Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 398

  On June 2005, 6, the Eastern Conference Finals came to an end at Boston's North Shore Garden.

  The Cavaliers, who led the Celtics 3-1 at the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, failed to create a miracle in Boston and ultimately lost the game 93-103 at North Shore Garden.

  This game did not have the kind of black whistles flying all over the place that many people imagined, nor did it appear some terrible scenes in basketball.

  In fact, this was a very, very normal game. Both teams showed their appearance and style on the court as they should be now.

  Trailing 1-3, the Celtics, who had narrowly escaped death, showed extremely strong fighting spirit in this game.

  When the whole world thinks you can win, you may be careless and underestimate the enemy, or you may show great confidence.

  And that's what the Celtics players are like.

  More importantly, James finally let the inside out in this game.

  Zach Randolph can finally go inside, and he no longer has to pull out with his thick eyebrows to create space for James to break through.

  Zach Randolph was beaten by Oden, but Zach Randolph's hard work under the basket created a lot of space for his teammates.

  With thick eyebrows, Gay, Paul, Jeff Green, and even James all get huge space.

  In this game, the Celtics' three-point shooting rate reached an astonishing 36%. It seems that the shooting rate is still not very high, but compared to the previous games of the Celtics, this shooting rate has gone to the sky. .

  Moreover, the Celtics' shooting percentage in this game was 42 of 15. They took more shots and made more hits.

  Jeff Green, who came off the bench, shot 9 of 6 three-pointers, single-handedly destroying the Cavaliers' rotation.

  And this is also the key to the victory or defeat of the two teams.

  The absence of the Cavaliers' super sixth man Isiah Thomas Jr. has greatly hurt the Cavaliers' rotation.

  Without Isiah Thomas Jr., the Celtics didn't care about defense at all in the rotation. They went all out to line up the offensive lineup and try their best to open up space for James who was out of position.

  There is space, opportunities appear, and it is natural that the shot will be successful or explode.

  These are all reasons why the Celtics can win this game.

  The Cavaliers also had reasons to lose this game.

  That is, this group of young people from the Cavaliers did not show the tenacity and calmness of the Lakers when facing this losing game.

  On the contrary, the Cavaliers players in this game played with anger.

  Anger is important to a game, but anger cannot go to your head.

  Especially Kyrie Irving, who was suspended for the last game.

  In this game, they made 23 of 6 shots and 15 of 4 three-pointers. The Celtics' defense was all under the basket. Randolph, James, Gay, and even the thick eyebrows, everyone was staring at the basket, helpless. Breakthrough, his three-pointers and shooting are extremely important, but his mental imbalance directly caused the Cavaliers to have less and less space.

  This also makes Oden's game more and more difficult.

  即便是如此，奥登全场比赛依旧18中14，罚球2中2，全场比赛砍下了30分20个篮板6助攻4盖帽4抢断的数据。

  Oden's performance in this game is still described as super.

  In this game, Oden didn't even shoot a single three-pointer. He was all about going to the basket, all kinds of steps under the basket, all kinds of low-post singles, those gorgeous dreamy steps, step-back mid-range shots, turnaround jump shots, The neutral fans watching were stunned, and the Celtic fans at the scene were frightened.

  However, in this Cavaliers team, only Oden can bite at critical moments, and everyone else is playing emotional games.

  Even except for Oden and Irving, no one in the entire Cavaliers team scored in double figures.

  Lowry, Kevin Martin, TT, these Cavaliers players failed to correctly face a losing game in the end.

  Before this game started, the whole world felt that this would be an extremely tragic game for the Cavaliers.

  The Cavaliers will do whatever it takes to protect their right to advance.

  But the final result disappointed everyone.

  The Cavaliers didn't create too many difficulties for the Celtics.

  After being knocked down for a breakthrough, there was no foul. Irving did not dare to break through, but ran outside and shot a three-pointer.

  What did Wade do on the other side?
  Wade clearly knows that no matter how he plays under the basket, he will not foul, but in the end he is still willing to rush to the basket crazily for the team, and is willing to give everything he has for victory.

  Other Cavaliers players, Martin and Lowry, also have this problem.

  After Martin's fouling was useless, he no longer knew how to play or attack.

  Lowry was completely locked up by Paul.

  After small moves are not dismissed and are legalized, Paul's defensive ability is indeed the first in the league.

  In fact, Lowry is not to blame for this.

  Even throughout the entire series, neither Lowry nor Irving played well offensively.

  It is for this reason.

