Add One, I Don’t Know How To Fight

After being defeated by Li Ang in the second game, everyone on the Magic team seemed to have lost their souls.

It's normal. Competitive sports are all about working hard.

If this energy is not lifted up, it will be vented.

It’s no wonder that the Magic players are not tough enough. After the game, as soon as you turn on the TV and see yourself being beaten, your mentality will collapse.

So by the third game of the series, the Magic had little resistance.

McGrady, who scored 30+ points in the first two games, only scored 23 points today.

He has realized that scoring cannot save Orlando.

In this way, the Raptors easily won the third game in Orlando, swept the Magic 3-0 in the first round, and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals!

The Magic's strength in the playoffs seems to be slightly worse than people imagined.

In other words, the Raptors are stronger in the playoffs than people think.

Everyone thought the Raptors would be in a tough fight in the first round, but who knew it would end so suddenly in the end.

In fact, the Magic have not been a strong team in recent years.

Although McGrady's statistics in the Magic are very gorgeous, personal statistics and team record have never been directly proportional.

Including the 2003 playoffs in original history, when Tracy McGrady almost defeated the Pistons and reached the semifinals, it was just that the Pistons underestimated the opponent at first and failed to react.

But in fact, the Pistons and Magic that year were not at the same level at all, so the Pistons finally got serious and turned over, and Rivers had another classic comeback in his coaching career.

In short, the Magic have never been a top team in the East.

It is reasonable for the Raptors to sweep the Wheat 3-0.

After the game, Li Ang also went to comfort McGrady: "It's not that you are not good enough, the main thing is that I am a bit strong."

The corner of McGrady's mouth twitched, and he felt that Li Ang was gradually turning into a snake.

"You guys just gang up and bully me, hum! Forget it, trust the process. I still don't believe it, I will never be able to break through the first round on my own in this life!"

After Maddie finished speaking, she left dejectedly.

As the first among the five shooting guards to be eliminated, it's a bit of a loss of face.

Li Ang looked at Maddie's back and shook his head.

After all, he is young and does not know the dangers of this society.

There are some things in this world that you really don’t believe!

After sending McGrady away, Leon and Carter also high-fived vigorously.

The score of 3-0 broke everyone's doubts.

In the last two months of the regular season, because the Raptors lost to the 76ers and the Bucks, the reputation of the Raptors was not very good.

What was the media saying at that time?

The Raptors can't be beaten by strong teams, but weak teams won't let them go.

It's fine now. The Magic was beaten 3-0 unexpectedly. Let's see who has any opinions.

After being interviewed by reporters, Li Ang hurried back to the locker room to check on the progress of the dungeon mission.

As a result, the question mark task was still not completed.

Li Ang initially wondered whether this mission would be to "defeat Tracy McGrady in the playoffs with Carter."

But now it seems that I am simply overthinking.

Also, how could something as simple as defeating Tracy McGrady be considered a dungeon mission?

Then, the only possibility left for the dungeon mission is to lead the team past the Eastern Conference semifinals!

After all, in 2001 in original history, the Raptors were eliminated by the 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Last season, the Raptors also lost to the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Eastern Conference semifinals are like a hurdle for Leon and Carter.

Crossing this hurdle is a career breakthrough for both of them.

Therefore, the question mark task must be to work with Carter to break through the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Just this Eastern Conference semifinals

It's really not as easy as beating Tracy McGrady.

After returning from Orlando, Li Ang was not idle and continued to pull little Yao Cao every day.

practice.

The main thing is to practice confrontation and strength. After all, if you want to gain a foothold as an insider in this era, it's really hard to keep up with confrontation.

Of course, Li Ang did not immediately let Xiao Yao gain weight crazily. Sometimes being flexible isn't necessarily a bad thing.

While Li Ang and Xiao Yao were practicing crazily, the 76ers also swept last season's Eastern Conference champion Pacers with a total score of 3 to 1!

Under the Pacers' rough defense, AI can still average 31.5 points per game, leading the league.

This heralds that a new era has begun!

After the series, AI even called Li Ang: "What, I like the white one. Order the car as soon as possible. I will use it immediately after the playoffs, hahahaha."

