Chapter 191 Talent Eliminated, Plus a Successful Show in Front of Reporters

No matter how one looked at it, Su Feng should have been happy.

But on the 1st...

To Su Feng's surprise, the team had barely flown back to Miami...

When trouble found the Heat.

According to the schedule, the Heat would face the winner between the Nets and Pistons in this year's Eastern Conference semifinals.

However, after the first four games of that series, the Nets and Pistons were tied 2-2...

So that meant...

Before the Heat's next playoff game began, they would be forced to rest for at least five days...

And at most eight days.

And thus...

How could Riley, who couldn't stand seeing his players idle, tolerate this as the Heat's head coach?

In Riley's view, even if Mars collided with Earth, or Godzilla emerged from the sea off Fukushima, the Heat had to win the championship this year, and could only win the championship.

Therefore, at this moment...

Riley believed that he had to use his signature devil training to keep the Heat's players focused and in game shape before the semifinals started.

Moreover, after announcing the training schedule for the next few days to the players, Riley secretly vowed in his heart that even Su Feng wouldn't be able to dissuade him this time!

Because...

This championship...

Pat Riley had been yearning for it for far too long!

Actually, from Riley's perspective, this move wasn't hard to understand.

After all, with Miami's sunshine and beaches...

These basketball world perverts simply couldn't control themselves.

With the slightest carelessness, the Heat might very well find themselves in a situation where some players turned into "Empty Youths" overnight before the next round of games began.

But...

With Riley's training methods...

Su Feng estimated that before the Miami ladies could drain these Heat studs dry...

O'Neal, Mourning, and others would probably die on the training ground first.

Riley's strict military management style was one of the important factors when Su Feng decided to choose the Heat back then.

Because if he wanted to build a dynasty of his own in the NBA, having a head coach with this attribute was extremely crucial.

In the world of sports, many once-famous powerhouses find it difficult to maintain their dominance for a long time, and apart from injuries, the players' ambition is also a major off-court interference.

Because people...

Once you achieve your goal at a certain stage...

Your ambition will inevitably be less than before.

Su Feng had personally experienced this back in the Raptors era.

Back then, because the Raptors had won their first two championships too easily, no matter how much Su Feng tried to tighten the screws, the team found it difficult to maintain the same level of enthusiasm as before.

It wasn't until after two consecutive years of setbacks and his public declaration of leaving the team that Su Feng felt the long-lost ambition of that Raptors team in his final season in Toronto.

And in Su Feng's view, Riley's strict military management style could not only enable the entire team to have army-like execution at critical moments...

But also, when the team's ambition declined, Riley would definitely wave the whip in his hand, driving these players with declining ambition forward.

In today's NBA...

In terms of team building ability, Riley is definitely no worse than the so-called "transmigrator" Jerry West.

And in terms of on-the-spot adaptability, Phil Jackson, John Davis, and others would have to call Riley "big brother."

Only...

If Riley is so awesome...

Then why didn't he leave behind a dynasty in Su Feng's memory?

The answer is simple.

It's because Riley always likes to engage in devil training at such crucial moments.

That day, when O'Neal and others learned that the Heat's training schedule would be from morning till night...

Everyone immediately cast pleading glances at Su Feng.

"Su, this time, no matter how many reasons you have, I will never compromise with you!"

At this moment, Riley clenched his fists and strengthened his resolve in his heart.

So now the question is...

As the NBA's current number one player.

The famous author of "Emotional Intelligence."

How should Su Feng change Riley's mind?

"I think you're right, Pat.

Because although combining work and rest is good, we really can't relax too much at this critical time."

Blinking his wise eyes, Su Feng said to Riley with a serious expression.

And now...

Riley, who had already organized various languages in his heart to reject Su Feng, suddenly didn't know how to respond.

-- "On the Reverse Psychology of Human Beings."

For a simple example.

When you originally wanted to lose weight, if someone around you keeps saying that you are too fat and can't eat too much, then you might actually eat more when you eat next time.

This has nothing to do with whether your determination to lose weight is strong enough.

It's purely because others have triggered your reverse psychology, causing you to unconsciously change your original thoughts.

Just like you clearly know that the author's words above are all facts, but after reading these words, you still can't help but want to find an angle to argue with him, and point out the flaws in his words.

And after successfully triggering Riley's reverse psychology, the next step is for Su Feng to show off his flirtatious operations.

"But Pat, don't you think this training intensity is a little too low?" Inside the training hall, Su Feng looked at Riley and said with a dissatisfied expression.

