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Chapter 147 The opening of the playoffs

Playing in the NCAA for one more year is indeed not a bad thing for Yi Jianlian.

His strength is currently enough for him to gain a firm foothold in the NCAA. If he can lead UCLA to achieve good results again next year, it will be of great benefit to his future draft market.

And he can also use this year to become more familiar with American culture, even if he is a little introverted, he will get along better with his teammates.

However, facing the expectations of the country and the people, Yi Jianlian fell into a dilemma in the face of personal and national choices.

Late patted his ass: "Ah Lian, you have to think about this matter yourself. Whether you want to stay in the NCAA or enter the NBA to train yourself early, we will support you. If someone troubles you, you just give I called, and your original boss in CBA told you that I am a person with a lot of energy, so I can assure you that it will be fine.”

There is not much time left for Yi Jianlian to consider. He must make a decision before May this year, and this decision may even affect his life.

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Yi Jianlian and Westbrook played well, and won consecutive victories in the following games. In the end, the UCLA Bruins reached the final four. Yi Jianlian even won the MOP with his outstanding performance.

However, such things as implicit discrimination really cannot be easily changed. In the inherent impression of Europeans and Americans, Chinese people are cowardly and ignorant. In addition, Yi Jianlian's introverted personality has not been fundamentally changed, which led to his The improvement in the draft pick is not big, and the prediction given by the media is between 5-10. This is because he is a big inside player and has a draft bonus.

After the NCAA detonated the end of the United States, the 2006-2007 NBA regular season also came to an end.

Judging from this year's regular season record, the pattern of strong west and weak east is particularly obvious.

The Dallas Mavericks created the best record in the history of their team. Under the leadership of the old driver, they achieved 65 wins, ranking first in the league.

The old driver averaged 24.6 points per game, with extremely high efficiency, and entered the 180 club.

The key to the Mavericks' victory is that there are many players on the team who can score. At every critical moment, there will always be one or two players who will stand up and support the team.

The Suns won 60 wins and ranked second in the Western Conference. After the return of Stoudemire, the combination of Nash and Stoudemire became unstoppable again, and Mike D'Antoni's running and bombing tactics returned to the peak.

The Big Three of the Spurs are one year older, but they won 55 wins, ranking third in the West. Popovich's use of GDP is worth learning from other head coaches-especially Tom Thibodeau.

The Houston Rockets won 53 wins. Before the start of the All-Star Game, the Rockets once ranked No.2 in the league. However, Thibodeau's main problem caused the Rockets to have frequent injuries in the second half of the season, so that the record declined rapidly. .

Fortunately, Yao Ming's performance is perfect. He averaged 28.7 points and 10.9 rebounds per game this season. He is a super center and perfectly reflects his strength.

It's a pity that the Jazz, who only won 50 wins, squeezed out the Rockets and ranked fourth in the West because of the damned division championship protection rules.With the pick-and-roll cooperation of the little fat Deron and the anti-bone boy Boozer, they rose rapidly.

The Warriors won 51 wins, ranking sixth in the Western Conference!

Late played steadily this season, averaging 19.3 shots per game and scoring 34.6 points, which is the most important scoring point for the Warriors.

Grant Hill has ensured his health in the Warriors. He averaged 17.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists for the team. As a 34-year-old veteran, Grant Hill really deserves his title of "Jordan's successor" .

Milicic's performance was not very stable, but he still scored an average of 10+10 per game, at least proving that he is not a parallel importer.

The top six in the Western Conference have all won 50 wins, which shows how fierce the competition in the Western Conference playoffs is this year.

After the Los Angeles Lakers got Pau Gasol, they slowly got on the right track.

Kobe knows how to cooperate with a super center. Even though Gasol's dominance at the basket is far inferior to that of O'Neal in his peak period and Yao Ming now, he is also the top insider in this league.

In order to cooperate with Gasol, Kobe obviously controlled his desire to shoot after the All-Star Game and practiced cooperation with Gasol.

With Gasol's comprehensive skills, the coordination between him and Kobe is a great threat.

Coupled with the fact that Odom, who has returned to the sixth man position, is gradually recovering, the Lakers also scored 48 wins at the end of the season, ranking seventh in the Western Conference.

The Nuggets who got Iverson once again disappointed the fans. They only won 44 wins, leading the Clippers by two wins and ranking eighth in the West.

But no one is optimistic about their ability to eliminate the Mavericks in the playoffs. In the regular season, the two teams played against each other. The Mavericks easily swept the Nuggets with their better offensive power.

