Chapter 173: Advance to the Finals

After hanging up the phone with Davidson, Barkley was a little agitated.

Because he knows very well that his joining the king is almost a certainty.

There is absolutely no reason for the Suns to reject the Kings' offer.

There is no such thing as a half-way kill, and the Suns will definitely still prioritize the team that Barkley wants to join.

Thinking that he is about to join the Kings next season, Barkley is actually a little uneasy in his heart, mainly because he is afraid that others will say that he is hugging his thigh......

However, thinking of the temptation of the championship, he still gritted his teeth and was determined to go to the king.

It's best to lose badly in the game between the Kings and the Bulls this season, so that joining the Kings is not a thigh......

Rather, he led the king to victory over the bull, who was the thickest thigh.

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Davidson doesn't have the heart to worry about Barkley right now, after all, it's next season, and he's still most focused on the ongoing Western Conference finals.

In any case, the Kings must also get past the SuperSonics right now, and as long as they can reach the Finals and win even one of them against the Bulls, then the Kings will be a real success this season.

It's not that Davidson isn't self-motivated, but he's well aware of the gap between the two teams.

Competitive sports say that courage is the strongest weapon, but this is also a scoring situation.

For example, the Vancouver Grizzlies, the weakest team in the league this season, if you give him a million points of courage, he can't beat the Bulls.

Of course, Davidson is not saying that there is no expectation at all.

For example, if the king's side erupts like a god-possessed body, and the bull's hit rate is cursed by the devil, then things will be easy to do, and if the king can't win the championship, he will definitely not be able to say it.

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Now that the time has entered May, the rookie tryouts of each team are naturally in full swing.

Naturally, the Kings weren't idle, but the tryouts were all for players with low predictions.

Originally, Davidson was thinking about calling Nash for a tryout, but thinking of the previous rejection by Jalen Rose, Davidson gave up this plan.

Now the trade with the Suns has not been successful, and the Kings only have a 29th pick in the first round, and players like Nash who predict that they can enter the small green house are willing to come to Saramento for a tryout.

On May 20, the second game of the Western Conference Finals began.

The result of this game chilled the hearts of Kings fans, who lost to the SuperSonics on their home court.

As soon as the superSonics came up in this game, they directly put Camp in the No. 5 position and directly started a full-court fast attack.

It's so fast that a bulky center like Murraysan can't bear it at all.

Davidson can only let Grant appear in the No. 5 position from time to time to ease the pressure on Muresan.

The fast-paced pace of the game was a factor in their victory.

Of course, the bigger factor is that they had a really good hand tonight.

On the King's side, the performance of the bus was relatively stable, and the offense of Muresan and Richmond was not outstanding, and they naturally failed to win in the end.

Losing a home game put a lot of pressure on Davidson, who thought about losing to the best team in history like the Bulls, but never thought about losing to the SuperSonics.

Luckily, in Game 3, the Kings pulled one back at the home of the SuperSonics.

In the fourth game, the SuperSonics held their home court again, and the two sides directly played into a 2:2 draw.

The SuperSonics drew with the Kings, which gave many teams hope of beating the superpowers.

If they stop and fight steadily, they will definitely not be super strong opponents.

But if it's a crazy fast attack like supersound, luck plays a big part of it, and as long as the luck is good enough, it seems that supersonic to take out the bulls is not a problem.

Before the start of the Western Conference finals, no one was optimistic about the supersonics, although the supersonic regular season record was good, but the gap between the two sides was too big.

But now the two sides are tied 2:2, which clearly shows the effectiveness of the fast attack tactics.

It doesn't seem too much to say that the Muba group is the slowest All-Star twin towers in NBA history......

Even Davidson had to admit that the fast-break tactics were indeed quite restrained against their Muba combination.

If the SuperSonics do play a positional battle with them, Davidson is confident that he can sweep the SuperSonics right now.

After the first four games, what is even more unfavorable to the Kings is that the Bulls have already advanced.

The Bulls directly shaved O'Neal's head and eliminated the Magic with a score of 4:0.

The strength of the strongest team in history can be seen!

You must know that last season's Magic was actually not as strong as this season's Magic, but last season Magic almost reached the Finals.

With the Magic's lineup this season, the Nets may not be able to win last season, and even if they win, they will definitely have to fight at least six or seven games.

is such a team, but it turned out to be shaved by the bulls, and the horror of the bulls can be seen, which makes people frightened.

The Bulls are now waiting for the Kings or the SuperSonics to advance.

On May 28, the fifth game of the Western Finals began.

In this game, although the king relied on the power of Richmond and the bus to win the game, Davidson was not happy.

Muresan suffered from thigh cramps in the third quarter of this game, and although it did not affect his appearance in the next game, it also sent a signal that Murraysan is now at his limit.

This kind of high-intensity offensive and defensive confrontation, Murraysan is under great pressure, and Davidson feels that this may also be Murraysan's shortcomings under normal circumstances.

Under normal circumstances, Muresan has a very short career lifespan, and there must be a reason why the tonnage is too large and prone to injury.

The only thing Davidson can do now is pray that Muraysan will hold on, and if Muraysan is injured and can't play, the Kings will be in a tough situation.

On May 30, the king, who held the match point, did not give the supersonic a chance, and in the home field of the supersonic, he simply killed the supersonic and won the ticket to the finals.

Davidson breathed a sigh of relief, and luckily Murraysan withstood and didn't suffer injuries in the Western Conference.

The Kings advanced to the Finals with a score of 4:2, and the fans were excited and couldn't sleep at night, they never dreamed that the Kings would reach the Finals before the start of this season!

It was the Finals, representing the best team in the West!

Not to mention the Finals, before the start of the game, even most fans thought that it would be difficult for the Kings to even make the playoffs!

With the Kings reaching the Finals, the prestige of Davidson and Dabus soared exponentially, becoming the hottest new stars in the league today.

Whether it's Davidson or the bus, these two are "rookies"!

Rookie head coach Davidson led the team to the Finals, and rookie players led the team to the Finals, both of which are amazing achievements.

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Of course, there are not many examples of newcomers leading the team to the finals, and there are even many examples of newcomers winning the championship.

For example, Pat Riley, who led the Lakers to a championship in his first year in charge.

But his championship, it is not appropriate to use the word leader, after all, the foundation of the Lakers to win the championship was laid by the old Westhead.