This Forward is Not Serious

After the massage, Lin Ying felt unfinished.

"Here, give me the money!"

Yang Shuyi spread her hands.

That obviously didn't really ask for money, but was waiting for Lin Ying to praise her.

"In the salary increase, by the way, have you passed the SAT?"

"It's over, why are you asking this?"

Yang Shuyi withdrew her hand and sat on the sofa and shook it, feeling a little sore after pressing it.

"Have you decided where to apply for university?"

Lin Ying continued to ask.

"You want me to come to Denver?"

Yang Shuyi looked at Lin Ying with a smile.

Her little head reacts very quickly.

"I didn't say it, but you can come here if you want, just to be my masseuse again."

Lin Ying was a little embarrassed when she said this.

Massage is not better than cupping, it is best to be able to follow the team around the clock.

Yang Shuyi is still a high school student, so obviously she can't do it now.

But next June she will graduate from high school and start college.

If it is in Denver, then most of the time can still be taken care of.

Anyway, he himself is still young, so it doesn't mean that he has to do it every day, it's almost enough to maintain a certain frequency.

"Do you want me to come to Denver? If you want, I will."

What Lin Ying didn't expect was that Yang Shuyi repeated what she said just now, and added emphasis.

"this……"

"Do you want to?"

"Yes, but..."

"Then I'll come!"

Lin Ying didn't think too much on the spur of the moment. After thinking about it, she had many considerations, but she didn't expect Yang Shuyi to answer so decisively.

"But I have one condition."

Yang Shuyi followed and said again.

"you say."

Lin Ying wished that the girls had conditions, the more the better.

"You have to seriously teach me how to play, I want to play professional basketball."

Yang Shuyi spoke very seriously.

She said that day, her dream is to play.

To realize the dream, becoming a professional player is the inevitable way.

Even in the end, playing on behalf of the Chinese women's basketball team.

The condition made sense, and it explained why she came to Denver.

Just like Lin Ying back then, she is also a person who is chasing after her dreams.

Lin Ying looked at Yang Shuyi carefully again.

She is 1.85 meters tall, has a wingspan of about 1.90 meters, and weighs about 58 kilograms, and it was okay to see her jumping inside a woman during the training that day.

It's not like there's no chance to play professionally.

"I promise you, and I will give you a promise. If you don't get a career in the end, you can directly join my personal team."

Lin Ying not only agreed, but also left a retreat for Yang Shuyi.

It's not how good the other person is, but that if you hire one person, you can do the work of three people. Such a good job may not be found even with a lantern!

Yang Shuyi smirked and held out her little finger to Lin Ying.

This little girl likes to play with hooks every day.

Lin Ying and Yang Shuyi made a hook, and the agreement was reached.

After the chat, Yang Shuyi took Lin Ying's massage card away before leaving.

"What are you doing with that?"

"With me, why do you want this?"

Yang Shuyi had a natural expression.

There seems to be nothing wrong?

When Lin Ying reacted, the little girl had already slipped away with the card.

Sure enough, colleagues are enemies!

But it was at this time that Lin Ying remembered that the card was given by Durant!

If Durant talks about massage next time, you actually gave my card to someone else after asking!

So love goes away right?

Forget it, it’s not just a card.

...

Time flies, and it is early April in a blink of an eye.

This more than a month has been the most competitive period in the NBA, especially in the West.

The competition between the Nuggets and the Jazz became even more intense, and conflicts occurred again and again in the next two matches, and even Deron was anxious to talk trash to Lin Ying.

If these two teams in the same district meet in the playoffs, it will definitely be sparks.

By April 15th, the 2007-2008 season was coming to an end, and the competition for the playoffs had completely entered the "countdown stage".

It's better to talk about the east side, except for the suspense of the last seat, most of them have been confirmed.

With the last round of the regular season left, the Celtics have locked in the Eastern Conference and the league's first double insurance with 65 wins.

This means that they have home court advantage in all their games in the playoffs.

In contrast, the west side is a complete mess.

Except for the Lakers who have locked in the first place in the Western Conference, the remaining teams lose one game and may fall directly from second to sixth.

Not to mention that the fans are confused, even the general managers of each team have a headache.

The current ranking is really the kind that makes Chinese teachers go crazy and math teachers feel dizzy.

