the rest, only noise

Chapter 1444 The Dream Team in Utopia
Before the arrival of the third game of the semifinals, the league announced the ownership of the major awards of the regular season except for the MVP.

Best Team: Dejan Bodiloga, Michael Jordan, Benjamin Wilson, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'Neal.

All-NBA Second Team: Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, Kevin Garnett, Chris Webber, Alonzo Mourning.

All-NBA Third Team: Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Grant Hill, Hank Geithers, Patrick Ewing.

Best Defensive Team: Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Benjamin Wilson, Tim Duncan, Alonzo Mourning.

All-Defensive Team Second Team: Jason Kidd, Qi Chengyan, Kevin Garnett, Hank Geithers, Patrick Ewing.

Defender of the Year: Tim Duncan -- For what it's worth, this is Duncan's three-peat vs. DPOY.

Rookie of the Year: Elton Brand.

Sixth Man of the Year: Charles Barkley - This is Barkley's [-]nd for the award.

Most Improved Player of the Year: Jalen Rose.

Coach of the Year: Louie.

Compared with previous years, this year's controversy is much less.

The Lakers are still the big winners, but there are almost no doubts.

What kind of team can break the historical record of 33 consecutive victories and create a brilliant record of 55 wins and 1 loss?

The answer is the team with five best team members, and four of the five best team members were selected to the best defensive team.

This is reasonable.

Liu Yuqing returned to the team four days later than expected.

In the first game back, Liu Yuqing poured all the energy that had not been vented on the Mavericks.

As a substitute, he hit 7 three-pointers in a single game and scored a team-high 32 points, giving the Lakers a 3-0 lead.

Everyone could tell that Liu Yuqing was in a bad mood.

Afterwards, Louis asked him about the situation at home.

Liu Yuqing just said that his mother's condition has stabilized.

Liu Yuqing was more silent than before.

To amuse him, Duncan told the training ground about his experience of studying mime in college.

Louis quipped: "Tim, I don't believe you, but I really can't imagine that scene if you don't play it live."

"Of course, I can act."

Then, Duncan showed his deadpan humor.

Duncan spent a few minutes making a headgear out of paper, then put his head in it, and stood in front of everyone with his hands clasped arrogantly around his chest.

This is his performance.

"Tim, are you sure this is pantomime? Did we miss something?"

So Duncan took off the paper headgear, put the headgear back on, and continued to fold his arms around his chest.

"This is the most meaningless 10 minutes of my life!" Bodi Loga wailed.

Garnett screamed: "See, there's a reason I didn't go to college! That's what people learn after four years of college!"

Kobe closed his eyes and said nothing. He seemed to have noticed Duncan's boring prank in advance, so he entered a state of meditation.

Everyone gradually dispersed, and Duncan walked up to Liu Yuqing and said, "I'm sending you off."

He was referring to the paper headgear that helped him with his pantomime performances.

Liu Yuqing got the strangest gift ever in her life.

After that, Duncan also walked away.

Liu Yuqing held the worthless hood, not knowing how to react.

Then, he found a line of words in the headgear: "At any time, the person who withstands thousands of blows but still stands is a hero ⑴."

This is a team that let Louie down, they are not up to the highest standard.

But this is also a team that satisfies Louis. Probably no team chasing four consecutive championships will have such a harmonious internal atmosphere.

In the semi-final G4, Liu Yuqing, who came off the bench, got a lot of ball rights.

Teammates pass the ball to him deliberately, just want him to play happily, and turn his suppressed emotions and all the unhappiness in his heart into strength to beat his opponent on the court.

Bodi Loga has been looking for Liu Yuqing.

Kobe made ineffective moves to help Liu Yuqing get an open spot.

Garnett and Liu Yuqing have an extraordinary tacit understanding, and Liu Yuqing's utilization rate of his off-ball screens is the highest in the team.

No matter how long it takes, Wilson will always be willing to make a wedding dress for his teammates.

When Liu Yuqing used Duncan's cover to hit a super long three-pointer, Duncan patted the opponent's head excitedly, and laughed loudly: "You are done with Jiang Duo, anyone whose head is touched by me will be bald!"

No matter who and Liu Yuqing are present, they will help.

This made Liu Yuqing's career night.

淘汰小牛之战，刘雨晴30投20中，砍下50分6篮板4助攻。

"Jiang Duo, you just played the best game of your career, why don't you look happy at all?" the reporter said, "You can smile."

"I'm just a substitute for my teammates." Liu Yuqing said something that the reporter couldn't understand, "Those balls were scored by them, and they were just thrown by my hands."

