Amid the cheers of the fans, Richard led the pirates to begin to exit.

Back in the locker room, the players were quite excited, especially Mourning and Payton, the championship is close at hand, and they only need to take out the Spurs or Lakers to get the championship they dream of.

"Alright, guys, it's over, don't take this Eastern Conference champion too seriously."

"Michael's words, you heard it, the Eastern Conference championship is nothing, I think whether it's Alonzo or Gary, they definitely won't take this Eastern Conference championship seriously, their only goal is the championship."

"We don't want to be the number one loser, so we have to win the next finals." Richard encouraged the crowd in the dressing room.

"Coach, sorry......" In the corner of the locker room, Paul's apologetic voice was heard.

He knew what his injury meant, and it meant a few points more difficult for the Buccaneers to win the championship.

In the end, he may lose the Buccaneers Finals because he dropped the chain at a critical moment!

In this case, Paul was naturally full of apologies and felt sorry for everyone.

Richard waved his hand, "Don't worry, Chris, your injury is not serious, maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you will be able to show up on the training ground." ”

Richard also had a junior injury scroll in stock, which he could take out for Paul right now.

Richard also has the intermediate injury scroll, but it is really a waste to use it for Paul, who has no old injuries.

……

Paul nodded reassuringly, Richard's words reassured him a lot, he could not believe the words of the team doctor, but he would not not believe Richard's words, who would doubt what Richard said?

"Old man, hard work today, thank you for your perfect performance, let's easily advance to the finals." Richard thanked Peyton.

Payton had 12 points and 6 assists in the half tonight, and the defense against Billups was also effective, and he didn't let Billups score too much.

"Say what Xie is doing, it's like the Buccaneers won the championship and didn't share my ring." Peyton said with a smile.

Everyone laughed, there was an old man in the family, not to mention that there were two super veterans in the Pirate team.

Mourning and Peyton, who have a high prestige among these newcomers, saw Peyton's rare joke, and everyone felt that Peyton had become a lot more friendly.

……

After the East Final, Richard patiently waited for the result of the West Final.

When the Pistons were eliminated by the Pistons, the Spurs and the Lakers played a 3-2 score, and the Spurs temporarily took the lead.

Richard feels that the Lakers may lose this series, and they are still not a match for the Spurs.

Although the Lakers have introduced Big Ben and the interior strength has been strengthened, it is difficult for Big Ben to create too much trouble for Duncan when he is alone.

The previous peak Trail Blazers, that was because Auburn and the two joined hands before they could suppress the Spurs.

Now the Lakers only have Big Ben, and the other interior players on the team are completely unable to take action, and it is unlikely that they want to suppress the Spurs' interior line.

In terms of the outside lineup, the Spurs' outside lineup is no worse than the Lakers, the Lakers have Kobe, and the Spurs have Parker and Ginobili.

As for the Lakers' Odom, the role he can play is actually not much bigger than Bowen.

Sure enough, in the G6 game of the Western Conference Finals, although Kobe Bryant said that he scored 41 points, he finally lost to the Spurs and had no choice but to stop the Western Finals, ending their journey this season.

Richard watched the live broadcast, and when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Bryant was shaking with anger.

If nothing else, the Lakers' roster will definitely have to be strengthened next season.

As for whether it is the big Gasol who brought in the Grizzlies, then Richard is not sure.

At this time next year, I'm afraid the Lakers' strength will become more and more terrifying.

However, Richard is not very worried, next year's Pirates will be a strong and impeccable team, even if the Lakers bring in Pau Gasol, Richard does not care.

……

Paul's return from injury after using the junior injury scroll is exciting news for Pirate fans.

The pirate team is once again strong.

……

This year's finals started a few days later than usual, and it wasn't until June 7 that the finals officially began.

Under normal circumstances, the same is true, and the finals will start on June 7, but the end time is about the same as in previous years, because someone has been swept this year......

On June 7th, the Pirate Arena was crowded with people.

Richard did a pre-war mobilization to let the players relax, and at this moment, don't make yourself too tight and affect the state on the field.

In fact, the players on both sides are a little nervous at the moment.

There are a lot of newcomers on the Pirates side, and it is definitely impossible to reach the finals without being nervous at all.

And the Spurs, on the other hand, are also a little nervous.

If you want to say who the Spurs team loses and longs, it is undoubtedly Richard.

