The Hawks and Bucks fought for five games, and the Bucks became the ultimate winners and qualified to join the Wizards in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Everyone thought that the Bucks would be shaved off by Lin Yu like the Pistons in the first round. You must know that Lin Yu still maintains a record so far, that is, he has always swept his opponents in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
However, in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Bucks directly taught Lin Yu and the Wizards a lesson. They won the away game with precise shooting and ended Lin Yu's record.
In fact, Lin Yu has long known that the most difficult teams for the Wizards to deal with in the East are the Bucks and Pacers. The main reason is that these two teams are shooting types. It would be really difficult for them to shoot with touch. enemy.
Lin Yu just didn't expect that he would be defeated in the first game and die by the Bucks.
Ray Allen hit 6 three-pointers. Lewis, a Blade Warrior who just joined the Bucks not long ago, was even more outrageous. He hit 8 three-pointers in the game. Including mid-range shots, layups and free throws, he scored 33 points in the game. point.
You know, this guy is just a rookie!
After the game, old Karl never closed his mouth and kept smiling.
"Lin, how about you change your name to Angel-Lin? You are as kind as an angel and sent such an outstanding player to me."
"To be honest, he is the player I dream of most. Even if you trade Kobe for me, I won't trade him."
Of course, Old Karl also knew that winning this game was a fluke, but when everyone thought that the Bucks would be swept, they won the first game, and it was an away game, which made him feel proud.
Lin Yu couldn't complain about Old Carl's naming ability. He was nothing like angel-lin, so he might as well give it up to Xiang Ji.
"Then what if I really trade Kobe with you?"
"Huh? Are you serious? Then I have to think about it."
"I've thought about it, let's change!" Old Carl's brain has reached the optical brain level, because his thinking time is at the microsecond level.
"Lin, I know you are joking, well, you are joking, right?"
"But with so many top players in your hands, it's impossible to keep them all. Even if they are all newcomers, and their maximum salary only accounts for 25% of the salary cap, then you can only keep three at most."
"What are you going to do with the large number of people left?" Old Karl asked curiously.
He asked this not because he wanted to beat Lin Yu, but because he was really curious about Lin Yu's solution.
Lin Yu sighed. If he knew how to deal with it, he wouldn't have to worry about it all the time.
The key thing is that this matter cannot be solved at once. The contract renewal problems we have to face this year will still have to be faced next year, and there are even more players who have to renew their contracts.
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The next second game was still the Wizards' home court, and this time the Bucks were not so lucky.
Lin Yu put Dazhi in the starting lineup, specifically to guard against Lewis's shots. He would make sudden moves if he wanted to, but he would not allow shots anyway.
Da Zhi is very flexible, tall and has a long wingspan. He is definitely a natural shot-preventer. Lewis was miserable at being defended and only scored 12 points in this game.
Lin Yu also put Kobe Bryant at the No. 1 position and specially sent Bowen to start to face Ray Allen.
In this game, the Bucks lost by 27 points and were beaten by the Wizards who gave their best.
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After the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals, there are two extremely important things for Lin Yu.
One is the lottery. Lin Yu has accumulated a large number of draft picks through transactions this year, many of which are lottery picks. As long as Lin Yu is lucky enough, he may get the No. 1 pick.
Another thing is the regular season honorary awards, which is also something Lin Yu attaches great importance to. He worked so hard to make friends with the assistant coaches before, and it's time to accept the results.
In the evening of the next day, Lin Yu did not rush to Milwaukee's home court. Instead, he and Unseld stayed in the office, preparing to watch the lottery.
"The draft picks we exchanged from Boston last season, they helped us get the fifth pick. I don't know if we can have better luck this time."
"Do you think it's possible for us to get the No. 1 pick?" Unseld said with a laugh.
If the Wizards really get the No. 1 pick, they will become the second defending champion team after the Lakers to have the No. 1 pick.
