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　　 Winner and loser, the playoffs seem to be the best place to explain these four words. Don't care about any grudges between you, don't care how good your regular season record is. Here, as long as you are defeated, no one will give you a chance for revenge. Here, as long as you fail to win, a whole season of hard work will be wiped out.

No team will give up their chance to win, regardless of whether their strength is proportional to their opponents, as long as they can cross that threshold, all teams will do their best.

This is the portrayal of the playoffs. There is no sympathy here. The fierce battle is the only theme of the playoffs.

Although on April 13, the Mavericks successfully defeated the Rockets in the last regular season of the season. But no one on the team slackened after 82 regular-season games. For the Mavericks, who are aiming for a championship, the really difficult moment of this season has just arrived.

After the regular season is over, the playoffs will naturally become clearer. The Mavericks, ranked third in the Western Conference, will meet the trailblazers in the sixth place in advance.

Although the Trail Blazers lost Oden and Roy, this team from the City of Roses took a very short time to adjust and, despite the fact that people looked bad, they went to sixth place in the West. When Roy performed poorly at the beginning of the season and was reimbursed for another season, people thought the Trail Blazers were going to rebuild again. However, this team has persisted to the top eight in the West with an unyielding spirit.

In addition to Aldridge's rise, the Trail Blazers traded for "Elvis" Gerald Wallace after the All-Star Game, which undoubtedly greatly increased the team's strength. Although the era of Oden and Roy ended hastily, you cannot say that the current pioneer is a lamb to be slaughtered.

However, Carlisle is still more willing to play against the Trail Blazers than the seventh-ranked Hornets. At least when it came to playing against the Trail Blazers, that guy Yiyang could show his full strength. Compared to Chris Paul, Andre Miller does not seem to be a threat to Yiyang. And if Yiyang plays well enough, it will play a decisive role in whether the Mavericks can win.

The New Orleans Hornets, leave it to the overtaken Vessel to the second Lakers. Against the Portland Trail Blazers, it was exactly what Carlisle wanted.

After the regular season, there are two days for the players to adjust and rest. For Carlisle, the Mavericks players had better not do anything but training in these two days.

In these two days, the training intensity set by Carlisle was even greater than during the regular season. In terms of tactics, the biggest change for the Mavericks is that Yiyang, the sixth man, becomes the team's starting point guard.

Although in the regular season, Yiyang played a lot more time than Kidd. But in every previous game, Kidd took the lead to stabilize the situation and set the tone for the subsequent battle. Now, Carlisle asks Yiyang to stabilize the situation as soon as he enters the field and strive to establish an advantage as soon as possible. This feeling is different from playing the sixth man.

But what makes Carlisle feel gratified is that after Yiyang switched to the starter in training, there seemed to be no discomfort, almost "plug and play". When the Mavericks' second team is led by Kidd, Peja and Terry will get more room to play instead.

Everything seems to be proceeding in an orderly manner. Of course, in addition to the teams preparing for the playoffs, all sports TV stations must also start preparing for the playoffs.

These days, special programs about the playoffs are everywhere. And tnt TV will naturally talk to fans about the situation this year before the playoffs.

Barkley, Kenny Smith and Kevin Harlan, these three guys do playoff special programs always attract people's attention. There is no other reason, just because these three guys speak sharply enough.

On most TV stations, the hosts are complimenting the teams participating in the playoffs. But these three guys at tnt are different. They can point out the problems of a team sharply and tell you why this team can't win the championship. Then I have to appease the fans of this team, don't you daydream.

"...As you said, it is not easy for the Lakers to successfully defend their title this season. Even if they defeat the Hornets, they will have to face the victory between the Dallas Mavericks and the Trail Blazers. These two opponents are enough for Kobe Bryant to drink a pot.” At this time, the three hosts are talking about the second-ranked Lakers in the Western Conference. They think it will be difficult for Kobe to create his own. Three consecutive dynasties, the Lakers' performance this season is not as good as the previous two years, this is obvious to all. While the Lakers were in decline, other teams were improving. For example, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Even if the Lakers passed the Mavericks level, it would be difficult to compete with the young Thunder.

"Speaking of the Dallas Mavericks, their record this season seems to be 57 wins and 25 losses. It's amazing. This is the 11th consecutive season that the Mavericks have won 50 wins! The addition of the Mavericks has filled the Mavericks with vitality that they did not have before. !" Taking this opportunity, Kevin Harlan turned his head and brought the topic to the Mavericks.

