Chapter 1572 1571. Came Here Again
"I didn't expect that the opponent would be the Suns. This year's finals will still have one of Kobe, Duncan, and O'Neal participating. Counting it, it has been ten years."
Liu Mang sighed, in fact, when the Suns and Lakers entered the Western Conference Finals, it was already determined that at least one of these three people would advance to the finals, continuing this not a record but an amazing thing.
Kwame Brown counted on his fingers and said in surprise: "Boss, it's true! From the time Duncan entered the Finals in 1999, to now in the past ten seasons, Duncan, Kobe, and O'Neal have been there for three minutes every year. one to play in the finals!”
"Yeah...but I guess the alliance is about to change..."
Liu Mang could already smell the bloodshed.
Liu Mang has been analyzing in the past two years when the superstar team-up will start. It should not be considered the era of team-up yet, and there has not really been a situation where superstars become free agents regardless of their old club and other superstars.
The real team-up era should be when James and Bosh signed with the Heat almost naked, and Durant and Cousins signed with the Warriors naked.
Relatively speaking, Liu Mang believes that in the original time and space, James was really forced to play brother basketball in 2010. As Liu Mang just said, starting from the 1999 Finals, Kobe, Duncan, and O'Neal have played in the finals every year. One of them played in the Finals, and there were 12 championships from 1999 to 2010. Except for the Celtics' Big Three, the Heat's O'Neal, and the Pistons' Five who won three championships, the other championships were all won by the Lakers and Spurs, and the one from the Heat It takes O'Neal to win the championship.
In other words, in 12 years, there were only two championships that had nothing to do with those three people.
Few people call the Celtics Big Three a team-up because Garnett had already played for 12 seasons and was a 31-year-old veteran, and Ray Allen had played for 11 seasons and were both 32 years old. The youngest Pierce is also 30 years old. Generally speaking, most superstars have begun to decline by the age of 30, and these three are no exception.
A giant team like the Lakers is not considered a team now because it was obtained through a trade. They were attacked because they did not give enough returns to the Grizzlies, such as the trade for Yao Ming. Now Bynum is playing After coming out, there will be fewer attackers, and the Grizzlies only get Caron Butler...
The Hawks trade has always been a losing trade, but the Hawks have always been able to perform amazingly in the draft and have enough chips to throw. Back then, the Hawks used two talented young players, Iguodala and Josh Smith. Replacing Garnett was considered crazy by many fans.
The Magic replaced Carter and removed half of the rotation. The Mavericks' salary has been above 90 million...
Generally speaking, the league is still within a "traditional rule", and the older generation of superstars are still concerned about face issues.
But this year...Liu Mang feels that there will be changes!
It's hard to say who it is, but Liu Mang feels that there will definitely be changes!
Liu Mang was pretending to be serious when Little Loli ran over and took his arm: "Uncle, have you rested? Come and sit with Dinah on that one! That one! And that one!"
"Okay, okay... let's go..."
Liu Mang feels more tired now than playing the Eastern Conference Finals with the Magic!
After defeating the Magic 4-2 yesterday, the Hawks were preparing to take a flight back to Atlanta tonight. When Liu Mang went to physical therapy last night, the little girl stared at Coach Kruger in the lounge with big tearful eyes. After waiting for a long time, I finally got a promise to change the charter flight time to the evening.
Early this morning, some family members of the Hawks players flew over from Atlanta. Anyway, it’s so close, a 20-minute flight away, and they came to Disney together.
Children of NBA players rarely have the opportunity to go to the playground with their fathers. Tracy McGrady had a great time with Jason Terry and Kwame Brown's eldest son, and Dinah had a great time with Stockton's younger daughter. Little Jimmy also came, but acted like a big brother and was very disdainful of these things...
Originally, Little Jimmy thought that Liu Mang and others would take the initiative to let him play together, so he could play with him half-heartedly. However, as a result, no one in the group had good intentions... Little Jimmy could only continue to pretend to be cool...
Liu Mang and Little Loli rode the roller coaster three times together... The queues were okay, today is not a weekend, and the locals in Orlando are not particularly interested in amusement parks, but Liu Mang still felt like vomiting...
But after playing for a day, the Eagles can relax a bit...
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The day after the Hawks returned to Atlanta, on the morning of June 5th, Liu Mang arrived with his little girl who was on summer vacation and Becas, who was hugging Liu Mang's thigh and not letting go. Liu Mang could only bring him with him. When we were in the arena, people from the Suns also came to Phillips Arena.
Raja-Bel…
Neither Liu Mang nor Laga Bell greeted each other.
