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Chapter 250 [Who do you hope your opponent will be in the finals]

Su Xi's questions were not reported.

The Indiana reporter was still measured, although he said in his discussion with Su Xi that Jordan was still only a member of the University of North Carolina when he was 20 years old and did not enter the NBA.

However, in the current basketball atmosphere, Jordan is the god of basketball who cannot be challenged.

Even O'Neal and Duncan, no one thinks they can really compare with Jordan.

Su Xi is only a sophomore, even though he won the Finals MVP in his rookie season and the regular season MVP in the second season, creating the best rookie start in history.

But... Jordan's story is really legendary.

Many of the records he left behind are considered to be unbreakable, not to mention the fact that he led his team to establish two dynasties, which are also considered to be mountains that cannot be climbed.

Su Xi can indeed compare with the 20-year-old Jordan, and even has better honors than the 20-year-old Jordan.

However, the media and spectators will not think so. They will think that Su Xi is ambitious and a sophomore wants to challenge the authority of the basketball god.

NBA basketball circles don't like players who challenge Jordan.

In his rookie season, Iverson just said, "I don't need to respect anyone on the court," and was severely criticized by the media. It was not until the new century that he emerged with his street charm and unignorable court prowess, becoming a superstar and... The leader among the top four shooting guards of the new generation.

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Susie and the Pacers entered the Eastern Conference finals ahead of schedule with a 4-0 record. On the other side, the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons were in full swing.

Both teams are very strong.

The Pistons' strength this season has only improved compared to last season, not declined.Although their record dropped to third place in the Eastern Conference due to the Battle at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the long suspension period for the Battle at the Palace of Auburn Hills actually brought two major benefits to their playoffs: First, their bench lineup was fully exercised. , especially Milicic gained some growth during this period.Second, Wallace and Prince were fully rested. During this period, they repaired their old injuries and were in a very high state of mind and body.

Coupled with a stronger tactical understanding, their overall strength is even better than last year's competition with the Pacers for the Eastern Conference championship.

Su Xi watched their Tianwangshan battle, and he judged that if this Pistons and last year's Pacers played in the Eastern Conference Finals, even if he continued to evolve during the game, the Pacers would only have a 3% chance of winning.

In fact, the Pacers' defeat of the Pistons last year was somewhat of a fluke.

The Heat won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain.

This is very critical.

Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O'Neal are a match made in heaven. He is more willing to pass the ball than Kobe, and his offensive ability is extremely strong: what the Pistons fear most is this kind of defender with strong offensive ability.On the contrary, I am not that afraid of a super guard like Kobe who plays in isolation.

In addition, Shaquille O'Neal is in good condition, probably because of Su Xi's stimulation, and he won the MVP in the All-Star Game.Su Xi even felt that he was more dominant than last year's finals.

The Pistons used Double Wallace to hit him repeatedly, but failed to pull him down.

Although his free throws at critical moments were heart-wrenching, Wade's three-pointers at critical moments gave Miami the last laugh.

Wade is the fastest rising super defender in this year's playoffs.

In the first round, he averaged 25.6 points, 6.8 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. This is already the data of a superstar.

Since the second round, he has averaged 28.2 points, 7.0 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals in five games under the Pistons' defense.

Many media say Wade has become the absolute leader of the Heat.

Moreover, he is said to be a sudden superstar in the 2003 class. He is already ranked among the top three players with James and Su Xi, half a step ahead of Carmelo Anthony.

When Su Xi heard this sentence on ESPN, he was stunned.

What he was thinking was: How could James be so good?How can he be tied with the top three?His statistics in the regular season are good, but the playoffs are different from the regular season. He has never even touched the floor in the playoffs. Can he be compared with Wade and me?
He should be on the same level as Carmelo Anthony.

Su Xi was very disdainful of this.

Shaquille O'Neal showed unprecedented humility.

Speaking of which, O'Neal is really a bit 'tragic'.He and Hardaway competed for salary and leadership in Orlando, but the Magic said, "I can't give you a higher contract extension than Hardaway, I'm afraid Hardaway will misunderstand." It was deeply hurt, and the Orlando fans called him a bitch at the time. , thinking he shouldn't touch Hardaway.Even if he is stronger on the court.

