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Chapter 534. Final Battle (Part 533)
It was around 6 o'clock in the morning in a villa in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

Zhang Yang woke up from a nap and read the training information for a long time. He was tired but still hadn’t finished reading!
He got up and poured himself a glass of water to drink, then took a break before continuing to watch. As he was drinking, he suddenly thought of something, and his swallowing action slowed down, and he almost choked to death.

Zhang San: The Son of Wind retired? A teacher as big as me is gone just like that?
Fortunately, the old blacksmith is still on tour and there is a finals. I can learn techniques from the old blacksmith who is two years older... No, there is a long section after the message!
Zhang Yang returned to the bedside and picked up his mobile phone. It was May 2017, 5.

Kobe Bryant announced his retirement during a live broadcast on his birthday on August 15, 8... This guy's tour season shouldn't be as long as 23 months, right?

Zhang San: Where is my big old blacksmith? Where is my big teacher Na? Have they all retired? Who are my teammates? Reed? Cup Cat? Sakishi!

It's been 17 years, I can't fight the Tsunami trio alone, right? This version of me is not that powerful!

Zhang Yang quickly read the following content.

"...In the first game of the finals, you led the team to a dominant performance. You defended Irving alone, limiting him to only 14 of 5 shots and only 13 points and 3 assists.

James played against the Raptors in the second round and the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, both of which went to seven games. He played the entire first half and developed cramps just before halftime. Although he continued to play after the break, his performance was obviously affected. He played 46 minutes, took 31 shots, and made only 11 of them, including 8 of 1 three-pointers, plus 8 of 5 free throws, and only scored 28 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

凯文-乐福15投6中，其中三分球8中2，加上2中2的罚球，仅拿到16分7板。

你20投11中、其中三分球7中4、加上6中6的罚球，拿到32分7板5助攻4抢断，布莱恩特13投6中拿到17分3板7助攻，加索尔拿到17分9板4助攻，你们3人率队13人登场12人有得分，以115比81屠杀骑士队34分赢得开门红。

总决赛上一次出现比这更大的分差，是07-08赛季总决赛G6，湖人队92比131输给凯尔特人队39分。

In G2, you also easily defeated the Cavaliers 114 to 99.

In Game 3, James, who returned to his home court, had a big outbreak, making 33 of 18 shots, including 7 of 3 three-pointers, and 16 of 12 free throws, scoring 51 points. He led the team to a 92-point lead of 85 to 7 in the first three quarters. With 4 seconds left in the final quarter, the Cavaliers led by two points at 114 to 112.

But at the last moment, you received the ball, turned around, took a step sideways and made a buzzer-beating shot, dragging the game into overtime!
In overtime, James was exhausted and didn't score. With the opponent defending the basket, you and Yang both scored 6 points with singles and long-range shots, making the overtime score 12 to 5. In the end, you reversed the Cavaliers 126 to 119 and made the overall score 3 to 0.

James tried his best to lead the team and was almost successful, but ultimately failed. In Game 4, although the league did not seem to want the finals to end so soon, he received 28 fouls in the game. The Cavaliers got 36 free throws in a single game, but the Cavaliers players had already lost their fighting spirit and only made 36 of the 25 free throws. The team's free throw percentage was less than %.

詹姆斯今晚也只出手了22次，本次总决赛第一次出手次数在30次以下，22投8中，其中三分球6中1，加上15中10的罚球，拿到27分13板5助攻。

You and your teammates endured the torture of whistles, and when Gasol fouled out at the beginning of the final quarter, you kept your composure and defeated the Cavaliers 6-102 to win the away championship!

布莱恩特最后一舞刚好打了24分钟，8投3中，拿到13分6助攻，整个总决赛场均14.5分4板6.5助攻，很好地承担起了三当家的责任。

Gasol averaged 20.5 points, 11 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. When facing Love, it seemed as if Love was the veteran who had played for 15 years.

Love treated himself as you or Curry in this finals. He took 4 three-pointers in 36 games, 2 more than you, but only made 11 of them, 4 less than you.

