On June 9, 2003, New York Times columnist Richard Sandmere sprayed indiscriminately, with a one-word headline:

“CLOWN！”

"The San Antonio Spurs were a joke, they showed all the fans the real floor, they ruined the Finals."

"The ABC broadcasters are as stupid as the Spurs, and Brad Nesler is not at all fit to talk about sports!"

"Nesler lacked rhythm, didn't have enthusiasm, didn't interact with his partner very little, and ignored the score and even Lee's great performance!"

"The whole broadcast team ignored that deliberate tiptoe after the game, and Bruce Bowen didn't want to hurt anyone? It's not April Fool's Day yet! ”

"The truth is that God has been on Lee's side, God loves the city of New York, and those who go against God's will will not end well."

“.”

The first half of the article will also analyze how Lee Woo cracked the Spurs' zone defense, and how the Knicks used the misplaced offense to create opportunities;

But in the later paragraphs of the article, the style of painting suddenly changed, and began to output continuously.

The New York Post pulled out more conspiracy theories in order to attract attention:

“Murderer！”

The article quoted Popovich in the game, and by the way, it was reasonable to tell the process of the Spurs plotting to trap the Knicks for 4 years.

Several mainstream newspapers in New York have begun to label the foul with a bigger hat, and the Los Angeles Times has recently gossiped about the Lakers' internal conflicts.

The Lakers' reporters swore after last night's game:

"Bruce Bowen is the dirtiest defender!"

"The Spurs used this kind of defense to intimidate our players, and we didn't lose to the opponent, but to the connivance of the referees."

"The Lakers should have made it to the Finals, we should have defended the title!"

broke the joint defense and pulled the hips, and the Lakers projected iron from the outside, and it only took one night for everyone to find another "decent rhetoric".

"Self-deceptive" Lakers fans feel that the Los Angeles Times is right, how could the OK combination lose to the Spurs?

The finals are all abuse, the Knicks have won every game, and the Lakers will never lose to such an opponent!

The Los Angeles sports media seemed to have collective amnesia the next day, jumping up and down to make excuses for the Lakers, and by the way, "kicking the Spurs" hard.

After last night's game, the most exciting thing was not the process of the game, but Popovich's face-changing speech after the game.

Duncan fell to the ground during the game, and Popovich was so angry that he blushed and had a thick neck, and angrily sprayed Kurt Thomas, but in an interview after the game, he had an amnesia attack:

"Unfortunately, it was just an accident, Bruce is a good defender and he doesn't want to hurt anyone!"

"We looked back at that round, Lee jumped too high, the three of them had a physical confrontation, and Bruce hit both of them for this tragedy."

"Bruce is going to be 32 soon, he's also a veteran, he can't get his feet in time, he's just a little clumsy."

"He's just been named to the All-Defensive Second Team this year, the San Antonio fans love him, off the field, he's been serving the community, and Bruce is a kind guy!"

“.”

Just ask about on-court performance, and Popovich will answer the other side of Bruce Bowen in life.

As a united team, Popovich and Duncan, as the leaders of the team, are naturally aware of Bowen's defense.

The whole team is the beneficiary, and everyone naturally wants to hold together at this time, and resolutely refuses to admit that this is intentional.

Tim Duncan was unavailable for an interview due to injury, and the rest of the Spurs players stood up for their teammates, and everyone was unanimous:

"It was just an accident! Bruce is a good guy! ”

There was no suspense in the finals, and the New York media shouted that the circle was quickly broken, and although the Nets next door were eliminated, the New Jersey Devils reached the finals this year.

The night of the 9th coincided with Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals (NHL), and players from both teams began calling for more people to tune in to the game before the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks game began.

ESPN and ABC will also broadcast the hockey game, and lead commentator Gary Thorne taunted as he talked about last night's NBA Finals:

"I'm grateful to Nessler for promoting tonight's game, but I'd say this year's NBA Finals was boring."

"If it weren't for Lee's records, I wouldn't even be following this series."

"When a series impresses people with injuries to key players, it's a failure, and competitive sports shouldn't be like that!"

There was a two-plus two-day break between G3 and G4 in the Finals, and as much as sports reporters wanted to dig up more gossip, the Spurs were a united team that kept their mouth shut.

On the morning of the 10th, the Spurs officially announced Tim Duncan's injury:

"Grade 2 sprain of the left ankle."

Such an injury would also require at least a little more than a week of rest, and the Spurs have confirmed that Tim Duncan will miss the Finals G4.

