Chapter 48: Fear No One (Part I)
Moments of joy are always short-lived, and the next day the young lovers say goodbye to each other, Rina goes to continue her studies, and Chamberlain continues his basketball life. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After playing the Lakers, the Spurs' next schedule will not be easy, and they will need to go through a brutal three-game trip.
Their opponent in last year's division finals - the New Jersey Nets, the greatest small man, the shortest champion in NBA history - Allen Iverson's Philadelphia 76ers, the famous No. 0 "General" Arenas Wizards.
In Gary Payton's age, in Nash without meeting De Anthony, in Chris Paul's '03 years, if you don't count Allen Iverson, the famous pseudo-point guard, Jason Kidd can definitely be called the best point guard in the league, not one.
As the star of the 94 year, Kidd formed the "3J" group with Jim Jackson and Jamal Mashburn at the beginning of his entry into the league, which was highly anticipated by Dallas fans. However, the combination lasted less than three years before it fell apart due to off-court conflicts between Kidd and Jackson.
It became a microcosm of Kidd's entire career.
This talented orthodox point guard, the current league triple-double king, will always end this glory with his own hands because of a conflict with someone in his glorious moment.
Kidd was then traded to Phoenix, where he spent five years, or five years struggling. After not accomplishing any memorable results, he moved to New Jersey in 2001 after swapping owners with Marbury.
During the year, Kidd led the then Fish Belly to a 52-30 record and reached the Finals, where they met the strongest team in the league at the time, the Los Angeles Lakers with the "OK" combination.
In the 02-03 season, they were on the right path and reached the finals again, this time they met the Spurs led by two champions, and they unfortunately lost again.
And fate also began his mysterious reincarnation, and Kidd had a conflict with the team's head coach this season, which became their final glory. This period was later called the New Jersey Golden Age.
The game between the Spurs and the Nets has been hotly discussed by the media before the start of the game, from the allocation of personnel to the current record, it is generally considered to be evenly matched.
Because of the finals, fans who were still full of resentment about New Jersey's loss of the championship launched a powerful sonic attack on the Spurs at the beginning, and the entire stadium was filled with boos and curses.
Compared with the demeanor of the old players, Chamberlain, who was an otaku in his previous life, had a little blue in his face. Finally saw the other side of enjoying the cheers, and when he walked into the court, he looked a little trembling due to his poor psychological quality, which also made him pressed on the bench by Popovich and pressed all night.
The old rivals from last year's finals entered a fierce confrontation at the beginning of the game. New Jersey's "troika" is inseparable from the Spurs' sophisticated tactics.
From 21:22 to 49:49 at the beginning, and then to 87 draws. The game showed a strong smell of gunpowder and made it difficult for the substitutes on both sides to get a chance to play.
Some media once used "cockroaches" to describe Spurs, and Bowen's "unhygienic" is one aspect, and the other is the strong vitality of Spurs.
In the final stage of the game, the main forces of both sides were panting and booing, and they were making the final sprint.
At this time, the league dunk was very hot - Kenyon Martin dropped the chain, missed the dunk at the critical moment, although the rebound was obtained by Kidd, but it also seriously hit the morale they did so hard to maintain, and the Spurs once again showed their tenacity, and the final score was 101-103. With the home team in front, the Spurs had the last laugh.
At the press conference after the game, because of the restraint of the players on the field and the fact that the scene was quite harmonious, the coaches of the two sides, who were quite satisfied with the game, did not sarcastically mock each other, first affirmed their own efforts, praised the level of the other party, and finally jointly attributed the ending to luck.
The media saw that the coaches of the two sides were arguing, so they pointed the microphone at the players who attended the press conference, an old monster in the league, Kidd, and a premature Duncan. Trying to provoke the fire, they failed again. Unwillingly, they left the Nets behind and asked Popovich what he thought of the next game against the 76ers.
Knowing that he wouldn't pass the test if he didn't give bones, he pushed Parker to the front with the mentality that a dead friend would not die and be poor, and he said: "I don't think that little man of theirs is better than Parker, Parker may not be able to win the Finals MVP, and he will never be able to."
The media, who finally got the news, did not give up and tried several times to no avail, and then retreated decisively. The next day, one by one, they concocted, and the war of words between the Spurs and the 76ers was hot.
At this time, the Spurs had no time to care about this, and after a night's rest, they rushed to Philadelphia non-stop.
Although the Philadelphia 76ers are a well-known one-man team, there is no one in the league at this time who dares to insult them casually, because there is a real "giant" here - Allen Iverson.
"Everything is as important as life. I can't tell, as long as I'm on the field, I'm going to get into a fighting state. I want to win every game, all I want to do is win."
"I live my way and play my way. I swear I've never gotten tired of being surrounded by teammates around me since I joined the league saying I'm 'different'. Maybe one day I'll stop and rest, and that day will be the end of my life!"
"I want to engrave two words on my tombstone: 'Misunderstanding!'"
"I am not a great man, a moral innocent man, a well-dressed man, nor am I an obedient son, nor a dutiful father, nor a kind husband, nor a good friend, nor even I am a good man at all. Marijuana, guns, violence, boycotts, all of these troubles are tied to my name, and many people say I'm a deviant...... But no one can deny that I am a great player, not even God!"
"I don't want to look back! My past has taught me a lot, I'm not ashamed, it makes me understand that things around me can be lost in the blink of an eye, it tells me how important it is to always believe in myself, no matter what others think. ”
"I always thought I was going to miss the first 20 and I believed that the 21st was going to go in! ”