Chapter 277 I come, I conquer!(1/2)
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The fourth game between the Jazz and the Knicks was over. At the moment the game ended, when the Jazz players celebrated with great affection, the Knicks players who were also standing on the court were extremely embarrassed.
Because it is obvious that the overwhelming booing of the Knicks fans at the scene was not just for the Jazz. There are probably many of them that are dissatisfied with their team. After all, they lost the game in this way at their home court. In almost every game, the Knicks seemed to have no power to fight back.
Is the Jazz really the strongest team in NBA history as many media said? The combination of Lin Han and Malone is really the first combination in history? Lin Han is also the strongest rookie in NBA history?
No matter how many people outside agree with this statement, it is impossible for New York Knicks fans to agree with this statement, because in their opinion, the Jazz is not that strong. Even if the Jazz is really strong, taking this game as an example, Lin Han won a triple-double again, and won a triple-double in the finals in two consecutive games. In the history of the NBA, only Chamberlain, the Magician has done it. Lin Han is the third one, and Lin Han is the first player to win a triple-double in the NBA finals in two consecutive games!
At this time, if someone says that Lin Han is the strongest rookie in NBA history, there is actually no problem. After all, being strongest does not necessarily mean being strongest. Perhaps Lin Han is not the strongest rookie in the league history, but in terms of performance, almost no one can compare with Lin Han.
Moreover, Lin Han won a triple-double in this game, which is indeed extremely powerful. Similarly, Malone's performance in this game was not bad, and his performance of 31 points and 24 rebounds was also great. This is the third time in his career that Malone completed 30+20 in the playoffs, and it is also the first time that Malone played 30+20 in the finals. Similarly, Malone's 30+20 in the finals is the first time in NBA history since 1985 years, a player has been able to complete this data in the finals. Not to mention the group of divine beasts in ancient times, Malone is also the first person in NBA history in 10 years!
Moreover, although Lin Han was cheated badly in the last game, Malone's data in the entire finals was close to 29 points and 13 rebounds. Although this data will definitely not be able to win the MVP in the finals this year, this data can be said to be absolutely not bad in the history of the NBA finals. If Lin Han was not available, Malone would not have any controversy to win the MVP in the finals with this data.
And the same thing. The two of them averaged almost 60 points, 30 rebounds and 15 assists per game. I dare not say that there is no future. It is certain that this average data has never been played in NBA history.
Therefore, Lin Han and Malone may not be the strongest duo in NBA, but these two are definitely the strongest duo in NBA history. From the first round of sweeping the Trail Blazers, to sweeping the Warriors, and then sweeping the Knicks in the finals. In addition to losing to the Rockets because of Lin Han's absence, this team almost maintained a complete victory in the playoffs. If Lin Han and the Rockets were not short of the game, would the Jazz become the first team in NBA history to win the finals?!
This is a hypothesis. NBA does not have any ifs and assumptions, but if it really requires assumptions, most people will probably think that if Lin Han was there, the Rockets would not even win that game!
In this case, in the past two days, the media outside have been saying that this team may be the strongest team in NBA history. The two superstars of this team, Malone and Lin Han, may be the two strongest combinations of NBA, especially after the game is over, more people may think so.
Because in this game, most fans were staring at Lin Han who won a triple-double. Only a few people would pay attention to Malone's performance. Malone's performance in this game was really much stronger than the previous game. This strength is not the strength in data and strength, but the more aggressive and aggressive style of playing. At the level of Malone, players at the level of Malone have almost reached a state of transformation. He has long been able to attack with any offensive method in the NBA field.
It was just because of his physical innate defects that he was very restricted in this NBA era, especially in the era of super insiders. If these super insiders were old and retreated, I'm afraid no one would be Ma Long's opponent. This guy was a god in front of his opponent who was about the same height as him or a opponent who was shorter than him. However, in this game, Ma Long, who had been shooting at mid-range in the last game and didn't dare to hit the basket, actually killed him at the basket!
Ewing, who was already a little afraid, seemed to put down his burden and no longer feared. Under such circumstances, the reason why Lin Han did not start his attack in the whole game in this game, but kept making assists because Ma Long had indeed stabilized the situation.
