52 wins! They won 52 wins the team, and they actually entered the playoffs only by winning or losing.

The eighth place in the West... It's a desperate ranking.

But what can I do? Even if he loses a crushing defeat, he wants to enter the playoffs. If he doesn't enter the playoffs, it won't be even worse.

Just when Irving felt pity for me, the knock on the door rang.

Irving immediately got up, adjusted his emotions, and returned to his state as a leader.

He likes this state and likes to show his strong side in front of others.

When you open the door, you are the staff who are dedicated to him.

"Kayri, are you ready, the press conference is about to begin."

"I got it Dandy, wait for me and I'll change my clothes."

Irving took out the formal outfits that had been prepared from his suitcase, went to the bathroom to change his clothes, and went to the hotel's largest conference room with the team staff, where they will hold a pre-playoff press conference.

On the 16th, they luckily entered the playoffs by relying on the advantage of winning and losing with the Trail Blazers. They had originally planned to hold a press conference after arriving in Memphis yesterday, but it was postponed to today due to the airport.

When I arrived at the conference room, Irving looked at the large conference room that could accommodate more than 200 people and was filled with reporters. It felt really exaggerated!

Originally, he and Anthony Davis were very popular, but now he has been very popular with the Grizzlies, which has been very popular since the beginning of the regular season and has been popular since the beginning to the current season.

The scene was within Owen's expectations... What a f*ck! He still felt it was too exaggerated. His staff just said that this was a media group after screening, at least it had to be a media with a population of tens of millions of people in the region.

If you are qualified to come in, the camera will be unified, and each media can only have one reporter.

This is just the first round! Although Irving has only played in the first round, the attention of last year's first round is too far from that of this year's first round!

When I came to the seat, the team's head coach Kidd and inside core Anthony Davis were already on the stage first. The reporters also asked some questions. When Irving came, the reporters focused all their attention on Irving.

The Pelicans press officer began to choose the media to ask questions, and the interview began.

"The series against the Grizzlies is about to begin tomorrow. Do you have any expectations for this series?"

Irving was upset when he heard this question. What does it mean to have expectations?

"I didn't expect much, it just happened that the opponent was the Grizzlies."

"How much do you think you have the hope of beating the Grizzlies?"

"We need to solve the Grizzlies in about 6 games."

"Can you win?"

"Of course, if we can't win, why should I play in the playoffs."

Irving's answer was wrong, and the media on the scene thought he had heard it wrong and asked him if he had hope to defeat the Grizzlies. He directly replied that he would defeat the Grizzlies within 6 games. Is this attitude still enough for the Grizzlies to beat him?

However, I have to say that Irving's answer has won the appreciation of many people.

But Irving is so confident, let alone others, even the people in his own team are scared!

...

After the interview, the reporters failed to get any explosive news from Kidd and Anthony Davis, but they easily got it from Irving.

On the way to lunch with Kidd and Irving, Anthony Davis hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking: "Can we win? That's the lord."

“…”

Irving felt that Anthony Davis was not on the same channel as him.

But this made Owen unable to express what he thought, otherwise he would be too shameless.

"We can definitely win, right, Jason." Owen said to Kidd.

Kidd also found that Anthony Davis was naive and nodded helplessly.

Kidd was helpless. Of course, he understood why Irving said that, just like when they met the Lakers in the Finals in the 2001-02 season, he also said that.

But the players today are very different from the players they were back then.

When he is about to face the Grizzlies, Kidd feels more pressure than he faces the Lakers as a player. After all, his Nets are still much better than the current Pelicans.

Also, the Grizzlies have been playing with their Grizzlies in the past two or three years, which means that Irving has a strong mentality. If he changes someone, Kidd is really worried that he will lose confidence in being beaten, but Irving, Kidd is not worried.

But Kidd didn't expect that he could have such a point guard under his command. He is obviously a new generation player who has just entered the fourth season of the NBA, but in such an era, it is really rare that he can still have an old-school player like Irving!

All point guards in the entire West are bleak under Sun Ce's rule. Even Paul doesn't want to play in the West anymore. Only Curry and James can compete with Sun Ce at the point guard position.

However, in this situation, Irving still showed the difference between himself and others, unlike Curry's crazy self-confidence, James' stability and strength, and Sun Ce's ambition that could no longer hide his sharpness...

