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Chapter 770 The Legend of Benj vs Larry
Reporters from other places all ridiculed this, talking about how much New York has added to Knicks players, how unfair it is to players from other regions, and so on.

Wilson became the focus, and it also made people forget that after becoming the AMVP, scoring leader, rebounding leader, and block leader in the regular season, Sampson was selected for the double first team on the awards day and won another DPOY.

In addition to these awards, there is MVP.

Even if the Celtics had "only" 65 wins in the regular season, ranking third in the league, the regular season MVP wouldn't fall to anyone else.

Tragedy and Ewing only have a little chance, and the probability of Sampson winning is more than 90%.

This year, he'll win everything but a championship.

In the fourth game of the semifinals, the Knicks did not give the Pacers a chance and won overwhelmingly, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals with a complete victory.

This is the fifth consecutive year that the Knicks have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

"Since 1987, every year in May, the Knicks will come to the Eastern Conference finals. Their stability is better than Steffi Graf (Steffi Graf)⑴." "New York Times" never lags behind in every quarrel, and always strives to be the first in every bragging.

The Celtics' opponent in the semifinals is the rookie Miami Heat in the East.

Reaching the second round is the goal of the Heat this year.

To do that, the Heat need to avoid three teams in the first round.

Knicks, Celtics and Pacers.

They have no chance of winning against the first two teams. The fear of the Pacers comes from last year.

Danny Manning is as brutal as he played against the Pistons in the first round this year, leaving a psychological shadow on the Miami people.

So after the first round, in the semi-final match against the Celtics, as long as he wins one game, Lewis Shafier is content.

In the end, they really won a game.

They prefer this result to being swept away.

4 is better than 1
There is still no suspense in the East, and the final spot in the final will still be born between the Knicks and the Celtics.

During the regular season, the Knicks played against the Celtics five times, with 3 wins and 2 losses.

Judging from the battle records, the two sides are evenly matched, the Knicks have a better lineup depth, while the Celtics hold the league's number one star.

When facing the Celtics, what Louie said the most was blocking, defense, running, and open shots.

If you want to compete for star power, Sampson is unmatched, and the Knicks' winning point lies in the strength of the team.

Therefore, it is necessary to play the feeling that all the people are soldiers.

From the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the performance of the Knicks made people feel that this is a team that wants to win more.

Wilson, Miller and Stockton at the top of the arc, their active off-ball running and precise outside shooting made it difficult for the Celtics to defend in place.

With the combination of ubiquitous pick-and-rolls and screens, the Celtics can only make up for one another, but there is always a point that will fail.

The most remarkable thing about the Knicks is that they have a way to make hot players open.

Miller and Wilson hit the left and right wings.

Stockton's three-pointer at the top of the arc is also helpful.

The Celtics lost to the Knicks by 14 points before they could compete for star power.

The Knicks won Game [-].

In the second game after that, Bird suffered repeated back injuries. Wilson beat Reggie Lewis and made up for Ewing's blowout by Sampson.

In this game, it is not an exaggeration to say that Wilson and Sampson faced each other.

威尔逊30次出手命中20球，暴砍52分9篮板5助攻，而桑普森在每次拿球都遇到包夹的情况下，得到39分19篮板。

At the decisive moment, the winner is the outside line of both sides.

Isiah Thomas missed a two-pointer, and Wilson's outside three-pointer pulled the deficit to five.

That ball directly killed the game.

2 is better than 0
The game returned to Boston Garden. Before the game, the league announced that Ralph Sampson was elected the most valuable player of the regular season.

Sampson has thus completed the personal honor grand slam of scoring, rebounding, blocked shots, DPOY, double first, AMVP, and MVP.

Louie could feel Boston's affection for him as he emerged from the tunnel to accept the award.

That kind of love is no less than Bird.

Sampson is a better-looking star than the arrogant, ruthless, unkind Bird. He won't retreat to his hometown in Indiana in the offseason and suddenly suffer from some kind of back injury.