Therefore, he even went to the Lakers with a salary cut.With the Lakers, he showed unprecedented dominance, leading the Lakers to three consecutive championships and three consecutive Finals MVPs.As a result, the Lakers' own guard Kobe Bryant competed with him for the team leader's seat.

After the Lakers fell away from the championship for two consecutive years last year.The Lakers chose to hold hands with Kobe and let him go, the de facto No. 1 player in the league.

O'Neill's heart was deeply hurt again.

When he came to Miami, he seemed to suddenly have an enlightenment.

He awakened to the fate that he could only be a 'matching partner'.

From the day he arrived in Miami, he said humbly: "I will help Wade grow."

Now, the media says Wade is more like the core of the Heat.

He didn't have any doubts and said straightforwardly: "This is Flash Wade's team."

Su Xi stared blankly in front of the TV.

Why did you go early?

O'Neal, when did you become so humble?

And Kobe, you talked to me on the phone every now and then, and you even went to Indiana to recruit me. You even said that you would create a two-person system. Los Angeles is big enough to accommodate two superstars.

After they separated, one was more humble than the other. Why did the eyes become different from eyes and the nose become different from nose when they were together?

Why bother.

Su Xi thought to herself, this is probably the so-called meeting the right person at the wrong time.

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The suspense between the Miami Heat and the Detroit Pistons remains until Game [-].

Because in Game [-], the Pistons won.

The Pistons defeated the Miami Heat 77:71.

They used their extremely rich experience to drag the Heat into a war of attrition, and then defeated the Heat as a matter of course.Wade was harassed by Prince from beginning to end in this game. Wade is still a bit younger. He only scored 10 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal in this game, and his shooting percentage was not high.

Young players have a lot of ups and downs.

The media said this was normal. They gave Wade a lot of tolerance and said this was a growing pain for young players. Everyone firmly believed that Wade would play a vital role in the seventh game.

Su Xi was stunned for a moment, and he asked Miller: "When did the basketball media become so tender? They actually take such caring care of Wade."

"They're just not so warm to you, brother." Miller sipped the bottle while talking to Susie.

Miller has recently become obsessed with health and wellness.

He decided to play two more seasons, and his agent has begun negotiations with the team.

What he drinks now is breast milk, which was bought specially.

After Miller won one championship, he wanted to win a second. The reason he wanted to renew his contract was because he wanted to win a third and fourth.

Based on Miller's status in Indiana, the Pacers will pay him as much salary as he wants to play, and he must start at the full mid-level level.

Artest teased him: You are a thief by saying that you are old and do not die.

Miller didn't care. He always thought he would play an important role in key games. He didn't feel old at all.He even kept emphasizing in the locker room: After drinking breast milk, I feel that all the cells in my body are rejuvenated. "Think about what you've done, my dear Jack. When you step into the spotlight and you look like, 'I've got to teach all the media here,' it's going to be hard to repair your relationship. ." Reggie Miller spread his palms and said that the relationship between Su Xi and the media has been knotted.

"Fortunately, I don't care about that." Su Xi shrugged.

"In the future, if I enter the commentary circle after retiring, I will help you promote it, and maybe it will change your reputation." Miller continued.

Su Xi smiled: "If you enter the media circle, you must not cause a bloody storm in the media circle? Which media dares to invite you?"

"Who knows." Miller shrugged: "At least I won't be worse than my sister."

Sister Miller is a very senior sideline reporter for TNT.

"Who's going to win, Phoenix or San Antonio?" Soucy asked Miller.

The two sets of opponents in the Western Conference Finals have been announced, the showdown between the Suns and Spurs.

In Artest's words, Suhi is already thinking about his opponents in the next round.Once you break out of the east, you must be prepared in advance.

"Which team do you want to play?" Miller asked Suhi.

"The Spurs." Su Xi said firmly: "The Spurs are very strong. If I can play against them and beat them, it will be something worth bragging about in my career."

