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Chapter 186: Elected with full votes, popular choice (begging for monthly ticket subscription!)
Although in the regular season, the Warriors, who were in high spirits, stole the limelight from all the teams.

But as the top team in the Eastern Conference this season, the Cavaliers, with a total team salary of more than 9000 million US dollars, are also one of the favorites to win the championship this year.

Before the first round of the playoffs, no one doubted that James, who was second to none, would lead the Cavaliers to an easy tie with the Bobcats, who had been performing increasingly poorly since the Dallas incident and almost lost their playoff ticket.

However.
With the score tied at 2-2, the series between the Cavaliers and the Bobcats took a dramatic 180-degree turn.

The morale of the entire Bobcats team was boosted by the hope given by the Cavaliers.

Before the start of Game 5, Artest said: "I know we all hate the team owner who doesn't treat us as human beings, but now, we are fighting for ourselves and for the fans!"

After sorting out the main and secondary contradictions, the Bobcats set out to Cleveland again with the belief that they would win.
This team, which already had the strength to advance into the upper half of the Eastern Conference, quickly made the Cleveland people, who were still optimistic about this series, realize how much trouble it had caused them not to eliminate the Bobcats in one fell swoop.

In Game 5, problem teenager Zach Randolph dominated the competition at the Quicken Loans Arena.

This fat guy who is extremely flexible on the court beat Antawn Jamison, one of James' many assistants.

Jamison is about the same height as Randolph with shoes on.

But the tonnage of the two is not at the same level.

A-Smith, who was in charge of commentating on the game, described it vividly: "Antoine is just a light cruiser of less than 10,000 tons, but Zach is a dreadnought of nearly 20,000 tons!"

Originally, in the previous records of confrontation, Jamison, who has rich offensive means, could use his flexible movement to set Randolph off.

But in the Cavaliers' offensive system, Jamison can only stand in the bottom corners on both sides and smoke most of the time.
Even if he gets a chance to single out Randolph in a certain offensive round, he has to complete the attack for the Cavaliers when there is little offensive time left.

The Cavaliers' use of Jamison is destined to prevent the former star forward from playing to his strengths on the court.

So, Jamison, who was supposed to have a mutual explosion with Randolph on the court, was extremely frustrated and was unilaterally beaten by Randolph for the whole night.

In addition, the Cavaliers' back line was also penetrated by Roy and Felton in this game.

Before the trade deadline, the Cavaliers sent Haywood to Dallas in exchange for former Bobcats 3D shooter Matt Carroll and Greg Buckner from the Mavericks. In this decisive battle with the Bobcats, they reaped what they sowed.

Since the "Supreme Version of James" has proven himself in Oakland, the ball-holding core system must be equipped with shooters as much as possible to exert greater power.

Therefore, the original intention of the Cavaliers' uniform team to make this deal was just to use Haywood, who always stupidly occupied the restricted area and blocked James's space to break through, to exchange more shooters for James.

then
In this fifth game, the Cavaliers' uniform team discovered that once Mike Brown's zone defense system failed, Big Z and Jamison would be unable to protect the rim for the Cavaliers.

If Haywood stays, the Cavaliers will at least have a big center who can protect the restricted area.

But now, the Cavaliers can only watch Roy, who is like a fish in water, killing seven times in Cleveland.

The Bobcats played their most efficient offense in recent months in Game 5.

On the night of the game, Delonte West was isolated on the court as Mo Williams was unable to find his form.

The Cavaliers' only hope to turn the tide is that James can press the switch button on the court.

In this regard, Qin Yue, who watched the entire battle between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, only wanted to say.
Lao Zhan really tried his best.

Because of the restricted area guarded by Okafor, Biedrins and Artest, James got a total of 26 free throws on this night.

You know, James' free throws are even one more than the entire Bobcats team combined.

However, James, who missed many free throws in the game, only made 14 of them.

Even though the truth is sometimes hard to hear.

But on this night when James could turn the tide of the game with his explosive free throw power, "You were given opportunities but you couldn't make use of them" suddenly became a true portrayal of James.

The final score was 112 to 104.

