Chapter 404: The Champion Will Belong to Seattle
In Game 5 of the semifinals between the SuperSonics and the Hornets, the two sides returned to Seattle.
Before the start of the game, David Stern appeared.
He got a lot of boos.
Fans don't like him because everyone knows that the SuperSonics have the possibility of moving away precisely because the president of this league wants it to happen.
But Stern isn't a boo-hating person.
Otherwise, the NBA Draft would not have been held in Madison Square Garden for long.
Tonight, Stern came to the Key Arena with only one thing to do.
The invincible Celtics eliminated the Magic 4-3.
18 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, which is a completely unqualified statistic for the ball-handling core who played home to the game.
While Kevin Martin on the perimeter often drops his chain in the playoffs, third-year star Danny Granger has a leadership style that is familiar to Milwaukees.
Unfortunately, tonight's truth is "fallacy".
Pierce was 5-of-15 from the field and was blown out by Carter on the opposite side, and Reed didn't play as the top scorer in the East.
They simply strangled the Magic to take a 3-2 lead before heading to Orlando for Game 6.
This is Yu Fei's situation, many people want to catch up with him, but his target is only Jordan.
The Las Vegas tragedy made people no longer believe that he and Yu Fei belonged to the same level of players.
The Lakers look at Seattle from afar.
He will publicly award Yu Fei with the MVP trophy of this season.
Could it be that the Celtics are going to become the first championship team in history not to win on the road?
"I don't think we can't win away from home, but if it happens, it happens. ”
But now, he doesn't have time to gloat.
This is his fourth Most Valuable Player award.
In the same period, the other semi-final matchup in the East ended much earlier.
4 to 1
The SuperSonics became the first team to advance to the division finals.
Kevin Garnett, the real MVP of the season in the mouth of Bill Simmons, the No. 1 on the ground and nicknamed "Sports Man", slashed 25 points and 11 rebounds.
"What is a Most Valuable Player?" Stern picked up the trophy and said, "I think Frye can perfectly represent the meaning of the word itself." Not only can he fill in the stats, but he can also influence the game in his own way, and most importantly, he can decide the rise and fall of a big market. ”
He wants to attack and he wants to pass the ball.
Spurs are out.
"The proudest thing about LeBron's career so far is that they have given them the illusion that he and Frye are players of the same calibre." TNT's Barkley carried forward his usual big-mouth style, "What is the truth? These two are not of the same grade at all. They are not close at all! ”
It is more like a politician's speech than an acceptance speech on behalf of an individual, and in addition to the significance of the MVP itself, Yu Fei emphasizes how Seattle has brought him to this point. As the end of his speech drew to a close, everyone in Seattle felt like they had contributed to Yu Fei's MVP.
For those who support him, they will only compare Yu Fei to Jordan.
The Lakers and Spurs tied the first four games, and the Lakers won the fifth game, but it was only a fraction of a second, and it is not yet known who will die in the sixth game.
Paul, on the other side, saw this trophy, and he had already accepted it psychologically, but when he saw this big treasure that should have belonged to him being held in the palm of his hand, he inevitably felt lost.
James, who began to doubt everything, was influenced by public opinion and began to lose ground.
The team that claims to be the number one team in the league can't win on the road?
The seventh scene is a familiar plot.
Subsequently, Yu Fei successfully received the awards that many players had been dreaming of from Stern.
But if Deng is to be given a big contract, then the Spurs must open up sources and reduce expenditure, retire when they should retire, and optimize what they should optimize.
"The gap has narrowed again."
The impact of this incident is enough to compare with being beaten by Yu Fei in Las Vegas.
Before the game, Granger, the Bucks' new leader, said: "Frye has never lost to LeBron, and we're certainly not as good as Frye, but we have a clear bottom line. That's that we're not going to lose to the Cavaliers in the series. ”
The era of wing king is approaching, and the Spurs believe they have the deepest wing lineup in the West, but there is nothing they can do when they meet the in-form Kobe Bryant.
That night, the supersonic state exploded.
"In any case, the MVP is my personal and I am honored to do so, but please believe it." Yu Fei said at the end, "The championship will belong to Seattle!" ”
Kobe, who heard this, clenched his fists and said to the person who delivered the news: "Whatever he says, we will enter the finals anyway!" ”
Back at home, the Celtics will be playing again.
Granger is certainly no match for James, but he is not at all timid, and he responded with 34 points in the face of his opponent's 45-point triple-double.
For some sensitive people, this moment means a lot.
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It was a massacre with a score margin of more than 40 points.
The Celtics continued to play a good defense, limiting the Magic's scoring to 70 points, while they were pushing across the board, with Pierce, Garnett, Reed, Rondo and David Lee all scoring in double figures, and bench bench Lyon Bowe and Sam Cassel alike.
