The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Buccaneers won the game 97-93 at the Nets' home court.

Mourning played 25 minutes in this game, which was obviously beyond his limit, and the whole person was out of breath after the game, and his forehead couldn't stop sweating.

Richard felt a little sorry for the veteran, but there was no way, for now he could only let Mourning stand up to the inside defense of the Pirates, and Vallejo was a little worse than Mourning in this regard.

Milicic scored another triple-double tonight, scoring 25 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to help the Pirates get a pretty big win.

Although Paul's statistics tonight are not too good, with only 19 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, the role is difficult to ignore.

He played a big part in the alignment with Kidd, who was clearly choked by Paul tonight and completely out of shape.

G2 started, it was still the home court of the Nets, and the Buccaneers were not so lucky in this game, Jefferson made three outside shots, and directly defeated the Pirates in the third quarter, and finally the Buccaneers lost by 17 points.

This is undoubtedly a big defeat.

However, this is the home court of the Nets, and Richard is not unacceptable if he loses.

In the G3 game, Iguodala was powerful, and he hit a good shooting percentage from far and near, and finally allowed the Pirates to keep their home court.

And in the G4 game, the opponent's Carter broke out again and led the team to win.

The battle has become confusing, and now the two sides are in a 2-2 draw.

The G5 Nets won, the G6 Pirates won, and the confusing battle continues.

The rest of the league's first-round playoff matchups have ended, and at the moment, only the Nets and Pirates need to tie seven.

This is also the first time that Richard has led the team to a tie-break in the first round since entering the league......

The main reason is that the strength of the Nets is not bad, there are tridents in the lineup, and no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be.

……

There are three minutes left in the G7 game.

The situation was not in favor of the Pirates, who were five points behind, and it was quite difficult to recover those five points in just three minutes.

Frank, for his part, has taken the initiative to let the Nets start to slow down and try to drag through the last three minutes.

Time passed minute by minute, and the five-point difference has been steadily maintained.

With less than a minute left in the game, the Nets have the ball.

Carter broke through with the ball and was intercepted by Iguodala, who split the ball directly to Jefferson on the perimeter, who made a three-point shot and didn't score.

Mourning under the basket grabbed this crucial rebound!

The moment he snatched up, Mourning passed the ball to Milicic not far away, and they had to race against the clock to create more attacking rounds before the end of the game.

Milicic made a long pass to Paul, Paul quickly controlled the ball and advanced, and after reaching the front court, Iguodala received Paul's pass, facing the demigod Carter who returned to the defense, the big-hearted Iguodala was not afraid, carrying Carter's defense, like a Warrior who sees death as home, and rushed towards the basket.

"Toot toot!" Iguodala picked up the basket, and the referee's whistle was also remembered in time.

Blow Carter for a defensive foul!

Carter was suddenly anxious, this kind of critical offensive round, the referee even blew the whistle?

I wanted to find the referee to theorize, but reason told him that he must not be impulsive at this point in time......

Iguodala walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw, 2+1 was played, and the difference between the two sides was still two points.

……

With thirty seconds left in the game, Richard immediately called a timeout.

"Defend against their offensive round, Andre, if nothing else, their offensive round will let Carter handle it, you must defend it well, be careful not to foul." Richard said to Iguodala.

Iguodala's stats in this series are not particularly impressive, except for one outbreak, the rest of the games can only be considered mediocre.

But Iguodala's role on the defensive end is quite large, and without his efficient defense of Carter, the Pirates would not have been able to hold out to a tiebreaker.

Now that it's a crucial round, Richard needs Iguodala to step up and continue to defend Carter tightly.

"Don't worry, coach, I'll make you happy." Iguodala said with a smile.

Except for being a little greedy for money, the first brother has nothing else wrong with him, and he has nothing to say about his good personality.

Even if it is greedy for money, it is actually not a problem, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, a brother does not steal or rob, and makes money openly, no one can find fault with it.

……

The timeout ended, and both sides returned to the court.

Richard's estimate was right, and Frank really let Carter handle the last offensive round.

It's not hard to guess, it's the same as any other manager.

The Nets will definitely need the trident to handle this crucial offensive round.

Kidd is not good at attacking and will definitely be left out......

Jefferson has poor ball handling and is far inferior to Carter.

Let Carter execute this last attack, even if he is heavily defended, he can finally divide the ball at the right time while holding the ball.

……

With eight seconds left on the Nets' offensive round, Carter started moving.

Carter's purpose is very clear, that is, to impact the basket, even if he doesn't score, as long as he can make a defensive foul, their Nets will win.

The first brother didn't dare to reach out rashly to steal, if he was whistled for a defensive foul at this moment, he would be the team's sinner.

Carter had already rushed to the free-throw line and jumped straight up to make a shot.

Iguodala didn't expect Carter to give up on the breakaway and instead shoot from the middle, and it was too late to block.

With such a short distance, Carter's hit rate can be imagined.

The fans at the scene were already opening their mouths wide and ready to cheer, if this goal was scored, the Nets would be four points ahead, and it would be basically difficult to lose.

