Chapter 1 "50+"!

"50+"!

Again, "50+"!

Oracle Arena, as this pivotal Game 5 neared its end, fans watching on TV couldn't help but sigh...

Su Feng, the "King of the Playoffs," was practically playing out of his mind for the Lakers!

Throughout the game, Su Feng made 19 of 34 shots, including 9 of 16 three-pointers, and 9 of 9 free throws, totaling 56 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Lakers in this Game 5.

The young Warriors failed to execute Van Gundy's pre-game strategy to defeat the Lakers.

Having fallen behind by a significant margin in the second quarter, the Warriors spent the rest of the game struggling to catch up.

In the second half, the Warriors clearly increased their attempts to attack from the perimeter.

But, even Su Feng has occasional off nights...

So how could Curry and Klay, who still needed to improve, consistently "dominate the heavens"?

In crucial moments, the more experienced Lakers took the initiative to slow down the game through early fouls and patient offense.

In addition, to ensure Su Feng had enough energy to score, Coach Lue repeatedly sent Green, Stephenson, Bogdanović, and Livingston to defend James in the second half.

Coach Lue's strategy was very clear this night.

That was...

As long as the Lakers' other players could wear down James, it didn't matter if they couldn't stop him.

Because in the second half, to score points, the Warriors had to play small.

So even though James' scoring efficiency was exceptionally consistent with the support of his teammates,

As long as the Lakers played their offense well, they could remain invincible.

And this night, besides the "eye-popping" performance of Su-Kobe, Dragić also became the X factor that decided the outcome of this game.

On the court, facing Stephen Curry, whose defense at the moment was roughly equivalent to Allen-Lime Flavored Lays Potato Chips-Iverson plus Steve-Cucumber Flavored Lays Potato Chips-Nash, Dragić, a professional bully of smaller guards, was having a great time.

Although, in Su Feng's heart, no one could replace Coach Long's position.

But before Livingston completed his post-up training and the Lakers drafted "Mi Jordan," Dragić's 13 points in the second half greatly alleviated the pressure on Su Feng's attack that night.

Eh, wait a minute!

Livingston has been in Los Angeles for almost four years, right?

How come his post-up and fadeaway still haven't been developed?

Sigh!

In reality, for the vast majority of NBA players, they can show you any skill you can imagine in a non-contact situation.

However, as the level of competition increases...

Especially in high-intensity, high-contact playoff games, most players will give you the impression that their "fundamentals are lacking," except for a few.

And this is also the main reason why NBA benchwarmers are like gods in the lower-level CBA.

Therefore, even though Livingston has taken a brighter path in this life, it will still take time for his post-up and fadeaway to become regular weapons for the Lakers.

After all, not everyone in this league has the unparalleled talent for these two skills like "Iron King of Kings, King of All Irons" Su Feng.

Oracle Arena, the final score of this crucial Game 5 was 117 to 100.

After the game, Su Feng, who was named the best player of the game, generously praised Kobe, saying, "I know people are probably focusing on how many times I've scored '50+' in the playoffs.

But in my opinion, the MVP of this game should be Kobe Bryant."

Hearing this, Kobe, who scored 12 points, 17 assists, and 11 rebounds for the Lakers in this game, instantly showed his "pride never dies" attitude, just like Iverson.

Why did you...

Just praise me a few words?

Why did you have to tell the blatant truth?

"How is it, do you feel like you can't live without me?" In the Lakers' locker room, after the reporters left, Kobe put his arm around Su Feng's shoulder and laughed.

Su Feng nodded.

Because years of living with Kobe had taught him that flattering Kobe at this time was more effective than any elixir.

So, Su Feng shook his head and sighed, "It's just a bit of a pity."

Kobe was puzzled, "What's a pity?"

Su Feng spread his hands and said, "Because if the Lakers had been determined to draft both of us to Los Angeles back then, my career stats now would be more than just 40,000 regular season points and 10,000 playoff points?"

Kobe nodded very satisfied, "Don't worry, I'll pass you the ball in the future, I guarantee you'll play as comfortably as you did tonight every night."

See...

What is a Kobe-taming master?

No exaggeration.

If Su Feng directly told Kobe that his role in the future would be his passing tool,

Even if Kobe accepted it physically, he would definitely feel uncomfortable in his heart.

But if he could bring out Kobe's own subjective initiative...