In Su Feng's view, this kind of devil training that doesn't even have 100,000-meter runs, a thousand push-ups, and sauna sessions before the start of training every day, what kind of devil training is it?

"But Su...

At this time, if we have injuries because the training intensity is too high..." Listening to Su Feng's suggestion, Riley couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

And hearing this, after smiling, Su Feng said: "Don't worry, I can completely withstand this intensity of training!"

Riley: "..."

No...

Su...

Don't you know that people's physiques cannot be generalized?

Eh...

Wait!

Good fellow!

So you were ambushing me here?

Inside the training hall, Riley, who already knew what Su Feng wanted to express, instantly understood Su Feng's good intentions.

Thus, the Heat's original plan of arranging four training sessions a day was successfully reduced to one or two under Su Feng's flirtatious operations.

During this time without games, this intensity of training could both ensure the Heat players' next state.

At the same time, young people like Butler and Ariza with better waists also have enough physical strength to accompany their girlfriends after returning home.

And at this moment...

If you want to ask O'Neal, Mourning, and others what they want to say to Su Feng...

Then translated into Chinese, it would probably be:

-- Su Feng is indeed forever God!

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That day, after successfully resolving the Heat's hidden crisis, Su Feng didn't sit idle.

Because right now, the upcoming Eastern Conference semifinals...

Has already made Su Feng feel an unprecedented pressure.

In Atlanta, the defending champion Sixers, who tied the Hawks 2-2 in the regular season, revealed their true colors.

In the playoffs, they have become a completely different team.

When the high wall composed of Yao Ming, Ratliff, Mutombo, and others ruthlessly stifled the Hawks players' basketball dreams time and time again on the court...

It only took 4 games for young Dwyane Wade to enter that dark and damp isolation room like Little Zhan Zhan last year.

And in Cleveland, James, who originally thought that the Cavaliers had at least a 30% chance of winning before the series against the Celtics started, discovered...

That during the regular season...

These powerhouses were all coaxing them young people like they were coaxing children.

30% chance of winning?

Quicken Loans Arena, when the Celtics easily won their fourth game against the Cavaliers with a score of 119-85.

When the Celtics won four consecutive games with advantages of more than 25 points...

When Tim Duncan patted his shoulder to encourage himself that "the future is his"...

On this night when the Cavaliers were eliminated 4-0 by the Celtics, it's unknown whether James cried or not...

Anyway, Dwyane Wade on this night...

No longer has to worry about being alone in the next period of time.

And in the West, perhaps to prove that the "03 generation" will never walk alone.

In front of the Mavericks led by Davis, the Nuggets led by Anthony also had no resistance.

Last year, Dallas, which was still suffering from the pain of being blacked seven by the Warriors, has once again become the only hope of the "Lone Star Republic."

The only difference is...

This season, they successfully broke through the first round with gorgeous offensive basketball.

And at this point...

"Little Sweet Melon" Anthony, along with "The Flash" Wade and "Cleveland Duke" James, entered the exclusive isolation room of the "03 generation."

On the 4th, in the remaining first-round playoff games in the East and West, each team completed the first six games.

In the East, the Pistons and Nets will compete for the ticket to challenge the Heat in the most brutal Game 7 battle on the 6th.

And in the West, the Warriors eliminated the Kings with a score of 4-2.

If the reason why the Warriors were dragged to the sixth game by the Kings was because Nelson Sr. stubbornly continued to play run-and-gun in the playoffs...

Then the Grizzlies being upset by the Trail Blazers...

Was entirely because Van Gundy was dumbfounded.

Because in the first four games of the team's series against the Trail Blazers, Gasol left people with the impression that he was like a "soft egg" in front of Garnett...

So, in the next two games, Van Gundy decisively adjusted the team's main offensive point from Gasol to "Beard" Davis.

Only, looking back at the first four games of this series...

Although Gasol couldn't handle Garnett, Su Feng really didn't know where the average "18+9+6" performance of this Gasol was bad or soft.

Soft egg?

Just because Garnett completed a few tough singles in front of Gasol, and used his wolf howl to shatter Van Gundy's liver and gallbladder, does that make Garnett seem very tough?

From the beginning of its establishment, this Grizzlies team has been built around Gasol.

Therefore, after suddenly changing the team's on-court tactical core...

Van Gundy instead fell into the Trail Blazers' trap.

Because Baron Davis is one of the opponents that Chris Paul likes to play against most in his career.

