rpbooks Chapter 268
Chapter 268
Chapter 268
"Let's go, I'll take you to experience the local characteristics of Phoenix." O'Neill happily said with his hands on the shoulders of Ye Hao and Kobe.
He failed to enter the All-Star last year. After returning to the West this year, he not only returned to the All-Star, but also won the MVP trophy of the All-Star Game. This result is obviously wonderful.
Kobe frowned slightly with O'Neal on his shoulders, but in the end he didn't push O'Neal's hand away.
He had such a tense fight with O'Neill before, and although he wanted to reconcile with the big man, he was still a little unaccustomed to hooking shoulders and backs as soon as he came up.
Ye Hao laughed, "Okay, let Kobe and I kill you together."
Following him, he changed from passive to active, turned behind O'Neal, and pushed O'Neal and Kobe forward with his left and right hands respectively, "Go, go, take me there quickly, or I won't give you the MVP trophy. Hahaha..."
Kobe was also amused by Ye Hao's actions.
The unaccustomed feeling in my heart just now disappeared without a trace.
He turned to O'Neill and opened his arms, and O'Neill came to a hug, "Old man, I'm sorry, for the past."
O'Neill hugged Kobe, reached out and patted Kobe on the back, "It's okay, it's over. I also want to apologize to you."
Ye Hao stood to the side, smiled and took a photo of them with his mobile phone, recording this precious moment.
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After the All-Star Game, the Thunder continued their winning streak and extended it to 28 games.
Their record is also tied with the Lakers,
With the advantage of the game, the Lakers continue to hold the first place in the list.
In the No.28 nine games after the 20-game winning streak, the Thunder challenged the Magic in an away game, and finally lost by 2 points.
The 28-game winning streak also came to an abrupt end.
This prevented them from tying the Lakers' 33-game winning streak.
But 28 consecutive victories are already shocking enough.
The winning streak ended, and the pressure on the Thunder players to move forward suddenly disappeared.
The longer the winning streak is, the more pressure people will not dare to lose.
But when a team is more afraid of losing and afraid of losing, it's like putting shackles on the players, making them unable to let go of their hands and feet to play on the court.
When the pressure passes, they can return to normal to play.
This change in the mentality of the players is actually a good thing.
That's it, the NBA's February schedule has passed and it has entered March.
In March, the focus of fans across the United States was not on the NBA, but on the NCAA.
This month, almost everyone is talking about the NCAA. Even the stars in the NBA are also expressing their views on the NCAA games and predictions of victory and defeat.
Harden and Curry also decided to lead the team through the NCAA games this season before officially participating in the NBA draft.
The two of them usually communicate frequently. In addition to discussing the games of their respective teams, they will also chat about their favorite teams.
Curry said he has only one goal, and that is the New York Knicks, other than that, he is not willing to go anywhere else.
Harden is not so picky. According to the prediction of the draft list, his draft pick is probably in the top ten, a little behind Curry.
But he still has a team he wants to go to, that is, he wants to be on the same team as Ye Hao, and he wants to go to the Thunder.
Curry dismissed Harden's idea.
He believes that the Thunder have already selected two rookie point guards last year, Dragic and George Hill, and they both played well in the new season.
Even if they played a performance that fits their draft pick, how could the Thunder choose another point guard?
But Harden has his own opinion. He said that according to this year's draft forecast, most of the top ten players are defenders. If the Thunder don't choose guards, they will have to compromise and choose some poor inside players.
For the Thunder, they have no shortage of inside players. Jordan and Ibaka have already established a foothold in the inside.
So under this current situation, the Thunder are forced to choose only one defender.
He thought this was his chance.
And he told Curry that he would send an email to the general manager of the Thunder, Presti, introduce himself, tell him that he is interested in joining the Thunder, and hope to attract the attention of the Thunder management, so that they can pay attention. his performance.
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In March, the Thunder performed well.
It's just that compared to their winning streak, it is naturally a decline.
