Chapter 492: Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety
By the middle of June, the Sacramento heat was already in full swing, but the enthusiasm was much more intense and exciting than the heat that had just appeared.
The Runners, who returned to Sacramento with a 3-1 scoreline, were warmly welcomed by the Saskatchewan fans, and in the eyes of many Saskatchewan fans, the championship is now in sight, and they are about to receive the best and most valuable summer gift.
Since that only Western Conference Finals in the '90s, Sachsa fans have been the first in the league to enter the summer vacation, because their teams have basically struggled to make the playoffs, and even if they do, it's almost a round-trip, and this has been going on for two decades.
Twenty years, a newborn child has been a complete adult, many loyal fans of Saata City are booking holiday tickets in advance, never worried about missing the playoffs of the Saskata team, but this year, I believe that many companies engaged in tourism in Saata have to lose a fortune, because in previous years, the people of Sacha who would travel in April basically rarely go out this year.
For Sappah fans, their excitement is not because they are overconfident, but because in the history of the Space-Time League, there have only been three series in which the playoffs have been reversed from 3-1 down, and there has only been one in the finals.
Although this is the only time it happened to the Heat, the fans of Sappah City simply do not believe that the current Heat team can perform such a miracle.
It is not difficult to see from the fourth game that most of the players of the Heat team have experienced a lot of psychological fluctuations in the game, and their state will also change drastically due to the team's score behind and increasing pressure.
This shows that the current Heat team does not have a strong will and mentality, and in any case, the Heat team is a team that has experienced a lot of turmoil in the middle of the season.
Although the new core of the Heat, Wall, has been extremely consistent and excellent in the previous four games, but it is difficult to beat the wolves, and Wall alone cannot compete with the multi-point offensive core of the Runners.
What's more, the three cores of the Runners are not ordinary people, and their ability to be placed in each team can win the trust of the head coach of that team.
The league has no intention of intervening too much in the game now, although the finals are about to end, and the score of four to one is still a bit short, but in fact, the league has made a lot of money now, and the ratings of the finals in the world, especially in the East, are quite high, and the popularity brought by the runners and the fans attracted by their gorgeous offense have created revenue and new value directions for the league.
So in this case, the victory of the runners is actually very much in the interest of the league.
Of course, the league can also try to make the finals play two more games in this situation, but the league with a long-term plan does not want to cause problems in the future because it can make more money in the finals this time.
Now most neutral fans actually have their own biases, and the offensive style of play of the Runners is indeed attractive enough, so the league does not dare to think about manipulating the game in this situation, because once it is exposed, it is estimated that the reputation of the league will be completely ruined.
In fact, many neutral media are now ready for the Runners to win the championship, and once the fourth race is decided, they will publish a report as soon as possible, basically except for the local media in Miami who are still expecting a miracle, the other media have no doubt that the Runners will end the game in the fifth Finals.
Of course, the media in Los Angeles and Chicago will say some sour and weird things about the Runners' performance.
The Los Angeles media did this because they didn't want another team in California to compete with them for fans and ratings.
Before the Runners came along, most of the fans in California were Lakers fans, because the teams in California were all fish belly except for the Lakers, they rarely had the opportunity to play in the playoffs, and even the entire Pacific Division was dominated by the Lakers.
And now the Runners have appeared, they not only play novelly, but also have excellent results, and what is more excessive is that their players are even scary with high appearance, although most basketball fans don't actually value looks or anything like that, but the Runners have unexpectedly gained a lot of love from women who were not originally fans, and they are more for Salehi and Turgun.
To be honest, this actually makes many teams and many players very envious and jealous, because in a sense, the attention of these female fans can bring more benefits and higher attention to the players.
A significant portion of the media in Los Angeles is fed on the Lakers' news, and now that there is one more competitor, they will naturally be reluctant to have someone come to grab the news that was originally their own.
The collapse of the Mavericks at the beginning of the season was actually fanned by the Los Angeles media, and in terms of the reasons for this, it is actually the same criticism of the Runners now.
As for why the media in Chicago can't afford to live with the Runners, the reason for this is because the Bulls are now completely lonely.
The Bulls started the season very well, but after playing against the Runners, the Bulls broke out in a racism scandal, and the whole team was suddenly in turmoil, and the team that could have been in the top three in the East is now going into a rebuild, which has to make Chicago fans angry.
Chicago fans felt that it was the Runners who caused the civil unrest in the Bulls, so their anger turned into media hype.
The Runners who returned to Sasa did not make a high-profile appearance and start celebrating prematurely when the outside world was extremely concerned.
Walking a hundred miles is half ninety, this is a new oriental philosophical idea that Wang Lei told the players of the runner team, when he did not completely win the championship, Wang Lei did not want his players to fall into excitement, which will seriously affect their state in the next key games, and even lead to the burden of wanting to win and losing on the back of the players.
Wang Lei always believes that the problem of the player's mentality is the key to the next game, and if it is handled well, the runners can win the championship without suspense, but if it is not handled well, the team may really encounter great difficulties.
So after returning to Saata City, Wang Lei asked everyone in the team to keep a low profile, and at the same time isolate the outside media, the team does not accept any interviews from any media at this time, for which Wang Lei even refused the reporter of the Republic of China's CCTV.