At the end of G1 in the finals, Milicic got a triple-double of 22 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.

The stats are not extravagant, but Milicic's role on the pitch is far beyond that.

The Buccaneers held on to their first home court, winning 91-86 against the Spurs.

And in the finals G2, relying on Milicic's excellent performance, the Pirates won it without danger.

As for the next two games, it was not so lucky, in these two games Parker first broke out in G3, scoring 35 points in the game, and the other game Ginobili broke out again.

The outburst of these two brought the Spurs and the Pirates back on the same page.

At the moment, though, the Buccaneers still have a slight advantage, as they have one more home field than the Spurs.

……

After four finals, Richard is under a lot of pressure, even against the peak Bulls, Richard actually doesn't have as much pressure as he is now.

At that time, Richard was a fledgling, and reaching the finals was already a success, so he didn't demand too much to win the championship.

But now it is different, Richard has risen to become the league's brightest star coach, he is bound to win this championship trophy, during the time of the finals, Richard is not able to eat and sleep well, and his mind has been thinking about the game.

If the team is so strong that the opponent is unable to match, then Richard will definitely not have so many worries now, he should eat and sleep, and he will not have to worry about the game at all.

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Finals G5, the home of the Pirates again, the Spurs played quite well in this game, even if Granger broke out on the outside, they still didn't fall behind by many points.

However, at the critical moment, a referee's decision basically ruined the Spurs' possibility of winning.

It was another penalty that could be blown or not, and the referee blew it decisively.

Popovich yelled angrily at the referee on the field, and as a result, he directly ate a technical foul, if it weren't for Duncan's sanity and stopping Popovich, it is estimated that Popovich is likely to be sent off in this game.

Throughout Popovich's career, it's not uncommon for him to be sent off.

This old man's anger is still quite large.

At the G5 post-match press conference, Popovich's face turned pale, "We don't know what's going on, we just know that there is a problem with the referee's decision tonight." ”

As a result, Popovich was directly fined $30,000 by Stern......

Richard expressed his helplessness, is there a problem with the penalty? It's a bit of a problem indeed......

Not only in this series against the Spurs, but also in the Eastern Conference finals against the Pistons, the penalty was also problematic, slightly biased in their favor of the Pirates.

Richard wasn't pretentious enough to call Stern and warn him not to favor their pirate team......

It was part of the game, and Richard was well aware that once the Pirates reached a level that Stern was happy with, the Pirates opponents would also be the beneficiaries of the penalty.

Today's Richard can only pretend to be stupid, as if this kind of thing didn't happen.

Stern lets him do whatever he likes, and he doesn't know about it.

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The Buccaneers led 3-2 after a G5 win over the Spurs and only needed one more win to claim this year's championship.

Pirate fans are eagerly awaiting, silently waiting for the start of the finals G6.

But the result of the G6 made them a little frightened.

The Buccaneers lost on the Spurs' home court, and the loss was quite miserable, with five Spurs scoring double-doubles, and all three of them in the GDP group scoring more than 20, perfectly protecting their home court.

Richard completely fell into a state of sleepless night, and the corners of his mouth were foaming, this was the first time Richard played the finals after the Jordan Bulls.

Richard can't forget the taste of losing the seventh tie in the finals, this feeling is like looking at what you are going to do when you snap, and someone brings a bundle of rubber bands and ties you up......

But now Richard doesn't have a good way to improve the strength of the players in a short period of time.

The props that should have been used have already been used, and if you can't do the Spurs, then you really deserve the Spurs to win the championship.

The only thing to be thankful for is that their Buccaneers are at home next, and with home advantage, as long as the Spurs don't play particularly well, they still have a better chance of winning.

On June 21, the finals were launched.

Generally speaking, it is very rare for the finals to be played on the 21st, and this year is quite special, the finals themselves started late, and the result was a tiebreaker.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the people on both sides began to enter.

The entry of the Spurs players directly caused boos from the Charlotte fans at the scene, which was the fans trying to create psychological pressure on the Spurs players as much as possible.

Although it is not very useful for the Spurs players, the fans still want to do their best to help the team expand some of their chances.