Sampson was active in Boston's community, built a good image for the Celtics, and won affection that Bill Russell never had.

This is his second MVP trophy. When he lifted the trophy, the cheers of MVP lasted for a full 6 minutes in the garden.

Celtics always have a BUFF bonus in the garden.

On Sampson's MVP night, he chose to play from the outside, advanced by three points, advanced by two points, and then continued to dominate the penalty area for the entire game.

Even if Bird is so painful that he can't bend down, as long as he has a touch, he can become a threat to the Knicks.

Thomas also found his offensive form tonight after being invisible for two games at MSG.

Unlike Drexler's determined attitude of leaving, Thomas had a summer of trouble, and then stayed. Although he often said he would be traded, as the Celtics' record got better and better, he was like Kobe in the 2007-08 season.

In the battle of dignity in the Garden, the Big Three of Boston worked together to break the Knicks' undefeated gold medal in the playoffs.

"I'm not surprised that the Celtics did what they were supposed to do."

Louis was extremely frank about losing.

It's not that he hasn't lost to the Celtics, it's all trivial.

The point is to win the fourth game, he doesn't want to lose two games in a row at the Garden.

Starting in Game [-], the Knicks played a completely different game.

Originally, it was the intensity of the playoffs, and it was even better when it met the Celtics. Now, it is a life-and-death battle against the Celtics.

Rodman's opening foul on Bird drew boos from the Garden.

Bird endured the pain, hit a [-]-pointer on the next possession, and yelled at Louie, "Why don't you put a living man on me?"

Bird likes to insult defenders.

This remark is an unacceptable humiliation for Rodman, who was selected as the first defense for three consecutive years in DPOY last season.

In just one quarter, Rodman fouled Bird three times.

Every time he fouled, he had to land Bird's body on the ground.

Garden's hatred for Rodman reached its breaking point.

Tom Heinsohn even said: "If Dennis Rodman was walking on Charles Street, he would be attacked by crazy fans in ten seconds."

In the second quarter, the Knicks' murder pressed against the Celtics' tenacious resistance.

They are not afraid of fouls from the Knicks, they rush forward as long as they get the ball, and are ready for the highest intensity confrontation.

Under this kind of intensity, the first one who can't bear it is the big man.

Lambiel sprained his knee and Sampson hit his ankle.

The two pillars of the Celtics' inside line went off one after another, and the situation reversed.

However, Bird's three-pointer and Thomas' fearless [-]-meter dash gave the Green Army another glimmer of hope.

In the second half, Bird and Wilson scored three-pointers against each other.

Trick Kemp to switch defenses, then catch the ball and turn around and shoot the opponent.

The ball scored, he roared: "I am the greatest player in the history of Indiana, why do you guard me?"

Bird yelled the same thing to Kemp last year as a rookie.

These words have a different meaning today.

Kemp made a breakthrough at the end of the third quarter and dunked Bird. He grabbed the rim and dangled for a few seconds before falling, "When you retire, I will be the greatest player in Indiana."

Bird, who dreamed of returning to the top, was consumed by the Knicks in three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, Sampson refused to listen to dissuasion and played with injuries. Thomas was inspired by him and desperately attacked.

Bird is a threat even on the outside.

The Celtics, who were on the verge of collapse several times, relied on their stars to save the crisis.

But Louie is keenly aware that Sampson's injury has affected his movement speed, and Bird's injury has also made him unable to guard the shooter in the corner.

Louie called a long timeout.

It was a decisive long timeout, and after that timeout, Stockton had the ball and called on Kemp for an Empty Lob.

Kemp scored like drinking water, and the inside line was shattered.

Then there was Miller in the bottom corner of the outside line. The Celtics used their last manpower to block the penalty area to prevent Kemp from bullying Sampson's foot injury and causing inconvenience. Miller got an open space.

"Reggie three points!"

"YES!!!"

Marv Albert's constant roar resounded three times in the Knicks' three offensive rounds.

