NBA Ten Thousand Worlds Bishop

Chapter 176 Advance to the Finals

After hanging up the phone with Davidson, Barkley was a little excited.

Because he knew very well that the matter of joining the king was almost a certainty.

The Suns have absolutely no reason to reject this offer from the Kings.

There is no such thing as Cheng Yaojin halfway through. The Suns will definitely give priority to the team Barkley wants to join.

Thinking that he was about to join the Kings next season, Barkley was actually a little uneasy, mainly because he was afraid that others would say that he hugged his thigh...

But thinking of the temptation of the championship, he still gritted his teeth and was determined to go to the king.

It would be best if the Kings lost badly in the game against the Bulls this season. In this way, joining the Kings wouldn't be considered a hug...

But led the king over the bull, he was the thickest thigh.

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Davidson is not in the mood to manage Barkley's affairs now. After all, it is a matter of next season. Right now, he is most concerned about the ongoing Western Conference finals.

In any case, the Kings must pass the Sonics now. As long as they can reach the finals and win even one game against the Bulls, then the Kings this season will be considered a real success.

It's not that Davidson isn't self-motivated, but he's well aware of the gap between these two teams.

Competitive sports say that courage is the strongest weapon, but it also scores.

For example, the Vancouver Grizzlies, the weakest in the league this season, even if you give him 100 million points of courage, he can't beat the Bulls.

Of course, Davidson is not saying that there is no expectation at all.

For example, if the king explodes as if possessed by God, while the Bulls' shooting percentage is cursed by the devil, then things will be easy to handle. If the king can't win the championship, it must be unreasonable.

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Now that the time has entered May, the rookie training of each team is naturally in full swing.

Naturally, the Kings are not idle, but the trial training are all players who are predicted to be low in the draft.

Originally, Davidson was thinking about calling Nash to try out, but thinking of the rejection by Jalen Rose before, Davidson gave up this plan.

The current deal with the Suns has not yet been successful. The Kings only have a first-round pick in the hands of the 29th pick. A player like Nash who is predicted to enter the small green house, the devil is willing to come to Sacramento for trial training.

On May 5, Game 20 of the Western Conference Finals kicked off.

The result of this game made the hearts of the Kings fans cold. They lost to the Supersonics at their home court.

In this game, the Sonics put Kemp in the fifth position as soon as they came up, and they played a full-court fast break.

The speed is extremely fast, which makes it impossible for an oversized and bulky center like Muresan to bear.

Davidson can only let Grant appear in the fifth position from time to time to relieve Muresan's pressure.

The Sonics played very fast in this game, which was a factor in their victory.

Of course, the bigger factor is that the feel of their game tonight was so good that it exploded.

On the King's side, Bus's performance was relatively stable. Muresan and Richmond's offense was not considered outstanding, and naturally they failed to win in the end.

Losing a home game put a lot of pressure on Davidson. He thought about losing to the Bulls, the strongest team in history, but he never thought about losing to the Sonics.

Fortunately, in the third game, the Kings pulled back a win at the Sonics' home court.

In the fourth game, the Sonics defended their home court again, and the two sides directly fought to a 2:2 draw.

The Supersonics drew with the Kings, which gave many teams the hope of defeating the superpowers.

If they stop and fight steadily to fight positional warfare, they will definitely not be super powerful opponents.

But if the Supersonics play crazy fast breaks, luck will play a big role in it. As long as the luck is good enough, it seems that the Supersonics will not be a problem in killing the Bulls.

Before the start of the Western Conference finals, no one was optimistic about the Supersonics. Although the Supersonics had a good record in the regular season, the gap between the two sides was too big.

But now the two sides have reached a 2:2 draw, which clearly shows the effectiveness of fast break tactics.

The Muba combination is said to be the slowest All-Star Twin Towers in NBA history, it seems that it is not too much...

Even Davidson has to admit that the fast break tactics are indeed quite restrained for their Mubba combination.

If the Sonics really play a positional battle with them, Davidson is confident that he will sweep the Sonics to advance now.

After the first four games, what is even more detrimental to the Kings is that the Bulls have already advanced.

The Bulls directly shaved O'Neal's head and eliminated the Magic with a big score of 4:0.

The strength of the strongest team in history can be seen!
You must know that the Magic of last season was actually not as strong as the Magic of this season, but last season, the Magic almost reached the finals.

With the Magic's lineup this season, the Nets might not be able to win last season. Even if they win, they will definitely have to fight at least six or seven games.

It was such a team, but the Bulls shaved their heads bald. The horror of the Bulls can be seen, which makes people shudder.

The Bulls are now waiting for work, waiting for the Kings or the Supersonics to advance.

On May 5, Game 28 of the Western Conference Finals kicked off.

In this game, although the king relied on Richmond and the bus to win the game, Davidson was not happy.

Muresan had thigh cramps in the third quarter of this game. Although it did not affect his appearance in the next game, it also sent a signal that Muresan had reached his limit now.

This kind of high-intensity offensive and defensive confrontation puts Muresan under great pressure. Davidson feels that this may also be Muresan's shortcoming under normal circumstances.

Under normal circumstances, Muresan's career life is very short, and there must be reasons why the tonnage is too large and easy to get injured.

The only thing Davidson can do now is to pray that Muresan can persevere. Once Muresan is injured and unable to play, the king's battle situation will become quite difficult.

On May 5, the Kings, holding the match point, did not give the Sonics a chance. At the Supersonics' home court, they simply and neatly killed the Sonics and won the tickets to the finals.

Davidson breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Muresan withstood it and did not suffer injuries in the Western Conference Finals.

The king advanced to the finals with a big score of 4:2, and the fans couldn't sleep at night with excitement. Before the start of this season, they absolutely never dreamed that the king could reach the finals!
That was the Finals, representing the best team in the West!

Not to mention the finals, before the start of the game, even most fans thought that it would be difficult for the Kings to make it to the playoffs!

As the Kings entered the finals, the prestige of Davidson and the bus soared geometrically, and they became the hottest new stars in the league today.

Whether it is Davidson or the bus, these two are "rookies"!
Rookie head coach Davidson led the team to the Finals, and rookie player Bus led the team to the Finals. These are amazing achievements.

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Of course, it is not to say that there are no examples of rookies leading teams to the finals, and there are even many examples of rookies winning the championship.

For example, Pat Riley, he led the Lakers to the championship in his first year of coaching.

But for him to be the champion, the word "leader" is not appropriate. After all, the foundation of the Lakers' championship was laid by the old Westhead.

(End of this chapter)