However, they still hold the second place in the league record.
The first place is still the Lakers.
Kobe finally won the Western Conference Player of the Month Award for March from Ye Hao by virtue of his performance in March.
And Ye Hao has already won the Best Player of the Month Award in the West Block for November, December, January, and February.
He also surpassed LeBron James on the league's official MVP rankings, ranking first a few issues ago.
The MVP of the regular season is waving to Ye Hao.
As long as the Thunder's performance does not decline in the remaining half of April, there is a high probability that Ye Hao will win the regular season MVP trophy.
This is the view of many NBA media reporters and experts.
However, there are also many experts who are complaining about James. They believe that James is also eligible to win the regular season MVP trophy.
James' performance this season is so good. Under his leadership, the Cavaliers have always been at the top of the Eastern Conference and have never slipped to second.
For many times at the beginning of the season, James has also been ranked first in the league's MVP list.
Even though the record of the Cavaliers is slightly inferior to that of the Lakers, Kobe has already won the regular season MVP trophy last season, and it will be extremely difficult for him to win again.
This is also one of the important reasons why James ranked first on the MVP list at the beginning of the season, and no one can threaten his position.
However, when Ye Hao led the Thunder all the way to overtake and move forward, and won 28 consecutive victories with the momentum of swallowing thousands of miles, the Thunder finally surpassed the Cavaliers and took the second place in the league.
James' top position on the MVP list can no longer be held.
Ye Hao became the top of the list.
This is difficult for James to accept.
It's Ye Hao again, it's still Ye Hao!
This guy has taken too much from him.
Now you want to compete with him for the regular season MVP again?
For the players, he has never won the highest personal honor award.
No, Ye Hao cannot be allowed to succeed.
It's not a big deal for insignificant awards like the MVP of the All-Star Game to be robbed if they are robbed.
But James must get the regular season MVP award.
If he hasn't even won an MVP trophy, he has no way to prove that he has the strength to surpass the old rascal Jordan.
So he clearly expressed in the team that he requires the team to win all the games in the remaining half month of April.
The only way to achieve a complete victory is to hope that the Thunder will lose a game or two, so that the Cavaliers' record may catch up with the Thunder.
Only in this way can he surpass Ye Hao and get back the regular season MVP trophy that originally belonged to him.
It's just that James' request is a bit abnormal for the team's head coach Michael Brown.
Normally, their team has already confirmed their tickets to the playoffs, and they are now [-]% sure that they will be able to enter the playoffs as the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference.
Under such circumstances, for them, the best option is to start resting players, so as to ensure that the players can have sufficient physical fitness in the playoffs.
If you really want to try your best to win the remaining few games, it is actually not worth the loss.
It's just that Michael Brown's doubts are all doubts, and he muttered in his heart.
He knew very well in his heart that who was the real boss of the Cavaliers and who really had the final say.
Others said that his tactical arrangement was to give the ball to James to play, and that his responsibility in the team was to obey James, make him happy, and do a good job as a babysitter.
It's not that he hasn't heard of these rumors. There are many such reports in the media reports. Even if he wants to avoid them, he can't avoid them.
Just pretend not to see it.
Those who ridicule him will not understand the difficulty of his being the head coach of the Cavaliers.
If they were to do it, no one would be able to do it better than him.
Making James happy is his greatest skill.
Now that James said that he wants to win the remaining games, he will not take turns and try his best to play the remaining games.
At the press conference, the Cavaliers said that they will not rest in the last few games, will not release water during the game, and will do their best to play the remaining games. This is what they have always been responsible to the fans manner.
This statement is in contrast to the actual practice of the Spurs (the old man Popovich is already resting Duncan and other players), and it has caused many people to discuss whether the team's main players should be rested at the end of the season.
However, even though the Cavaliers tried their best to improve their winning percentage and team record, they failed to win all the remaining 7 games.
They first lost to the Celtics, a strong team in the East, and then they had to challenge the Thunder away in the final game of the regular season.
