NBA: Becoming stronger starts with hard work and mastery

The big news is that the Celtics are still in the spotlight.

Han Yi was speechless as he watched the praises for the Celtics on page after page of newspapers:

"We are the youngest team in the playoffs, and we have no experience. The only one with playoff experience in the team is Coleman, who can't control his weight!"

"Don't you experts value the so-called playoff experience the most? Why can't I see it?"

The reason is simple:

The NBA has suffered from Michael Jordan for a long time. For the commercialization of the NBA, it is great to have Jordan. Michael Jordan has increased the commercial market value of the entire NBA tenfold!

But for the stars who lived in the same era as Jordan, it was too depressing!

Michael Jordan not only won all the championships, but also won most of the honors!

This led to a very direct consequence. When future generations look back at the era dominated by Jordan, they will feel that the shooting guards of this era, except Jordan, are all rotten metal!

Reggie Miller: 3 times selected to the best third team!

Clyde Drexler: 1 championship, 1 best first team, 2 best second team, 2 best third team.

Joe Dumars: 2 championships, 1 best second team, 2 best third team, 4 best defensive first team.

Mitch Richmond: 3 best second team, 2 best third team!

Latrell Sprewell: 1 best first team, 2 best second team!

Chris Mullin: 1 best first team, 2 best second team, 1 best third team!

These are the shooting guards of the same generation as Jordan. All the honors added up, Jordan has more championships, less All-NBA First Teams, and less Best Defense.

Joe Dumars, who has the most honors, put aside the championship. If Han Yi is more familiar with it 20 years later, his personal honor level is the same as Paul George!

In the era of the deputy GOAT, Paul George was probably only ranked fifth in the selection of the four small forwards!

From this perspective, the deputy GOAT is much more merciful than the real GOAT, and is willing to share more personal honors with other players of the same generation.

Michael Jordan is obviously a tyrant who bullies all honors. His strength can only be known by looking at the accumulation of honors!

It is precisely because Jordan is too powerful that young people later have to bear the title of Jordan's successor to brush a little sense of existence!

And Han Yi, who is just starting out, is very different from other new stars in terms of position, playing style, and even attitude towards Jordan!

There are too many people in this world who want to hear stories of young people becoming famous!

Especially the young Warriors who are willing to stand on the opposite side of Jordan!

Before the first round started, everyone was looking forward to the second round for the Celtics and Han Yi. As for the life and death of the Celtics' first-round opponent, the Charlotte Hornets?

Who cares?

In the traditional harsh talk session before the start of the playoffs, a large number of reporters pointed the microphone at Han Yi again, just to get a few venomous words from this young man who was so venomous that even Michael Jordan could not get a good word from him that could be used as the cover headline of the newspaper.

However, Han Yi disappointed the reporters. Han Yi praised the Hornets very much:

"Compared with the many veterans of the Hornets who have rich playoff experience, we Celtics know nothing about the playoffs."

When the reporter cited the game against the Charlotte Hornets on January 30, Han Yi scored 30 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 blocks in an alternative triple-double data to lead the team to an easy victory over the Charlotte Hornets.

Han Yi continued to answer modestly:

"Regular season and playoffs are completely different games. We can't carry the performance of the regular season into the playoffs, in my playoff debut."

"Of course I hope we can win, but I also know it will be very difficult, probably more difficult than any game I have ever experienced, so realistically, I hope that regardless of the win or loss, this first game can bring me some valuable learning experience."

Han Yi's speech is so humble that many reporters who have interviewed Han Yi many times began to wonder if Han Yi was possessed by something unclean.

He said it well and sounded like a rookie, but it was completely unlike Han Yi. Facing Michael Jordan, Han Yi dared to shout the slogan of killing God, facing

Glen Rice, the star player of the Hornets, was very pleased with this. He said that they have Vera Divac, Dell Curry, and BJ Armstrong, all of whom are veterans with rich playoff experience. Although Han Yi has a bright future, the winner of this series will belong to them, and they will use this series to teach Han Yi how to play in the playoffs.

On April 23, 1998, Han Yi's first NBA playoff game started!

Boston Celtics:

PG: Dana Barros, SG: Greg Minor, SF: Tracy McGrady, PF: Ben Wallace, C: Han Yi!

Charlotte Hornets:

PG: David Wesley, SG: Bobby Fields, SF: Glen Rice, PF: Anthony Mason, C: Vera Divac!

Facing his first playoff journey in his career, Han Yi was naturally very excited, so he opened up at full power at the beginning. He made 8 of 8 dunks in the first quarter and gave the old Hornets a small gift of greeting with 20 points in a single quarter!

27:17!

He dunked the Hornets in one quarter!

What? Our Eastern Conference lost a big shark O'Neal, and here comes a yellow devil Han Yi who is more brutal than O'Neal, right?

The start of the game was a bit uncomfortable for the old Hornets in the playoffs. They said they would teach these guys who had never played in the playoffs a lesson, but this time, they were arranged by them clearly!

It's really embarrassing!

But the victory or defeat of the playoffs can never be determined from the first quarter alone!

"Calm down, guys, we are the team with more playoff experience," Hornets head coach Dave Cowens encouraged everyone:

"In fact, the Celtics' lineup weaknesses are obvious. In the first quarter, they scored 22 points in the restricted area, 1 of 5 three-pointers, and 1 of 6 free throws. In the restricted area, except for Han Yi, the others' attack effects were also very poor."

"This means that we can boldly leave the outside line empty, defend the basket with all our strength, and form an iron bucket formation to win the game!"

"Han Yi is not Jordan, he is a human, not a god. No matter how powerful he is, can't the five of us kill him?"