你以场均31.5分7板3助攻3.5抢断1盖帽、投篮命中率49%、三分命中率44.1%的表现，连续三年拿到FMVP，加上2012年的FMVP，超越沙克-奥尼尔和蒂姆-邓肯，成为NBA历史上FMVP次数第二多的球员！

At the award ceremony, you finally took over the 'Bill Russell Cup' from Bill Russell again. After being scolded by fans for two years, Adam Silver reluctantly handed the trophy to Russell first.

At the last moment of the award ceremony, Bryant, holding the championship trophy, took the microphone surrounded by teammates, opponents, reporters and cameras.

After winning the championship away from home, not many people left the scene until the end of the award ceremony. More than 15,000 fans were still in the audience because this was Bryant's last dance.

With tears in his eyes, Bryant choked for a long time, then picked up the microphone and said: It's time to end, I no longer have any attachment to the court, I don't want to go on anymore, let's end it at this most glorious moment, Mamba out!

'boom'

Bryant's retirement tour was a grand event that lasted for an entire season. He ended his 20-year career in the most glorious way as an eight-time champion.

In a corner where no one noticed, the No. 21 player of the Spurs and the No. 21 player of the Timberwolves also submitted retirement applications to the league, bought out their respective teams and paid the remaining salary in installments, and left the court.

Bryant's retirement was already decided, Kevin Garnett's retirement was foreseeable, and Tim Duncan's retirement was unexpected.

Since 10, the media has been hyping that Duncan will retire, but he always surprises the fans. This time, the Spurs just played the best overall offensive and defensive performance in team history. Just when people thought Duncan would set sail again, he suddenly ended his career.

The superstars of the era who dominated the basketball world for more than 96 years in the golden age of 20 stopped writing the chapter of the era and officially became a part of basketball history the moment the microphone in Bryant's hand fell to the ground.

The dynasty was established and there was endless glory, but when the free market opened, you looked back and found the team was in ruins.

Nash and Bryant retired one after another. Bryant's retirement made the management choose not to renew Gasol's contract. The 36-year-old Gasol joined the Spurs with 3 million for three years to succeed Duncan, and continued to attack the championship with Parker, Ginobili, Leonard and Aldridge.

刚结束的赛季里场均拿到11分3.8板3.5助攻的肯特-贝兹莫尔，得到了一份不可思议的报价，以4年8000万加入老鹰队。

Wayne Ellington got a five-year, $5 million contract and joined the Heat.

Marcus Thornton received a two-year, $2 million offer from the Wizards and chose to join.

Sacre joined the Pelicans for one year and $220 million.

Even Tarik Blake, the backup center who averaged 4 points and 6 rebounds per game last season, received a one-year, $1 million offer from the Rockets.

Nick Young also received an inquiry from the Warriors for one year and $1 million.

The Lakers management, which had devoted all its efforts to the dynasty over the past year, was unprepared for the salary cap to skyrocket from 7300 million to 9900 million. After the end of the era of the dual tactical core of 'Bryant + Gasol', they were caught off guard by poaching efforts from various teams.

看着迈克-康利与灰熊队签下5年1.5亿的合同、骑士队两年6300万续约詹姆斯，吉姆-巴斯感觉他两年前给布莱恩特2年6000万后说出的‘给科比和迈克尔-乔丹一样的待遇’像是上个世纪说的话。

In addition, since you opted out of the last year of the 3+1 player option before the draft and became a completely free agent, the Lakers now only have five players left, including two with rookie contracts with a total salary of less than 5 million. In addition, the 1800-year-old Serbian center Ivica Zubac, who was selected with the 29th pick in the first round this year, and the senior point guard Isaiah Cousins ​​from the University of Oklahoma, who was selected with the 19th pick in the second round, have not yet officially signed.

You plan to complete the contract renewal as soon as possible so that the team can stabilize its position and rely on your attractiveness to bring in enough outstanding players to join.

未能立刻完成续约，是因为新版老将指定条款在6月30号才推出——进入NBA至少7年、近3年内没有换队、近3年内至少两次入选最佳阵容或1次拿到MVP和DDPOY的其中一个、非限制自由球员……这些条件都满足，才能使用该条款续约，如球龄达到10年及以上老将一样以工资帽35%起薪续约。

If you meet all these conditions, you will naturally choose to get the biggest contract.

