然可以轰出场均33分4篮板7.5助攻以及2.1次抢断，其中场均33分仅次于科比，是现役联盟得分第二高的球员。

But even so, Iverson can only catch the last train of the best team and rank among the best three teams.

After all, the selection of the best team does not only look at player data, but a comprehensive evaluation of player data and team record.

This calculation method is to prevent players from deliberately scoring points in the weak team, so as to improve their historical status.

"Great General" Arenas is considered one of the players with the strongest offensive firepower on the back line today, but this year he can only stand at attention and be beaten.

The loss of Arenas also made the "General" the first player in NBA history to average more than 29 points per game, but was not selected to the best team.

At first glance, this record is a bit heartbreaking, but it is not an affirmation of Arenas.

In addition, in such a fierce competition, the "madman" was selected for the best second team at the age of 35, which is enough to prove the madman's personal ability.

Even if the Timberwolves' record of 74 wins and 8 losses has added too many points for the madman, it can even reach more than 70% of the votes.

可35岁的狂人本赛季依然能够砍下19.7分4.3篮板2.7助攻以及1.2次抢断。

Among them, the field goal percentage was 50.4%, a career high, and the three-point field goal percentage was also close to 35%. He is one of the best stars in the league today.

A few years later, people will find out that every year the best team league will select 15 top stars, but only this year, the 05-06 season can afford the rhetoric of "fairy fighting"!
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