the rest, only noise

Chapter 1533 The Last Star
Despite having the second-best record in the league, the Celtics' journey to the playoffs is not favored by the outside world.

Because their core is a fledgling young man, and Yao Yueban and Gasol, who are outstanding in combat power, are also third-year players. Although they have become All-Stars, they have not yet proved that they have the ability to play the leading role in the playoffs.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics swept the Bulls 4-0 without any surprises and advanced to the semifinals.

The last time the Celtics broke through the first round, Ralph Sampson was still playing, and he wasn't the main character in Boston's Old Man.

Breaking through the first round allowed fans to successfully forget the painful memories brought by Isiah Thomas.

In the semifinals, the Celtics became the underdog.

Their opponent is the Philadelphia 76ers who managed to keep Shaquille O'Neal.

After Benjamin Wilson left, the 76ers did a lot of work to keep O'Neal. In the end, they used a seven-year, $7 million long-term contract to completely lock the Sharks in Philadelphia.

During the regular season, due to the Sharks playing intermittently, the 76ers' record was unstable, but in the playoffs, O'Neal was still the same O'Neal.

Critics generally predict that the Celtics inside group will lose resistance in front of O'Neal.

As a result, although O'Neal could take any of the Celtics' insiders one-on-one, when Yao Yueban, Gasol, Boozer, and Kukoc completely gave up confronting him, they all chose to pick and roll and pull three shots. When scoring, the Sharks' failure to defend against the three-point line was also exposed.

Their own insiders completely gave up low-post offense, and Lu Wuxia, Parker, Wade, and Ginobili got a lot of opportunities to call the opponent's insiders with the ball in pick-and-rolls.

As a result, although O'Neal averaged 30 points per game, the 76ers lost to the Celtics by 15 points per game.

After four games, the Celtics swept the 76ers away with a sweep without bloodshed. After 7 years, the Celtics once again advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

On the second day after Philadelphia was swept, the NBA announced the ownership of the major awards in the regular season besides the MVP.

The most controversial among them is the first team of the best team: Lu Wuxia, Kobe Bryant, Dejan Bodiloga, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett.

The 19-and-a-half-year-old recruit Danzi Lu Wuxia has been selected for a while.

His average data in the regular season is 18+8+9, which is very comprehensive, but many opposing fans who don't know him or are even hostile to the Celtics are malicious about this.

"There is only one reason why Wish was selected for the first team. He has a father who covers the sky in the NBA!"

In fact, no matter the statistics or the team's record, it is a high probability that Lu Wuxia will be selected for the first team, but people are not ready for its arrival.

As Bob Ryan said: "The arrival of Wish has increased the Celtics' winning percentage by 30%. On this basis, he scored 31 points, 18 rebounds and 8 assists in 9 minutes every night, and the three shooting percentages The club is close to 190%, and there are no dead ends on the offensive end. For such a genius, no matter how old he is or what his qualifications are, it should not be an obstacle for him to win awards."

The most active defense of the flawless is the "sports man" Bill Simmons: "Don't tell me that Wish can only play under the wings of Yao and Paul. Look at how Boston has played in the past few years! Ignorance And prejudice is affecting your perception, you are missing the great performance of Wish, he is having the greatest rookie season since Tim Duncan!"

Relying on his performance in the public opinion war, the sportsman was finally removed from the Celtics owner's blacklist for interviews.

Boss Lu finally forgave the sportsman's jokes that sounded particularly uncomfortable to him.

He doesn't pretend anymore, he will be nice to anyone who brags about his son.

He took note of all the reporters who supported Wuxia for a while, and arranged interviews one by one when he was free.

In addition to Lu Wuxia, Yao Yueban was selected to the second team, Gasol was selected to the third team, and Kirilenko was selected to the first defense for the Celtics.

It is worth mentioning that GOAT Benjamin Wilson, who has been a frequent visitor since 1990, has no team this season.

You know, he still averaged 76 points per game in the 26ers last year and was selected to the second team. This year, he basically didn't work hard for most of the time in the Knicks, averaging only 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Like 5 years old.

This kind of data makes him lack the competitiveness of the award.

Louis saw Wilson's data and could only lament that this is a person born to win.

The level of competition has dropped off a cliff?Louis didn't believe it, because Wilson played very well in the two games he played against the Celtics in the regular season.

The data shows this level, and it can only be said that he has completely given up all honors except the championship.

With it made clear that this season is the last, all Wilson wants is the championship, and he wants to retire as a champion.

This was the last hurdle for Lu Wuxia to reach the finals, and it was also the most difficult hurdle.

"Eastern Finals, Boston Celtics VS New York Knicks, friends, what year is this eve?"

The excellent performance of Yao Yueban and Gasol made the Knicks fail in the first game.

But soon, the Knicks quickly adjusted in the second game.

Wilson, McGrady, Hill and Lu Wuxia, Wade, Ginobili staged a wild and gorgeous battle for points.

In the end, the more powerful Knicks won.

In Game [-], Reggie Miller descended like a god. For the Celtics, the blockade formed by Gerald Wallace and Kirilenko made the Knicks' invincible forward performance sluggish, and Carlos Boozer's strong performance covered up the poor performance of Yao Yueban and Gasol.

