"KG, take care of your injuries next, don't rush to train in private.

I believe we have a chance to play together in the Grand Final.

But please believe that we have the strength to maintain the advantage until the day you return. ”

After the Bulls swept the Celtics 4-0 to advance to the Finals, and then returned to Chicago with the Eastern Conference championship trophy, Doon said goodbye to Garnett on behalf of the rest of the Bulls.

Next, Garnett will temporarily leave the team to treat a knee injury.

The Bulls are all supporting Garnett to recover from the injury first, and even if something really happens at that time, Garnett can continue to play the closed injection and appear in the Finals.

If the Bulls can go smoothly in the next Finals and get three points early, then it will not be too late to notify Garnett to come back.

Calculate the time, there is still a week before the finals start.

Even if the Bulls played well after the Finals started and won the first three games, then when G4 starts and Garnett returns to the team, there will be at least half a month.

Garnett's knee, although sprained, did not hurt the meniscus.

Now we need to recuperate, mainly from minor injuries to avoid any sequelae in the future.

Half a month of recuperation could not allow Garnett to fully recover, but at least it could reduce the injury and reduce the adverse effects of an emergency comeback.

In this regard, Garnett himself wants to insist on playing every Finals.

However, Garnett's family and the brokerage team did not support him in doing so.

On the Bulls' side, Doon also made it clear that he hoped Garnett would be able to recuperate from his injury with peace of mind, and the Bulls management would naturally not be able to say anything more.

In other words, as Garnett temporarily parted ways with the Bulls and his party, the news also spread because the Bulls staff revealed it to the outside media, causing heated discussions from the outside world.

Originally, the Bulls swept the Celtics to advance to the Finals, which has made fans across the United States infinitely optimistic that the Bulls can achieve the feat of creating a dynasty with three consecutive championships.

But at this juncture, the internal weakness of the bull is exposed.

After all, Garnett, who left the team, is the second leader of the Bulls, and he is also the smallest number of center players in the Bulls' various positions.

If Garnett can't participate in the finals, then the overall strength of the Bulls will inevitably be greatly affected.

"The Chicago Bulls' biggest enemy is not the West Los Angeles Lakers, nor the San Antonio Spurs, but injuries!"

"The Boston Celtics were eliminated, but they also consumed the Chicago Bulls' bullets! KG is injured and leaves the team, which may become the biggest turning point in this year's playoffs! ”

"With KG out for treatment, can the Chicago Bulls build a dynasty again in KG's absence?"

"Doon had the same problem that Magic had in the past—could Kareem win the Finals if he was absent? The next finals may be the biggest test of Doon's career! ”

"KG left the team with an injury, and the Chicago Bulls suffered the biggest problem for three consecutive championships? Who's going to be Doon's best helper next?"

"No one can stop the Chicago Bulls! KG's departure from the team to receive treatment will only make Doon even more legendary! ”

"The finals are a stage for superstars, but also for young people! Doon will lead the Bulls Youth Army to the championship stage again! ”

After the news broke, there were many people who sang about the bulls, but there were also many media outlets who continued to maintain confidence in the bulls.

Doon has proven that as long as there are enough helpers around him, he can win the championship, and there is more than one.

Now the Bulls have only injured one Garnett, at best, one less second-in-command for the time being.

Even if the Bulls lack a center, they don't have Garnett, and there is a physically gifted backup like Milicic.

As for the fact that no one can be used as a substitute for Milicic, isn't there some veteran power forward?

Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, and raising them for so long in the regular season is used for key battles such as the finals.

That said, this season the Bulls have not clearly established the team's three leaders.

Ben Gordon's stats are at the level of three masters, but his physical fitness is a little worse, he is not a player who integrates offense and defense, and he is not as good as Roel Deng and Josh Smith in terms of the team's victory contribution value.

Fortunately, the Bulls do not lack people who can play.

There is no three-master, that is, everyone is a three-master.

Luol Deng and Josh Smith have become All-Star substitutes, which would have been more or less giants on any other team.

The Bulls continue to follow the front line as king, and the future basketball style of play, when it comes to the Finals, whether it is the Lakers or the Spurs, it is enough for them to drink a pot.

Relatively speaking, the Bulls, who have reduced their interior strength, are more afraid of some Spurs with Duncan.

