At this moment, the happiest person in the world should be a certain silver horn king in Dallas.
This possibility, in history, has indeed followed him throughout his career. He thought he had it all to himself, but he didn't know that only three years later, someone came to keep him company.
I can’t say I’m a little happy, I can only say I woke up from a dream with a smile.
This is how people are, even if you have experienced a particularly annoying/shameful/embarrassing or other negative thing, when you know that there are other people who have also experienced it, you will instantly feel less bad.
Of course, social media was completely out of control at this time. People who were just joking with screenshots of Durant's speech began to swarm James, just like they did to Nowitzki.
Although the Jammies are trying their best to resist, and although social media is also censoring it in various ways, this is already a torrent and unstoppable.
To be honest, although James has not made much technical progress, he has worked hard with the Cavaliers in the past few years, has a high attendance rate, and is very dedicated.
However, the league's bias against him and his moves that could be made into highlights for more than ten or even dozens of minutes have left many people dissatisfied.
In the past, it was because there were only a few people who dared to speak out and it was easy to control them. However, this concentrated outburst is more like a big outburst after being backlogged like the voting in the previous slam dunk contest.
Cleveland, James mansion.
James, Paul, and Windhorst were sitting in the familiar living room again.
"King, I tried my best." Windhorst was helpless at this time. He wrote many reports one after another, such as "The Bulls' strength is seriously underestimated", "The gold content of winning the MVP again", "Xu Yong's winning goal kicks off" "Walking" and so on, but they are like leaves thrown into the torrent, just a wave and disappear.
"King, for this award ceremony, you will use the excuse of surgery, and I will go and receive it on your behalf." Paul motioned Windhorst to stop talking, and then suggested to James.
His suggestion was also very smart. Don't actually appear on that occasion, and if the media doesn't get the photos, then it won't be a big problem.
After all, there are no photos and it is only spread by word of mouth, so its influence will be much smaller.
James said nothing.
He didn't speak, and Paul and Windhorst could only remain silent.
The air was inexplicably quiet.
After a long time, James sat up straight, and then said: "I will attend."
…
At the same time, the Bulls went to the road to prepare for the Eastern Conference semifinals with the Celtics.
The Bulls' players are in a very relaxed state. Their original goal was just to reach the playoffs, but now they have gone far beyond completing the black eight, so they don't have any psychological burden in the next games.
Of course, the players are still very confident. After all, the Cavaliers can win. In theory, they have a chance against any team in the Eastern Conference.
So after arriving in Boston, they quickly started additional training under the leadership of Harris.
After the training, the players returned to the locker room talking and laughing.
Xu Yong was currently studying the Celtics game video with his tablet.
Although he knew that this Celtics team was on the same level as the Lakers and was one of the two strongest teams in the league that season, even beating the Cavaliers 4-2, he still had dreams.
"Watfak!"
At this moment, a burst of yelling and cursing suddenly came from the shower room.
That came from Noah, who was the first to enter the shower.
Soon, Noah ran out wrapped in a bath towel.
"There's no hot water in the shower!" Noah complained speechlessly amid the confused eyes of his teammates.
With his background, he had never experienced this.
You have to remember that it is only the beginning of May and the temperature is still on the low side.
Although with their physical condition, they wouldn't catch a cold if they took a cold shower, but who wants to be cold if they have nothing to do?
After Noah finished speaking, he put on his clothes and then left the locker room. Judging from his posture, he should have gone to find the arena staff.
But after a while he came back cursing.
"They said the heating device in the visiting team's locker room was broken and it wouldn't be repaired for a while. It was really unlucky."
The other team members couldn't help but shake their heads when they heard this.
It's not that if there's no way to take a shower here, there's no place to do so. The hotel they're staying in is also fine.
It's just that they have a strong body odor. They all sit on the bus covered in stinky sweat, and the aroma of armpits in that bus is irritating just thinking about it.
"This is their old tradition." At this moment, Hinrich said while changing into clean clothes.
Under the curious eyes of Noah and others, Hinrich then told them about Boston's traditions.
The lack of hot water in the visiting team's locker room was just a trick. What was even more unique back then was the well-known "floor tactic".
In the early years of the NBA, the arenas used spliced floors, so the Celtics specially set up some hollow floors. Only the Celtics players knew about those areas, not their opponents.
Therefore, during the game, the Celtics will force their opponents into those areas. Because the hollow floor has insufficient dribbling rebound, it is easy to cause mistakes, so they often rely on this move to win.
Although this phenomenon was later eliminated, the championship won by the Celtics in that way would not be deprived of them. They even shamelessly gave those floors as souvenirs to opponents they thought were worthy of respect, and staged a scene. A realistic absurdist drama.
It was an eye-opening experience for everyone else.
Xu Yong had heard about this before he was reborn, including why the Spurs turned off the air conditioning at home, causing James to cramp.
Basketball is developing, but teams that have tasted these benefits are still happy to do so.
"Then why didn't they last year?" Noah is still a little confused. When it comes to playing in the playoffs, last year they encountered the Celtics in the first round.
"Because we put pressure on them this year." Xu Yong said and stood up, and then started to change clothes.
When Xu Yong said this, the team members suddenly became happy and began to change their clothes one after another.
Being able to scare the Celtics into resorting to tricks, this group of young people are really promising this year.
…
The next night, G1 of the Bulls-Celtics series began.
At the beginning of the game, the Bulls showed their impact and took an 8-2 lead at the beginning.
But soon, they felt an unprecedented defensive pressure.
Generally speaking, an NBA team will have more or less defensive players on the court. Even the Lakers have Fisher who likes to lift his crotches. The Cavaliers have Williams and Javier. Mison is also a player who is strong in offense and defense in defense.