When your contract renewal negotiations with the Lakers were going very smoothly and you were about to renew your contract with a sky-high salary of 3465 million, a total of 5 million over 2.09 years, and a final year salary of over 4500 million, you received a call from your childhood friend.

James Harden: Jack, Kevin and I have discussed that we are going to separate and work on our own. Let's play together! Are you going to come to me, or do you renew your contract with the Lakers and I come to you? Oh, DeMar is also going to play together! And, I'll tell you a secret, Kevin said he wants to join forces with Curry.

You immediately terminated your contract with the Lakers.

Everyone knows that the Thunder's owner is stingy. In order to avoid paying the luxury tax, he let Harden and Westbrook engage in vicious competition. Forcing one of them to leave does not meet your requirements for the owner. The Raptors' management is even more notorious.

And Los Angeles has always been your base since high school. You don't even have to think about it, just let Harden and DeRozan come to Los Angeles.

When you told Buss, Kupchak and Budenholzer the news, they were all shocked as they were trying to find a strong enough second-in-command and their eyes widened and their mouths opened.

Not only is there a second in command, there is also a third in command!
But when the three management members learned from Harden that Durant would join the Warriors, even though you, Harden and DeRozan were sitting across the desk from each other, they were stunned again.

Just a few days later, the Warriors officially announced that they would give up Harris Barnes' parent team's matching rights and sign Durant with a basic maximum salary of 2475 million starting salary and a total of 3 million for three years (starting salary of 8034% of the salary cap).

The core five-man team of Curry, Thompson, Durant, Green and Iguodala shocked the league. Durant was also criticized. He did not even take the maximum salary as a seven-year veteran. He took a pay cut and joined the second strongest team in the league with a basic maximum salary. This operation is worse than forming a group.

Durant said in an interview: I chose the most difficult path.

What he meant was that it took unimaginable courage for ordinary people to make this decision, but this made him get scolded even more badly.

Even James didn't expect that such an operation could be possible.

You heard from Harden that it was Durant who took the initiative to propose the separation. Harden originally planned to renew his contract and continue to compete for the championship with Durant, but who would have thought that when the younger brother was about to fight to the death, the boss surrendered first.

Following your arrangement, Harden and DeRozan waited until Durant officially signed before signing with the Lakers. The contracts both started with a basic maximum salary of 2475 million and a 3+1 total of 1.1 million.

Harden and DeRozan chose to partner with you, and both made sacrifices in salary. Although the Thunder are unwilling to give Harden an extremely high annual salary of 35% of the designated veteran's maximum salary, they will still give him a starting salary of 7% of the seven-year veteran's maximum salary. Although DeRozan cannot get the full maximum salary of a seven-year veteran, he can still get a starting salary between the basic maximum salary and the seven-year veteran's maximum salary, which is around 30 million.

According to the regulations, when there is enough salary space, if a veteran player is to be signed with a specified maximum salary clause, when the contract is not renewed, the salary space will still be occupied in the form of "virtual salary", and the maximum amount of space, which is more than 3400 million, will be occupied. This is a restriction imposed by the owners of each team on wealthy teams and teams in big cities.

In order to save face for your two good friends, you chose to give up part of your salary and renewed your contract with the Lakers with a starting salary of 3100 million and a 3+1 bonus totaling 1.4 million. The starting salary is between the maximum salary for a 7-year veteran and the maximum salary for a designated veteran, and the last year is 4004 million, freeing up enough room for the basic maximum salary for the two.

In fact, you, Harden and DeRozan are already very satisfied with this salary. The salary increase this summer is too exaggerated. You and Harden were very happy when you got the contract with a starting salary of 13 million in 1496, and DeRozan got a three-year, 12 million contract extension until the 3-3000 season in 15. Now DeRozan's annual salary has more than doubled compared to last season.

Moreover, there is room for flexibility in the current contracts, and you can opt out of the contract after three years. By then, Harden and DeRozan will only be 3 years old, and you will only be 30 years old.