  Therefore, many people say that the Cavaliers were able to lead the Celtics 3-1 in the first four games because of Oden's strength.

  This is indeed no problem.

  Even if the Celtics blocked the basket like this in this game, and even if the other Cavaliers players were completely unbalanced and had almost no help on the offensive end, Oden still penetrated the Celtics' basket. .

  So much so that at the end of the game, when Oden was sent off for six fouls...

  Seeing Oden come off the court with his head covered by his jersey, the Celtics fans at the scene were stunned for a moment, and almost all of them stood up and applauded the league's super center.

  Even Celtics general manager Danny Ainge in the stands and Celtics head coach Miracle Monty on the sidelines applauded Oden.

  In this series, this big center really convinced the entire Celtics.

  So much so that in a basketball mecca like the North Shore Garden, an opponent player would be given such a standing ovation at the last moment of the game.

  Oden's performance in this series is rare even in the entire history of the NBA.

  In the tiebreaker of the Eastern Conference finals, the Cavaliers, who had an unbalanced mentality, suffered a humiliating loss.

  Just like in G2012 of the 5 Finals, the Thunder team, which was trailing 1-3, felt that their mentality was unbalanced and the loss was aggrieved.

  the difference is.

  After the 2012 Finals, many media criticized the Thunder's young people from the perspective of the winner for being inexperienced and having their mentality shattered by the Heat's Big Three.

  After the tiebreaker, few media criticized these Cavaliers players from the Celtics' perspective.

  As one anonymous expert said.

  "If you were a Cavaliers player and faced a game you were bound to lose, would you have the courage to show up on the court?

  Many people expect the Cavaliers players to face despair like Coach D's players, but you have forgotten that there is only one Coach D in the world, and there is only one Coach D's team.

  The reason why coach D and his team are so great is because they are the only ones in the world who have the courage to kill their opponents when facing despair, facing God, and facing the invincible enemy.

  The Cavaliers lost this game.

  The Cavaliers missed the Finals and even their own championship.

  However, I still have to say that their performance was great.

  I still applaud them.

  Their finals was stolen from them.

  Yes, it was stolen.

  Facing the thief, facing the invincible thief, they have done well enough.

  Now, let us look forward to the finals together, and look forward to that man coming back to punish these thieves who steal other people's dreams! "

  In the NBA, where the winner is king and the loser is the enemy, the team that loses the game and takes a 3-1 lead but comes back to lose the game is not criticized, but praised.

  This is rare in the history of the NBA playoffs.

  Such a spectacle even surprised league president David Stern.

  Not only David Stern, but even Adam Silver was surprised.

  Adam Silver's hands were shaking.

  David Stern had a smile on his face.

  Public opinion, fans, and all neutral people all sided with the Lakers and Coach D!
  These people have no despair about the NBA!

  These people, because of the Lakers, are still full of hope for the NBA!
  These people have had enough of those who are desperate for business.      These people are already preparing to sweep these people out of the NBA!
  This year's NBA Finals will be the last chance for those people!

  Or people who love the NBA are completely despairing because of failure.

  Either these people who love the NBA, in the enthusiasm of victory, will sweep away all the evil.

  "The future of the NBA has finally come to a decision!"

  There is no way out!
  Everyone knew there was no way out.

  G1 of the Finals between the Celtics and Lakers starts on June 6th.

  On the day after the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics players, led by the amazing Monty and Danny Ainge, came to Los Angeles non-stop.

  Fantastic Monty and James came out of Los Angeles Airport, and all they faced were boos and abuses along the way.

  Even Paul, who has a fan base in Los Angeles, was abused and booed the whole time.

  "Thief!"

  "coward!"

  "fraud!"

  "The dirtiest winner in history!"

  The words spoken by these people are as unpleasant as they sound.

  However, all this was expected by everyone.

  Even because it had been expected all this long ago, TNT even waited for the Celtics to arrive in Los Angeles early, and broadcast live broadcasts of fans and media scolding the Celtics.

  "I heard that many people came here from all over the United States early to criticize James, Paul, and the Celtics."

  "Hahahaha, this is the most unbelievable scene I have ever seen in all my years in the NBA. Fans at the scene suddenly took out rotten eggs and tomatoes from their pockets and crotches and hit James on the head. I didn't even think about it. Any surprises."

  "As an NBA player, in a business league, it is indeed rare to make yourself so hated. There were even more fans wearing Cavaliers jerseys than fans wearing Lakers jerseys."

