Chapter 256: Old Friends Reunite in Indiana! MVP Awards Ceremony Scene!
The 76ers couldn't catch up with too many points in the fourth quarter, even if they only faced the Pacers' second lineup, but the difference between the two sides kept hovering around 20 points, and after 5 minutes in the fourth quarter, Carter hit a 3-point stretch to expand the difference to 25 points, and Bird immediately requested a substitution!
Without waiting for a single round, he simply replaced Carter, Big Ben and Schmitz, and let the role players continue to play on the court for the rest of the time.
A long delay means many hitches! Bird really understands this word now.
In the end, in the finale of this series, the Pacers relied on Lin Tian's strong performance in the third quarter to easily kill and crush the 76ers, and successfully swept the opponent with a score of 3:0 and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals!
Although the team lost Mullin in the first game, the Pacers didn't get too many tough battles in the series as a whole, and they won very easily.
At the same time, Lin Tian, who reached the playoffs for the fourth time, did not lose a single game in the first round in the first four years of his career! In the first round of the playoffs, he has won all 12 games so far!
Some people have already begun to call Lin Tian 'the king of the first round'!
In this regard, Lin Tian said that he prefers others to call him the king of the finals!
Because in the 3 finals that Lin Tian participated in, he also won all the championships and won 3 championship rings!
This year, it is the fourth time in a row that Lin Tian is attacking the championship!
After the game, Lin Tian, who scored 39 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in the third quarter, hugged Iverson, and Iverson said: "Win the beautiful forest, I am convinced of losing!" See you next year! â
"See you next year!" Lin Tian waved his hand to Iverson quietly, indicating that it was going well, and then he turned around very incomprehensibly and went to find someone else to hug.
Is this Iverson real or fake? Is this still convincing?
Iverson hasn't reacted until now, has he been tricked by himself and taken him for an idiot?
Well, well, recalling Iverson's stupid and clear eyes, Lin Tian was sure that he really didn't find out.
Then Lin Tian heard Iverson's wail: "What? Resume training in July?! But I'm going on vacation! I'm against it! I don't want to train!! Impossible, it's too long! What? Top scorer? Will I be able to win the scoring title next year? â
"Okay, that's July!"
With Iverson's wail and imagination for next season, this round of the series between the Pacers and the 76ers is officially over!
In addition, although the league announced all the awards for this season, Lin Tian did not choose to receive his MVP trophy in Philadelphia, and he will save this honor until the second round when he returns to his home court!
This kind of exciting moment is, of course, to stay at home and celebrate with 20,000 fans!
In addition, on the night that the Pacers eliminated the 76ers, the Spurs also eliminated the Timberwolves!
The Spurs twin towers against the Timberwolves' Garnett and Sprewell's twin star combination, playing a relaxed and freehand game, taking what they want, although they did not win as many as the Pacers, but the point difference in the three games exceeded 15, and it was also a very suspenseless series!
In this series, Duncan averaged 24 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks per game, shooting 54%!
Garnett averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals per game, shooting 49%!
Plus a big score of 3:0!
The first playoff matchup between the greatest No. 21 ended with Duncan winning and comprehensively suppressing Garnett!
The twin-tower duo of Duncan and David Robinson led the team to the Western Conference semifinals again, and their goal is, of course, this year's championship trophy!
The third and last team in the league to sweep the opponent was the New York Knicks, who just as easily defeated the Milwaukee Bucks with a score of 3-0.
The Bucks' three musketeers ended their first playoff journey in a hurry after failing to pull off a miracle or create too much trouble for the mighty New York Knicks in their first year of teaming.
However, the powerful attack power they displayed, as well as their crazy firepower, still left a deep impression on many people.
In this series, the 'alien' Sam Cassel averaged 15 points and 9 assists per game, and the 'big dog' Glenn Robinson averaged 20 points and 8 rebounds per game.
But the most impressive thing about the entire Bucks is Ray Allen, the youngest of the three!
In this series, he averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and while hitting 3 three-pointers per game, his 3-point shooting rate was still as high as 47.3%! Properly quality and quantity!
Especially in the confrontation between him and Jordan, he was not beaten like those previous challengers, but he was beaten back and forth, and the scene was quite good-looking!
Although his first playoff trip was swept away, this top scorer of the 96 generation has begun to move towards an elite level scorer!