However, the Western Conference finals have reached G6, and the Spurs are no longer able to protect themselves in the face of the menacing and murderous Lakers.

Because of the perennial deduction and search, the Spurs only rely on picking up leaks and veterans to strengthen them, and do not bring in big-name stars to enhance their strength.

It was also because of problems with the outside defense that the Lakers who owned Kobe Bryant were Tink.

This season, the Lakers have strengthened O'Neal Jr. and formed an interior twin tower with Pau Gasol.

No matter how strong Duncan is, he is invincible with two fists and four hands.

On May 31, the Western Conference Finals G6 came to an end.

The result of the game did not surprise everyone, and the Lakers won the Western Conference Finals G6 and once again lifted the Western Conference championship trophy.

However, compared to last year, the Lakers were in mourning and not excited at all, as if they had lost the Western Conference Finals.

After the game, Kobe Bryant was interviewed and explained in front of media reporters.

"We're the Los Angeles Lakers, and winning the Western Conference championship is a nod to us at all.

Last year we lost to the Chicago Bulls, and this year they are our opponents.

Last year we were the biggest losers in the league, but this year we got stronger and we made a comeback!

We know we're one step away, and that's to win that damn championship!

We'll celebrate after beating the Chicago Bulls!

Before we win a championship, we have to stay calm and face a formidable opponent like the Chicago Bulls. ”

Also in an interview with the media, the Zen master expressed a similar attitude: "We are still four victories away from a truly celebrated moment!"

Reaching the finals is something to celebrate, but I have to warn my players that if you lose the finals, the feeling of remorse will haunt you for a whole year.

I hate the feeling of defeat because last year we lost to the Chicago Bulls and lost to Doon's team.

Like Kobe, we turn our regret into a force for progress, and we become stronger, which is to return to the place where we once fell.

We've got to get up here and move towards it again.

Regardless, we're going to be under pressure to face Doon's Chicago Bulls again in the Finals.

They are the strongest team in the league, they are the team that won two consecutive championships, they are a mountain that is hard to climb!

But we're here to climb over it and conquer it! And that's exactly what the NBA is fun and about. ”

After the Lakers were interviewed, the content of the post-game interview related to Kobe Bryant and the Zen master quickly spread to the ears of Doane and others.

I learned that the Lakers are like big enemies to the Bulls, and they attach great importance to the next round of the Finals.

The Bulls had to end their short vacation early, and everyone was in the hotel again, and the boring training day after day was resumed.

Only then can the Bulls players be in good enough shape for the upcoming Finals.

On June 6, the Bulls and Lakers finals G1 kicked off at the Chicago Union Center.

Milicic, who started the game, played aggressively and helped the Bulls jump possession from the start of the game.

Because Garnett was not there, the Bulls had played more before, and the blocking tactics of Kassel and Garnett were not copied.

After all, Kassel and Milicic don't have much of a tacit understanding.

And in order to be able to increase the inside score and make up for Garnett's missing part of the score, Doon ran to the low post early and received the ball with his back.

The Lakers didn't choose to go around the front, but let O'Neal Jr. try to defend Doane alone.

O'Neal Jr. was able to get a maximum salary of nearly 20 million in the league because he can not only attack, but also be good at defense, and he is a superstar with strong offensive and defensive strength.

However, Doon can not only attack but also pass the ball when he gets the ball in the low post.

As Doon hit O'Neal Jr. with his back first, after hitting O'Neal Jr.'s center of gravity, he then slipped to the bottom of the basket and pretended to attack the basket.

Big Gasol under the basket was attracted to Doon and chose to help defend him.

Then Doon Gao threw Milicic behind Da Gasol, who did not disappoint Doon, and directly used his physical talent to stage an empty catch.

In the Lakers' offensive round, the Bulls directly staged a full-court press.

Hinrich had no problem dribbling, but in the previous Western Conference semifinals, he injured his left wrist, and now he is somewhat affected by the injury in terms of dribbling.

As the saying goes, taking advantage of your illness to kill you, the bull will naturally do everything in order to win.

In the face of the Bulls' full-court pressing, Kobe Bryant could only pick up Hinrich in the backcourt and get the ball early.

And the person who defends Kobe Bryant is naturally Doon!

