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Winnie and Thurmond took Chamberlain to the Warriors bar not to invite him to drink, but to let him understand the history of the Warriors and to understand the responsibilities on his shoulders.

This is the moment every Warriors captain has to go through. The last time the Warriors player came to this bar was Byron Davis. Although the latter has been traded to the Pistons, he did leave an indelible impression during his time at the Warriors:

In the 2006-07 season, the most content was reports and photos about them creating the Black Eight Miracle to kill the Mavericks.

Interestingly, the Warriors' last game of the regular season this season was to face the Pistons where Davis is now at home. That was the 82nd game between their two teams and the match between fifth in the West and third in the East.

Time passed quickly. After Chamberlain visited the Warriors Bar, he had a deeper understanding of the team, and had a higher understanding of the responsibilities he shouldered, especially before he left Mo Boti sighed to him: "Do you know, man, when I first came to the United States, I was as young as you. The Warriors had just been established at that time. Yes, it was just established. I remember very clearly that when I came to the streets of Philadelphia, I happened to see their first game. The game was still on the streets and everyone could watch the game. It was at that moment that I fell in love with basketball, even if it was the first time I saw it!"

"Basketball, American Dream, a black man, man, can you think of the connection between them? I don't know how a black man born and raised in the desert of Africa could love the sport so much. In my opinion, that's God's will!"

"Basketball is my belief, and the Warriors is my totem in Xinyang. I followed it all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast, and from free Philadelphia to San Francisco. The Warriors have been working very hard, but we always lacked some luck. We once had top guys such as Big Big Dipper, Rick Barry and Thurmond, but we only won three championships, which is not enough, which is far from enough! Moreover, these three championships, even the latest one, were already 1975..."

"In 1975, it's been too long, and I forgot what I was like that year.z, you are the new hope of the Warriors and the only hope. Thurmond and the others never brought a rookie to me, but they brought you. Do you know what we expect from you? We want to see the Warriors reborn in the ashes, and you are the only one who can do it!"

Chamberlain is not the kind of person who is overwhelmed. He has strong enterprising spirit and self-discipline. After returning from the Warriors Bar, he worked harder and more serious in the game. In the remaining 16 games, the Warriors won twelve of them, which is already a good result, because their opponents in March and April are all strong teams!

Until the last game on April 16, the Warriors won fifth place in the West with 54 wins and 27 losses, and once again made it to the playoffs. The Utah Jazz ranked fourth, with their record of 54 wins and 28 losses. Judging from the record, the Jazz's record is worse than the Warriors - even if the Warriors finally lost to the Pistons, they won the Jazz in two of the past three games, and the record is still better than the Jazz.

However, the Jazz took advantage, that is, their Northwest Division, among the three western regions, had the worst record. They are the bosses of the Northwest Division. According to the NBA regulations, their ranking is just before the second-place Warriors in the Pacific region.

The Western Conference playoffs this season have reached an unprecedented level of cruelty. The No. 1 Spurs in the West have a record of 57 wins and 25 losses so far. The second-ranked Lakers have a record of 56 wins and 26 losses, and the third-ranked Hornets have a record of 55 wins and 26 losses. The fourth-ranked West is the Jazz, the sixth-ranked Suns have a 53 wins, the seventh-ranked Mavericks have a 52 wins, and the eighth-ranked Rockets have a 52 wins, but both Texas teams have lost three of their four matches with the Mavericks, so the Mavericks are ranked first among them.

The ninth place in the Western Conference is Iverson's Nuggets. Unfortunately, they failed to make it to the playoffs this season, even if they have the Golden Double Gun, even if they have 51 wins - this is the first time in NBA history that a team won more than 50 games without entering the playoffs!

After the Nuggets' final match, Iverson left the stadium with a pale face. He refused to attend the press conference and then disappeared into the public. This season really hurt his heart. He was determined to win the championship. He left and chose him and made him famous to come to the Nuggets with a stronger inside line. Isn't it for the championship? As a result, it's better to stay in the East. At least in the East. This year's 76ers have entered the playoffs, although their record is only 42 wins.

Looking at the thirty teams this season, the Nuggets are the most tragic team. They have two All-Star players Iverson and Anthony, and three All-Star insiders Camby, Martin and Nene, but they haven't even entered the playoffs. Before this season, no one expected their record to be so poor.

In fact, the Nuggets' record is not bad, so they can only say that they are unlucky and have encountered such an era.

If the Nuggets are the most tragic one, then the Celtics and the Lakers are undoubtedly the lucky two, regardless of ranking.

After 21 years, the "Purple Gold Legion" and the Celtics finally have a very high chance of becoming potential NBA Finals opponents again. "Zen Master" Phil Jackson said yesterday when they finished their last regular season game: "Some people may crawl out of the grave... This is definitely nostalgic!"

Yes, the Lakers and the Celtics have never met in the Finals since 1987. It is very likely that these two teams will meet in the Finals this year. The East is the dominant team of the Celtics. Although the Spurs have the highest record in the West, considering that the Lakers only got Gasol in December and their record is the best in the league after having Gasol, they are indeed very likely to be the team that has the last laugh in the West.