Under normal circumstances, in fact, the Spurs are already in the hands of the triple crown at the moment, namely the 98-99 season, the 02-03 season and the 04-05 season.

But in '99, they encountered the peak Trailblazers, and they didn't break out of the West at all.

In '03, they encountered the pinnacle Pistons and were killed by the Pistons in the Finals.

It was time for Richard to go to the New Army Pirates, and they won the championship in '05.

It can be said that the Spurs have never taken advantage of Richard in the playoffs and have always lost.

Now that the Spurs are meeting Richard's team in the Finals, the Spurs are also beating the drum in their hearts.

Will history repeat itself? Will it lose to the pirates again?

Although the strength of this Pirate team is not as good as the peak Trail Blazers and the peak Pistons, it is also a team led by Richard, who knows what magical things Richard can do.

……

With half an hour to go before the start of the game, Richard began a bloodletting.

They have all reached the Finals, and it is enough for Richard to lose to Jordan once in the Finals, and now he is not willing to lose to the Spurs no matter what.

The All-Star light remained, and this thing is not particularly big for the current players.

Some of the scrolls and elixirs for injuries and illnesses were also kept by Richard.

Everything else, Richard made it all available to the players.

The mad dog's lingering, Richard took it out and gave it to Roy.

Clark's hot pot was taken out for Mourning to use.

The happiness of the lower body is also used for Mourning, and the confrontation with Duncan will definitely be extremely intense, and Richard doesn't want Mourning to be injured.

Paul is injured or injured in other positions, Richard can still come up with a replacement, but once Mourning is injured, Richard will be directly blind, and Vallejo can't replace the current role of Mourning.

If it weren't for the fact that the famous points were too precious, Richard would even think of smashing all the famous points on the players.

……

Once everything was in place, the players from both sides began to enter the arena.

Richard came on the court to say hello to the opponent's Popovich, and Popovich couldn't help but sigh when he saw that he would meet Richard in the finals again.

He couldn't figure out where Richard's kid got such great ability to do such things that ordinary people couldn't believe.

"Li, did you kid know in advance that Gabayosa's physical condition was not good, so he recommended it to me?" Popovich asked with a low chuckle.

Gabajosa left the field injured in the Western Conference finals and is now certain to be unable to participate in the finals.

However, this does not have much impact on the strength of the Spurs, and they have a more experienced Horry on top.

Richard hurriedly waved his hand, he couldn't admit it.

"Greg, you don't have a conscience when you say that."

"Gabajosa is in the rookie for a while, right? As for the injury, then who knows, and I am not really God, if it is really God's word, I will not let Paul get hurt in the East Showdown. ”

Popovich just wanted to joke with Richard, but he didn't expect Richard to move so much, how did he feel that Richard really had a ghost in his heart.

……

The players on both sides have already begun to gear up, just waiting for the referee to blow the whistle and start the battle.

"Toot toot!" The referee blows the whistle for the start of the game.

The Spurs' starting lineup made Richard nod his head in admiration, and Popovich was really a person who did big things with little money.

Oberto, Duncan, Bowen, Finley and Parker.

This Finley is Michael Finley, nicknamed the poor Jordan, and he was also an All-Star at his peak.

Although the state has dropped a little at the moment, it is easy to cut an average of 10 points per game.

The key is that it is cheap enough, Finley's previous contract was bought out by the Mavericks, and he joined the Spurs in the turn......

Popovich didn't know what magic was cast to get the former All-Star to fall in love with the Spurs and sign a fairly cheap contract.

For Finley, no matter how big the contract he signed, it was actually the same, and he could only take the Mavericks' buyout contract anyway.

With an annual salary of less than $3 million, the Spurs must have taken a big advantage by getting a former All-Star player like Finley.

……

In addition to this starting lineup, the Spurs' bench lineup is also quite strong, with Ginobili and Horry in charge.

The starting lineup on the Pistons' side is Morning, Milicic, Iguodala, Granger and Paul.

Players from both sides jumped the ball on the halfway line and Milicic did well to get the first possession.

Paul opened the game with an assist on Mourning, scoring two points on Oberto's head.

Oberto is definitely the shortcoming of the Spurs' starting lineup, his strength is the worst among the five, not only in the Spurs' starting lineup, but also in some ordinary teams in the league, I'm afraid he can't play the starter......