On the third day after Durant signed with the Warriors, the Lakers officially announced the signing of you, Harden, and DeRozan, shocking the basketball world again!

Los Angeles fans were in a frenzy. Hidden Hills and Compton are both cities under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County. You were all regarded as local talents, especially you. You were extremely popular in Los Angeles before joining the Lakers. The three of you were called the 'Compton Big Three.'

You guys were also scolded, but not as loudly as Durant...

Originally, the Lakers, whose dynasty had come to an end, were about to decline and enter a period of rebuilding.

You are not very interested in veterans and high-quality role players who are aiming to win the championship. Your own high-quality role players were also poached by many teams with big contracts in the summer. Only Louis Williams, Ed Davis, and Brandon Bass are left with three players whose contracts have not expired, and Clarkson and Nance have rookie contracts.

In addition, Nick Young, a die-hard fan of Kobe Bryant, is still hesitating whether to leave right after his boss retired, and Tarik Blake has not yet decided whether to join the Rockets because he is worried that he will not get a chance to perform inside next to Westbrook.

But with the addition of Harden and DeRozan, you have become a hot commodity in the free market again.

David West arrived in Los Angeles overnight, applied for a tryout early the next morning, and couldn't wait to sign a one-year veteran minimum contract worth $1 million.

In the summer of 15, West gave up his player option with an annual salary of 1200 million dollars in the last year and joined the Spurs at the minimum salary to cling to Duncan. He has already started such an operation and he will not stop until he wins the championship. He chose you between the Warriors and you. He was the best inside player of the Spurs besides Duncan and Aldridge last season.

Both Young and Blake chose to stay with the team. The Lakers split the middle-class exception that skyrocketed to 840 million. Young rejected the Warriors' invitation and renewed his contract with 1 million for one year, and Blake rejected the Rockets' invitation and renewed his contract with 400 million for one year.

内内-希拉里奥以1年老将底薪加盟，这位02届的老将中锋，上赛季在奇才队担任替补，场均出战19分钟能拿到9分4板1盖帽。

Jose Calderon joined the team with a one-year veteran minimum salary. The undrafted player in 1 and captain of the Spanish men's basketball team is no longer capable of being a main rotation player, but he averaged 03 three-pointers per game with a shooting percentage of 41.2% for the Knicks last season, so he can serve as a backup in the backcourt in case of emergency.

With the skyrocketing salary cap and the annual available cash for each team, the Lakers management paid to buy out the last year of Bojan Bogdanovic's contract with the Turkish Super League team Fenerbahce. After many negotiations, the buyout amount was determined to be 250 million euros, and then a four-year rookie contract was signed. The talented Serbian guard who was selected in 4 finally officially joined the team.

After a busy summer, the Lakers management finally put together the roster.

Point guard: Harden, Clarkson, Williams;
Shooting guards: DeRozan, Bogdanovic, Calderon;
Small forward: You, Yang;

Power forward: Davis, Bass, Nance, West;

Center: Nene, Zubac, Blake.

As training camp opens, I can hear voices that are pessimistic about you and the Warriors, because the centers on both of your teams are either rookies, role players, or old players on minimum salary.

During your three consecutive championships, you still had Gasol as your inside pillar, and the traditional concept that whoever has the center wins the world still exists.

Compared to the Warriors, you have been criticized more. For the Warriors, Thompson is the best off-ball shooter in the league, Curry and Durant have proven that they can play without the ball, and people's deepest impression of you, Harden, and DeRozan is single-player scoring, especially you, who is called the "textbook of outside single-player skills." And the three of you are the top scorers of your respective teams. In the last season that Harden and Durant were on the same team, they were both the team's scoring leaders.

But after the new season started, you, the 'Compton Three', gave a slap in the face to those who said you couldn't work together and would become the next F4.

