NBA: Art is trash talk

Chapter 368

The next day, He Xinghui was fined $5 by the league.

Because the league and the media are in a cooperative relationship, there are regulations in which players must answer questions from reporters.

Even if you don't want to answer, you should find an excuse to avoid it, instead of pretending that I just don't cooperate like He Xinghui, which is destroying the relationship between the media and the alliance.

The league fined He Xinghui's money and gave the media face, and the media couldn't get to the bottom of it.

But they were obviously very upset, because this punishment didn't hurt He Xinghui.

It's only US$5, which is a drop in the bucket for He Xinghui, who is about to become a super rich man.

On May 5, the second game between the Pistons and the Bulls began.

This time the Pistons stabilized and defeated the Bulls 112 to 104.

Not many wins show that they have no absolute advantage over the Bulls.

Now that the home court advantage has been lost, the result of this matchup is also unpredictable.

After that, the Spurs played against the Mavericks. The result was unexpected, and the Mavericks lost again.

Prior to this, most experts predicted that the Mavericks would defend their home court and win the game.

After all, after 0 to 2, it is very difficult.

What people didn't expect was that the Mavericks, who had the second record in the regular season, struggled so much in the playoffs.

A large part of the reason for the Mavericks' loss was that Terry played poorly and was often blown up.

Another point is that Nowitzki was in a mediocre state and failed to stand up and take the lead.

It's useless to rely on Josh Howard. He can only score more than [-] points if he dies. He can only be a qualified second-in-command, but he doesn't have the explosive power to reverse the game.

On August 5, there was no competition.

Today is the day of the NBA draft lottery.

The fourteen teams that did not make the playoffs will field representatives and travel to New York to draw lots for the top three picks.

After the first three picks are determined, the remaining eleven teams will be assigned picks 4- to 14 according to the order of record from worst to best.

As for the draft positions after No. 14, they are also allocated to the [-] teams in the league according to the order of record from worst to best.

On this day, He Xinghui was bored at home and also watched the live broadcast of the lottery.

Fourteen balls 14-1 are stuffed into the box and drawn four at a time.

There are a total of 1001 permutations and combinations of these four numbers. After removing the situation of [11, 12, 13, 14], half of the remaining thousand combinations are waste combinations, and the other half are allocated to 14 teams.

For example, [1, 2, 3, 4] means the Celtics, and if they draw this combination first, it means that the Celtics won the No. [-] pick.

In addition to 1234, there are 124 combinations of the Celtics, which means that their probability of winning the No. 25 pick is [-]%, which is very high.

There's no way, who told them to show off thoroughly and shamelessly.

So much so that Stern wanted to burn Boston and bring down fat Angie.

He Xinghui remembered that the No. [-] pick this year was not the Celtics, and he didn't know if Stern had tampered with the Celtics on purpose as a warning.

The draw began, and Angie smiled and waited for the result.

The number drawn for the first time is [1, 7, 9, 14], a useless combination, and no team won the bid.

Angie was suddenly a little nervous. This lottery was related to his plan to form a group.

If you can get the No. [-] lottery, you can exchange the No. [-] lottery for a lot of chips.

After all, this year's No. [-] pick is Emperor Oden, a hunk who claims to be on par with Olajuwon.

Teams like the Grizzlies, Eagles, and Bucks can even pawn their underwear for Oden.

The second draw was still a useless combination, Anji's heartbeat was accelerating, and he had already squeezed the small bottle of Suxiao Jiuxin Pill.

The third draw is [2, 7, 8, 12], which is the combination of the change pioneers.

"Congratulations to the Blazers for being the No. 2007 pick in [-]."

Xiao Hua said with a smile full of spring breeze, in contrast to An Ji's liver-colored face.

Now he regrets that he brought Suxiao Jiuxin Pill instead of an AK47.

He seriously doubts that this is a conspiracy, after all, the Celtics have a 25% chance, while the Blazers only have a 3% chance.

As soon as the results came out, the manager of the Blazers and Roy embraced each other excitedly and kissed their lucky objects.

This moment is a holiday for Trail Blazers fans.

They are already looking forward to the combination of Randolph, Roy, Oden, and Aldridge. This lineup has been running for a year or two, and it is definitely a championship contender.

