Basketball: The Chosen Victim

On April 4th, the playoffs officially start!
In the East, the first day of the game is the Heat and the Eagles, and the Pacers and the Celtics.

No miracle happened. Atlanta's Joe Johnson and Josh Smith Atlanta double eagles were no match for the Big Three in Miami, losing the playoff opener 80-87 away.

Although the Pacers played against the Celtics at home, they suffered a worse loss than the Eagles, losing to the Celtics 93-105 due to the injury and absence of the son of Indian City, Danny Granger.

In the West, the highly anticipated Thunder staged a shocking reversal at the last second against the Mavericks.

The Mavericks' Nowitzki was double-teamed by Ibaka and Durant in the first quarter. The latter two are both long-armed and flexible perverts. Nowitzki moved out of the Golden Rooster. Yes, he was blocked by Durant twice in a row, and his shooting percentage fell to 6 of 1 shots.

At a critical moment, Jason Terry, the champion of last season's championship, "Jet" stood up again. Taking advantage of Westbrook's full energy in the offensive space, he scored 9 points efficiently on four of four shots and led the Mavericks to 26-22. [-] to build the lead.

In the second quarter, in order to reduce the pressure on Westbrook's offense, Durant devoted more energy to assist the team's offense. In the second half, Harden directly took over Westbrook and took on the main offensive task.

The three masters were united, and their strength broke the gold. In the second quarter, the Thunder stopped the decline and slightly pulled the score back to 51-48.

For most of the third and fourth quarters, the two teams continued to fall into a stalemate.

Facing the impact of Westbrook, the Mavericks without Chandler looked vulnerable inside. Even though Nowitzki hit a few fairy shots tenaciously in a row, they still couldn't widen the point difference.

In the last minute, the Mavericks only led 1-96 by 94 points, and the Thunder still had the ball.

Durant pulled on the outside, attracted the defense and passed the ball to Ibaka without looking at anyone. Ibaka successfully caused Nowitzki to foul and scored two plus one!

96-97!

At the moment of life and death, Nowitzki made a series of mistakes and was intercepted by Perkins. However, when Durant finished, he came out with an iron bullet!

Nowitzki grabbed the defensive rebound and caused Harden's thug foul in transition!

Two free throws were made, 98-97, Nowitzki completed the redemption and pulled the score to 98-97!

There are only 9 seconds left, the Thunder has no timeout, Ibaka serves to Harden, Harden makes a long pass to Durant, and Durant makes a layup in the last 1.5 seconds!

Nowitzki's blocking was a step slower, and the score was fixed at 98-99!

The Chesapeake Energy Stadium was boiling. Facing the Mavericks, the opponent of last year's Western Conference finals, the Thunder successfully completed the reversal at the last second and defended their home court!
The Chesapeake Energy Stadium staged a startling step by step, and the FedEx Arena staged a super reversal!

In the last game of the day, the Clippers challenged the Grizzlies away. After trailing 64 points 85-21 at the end of the third quarter, the Clippers finally managed to comeback 99-98!

Until the last moment, you never know the final result!

The Memphis four scored in double figures. They weren't in bad shape, but in the last quarter, they were stunned by Yang Shaoxia, that is, Nick Young's three-pointers made three of four shots!

But in the 3 minutes from the 9rd minute to the 5th minute of the opening of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies didn't score a single point, especially when there are all-star insiders like the black and white bears, it shouldn't be true.

Looking back at the game video, you can find that in the first half of the fourth quarter, Varejao kept talking to the two of them, coupled with Paul's constant small movements, both black and white were full of anger, and the result was He kept hitting the iron when he shot, which seriously affected his mentality on the court.

But that's part of the game, and Memphis fans leave the game disappointed, while Clippers fans in front of the TV celebrate online.

Not only the big reversal turned defeat into victory, but also Chris Paul won the steals king of the season!
This is the fourth time that Paul has won this award, but Paul is not very happy personally, because the assist king he is looking forward to is being snatched away by his rival Rondo with an average of 11.7 assists per game.

Also unhappy is James. The final data came out. His season scoring average of 28.03 points was 28.16 worse than Durant's 0.13, and he missed the scoring champion.

The other two data kings are Howard's rebounding leader and Ibaka's blocking leader.

Because Wu Di needs to help Owen this season, his average data per game has dropped a lot compared to last season. He recorded 26.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 0.9 steals and 2.6 blocks, so he missed all the titles of data kings.

However, this is not without benefits. With such a dense schedule this season, Wu Di still played full attendance in a healthy manner.