Then with his stubborn personality that ten O'Neals couldn't hold back...

Why would Su Feng need to worry about not having cake to eat in the future?

Of course.

Unlike the hard-stuffed cakes he had eaten in the past, after this game, Su Feng also noticed the changes that had occurred in Kobe in the game that had just passed.

During the game, Su Feng, who didn't have time to think too much, felt that in this crucial Game 5, rather than his scoring paving a path to victory for the Lakers...

It was more like Kobe's passing was guiding him to score.

Just like in LoL, some supports only know how to follow the ADC to leech assists and steal kills, while some supports can lead the ADC to fight the opponent head-on, ensuring the ADC's output environment in team fights.

Admittedly.

When your ADC has enough personal strength, they can produce good stats.

But there are slight differences between stats...

In short, just as Kobe had slowly learned how to rely on Su Feng to win,

On this night, Su Feng was also learning how to rely on Kobe to win.

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The defending champions, who were not favored before the start of the playoffs, will continue their journey.

On the other side, the Dallas Mavericks unexpectedly became the first team in the East and West to advance to the conference finals this year.

Although the Trail Blazers' "Four Heavenly Kings," unable to accept being swept out of the playoffs, relied on the outstanding performances of Pierce and Carter to win a game back in Dallas,

In the fifth game between the two sides, in the Rose Garden Arena, the resounding "rn

If Nowitzki couldn't bring a championship back to the Mavericks at the tail end of his peak...

Then where would Nowitzki have the face to continue staying in Dallas?

So...

This year's "Black Nine Journey," in Nowitzki's view, is less of a "fairytale."

And more of a "desperate journey."

Basketball is not equal to life and death.

But for this Mavericks team,

Basketball is far above life and death.

Therefore, when the supersonic four heroes, who were just full of beautiful visions for the future, faced this Mavericks team in the first round of the playoffs...

How could they know...

That they were facing a group of complete "desperados"?

Just like Barcelona didn't realize what this year's Champions League meant to Chelsea's veterans before the Champions League semi-final.

Humans are born to constantly create miracles.

Especially when human willpower is above everything else...

Any miracle can happen in the next second.

Staples Center.

The Golden State Warriors failed to stop the Lakers for one more game, as most neutral fans had hoped.

In this back-and-forth game, which ultimately ended with a score of 84 to 88, Su Feng and Kobe each hit a go-ahead and game-clinching three-pointer for the Lakers in the final quarter.

And as the final quarter clock ticked to zero...

At this moment, watching the extremely exhausted Su Feng and Kobe...

Van Gundy also wrote down his biggest mistake this year in his notebook.

That was...

In the previous Game 5, the Warriors should have found a way to break the air conditioning at Oracle Arena.

However...

Although they lost in this year's playoffs,

In the eyes of Joe Lacob and his partners, the Warriors had already won the future.

James performed well enough in the six games of this year's Western Conference Semifinals.

Averaging "30+9+9" for the Warriors.

Stephen Curry's consistency still needs to be improved.

But his barrage of three-pointers in Oakland had already been enough to please the Warriors' supporters.

The young Klay and the equally young Ji Ba need time to level up.

However, these two young players, who spent most of their time guarding Su-Kobe in the game, showed the world their fearless side.

In addition, the battle between Van Gundy and Coach Lue in this series with the Lakers was also brilliant.

As Davis said,

Coach Lue, who can always find the player in the best game-time condition to play for the Lakers through constant self-adjustment, is the number one contributor to the Lakers' victory over the Warriors in this series.

The Lakers are generally very weak this year.

But with Coach Lue always finding the relatively strongest five to play...

They have avoided many of the problems they already have to the greatest extent.

After this Western Conference Semifinals Game 6 against the Warriors, it wasn't just Su Feng and Kobe who were physically and mentally exhausted.

Because he loses a lot of hair every night...

So Coach Lue aged dozens of years almost overnight.

But...

Who knows that Coach Lue was only born one year earlier than Su Feng and Kobe?

Western Conference Finals.

The Lakers are here!

After overcoming the daunting Golden State Warriors by a score of 4-2...

The Los Angeles Lakers will once again meet their old rivals, the Dallas Mavericks, in the Western Conference Finals.

According to the schedule, the two teams' Game 1 will begin on the 16th.

And it is worth mentioning that...

