Chapter 173: Invincible Battleship
The Knicks unexpectedly swept the Pacers and advanced directly to the Eastern Conference Finals, while their opponents, the Nets, were in a seven-game battle with the Pistons. Because Rasheed Wallace was cut off by the Knicks, although the Pistons made up for a Kukoc, which can be regarded as strengthening the offensive firepower, but this Pistons are still slightly insufficient in the face of the Nets, and the confrontation between the two pure defensive iron armies has become a competition in offensive technology, who can have better and more efficient scoring means, who will be the winner, but what is surprising is that the Pistons, who seem to be faintly pressing the Nets on offense, actually lost.
Every game when the difference between the two sides is not more than five points, it is very different from the Knicks and Pacers. And where the real change of the game was undoubtedly the matchup between Jason Kidd and Billups.
Billups has always been famous, but his strength is obvious to all, but the problem is that he hit the peak Kidd. Although Peak Kidd has the nickname of "Ji Bu Offense", his offensive ability is actually at the level of the league's top point guards.
Kidd almost averaged a triple-double in this series, averaging 23.7 points, 10 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 2.5 steals per game.
And while the Knicks were quietly waiting for their opponents, there was a bloody storm in the West.
First, the Mavericks fought seven games with the Kings, who lost their star Chris Webber, and finally successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals, and then the Spurs magically defeated the Los Angeles Lakers led by OK, which was also in full swing, and the Purple and Gold lost to the San Antonio Spurs 2:4. In this series, O'Neal was defended for the first time, although it seems that O'Neal's statistics are still against the sky, but those who really watch the game will find that every critical moment, Duncan can always guard O'Neal, which can't help but surprise everyone.
It's just that what people didn't expect was that the next east made people feel even more terrible.
The Knicks were finally restricted, and the Knicks, who had no one to restrain throughout the playoffs, finally failed to continue their previous crazy performance under the Nets' defense, although this made them a little relieved, but the Knicks became a real enemy of the league.
Fantastic!
Fantastic!
Fantastic!
The Knicks swept again 4:0, not only did the Knicks' average points per game drop, but the Nets' already low average points per game also dropped, in these four games, the Knicks averaged only 103.4 points per game, while the Nets could only average 78.9 points per game and didn't even go up 80.
It looks very shocking, but this is a coincidence of coincidences, because the worst defensive one among the Knicks' starters is Arenas in the No. 1 position, but Kidd is not so keen on his own offense, even if the Nets and Pistons fought seven games in the last round, Kidd's statistics are the first in the team, but Kidd, or the strongest part of the Nets, is actually Kidd's organizational ability, but the rest of the Nets are at a loss like headless flies after they encounter the Knicks' steel defense again.
And Mutombo, which the Nets deliberately got in order to deal with Mo Xi, did not play the expected effect at all, and was beaten into a junior high school student by Mo Xi. Mo Xi did not leave any face for the old-timers and seniors, averaging 32.5 points, 12.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.1 blocks per game in four games.
The Knicks were the first to reach the Finals.
This time, it's really unspeakable in the league, and after Mo Xi's return, it may be the reason why the Eastern team is slightly inferior, but in short, the Knicks didn't lose a game after Mo Xi was able to play, and they always cut their opponents down by a large score, and the Pacers were even more psychologically shadowed by the Knicks.
“Beat NY!”
Except for New York, it seems that everyone is supporting the team that will face off with the Knicks next in the Forbidden City, and the most willing to see the United States people defeat the strong with the weak, the small and the big, and the grassroots stand up to save the world and become a hero, even if it is put on the basketball court.
The Knicks are so powerful, so powerful that even Stern wonders if there is a team in the league that can compete with the Knicks.
Stern has been committed to building the league into a league with a fair competitive environment since the time of the game with Auerbach, even the Bulls dynasty of the year has countless powerful enemies, but looking at the current Knicks, Stern feels a headache, there is no one in the East who can contain the Knicks, and Stern can only focus on the West.
The West is a period of rising heroes, with the Timberwolves, Mavericks, Kings, Spurs, Lakers, Trail Blazers and the veteran Utah Jazz.
However, now among the two teams in the Western Conference finals, Stern is still more optimistic about the San Antonio Spurs who eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers.
O'Neal, who is also a super center with Moxi, can be eliminated by the Spurs, so how will the Spurs play when facing the Knicks' Moxi? On the other hand, the Dallas Mavericks are facing a king who lacks generals. It took seven games to tell the winner, if he faced the Knicks? Stern couldn't help but worry that it was still San Antonio, although it might make the ratings lower, but it could be so low.
Stern clearly remembers that year, the Knicks tragically and magically broke into the Finals, and the rookie Mo Xi was ordered to play Duncan in the Finals, and now, Mo Xi has grown into the best center in the league, which will be the revenge battle in New York, the Knicks' battle for recovery, and Mo Xi's coronation road.
Next, Stern put all his energy on the game between the Mavericks and the Spurs, which made him feel very happy, he didn't need to interfere at all, the Spurs insisted on it, pressed the Mavericks, and directly defeated the Mavericks 4:2, and finally met the Knicks in the finals.
Everyone was happy.
Because the Spurs will be the only team that has the potential to beat the Knicks at the moment, because the Spurs once wiped out their tragic victory in the Knicks' miracle year, because that 21 once beat Mo Xi into a schoolboy.
Mo Xi threw his wet training clothes into the laundry basket, he held the basketball and towel, and looked at the briefing sent by the staff in his hand, which seemed to be the arrangement of fate, just when Mo Xi thought that he would have a hard time playing Duncan in the playoffs, the goddess of fate told him that the time for revenge had come.