The Spurs don't have real thighs, the series is completely out of suspense, and the honor game is gone

NBA commissioner David Stern and the league's staff also flew to San Antonio to present the Knicks tomorrow night, and everyone has to rehearse early.

ABC took over the first award ceremony of the finals, and both sides took it seriously.

David Stern's face was ugly in an interview, and the point given by NBC's failure to renew his contract with the league is:

"The NBA league is going downhill and we're losing money year after year!"

This year's finals ratings have declined, and although ABC and ESPN have worked hard to promote it, the effect will still not be good.

G4 doesn't need to play to know the result of the game, and it is destined that some fans will give up watching the game.

In the past two days, the league has promoted the 12th 40+ in the Li You finals, and in addition to these records, this year's finals have very few selling points.

When asked about Tim Duncan's injury, David Stern simply stated in front of the media:

"The league doesn't want to see any players get hurt, injuries have always been the natural enemy of players."

"Lee's suggestion is great, we'll be discussing adding some rules to protect our players this offseason, and the league wants fans to enjoy the best basketball games possible!"

“.”

Although TNT failed to broadcast the finals, it has been crazy for the past two days.

Yesterday there was still a discussion about whether Tim Duncan could "return as a hero" and whether the Spurs could turn the series around;

After getting the exact news, the trio on the show also began to discuss the impact of Bruce Bowen.

Charles Barkley was a little disdainful of such a small action, and when it came to this topic, he pouted and said:

"We've been in the league for a lot of years, and a lot of teams have some special moves."

"But I don't like that, and if I want to improve my defensive deterrence, I'm going to knock a little guy like Lee right to the floor."

"Or provoke him into a men-to-man contest and get both sent off, it's easy, isn't it?"

"The Spurs can cheat themselves with excuses, but we all know what's going on!"

All three of them in the studio were dressed in formal attire, and Kenny Smith suddenly pulled out his chair, pulled his partner down, compared his size with his hands, and then joked:

"I think Lee is as tall as you! He's not a small man, in fact, a small guard can't defend him at all, and the same is true for the striker Yu Li! ”

"Hey! I'm referring to his style of play, Li Ke doesn't fight big guys in the low post like I do, height doesn't matter. ”

Charles Barkley doesn't like his old partner to tease him about his height, and many people have said that if he is 10 centimeters taller, he may win the championship.

Ernnie Johnson watched the two return to their seats with a smile, and he didn't mind chatting about this sensitive topic either:

"Coach Popovich thinks the step was just an accident and he thinks Bruce Bowen hasn't hurt any players, what do you think about that?"

Kenny Smith raised an eyebrow from the sidelines and quickly gave an example:

"In fact, Bowen is a villain, and he got a contract in the league with this kind of defense."

'I don't want to judge this way of surviving, but he's hurt a lot of players.'

"If I'm not mistaken, in the 2000 regular season, when the Heat played against the Raptors, Bowen had Vince Carter on the foot, and the injury gave Carter a week off."

"As for him flying to Brent Barry of the SuperSonics and kicking down Szzerbiak of the Timberwolves, some fans may have forgotten."

"It wasn't a normal landing move, we all knew what he was trying to do."

Charles Barkley heard the question and began to dig through the old accounts again:

"It's a common thing in the league, Chuck Daley is a great coach, but when he coaches the Pistons, he's a real asshole!"

"The Spurs should be comfortable acknowledging this team culture, it's not a big deal."

Ernie Johnson glanced at the big mouth next to him, and as soon as these words came out, they must have been complained by the San Antonio fans again.

On June 11th, at 20:30 that night, the SBC Center Arena will usher in the G4 of the finals.

Bowen's clumsy injury took three days to ferment and the heat had outpaced the game.

Everyone has seen the situation of hurting the opponent's star, but it is the first time that many people have experienced the matter of toppling their boss.

In order to protect the players, Popovich avoided letting Bowen be interviewed, and it was not until the afternoon warm-up that Bowen, who was at the center of public opinion, officially stated:

'I've never hurt any player in the first place, and I don't want to hurt anyone.

"I'm more uncomfortable with Tim's injury than anyone else!"

Repeatedly reiterating that "he's a good guy," Bowen expressed his guilt to the sports media who interviewed him, as if he were innocent to the referee every time he finished his steps.

As a victim, Tim Duncan also appeared in the arena, although wearing a Spurs training uniform, but sat on the sidelines the whole time during the warm-up.

As the leader of the team, Tim Duncan is naturally not the White Lotus, maybe this is not his will, but the beneficiary of the "stepping up" is the Spurs.