Harden and DeRozan mainly attack singles in regular time, and you mainly play without the ball in regular time, and take over the ball and play singles in critical moments. The cooperation is very tacit. The degree to which you are willing to sacrifice data for each other is even higher than the three big stars of the Warriors!
You played in all 82 regular season games, averaging 33 minutes per game, and your average points dropped to 25.1 points, a new low since joining the Lakers, but your shooting percentage reached 53.9%, a career high;
He averaged 3.3 three-pointers per game, a three-season low, but his shooting percentage was 3%, a career high.
The reduction in playing time resulted in a decrease in the number of steals, but he still averaged 2.4 steals per game, winning the steals title for four consecutive years.

You also averaged a career-high 4.1 assists per game, a team-high 7.5 rebounds, and had five triple-doubles in a single season, which is more than the total of the past three seasons. This season, the top-notch supporting talent that you demonstrated in your early years with the Spurs has finally been demonstrated again!
During the three consecutive championships, because Kobe retreated to the second line and served as an outside pivot, people forgot that you were once a supporting genius.

DeRozan played in 75 games, with his average points dropping from 24.2 points last season to 20.8 points, plus 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists. He was not needed to bear the pressure as the leader, nor was he needed to lead the team as the second-in-command. He played more easily and happily than ever before, as if he was back in high school, dominating California with you and beating Harden, Collison and others.

Harden played in 80 games, averaging 34 minutes per game and scoring 23.2 points. His scoring was the lowest since Westbrook left the Thunder in 12, but his 46% shooting percentage was his highest since he became a starter. He had a 49% shooting percentage when he was a substitute before, but after becoming a starter, his shooting percentage has been below 45%, with the highest being 44.9% in his scoring title season.

His averages of 6.6 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game are both career highs.

In addition to the improved offensive efficiency, under your cordial and friendly communication, Harden showed his potential as a defensive gate beyond everyone's expectations and became the Lakers' second-number one single defense pioneer on the outside.

His extremely strong body can even accomplish tasks that you cannot accomplish when defending some power forwards alone.

The three of you averaged less than 70 points per game, which was only about 5 points higher than the Big Three combination of you, Gasol, and Kobe, which shocked everyone.

Curry, Thompson and Durant of the Warriors averaged a combined 75 points per game despite being extremely restrained.

Under Budenholzer's coaching, your team's outside depth has been fully utilized. Williams, Clarkson, Young, and rookie Bogdanovic have all performed well. The inside line, led by two veterans, West and Nene, is doing what they should do and moving towards that great goal.

You have become one of the two 'super outside teams' in the league, and have been competing with another 'super outside team' for the top spot in the league since the start of the regular season.

By the end of the regular season, both you and the Warriors had won more than 60 games, and among the other teams, only one team had a chance to break 55 wins - the Spurs.

In the end, after being suppressed by the Warriors for two years in the regular season, you finally won, and won the regular season championship with 65 wins and 17 losses, beating the Warriors with 63 wins and 19 losses. The Spurs relied on three consecutive wins at the end of the season to get 3 wins and 55 losses.

In the Eastern Conference, the Celtics, who almost defeated the Cavaliers last season, became the new No. 53 in the Eastern Conference with 29 wins and 52 losses, while the Cavaliers had 30 wins and 50 losses. Apart from them, no team in the Eastern Conference had a record of over wins.

Before the regular season started, you and the Warriors were forced to be bad-mouthed by the media. After the regular season ended, the media announced that the end of the basketball world had come and there were only two teams left in the NBA.

However, someone has stolen your limelight this season - after Howard was traded from the Rockets to the Hawks, Westbrook turned on the triple-double machine mode, getting 39 triple-doubles in a single season, second in history, averaging 28.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game, and winning both the scoring and assist titles. He led the team to 46 wins and 36 losses, a better record than the year he had a conflict with Howard. He made it to the playoffs as seventh in the Western Conference and was evaluated to be on par with Big O, becoming the one and only favorite for MVP.

After the playoffs started, in the first round, you swept the Trail Blazers 4-0, and the Warriors also easily swept the Rockets 4-0. Westbrook, who had just won the regular season MVP, received the MVP trophy in his office wearing a floral suit.

