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Winning the game is undoubtedly a good thing for the Chicagoans, and it is not an unacceptable thing for the Orlando people, after all, the Magic is the leader.

However, the use of foul tactics in the game undoubtedly disgusted the onlookers, especially in the fourth quarter when Stan Van Gundy fouled Ben Wallace after Milicic deliberately fouled the Bulls. It is also rare in the entire NBA history.

The evaluation of this game after the game can be imagined, completely overshadowing the former super big parallel player Darko Milicic who continued to perform well in this game and sent 21 points, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks and 4 assists.

"I just want to tell them that we can't do it. This is the way I arranged the game. I still say that the league must make some adjustments again and can't let the game develop like this." Stan at the press conference after the game So said Van Gundy.

And Scott Skiles, who was sitting not far away, had a smile on his face, obviously winning the first home game made him feel good: "Stan said it was good, but I don't think it's anything, I That’s the same sentence. This is part of the charm of basketball. This is the charm of coaching off the court. Of course, if the league makes any adjustments, I will consider accepting them. I think the league is not a league of one person or a league of one team. Fairness and justice are the minimum criteria. Even if there is reform, I think most people’s opinions will be respected.”

What Stan Van Gundy said was exactly what David Stern was considering. Originally, he was a little against the excessive use of foul tactics, but in the past, foul tactics were more aimed at O'Neal, and most people except O'Neal's fans still liked it. Loved watching O'Neal get hacked to the free throw line, even though it slowed down the game.

But now more and more deliberate foul tactics are being used, and the Bulls and Magic game directly put this tactic into the normal tactics.

Especially the second game between the Magic and the Bulls made David Stern very angry, and this game was even worse.

"I think we need to impose some restrictions." David Stern tapped his fingers on the desktop in the office.

"But this will bring more opposition." Vice President Stu Jackson expressed his thoughts.

David Stern looked at the computer screen. On the screen were American netizens' comments on the Bulls-Magic game, and most of them were reprimands.

"I know, but there must still be some restrictions. For example, intentional foul tactics are only allowed in the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, and the last 2 minutes are only allowed to foul players with the ball as before, or simply only allowed to foul players with the ball. Player foul."

"Fouls are only allowed on players with the ball? In this way, I guess most teams will not use this tactic. In fact, sometimes fans still reject intentional fouls and go to the free throw line, but it is good not to overdo it. The first one is actually That's fine."

"Really? I think the first one is pretty good, but for the specifics, we need to let the analyst analyze it specifically, and strive for an optimal time frame." David Stern pushed his glasses with his hands while speaking.

"Then you go down first."

Stu Jackson closed the door of David Stern's office. David Stern turned his chair to face the computer screen, and clicked a few times with the mouse on the screen, which was the ideal match in his mind.

The Eastern Conference Finals matchup was between the Orlando Magic and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The second day of the game was still full of comments, most fans reprimanded, and Stan Van Gundy's words were also recognized by many coaches.

"An extremely disgusting tactic is like stealing our victory? I think this is like a mentally ill person saying that we have [-]% confidence that we will kick Chicago to the Great Lakes for fishing." This is the Orlando Sentinel News from the official Twitter.

Then the "Chicago Tribune" and "Chicago Sun-Times" launched a counterattack on Twitter, and the two sides fought a war of words on Twitter and in their respective newspapers.

The "Orlando Sentinel" just launched ten reasons why the Magic must win, and the "Chicago Tribune" immediately launched a topic on how the Bulls could lose.

On this day, the league officially announced the best rookie team. The nba rookie team of the year is voted by the head coaches of 30 teams in the league.

Each head coach was asked to select five players for the first team and five players for the second team, regardless of the player's position on the field.Each player who is selected to the first team will get 5 points, and each player who is selected to the second team will get 5 point, but coaches cannot vote for players on their own teams.

In the end, both Lin Sen and Brandon Roy scored 58 points. Although the Italian handsome Bargnani, the No. With the recognition of the coaches, he finally got 57 points and ranked third.

Rudy Gay, who was selected by the Rockets and sent to the Grizzlies, scored 39 points and ranked fourth. Raptors' older rookie Garbajosa performed well in his first NBA season as Spain's main power forward. Recognition finally scored 37 points, and Brandon Roy's teammate Aldridge scored 37 points. With Garbajosa and Aldridge sharing the same points, the 2006-2007 rookie first team consisted of Lin Sen, Roy, Gay, Garbajosa, Aldridge and Bargnani are composed of six people.

In the second team, there were three people with the same score, which directly led to the number of rookie second team reaching 7.

With the announcement of the best rookie team, only the two most important awards of the regular season mvp and the best team in the regular season have not been announced for the regular season awards.

