Chapter 499 End the battle within five
"Are you tired?"
Weisha lay on the sofa at Elaine Trovis's house, her eyes closed.
"The kind of fatigue you can't imagine." Wei Xia told the truth.
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Just yesterday, they ended the first round of the playoffs. They sent out the powerful Denver Nuggets with just four games, and played in four games. Cameron Anthony still did not show the performance the fans expected.
A stable 40% shooting percentage, a stable 20 points, a stable loss.
Allen Iverson himself would never have imagined that he finished his last playoffs, with 4 games, averaging 24 points, 3 rebounds, 4.5 assists per game, and a shooting percentage of 43.8%. For a superstar who averaged 29.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6 assists per game in his playoff career, it is naturally ugly to end it.
He is only 183 cm tall, with a bare foot up to 179 cm, thin, amazing wingspan, gorgeous style, the fastest step in the league, ankle terminator, cross-steps to get rid of the top level in history, can fight, good at finding boards at the basket, finishing ability, and has certain organizational skills, but the overall situation is middle and bottom, and the team cooperation reduces individual points seriously.
There are 100 Hamlets in the eyes of 100 people, and each person has a different Allen Iverson.
Those who like him see more about tenacity, elegance and magic; those who don’t like him see more about rebellion, hit rate, and miserable old age.
But for the previous generation of fans, Iverson, Kobe, Carter, McGrady, Allen, Wolf King, Stone Buddha, Dirk, and Weber represent more of the past era, so they feel cherished and cannot be violated in their hearts.
Just like the ***'s Wu Xiujing was leaked by a rape a while ago, and the silent love was deeply heartbroken. Although from the current perspective, *** is no longer so outstanding, his body and mind are still boiling for this.
For those people who have passed, if you don’t love them, please put them in the memories of old fans, in the dreams, in the hearts, in the songs that only specific people can understand.
The Lakers swept the Nuggets and advanced to the semi-finals. That night, the bad guys' offensive filled the tide.
They asked Iverson, Anthony, Kobe and others about the Sudan issue, and once again asked them to express their opinions on the matter.
Iverson's attitude was relatively straightforward: "What do you think I still care about the Olympics?"
Subtext: Go play while playing!
Anthony didn't have the domineering aura of Iverson. He was knocked out by the Lakers and said with a complicated mood: "Maybe."
Kobe looked for reasons again to shirk it. This time, even he was attacked by mold.
Kobe and James, the two most popular superstars in the league, chose to avoid this major international issue.
The proliferation of Sudan incidents, the vote initiated by Hollywood, gradually spread from outside to inside the league.
Some league executives who remained unnamed said: "We want players to target international incidents, which is one of their rights as public figures."
In NBA history, superstars rarely express political stances publicly. For example, Michael Jordan once refused to support an African-American senator and was popular among the United States.
The inaction stances adopted by Kobe and James on related issues are believed to be out of business concerns. Some people accused him of evading controversy because of the market demand of his sponsor Nike in China, or worrying that he would not be able to participate in the Beijing Olympics with the American Dream Team.
If this continues, even Kobe and James will not be able to survive alone under the coercion of public opinion.
ZZ has the magical power to turn everything pure and tumbling.
After winning the game, Wei Xia was not happy at all because she had to face those stupid reporters after the game.
Although the Zen master said that he could refuse to attend the press conference, if he did not attend, he would be interpreted as guilty by the mold, and they would be even more blatant.
No matter what it is for, Wei Xia cannot avoid it. All he wants is to greet him head-on and smash him into pieces.
Weisha spent another night at Trovis's home.
That was the only place where he could find peace. Although he had brothers, sisters and Li Zhongxian in his home, they would start arguing whenever they had a disagreement, and they often made a mess and couldn't live in peace.
So Wei Xia would sometimes come to Trovis' home to stay.
Trovis did not object. Doing so would not only enhance the relationship between the two and deepen their understanding, but also increase the ambiguous contacts that had never crossed the thunder pool by mistake.
Previously, Weisha and Trovis held hands and hugged the most, but now, kissing became normal, and they finally interacted as intimately as normal couples, but they did not explore more deeply like 99.9% of couples.