In the second round, you met the fourth-placed Clippers in the Western Conference with 50 wins and 32 losses. During the second round, the best lineup was announced, and you, Curry, and Harden, who had dominated the first team for the past two seasons, were all not selected for the first team.

Westbrook, Chris Paul, Leonard, James and Anthony Davis were selected to the first team.

Curry, Harden, you, and Durant were only selected to the second team.

Last season's third-team guards Thompson and DeRozan, and second-team forward Green, all failed to be selected to the All-NBA Team.

Paul, who was playing against you, felt terrible when he saw that he was selected into the first team. They had lost two consecutive away games, and the next home game was almost the same as the away game. The media even gave the opponent a boost... Just as Paul expected, the next night, you and DeRozan started the crazy mode, and Harden delivered the bombs.

你26投16中，其中三分球13中8，加上6中6的罚球，狂轰46分，德罗赞拿到35分、哈登拿到15分7板15助攻……哈登操刀，你和德罗赞爆发合砍81分，致敬来到场边围观的科比-布莱恩特，以122比107大胜快船队！
G4，保罗无心恋战，9投3中只拿到10分4助攻，快船队以91比116惨败。

On the other hand, the Warriors and the Spurs met in the playoffs for three consecutive seasons since the 14-15 season. The Warriors won the first two times. Public opinion generally believed that the Warriors would win again, but an unexpected situation occurred in G3. The Spurs led the Warriors by 1 points at halftime with 62 to 47!
In the third quarter, under unfavorable circumstances, Warriors center Pachulia tried to trip Leonard who was breaking through for a layup. However, because you reminded him when they were partners in the early years, and because he saw that your one-on-one offense became more and more floor-based after you came to the Lakers, Leonard had already begun to learn jump shots and low layups from Tony Parker and Ginobili, and had developed his own habits of pressing forward with his upper body when attacking the basket. Pachulia's trip failed, and instead he was knocked over, and his nose hit Leonard's head, splashing blood all over Leonard's face.

While the staff was cleaning the floor, the referee watched the replay and noticed that Pachulia inexplicably stretched his foot out. The foul was upgraded and Pachulia was given a technical foul.

This made the Spurs players collectively angry, and they exploded in the following games, scoring 60 to 58 in the second half and defeating the Warriors 122 to 105 away from home, grabbing the home-court advantage!

In Game 2, the Spurs continued to advance, leading the Warriors by 61 points at halftime with a score of 55 to 6. But this time the Warriors were not overwhelmed. Instead, they overwhelmed the Spurs in the third quarter. Curry made 5 three-pointers in the third quarter and scored 20+ points in a single quarter for the first time in his playoff career, leading the team to a score of 39 to 26. The Warriors overtook the Spurs by 94 points with a score of 87 to 3. In the end, thanks to Curry's 43 points in a single game, the Warriors responded to the Spurs with a big victory of 129 to 115.

接着G3和G4，正值最巅峰时期的库里，狂轰36分和34分，带队以120比113、118比112连续击败马刺队，大比分3比1领先！

It’s not that the Spurs played badly in these two games, but just like in G2, Curry made a three-pointer every time the Spurs were about to gain momentum. Including G2, Curry averaged 3 three-pointers per game during the three-game winning streak.

In Game 5, Leonard finally went wild, playing for 38 minutes, making 33 of 17 shots, including 15 of 7 three-pointers, plus 13 of 12 free throws, scoring 53 points in a single game, setting a single-game scoring record for this season's playoffs, and leading the Spurs to a 123-109 victory over the Warriors, bringing the series back to San Antonio.

G6 was called by the media the most exciting game in the first two rounds of this year's playoffs.

常规时间，库里在遭遇马刺队严防死守的情况下，积极传球，拿到16分11板17助攻；杜兰特23投13中拿到37分；汤普森G6疯狂再现，三分球10投7中，拿到30分；格林拿到7分13板6助攻6盖帽……

On the other side, Leonard scored 30 points; Aldridge scored 28 points; Gasol played the most exciting performance since joining the Spurs, 5 of 5 shots, plus 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 16 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists; the demon sword also came out tonight, 9 of 6 three-pointers, and hard-core Thompson...