The outcome of this game will determine who has the second record in the league.
Before the war, the Thunder led the Cavaliers by half a game.
If the Cavaliers can win the Thunder in the final game, they will be able to advance to the playoffs with the first record in the East and the second record in the league.
Relatively speaking, the Thunder didn't take this game so seriously.
They are also the last game of the regular season.
Regardless of whether they win or lose, they can only compete in the playoffs as the second place in the Western Conference.
This will give them home court advantage until the Western Conference Finals.
As for the finals, we have to go through the Western Conference finals first.
Now they don't think about it that much.
So they played relatively relaxed in April, losing two of the seven games they played, which also allowed the Cavaliers to finally catch up with them.
The different attitudes of the two sides towards the final battle seem to be that the Cavaliers are more eager to win the game.
As soon as the Cavaliers came up, James first broke through and scored two points for a layup.
After that, the Thunder failed to score three consecutive offenses, which allowed the Cavaliers to seize the opportunity to further widen the point difference.
The Cavaliers played a 10-2 opening attack wave.
At this time, the Thunder regained their touch.
First, Ye Hao ignored Anthony Parker's defense from the perimeter, hit a fadeaway jumper, scored a three-pointer, and blew the clarion call for the Thunder's counterattack.
Then Durant made a series of high jumpers to score points.
The Thunder chased 7 points in a row, chasing the point difference to only 1 point.
The two sides began to see-saw back and forth.
James took possession of the ball and pushed it over. Big Z came out to set him a pick and roll. He dribbled the ball around and then rushed in.
Trying to layup in front of Ibaka, but Ibaka blocked the basketball in his hand with a big cap.
The Thunder attack.
The basketball was handed over to Ye Hao, and Ye Hao made another unreasonable three-point shot from outside the three-point line, and then made a three-pointer.
He played easy and relaxed.
When the opportunity presented, he would vote,
If the opponent dares to let him go, he may throw the opponent to death.
The Thunder overtook the score.
They maintained their advantage until halftime.
The two sides entered the second half.
Back in the second half, the Cavaliers once again had a breakthrough from James and made it difficult to score.
For the Thunder, Ye Hao and Durant played a pick-and-roll.
After Ye Hao broke in, he returned the ball to Durant. Durant misplaced and hit Delonte West, and made another precise mid-range jumper.
Looking back, James forced a three-pointer from the outside.
The ball hit the backboard, bounced back to the basket and spun around, and even scored.
But Ye Hao's response came immediately.
He dribbled the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, rushed into the penalty area, pulled the bar to the limit in front of Big Z, and sent the basketball into the basket in a chic manner.
After James got the ball, he advanced across the half court and handed the ball to Mo William who came around. When Mo William waited for him to run to the left flank, he immediately returned the ball to him.
James caught the ball, pulled it up immediately, and shot a three-pointer.
Bang Dang, this ball is not as lucky as before.
The basketball bounced out of the frame.
Durant grabbed the backcourt rebound, dribbled the ball forward alone, and passed the ball to Ye Hao after coming over.
Ye Hao received the ball and raised his hand to score a three-pointer.
Still in.
Barkley said that if Ye Hao keeps making three-pointers like this, the Cavaliers really don't need to play.
The lethality of the three-pointer is too great.
And just like Barkley said.
In the third quarter, in a single quarter, Ye Hao made 6 three-pointers.
This allowed the Thunder to widen the point difference to 17 points at once.
In the fourth quarter, Ye Hao stopped playing immediately.
After three quarters, get out of class, anyway, no matter whether he wins or loses the final game, his homework for the regular season is considered complete.
James led the team to recover a few points in the fourth quarter.
But Durant's shooting is also very sharp, leading the team to compete against opponents on the court.
In the end, the Thunder won the closing game with a 108-100 advantage of 8 points.
Ye Hao personally scored 36 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
James had a quasi-triple-double of 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
(End of this chapter)