After Liu Mang entered the training ground, he checked his phone and saw that it had just arrived at eight o'clock...
"Ritian, sit with Dinah, don't run around, you will be captured and sold." After Liu Mang said to Becas, he went to the dressing room.
Little Shota can also understand some words, at least he can understand them while sitting down. It was rare that his father took him out, and Becas sat obediently in the rest area next to the training ground.
The little Lolita gave Becas a basketball to hold and play with. She never understood why Liu Mang called Becas "Ritian", but playing with Becas was much better than playing with Avril. The little Lolita felt that it was much better. That mini loli is so tossing... This makes the little loli even more confused as to why Liu Mang prefers the noisy Avril instead of the always-behaved Becas...
When Liu Mang changed into his training clothes and came out to warm up, he saw Becas asleep on a ball...
"Dina, why did the kid come out with us? Can you find another place to sleep?" Liu Mang squatted next to the little Lolita and poked the baby's fat face.
"Dina doesn't know either." Little Loli also squatted down and poked the other side of her face.
"Forget it, Dinah, keep an eye on him. Someone will come later to remind them not to step on this kid." Liu Mang took off the top of his training clothes, covered Becas, and went to stretch while wearing a vest. .
"..." Little Loli rolled her eyes at Liu Mang and said "Oh."
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"Are they here too?"
"Well, they arrived earlier than us. They arrived at our place at half past eight."
"No! We have already arrived at the arena earlier than them tomorrow!"
"Yes, we must all be here at 8:25 tomorrow!"
Seeing Jason Terry and Liu Mang wanting to compare everything with their opponents, the other teammates had no choice but to get up half an hour earlier.
But, sometimes after taking a rest, you will be more motivated the next day, which is the case for the Eagles now.
Yesterday I had a good day of relaxation, ignored other things, and spent a day at the amusement park with my family. This kind of experience is not common for most NBA players, and it may not happen once a year.
Both the Hawks and Suns have begun active preparations.
In general, the Suns have one more day off, which gives them a slight advantage in this regard. The Suns have determined that the Hawks will enter the finals, and have been preparing for the series with the Hawks from the beginning.
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Since the Lakers played seven games in the first two rounds, and the Hawks also played six games in the conference finals, it almost reached the limit of the latest time the NBA officially estimated to start the finals.
The Eastern Conference Finals on the 3rd are over, and the Finals on the 6th are about to begin.
The conversation about the Suns has been changing rapidly over the past two days.
From the beginning of "How can the Suns reach the Finals?" to "How can the Suns reach the Finals?" to "Finally the Western Conference Finals teams are not the Lakers and Spurs" and finally...
Will solar kill the Eagles? Can solar power prevent the Eagles from reigning supreme again?
Fans of the Eastern and Western teams are on two very opposite sides. Except for the Bulls and Celtics, fans of most teams in the Eastern side would rather see the Eagles win.
In the west, they basically hope that solar energy will win.
More than a day passed quickly, and on the night of the 6th, the game was about to begin...
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"Rajon, Jason, Dwyane, Tracy, Michael, Grant, Desmond, Sean, Louis, Jermaine, Kwame, Maxine, Brad, Mark... Look, this It’s something I’ve picked up over the past few years.”
In the Eagles locker room, the three O'Brien trophies are arranged as if to show off their glory. They are usually displayed together with another championship trophy of a different style in the boss's office for the visiting guests to "appreciate". Today, in the When the players went to warm up, they were put into the locker room by the coaching staff.
Maybe for the fans, the three consecutive championships just made them feel so awesome, but for the former opponents who witnessed this scene in the league, it was too shocking, as if the scene of the Eagles' invincible rule for three years had resurfaced. Same.
MVP is not very important. Why does the Suns give O'Neal so much respect from the players to the coaching staff when he is 36 years old? In terms of strength, Josh Smith is obviously stronger.
Just because of three consecutive championships!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the VP within 10 years, but his dominance was far inferior to O'Neal's, relying on three consecutive championships.
After Kobe won five championships in the original time and space, he was called the number one player in the history of the Lakers... because he won two consecutive championships after three consecutive championships.
Liu Mang touched the championship trophy he won with his own hands and said: "We are here again. I don't know what other people think about reaching the finals. I think about entering the finals...or can only enter the finals." There is only one opinion. If we reach the finals and lose, it will be no different from finishing last in the league. Last year we failed on the stage we are about to step on. I don't know what the result will be this year.
I only know that we are all gathered in this team for the championship. Come with me to win this finals! Stop being the biggest loser! "