In Su Feng's previous life, in 13 career encounters with Davis, Paul won 9 of them, and averaged 19.9 points and 11.1 assists per game.

And his overall field goal percentage was as high as 53.5%, and his three-point field goal percentage was as high as 45.2%.

From the model, Paul is indeed a size smaller than Davis.

But unlike Billups and Williams...

Billups only seems tough because of tactical needs.

And Williams is not strong because Utah is often forgotten.

But...

Most of the time, Baron Davis really lives up to his nickname "Badt."

Davis, who has a strong body, was successfully used by My Paul to launch a mocking battle in the game in the next two games.

As a result...

After the Trail Blazers won two consecutive cities and eliminated the Grizzlies, Van Gundy still didn't understand...

Why the Grizzlies lost this series.

This is impossible!

Except for Garnett, we are clearly stronger than this Trail Blazers team in other positions!

But why were we eliminated by this Trail Blazers team?

That day, when the Grizzlies were eliminated, Van Gundy was obsessed.

And after successfully advancing to the Western Conference semifinals, Garnett publicly stated in an interview that My Paul is the league's first point guard in his mind.

This season, Garnett originally thought that this Trail Blazers team could at most play in the playoffs, and accumulate experience before he raised the flag and overthrew Su Feng's tyranny.

But...

Who would have thought that this Paul would be so top?

However...

With My Paul's attribute of not touching the Western Conference finals floor for more than ten years, plus the Trail Blazers have to play the Mavericks with peak Kidd in the next round...

At this juncture, Su Feng always felt that Garnett's award to Paul would definitely become his ultimate move against My Paul.

And in the West, after the Mavericks, Warriors, and Trail Blazers advanced one after another, the last hope of the top five picks of the 03 generation...

Darko Milicic once again proved Riley's vision.

In the first six games of the Lakers and Suns playoff series, although Milicic's average data of "14+7+5" was not as bright as Zhan Gua Wei's.

However, because Milicic and Odom's three-point field goal percentages were as high as 56.5% and 47.6% respectively in the first six games against the Suns...

The Suns, who were already in an extremely tired state, had to further expand their defense against the Lakers on the court.

And in this way...

A certain Mamba snake who has entered its peak, the space it gets on the court is not comparable to the Lakers composed of CBA teammates in Su Feng's memory.

Compared with the Nets and Pistons series that was slightly silent.

This year's series between the Suns and Lakers can be called the most exciting first-round series in the NBA in the past ten years, except for the Sixers black eight Bulls.

In the first six games between the two teams, there were 3 games that were decided by kills.

Especially in the sixth game between the two teams.

With 11 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers were still 5 points behind the Suns on the court.

And Staples Center.

On site, even the most hardcore Lakers fans had already given up hope for the Lakers.

Because on the court...

The Suns still have possession of the ball while leading by 5 points.

But...

Who would have thought that Odom would stage the legend of the thief on the playoff stage for two consecutive seasons?

Because the Suns made a mistake when serving the sideline ball, on the court, after receiving the basketball intercepted by Odom, Kobe decisively fired from the outside.

The result is no suspense.

Because the Nets in Staples Center cannot refuse Kobe's beautiful shot.

However...

Although the Lakers narrowed the score between the two teams to 2 points through this 3-pointer, at this time, they were still the side in a disadvantageous situation.

However...

D'Antoni made a big mistake at the last moment of the game.

Because before he requested a timeout at the technical station, the Suns had already successfully served the baseline ball on the court.

And judging from Tracy McGrady's free throw percentage this season, who received Hill's pass...

Even if the Lakers adopt a foul tactic against the Suns, Tracy McGrady can guarantee that they will not lose to the Lakers in regular time as long as he makes one of two free throws.

However, after D'Antoni requested a timeout...

On the court, the Suns' frontcourt sideline ball could not be served.

Staples, Odom, who once again invited Havlicek to his body, successfully cut off the Suns' sideline ball that was barely served at the last moment.

And on the court, at the moment when Odom's diving interception, his body was about to be thrown out of the court, he also used all his strength to throw the ball to that...

So far, the only two people in the NBA he is willing to call big brother.

As a calm assassin, Kobe did not waste the stage that Odom created for him on this night.

Staples, accompanied by Kobe's three-pointer.

Where can the Lakers fans on site still restrain the excitement in their hearts?

Back then, since he, Tracy McGrady, could complete the myth of 13 points in 35 seconds.

