"Wayne, he was like a shadow today, he was everywhere."

At the press conference after the game, "General" Arenas smiled and shook his head, explaining why he was so strong today.

Then, people were all discussing how great Wayne's defense was today, but not a word about how solid Arenas was today.

Kobe looked at it and said he was an expert, Arenas is an expert!

I said why do so many people criticize me for my iron work? It’s okay for others to do iron work.

It turns out the posture is wrong!

But...you want me to praise someone for their good defense?

Dream on!

Well, in fact, it is not impossible for Kobe to praise someone for their defensive performance, but the person he will praise is still doing some errands and buying drinks in Boston at this time.

While Kobe was still applauding Arenas for his language skills, Wayne, who had returned home from the game, was so excited that he returned to the room and locked the door.

This kind of excitement of secretly doing indescribable things, no matter how many times you experience it, is always so heart-pounding!

"Finally, the 55-win reward that I have been dreaming about day and night is here!"

Wayne opened the system backpack and found that the reward was lying there quietly.

Directly upgrade the badge to the purple level, what are you waiting for, of course it is an upgrade...

Uh...Wayne actually hasn't thought about it yet.

Currently, Wayne can choose to upgrade a total of four badges, namely "Offensive Kaleidoscope", "Delayed Duration", "Zonline Deterrence" and "Strong Defense".

The Big Heart Killer itself is purple, and the Man of Steel is already the highest level.

No matter which one of these four is upgraded, the ability will be greatly improved.

This is not the first time Wayne has tried the power of the purple badge.

It can be said to be very incomprehensible.

After Wayne thought about it carefully, he was the first to rule out "tough defense".

Although "Tough Defense" combined with "Delayed Duration" seems to be very good, Wayne's current strength attribute itself is very weak.

Even if you upgrade "Tough Defense" to purple, it will not be able to achieve its maximum effect.

After upgrading, can I kick, punch, and punch the Fat Shark?

Not very realistic.

The second one that was excluded was "Zone Deterrence" because the defensive amplification effect of this badge is only effective within the three-second zone.

Wayne's current defensive style no longer focuses on protecting the rim like he did in college, but instead runs the full half of the court to help defend.

Many times, we interfere with others outside the three-second zone.

Therefore, it is not cost-effective to use this rare opportunity for "forbidden zone deterrence".

In the end, only "offensive kaleidoscope" and "delayed persistence" are left.

Wayne touched his chin, do you think this long-lasting delay will be useful not only on the basketball court...

"Damn, pay attention, Wayne!" Wayne patted his head, blaming the box of gifts from Artest that was placed in the room for distracting his train of thought.

Speaking of which, not even a single piece of that whole box of gifts has been used so far. Isn’t it really that they won’t be able to use it after it expires?

Ahem, concentrate, concentrate...

The competition in the playoffs is fierce and the schedule is intensive, which indeed requires high physical fitness.

If this physical fitness badge can be upgraded to purple, it is no exaggeration to say that Wayne is a physical fitness monster!

Even if I hold the shark for 48 minutes, I guess I won't be physically exhausted.

Wayne is still very confident in the purple quality badge.

It seems to be quite practical.

But then I thought about it, in this playoffs, physical fitness alone is not enough.

What is the difference between the playoffs and the regular season? In addition to the strong confrontation, there is also more pertinence.

In the regular season, everyone may just play according to conventional tactics. Except for some key games, to be honest, they may not be so serious.

But in the playoffs, if you have a weakness, the opponent will catch it and beat you to death.

And any strong point will become the target of the opponent's focus.

This means that easy scoring opportunities will be much less, and the ability to attack tough situations with force is particularly important.

Why is it said that the playoffs are the stage for stars? Because generally it is the stars who have such strong offensive ability.

For someone like Kobe, who is used to facing no difficulty and no matter how difficult it is, he is very suitable for the playoffs.

In this way, the little prince was also targeted in last season's finals.

As we all know, some "regular season stars" languish as soon as they enter the playoffs. To put it bluntly, they are no longer good in the face of more targeted defense.

The introduction is the playoffs.

And this is exactly what Wayne is worried about.

Although the Pacers have a good record this season, to be honest, they mainly rely on defense.

The offensive style of play is still more team-oriented.

The attacking abilities of O'Connor, Artest and Wu Sheng are not up to the point where they can definitely shoulder the heavy responsibility at critical moments.

Let’s not talk about O’Brien. In Wayne’s previous life, O’Brien was often ridiculed as “a regular-season superstar and a giant baby in the playoffs.”

It may be an exaggeration to say this, but O'Brien's dominance in the playoffs is not as good as in the regular season. This is a fact.

As for Artest, he is not a scorer per se. Wu Sheng played poorly in the regular season, but he may not be able to show much success in the playoffs.

Miller is always getting older. The goal he missed in the playoffs last season when he was chased by Little Prince could have been scored when he was two or three years younger. It is really a bit embarrassing to expect him to attack tough situations.

Payton? Didn’t you see that he is struggling to score in the regular season? The value of this guy lies in organization, defense and... talkativeness!

Therefore, what the team needs most now is actually a singles player.

When defense and team offense are not working, someone has to stand up and stabilize the situation.

And if it comes to a critical moment and no one can open up the situation, the purple "Big Heart Killer" plus the purple "Offensive Kaleidoscope" will be used.

"Be good!" Wayne was already thinking about how to celebrate the victory.

Damn, who can compete with me?

Even if you Ginobili is a monster, you won’t be able to go to heaven!

Robert Horry? Are you the only one called the king of clutch shots?

Once you know i, it’s decided that it’s you!

From a team perspective, it would be most helpful to the team if Wayne improves his attacking ability.

Considering his entire career, well... In fact, Wayne doesn't lose any money in upgrading.

Therefore, Wayne could only bear the pain and give up on "delaying and lasting".

Regardless of whether this thing is useful off the basketball court, Wayne has to give it up!

"Upgrade the Offensive Kaleidoscope Badge!"

“Are you sure you want to upgrade ‘Offensive Kaleidoscope’ to purple quality?”

"OK!" Looking at the system prompt, Wayne clicked the OK button.

"Badge: Offensive Kaleidoscope (purple, upgradeable)

Effect: Greatly improve the success rate of turnaround shots, step-back shots, pull-up jumpers and triple-threat shots."

With a flash of purple light, everything became boring.

I, Wayne, now, uh... I should be a very good singles player, right?

Well, I should, I really want to find an opponent to try out the badge as soon as possible.

But in the next seven games, apart from the Heat, there is no decent opponent.

Moreover, the game against the Heat was already the third to last game of the season. I wonder if Carlisle will rest.

After today's game, Wayne heard that Carlisle was already discussing rest breaks with Mike Brown.

Although the Pacers still have a chance to compete for first place in the Eastern Conference, if they get first place in the Eastern Conference, they can sit back and watch the Heat and Pistons fight each other first.

But Carlisle is also afraid of overdoing it at the end of the season and losing a lot.

The Pacers have basically not encountered any injury problems this season. If something goes wrong at the last moment, it will be worth the loss.

Therefore, Carrier does not necessarily want to be ranked first in the Eastern Conference.

If someone is injured, even if they avoid the piston, what will happen?

Oops, so troubled.
To be continued...