Dai Li had been waiting for this upgrade for so long that he almost forgot about the system upgrade.
Dai Li's physical training center is still in operation, providing him with a steady stream of experience; while coaching the Clippers, the players' daily training also provided him with experience; the 82 regular season games in a season also provided him with experience. Provide experience.
Even so, Dai Li waited for so long before upgrading. This was indeed calculated in "years".
It's still a long way from the next experience slot. Li Dai estimates that it will be difficult for him to accumulate the experience to advance to the next level before he is forty years old.
Since it was destined to be a long wait, Dai Li stopped paying attention. What he was looking forward to now was what kind of rewards he would get after upgrading.
There were still two items placed in front of him. The one on the left was a golden horseshoe, slowly rotating in the air; the one on the right was a silver-gray top, suspended in the air.
"What are these?" Li Dai asked.
"The one on the left is a lucky horseshoe. You always know the meaning of a horseshoe. It represents the arrival of luck. The function of this horseshoe is to bring good luck to you and your athletes during the competition." The system answered.
"That sounds very general." Dai Li said with a frown.
There is a saying that "dribbling is also a part of strength." There is no shortage of real cases in reality to win a game by luck, but luck is too illusory, so when this "lucky horseshoe" appeared, Li Dai still felt a little confused.
Just listen to the system explain: "You don't need to explain what luck is, I think you can know it, so I'd better talk about this lucky horseshoe. When you have this prop, you and your athletes will have a little luck." improvement."
"What about the improvement? Is there any rigid standard? Or what numerical value is displayed?" Li Dai then asked.
"The improvement is very small, so as I said just now, it is just a slight improvement. In many cases, it is not enough to change the outcome of a game. You can ignore it." The system replied.
"That means that this lucky horseshoe is not very useful." Dai Li looked disgusted.
"It is precisely because the passive improvement of luck by the lucky horseshoe is very limited, so the lucky horseshoe will have an active skill. After owning the lucky horseshoe, you will obtain the skill 'Pray for Good Luck'. After using the skill 'Pray for Good Luck', You and your athletes will get very good luck, and the duration is three minutes." The system said.
"What does very good luck mean?" Dai Li then asked.
"It means literally. For example, if you pick up a dollar when you go out, you can win a sixth prize when you buy lottery tickets, or you can get good equipment while playing games, this is all luck." The system said.
"You said these examples have nothing to do with sports competitions." Dai Li responded coldly.
"Of course it is useful in the game. For example, for a certain key goal, if you are less lucky, you will not score it, but if you are more lucky, you will score it." The system continued in a resentful tone: "Also, I will repeat it again, use the skill 'Prayer' Then, in the next three minutes, you and your athletes will get very good luck, and the duration is three minutes."
"Wait a minute, you said 'me and my athletes'? Do you mean this skill can also be used on me?" Dai Li asked suddenly.
"Yes, this 'prayer' skill can not only affect athletes, but also you." The system replied affirmatively.
Dai Li suddenly felt happy. Since he got the system, he has acquired many skills, but those skills are only used on athletes. The only ones that can be used on himself are copied cards. Now, he finally had another skill that he could use on himself, but Dai Li didn't know how effective this skill was yet.
"Increase your luck. Maybe you can buy a lottery ticket and try it!" Dai Li thought to himself.
Suddenly, Dai Li thought again, maybe the "prayer" skill of this lucky horseshoe can be used together with other props.
"In my lottery box, what kind of lottery I can draw is completely random. It can be said that it all depends on luck. If I can't draw the lottery or get the lottery, it will not be of any help to me. But if I use the prayer skill first , let me have good luck in three minutes, and then use the lottery box, will it trigger good luck and draw me a lottery!"
This idea flashed in Dai Li's mind. If the lottery box can be used in conjunction with the lucky horseshoe, then every time the lottery box is used, a good lottery can be drawn.
Thinking of this, Dai Li couldn't wait to play a game to prove whether his idea was feasible.
On the other side, the system introduced another item, the silver-gray top.
"This is the Dream Maker Top. The Dream Maker Top can help you build a dream space. When your athletes enter sleep, you can pull the athletes into the dream space." The system replied.
Dai Li thought of the movie "Inception" and asked, "What is the use of dream space?"
"It depends on what kind of dream space you build. If you build a training ground, the dream space can allow athletes to train. If you build a game, then athletes can participate in a game in the dream. . It is worth mentioning that the ratio of dream space to real time is 10 to 1, which means that if 10 hours are spent in the dream space, only 1 hour will pass in the real space." The system said slowly.
"That means you can train in your dreams! And 10 hours of training in a dream is equivalent to one hour of training in reality! Oh my God, this thing is a bit unbelievable!"
