In the West, the Thunder finally reached a tiebreak with the Grizzlies.

Compared with the previous life, the Grizzlies relied on Tony Allen to lock up Xiao Du, so they forced the Thunder to tiebreak, the Grizzlies relied on their inside line in this time and space.

Xiao Jia suppressed Daluo, and Lan Pang also beat Ibaka up.

The last thing Thunder can win is because of Xiao Du's cheating.

Without the constraints of Teacher Tony, Du7 averaged 30 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game.

Not only was Teacher Tony not a hindrance, he was also Xiao Du's assistant, Guy, Mayo and even Sam Young, all lost under Teacher Tony's defense.

In the end, the East-West Finals, Bobcats vs Cavaliers, Thunder vs Mavericks.

The playoffs have reached the final stage.

...

Labor-management negotiations are one of the focus outside the playoffs. The old labor-management agreement expired on June 30, but as of the start of the East-West, there is still no sign of a new labor-management agreement.

At present, the differences between labor and capital are first of all income distribution.

In the past labor-management agreements, players could share up to 57% of the league's total revenue.

In previous negotiations, the bosses hoped to lower this proportion to 45%.

The difference between the previous and the next is 12%. Based on this season, the total revenue of players will drop sharply by US$435 million, which is obviously unacceptable!

In subsequent negotiations, the boss gradually agreed to raise this proportion to 49% to 51%.

The differences at this time have become differences between soft and hard salary caps.

The league hopes to implement a hard salary cap, that is, once the team's total salary hits the cap, it cannot exceed the salary cap anyway.

The advantage of a hard salary cap is that the player's income will be decisive and the boss will lose the risk of being over-cap.

The players naturally disagree. They require a soft salary cap, that is, the team can operate over-cap through trading exceptions, bird rights, etc.

The boss took advantage of the situation and proposed the concept of "flexible salary cap", that is, both soft and hard are used.

The player still disagrees. The existence of a hard salary cap has a great impact on the player's income.

In this way, the situation was deadlocked.

Li Ke, who had always been wondering about Lao Qiao's whereabouts, finally saw Lao Qiao in the live broadcast of espn.

That's right, Lao Qiao went to the site of the labor-management negotiations.

"Michael is goat, he was a player, he should be able to speak for the players, right?"

Lao Du is still very concerned about the outcome of this labor-management negotiation, because it is related to the income of his next contract.

The reduction is certain, after all, the share ratio will definitely drop from 57%. The only problem is how much it has been reduced.

The more you reduce the less, the more you affects the size of Lao Du’s next contract.

Hearing Lao Du’s guess with personal expectations, Li Ke shook his head.

Can Lao Qiao speak for the players? Don’t think too much. Anyway, he is the boss now, not the player anymore.

Li Ke was not very interested in the process of labor-management negotiations. He knew that if nothing unexpected happened, the NBA shutdown was inevitable.

He had no idea about the decline in players' income.

Because he knew that even after this labor-management negotiation, the proportion of players' share declined.

In the future, NBA will enter an era of sky-high revenue growth due to a sky-high broadcast contract.

By then, what proportion is it? It doesn’t matter!

Of course, as a player, Li Ke should stand up and say a few words.

Moreover, he knew that the NBA would be suspended next season until around the New Year, and suddenly he thought that he could do something.

He opened his phone, edited a passage on Twitter, and clicked to send.

"The players have made concessions, but the investors still want to further squeeze them. They feel that the initiative is in hand, but they don't know that NBA is not the only basketball league on this planet."

This is just a false threat, but in reality, Li Ke called Lu Ning.

"Old Lu, I'm here to live!"

After a phone call, he quickly arranged the task.

In short, it means walking on two legs and one leg is in the country.

He decided to take advantage of the opportunity of the NBA shutdown to make CBA popular.

The specific action plan is as follows:

He asked Lu Ning to go to the basketball team to discuss cooperation in the name of Lake Sports and get the operating rights of CBA next season.

Then, adjust the schedule and modify the foreign aid rules of CBA in a targeted manner to attract those NBA stars who have no ball to play.

With the help of the star effect, attract investment, pay money to the CBA club, and make the CBA club rich to introduce NBA superstars.

Well, Su Shenglong will play a leading role, Li Ke will go back to play for a while, and by the way, sign two foreign players that CBA dare not even think about in the past.

After some operation, the popularity of CBA has increased significantly, which corresponds to the hot domestic basketball atmosphere.

Although there is only one season, this season is enough to slightly increase the commercial value of CBA.

The most important thing is popularity, making basketball a sport popular in the country.

The other leg was in the United States, and he remembered that he later formed a 3v3 basketball league.

Then, while the NBA is suspended, he can take the lead in creating this 3v3 league.

Li Ke brought up the idea for this matter and handed over the idea to David Falke, which was equivalent to giving the 3v3 league to David Falke.

He just asked Luning and David Falke to hand over the handover, and paid a little money, which was considered to be a stake.

...

On May 15, the Time Warner Center was the first to start the battle.

The coaching staff's prediction was successful before the game. As expected, the Cavaliers lined up a set of starters composed of Wade, Ron Artest, Lebang, Bosh and Valaijo.

"Larry Brown's focus is on defense. Wade, Arte, LeBron, the hardness of this outside trio is too strong!"

"But such a starting lineup has too much offensive problem. Who will open up the space for three breakthrough players on the outside?"

"Perhaps, Larry Brown thinks they have Big Three here and don't need space..."

Jeff Van Gundy and Reggie Miller sat on the TNT's commentary seat. Before the game started, they were not optimistic about the Cavaliers.

Space on the basketball court is very important, and the NBA has gradually proved this in recent seasons.

The Cavaliers of this game went against the current...

Referee Joe Crawford blew his whistle and threw the basketball over the stadium.

Bang!

Jordan's thoughts seemed to float away. He slowed down and gave Valaijo a chance to jump the ball. The Bobcats rarely start a game from defense.

Several strong Cavaliers quickly advanced to the frontcourt, Lebang controlled the ball, and he is now the Cavaliers' nominal point guard.

Li Ke pushed up, but he didn't completely.

He met four times in the regular season and knew that Lebang still didn't shoot this season.

Or be more rigorous, Lebang has shots, but the threat is really not great.

Li Ke took a big step to guard against Lebang's breakthrough.

Lebang didn't think about attacking at the beginning, and he had played so many games with Li Ke, and the two of them knew it well.

He knew that there was not a big chance of success against Li Ke's defense, so it would be better to do a shaft and pass two to his teammates first.

So, Wade quickly bypassed the cover of the giants, took the lead out of the sideline, and soon received the basketball from Lebang.

He speeded up without stopping, threw away Captain Jack's guard, and stopped in the middle distance...

Swish—!

2 to 0!

The Cavaliers scored before the fans at the Time Warner Center could react.

"Dwyne Wade's mid-range shot hit, the Cavaliers scored first!"

"Although they lined up a starting lineup that lacked three-point firepower, Dwayne Wade's simple and efficient scoring still solved the problem of the Cavaliers' offensive end."

"The next question is whether a starting lineup that focuses on defense can really work on the defensive end."

In the backcourt, Jordan Jr. drove the ball out.

Curry quickly advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and then handed it to Captain Jack.

Unlike slightly adjusted man-to-man defense, the Bobcats' offensive strategy remains unchanged.

Captain Jack made the axle on the top of the arc, and on both sides, Li Ke and Curry cut into it...

The only problem is that Jamison did not start, and Tagibson, who replaced him, could not shrink to the bottom corner, and the areas under the basket were filled with Tucker and Jordan Jr.
To be continued...