"Yeah, look at what the Mavericks have gotten in the past 11 years? Everyone knows that this team did not perform well in the playoffs. This is a regular season team that is like a fake replacement. Portland The Trail Blazers must be very happy now, because they have become the lucky ones. After all, everyone wants to play with the Mavericks." Charles Barkley spread his hands and is not optimistic about the Mavericks' playoff prospects.

"However, the Mavericks played really well in the regular season this season, and they even blew a blue whirlwind in the league at one time." Kenny Smith began the confrontation with Barkley.

"Oh, did you forget the 2006-07 season so quickly? The Mavericks had a horrible 67 wins in the regular season! 67 wins, gentlemen! Even now, that’s a terrible number! Dirk also Naturally, it became the mvp of that year. Guess what the result? The Mavericks achieved the Warriors’ black eight miracle in the first round of the playoffs! And I would like to remind everyone that the Mavericks did not They weren’t bothered by injuries, but they still lost, and they were put forward abruptly. This year’s 57 wins are nothing compared to that season. In terms of regular season performance, the Mavericks have played in the past 11 years. There have been 60 wins in 3 years. But this does not explain the problem, they always lose in the playoffs for various reasons." Barkley listed this piece of favorable evidence, "Kenny Smith couldn't find any reason to refute.

"Accept the reality. The only time the Mavericks made it to the wrap-up game, they didn't take the O'Brien Cup, but instead made Wade. This is the Dallas Mavericks, the playoffs, not where the guys should go."

In the Mavericks' tactical conference room, the only light source in the darkened room was the picture of the projector.

Every word Charles Barkley said is deeply imprinted in the hearts of the Mavericks players. All the Mavericks saw the live broadcast just now.

No one knows why Carlisle organizes the players to watch this kind of thing. Before the playoffs, all head coaches hope that the players will concentrate on training and shut out all the news that is not conducive to the team's performance. According to rumors, 76ers coach Doug Collins does not even allow players to watch the news. But Carlisle, this guy organized everyone to hear how the outside world looked down on them.

When the three hosts of tn.t changed the topic to Oklahoma City Thunder, Carlisle turned on all the lights in the room and stood in front of the players.

"How do you feel?" the academy coach finished asking and glanced at the players underneath.

"Before the playoffs started, everyone thought we couldn't do it and felt that we were softies. Many people were betting that the Trail Blazers would win the next night, or even the entire series. What do you think?"

"I think Charles is **** shit." Terry replied without evasiveness, causing the teammates around him to laugh secretly.

"You think Flying Pig is spraying shit, but everyone else thinks what he said is the truth. Guys, we have no retreat! The only people who still believe that we can succeed are ourselves! So, the next night's game, and even Throughout the playoffs, I hope you can do your best! Everyone wants to fight us, and everyone treats us as soft persimmons. Then we use our performance to let each other see who is the protagonist in the playoffs. !" Carlisle shouted so that all the players turned hatred into strength.

Carlisle is indeed an academic coach who is obsessed with studying tactics, but many people don't know that this guy is also very good at mobilizing players' emotions.

Kidd's old fritters will naturally not be affected by Carlisle's few words~www.novelmtl.com~ Even if Carlisle doesn't say it, Kidd knows what to do in the playoffs. The legend is that the point guard turned his head and looked at Yiyang, who was sitting next to him. He wanted to know how the young man would react to Carlisle's encouragement.

Yiyang's hands were clenched into fists, and his eyes fired, as if he wished to rush up to tear Barkley to pieces.

Kidd smiled, Barkley couldn't be torn to pieces. But the Portland Trail Blazers may not be so lucky.

"also!"

Hearing Kidd calling himself, Yiyang's eyes also left the screen.

"The playoffs are different from the regular season. At any moment, you must do your best. Even if you try your last sweat, you can't admit defeat." Although Kidd is a historic point guard, the biggest regret of his career is never Owned his own championship ring. He knows very well that in the playoffs, only if everyone works hard to have the hope of winning.

"I didn't intend to be lazy." Yiyang responded coldly, and then continued to stare at the screen. Although his tone was cold, there was already a fire in the heart of the young man Yiyang.

The reborn Mavericks carries the expectations of the city of Dallas, while the young Yiyang carries the Mavericks' dream of a championship.

"Are you ready to start in the playoffs?" Seeing that Yiyang seemed to be passionate about the playoffs, Kidd continued to ask, patting Yiyang on the shoulder.

This time, Yiyang did not answer. The young rookie guard just nodded vigorously.