"The Grizzlies are very strong and it's going to be difficult for us to play without home-court advantage, but we're probably going to face all the teams this year without home-court advantage, so we're mentally prepared and that won't affect our confidence."

"Our goal? Now that we're in the playoffs, our goal is, of course, to defend the championship. ”

“MVP？ If I could vote, I would vote for Xiaobawang, he is the most incredible player I have ever seen, no one can compare to him, he is the strongest player in the Chinese men's basketball team, the best player in the world. ”

“……”

“……”

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On April 30, the first game day of the playoffs, the Mavericks and Grizzlies didn't play, but there were a lot of reporters on both teams who wanted to talk to them.

Most of them can be pushed off by the coaching staff, but Yao Ming must accept the interview of the imperial court.

After the interview, Yao Ming returned to the away team's training ground, and Nowitzki saw that Yao Ming was back, and he was quite envious.

Although Nowitzki doesn't care much about money, otherwise he wouldn't want an agent, and he wouldn't only sign sneaker endorsements and not other endorsements, but being on TV and being liked by fans, Nowitzki still cares a lot about this kind of thing.

After the morning practice, the Mavericks did not practice in the afternoon, and Yao Ming sat down with Nowitzki, Conley, Chandler, Marion, and Barria to discuss the first game of the playoffs tomorrow.

"If we can win the first game, it will be much easier to play later." Conley offered his opinion.

He knows these former teammates well, and he knows that the Grizzlies are a very emotional team that tends to win the first game and then go on like a bamboo.

It's not that the Grizzlies won't play well after losing the first game, but they can't let the Grizzlies be in such good shape from the start.

Conley's opinion, Yao Ming and Nowitzki and others value it very much, after all, Conley is the person who knows the Grizzlies best on their Mavericks.

After some discussion, the Mavericks' focus at this stage is on the first game of the series.

After the discussion, Yao Ming took Nowitzki's car home, and the two of them lived very close to each other, not the kind of particularly luxurious villas, but living in the same area as ordinary middle-class people.

After arriving at Yao Ming's house, Nowitzki did not go back immediately, but first went to Yao Ming's house to discuss it.

Nowitzki played in 52 games in the regular season this season, averaging 19 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 31 minutes per game, while Yao Ming played in 45 games and averaged 23 minutes per game, scoring 14.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.4 blocks.

It doesn't look good, but the data is slowly rising, at the beginning Nowitzki averaged only 13 points per game, Yao Ming averaged 11 points per game, and by the end of the season, both of them had good statistics.

After Ye Li made coffee for the two of them and left the living room, Nowitzki asked, "Yao, do you think we made the right choice this season?" ”

"This should be the best option, if we beat the Grizzlies, I think we can make it to the Western Conference Finals very smoothly, but ......" Yao Ming said and couldn't continue.

Nowitzki took over: "But we played the Grizzlies directly, it was too difficult. ”

"That's right." Yao Mingying said: "We have chosen the most difficult path, if we were all two years younger, the shortened season would not have affected us so much. ”

"The years can't be reversed, Yao, we have to look a little bit away, and the hope of continuing to challenge for the championship is already very good, and we are in a good situation now, aren't we?

As the lords say, their time is coming, and we will eventually become traces of the wheels of history. ”

Compared with Yao Ming, who has always taken on a lot of responsibilities, Nowitzki's mentality is obviously more peaceful.

"You're right, Dirk, and now we have Mike, and I think we can see Mike in his prime before we retire, and Rick is good, and it's really great to be able to work with you, with Mike, with Rick at the end of my career." Yao Ming agrees with Nowitzki, and although he is still a little reluctant to slip from his prime, he also accepts the reality: "It's not bad to play like this, we've reached the time to enjoy basketball. ”

"That's right, but we can't let the lords step on us like this, and this year, we'll defeat them again!"

"It's a great idea, let's do it tomorrow!"

Yao Ming and Nowitzki's different attitudes towards basketball careers do not affect their tacit cooperation, and it may be precisely because of their very different personalities that they can cooperate better and more tacitly.

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Compared with the two strongest players of the Mavericks, who are already nostalgic for the years, the Grizzlies are approaching another playoff game with the Mavericks, and they are very excited and very motivated when they practice.

Sun Ce is the most excited one, if he can beat the Mavericks in 5 games, he can get the star experience card of the Nuo Tianwang, and he can also get the skill of Golden Rooster Independence.

He already has so many skills, knowing that these skills are just bonus effects, and the Golden Rooster Independent technique has to be practiced by himself, so if you can get Nowitzki's star experience card and experience Nowitzki's style of play with the Golden Rooster Independent Jumper as the main offensive means, it will definitely be of great help to learn this trick.