  "Of course, Kenny, I am also wearing a Cavaliers jersey today. Today we are all Cavaliers fans, hahahaha..."

  Today we are all Cavaliers fans.

  Looking at the pile of fans wearing Cavaliers jerseys around them, the Celtics felt as embarrassed as possible.

  After the Cavaliers were eliminated, a campaign was launched on the Internet, that is, from today until the end of the finals, we are all Cavaliers fans.

  This activity can be described as a gathering of responders.

  It can be said that the Celtics and James are really not welcome now.

  However, although the Celtics have completely stood on the opposite side of neutral fans in public opinion.

  But in the finals, the most favored team is the Celtics.

  In G7 of the Celtics in the Finals, it was clearly visible to the naked eye that James had become a team, and was no longer a team that continued to suck blood for data as before.

  Miracle Monty, a coach as famous as Coach D, finally has his own tactical decision-making power.

  So there is another reason for the Celtics' victory in G7, and that is that Miracle Monty defeated Tyronn Lue tactically.

  It is precisely for this reason that this Celtic is indeed highly regarded.

  Even without the magic factor, the Celtics have been initially successfully combined and have a chemical reaction. The Celtics are still very strong.

  More importantly.

  The Celtics have a fatal advantage over the Lakers.

  That is, the Lakers do not have Coach D.

  Likewise, the Lakers don't have Oden either!
  Even Yi Jianlian almost defeated the Celtics' old and weak inside line.

  The Celtics' inside line is no worse than the Warriors' inside line.

  The combination of Thick Eyebrow and Randolph was indeed destroyed by Oden one by one.

  But what do Garnett, Ebanks and Antetokounmpo use to fight?
  Even Barkley...

  Barkley is amazing against the Warriors, that's because the Warriors don't have James.

  As for the Celtics, they have James who can perfectly match up with Barkley.

  The other thing is, Paul’s problem.

  After Paul puts on the divine uniform, it is no exaggeration to say that he is the god of point guards.

  In the Eastern Conference Finals, Paul single-handedly killed the Cavaliers' Irving and Lowry combination from G1 to G7, completely killing them!
  Paul's offense can draw fouls and make big swings.

  Paul's defense can be tricky, and he can also really lock down the defense.

  Paul's dominance was only worse than Oden's, and he was the second-best player in the Eastern Conference Finals.

  Without Paul, it would be impossible for the Celtics to advance easily in G7 without wearing the magic uniform.

  With the amazing Paul, he is definitely the top player in NBA history.

  Paul's golf IQ is too high, and he is too good at taking advantage of the rules.

  Wade would feel a little embarrassed when he puts on the magic costume.

  Well, almost most people would be a little embarrassed to wear divine costumes.

  After all, no one is really that faceless.

  But Paul, he really didn't have any embarrassment, he really used the power of the magic weapon to the maximum.

  Even James is a little embarrassed sometimes and pretends to be pretentious.

  After all, James is also pursued by the first person in league history.

  And Paul, he really lives for the rules!
  And such rules are really tailor-made for Paul.

  Therefore, the emotions of fans and the emotions of public opinion are one thing.

  The actual situation of the game is another matter.

  As the acting head coach of the Lakers, Popovich will not let such public opinion influence his judgment.

  When the Lakers beat the Celtics in the Finals, they were still underdogs.

  After the Western Conference Finals, Popovich has been very excited.

  He was touched and excited by Coach D's choice.

  Another voice of public opinion now is that Coach D will come back sooner or later in this finals!
  Yes, when the Lakers are desperate, how could Coach D not come back?
  Western Conference Finals G7, at the last moment, didn’t Coach D come back?

  This is so unfavorable to Popovich!

  Popovich must be very uncomfortable with this.

  But it’s understandable, after all, this is Coach D!

  Now Coach D is carrying the expectations of the entire NBA, and even the future of the entire NBA!
  What an honor this is!
  This is what everyone hopes for!

  "I also want to be popular like this!"

  No one doesn't want this kind of popularity!
  No one wants to be like this!
  and so!
  "I will beat the Celtics before Coach D comes back!"

  As long as he does this, what he will get will be greater than he imagined before!
  excitement!
  excited!

  This is the emotion of the Lakers team from top to bottom!

  Well, except for one person.

  This guy feels out of tune with the team's mood.

  "Nicholas, the coach wants you to go to his office."

  Ok?
  Um? ! ! !

  Jokic was dumbfounded!

  I thought I heard it wrong!

  (End of this chapter)