While Dai Li sighed, he couldn't help but start to calculate in his heart. If a person sleeps 8 hours a day, then the time spent training in the dream is 80 hours, and 365 days a year, that is 29,200 hours of training. In reality, an athlete can accumulate 30,000 hours of training in ten years. This Dream Maker Top can create nearly 30,000 hours of dreams in one year. If used for training, one year is equal to ten years.
"As an athlete, one minute on stage requires ten years of hard work off stage. For example, a 100-meter sprinter trains for more than ten years just for those ten seconds on the field. From this point of view, the profession of athlete , the most core thing is daily training. As for the performance of the competition, it is actually the expression of the effect of daily training, so training is the top priority for athletes."
"Based on this, this Dream Maker Top may be the most incredible item in my hand. As the saying goes, hard work can make up for weakness. Even those athletes with average talent can become excellent athletes if they have ten times the training time. .”
The next second, Dai Li suddenly realized a problem, and he immediately said: "That's not right. Sports refers to various activities that enhance physical fitness. Any sports, whether running or jumping, ultimately require With the body as a support, if you train in a dream, can it also improve your physical fitness?"
"Have you ever heard that dreaming can make your body stronger?" the system asked.
"I know that sleeping too much will make you gain weight. But I have never heard that sleeping too much will make your body stronger." Dai Li answered honestly.
"Then it's over! Training in dreams can't affect the body," the system replied.
Dai Li's face instantly darkened: "Sports is an activity that competes with the body. If this dream training cannot have an effect on the athletes' bodies, then the athletes will not become taller, faster and stronger through dream training. Isn’t this dream training useless at all! I originally thought I got a heaven-defying artifact, but it turned out to be a useless waste."
"It is true that dreams cannot directly affect the body, but they can accumulate experience for athletes. For example, an athlete performed 10,000 shooting trainings in his dream. The summary of skills brought about by these 10,000 shootings belongs to the athlete. Yes." The system replied.
"So that's it." Dai Li instantly understood the use of the Dream Maker Top.
This prop has a relatively limited effect on sports that value the body, such as track and field, swimming, and weightlifting, because dream training cannot bring about improvements in physical fitness.
But for some technical or experiential sports, this Dream Maker Top is very useful.
The so-called skills in sports are the accumulation of athletic talent and training experience. Athletic talent is innate and no one can change it, but training experience can be acquired. Athletes slowly accumulate experience through training day after day, and the accumulation of experience will be converted into proficiency in a certain skill. As your proficiency increases, your skills will improve.
Just like shooting. When beginners first start practicing shooting, they have no idea why they can't make a shot. Later, as they practice more and gain experience, they will slowly understand the reasons why they can't make each shot. Either the strength is not controlled well, or the angle is not controlled well.
If you continue to practice, you will figure out how to adjust the force and angle to make the ball go in. If you practice enough, you will probably be able to tell whether the ball has been made when the ball is released, and you can even adjust the angle and force of the shot at the moment of release. These are the accumulation of experience.
After all, practice makes perfect!
And that's exactly what the Dream Maker's Top does. Although training in dreams cannot bring about improvement in physical fitness, it can bring about the accumulation of experience. Experience will only increase, not decrease. This accumulation of experience translates into skills that improve the overall performance of the athlete.
Just listen to the system continue to explain: "I just said that the dream space you constructed can be a training place or a competition."
"I understand, what you mean is that if we construct a game and let athletes participate in it, he can gain practical experience in a game." Li Dai is still very capable of drawing inferences from one example.
Constructing a game to allow athletes to gain practical experience in a dream game is also a very meaningful thing, especially for young athletes.
For example, in the NBA, there are 82 games in the regular season in a season. If a relatively high-ranked rookie can play 82 regular season games, but for a relatively low-ranked rookie, it is very difficult to enter the rotation. It’s difficult, and you should be satisfied if you can get playing time. If you can't even get garbage time in a season, there is no need to talk about accumulating game experience. Similarly, the NBA also has players who enter the league with not very high standards, but gain a foothold by playing more games and gaining experience.
In all confrontational sports, actual combat experience is very important. No matter how good the athlete's body is and how good his skills are, if he has no actual combat experience, he will still be a rookie who cannot be used for much purpose. On the contrary, there are some older athletes whose bodies have deteriorated and cannot run fast or jump high, but because of their rich experience, they are still trusted by coaches.
The Dream Maker Gyro can structure a game, which can help athletes make up for their lack of actual combat experience.
Dai Li made an estimate in his mind. Based on 8 hours of sleep, it is 800 hours in the dream world. A basketball game is 48 minutes. 800 hours is equivalent to 16.7 basketball games. A football game is 90 minutes, which is equivalent to 800 hours. 8.9 football matches.
For example, in La Liga, there are 38 games in a season. According to this calculation, 8 hours of sleep is equivalent to 9 games, which is enough for a player to accumulate a quarter of a season's game experience.
Another example is NBA games. Even the absolute core of the team can play a maximum of 40 minutes in a game. 800 minutes is equivalent to playing time in 20 games, which is almost a quarter of the regular season.