Not to mention against Morning, maybe Vallejo can easily clean up Oberto when he plays.

Richard made it clear before the game that he wanted to play Oberto, and he played until Popovich replaced Oberto.

In the first offensive round, the Pirates played, and then it was the Spurs' turn to attack.

Parker broke through with the ball, but he faced Paul's defense, Paul's speed when he was young was also first-class, Parker wanted to use speed to get rid of Paul, it must not be so easy.

After a series of unsuccessful breakthrough attempts, Parker gave the ball to Finley, who missed the outside three-point shot, and the rebound was also in the hands of Mourning.

It's the Pirates' offensive round again, and they still follow the strategy of beating Oberto.

At this time, Milicic showed his great value.

After Paul handed the ball to Milicic, Milicic organized the next attack, and of course, he only organized one point for Mourning.

Duncan's defense is so good that it will be difficult for either Milicic or Mourning to score in his front.

But they didn't plan to go head-to-head with Duncan, just to catch Oberto to fight.

Duncan came to defend Mourning, and Milicic immediately singled Oberto.

Duncan switched to Milicic, who assisted Mourning to score with his strong passing ability.

Anyway, you just don't have a hard time with Duncan, no matter how strong your Duncan is defensively, you just don't give you a chance to play.

This tactic is naturally quite obscene, and Richard actually doesn't like obscene tactics very much, he prefers hard-hitting tactics.

But at the moment, because there is no super center in the team, they can only play this obscene tactic......

In the opening minutes, Oberto was grabbed by the Pirates and directly gave the Pirates a big lead.

Popovich stood on the sidelines, his face was pale, and he yelled at the referee on the field, after all, he was one of the three roaring celestials in the coaching group.

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more unfavorable, Popovich immediately called a timeout.

He knows very well that Oberto must not stay on the field, and if he continues to stay on the field, Richard's side will definitely still hold on to it.

"Manu, get ready to play......" Popovich sighed, the game had just begun, and he had to take out the big killer Ginobili on the bench.

Of course, Popovich can actually use Horry to play the power forward position, but Horry is short and old, and it is really difficult to say whether the defensive effect can be better than Oberto.

Popovich felt that if nothing else, he sent Horry, and I was afraid that Richard would start to beat Horry again.

……

Seeing Popovich field a lineup of four big and small, Richard breathed a sigh of relief, this is the situation he wants.

Duncan on the inside line is too difficult to deal with if he has a helper, and now that there is no helper, Milicic and Mourning must join forces to not let Duncan have too violent outbursts.

Although the Spurs have a four-small lineup, in fact, Milicic is young enough and has good physical fitness, and he is also quite good at defending Bowen or Finley Sr.

Finley is 34 years old, and if he really survives, the Mavericks won't be able to buy out his contract.

As for Bowen, he was even older, he was 36 years old......

The defensive strength is still there, but the offensive end is already difficult to run out of the open space comfortably.

In the Pirates' offensive round, it was still Paul who controlled the ball to the front court and then handed the ball to Milicic.

Milicic's seven-foot height, unless Duncan comes to the right position, no matter who he hits, he is out of position, and he can make a comfortable mid-range shot.

And if Duncan came to chase the defense, Milicic used his strong organizational skills to assist Mourning to score.

It can be said that Milicic is the big killer that Richard used against the Spurs.

Attentive fans should be able to find that many European center forwards who are good at organizing are actually not comparable to those of black and thick center players.

But their contracts are no less than black and coarse, and the reason for this is the strategic value of these European centre-forwards.

They can lead the team to open up the situation on the inside.

……

In the defensive round, Mourning is responsible for playing against Duncan alone, and the defense must not be able to defend alone, but it is not so easy for Duncan to score points unscrupulously.

Milicic is in charge of dealing with two veterans on the Spurs team with Andreas Iguodala, and can spare some energy to harass Duncan from time to time.

……

Popovich's eyes widened with rage, and he had a sense of foreboding that this Milicic might be a nightmare for their Spurs.

When Milicic was selected by Richard before, he also talked to Larry Brown about it, and Larry Brown looked down on Milicic extremely much, thinking that Richard had finally missed it.

Popovich didn't look down on Milicic like Larry Brown, but he didn't take Milicic too seriously.

But Milicic's performance tonight made him realize that Milicic is a bit too scary as a player.