Li Ang is really convinced. Except for me and Carter, the five shooting guards all seem to have some problems.

"Li, the sandbag is broken, how about replacing it tomorrow?" At this time, Carter, who was playing sandbags on the side, said something.

Li Ang laughed at that time and took back what he just said.

Except for myself, none of the top five shooting guards is serious!

Yes, a shooting guard who leads the league in rebounding is so normal.

The 76ers won cleanly, but people never expected that the Bucks, who double-killed the Raptors in March, would be inextricably tied with the Hornets in the first round.

The Hornets in the playoffs seem to be more resilient than expected.

This season's Hornets are completely different from the Hornets that the Raptors easily defeated last season.

Eddie Jones, the core, was replaced, and Coleman was out for the season due to injuries.

So now the Hornets have Mashburn, Bearded Davis and David Wesley as the core, supplemented by the defense of Campbell and PJ Brown, making them unexpectedly strong in the playoffs.

The Hornets and Bucks seem to be two teams with very similar styles, both relying on three outside attack points to compete with each other.

Whoever can swing the ball accurately today is the boss.

To contain them is very simple, just find a way to defend those three attack points.

Therefore, although it is still unknown who the opponent will be in the next round, the tactics prepared by Wilkens are exactly the same.

Time passed day by day, and Li Ang and Carter followed the Bucks' games every day.

As a result, the Bucks and Hornets were stunned to fight to the fifth decisive battle. Li Ang was worried that the person he was waiting for would not come again, right?

In the fifth game of the series, Marsh, who had run out of ammunition and food, was exhausted and made only 7 of 25 shots, with a shooting rate of less than 30%.

The Hornets lost the chain here, but the Bucks did not waste the opportunity. Junzi Lei and Dagou scored 28 and 29 points respectively, and finally led the team to defeat the Hornets 104-95, advancing to the second round with no risk!

The moment the game ended, Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief.

He never expected that the playoffs would be so brutal in the first round.

Moreover, this guy Glenn Robinson seems to have dropped his thermos, you know.

It’s really hard work!

But Li Ang found it very strange. Logically speaking, the Bucks' hard power should be higher than that of the Hornets.

In the original 2001 Eastern Conference Finals, the Bucks and 76ers fought until the tiebreaker before losing.

Moreover, in the tiebreaker, Junzilei only played three quarters due to a knee injury. Otherwise, it’s not certain who will advance to the finals.

If the Bucks reach the Finals and Ray Allen steals a victory from the Lakers, then the top four shooting guards may really be different.

Don't get me wrong, AI is definitely still among the top four shooting guards. What Li Ang means is that among the four major shooting guards, there may really be no Kobe.

Li Ang also wondered how the Bucks and Hornets could reach tiebreaker.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s fine to get to tiebreaker. At least in terms of physical fitness, the Raptors currently have the advantage.

At this time, Junzi Lei was already being interviewed by reporters on the court.

The reporter asked him how it felt to break through the first round for the first time in his career.

Ray Allen just glanced at the reporter and showed a disdainful smile: "I will answer your question when I enter the finals for the first time!"

Good guy, this is simply not taking Li Ang and AI seriously.

Many commentators laughed. You didn't decide the winner until the fifth tiebreaker in the first round, and you're still in the finals.

So ordinary, yet so confident.

very nice.

Although his physical strength was superior, Li Ang did not relax. After all, he had just experienced being double-killed by the Bucks in March just past.

This team is definitely not a good team.

At this point, the first round of the playoffs is over, and the four remaining teams in the Eastern Conference are the 76ers, Knicks, Raptors and Bucks.

The only traditional strong team in the East is the Knicks.

In the Western Conference, the teams that advance are the Spurs, Mavericks, Lakers and Kings.

The most intense part of the playoffs has arrived.

At the beginning of May, those teams that did not make the playoffs also ushered in a moment that decided their fate.

One month before the draft, the league held the 2001 draft lottery ceremony in Washington.

The old gangster went off in person, cigar in mouth, determined to win.

He has hinted to Stern many times that I want the No. 1 pick!

As the number one person ever, you can’t help but sell me this face, right?

Don't talk about fairness, justice and openness. This thing about draft lottery, is it not something you Stern can do in a matter of minutes?