And more importantly, although the activation frequency of Wu Di's flying mode has dropped sharply this season, thanks to the all-round improvement of attributes such as layups, short-range shots, mid-range shots, and long-range shots after the crazy krypton gold, his shooting percentage has actually improved. Hit a new high!

In terms of overall shooting percentage, Wu Di recorded a sky-high 19.5% with an average of 52.9 shots per game!

52.9%!

This statistic made Corvo blush and Lao Zhan hurt his ass when he saw it!

52.9%, it would not be surprising to say that a certain center has a shooting percentage, but Wu Di is a small forward, and the percentage of three-pointers is close to 50%...

Can it explode more? !
This statistic is already the highest overall shooting percentage at the small forward position, and it is in the lead among the All-Star small forwards!
即使扩大到分卫，这个数据也能排的上号，仅次于老流氓87~88赛季、88~89赛季、90~91赛季。

And take it apart, Wu Di's three-point shooting percentage leads the league with 45.6%, and his free throw percentage has increased from 72.1% last season to 86.2%.

虽然严格意义上来说没有满足180俱乐部50-40-90的要求，但显然吴迪的命中率数据加起来已经远远超过了180，并且比常规180更有含金量。

Wu Di's turnovers also dropped sharply from 4.7 times per game to 2.4 times per game, which also caused his PER and other high-level data to increase instead of decrease!
Therefore, it is not surprising that Wu Di can currently lead the MVP list.

榜单上，排在第二的是场均28.0分7.9篮板6.2助攻1.9抢断0.8盖帽的詹姆斯。

Although James' efficiency is mediocre, his statistics are very gorgeous, and the Heat's record is second in the Eastern Conference, so he ranks No.2 on the list.

第三则是场均23.8分7.9助攻3.4篮板0.9抢断0.7盖帽的罗斯。

Although Rose's statistics are worse than those of James and Wu Di, the Bulls' record is the first in the league and their team leadership is not in vain.

No.4是场均28.1分8.0篮板3.5助攻1.3抢断1.2盖帽的杜兰特。

Durant scored and rebounded a little bit better than James, but he didn't widen the gap, and his organization was much weaker. In addition, the Thunder's record was the same as the Heat's second, so it ranked fourth.

第五则是场均27.9分5.4篮板4.6助攻1.2抢断0.3盖帽的科比。

Not much to say about Kobe, the league's scoring list is third, and this data was achieved despite many off-court unfavorable factors, and the Lakers have a good record, ranking third in the West, and their dominance is still there.

Although Wu Di leads the MVP list, he himself knows everything about it, and he doesn't expect to win the MVP this season at all.

It's one thing to make a list, but quite another to actually win a prize.

The note on the list clearly states, "The list is for reference only, and the top ten on the list have a chance to win the MVP."

Just like last season, Wu Di didn't even make the top three and only ranked fourth, but he still won the MVP in the end.

Last season, Wu Di was able to win the MVP due to many reasons.

On the one hand, it can be regarded as a reward for contributing huge traffic to the league. On the other hand, he is completely single-core to carry the Cavaliers' offense and defense, and the data explodes. In addition, James, the son of Nike, left. Nike asked the league to control public opinion.

But this season is different. Nike has spared nothing to deal with him, and his image has become a villain like Thanos. He stole the FMVP of Nuo Tianwang, kidnapped the league and won the MVP, and the Cavaliers became the Heat. object of revenge...

More importantly, Under Armor has not contributed any sponsorship to the NBA!
So the rankings are just smoke bombs. No matter how good his statistics are, the league can find a reason to award the MVP to James of Nike or Ross of Adidas.

But it doesn't matter to him. Although he can get a huge stock award of nearly 6000 million dollars from Under Armor after winning the MVP, compared with the Facebook stock he is about to cash out, it is just a drop in the bucket.

Facebook has passed the meeting, and it will be listed on Nasdaq on May 5, which is the middle of the first round of the playoffs!

After the acquisition of Instagram, Facebook has gone through several rounds of financing, and after introducing some powerful strategic investors, Facebook's valuation has gone through a hurricane!

Converted from the issue price of US$38, Facebook’s market value has soared from US$196 billion when it acquired Instagram a few months ago to US$1040 billion!

In this listing, Facebook will raise $160 billion in funds from the market, which is the largest initial public offering (IPO) of an Internet company in the history of the United States, and the third largest IPO in all industries, second only to VISA in 2008 and General Motors in 2010. car.

However, after several subsequent rounds of financing, Wu Di’s previously 3.86% shares have also been diluted to 2.32%. Based on the initial offering market value, the market value of his shares will reach a terrifying $24.128 billion!