Now the media is widely optimistic that the Lakers will become the Western Conference champion. Although the Spurs are very powerful, the targets they will face in the second round are either the Warriors or the Jazz. The resilience of these two teams is definitely a terrifying thing in the NBA today. On the contrary, although the third Hornets, although the record is good, no one thinks they can bring any trouble to the Lakers. Paul is too young.

Of course, the reason why the media thinks so is also related to the general trend of the league. To be sure, Stern must have been waiting for this day for a long time.

The Celtics and the Lakers are not simply equivalent to the revival of the Lakers dynasty or the Green-clad dynasty, but will allow a generation to relive the classics and glory of the "Black and White" era, and evoke nostalgia for "Big Bird" Bird and "Magician" Johnson - a pair that opens up the glory of the NBA in modern times.

Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen and Gasol, Kobe scored at both ends of the court. It can be imagined that Bird, McHale, Parish, and "Tian Gou" Jabbar and "Magic" Johnson chatted and laughed together. Perhaps, Bill Russell...

In the last few games, the Celtics' "Big Three" had all set off in two games. The Hulks' Second Team can still peel off the Bobcats and the Knicks' dignity at will. Garnett averaged 19.0 points, 12.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, Pierce's 19.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists, Ray Allen 17.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists, and the "Big Three" contributed 56.4 points per game, which is half of the average score of most teams.

In addition, the young teammates of the Celtics also received enough training, and the arrival of "Aliens" and P.J. Brown has added depth of benches and playoff experience. The Lakers have omnipotent Kobe and potential center Bynum. In addition, after the "Zen Master" accused McHale and Angie, the two former Celtic ministers, had something to do in trading Garnett, getting Gasol was enough to satisfy them. This is also a perfect team.

But all this is not a fixed number, because the West is too chaotic now.

The most common western scenes in Hollywood gunfight movies are now all staged in the NBA. In the movie, there are conflicts in bars, cowboys quickly rob, bare hands fighting on horseback and train thieves, while in reality, there are chaotic scenes such as chaotic wars.

The Spurs reached the top of the West Mountain with 57 wins and 25 losses, but in the end they only led the third Hornets by one win. The Nuggets' wonderful life and died vigorously, and they became the record of the best playoff team in NBA history with a record of 51 wins and 31 losses. Even the Trail Blazers and Kings, who missed the playoffs earlier, also played a stimulus to disrupt the situation to the end. The Spurs, Hornets, Lakers, Rockets and other strong teams were knocked down one by one by one by them.

This is the most chaotic year in league history. The word "wild" can't even describe the competition between teams in the West. Kobe said: "The ranking of the regular season actually has no essential meaning. In such a special season, the final winner is the team that performs better on the playoffs." As Tony Parker said when leading the French team to the European Championship, "Now in Europe, 10 teams have won the championship trophy."

Now, the wild regular season has come to an end, and next, a wilder playoff is about to be staged!

However, wildness does not mean the championship. Although the overall strength of the West is far better than that of the East, it has not yet been settled for who the championship ends. The strength of the West is just an illusion for the top teams in the East.

Regarding the illusion, Stephen Chow has had the best interpretation in the movie "Domestic Zero Paint": "This looks like a hair dryer, but it is actually a razor."

It is true that the 11th-ranked Kings in the West can rank eighth in the East, but this does not mean how competitive the Kings, the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets can be in the playoffs. In the end, it is also an unknown whether the Western Conference team can win the championship.

The Celtics in the East have the best record in the team with a record of 66 wins and 16 losses, setting the team's best record in nearly 22 years, leading the number one Lakers 19 games.

Many fans initially questioned how the Celtics would be in the West. The Celtics fought back with their actions. They won an absolute advantage of 25 wins and 5 losses against the Western Conference this season. In the most difficult journey of the 5-day tour of the Southwest Division from March 18 to 23, there were 4 games in 5 days. In addition, Ray Allen, among the first two "Big Three", the Celtics still defeated the Spurs, the Rockets and the Mavericks one after another, and finally lost due to fatigue when they were in the duel with the Hornets on the fifth day.

In this year's Western Conference, Kobe said that there is no essential gap in the strength of the teams in the playoffs, and in fact, the Lakers play Hornets play Rockets, Hornets play Mavericks, and Jazz play Warriors. From the first round, every game is an extremely terrifying internal friction for Western teams. This is more suspense than the difficulty of the Celtics fighting the Hawks and the Pistons fighting Philadelphia, and I don't know how much suspense it will cost and how much energy it will consume.

When the lucky players in the West finally passed the hurdle and stood in front of the Celtics, how many games can they stand firm at the end of their strength? In 2006, the Mavericks even achieved a 2-0 advantage, and eventually achieved the Heat's record of reversal.

The imbalance between the east and west means that the west is strong and the east is weak. The NBA, which is measured by the championship, has become the biggest "false" and if the Eastern Conference team wins the championship in the end, I don't know how David Stern views the prosperity of the West. Maybe George Carl's call should be carefully considered - "Let the 16 teams with the best record in the league enter the playoffs."

There is another false appearance in the east and west. The Hornets locked in the third place in the West with a dark horse, and the Magic also rushed to the third place in the East with unprecedented momentum, but they became the opponents that the playoff seed team with no home advantage want to meet the most.
Chapter completed!