One Guard - Chapter 611
Chapter 606 : Black 8 or not
After seven seasons, the Dallas Mavericks finally reached the playoffs again as the No. 1 in the Western Conference. Seven seasons, this time is enough to change too many things.
Nowitzki is the only Mavericks who made 67 wins seven years ago. The Phoenix Suns, who was one-time loser seven years ago, can’t even make the playoffs now. Seven years ago, the Celtics were still struggling with the bottom of the Eastern Conference. During this period, they have experienced the glory and dissolution of the Big Three. The Seattle SuperSonics completely disappeared from the league, and the Miami Heat changed the rules for winning the championship. The Lakers have two consecutive championships, Yao Ming retires, and Rose turns out
In seven years, the alliance has undergone earth-shaking changes. Some teams have gone through ups and downs, and some have withdrawn from the stage of history. But some things never change.
The Spurs and gdp are still in the league, and Kobe Bryant is still wearing a purple and gold jersey. But people never expected that 7 years later, the Mavericks who won the first place in the West with 60+ victories once again will meet the eighth Warriors in the West again!
“This is simply God’s will, otherwise how could there be such a coincidence in the world?”
“After seven years, the Mavericks in the West still face the Golden State Warriors. In Chinese idioms, this is called Yuanjialuzhai!”
“The Mavericks can’t escape the doom and meet the nemesis Golden State Warriors again. Maybe we can witness another great black eight miracle happen?”
All the media exploded overnight. This amazing coincidence makes the playoffs full of spectacles before they even start.
But a very unusual phenomenon is that almost everyone is not optimistic about the Mavericks, who ranked first in the West and achieved a record of 69 wins. Things like the “Black Eight Miracle” are destined to happen to the Warriors.
Yiyang sometimes doesn’t know who is the first in the west and who is the eighth in the west. Even though they have scored 69 wins, the Mavericks, who have always been overturned in the playoffs, still haven’t won the favor of the media.
On April 17 and April 18, the whole alliance truce. Until April 19, the NBA playoffs will be fully ignited. The Mavericks’ first game of the playoffs will start on the 20th.
Although there are no games to watch in the past two days, the ratings of tnt TV have been consistently high. Because every year, their special programs before the playoffs are very interesting and attractive enough.
In the first two years, the most talked about on the show were the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder. But this year, everyone’s topic has returned to the Dallas Mavericks!
“Compared to the East, this year’s Western Conference playoffs have been very exciting from the first round. The Clippers and Rockets collided strongly. The results between the Thunder and the Blazers are not easy to say. The San Antonio Spurs are the best Easy, facing the Grizzlies without Tony Allen, Popovich shouldn’t have too much trouble. Of course, these are just appetizers. The first round of the Western Conference playoffs is the most watched, undoubtedly. It’s this one!” In the recording room of the show, Charles Barkley just finished speaking, and the Mavericks and Warriors team logos appeared on the big electronic screen behind him.
“The first Dallas Mavericks in the West met the Golden State Warriors eighth in the West. This game has surpassed the significance of the playoffs itself. This is a historical issue. I believe that the Mavericks fans have not forgotten seven years. The painful scene when they suffered the “Black Eight” before.” Barkley looked excited and looked forward to the start of the game more than the fans.
“The question left over from history, hahaha, this is really a vivid name. However, this is indeed a coincidence. The Mavericks won more than 60 games 7 years ago, and today they did it again 7 years later. Seven years ago The Warriors narrowly reached eighth in the playoffs at the last minute. This year they were overtaken at the last minute and ranked eighth in the Western Conference. In such similar circumstances, the two teams have met again. I have to say that this is fate. Ah!” Kenny Smith looked at the rankings and statistics seven years ago. If this hadn’t happened, he would definitely not believe that there would be such a coincidence in this world.
“Close to the subject, judging from the performance of the two teams this season, do you think the Warriors are really likely to create a black eight miracle again?” Kenny Smith’s question made the style of the show a little more serious. Just playing haha in the show is not enough, O’Neill and Barkley have to talk about some professional analysis before this show can continue.
“In my opinion, history is likely to repeat the old road!” O’Neill gave his own answer without even thinking about it.
“First of all, I have to admit that 69 wins are a very great result. I have never won so many games in a season in my entire player’s career. But the results of the regular season can only be regarded as a reference. If In the regular season, whoever wins the most can advance, and there is no need to hold the playoffs. The league can now award the O’Brien Cup to the Dallasites.” After O’Neal finished, he paused deliberately to make the audience happy. Digest what he said. After that, O’Neill put on his black-rimmed glasses and looked at the information in his hand.
“In fact, since entering the 21st century, only 3 of the 13 NBA championships have been won by the top seed of the regular season record. From this point, it can be seen that the strength of the NBA teams after the 21st century is closer. The variables in the game are also greater.” The ****** O’Neal came up with a convincing statistic, and Shaq got serious, and it looked like that.