If the small foot moves and the championship is in hand, then Duncan, who won the FMVP, will only be praised for beating the team with 73 wins!

In competitive sports, only champions are worth remembering, and losers deserve only "IF".

A large number of reporters gathered around Duncan, and everyone wanted to hear what the man had to say.

The sports media in San Antonio continued to call for Popovich to leave class for the past two days.

The finals were swept out, David Robinson's championship dream was shattered, everyone attributed all the reasons to the head coach, and Popovich became the backstabber again!

Tim Duncan gave a brief overview of his injury, and when asked about Bowen, Duncan shared Popovich's sentiments:

"It was just an accident! There were 4 players in the basket at the time, and I just accidentally stepped on my teammate's foot. ”

"Bruce is a good guy and off the field, he's always helped our community."

"Everybody likes him, I don't think he wants to hurt any players, now we just want to focus on tonight's game, the series isn't over yet!"

Looking at Tim Duncan, who looked calm, the New York Times reporter suddenly smiled and asked:

"Duncan, how many points do you think the Spurs will lose tonight?"

“.”

Looking at Duncan, who was silent for a moment and restarted the scene, some New York reporters began to chuckle, everyone is here to witness the awards ceremony tonight, and by the way, to enjoy the Spurs' rout.

Since yesterday, the NBA league staff and ABC broadcasters have been rehearsing for the awards ceremony, and everyone in the Spurs has automatically entered a state of "silence after the game" when they see such a scene.

James Dolan fired the map cannon after the G3 game:

"I know Texas like there will be human smuggling cases here, they always like to challenge the rules!"

The words of the curly boss can be regarded as a hornet's nest, not long ago there was a bad smuggling case in the city, but San Antonio's geographical location is a transit station, and the city is just a backpot.

This kind of superiority is also very angry for Spurs fans.

In the away team's locker room before the start of the game, a large number of sports media gathered in front of Li You.

At this time, there is no need to borrow the championship, and everyone knows that Lee Woo will officially enter the discussion of the best player of all time this year.

ESPN's reporters can't wait to push Lee Woo to the "altar":

"Lee, statistician Hollinger thinks you've outperformed all players in NBA history this year, and he thinks you're already the best in history."

"After winning your fifth career championship, do you agree with that?"

The reporters who had gathered in a large circle hurriedly moved the recording equipment in front of Li You.

Li You was also prepared for this kind of cliché topic, and replied calmly:

"Different eras have different rules, and different rules produce different stars."

"Now the league has a reasonable collision zone, a three-second defense, and a zone defense that allows for zone defense, and the changes brought about by these rules are visible to the naked eye!"

"The background of each era is different and I prefer to call myself the best player of this era."

Although Li You also tacitly agreed that he would win the fifth championship tonight, everyone had no opinion, and this was a natural result.

"16-0, best record in playoff history, Lee, congratulations on setting a new record again!"

"Can you talk about the Knicks' performance this year? It's really incredible. ”

Li You also smiled when he heard this question, he fulfilled his promise, he didn't want to be slapped in the face by the boomerang:

"Coach D'Antoni has added a new tactical idea to us and the coaching staff has done a lot of preparation for every game!"

'We've been through a lot this season, the training sessions have been boring, there are rookies in the squad, everyone has been working together and putting in a lot of effort.

"As for the new record set in the playoffs, I think it's something that everyone deserves!"

"Look at our bench, Knight can control the team's offensive tempo, and everybody can see how good Jackson is."

"Although Prince looks thin in his first year as a rookie, he is a tough guy and will definitely be punished for trying to use a guard against him!"

"Stoudemire is a beast, he's got Rookie of the Year, he's in the paint and he's going to destroy everything."

"Wright's stats don't tell the story of his role, he's the defensive core of the rotation lineup, he's an underrated rim protector."

"The excellent rotation allowed us to get through the regular season healthy, this season was a team victory, and after a Finals loss, we hope that the fans who support the Knicks will enjoy this gift!"

Li You began to summarize the series, and the sports media around him didn't think it was wrong, anyway, the game was won tonight, and it was good to get some information in advance.

Everyone on the Knicks in the locker room was interviewed, everyone was smiling, the uniform team was ready for the championship "skin", and the champagne was ready!

Naturally, the newcomer who experienced such a scene for the first time was very excited, and even if he left the team in less than two years, many of the atmosphere team players still enjoyed the process.

For a lot of people, a championship is an elusive goal, and they can't experience such a moment in their entire careers.

