More than 20,000 fans stood and cheered.

The whistles, the applause, the cheers, the joy of all, it was the glory that belonged to Sacramento, it belonged to King's Night.

It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

Ten years ago, the Kings collapsed in the arena that entered the Finals, and ten years later, the Kings made a comeback, completing a gorgeous transformation in just one season, defeating the "neighbor" Lakers and taking revenge.

It can be said that Wang Mingming and his players have become the darlings and heroes of the city.

With the final whistle, the game ended.

104-93, the King defeated the Lakers to advance to the Finals!

At this time, the buzz in the Arco Arena reached its peak, and everyone was chanting the names of the Kings players, and some would also shout the names of the kings.

In the streamers flying all over the field, the players of the two teams hugged each other and greeted each other.

Wang walked up to the court tomorrow, and the Lakers players came running one by one.

Especially Kobe Bryant, the top five men in combat effectiveness on the planet, suppressed the frustration and loss in his heart with steel-like nerves, and when the game was over, he returned to his fighting spirit, smiling, and hugged Wang Tomorrow affectionately.

The 32-year-old Kobe Bryant is at the end of his career.

"Coach, congratulations."

"Kobe, we're just lucky, you're playing well, but that's how the game is, there's always going to be a winner." Wang Tomorrow comforted.

"Don't comfort me, coach, I've been in the league for many years, and the winners and losers have long been clear, and the Kings have indeed played better than us, and you deserve to win the Western Conference championship. It's just a pity that in the summer, I should have told Kupchak if I knew you wanted to come to Los Angeles. ”

Kobe Bryant whispered, meaning something, and patted Wang Mingming's chest.

After the two greeted each other, Wang Mingming felt a strange feeling in his heart, and he didn't know what Kobe Bryant meant.

A hint of loneliness flashed in Kobe's eyes and he turned to leave.

Wang Ming looked at Kobe's back, and a trace of unbearability welled up in his heart.

The paper is short and long, I can't tell you the original youth, the years are long, the sorrow when you say goodbye, when you part, a sigh, the era of fluttering white clothes is no longer in the past after all, in the first ten years of the 21st century, Kobe Bryant has gone through all the schedules.

At the end of the Western Conference Finals, the Kings were crowned champions of the Western Conference, and there was also a medal ceremony.

Wang Mingming and all the Lakers players greeted the end, and then hugged the king's players, in the purple court, the staff set up a platform, Wang tomorrow and the players stood on the platform.

Then he took the trophy and held it high.

The trophy of the Western Conference Championship was passed in the hands of everyone, and everyone touched the trophy, and a sense of pride and honor surged up.

This is the second time the Kings have won the Western Conference championship since they joined the NBA in 1948.

In 1951, when the Kings won the championship as a Royal Rochester, they won the Western Conference championship.

However, 59 years have passed, and Wang Mingming has broken the record of 59 years in the dust of this land!

The basketball atmosphere in the whole city suddenly became high.

Basketball has become a source of pride for Sacramento, and people here go out and talk to others with pride.

"Look, we killed the Lakers, we're the champions of the West!"

Kidd took the Western Conference Championship trophy with an excited look on his face.

"The last time I won the Division Championship was when I was 29 years old, and now I'm 37 years old, so I didn't expect to be able to win this honor again at this age, and even touch that level higher. Thank you teammates, thank you coaches, thank you fans, thank you Sacramento, I love you guys. ”

"At the beginning of the season, everybody was skeptical that we could make the playoffs and think that players like us could do a lot together." Ron Artest shrugged his shoulders and said, "But as it turned out, we did, we broke the doubts, we proved that we were one of the best teams in the league, and now, there is one final hurdle left in front of us, and we are about to pull off a miracle from bottom of the league to a championship in the league." ”

Chris Bosh said with a smile: "A lot of people suggested that I cut my hair, and sure enough, I had less hair, but I also got stronger, and now we have a lot of morale, and winning the Western Conference championship is a stage victory, and then our goal is to win the championship, no matter who it is, it can't stop us." ”

Wang Mingming took the microphone in a round of applause and commented on the players' performance succinctly: "Everyone played, we played our own team battle, I am proud of you." ”

The crowd cheered as they lifted the trophy for the Western Conference champion again.

Then, the Western Conference Finals came to an end

After the game, the media reported in detail on the entire series.

The biggest surprise was that the Kings beat the Lakers away in the first game, which laid the groundwork for the passivity of the Lakers series, and the biggest turning point was the King's third game at home 19 people reversed the Lakers, this game, it can be said that the Lakers' morale was defeated, and then the Lakers lost again, and it is almost impossible to win the Kings 3 games in a row.

Kobe Bryant is worthy of being an MVP-level player, averaging 27.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game in the series, but in the final game, Kobe played little and was limited by the King's crazy bag, and only scored 19 points, the lowest score in the entire series.