In other words, he will become a real billionaire (worth more than one billion US dollars)!
Not only his wealth, but his social status has also risen. Facebook’s follow-up financing can be so smooth, thanks to Instagram’s good storytelling, so he and Systrom both won seats on Facebook’s board of directors.

It's just that Systrom is an executive director because of his position at Facebook Group, and he is an independent director.

Independent directors are also called external directors. Technically speaking, they refer to those who are independent from the company's shareholders and do not hold positions in the company, and have no important business or professional contacts with the company or the company's managers, and make independent judgments on company affairs. director.

However, independent directors have exactly the same power on the board of directors as executive directors, so the appointment of independent directors is very particular. They are generally celebrities, and they must be trusted by the board of directors.

After all, although the name of the external director is nominally to protect the interests of small and medium shareholders, how can the actual controller of the company allow idlers to enter the top decision-making body of the company like the board of directors?

In China, the shareholding ratio of independent directors of listed companies needs to be within 1%. The United States directly does not even have this restriction, and even encourages independent directors to hold shares.

In short, Wu Di, the independent director of a company with a market value of [-] billion US dollars, has another glamorous appearance.

In addition to him, Systrom, and Zuckerberg, the other members of Facebook's 11-member board include CFO (Chief Financial Officer) David Ebosman, CMO (Chief Operating Officer) David Fischer, CLO (Chief Legal Counsel) Theodore Uyot.

These three are all executive directors. American listed companies require more than half of the independent directors, so the remaining five are all independent directors. They are:
Mark Andreessen, co-investor of Instagram and Facebook, and co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz Venture Capital Fund.

Clarium Capital and Founders Fund fund manager Peter Thiel, the fund manager is the boss of the PayPal gang in Silicon Valley and the author of "From Zero to One".

Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings, Washington Post chairman and CEO Donald Graham.

There is also a white glove of a certain super family, Erskine Bowles, if you are interested, you can check it out.

In short, this is good news. By May 5th, Wu Di will be able to turn himself into a capitalist!

Good things come in pairs, that night, the first major award of the 2011~2012 season was given out, and Irving was successfully elected as the best rookie of the season!

Of all 120 first ballots, Irving got 117!
2011-12赛季，欧文场均可得18.5分5.4次助攻，是NBA历史上第五位在新秀赛季场均18+5的状元秀，前四位分别是奥斯卡·罗伯特森、魔术师·约翰逊、阿伦·艾弗森、勒布朗·詹姆斯。

Cavaliers fans are boiling!

A team won the best rookie award for two consecutive years, which is unique in the current NBA history, and it happened for the first time!
The Cavaliers once again made history!

The Rockets were also promising. The No. 83 pick in 84, Ralph Sampson, won the Rookie of the Year in 84, and Olajuwon was selected as the No. [-] pick in [-].

Dameng is stronger than Sambson, but he met Michael Jordan, and unfortunately lost the best rookie!

But now the Cavaliers have achieved this unprecedented feat!

"Thanks to your boss!"

In the knight training hall, Owen rushed over excitedly to give Wu Di a high-five!
In fact, the success rate of the best rookie is underestimated. Throughout NBA history, only 7 best rookies have not entered the Hall of Fame, and the probability of entering the Hall of Fame is higher than that of the best team. The rebounding champions don't even know how high they are.

"This is what you deserve!"

Wu Di patted his head and smiled. Although Irving won the best rookie this time, it has a lot to do with his release of the ball, but Irving also won this award in his previous life:
"Let's win that big trophy together!"

As he spoke, he picked up the champagne handed over by his teammates and joined the celebration team.

Unlike the old Zhan who joined midway in his previous life, he brought Owen to grow up from the very beginning, so Irving is still very convinced of him, and he thought Wu Di was the team leader from the beginning, and he didn't have those thoughts later.

But this may also be because Wu Di's skills are much better than that of Lao Zhan, especially in terms of ball control. Wu Di's ball control ability has reached 98, and coupled with Owen's incomparable super hands, Owen can't accept it.

After a brief celebration, a group of people rehearsed a mysterious dance led by sister-in-law Kelly Rowland.

This is the show they are going to bring to the fans at the opening game of the playoffs tomorrow, a dance full of joy and funny!

Since Roland raised this opinion last time, Wu Di had a special discussion with Scott, and felt that this is a good way to improve the team's cohesion, and this season's schedule is very tight, and proper dancing is also a very good way for the players. Good way to relax.

It's just that when everyone started rehearsing, the painting style gradually became a little crooked... (End of this chapter)