1. The Lakers, 61 wins and 20 losses;

2. Spurs, 56 wins and 25 losses;

3. Hornets, 56 wins and 25 losses;

4. Nuggets, 55 wins and 26 losses;

5. The Suns, 56 wins and 25 losses;

6. Jazz, 55 wins and 26 losses;

7. Rockets, 54 wins and 27 losses;

8. Mavericks, 50 wins and 31 losses.

After reading this record, you will understand why the previous sentence fell from second to sixth, because there is only one win in the middle!

And after the record is close, it involves various complicated factors such as ranking rules, mutual wins and losses, and so on.

To give a "simple" example, the Spurs and Hornets, Jazz and Nuggets are all in the same division.

For them, the biggest chance to gain home court advantage in the playoffs is to directly win the first place in the division.

Speaking of the Nuggets, the best news for them is that they have 3 wins and 1 loss in the games against the Jazz.

In other words, as long as they win the last game, no matter whether the Jazz wins or not, they will keep the top four in the Western Conference.

Even, the Hornets now have one more win than them, and they still have a chance to overtake them!

So who is the opponent of the Nuggets in the last game?

Hey, that's right, it's a wasp!

This wave is not deliberately arranged by Stern, but sometimes fate is so interesting.

Even, sometimes the quota is fixed directly in the last game, the winner enters the playoffs, and the loser goes home to fish!

For example, such a situation occurred in 2018 in history.

At that time, the Timberwolves and the Nuggets ranked eighth and ninth, and their records were also the same. The last game was a direct confrontation between the two teams.

In the end, under the leadership of Jimmy Butler, the Timberwolves sent the Nuggets home, returning to the playoffs after 14 years.

And this year's Western chaos is not the only one!

In the last round, the Jazz will play the Suns, and the Spurs will play the Lakers!

This year may not be the most exciting one-match game, but it's all linked together.

To describe it in another sentence: Don't guess, you can't guess what the ranking will be in the end!

Carl also has a headache watching it, so his goal for the team is: beat the Hornets and fight this game.

On April 17, the NBA final game.

At this time in previous years, fans have already turned their attention to the upcoming playoffs.

But this year, in the face of what may be the most unpredictable regular season ranking in NBA history, this attention is no less than that of the playoffs.

The game between the Nuggets and the Hornets took the lead.

The previous record of the two teams was 1 win and 1 loss. The Nuggets can't afford to lose this game, and the Hornets can't afford to lose even more.

The game was extremely fierce, and all kinds of people turned their backs, and even Martin and David West sprayed each other passionately twice.

Among other things, this made Lin Ying feel the atmosphere of the NBA playoffs in advance.

What I said before, when it comes to the NBA playoffs, it all goes back to when he watched the Rockets playoffs with Durant before he entered the NBA.

In the end of the fierce battle, the Nuggets regrettably lost.

In addition to being unstable, the Hornets are a strong team on both offense and defense.

Speaking of which, even in the same period of history, this Hornets finally advanced to the playoffs as the second seed in the Western Conference!

After losing the game, the Nuggets also lost their initiative.

They can only hope that the Suns behind will be strong.

The truest voice of the Nuggets fans at this moment: We are all Suns fans now!

In fact, don't say that the Nuggets want the Suns to win, the Suns themselves want to win too!

Because the NBA has a total of three divisions, the NBA restructured the division's top spot last season and no longer locks the top three in the division, which means that the Suns have a chance to enter the top four!

So the following game was even more intense than the Nuggets and Hornets.

It can even be said that the relationship between them will directly cause the western rankings to show two completely opposite trends.

In the fierce competition, there was also a very interesting scene.

Harprin wanted to use small moves, but the Suns, who had suffered a loss last year, learned to be smart and directly used O'Neal to crush Harprin.

Poor Harprin, a football player, can only be ruthlessly destroyed by the "big shark" in the end.

Sharks are old, but they are still sharks!

In the end, after four quarters of fierce fighting, the Suns struggled to win the game.

Because of the win advantage over the Spurs, this made them directly third in the West!

So far, although the game between the Spurs and the Lakers has not yet been played, the ranking of the Western Conference is basically clear.

Roughly as follows:

1. The Lakers, 61 wins and 20 losses;

2. Hornets, 57 wins and 25 losses;

3. The Suns, 57 wins and 25 losses;

4. Nuggets, 55 wins and 27 losses;

5. Spurs, 56 wins and 25 losses;

6. Jazz, 55 wins and 27 losses;

7. The Rockets, 55 wins and 27 losses;

8. Mavericks, 51 wins and 31 losses;

This result is simply a big party for Hornets, Nuggets and Sun fans.