Thanks to Ginobili's final buzzer-beating three-pointer, the two teams entered overtime with a score of 117-117.

In overtime, Durant and Leonard competed against each other. In the end, Durant scored 8 points and 1 assist, overpowering Leonard who scored 6 points, and led the Warriors to an 11-8 score. In the last crucial shot with 1.8 seconds left, Ginobili, who returned to the court, failed to perform the magic again.

128 to 125, the Warriors narrowly defeated the Spurs in overtime, with a score of 4 to 2, and will meet you in the Western Conference Finals for the third consecutive year.

You guys have made it to the Western Conference Finals for four consecutive years, and the Warriors have made it to the Western Conference Finals for three consecutive years. The winner of the Western Conference Finals between you has won the championship every time. This time, there is not much suspense in the eyes of the media and fans...

Today is May 2017, 5, the day after the Warriors eliminated the Spurs. After three days of rest, you will play against the Warriors at home in the Western Conference Finals..."

The last time he went to Line 80, Zhang Yang felt that the training message was long enough, and this time it’s even longer!
The last time I came here was 14 years ago. I’m just a few days away from turning 26, and now I’m almost 29!

Those guys from the 96 generation are no longer in the league after just a few words. We will never meet on the court again... Zhang Yang couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Zhang San: Wait, who are my teammates? Erha? Ronaldinho! Holy crap! All of us, the Kings of Compton, are gathered together!
And the Ka children are not injured!
This is good. This little brother is the youngest among the opponents he has his eyes on. He was born in 91 and will only be 26 years old 'next month'. If he hadn't had that injury that affected his health, he would definitely be stronger in the future... He is still very strong after the injury, but he has become Kabuda, so it's no use being strong.

After digesting the general situation of the '3 years', Zhang Yang, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, stood up and went to the study room following his memory of the last experience.

Looking at the four golden Russell Cups...it still seems not enough.

Three consecutive championships...still doesn't seem to be enough!

Zhang Yang opened the "Door of Experience" and looked at the tasks on it.

"Basic mission: Final battle, defeat the Warriors, and reach the finals for 4 consecutive years. Rewards: 1 three-point talent point, upgrade 'Death' to intermediate level.

Advanced task: Redefining the dynasty, after defeating the Warriors, win the finals and complete 4 consecutive championships, rewards: You have someone behind you (primary), 1 speed talent point, 1 strength talent point.

There's Someone Behind You (Basic): When defending and counterattacking, speed +1, if you keep up with the fast break player with the ball, when the fast break player shoots, you are in a position to interfere with the shot or block the shot, bounce +1. "

I don't know if the three-point talent point comes from Curry or Thompson. The killer must be Durant. I got it by beating Durant before, but the advanced task is related to James, right? Three rewards! Except for the peak face-up Jordan, no one has ever provided so many rewards!
It's a reward related to James. Why does it look so shady? If I didn't read the description, I would have thought it was for picking up soap.

But what if the Cavaliers don't make the finals? Unfortunately, it seems unlikely in the Eastern Conference in recent years.

Compared to the second task, the first one is more to his liking - the final battle.

When he talked about basketball with his friends in his previous life, he also regarded Durant joining the Warriors as the finale of the NBA.

Since then, the world of basketball has changed. It is common to see players in their early 30s, with big contracts, asking their home teams to buy out their contracts, and then joining championship-contending teams at minimum salaries to curry favor.

Paul is about to retire, but he still demands a high salary, otherwise he will change teams. He wants a contract that matches his status, which is rare in the NBA.

"Experience Mode:
Name: Zhang Yang.

Age: 28 (June 1988, 6).

Height: 196 cm (barefoot), arm span: 216 cm, weight: 96 kg.

Ability assessment: three-pointer 96, mid-range shot 94, layup 94, ball control 91, passing 87, speed 94, strength 89, jumping 92, physical strength 96...

Experience and Gains:…”

As Zhang Yang expected, the ability of 'him' here is obviously weaker than that of 'him' of the same age in the 80th line.

Even he himself, in another two years? Twenty-three or twenty-four years old? He might even surpass the 'he' here.

