Chapter 212 211. You are deliberately seeking revenge! (Happy Dragon Boat Festival)
Zhang Yang returned home in grief and anger and opened a bottle of Berber.

After showing off the milk, he went to the study, turned on his computer, and opened the forum... He felt much better.

The hottest topic - Bad Boy Jack becomes the youngest player in history to be selected into the All-NBA Team.

+1 for an unbreakable record!

When Zhang Yang saw a post questioning his performance not being as good as Arenas', he was about to wave his keyboard and ignore the three-pointer, but he stopped when he saw a reply.

"James didn't make the playoffs in the 04-05 season but was selected to the second team, while McGrady only got the third team after winning 50 games."

Zhang Yang looked at the IP address. The poster's IP address was in Ohio, and the replying person's IP address was in North Carolina.

I refreshed the post and saw a bunch of replies. The most eye-catching one was: "In the 03-04 season, James averaged 20.9 points per game but didn't make the playoffs and won the Rookie of the Year award. Anthony averaged 21 points per game and made the playoffs but didn't win the award."

If you can’t win the argument, just open up a new battlefield. Your own fans are so awesome!
Zhang Yang called the restaurant and ordered some food. After the food was delivered, he ate dinner while watching the live broadcast.

Tonight's live broadcast is the match point game between the Jazz and the Warriors, a series that started off very hot but as the game went on no one paid attention.

3比1领先回到主场的爵士队，在进攻大战中以113比101轻松击败勇士队，大比分4比1晋级西决。

Deron reached the Western Conference Finals in his sophomore season!
In a small villa provided by the city hall to the Hornets players on the outskirts of Oklahoma City, player No. 3 who watched the game between the Jazz and the Warriors in front of the TV was very unwilling to accept the result, as three of the talented outside players in their class made it to the divisional finals!
Ellis, who came in a slightly inferior position, also made it to the second round, and it was a miracle of the dark eight that shocked the world.

As long as he is still outside the playoffs...

The next day, Zhang Yang specially invited his boss to the gym to ask him how to better utilize his strength and speed advantages when playing against a tall and weak opponent.

He sincerely wanted to ask the God of Basketball for advice in this area, learn from each other's strengths and overcome his weaknesses, and be compatible with all schools of thought.

Although he didn't learn anything from Jordan's teaching method of twisting the ball around with a big belly and saying "this will do", but...

Jordan pointed at his teammates who had performed extremely poorly in training after a hangover and scolded them. Zhang Yang looked at him and understood!

During lunch, Felton asked viciously, "Jack, you called Michael here on purpose, didn't you? It's revenge!"

Zhang Yang: "I specifically asked him to come here, but it's not revenge. Boss, you guys are too unrestrained. How can you go to a bar during the playoffs? What if it affects the Eastern Conference Finals? Look at the state of your training today. The boss is right to scold you!"

"..." Felton couldn't refute it. Seeing Okafor and Rondo eating calmly, he asked, "Emeka, why don't you join me in being mean to Jack?"

Okafor: "I didn't get yelled at by my boss."

Felton: "Why? Didn't you go drinking last night?"

Okafor: "I drank for a while and felt drunk, so I went back. I performed well in training just now."

Rondo: "Me too."

Felton: “…”

Well, the boss helped the four great warriors, but he, the boss, was the one who got scolded!

I have to invite Millsap to dinner next time. These three bastards are incompatible with him!
...

They were all young athletes, and due to the effects of the hangover, they were almost done by the afternoon.

Jordan called the entire team together at the end of the afternoon training and ordered them not to get drunk again before the end of the playoffs, otherwise they would not get the playoff bonus, which would be shared equally by other people who were eligible for the bonus.

There is no salary in the playoffs, just fight for honor.

Although there is no salary, the league has set up a bonus pool. The bonus for each season is allocated based on the league's total revenue in the previous season. This season's bonus is exactly 1000 million.

In the regular season, the Bobcats took first place in the Eastern Conference and received more than 1000 from the total bonus pool of 25 million. Jordan added more than 4 within the permitted range to make up 30. A total of 30 people including players, coaches, trainers, team doctors and other departments on the team each received a bonus of 1.

After passing the first round of the playoffs, they accumulated more than 14 in bonuses, and after passing the second round, they accumulated another 29. Even if they failed to make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, at the end of the playoffs, the 30 players on the team who were eligible for bonuses would each have , which is a considerable amount of money. If Jordan added some more, it would be even more.

If you make it to the finals, that would be awesome. The runner-up will get 120 million and the champion will get 180 million. Regardless of winning or losing, everyone can get tens of thousands more.