In addition to these three sweeping series, the Lakers, led by their two-star duo of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, also managed to advance only one step slower!
Facing the Phoenix Suns led by Kidd, the Lakers only relaxed a little in the third game and lost one, but in the remaining three games, they all won easily, especially Kobe Bryant, who was corrected this year, played a surprising performance!
If O'Neal's average of 30 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks per game is a normal performance for himself, then Kobe Bryant's average of 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game is absolutely exciting.
Of course, no one knows yet what kind of way the combination of Kobe and O'Neal will take the league by storm in the future!
In addition, the Trail Blazers, the league's emerging power, ranked second in the West, also won easily in the showdown with the old powerhouse SuperSonics, they also only lost one game in the third game, and the other three games were all thrilling to win the game!
Although Payton averaged more than 25 points and 7 assists per game in this series, he shot 51%, 47% and 89% from the field!
But I can't stand the teammates who are too uncompetitive, and the 'gloves' who can't stand alone do their best, and they can only win one game for the team!
The Miami Heat, who finished third in the East, faced the Detroit Pistons led by Grant Hill, and Mourning, the best defensive player and member of the league's first team, didn't give Hill and his Pistons a chance.
Except for the second game of the series, Hill broke out, and the quasi-triple-double data of 39 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists led the team to win one, the remaining three games, the Pistons were completely dominated by the Heat, and their scorching fire completely melted the cold Motor City!
It was also after this series that Grant Hill was completely disappointed with the Pistons' poor operation, playing for so many years, not breaking through even one first round, and the team did not find a reliable helper for him.
So, although he hasn't officially requested a trade yet, he is already determined to leave the team this offseason!
And coincidentally, the Motor City has lost patience with this sunny boy who is always gentle and doesn't even know how to swear, and they don't like Hill! They didn't like Hill from the beginning, this kind of noble guy, and he was born with a bad match for Motor City!
The Pistons and Hill have reached the point where they dislike each other and look down on each other, just waiting for an opportunity, they will officially separate!
The fourth and fifth in the East, that is, the matchup between the Hawks and the Magic, is the only game in the East to reach the top five, and the building style of these two teams is very similar, although the team has very good star players, they are essentially playing team basketball!
Neither team averaged more than 19 points per game in the regular season, with the Hawks averaging five in double figures and the Magic averaging three in double figures and two averaging more than nine points per game.
Just from this set of data, it can be seen that both teams are playing proper team basketball!
The two teams are one game and one game is not compromising each other, one person wins one game, from 1:0 to 1:1 to the final 2:2, and finally when it comes to the winning tie-break, almost everyone is optimistic that Anfernee Hardaway, the only one of the two teams who has come close to the level of a top star, will burst out to save the team.
After all, the playoffs are the place to test a star's quality and the best time for them to save their team!
But what no one expected was that even if the Magic were at home, even if there were more than 18,000 spectators cheering for Hardaway and his team, the final result was a big surprise!
Hardaway only made 5 of 17 shots in the game, scoring only 14 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, while also being forced to make 6 turnovers!
The team boss is performing so badly, and the Magic team will naturally struggle to win! They were at the bottom of the game and finally lost the battle for promotion with a disadvantage of 89:70 and 19 points!
This game really made countless Magic fans sad and disappointed, they felt that the team had paid wrong, if it was O'Neal who was left instead of Hardaway, if the team was not so brainless back then, their team would definitely not be like this now.
Of course, the fans must have forgotten that it was they who voted that O'Neal was not worth tens of millions of annual salaries, which forced O'Neal away, and they also forgot that Hardaway was injured several times, and it was they who put pressure on Hardaway in various ways to force him to come back early, which made Hardaway fall at the speed of light.
After this game, the Orlando Sentinel newspaper published an article for the first time to spray Hardaway, and almost the entire page was used to tell Hardaway's wrongness.
As the official mouthpiece of the Magic team, the Sentinel's angry scolding basically announced that the relationship between the Magic team and Hardaway has reached a freezing point, and the Magic team management once said to O'Neal, "We can't give you too much money, because Anfernee will be angry" How arrogant they were now, and now how much they regret it!
The hell knows that the fat man who doesn't like training and doesn't pay attention to his body shape can fight so well!
