Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 286

Dirk Nowitzki showed a smile. To be honest, before the start of this season, he had the idea of ​​retiring, but because of the reason that the Bayonet just arrived, after communicating with the boss Mark Cuban once, plus himself Deep in his heart, he longed for the championship again, which made him decide to stick to the last season.

And even so, at the time, he didn't think that he could easily sit on the bench throughout the season to recover his body, because he expected that the team would experience this set of pains this season.

but now.

Nowitzki could only shake his head to express that he was wrong. Even though he had never underestimated the bayonet, the bayonet's power was beyond his seriousness.

The playoffs will start a week later, and he can't wait now, as if his old body has rejuvenated.

"Dirk, we are all people who have played in the finals, so it is clear that when the playoffs start, it basically has nothing to do with the regular season. Among our teams, to be honest, I am most worried now. The most important point is Luka. Although Luka has brought us too many surprises this season, to be honest, I always feel that Luka in the playoffs still needs a process of adaptation, but in fact we don’t have enough. The capital gave him the process of adaptation”

"So, I mean, in addition to my cameo point guard position, I hope you can provide more support in the high position"

Jiang Hao expressed his true thoughts deep in his heart, and also expressed the most worrying point in his heart.

"Jiang, I understand what you mean. I will have a conversation with Luka. Don't worry, I will show my strongest self in the playoffs."

Jiang Hao nodded.

He knew that he didn't need to say much about a player like Nowitzki.

……

In the next few days, there will be no more games in the league.

But everyone knows that the short-term calm will only herald the coming of new storms and more violent ones.

In the playoffs, the 16 teams from the East and the West will start a thunderous duel.

So in this context, espn has released the latest championship rankings.

On this list, as the regular season champion, the Dallas Mavericks are unsurprisingly at the top of the list.

But in fact, when this list was announced, ESPN was ridiculed by many people.

Because people remember very clearly that before the start of this season, the Dallas Mavericks were only ranked fifth in the first championship rankings announced by ESPN.

From fifth to first.

The behavior of edpn does look so funny.

Of course, ridicule is ridicule, ESPN was able to rank the Dallas Mavericks first on the latest list, which also reflects the fact that the current Mavericks indeed have very strong strength.

Ranked second on this list is the Eastern Conference team, the Toronto Raptors.

Under the leadership of Kawhi Leonard, the Toronto Raptors drove low and high this season, came from behind, and successfully advanced to the playoffs as the number one in the Eastern Conference.

Frankly speaking, the Toronto Raptors are very strong now. With Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Lowry, they traded Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies during the All-Star weekend.

Therefore, today's Toronto Raptors are actually a Big Three team.

In addition to the luxurious starting lineup, the biggest highlight of the Toronto Raptors this season is their bench.

Their bench lineup may be the best in the league, which even the Dallas Mavericks can hardly compare.

Therefore, in this case, it is a matter of course that ESPN ranked them second on the list.

The third place is the Western Conference team, the Houston Rockets.

This is also not beyond people's expectations. After all, although James Harden has been crushed by the bayonet this season, the strength of the Houston Rockets led by him is indeed not to be underestimated.

From the overall point of view of this list, the quality of the West is indeed higher than that of the East.

After all, the former defending champion, the Golden State Warriors, who are still strong today, are ranked third in the Western Conference.

When it comes to the Golden State Warriors, people have to mention the main opponent of the Golden State Warriors in the West in recent years, the San Antonio Spurs.

The recording finally broke.

For the San Antonio Spurs, with the end of the regular season finale, their schedule for this season has also come to an end.

No more playoffs.

That's it, when Manu Ginobili retired, Tony Parker left the team, when Gregg Popovich retired, when Jiang Hao and Kawhi Leonard both left, this century has never missed the playoffs Sai's veteran powerhouse finally fell this season.

They had 36 wins and 46 losses in the regular season, and their record was only ranked 11th in the West, officially becoming a poor team.

Many people ridiculed that the San Antonio Spurs may be the saddest defending champion in NBA history. They still won the championship last season, but they didn't even make the playoffs this season. It's really embarrassing.

"They'll be back, they'll be back in the playoffs"

When a reporter asked Bayonet how he felt about the Spurs' absence from the playoffs for the first time this century, Jiang Hao only said this with a calm face, but everyone could see the regret deep in Jiang Hao's heart.

This is normal. After all, the San Antonio Spurs is where Jiang Hao was born. As Jiang Hao said before the start of this season, no matter which team he plays for, it will not change his special feelings for the San Antonio Spurs.

.........

After finishing the afternoon training at the Dallas Lone Ranger Training Center, Jiang Hao did not leave the training hall one after another like everyone else.

On the contrary, Jiang Hao came to the video room, and he locked himself in the video room alone.

It's his habit, and he did it before the playoffs started last season, watching recaps of some of the best regular-season games, watching the best moments leaning against superstars, and for him, it's a final Time for a rainy day.

After all, in the final analysis, if the Dallas Mavericks want to win the championship this season, they will ultimately rely on him. Who makes him the leader of this team.

Jiang Hao deeply understands that after the start of the playoffs, his "treatment" will be further improved.

Because from the opponent's point of view, facing the Dallas Mavericks, the most important thing to pinch is him, Jiang Hao.

As long as Jiang Hao is pinched, the strength of the Dallas Lone Ranger will drop by half.

This is definitely not an exaggeration, but a fact.

As the only superstar in the team, and the playoffs itself is the stage for superstars, Jiang Hao knows how heavy his burden is.

Therefore, he must seize every minute and every second to continuously improve himself.

(End of this chapter)