The Kings now have a super outside defensive lineup, Kidd + DeRozan + Artest is considered to be the strongest outside combination in the league, and now there is an Afralo, a surprise soldier who suddenly appeared on the bench, showing super defensive ability and projection ability, which is simply a copy of Sapholosa.

This is the terrible thing about the Kings, everyone is a soldier, everyone is very good at shooting, especially outside the three-point line, the most inaccurate is DeRozan who has a three-point shooting rate of only 34 percent, and most players, the three-point shooting rate is more than 40 percent, after Garcia left, the King has a group of alternative shooters.

But in the early-season report, no one noticed the group of shooters that the Kings had quietly gathered.

Chris Bosh said in an interview that he will start practicing three-point shooting in the offseason, and now he will not be able to make three-point points with one hand, and he is embarrassed to survive in the system of Coach Wang Mingming.

So what Bosh means is that he still wants to play under Wang tomorrow, and the offseason signing situation has become very clear.

In short, everything is going in a good direction because of the constant victories.

Meanwhile, in the East, the Magic and the Cavaliers have also split the winners.

This year is a year of harvest for Howard, who won the rebounding king, block king, and best defensive player, and is known as "Superman", one of the best players in the center position in the league today.

Previously, ESPN conducted a survey.

If you choose one player in the league under the age of 25 to be the core of the team, which one would you choose?

The survey was conducted by general managers in the league, and as a result, 17 general managers chose 25-year-old Dwight Howard, in addition, 7 selected 22-year-old Kevin Durant, 3 selected 25-year-old Chris Paul, and 1 selected Tyrek Evans........

Maybe the results of this survey will be very different if James runs, but it is undeniable that Dwight Howard, the most popular big man in the league, is taking over the scepter of the first center from the hands of Yao Ming in the West.

The Magic and the Cavaliers fought for 6 games, but before the start of Game 6, something suddenly broke out, a thing that caused a sensation in the entire league.

The "Friends Mother's Gate" incident broke out.

While LeBron James and lawyers insist that the rumors of LeBron's mother, Gloria James, and Cavaliers player Delonte West are just rumors, former Rockets veteran and Hall of Famer Calvin Murphy claims to be true.

James was born when his mother was only 16 years old, and the two have been dependent on each other since childhood and have spent countless hard times together. Now that he learned that his teammate was having an affair with his mother, the emperor couldn't accept it at all. Something like this came out of a crucial phase of the Eastern Conference Finals with the Magic, and it completely ruined the Cavaliers' chemistry.

Another person, Delonte West, although he has not been in the league for a long time, also plays an important rotation role in the Cavaliers, and now this kind of thing has broken out, so what does James do with his teammate?

This incident made the Cavaliers exhausted and made James feel deeply tired.

In the G6 game, the Cavaliers lost to Orlando 79-105, ending the season's journey.

ESPN wrote that like last season, the Cavaliers ended the regular season with infinite glory, but said goodbye to the playoffs with a disgraced face, this kind of joy and sorrow is something LeBron James is unwilling to bear, and when the scandal of West and the emperor's mother broke, James's willingness to leave Cleveland was instantly doubled.

James has played for the Cavaliers for seven seasons, but the help he needs hasn't been there. Although the Emperor has also patronized the Finals, being swept by the Spurs 0-4 is not a good taste. The Emperor has been supporting the team alone, and the helpers around him are weak, which has been infinitely magnified in the last two seasons. Before the start of last season, the Cavaliers traded for Mo Williams, and although Mo Jr. also made a bold statement that he would help the Emperor win the championship, his playoff slump made all the slogans ironic. The Cavaliers have made a lot of moves this season, trading O'Neal before the start of the season and getting Jamison in the middle of the season, but neither of them can meet the team's expectations for them, and in the end the Cavaliers have to rely on the little emperor alone.

After being eliminated by the Magic, James seems to have lost patience, and finding another high is about to become his first choice.

If there is no scandal between teammates and his mother, staying with the Cavaliers is still the best option for James. Only by winning the championship here can James truly prove himself and give an explanation to his hometown fans, otherwise the consequence of leaving halfway will be labeled as a "loser" or "defector".

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In June, the NBA Finals are about to begin.

No one expected that the 23 vs. 24 scheduled for the season would eventually become a fantasy matchup, and the two teams that reached the finals were new faces who had never been in the NBA Finals before.

Orlando Magic vs Sacramento Kings.

There isn't much overlap between the two teams, with two meetings this season, one win and one loss, holding their home turf.

If you really want to talk about the intersection, it is more likely to be in the mid-season trade.

In the middle of the season, the Magic traded with the Kings, and the Magic sent Gortat to the Kings in exchange for Garcia, the Kings' sharpshooter.

