Chapter 522 Triple MVP
At noon on the 16th, the Blazers arrived in Los Angeles, and the Western Conference Finals will start on the 17th.
Pharaoh made a phone call to Da Meng, and the Western Finals was imminent, so he did not invite him to his house.
Da Meng hung up the phone and was in a very good mood, because Pharaoh just told him that the trading company was prosperous and would make a lot of money.
Duncan, who was in the same room, came out of the bathroom at this time, holding a mobile phone in his hand.
“Tim, didn’t pull it out, are you constipated?” Da Meng asked casually.
“NO.”
Duncan leaned on the head of the bed, threw the phone aside, and said after a few seconds of silence, “The manager called me just now, and we had a few arguments.”
“Why?” Da Meng asked curiously.
Duncan thought for a while and said, “Last time I heard from you that both Barkley and Pippen were almost bankrupt by their brokers, so some of the remaining money was not handed over to him to take care of me. He just urged me to put those I gave him the money to invest, but I didn’t agree, and he got angry.”
“How much did you give him?” Da Meng asked.
“Five million dollars. After making another two million, I didn’t give it to him.” Duncan said.
Dameng said enviously: “You are lucky, you can earn so much business income just after your debut.”
“Hakim, do you want me to continue to believe him? I think Charles is still believable.” Duncan said hesitantly.
Da Meng said angrily: “Charles Banks is angry with you for the two million dollars left in your hand, which shows that he is very greedy. If you continue to trust him, Tim, your fate may be the same as Pippen’s. Same.”
Duncan stayed for a while, thinking about it really, just when Charles was angry, he felt very incomprehensible.
Dameng suggested: “Tim, you’d better find someone to check the investment projects he’s looking for for you, and see if there are any problems. If there are, deal with them as soon as possible.”
Duncan nodded, took it in his mind, and decided to do it after the playoffs.
Da Meng said proudly: “Look at me, Lao K and I are investing in trade business. Now they are going to make a lot of money, and the prospects are very good.”
Duncan said with an envious look: “Hakim, you are so lucky that you hugged Old K’s golden thigh.”
Dameng’s face twitched, this **** rookie, how can you say such a bad thing? Let you be fooled by the broker.
Then the staff knocked on the door and told them to have lunch.
After lunch, the Blazers held a tactical meeting.
Mike Dunleavy analyzed: “The Lakers’ tactics against us are to suppress Tim by the old K, but we can’t suppress the old K on the defensive end, which is our biggest weakness.
This weakness is more deadly than the perimeter weakness, so we lost two regular season games, and now we have to try to change that and free up Tim’s energy to beat the Lakers.
In addition, the outside play is very critical, try to minimize mistakes and unreasonable shots, and improve efficiency…”
Stoudemire, the flying squirrel, is not in a good mood. His stats have dropped significantly this season. He would rather stay with the Raptors than come to the Trail Blazers. He has become a figure who is at the peak of his debut. It has only been three seasons. The peak period is over.
As a third-year student, the pursuit of the championship has not yet reached the strongest time for him. Now what he pursues is to become an All-Star, to increase his status in the team, and to play good statistics.
But on the contrary, the Blazers came, he became the victim of the team’s pursuit of the championship, and was deprived of a large number of shots, all of which were given to the inside.
Now the head coach still thinks that his efficiency is not high enough, it is better not to let him shoot.
However, he also knows his current situation. The injury problem has affected the team’s expectations for him, which is a problem he can’t solve.
Compared to Momonga, Ryder was not in a good mood.
He was the No. 5 pick in the first round in 1993. Although he is still very young, his efficiency has dropped a little this season due to injuries. Last season, it was still 46.4%. This season, it has dropped to 42.3%. Poor, not valued by the team.
The team has a strong insider like Tim Duncan, and a player like him must make sacrifices for the team.
This season, the tactical status and the number of shots of him and Momo have been severely weakened, and the team’s center of gravity has completely revolved around Tim Duncan, which made him feel a sense of frustration and loss.
At this time, head coach Dunleavy continued: “Old K’s efficiency is too high, he alone can boost the efficiency of the entire Lakers team, so we must also try to improve the overall offensive efficiency.
