Chapter 295 294: The First Step Towards The Championship, Come Xie Nemesis(1/3)
Chapter 295 294: The first step towards becoming a champion, Shay’s nemesis is coming?
Author: Grove Street Brothers
Chapter 295 294: The first step towards becoming a champion, Shay’s nemesis is coming?
72 wins in a single season, leading scorer, steals leader, top 50 superstar, blocked Jordan in the regular season, 70+ wins in a single season for the second time in his career
The regular season of the 1996-97 season was perhaps the most perfect regular season in Shay's career so far.
As early as the winter of 1995, people said that Shay had reached his peak and could never get to the next level.
However, it is not until the regular season of the 1997 season that people see what Shay's true peak looks like.
Extreme dominance, victory after victory, absolute leadership.
Shay deserves all the praise during this regular season.
On the other hand, Jordan failed in his attempt to win 70 games. He lost to Shay twice in the regular season. The scoring champion was snatched away by Shay for the second consecutive year. He had to make way for Shay in the photo of the top 50 superstars.
Even off the court, Jordan was a complete loser.
Madonna rejected Jordan, but Shay was still exposed from time to time to have close relationships with many female stars that went beyond friendship. And the Madonna who rejected Jordan was still a big fan of Shay.
Dan Zi is really miserable!
Jordan's psychological shadow is so large that even after Nuwa came, he had to make up for it for three years!
But before the start of the playoffs, nothing has been finalized.
Shay didn't relax either. The day after the regular season ended, Shay was photographed practicing until nine o'clock in the evening.
Then I went on a date with Bellucci!
She started stacking buffs for the playoffs two days in advance. Shea really made the Los Angeles fans cry to death!
When Mutombo saw the news, he also looked disdainful: "Didn't I say that I broke up peacefully with Bellucci before? Didn't I break off the relationship?"
Shay shrugged: "We broke up, but my friend is coming to Los Angeles, so it's not too much for me to treat her to dinner, right?"
"Is this how you explained it to Connery? Do you need to go to the hotel to eat!?"
"Ah, it's normal for me to send my friends back after dinner, right?"
"Does it take so long to send a friend off!? You stayed in there for two hours before leaving!
Take a shower and change clothes and chat later, Shea, you really don’t have enough energy for the playoffs!”
Shay also didn't expect that even how long he stayed in the hotel room would be published in the newspaper.
There really is no privacy at all in Los Angeles.
Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Xie scratched his head in embarrassment: "Hey, we have indeed lost contact, intermittent contact~"
Shay swore that after training yesterday, he really went to the appointment with the mentality of having dinner with friends.
After all, when people come to your land, it would be ungentlemanly for you not to show your kindness as a landlord.
Shay has always taught his teammates that men must be gentlemen and elegant.
You see how well-educated Rodman and Muttom are. They are such gentlemen on the basketball court that they make their opponents jealous and want to scold them.
As a result, after going to the appointment, Shay had a profound experience of what it means to say goodbye is better than a wedding.
Recently, I have seen too much of Liv Tyler's youthful and cute type, but suddenly she changed to a mature, apricot and bold type, and the damn novelty rushed to my head again!
Then he sent Bellucci back to the hotel room, and the two just chatted normally for a while.
After chatting for about ten minutes, Xie was about to get up and go home, but found that his shoelaces were untied.
Bellucci then walked up and leaned over to help Shay tie his shoelaces. At that moment, Shay saw the huge half-cup of ice cream!
Bellucci noticed Shay's dishonest eyes and immediately stepped forward: "Actually, I miss you too."
Then there was nothing more. As for Bellucci's figure, any photo would definitely not pass the review in the comment section of a novel.
And when such a woman lives in front of you, it is another day for Shay to challenge his weakness and fail.
Mutombo looked disdainful and bit his lip.
It turns out that Marshal Zhang was really not being modest when he said that Shay's "achievements on and off the basketball court have probably surpassed mine"!
Except for Mutombo, I don’t know how many men were crying and fainted in the toilet at this time.
The "woman most desired by men in Europe" selected by fashion magazines was owned by Shay alone last night.
Isn't that enviable?
Shay is actually very troubled. In the Los Angeles area, even if he goes the wrong way, he will be photographed.
Unlike in Houston, no one knows when the baby is born.
Envy is envy, but it is hard for fans to get excited about similar things nowadays.
There are rumors that Xie Yi has an affair with a female star, which is as common as eating and sleeping.
Everyone's eyes are still on the playoffs.
This year, in the playoffs in the Western Conference, the Lakers finally enjoyed some benefits of being No. 1 in the Western Conference.
The Suns and Jazz are two monster teams that have also won 60 games. The Lakers don't have to meet them all.
By the time they reached the Western Conference Finals, one of the Suns and Jazz had already fought each other and eliminated one of them.
In the first round, Shea will face the Warriors led by his former junior brother Sprewell.
In the second round, they will face the winner between the SuperSonics and Rockets.
Although the SuperSonics are still a strong team with 50 wins this season, even though the Rockets acquired Cassel, the handsome alien representative of basketball, in a mid-season trade.
But overall, this is much easier than playing against the Jazz in the first round last season.
On the other side, the Chicago side is quite lively.
Compared to Shea, who is just dating Bellucci, many media outlets on the Bulls side have already revealed that Krause wants to trade Pippen for a 1997 lottery pick!
His target may be Billups, Keith Van Horn or high school genius Tracy McGrady.
Duncan? Unless the Bulls use Jordan, any team that gets the No. 1 pick will not give up on the wizard who can dunk on a windmill.
What's more, Pippen's contract is still expiring, so the transaction value is even less than Duncan's.
But the focus of this wave of big melons is not actually who Pippen can replace.
The point is - the Chicago Bulls are seriously considering rebuilding!
Bulls owner Reinsdorf has also publicly stated: "We have to think long-term. I don't want to be the next Boston Celtics."
The Celtics have been in decline for many years since Bird's glory. After their glory in the 1980s, the Celtics did nothing in the 1990s.
The reason is that the Celtics have not made any plans for Bird's retirement.
Even the team owner said so, and Pippen being traded is no longer just a rumor.
So the era of Michael Jordan running rampant in the league may really be coming to an end!
Although everyone usually ridicules Pippen for being useless, in fact, everyone knows how useful Pippen is for the Bulls.
No matter how short Jill is, we can't just live without it.
Replacing Pippen, what is the difference between this and self-imposed palace?
Can the Bulls return to contention if Pippen is replaced?
At this time, no one knew how terrible this news would put Jordan into.
No one knows what the fateful battle between Shay and Jordan will look like this year.
In the first step of the 1997 championship journey, the Lakers and the Golden State Warriors had sparks, and Sprewell and the young No. 1 pick Joe Smith started their playoff journey.
Before the series began, NBC organized a fan vote.
Use this to calculate how many to several the Lakers will advance in the first round.
That's right, it's not about counting whether the Lakers can win, but counting how many to several the Lakers will advance.
No one thinks that the Warriors, who have less than 40 wins, can shake the status of the 72-win Lakers.
And the statistical results are surprising.
0% of fans think the Lakers can easily win 3-1.
Because 100% of the fans feel that the Lakers can directly sweep and advance 3-0!
After Shay learned the statistical results before the game, he waved his hand modestly:
"Hahahaha, 100% this result is too exaggerated.
In the playoffs, things are fickle and anything can happen.
So if we insist on saying probability, let’s say 200%!”
This is the world's confidence in Shay, and it is also Shay's own confidence in himself.
Warriors coach Adelman, who originally led the Trail Blazers but the team was broken up by Shea, has no intention of surrendering.
To be continued...