But no matter who is right or wrong, in short, the Magic team and Hardaway are on the verge of separation, and like Hill, what they lack is an opportunity!
The group of tie-breaks in the east was extremely disappointing because of the early play in the game, but the group in the west was in a tie-break, but the blood was splashed and fierce!
Jazz VS Rockets!
In the first four games, these two teams each defended their home stadiums.
Although they can win the game at home, this round of games gives people the feeling that they are more rookies pecking each other!
Olajuwon, the Rockets' double star, averaged 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in the first four games, while Pippen averaged 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game.
Malone, who is a Utah double-player, averaged 20 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the first four games, while Stockton averaged 8 points, 5 assists and 2 steals per game.
The core players on both sides did not play any performance that matched their value, and they were almost comparing who was worse and who was more dish!
No matter who these four people are, they don't have the demeanor and strength they used to be! They are really old!
But when it came time for the fifth battle of life and death, everything was different again!
Ma Long and Olajuwon, the old rivals and old enemies in the West, played the best form they can show so far on this night, and maybe they all know that this is likely to be the last time they show themselves in this kind of game, so on this night, they both broke out at 120%!
Olajuwon had 33 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks! Malone scored 39 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists!
Both of these had an impeccable performance tonight!
And the scores of the two sides were also scorched all the way to the last moment of the game!
In the final 30 seconds, the Rockets still have a one-point lead!
But then, Stockton, who didn't score 1 point tonight, suddenly found his senses, calmly shot outside the 3-point line, scored his first goal of the night and overtook the score!
Then Pippen's breakthrough layup was rejected by the Malone hat, and although Olajuwon got the rebound in the frontcourt, he couldn't hit the basket that was close at hand!
This time, the rebound fell into Malone's hands.
In desperation, Olajuwon could only choose to foul and let Malone go to the free throw line, but Malone, who had an 85% free throw shooting rate, stabilized the situation tonight, and after he hit all 2 free throws, the Jazz led by 4 points at home and basically locked the win!
With Mario Aley's near-desperate 3-pointer in the final 3 seconds and hitting the iron, the Rockets' season is over!
Olajuwon, too, is likely to have played the last game of his career, which can be called a brilliant match!
So far, all 8 teams in the semifinals of the East and West have been produced!
Eight teams will be divided into 4 groups and start a new round of battle in a best-of-7 series!
Knicks vs Hawks!
Pacers vs Heat!
Spurs VS Jazz!
Lakers VS Trail Blazers!
Four duels, all together!
Because the Pacers are ranked second in the East, the semifinals of the playoffs still start from their home court!
In the first game of the series, the City Square Arena was once again crowded inside and out, both inside and outside the arena, a large number of fans gathered and shouted all kinds of slogans early on!
The fans are so happy, of course, not because the Pacers made it to the second round of the playoffs!
They're the defending champions, and they're not going to be happy about such a small thing.
They are happy because Lin Tian is about to receive the first regular season MVP trophy in the team's history tonight!
Since the Pacers joined the NBA, there has never been a Pacers player who has lifted the MVP trophy here!
For the first time in more than 20 years!
Not to mention that this MVP can be called the MVP with the most gold content in NBA history and the closest to unanimous vote!
In addition, Lin Tian deliberately rejected the league's proposal to let him lift the trophy in Philadelphia, and insisted on putting this historic moment on the home court of the Pacers!
That's why Pacers fans are so crazy and excited!
Once again, they felt that it was really good for the team to sign Lin Tian!
This guy can really make fans feel valued and respected in all aspects!
An hour before the start of the game, the Pacers were all in the locker room, but although they didn't play, everyone was extremely excited! Because everyone knows that their boss is about to receive the first MVP trophy in the history of his career and the first MVP trophy in the history of the Pacers!
Bird sat at his exclusive table and said with a smile: "How does it feel?" I don't need to give you a little advice, you know, I'm the only player in NBA history to win MVP three years in a row, and I have a lot of experience in that. â
"I'm just a little worried, and I really want to give Isaiah a call." Lin Tian said with a smile: "After you won the third MVP, Isaiah said that if you are a black man, you will be an ordinary All-Star at most, and your skin color will help you reach a level that you shouldn't have." â
"I wonder if Isaiah will say the same thing to me?"