Durant on the sidelines was quite active, and he took his two little brothers to yell at the Spurs players.

"Finley, you traitor!"

"Take the Maverick's money and serve the Mavericks' enemy Spurs!"

Durant yelled at Michael Finley.

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Richard was not far from Durant, and the whole person looked at Durant in shock, he didn't expect Durant to have such an awareness.

Speaking of Finley's behavior of joining the Spurs, it is actually a bit unkind.

The Mavericks have risen in recent years, and they are competitors to Western powerhouse Spurs.

As a result, after Finley was bought out by the Mavericks, he came to join the Spurs, which is equivalent to taking the Mavericks' salary, but he came to work for the Spurs......

However, Finley naturally joined the Spurs for his own purpose, his goal is to win the championship, and if he joins the Spurs, he has a better chance of winning the championship.

……

When he saw the starting lineup from the Spurs, Richard chuckled in his heart, and Gabajosa came on.

Gabajosa actually returned from injury and came back at this critical juncture, which directly made Richard secretly scream in his heart.

Gabajosa's strength is much stronger than Oberto's, and it is also the level of a rookie.

It's a bit of a tough game.

Sure enough, Gabajosa shared a lot of pressure under the basket for Duncan at the beginning, and it was not so easy for Milicic to score easily in front of Gabajosa.

Richard called a timeout, and for now he could only hope for the players to perform.

"Alonzo, old man, we need you to carry the inside line in this game."

"You must carry it, only if you carry the inside line, we will have this chance to win."

Richard stared at Mourning with blazing eyes.

Mo Ning nodded solemnly, "Coach, don't worry, in the next game time, the inside line of the Pirates will be handed over to me this old bone." ”

The timeout ended and both sides returned to the court.

Mourning's face is solemn, this is the closest he has come to a championship in his career, even if he fights for this old life, he must leave no regrets tonight.

Under the basket, Duncan and Mourning were in the card position.

In the Pirates' offensive round, Mourning blushed and bruised all over his body, engaged in a fierce physical confrontation with Duncan.

At this moment, Mo Ning is really desperate, this kind of physical confrontation that spares no effort at all, he doesn't know how long he can last, but he told himself that he can only fight hard to increase the chances of victory for the pirate team.

Iguodala missed a three-point shot, and Mourning shouted angrily, squeezed Duncan away, and took the offensive rebound into his arms.

After receiving the rebound, the elder Mourning turned around and was about to dunk Duncan's head.

But how could Duncan let Mo Ning get his wish, and immediately sealed it after his body stood firm.

"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle and awarded Duncan a defensive foul under the basket, and Mourning got the free throw.

Mourning's free throws weren't particularly good, and he only hit one of two free throws in the end, but it allowed Duncan to get a foul, which was a great value.

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After a few rounds, Popovich was on the verge of losing control of his anger.

In the previous games, Old Mourning did not behave as tough as he did today, as if he had a grudge against Duncan, and the basket was completely a desperate style of play.

Mo Ning is a villain on the field, and now even if he is old, that viciousness has not dissipated much, and this kind of fighting style has caused Duncan a lot of trouble.

If that's all there is, it won't annoy Popovich, the key is the referee's decision, which Popovich can't accept.

Duncan suffered a foul loss against the Mavericks last season, and at the critical moment of G3 in the Western Conference semifinals, Duncan was made six free throws, resulting in the team's defeat and allowing the Mavericks to take a 2:1 lead.

If it weren't for the G3 Duncan six fouls, the Spurs might have been able to take out the Mavericks, and if they took out the Mavericks, the Spurs wouldn't necessarily lose to the Heat in the Finals.

Maybe the Spurs will be able to build a dynasty as well.

Duncan averaged four fouls per game in this series......

It's also strange to say, in fact, Duncan In previous years, the referee blew Duncan's defensive penalty, and the blow was relatively loose, but since last season, in the playoffs, the referee began to blow Duncan more ruthlessly.

It would certainly be impossible to say that there is no alliance in this.

