The next day, the headlines of major sports media were photos of Grizzlies players stacking Arhats on the court in celebration.

Link's super-stunner in the final 1.4 seconds was once again treated as a TV show after he rebounded and pulled up the rod and counter-lore the Thunder under the defense of the Big Three this season.

Another particularly popular photo is Popovich's lonely expression in an interview at a press conference after the game.

This old man, who has always been full of self-confidence, showed fatigue after the defeat in this game.

This one-point defeat seems to be more devastating than the first-game loss of more than ten points.

Spurs have done it to the extreme, Danny. Green has also burst out of his full strength.

But in the end, all that hard work came to naught in the last 1.4 seconds. I have to say that it is indeed quite shocking.

Link's 1.4-second shot also made the series 2-0.

Often, there is a consensus that a team is down 3-0 to the end. But in reality, the situation of being down 0-2 is not much better.

Throughout the history of the NBA, the probability of a comeback in a 0-2 situation is only 6%. In the history of the Spurs, there have been a total of 12 times when they fell behind 0-2, and 11 of them were finally eliminated from the competition, with a loss rate of 91.7%!

The only time the Spurs came back from 2-0 down was in the 07-08 season. That season, the defending champions were in big trouble in the Western Conference semifinals. They met the Hornets, who had just risen to prominence because of Paul, and the Spurs lost their first two games by 19 and 18 points, respectively, both of which were big defeats.

As a result, after arriving at home, the Spurs turned the tide and took advantage of the Hornets' own instability and inexperience to launch a Jedi counterattack.

In the end, the tenacious Spurs dragged the series to a tie-break. In the tie-break, the old Spurs still had the last laugh, killing the Hornets by 9 points and advancing to the Western Conference finals without danger.

This is the only 0-2 comeback in Spurs history.

But now, the situation is completely different. The Grizzlies are not the Hornets, and no one thinks the Hornets in '07-08 can compare to the 74-win Grizzlies.

At that time, the "queen bee" Paul was only in the third grade, and he was not mature enough. Moreover, the hard power of the Hornets is completely incomparable to that of the Grizzlies. Although the Hornets were second in the West that year, they only had 56 wins.

With 56 wins, this season, they can't even make it to the top four in the West.

Therefore, there is almost a unanimous belief that the San Antonio Spurs are gone. Their failure is already a sure thing.

Maybe the Spurs can pull one back at home and regain some face. But 90% of people agree that the Grizzlies will knock the Spurs out of the tournament in six games at most.

It seems that the Spurs only lost to the Grizzlies by one point in the last game, as if things are not that serious. If Link hadn't made an early shot in the end, the Spurs would have won.

But everyone knows that the second game is already all the Spurs can do. None of them were able to take the Grizzlies cleanly, and they wouldn't get any more chances after that.

After all, Spurs can't play that well every game. But the Grizzlies can easily do better than the second game.

In the second game of the series, Link's three-point shot was only 2 of 9. In this, even if Link made two more three-pointers, the game would not be so anxious.

Isn't it easy for Link to shoot three points more accurately than in the second? After all, Link has rarely had such an iron time in a whole season.

So, the Grizzlies are now almost killing the spurs. Even many San Antonio fans recognized this, causing many fans to lose their enthusiasm for going to the game.

And this finally made the Spurs Finals tickets experience an unprecedented price cut!

This is the first time the world has realized that it may really be time for a change of dynasty in San Antonio. The glory of GDP is a thing of the past.

And before that, there were already people who realized the old state of the Spurs and also realized that a new storm was about to blow off in the league.

The power of the Grizzlies was undoubtedly shown in the Western Conference Finals. As it turns out, the league has entered an era of smaller, faster, and farther shots from the basket!

Whoever can play the small lineup to the extreme will win!

Steve. Kerr trusted his own judgment, so he sat here, and sat down with Warriors general manager Bob Brown. Miles' office.

"I'm glad we got a deal, Steve. I am confident that our cooperation can lead to great results. Miles happily put away his contract and looked across from him at the guy who had been sitting on the podium a month earlier to be commentating on the game.

Thinking about everything that has happened in the past month, it is actually quite a bit of a surprise.

After the regular season, those teams that did not make the playoffs naturally began to prepare for the transformation of the team. And the Knicks, who have a superstar like Anthony but failed to make the playoffs, are the first team to want to change.

The new official took office with three fires, "Zen Master" Phil. Jackson has been planning a makeover of the Knicks since he became the Knicks' general manager in March. And the first thing Jackson did when he came to the Knicks was to move his triangle offensive system to New York!