Lu Wuxia's outburst in the fourth quarter reaped the game.

A [-]-pointer, a steal followed by a dunk to Sekirilenko, a step-back [-]-pointer that singled out Benjamin Wilson, and a follow-up [-]-pointer.

"Will Wish end Benj's era with his own hands?"

That's the headline Sports Illustrated used for its long story about the game.

On the same day, the league announced the winners of the 2003-04 season MVP.

After his performance in the Eastern Conference Finals, Lu Wuxia's popularity skyrocketed, and more and more people hoped that he would become the MVP, but he was still a little short.

Lu Wuxia ranked second in the MVP vote, losing to Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant.

This season, the Lakers have frequent infighting, and Kobe and Garnett seem to be at odds, just like the farce between Ewing and Wilson many years ago.

One keeps asserting his dominance, the other doesn't say anything, just plays well and tells the public that he just wants to win.

There are people like Artest in the team who are fanning the flames everywhere, and the Lakers can't be good.

But they did stabilize in the regular season, because Kobe's terrifying average of 33 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game forced the Lakers, which should have been disintegrated, to still be in a dying state.

After that, the divisional finals continued.

Although Chris Webber has always been in a downturn, there is a fat guy on the Knicks' bench ready to go, and that is Zach Randolph, the best sixth man winner of the season.

In the fourth game, Randolph was temporarily put on the starting lineup, and he played bravely on the offensive end, beating the Celtics by surprise. Although Lu Wuxia caught the defensive flaw and beat him hard, the Knicks' offensive momentum was completely opened up by the fat man .

Wilson, Tracy McGrady, Hill, and Miller fired all arrows from the outside, and the Knicks tied the score.

In the battle of Tianwangshan, both sides played well, but the Knicks were better in hard power, and finally won by 4 points.

The big score was 3 to 2.

After watching Game [-] live on TV, Louie basically knew the outcome of the series.

It is remarkable that the Celtics rely on their youthful vigor and youthful blood, plus perfect chemistry and the Knicks' desperate efforts to get to this point.

If the competitiveness of this season is not so strong, the Celtics may be able to take advantage of the situation to win the championship if they are placed in a season with weak competitiveness.

But now, Louie really feels what is not in me.

Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals is likely to be the Celtics' last home game of the season.

A few days before the game, Louis, as the boss, urgently convened the sales department to develop various commemorative products.

For fans, even if this is a failed season, it is also memorable.

Even, this is the most memorable losing season for the Celtics in the past ten years.

Because it allows fans to see unlimited hope.

It is necessary to make full use of the fans' grief and make them turn it into purchasing power. In this way, although their grief will not decrease, but when they see commemorative merchandise someday in the future, they will think of this exciting season, and The Celtics can also take the opportunity to make a fortune.

After the meeting, Louis felt that he really didn't look like a coach now.

The season is coming to an end, and he still wants to make money.

The problem is, the money he made through these moves was something he didn't think much of before he became the owner of the team.

Game6
It's a game that's loaded onto ESPN Classic.

Yao Yueban hit 7 three-pointers in this game, turned into an efficient scoring machine, and scored 43 points. This is his highest score in a single game so far in the playoffs, and he is worthy of being the second center in the league.On the Knicks' side, Chris Webber, who had been sluggish for five games, suddenly stood up and faced Yao Yueban on the outside for a three-pointer.Dayao hit seven goals, and Mr. Wei was not inferior at all, returning six goals.

Miller, who used to be famous for his Game [-] "Noah saves the world," was completely off tonight.

Although Wilson scored 30 points, Tracy McGrady suffered an ankle injury, Hill's old disease relapsed, and the Knicks lost Game [-], bringing the series to the final game.

"Coach, will you come to the garden to watch the seventh game?"

Before leaving, Wilson asked Louis a question.

"No, Benj, I know you're going to win." Louie replied to Benj, "Give that kid a blast in the playoffs."

In Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals, the game was dominated by Wilson from the first second.

Whenever Wilson had the ball, he called the pick-and-roll to hit the Celtics' weak spots.

Yao Yueban is too slow, Parker is too short, Wade is too young, Lu Wuxia is just sending points, Gasol is almost mean.

Kirilenko, the only one capable of matchups, has never been able to match up with Wilson.

What made the Celtics most desperate was that when Kirilenko finally faced Wilson, the opponent easily solved his defense with a turnaround jumper.

From an overall point of view, the score was tight, and the Celtics still played a youthful storm. Lu Wuxia and Wade performed amazingly, breaking through Wilson to dunk Webber, and holding the ball for a series of three-bar layups.

However, the pace of the game is not in their control.

In the last minute, the Knicks led by 1 points. Wilson took control of the ball, took time patiently, and suddenly exerted force.

109 is better than 103
The Knicks defeated the Celtics and advanced to the finals with a big score of 4 to 3. Lu Wuxia hugged Wilson unwillingly, and the old man once again sent the newcomer away.

As the last star across the 80s and 90s, Benjamin Wilson still has work to do, and he walked towards the media with a grim expression.

Today happens to be June 2004, 6, and the King of June woke up from his slumber.

(End of this chapter)