"Don't worry, it won't." Miller, chewing gum and putting a new splint on his arm, said, "Isaiah dared to say that because he had Mahon and Lambier around him, and Larry didn't have a teammate around him who could play." â
"But right now, you're the best player in the league, and no one dares to say anything about your win! Unless they want to be beaten to the hospital! â
"Is that so? I thought they liked me because I was strong, handsome, and had a gorgeous style of play, but it turned out that it was just because I could play? Lin Tian's words caused everyone at the scene to burst into laughter, and the bad thing of Miller and Mullin missing due to injury was finally slightly relieved because Lin Tian won the MVP.
Mullin, who was standing next to Miller, took out a bottle of wine at this time, put it on his nose and sniffed it fiercely, then squinted his eyes and said, "You just need to remember to thank everyone who should be thanked, and you don't have to worry about anything else." â
"Have you quit drinking or not?" Miller looked at Mullin's action of quenching his thirst and was very curious.
"You kind of garbage, you don't know what it means to be dedicated!" Mullin pouted and said, "When I was injured, I never drank!" I'm going to get my body back as fast as possible. â
"Lao Tzu can't stand it, and he doesn't drink too much!" Miller said angrily: "You dead drunkard, embarrassed to say that I am not dedicated? â
"If you're dedicated, you won't train blindly and lead to a season reimbursement." Mullin was a lot more cheerful after the season was reimbursed, and he replaced Ross Barkley as Miller's number one fighter.
"Hi guys, long time no see." A group of people were chatting happily in the locker room, the locker room door opened, and Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumas, who had not seen each other for a long time, walked in with a smile on their faces: "I was at the door just now, I seem to hear someone mention my name?" â
"Larry is still angry that you said he didn't deserve a three-time MVP!" Lin Tian pointed at Bird and immediately began to fan the flames.
"This old stupid bird, didn't he also say that he wouldn't let me join the dream team? I thought this was over! Thomas scolded: "This damn redneck, just hate!" â
"Lao Tzu is still there!" Bird's eyes widened and he scolded: "You scolded me on my territory, believe it or not, Lao Tzu killed you and poured cement directly into the Mississippi River and sank it?" â
"You're scaring me." Thomas shrugged his shoulders, apparently not at all: "But if you can give me back our two future draft picks, how about I formally apologize to you!" A public apology! â
"Don't, I'll apologize to you publicly, you give me your team's first round this year, let alone apologize publicly, I'll call you dad publicly!" Bird rolled his eyes, looking confused.
"Isaiah, you can't fight Larry." Dumas, who had not spoken, smiled and patted his old buddy on the shoulder and said, "Do you forget how many people were sprayed by him until they collapsed?" â
"Joe! I heard you're going to be promoted in the summer to be our president of Detroit? Thomas suddenly put his arm around Dumas and said, "Grant, don't you want it anymore?" Give it to me! Feel free to make an offer, those little guys in our team, who do you like to take it away! â
"I want your first-round picks next year and three years from now." Dumas grinned and directly offered a condition that Thomas couldn't agree to at all, showing that this 'gentleman' also had a very bad side in his bones.
"Are you really going to trade Ciel? That's big news! Barkley, who was obviously fatter than at the beginning of the season, also showed his head from outside the door and said happily: "Isaiah, if Joe offers Jalen Rose and Tracy McGrady, will you change them?" â
"You bastard, you don't have a recording device, do you?" Thomas touched it with a distrustful look on his face, to see if Barkley was carrying a recording device, if the joke they made just now was revealed by Barkley, it would be able to detonate the alliance in minutes!
"you, where are you going?" Barkley angrily gave a middle finger and said, "I'm here for my buddy's MVP ceremony, not to fight with you bastards!" Lao Tzu took a day off and deducted a lot of money! â
Seeing that if they didn't leave, these old guys were going to start bargaining and trading directly in the locker room, or treat this place as a tea party site, Lin Tianshi was the first to stand up and said, "Let's go!" Let's go! Let's go to the court, I kind of can't wait to see my MVP trophy! â
"There's nothing to see, just a worthless little golden man!" Barkley muttered nonchalantly.
"There's really nothing to see, I usually put one in my house, and I throw the remaining two in the warehouse, and I don't know if I can find it." Bird followed, expressing disdain.
