am i proud?

Chapter 222 This championship is a bit invincible!

2003 should have been the year of Tim Duncan's godhood. In this year, he led the team with a single core to defeat the Suns, Lakers and Mavericks in a row, and finally defeated the Nets 4:2 to win the championship.

在季后赛的24场比赛中，邓肯场均可以轰出24.7分15.7篮板5.3助攻3.3盖帽，投篮命中率达到了52.9%。

It's a pity that he couldn't do it in this life, and was eliminated in the first round.

Perhaps since he failed to win the regular season MVP this season, he has deviated from the original historical track and has never been able to reverse the decline.

So this season's biggest winner in the West has become the young "old driver". When he led the Mavericks players into the "Palace of Auburn Hills", his face was filled with an uncontrollable happy smile.

On the evening of May 5th, the much-anticipated NBA Finals finally started.

The champions of the Eastern and Western Conferences have gone through a lot of hardships to reach the finals. On the one hand, they are the defending champion Pistons led by Wang Dalin, and on the other are the Mavericks, who set foot on the floor of the finals for the first time.

TNT TV even moved the live broadcast room to the arena. Barkley and Smith sat on the sidelines, even with headphones, it was difficult to resist the earth-shattering noise of the fans.

Before warming up, Wang Dalin specially came over to say hello to Barkley. After they hugged each other deeply, Barkley asked worriedly, "Darling, is Richard really all right?"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "It's alright...that guy was more fierce than anyone else when we practiced together these two days!"

Barkley said with a smile: "That's good, it seems that you are determined to win this year's championship!"

Wang Dalin laughed loudly and said, "Then I will accept your good words... Hahaha..."

That's right, Hamilton has indeed recovered from his injury. This can be seen from his warm-up shooting action. He even performed a one-handed split dunk... Although this dunk can only get 35 points at most in the All-Star Dunk Contest, it is enough to prove that his left ankle is in very good condition.

After the game started, Hamilton immediately started his ghostly running without the ball.

Raja Bell on the Mavericks side is also a first-class perimeter defender, but he still has a headache for Hamilton's style of play.

If it’s an attacking style with the ball, even if the opponent is a scoring machine like Kobe, Raja Bell’s stalking “mad dog” defense can still come in handy, but Hamilton doesn’t hold the ball at all, and keeps running every time he attacks. When he catches the ball, it will be a fatal blow.

Boozer, who has replaced Robinson as the starting power forward, has also lived up to expectations. He can get a good shooting opportunity with a pick-and-roll with his teammates in the middle distance, and even in the face of Nowitzki's defense, as long as the opponent does not block it immediately, he can always shoot.

With the playoffs one game after another, Boozer finally began to show his talent. Currently, he is only slightly inferior to Yao Ming in the 2002 rookie class, and even better than Amare Stoudemire and Jay Williams.

Speaking of this, I have to say a little more... On the night of June 6 not long ago, Jay Williams was driving his beloved heavy-duty motorcycle on the streets of Cleveland. As a result, the motorcycle accidentally lost control and hit a utility pole on the side of the road.

Jay Williams was thrown far away, and the immediate consequence was that the ligaments in his left knee were ruptured, and three nerves in his left leg were severely injured, and he was facing life-long amputation or even life-threatening.

Being able to beat Yao Ming to be the No. 2002 pick in the [-] draft, Jay Williams is naturally not an ordinary character.

He was born on September 1981, 9 and grew up in New Jersey. He had already become a famous basketball star when he graduated from the local St. Joseph High School in 10.

In addition to basketball, he has deep knowledge in American football and volleyball, and he is even very proficient in chess.

After entering Duke University, a famous basketball school, he quickly won the NCAA championship under the leadership of his brother Sean Battier.

Later... As a junior, he won the Naismith and Wooden awards of the year, and finally decided to leave school early to join the NBA.

Duke University even retired his No. 22 jersey in gratitude for his contributions.

Although his performance in the Cavaliers this season has not met people's expectations, he can also contribute 26.1 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 4.7 steals in an average of 1.1 minutes of playing time per game.

If the Cavaliers can give him more playing time, if the head coach Bill Cartwright can give him a more important tactical position, maybe he can still have a chance to compete for this year's Rookie Award... Unfortunately, all this is just if.

Now Jay Williams is still lying in the intensive care unit. Even if he is out of danger and wakes up again, the Cavaliers will definitely buy out his contract. What awaits him is to be displaced among the teams... I am afraid he can only retire sadly.

