Some of this is due to me being too memorized, and I am really unlucky; some of it is self-destructive, and I have to practice too hard before the competition.

The typical representative of the latter is none other than Pat Riley, who advocates devil training.

Hard training is the only way for NBA players to become superstars. Jordan has the "Breakfast Club" that challenges his limits, and Kobe has insisted on the almost abnormal "666" training for many years. But hard training must control the amount of training. Once the physical and mental breakthrough is achieved,

There will be problems if the amount can be tolerated.

The reason why Riley is called the "devil coach" is because he strives to promote excessive training volume.

Riley's devilish training caused Mourning, a strong man, to mysteriously suffer from glomerular necrosis in his fourth year with the Heat; Wade suffered frequent injuries in his fourth year in his career; Hardaway's fourth year in the Heat

Both knees suffered injuries one after another; O'Neal and Riley broke up in the middle of his fourth season with the Heat...

The most well-known and criticized Riley Devil training can be traced back to the Santa Barbara emergency training camp before the 1989 Finals.

At that time, the Lakers, who were aiming for three consecutive championships, reached the finals with 11 wins and 0 losses in the playoffs. Their physical and mental condition was already at its best, but Riley was not satisfied yet, so he took the team to Santa Barbara.

A week-long closed training was conducted.

You know, that Lakers team was a complete veteran team at the time. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was already 42 years old. They had reached the finals for four consecutive years. You can imagine the level of physical and mental exhaustion. But Riley wanted to squeeze more, and the results were conceivable.

And know...

The results of that training camp ended up being “excellent”

Magic and Byron Scott were both injured, the Lakers were swept by the Pistons, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired in despair!

After that, the relationship between Riley and the second-in-command of the Lakers became increasingly bad. Until the 1990 semifinals, the Lakers were unexpectedly swept by the Suns 1:4, and the conflict between the devil coach and the core players of the Lakers completely broke out.

Worthy took Byron Scott and others straight to the office of Jerry West, the then Lakers general manager, and demanded that Riley be fired. Riley, who was forced to quit, then "voluntarily" resigned.

The once glorious "tie" Lakers have now disappeared into the dust of history.

Riley's living example is there. Coach Terry and general manager Orsi don't want the Trail Blazers to follow in the footsteps of the Lakers in the past.

For the sake of the team's fourth consecutive championship, the two of them talked hard and often made raids on home textiles. Finally, Wang Zelin canceled his previous private training plan.

Come on, this extra practice is definitely not going to work anymore, so let’s just watch the game honestly.

…

Time flies so fast, teams from the East and West have advanced to the conference semifinals one after another.

After returning home, the Chicago Bulls lived up to expectations and easily defeated the Bucks 115:103. The series was 4:1. The Bulls swept the Bucks and became the first team in the Eastern Conference to advance to the conference semifinals.

Followed by the Golden State Warriors, they also swept the Grizzlies 4:1 at home, becoming the second team in the Western Conference to advance to the conference semifinals after the Trail Blazers.

The promotion of both teams is expected, after all, the strength is there.

The Bulls have the Big Three of Davis, Ross Wade, and the average age of this group of old, middle-aged and young Big Three is not too old, the team structure is relatively reasonable, and they can steadily outperform the Bucks.

Taking into account the competition between the core players of both sides, Big Eyebrow has already reached the peak of his career. When healthy, he is an absolute double-team player. On the other hand, Antetokounmpo still needs 1 to 2 years of training before he can reach the stage of great success. In the competition at the same position, he

Those who are restrained by thick eyebrows will die.

In the crucial G5 game, Antetokounmpo made 7 of 21 shots, a poor shooting rate of 30%, and led the Bucks out of the game.

There is no need to go into too much detail about the strength of the Warriors' Big Four. This is a team that requires the Blazers to go all out. It is not surprising that the Grizzlies lost to them.

The most surprising thing was the game between the Cavaliers and the Hawks. Arriving at Quicken Loans Arena, home of the Cavaliers, all the Hawks players broke out in a last-ditch battle. Paul Millsap, the leader, was 29 14 5 1 2, capable of both offense and defense.

Dennis Sroeder also excelled with 27 points and 9 assists.

Even Howard, who was previously considered to be in the sunset, also posted a double-double of 15-18 tonight, with 18 rebounds on the spot, including 11 frontcourt boards. He can be regarded as one person destroying the Cavaliers' frontcourt boards.

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Cavaliers 113:99 at Quicken Loans Arena and successfully extended their life.

As for the remaining sets of duels.

The Spurs returned to their home court and won another game, 3:2 against the Lakers, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards them.

Coming to Space City, even though Westbrook scored a super triple-double with 47 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists on the spot, it was still difficult to save him.

Just because Harden's performance on the opposite side is not much inferior to him, with 44 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in a single game, which is also a super close triple-double.

In addition, Gua Ge scored 31 points...The Thunder were eliminated 1:4, and the loss was not unfair.

The Raptors, who returned to Toronto, successfully defended their home court, 3:2 against the Wizards, and once again had the upper hand.

After all, the Celtics were first in the Eastern Conference during the regular season. They were too embarrassed to humiliate their hometown folks when they returned to their home court. They pulled back a game and rewritten the series score to 3:2.
Chapter completed!