It also indicates that these two awards, which were later than the original, will be announced soon. The regular season mvp is scheduled to be announced on the 16th, and the regular season best team will be announced on the 13th, which is the day when the Bulls and Magic play the fourth game. .

On May 5th, the Magic practiced in the morning. Both Howard and Milicic went to the free throw line to practice free throws with the help of Ruth Edison's bar. Lin Sen also received an email from Ruth Edison, but During training in the morning, Ruth Edison gave Lin Sen another printed document.

Before that, Lin Sen also had a brief communication with David Falk. David Falk's attitude is that money is not a problem, the question is whether it is worth the investment or not. This is the most important thing.

David Falk will pay to invite people from Goldman Sachs to conduct an analysis and make a feasibility report. Once the report is released and indeed recommends the acquisition, then David Falk will persuade Linsen to make the acquisition. As for the shortage of funds, David Falk Falk is not worried at all, he believes that there will be many people willing to send money to Lin Sen.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who returned home that night, pulled out the Pistons 88:82 under the leadership of LeBron James, tying the total score to 1-2.

The most shining player in the game is undoubtedly the little emperor James. He scored 32 points and sent 9 assists and 9 rebounds. He only scored 29 points in the first two games.

However, the process of the game allowed many James blacks to find a place to attack. In the game, James did not get blown away twice.

One of them was when there were 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, and at this time the Cavaliers were only one point ahead of the Pistons, and James' crab step goal was not blown away, which directly made Rasheed Wallace very upset. It was dissatisfaction, and the roaring Tianzun who complained was expelled by two consecutive technical fouls.

Although the Pistons were biting the score under the leadership of Billups, they eventually lost the game. Not only did the two calls cause controversy, but there was an important reason why James scored 32 points in the game. As many as 19 free throws, and the Pistons only made 25 free throws.

"I don't know why we lost. I know this is the Quicken Loans Center and this is Cleveland, but it shouldn't be the reason for our loss. I think you all know what I mean." After the game, Pistons coach Sang Des said tactfully.

Compared with Sanders' euphemism, Roaring God Rasheed Wallace is not like this: "I just said a few truths and was sent off, maybe next time I should put tape on my mouth, In that case, maybe I will keep my mouth shut, as long as anyone with eyes can see that we are not losing to the Cavaliers but to the referees."

Controversy over the Pistons-Cavs game took away the weight of the upcoming Game [-] between the Bulls and Magic when a self-proclaimed know-it-all tweeted that he knew about David Stern The real idea, and this idea is one of the main reasons for the Pistons to lose, that is, let the two most charismatic players in the Eastern Conference Jr. James and rookie Wood. Lin join the Eastern Conference Finals.

As soon as this gossip came out, it became a hot topic of conversation, and Chicago fans began to worry that they would lose to the referee like Detroit, even if the fourth game was their home court.

And many people also admit that such a matchup in the Eastern Conference finals will greatly boost the ratings, and it is likely to create a ratings record in recent years.

The Magic didn’t care much about the gossip, but were serious about preparing for the game. Milicic and Howard were under a lot of pressure. Stan Van Gundy wanted to put Milicic and Howard together on the court to try out the Twin Towers lineup .

Although he had done this before, Milicic at that time could not be compared to now, but when he thought of Scott Skiles' disgusting tactics, Van Gundy reluctantly put Milicic on the bench.

However, Milicic did not have any dissatisfaction, but readily accepted the team's arrangement.

"Dako, how can you agree to play as a substitute? Now is the time when you are in good shape, why compromise." The voice of Milicic's agent Mark Konstein was on the other end of the phone.

He only found out about Milicic's replacement through the media. Stan Van Gundy announced the team's starting lineup half a day in advance, and Mark Connstein knew that Milicic would be a substitute in the crucial fourth game tonight. .

He only knows that Milicic is in excellent form now, and it is the first time in Milicic's career that he has performed so well in two consecutive games. Mark Konstein is worried that Milicic is just a flash in the pan, so he extremely hopes that Milicic will strike while the iron is hot, so that he can Asked for a higher overweight, so he called Milicic as soon as he heard the news.

Milicic is not interested in Konstein's suggestion at all: "I obey the team's arrangement, and I don't think there is anything wrong with being a substitute..."

"Dako, go to tm's team arrangement. What you need now is playing time, good shots and good data. Everything else should be rolled aside. Why do you need to be a substitute now that you are in excellent condition? I have a feeling that your condition will continue. Keep it up, so you should try to start and maybe even show the Orlando front that you're no worse than Dwight."