Garcia had the best season of his career with the Magic, shooting 43.8 percent from three-point range, the best shooter in the league. Similarly, the Kings are not at a loss, Gortat has supplemented the Kings' already weak interior lineup, increased the depth and thickness of the Kings, and helped the Kings reduce redundant wing players to make the lineup more reasonable.

Both teams have their own needs, and it is not clear who is right and who is wrong.

It's just that Garcia couldn't calm down, and when he learned that he was playing against the Kings in the finals, it was his old club, he immediately let go of his cruel words.

"I said earlier, the Kings will regret it, and I will definitely beat the Kings in the Finals."

Garcia jumped out and forgot it, and Howard also jumped out to declare war.

"I mean the Kings don't have anyone who can guard me, yes, we're not afraid of the Kings' wrap-and-roll tactics, even though we have the best shooters in the league on the outside, and we want the Kings to wrap me."

In this regard, the Kings are very calm.

Even Artest, who has always been irritable, has changed, learning the same as Wang Mingming, as long as it is an interview, he must blow a wave of the other side first, and the other side will say whatever he wants, just say it, anyway, he can only see the real chapter under his hands.

After two days of preparation, the Kings came to Orlando to prepare for two consecutive road trips.

June 3rd, evening.

Amway Arena in Orlando.

Like the Kings' Arco Arena, Amway Arena is also a small arena that can only accommodate about 18,000 people, and the playoffs are just over 20,000 with seats.

The Magic's arena has been called "Orlando Arena" since it was built in 1989 until 2000, when TD Mizuya purchased the naming rights, and the previous contract expired in September 2006, when the Orlando City Council officially approved the name change application, and the new name became legal on December 12, 2006. The city councilors who voted unanimously approved the name change agreement between Magic and Amway, and the Water House Center ceased to exist.

The Magic team is a little better than the Kings, the last time the Magic team reached the Finals was in 1995, when O'Neal was selected for the "Dream II Team" and returned with honors, and O'Neal, who returned with the championship, was even more imposing, and the Magic team under the leadership of O'Neal and Hardaway achieved the best 57-25 in the East. In the playoffs, the Magic eliminated the Celtics, Bulls, and Pacers before meeting the Western Conference champions Rockets in the Finals. In the finals, young O'Neal failed to hold off a seasoned Olajuwon.

The Magic forced the Rockets into overtime in Game 1, but still lost 118-120. After that, the Rockets were on a rampage, and finally won their second championship with an overall score of 4-0.

Despite losing the Finals, the Magic were very young at the time, and the young people continued to play the momentum the following year, and the following year, O'Neal led the Magic to a 60-22 record to make the playoffs again and reach the Eastern Conference Finals. However, this time O'Neal faced the Bulls led by the returning Jordan, who eliminated the Magic 4-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Being killed 4-0 in the playoffs for two years in a row has affected the sweetness between O'Neal and the Magic management.

In the summer of 1996, the league's salary cap was only more than 24 million, which was a big limit for a team to recruit, but it was not difficult for the Magic to renew O'Neal's contract, because O'Neal had been with the Magic for 4 years, and he had a Bird clause to renew the contract, plus there were no salary cap and luxury tax rules at that time.

In the same year, Mourning signed a 7-year 100 million contract with the Heat, and Juwan Howard renewed the contract with the Washington Bullets for 7 years and 105 million, which is the NBA's earliest 200 million yuan contract, and in the previous year, the salary cap and the new broadcast clause came into effect to make Ewing the first beneficiary, the annual salary of the New York center is as high as more than 18 million, and compared with Mourning, Juwan Howard and Ewing, O'Neal is obviously better.

Therefore, after O'Neal became a free agent, he very confidently offered a condition - an annual salary of $20 million. To be honest, the annual salary of 20 million was very high at the time, accounting for 80% of the salary cap, but for a talented young big center, especially when Mo Ning and Juwan Howard, who are not as good as him, can get a contract of 100 million yuan, O'Neal's request is really not excessive, and the Magic has every reason to give such a big contract, after all, there is no luxury tax, these can be solved as long as the boss nods.

It's a pity that the management of the Magic never seriously thought about the value of O'Neal, and the contract extension they gave at the beginning was only 4 years and 54 million, and there was no player option, which means that O'Neal can only get an average of more than 13 million per year in the next 4 years, which is far from O'Neal's estimate, and the two finally parted ways because of the inability to reach an agreement on the amount, and there was also the matter of the shark's journey to the west.

And the rumored stars were beaten to the West by Jordan, there was no such thing at all, at that time, the stars in the NBA were still very horizontal, even if they lost, they would not be afraid of you, they would only think about how I would train, and I would make a comeback and you again the next year.