But before they could cheer, Paul and Milicic came out sideways, and both of them jumped up at the same time and struggled to block.

As a result, the ball was touched by Milicic's fingers, deflected off the trajectory, smashed on the rebound, and was grabbed by Mourning under the basket.

Another priceless rebound, and Mourning's final performance of the night was perfect, with two life-saving rebounds giving the Pirates hope.

Richard watched Mourning grab the rebound and immediately used the last timeout in his hand.

With two points left to go, it would be up to other managers to opt for the safest two-point tactics and try to send the game to extra time.

But Richard is different, he has radical genes in his bones, and he is ready to deploy three-point tactics next.

Of course, in addition to Richard's aggressive personality, he also knew that dragging into overtime was a complete chronic suicide for the Pirates.

Several of the main players of the Pirates team, except for Mourning, the other four played for about 44 minutes tonight, and the disadvantage of continuing to play overtime is too great for such a long playing time.

It's better to decide life and death with this last shot, if you can score three points, the team wins, if you don't score three points, pack up and go fishing.

……

The timeout ended, and both sides began to return to the field.

Paul, Granger and Iguodala are running wildly, and they are the point of attack for the next attack, and whoever has the opportunity will attack.

Eventually, Granger found his chance, and he played against Jefferson, who was arguably the worst of the trident defensively.

Seeing Granger's three-pointer fly towards the basket, Richard silently prayed in his heart to be able to hit.

"DUANG......" The sound of iron struck and made Richard's prayers useless.

The Nets fans cheered.

But at this critical moment, Mourning stepped up again and grabbed the rebound in Kostic's mind.

Another priceless rebound, and Richard is now incredibly glad he chose Mourning in the draft in the first place.

If it weren't for Mourning's three rebounds, the Pirates would have been completely cool right now.

Now there is still a chance, there are three seconds left in the game.

Mourning passed the ball to Milicic for the first time, and Milicic looked at the time, and there must not be enough time to pull out and shoot three points at the moment.

The ball was passed to Iguodala who was running off the ball at the first time.

Iguodala's three-point shooting isn't particularly impressive, at least not as good as Paul and Granger.

But for now, he can only bite the bullet.

When he saw Iguodala's three-point shot, Richard felt unspeakably relieved......

may be the confidence that the words of the first brother give to Richard in a desperate situation.

Because of too little shooting time, the first brother's three-point shooting posture is already a little distorted, and there is no aesthetic sense at all, but Richard is very confident in his heart that this ball will definitely be scored.

Sure enough, the ball stumbled on the basket and ended up in the basket.

……

Richard breathed a sigh of relief, Iguodala's performance at such a critical moment did not disappoint.

With less than a second left in the game after that three-point shot, the Nets are running out of time.

Unless one of the players in their squad can possess Fisher, they will definitely lose.

Frank's face was pale, and there was no timeout in his hands now, and this was the deadliest part.

Kostic served in the backcourt, Carter received the ball and threw a long throw, but he didn't even hit the rebound......

"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the end of the match.

The Buccaneers advanced, and the following grams were successful.

Iguodala's last-minute quasi-stunner directly ruined the Nets' hopes of qualifying.

As the players left the field, Richard hugged his players one by one, especially Iguodala, who was praised by Richard.

In terms of performance, Iguodala wasn't the best player in the series.

But at this critical juncture, it was he who saved the pirate team.

Richard couldn't help but be overjoyed, and it was a rare experience.

You know, Richard had never played such a tough first round of the playoffs before.

After passing the first round, Richard relaxed a lot, and no matter what the outcome of the next game against the Heat is, this year's Pirates results are acceptable.

……

Richard led the players back on the court and shook hands with the Nets.

Robinson Sr. looked at Richard and smiled wryly.

"Coach, you're always so unexpected."

"Old man, will you continue to fight next year?" Richard patted Robinson on the shoulder and asked with a smile.

"Let's play for another year, it's a year to play one more year, anyway, I have a championship ring in my hand now......" Robinson is completely enjoying the game now, and he doesn't have much to do with the team's record.

Richard couldn't help but be in awe of the ironman player, and next year's Robinson will be 41 years old......

Because in addition to winning the championship with Richard in his career, he has never had too many highlight moments, so even if he, a 41-year-old veteran, is still fighting on the NBA stage, there is not much fan attention.

This is a lone living fossil veteran......

"Lee, congratulations, you've done another earth-shattering thing." A smile appeared on Frank's lonely face.

"Lawrence, if you have any difficulties, remember to contact me." Richard didn't know how to comfort Frank.

He only knows that Frank's coaching career with the Nets is over, and maybe tomorrow the Nets management will issue an official announcement to fire Frank......

Frank's coaching ability is good, but his lineup matching ability is average, of course, the Nets' lineup matching may have nothing to do with him, it was made by the team's executives.

When Frank is fired by the Nets, if he can't find a job, Richard can offer him an assistant coach position to help him transition.

As long as you can stay in the NBA circle, you can find a chance to make a comeback sooner or later.