Of course, this strength is a comparison between oneself and others. Compared with the overall environment, his personal ability as a player in the 80th line may be second or tied for second. There is no one here who is really stronger than him.

The data of "him" here is more exaggerated than that of "him" on the 80th line, which has a lot to do with the scale of defensive confrontation and the changes in rules. He remembered that the last time in the 14 playoffs, he jumped up and threw a three-pointer, thinking that he was interfered with and missed the shot, but the referee gave him three free throws.

Since the 14-15 season, his average three-point shots per game have exceeded 4 for two consecutive seasons, and his hit rate is also frighteningly high, which is also related to the changes in the rules.

Curry also enjoyed the benefits brought by the rules. He averaged 5+ three-pointers per game for two consecutive years. It was not until Durant joined that his average was reduced to less than 4. There is still a gap in this respect... He is more eager to get more three-point talent points. In his own time and space, he must surpass the elementary school students!
However, Silver's rule change was originally intended to reduce the rim protection of tall centers, but it ended up giving three-point shooters an epic boost...

After returning to the room and taking a shower, Zhang Yang opened his phone to check the schedule. Today's schedule was team training. The G19 against the Clippers was over on the 4th. Today was already the fourth rest day. Team training had already started the afternoon before yesterday to maintain form.

While eating breakfast, Zhang Yang browsed the news for a while. He originally wanted to understand current affairs, but he unexpectedly saw something funny.

According to the Los Angeles Times, after Game 3, before the end of the second round, Pac-Man had already discussed a trade or opting out of his contract with Clippers general manager Frank!
This matter was reported to the old club by Clippers head coach Rivers... The Celtics, whose 4-year, $7000 million contract extension was rejected by Thomas, withdrew their offer to him and became very interested in Paul.

Before the start of Game 4, Paul also expressed his intention to join the team to Danny Ainge. He was very attracted to the Celtics, who were already ranked first in the Eastern Conference regular season and had the Nets' third pick this year.

This... Zhang Yang really doesn't know how to describe it, but if Pao and Little Assassin swap teams, then the Celtics will be really interesting. They both make their living by playing pick-and-roll. Pao is much stronger than Little Assassin, and he is unique in the league.

After breakfast, Zhang Yang prepared to watch some video before going to the gym. It was just past 7 o'clock, but before he could turn on the computer, the video doorbell rang. When he answered it, he saw Jike Junyi, who had a beard and dreadlocks, staring at the camera with his face!

Zhang Yang roared, "Get away from me! You scared me!"

He cursed, but he still opened the door.

After chatting with Harden who came in, Zhang Yang found out that the three of them had agreed to train and watch videos together in the morning.

After being urged to change his clothes, Zhang Yang got on Harden's car, took a turn, picked up DeRozan, and the three All-Stars sat in a car and headed to the "UCLA Health Training Center."

Zhang Yang searched secretly and found out that this was the new training hall of the Lakers, which was started in 15, completed in early 16, and put into use in February of this year. It also provides training venues and training guidance for the UCLA Bruins, but only the Lakers trainers provide guidance, and the players have to rely on their personal wishes.

Two blocks away, there is another training hall, the 'Ballmer Home', which was put into use this year. In 15, the Lakers training hall just started construction. One month later, Ballmer bought an old building and demolished it to build a training hall. The scale is more than one-third larger than the 'UCLA Health Training Center'. The main purpose is to surpass the Lakers in everything.

They had already bought the Great Western Forum in Inglewood and were planning to use it as their own arena, but just to get some ire out of nowhere, they spent $1 million to build a new training hall?
As expected of a Microsoft tycoon, he, like another Microsoft tycoon, doesn’t treat money as money!

When they arrived at the parking lot of the training hall, Daluo, Erha and Zhang San did not get out of the car immediately. Instead, they turned on the speakers, listened to the music, looked at each other, and started singing and beating the rhythm... There was no reason, they just felt it.

This scene was seen by a famous player who came to guide the training today.

Old Blacksmith: These three idiots are my successors? Why didn't I realize this side of Zhang San before?
(End of this chapter)