However, Lin Han was cheated so badly in the last game and lost his adult in front of the whole world. It can be said that for Ma Long, he really doesn't have much burden to carry. After all, it's no different from being forced to be forced to be one hundred times in front of the whole world. Just like Lin Han asked Barkley to reveal Ding Ding in front of the whole world, Barkley wanted to kill Lin Han, but it was like that if he showed too much, he was watched anyway. Maybe after showing too much, Barkley would feel a little uncomfortable when he didn't show it. Just like when Lin Han used to show too much, he almost turned into a real change.
Therefore, if Malone had always had this mentality since the finals, even if Lin Han wanted to cheat him, he might not be able to cheat him. Then it is really hard to say who the MVP in this year's finals.
However, although Malone put down all his burdens in the last game and sublimated the style of the game, it had no effect on Lin Han, but for Ewing, who was hit hard by Malone in this game, the Knicks' leading player was a little confused at this time.
Especially when I looked at the jazz players who were celebrating wildly not far away and didn't care about the huge booing of the Knicks fans at the scene.
"Is it really over like that?"
The game ended and the finals ended. But for the Knicks' leading player, everything was a bit illusory. The first finals journey of his career ended in this way, being swept at his doorstep. It was really swept at his doorstep!
So, at this time, Ewing had nothing to defend against the booings of all the fans, because the fans did right. Even he could not forgive himself. On the offensive end, the entire Knicks still did not open, but on the defensive end. Lin Han finally did not attack in the whole game, and facing a Malone who was almost ridiculed and complained by the whole world, after the last game, he did not resist.
Although Malone's offense was originally the best in all the NBA's current inside line, although Lin Han's many ball-style passes to the basket in this game were indeed extremely "scam", as one of the three major centers in the league and one of the most influential defensive players in the league, if Olajuwon had not won the best defensive player for two consecutive years, Ewing would not even think he was much worse than Olajuwon. In this case, as the core of the league's first defense team, he was not only humiliated by Lin Han in this series, but was finally defeated by Malone, who seemed to have been ruined.
This kind of frustration even makes Ewing feel more uncomfortable than losing the championship. Because he lost the championship, he still has the confidence to lead the team to this stage again.
And if it is proved on this stage that he is no longer the top player in the league, then what can he do if he comes here with the team again?!
"Is our era really over like this?"
Looking at Lin Han and Malone not far away, and the Knicks teammates who were also extremely frustrated at this time, Ewing was a little confused and a little painful.
And Ewing is not the same pain at this time, but Pat Riley on the sidelines is the same. Since leaving the Lakers and coming to the Knicks, it is a beautiful mistake for the first NBA coach. It is also one of the two largest cities in the United States. When he was in the Lakers, he was constrained by a group of bigwigs in the team, and he would never be the boss of the team. But Jerry West, so in order to build another giant in the NBA and become the supreme godfather of a giant team like Jerry West, Pat Riley chose to come to the Knicks.
In the end, the Knicks' performance continued to improve every year, almost one step a year until this season became the NBA's Eastern Conference champion and reached the finals!
Originally, even if Los Angeles was in Los Angeles, if the team could make a step by step after a few years and reach the finals in three years, the fans in Los Angeles would never boo him like New York fans, and the media in Los Angeles would not have been as damned as New York media.
Not to mention that there has never been a so-called pass from beautiful basketball in the history of the Knicks. Even the Lakers, a team that only has charm and beautiful basketball tradition, fans are not so persistent about whether the team is really so beautiful. Although the Lakers' fans have indeed been holding their mouths because of Magic in the past ten years, and the media in Los Angeles have also been raised. If the Lakers suddenly transform from gorgeous basketball to butcher basketball at this time, I am afraid that the fans and media in Los Angeles will have been discomfortable for a few years, but if the team's performance improves, they will not say anything.
And New York fans, this is a group of guys who have never really been a noble in their ancestors, staring at the noble hat every day. It seems that as long as they are not a noble, no matter how rich, power and strength are, it is useless. This is indeed a bit fucked by a head coach. In such a team, he has done everything he can do, and these guys are not a group of materials that can become nobles.
