NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 98

Lu Yuanzhi shrugged helplessly. He didn't need to explain from Geoff Cattery. He also knew that this was the alliance's watering again.

Some time ago, the top stars in the NBA spoke out together to build momentum for him. The league office also felt that Malone was a bit outrageous in the past few years.

Is this okay?

who do you think You Are?

It's just a remnant of the old era who wants to stop us from making stars?

Therefore, the alliance office has not made a sound about this matter, and there is a plan to make a major event a minor one.

But now Malone is seriously injured and unable to participate in the rest of the series. Then he has to stand up and punish Lu Yuanzhi to a certain extent, just in time to silence the Salt Lake City media.

Three games, no more, no less, just right!
The league office predicts that the Mavericks, who wins one game first, will eliminate the Timberwolves 3:0 or 3:1, and will face the Kings in the Western Conference semifinals.

If the Kings eliminated the Malone-less Jazz 3-0, then Lu Yuanzhi would continue to be suspended for the first game against the Mavericks, just to support the weaker Mavericks.

The Mavericks came full circle in the second half of the season and successfully overtook the Kings to become the most powerful offensive team this season, averaging 105.2 points per game.

The Kings' average of 104.6 points per game has long occupied the top spot in the league's scoring list, but was surpassed by the Mavericks at the last moment.

The confrontation between the two offensive teams will definitely bring high ratings.

At the beginning, I tried to put the Mavericks on the back foot, hoping that the two teams could play a full 7 games and make the league a lot of money!
Geoff Petrie saw that Lu Yuanzhi was a little depressed, so he said, "Max, you did it for yourself, for Peja, and for the entire Sacramento Kings team. We will never let you be wronged." !"

"As for the suspension, you know that even if you file a complaint, it won't change much."

"What the team can do is help you pay the $5 fine. I hope this news will make you feel better."

Lu Yuanzhi nodded, said some words of gratitude to the team, and quickly went back to training.

The Kings players also devoted themselves to training more easily. Without Malone, the Jazz are really not enough.

If you are crazy, you can directly study the opponents in the Western Conference semifinals!
On the evening of April 4, since Arco Arena was full, Lu Yuanzhi put on a suit and followed the team to the stadium.

The fans had long known about the league's punishment, so when Lu Yuanzhi walked onto the court, the big screen was directly aimed at Lu Yuanzhi, and the fans also gave out huge cheers to show their encouragement.

Lu Yuanzhi froze for a moment, saw himself appearing on the big screen, figured out what was going on, raised his hand, waved to the fans, and then louder cheers rang out.

On the other side of the court, the Jazz players looked sad and angry, as if they were in mourning.

But this is a competitive game after all, this is a business alliance after all, and Aibing's momentum did not last long.

After the game started, the Kings, led by Webber, launched a fierce offensive against the Jazz. However, the Jazz, who had lost their core general, retreated steadily and soon lost their morale.

The Kings once again beat the Jazz at home with a score of 90:105.

The unrestricted Weber once again had a dominant performance. In just three quarters, he made 18 of 10 shots, 8 of 7 free throws, and scored 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists.

In the third game, after moving to Salt Lake City, the Jazz fought back amid the crazy cheers and cheers of the fans, causing a lot of trouble for the Kings in the first three quarters.

But Malone's absence caused the Jazz to lose in the fourth quarter.

The final score was 90:86. The Kings narrowly defeated the Jazz in an away game and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a big score of 3:0.

Lu Yuanzhi didn't appear in the next two games, but fortunately the system made him an individual and rewarded him with skill points.

"Strengthened Confrontation" skill, 3/10, reduces the impact on Lu Yuanzhi's center of gravity after the confrontation by 15%.

As for how this strengthened confrontation skill and the previous confrontation finishing skill are settled together, we still have to wait until the actual combat to experience it.

In the matchup between No. 5 and No. 3 in the Western Conference, the Mavericks also advanced smoothly with a score of 0:[-].

From the fans' point of view, they find it incredible that the ranking difference between the two teams is only one. Why can the Mavericks win a crushing victory?

But in the eyes of insiders, this score is very normal.

Originally, the Mavericks' regular season wins were only 57, which was only one win away from the Spurs and Lakers who had 58 wins. They were a member of the first group.

The No.5 Timberwolves have only 50 wins.

What's more, the Mavericks made a very obvious reinforcement trade in the second half of the season.

The Mavericks sent Juwan Howard and veteran Tim Hardaway to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Reeve LaFrentz and Rick Van Exel.

This deal is very important to the Mavericks. LaFrentz, who is in his fourth year in the league, is 211 centimeters tall, strong, moves quickly, and has a very strong ability to protect the basket.

The original center of the Mavericks, the big bamboo pole Bradley, was directly pushed to the bench by him.

The biggest beneficiary of this adjustment is Nowitzki.

Originally, Nowitzki's defense was very difficult, but now with LaFrentz behind him, he can release more energy and devote himself to the offense.

三场比赛，诺维茨基场均能拿33.3分15.7篮板3.0抢断，与场均24分19.7篮板5.0次助攻的狼王加内特成功完成了兑子。

The Kings' Chris Webber also experienced a data explosion without Malone marking him.

In the three games of the first round, Webber averaged 28.2 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game, and the statistics were equally gorgeous.

The match between the Kings and the Mavericks, the two teams that took the lead in breaking into the second round of the playoffs, became the focus of fans' attention with the help of the league.

The passionate collision of the two teams that are best at attacking in the league, the duel of two power forwards with the strongest attacking power.

The topic is full.

Under the constant media hype, the game between the two teams will start on May 5 at Arco Arena in Sacramento.

Before the game, the Kings rested for 7 days and the Mavericks rested for 6 days.

Blame Benzema, oh no, blame the Spurs, played 5 games in the first round, defeated the Sonics 3:2, and the other three teams that advanced 3:0 had to rest for a few more days, etc. Look at the Spurs.

Lu Yuanzhi appeared again in a suit and quickly found Da Zhi in the crowd.

"Dazhi, I stole a record from you!" Lu Yuanzhi enthusiastically stepped forward and hugged Dazhi.

"Ah?" Da Zhi was a little confused by Lu Yuanzhi's enthusiasm, and he was even more confused about what Lu Yuanzhi said, but he was still very happy. In this environment where he didn't understand the language and was unfamiliar with the place, a compatriot could talk about it. Mandarin is really rare.

"I scored on the 20th, and you got your first playoff point on the 28th," Lu Yuanzhi said in an exaggerated tone, "So, now I am the first player in the history of the NBA playoffs." A scoring Chinese!"

After saying "Hahahaha", both of them laughed.

The atmosphere was harmonious before the game, but no one expected that as soon as the game started, the situation suddenly changed and the game developed in a direction that no one expected.

(End of this chapter)