Francis looked at Jordan, who was determined to win, and swallowed.

He was very nervous. He and Artest had worked hard all year and finally managed to pull the team to 15 wins in a single season. Do you know how difficult it is! ?

15 wins in a single season means losing a full 67 games in a year. Let Li Ang give it a try. If he can do it, I will lose!

Without some triple-double skills, you can't lose so many goals.

Anyone with poor psychological quality would have already lost.

If he fails to win the No. 1 pick today, then his and Artest's efforts throughout the season will be in vain!

The drawing ceremony began, and both Francis and Jordan stared nervously at the beating ping pong balls.

Francis was the first to take the stage, took one out and put it into Stern's hand.

Jordan came on stage third, and after winning the ping pong ball, he winked at Stern.

Stern nodded slightly, indicating that I understand.

Who doesn't know that you, Mr. Qiao, only like to exaggerate the beauty?

Don't worry, I, Stern, will definitely sell you your reputation as the number one basketball player.

Kwame Brown can only be yours!

Ten minutes later, Stern announced the results of this year's draft lottery.

"The one with the first overall pick in the first round of the 2001 NBA draft was the Chicago Bulls!"

"F*ck!" Francis yelled in excitement, but the second child was uneducated and could go all over the world with just "F*ck!"

The Bulls won the No. 1 pick with the league's worst record, which is actually normal.

But Jordan frowned, why is Stern so unreasonable now?

In the end, the Wizards only received the second overall pick.

After the draft lottery ceremony, Jordan immediately got on the phone with Stern.

"Old Ste, you didn't handle this kindly."

"Isn't it kind?"

"Very unkind."

"How to say?"

"If this pick is a good steak, then Kwame Brown is the top black pepper sauce. It's just for this black pepper sauce that I made a good steak. Now tell me , I cooked this steak in vain?"

"Don't beat around the bush, tell me what the steak is and what the sauce is!" Stern was speechless. This guy has been reading a lot of messy books since he retired.

What kind of unorthodox book could help him learn such an unorthodox way of speaking?

"To put it bluntly, I want to choose Kwame Brown! It's not easy for me to show off to such an extent that I can't choose the person I like. Isn't it appropriate?"

"Inappropriate."

"Isn't it appropriate for my favorite person to be drafted by another team?"

"Even more inappropriate!"

"Then if you do this, what will I do? The Bulls will draft Kwame Brown!" Danzi yelled heartbreakingly.

This roar stunned Stern.

"Pfft!" Stern almost burst into laughter. It turns out you were worried about this.

"I can guarantee you this. Really, you don't have to worry at all. No one will compete with you for Kwame Brown's precious baby."

"How is that possible? The Bulls must be hungry for him!"

"No, no, they will never touch Brown, I promise." Stern was convinced, how could Danzi be so confident?

Do you really think everyone regards your brown as a treasure?

Brown's high school league did explode, but he was only a high school student after all.

And what do the Bulls need? It's the market, it's the performance.

Li Ang has given people a glimpse of how big the Chinese market is.

No one wants to lose this piece of cake.

Danzi felt that Stern was fooling him. How could there be a team in this world that didn't want Kwame Brown?

You must not touch him!

Seeing that the Bulls actually selected the No. 1 pick, Li Ang also swallowed his saliva.

As expected of Francis, in the original history, he helped Mosaic win the No. 1 pick, and now he helps the Bulls win the No. 1 pick.

This is truly a blessing for a generation.

At the same time, Li Ang is also curious about which team Yao Ming will go to.

In the original history, the Bulls captured Chandler and Eddie Curry at the same time, which shows that they definitely want an inside player.

But whether it will be Yao Ming is unknown. After all, the two people selected by the Bulls in their original history were both high school students.

Judging from the current market situation, Xiao Yao should not be in the top four.

There are teams like the Bulls, Wizards, Clippers, and Hawks that are suitable and some that are not.

I hope that Xiao Yao can find a good home in this life.

After the draft lottery was over, Bart Stern also took Yao Ming to train alone to prepare for the trial.

And Li Ang has also ended his time of eating melons and is about to compete with the Bucks!

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