The same was true for tonight's game, where Duncan had already been saddled with four fouls by the end of the first half.

And the number of fouls by Mo Ning is exactly four!

However, although they were all four fouls, the meaning was completely different......

If Duncan leaves the court with six fouls, the Spurs will lose one-third of their strength!

On the Buccaneers' side, Mourning's departure will naturally affect the overall strength of the team, but the impact is definitely less than one-fifth.

That's the difference in depth between the two sides' inside lineups.

After five minutes of the second half, Duncan received his fifth foul, and Popovich was completely anxious and yelled at the referee on the court.

But this roar did not play any positive role, but was blown by the referee as a technical foul.

Just four minutes into the fourth quarter, Duncan picked up his sixth foul and went down.

Before Duncan was gone, Mourning was sent off shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, with Vallejo taking his place.

Milicic has a very thorough view of the situation on the court, and after getting the ball, he doesn't pass the ball, it's all kinds of singles Duncan.

The ball can not go in, but it is just to knock Duncan down.

Duncan didn't hold out for long and picked up his sixth foul.

Popovich almost stood on the sidelines and scolded his mother, but he received another technical foul......

Richard breathed a sigh of relief that Duncan couldn't play, and Popovich was sent off again, and the Spurs were on the verge of this game.

……

Although the game was basically won, Richard was not so excited.

The main thing is that winning is not particularly glorious......

Richard has some sympathy for the Spurs, in terms of strength, the Spurs are actually better than the Pirates, but the final winner is the Pirates.

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"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and the Spurs lost by more than ten points in the final quarter.

This can also see Duncan's role for the Spurs, if the Spurs don't have Duncan, even if Popovich is a good team, it will be difficult for them to play in the Finals.

Parker's strength is good, and there are many die-hard fans, but to put it mildly, without Duncan, who will pay special attention to Parker.

……

With a final score of 95:87, the Pirates won the championship of the 06-07 season.

Because it was winning the championship at home, the fans at the scene couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts and began to scream wildly.

The Buccaneers have only been in existence for three years and have brought a championship trophy to these fans, and they have not had to wait too long.

The players also hugged each other excitedly, and the two veterans on the team, Mourning and Payton, were already in tears at the moment.

Mourning entered the league in 92, and after fifteen years, he finally tasted the championship.

Peyton entered the league in 90 years, and the time was as long as 17 years!

The two veterans were speechless, finally won the championship, and finally gave an explanation for their careers.

The players cheered wildly and interacted with the fans in celebration of the victory.

Richard isn't in a good mood, and if he takes out the Spurs, he'll be as excited as the players right now.

But seeing Duncan sitting on the sidelines, as if he had forgotten to leave, Richard felt a little uncomfortable.

Richard walked over to Duncan and sat down next to him.

"Tim, you didn't lose." Richard patted Duncan on the shoulder.

Duncan raised his head, his expression a little dull, but in the depths of his eyes, Richard could still see Duncan's unwillingness.

"No, Coach Li, we did lose."

"You're a great coach."

"Congratulations to the Pirates on winning the championship, and hopefully we'll have a chance to play each other again next year."

Duncan struggled to squeeze out a smile and said to Richard.

Although Duncan is not very satisfied with the penalty, Duncan can't find any fault with this year's penalty.

Everyone knows that Duncan is a good temper, but Duncan has also been publicly angry, and last season they lost in the Western Conference semifinals G3, and Duncan made a rare public fire.

"I didn't even touch him!" Duncan yelled at the reporters at the post-game press conference.

The reference here is, of course, that Duncan was mistakenly whistled for a foul on Nowitzki, and it turns out that Duncan really didn't touch Nowitzki when replaying the game footage.

And in tonight's game, Duncan's penalties are all the type that can be blown or not, and it can't be regarded as a misjudgment to be precise, so Duncan was not angry, but he was a little unwilling in his heart.

Losing to Richard again, Duncan can't remember how many times he lost to Richard.

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With that, Duncan tore off the towel over his head and stood up to return to the visiting locker room.

Richard looked at Duncan's back, and was in no mood to celebrate the championship.