The specific approach is to suppress their own offensive desires on the outside and serve the inside, just like the Suns in previous seasons and the current Lakers.
Don’t make waves on the outside. We play the tactic of sudden points. We have two big inside lines in the low post. As long as the outside line rushes in and attracts the defense of Old K, whether it is Da Meng or Tim, they will get a chance. ”
Momonga and Ryder are very disappointed. Everything serves the inside line. This has completely deprived them of their tactical status. Even the former Suns and the current Lakers are not like this, right?
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That night, in the tiebreaker, the Pacers finally defeated the Heat and entered the Eastern Conference Finals with a score of 4-3.
“Old Hu, yes, call David Frank and ask him to find a suitable team for you. It’s the kind of team that has a chance to make the playoffs and lacks excellent shooting guards. There is no four- or five-year long-term contract. Don’t sign.” After the game, Pharaoh made a phone call to Hu Weidong.
Lao Hu’s performance in the tiebreaker was not as good as in the previous games. He was a little hardcore, but he was still okay. He came off the bench in the 8th minute of the first quarter, played 28 minutes, scored 14 points, made 1 of 4 three-pointers, and the overall hit rate was 40.1. %, it will be even better if he can still perform well in the next Eastern Conference finals. It is very possible to sign a big contract with the right team.
After this game, all the second rounds are over. The Eastern Finals will be played on the 18th and the Western Finals will be played on the 17th. The format is seven games and four wins, and the schedule is 22111.
Eastern Finals, the Knicks have home court advantage against the Pacers.
Western Finals, Lakers vs. Trail Blazers.
At 9 am on the 17th, ESPN released the latest data on the probability of winning the championship.
The Blazers who were the first to reach the third Western Conference finals were the highest, reaching 34%, the second was the Knicks’ 33%, the third was the Lakers’ 32%, and the Pacers 1%.
This made the Pacers mad. Larry Bird publicly denounced ESPN’s prediction data as a provocation, and a kind of humiliation and disrespect to the Pacers.
Reggie Miller is still in the old style, and he directly swears and swears constantly.
Even Ewing couldn’t help being interviewed by the media and publicly complained that ESPN was unfair to the Pacers.
ESPN responded, and NBA editor-in-chief Kyrel Roger believed that their predictions were not wrong. He even said that the Pacers are likely to be swept by the Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals.
The Pacers didn’t respond this time, probably holding their breath and wanting to sprinkle them on the Knicks.
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At 12:30 noon, Dayao, who had just finished his summer vacation, arrived in Los Angeles and took a taxi to Beverly Hills.
“Brother Tiejun, this mansion, tsk tsk, big family, it’s so luxurious!”
Getting off the car outside the villa, he looked at the manor-style villa and couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.
In the United States for two years, his personality has become more outgoing, independent, and more mature. He was a child two years ago, and now he is an adult.
His birthday was in September, four months before he turned 18. He started to gain weight slowly in the past two years. Now he is 121 kilograms, which is still 9 kilograms away from the tonnage target that Lao Wang set for him, so he still looks very thin.
“Are you Yao from Georgetown University? Oh, you must be, otherwise you wouldn’t come to Old K’s house.” A security guard in front of the gate asked with some surprises.
“Hello, I’m Yao. I’m here to visit K. I’ll be staying here for a while. Please help me inform him.” Dayao said with a smile.
“Oh, I just said I went out this morning, why did I step on a pile of shit. Yao, can you sign my name for me, my son is your fan.” The security guard said happily.
“Then I wish you good luck every day, you must step on dog **** every day.” Dayao nodded politely and sent his congratulations by the way.
After signing his name, the security informed the inside, opened the door, and put Dayao in.
Pharaoh was having dinner at home. In addition to the family members, there were also a group of people such as Barkley. It was very lively and sat at a large round table.
He had training this afternoon, but not in the morning. After dinner, he was about to go to the team. When he heard that Dayao had arrived, he hurriedly asked someone to prepare a set of dishes.
“Is that Yao from Georgetown University?”
“Yao’s performance in the NCAA is very good, his talent is unparalleled in height, his skills are also very good, his shooting feel is very soft, and his pace moves have the shadow of a big dream. After two years of training in the NCAA, I even think he will be as good as Ewing. .”