Milicic listened quietly and did not speak, but he had already marked the end of Mark Konstein in his heart, even if Mark Konstein sent him the second pick, even if Konstein was in his Was traded to the magic process to help.

"I see. I'll talk about the details later." Without waiting for Mark Connstein to speak, Milicic hung up the phone directly.

"Dako, what's the matter?" Lin Sen, who had just come out of the bathroom, looked at Milicic, who seemed to be thinking about something with his head down, and said. Lin Sen thought that Milicic was depressed because he couldn't start at night.

"Will David see me?"

"David? Who? Is he nice? If you like it, go after it boldly." Lin Sen sat down next to Milicic. Milicic's surname is a bit shy. Lin Sen wanted to seize this opportunity to have a relationship with Milicic. closer.

Lin Sen's words, Milicic almost fell to the ground: "David is not a woman, but your manager. I want to change my manager."

Hearing Milicic's explanation, Lin Sen had black lines, but soon Lin Sen recovered.

"Why don't you like him? If you choose him, he will be very excited. I'll call him right now." Lin Sen couldn't help but walk to his closet and took out his mobile phone to call David Falk immediately. Explain the situation.

David Falk didn't expect Milicic to choose him, and agreed to sign without saying a word.

And Mark Konstein is still thinking about how to get Milicic a bigger contract, so that he can be more famous and earn more.

"Mark, this is the end of our contractual relationship."

Connstein suspected that there was a problem with his ears. When Milicic emphasized again, Constein confirmed Milicic's thoughts.

Connstein, who terminated the contract with Milicic, immediately broke the news to reporters that Milicic started playing big names just after two good games and kicked off the people who supported him.

The Chicago media liked to hear about it, and they wished that the magic would be more chaotic.

And Milicic didn't explain too much but devoted himself to the game that started a few hours later.

An hour before the game, Huang Wei, the head of the Orlando Chinese fan group, was leading a team of nearly 600 people to the United Center.

He couldn't come to organize fans to cheer for the last game because of work, but he had already booked tickets for this game and organized almost 50 Orlando Chinese fans to fly to Chicago to cheer for the Magic.

At the same time, Huang Wei also contacted local international students and Chinese groups in Chicago, and pulled almost 500 people to the United Center to cheer.

When nearly [-] people got off the bus, a person in the team shouted loudly: "Carolina has arrived at Chicago International Airport, yes, this is good news."

"It's really good news. She wasn't there in the last game. Although Lin Sen performed well with 28 points and 8 assists, it always felt like something was missing. I think Carolina must be an important reason." Someone in the team immediately echoed.

"It takes about half an hour to get here from the airport, so we must be in time."

"God, Orlando will win tonight." Another fan shouted excitedly.

"Of course."

"No, no, it's Lin Sen's Goddess of Victory." The fan explained.

Goddess of Victory?

Some people couldn't react for a while, but many people quickly remembered who had this title.

"Is Adriana Lima here? Yes, she is the real goddess of victory. Lin Sen has never lost in the game she cheered for Lin Sen. Chicago is dead tonight."

"Yes, the bull will definitely be slaughtered by us, haha, it's really time to come tonight, we want to win, we want to advance."

"Lin Sen's performance tonight must be eye-catching. He never disappoints your woman. He is our pride."

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Excited voices rang out from the fan group. As the fans said, Carolina arrived at the United Center half an hour later. She didn't come in the last game because she went to London to attend a fashion brand launch event.

The Magic lost the game, which made her very depressed. As soon as the event was over, she rejected the entertainment and immediately flew directly from London to Chicago, even with jet lag, and came directly to the United Center.

She also didn't know that Adriana Lima came to the scene after finishing a job in New York. When she just sat down, the sound of high heels hitting the floor entered her ears from behind.

The rhythmic sound of tapping the floor was very familiar to her, and when she subconsciously turned her head, she immediately saw Adriana Lima walking down in front of her.

What's more coincidental is that Lima's seat is next to her, which makes everyone very excited.

Everyone knows that the relationship between Lima and Carolina, who used to be close, is no longer what it used to be. Although the two have always claimed to be friends, but in reality?

The last time the two appeared together was on the day of the Magic away game against the New Jersey Nets not long ago. After the game, Lima and Carolina went shopping together, but at that time it was not just the two of them, and the reporter did not find any relationship between the two. Restored as before.

The on-site director immediately captured the expressions of the two people. They looked at each other in astonishment. Obviously, they didn't expect to buy tickets together.

The expressions of the two undoubtedly excited the Chicago fans. They hoped that Lima and Carolina's quarrel on the sidelines would affect the mood of Lin Sen, a rookie, and directly cause the Magic to lose. (To be continued.)