The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 328 Iverson's Call
At the end of the regular season, the list of eight playoff teams in the West is released.

The Mavericks are undoubtedly ranked first in the West, while the Warriors are second in the West, followed by the Spurs, Clippers, Grizzlies, Timberwolves, Rockets and Trail Blazers.

This year's competition in the West is much higher than in previous years.

Like the Thunder in the west, the record is actually very good, with a record of 49 wins.

However, because of the relationship between victory and defeat, they failed to grab a playoff spot from the Blazers in the end.

49 wins failed to enter the playoffs, while No.8 in the East had only 38 wins.

This gap is not a star and a half.

You must know that when James ruled the East, he could rank first in the East with fifty wins.

The Thunder are undoubtedly very aggrieved, because they really played well this season.

After losing Durant, they got Middleton from the Mavericks.

Middleton Jiawei is young, and Neptune Adams guards the penalty area. Whether it is their personal data or team record this year, they are actually justified.

It is worth mentioning that Westbrook finally achieved the feat of averaging a triple-double this year.

After Li Xun, he became the third man in NBA history to average a triple-double in a season.

However, because Li Xun has always averaged a triple-double in the past few seasons, and this season is no exception, Westbrook's average triple-double only allowed people to see the potential in this turtle, and did not cause further sensation.

Middleton averaged 23 points per game, and his performance was remarkable, which can be regarded as replacing Durant's position on the team.

For the Thunder, this year's record is completely acceptable to them.

It's just bad luck, and finally failed to make the playoffs.

However, if they enter the playoffs as No.8, they will face a team like the Mavericks in the first round, so it doesn't make much difference whether they make it to the playoffs.

The eight teams in the East are the Pacers, Raptors, Bulls, Nets, Pistons, Wizards, Heat and Eagles.

The Wizards entered the playoffs again after many years because of the outstanding performance of Wall and Bill in the backcourt this year.

As for the Pacers' ability to reach No. [-] in the Eastern Conference this year, it definitely exceeded everyone's expectations.

Unexpected, but also reasonable.

Because pickled peppers have grown.

As a player in the 2010 class, many players in this class have already begun to take the lead.

For example, the Wizards' No. [-] pick Wall, such as the Pistons' Cousins ​​and so on.

In addition to pickled peppers, the Pacers also have a younger brother Stephenson in this year's lineup. Li Xun sold it to the Suns at the time, but the Suns found it difficult to use after using it for a year and a half, so they sold it to the Pacers.

As a result, the junior and junior fellows glowed and became hot in the Pacers.

In addition, there are veterans David West, Gao Yuanyuan and others. The combat power of this Pacers team is quite good.

That's the way this team is, and it seems like it's going to pop up every few years.

For example, the Miller era long ago.

Then it was the era of O'Artest Jr. again.

Now it’s time for pickled peppers again.

They can always play the No. [-] record in the Eastern Conference quietly.

It's a pity that although the record is good, they always seem to be close to the championship.

What Miller lacked in the era was a center who could hold the field. At that time, his inside power forward was the first generation of German anti-aircraft guns, and also Nowitzki's predecessor, Schramf.

The center is Rick Schmitz. Yao Ming's draft template that year was the Dutch white center with a height of 224 cm.

I have to say that this group of experts still has their vision. In a sense, Schmitz and Yao Ming do have something in common.

For example, they all have accurate shots, for example, they are all over seven feet tall, for example, their athletic ability is not good, and their rebounding ability is not strong.

But like returning to the image, there will definitely be a difference in strength and weakness.

Yao Ming's rebounds can only be said to be not strong enough, but Schmitz's rebounds can be said to be ridiculously weak.

And his defense is far inferior to Yao Ming's. It is not too much to say that he is a weak defensive chicken.

It is equivalent to saying that the two insiders of Miller's partner belong to the kind of insiders who are floating and shooting.

If Miller had an inside teammate like Yao Ming, history would have been rewritten.

In the Pacers era of O'Artest Jr. and Wusheng Jackson, Miller hadn't retired at that time, but the situation was similar to that of Nowitzki now.

Gradually began to live in seclusion in the second line.