“If it wasn’t for the school team without helpers, Yao should be able to lead the team to the finals today.”
“Georgetown’s strength should grow in the next two years, and it is very likely to enter March Madness.”
“Yao is now a star, more famous than 80% of the NBA players.”
“Old K, how old is Yao?”
“Old K has been cultivating him. Jordan’s agent, David Frank, is quite optimistic about him. He has praised Yao many times in public. I think Yao will also be a superstar in the future.”
At the dinner table, Barkley and others started talking.
“I’ll be eighteen in a few months.” Old Wang said.
“Only 18? Too young. After finishing his senior year, he entered the draft. He entered the league at the age of 20, and he was not very young.” Barkley said.
“Dazhi, have a good time with Dayao, he is more adaptable to the United States than you, you have to learn from him.” Pharaoh said to Dazhi.
“Well, Brother Tiejun, I can do it too.” Dazhi nodded.
Pharaoh nodded and hung out with the players like Barkley Lightning all day long. In the past few days, he has indeed made some progress, his communication skills have increased, and his very introverted personality is slowly changing.
He doesn’t expect Dazhi’s personality to change much, just a little change, and it’s good to be able to communicate with the coach and teammates normally.
“Dad, I want to play with Dayao too.”
The 20-month-old Dabao’s speaking ability is very good. He can speak a whole sentence and has a certain logic.
“There’s a lot of talk, what’s the matter with you? Let’s eat yours.” Yu Feihong said angrily.
At this time, Dayao dragged his suitcase to the front door and shouted loudly, “Brother Tiejun, I’m here.”
“It just happened to be dinner, come in quickly. You don’t tell me in advance, I’ll pick you up.” Lao Wang went out from the restaurant and asked the workers to help with the luggage.
Dayao smiled and said: “Don’t be so troublesome, I don’t have much luggage, so I can just call a car.”
“Uncle, aunt, sister-in-law…”
When he arrived at the restaurant, he saw Wang Aiguo and Liu Damei, as well as Yu Feihong, and hurried over to say hello.
“Hey, sit down and eat.” Sister Liu greeted quickly.
“Sit down.” Wang Aiguo said with a smile.
“Dayao, you are very well-known in the United States now, but the strength of the school team is a little worse.” Yu Feihong smiled.
“The situation should be better next year, and the strength of several teammates is also growing.” Dayao said, reaching out and pinching Dabao’s little face.
Dabao’s little temper is quite big, impatiently trying to push Dayao’s big hand away, and shouting with a small mouth: “Don’t pinch my face, it’s swollen.”
“Ha ha…”
The little guy speaks Cangzhou dialect, which is close to Tianjin dialect. Both Dayao and Dazhi can understand and can’t help laughing.
“You are fat, not swollen.” Yu Feihong corrected.
“It’s swollen, you pinch it.”
Dabao shouted again, ignored others, lowered his head and concentrated on cooking.
Dayao and Barkley again greeted them before they sat down to eat.
Everyone hurriedly ate lunch, then ran to the reception room, turned on the TV, and tuned to the TNT channel.
Today the league will announce the winner of the regular season MVP, and Pharaoh is likely to win the MVP for the third consecutive season.
A minute later, there was a burst of cheers in the reception room. Pharaoh got his wish and won the MVP for the third consecutive year.
At the same time, he received a reward of 1000 points in the system, and now he has accumulated a total of 1800 points.
“There is a thousand reward for winning the MVP for the third time in a row. If I can successfully defend the title, the reward points will be even more impressive. If I complete the dynasty, the reward may be a few somersaults in a row.”
After winning this MVP, he decided to keep playing in the regular season in the future, and he would take this honor as soon as he could, and would not fight for it deliberately.
He is incomparable to Jordan. As a heavy center, the wear and tear of the body is too severe, especially the wear of the lower limbs. A heavy center like him may only need one injury to make him retire.
Even if there is medicated oil massage, it is difficult to guarantee how long his peak period will be, so from now on, we must start to take care of the body, and we should not be careless.
At this time, his cell phone rang, followed by various congratulatory calls and text messages.
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