Originally, he was looking for Nowitzki to train in the offseason, and it shouldn't be a problem to have Yao Ming to pull the strings, and Sun Ce estimated that Yao Ming would agree to help him invite Nowitzki to train together, but there is an Olympics to play this year, and he has already received an invitation from the Blue Association at the end of March.

He, Sun Mouren, Yao Ming, and Yi Jianlian are the core combination of the Chinese team to hit the Olympic medals this summer.

After the team's training, Sun Ce continued to practice sideline three-pointers, turnaround jumpers, and high-post back shots.

It is a pity that Kobe's version of the king of the high post has not been upgraded, mainly because of the shooting on the left side of the three-second zone, and now he can only wait for the development of a left-handed shot, to see if the left-handed shot on the left side of the three-second zone can have the effect of looking in the mirror like the right-handed shot in the three-second zone.

If it can, then it is very promising to expand the all-round mid-range investment.

If it doesn't work, you can only continue to strengthen the mid-shot on the right side of the three-second zone, and then find a way to draw or rely on events to get a skill upgrade card.

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The first game day of the playoffs passed, with four sets of series playing their first games.

The Heat slaughtered the Bucks 92-66 to win the series.

There is no suspense about this, the difference in strength is too big, the Bucks should not enter the playoffs, and there is really no eighth team in the East with playoff strength.

The Knicks beat the Pacers 101-97, and the veteran point guard Baron Davis, whom the Knicks signed at the end of March, performed well, scoring 14 points and 9 assists, helping Bynum to score 27 points and Stoudemire to score 23 points, and with the pitcher brought out by Jeremy Lin, he beat the Pacers in a thrilling victory.

It is a pity for fans that Jeremy Lin was reimbursed for a leg injury in the middle of the month, although it is not a structural injury, but he will not be able to play in this year's playoffs, disappointing fans who are looking forward to Lin's crazy return in the playoffs.

The Lakers scored double figures in the Los Angeles derby, with Bryant scoring 33 points, Paul 11 points, Pau Gasol 16 points, Brand 10 points, and Sessions 14 points, beating the Clippers 103-88 to win the first game of the series.

On the Clippers' side, their signing of Nick Young, who was cut by the Wizards, was actually the best performer, with 19 points and 2 boards.

The Spurs abused the Jazz the most, 114-71, winning the Jazz by 43 points, which was brutal.

The new month is coming, on the morning of May 1st, Sun Ce got up early at 4 o'clock, and after the morning exercise that has become a habit, he looked at last night's battle report, as expected, especially the Spurs and the Heat, these two teams abused their opponents so badly, Sun Ce had a premonition that in the playoffs last year, both teams may not be satisfied, although the Heat team reached the finals, but was swept away...... So I definitely want to play at the beginning of the playoffs in the new season.

After a cursory look at the footage of the next four games, Sun Ce finished browsing it in ten minutes, there is nothing worth watching, the Knicks and the Pacers are playing very anxiously, but they have nothing to do with the Grizzlies, the Lakers, Spurs, and Heat who have the opportunity to play each other, these three teams are completely abusive opponents.

While eating breakfast, Sun Ce watched Zu Ge and Lily Collins discuss what to do tonight, and the two of them made an appointment to go out and buy a lot of things in the past two days, and Sun Ce asked them what they were going to do without saying anything......

Sun Ce didn't bother to care what these two girls were tossing, Lily Collins' work was over, and now it was a holiday.

The two-year course of the junior high school on the side of the ancestral goose has ended, and the school's examination has long been completed, and the previous more than a month has been in their own review, expanding their knowledge, and to take the entrance examination to a private school, which is different from the happy study of the public school junior high school, and even to go to a famous private primary school, you have to take the exam, and it is not simple.

In May, the second grade of junior high school in Lausanne did not even attend classes, and he wanted to participate in social practice activities, which was specially arranged for students who wanted to go to private high schools...... It can be used as a bargaining chip to enter a prestigious private school.

Sun Ce didn't care if he didn't understand it, and it was tossed by Dezu Goose and Lily Collins.

After breakfast, before Sun Ce went out, Lily Collins said, "Noah, you don't have to come back to pick us up in the afternoon, I'll drive Lerena to the arena by myself." ”

"Oh, what a ......"

In response, Sun Ce set off for the arena, the two-day preparation has ended, and today, he is finally going to directly start the playoff revenge against the Mavericks.

When he lost last year, Sun Ce really wanted to get revenge this season, but before he found out that the Mavericks fell to eighth, he really didn't think about directly fighting the Mavericks from the beginning.

The final day of preparation is very simple, all the preparations have been made, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, when the Bulls and Hawks in the East start, the Grizzlies have begun to warm up, and the toughest first round is about to begin!