Liu Yuqing's Riddler mode is no match for Garnett's words.

"Is there anyone who doesn't believe me? Jiang Duo is the best shooter in the world!"

The Lakers are becoming the fan's dream team, and they have personally made this team the best template for the perfect team.

Strong and unsolvable, united and friendly, everyone can become the protagonist of the game without any conflicts, just like walking out of utopia.

Barkley became the fans' substitute and said from the bottom of his heart: "I wish I could play like this forever."

In the Western Conference finals, it was the Spurs, ranked second in the Western Conference, who challenged the Lakers on behalf of other teams in the same division.

The Spurs are lucky. In terms of hard power, they can't rank second in the division, but they are the Western Conference team least affected by the lockout except for the Lakers.

This is the same logic as the king's eighth entry into the playoffs in the Western Conference.

Other strong teams have degenerated, and the Spurs are better than other teams even if they just stay the same.

In Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs in excellent form withstood the pressure of the first half. However, at the beginning of the second half, the Lakers' three-point rain took the game away.

"If we can carry over what we did in the first half to the second half, it's possible to beat the Lakers," Popovich said.

However, the Lakers didn't let that fantasy last for too long.

In the second game, Bodi Loga showed the personal ability of the MVP favorite at the beginning. He dislocated his back and blasted Iverson. it's done.

Bill Lambiel said that he saw Bird and Magic blend together in this game, and that's how Bodi Loga feels.

The large triple-double of 46 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists dispelled some doubts about whether Bodi Loga was worthy of the MVP.

Before G3 of the Western Conference Finals, the league announced the results of the MVP voting.

Played full-time in the regular season, averaged a triple-double, and still maintained an average triple-double in the playoffs. Dejan Bodiloga, who has led the team to a winning streak since March, was elected the most valuable player in the regular season with a high number of votes.

At this moment, people remembered what Louie said at the media day three years ago.

That prophecy about the Generation of Miracles.

Will each of them be the MVP?

Now, Bodi Loga has fulfilled Louie's prophecy, Duncan also has the strength of MVP, not to mention he won the FMVP in his rookie season, Kobe and Garnett are still young, maintain the current momentum of progress, and there is definitely a chance in the future Nash, who was the least likely, also flourished after transferring to the Mavericks.

Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals turned into a one-sided massacre. Like other teams, the Spurs lost their will to resist.

However, late in the fourth quarter, Louie got bad news from Liu Yuqing's home from Rick Carlisle.

Liu Yuqing's mother's condition suddenly relapsed, and she died of emergency treatment.

For Liu Yuqing who was playing on the court at the time, Louis didn't know how to tell him the news.

At this time, Bird said: "Let me come, I have experience in this regard."

Louis stood silently, acquiescing.

Byrd said he has experience in this area, in fact, is self-deprecating.Liu Yuqing's mother was a natural choice of birth, old age, sickness and death, but Bird's father was not. He committed suicide by drawing a gun when Bird was 19 years old, and ended his life irresponsibly.

The game is over, and the Lakers' celebration is not high, because there is one more game to advance to the finals.

Bird stood on the sidelines, said a few words to Liu Yuqing, and then handed him the phone.

Louis answered the interview hastily, and when he returned to the locker room, it was very quiet.

Obviously, everyone knew about Liu Yuqing's family.

Liu Yuqing sat quietly in her seat, trying to stay strong.

At this time, Duncan sat down beside him and gently put his hand on his shoulder, "Jiang Duo, I know how you feel, I have experienced this."

It's hard to stay strong, but everyone will do it for the sake of self-esteem that is not worth mentioning.But it is very easy to pierce the strong shield, sometimes just a word is enough.

Duncan's mother passed away a long time ago. When he said that he understood Liu Yuqing's feelings, he was absolutely sincere.

Liu Yuqing's tears started to flow from her eyes, sobbing in pain, the locker room became extremely emotional, almost everyone was crying.

Louis patted the red-eyed Wang Mukong and took him outside.

"coach?"

Louis turned around and said in a deep voice, "I need someone to attend the press conference with me."

"Okay," Wang Mukong wiped his eyes, "I'll go with you."

⑴At any time, the person who withstands thousands of blows but stands still is a hero.This sentence is not my original. When Duncan was in college, a teammate was injured and insisted on playing. Duncan wanted him to rest, and then the other party said this sentence.A few years later, Duncan gave the other party a T-shirt for Christmas with this sentence written on it.This story comes from an oral history article from Duncan's college days.

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