Before the Lakers won the championship in 1982, they obtained the Cavaliers' first-round pick in a trade. As a result, the Lakers won the championship that season and the Cavaliers had a poor record and won the No. 1 pick.
There has only been one such bizarre thing in NBA history.
The probability of this kind of thing is extremely small, but for the Wizards right now, their chances of winning the No. 1 pick are not small.
In previous transactions, Lin Yu received the 1999 first-round picks of five teams: the Bulls, Magic, Bucks, Grizzlies, and Cavaliers, as well as a second-round pick from the Knicks.
The Magic and Bucks are both playoff teams. Their first-round picks have nothing to say, and the Knicks' second-round picks have nothing to say. They are all fixed picks, but the Bulls, Grizzlies and Cavaliers are the three teams. In the lottery, they have a chance of getting the No. 1 pick.
In addition, Lin Yu also used Nowitzki to make a deal with the Mavericks in the last draft, and got Pierce from the Mavericks, plus the right to exchange the first round pick in 1999 with the Mavericks.
The Mavericks did not make the playoffs this year, and they also have a chance of winning the No. 1 pick.
There are a total of 13 lottery picks, and Lin Yu holds four of them. Besides the Mavericks, the records of the other three teams are very bad. Not only does Lin Yu have a 50% chance of getting the No. 1 pick, he must at least have one. Four percent.
Forty percent is already a good chance. With a little bit of luck, you can get the No. 1 pick.
"Here we go, I hope we have good luck." Lin Yu saw Stern appearing on TV and quickly signaled Unseld to calm down.
After going through the lottery process, Stern walked onto the stage again. After pulling out a card, Lin Yu could clearly see that Stern looked weird.
"I declare that the team receiving the first overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft is the Chicago Bulls!"
As soon as these words came out, Lin Yu and Unseld were silent at the same time, and then they both became overjoyed.
The two of them talked about it for a long time, but they didn't expect that they got it right, and they got the No. 1 pick.
The previous deal between the Wizards and the Bulls was officially announced, and fans across the league knew about it. Once they heard that the Bulls had won the No. 1 pick, wouldn't that mean that the Wizards had the No. 1 pick?
The defending champion has the No. 1 pick. This is a fantasy no matter how you look at it.
Of course Lin Yu is also happy. Under normal circumstances, the No. 1 pick in the 1999 draft was captain Elton Brand. He was indeed selected by the Bulls as the No. 1 pick. Later, after being traded to the Clippers, he received the captain's title. Number.
Brand is a ruthless 20+10 machine and has maintained such a figure for most seasons of his career.
Lin Yu has no shortage of power forwards. After all, he has Xiao Ou, Da Zhi and Big Mom, and Brand's style is almost exactly the same as Big Mom's early career. They are both quite retro and old-fashioned power forward style. The difference is that Brand Height is slightly taller, 203 cm.
It is precisely because of Brand's extremely old-school playing style that he was nicknamed "Chevrolet Classic". In addition to this nickname, he also has "Steak Chef" and "Mustang". The most interesting nickname is "View". .
Many players in the NBA have enigmatic nicknames, such as Answer, Truth and later Embiid's "Process". Coupled with Brand's "view", it is enough to invent Newton's second law.
Although Brand will not have a big impact, he is a serious candidate for the top pick. He will definitely not suffer a loss if he is selected. Lin Yu will definitely not want to miss it.
Just when Lin Yu was wondering how to allocate playing time at the fourth position in the new season after winning Brand, Stern came out again.
This time his expression was no longer weird, but rather a look like he had seen a ghost.
"I declare that the team receiving the second overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft is the Vancouver Grizzlies!"
Lin Yu was confused, Unseld was confused, and everyone was confused.
How to say? After the Wizards won the No. 1 pick, they actually got the No. 2 pick? Is there any more heavenly justice?
To say that the Wizards won the No. 1 pick after winning the championship, at least there was a precedent set by the Lakers, so they could bear it even though they gritted their teeth.