In the upcoming series, the Lakers, who advanced to the playoffs as the sixth seed in the West, will have home-court advantage for the first time in this year's playoffs.

On the other side, in the East,

The Hawks and the Heat will meet in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Iverson and McGrady failed to have a perfect farewell performance.

Although Yao averaged "28+10" for the team in the six games against the Heat,

But Horford and Milicic successfully "swapped" Yao Ming out.

The Heat's large and wealthy bench is undoubtedly the key to their success this year.

And after his last game in a Sixers jersey at the Wachovia Center, Yao also announced at the post-game press conference that he would opt out of his contract this summer and leave Philadelphia.

Online, many Sixers fans tried to persuade Yao Ming to stay.

But more Sixers fans chose to send their blessings to Yao.

Iverson and McGrady have retired one after another.

Philadelphia has reached the point where it needs to rebuild.

Philadelphia will not forget the precious championship that Yao Ming and Iverson brought back to the team.

So, rather than forcing Yao Ming to stay, Philadelphia needs a thorough rebuild.

All good things must come to an end.

In this life...

Iverson, who retired with a career total of 26,785 points, 6,874 assists, 3,405 rebounds, 2,081 steals, and 170 blocks, has already pre-booked his place in the Hall of Fame.

And McGrady, who retired with a career total of 21,745 points, 5,784 assists, 6,974 rebounds, 1,204 steals, and 884 blocks, is somewhat regrettable.

Because Su Feng and Kobe, who are one year older than him, are still fighting on the court...

But he had to say goodbye to the NBA early due to injuries in recent years.

However, due to having won two championships with the Raptors...

Plus, his experience of competing with Su Feng during the Suns' dynasty is enough for the Mai Mi to brag about for a while, so McGrady's career resume has become more convincing when he is inducted into the Hall of Fame in the future.

Two of the former four great shooting guards have left.

Boston.

Although they failed to defeat the Hawks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Celtics fans' maintenance of Leonard after the fact...

Made this "Green Army Big Boss," whose shooting percentage in this series was only 37.4%, rarely smile since losing his father.

"I dragged the team down in many ways this year.

Give me a summer.

I will definitely repay the team's expectations for me with my efforts."

The Celtics' three old men's frantic "raising a baby strategy" will be put aside for the time being.

On May 15, as the Eastern and Western Conference Finals were about to begin this year, the NBA officially announced the winners of the regular season awards for the 11/12 season.

Jeff Van Gundy won the Coach of the Year award for the 11/12 season.

When selecting, the judges made extremely high evaluations of Van Gundy's various on-court experiments this year.

And the Rookie of the Year for the 11/12 season was won by the stylish Kyrie Irving.

Before upgrading from mortal to god, Cleveland has every reason to believe that Irving's talent will be the key for them to return to the playoff stage in the future.

In addition, the Sixth Man of the Year for the 11/12 season was taken by the SuperSonics' young player, James Harden.

Although he was nailed to the pillar of shame with Luo Duwei as soon as he debuted, the judges did not ignore Harden's outstanding performance as the SuperSonics' sixth man in the regular season.

In this life, the SuperSonics' boss has already promised fans that he will do everything possible to keep these four very close geniuses.

So, Su Feng is also very curious...

To what extent will Harden grow in the future, given that he can't have the ball like he did during the Rockets' era?

And the Most Improved Player of the Year award for the 11/12 season was won by Ryan Anderson.

Thanks to the Magic's "One Beast Four Shooters" tactical bonus, Anderson averaged 16.8 points per game for the Magic this season.

And his agent said something that Su Feng seemed to recognize after the end of the regular season.

"If you want to renew Ryan's contract, the Magic must fill a truck with money!"

Okay.

The Magic management is worried now.

Because this summer, facing Howard and Anderson, who are both asking for exorbitant prices at the same time...

The Magic management, which has always been indecisive in its decisions, now only feels that its head has exploded.

And, as Su Feng expected,

Because his competitor was Kevin Durant...

So James was almost undoubtedly elected as the NBA's regular season MVP for the second time in his personal career.

However, what surprised Su Feng was...

The NBA officially selected the "Phenomenon Award" this year!

As we all know,

The "Phenomenon Award" is only awarded when the player's performance is above everyone else's.

So, since the award was established in 2009...

Only Su Feng has won the award once.

And what about this year?

The winner of the "Phenomenon Award" is of course still Su Feng.

