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On April 17, 2013, at 10:30 PM US time, when the legendary Spanish star Paul Gasol used 17 points, 11 assists and 20 rebounds to help the Lakers without Kobe beat the Rockets, he had a luxurious F4 after he used 17 points, 11 assists and 20 rebounds to help the Lakers defeat the Rockets. The Los Angeles "Nobles" of the lineup finally confirmed the final playoff spot this year.

The struggle of the Lakers heralds the official end of this season's intense regular season. The final rankings of the East and West parts were finally confirmed. In the East, the overall rankings are about the same as expected before the season. Although the Celtics fell to seventh in the Eastern Conference, they are still a playoff team anyway. The Miami Heat's arrogance is also expected.

As for the west, the situation is more chaotic than people think. Before the start of this season, ESN's prediction rankings were given by the Lakers in the West, second in the Thunder in the West, and third in the Spurs in the West. Where's the Dallas Mavericks? Eighth in the West, and behind this predicted ranking, experts also added a sentence. "Without Nowitzki, the Mavericks want to get the eighth position in the Western Conference, they must have both hard work and luck."

But now? The Los Angeles Lakers became the fringe who just stepped onto the threshold of the playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks, with 57 wins and third place in the Western Conference, overwhelmed the team led by Chris Paul, Kobe, Howard and Harden.

Nowitzki is no longer the one who made the Mavericks do all this, nor is it the short-lived Mayo. Yiyang, the third-year Chinese who averaged 28.8 points, 11.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.2 steals this season, is the key to turning the Mavericks into magic!

Yiyang's personal data is quite gorgeous. Among them, the crazy scoring performance in the second half of the season made Yiyang's scoring average only 0.1 points less than this year's scoring champion Anthony! And his 62 points in a single game is also the highest record for players in the regular season this year. In the case of scoring, Yiyang averaged 11.3 assists per game. In this data, Yiyang ranks first in the league. The second-ranked Rajon Rondo has played only 38 games this season, and the average data is still only 11.1 times per game. In addition, Yiyang's 2.2 steals are second only to Chris Paul's 2.4. Such excellent data undoubtedly gave him the capital to compete for MV. Of course, Yiyang was able to become a MV candidate not only because of the burst data, but also because he used his own strength to pull the Mavericks to the top ranks in the West.

"If the former Nash can **** the MV trophy from O'Neal, then the current one can also take the trophy from LeBron's head. Regardless of personal data or team performance, he will do it. It’s very good. Although James has the highest efficiency rating in the league this season. But MV is not short for the'Highest Efficiency Rating Award'!"

"The fourth player in history to win the regular season MV as an All-Star substitute player. Such a title is exciting just thinking about it!"

"This will be a leap forward for basketball in China and even in Asia! Now, every step we take is creating history!"

As the star of the team with the most amazing results after the regular season, Yiyang became a hot topic of discussion before the start of the playoffs. Under the aura played by Yiyang Super God, some media even claimed that this year's Dallas Mavericks, who seem to have a poor lineup, might be able to reach the finals and fight with the Heat. And judging from the game a few days ago, if the Heat really met the Mavericks in the finals, the Big Three would have to say whether they could win.

The outside world is suddenly very optimistic about the Mavericks, but they do not know that they are also the ones who underestimated the Mavericks before the start of the season.

In the case of being touted by the media, Carlisle did not do anything to win the O'Brien Cup in one fell swoop. A Dirk with a career low in scoring data, a Mayo who is "hard" and then "soft" after a while, and a Marion who is 35 years old in a few days and will average double digits per game. Darren Collison, who can average 12 points per game, but is difficult to carry the backbone of the team...and, Yi Jianlian, Carter, Kaman, Brand...light Listening to these names, it's really hard for you to associate the Dallas Mavericks with the third in the West. The excellent results of the Mavericks seem to make people forget the slightly shabby lineup of Cuban. Such a lineup in the regular season can rely on Yiyang's vigor to reach the top three, but in the playoffs, each round is an extremely difficult challenge for the Mavericks.

The Spurs, Thunder, Clippers, Nuggets...These opponents all seem to be above the Mavericks on paper. Want to break the siege in the extremely cruel series, the degree of difficulty is not comparable to the regular season.

Carlisle knew this very well, so he didn't become airy because of unanimous praise from the outside world. If the Mavericks really want to perform miracles, they have to do it step by step.

For example, what Carlisle needs to solve right now is not how to deal with the Thunder, let alone how to beat the Heat. The biggest problem facing the Mavericks now is the Memphis Grizzlies!

55 wins and 26 losses, in the fiercely competitive Western Conference, the sixth-ranked Grizzlies are actually only two wins worse than the Mavericks! If the NA regular season schedule can have three more games, it may not be certain who is sixth and who is third.

Therefore, although the rankings are in order, in fact, most of the teams in the West are teams of the same level. Facing the low-key opponent of the Memphis Grizzlies, Carlisle didn't think the game would become easy.

"Get up and run! Don't think you can take it lightly after the regular season is over. The real battle has just begun!" Carlisle's voice was already a little hoarse in the training ground of the American Airlines Center Arena, but this still couldn't stop him from being there. Dancing and shouting loudly.

