Chapter Eighty-Five: The Final Four
After the game, Reggie Miller sincerely stepped forward to congratulate Jordan.
Miller has untied the knot, the championship can't be forced, he just needs to do his best, do his best to lead the Pacers forward, and leave no regrets is the important thing.
"Michael Jordan, that's a good name. When I was playing in my native California, I never imagined that I would lose to the same people all the time. Miller said with a slight teasing
Jordan was stunned for a moment, he could feel that Miller's attitude was different, no longer so aggressive, but he still answered habitually.
"Now you know."
Looking at Jordan's arrogant expression, Miller smiled bitterly in his heart: "After all, they are old friends, and they have won everything, so why bother to put on a score." It is not certain who will win or lose next time. ”
"Haha, then you don't have a chance," Jordan whispered as he grabbed Miller by the shoulder, leaned his head over, "I'll retire at the end of the season, and you won't have a chance to beat me." ”
The flashing lights of the media around the world are non-stop at this moment, and the shot of Jordan holding Miller's shoulder, the sympathy between the opponents, is regarded as another classic engraved in history.
Miller waved his hand helplessly: "Okay, that's big news. ”
But Miller's heart was still empty, which meant he lost to Jordan forever.
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In the second round, the situation became more on the lower gram, because the contrast of the teams became blurred.
The teams that enter the second round have two brushes, and no one is a weak team anymore, and they all have their own characteristics. In many cases, there is a question of who restrains whom, and the strength cannot be generalized.
For example, the remaining two teams in the Eastern Conference, the New Jersey Nets and the Detroit Pistons, no one could have imagined before the game that the Pistons, who were once the leaders of the Eastern Conference, would be swept out by the Nets 0:4. In doing so, both teams in the East were swept out.
The gap between the Nets and the Pistons was by no means as big as the result, and the Pistons still lost in their youth.
Facing the Celtics, Billups, who could put up 22.3 points, 4 rebounds and 4.3 assists, made a big mistake this time, only got 9 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists, and the shooting rate was a pitiful 27.5%.
The reason why Billups has always been a second-line point guard is because there are two gods of Kidd and Nash living on his head.
Kidd's performance in this round of the playoffs soared, averaging 23.8 points, 10 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game. A guard who grabbed rebounds against Big Ben, it is estimated that several of the young men on the Pistons were stupid.
In this round, it can be said that the Pistons lost to Kidd alone, this near-perfect traditional point guard, with a group of underrepresented teammates, once again to the top of the East, as long as they beat the Wizards, they will reach the NBA Finals for the second year in a row.
The second round of the Western Conference team can be described as star-studded, and the Mavericks of the Dallas three Jays are the "Princeton" Kings, who is the craziest offensive team in the league.
Another game that doesn't need to be hyped up, the real rulers of the turn of the century, Duncan and O'Neal, the championship winners of the past four years, the Spurs and the Lakers of the century matchup.
The Mavericks vs. Kings were supposed to be a showdown between two talented power forwards, Nowitzki and Webb.
The Mavericks' sixth man, Nick Van Exel, stole the show, averaging only 12 points per game this season, and turned on the rampage mode.
With 36 points and 6 assists, 40 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, 35 points and 3 assists, Van Exel played the role of savior in the Mavericks' winning games, averaging 25.3 points, 4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.
A 32-year-old veteran, no one could have imagined that he could explode at this time, comparing Dallas three Genovitski, Nash, and Finley.
This is the NBA, where miracles happen!
Webb scored a game-high 27.5 points, along with six rebounds and five assists, but it didn't help. The Kings lost the game 3-4.
His opponent, the German tank, scored an extremely bizarre 20.7 points and 14.3 rebounds, which is very incredible for a court guard.
Nowitzki is a big man with a penchant for outside shooting and mediocre physicality, so he relies on picking up rebounds. Being able to win so many rebounds this time can only be said that the experience is inexperienced, and the ability to dodge the board has not yet been practiced.
Another showdown of the century, the fight is singing and crying.
27 is the beginning of a superstar's maturity, and this year's Duncan is exactly 27 years old. For a superstar who has a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders, the maturity of his personal abilities means climbing over a real mountain.
What did the 27-year-old Jordan, who won a championship, regular season MVP and Finals MVP in 1990-91, was named to the All-Star team, All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive First Team, and was crowned scoring champion with an average of 31.5 points per game.
The 27-year-old Jordan climbed over the mountain of the Pistons and won the championship for the first time.
There were ancients before, so let's take a look at the comers.
The 27-year-old James won the championship, regular season MVP and Finals MVP in 2011-12 and was selected to the All-Star team, All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive First Team.
The 27-year-old little emperor also won the first championship.
Let's take a look at who is 27 years old this season.
Tim Duncan!
Tim Duncan, who was in another time and space, also overthrew O'Neal at the age of 27, single-handedly cut off the Lakers dynasty and won the heavyweight championship.
Now in this time and space, it is difficult to say whether he can win the championship, but overturning O'Neill, Shi Buddha has done it.
Averaging 28 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists per game, the Spurs twin towers have existed in name only, and David Robinson is only averaging 5 points and 5 boards per game.
But relying on Duncan alone has been able to suppress the big sharks, who have 25.3 points, 14.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists.
Without Duncan, the shark might have been greater, and no one could have believed that anyone could beat him head-on before Duncan appeared, let alone Duncan, who looked unremarkable.
Of course, there are already signs of GDP in this series, with Tony Parker and Manuginobili being the team's second and third scorers respectively.
But these two combined are not as much as Kobe, who averaged 32.3 points, 5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, and habitually broke out when he encountered the Spurs.
But the crux of the Lakers' loss also lies with Kobe, who averages 26.5 shots per game and hits only 11.5 of them.
Kobe Bryant, who concentrated a lot of shots, caused the rest of the role players to have insufficient output, and his own scoring efficiency was generally not comparable to that of the Spurs. That's why the Lakers lost the series.
At this point, the three-time Lakers dynasty has officially collapsed, and the contradiction between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant has also been put on the table.
It remains to be seen whether one of them will leave next season, or whether it will form F4 again.
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Both the Wizards and the Nets swept their opponents and rested for five days before the Western Conference was completely over and finally reached the division finals.
The final four are also out, the Wizards vs Nets, and the Spurs vs Mavericks.