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"Congratulations, rookie!"

After the game, Kobe, who had just greeted Duncan, approached Joey and Popovich who were being interviewed.

Kobe, who was leaning on crutches and limping on one leg, had a smile on his face, but his words showed the"Mamba Mentality"."：

"If I could play, maybe you guys would be the ones to be swept through.……"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Kobe's words drew laughter from everyone on the sidelines.

They all knew that Kobe had no other intention in saying this, he was just trying to"get back" his team's face.

Only Joey didn't show any hint of ridicule, but answered seriously:

"If you can play, we might win this series at home!"

The implication is obvious, that is, if you are not injured, we can only play one more game...

Among those present, only he heard the"reluctance" in Kobe's words.

The two guys who are extremely similar in some aspects reached a"soul resonance" at this moment."——

Kobe was stunned for a moment, then carefully looked up and down at this rookie whom he had never thought highly of, then took the initiative to reach out his hand, and the two of them high-fived and hugged.

Kobe made an invitation in public:

"Do you have time during the offseason?"

"I will book an entire basketball training camp in Las Vegas, and I hope you can come and spend the summer with me!"

He smiled and waited for Joey's reply.

"Hey, man, it's not good for you to poach my people in front of me, right?"Joey was about to nod, but Popovich pretended to be angry and said

"Hahaha!"

The old man's humorous tone instantly attracted Kobe's attention. He laughed heartily, showing no frustration or unhappiness about the team being eliminated.——

"If you can keep this rookie by your side for 365 days, Greg……"

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The playoffs have been underway for nearly half a month, and it is now May 1st.

It has been three days since the Spurs swept the Lakers and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals. In the arena in San Antonio, an open training session of the Spurs is in full swing.

Popovich, on the sidelines, was holding a table analyzing the first round of the Eastern and Western Conference playoffs, and was quietly discussing something with several team assistants and the team's general manager RC Buford.

At present, there are basically three teams that have been confirmed to advance in the first round - the Miami Heat, who defeated the Bucks 3-1 in the East, the Thunder, who defeated the Rockets 3-1 in the West, and the San Antonio Spurs, the only team to advance in the first round with a 4-0 sweep.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the Heat and Thunder, who are leading by a large margin, have the"possibility" of paying tribute to McGrady in the 2003 playoffs."……

(South Coast Big Three, Contractor and Turtle: Are you polite?)

The remaining rounds of the series were a bit stalemate:

After the Clippers in the West had a hard time defending their two home courts, they came to the Federal Center in Memphis and lost two games in a row, with the score difference basically maintained at 7-10 points.

This also shows that the real strength of the two teams is not much different. It’s just that the Grizzlies used their iron barrel defense to drag the flying Clippers’ front line into a quagmire-like positional battle.

Once they enter the rhythm of the"black and white bears", won’t you, Griffin, Jordan, and Odom, be at their mercy? In the third game of the series, the Grizzlies restricted the Clippers’ overall hit rate to less than 35% when five Clippers scored in double digits!

Can you imagine that Chauncey Billups, who scored the highest in the whole game, only scored 20 points?

And according to valid data statistics, the Clippers’ overall number of shots was one-third more than that of the Grizzlies!

Even though 5 players on the team scored in double figures, the Clippers still lost to the Grizzlies at home with a score of 82:91.

This is enough to prove that the Grizzlies under Hollins's coaching are still the dreaded"iron bucket formation" in the West! In the fourth game of the series, the black and white bears continued to exert their strength. Randolph scored a large double-double of 23+16, and beat the"white beast" throughout the game. You can't even see Griffin's round of breaking into the paint area after watching a game!

Xiao Jiasao is worthy of being the most popular candidate for this year's DPOY. She single-handedly supported the Grizzlies' inside barrier, protecting the frame, rebounding, assisting defense, sweeping... He is almost everywhere on the defensive end!

If it weren't for his body shape and skin color, you would even think that the peak"Beast" during the three consecutive DPOY period was wearing the Grizzlies' No. 33 jersey.

The Grizzlies' outside line also has the addition of Rudy Gay, a good striker, this year, and the same position can truly achieve"full firepower coverage".

Coupled with the team's brain, hidden jumping monster,"good guy" Mike Conley and Tony, the"outside double bears" formed by the Clippers, led by Paul and Flounder, the league's outside players finally realized what it means to be:

"You may know more about offense than him, but he will definitely make you confused about defense!"

Just look at the performance of the Clippers players -

Griffin 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, Jordan 7 points, 11 rebounds, 3 turnovers, 5 fouls, Paul 8 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists...

The Clippers' Big Three were so bad in this game!

Griffin and Paul were"trained" by the inside and outside lines respectively throughout the game. No matter how good Flounder and Crawford are, they can't lead these three"pitfalls"...

(Additional information: Paul averaged 22.8 points, 6.3 assists, and 4.0 rebounds in this series, but he had a triple-single game and a shooting percentage of less than 30%. Griffin averaged 13+5.5+2.5, and had 4 fouls and 2 turnovers per game. He was almost beaten into a pulp by Randolph. In this series, only four Clippers averaged double-digit points per game, with Matt Barnes averaging 11.8 and K6 averaging 10.8.)

So far, the two teams have fought hard and tied 2:2. The game is moving to Los Angeles! In another round of the Western Conference series, the Warriors played against the Nuggets with a similar"script".

The difference is that the Warriors won two home games against the Nuggets, and when they turned back to themselves���The team was defeated by the Nuggets at their home court... Then in the decisive battle, Curry scored 36 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds, and made 7 of 9 three-pointers, leading the team to a 21-point victory over the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center in Denver!

"The"Splash Brothers" scored 61 points together and won the decisive game!

It is no longer important whether the Warriors can advance to the second round in this round of the series...

What is important is that the baby-faced elementary school student in the Bay Area who wears the No. 30 Warriors jersey, likes to bite his braces and shakes his head has truly proved himself - he led the team into the playoffs for the first time in his career, and ranked fourth in this year's playoff scoring list with an average of 25.2 points per game!

This completely eliminated the voices in the league that expressed dissatisfaction with him snatching the Western Conference Player of the Month in April from league superstars such as Durant, Kobe, and Paul...

The New York Knicks in the East are leading the old Green Army 3:2; the Pacers' five tigers have just won the decisive game at their home stadium, the Consac Arena, but what they will face next is the"Eastern Spurs"'s turbulent counterattack! The luxurious"three and a half tridents" led by D'Antoni and Big Luo also lost the decisive game in the just-passed G5, and two forces that are about to split have appeared within the team.

Facing the Chicago Bulls, who are united and have both offensive and defensive capabilities, they are considered by experts to be the team most likely to be"overthrown" this year!