Then tonight, Kobe can naturally score 6 points in the last 11 seconds.

And it is worth mentioning that...

The opponent that Tracy McGrady led the Suns to defeat with 13 points in 35 seconds back then...

It also happened to be the Los Angeles Lakers.

According to the schedule, the Lakers and Suns will launch a Game 7 battle in Phoenix on the 7th.

And after this game...

Kobe also excitedly said in an interview that Odom is the best teammate he has ever worked with in his career so far.

Pa——!

And it was on this night that Su Feng and O'Neal in Miami smashed their TV sets at the same time.

Heh?

Mamba God?

Kobe Turtle!

So this is what you really think in your heart?

Wait for it!

If you have the ability, lead the Lakers into the Finals!

When the time comes, I will t

On the court, the Pistons served the baseline ball and continued to attack.

Because Rasheed and Billups were respectively suppressed by Su Feng and Billups, in the first quarter, the Pistons' offensive burden had to fall on Hamilton and Prince.

As a scoring guard who is always forgotten by people in the era of "Four Great Scoring Guards"...

Hamilton's scoring ability is indeed good.

However, he has limited critical strikes on the court.

And Prince, who was strictly guarded by Ariza, was just like dueling with a mirror version of himself.

Because Ariza and Prince are similar in figure, and after entering the playoffs, the Heat's defensive level is completely different from the regular season, so it is difficult for Prince to find scoring opportunities through his off-ball movement.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 21 to 31.

O'Neal, who did not get many performance opportunities in the first round of the series, scored 16 points and 8 rebounds in the first quarter alone tonight.

And on the sidelines, when accepting an interview with the on-site host, O'Neal also quoted Su Feng's famous saying when the team eliminated the Wizards before.

"You know me, I have always yearned for more valuable opponents."

American Airlines Center, in the second quarter, the Pistons started their difficult journey of chasing points.

And at this time...

Another player that this Pistons team can't defend no matter what immediately made Rivers' head hurt.

From the perspective of lineup strength, this Pistons team is definitely not weak.

But in Su Feng's view, in this life, no matter who comes to coach this Pistons team, it is difficult for them to replicate the Motor City F5 myth in his memory.

Because of the current version of the Eastern Conference Big Three...

Whoever plays the Pistons is like playing.

In the Heat's starting lineup, the Pistons can't deal with O'Neal.

And in the Heat's substitute lineup...

They will encounter their nemesis even more:

———— Manu Ginobili.

Although in the case of O'Neal and Ginobili, the two great cake-throwing heroes, going crazy at the same time, the data of my round of the series is unlikely to look good...

But in order to eliminate this Pistons team as soon as possible and meet the Sixers or Celtics in the best condition, Su Feng doesn't mind playing four games of auxiliary in this series with the Pistons for O'Neal and Ginobili.

American Airlines Center, in the second quarter, after Ginobili scored 17 points for the Heat in a single quarter, the Pistons were completely beaten.

And in the third quarter, Riley chose to arrange O'Neal and Ginobili to play together.

As the saying goes, take advantage of your illness to kill you.

On the Pistons' bench, looking at Riley, who had an expression that he had never won before, at this moment, Rivers hated that he didn't have a knife in his hand.

Otherwise, he would have to carry a knife forward and theorize with Riley.

In the end, this Eastern Conference Semifinals G1 battle, the Heat was easier than playing the Wizards before.

The final score between the two teams was 90 to 125.

The Pistons' proud defense was just paper in front of the Heat.

In the whole game, O'Neal, who played 29 minutes for the Heat, scored a total of 29 points and 14 rebounds.

Ginobili, who only played 23 minutes, scored 28 points, 3 assists, and 2 rebounds.

And Su Feng, who played auxiliary safely on the court, had average data in this game, only scoring 21 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals.

After the game, when accepting an interview, although Rivers, who was deeply desperate, said in front of the media that he would definitely make adjustments in the next game.

But in fact...

After the G1 game between the two teams, Rivers already knew the fact that this Pistons team could not win the Heat at all.

On the 11th, American Airlines Center.

Those Maple Black fans who thought that the Pistons would definitely create trouble for the Heat after getting enough rest were disappointed again.

Because in this G2 battle, the Pistons lost even more miserably than in the G1 battle.

In the first quarter, the Pistons, who decisively double-teamed O'Neal, were hit by Su Feng, the "Shadow Grinding King," with three shots as soon as they came up.

Left bottom corner, right wing 45 degree angle, top arc.