But for Jazz and Spurs fans, it's a bit cruel.

Especially the Spurs, this wave has fallen to the bottom half!

Moreover, regardless of whether they can win the Lakers in the end, they are in this ranking.

Popovich, depressed ah!

Originally, it was obviously second, but now it is fifth in life and death.

It is not too much to say that heaven is from hell!

The rankings have been divided, and the Spurs have no intention of fighting. Popovich played with an all-substitute lineup in the last game, and the Spurs "successfully" lost in the end.

In this way, the final ranking of the playoffs is determined, and the first round match is also released.

Lakers VS Mavericks, Hornets VS Rockets, Suns VS Jazz, and Nuggets VS Spurs!

The Nuggets are going to play the Spurs! !

This result was actually not what Lin Ying had thought before.

He thought they were likely to end up against the Jazz.

After all, the flag was set when chatting with Anderson before.

Even, he has already figured out how to deal with Boozer.

It might be magic to say it, but the worst matchup Boozer has ever played against is Gasol, or against the Lakers.

To paraphrase the words of Lakers fans, the peak Boozer All-Star center? Isn't that a CIC handsome guy?

The reason is simple. The Lakers have a Gasol who is taller and has a better wingspan than him, and his movement speed is not inferior to him, and Bynum guards the inside.

Get inside? You really treat him like Malone!

For the Nuggets, Lin Ying is also taller and has a better wingspan than him, and Martin or Nene can help defend the inside.

What Lin Ying is taller than Boozer?

correct!

Boozer's official height is the same as Lin Ying's 2.06 meters, but his bare feet are actually less than 2.03 meters.

In addition, Lin Ying has short hair, you can clearly feel that they are much taller when they stand next to each other.

It's just a pity that the Spurs are playing now.

Spurs!

Leaving aside the grievances between the Nuggets and the Spurs in the playoffs last season, Lin Ying and the Spurs also had feuds before.

No, to be more precise, it should be the first big scene of the season, and the two teams have become enemies.

This wave is the meeting of enemies, and they are extremely jealous! It is definitely the most anticipated first-round matchup in this year's playoffs.

...

After confirming the matchup, the Nuggets players were somewhat annoyed.

In the eyes of fans and the outside world, this group of matches is very interesting, but for the Nuggets, this may be the "hardest road" they have to go.

If you don't believe me, hide the team name and take a look first.

In the first round against the defending champion, the second round is likely to face the division's No. 1 Lakers.

Just these two steps, not to mention the latter, these two parts are already very awesome if they can cross over.

Not to mention that even if they make it to the finals, they are likely to face the Celtics of the Big Three!

It would be great if they won the Hornets in the last game of the regular season!

That's on the minds of most of the players, and possibly even the Nuggets coaching staff.

A slight difference is a thousand miles away!

Lin Ying was probably the only one whose mood didn't fluctuate much.

The most important thing is his character as mentioned before.

Don't regret what you have done, and try to make what you do become a successful thing in the end.

The best proof is to sign Anta before.

Similarly, the loss to the Hornets has already happened, so the next thing to do is to try to beat the Spurs.

And then there's the line Rick Barnes said, which may have become his mantra by now:

Difficulties mean opportunities!

If they can beat the Spurs this year, no matter how far they can go, they will be impressive enough!

And don't feel like you have no chance.

In this year's history, the Spurs were almost eliminated by the Hornets in the second round.

If it weren't for the Hornets being too tender and unstable.

Then they passed the Hornets in the tie-break, and in the finals, facing the Lakers without Bynum, the Spurs were eliminated 1-4 and were almost swept away.

The main reason for this is that Duncan, as a big core, suffered from plantar fasciitis and played the worst year of his career in the playoffs.

Although he still played 20+14+3+2 statistically, his shooting percentage was only 44.9%.

Looking at Shi Fu's entire career, his efficiency is only higher than that of the season when he retired, which was almost completely immobile, and the second last in his career.

"Lin, can we beat the Spurs?"

At this moment, Anderson on the side asked.

He remembered that before Lin Ying said that the Jazz were easier to fight than the Spurs.

"Chris, do you know where I graduated from?"

Lin Ying replied.

Before Anderson could answer, Evrams who was not far away had already come over.

"We graduated from the University of Texas, one of the most legendary NCAA championship schools in NCAA history!"

The little pride on that face overflowed the screen.