Three minutes before the end of the game, the Celtics trailed by 3 points.

The chances of victory may be fleeting.

Sampson may be the best player, but with him injured, the defense is nothing but a shell.

Thomas risked his life to attack and win the game for the Celtics, but under the Knicks' offensive, no one can hold on.

Byrd, who seemed dying, refused to give up.

He wanted the ball, elbowed Wilson away, turned around and made a three-pointer.

Wilson wanted to return a chasing three-pointer, but Sampson predicted his intention, stepped forward in advance, interfered in place, and missed.

Thomas flew for the rebound and passed it to Bird.

Bird dragged his body full of injuries to the frontcourt, received the ball one meter from the three-point line, and pulled it up.

"Larry! Oh Larry!"

Bostonians have long been accustomed to this kind of Bird moment that makes people's eardrums ringing. Just before Bird made the three-pointer, everyone in the garden knew that something magical was going to happen.That kind of excitement is like watching a champion boxing match, but the difference is that the outcome of this "boxing match" is determined by one punch.

As long as there's that buzz in the garden, fans have reason to believe and expect something special to happen.

A lot of people think this premonition is a mystification of old fans, but if you have ever followed a great player, you know that they always appear in the moment when the team needs it.

The air in the garden reminds everyone: Larry is taking over!
Within 2 minutes, Bird scored 12 points and 2 assists in a row, leading the team to catch up to 2 points.

Louie called a timeout angrily.

"Give the ball to Benj!" Louie yelled of course, "Benj, don't fucking tell me you can't beat a 35-year-old man!"

Louis designed an Exchange Ricky (high dynamic offense) for Wilson.

Opponents have upgraded themselves, Wilson has nowhere to retreat, and if he is to prove that he has what it takes to take over the throne, he will have to withstand the pressure to respond to the onslaught of the best player in history at this moment.

"Guys!" Wilson's charm at this moment is probably beyond the reach of Ewing in his life. "Either I want to lose or I want to win. I just want to win, but I need you to believe me!"

If the entire Knicks team is compared to a pile of fire, then Louie is the one who ignites the fire, and Wilson is the one that burns the most. The opponent always keeps a distance from him to avoid being burned, and the latter always only brings his hottest side to the opponent, and then warms up the teammates around him.

At this moment, he went to the field.

There was also a "buzzing" sound in Louis' ears.

Yes, he knew, Benj was coming!
The Celtics put Reggie Lewis on Wilson, and he was out of position on Wilson's identical elbow to Bird's.

Outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, Wilson held the ball, shot, and then shot at Isiah Thomas who was in place.

The ball flew to the top.

"Y~~~~es!!!!"

Albert growled excitedly.

Wilson's three-pointer fell to the basket and responded to Larry's legendary challenge in the toughest way, consolidating the Knicks' chances of winning and holding the fruits of victory tightly in their hands.

"Beep!"

The referee blows the final whistle.

117 is better than 112
Wilson screamed excitedly, and his teammates threw him to the ground.

At the moment, he is just a happy young man.

He doesn't need to win the team's scoring title, doesn't need to convince Ewing, or even match Bird in this matchup. He just needs to stand up when the team needs it most and be everyone's hero.

With his hands on his hips, Byrd exhaled a foul breath towards the top of the garden.

"Larry," said Louie, "you're no match for him anymore."

Bird said arrogantly: "He has never been my opponent."

Louis snorted softly.

Winning this game, the Knicks lead 3-1.

The state of the Celtics tonight may only come out in 10 games.

Losing even this one, there is almost no chance of winning the fifth game.

Louis looked at Byrd again and noticed that his body was trembling slightly: "Is your back okay?"

"Be more concerned about yourselves!" Bird sneered arrogantly, "My body can at least support me to score 50 points in the next game!"

⑴ Active in the 80s female tennis star, once ranked first in the world for 186 consecutive weeks (1302 days).

(End of this chapter)