"Thank you, Lee." Frank smiled wryly and nodded, he understood what Richard meant, and he understood his current situation.

……

The draw was held in mid-May, and it was only the beginning of May, and there was still about half a month to go.

When the second round of the playoffs is over, it will probably be the time when the lottery will begin.

In the second round of the playoffs, which is the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Buccaneers are obviously not so lucky.

O'Neal met Richard, it was really a big hat, and this round of the series directly burst out of the peak of combat power, averaging 29 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks per game, which directly broke the inside line of the Pirates.

Little Vallejo was ravaged by sharks and was bruised after a game.

And old Mourning, this level of confrontation, it would be good if he could play fifteen minutes a game......

In the end, the Pirates lost to the Heat with a score of 4-1 and ended their playoff journey.

The only game won was won by the Buccaneers on the outside, and it was quite difficult to win.

……

Richard is quite satisfied with this year's playoff journey, after all, he also reached the Eastern Conference semifinals, and with the Pirates as a lineup, he can't ask for more.

……

During the Eastern Conference semifinals, the major awards of the regular season were released.

Richard was named Head Coach of the Year, up from 11 wins last season to 42 this season, a horrific increase in win percentage, and there are no rivals in the league.

got another COY, and now Richard has four COY honors in hand, becoming the head coach with the most COY in the entire NBA history.

It's not a great honor, but at least Richard now has an honor at the top of the coaching community.

It's clear to everyone that this is just the first step for Richard to catch up with those famous coaches, and he will definitely break more and more records in the future.

Cardinal Auerbach has the most championships in league history, and he has nine championship rings on hand, all of which were won by Green Kai.

The second is Zen master Phil Jackson, who has seven championship rings on hand, including six for the Bulls and one for the Lakers.

And then there's Richard......

Richard holds five championship rings, including three for the Trail Blazers and two for the Pistons, and ranks third in the coaching troop championships.

Considering Richard's current age, it is clear to everyone that third is definitely not Richard's limit, and Richard has a great possibility of surpassing the cardinal in the future.

……

As for the fourth-ranked Jackpot Riley, he currently has four championship rings on hand, but if the Heat win the championship this year, he can have an extra ring on hand, which will tie Richard.

But even if it is tied, it may not take too long for Richard to get rid of Pat Riley.

At his current age, Pat Riley is basically about to say goodbye to the coaching stage, but Richard has infinite possibilities.

……

In addition to Richard getting COY, Chris Paul was also named Rookie of the Year.

Paul averaged 19.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 9.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game throughout the season, a quasi-20+10 statistic, looking at the entire NBA history, few point guards can play such statistics in their rookie season.

In addition to these two honors, Iguodala was selected to the best defensive second team, which is also an affirmation of Iguodala's strength in the second year.

……

On May 15, the NBA lottery began.

Although Richard did not go to the scene, he also paid attention to the live broadcast of the draw.

The lottery was carried out in an orderly manner according to the process, and Richard was not in a hurry, because with the Knicks' record, the guaranteed fifth pick was enough for Richard.

Of course, a higher priority is definitely better.

Soon, except for the top three picks, the results of the other picks were released, and the Knicks were not among them.

It also means that Richard is on the verge of acquiring a top-three pick.

"I'm announcing that it's the Portland Trail Blazers who got the third pick in the first round." Stern announced the ownership of the draw on the court.

Under normal circumstances, the Trail Blazers actually got the fourth pick, and their luck can be said to be extremely bad, the worst record in the league, and the result was drawn to the fourth pick.

However, at the moment, his luck is much better, and with the third-to-last record in the league, he drew the Tanhua lottery.

……

Seeing that the Trailblazers drew the Tanhua lottery, Richard was a little speechless, wouldn't he really draw the champion lottery again this time?

"I'm announcing that the team with the second pick in the first round is the New York Knicks." Stern announced the ownership of the list again.

Richard smiled, it's good if it's not the champion lot, but if you always draw the champion lot, your character will be ruined......

This year's champion lottery is actually not much different from the list eye lottery.

The Raptors holding the champion lottery are completely pixiu, just in and out, expecting them to take out chips to exchange for the champion sign, don't even think about it.

The key is that Bagnani is not as alluring as Bogut......

Bogut's team packaged him as Duncan, while Bagnani's team was clearly a lot weaker in that regard.

……

"I'm announcing that it's the Toronto Raptors who got the first pick in the first round."

The draw was over, and Richard officially breathed a sigh of relief.

A first-round No. 2 pick, a first-round pick with a 16th pick, a second-round pick with a 16th pick, and a second-round pick from the Bulls with a 21st pick.

It's enough, it's definitely enough, and the Bulls' 21st pick in the second round doesn't even need it at all.

Because in the second round, apart from Millsap, there were no players who made Richard feel excited.

Of course, it's not that there are no good second-round picks, such as Daniel Gibson, who is the 42nd pick, and his strength is okay, but Richard is definitely not eye-catching, and his roster can be exchanged for some benefits when the time comes.