As the saying goes - "There are tens of thousands of roads, safety is the first, if the driving is not standardized, the loved ones will cry!"

Jay Williams once again proved the correctness of this sentence with his own personal experience, but the price is too high!

In the cheering sound of more than 22000 home fans at the "Palace of Auburn Hills", the Pistons played brilliantly from the very beginning. Not only the core players such as Wang Dalin, Hamilton and Ben, but also the role players performed well, and they always had the upper hand.

Nowitzki, who had been performing well before, also struggled after playing against Wang Dalin. The various jump shots he is famous for mainly rely on his extraordinary height and wingspan, but Wang Dalin's height and wingspan are not weaker than him, so his offensive efficiency has been greatly affected.

Although the core point guard of the Mavericks, Steve Nash, is powerful on the offensive end, he is still an out-and-out defensive black hole. The Pistons' McGinnis can easily break through his defense line with his physical advantage, and then... it is very easy to pass or shoot!
If the Mavericks didn't have Raja Bell's frequent help defense, I'm afraid their defense would have collapsed long ago, but this situation is like the difference between directly smearing the neck with a knife and hanging... It's nothing more than a slower death.

In the last quarter of the game, Wang Dalin, who has always been obsessed with creating opportunities for his teammates, suddenly showed his power. He had a high shooting rate no matter in the pull-up after the outside pick-and-roll or in the mid-range post-up singles, and he also completely restricted Nowitzki on the defensive end.

So after this wave of 12:0 climax, the Mavericks completely lost hope of winning, and finally could only swallow the bitter fruit of losing the first game.

102:93...Looking at the score alone, it seems that the Mavericks didn't lose a lot. In fact, they didn't lead from the beginning to the end, and they were firmly suppressed by the Pistons throughout the game.

This is the real comparison of the strengths of the two sides, and it is also the real comparison between Wang Dalin and Nowitzki's personal strength... Nowitzki is still too young, and he is far from evolving into the "veteran driver" with "great martial arts" in later generations!

此役活塞队五人得分上双，其中王大林得到20分11篮板11助攻2抢断1盖帽，汉密尔顿砍下23分3篮板2助攻2抢断，大本则轰出了8分15篮板3盖帽，三大核心都有出色表现。

In fact, everyone has noticed... The new MVP Wang Dalin didn't give full play at all. Apart from scoring 12 points in the last quarter, he was completely paddling in the first three quarters.

He is playing more and more like an MVP now... When his teammates are in good shape, he will always suppress his desire to shoot to create opportunities for his teammates, and when his teammates are in a bad state, he can always immediately swing the 30-meter machete.

Just like Tim Duncan of the Spurs, can he really only average more than 20 points per game?
If it weren't for Popovich's restrictions, it wouldn't be uncommon for "Stone Buddha" to average more than 30 points per game, right?

That's what MVP-level superstars...they're always going to put more emphasis on the needs of the team than on their individual stats.

It was only after the "Black Mamba" of later generations understood this that he finally reached the top of the league. Before that... he was just a scoring machine recognized by everyone!
After the game, Wang Dalin and Nowitzki hugged and exchanged jerseys.

Nowitzki complained while wearing Wang Dalin's jersey: "Good Darling, you don't even have any sweat on your jersey. Are you here to humiliate me on purpose?"

Wang Dalin laughed loudly and said, "Who said I didn't sweat? I just sweat less. Whoever is like you, this wet jersey can be used as a rag!"

Nowitzki couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, he said seriously: "Darling, just wait, I will show you how good I am in the next game!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said: "Okay, I'll wait... If you have the ability, you can show it!"

Sometimes you just can't talk too much...Maybe Wang Dalin also regrets what he said to Nowitzki after the G1 game?
In the G2 game, Nowitzki really turned on the killer mode. No matter how he shot from the middle distance, even if Wang Dalin's palm had already covered his face, he could always hit difficult shots one by one... It was as if the basketball had entered the hoop by itself.

Although Hamilton and others were still in good condition, Wang Dalin still grabbed the banner of attack without hesitation.

At this time, he must face Nowitzki, otherwise the morale of the Pistons will be crushed by Nowitzki sooner or later.

This is personal heroism!
In fact, what the NBA advocates is individual heroism!

