nba championship predators

Chapter 95

The Knicks showed enough respect for the visit of the "Thousand Wins Coach". Before the game, Jeff Van Gundy and Tom Thibodeau went to the away locker room to pay homage to the basketball legend.

The first salute, the polite words, the formation of troops without mercy, the appearance of the Knicks starting lineup, the fans of the Toronto Raptors gasped, these liars, didn't they say that the Wallace Twin Towers and Van Gundy had a falling out?
Patrick Ewing continued to start, receiving cheers from the home fans.This is already the practice of the Knicks, and Zhao Ke is tired of watching it, so he will look at the Raptors with great interest.

Vince Carter, who was wearing a suit and leaning on crutches, was a little embarrassed. His teammates played better without him. Should he be happy or depressed?
Hakeem Olajuwon, who was sitting on the bench, was looking enviously at the "gorilla" who raised his arms and shouted, his eyes were full of loneliness and sadness.

This season, Olajuwon left the Houston Rockets, which he played for 17 years and brought two championship trophies, in an almost humiliating way. The ruthlessness of the Houston Rockets and owner Alexander is really chilling.

Zhao Ke used to be very puzzled, why Olajuwon couldn't retire decently at the end of his career?
He checked many websites, but at that time Olajuwon had retired for many years and joined the coaching staff of the Houston Rockets.The Internet is full of views for the Houston Rockets and Alexander, saying that Olajuwon went to the Raptors at his own request, because he wanted to go to the Raptors to win a championship, and it was a win-win situation.The Rockets' $1300 million for three years is already a sky-high price for a veteran, and the Raptors only gave $1800 million for three years, which is "similar" to the Rockets.

事实上奥拉朱旺2000-2001赛季的薪金是1670万美刀，2001-2002赛季成为自由人，火箭给出的三年1300万美刀的合同，三年加起来连上赛季一年的薪金都没有！
Since you are not optimistic about Olajuwon, you can only sign for one year. Since you are optimistic that Olajuwon can play for three years, you use this kind of contract to humiliate him.

For horizontal comparison, in the 2001-2002 season, even Kevin Cato, Olajuwon's substitute who averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds last season, got 605 million dollars, but Olajuwon himself could only get less than 400 million dollars. Isn't this a shame?If Olajuwon stays in the Houston Rockets, will he serve as a substitute for Kevin Cato?Where do you put your face?

Forcing Olajuwon to go to another team, and then they get stuck in the contract, adopting the method of signing first and then changing to squeeze the final value of Olajuwon. The Houston Rockets and Alexander are so shrewd and so cold-blooded.

Let's talk about mixing for the championship, Olajuwon has two championships in hand, two consecutive finals MVP in hand, and now he is about to retire, who can prove it to him with a championship ring?

Taking a step back, Olajuwon really wanted to "hold the thigh". Why didn't he go to the Spurs, Lakers, Kings, and 76ers? Why did he choose a Raptors who only they believed to be able to win the championship?
Zhao Ke sighed, Ewing is considered to be late in the season, otherwise he would be worse than Olajuwon.Since ancient times, beauties have lamented their twilight, and heroes have not been allowed to see their gray hair.It is really rare to meet someone who respects each other like a guest and grows together like Spurs and Deng Daidai.

The Toronto Raptors' starting lineup is pretty weird:

Point Guard: Alvin Williams

Shooting guard: Maurice Peterson
Small Forward: Jerome Williams

Power Forward: Antonio Davis
Center: Keon Clark
This lineup actually hides three insiders:
Antonio Davis was the East's starting power forward in last season's All-Star Game;
Keon Clark is nicknamed "The Octopus", and he has a good hat.

Jerome Williams, nicknamed "Trash Dog", is actually a power forward and a contractor who does dirty work.

This is a hoarding insider lineup obviously aimed at the Knicks' "Death Five" at the end of the regular season. Grandpa Lenny Wilkens must have been deceived by the Toronto media. How could the Knicks play "Death Five" in the playoffs? Zhao Ke doesn't need any more statistics.

The game started with jump balls by Rasheed Wallace and Keon Clark.

Rasheed Wallace, who had been suffocated for 14 games, easily passed the ball over Keon Clark's head to Billups. Billups made a long pass and found Patrick Ewing, who had been ambushing near the Raptors free throw line.

Ewing was going to make a dunk, but when he saw "garbage dog" Jerome Williams jumping over like crazy, he took the ball back and threw it into the hands of Zhao Ke on the outside.

Facing Morris Peterson's candy-style defense, Zhao Ke slapped his horse and rushed to the basket. Morris Peterson followed Zhao Ke step by step, sticking to him to slow down his speed.But Ke Zhao made a sudden stop and changed direction sharply to the right, and Peterson staggered and couldn't keep up.

Zhao Ke continued to rush in, but faced with Keon Clark and Antonio Davis at the basket, Zhao Ke was not greedy for merit. He decisively passed the ball from the 2-meter Keon Clarke's crossed legs and flew into the hands of Patrick Ewing who was ready.

Zhao Ke really wanted to ask if these players in the Raptors didn't care about the games of other teams. Has he used this trick before?

Ewing also did the same as last time, jumping on the spot and dunking with both hands!
It's the Raptors' turn to attack, but the Raptors' lineup has a very distinctive feature, weak offense and strong defense.

Antonio Davis, Keon Clarke, and Jerome Williams are three insiders who started out on defense and took offense. Except for dunks, they only had tip-ups in the second offense, and their mid-range shots were very poor.

Morris Peterson is a typical 3D, with mediocre ball handling skills and slow start speed. He usually runs without the ball and shoots after catching the ball. He has accurate three-pointers from the bottom corner.

The remaining Alvin Williams averaged 13.2 points per game, which is considered a bit of a basket and a bit of a breakthrough, but they are not too stable.

Alvin Williams dribbles the ball. He is 1 meters tall and has a slightly higher center of gravity when playing a point guard. He is often intercepted.So while looking at the position of his teammates, he aggressively pushed away Billups who was interfering with him.Unexpectedly, the mantis caught the cicada and the oriole was behind, and Zhao Ke easily snatched the ball from the other side.

Zhao Ke still didn't choose to attack by himself this time, because of the long pass in the quick counterattack, they had already practiced nausea in the previous [-] games, and even with their eyes closed, they knew that Artest was almost running into the three-point line.Zhao Ke threw the basketball at Artest like throwing a discus. Artest received the ball, adjusted his posture slightly, stepped into the basket with two big strides, and dunked with one hand!

(End of this chapter)