On the court, looking at Rasheed and Prince, who dared to leave him open, Su Feng stopped the Pistons with three consecutive three-pointers without even thinking about it.

And after the timeout, the Pistons made adjustments to their defense again.

On the defensive end, they drew out the troops that were originally used to defend Ariza and Payton to double-team O'Neal.

But...

On the court, after Ariza and Payton each hit 2 three-pointers...

Rivers had already collapsed on the bench in despair.

Can't win.

Can't win no matter what!

In Rivers' view, if Ariza and Payton can perform normally, then the Pistons may still have a chance to compete with the Heat.

But in the case of these two people performing beyond their level, this Heat is unsolvable in Rivers' eyes.

In the end, the score of the G2 battle between the two teams was 77 to 135.

The Pistons, who lost to the Heat by 58 points on the road, not only created the team's historical largest losing point difference record in the playoffs, but also this game made those who thought that Su Feng could win the championship by relying on holding Ben's thigh shut up again.

Because in the first two games with the Heat...

Ben, who was troubled by foul trouble in both games, only averaged 1 point, 6 rebounds, and 1 block.

"Facts have proved that after leaving Su's protection, Ben is just an ordinary blue-collar player."

"I really don't understand why someone would think that Su's previous Defensive Player of the Year was obtained by relying on Ben.

Look at Ben's terrible performance when facing Shaq and Yao alone!

Are you sure that it is not because of Su's existence that he could confront these two super centers on the court before?"

Online, I don't know if Ben will go to see these heartbreaking comments like Durant after the game.

Anyway, as a hardcore Paul fan, this is my Paul's absolute idol, Su Feng has tried his best in these two games.

Tsk!

Fake Paul fans will only verbally accuse others of using 58 bad jokes to complain about my Paul.

And the real Paul fans will hammer Billups, the culprit, by 58 before My Paul is hammered into 58 cannons.

According to the schedule, the Heat and Pistons will move their next third and fourth games to Detroit.

And on the other side, just when the Heat's fans were complaining that the Heat was winning too fast in the playoffs this year, which caused their previously purchased season tickets to not be worth the price...

This series between the Celtics and Sixers...

The fight was a...

Thunder and fire.

When James and Wade, who were originally self-isolating together in the isolation room, discovered that the Celtics and Sixers, who had beaten them without any resistance in the previous games with the Hawks and Cavaliers, did not use their full strength in the first round of the playoffs...

Young Little Zhan Zhan and Little Wade Brother...

Suddenly felt like they were watching a horror movie.

No way, brothers...

Does that mean that when you were playing with us before...

You were still tm holding back?

In the Middle State Arena, the Celtics and Sixers tied 1-1 in the first two games.

On the Sixers side, the "Hey Yo" pick-and-roll is still unsolvable.

But on the Celtics side...

The "Duncan-Parker" pick-and-roll, the Sixers can't help it either.

In the first two games, both teams played to overtime before a winner was decided.

And in the West, the Mavericks completely controlled the dominance of their Western Conference semifinals with the Trail Blazers with a 2-0 lead.

In the Western Conference Semifinals, Garnett didn't have such good luck this time when facing another famous "soft egg inside."

Because in Davis's system, Nowitzki scored more than 30 points in both of the first two games.

And after the game, when accepting an interview, Nowitzki, who learned a trick from Su Feng at the All-Star Weekend to say the harshest words and get the most vicious beatings, even complained:

"I said it long ago! In front of this tough guy, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan are not my opponents!"

Look, how crazy is this Dirk now?

But don't say...

After Nowitzki became crazy, the American media really started to praise his performance on the court for becoming more and more tough.

And those American media who once criticized him for playing soft also believed that he was seriously underestimated in the MVP rankings before.

I have to say, impression flow is such a terrible thing.

And in the other Western Conference Semifinals, the Warriors and Suns tied 1-1.

Since the Game 7 battle with the Lakers, Shawn Marion has become the leader of this Suns team.

And Nelson Sr., who only wants to conquer the entire league with offense, also discovered at this time...

If it continues like this...

It seems that the Warriors may really be hammered out by this weak Suns team.

Nelson Sr.'s defensive adjustments for the Suns will not be mentioned for the time being.

May 12th.

On the same day that the Heat flew to Detroit, the NBA officially announced the ownership of the major awards for the 04/05 season.

And now...

It's time...

To welcome the new god of basketball to the throne!

……

ps: Brothers, how can a ten-thousand-word chapter become "that's it" when it comes to you?

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