The No. [-] lottery was drawn, and the next lottery was the second place.Similarly, the combination of the generation-changing pioneers has also become a waste combination.

Angie is praying.

If there is no No. [-] pick, it would be nice to be No. [-].

After all, there is a guy named Durant who looks very good, tall, fast, and he is out of position when he hits anyone.Although it looks a little ugly, but the NBA is not a beauty pageant, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.

Unfortunately, his prayers did not come true, and the Sonics won the second pick with a 6% probability.

Angie felt that the AK47 could no longer appease his anger. At least a Leopard 2 tank was needed to blow up the alliance headquarters.

Simply deceiving.

3%, 6%, what the hell are these?

There is still one pick left to draw, and now, Angie can only reluctantly accept the No. 3 pick.

A No. 3 pick, maybe just change to Ray Allen, and you can't change anything extra.

Angie is sorry.

However, more regrettable things are yet to come.

The Eagles have won the No. 6 lottery with a [-]% probability.

Stern told the team managers very bluntly that the probability is a joke in front of him. If you don't work hard to play the game well, don't blame me for rewarding the shoes.

The lottery draw was a series of upsets.

The Celtics, the Knicks, and the Grizzlies with the lowest record didn't get any.

They can only get some consolation prizes according to the rules.

The Celtics got No. 4, the Knicks got No. 5, and the Grizzlies got No. 6.

However, the Knicks draft position has long been traded to the Bucks
The lottery is over, and the managers of the teams that have been eliminated will start to act now.

Reconstruction of reconstruction, group of groups.

This summer is bound to be rough.

It is confirmed that the superstars who will change teams include Kobe, Garnett, and Ray Allen.

Any one of them can be tracked and reported for days.

Meanwhile, the playoffs are still in full swing.

On May 5, the Cavaliers challenged the Raptors away.

The Raptors performed slightly better in this game, losing only 2 points.

100 to 98, the Cavaliers won another game and took a 3-0 lead. It can almost be announced that they have locked the tickets for the Eastern Conference Finals.

After winning the game, James was in high spirits, forgetting how he lost to the Clippers before, and even bluntly said in the interview that he wanted to win the championship for the Cavaliers.

On the same day, the Pistons played the Bulls and won another game, taking a 2-1 lead.

After all, the old ginger of the Pistons is more spicy.

On May 5, the Clippers went to Phoenix to challenge the Suns away.

Upon arriving at their destination, they were met with a 'warm' welcome by the Suns fans at the hotel.

However, this kind of harassment, at best, is boring fans joining in the fun and tossing around, which has a very limited impact on the Clippers players.

In the evening, the game begins.

The Suns set up a starting lineup of Nash, Lagabel, Marion, Diaw, and Stoudemire.

Putting Dior in the starting lineup will naturally greatly increase the Suns' starting firepower.

It's just that Dior exhausted his energy in the first quarter, who will bring the substitute?
Some commentators feel that the starting lineup of the Suns is not good, and it is not as good as the previous lineup arrangement.

However, Smith expressed his understanding. In his words, if he can't stand it in the first quarter, then there is no need to talk about substitute time.

The Clippers still have their regular lineup, Livingston, He Xinghui, Maggette, Gasol, Kaman.

Their lineup is slower than the Suns in terms of overall speed, but the problem is not particularly big.

As long as He Xinghui plays well, the Suns should be the ones to suffer.

The whistle sounded and the game began.

In the scrimmage stage, the Suns won the first attack as always.

Diaw screened for Nash, and the two played a pick-and-roll.

After the cooperation was completed, He Xinghui was forced to defend Dior.And Nash started a breakthrough, passed Gasol, and scored the ball.

It was a surprise shot, not to say the Clippers couldn't handle it.

In the transition between offense and defense, He Xinghui came to face Lagabel first, but the goal was missed.

Then, Diaw grabs the rebound, and the rest of the Suns sprint toward the Clippers' half court, and the Clippers are also sprinting back.

It's a pity that Kaman's speed was slower, Stoudemire quickly settled down, and Dior passed the ball.

Gasol can only make up the defense, but in this way Marion was missed again.

With such an apparently simple passing opportunity, any junior high schooler could get the ball into the opponent's hands, and so could Stoudemire.

He tosses the ball and Marion catches it and jumps to put it in the hoop.