Irving is most of the time low-key and calm, but he also has the pride he deserves.

When the Western Conference point guard position was shrouded in the terror of Sun Ce, James and Curry, the top point guards such as Parker and Lillard were almost forgotten, but Irving did not, and people still often mentioned him, because

He is such a competitor who can still shine brightly in such a harsh environment!

What Kidd appreciates most about Irving is the "feeling of ceremony" that Irving has, and most of the young players today have lost.

Irving wants good teammates. What he does is not to please anyone, but to train crazy and hard to make himself stronger, and then try to use his strength to attract those powerful players.

This reminded Kidd of himself at the beginning of the century, and he did the same back then.

However, this time, although Kidd still appreciates the pride revealed in Irving's bones, Kidd can only watch silently for the No. 1 pick under his command if he wants to eliminate the Grizzlies in 6 games.

The Pelicans are not without the power to fight, but if they are facing the Grizzlies in rage... Kidd's mood is not desperate now, he really has no helplessness.

...

“Wu.”

Looking at the video footage of Irving's interview, Klay Thompson showed a rare vulgar expression.

As the son of former top scorer Michael Thompson, Klay Thompson has lived a wealthy life since childhood. Although he has been with black people who have lived at the bottom since childhood, there are some differences in essence. What he has always shown is a very well-educated side.

But when I saw Irving answering that he would beat the Grizzlies in 6 games, Klay Thompson was very unhappy, Sun Ce and Paul George didn't think there was anything, but Klay Thompson was really unhappy!

The reason is no different, the same player.

This is the simplest and most unreasonable but a natural hostile relationship that everyone agrees with.

During the afternoon training, Klay Thompson was very serious and worked hard to strengthen the training and defense of changing direction breakthroughs under the guidance of Old Hardaway.

Coach Hollins looked at Klay Thompson now, and thought about the son of his old teammate in his impression... This change is too big! It seems that as long as he has something to do with Sun Ce, there will be huge changes, whether it is good or bad. It’s easy to say, but this tradition of developing vulgarity when it is insufficient, and bullying the weak after being strong...

As for the Pelicans want to defeat them, all playoff teams want to win, otherwise there would be no such thing as a slut or even a Black Ba.

So, the other party said they wanted to defeat them, except for Klay Thompson, who had extra hostility to the players of the same class, the others felt it was normal.

The Grizzlies no longer have a higher goal in the first round, they only have the idea of ​​sweeping the opponent!

Moreover, they don’t have much preparation. They won the regular season against the Pelicans. Although they almost lost to the Pelicans, they all won, and they didn’t have enough time to prepare. Depend on hard power and on-the-spot performance to defeat the opponent.

So, it is hard to say what will happen in the 7-game 4-win game.

Partition number one, but it is not necessarily so easy to eliminate the eighth partition.

Originally, when they played against the Pelicans, their Grizzlies players were a little contemptuous, and they relied on Paul George's sweeping declaration to make the players pay attention.

But if one or two games are lost, will the players doubt their strength?... It's hard to say. Coach Hollins thinks it's very likely that it's impossible, and their confidence is unlikely to lose one or two because of the playoffs The field will be affected, but Coach Hollins also wants to avoid things with low probability.

It's necessary to be careful and careful. His cautious attitude made the Grizzlies alert as a whole.

Coach Hollins' team coordination, overall planning, control of player status and rotation of lineup... and other abilities, although Sun Ce's response has been criticized countless times, it has been jokingly called "in case of trouble" "I don't know if I ask the lord," but what he is good at is enough for him to take on the title of famous coach.

It is said that a talented player will have the opportunity to show his talent when he meets a suitable coach, and may surpass his talent, and vice versa!

Coach Hollins met Sun Ce and focused on strengthening his expertise. He gave all his bad experiences to assistant coaches and players. Although there has not made any progress in on-the-spot tactical response, his expertise is already the top level in the league!

...

At 4 pm, the Grizzlies' preparations for the Pelicans have ended. Tomorrow, they will only have simple personal training to find the state and team training to review the running position. There will be 80 minutes in total. Next, they will have a good rest and maintain the first round. Accentuate strength.
Chapter completed!