Will be against general, king against king! All along, Doon has not been afraid to go head-to-head with his opponent's boss.

Even on the offensive end, Doon often picks up small guards, and even staggers to win the game.

However, when it came time to really fight a tough battle, Doon never instigated.

Kobe Bryant saw Doon bully forward, and he didn't have the slightest timidity, just erected an iron elbow to meet Doon's impact.

Fortunately, Doon was already wearing the breastplate.

As the saying goes, once it will be raw and twice ripe.

Now that Doon is fighting in a cuirass, he doesn't feel the slightest discomfort.

Kobe Bryant also took advantage of Doon's technology because he didn't use his iron elbow skills, so he took advantage of Doon.

At the same time, under a large number of confrontations, he was also worried about dribbling mistakes, so he could only return the ball to Hinrich first.

Hinrich got the ball and hoisted it on the sideline to O'Neal Jr., who singled Josh Smith with the ball, but couldn't impress and could only attempt a turnaround jumper.

O'Neal Jr.'s low-post offensive means are no problem, but he prefers to shoot.

And the shooting percentage is often not as high as other low-post offensive techniques.

Besides, Josh Smith's defense is really not bad.

Although it was not blocked this time, it also used his body to fight, which affected O'Neal Jr.'s shooting touch.

With a sound of Duang under the basket, the centers on both sides squeezed under the basket and pushed each other.

Gasol grabbed the rebound or was a little more gentle, and the way he took was to fight in the position first, and then jump to grab the rebound.

Milicic was a little more aggressive and proactive, jumping first to pick up the rebound in the air.

However, Da Gasol pressed forward as soon as Milicic landed, did not give Milicic a chance to pass the ball, and seemed to have the intention of reaching for the ball.

However, Milicic is a European player and still has some passing skills.

As Milicic passed the ball to Rohr Deng on the perimeter, the Bulls immediately started to switch offense.

The Lakers, like the Bulls, are four-star configurations, and their starting lineup looks perfect, but they just don't have the money to bolster small forwards.

The current starting small forward is Walton Jr., who has been with the Lakers for five years.

In addition, there was Ariza who had been on the bench for half a season, but because of the ball quotient, he could not fully integrate into the triangle offensive system, so even if the defense was okay, he was still pressed on the bench by the Zen master.

Of course, Walton Jr. is not bad, and he has a basket to open up space for the rest of the Lakers.

The Lakers defend on the outside, it is enough to have Hinrich and Kobe, and O'Neal Jr. and Gasol on the inside can defend.

For other teams, Walton Jr. defended a little poorly, which was not a problem at all.

However, when it comes to a bull, it's different.

The Bulls mainly play defensive counterattacks and switch offenses, and Wharton Jr. is not only a little faster than Rohr Deng, but also not at the same level as a physical confrontation.

I saw Roel Deng single-handedly kill under the basket, and after pushing Wharton Jr., he jumped up and completed the dunk on Wharton Jr.

Wharton Jr., on the other hand, seemed to want to make an offensive foul, and after Rohr Deng was knocked away from the start, he took the initiative to fall back.

So, he contributed a picture of the ruler of the world and looking down on the ants to Luo Er Deng.

didn't hear the whistle, but Wharton Jr. was very conscious, and got up by himself without waiting for his teammates to step forward, and then slipped out of the baseline with the ball directly and passed the ball to the oncoming Kobe.

Seeing this, Doon immediately stepped forward to grapple, and Bryant passed the ball to Hinrich, allowing Hinrich to share some of the dribbling pressure.

And Hinrich quickly passed the ball to the big Gasol who returned to the frontcourt, and the big Gasol made a shaft directly in the high post and passed the ball to Kobe Bryant, who ran without the ball.

Bryant received the ball and ignored Doon's block and made a strong shot from mid-range.

And Kobe Bryant also elbowed Doon with a small move before getting rid of Doon, and Doon was half a beat slower than Kobe Bryant, and then did not completely interfere with Kobe's shooting.

Brush –

Now Kobe Bryant's technology is complete, and his body is still at his peak, and he has a faint taste of Jordan after three consecutive games, and he has it as soon as he shoots.

However, Doon knows how to turn Kobe Bryant into the Kobe Bryant, and for the next game, Doon is more looking forward to it than worrying. (End of chapter)