"What about the Suns? Isn't there a sense of accomplishment in defeating the Suns? You guy, you just stole the regular season MVP from Stephen Nash, and you have no interest in them anymore?"

"The Suns are easy for us to beat." Su Xi spread his palms and said, "It would be boring if the Suns entered the finals."

Miller shook his head and crossed himself on his chest: "Then I have to start praying for the sun now. I want to win the championship easily, but I don't want to seek excitement like a lunatic like you. This is not exciting at all. You It’s a mouse licking a cat’s pussy.”

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Game [-] between the Heat and Pistons captured the attention of basketball fans around the world.

This game has attracted more attention than any other game in this year's playoffs. After all, all the playoffs before this were about chopping things up, and the Rockets and Mavericks were slightly more competitive.

But compared to the tiebreaker between the Heat and Pistons, it was nothing more than a firefly.

Su Xi sat in front of the TV and watched the game.

This match was unprecedentedly fierce. Both sides had a strong will to fight and both were at [-]%.

Wade was unstoppable at the beginning. He rushed into the penalty area crazily and scored the first goal under the defense of Ben Wallace with a desperate attitude.

At that time, his whole body was thrown to the ground by Ben Wallace.

But he still chose to throw the basketball in a weightless state instead of protecting himself.

He fell to the ground so hard that Su Xi could feel the pain through the TV.

But Wade climbed up tenaciously and walked to the free throw line.

He is a new generation player with character.

Su Xi admired him very much.

Although his academic performance is very poor and he has dyslexia.

But this does not prevent Su Xi from making friends with him.

Then, the Pistons adopted a team offensive. They played very closely and methodically: I have to say that Larry Brown does have two brushes. Give him the right players, and he can pay attention to details to the extreme.

The two sides went back and forth, and the fight was inextricable.

As a spectator, Su Xi felt the tension and chill on the court.

After the first quarter, the score difference between the two sides was 25:26.

The shooting percentages of both sides are very high.

This is already a high-scoring game for the Pistons.

Therefore, the ESPN commentator said: It's bad, the Pistons may lose.If the Pistons cannot suppress their opponents' total score below 85 points, their probability of winning is very low.

Then in the second quarter, throughout the entire game, the Heat scored 16 points and the Pistons scored 15 points.

If you kill one thousand enemies, you will suffer eight hundred losses.

However, ESPN experts said that the Pistons' probability of winning has become greater.

Su Xi watched the rational analysis of these experts in front of the TV. He finally understood why these experts were so reasonable, yet so absurd.

Because the NBA has a very large database, they often just follow the script based on the data.

Of course, data is scientific.

However, the competition is not completely scientific.

The game also involves a duel of hearts, a confrontation of willpower, and random superpositions of various accidents... although in the end it will be reflected in the data and then corrected in the huge database.

However, data doesn't tell the whole story.

Suhi is a player who always makes the "existing data" elusive. He always deviates from the huge statistical library, which means that he keeps creating miracles and slapping experts in the face... making their predictions always fail.

In this way, can the relationship be good?
After the start of the second half, the Heat launched another fierce attack. O'Neal went out with all his strength. He beat Double Wallace in the paint.

He scored 14 points and 6 rebounds in a single quarter, showing his dominance.

You must know that the Pistons only scored 19 points in the third quarter.

The Heat relied on this quarter to establish a 7-point lead.

At such a slow pace, the Heat's leading data is very optimistic.

However, the Miami Heat have also laid hidden dangers.

O'Neal came off the court with 1 minute and 35 seconds left in the third quarter, having picked up 4 fouls.

This foul number is both safe and not so safe, and will play a very, very critical role in limiting O'Neal's use in the fourth quarter.

Stan Van Gundy's eyebrows are furrowed very high now.

Because...in the second half of the fourth quarter, the Pistons will definitely kill the shark.

Therefore, the Sharks must output violently in the first half of the quarter.

But if Shark comes on early and gets his fifth foul, he will definitely be used conservatively.

Su Xi sat in front of the TV and listened to the experts' analysis.

His eyebrows raised, and he thought to himself: What kind of problem is this?
But soon, experts' predictions came true.

Experts are not useless either.

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(End of this chapter)