NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 543 The opponent is the Spurs again.

快船以75胜7负收官，这让整个NBA联盟都为之震惊。仅仅过了3个赛季，勇士73胜9负打破公牛的72胜10负的记录，就此作古……

Lakers fans no longer dare to underestimate the Clippers. Historically, the Lakers are indeed much stronger, but in the last five years alone, the Clippers have been far superior.

Moreover, the Clippers now have a championship and have achieved a 34-game winning streak and a record of 75 wins and 7 losses. In the entire league, apart from the Lakers and Celtics, no other team dares to say that they can easily dominate them.

Even teams with more championships like the Spurs, 76ers, and Rockets don't dare underestimate the Clippers. While the Clippers only have one title, what about the future? Won't they add another championship to their collection? Judging by their current trajectory, this team still has a considerable chance of winning another title; their championship window looks very, very long.

The 2018-19 regular season has ended, and the final rankings have been released.

In the Western Conference, the top 8 teams are as follows: Clippers, Warriors, Nuggets, Rockets, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Thunder, and Spurs.

The Western Conference first-round matchups are as follows: Clippers vs. Spurs, Warriors vs. Thunder, Nuggets vs. Jazz, and Rockets vs. Trail Blazers.

The Clippers' first-round opponent is the Spurs, exactly the same as last season. They were the champions last season, and they'll certainly hope for good luck this season to successfully defend their title.

Everyone is predicting who will win the championship this season, and the Clippers are naturally one team that cannot be ignored.

The Clippers have achieved such an outstanding regular season record and possess home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Their core players are all healthy, and their other key members are not seriously injured. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they remain the top favorite to win the championship.

The season is over, and all the top performers in terms of statistics have emerged.

2018-19赛季，贾飞的第8个赛季，他一共出场了80场比赛，首发80场。在场均34.8分钟的上场时间里，他场均得到33.1分8.2个篮板8.8次助攻3.5次抢断1.7个盖帽，投篮命中率为55.8.%，3分球命中为43.1%，罚球命中率为92.4%。

Compared to last season, Jia Fei's average points per game have decreased, but aside from points, his other stats—rebounds, assists, and steals—have all improved, and his efficiency is also higher than last season. Despite a decrease in average playing time, he has improved both advanced and regular stats, continuing to improve at this level, which is truly astonishing.

Jia Fei unsurprisingly won the scoring title and steals title this season. This is his third scoring title and fourth steals title in his NBA career, and his personal statistics and honors continue to increase with the years of his career.

The Clippers and Spurs' Game 1 of the Western Conference playoffs first round will be held on the evening of April 13 at the Clippers' home arena, Staples Center.

Even the notorious critic Charles Barkley wouldn't dare predict an upset in this series. The two teams faced off last season, with the Clippers sweeping the Spurs 4-0 without much effort. While the Spurs made trades this season, sending away the injury-plagued Kawhi Leonard and the inconsistent Zhang Tielin, and acquiring center Jakob Poeltl and DeMar DeRozan (one of the "Trash Brothers"), their overall strength hasn't increased significantly.

DeRozan is indeed quite good, an All-Star player, but he's never been a superstar capable of changing the course of the league. As for Poeltl, if this center were truly exceptional, would he be used as a trade bait?

On April 11, the Clippers gave their players a day off.

Jia Fei invited Lin Ning to a concert. On the way home, Jia Fei gave her two tickets to a game.

"Are you inviting me to watch your match again?" Lin Ning smiled sweetly.

"Yeah, without your lucky charm, we're not feeling confident about winning this home game!" Jia Fei readily admitted.

Lin Ning didn't refuse, because she knew it would be pointless. She genuinely enjoyed watching basketball games at Staples Center with those celebrities and tycoons, especially Jia Fei's games, and she didn't want to reject Jia Fei's kindness because of her so-called affectation.

As for their relationship, she didn't know. She felt that Jia Fei must like her, otherwise why would he ask her out, or why would he give her so many tickets? Could it really be just because she was a lucky charm?

But Jia Fei never confessed his feelings to her. He never seriously told her that he liked her, so she wasn't entirely sure that Jia Fei liked her.

Since Jia Fei wouldn't say, she felt too embarrassed to ask. Her reserve led her to let things develop naturally, without insisting on getting a definite answer.

There are naturally reasons why Jia Fei didn't choose to confess his feelings.

Confessing your feelings is too easy and too meaningless. If confessing your feelings were truly that effective, with the power of nuclear weapons, then those simps who readily confess their love wouldn't exist. Harsh social experience tells us that the easier something is to obtain, the less valuable it is.

Jia Fei is an experienced man; he knows very well that you shouldn't confess your feelings to a woman too easily, and you shouldn't think that you can win a woman's heart and gain her affection with a line of dialogue or a sentimental, impressive line.

When pursuing a woman you like, the right approach is to "show interest without ulterior motives," while a common mistake is being too enthusiastic and revealing your intentions. Adjusting your mindset slightly, remaining more composed, and even keeping her a little elusive will greatly increase your chances of success.

Demonstrate your value (including potential, wealth, abilities, etc.) to women in an appropriate way.

Jia Fei has already demonstrated his value to Lin Ning in a very appropriate way. His value, coupled with his appearance, should be extremely lethal.

As for the outcome, Jia Fei didn't care; he just needed to fulfill his role as a man.

What you need to consider is a woman's feelings, but you don't need to worry about what she's specifically thinking. You don't need to care what she's thinking, and you can't guess anyway.

A woman's heart is like the bottom of the sea; even if you can guess what she's thinking, it doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing for you.

On April 12, the Clippers held their final practice before their first-round game against the Spurs.

The training intensity was low, focusing more on tactical drills. The assistant coaches distributed a handbook to each player, detailing the Spurs' common tactics, player habits, and more. It was incredibly detailed, practically an encyclopedia of the Spurs.

Every playoff team has one of these handbooks, and they're all about their opponents; it's nothing special. That's just how professional the NBA is—lots of staff are responsible for data collection and processing.