The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 313 312. Eight Years Gone; The Calm Before the Storm (3K Words for Monthly Pass)

February 5.

With the passage of time day by day, there are only two days left before the official start of the 08-09 NBA Finals.

In the recent period of time, the criticism of the Cavaliers on the Internet has never stopped, and there is also a lot of discussion about the release of various honors in the NBA regular season.

However, even if the current quarrels on the Internet are too intense, this will not affect the concentration of the Lakers and Magic teams before the game.

Both teams have started closed training in the recent period, because with the upcoming NBA Finals, at this time, no team dares to take it lightly.

After all, there is no team that can break through the difficulties in the playoffs and finally break into the finals. No team is truly vulnerable.

What's more, the Lakers were the league's biggest favorites to win the championship before the start of the season, and the Magic even defeated the Celtics and Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference.

So as the finals are approaching, not only the fans of both sides feel the tension and anticipation at this moment, but even the two teams are also under tremendous pressure on each other.

As the saying goes, one will be successful, but for a team that has worked hard for a whole season, it has completely entered the threshold of the finals at this moment. I believe that no team is willing to be that sad loser.

On this day, the generals of the Magic team are currently conducting tactical drills in the Orlando Arena, because with the upcoming finals, the coaching staff has already studied a series of offensive and defensive deployments for the Lakers.

Although it is impossible for the coaching staff to find out all the offensive and defensive flaws of the Lakers in this short period of time, the more fully prepared they are before the game, the greater the chance of winning the game.

So at this time, the Magic team has already launched a group confrontation within the team, conducting offensive and defensive drills against the imaginary enemy the Lakers, and doing a short run-in on the new tactics and running positions on the court.

Since the Lakers have a better record in the regular season, the first game of the finals between the two sides on May 5 will start at the Lakers' home stadium, Staples Arena.

This also means that the Magic will go to Los Angeles to stay in a hotel in advance on tomorrow, the 29th, in order to prepare for the upcoming trip to the finals.

And if you go to the away game to prepare for the game in advance, this means that the Magic has fewer and fewer opportunities for tactical adaptation.

After all, once the Magic leave their home court, it is obviously not a smart thing to conduct tactical drills on the field or on the Lakers' territory.

In other words, the Magic's training in today's arena can be regarded as the last joint training before the finals.

What kind of strength the Magic will be able to display in the finals next depends entirely on the individual performance of the players on the field.

"Hey, Allen, do you have anything to say about your return to the Finals after eight years?"

During the rest period of the players' training, Su Jiu put the water bottle by Iverson's mouth pretendingly, and said to Iverson with a mean smile on his face.

Obviously, after half a season of getting along, Iverson and Su Jiu, who are very compatible in temper, have already become friends off the field.

Although in the eyes of most people in the league, Allen Iverson will always have a thorny image, as if all good words should not appear on him.

But only when you really get along with him will you find that Iverson may not be the kind of disciplined player on the court, but off the court, he is definitely a good brother.

"I said Su, the finals are about to start, I think you have been very optimistic, I didn't see that you are quite big-hearted, haha."

Taking the drink that Su Jiu handed to him casually, Iverson also teased Su Jiu with a smile on his face, obviously getting used to Su Jiu's nonsensical behavior in normal times.

"Ham, how can I not be nervous, it would be a lie if I said I wasn't nervous, this is my first time to play in the finals."

"Don't think about anything else, I'm afraid all the fans will gather their eyes to watch. After all, other teams have gone home to fish at this moment, only we continue to work hard on the field."

"Tsk tsk tsk, thinking about it this way, I not only feel a lot of pressure, but also a little unbalanced in my heart. Why can they go home to fish and enjoy the offseason, and we have to continue to play our lives on the field."

"Hey, I was sloppy. I knew I would have been eliminated by the Celtics in the semifinals."

Seeing Su Jiu covering his forehead with his hands while complaining in a strange way, Iverson also felt a little funny.

"Haha, don't let that guy Stan hear your words, otherwise he will definitely pick your skin off."

"But it's normal to have pressure, because let alone you, even I feel great pressure at this time."

"Although I am still relatively bearish on the final victory or loss, but since the team has really reached this point, if it really loses in a desperate manner, it will indeed be a little bit unwilling."

"But you don't have to think about it so much. Keep your competitive state and play as you want on the field. You know, although we were under tremendous pressure before the game, why not the Lakers."

He straightened his neck and drank the energy drink in his hand, and then wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth with his wrist. Iverson's overall performance was relatively free and easy, at least compared with other members of the Magic team, he was really too chic.

"Hey, if only I could be as chic as you."

Looking at Iverson who is still unrestrained even though the finals are coming, Su Jiu said sourly from the side.

After the team really entered the finals, the young players of the entire Magic team can be said to be very excited, even so excited that they couldn't sleep at night.

Among them, Courtney Lee, who entered the finals with the team just after entering the league, even jumped three feet high.

On the night of the game, he waved his hand and generously took Su Jiu to the most luxurious Paradise nightclub in Orlando! !The ramen restaurant next door ate a bowl of ramen...

Not to mention the other young players in the team, even Su Jiu, who has been a man for two generations, can't extricate himself for a long time at this time, and his whole heart is equally excited.

After all, this is really entering the circle of the finals. You know, how many stars in the NBA have a lifelong dream to touch the floor of the finals.

Paul: "???"

So entering the finals at such a young age is definitely a bit crazy for young players.

But after the excitement, as the day of the finals draws closer, the youngsters of the Magic team feel tremendous pressure.

The excitement that just learned that the team entered the finals was completely gone, and the rest was panic and suffering.

After all, if they are really eliminated early in the playoffs, although they will be very frustrated in the end, the pressure they face will definitely be much less.

However, after the finals, all fans who pay attention to the NBA will focus on this round of the series at this time.

So under such circumstances, the members of the Magic team who were still very excited suddenly felt tremendous pressure. They were afraid that they would lose to the Lakers in the finals and be eliminated like a bereaved dog.

You know, the reason why the Cavaliers will be abused by a large number of fans after the end of this season is because the team gave the fans too many expectations during the regular season.

So when the team was swept out 0:4, the outside fans would feel such anger, even to the point of losing their minds.

Otherwise, as long as the Cavaliers' record in the regular season is quite satisfactory, or if they can barely enter the playoffs, then the Cavaliers will not encounter the scolding like a storm at this moment.

And with the lessons learned from the past, the Magic team who stumbled into the finals at this moment will feel the pressure.

Although this season's Magic team broke into the finals stage strongly without being favored by people, even if they faced a defeat in the end, they would not receive many people's scolding on the Internet.

But as the situation has come to this point, if it is really eliminated by the Lakers, then for the young players of the Magic, the blow is definitely not a big one.

Perhaps as of now, the Magic can really remain unmoved up and down, and only Allen Iverson is left.

Presumably even Stan Van Gundy, who is the head coach, is also suffering at this moment, and he can't find the chicness of entering the finals at all.

But for Allen Iverson, whether his heart is really as unrestrained as his surface at this moment, this outsider naturally does not know.

After all, returning to the finals again after eight years, this is also a brand new chapter for Iverson's career.

And it is worth mentioning that when Iverson led the 76ers to the Finals alone eight years ago, he faced the same opponent as the Los Angeles Lakers.

Although it can be said that things are different now, but as Kobe and Iverson who have personally witnessed this period of history, this reunion after eight years obviously contains too many personal emotions.

Presumably at that time, even if the two of them wanted to break their heads, they would not have thought that since the 00-01 season, the two met again in the finals, and a full 8 years had passed quietly...

　Ask for a monthly ticket, brothers!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)