One Thousand One Hundred and Sixty-Three: A Person More Excited than Link
The Grizzlies, Warriors and Cavaliers all reached the conference finals with a record of 8 wins and 0 losses, which really made fans excited.
As of now, you simply can't predict who of these three teams will win the final crown.
Indeed, in terms of regular season record, the Grizzlies are naturally the best. Their 75-win record is enough to trample everyone under their feet.
But the Cavaliers have proven that regular season record doesn't mean anything.
During the regular season, the Cavaliers had less than 55 wins, but this did not prevent them from performing well enough in the playoffs.
Advancing to the conference finals 8-0, even in the Eastern Conference, this is an amazing dominance!
These three strong teams have whetted the appetite of fans. If only one team dominates, there will be nothing to watch in the playoffs.
Only when there is fierce competition can fans fully experience the fun of this sport!
The Cavaliers, Grizzlies and Warriors are enough to make the competition fierce.
After waiting for so long, the most exciting part of this season has finally arrived.
Western Conference Finals, 75-win Grizzlies vs. 67-win Warriors!
This exaggerated and powerful dialogue is about to take place!
Both teams are currently undefeated in the playoffs, but everyone believes that their undefeated streak ends here.
Neither the Grizzlies nor the Warriors can survive the Western Conference Finals.
The game hasn't even started yet, and NBA officials have already begun to build momentum for this series.
Slogans like "The Greatest Western Conference Finals in History" were used in promotional advertisements.
But if you think about it carefully, the league's propaganda is really not exaggerated at all.
One is a team that has just established a three-peat dynasty within two years, and the other is the defending champion last season.
One team has 75 wins this season, and the other team has 74 wins last season.
One team has the greatest players of this era, and one team has the most luxurious lineup of this era.
Both teams have shown strong enough dominance in their divisions during the regular season this year.
This year's Western Conference Finals is truly the strongest VS the strongest.
Link looked at the promotional advertisement on TV and couldn't wait to see it.
Revenge against the Warriors is what Link was planning last summer!
Since last summer, Link has been thinking about how to regain the championship that belongs to the Grizzlies.
Now, we have finally come to this point.
It's like playing a long RPG game. After going through a series of adventures and powerful enemies, you finally reach the BOSS.
This feeling of an impending battle made Link very excited.
RPG games may only take players a few dozen hours, but it took a whole year for Link to reach the Warriors!
Starting from the recruitment of Wade and Nash in the offseason last year, to the four young men Jokic, Richardson, Harrell and Dinwiddie in the training camp.
Link has been preparing for this battle for too long.
As a result, Link got up early and left the house for training two days before the game.
Because he really couldn't sit still at home and just wanted to go to the basketball court to sweat.
Although it was still early in the morning when Link drove out, the sun was already very dazzling.
Summer is here again.
For a professional player playing in the NBA, summer means a lot.
It is possible to stand on top of the world, and it is possible to achieve nothing.
But one thing is for sure - the summer for NBA players will never be dull!
Since becoming a professional player,
Link has spent several summers in Memphis.
Some are happy, some are depressed.
This summer, Link hopes to start a new chapter!
After arriving at FedEx Arena early and changing clothes, Link thought he would be the first person to arrive today.
However, when he stepped into the training hall, he discovered that he was in second place again.
In the past, when Jimmy Butler was still around, he was usually the first to arrive.
Now, the first person to arrive is often Dinwiddie.
But today, when Link stepped into the training hall, he discovered Jokic!
This surprised Link.
"Link, are you here so early?" Jokic was obviously surprised. He put down the basketball and waved to Link.
"Why did I come so early? I still want to ask you. What? You have insomnia too?" Link walked up to Jokic with interest.
There is no doubt that Jokic is a hard-working player, but he is by no means the hardest-working player.
He may be one of the first players to come every day, but he will never be the first one to come.
In two years, Link has never seen Jokic be the first to come to the training facility.
Jokic is different from most players who are second-round picks. After all, he has not been fond of basketball since he was a child, so he is not life-threatening in training.
This guy fell into the second round simply because his talent was masked by his weight.
In fact, Jokic's talent is unmatched by normal second-round picks.
So you can say that in addition to hard work, Jokic was able to successfully counterattack because he also had talent to help.
All in all, Jokic is by no means a training freak. But today, he was the first to appear on the training ground.
"I...I just felt a little unable to sit still, so I came here." Jokic scratched his head and laughed sheepishly.
"Can't you sit still? Could it be that... you are excited because you are about to face Green?" Link narrowed his eyes and saw through Jokic's little thoughts at a glance.
This guy looks a lot like me.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, Serbia missed the opportunity to beat the Dream Team in the group stage. In the finals, they unfortunately lost to the dream team for the second time and missed the Olympic championship.
These two losses played a very important role in promoting Jokic's transformation from a boy to a man.
Jokic didn't answer, so Link accepted it. Sure enough, that guy is still thinking about last summer's defeat!
To be exact, it’s not just the Olympic Games. In last season's Western Conference finals, Jokic was also badly abused by Green.
For Jokic, facing Green and the Warriors is like facing the fears and shadows in his heart.
If he can get over it, he will definitely be able to grow further!
However, this is indeed a good thing.
Jokic has always looked like he has no desires and desires on the basketball court. God knows how much power that guy can burst out when his desire to win is overwhelming.
This season, Jokic has become a well-known and qualified starter. Experts also speak very highly of Jokic.
However, the power contained in this "pork belly" does not end there.
The next round of the series will be the time for Jokic to give full play to his talent!
"Okay, no more nonsense. You can't just chat when you come here so early. Come on, let's start shooting practice!" Link picked up the basketball on the ground and stuffed it into Jokic's arms.
Jokic smiled and started shooting from beyond the arc.
From the first time I went to the Grizzlies for a tryout, I couldn't hold a plank for 20 seconds, and then I went to Barcelona for a physical examination, but I was returned because I was too fat...
Speaking of which, Jokic also found that a lot of things had happened between himself and the Grizzlies and Link.
But when looking at the championship banners in the training hall and competition venues, Jokic couldn't find any resonance.
Because since coming to the Grizzlies, he has never experienced the feeling of standing on the top.
So this year, he will go all out to try to leave his mark on the championship banner!
After that, it was very Anjie after training. Only the beautiful notes emitted by the rolling nets filled the entire empty training hall...