Unless the Knicks delegate all powers to him and let him handle the team members with full authority, if they can tolerate trading Ewing out, then he can also build the Knicks into a so-called noble team, but is it really necessary in the NBA, a place where the jungle is eroded?
Even if these guys really dug up the old Nelson from the Warriors, can Old Nelson build this team into a team like the Magician Show-time back then? The reason why the Lakers were able to play show-time back then was that the whole team was surrounded by Magicians, including Jabbar. Ewing was willing to sacrifice his tactical status like Jabbar? If Ewing couldn't do it, a team with a center as the tactical core would require the team to play as gorgeous as the Lakers before. God could not do this, unless Ewing was replaced with Chamberlain and let Chamberlain lead his teammates to abuse the food and fly together.
So. This is a team that really makes Pat Riley feel painful. If the Lakers were willing to extend an olive branch to him at this time, this Lakers legend, who swears when he left the Lakers, would probably consider whether he would be a good horse to go back if he couldn't do well.
Of course, no matter how painful Pat Riley was at this time, as the current No. 1 head coach of NBA and the NBA championship head coach, he should still have the demeanor he should have.
So after the game, the Knicks head coach still sent blessings to Jerry Sloan and the Jazz.
"Jerry. Congratulations, your team is great, you have built a very good team."
After the game was over and after being found by Pat Riley, Jerry Sloan was also a little stunned. He did not expect Pat Riley to take the initiative to come to him at this time. After all, after the finals, the number one head coach of the NBA was really arrogant. Although the Jazz were three to zero, in terms of presence, as long as Jerry Sloan and Pat Riley stood together, there was really no presence.
Pat Riley is the goal of almost all NBA head coaches. After all, who doesn’t want to be the number one head coach?
But the Knicks coach has been in a bad mood recently, and that is something that anyone can see. If Pat Riley was hacked by the New York media throughout the finals, then it was not Pat Riley's wife who had been with him and watched him get hacked, but Jerry Sloan. The Jazz head coach almost silently watched the entire series. Pat Riley was hacked by the New York media.
Even in Jerry Sloan's heart, will he congratulate his opponent when facing this? At least Jerry Sloan may not be able to do such a thing.
However, it can also be seen from here that this head coach with a big back is like a gentleman.
"Thank you, Mr. Riley. Your team is good, too."
Jerry Sloan, who was somewhat shocked, looked at Pat Riley with a smile and said hurriedly, but after saying that, Jerry Sloan found that he had lost his words. However, Pat Riley looked at Jerry Sloan, who was a little nervous, and did not care after smiling bitterly.
"Enjoy your moment of glory. Now, here are all yours, and you are a great team!"
After Pat Riley finished speaking, he smiled and patted Jerry Sloan on the shoulder and left. Looking at Pat Riley's back, Jerry Sloan was stunned for a moment.
“A great team?”
Being recognized by the league's number one head coach really made Jerry Sloan feel a little excited, so when he turned his eyes on the court again and looked at Lin Han and Malone, he really felt this way.
Lin Han's growth has reached a very high level. Lin Han will be the best successor to the team after Malone and Stockton get old, and is the most important future for the team. As the future of the team, Lin Han's current strength is enough to make Jerry Sloan happy.
What made Jerry Sloan even happier was that Malone, who was almost almost hit and was about to be destroyed in the last game, did not sink directly in this game as many people expected. Not only did he not sink, the team's performance in this game even made Jerry Sloan feel that he went further!
A 31-year-old player was once again sublimated almost in the later stages of his career. This was almost a miracle, and this miracle happened to Malone!
For the Jazz, if Lin Han and Malone are two players who are at the top of the NBA at almost the same time, why can't this team be called great?
If he can handle these issues within the team well, then this team can even achieve a legend like the Lakers, the Celtics and the Bulls!
"We're just starting out now, and what I want is the whole world!"
Thinking of the team's extremely bright future, Jerry Sloan even trembled with excitement at this time. He had already thought of the moment when he replaced Pat Riley as the No. 1 head coach of the NBA!
But it is obvious that Jerry Sloan did not think about the more real status of the team at this time, stimulated by the championship and under Pat Riley's words.
