Legendary star

Chapter 538

On April 2004, 4, after two days of rest, the playoffs of the 17-03 season officially kicked off. As the first day of the playoffs, a total of four games were arranged tonight. The No. 04 Pacers in the East played against the No. [-] Wizards in the East, the No. [-] Pistons played against the No. [-] Bucks in the East, and the two games in the West were the No. [-] Mavericks in the West against the No. [-] Jazz in the West, and the No. The Spurs, the third in the West, played against the Rockets, the sixth in the West.

For the Wizards "lying into" the playoffs, facing the Pacers with 74 wins and 8 losses in the away game, it really makes people unable to arouse the slightest desire to win, especially the recent troubles with the management have been very unpleasant Steve Marbury, the boss of his team, is now thinking about a showdown with the Wizards management after the season is over.Whether it is in the Nets or in the Suns, Marbury is the core and boss who does his part. Marbury himself is very dissatisfied with the Suns sending him to the Wizards. Even if he was dissatisfied, he dared not show any disrespect to Jordan. However, Jordan chose to retire after the end of last season. Marbury, who was asked by Jordan to lead the team well, was out of his promise to Jordan and the only thing he had. A sense of responsibility, I finally got some fighting spirit and desire, but the two young players signed by the team during the offseason made Marbury very embarrassed. In Marbury's view, Jill, who should be honest to himself as his younger brother Burt Arenas and Caron Butler, however, were very disrespectful to themselves. Not only did they disobey their own discipline, they contradicted themselves on the training ground in front of the whole team, and they even joined forces to usurp the position of their team leader. Status, and the management turned a blind eye to what these two young players did, which also exacerbated Marbury's dissatisfaction with the Wizards. Although the season is not over yet, Marbury is now The idea of ​​leaving the Wizards and looking for a next home has already been born.

Marbury's expression at the moment also fell into the eyes of head coach Eddie Jordan, although Eddie Jordan was both excited and excited about the team's "lying" into the playoffs with a record of only 35 wins , but in addition to being excited, Eddie Jordan had to face a cruel reality. First of all, there was a huge gap in strength between the Wizards and the Pacers. In the four regular season games, the Wizards lost to the Pacers by an average of more than 15 points. It is the current situation in the Wizards team. Both Arenas and Butler are young players with great potential. They are the future of the team. The management and coaching staff of the Wizards are very optimistic about them. Marbury escorted them and gave them a ride. After they grow up, the future of the Wizards is definitely very bright. No matter how much Eddie Jordan tried to persuade them, these two guys did their own thing. If possible, Eddie Jordan really wanted to attack them, but the attitude of the management made Eddie Jordan feel cold.

"Are young people nowadays so rebellious?" Seeing Arenas and Butler who had already walked out of the locker room, Eddie Jordan shook his head helplessly. This head coach is really hard to be.

Winning the championship for two consecutive seasons has made the Bankers Life Arena the arena with the highest attendance rate in the NBA. Therefore, when the Pacers started their playoff journey again a year later, the The atmosphere is also unusually hot.When the visiting Wizards players began to walk out of the player tunnel, the deafening boos made old fritters like Eddie Jordan feel suffocated from the bottom of their hearts.

And when the Pacers players started to play, starting from Tayshaun Prince who was the first to play, every Pacers player received waves of enthusiastic cheers from the audience, especially When Meng Xu was the last to appear on stage, the atmosphere reached its peak.

However, what surprised the audience was that just as all the Pacers players were walking to their side's bench, Arenas, who was a guest Wizards player, walked towards the Pacers' bench with twists and turns. come over.

"Meng, I will definitely beat you today!" Arenas, who walked directly in front of Meng Xu, challenged Meng Xu firmly.

"You bastard, are you here to find trouble?" Immediately after Arenas's voice fell, there was a lot of abuse from the surrounding auditorium, and James Posey, who has never been very good-tempered, directly yelled at With Arenas rushed over.

"Then we'll see you on the court!" Meng Xu grabbed Posey's arm and responded to Arenas with a smile on his face.In the usual chats with Mike Budenholzer, Meng Xu often heard him praise Arenas. For this young player who was favored by Mike Budenholzer, Meng Xu still had a little affection Yes, it’s just regrettable to Meng Xu that the Warriors that Mike Budenholzer worked so hard to build fell apart just after some improvement. Although the league has now introduced an arenas clause, but for the Warriors Said, it's too late, Arenas is no longer a player of the Warriors.

"Okay!" After hearing Meng Xu's response, Arenas, who was still confident just now, felt a little uncomfortable.In Arenas' heart, he still respects Meng Xu, not only because Meng Xu is No.1 in the current league, but also because of his former coach Mike Budenholzer.

Rebellious, rebellious, since Arenas entered the league, he has been with him. Before, Mike Budenholzer and Jamison suppressed him. Arenas still knows how to restrain himself, but after leaving the Warriors and coming to the Wizards , from the head coach Eddie Jordan, to the team's boss Marbury, to those role players, the rebellious Arenas is not pleasing to anyone, because in Arenas' heart, he is unwilling to leave the Warriors, Not willing to leave Mike Budenholzer, not willing to leave Jamison.

After spending two seasons with that young, positive Warriors team, Arenas hated the stagnant Wizards from the bottom of his heart, although under the guidance of Mike Budenholzer, the six-year contract Arenas has now chosen to be appointed, but unwilling to be lonely, Arenas still got together with Butler, who had the same idea as himself, and wanted to change the current state of the Wizards together.

Lying in the playoffs is a surprise for the Wizards with a poor record. Therefore, the Wizards, from the management to the players, have no extravagant expectations for the playoffs. After all, their opponent is the extremely powerful Pacers. Thank goodness for being swept away, and because of this, before the series even started, the Wizards had already been filled with an atmosphere of negativity and failure. Arenas hated this atmosphere, and hated the situation in front of him very much. , but the status quo in front of the Wizards, is it not an opportunity for Arenas?A chance to overthrow Marbury and prove his leadership ability?
After discussing privately with Butler for a while, Arenas finally plucked up the courage and decided to provoke Meng Xu before the start of the game and put himself in a situation where there was no way out. His teammates, no matter what the result is, no matter how powerful his opponent is, Arenas wants to rush and fight without hesitation, what if the bicycle turns into a motorcycle!
"Come on!" After finishing the pre-match warm-up and losing the jump ball without any suspense, Arenas stopped near the middle circle when his teammates quickly retreated. Before the game started, Arenas Arenas applied to head coach Eddie Jordan to defend Meng Xu. After coming to the Wizards, Arenas has always played shooting guard. Originally, he didn't have to wipe Marbury's ass, but now, since he has made a decision To change the status quo of the Wizards, it is Arenas' responsibility to defend the opponent's strongest perimeter player.

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