I am Really an Insider

"Wayne, he was like a shadow today, he was everywhere."

At the post-match press conference, "General" Arenas smiled and shook his head, explaining why he was so strong today.

Then, people were all discussing how good Wayne's defense was today, without mentioning how strong Arenas was today.

Kobe looked at it and said he was an expert, Arenas is an expert!

I said why do so many people criticize me for my iron work? It’s okay for others to work for me.

It turns out that the posture is wrong!

But you want me to praise someone for their good defense?

Dream on!

Well, actually it's not impossible for Kobe to praise others for their good defense. It's just that the person he will praise is still doing some errands and buying drinks in Boston at this time.

While Kobe was still applauding Arenas for his language skills, Wayne, who had returned home from the game, was so excited that he returned to the room and locked the door.

This kind of excitement of secretly doing indescribable things, no matter how many times you experience it, is always so heart-pounding!

"Finally, the 55-win reward that I have been dreaming about day and night is here!"

Wayne opened the system backpack and found that the reward was lying there quietly.

Just upgrade the badge to the purple level. What are you waiting for? Of course it’s an upgrade.

Well, Wayne actually hasn't thought about it yet.

Currently, Wayne can choose to upgrade a total of four badges, namely "Offensive Kaleidoscope", "Delayed Duration", "Zonline Deterrence" and "Strong Defense".

The Big Heart Killer itself is purple, and the Man of Steel is already the highest level.

No matter which one of these four is upgraded, the ability will be greatly improved.

This is not the first time Wayne has tried the power of the purple badge.

It can be said to be very incomprehensible.

After Wayne thought about it carefully, he was the first to rule out "tough defense".

Although "Strong Defense" combined with "Delayed Duration" seems to be very good, Wayne's current strength attribute itself is very weak.

Even if you upgrade "Tough Defense" to purple, it won't have the best effect.

After upgrading, can I kick, punch, and punch the fat shark?

Not very realistic.

The second one that was excluded was "Zone Deterrence" because the defensive amplification effect of this badge is only effective within the three-second zone.

Wayne's current defensive style no longer focuses on protecting the rim like in college, but instead runs the full half of the court to help defend.

Many times, they interfere with others outside the three-second zone.

Therefore, it is not cost-effective to use this rare opportunity for "forbidden zone deterrence".

In the end, only "offensive kaleidoscope" and "delayed persistence" are left.

Wayne touched his chin, do you think this long-lasting delay will be useful not only on the basketball court?

"Damn, pay attention, Wayne!" Wayne patted his head, blaming the box of gifts from Artest that was placed in the room for distracting his train of thought.

Speaking of which, not even a single piece of that whole box of gifts has been used so far. Isn’t it really that they won’t be able to use it after it expires?

Ahem, concentrate, concentrate

The competition in the playoffs is fierce and the schedule is intensive, which indeed requires high physical fitness.

If this physical fitness badge can be upgraded to purple, it is no exaggeration to say that Wayne is a physical fitness monster!

Even if he tops the shark for 48 minutes, he probably won't be physically exhausted.

Wayne is still very confident about the purple quality badge.

It seems to be quite practical.

But then I thought about it, in this playoffs, physical fitness alone is not enough.

What is the difference between the playoffs and the regular season? In addition to being more confrontational, it is also more targeted.

In the regular season, everyone may just play according to conventional tactics. Except for some key games, to be honest, it may not be so serious.

But in the playoffs, if you have a weakness, the opponent will catch it and beat you to death.

And any strong point will become the target of the opponent's focus.

This means that easy scoring opportunities will be much less, and the ability to attack tough situations with force is particularly important.

Why is it said that the playoffs are the stage for stars? Because generally it is the stars who have such strong offensive ability.

For someone like Kobe, who is used to facing no difficulties and no difficulties, he is very suitable for the playoffs.

In this way, he was also targeted by the little prince in last season's finals.

It is well known that some "regular season stars" will wither as soon as they enter the playoffs. To put it bluntly, they will not be able to cope with more targeted defense.

The introduction is the playoffs.

And this is what Wayne is a little worried about.

Although the Pacers have a good record this season, to be honest, they mainly rely on defense.

The offensive style of play is still more team-oriented.

Xiao Ao, Artest and Wu Sheng's ability to attack difficult situations cannot reach the point where they can definitely shoulder the heavy responsibility at critical moments.

