Woody's words made him a ticket.

Publicly discussing referee decisions as a player was a taboo in the David Stern era, and no matter which player it was, it was not allowed to do so.

David Stern maintains the majesty of the referee very well.

When Woody said this, he didn't plan to get rid of it easily, the money was already ready.

But he and David Stern probably wouldn't have thought that ten or twenty years later, the league will spread their hands to the referee if they can't get a foul, and there are many players who shake their shoulders after eating a foul, and there are even teams that immediately write to the whistle because the number of free throws in a game is two or three less than that of the opposite side......

Everyone left the victory to the referee.

And with them their pride as stars!

If at the end of every game, you can win the game by hitting the box and making free throws.

So what's the point of basketball?

It's nothing more than to see who calls the referee "Dad" diligently.

After all, at the last moment, anyone's action will be a little bigger.

This is also why there were so many classic "lore scenes" left in the 90s and 00s......

Of course, when the so-called league façade is there to play "formula basketball" with you: ensure that one or two of your teammates are at the All-Star level anytime and anywhere, and teammates who are in their prime, if they can't get it, they will use various reasons to change teams, ensure that the referees take care of themselves, plus the data speaks......

No one is going to talk about what it means to win.

Because the losing side will only feel that they are not as strong as the other party, and they will not get as many whistles as the other party.

That's why Nuggets fans are crazy about saying "who is your daddy" to someone.

However, this has also been shuffled by some fans to shout not at someone, but at the Lakers.

Well...... At this time, he has nothing to do with the Lakers!

Of course, this is more than ten years later, and now this league, casually talking about whistles, will still get fines, unlike someone who tweeted the results of the referee's report, and then said "You know, the outcome of the game has something to do with the previous dozens of minutes", but there is no.

Woody got the ticket, which he knew he would do.

Then to the reporter who still wanted to ask something, he said directly: "Do you want me to pay again?" ”

This can be regarded as spending money to eliminate disasters.

The second game of the Eastern Conference Finals then continued.

In this game, Tinsley and Reggie Miller returned.

But these two people are not the absolute core of the team, Artest does not come back, the Pacers' outside defense has no system, and at the same time, Stephen Jackson does not come back, and there is not enough threat on the wing.

Reggie Miller might have been able to do that when he was younger.

But now he definitely can't do these things, he's more of a "spiritual leader" and then "staggered" off the bench and make some contributions, that's all.

However, it has to be said that his "staggered travel" is to get up from the bench in a dignified manner, unlike some people, who obviously play the substitute rotation stage, but they have to play for a few minutes first. also didn't work hard to dig a hole for the team.

In the current era, if some stars dare to do such things when they are old, they will have long been scolded for "don't compare faces".

In short, although the Pacers team has two people back, from the perspective of the main force, it is actually a Tinsley.

It's just an ordinary main player.

It was also on this day that Artest won the "Defensive Player of the Season" award again, becoming another outside player to win this award in a row. That's something that Michael Jordan didn't do.

But the league's announcement made Pacers fans feel even more sad.

Artest, who is in his absolute prime, was unable to play because of two radical fans......

It's really uncomfortable.

Artest also said in an interview: "I really regret doing something like that, if I could, I would be willing to trade this trophy for my playing time, God prove how much I want to do such a thing!" ”

The result was no surprise, the return of the two main players did not make it difficult for the Heat, and the game was still decided in the first half, and the Heat led by more than 20 points for the second consecutive game on their home court.

In the end, 118-85, 33 points, the Heat won their two home courts, and then they will go to Indiana, and at this time there are still 3 games left before Stephen Jackson returns, which means they need to win not just one game, they need to win two!

It's extremely difficult to win one, two ......

It's even more impossible!

The Heat won 113-90 and 115-93 respectively, and won two away games neatly, and the big score came to 4-0!

The media is right, and this is indeed one of the most relaxed Eastern Conference Finals in NBA history.

Shaq O'Neal was interviewed after the game, and of course, when he said the first sentence, he still said with the most serious expression possible: "Sorry for what happened to the Pacers, trust God, everything will be okay." ”

Then he reverted to his joking nature: "Just like me, I had a disastrous year with the Lakers, and now I'm back, everything is back, believe me, even during the 'triple championship' period, I didn't feel like it was so easy to win, and the biggest cheers were given to my little brother Woody, and we made it to the Finals together, and I believe it was going to be a great year!" ”

He's full of confidence because he's only played 12 playoff games so far.

And against the Wizards, he only averaged 25 minutes per game, which is still the time that Stan Van Gundy has added to maintain his form, otherwise his average playing time per game would have been even less.

He has a lot of physical energy, and physical energy is his greatest confidence!

"No matter who ends up in the Finals in the West, we're going to make history, not to disrespect my dearest Tim Duncan, but also to the Suns, who did a great job this year, but I have that confidence!"

A reporter from Miami took a photo and handed it to Woody before the interview, and he said, "Man, this is Miami now!" ”

Over the city, brilliant fireworks exploded.

The Miamins are excitedly celebrating their first-ever Finals appearance.

From 1988 to 2005, 17 years, they finally achieved a breakthrough of "zero" in the finals!

Woody said, "This is just the beginning! ”

His words were sonorous and powerful, and the reporter nodded excitedly: "I believe that this is just the beginning!" ”

This was followed by the awarding of the Eastern Trophy.