D'Antoni deliberately made a hairstyle, and the delicate three-seven points with a black striped formal suit made the mustache a few years younger.

Several members of the coaching staff are dressed in black suits and red scarves, and the championship of 73 wins is worth remembering, this is definitely a historical moment, and it may be mentioned again and again in another 20 years!

In the whole locker room, the coaching staff no longer talked about the tactical arrangement, at this time everyone chatted happily with the staff, everyone dressed up, and waited for the game to be photographed at the end of the game.

Unlike D'Antoni, who hugs and walks around every person, although the mellow Ewing also dresses himself up naked, he didn't forget to remind the Knicks at this time:

"Just make them look good tonight! Now that little French man should be the main scorer of the Spurs, teach him a lesson! ”

Ewing smiled a little wickedly, and Artest seemed to remember the game of bullying Allen Iverson, and laughed along with him:

"I don't know how many rounds this little French guy can last!"

Kurt Thomas also laughed, without Tim Duncan, it was everyone's turn to hit hard tonight!

Before the start of the game, on the ABC commentary bench, Nesler, who had a big back comb, was depressed, he didn't expect the New York media to spray him

He really hadn't commented on a sports game before, and his on-the-spot reaction was a little slower.

Compared to when Mav Albert commented on Li You's game, he knew that he didn't have enough talent to blow X, but in the process of commenting, he was really trying to mobilize his emotions.

is such a hard work, but still sprayed, Nesler felt that he had suffered an unwarranted disaster, and after introducing the Spurs' starters before the game, he secretly complained in his heart:

"Bruce Bowen ruined the series!"

The Spurs' interior pairing tonight is Malik Rose and David Robinson.

The "Admiral" won't play as much as he suffers from injuries, with backup center Kevin Willis getting more playing time.

In the Spurs' starting lineup, Parker and Ginobili are both newcomers, and the front three are old and weak, so the pre-game prediction is naturally one-sided.

Bill Wharton on the commentary bench did not talk about the outcome of this game, but discussed Lee You's performance in this series:

"This year's finals should be the easiest series Lee has ever encountered!"

"In previous years against the Lakers, although Derrick Fisher couldn't limit Lee, he definitely gave enough physical confrontation in defense."

"Tony Parker didn't do either, he was fast, but he was too confrontational to affect Lee's performance in the slightest."

Tolbert also felt that the excitement of this year's Finals had decreased, and at this time he lamented the Lakers:

"Compared to Bowen, Kobe Bryant is better at defending Lee!"

"While neither of them was able to limit Lee's scoring, Bryant was able to keep up with Lee's offensive tempo."

"The Spurs may be able to limit the Lakers with zone defense, but there's nothing they can do with the Knicks' three-point shots."

"From this point of view, the Lakers' loss was expected, and when they entered the playoffs, their outside shooting was terrible!"

The two of them chatted nonsense on the commentary seat, and Nesler waited until his partner was almost finished talking before he spoke:

"The Knicks' coaching staff seems to be ready and the team staff seems to be dressed up tonight."

"It's definitely a tough time for Spurs fans who will be witnessing another championship in their new arena!"

Talking about this topic, Nesler can't stop, which pot can't be opened, which pot is destined to be complained by San Antonio fans after the game.

“Go spurs go！.”

When the players from both sides came to the center of the field, the Spurs fans at the scene were still shouting loudly, the battle of honor, everyone just wanted to see the home team win.

After the game officially began, the Knicks played a "V-shaped" offense in the first round.

After Li You used Gasol's cover to easily break through David Robinson's basket and score points, the cheering suddenly became more than half smaller.

When the Spurs attacked, Parker was a little confused for a while in the face of the Knicks' extremely aggressive defense on the outside.

With the help of David Robinson's cover, Parker did not choose to make a pull-up jump shot, but broke through to the basket and continued to circle around.

After an ineffective pass from the outside, the basketball eventually returned to Parker.

Under the defense of Li You, Parker has not been able to get rid of the chasing defense, and finally made a sharp stop near the free throw line, and after the dummer, he jumped and shot against the block!

"Bang!"

With almost 24 seconds to go, it was still an iron in the end, and on the Spurs bench, Tim Duncan's eyes widened and he kept watching the situation on the court.

Popovich, who was on the sidelines, was the most excited, and seemed not satisfied with Parker's defensive options, and shouted loudly on the sidelines:

"Keep up on the defensive, don't give up on the defensive!"