However, this bonus is mainly important to the staff and is not much of a threat to the players. But Jordan's words have a great influence on the team, making the players alert and no longer dare to have fun like they did yesterday.

In fact, the Bobcats players didn't plan to drink so much last night. They just wanted to have a few drinks to celebrate the fact that many of them were selected into various best teams.

They dare not be careless at this time. The next round opponent is likely to be the Pistons who beat them last year. They want to move to a bigger stage and want revenge.

But after a group of grown men arrived at the hotel bar and started drinking, except for the extremely self-disciplined ones like Okafor and Rondo, no one cared about so many things, and in the end almost all of them were drunk.

At night, Zhang Yang sat in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of Game 5 between the Pistons and the Bulls.

辛里奇拿到13次助攻，把罗尔-邓、克里斯-杜洪、诺西奥尼等一众投手带动起来，单场三分球16中10，本-戈登单打条件立马好起来了，19投10中加上10中8的罚球拿到28分。

辛里奇17分13助攻、本-戈登28分、罗尔-邓20分、诺西奥尼15分、杜洪10分……站在悬崖边上的公牛队大爆发，以108比92击败活塞队，将大比分追至2比3。

Although the Bulls won, and won by a large margin, Zhang Yang still felt that the Bulls had no hope.

The Pistons played well tonight, they slowed down the tempo and defended well. It was just that the Bulls made the shot, but the Pistons did not lose their rhythm.

The decisive battle between the Spurs and the Suns was held in relay.

The Suns' two inside players, Stoudemire and Dio, were suspended, but they still had a big advantage in the first three quarters, with an extremely ferocious defensive performance, suppressing the Spurs and limiting them to only 56 points.

But without Dio and Stoudemire, the Suns only had defense left, and with 6 players rotating, they didn't have the energy to run and play. The Suns only scored 67 points in three quarters, and the score in the first three quarters continued to decline, with 24 points in the first quarter, 23 points in the second quarter, and 20 points in the third quarter...

In the final quarter, the Suns' offense continued to decline and their defense also failed to hold up. With 6 players rotating, they were lucky to last three quarters.

前三节只拿到7分的妖刀再次出鞘，5投4中，其中三分球3中3，加上6中6的罚球拿到17分，率领马刺队打出32比18的单节比分。

The Spurs completed a comeback with 88 to 85, won the decisive battle and took a 3-2 lead.

The magic sword killed the Suns, and in 20 minutes, Jordan's reputation once again resounded throughout the basketball world!
Two days later, on May 5, the Pistons defeated the Bulls 22-85 on the road, with a score of 75-4, and met the Bobcats in the Eastern Conference Finals!
After the Pistons suffered a big defeat, they did not make any adjustments but continued to execute their previous effective style of play, because the Bulls did not win Game 5 by tactical adjustments, but purely because of their explosive three-point shooting.

The Bulls, on the other hand, were anxious in Game 6. Most of the three-pointers they made in Game 5 were tactical assists, which were the result of normal execution of tactics and restricted regular shooting points. The shooters made the shots. Tonight the Bulls' tactical strategy became to focus on three-pointers... This is too easy to defend under the current NBA rules. The Pistons defended the Bulls' three-pointers to only 20 out of 5. Later in the game, the Bulls were playing randomly, and even played worse than the previous three losses.

The Suns returned home to face the Spurs in Game 6 of the series.

吉诺比利玩儿了两次低开高走后，这一场比赛他直接起飞，上半场打了13分钟8投5中、其中三分球2中1、加上2中2的罚球拿到13分3助攻，下半场打了15分钟，9投6中、其中三分球5中3、加上6中5的罚球拿到20分3助攻。

With the return of Stoudemire and Diaw, the Suns played well tonight, with excellent offensive and defensive performances, making Parker miss 16 shots. Except for Ginobili, the other Spurs players made only 15 of 3 three-pointers...

但在打了28分钟就拿到33分6助攻的吉诺比利的带领下，马刺队全程保持领先，最终以114比106强势击败太阳队，4比2与爵士队会师西决！

...

The next day, May 5, Zhang Yang continued to prepare for the Eastern Conference Finals with the team.

Today the team's training entered a new stage - targeted training.

Most of the training in the past few days were high-intensity team training matches, because their second round started the earliest and was played the fastest, so they started to rest on the 17th. If they don’t play more team training matches, they may really rest enough to lose their form.

They played in many different rhythms in the team training games. Felton was scolded by Jordan after he was hungover because he was beaten by Rondo and Derek Anderson in the iron-blooded version of the team training games.

The Pistons played the Wizards in the first round, with regular offense and defense and high scoring. In the second round, they played the Bulls, with a hard-fought defense. The Bobcats got enough preparation materials. In the last two preparation days, it is time to train against the Pistons' offensive and defensive tactics.

