Chapter 110: Advance to the Eastern Conference Finals (Medium)

"It was an easy game. Forrest Gump"

After the game, local Orlando media published reports that were full of desperation.

In the first game, although Howard didn't get too much data, but his hard work on the court, every ball will fight for everything, really inspired the Magic team, in the first half of the first game, the Magic team has been high morale, playing passionately on the court, so that the Orlando Magic media and fans once thought that the gap between the strength of the Magic and the Cavaliers is not too big to make up.

Even if the Cavaliers have Zhang Kong, a super reinforcement, but we also have Orlando's 'Warcraft', real swords and real guns, until the last moment, who wins and who loses, who lives and who dies, we can't make an early assertion.

Although the loss of the first game and the injury to Warcraft cast a shadow over their playoff prospects, the subsequent empty trade messages sowed the sunshine of opportunity in the hearts of the people of Orlando.

Unfortunately, reality has proved that this sunshine is nothing more than a delusion in their hearts.

"It's a complete rout." The Los Angeles Times commented on the performance of the Magic's players in this game, and in the Los Angeles Times commentary, they did not spare every player from head coach Stan Van Gundy to the players, and almost one by one criticized them before concluding

"The Magic team that lost Howard has been a complete failure, they have no chance of eliminating the Cavaliers, and all they can hope for now is to seize the opportunity to return to Orlando and win one game in the series, and avoid being swept by the Cavaliers like the Atlanta Hawks."

"The Cavaliers are full of championships, but this championship is not destined to last."

It was a painful night for Magic fans, because they could only watch their team being slaughtered by others in front of the TV, but there was nothing they could do, and the only choice was to turn off the TV and not look at it, saving them from worry. And for Cavaliers fans, they feel quite tangled!

The team's performance is quite good, and it can even be said that the Cavaliers have played the best since the establishment of the team. This season's results for the Cavaliers have been like a dream that makes them want to sleep forever. Forrest Gump, but the dream will wake up one day, but they didn't expect the dream to wake up so quickly.

A thunderbolt swept by, and when I opened my eyes, it was already a reality.

The next two games were held in Orlando. As the Los Angeles media put it, the Orlando Magic are trying hard to defend their dignity and try to win on their home turf. But the Cavaliers didn't give them any chances, and Howard's injury made them even lose the strength to resist, and at the home of the Orlando Magic, the Cavaliers won two straight games with little to no decent resistance. The team's poor performance made the Magic fans who bought tickets to watch the game angry and sad, and in the first game of the Magic home court, in the second half of the fourth quarter, some of the Magic fans left the game early.

In the second game, many Magic fans left the arena directly at the beginning of the second half. They really can't bear to continue to watch their team being bullied like this by others, half angry, half helpless.

After sweeping the Hawks 4-0, the Cavaliers once again swept the Magic with a score of 4-0 to enter the Eastern Conference Finals.

Cavaliers fans, on the other hand, are entangled in happiness. The happier they are now, the more sad they can think of next season. At the same time, the protests against Zhang Kong by the small group of radical fans began to intensify, and they even burned Zhang Kong's number 25 jersey and made heated comments in front of the media, saying that Zhang Kong was a shameless liar who betrayed the Cavaliers, and that he was not grateful to the Cavaliers who gave him the opportunity to play.

Bill Simmons, who had disappeared for half a year, finally seized the opportunity to jump out again and took advantage of the gust of wind to write a vicious article in his column.

In his description, Zhang Kong became a villain who had no sense of responsibility and only cared about interests and did not care about morality. In the article, he claimed that Zhang Kong was a combination of villains and thorns like Bill Lambier and Robinson, and called on NBA teams not to accept Zhang Kong.

Zhang Kong's 'people like this should be kicked out of the NBA.'"