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"For a team with a population of only 180,000 cities, the Jazz can win the NBA championship this year. This is a miracle of the World Professional League and the entire American Business Sports League. I don't know if there has been a world champion in the world's sports history with a smaller population. But at this time, the Utah Jazz and the entire Salt Lake City will be recorded in the history of world sports. It will also be recorded in the history of American sports!"
When the Utah Jazz players celebrated unrestrainedly, when everyone put on the championship-winning celebratory costumes and stood in the center of the court, and when NBA president David Stern took the NBA championship trophy to the Jazz's championship podium, Larry Bird and Collins, who were commentators of this game, were a little excited.
The Jazz have come to Malone and Stockton because of the draft. Although this team is a small city team, one of the NBA and even the smallest city teams, due to Stockton and Malone, the team in this small city has always been the NBA's strongest team. But even then, even six years ago, when Miller refused to move the team out of Salt Lake City to Orlando or Miami, he shouted that he must bring a championship to Utah fans to Salt Lake City, no one would believe that the Jazz could do all this.
Because this is impossible, just like the crazy offensive launched by the Lakers and the Trail Blazers against Lin Han in recent times, no one would think that the Jazz can become the championship, because no one believed that this team had the financial resources to compete for the championship. Even if Old Miller really chose to spend a few years of crazy bankruptcy, it would require crazy capital!
With the acceleration of NBA commercialization, which star is willing to join the Jazz team voluntarily? A small city of 180,000 and Utah are only recognized by just over 2 million. Malone and Stockton can stick to Salt Lake City. But it does not mean that others can do this too.
So the Jazz's height is the height of the Utah black and white double evil spirits, and the height of these two people will never be the champion in the current NBA!
In this case, it would be so easy for the Jazz to win the championship. Six years ago, Stockton, who was in the fourth grade and Malone, who was in the third grade, were eliminated by the Lakers in the Western Conference semi-finals by the year's champion Lakers with a score of 4-3, which made Jazz owner Miller shout out the future of the NBA in the Jazz team. He will definitely lead the Jazz team to win the championship.
In that environment, Malone and Stockton's youth and strength gave Old Miller great confidence. But 6 years have passed, and the Magician is old. Larry Bird retreated. The Jazz, who was considered the most promising at the time, is still just a strong team rather than a champion favorite. Is it because Malone and Stockton are not strong? Of course, not, it is just because the Jazz can give too little help to these two superstars. Before Lin Han, the Jazz's most valued shooting guard was also the one who was appointed. The most important young helper of Malone and Stockton was Brue Edwards, the Jazz who was selected by the Jazz and trained by the other hand, is such a direct lineman. After the contract with the Jazz expired, the Jazz had even promised to start and give him a core position in the future.
But in the end, he chose to leave the Jazz and go to the Bucks for higher money. In fact, the price offered by the Jazz is not much different from the Bucks, only about 200,000 yuan. Generally speaking, for the honor of the championship, as the core of the future team, it is no problem to sacrifice for the championship? It is just obvious that Edwards did not do it, and it would be fine if he left the Jazz and went to a favorite team to win the championship, but he actually went to the Bucks!
With the Jazz's record of reaching the Western Conference Finals that year, they are not as attractive as the Bucks! The Bucks didn't even make it into the Eastern Conference playoffs back then!
In this case, it can be seen that even the direct descendants trained by the team will have such a situation. Even if Old Miller chooses to wield the checks in bankruptcy, how many star players are willing to come to this place?
Even many people were laughing at the time when Old Miller was not thinking about winning the championship. Imagine how you rebuild after your team's two Utah elders retired. After all, for a team, it is a real miracle to be able to choose Malone and Stockton in succession. They can't have a second miracle.
And even if you choose a player that is not inferior to his two elders, with the progress of NBA commercialization, what can the Jazz give these players in an era of high exposure, high commercial value and high wages?
So, let alone win the championship, anyone who knows the NBA will make a judgment, that is, the Jazz's brilliant upper limit is the upper limit of the two Utah elders, and the Jazz's brilliant upper limit is the glory of the two Utah elders. After the glory, the Jazz will directly fall, and even never stand up! Even if the character explodes, it will not be as long as the first generation. I am afraid it is just a passerby, and the Jazz will continue to sink into a member of the NBA's bottom army in this decline and struggle.