The Bobcats narrowly defeated the Cavaliers on the road and took the lead in getting the match point in this round of the playoffs.

Throughout the game, James, who worked hard, scored a total of 38 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists for the Cavaliers.

"Will the Cavaliers be defeated by the Bobcats?"

A-Smith said after the game: "Now, the Bobcats have successfully got the match point. As long as they win one more game, they will become the first team in history to complete the black eight after the first round of the NBA playoffs was changed to a seven-game four-win system."

So far, the two black eight miracles that have occurred in the NBA were both completed in the first round of the playoffs under the best-of-five system.

There is no doubt that when the opportunity to make history is right in front of us
The morale of the Bobcats team is unstoppable.

In this series, James, who has always been affected by the "Friends Mom Gate" incident, could not have imagined before the game.
Could the Cavaliers led by him possibly become the first division-leading team in history to be eliminated after the first round of the NBA playoffs was changed to a best-of-seven format?
As a result, panic began to spread throughout Cleveland.

As the owner of the Bobcats, Jordan, who originally wanted to enter the training ground to praise the "great job those boys did", once again felt the fickleness of human nature and the vicissitudes of the world after the Bobcats returned to Charlotte.

"Get lost!" Artest yelled at Jordan on the training ground, "We don't need a capitalist like you to tell us what to do!"

Seeing this, Jordan tactfully left the training hall.

A day later, the sixth game between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers moved to the Time Warner Arena.

The high-spirited Bobcats always had firm control over the game.

Even at home, the Bobcats, who only got 18 free throws in total, were once again outnumbered by James, who got 24 free throws in total.
But James, who couldn't make any free throws on the court, only made 12 of them. Unfortunately, he missed the opportunity to change the Cavaliers' fate with his explosive free throw power.

At the scene, when the buzzer alarm sounded, announcing the end of the game, the entire Time Warner Arena suddenly fell into madness.

"The Bobcats made history! They completed the black eight miracle with a big score of 4 to 2, becoming the first team in NBA history to stage a black eight in the first round of the playoffs in a best-of-seven format!"

In the regular season, James, who was already second to none, was undoubtedly in a state of despair on this night.

James did not expect that the Cavaliers' playoff journey this year would end so suddenly, and he did not expect that the Cavaliers led by him would once again become the background board for others to make history.

James couldn't accept the reality that the Cavaliers were eliminated by the Bobcats in a black eight.

But it’s very Cleveland.

After the game, reporters from all over the world surrounded James and once again pointed the finger at the "Friend's Mom Gate" incident, which was difficult to explain no matter how James refuted it.

"I told you, those are all fake, they are all rumors!"

"Will the Cavaliers' unexpected elimination from the playoffs affect your contract renewal with the Cavaliers this summer?"

"I don't know. I just want to be alone now."

Some quiet time alone?
In fact, if possible, what James wants to do most now is to press the nuclear bomb launch button and completely destroy this fucked up world.

……

The Bobcats, who staged a surprise eight-game winning streak in the first round of the playoffs, have become a hot topic in the basketball world recently.

And the West.
As the Supersonics, Lakers, and Mavericks eliminated their respective opponents calmly, the Warriors, who had rested for a week, also faced their opponents in the Western Conference semifinals.

However, before the Western Conference semifinals against the Dallas Mavericks began.
After returning from injury this season, his strength has not decreased but increased, even forcing the league to introduce the "Qin Yue Rule" for him. The new GOAT of the basketball world has to go through a coronation ceremony first.

5 month 2 day.

NBA officially announced the results of the major awards for the 09/10 season.

This season, Qin Yue, who was elected the scoring champion for the third time in his career, the rebounding champion for the fourth time, the blocked shot champion for the fourth time, and the assist champion for the first time in his career, was elected MVP with a unanimous vote.

The Warriors' 75-win myth in the regular season became the main reason why Qin Yue was unanimously elected MVP this time.

"He leads the league in four major technical statistics: scoring, rebounding, assists and blocks, and led the Golden State Warriors to 75 wins in the regular season. Even in the history of the NBA, his achievements this season are unmatched!" - ESPN headline
On the day Qin Yue was elected MVP for the third time in his career, Nike's publicity machine immediately went into full gear and carried out a massive amount of publicity and coverage for him.