This Pacers team actually has what they want, and it can be said that it is the closest era in the history of the Pacers to the championship.

It's a pity that the brain is not good, and there was an incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, which caused the Pacers to lose their hope of winning the championship.

Now in the era of pickled peppers, looking at the record of No. [-] in the Eastern Conference, everyone knows that they have no hope of winning the championship at all.

Even rushing out of the East is a luxury for them.

But for these small teams, it's not bad to be able to achieve the No. [-] record in the Eastern Conference every ten or eight years. At least it's not like those ten thousand-year-old teams that can't stand up for a lifetime.

On April 4, the first round of the playoffs began.

The Mavericks host the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Blazers don't know whether to cry or laugh now.

Because of the relationship between victory and defeat, it was a lucky event to win a ticket to the playoffs from the Thunder. This is definitely a happy event.

But facing the Mavericks in the first round, this makes people unhappy.

Everyone knows that they face the Mavericks in the first round, and there will be no other end except being swept.

Now the only thing that can comfort the Blazers owner Paul Allen is that they can play at least two more home games, so that they can get more ticket money.

For a game with Mavericks participating, the ticket money will definitely not be less.

Looking at it this way, what bicycle is needed, anyway, there is no hope of winning the championship, and no one thinks too much to make more money.

"Li, if we knew that we would face you in the first round, we would have won one more game in the regular season no matter what."

"Playing the Warriors or the Spurs, at least if we are lucky, we still have hope of winning."

"I really can't think of any possibility of winning against you."

Before the game started, Lillard stood beside Li Xun and said with a wry smile.

He is not actually the boss of the Blazers now, the real boss Aldridge.

As a young man, saying such things in front of Li Xun is not considered to increase his ambition.

Li Xun patted Lillard on the shoulder, "Man, you guys have played well enough this season."

"It's a pity that the competition in the West is too fierce, and I can't blame you for that."

This made Lillard open the conversation box, "Yes, if we are in the East, our record can rank third in the East!"

"Li, what kind of magical power is in you? Why do you become a Shura field wherever you go?"

"When you were in the East, the East was obviously stronger. Now you are in the West, and the West has become hell. For teams like us, it is simply a nightmare."

Lillard's words are actually the true thoughts of many Western stars.

Before Li Xun came to the west, the west was peaceful.

For example, in the 11-12 season, this is Li Xun's last season in the Pistons' championship dynasty.

At that time, the Spurs, No. 50 in the West, had only 36 wins, while the Jazz, No. [-] in the West, had only [-] wins, which is similar to the current situation in the East, and even not as strong as the East.

It's only been two seasons. After Li Xun came, everything changed.

The seventh team in the West actually needs [-] wins to get it.

And if you don't get fifty wins, it means you have to face Li Xun in the first round, which is really desperate.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the Shura field.

Li Xun touched his nose, feeling a little innocent, how could this kind of blame be thrown on his head.

Even without myself, the past few years have happened to be the time for the rise of the West.

Li Xun just made the rise of the west a bit more tragic.

After a while, the game on the field officially started.

Because it was the first round of the playoffs, Li Xun was really unable to arouse Li Xun's interest. Just as Jiba's desire to attack was high, Li Xun simply let Jiba take the main attack.

After getting blown away by Leonard before, Jiba sank for about a week.

Fortunately, he had a big heart, and after a week, he forgot about it.

It's already the playoffs now, the season is coming to an end, and it's almost time for Jiba to be traded. Just taking advantage of the previous rounds of the series, let Jiba take a good look at the statistics.

It just so happens that there are no decent small forwards in the Trail Blazers who can limit Jiba.

As a result, after four games, Jiba averaged 27.5 points, 6 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and he is already a top-notch small forward.

Under normal circumstances, Djibba actually started to rise in the fourth season of the Bulls.

He has been playing as a substitute in the first two seasons, and started to switch to the starting lineup in the third season, but he didn't play well.

From the beginning of the fourth season, he was able to average 20+ points per game with a very good efficiency.

Now by Li Xun's side, Jiba's growth rate has increased a lot.

The Trail Blazers were easily eliminated in the first round to advance, which did not surprise anyone, because this was the consensus of everyone.