"You're really getting me in a big problem, Andy." Zhang Kong frowned and tasted the '82 Lafite specially prepared for him by Andy Miller, to be honest, this expensive red wine was about the same as concentrated grape juice in his mouth, or even worse than the taste of grape juice. He used to think that drinking high-end red wine was elegant, but when he actually drank it, he realized that the strange taste was really hard to get used to, and in his own case, it was the spicy vodka that suited his taste.

"I'm sorry, my boss, but I didn't expect this to happen." Andy Miller said apologetically: "But it can also be a good thing, if you break out early, you can get more teams involved, and I, too, can get more negotiation space for you, the owner." ”

"Well, if you can turn a bad thing into a good thing, that's good." Zhang Kong doesn't have much opinion on Andy Miller's handling of it.

"So, your conversation with those teams. Which team do you think is the best fit for me. ”

"Personally, I suggest boss, boss, you go to New York." Andy Miller paused, then continued: "Over the years, the Knicks have been chaotic, paying the highest salary in the league and having the lowest results in the league. Their biggest star, Marbury, has already suffered opposition from all over New York, and his conflict with head coach Isaiah Thomas has made the entire Knicks resent him. If you choose to go to New York, as long as you can improve New York's record and lead New York to the playoffs, you can immediately get the widest support. At the same time, New York is the largest city in the United States, and its ball market is as vast as Los Angeles. New York's record has been so bad in the past few years, and the salary expenditure is among the top in the league, and the luxury tax expenditure is large, but even in this case, the New York Knicks can still maintain profitability, and how hot their ball market is, which can be seen from this. If you can go to New York, it can help your boss to develop your business value to the greatest extent. Playing in New York and playing in Cleveland receive a completely different level of attention, and even if you achieve the same thing, the impact is one day at a time. ”

Andy Miller said: "But it's not easy to move to New York, I talked to the general manager of New York, he has a lot of interest in bringing in you, and the Knicks owner James Dolan really wants you to come to New York. However, the New York team is not in good shape, and it is difficult for them to come up with enough big chips to make an appeal. ”

"Well, except for the New York Knicks."

"The Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers want you, but they don't have much leverage. And the Los Angeles Lakers have Kobe Bryant. Boss, you left the Cavaliers because you didn't want to argue with James, and I don't think you want to go to the Lakers to fight Kobe Bryant again. ”

"Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, put them aside." Zhang Kong thought about it, he really didn't want to experience this kind of annoying team battle, otherwise he could have stayed and competed with James for the leadership, Zhang Kong thought that with his own strength, if he really wanted to compete with James, he might not lose.

"Other than that, after I screened the teams, the only teams that were suitable for transfer were the Chicago Bulls, the Washington Wizards, and the Miami Heat. Miami and Chicago are both big cities with a lot of attention, and Washington, D.C., the capital, is also a big hit. ”

"These teams are really good." Zhang Kong nodded and said, as for the strength of the team, he didn't care much. On the contrary, he felt that the worse the strength of the team itself, the more beneficial it was to himself. His ability, he knows for himself, and he can be sure that no matter which team he goes to, as long as the manager establishes himself as the core, he can make a huge difference in that team.

In this way, the worse the team's original strength, the more it can highlight its ability! As for the championship, as long as the management is not stupid and is willing to build a team around itself, the championship competition is a sure thing.

"Then I'll leave it all to you." Zhang Kong exhaled and said, "The Eastern Conference Finals and the upcoming Finals that I care about right now. At the end of this season, I will definitely leave the Cavaliers and I will definitely win this season's championship. Also, help me organize a press conference, since this matter has been stabbed out, and I have waited so long to cool him down as you instructed, now is the time for me to put an end to those farces outside. ”

"I understand the boss." Andy Miller nodded: "If there are no surprises, the press conference will be scheduled for two days before the Eastern Conference Finals, and I will try to arrange for the media to be present. But boss, some of the radical media in Cleveland will definitely be involved, and I can't stop them all, and ...... then."

"When the time comes, I can solve these problems on my own."

Source: Forrest Gump