Affected by the Dallas incident, Jordan has lost his former prestige among the new generation of players.

So, when Nike once again gave Qin Yue the GOAT halo
This time, the popular Qin Yue has become the well-deserved GOAT in the eyes of players and fans.

However, even so, when delivering his acceptance speech, Qin Yue took the initiative to stand up and defend the NBA's basic law on the number of championship rings.

"I have no doubt that I will become the best player in history." Qin Yue said, "but not now, because now I only have two championship rings."

Curry was selected as the NBA's best sixth man this year for his outstanding performance in the regular season, scoring 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game for the Warriors.

However, such an outstanding Curry did not win the best rookie award.

Because just as Qin Yue remembered, Tyreke Evans averaged star data of "20+5+5" in his rookie season.

Although Curry has an advantage in the team's record, considering that the Warriors can still win even without Curry, the judges still prefer Evans, who already has the style of a star guard, when selecting.

In addition, Qin Yue was also named the best defensive player of the year.

Compared with his previous two DPOY selections, this is definitely the most well-deserved one for Qin Yue.

In the regular season, Qin Yue averaged 4.4 blocks and 1.6 steals per game. Under the compensation agreement of the "Qin Yue Rule", any player who tries to challenge the new GOAT defense on the court will not end well without exception.

Thanks to the Warriors' outstanding performance, Mike Malone was also elected NBA's best coach for the first time.

"You asked me what I felt when I won the best coach award?"

Malone said arrogantly: "Anyone can become the best coach as long as they can coach the best player!"

Kevin Love, who plays for the Timberwolves and has completely relegated Yi Jianlian to the bench this season, won this year's Most Improved Player award.

In addition, the results of the 2009/2010 NBA All-NBA Team and All-Defensive Team selections are as follows:
The best lineup: Howard, Qin Yue, James, Kobe, Wade.

Second team of the best lineup: Yao Ming, Nowitzki, Durant, Nash, Paul.

The third team of the best lineup: Gasol, Duncan, Anthony, Roy, and Deron.

The best defensive team: Howard, Qin Yue, Wallace, Kobe, Rondo.

Second team of the best defensive team: Brown, Duncan, James, Wade, Paul.

This year, the biggest controversy in the selection of the best team was that Paul beat Deron to be selected for the second team.

In terms of record, the Hawks led by Deron are fourth in the Eastern Conference, but the Jazz led by Paul are seventh in the Western Conference.

In terms of statistics, Deron averaged "19+9" per game, while Paul averaged "18+9" per game.

Qin Yue didn't want to say that Paul stole Deron's second-team spot.

But it is true.

As two strong players beside Qin Yue, Wallace and Brown's outstanding performance in the regular season also made them both selected into this year's best defensive team.

After all, with Nash and Curry, two big loopholes at the point guard position, it would be difficult for Wallace and Brown not to perform well on the defensive end.

However, Brown was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that he was only shortlisted for the best defensive second team.

Because in his opinion, his defensive ability is far superior to Howard.

Also, Pau Gasol clearly plays the power forward position for the Lakers, and his younger brother Pau Gasol plays center. So why did the judges still select Pau Gasol as the third-team center?

"I should have been a double-team first-team center," Brown said angrily. "The incompetent league stole the honor that should have belonged to the second-best center in history!"

On the evening of the 3th.

The Warriors, who won a lot of awards in the selection, will face the Mavericks at home.

Before the game, Nowitzki said to Qin Yue with respect: "Congratulations on winning the MVP. You are the first unanimous MVP in NBA history. This is the honor you deserve."

On the court, looking at the awe-filled eyes of King Nowitzki, Qin Yue knew that the other party was congratulating him from the bottom of his heart, and instantly felt what it meant that the real crown was never obtained through marketing, but was crowned by conquering people's hearts.

Nike's marketing packaging certainly gave Qin Yue the power to intimidate everyone.