Yiyang wiped the sweat from his forehead, and now he has no time to think about the ownership of the MV. How to prepare for the series against the Grizzlies more effectively is what Yiyang is fully focused on.

"Kaman, your pick-and-roll is still too slow! Remember, screens must be decisive and fast! The Grizzlies' offensive efficiency is only ranked 18th in the league, but why can they reach sixth in the Western Conference? The playoffs? Because their defensive efficiency ranks second in the league! You have to be mentally prepared. In the next few days, we will face a defensive strength that has never been seen before. So, the offensive end will give it more. I play more smoothly, and I will shoot from the outside when I have the opportunity, and don't hit the inside as soon as I have the ball."

It can be seen that Carlisle is still very concerned about the Grizzlies opponent.

Looking back on the growth of the Grizzlies, I have to say that they have achieved what they are today, step by step. The Vancouver Grizzlies were a well-known bad team in the league. Since relocating to Memphis, although there are young core players such as Paul Gasol and Jason Williams in the team, they have successively served as coach Hubby. Brown and Flatero entered the playoffs for two consecutive years under the coaching, but were swept out by the Spurs and the Suns by 40 respectively.

Since getting Rudy Gay in the summer of 2006, the Grizzlies have officially entered a rebuilding period. Between 2007 and 2010, they obtained Mike Conley, Marc Gasol and other core players in the Grizzlies team through drafts and trades. In the 2010-2011 season, the addition of Tony Allen allowed the Grizzlies to return to the playoffs after a lapse of five years. And that year they created the "Black Eight" miracle in the first round and eliminated the Spurs, the No. 1 team in the Western Conference.

The growth history of the Grizzlies is simply a living inspirational script. These guys have been able to beat the Spurs. This year, God knows that the third Mavericks in the West will be overwhelmed by the Grizzlies.

Carlisle knows very well that the Grizzlies are by no means a weak team. Compared to the Spurs, Thunder and Clippers, they may not be well-known, but they are by no means general.

The media said that the Mavericks would be able to easily break through the first round, and Carlisle thought it was irresponsible fart. The best thing the Grizzlies did this year is to let go of singles stars like Mayo and Gay. Without these two people, it is obvious that the Grizzlies have improved in tactical execution.

Thinking of this, Carlisle looked at Mayo subconsciously. That guy with hollow eyes is now a lot fatter than he was at the beginning of the season. A professional player can't even do the most basic keeping in shape, can you still expect this young man to make a difference in the playoffs?

Mayo still did not wake up, Nowitzki is bound to be quite uncomfortable under the attack of the "black and white" bears. Yiyang, this series may have to depend on you...

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Although the series has not yet started, but for the Celtics, who only ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference this year with only 41 wins, this season is already a very failure.

For some teams, entering the playoffs is already a victory. But for traditional giants like the Celtics, without a championship, that would be a failure!

Fortunately, the Lakers are not doing well this season. Seeing that the biggest competitor in the West can only get on the last train of the playoffs, Celtics general manager Danny Angie also felt a little relieved.

While Angie was analyzing the possible changes this summer, Doug Rivers roughly knocked on the door of Angie's office. This drake-voiced coach looks furious. The playoffs haven't started yet. What makes him so angry? In fact, Angie knew why before Rivers spoke.

"I heard some rumors, Danny."

"What kind of rumors?" An Ji asked knowingly.

"I heard that the team will go through reconstruction next season, and even give up Kevin and Paul!" Rivers put his hands on Angie's desk.

"I don't know where you heard the news, but...yes, the team has such a plan."

"Rebuild!? God, we are still a playoff team this year! After Rajon Rondo returns next season, we can still go to the championship! Just sign two defensive blue-collars this summer, We can re-dominate the entire league!" Rivers, the champion coach, has no way to accept such things as rebuilding.

"Hey, when the playoffs are over, let's talk about it." Angie smiled and waved his hand. He didn't tell Rivers the hurtful things.

Ray Allen is gone, and Garnett, Pierce and Terry are all old. Rondo is reimbursed for the season and is in a fanatic state. It's impossible to predict what the team will do next season, let alone a championship.

The Rivers guy is just unwilling to accept the fact-the Boston Celtics, it's time to start again.

"I know Angie, and the players and I will prove that we are still competitive!" Rivers finished speaking and turned away.

Angie rubbed his temples, his head aching again.

Angie knows very well that Rivers is unwilling to experience reconstruction with the team. The Clippers have had initial contact with the Celtics and hope to get the coach of Rivers through a trade.

The Clippers own Paul and Griffin, and they also agreed to let Rivers take the role of team management. Such conditions can be said to be very attractive. Although Angie doesn't want Rivers to leave, the fact is that he must start looking for the next coach now.

Regarding the list of candidates for the next coach, Angie actually only left one name.

This head coach is not only proficient in tactics, but also knows how to do the best with limited resources. The most important thing is that the joining of this head coach, maybe, can directly attract the Celtics to the Chinese defender who has become the MV candidate? Instead of continuing to look forward to the weird Rondo, it's better to put Bao on that guy.

Angie drank a cup of coffee. It’s better to plan for the summer as soon as possible...

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