542 made playoffs
Chamberlain sat on the rostrum of the Oracle Center Arena, holding his hands behind his head as the staff changed the regular season game logo to the playoffs. As usual, some staff brought a ladder and tampered with the rim. One side of the rim was tighter, but the other side was loose.
A tighter rim is suitable for positional battles, because it is difficult to control the rebound trajectory of the ball after a long shot. A loose rim is suitable for shooting battles. The basketball instantly hits the iron, and it is possible to fall into the ring with a light rebound.
At this time last season, the Warriors and Jazz were doing this. The Jazz were tragically eliminated, and this season was even more tragic. They didn't even make the playoffs. The coach Sloan was helpless. It was not that he was not in charge of the command or that the players were not working hard, but that in the main lineup, Deron, Boozer, Oku and Kirirenko were constantly missing. The three of them combined and the games they missed this season were nearly 100 games.
Perhaps it is related to last year's Olympic Year. The players failed to rest well in the offseason for national honors, continued to play and played fierce world-class events, which resulted in them not resting after the start of the game and being injured repeatedly.
Injuries have always been the number one killer in every sports professional league. The NHA this year is particularly good. Compared with the East, the West is more severely damaged. Not to mention the injured players of the last eight teams, just to mention the quarterfinals of the playoffs, Bynum on the Lakers has been injured for nearly 20 games, Gasol has been injured for the last ten games, not to mention the Rockets’ McGrady and Trail Blazers’ Oden. Ginobili and Parker’s injuries are even more serious, otherwise the Warriors will not have the second turn to the West.
In addition, Josh Howard of the Mavericks, Chandler and Peja of the Hornets, of course, cannot forget the Warriors' Billups. Almost every team has star players who miss the game for a long time, which has also had a huge impact on the ranking of the West. Otherwise, the Eastern Conference's record this year would be unusually ugly.
Chamberlain sat in the stadium for a while, Jackson walked in with a handbag used by the gangster boss. He asked carelessly: "What are you here? Are you meditating?"
"Do you still know how to practice Zen?" Chamberlain laughed. This is the influence of a superstar. Because of his reasons, more NHA fans and even players have learned about Chinese culture, especially after he scored 6-010.
Jackson said proudly: "Of course I know that pastors practice Zen, right? You Chinese pastors like to sit and think about life philosophy by themselves, and call this Zen, right? Ha, I am learning Chinese culture recently, because during the off-season in the summer vacation, I will visit Shaolin Temple. Their public relations department invited me to visit, and there are several Chinese brands asking me to shoot advertisements. How about it, is it a winner in life?
Chamberlain gave a thumbs up and enviously: "Yes, man, you are the winner in life, but what I am curious is that you won't be fooled, right? There is also a public relations department in Shaolin Temple? Why don't I know? Be careful to be deceived by the copycat temple."
When talking about the counterfeit Chamberlain, he was depressed. These products had already arrived in the United States. Billups suffered a loss last time. He wore a pair of shoes casually to play, but was severely punished by Adidas. Billups was extremely angry. I endorsed you. What's wrong with wearing your sneakers? Later, he looked carefully and found that the shoes were called Adidas, but the logo was really similar to Adidas...
Because of Chamberlain, Warriors players signed many endorsement advertisements, including Morrow. After counting carefully, Morrow found that he could get nearly two million dollars with the endorsement fee alone, which is also the reason why he was willing to play as a substitute in the Warriors. He got a lot of money and could learn skills.
Not only the players benefited from it, but the staff were the same.
Chamberlain and Jackson were joking, and the latter kept swaying with a small bag. He couldn't help rolling his eyes and said, "I know, you're all worth ten yuan and condoms, right? You'll cheat the waiters with this trick, it's useless for us."
Jackson unzipped the zipper with pride, and a stack of 100-dollar bills appeared in front of Chamberlain. The latter was surprised that he had so much cash. As a result, Jackson jumped to the rostrum and shouted: "Yu Wanhuo comes to me for change, bonus, and bonus for the playoffs."
The staff's enthusiasm for work has increased more than doubled.
Chamberlain suddenly realized.
Other NHE events are different. The salaries of players and staff are all in the regular season. Players and finals are basically for honor, so players who are not short of money are so keen on these games. But fortunately, they also have the bonuses and tickets provided by the league, so the staff have nothing left. So in the playoffs every year, sixteen NHA teams will ask the boss in the locker room to call on players to donate money to staff to pay bonuses.
Jackson paid in advance and asked Chamberlain and others for money later. Who wouldn't give it? Haha, he hadn't seen anyone who dared not give him money.
Seeing the staff happy and happy look, Chamberlain was also very happy. The playoffs are actually a festival, although the players will work very hard.
Billups came to the stadium and waved, "Hi, guys, after giving away the bonus, we will watch the game video and prepare for the game."
Chamberlain and Jackson rushed back to the big screen that was more than 50 inches in training, and a game video was being played back.
A veteran proudly raised his right hand to greet the fans, and thunderous cheers came out of the speaker.
"Shit, isn't this the Spurs? Our opponent tonight is the Thunder, right?" Jackson said depressedly.