This statement is not about others for the Black Jazz or how it is about the Jazz. In fact, after Bru Edwards left the Jazz, even Jerry Sloan and the team owner Miller had nothing to say. It was because of this incident that the Jazz, who reached the Western Conference Finals and vowed to attack the championship again, was actually the sixth in the Western Conference regular season in the second year and was eliminated by the Supersonics in the first round. It is obvious that the impact of Edwards' incident greatly stimulated the Jazz's confidence.
But I never expected that the Jazz used this draft pick to choose Lin Han because of their sixth record in the Eastern Conference. What was even more unexpected was that Lin Han, a rookie, was completely different from Edwards. Edwards took three years to cultivate and become a talent, and Lin Han had established his superstar status in just half a season. Originally, those who shouted that even if the Jazz selected potential rookies, when potential rookies grew up, the two olds grew old, and the Jazz were still like that. Lin Han had been slapped in the face almost since the beginning of the season.
Lin Han is not really born with a mocking face. The reason why he encountered such great public pressure after entering the league was not only Lin Han’s own problem, but also part of the reason why Lin Han did not conform to the mainstream basketball gameplay. It was not just one person who mocked and judged the Jazz because of the Edwards incident, but almost the entire American media participated. Lin Han grew up so fast that he grew to the peak when Malone and Stockton were still at the peak. Isn’t this a slap in the face of Hong Guoguo?!
In this case, it would be strange if some media experts who are desperate to save face will let Lin Han go.
Now, when Jerry Sloan, the team's boss, Miller, and the team's general manager, Rayden, took over the championship trophy from David Stern on behalf of the Jazz, when the three of them raised their hands together in tears, even Collins and Larry Bird on the sidelines were a little moved.
This is the glory of a small city team. Perhaps for fans, the NBA's small city team may be just a symbol. When fans talk about these teams, they cannot pay attention to the pain of these teams. Larry Bird and Collins, as NBA's insiders, can understand the three giants of the Jazz management who are already in tears at this time.
"For many fans, the NBA's finals should not be a stage for teams like the Jazz. Especially in this era, when players pursue more and more players and NBA becomes less and less pure, it is difficult for a pure team to get to this point. The Jazz did this today. They used their tenacity and hard work to create a miracle worthy of respect. Congratulations to the Jazz for becoming another new champion in NBA history, and also congratulations to the Jazz for becoming the new world champion!"
When Jerry Sloan and Rayden raised the championship trophy around the team owner, Old Miller, almost all the other Jazz players reached their hands on the trophy. When this scene was frozen by a large number of photographers, Larry Bird on the sidelines also shouted out excitedly.
This scene will become the eternal of NBA history!
When the Jazz players enjoyed the glory brought by the championship trophy, and when the league's president David Stern set a similar ball to the O'Brien Cup, but instead of putting the ball in the middle, taking out the trophy in the middle, and walking towards this time, standing on the podium and celebrating with his teammates, constantly kneading the championship trophy, the crazy booing of the Knicks fans all stopped.
Even the other Jazz players who were still celebrating were all quiet at this time, and almost subconsciously looked at Lin Han who was still holding and kissing the championship trophy at this time.
In the finals, MVP, the trophy that has caused the Jazz to be in a panic for the past few years, is about to establish its ownership. Although everyone in the world knows it, when David Stern personally handed the trophy to Lin Han.
At this time, Stockton on the side still held the shaky Malone who was a little excited, and the other Jazz players still gave Lin Han a very warm applause after Lin Han and Malone shot and were stunned. The Knicks fans, who were originally a little quiet at the moment when Lin Han took over the MVP trophy in the finals, booed again!
"Lin. Congratulations, your performance is excellent. I missed the Magician last time, but this time I did not miss you. You will be a great player and will be the future of the NBA!"
When Lin Han took the trophy from David Stern with almost trembling hands, Lin Han almost didn't notice what David Stern was saying at this time, and seeing Lin Han like this, David Stern was not dissatisfied with any dissatisfaction and still stood aside with a smile on his face.
To be continued...