But now the Wizards directly got the No. 1 pick and the No. 2 pick, which is so jaw-dropping.
Let alone the Wizards who have won the first and second picks in a row, it has never happened before in NBA history that a team has won two of the top five picks.
It is not uncommon for a team to get two lottery picks. The Magic team drafted last season, they had two lottery picks, the Celtics in 1996 also had two lottery picks, and there were also two lottery picks in 1987 and 1979. of supersonics and so on.
However, the lottery picks of these teams are not high. The most promising one should be the 1970 SuperSonics. They hold the sixth and seventh picks.
It is simply unimaginable for the Wizards to directly win the No. 1 and No. 2 picks.
The key is that the Wizards still have the Cavaliers' first-round pick, and the Cavaliers' record is pretty rubbish. They won't let the Wizards continue to get the third pick, right?
When Stern returned to the stage again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though Stern hasn't announced the pick of the third overall pick yet, judging from his relieved expression, it's obvious that he can't be the Wizards.
Even Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. If the Wizards continue to draw the No. 3 lottery pick, I don't know how many conspiracy theories will arise.
It might be said that Lin Yu gave Stern thousands of Q coins in exchange for the No. 1 pick, No. 2 pick and No. 3 pick.
The third flower pick belongs to the wasp.
In fact, the ownership of the top three picks is exactly the same as Lin Yu remembers the 1999 draft, with no changes at all.
It can't be said that there have been no changes. After all, the No. 1 pick originally belonging to the Bulls and the No. 2 pick to the Grizzlies have both become the possessions of the Wizards.
The Los Angeles Clippers drew the fourth pick, the Raptors drew the fifth pick, and the Timberwolves drew the sixth pick.
Waiting for the next No. 7 lottery, being drawn by the Cavaliers this time is equivalent to being drawn by Lin Yu.
Then after waiting for a while, the Mavericks drew the last lottery pick, which was the 13th pick in the first round. Lin Yu would definitely not let it go, and he would have to use the first-round pick swap right.
In this way, Lin Yu will have four lottery picks in the next 1999 draft, namely the No. 1 pick, the second pick, the seventh pick, and the 13th pick.
In addition, there are the Bucks' 18th pick and the Magic's 23rd pick, as well as the Knicks' second-round pick 17 and the Wizards' own second-round pick 29.
There are 8 draft picks in total, which is not as good as the 9 picks last season, but the quality this time is extremely high. In the 1998 draft, Lin Yu's highest pick was only the fifth pick.
"Lin, we are developed!"
"With so many high-ranking draft picks, we can earn at least 50 million by selling players next season." Unseld said with excitement.
Lin Yu nodded. In the short period of time just now, he had already planned how to use these eight draft picks.
Brand will definitely be selected as the No. 1 pick.
As the saying goes, the first draft is better than the first draft. Brand is an insider and strong, so he must be selected.
As for the second pick, Lin Yu was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to choose Francis or the bearded Baron Davis.
These two are both point guards, but with different styles.
Big Beard is a traditional point guard, while Fred is an offensive point guard.
The organizational ability of the two is definitely better than that of the traditional point guard Beard.
However, Lin Yu still has Billups, a traditional point guard, and there doesn't seem to be much need to get another traditional point guard.
Moreover, Boss Fu is an extremely righteous person. After Yao Ming entered the league, he received a lot of care from Boss Fu. Every time Yao Ming was bullied on the court, Boss Fu was always the first to rush forward and pull Yao Ming behind him, and then Chatting with each other.
The most classic and famous scene should be that in order to protect Yao Ming, Fred used his thin body to push the little bully Stoudemire desperately, which moved many Chinese fans.
Yao Ming is a very lucky person. He met a conscientious and patient coach like Tang Shuai, and he met a leading brother like Francis.