Old Nelson waved his hand indifferently and said, "Don't worry about the Thunder, we're going to start studying the Spurs now. The Spurs are our first opponent. As for those guys in Oklahoma? They are warming up with you. I will give you four games to send them home. Of course, if you want to play, you can also play five games, up to five games, not more."
The Spurs are third in the West and the Warriors are second in the West. According to the NHAR playoff rules, the two of them basically meet in the second round.
In terms of the match system, the first round of the playoffs is basically the least suspenseless game. It is too difficult to create the Black Miracle. There are many Black Eight Black Seven Miracles in NHA history, and the Warriors have performed it twice. But even so, compared with thousands of playoff games in the NHA, the Miracle Black Eight Black Seven Miracles are still a handful of Miracle Black Eight Black Sevens.
If a team with the lowest ranking wants to win the opponent, don't expect coincidence, because there are seven games in each round of games and they must find the fatal shortcomings of their opponents, especially in the second and third rounds, the team must carefully study their opponents. One of their small shortcomings may be their big chance of advancing.
Old Nelson led the players to study the Spurs. These two teams will stage a peak showdown in the Western Conference semi-finals again. Last season, the Warriors eliminated the Spurs in that round of games. This year's Spurs will definitely take revenge.
"Be careful of their veterans, bastards, although those old guys have to be helped by peeing, they will definitely cause you huge trouble in the playoffs. Look at the last two games, the San Antonios are like us, they don't play their full strength in the playoffs," said Old Nelson, pointing to the screen.
The veteran who raised his hand to greet the fans just now was not Duncan, but Finley. This 3-year-old guy performed miracles twice in three days. In the second to last game of the regular season, he made a fatal three-pointer in 1 second before the end of the game in Cleveland, so the Little Emperor was the first home defeat, forcing James to play the whole game, and later the Warriors returned with a big victory.
The little emperor was so desperate when he played the Spurs. The game had no effect on them who had already secured the league's first record, and no one from the Spurs competed with him for MP. The reason why the little emperor was so desperate was because he was defending the honor of unbeaten at home, Yes, it was very terrifying. This season's Cavaliers, before losing to the Spurs, maintained a nearly miraculous unbeaten home body.
After winning the Spurs, he returned to the ATmnT Arena. In the last home game of the regular season, the Spurs faced the Mavericks. This game was the most oppressive game in the final game, because before the game, the Spurs won 54 and the Mavericks won 6. If the Mavericks win, it would be 6. There will be a number of victories to determine the Western Conference ranking. The Spurs and the Mavericks fought four times in the regular season, and the Mavericks won three times.
This time Finley made a contribution again. Three seconds before the game ended, they were 870 and three points behind. After the timeout, he received a pass from his teammate and made a three-pointer, making a hollow shot. He tied 3 times and then tied 3 times in overtime. Although Finley performed mediocrely, they still have to thank him for helping his three-pointer to win in the end.
"These two teams are so stubborn." Looking at the tactical replay of the whole game, Iverson kept shaking his head, "The battle between the bull and the horse is really a classic. I bet that fans hope that the Mavericks will lose the Lakers in the second round and then the Spurs will play the good show of the bull and the horse war, right?"
"Leave the Mavericks to Kobe, we can just solve the Spurs." Old Nelson said.
Iverson immediately responded: "I know, the Spurs are very powerful. You can find a way to get the Spurs. I will get Kobe in the final."
"I hope you are not just awesome." Jackson gave Iverson a thumbs up and praised him. He used to play against Kobe, and he was tortured to death every time.
Old Nelson carefully sorted out the Spurs' games this season, including all the events that GDp missed. He edited them together for the players to watch one by one, just to better understand this opponent and kill this opponent.
As for the Lakers? That is even more a strong enemy, but what they have to do now is to find a way to get rid of the Spurs first, otherwise they will have the ability to kill the dragon, which is useless.
The Thunder are also carefully studying the Warriors' tactics. The more they study, the more they feel, the more they feel. It's not because of fear, but because of doubt. What kind of field tactics are arranged by Old Nelson? The Thunder is confused when he studies it up and down.
Just as college students always feel that the week before the exam passes very quickly, the Thunder feels like this, they seem to have just landed in San Francisco and then started the game.
The Warriors' home atmosphere is famous in the NHK. The Thunder have already experienced it in the regular season. They felt they couldn't stand it at that time. This time, what awaited them was the playoffs.
According to the rules, the away team played first. As soon as the Thunder players walked out of the passage, it seemed like a red soldering iron fell into the ice water. The Oracle Center Arena, which was previously extremely quiet, suddenly boiled, and the boos from the fans rolled towards the players like a hurricane.
Durant was the last to play and received extra care. The fans on both sides of the passage reached out to him. Master Du thought these guys were going to applaud him, so he stretched out his hand with a grace. As a result, the fans changed their gestures in the middle and changed to a middle finger, which made Master Du extremely depressed.
Today, all seats in the stadium were replaced with golden seat covers, and each seat was printed with a striking "6evect". The golden stands, golden seats, and golden floors, the entire oracle hall seemed to have become a golden city in the Inca mythology.
In addition, fans also wore specially customized golden T-shirts, which was Cavalo's idea. He spent a little money to hire some editors from the sports forum to call on fans to buy jerseys from the champion brand, and hired a group of navy troops to respond. The result was that the champion jerseys were very popular.
Chapter completed!