Let's not talk about O'Brien. In Wayne's previous life, O'Brien was often ridiculed as "a regular season superstar and a giant baby in the playoffs."

It may be an exaggeration to say this, but O'Brien's dominance in the playoffs is not as good as in the regular season. This is a fact.

As for Artest, he is not a scorer per se. Wu Sheng played poorly in the regular season, but he may not be able to show much success in the playoffs.

Miller is always getting older. The goal he missed in the playoffs last season when he was chased by Little Prince could have been scored when he was two or three years younger. It's really a bit embarrassing to expect him to tackle the tough situation.

Payton? Didn't you see that he is struggling to score in the regular season? The value of this guy lies in organization, defense and evasion!

Therefore, what the team needs most now is actually a singles player.

When defense and team offense don't work, someone has to stand up and stabilize the situation.

And if it comes to a critical moment and no one can open up the situation, the purple "Big Heart Killer" plus the purple "Offensive Kaleidoscope" will be used.

"Be good!" Wayne was already thinking about how to celebrate the victory.

Damn, who can compete with me?

You Ginobili can't even go to heaven even if you're a monster!

Robert Horry? Are you the only one who calls you the king of key goals?

Once you know i, it’s decided that it’s you!

From a team perspective, it would be most helpful for the team to improve Wayne's attacking ability.

Considering his entire career, well, Wayne actually doesn't lose any money if he upgrades.

Therefore, Wayne could only reluctantly give up his love and give up "delay and long-term".

Regardless of whether this thing is useful off the basketball court, Wayne has to give it up!

"Upgrade the Offensive Kaleidoscope Badge!"

“Are you sure you want to upgrade ‘Offensive Kaleidoscope’ to purple quality?”

"OK!" Looking at the system prompts, Wayne clicked the OK button.

"Badge: Offensive Kaleidoscope (purple, upgradeable)

Effect: Greatly improve the success rate of turn shots, step-back shots, pull-up jump shots and triple-threat shots. "

With a flash of purple light, everything became boring.

I, Wayne, should be, uh, a very good singles player now, right?

Well, I should, I really want to find an opponent to try out the badge as soon as possible.

But in the next seven games, apart from the Heat, there is no decent opponent.

Moreover, the game against the Heat was already the third to last game of the season. I wonder if Carlisle will take a rest.

After the game today, Wayne heard that Carlisle was already discussing the rest with Mike Brown.

Although the Pacers still have a chance to compete for first place in the Eastern Conference, if they get first place in the Eastern Conference, they can sit back and watch the Heat and Pistons kill each other first.

But Carlisle is also afraid of overdoing it at the end of the season and making a small gain.

The Pacers have basically not encountered any injury problems this season. If something goes wrong at the last moment, it will be more than worth the loss.

Therefore, Carlisle does not necessarily have to go to No. 1 in the Eastern Conference.

If someone is injured, even if they avoid the piston, what will happen?

Oh, so troubled.

It seems that the greatest power of the purple "offensive kaleidoscope" can only be seen in the playoffs.

That night, Wayne was too excited to sleep.

He has always wondered whether he would become an all-around scorer like Anthony.

Also, if the Pacers and Spurs do reach the finals in the end, what can you do when you face Dumb?

The last time the two sides fought, Wayne knocked Bowen out of his head and knocked out Vicky's teeth.

But when facing Dudu, Wayne was actually at a disadvantage.

To put it bluntly, I still can’t do it!

There is still a gap in strength, and it's not small.

Forget it if you can't defend them. The key is that it's very difficult to stand still on the offensive end. You can't even explode each other.

But now there's a purple badge

As he thought about it, Wayne felt like he was in a daze until dawn, and he didn't even sleep for a few hours.

The next day, with big dark circles under his eyes, Wayne simply washed up and went to the training gym.

Then in this afternoon's confrontation training, Wayne became a dog!

"What the hell? Are you growing up to become a superstar?" Wayne was shocked. I'm afraid I upgraded to a fake badge, but I feel like I'm not as good as before! ?

"Wei, are you okay if you didn't rest last night?" After a round of confrontation training, Carlisle, who noticed something strange, also came up to ask about Wayne's situation.

"Uh, I didn't sleep well." Wayne said honestly.

Indeed, today I feel completely groggy and not in my best state.

It seems that this badge is not invincible. When I'm in a bad state, even the purple badge can't save me.

If Wayne's strength today is 70 points, then with the badge bonus, Wayne's strength can reach 90 points.