But if Qin Yue's strength is not worthy of the GOAT title, then no matter how gorgeous the packaging is, it is destined to be just the emperor's new clothes.

In the center of the field, after warming up, the starting players of both teams took their positions one after another.

The Mavericks' starting five are Mahinmi, Nowitzki, Marion, Butler and Kidd.

The Warriors' starting five are Brown, Qin Yue, Wallace, Bell and Nash.

As early as the pre-match warm-up stage, Qin Yue noticed Nash's exceptionally good condition.

As we all know, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban would rather offer Dampier a sky-high contract extension than keep Nash.

So from then on, every time he played against the Mavericks, Nash would be full of endless motivation.

So, in the first attack at the beginning of the game, Qin Yue decisively moved up to a high position and passed the ball hand to hand with Nash.

As Kidd failed to circumvent the block, Marion was forced to expand the defensive zone and delay his old teammate Nash.

Qin Yue took this opportunity to make a quick cut, and after attracting the attention of Kidd and Marion at the same time, he received the ball without making any adjustments and passed it directly behind his head to Nash.

Seeing this, Nash, who would normally continue to patiently look for opportunities, no longer hesitated. He raised his knife and made a quick three-point whirlwind shot, first cutting a thick piece of steak from the Mavericks' back.

Swish!
"Steve, you can play with all your strength in this series."

When retreating, Qin Yue, who knew that he was able to win the assist title for the first time in large part because Nash's assist data was washed away by himself, patted Nash on the back and said.

Hearing this, Nash nodded and said, "I won't be polite in this series."

polite?

If we say that when playing against other teams, Nash can always remain calm.

Facing the Mavericks who ignored him back then, Nash was just like Xiao Yan who was going to fulfill his three-year promise.

Coming back, the Mavericks attack.

In Nayan's eyes, Nalantzky used two screens to move Wallace in front of him.

Facing the Warriors, Mavericks head coach Woodson's offensive tactics were not complicated.

Simply put, as long as Nalantzki is prevented from facing Qin Xun'er, the Mavericks' offensive tactics will be half successful.

On the outside, facing Wallace, who was shortlisted for the All-Defensive First Team, Nowitzki used his rhythm to ignite the opponent and then made a slow-paced pull-up shot.

3:3.

Next, it was the Warriors' offensive round.

Tonight, Nash, who only had the basket in his eyes, took advantage of Qin Yue's cover to gain breakthrough space and rushed straight into the Mavericks' penalty area.

It can make Nash step on the accelerator so resolutely and rush for the team in the game.
Qin Yue found it hard to imagine how much Nash hated the Mavericks.

Nash made a low layup under the Mavericks basket.

Mahinmi's assist defense was very good.

But in the later years of his career, Nash, whose finishing rate at the basket was above 09% for three consecutive seasons (10/11 season to 12/70 season), used his soft layup touch and tricky and changeable layup rhythm to teach a lesson to the young people in the league today who only know how to rush around.

"Watch carefully and learn well." Looking back at Curry, Malone suddenly said earnestly on the Warriors bench, "Stephen, if you want to be a true super guard, you can't just shoot three-pointers in the future."

Hearing this, Curry, who shared the same sentiment, nodded obediently.

On the court, the Mavericks had the ball, and Butler clearly underestimated Qin Yue's defensive area when he made a horizontal pass.

Qin Yue stretched out his hand to block and successfully passed the basketball to Nash.

Then, Qin Yue strode towards the Mavericks' penalty area.

However, Nash, who always chose to pass the ball to Qin Yue, stopped after dribbling near the three-point line.

At this moment, the Mavericks' defensive players were all attracted by Qin Yue and had no time to care about Nash who wanted to clear out Cuban.

So Nash pressed the trigger button again and hit a three-pointer!

Moreover, after scoring the goal, Nash immediately found Mavericks owner Mark Cuban who was sitting in the middle of the golden wave on the scene.

At this moment, Nash's fierce expression clearly said:

——Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don’t look down on the young people because they are poor!

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PS: The 5000-word chapter is late but it's here. I beg for subscriptions and monthly tickets. (My cervical spine is still not optimistic today. I will try not to make the second update too late.)
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