The Godfather of Basketball

A big defeat, most people can see the gap in strength between the two sides, but the Los Angeles media does not agree.

"We just lost an away game. Back in Los Angeles, we will win it back." They firmly believe in the home team.

The media in Los Angeles is full of confidence in the Lakers, but the confidence at this time looks more like a stubbornness.

Two days later, the Thunder were in Los Angeles.

The fans in Los Angeles were enthusiastic, and the cheers on the scene were deafening, but they still couldn't stop the thunderous offensive. D'Antoni's bombardment was like paper in front of the Thunder.

112 to 91, 123 to 103, the Thunder didn't give the fans in Los Angeles any sympathy. They directly won two away games and played the Staples Center in silence.

Black eight?

nonexistent.

By this time, except for Kobe's magical performance in the first game, no one felt that the Lakers had any chance of a comeback.

Although this Lakers team suffered a wave of suspensions, the F4 lineup has experienced 3 head coaches in one season and ranked eighth in the Western Conference, which shows that it has many problems, especially the opponent is a super strong team like the Thunder, and Tang Tian is the godfather of this dynasty.

Returning to Oklahoma City with a 3-1 score, the Thunder did not let up. Before they won the final victory, they hadn't done anything. The fifth game of the series attracted a lot of attention, just like two years ago, many people firmly believed that the Lakers, who fell behind 0 to 3, could come back against the Mavericks. Because of Kobe, they still firmly believe.

After D'Antoni experienced three major defeats, he finally gave up the bombardment and played against the Thunder.

He hoped to find another chance of survival in the way of slow death.

Kobe also broke out again, scoring 41 points, including a three-pointer at the last moment that tied the score and dragged the game into overtime.

With such a performance, even the Oklahoma City fans couldn't help applauding him.

But in the end, Kobe and the Lakers, who were physically exhausted, still lost in overtime.

121 to 113, the Thunder beat the Lakers 8-0 in overtime.

At the end of the game, Kobe looked up at the scoreboard with indescribable helplessness in his eyes.

After being separated from O'Neal, he hit the playoffs again and again over the years, but in the end, he was only a little bit short each time.

At the end of the game, the two sides shook hands at the end. Tang Tian saw Kobe at this time, stretched out his hand with complicated eyes, and hugged him for several seconds.

"You have tried your best." Tang Tian said from the bottom of his heart.

As an opponent, Tang Tian felt Kobe's tenacity, but just because he was an opponent, he couldn't accept it. This is the charm of competitive sports and its cruelty.

But this praise comes from the heart. Kobe, who is nearly 35 years old, scored 41 points and forced the game into overtime. You can't ask him to do more.

"We'll see you next season." To Tang Tian's surprise, Kobe said with a smile.

Tang Tian paused, then said with a smile, "Yes, see you next season."

Kobe will not admit defeat, even though he knows that this is likely to be his last trip to the playoffs, he knows that it will be difficult for the Lakers to enter the playoffs next season, but he still says that, this is his paranoia, Even more extreme paranoia than Westbrook is also his stubbornness.

4 to 1, played one more game than expected, but in the end, the Thunder broke through the media's black-eight remarks, and approached the second round of the playoffs with their heads held high. Their opponents will be the Clippers and The winner between the Grizzlies, the two teams are now 3-2, with the Grizzlies leading.

Because of the schedule, there were still at least 3 days before the next round of opponents, so Tang Tian gave the players a day off.

There is a degree of relaxation. After all, the playoffs have only just started. If the string has been stretched, it may break before the finals.

Taking advantage of the vacation time for the team members, Tang Tian also took the time to go back to Los Angeles to see his company.

His company has always been managed by professional managers. With him in control of the general direction, the company involves music, film and television, technology products, even the stock market, gambling and other aspects. In the past two years, its profits have doubled.

Now the market value of the entire company has exceeded 2 billion. Although it is not ranked at all in the United States, it is at least a medium-sized enterprise.

With 100 million working capital and Tang Tian's increasing shares in Alibaba, Tang Tian really wants to take it now. It is not a problem to take out a small 200 million at one time, and he is already an invisible little rich man.

When he came to the company, it was just a matter of routine. He checked the work of various departments to see if there was any corruption and injustice. After all, the company is big, and such things are still easy to breed.

However, when he was listening to the company director's report on his work, he unexpectedly got a piece of news.

Because he intended to become the owner of an NBA team before, he has always asked the director to pay attention to the dynamics of the NBA market.

At this moment, there is a big news that has not been announced yet.

This is a message related to Vivek Ranadive.

Vivek Ranadive, Tang Tian still knows a little about this person. After all, in his previous life, his daughter Ajali Ranadive was absolutely charming, and she was once all the rage in a certain sports forum.

Of course, in this life, Tang Tian will know more about him. He knows that he is an Indian software businessman, a minority shareholder of the Warriors, and the first Asian owner in the NBA, even though he is a small owner.

According to the director's report, just a week before he came to Los Angeles, Vivek Ranadive organized a consortium to directly acquire the Sacramento Kings!

Due to the mutual competition between NBA teams, it is absolutely not allowed for one person to own shares in two teams at the same time, no matter how rich he is.

Because once that happens, the game between the two teams may be directly controlled by the boss.

It is also for this reason that Ranadive, who was about to acquire the Kings, was forced to sell his shares in the Warriors.

"Have you found out how many shares are there?" Tang Tian licked his dry lips and asked. Ranadive is also the third largest owner of the Warriors, so the shares should not be too small.

"The Warriors have been hiding from the outside world. They don't want to have an impact on the board of directors because of this share transfer, but we still found out through insiders."

Tang Tian looked at his director and frowned slightly, was he still playing tricks at such a critical moment?

Looking at his boss' impatient eyes, the director also realized that his way of speaking made Tang Tian unhappy, so he opened his mouth immediately.

"20%."

20%!

When he heard this number, the wrinkles on Tang Tian's forehead disappeared instantly, and there was an unbearable smile on his face.