And the judges gave a very justifiable reason.

Because Su Feng became the first 40,000-point player in NBA history in the regular season.

So he deserves this honor!

It's just...

Su Feng, who won the award again, knew...

That this was just Stern talking to him from afar.

Undoubtedly,

President David Stern's meaning is very clear.

In the upcoming Western Conference Finals, I will not only target you, but I may be even more outrageous.

So...

This award is obviously to compensate Su Feng.

Of course, Su Feng's many new records left in the regular season this season are indeed terrifying.

In the regular season, in addition to averaging 35.7 points per game for the Lakers and winning the scoring title for the eleventh time in his personal career,

Su Feng also averaged 37.8 minutes per game for the Lakers, contributing 11.4 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.7 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game.

Currently, Su Feng has made 4,558 three-pointers on the NBA's all-time three-point list.

On this list, Su Feng not only far leads Ray Allen and Reggie Miller, who are ranked second and third,

And this list has long been recognized by the world as a list that is almost impossible to break in the future.

In addition, after the end of the 11/12 season, Su Feng, whose true shooting percentage has exceeded 60% for 14 consecutive years in his career, also entered the "180 Club" for the eighth time in his personal career with an overall shooting percentage, three-point shooting percentage, and free throw shooting percentage of 50.5%, 42.8%, and 90.8%.

So far, in the NBA, only Steve Nash has been selected for the "180 Club" more times than Su Feng.

Therefore...

Su Feng's victory in the "Shu Fen Award" this time, in addition to the fact that Stern can only compensate him in this way, the main reason is...

Even if this season is a season that Su Feng considers to be a poor performance...

He also completely crushed the ancient gods and these current stars.

Su Feng was elected as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for the 11/12 season.

Although this is also a surprise...

But in the regular season, without Su Feng's stable performance on both offense and defense, the Lakers may have had to play an additional game with the Mavericks.

In addition, the All-NBA Team and All-Defensive Team for the 11/12 season are as follows:

All-NBA First Team: Yao Ming, Su Feng, Durant, James, Wade.

All-NBA Second Team: Howard, Griffin, Nowitzki, Kobe, Paul.

All-NBA Third Team: Chandler, Gasol (big), Anthony, Rose, My Turtle.

All-Defensive First Team: Howard, Su Feng, Tony Allen, James, Paul.

All-Defensive Second Team: Chandler, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, Wade.

As in previous years,

The selection of the All-NBA Team every year can cause a lot of controversy.

Because just from the perspective of performance, Kobe's defense this season is definitely not worthy of being on the All-Defensive Team.

After all, in order to maintain his health during the regular season...

Su Feng has been covering for him in various positions on the court for almost half the time.

But compared to Kobe...

This time, the biggest controversy in the selection of the All-NBA Team is still with My Cannon.

In the regular season, Deron, who beat My Cannon four times, doesn't even deserve an All-NBA Team selection?

Yes, Rondo was indeed subpar again in the playoffs this year...

But if Coach Long was subpar, wasn't Coach Cannon subpar as well?

But why is Coach Cannon on the Second Team and All-Defensive First Team, while Coach Long doesn't even deserve a nomination?

In addition, in terms of on-court performance, even if Griffin can be on the All-NBA Team, he should switch positions with Jia Sao.

After all, the Nets' record this season...

Where is there any convincing power?

In short, after the award selections came out, some people were happy and some people were sad.

Because David Stern can't consider everyone's feelings like he considers Su Feng's feelings.

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The evening of May 16.

In order to cheer for the Lakers before facing the Mavericks, the Lakers' front office specially held a grand "Phenomenon Award" presentation ceremony and Defensive Player of the Year award presentation ceremony for Su Feng at the Staples Center.

But feeling the monstrous killing intent coming from the Mavericks' half of the court this night...

Even Su Feng had to admit,

This year, the Dallas Mavericks' desire for a championship has surpassed all teams and everyone.

Staples Center.

When Tyson Chandler, Dirk Nowitzki, Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton, and Jason Kidd stand side by side...

No matter how much psychological preparation Su Feng and Kobe have made after eliminating the Warriors...

At this moment.

Now.

Heavenly timing, geographical advantage, and harmony among the people have all turned to the Dallas Mavericks.

Abu, who had previously encouraged Cuban on Twitter, has made a promise to the Mavericks.