For example, Michael Jordan back then... Isn't he the ultimate embodiment of personal heroism?
The battle between Wang Dalin and Nowitzki was so dark that it was still hard to tell the winner until the last moment of the game, but in the last minute or two of the game, Nowitzki finally lost.

In fact, it wasn't that he was weak, but that his physical strength was finally exhausted!
Friends who are familiar with basketball should know that when a person is weak, all your movements will be deformed. No matter how accurate your shots are, it will be difficult for you to shoot the ball into the basket at this time.

拥有92体力值的王大林笑到了最后，他全场28投15中，其中三分球9投4中，罚球8投7中，砍下了41分12篮板7助攻2抢断2盖帽……这已是他今年季后赛中第8次砍下40+得分。

诺维斯基全场30投15中，其中三分球10投5中，罚球10投8中，爆砍43分10篮板5助攻1抢断2盖帽……如果不是因为最后时刻体力不济连续三次进攻打铁，也许笑到最后的就是他了。

After the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Wang Dalin and Nowitzki hugged each other again...the two had fought fiercely for the whole game, and they had long cherished each other.

Nowitzki was still unconvinced: "You are lucky tonight, when I get back to Dallas, I will let you know how good I am!"

Wang Dalin said tit for tat: "It doesn't matter where you compete, anyway, you must be the one who loses!"

Nowitzki smiled and said, "Okay, then we'll see!"

……

On the evening of June 6th, the final G8 match was held at the "American Airlines Center Stadium" in Dallas as scheduled.

People did not see Nowitzki among the warm-up players, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant. Even Barkley and Smith hurriedly sought confirmation from multiple sources, and finally had to tell everyone with regret that Nowitzki suffered a second-degree hamstring strain in his left calf. He will definitely miss all games this season!

After hearing the news, Wang Dalin couldn't help being stunned: "Second-degree strained hamstring? Didn't he fight me for hundreds of rounds in the last match? Why did he get hurt all of a sudden?"

A rare look of regret appeared on Carlisle's face: "It is said that he was injured suddenly during training yesterday, and he didn't fight at all... Sigh, Dirk is really unlucky!"

Maybe it came from the fetters of the original time and space... Carlisle felt very sorry for Nowitzki, a "disciple who was not his disciple".

How did he know that in the original time and space, he and Nowitzki had reached the top of the league together, and that time they could call themselves the most gold-rich championships in NBA history... It is extremely rare to win a championship with a single core, and they also defeated the mighty "Big Three Heat"!
Wang Dalin had no choice but to say silently in his heart while regretting: "Although this championship is a bit unfair, I have to accept it with a smile!"

The Mavericks losing Nowitzki is like losing Optimus, just like the Lakers losing O'Neal, or the Pistons losing Wang Dalin... They immediately fell from the top team to the ranks of the second-tier team.

Although Nash, Finley and others were still fighting hard on the court, the huge gap in strength made them completely unable to compete with the Pistons, and the game was quickly ruined.

The same was true for the G6 game on June 11. The Pistons won easily without encountering any resistance. In the end, they swept the Mavericks with a big score of 4:4 and won the O'Brien Cup in Dallas.

After winning the championship, all members of the Pistons rushed back to Detroit overnight. They first had an all-night carnival with the fans at the "Palace of Auburn Hills Arena", followed by a grand championship parade on June 6.

Although the outside media and people from all walks of life have many doubts about the gold content of their championship, even "die-hard Darling fans" like Barkley can't help complaining... This championship is pure luck!
However, there are still many fans who stand up and say something fair... Even if Nowitzki is not injured, can the Mavericks really be able to turn defeat into victory after falling behind 0:2?
In the first two games, the Mavericks were completely suppressed by the Pistons, so they were powerless to resist at all?

Even if Nowitzki scored an astonishing stat of 2+43+10 in the G5 game, wouldn't they still lose?

Can you expect Nowitzki to score 50+ every game?

This is obviously unrealistic, so...the championship is the championship!
Even if it is indeed a bit invincible, the Pistons are this year's championship... No one can change this result, and there is no doubt about it!
After winning the championship, the owner of the Pistons, Bill Davidson, took the initiative to hold a feast in his mansion, and invited all the members of the Pistons and Dumars and other team managers.

Wang Dalin didn't expect that a major event that could change the history of the Pistons happened during this "dinner"... This event directly led to the disintegration of the Pistons, and the dream of three consecutive championships came to an end!
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