Even Freddie was able to scold the coach for Yao Ming. Tang Shuai missed the game due to physical reasons. The team's assistant coach Larry Smith played an extremely bad game as the acting coach. He dumped the blame for the loss on Yao Ming. Yao Ming scolded him, but Mr. Fu turned back.
Logically speaking, if Boss Fu is the kind of person who is jealous of talents and talents, it would be easy for him to destroy Yao Ming. If nothing else, isolating Yao Ming in the locker room is enough for Yao Ming to drink a pot.
Originally, Lin Yu preferred to choose the offensive boss Fu. Thinking of these things, Lin Yu became more determined.
Yao Ming was protected by Alfred during his rookie period, so he should be protected by himself during his rookie period.
There's not much to say about the Cavaliers' No. 7 pick. The only one who catches Lin Yu's eye is Hacker Marion.
The word "all-around" seems to be tailor-made for Marion. He may be the most versatile two-way forward in NBA history, bar none.
Super rebounding ability, super defensive strength, super fast break ability, super stable, and the probability of making mistakes on the court is extremely low. If it weren't for his ugly and smoking appearance and shooting posture, his achievements would be limitless. , he might be chosen by Stern as the league's signature player.
If Marion had Jordan's face and Jordan's perfect and gorgeous style of play, he would be the league's signature superstar.
It's a pity that Marion is not much better-looking than the alien Cassel. His shooting posture is a 38-putt...
As for the No. 13 pick exchanged with the Mavericks, Lin Yu plans to use it to select super strong man Corey Maggette.
Maggette's upper body muscles are definitely aunt-level. His body is a work of art. Even if he doesn't play ball, he can still become a successful bodybuilder.
In addition, Lin Yu already has Kobe Bryant, and he also wants to get a Washington double major in Washington. Maybe he can also have a permanent halo?
The Bucks' No. 18 pick is a pick that Lin Yu thinks is useless.
The only one who has a chance to pick this pick is James Posey. His strength is a bit average. In his peak season, he only had about 10 points and 5 rebounds. His defense is not bad, but he is far inferior to Bowen.
The key is that he is also a swingman. Lin Yu has so many swingmen that he can swing from Washington to Mexico.
Even Corey Maggette is a swingman.
If the 18th pick can be two or three picks higher, then Lin Yu can select the No. 1 small forward in the Internet, Beast Artest.
Da Ben is known as the number one center in online writing, because many basketball novels like to focus on describing Da Ben.
Artest is the number one small forward on the Internet...
The number one point guard in the internet is Billups...
The number one power forward in the internet is of course Xiao Ao...
Lin Yu thought that if the time comes, he might be able to trade the 18th overall pick up, and then he could win the beast.
Lin Yu actually still wants Artest. Having such a good player in the team can always give people a great sense of security.
There is nothing to say about the Magic's 23rd pick, they can only choose AK47 Kirilenko. If Lin Yu doesn't choose, he will be selected by the Jazz. This is a situation he absolutely does not want to see.
Lin Yu has decided to kill Jazz. He doesn't want Jazz to obtain any valuable resources.
Then there is the Knicks' second-round pick 17. Lin Yu is planning to select the Argentinian demon Ginobili. He does not want the Spurs to continue to grow.
Because of a miscalculation before, the Spurs got Mashburn in vain. Lin Yu didn't want to make the same mistake a second time.
If the Spurs didn't get Mashburn, it wouldn't matter if they got Ginobili. However, with Mashburn and Ginobili, it would be enough for Lin Yu to drink.
If you don't take Ginobili, you're endangering the enemy!
As for the 29th pick in the second round that the Wizards brought with them, Lin Yu planned to use it to select 3D shooting guard Laga Bell.
He was originally an undrafted player, but his ability to gradually become the perfect backcourt partner of Nash in the Suns relies on his fierceness.
When defending on the court, Kobe was choked. That was Laga Bell's classic scene.
With a total of eight draft picks, Lin Yu has almost planned how to use them, and is now waiting for the draft to officially start in one and a half months.