Less than three minutes into the first quarter, the Knicks played tactical coordination step by step, and the Spurs found themselves in a scoring drought.

Grant Hill's three-pointer in the bottom right corner missed, and the rebound was collected by Ginobili, who immediately accelerated to the breakaway after receiving the ball.

Speeding up down the middle, noticing Artest's delay, Ginobili in the middle immediately distributed the ball to Parker, who was close to the right touchline.

After receiving the ball, he immediately put the ball with his right hand, and in the face of Li You's close defense, Parker wanted to complete the "outside overtaking" with his speed, but the physical confrontation from his side made him feel a little unbearable.

Squeezed closer and closer to the sideline, Parker still couldn't get rid of Li You's pursuit, barely dribbling past half court, and was soon caught by a double attack.

Blocked on the right sideline, covered by Lee Yoo and Artest, Parker only felt like he was surrounded by arms.

In the end, he couldn't complete the pass, and the basketball in his arms was grabbed by Artest, and Parker struggled to grab it, but still lost control of the ball.

Artest, who completed the steal, took the ball and rushed to the ball, noticed that the Spurs did not retreat, and rushed to the paint area to make a big windmill dunk!

"Shh

The Spurs fans booed, and Artest, who completed the dunk, beat his chest and screamed.

8:0, a few rounds down, the Knicks easily played a wave of offense.

As the game progressed, Popovich's shouting became less and less, and at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs bench and the atmosphere team all bowed their heads, and everyone did not say a word.

Duncan stared straight at the crowd, which was completely different from the finals he expected.

David Robinson, who was substituted, patted Duncan the shoulder and encouraged:

"It's okay, Duncan! You're young and have a lot of time to chase for the championship. ”

“.”

Still didn't speak, this kind of loan champion listened too much, Duncan was already immune.

The Knicks rotated their roster early on, and Tony Parker finally enjoyed the core treatment.

Break through to the basket and throw and fall to the floor;

Break through along the bottom line, and the bottom of the basket is knocked out of the bottom line and hit the street again;

encountered a double bag, the right wing failed to get out of the ball in time, sent a horizontal pass with low quality pass, and was knocked down by Li You's steal.

Despite the referee's whistle, the Knicks have a lot of players in rotation, and everyone takes turns taking care of the Spurs' new core tonight

Bowen couldn't help at this point, and his lame ball-handling breakaway also prevented him from helping the team.

In the final moments of the first quarter, Tony Parker was blocked by Kurt Thomas for a layup on a driving layup on the bottom right of the basket.

The cap hit him completely in the arm, and Parker lost his center of gravity and fell straight into the baseline camera.

"Shh

Boos resounded through the arena, and after five falls in a single game, Parker, who was lying on the floor, showed a painful expression.

was pulled up by his teammates, and he saw several members of the Knicks smiling maliciously at him.

Allen Iverson showed tough guy attributes at the beginning, constantly attacking the basket with injuries, and insisted on three quarters of the game.

Tony Parker grinned and took a deep breath, feeling a little scared as he stood at the free throw line.

At 30:16, at the end of the first quarter, Parker hit two free throws to help the Spurs narrow the gap.

"Shh

In the SBC Center Arena, the Spurs fans were still booing incompetently, returning to the bench, and several people on the Knicks' side were gloating:

"This kid is tough, I bet he can make it up for three quarters!"

Kurt Thomas sat in his seat, stretched out five fingers, and made a bet, while Stephen Jackson shook his head disdainfully, as if he didn't look down on the little French man:

"In the second quarter of the game, he didn't dare to break through to the basket, and I bet this guy will choose to pass the ball in the later games!"

Li You, who was substituted in advance, leaned on his seat and listened to the laughter and whispering discussions, Ewing noticed that D'Antoni began to lean back tactically, and couldn't help but whisper:

"This should be the most relaxed championship we've ever experienced! Perhaps in the future, some people will question the gold content of this year's championship. ”

“Pat！ Champions are champions! In the face of doubt, we can raise our palms later. ”

Li You smiled and raised his right hand to gesture, and the gorilla also smiled proudly, 5 rings, wearing a full palm!

On the Spurs bench, everyone was silent, only Popovich roared again and again, still cheering up Tony Parker, the core of tonight:

"We've got a lot of time, Tony, think about the San Antonio fans, we need a win!"

Sitting in his seat, Parker rubbed his left knee with some pain, his eyes widened and he pretended to listen, but he didn't feel anything about the head coach's chicken soup in his heart:

"I'm French, why fight so hard when I'm destined to lose?"

“.”

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