Now that the Mavericks have advanced, all they have to do is wait for the Clippers and Grizzlies to decide the outcome.

Last season, the Clippers were miserably abused by the Grizzlies. Paul was almost beaten and lost his qualification as the league's number one traditional point guard.

But this season the Clippers have changed their shotguns. They won Howard, and they are no longer afraid of the black and white bears.

In the end, Li Xun waited for another week for the pair of enemies to decide the winner.

The Grizzlies' toughness is still strong. They still played seven games with the Clippers even though the lineup was behind.

In the final tiebreaker, Paul played bravely and scored 34 points and 13 assists, successfully leading the team to a difficult victory.

The reason why the Clippers won so hard.

That's because something happened to Howard, that is, in less than a week, he was exposed to be messing with transgender people.

The NBA is a bunch of big men, if they talk about messing with women who have lost their feet, then they will probably be very tolerant.

But if you talk about messing around with transgender people, or talking about homosexuality, then this group of people is probably not so tolerant.

You must know that after the game, these guys all took a shower together.

Howard is now the yellow mud falling off his crotch, and he is being relied on by others, and he can't explain it clearly.

In poor form, there are limits to what he can do for the Clippers.

After finally killing the Grizzlies, the Clippers will face the Mavericks who are waiting for work.

With the current state of the Clippers, it is extremely difficult to win a game in the hands of the Mavericks.

The game has not yet started, and the players on both sides are warming up.

Howard approached Li Xun sullenly, looking at his expression as if asking Li Xun for help.

"Li, do you know what happened in the past few days?"

Li Xun nodded, not only did he know, he knew about it in his previous life.

"I think you should speak up for me and tell the world, mainly the league, that I'm not that kind of guy."

Howard, a silly boy, doesn't know what's going on in his head.

Li Xun was so confused by him, did he make a sound?
How to speak up for this kind of thing, don't get yourself involved in the vortex of transgender people.

"Man, I can't help you with this kind of thing."

"Time will dilute everything, don't worry, in a few years, people will forget about it."

Li Xun can only comfort Howard in this way.

Howard nodded. Now he feels that all the players look at him strangely.

In this round of the series against the Clippers, Nowitzki did not start, but let Li Xun and Gobert form the starting inside lineup.

In the end, relying on the suppression of the inside line, the Mavericks swept the Clippers without bloodshed.

Howard performed very badly. After four games, he only averaged 7 points and 8 rebounds per game. He didn't have the demeanor of the league's number one center at the time.

Because the Clippers' forward defense is not good, Jiba took off again in this round of the series.

The average is still able to score 25 points per game.

With such a strong performance in two consecutive rounds of the series, Jiba has completely earned his worth.

What is certain is that as long as the Mavericks put Jiba on the shelves during the offseason, most teams in the league will definitely snap up it.

When the Mavericks got Paul's coveted tickets to the Western Conference Finals, an old acquaintance contacted Li Xun.

Allen Iverson.

Until now, Li Xun is still full of gratitude to Iverson.

Without the support of Iverson, I am afraid that my career would not go so smoothly.

"Allen, don't tell me, you're here to congratulate me on getting a ticket to the Western Conference Finals."

Li Xun joked with Iverson.

"What's there to congratulate you guy for getting a ticket to the Western Conference Finals."

"Even if you won the championship this year, I'm not going to congratulate you anymore. It's really normal for you to win the championship."

"Li, I have no choice but to contact you today. The management of the 76ers entrusted me to contact you to see if I can sell Jimmy to the 76ers."

"I won't hide it from you, they paid me $50."

After all, Iverson was so straightforward that he even told Li Xun about this kind of thing.

Li Xun was at a loss, did the 76ers see that the Mavericks were going to sell Jiba?
In fact, Li Xun is completely treating the top management of other teams as fools. Jiba and Clay will face contract renewals next season.

In this case, the Mavericks must only choose one of them to renew.

In addition, in the second half of this year, the Mavericks are obviously collecting data for Jiba, so anyone who is a little smarter can see that the Mavericks must be planning to sell Jiba.

(End of this chapter)