Chapter 902 Playoff Situation
"Oh, boss!"
The new Eagle King Joe Johnson saw Li Ba coming in and quickly stood up to say hello.
"Qiao, you have performed well this year." Li Ba smiled and hugged Johnson.
"Haha, it's okay."
Joe Johnson was indeed happy to be selected as an All-Star for the first time.
After greeting Marbury and Marion, Li Ba said to O'Neal: "Shaq, welcome back to the West."
O'Neal stared with round eyes and said: "I heard, Hammer Boy, what kind of rules did you make last year?"
Li Ba smiled and said: "Yes, I made the rules."
"No, I'm more qualified than you, so I have to set a rule." O'Neill said with a straight face.
Li Ba chuckled and said, "You should stay where you want. You can't even handle Kobe Bryant, but you still want to handle the All-Star locker room. Who will obey you?"
O'Neal was so angry that he looked at Kobe.
Kobe turned his head and didn't respond.
Li Ba clapped his hands and shouted: "Okay, the rules of the game are the same this year. Does anyone have any opinions?"
After his words, the locker room was quiet, and no one expressed any objection.
Anthony, who was the only one who wanted to speak, looked around and saw that everyone supported Li Ba, and then lowered his head.
Here, everyone is the boss or core member of the team. He is an All-Star rookie and has no say.
Li Ba smiled and said to O'Neal: "Look, Shaq, this is the will of democracy."
"Shit, this is your democracy." O'Neill said angrily.
"Okay, there are two candidates for this year's AMVP. The first is Yao, and the second is Nowitzki. You two can decide for yourself."
Li Ba smiled.
Maddie opened her mouth to say something to Li Ba, but closed it again.
He and Li Ba were not familiar with each other and had little communication on and off the field.
Dayao and Nowitzki looked at each other and immediately became humble.
McGrady opened his mouth again, he really wanted this honor.
He feels that his physical condition is declining and his back injury cannot be cured. If he gets injured again next season, performs poorly and fails to make the All-Star list, he may never get this honor.
Of the three MVPs in the league, given the team's situation, there is little hope for the other two. This is the one he has the most hope of winning, because this MVP is basically determined by Li Ba. As long as Li Ba says a word, as long as the Western Conference wins, he You can get it.
Dayao noticed this former teammate and asked: "Gracie, what do you want to say?"
McGrady said with some embarrassment: "Well, can you, actually..."
"You want it?" Li Ba asked directly.
"Yes."
Looking at Li Ba, Maddie nodded.
Li Ba smiled, glanced at the others, and said nothing.
Seeing that there was no hope, McGrady felt a little sad.
At this time Dayao said: "Then let me forget it."
He was considering leaving the Mosaic team at that time, which was considered as cheating Tracy McGrady, and he would use it as compensation this time.
Li Ba glanced at him, shook his head secretly, said nothing, and looked at Nowitzki.
"I'm quitting too."
Nowitzki is also an honest man. Dayao said no more, how can he still compete with Tracy McGrady? What he actually wants to compete for is the championship and the MVP of the finals, not this.
"If you don't argue, then you can take it."
The person involved didn't want it anymore, and Li Ba didn't care and immediately said to McGrady.
Maddie opened her mouth, "Give it, give it to me?"
More than two hours later, the West defeated the East, and Tracy McGrady got his wish.
After the All-Star Game, Li Ba returned to Phoenix with his family the next day.
It was the first time that Li Dacheng and Zhou Yuehe came to their son's mansion and villa. They had two completely different feelings from Baylor Mansion in the capital. They were both very big anyway.
After settling in, Li Ba said: "Mom and Dad, don't be in a hurry to go back this time. Let's play here in the United States first, or go to South America. There are still many fun places."
The second elder has no objection. After playing outside for a few months, as he has gained more experience, his concept has changed a lot.
After the All-Star Game, the regular season heat continues.
Each team has its own rhythm. Teams that have hope of reaching the playoffs are starting to make their final efforts. Bad teams like the Spurs, SuperSonics, and Timberwolves are losing games like crazy. Teams like the Suns and Lakers are losing. Strong teams, while resting their main players, try to ensure that their record does not lag behind.
In the end, the Lakers did not choose to lose on purpose, but chased the Suns.
Because even if the sun is not touched in the second round, it will still be touched in the Western Conference Finals, so deliberately avoiding the sun in the second round does not make much sense. What the Lakers want is not the chance of the Western Conference Finals, but the championship.
At the end of the February game, the Suns lost one game this month, to the powerful Bulls, with a record of 47 wins and 11 losses, still ranking first in the Pacific Division, first in the Western Conference, and first in the league.
The Lakers caught up and ranked second in the Western Conference, with 46 wins and 12 losses, followed by the Grizzlies and Mavericks, with very close winning rates.
Another month has passed, time has entered April 2007, and the long regular season schedule has come to an end.
On the 1st, the league announced the best player of the month for March. Li Ba won this honor for the third time this season.
At the same time, he continues to top the list of major media and official MVP rankings.
In addition, his Warhammer Generation 1 and two subsequent five-pair special brand shoes were sold all over the world for a month, with a combined sales volume of more than 1.5 million pairs and a sales volume of US$400 million.
Especially the two special models are the best collection models and are very popular. Although these two models alone are extremely expensive, they are still sold out.
Although it was said to have been sold for a month, it was actually only sold intermittently for half a month because the stock was out of stock from time to time and the production supply was not available.
On the night of the 1st, the Suns faced off against the Mavericks at home.
The Suns currently have 59 wins and 13 losses, ranking first in the Pacific Division, first in the Western Conference, and first in the league.
The Lakers are second in the Western Conference, one and a half games behind the Suns.
The Grizzlies are third, half a game behind the Lakers.
The Mavericks are now fourth in the Western Conference, half a game behind the Grizzlies.
The Mavericks and Grizzlies both belong to the Southwest Division, so at the end of the regular season, they are still chasing each other, hoping to surpass the Grizzlies and get first place in the Southwest Division. Otherwise, they will fall behind the Grizzlies and the Lakers, and they will be ranked fifth. .
Fifth vs. fourth, according to the current rankings, they will meet the Lakers in the first round. The outcome is unpredictable.
This season, among the three divisions in the Western Conference, the Pacific and Southwest Divisions are fighting to the death. Only the Northwest Division, where the Nuggets are located, is the easiest.
There is no top four strong team in the Northwest Division. Only the Jazz are strong and can be opponents of the Nuggets. The others are all bad teams.
Although the Nuggets are currently ranked fifth in the regular season, once they enter the playoffs, they will automatically enter the top three as the Northwest Division champion. Based on the current winning rate, they will rank third in the playoffs and sixth in the first round, which is very important. Advantages, hopefully entering the second round.
It's a pity that none of the four first-tier teams in the Western Conference chose to take the initiative to fall to sixth place, and they were all very motivated.