Fans don't want to hear Stern's nonsense, they just want to see Yu Fei lift that trophy.
The other set of matchups in the west is scorching.
And in the east, the atmosphere of the decisive battle is even stronger.
XXXVIII. One hundred and sixty-two. Five. One hundred and eighty-seven
But now, the situation is clear.
ABC's Hubby Brown said: "I don't think there's any excuse for LeBron. The Bucks have a stronger roster than the Cavaliers, but there is no one on the Bucks team who can match him. Let me tell you how a true superstar plays when he challenges the top pony as an inferior pony. You can look at how Frye single-handedly buried the Pistons in the 2005 Eastern Conference semifinals, and you can also look at how Michael defeated the Cavaliers in 1988. If you're a player in that band, there's absolutely no reason for you to say 'they're the better team' in this situation. You're the best player, how can you back down? ”
However, the Cavaliers only have James, and the Bucks don't have more than Granger.
The Spurs are out, James is out, and both of these things are good things for Fly.
All played well, and they scored 120 points, while the opposite Cavaliers scored no more than 80 points.
"Dude, does this matter? We won, you just need to know this. ”
Whether Granger intended it or not, his remarks brought an unfriendly round of public opinion bombardment to James.
The loss to the Bucks, who did not have Yu Fei, made a large number of media people question James's supergiant gold content.
Coach Pighead excitedly yelled at reporters: "We have never lost confidence in ourselves!! ”
At this time, Yu Fei was preparing to hold a press conference to deliver his fourth MVP acceptance speech.
He wants to do it all, and he wants to drive his teammates.
The accusations against the Celts rose to a head at this moment.
The playoffs are a place where the long board and the short board are compared. If the advantage of the long board is not enough to cover the disadvantage of the short board, it will naturally be used and defeated by the opponent.
"There are only two fewer championships."
In the battle between the two sides, James did his best, hitting an unparalleled 45 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, his performance was perfect, but unfortunately, the Bucks have the roster talent to overwhelm the Cavaliers.
Moreover, the lack of a solid point guard for a talented roster to perform at full strength is also a dead end.
At the end of the game, ABC played James' full-court stats.
The dominance of Gasol and Aldridge on the inside will determine the final two games of the series.
In the East, the first four games of the two series were all tied, and the battle was scorching.
There are many things they need to think about this upcoming summer. Bloated salary space is too heavy for a team in their small market.
Because his fourth MVP acceptance speech began.
Paul, in particular, just wants to prove that he deserves to be an MVP, but how?
He increased the weight of his individual offense, but the impact on the game was minimal.
Yu Fei is also unwilling to let his milestone become a tragic mileage, and the Hornets, who are behind by a large score, lack the mentality to persevere.
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This idea of gain and loss puts the knights at an absolute disadvantage from the start, like a drowning man who struggles and then suffocates.
Coming to the sixth game, it seems that James, who burned himself out in the fifth game, has lost the indomitable fighting spirit of the fifth game.
"Frye has one less MVP than Michael."
After the start of the sixth game, it was obvious that James was hesitant on the court.
If you can win the championship, you can still grit your teeth and persevere.
When Bryant gave them this fear of transcending death, the Spurs went into disarray and ultimately failed to drag the series to Game 7.
Rivers' "put this and this" style of interviews defeated Boston reporters who were critical of him.
Spurs, who have obvious shortcomings, are out.
James' reputation as a superstar collapsed quickly after a series of games.
In the sixth game between the Lakers and the Spurs, even though Tim Duncan played a double-20 performance, Kobe Bryant shot 16 of 30 from the field with only a few free throws, and forced the Spurs' proud defense to burst.
Bowen is too old, Butler is not comfortable with the Spurs' system, Lore Deng's rookie contract is about to expire, and he has averaged 15 points per game for several years in a row, and he is a big player that the Spurs rely on on the wing, and he is young and able to play, so he must stay.
The unrivalled depth of the Green Army, with an extravagant lineup and unrivalled depth, lost 69-79 to the Magic on the road.
So why can't you win away from home?
This sheer individual ability and inexplicable shooting reminded the Spurs of the man in the 2003 Finals.
The Bucks came out on top in Game 6.
Bowen and Caron Butler's flanks were nothing in front of Kobe Bryant, completely unable to stop his offense.
The Hornets held out for three quarters before collapsing in the fourth, with the SuperSonics crushing their opponents in a wave with defensive counter-attacks.
The Bucks-Cavaliers series didn't make it to Game 7.
That's what this world is.
Some people are at a low point, and some people are climbing to the top. Joy and sorrow are not compatible.