4 to 0, the sun seems to be off to a good start.

However, immediately afterwards, the Clippers counterattacked, and He Xinghui used his running skills to get a good shot.

Then, he hit a 3-pointer.

4:3.

One ball almost made the efforts of the Suns in the previous two rounds useless.

Every time Suns fans see a ball like He Xinghui's, they have an urge to vomit blood.

The Suns attacked and Nash missed a jumper.

It is also very difficult to score three consecutive rounds.

After all, most teams shoot under 45 percent the entire game.

In other words, there are more iron strikes on the court than hits.

The Clippers attacked and Maggette also contributed an iron.

But Kaman grabbed the offensive rebound and distributed the ball to the perimeter.

He Xinghui hit the ball again.

This broke the hearts of the Suns fans, and He Xinghui looked good again today.

The Suns attacked, Nash made a jumper after passing the defender, and the ball scored.

6:6.

The two sides came and went, played more than a dozen rounds, the score became 17 to 21, and the Suns fell behind again.

The Clippers attack, Maggette hits the basket, Stoudemire runs into Maggette's path, and then the two collide, and Stoudemire falls to the ground.

The whistle sounded, and the referee blew Maggette for a dribble charge.

"This is a blocking foul, this is blocking, and he obviously hasn't stood still."

Gasol argued.

"Continue to play."

the referee said.

Neither Gasol's protest nor Dunleavy's rage could change the referee's decision.

And this was just the beginning. In the next round, Stoudemire fouled Kaman again on the offensive end and went to the free throw line.

"The home whistle."

He Xinghui complained secretly.

In the previous two games, it was because the point difference was too big, and the home whistle had little effect on the situation of the game, so there were few appearances, and He Xinghui didn't feel it much.

But now, He Xinghui can clearly feel that the two penalties just now were home whistles, which are beneficial to the Suns.

The game, which was thought to be without any suspense, suddenly became more turbulent.

But He Xinghui didn't panic.

This kind of favoritism on the whistle will only allow the Suns to take advantage of a few points to a dozen points, and the referee cannot go too far.

He Xinghui believes that with the current strength of the Clippers, it is not difficult to beat the Suns by more than ten points.

Even if there is an unexpected situation, his current anger can buy five or six sure hits, a stable batch.

Therefore, when Dun Levy protested angrily to the referee, He Xinghui calmly pulled him away.

He Xinghui said: "Calm down, Mike, and protest when we fall behind you. However, I will not give you this opportunity."

After hearing this, the referee on the side felt guilty.

Hearing what He Xinghui said, Deng Lewei had no choice but to tidy up his suit and put on a gesture of disdain to argue with the referee.

What he did just now was just to put pressure on the referee, not to really fight with the referee.

The game resumed and the two teams continued.

In the live broadcast, the commentators and guests were already talking about He Xinghui's actions just now.

"Cousin is really confident. He obviously doesn't pay attention to the opponent's home whistle."

Smith said.

"He has the qualifications and confidence to do so. I have a hunch that the Suns will lose this game."

Barkley commented.

"Just the home whistle, ignore it."

"It's too easy to win without the home whistle, so let the Suns have a few home whistles."

"It's also fortunate that there are no reporters interviewing my cousin, otherwise I have no doubt that he would say that he hopes to have six opponents."

Compared with other fan groups, the biggest characteristic of star fans is their arrogance and love.

When other fan groups encountered the opponent's home whistle, they would have already cursed their mothers angrily.

On the other hand, as a group of star fans, not only are they not in a hurry, they are even in the mood to joke around.

They have too much confidence in He Xinghui, enough to believe that He Xinghui can overcome any difficulties and obstacles.

Fans of other star players can't help being envious of their chicness.

On the court, He Xinghui, Gasol, and Kaman have already rested and are preparing to score points in the second quarter.

The Suns also changed players, put on some substitutes, let Lagabel and others go down to rest, and prepared to continue targeting He Xinghui in the second quarter.

Dunleavy and D'Antoni also battled wits and courage in substitutions, tit for tat.

The semi-main lineups of the two teams played for the last three minutes, and the Suns took the opportunity to recover a little bit of the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams scored 33 to 36, and the Suns were only three points behind.

(End of this chapter)