In addition to training today, there is other work - a series of interviews.

According to regulations, teams that reach the conference finals must hold a media day before the conference finals begin.

Bickerstaff did not hide anything and prepared for the game the way he should. At this point, the conventional offensive and defensive tactics were already clear. When the game came, the tactical test for the coaching staff would mainly depend on their on-the-spot response.

Of course, if a team is as strong as the 03 Spurs, 04 Pistons, 05 Spurs... it doesn't matter whether the opponent has figured out their playing style or whether they have the ability to respond on the spot.

However, the direction of public opinion before the start of the divisional finals was very strange... After the afternoon training, while doing physical therapy, Felton and Zhang Yang gathered in front of the computer to browse the forum.

Felton looked at the popular voting post on the official forum with a complicated expression and asked, "Jack, am I dazzled?"

Zhang Yang: "Although I don't know what you saw, Boss, I don't think so."

Felton: "No, why does that little fat guy have the highest FMVP support rate, and why does the Jazz have the highest championship support rate? These fans don't take us seriously, but the Spurs won the championship in 03 and 05! The Pistons also won the championship in 04!"

Zhang Yang: "No one wants to see the Spurs win the championship. Everyone hopes that the Jazz can upset them."

Felton: "...Yes, I also hope that the Jazz can beat the Spurs. The Spurs should be expelled from the NBA. It was right for Kidd not to go to the Spurs, otherwise I would definitely not like him. What about the Pistons? I remember that the Pistons had a big advantage over the Jazz twice in the regular season, right?"

Zhang Yang: "The Pistons have received too little attention, and their game ratings are low. Even though they played well on offense and defense last year and won 64 games, in many people's minds they are still the same team as they were in 04 and 05. In people's eyes, they are about the same as the Spurs."

Felton: "That makes sense... but it's not right! We are still here! Even if the fans don't want to see the Spurs and Pistons win the championship, don't we still have us? Aren't we better than the Jazz?"

Zhang San looked at the fat little boss with dead fish eyes.

Felton: "...I'm sorry, I forgot we had you."

Zhang Yang reacted fiercely: "What do you mean by forgetting that I am here? We are a team! How can we be counted separately?"

Felton: "No, no, no, sometimes you have to separate them, like this."

Zhang Yang felt so upset. He felt like he was being rejected...

Even though they received support from the majority of fans when they played against the Cavaliers in the second round, it was only because their opponent was the Cavaliers that they had such a high support rate. I don't know how much hatred those few black rotten apples among James' fans have brought to James.

In the first round, the Raptors also had very high support, but after the Raptors were eliminated, not many fans cared about them that night.

The same goes for the Bobcats. When they played against the Cavaliers, they had the "universal support", but after the win, they returned to their villain role of the "Bad Boys".

Of course they also have many supporters, but in the entire North American basketball world, their fan base is not that large, and cannot be compared with Kobe fans, James fans, and Amy fans...

After the Cavaliers were eliminated, James and his team collectively supported the Pistons, and the Bobcats' support rate was only slightly higher than that of the Spurs.

Every year, as the playoffs progress, fans experience one metamorphosis after another.

Two days passed quickly, and on May 5th, the first game day of the Eastern Conference Finals arrived.

The Bobcats had very little training content and a small amount of training today. They practiced everything they needed to practice, and conserved their energy for the evening's game.

At noon, Zhang Yang did not go to have a nutritious meal with the people from the Lao Da Gang, but went to the farm run by his father to have dinner with Yao Ming.

Coming with Yao Ming were Ye Li, Tellem, and...Yi Jianlian!

By getting Zhang Yang selected in the lottery and helping him get the highest annual shoe endorsement fee since the establishment of AJ, Tellem won the favor of Yi Jianlian and signed him in competition with agents such as Bill Duffy, Schwartz, and Dan Feigen.

Yao Ming helped introduce Yi Jianlian, and Zhang Yang and Yi Jianlian got to know each other.

Unlike Yao Ming who is reserved but ambitious, Yi Jianlian is really introverted. He shut up after saying hello...

In response to this, Zhang Yang did not take the initiative to find things to talk about. He thought that if they met more often in the future, they would naturally become familiar with each other, and when they became familiar with each other, they would have more to talk about.

If there are not many opportunities to meet, it doesn't matter whether you are familiar with each other or not.

One of the reasons why Yao Ming and Ye Li came to Charlotte this time was to see the first Chinese player to appear on the conference finals stage... Although Battelle has a championship ring, he has never played in the playoffs.