“So, I think the possibility of the Golden State Warriors creating the Black Eight miracle again is very high, even more than 80%. We all know how tough the Warriors this season are. They have two incredible young men, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. People. David Lee, a long-term member of the 20+10 club, is not a gas-saving lamp. Coach Mark Jackson is by no means the kind of inactive coach. If it were not for the injury-ridden injury of the Warriors in the mid-season, they would never just be ranked Eighth in the West!”
“Come on, Shaq, it’s still 80%. Can you tell me how you got this chance? To put it bluntly, you are full of nonsense!” Before O’Neill finished speaking, Barkley interrupted him very annoyingly. Speak.
“You said that the Warriors have a strong lineup. Isn’t the Mavericks’ paper lineup not strong this year? Last season, you could also say that the Mavericks were a garbage dump of old, weak, sick, but this year, the Mavericks’ lineup It’s not worse than other teams in the league. Naturally, there is no need to say more, the strength of mvp never needs to be questioned. Dirk’s state this season is also much better than last year, and in the playoffs, Dirk’s performance tends to be even better. Excellent. How dedicated Iguodala and Tony Allen are, I don’t need to elaborate too much. In the playoffs, these two players will become one of the two most desperate people in the league! You said the Warriors’ Will the Black Eight miracle be staged again? I can also say that the Mavericks may directly sweep the Oaklanders!”
What Barkley said is actually less reliable than O’Neill. The Mavericks want to sweep the Warriors, the difficulty may not be much worse than the Warriors staged a black eight. .
However, the attitudes of these two guys represent the thoughts of outside fans very well. Some people believe that this year’s “script” will follow the historical trajectory, and the Warriors will once again create a black eight miracle.
Some people believe that the Mavericks, who have won 69 wins, will pass all the way to the finals. Although the Mavericks’ performance in the past two months has been very mediocre, it still cannot conceal the strength of the league’s first place.
Before the game started, fans started a frantic scolding war on the Internet. No matter what kind of view they support, they have their own reasons.
The outside world has been heated up, but neither the Mavericks nor the Warriors have expressed their views on this.
They all know that their opponent is not a character that can be easily defeated. If the Mavericks are not prepared, it is really possible that the Warriors will be swept out in the first round.
The Warriors also know that wanting to beat the Mavericks in the playoffs is not as simple as outsiders think.
Yiyang hasn’t watched any programs or news these days, just to keep his preparedness from being affected.
In the last two months of the regular season, Yiyang played very frustrated. The failure of the lore on James’ head has still affected him until now.
Yiyang didn’t want to lose anymore. In the playoffs, the real battlefield of live ammunition, every loss was very deadly.
Therefore, in the past two days, Yiyang’s time in the training hall has also greatly increased. After regular training every day, Yiyang will pull Gobert and himself to practice for two hours.
Two hours later, Yiyang will take the initiative to stay and study the Warriors game video with Carlisle.
Until eleven or two o’clock, the two will leave the court reluctantly. This kind of life lasted until April 19, the night before the Warriors and Mavericks’ first game began.
After watching the video of the game and walking out of the arena with Yiyang, Carlisle lit a cigarette for himself to relieve the pressure caused by a lot of work In the month, the temperature has warmed up, but midnight has passed. The gusts of cool breeze still made Carlisle shiver.
“Seven years ago, maybe no one thought that they would be miserable.” Carlisle stared at the dark sky and exhaled smoke rings.
“Do you think we will lose?” Yiyang asked back.
“No, it’s just that things are unpredictable.” Carlisle shook his head, threw the cigarette he had only smoked a few puffs to the ground, and then stomped it out. The Golden State Warriors are indeed not an ideal opponent. It is the last thing Carlisle wants to see such a big obstacle in the first round.
“Don’t think about it so much, at this time tomorrow, everything will have answers.” Yiyang smiled at Carlisle, and then walked towards the underground parking lot. “Do you want me to give you a ride?”
Carlisle did not answer, but just followed. He looked up at the huge poster hanging outside the American Airlines Center Arena. Seven years ago, the Mavericks didn’t have Yiyang!
The whole world is waiting to see the Warriors create miracles, and the whole world believes that the Mavericks are the eighth upgrade package in all Western Conferences.
But is history really bound to follow the previous trajectory?
Whether others believe it or not, in short, Yiyang is dismissive of this statement.
Yiyang didn’t care what the people outside said. After four years in the league, what year have the Mavericks been optimistic about?
Labels such as regular season teams, pseudo-strong teams, and collapse as soon as they arrive in the playoffs have been stuck on the Mavericks, and they can’t be torn off.
In that case, Yiyang simply didn’t tear it up.
You can interpret it as you like, the only thing I think about is to win the game! It is useless to say more, fight a game, and you will know everything.
The first opponent in the playoffs ran into a strong opponent. The Mavericks’ 2014 playoffs, it seems that they are destined to go quite difficult.