If Chelsea can defeat the powerful and invincible Bayern Munich in the Champions League final held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany this year,

Then he will take all of Chelsea's soldiers to the American Airlines Center in Dallas to cheer for the Mavericks.

Although from a personal perspective, Nowitzki hopes that Bayern can win...

But Cuban did not refuse Abu's kindness.

Is the fairytale continuing?

Or will the Lakers' dynasty continue to rule the NBA like a nightmare?

Putting down the 'Shu Fen figurine' and Defensive Player of the Year trophy that he received yesterday and re-received today...

In the center of the court,

Su Feng, who is once again serving as the Lakers' center in this Western Conference Finals, is ready to start the game with a jump ball against "Boxing King" Chandler.

As in the previous Western Conference Semifinals,

According to the Lakers players' on-court condition and spirit,

Coach Lue chose Su Feng, Green, Bogdanović, Kobe, and Livingston to serve as the Lakers' starters tonight.

For this year's Lakers,

Coach Lue is very clear that with every step forward, this team will encounter unprecedented tests.

So no matter how far they can go,

He is looking for a sense of peace of mind and no regrets.

So don't ask Coach Lue why he arranged such a "centerless lineup" to face the Dallas Mavericks.

Because today is different from the past.

Dynasties also have their end.

Tides rise and fall.

Your family sings and I take the stage.

Even if the whole world can't wait for this Lakers team to die...

Coach Lue will also make a final all-out effort.

On the court, after the jump ball, the Mavericks attack first.

Kobe, who had accumulated a lot of experience in fighting off-ball movement in the dark battle against the Celtics before, felt that Hamilton was crazy as soon as he came up.

From the baseline to the other baseline.

From the left wing to the right wing.

Is the 34-year-old Hamilton really tireless?

Don't be ridiculous.

How can there be tireless people in this world?

It's just that in the last season of his career, Richard Hamilton is trying to use his running to barely catch up with Su Feng and Kobe, who have long disappeared.

Even if it's just to make Kobe run a little further with him,

Maybe the Mavericks will be a little easier to defend next time.

Betting everything...

Even if he fractures his knee or breaks his legs tonight, Hamilton can't stop!

And if he can't win against this weak Lakers team even with this...

Then Hamilton can only accept the fate of retiring without a championship!

High, Kidd, who is responsible for organizing the Mavericks' offense, quickly completed the first attack for the Mavericks.

On the wing, watching Green trying to interfere with him by going around, Nowitzki immediately turned around and cut into the basket.

At his peak, as one of the best free throw shooters in the NBA playoffs, who told you that Dirk Nowitzki only knows how to do the golden rooster independence?

Under the basket, receiving Kidd's reverse pass, without a soft-egg-like howling, and without a coward-like chest-beating,

Nowitzki only has one determination: if he doesn't win the championship this year, he will completely say goodbye to the basketball world!

Su Feng helped defend in place.

But Nowitzki scored the ball with his height.

Beep——!

And, the ball went in and the whistle sounded.

Because he touched Nowitzki's body hair, Su Feng also paid the price of a foul in this defense.

On the free throw line, Nowitzki made an extra free throw.

3 to 0.

Coming back, it's the Lakers' turn to attack.

As a result, just after passing halftime, Shawn Livingston felt a completely different level of defense than in the previous Western Conference Semifinals.

On the basketball court, have you ever had the experience of an opponent using their life to defend you?

On the baseline, in order to defend Kobe, Hamilton, whose strength is completely at a disadvantage, has tried every means.

And on the wing, in order not to let Su Feng enter the low post in the first time, Prince is using his thin body to resist Su Feng with his willpower.

Although in the next second, Su Feng still opened Prince, but then, Chandler, who had been prepared for a long time, blocked Su Feng's way forward.

The Lakers players, who had just fought fiercely with the Warriors for six games, were obviously a beat slower in their physical movements tonight.

In this attack, Livingston originally wanted to pass to Green, who had run to the open space...

But because the ball speed was too slow, the basketball was directly collected by Nowitzki.

On the Mavericks' bench, Chen Jianghua, who was recruited by Davis as a mascot this year, is waving his towel in the wind at the Staples Center.

If this year is the last swan song of this Dallas Mavericks team!

Then even if the road ahead is a mountain of knives, a sea of fire...

They also have to try to break through!

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