Thomas opened his mouth and found that he had nothing to say, if there was only Barkley, he could say that he had FMVP, but Bird was also here, his FMVP was not very valuable, so Thomas could only scold: "A dead fat pig, a stupid bird in the country, not as knowledgeable as you!" â
A few minutes later, when the Pacers players walked onto the court, the City Square fans erupted in a huge cheer!
Not only because they saw Lin Tian, but also because they saw the team's 'celebrities'!
Although Barkley and Detroit have only played in Indiana for a year, because they both won championships with the team and played for the team last season, the fans still have a lot of affection for them!
What's more, this is the first regular season MVP in Indiana history, not to mention that the fans have feelings for them, even if they have no feelings, as long as they come to the stadium today, then you are Indiana's guests!
As a result, the whole stadium resounded with cheers and shouts all over the mountains, and the fans frantically shouted everyone's name and welcomed everyone's arrival!
And the climax of the cheers came together with the moment David Stern walked into the arena with the MVP trophy!
The fans are waiting, this is what he is!
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"Lin! Forest! Forest! Forest! â
The fans were shouting frantically, looking forward to it, and they couldn't wait to let the ceremony begin.
At this time, all the members of the Heat team, under the leadership of Riley, also walked out of the locker room with great grace and watched Lin Tian's award ceremony on the spot.
Mo Ning and Lin Tian have a good relationship, and Riley also thought in his heart that after 6 years, when Lin Tian's contract expired, he would see if he could poach Lin Tian to Miami, so he never gave up on building a good relationship with Lin Tian.
What if?
Even if Lin Tian doesn't come or his state plummets after 6 years, those multiple friends are not a bad thing!
With the shouts of the fans, the lights suddenly dimmed, and the only lamppost was aimed at David Stern on the makeshift podium.
Stern smiled as he took the microphone, "I think, no one wants to listen to my old man's nonsense now, you guys really want me to pronounce the name and get out, right?" â
For Stern's joke, the fans at the scene immediately cooperated with a long list of boos!
Stern smiled and continued:
"But I chose no! I'm going to read my lines long and slow. â
With even louder boos from the fans, Stern continued: "The '98-99 season was an incredibly difficult year for the league, a year full of variables and turmoil, and I'm not afraid to tell you all that I thought we were going to cancel this year's league completely! â
"But fortunately, with everyone's efforts and everyone's expectations, we have ushered in a season that is not perfect, but it is good enough! There are a lot of players who have played really well this season! But I think all of you here tonight have the exact same idea as me. â
"That is, the most outstanding, the most perfect, the best and the most valuable player who has played this season, there is no doubt that person, let's shout his name together!"
Lin ...... Sky!!! â
The 18,000 spectators at the scene completely erupted, shouting, roaring, celebrating, and meaningless roars overwhelmingly, almost overturning this stadium that has been built for 37 years!
Outside the stadium, the tens of thousands of spectators who gathered early were even more crazy jumping and cheering, as if they wanted to transmit their voices to the stadium.
With cheers, Lin Tian strode onto the stage, took the microphone, and said to everyone: "Thank you, thank you everyone!" I'm very happy and I would like to thank everyone who is here today and all my friends who supported me but couldn't be there because of the capacity of the arena. â
"Of course, I would also like to thank a few friends who came from other places to witness this historic moment with me! I know there are many people who want to come but can't for various reasons, but I want you to believe that I can receive your blessings! It's true! â
"I didn't prepare any bad jokes or humor tonight, I just want to say that I will continue to prove that I deserve it all and I will lead the team to keep winning! We're going to keep winning the championship! For Reggie and Chris, for everyone! We're going to keep winning more than one championship! â
After saying this, Lin Tian took the MVP trophy from Stern's hand, and then held it high and showed it to everyone on the scene!
The big screen suddenly lit up at this time, and it began to play the highlight moments of Lin Tian's season!
Kills, scoring, dunking, shooting, passing, defending......
After a little over two minutes of tribute video, the big screen dimmed again, and then less than two seconds later, the big screen lit up again, but this time, only a row of words remained.
"To the eternal King of Indiana: Lin!"
At this time, the atmosphere of the scene has also reached a climax!
The fans were screaming and screaming like crazy, eager to exhaust all their strength and passion before the game even started.
As for the competition?
Let's talk about it!
Let's talk about it first!