But this Celtics starting five, Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Kendrick Perkins, none of them are bad defensively.
Okay, you stumble and fight with others until they rotate. They use an 8-man rotation, and they replace it with Tony Allen, Rasheed Wallace, and Glen Davis. The defensive intensity is still the same. .
Not to mention Walker, Bynum and Sangela, who were traded from the Bulls, can only sit on the bench.
We all say there is a certain degree of relaxation, but if you keep it tight, you will feel uncomfortable.
And the key is that they have experience, and they grasp the details very well. If you can't grasp the fleeting opportunity, it will really be fleeting.
Therefore, players like Noah and Brown, who performed well against the Cavaliers, basically have difficulty scoring opportunities on the offensive end.
Rose was targeted much more severely than the Cavaliers.
Xu Yong's performance is barely normal, but opportunities are rare.
Therefore, they could only passively start fighting with the Celtics and get into the opponent's rhythm.
After four quarters, the score was 83-93.
The Bulls didn't lose much, but only after watching the game did we know that the strength and experience of the two teams were quite different.
After the game, the players returned to the locker room.
But unlike the frustration they imagined, they kept talking about the details of the game.
There is a saying that actual combat is the best way to improve experience.
A game like this against the Celtics is the best practice because it forces you to dig into the details and do research.
So from a long-term perspective, this is more meaningful to them than completing Black Eight.
Especially people like Hinrich who played against the Celtics last year, so the analysis can be more accurate.
After two days of rest, the G2 series between the Bulls and Celtics continued.
Compared with G1, the Bulls did a better job in details.
After showing the outside world their potential in the first round, they showed the outside world their learning ability in the second round.
The score of this game was finally settled at 93 to 97.
Although they still failed to win the game in the end, they obviously did better than G1.
After the first two games, the Bulls returned to Chicago to prepare for two games at home.
Because they failed to win the two away games, the next two home games are crucial to them.
At this time, something happened in the league that caused people to temporarily shift their attention from the fierce playoffs to the New York headquarters.
Because there, James, who originally said there was a high possibility of thumb surgery, attended the awards ceremony in good health and received his second MVP trophy.
However, contrary to what many people expected, James who appeared at the scene did not appear as annoyed or frustrated as Nowitzki did.
He even looked very happy.
After receiving the trophy, he delivered a personal acceptance speech.
He started by thanking his mother, his teammates, and the fans, and finally mentioned that he was proud of winning back-to-back MVP awards. He also mentioned the superstars who had accomplished back-to-back feats before, saying that he felt honored to be ranked with them. , and finally he thanked his team and those who supported him along the way.
"We had a great, brilliant season and we finished first in the league for the second consecutive season, which is an incredible achievement."
This is the conclusion of his speech.
Overall, this is a very standard speech, and you can tell at a glance that it was written by a master.
Especially in the end, although it is not very direct, it indirectly talks about the definition of MVP. This is the most valuable player in the regular season. They are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference. There is no problem in receiving this award.
As for winning the MVP and being eliminated, it is absolutely impossible to mention the second Nowitzki.
And after receiving the award, James also accepted an exclusive interview with ESPN.
The content is about the trials and difficulties the Cavaliers experienced during the season, and how they reached first place in the Eastern Conference.
After this wave of operations, this cannot be said to be similar to Nowitzki's original reaction, it can only be said to be completely different.
To put it in a very appropriate sentence, unlike Nowitzki who was embarrassed and embarrassed at the time, James really doesn't think this is a shame, but instead thinks it is an honor.
Not to mention the fans, even the NBA players were eye-opening.
The only one who might not be so surprised is Xu Yong.
He had seen too many operations by James before he was reborn. What he saw in front of him could only be said to be unexpected, but it was reasonable.
Moreover, James's way of handling this also made him realize that although his appearance changed some things, James, who was the direct target, did not seem to have changed.
This also means that James' departure is a certainty.
Of course, these are all episodes in the Bulls series.
After another two days of rest, the Bulls faced the Celtics at home.
The process of the game was not much different from the previous two games. The Celtics' performance after three seasons of running-in can only be said to be the Chinese high-speed rail before Xu Yong was reborn. What stands out is the word stability.
But the Bulls have done an even better job of handling the details, and the most important difference is that they basically made all the shots that had a chance in this game.
This is especially critical in such high-intensity competitions.
The result was that after four quarters of fierce battle, the Bulls defeated the Celtics 103-92, chasing the big score to 1-2.
Xu Yong and Rose performed very well in this game. They both scored 25 points, scoring nearly half of the team's total.
But just when the fans were lamenting that the Bulls were going to use their youth to overwhelm this team with an average age of over 30 years old, in G4 of the series, the Celtics showed everyone another wave of team resilience.
Or actually, as said before, this Celtics team is known for its resilience.
Therefore, as the series progresses, their performance should have declined due to physical exertion. Instead, they will play better and better as the series progresses.
94 to 85, the Bulls failed to defend their most important home court, falling behind 1 to 3 by a big score.
Although they later moved to Boston, they felt great and unexpectedly defeated the Celtics 113-92.
But in G6 of the series, the Celtics played their strongest defense, limiting their scoring to 70 points, and finally defeated them 94-71.
With a big score of 2 to 4, the Bulls finally failed to get past the Celtics and unfortunately stopped in the conference semifinals.
But no one will criticize them harshly, because after completing the black eight, they played against the Celtics in six games. For a young team, what else can you be dissatisfied with?
No, that doesn't seem to be the case.
Because just after the G6 game, Xu Yong, who followed De Nagro to the press conference, said this at the scene: "If we meet again next time, we will win back all the games we lost here. "
Thanks for the 500 tip for bringing your plane to stay~~
(End of chapter)