But if Wayne's strength today is only 30, even if he adds a badge and it becomes 50 points, he is still very weak.

The amplification effect in the badge should be based on Wayne's own status and ability values, rather than suddenly increasing to a certain value.

Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that he's become a dog today.

It seems that in the future, I still have to be a good young man who goes to bed early and gets up early.

"Didn't you sleep well? Wayne, I also know that you young people are full of energy.

But ahem, you still have to pay attention to your health, Wei. Anything in excess is bad. The playoffs are about to begin, so please exercise some restraint during this time. Carlisle said, patting Wayne's shoulder righteously.

Wayne:? ? ?

Wait, did you misunderstand something?

"Well, I just have insomnia, Rick."

"Yeah, you don't have to explain anything. I understand everything, Wayne." Carlisle smiled slightly, pretending to be a caring and good coach.

Wayne is messy, no, what do you know?

Can we still get along well with each other?

Amidst this misunderstanding, Wayne ended the day's training.

The next day, in the home game against the New York Knicks, Carlisle really began to rest.

Last season, the Pacers won 61 games, ranking first in the league in the regular season.

But the ending of the playoffs made Carlisle understand a truth: "The regular season record is completely different."

Therefore, this year, Carlisle no longer pursues the first place in the regular season, but serves the playoffs wholeheartedly.

In this game, Jamal Crawford suddenly started to smoke, as if he was possessed by Jordan, scoring as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

I thought that even with a big break, this game could be won easily. Who knew, all this would be ruined by Crawford.

Carlisle wanted to return to his main players in the end, but then he thought it was not worthwhile to take risks for a team like the Knicks.

So, he continued to implement his rotation plan.

In this game, important players such as Wayne, O'Brien, Miller, Wu Sheng and Payton all played for about 25 minutes.

Healthy basketball has been arranged.

In today's game, not only did he not have much playing time, but Wayne's matchup was not strong enough.

The Knicks' starting fourth position today is second-year forward Michael Sweetney.

This man is only 2.03 meters tall, but his figure is extremely bloated.

To put it bluntly, he is short and slow, and has no advantage on the defensive end. Even if Wayne does not have the purple offensive kaleidoscope, it is completely effortless to beat him, and there is no way to test the effect.

Although the Knicks won in the end, Carlisle was not sad at all.

In his opinion, the team has entered playoff mode.

After the game, Artest was released not after serving his sentence, but because his suspension period expired.

So in the next two games against the Raptors and Nets, even if the main players only played about 25 minutes, the Pacers won very easily.

Wayne never thought that the Raptors would lose!

Bosh only made 7 of 18 shots in the whole game. He had no idea what he was doing and his condition was very poor.

The best opportunity to take off the hat of killer of the 2003 class just passed by Wayne.

The next day, the Chinese media said: "Wayne only played 24 minutes and still defeated Bosh. He has no opponent in the 2003 class! Invincible!"

Well, I'd better wear this hat properly. I will definitely have to wear this title this season.

At this point, the Pacers have four games left to play, and Carlisle's rest rotation has entered a more frenzied stage.

"The last four games, except for the last game, I rested two players in every game. Way, Ron, Jermaine, Reggie, Steph and Gary, you are the six lucky ones."

Carlisle is indeed a coach who pays great attention to rest, and he regards this as part of the strategy.

In Wayne's previous life, when Carlisle was with the Mavericks, he would gradually reduce his main playing time starting from the end of March.

When being interviewed by reporters, Carlisle also said bluntly: "I understand the fans' strong protest against the rotation of stars, but sometimes a night's rest can make a big difference in a strategic sense."

Now, Wayne has experienced Carlisle's enthusiasm for rest.

Wayne really wanted to applaud Carlisle. In order not to be suspected by the alliance, he decided to take a break from game to game, Xiu'er.

What's even more impressive is that Wayne and O'Brien were given a rest in the game against the Heat.

Carlisle's explanation is: "Playing against the Heat consumes the most inside players."

There is really no way to try this badge.

So after facing the 76ers, Heat and Magic, the Pacers, who had already recovered their magic, lost three games in a row, and finally secured the second place in the Eastern Conference.

At this point, the Pacers have only one last opponent left in the 2004-05 regular season - the Chicago Bulls.

But before that, Wayne still had to fly to New York.

Attend Sharapova's 18th birthday party

The third update is here, still 1.3W.