Another purpose was to personally send the invitation to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang took the beautifully crafted invitation, opened it and looked at it, then said, "Congratulations, Brother Yao, Sister Li. I will definitely be there to send you my best wishes."

While eating, Yao Ming sighed that he could finally take a break this summer.

They can rest because the Olympics will be held in their own country next year and the Chinese men's basketball team does not need to compete for a place this summer. The Blue Association finally took the initiative and arranged for the second team to play in the Asian Championships.

After lunch, Yao Ming received the fishing gear from Zhang Yang. He was speechless for a moment, but when he saw that Ye Li was very interested in fishing, the soon-to-be-married couple went fishing together.

Yi Jianlian did not go, nor did he talk much with Zhang Yang. Instead, he listened to the English listening class by himself.

Tellem called Zhang Yang aside and complained about the impact on Yi Jianlian's draft prospects.

Yi Jianlian averaged 06 points per game in the just-concluded CBA07-24.8 season. Although he lost to Tang Zhengdong for the regular season MVP, lost to Wang Shipeng in the All-Star Game, and was beaten by Wang Zhizhi in the finals...but at the official age of 19, he won a lot of attention from NBA teams, under the premise that Yao Ming played the performance of the NBA's top center, and was even regarded as the favorite for the third pick.

But just a few days ago, a junior high school student registration form was exposed, causing Yi Jianlian to be embroiled in an age-faking scandal.

Tellem showed Zhang Yang the newspaper with Yi Jianlian's academic record...

Zhang Yang took a look and said, "Alian...his handwriting is really ugly. He should practice it. It will be embarrassing to write like this when signing autographs for fans in the future."

Tellem: "...Jack, is that the point? Isn't the point about age?"

Zhang Yang: "If his age is changed to 3 years younger, he can participate in the Universiade and the World Youth Championship. This is not his fault. A'en, you have been in contact with the Basketball Association many times, you know what kind of people they are."

Tellem thought for a moment and said, "That's right. It's a pity. If I had known his age, I should have tried to contact him last year. After he won the CBA Finals MVP last year, many teams paid attention to him. If he had participated in the draft last year, he could have made the top 3 even if his age was exposed. It's too difficult for him to compete for the third pick this year after this happened."

Zhang Yang: "It doesn't matter. Compared to the draft pick, the right team for him is more important... Arn, do you think the salary difference between the draft picks is important to the three of us?"

When Tellem, who was obsessed with money, heard this, he suddenly understood.

Yes! Why is he so obsessed with this? Zhang Yang's endorsement fee this season is 7 times his salary, and Yao Ming's is even higher!

Even if Yi Jianlian is not as good as these two brothers, his endorsement fee is still higher than his salary.

Tellem: "You are right. The Eagles are not suitable for Yi either. Which team do you think is suitable for him? Give me some advice."

Zhang Yang did not refuse and helped to think about it.

He can't make it into the top three, but it won't be easy for Yi Jianlian to fall out of the top ten either.

He watched the live broadcast of this year's draft lottery, which was just over ten days ago, and he still remembers the rankings: the Trail Blazers unexpectedly got the No. 1 pick, the Supersonics unexpectedly got the No. 2 pick, and the Hawks unexpectedly got the No. 3 pick.

The last-placed Grizzlies only got the No. 4 pick, and the last-placed Celtics in the Eastern Conference only got the No. 5 pick after a year of hard work.

The Bucks picked No. 6 and the Timberwolves picked No. 7.

The Knicks got the No. 8 pick, but gave the draft pick swap rights to the Bulls when they signed and traded for Eddy Curry.

Kings pick No. 9.

The Pacers had the 10th pick, but when they traded Al Harrington back last summer, they gave the first-round pick to the Hawks... Later, in order to get rid of Rick Carlisle, Bird gave Harrington to the Warriors for free to help the Warriors complete the black eight miracle...

Zhang Yang: "The Trail Blazers and SuperSonics are impossible; the Hawks have too many forwards, they may still choose a forward, but it's not suitable; the feng shui in Milwaukee seems to have problems, whoever goes there will get hurt; I think you will definitely not let him go to Boston; the Timberwolves' situation is unclear now, if they use Garnett to trade for a young talented inside player, it will also take away Yi Jianlian's opportunity; the Grizzlies' situation is similar to the Timberwolves..."

Tellem listened to Zhang Yang's analysis and nodded repeatedly. It was similar to what he thought.

After the two of them discussed it, they came up with the only place...

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Happy Dragon Boat Festival!

Xiaofeng went out to play with his sister, grandmother, uncle and aunt for a day today. He quickly wrote a chapter when he came back. It is only 5500 words. I will keep it short and concise today~ I shamelessly ask for some votes on this important holiday!

(End of this chapter)