Compared with the West where the competition is so fierce, the records of the teams in the East are not enough.

The Cavaliers ranked first in the East with 53 wins. James averaged 31.2 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

But in the regular season against the strong teams in the West, the Cavaliers rarely win.

James' performance has always been very stable. When he encounters a bad touch, he will choose to pass the ball.He has always played rationally and will not mess around, which determines that the Cavaliers' record will not be bad, but when the team needs him, James is often invisible.

The strength of the Eastern Conference is weak, and only the Cavaliers can achieve 50+.

The record of the Raptors is a bit unexpected. Under the leadership of Chris Bosh, the Raptors won 45 wins, ranking second in the Eastern Conference-with this record, if they were in the Western Conference, they would almost not be able to enter the playoffs.

The Heat rank third in the Eastern Conference with 44 wins.

The Pistons are the team with the fastest decline in record. Without Billups, Prince and Big Ben, the Pistons' defensive ability has plummeted.

Due to the lack of helpers, McGrady often fights alone.

Even now that he has recovered to his peak, and even played a point forward in the Rockets for a year, his understanding of basketball is very different from before, but he has to shoulder the team's offensive responsibility alone.

This affected McGrady's performance. He had to add a step-up shot from beyond the three-point line. He averaged 28.4 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists per game, but his efficiency was far worse than that of the Rockets.

The media didn't blame McGrady too much. After all, when he was in the Rockets, he had Yao Ming, a historical super center, and Late, a super shooter far beyond the historical level. McGrady had to face the same defensive intensity as the Pistons. completely different.

After the regular season ended, the media and experts predicted this year's championship, believing that as long as the team can make it out of the West, it can basically win the championship easily.

Whether it is the Spurs, the Suns or the Mavericks, or even the Rockets and Warriors, none of the weak Eastern teams can compete.

James disagrees with this, and he believes that the Cavaliers have the ability to compete with the Western Conference.

The Heat, which reached the finals last year, have experienced rapid decline in strength. Pat Riley's devil training method is no longer effective. O'Neal is getting older, and the burden brought by his overweight weight cannot be ignored.

In fact, many media and experts have predicted that O'Neal's time in the Heat has entered the countdown. After the playoffs, the cold-blooded Pat Riley will inevitably seek to trade the Sharks.

After two days of rest after the end of the regular season, the playoffs officially begin.

The game between the Warriors and the Spurs started on April 4.

The Warriors have not made the playoffs for several years. Oakland is like a holiday these days. You can see cheering fans on the street at any time.

The Spurs didn't dare to be careless. They had suffered from being late many times. Popovich racked his brains and failed to come up with an effective way to deal with being late.

As long as he has one or two trusted teammates around him, the threat of being late is the biggest in the league.

His breakthrough is not as domineering as James, but the rhythm is weird and it is not easy to guard against.

And after two years in the league, his late passing ability has also been developed, if not at the top level, at least he is qualified.

In the three-threat action, the most important thing is to pass the ball. When Late first entered the league, many players were able to limit the number of late shots in single defense, but now, almost no players can do it. That's it.

Popovich thought so much that his hair was about to fall out, and finally decided to adopt the Jordan rule and try to double-team late arrivals-if the other Warriors players are in good condition, the Spurs can't help it.

Late is different from other players, his three-pointers are so accurate, let him shoot endlessly, he can easily kill the game.

Popovich made a desperate determination, and the Big Three of the Spurs also held their breath.

When he was late in the Rockets, he almost swept the Spurs out for two consecutive years. Now that he has left the Rockets, GDP also wants to teach him a lesson.

The Spurs were united as one, united as one, and all players gave their best.

The Warriors obviously couldn't adapt to the intensity of the playoffs, and their performance in the first game fell short.

He was late and faced double-teaming from the Spurs throughout the game, and it was almost difficult to get a shot. The Spurs defended him at no cost.

But the other players of the Warriors failed to take on the heavy responsibility of offense, and many opportunities were not grasped.

In the end, the Warriors with the strongest firepower in the regular season were given a big blow by the Spurs in the AT&T Center Arena. They lost the game 92:102.

Milicic was overwhelmed by Duncan on both ends of the offense and defense, and Grant Hill was also entangled by the desperate Michael Finley.

Facing the full-team defense of the Spurs late, the number of shots was reduced to 17, hit 11 goals, and with 12 free throws, scored 51 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, but failed to bring the team a victory.

The old Nelson didn't pay much attention to the deficiencies of defense, and he was exposed when he played against Popovich, and was severely used by Popovich.

(End of this chapter)