Calculated this way, if an athlete sleeps eight hours a day, in just four days, the dream space can build a season of La Liga or NBA regular season, and the players can also gain a season of game experience.
"According to this calculation, it only takes me forty days to turn a rookie into an experienced veteran with ten years of competition experience! Mom no longer has to worry about having no games to play. Come and stay with me for a year. I can make you dream about playing games until you vomit!"
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The playoffs have begun, and the Clippers' first opponent is the Denver Nuggets.
The Nuggets had a very impressive record at the beginning of the season and were once at the top of the Western Conference. But as the season progresses, the veteran teams gradually regain their form, and the Nuggets' performance continues to decline. However, the Nuggets finally relied on their advantage in winning and losing to catch the last train of the playoffs in the fiercely competitive Western Conference.
There will be no suspense between No. 1 in the Western Conference and No. 8 in the Western Conference. The so-called "Black Eight Miracle" is not a cabbage, how can it happen so easily!
Moreover, the Nuggets are a relatively young team. This is the first time they have entered the playoffs in the past six seasons. Their main goal is for the main players to accumulate experience in the playoffs. For things like the "Black Eight Miracle", it is even more important. Don't dare to be demanding.
Encountering such an opponent, the Clippers' path to promotion seemed much easier. They swept the promotion 4-0 without any suspense, and the players did not consume too much energy. They were waiting for the next round of the playoffs at home early. race.
In the second round of the playoffs, the Clippers faced the New Orleans Pelicans.
In the past two years, the Pelicans' record in the regular season has been very good, and the team has continued to recruit reinforcements, hoping to make a difference. But in the playoffs, the Pelicans have never been able to achieve breakthrough results.
Without a breakthrough for a long time, it is easy to wear out the players' patience. The Pelicans encountered such a problem. At the beginning of this season, they lost two star players. Fortunately, the Pelicans' head coach is very good. The training of the players was successful, and he led the Pelicans to the playoffs and into the second round of the playoffs.
It's just that this Pelicans team doesn't have the strength to hit the championship. Their head coach and players also know this. With their lineup, being able to enter the second round of the playoffs in the Western Conference is an overqualification. Mission accomplished, if they want to go further in the playoffs, the team needs to continue to strengthen next season.
It is also because the season's tasks have been completed, but the Pelicans have no ambitions. They go into battle lightly and do not care about winning or losing this series. There is neither the determination to fight a last stand nor the intention of defeating the strong with the weak.
Many times, goals determine the level of achievement.
For example, a company's annual sales target is 100 million. If it achieves this target in the first ten months, then in the next two months, both ordinary employees and management will lose some momentum. In three days There will be many people who hang out their nets after two days of fishing, and it has become a common goal for everyone to survive until the end of the year.
On the other hand, if it is the last month and the annual sales task is still far from being completed, everyone in the company will work extra hard to find ways to complete the sales task.
The same is true for the Pelicans. In the last month of the regular season, they tried their best to finally squeeze into the playoffs. But now that the season goal has been achieved, the players are relieved and are not so obsessed with winning or losing. .
The Pelicans lost their aggressive goals and instead advantaged the Clippers. Facing an opponent with no desire for a championship, victory became easier. It was still a 4-0 sweep, and the Clippers advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
Another team that advanced to the Western Conference Finals was the Golden State Warriors, but their road to advancement was much more bumpy.
The Warriors met the Thunder in the first round.
The Thunder is a team whose goal is to win the championship. To achieve this goal, the Thunder's management also makes frequent moves, including trades, poaching, and high-paying contract renewals. There will be big moves in almost every offseason. Every season there are some changes to the Thunder's roster.
In terms of strength, the Thunder are considered a strong team, but they are by no means the top one. But everyone knows the Thunder are a tough opponent to deal with. In a series, even if they beat the Thunder, they still have to lose a layer of skin.
Because the Thunder's goal is always the championship!
This kind of team that aims to win the championship will always play extremely tenaciously in the playoffs. Even if they are afraid of being eighth in the Western Conference, they will try their best to fight their opponents to the death.
The Warriors passed the stage and met the Rockets again.
The Rockets are also a team that aims to win the championship. Unlike the Thunder, they do have the strength to hit the championship.
The two sides met, and the Warriors finally passed the test after seven fierce battles. Both the Warriors and the Rockets were exhausted, and each had their main players injured.
The Rockets ultimately lost in terms of physical strength. The Rockets head coach's stubborn eight-man rotation caused the Rockets to suddenly collapse in the seventh game, which felt like an instant death.
This is the playoffs after all, and the intensity is so great that the eight-man rotation style of play really cannot cope with a seven-game series.
The Western Conference Finals is the Clippers versus the Warriors, the first regular season player in the Western Conference versus the second regular season player, a clash between old stars and new stars. This is a scenario that fans love to see.