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The showdown between the Lakers and the Nuggets is the only first-round series this year to end the battle in four games.
The other seven-round series have reached at least the fifth game.
In the West, the Hornets are still one game away from stepping on the Mavericks.
The Spurs also need a game to complete the achievement of shooting the sun three times in four consecutive years.
The Rockets and Jazz staged a bloody battle, ending four games, with the latter leading 3-1, and Houston, who lacks the inside pillar, is in danger.
Houston stubbornly dragged the game into Tianwang Mountain with Yao's season reimbursement.
The winner of them is the Lakers' semi-final opponent.
The war in the west continued, and the east was also a mess.
In addition to the Magic, it also takes one game to eliminate the Raptors, and other three-round series have made real fire.
The Pistons fought with the 76ers endlessly.
The Knight and the Wizards continue their relationship.
The most surprising thing is that the Celtics and the Hawks, who transformed into fighting Tyrannosaurus at home, easily killed the Hawks, but when they went away, the Celtics performed just like their jersey color scheme - especially environmentally friendly and had no power at all.
As the team on the top of the combat power list, they couldn't win four bloody battles with the Eagles, the Eighth East, and even tied. They needed to drag to the fifth game Tianwang Mountain to decide who to hold the match point.
Just two words, embarrassing.
The Hawks only won 37 games in the regular season. What does it mean? They can only rank 12th in the West.
The Nuggets, the eighth-ranked Nuggets in the West, had 50 wins, and ranked fourth in the East. They are considered a seed team.
The Celtics have been questioned countless times, but the Lakers have turned their attention to the Rockets and Jazz’s fifth and sixth games.
In the fifth game, the Rockets' Army took their lives, but McGrady's rehabilitation of his old injury but scored 29 points.
Judging from the Jazz's performance, they had no intention of winning the fifth game, as if they expected the Rockets to drag the game backwards like crazy.
They showed an indifferent attitude and let the Rockets win the game, 2-3.
McGrady's injury was like giving this team the last blow.
In the sixth game, the Rockets will definitely lose. Does anyone think they can win?
Probably not.
This Rockets will definitely lose. McGrady suffered an old injury. According to what he did ten years later, it was time for him to rest, and it would be meaningless to persevere.
But he played in a closed position and continued to play. He played 42 minutes in playing time, made 13 of 26 shots, 40 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and there was no suspense in most of the game.
McGrady completely overdraws his health and lays all the groundwork for the coming major decline.
4 to 2
With the Rockets out, McGrady can no longer break the first round curse trapped on his head as a core player.
Perhaps that press conference can better illustrate McGrady's heart.
A few years ago, when he first came to Houston to lose to the Mavericks in the first round, he burst into tears in front of the media: "It's because I didn't do enough, it's all my fault."
And now he faced the defeat calmly.
It's okay, just do whatever you want.
The Jazz's victory ended the era of Yao and Mai. They stepped forward to the semi-finals and saw a Lakers team that had been resting for a long time.
They are unable to start the fight immediately, and they are in a confrontation at present.
Wei Xia focused on preparing for the war, isolating contacts with the media as usual.
Since he "caused the incident", he has had an exclusionary reaction to the media, and negative external public opinion has affected the field.
Although the referee did not blow his black whistle openly, the difficulty of him breaking through and causing damage has greatly increased.
As a star, he has no body whistle.
Just like a rookie who just entered the league, he can only bear the battle he wants and cannot complain.
Fortunately, the referee's defensive standards are fair, and he has not been blown away to the point where he can't even defend.
May 1
The day before the semi-finals started, the Zen master held a tactical analysis meeting just like usual.
Last year, the Lakers played a series with the Jazz. At that time, their inside line was still a breakthrough. Now that Gasol has been strengthened, Kobe is still receiving peak combat power, and Wei Xia has become an All-Star with both offense and defense.
The Jazz's shortcomings are all the Lakers' strengths.
The Lakers' past shortcomings were no longer so unbearable after being strengthened.
Chapter completed!