To play the triangle offense, Jackson wants to find a head coach who can really master the triangle offense. Over the past few years, many coaches who claim to be proficient in the triangle offense have flipped over. But in Jackson's eyes, there is one person who can really replicate the triangle offense.

He was Jackson's former protégé, Steve. Cole!

Cole has been retired for a long time and has spent most of his time working in television. But during his time as general manager of the Suns, Kerr still left some prestige in the league.

It is well known that Kerr is a man who is proficient in basketball. He understands the game of basketball as well as the guys who are coaching.

After learning that Kerr did want to join the head coaching profession, Phil. Jackson decisively fired former coach Mike. Woodson, as soon as the regular season ended, made contact with Kerr.

And, Jackson didn't prepare any Plan B. From the beginning to the end, his goal was Cole.

If Kerr doesn't come, the Knicks won't have a head coach, not even a candidate. But the "Zen Master" firmly believes that with his personal relationship with Cole, Cole will not be able to refuse!

What's more, the price of 20 million for 4 years offered by the Knicks is already a high salary in the head coaching industry.

Everyone in the outside world thinks the same thing as the "Zen master", and everyone thinks that Kerr's joining the Knicks is a sure thing. After all, he is the successor of the triangle attack hand-picked by the "Zen master".

However, Kerr very unexpectedly rejected the Knicks and his mentor Jackson, and lightningly completed the signing with the Golden State Warriors!

Of course, people don't know about Kerr's signing with the Warriors just yet, because the contract has just been signed. However, it is estimated that in an hour, the Warriors will officially announce the results.

Bob. Myers was also a little surprised to sign Kerr. Myers fired former coach Mark. After Jackson, the first target would have been Stan. Van Gundy.

As everyone knows, the Pistons actually made Van Gundy the head coach and president of basketball affairs, and they "caught" Van Gundy at once.

That's when Miles tentatively approached Cole. It's just that he didn't expect that Cole would soon agree to the meeting. And today, a week later, I signed a direct contract with the Warriors!

That's right, the "Zen Master" and Cole have been in contact for a month. And the Warriors and Cole have only been in contact for only a week!

So, in retrospect, Miles finds it incredible. Kerr and the Warriors were originally eight poles that couldn't be together at first. But now, they've signed up to work together.

"Can I ask you a question? Steve. After the signing, Myers couldn't help it, and he wondered why Kerr rejected the Knicks in favor of the Warriors.

"Are you trying to ask me why I chose you?" Cole guessed Miles' doubts.

Miles nodded slightly.

"It's simple, because I don't want to, and I'm not likely to do anything. I remember telling you earlier that I wanted to build the system on my own mind with the Warriors, not to play some kind of triangle offense. ”

"Is it really that simple?" Cole's answer surprised Miles a little. At first, he thought that the real reason for Cole's rejection of New York was because he had a bad relationship with the "Zen Master" and Knicks.

But I didn't expect that Kerr's choice of the Warriors was really the reason for the tactical concept!

In the eyes of the outside world, the Warriors are actually more suitable for playing triangle offense than the Knicks.

The Warriors' two big men, Boggart and David. Lee is very good at passing the ball and has some offensive ability. Harrison. Barnes also has strong passing ability and can be a playmaker to play the role of Scott. Pippen's character. These configurations are not available to the Knicks.

But even so, Kerr doesn't really seem to have any intention of playing a triangle offense.

"It's as simple as that, the triangle offense is outdated, Myers. I don't know if you've watched the Grizzlies and Spurs series, and on the surface they are as strong as ever, nothing surprising. But in reality, they have proven that a new era has arrived. Next season, I hope to play small for the Warriors as well. I've researched that there's no better team in the league to play a small lineup than the Warriors! I believe that according to my thinking, the team will usher in a qualitative change in the new season! ”

Looking at the confident Cole, Miles is looking forward to next season more and more.

A coach who rejects the triangle offense and wants to build a system according to his own ideas. It sounds much more reliable than those so-called "triangular offensive successors".

"So do you have any suggestions for this summer's recruitment?" Miles continued to inquire that now that he had signed a contract, he certainly wanted Kerr to get to work as soon as possible.

"If we can, I hope we can take Andre this summer. Iguodala. His contract with the Grizzlies ended this summer, and the Grizzlies need to re-sign Link this summer, and certainly can't fully satisfy Andre financially. Believe me, his arrival will make us successful faster. Cole replied without hesitation, he had all the plans in his head for a long time......

Choosing a warrior isn't just a whim.