the rest, only noise

Chapter 968
Before the start of the conference finals, the league first announced the regular season MVP winners for the 1992-1993 season.

This is not an unexpected accident.

MVP was won by Hakeem Olajuwon.

Of the four teams currently in the conference finals, the Trail Blazers’ Jordan dropped heavily at the end of the season, and the Knicks’ Wilson and Ewing both have problems with insufficient data dominance, aesthetic fatigue, and lack of storytelling. The Heat, ranked No.

Since these teams can't pick a convincing MVP, look for another team.

Olajuwon is locked.

Regardless of the regular season or the playoffs, Olajuwon's performance is brave. In the first season from Houston to Los Angeles, he and Drexler led the team to the fourth record in the Western Conference.

It's just that, by this standard, several other teams in the West will have some opinions.

For example, David Robinson of the Lakers, Brad Doherty of the Suns, and Karl Malone of the Jazz, they all led the team to a very beautiful record with excellent personal data.

However, Olajuwon is indeed the one with the thickest story.

He has been forced to perform poorly in Houston for many years. The world only knows that he is a weak team player, but they don't know how pure the Rockets are.

Joining Drexler with the Clippers, he had one of the best seasons of his career.

This is the only suspense left in the playoffs.

Then came the division finals and finals.

The Knicks and Heat meet in the Eastern Conference finals, in line with observers' predictions.

During the regular season, the Heat performed strongly and have always been at the forefront of the league. Until the Blazers pulled their hips, they overtook with stability and secured the first place in the league.

In this year's Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks have no home court advantage in the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time since 1988.

Miami

Louie isn't used to traveling early in a series.

If it's Miami, though, that's a different story.

In Boston, he'd worry about the team hotel's hotel alarm going off in the middle of the night, a bunch of stupid firemen fully equipped to put out a fire that didn't break out.

This, of course, was Auerbach's nasty off-the-market trick.

If it's Miami, he needs to worry about players not being able to hold back, and everything else is fine.

In the evening, Louis also had dinner with Heat godfather Lewis Shafier.

In the restaurant where there were only him and Louis, Shafier sincerely thanked Louis.

"Coach Lu, I believe that in the future, there will not be another expansion team that will go from being bullied to a championship team in just four years."

Under normal circumstances, Louis should flatter Shafier.

But the other party is Shafier, and the two are too familiar.

Moreover, the fact that the Knicks want to compete with the Heat is also very strange to Louis.

Suddenly, the tuba was blocked by the trumpet on the way to clear the customs.

That felt so weird.

"This shows that your work is well done." Louis replied to Shafier.

Shafier said self-awarely: "Coach Lu, stop complimenting me. I think the only thing I did right is to become friends with you."

Louis smiled lightly: "Sometimes, making one useful friend is more meaningful than making a hundred useless friends. There are many people who don't even have the chance to make friends with me, and some stupid pigs even think of me as their enemy."

Shafir laughed out loud.

"Let me guess if that man's surname is Klaus and he looks like a pig."

"Yes, he doesn't spare the crumbs when he eats the bread."

The two enjoyed digging at the general manager of the Timberwolves through the air.

As far as this meal is concerned, the atmosphere was so harmonious that it didn't look like the two sides who were about to fight a fierce battle in the conference finals.

After the meal, Shafier said to Louis: "Coach Lu, I believe we will play a wonderful series, and no matter who represents the Eastern Conference to advance to the Finals, they will be able to keep the championship in the Eastern Conference."

Louis smiled, "Yes."

The purpose of Shafier's meal today, besides thanking Louis, is to hope that Louis can control the intensity of the series.

The Eastern Conference Finals in 1988 was known as the breakout battle between Louis and Boston, and the battle was so tragic that there is no need to say much.

Although Shafier has been in the industry for less than five years, he is like those bastards who are destined to get high marks. He does not have strong operations or a very clever mind, but he can recognize who is his father at a glance, and he knows who to build a good relationship with can help him steadily increase his score.

Louie used remote control to turn the Heat into what it is now in just four years.Although the Heat now have the qualifications to challenge the Knicks, but if it will damage his relationship with Louie, he would rather give up this qualification.

Without Louie's help, he couldn't move an inch in the professional basketball circle.