The Miami fireworks left such an impression on Woody's mind that Wade excitedly kissed and nibbled on the Eastern Conference championship trophy, and when he handed it to him, he just waved his hand gently.

No, I'll go and hold that bigger trophy then!

The way he pretended to be compared made Wade stunned.

No......

If you want to pretend, just tell me earlier!

You look like I'm just stupid, I've never seen the world!

Wade has to admit that although his ball skills have improved a bit, the gap between him and Woody is still a bit big in the field of outfitting.

In the future, I still have to keep up with his "Brother Wu"!

Returning to Miami with the Eastern Conference Championship trophy, Woody received a sad message:

This year's regular season MVP ultimately belongs to Steve Nash!

He received a whopping 32.4 percent of the vote......

In fact, it is not as high as expected!

Because halfway through the season, many media outlets are saying that he has booked the regular season MVP award, and the result is now less than 33.3%.

Woody had a higher vote than the outside world thought, with a whopping 29.85 votes, and perhaps a few third-place votes or one or two first-place votes away from Steve Nash.

However, Woody's dominance this season is really here, he has a single game 50 plus performance, the Heat is still the league's first record this season, breaking many records in team history.

He is also the league's "rebounding king" and "block king".

If you really talk about your personal ability and the strength to lead the team, there is not much gap with Steve Nash's "assist king" and "180 Club".

But a loss is a loss, and years from now, no one will remember that he was only a little bit behind this year, and everyone will only remember that this year's regular season MVP was Steve Nash.

It's like decades later, everyone will just say that LeBron James scored 40,000 points.

Of course, there may be only that.

Because Abdul-Jabbar is now mentioned by more people only for his "sky hook" and his "all-time No. 1 total score".

Otherwise, the voices that were discussed were not very loud.

But this must have been whitewashed for LeBron.

Because no one talks about him anymore, and no one will say that his steps were once so serious that the league had to change the rules for him.

That's the power of time.

But when the media asked if he would regret missing this year's regular season MVP, Woody shook his head: "I'm only 19 years old, this age is already in the regular season MVP discussion, I'm really satisfied with everything at the moment, for me, if this season ends like this, what really makes me feel defeated is not that I didn't win the regular season MVP, but that I didn't win the championship!" ”

This sentence directly broke the defense of the whole Miami.

Woody's imprint on their hearts suddenly deepened.

The so-called "deep love" for the team is nothing more than that......

And Woody is only 19 years old, and he has such an awareness, which is really a great thing!

Steve Nash won the regular season MVP in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, but he didn't have a good night.

The Suns ended up losing 92-102 at the Spurs' home court.

After losing this game, they fell behind the Spurs by a big score of 0-3.

This series shows Popovich's old spiciness.

In the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs changed their previous offensive and defensive capabilities, but instead played a "scoring battle" with the Suns, and I don't know if it was inspired by the Mavericks' last game with the Suns.

The difference is that the Mavericks lost, while the Spurs won.

121 to 114, giving the Suns a blow to the head!

Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Ginobili all scored 20 points.

In addition, the old Paris of "white people can fly" shot a high score of 20 points, and the performance of four people on 20 points blew up the Suns.

Rao is Xiao Si scored 41 points, and he was powerless.

In Game 2, the Spurs' tactics were clearer, as they continued to put Smalls to 37 points while forcing Steve Nash to play more singles.

The result is that players like Shaun Marion and Jim Jackson shoot a lot less than usual, and they can't find a sense of it, and they can only watch Steve Nash go it alone on the offensive end of the crucial moment.

In this game at the home of the Spurs, the Suns still did not find a way to crack the Spurs' defensive target, and finally suffered from the "three consecutive defeats".

This game exposed their immaturity more, there is no way, some tuition fees should be paid or have to be paid!

Even if they blow a "big storm", they can't just rely on this momentum to sweep away the old Spurs.

After losing this game, the fate of the Suns has basically been answered.

No team in the history of the NBA has come back from 3-0 down, and the Suns have had a great season with no small miracle, but no one believes they can do it except for Phoenix fans.

In the fourth game of the series, the Suns won by 5 points at 111-106 and brought the series back to their home court.

But when it came to Phoenix, they couldn't stop the Spurs from winning their fourth game of the series.

This game can see the power of Popovich's tactics, Smalls cut 42 points and 16 rebounds, but he didn't care about this guy, let him continue to score, and put defensive pressure on the rest of the Suns.

The Suns relied on Nash and Xiaosi to get up, but when there were only two of them left, they couldn't lead the team to break through such a strong force as the Spurs.

4-1！

On the home court of the Suns, the Spurs successfully lifted the trophy of the Western Conference Finals and met the Heat in the Finals.

After this round of the series, many voices in favor of the Spurs rose.

Because the strength of the Suns is obvious to all, but they can easily eliminate them 4-1, the strength of the Spurs this year needs to be re-evaluated...... There are quite a few similar voices after this game.

In fact, the Spurs were able to eliminate the Suns 4-1 was also a bit unexpected by the Miami media, in their opinion, this was supposed to be a series of at least 6 games in one round, and it was even very likely to play 7 games directly, but they didn't expect the Spurs to break through the Suns' encirclement so easily.

This......

Tim Duncan's strength in this "double array" is really amazing!

They were worried about whether Woody would be able to hold up to such Tim Duncan.

But then they remembered in hindsight that who is not a "double array" anymore!

(End of chapter)