18. Starting tonight!
"Noah, you go in first, I'll take those things to school, see you at the game tonight." John took out the front row ticket he bought with a lot of money, shook it, and pointed at Sun Ce who was looking for autographs from the stars yesterday.
photos, basketball, etc.
"John, don't you want to go into the locker room and visit?" Sun Ce asked.
"Haha, I'm kidding you, I'm not interested in that." John laughed.
Sun Ce didn't think much, got out of the car and walked into the direction of the players' tunnel in the parking lot.
John looked at Sun Ce's back, and he could see that Sun Ce seemed to be really playing for real, and Sun Ce was not a real NBA player. He usually just played for fun, and his friend had a goal, so John didn't want to cause more trouble to Sun Ce.
Although John is not optimistic about Sun Ce either.
April 13, 2009, the final day of the NBA regular season.
Yesterday and the day before yesterday, most of the teams have finished their regular season journey of this season. There are still four games today, but they have no impact on the rankings. The rankings have been fixed before the last game of each team.
The Cavaliers defeated the 65-17 Lakers with 66 wins and 16 losses to win the regular season championship. This is also the first regular season championship in the history of the Cavaliers.
In the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers, Celtics, Magic, Hawks, Heat, 76ers, Bulls, and Pistons enter the playoffs.
Over in the West, the Lakers, Nuggets, Spurs, Trail Blazers, Rockets, Mavericks, Hornets, and Jazz are in the playoffs.
Looking at the teams with the best records, the top three in the East have better records than the top three in the West. The Celtics have 62 wins and the Magic have 59 wins.
However, the record of the ninth-ranked Suns in the Western Conference is likely to be the same as that of the fourth-ranked Eagles in the Eastern Conference. The Suns are now 46-35. The Eagles ended the regular season yesterday with a final record of 47-35. Such a record is
The Western Conference can't make the playoffs.
However, luck is also part of strength.
Of course, the strength of the Western Conference is also very uneven. How unbalanced is the Western Conference this season?
The Suns, who are ninth in the Western Conference, have won 46 games, and the Warriors, who are tenth in the Western Conference, have won 29...
In fact, the 2007-08 season was even more uneven. The threshold for the Western Conference playoffs in the 2007-08 season was 50 wins, and the last four teams in the Western Conference only had 20 wins. The teams that were too strong were too strong, and the ones that were weak were miserable.
The Suns have basically lost hope of the playoffs since April this season. Finally, it's the last game, and the fans are very enthusiastic.
Although there is no chance to enter the playoffs, the Suns have a good record after the head coach was replaced by Gentry. Fans are looking forward to the Suns' performance next season.
When Sun Ce came to the arena in the early morning, there were already many fans waiting outside the arena. The largest number of people were outside the parking lot. You could see the players driving in. Maybe some stars opened the roof of their car.
You can also see the stars directly.
After the video of yesterday's training match was broadcast on local TV stations, Sun Ce became somewhat famous in Phoenix.
Even when Sun Ce entered the stadium, he heard cheers.
When Sun Ce arrived at the training ground, it was still early, only a little after eight o'clock, but people had already arrived.
Steve Nash!
Although Nash will not play in tonight's game, he has not even played in several days.
But Nash never missed training, tactical meetings, etc.
Seeing Sun Ce coming, Nash smiled at Sun Ce, said nothing and continued to practice shooting.
After all, he is really unfamiliar.
Sun Ce was also practicing shooting next to him. Nash looked at Sun Ce's shooting, although it was a little slow and tough, but his posture was very standard, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
When it was close to nine o'clock, the Suns players arrived one after another.
There are no cameras to shoot now, so players with more cheerful personalities, like Grant Hill and Jason Richardson, greeted Sun Ce, while Dragic didn't even look at Sun Ce.
O'Neal, on the other hand, left early yesterday and still greeted Sun Ce warmly today. After all, he is an alumnus.
A team is basically a small society. Sun Ce had brief contact with an NBA team and gained a certain understanding of it.
However, these small social aspects of the team have nothing to do with Sun Ce now, such as the following tactical meeting.
After the coaching staff arrived at the arena, they first took Sun Ce to choose a jersey. Sun Ce originally liked No. 1, but Stoudemire was wearing No. 1, so Sun Ce chose No. 3 as the second choice.
Sun Ce was responsible for listening the whole process. Not to mention Sun Ce, even most players did not have the right to interrupt. Only superstars such as Nash, O'Neal, Stoudemire, Grant Hill, etc. or veterans of former superstars were qualified to propose tactics.
suggestion.
Gentry asked Sun Ce to attend the tactical meeting. He just wanted Sun Ce to know more about how NBA point guards should cooperate with the stars, and he didn't explain it specifically to him. It just depends on how much Sun Ce's own golf intelligence can understand the team's tactics.
, anyway, he gave him the opportunity. Whether he can seize it or not is Sun Ce’s own business.
Being more deeply involved in an NBA team's game day, Sun Ce was a little dizzy, and he just wanted to listen carefully.
During the tactical drill in the afternoon, Sun Ce mainly ran and passed according to the tactics.
The one-on-one suppression of Dragic in the training match made the Suns coaching staff and players think highly of Sun Ce. They felt that Sun Ce should still have some strength, so they consciously helped Sun Ce learn running positions during tactical training.
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In their view, Sun Ce may be a speedy street ball player. The biggest difference between street ball players and NBA players is teamwork. In one-on-one, some street ball players may have certain advantages against NBA fringe players. They think
Sun Ce should be one of the best streetball players.
Although the last game is not very important, the enthusiasm of the fans exceeded expectations, so they will not give Sun Ce a chance to play blindly. It is definitely Sun Ce, but if Sun Ce affects the performance of the rest of the team, he will be replaced.
Next, Gentry will most likely not let him play again.
Whether this game will become the pinnacle of Sun Ce's basketball dream and whether it will become Sun Ce's only NBA game in his life depends on Sun Ce himself.
The only good news for Sun Ce is that he will not be under any pressure on the defensive end. If he can't guard him, he can't guard him. Nash couldn't guard him in the first place. Dragic is still a rookie. He will be good at defense in the future, and he is also seen now.
Types of abuse.
Throughout the day, Sun Ce was like the silly son of a landlord, doing whatever others arranged for him. After all, he really had no right to speak and no ability to follow his own whim.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Ce warmed up with the Suns players. When it was close to six o'clock, they entered the stadium together...
Since it was still a "show" period, the Suns really gave Nash a status in the appearance ceremony. After all, the promotion was to "replace" Nash!
Chapter completed!