Louis saw Shafier's thoughts and couldn't help but wryly smiled.

"Lewis, I believe that the series between us will be very exciting, and I also believe that whoever we reach the finals will beat the Western Conference champion and win the trophy. So, no matter what the result is, nothing will change. I am still me, and you are still you."

Louis is sincere at this moment, but in his heart, the Heat have never been a problem.

If the Knicks really can't make it to the Finals, then other Eastern teams are not opponents of the Blazers.

In the case of full health, the probability of the Knicks not reaching the finals is 0.

The Heat are very good, with good players in all positions, and the depth of the lineup can be compared with the Trail Blazers and Knicks.

But they have a problem-whether the crown is luxurious or not depends on the most brilliant jewel on the crown.

The Blazers have Jordan and Barkley;

The Knicks have Ewing and Wilson;
The Clippers have Olajuwon;
Who is the Heat?

Dumas?Gaithers?Petrovic?
These three are very characteristic star players, but they have not yet touched the threshold of superstars.

The Knicks had a similar problem when they challenged the Celtics in 1988.

At that time, the Big Three of the Celtics were still at their peak, while the Knicks were dominated by first-, second-, and third-year players.

Even if Ewing and Wilson are super giants, they will have to wait until the 90s when they fulfill their talents and become super giants.

And that was 1988, and the Celtics were the better team by any measure, but the injuries were crippling.

Injuries are the biggest X-factor in the playoffs.

It's a pity that the Heat can't see this factor.

Because all members of the Knicks are healthy and in the prime of life, although various turmoil continues, but with the excellent control of the locker room by the coaching staff, the impact of those off-court incidents that almost ruined the prospects of the season has been minimized.

To win the Knicks, the Heat can only rely on hard power.

Otherwise, we can only wait for young players to grow up.

eastern finals
Game1
The Heat, who are considered to have a promising future, only want the present.

This determination has been reflected in Petrovich.

In the Heat, Petrovic has gradually become a scoring player who can take over with the ball or hold it without the ball.

Moreover, when the Knicks' Mohammad Rauf hit the momentum with an unreasonable three-pointer, the first person to respond to it was Petrovic.

He impacts the game in a similar way to Rauf.

In Louie's eyes, Petrovic is like a Lillard who can play off the ball.

Of course, his athletic ability is not as good as Lillard, but the technical details are better, and when he feels it, no one can be compared.

Facing the high-intensity defense of the Knicks tonight, he showed tenacity, scoring 5 three-pointers in the half, and scoring 7 three-pointers in the game, scoring a team-high 36 points for the Heat.

Moreover, Dumars also scored 20+.

The golden double guns in the starting backcourt combined to score 50+, this is the Heat's answer to winning.

According to statistics, in all games where Dumars and Petrovic combined to score 50+ games, the Heat won all of them.

But tonight is an exception.

The Knicks have other players to answer their offense.

Petrovic is just the Heat with the highest score in the team, and the player with the highest score in the game is the Knicks ace Wilson.

He scored 42 points unreasonably under the coverage of All-Star wing Reggie Lewis, who is famous for his defense.

At the same time, Miller was delighted to see Lie Xin.

Petrovic's three-pointer made his hands itchy. The opponent scored 7 three-pointers in a single game, and he responded with 6 points, with 24 points in the game.

The performance of the Knicks' UCLA double guns is not inferior to the Heat's backcourt double guns, and even has a comprehensive suppression performance in scoring, rebounding and assisting.

That's just one of the reasons the Knicks win.

The real problem is the inside line.

The Heat are not bad. In order to deal with Danny Manning last summer, they added a number of talented and ready-to-play forwards in the draft.

But Manning was upset and eliminated by the Celtics before he even got in front of them this year.

So these people can only be used on Bird and Sampson, and they have achieved the desired effect.

However, the Knicks inside is another level.

Ewing averaged 18 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks per game after entering the playoffs.

Kemp had just knocked out Larry Johnson in the semifinals and was feeling hot.

It can be said that the suppression of the outside line is one of the factors for the Knicks to win the game.

But the dominance of the paint is decisive.

The Heat's inside group has little power to fight back in front of the Knicks.

(End of this chapter)