The cheers of the fans lasted for almost 5 minutes before it ended, and at this time, the lights on the scene had already been turned on, and the players on both sides had already begun to warm up, and the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals was about to officially begin!
In order to let the players calm down and not be affected by Lin Tian's MVP award, Bird called everyone back to the bench 10 minutes early, and asked everyone to be quiet, slowly regain their calm, and let the excitement dissipate.
"Okay, guys, I think everyone has calmed down now, so now, let's remember the training we've done in the last few days, and the points we've been emphasizing!"
"The style of the Heat, the key people of the Heat, their tactical play, how to restrain them."
After Bird said this, he paused for a full few tens of seconds, as if to let the players recall the tactics he had explained to them in the past few days, and then Bird continued slowly, his speed of speech was obviously much slower than his previous self.
This is the method he found after secretly asking Lin Tian before the game, using a gentle and gentle speech speed and voice to let the players quickly return to calm, so as not to be too excited in the game!
"The number one core of the Heat team is Alonzo Mourning, who averages 20 points, 11 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game this season, he is the most important person on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of the Heat, and his defense and blocking ability are the best in the league! He's even considered by many to be the toughest guy in this league! â
"Also not to be overlooked is his offense, his shooting area is very wide, his single steps under the basket are not top-notch, but they are definitely not to be ignored, he has a way to get the ball into the basket! But his free throws can only be said to be decent, and when necessary, he can be sent to the free throw line. â
"There is also Tim Hardaway, the outside core and organizational core of the Heat, averaging 17 points and 7 assists per game this season, because of injuries and age, Hardaway's state has declined significantly this season, and his shooting stability has also declined significantly, Lin, you have to get him!"
"As for the rest of the Heat, they can't be overlooked, first of all, they actually suffered a lot of injury trouble in the regular season, Mashburn only played 24 games, and Leonard only played 12 games! These two are the Heat's No. 3 and No. 4 scorers over the past few seasons! â
"But although the regular season was a long time out of injury, in the playoffs, these two guys played a good feeling! Marshburn averaged 14 points per game in the first round, shooting 43% from 3-point range, and Leonard only averaged 9 points per game, but his shooting rate reached 54%, and his 3-point shooting rate was an exaggerated 64%! â
"Vince, Doug, you two must be careful against their shots when facing them! Doug, especially you, you're going to have to deal with Mashburn, and this guy is the type you're not good at dealing with! He is strong, fierce, and loves to bully people with his physical fitness and strength! â
"Be careful when dealing with him!"
"Essentially, the Heat are a shot-first team, and while they have Mourning, they rely on the 3-pointer and love to shoot the 3-pointer! But on the other hand, apart from Mourning, they don't have a reliable mid-range pitcher! â
"So when you deal with them, you just seal 3 points, put it in the middle of the shot, and close the basket! Got it? â
"Understood!"
"As for the offensive end, Rick, you have to shoot bravely! Pull Monin out so that others have room to break through! Lin and Vince, you two must be careful when you break through! Alonzo's ability to limit opponents' shooting percentage under the basket is the best in the league this season, both in terms of block efficiency and ability to limit opponents' shooting percentage! â
"He's completely different from the Ratleff cap brush! His nose, picking, and toughness on the defensive end are among the top in the game! In short, if he is under the basket, then there is no need to challenge him! We have an opportunity! â
"Understood!"
With another shout from the players, Bird applauded, then pointed to the pitch and said, "So, go!" â
The Pacers' five starters are once again on the court!
Bird didn't change his starting lineup as usual, he wasn't in a hurry! He wants to see what his five people can do with the Heat!
Riley didn't play any tricks on his side, he also sent his most regular five starters.
Alonzo Monin! PJ Brown! Jamal Mashburn! Woshan Leonard! Tim Hardaway!
Looking at the five people opposite, Lin Tian was very familiar!
When he was in the Bulls, he eliminated the Heat once!
The Heat team at that time was also the starter of these five people!
I have to say that Riley's ability to form a team is indeed the top in the league, he can not only quickly assemble an excellent lineup, but also make this lineup stable and quiet to play!
It's no wonder that many people see Riley as one of the best management in this league!
The referee had already walked into the middle circle at this time, and after a threatening glance at everyone on the court, the referee blew a whistle and the basketball was thrown into the air!
Mourning roared and slapped the ball to Hardaway!
Heat, start attacking!
(End of chapter)