NBA Ten Thousand Worlds Bishop

Chapter 274 The Unexpected Walker

As a result, to the disappointment of the Lakers fans, their O'Neal failed to save the Lakers, and even failed to lead the Lakers to win a game in the hands of the Kings.

In this round of the series, Barkley showed off his power completely, and the defensive O'Neal only scored 24 points per game!
Putting it on other insiders, he can score an average of 24 points per game, which is already a pretty good statistic.

But this standard cannot be placed on O'Neal. In the playoff series, if O'Neal is not allowed to score more than 30 points, it is a success!
Now the Lakers don't have too many scoring points, and O'Neal has limited it. It is obviously unrealistic to expect the Lakers' backcourt to break through Nash's defense and get high scores.

After another sweep, the Kings advanced to the finals. It seemed that the Kings were so close to winning the championship.

The right time, place and people, even Drexler, who has been suffering from injuries, was extremely healthy in the playoffs, and his performance was quite a bit of his peak.

Petrie, who is currently serving as the president of basketball operations for the Grizzlies, jumped up.

The Muresan he sold, the Rockets were eliminated due to the reimbursement for the playoffs, and the traded Drexler performed well in the playoffs. What does this explain?
It shows that Petrie did not have any problems with the original deal.

Petrie trumpeted the correctness of his original deal in the newspapers, and how much he had contributed to the king's championship.

Without him, the king would not be able to have a champion. The reason why the king is today is all due to him...

And also vaguely stated that he had no choice but to leave the king because he was tricked by Davidson.

Davidson also read this report and couldn't help but become speechless.

Petrie was getting more and more out of character. If he had been honest at the beginning, he would have been able to serve as the general manager of the Kings for a long time. After all, he has a championship background, and he has contributed to the team. It is impossible for the team to dismiss him without reason.

Now since Davidson was fired after messing with it, I feel a little lost and crazy...

Davidson didn't bother to care about Petrie's clowns anymore. Anyway, he was about to join the Grizzlies, and Petrie would definitely have to pack up and leave again.

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The Kings swept the Lakers early and got tickets to the finals.

On the other hand, the bull has encountered a hard stubble...

The Pacers led by Larry Bird actually fought the Bulls to tiebreaker.

Not to mention that the fans were unbelievable, even Davidson felt a little unbelievable.

If it weren't for the king's birth, then this Bulls would still be the strongest team in league history.

To be able to reach the tie-break with the strongest team in the history of the league, the strength of the Pacers is really terrifying.

You must know that the Pacers last season failed to even make the playoffs.

And Davidson only lasted five games under the Bulls in the first year of coaching the Kings!

Is the strength of the bulls weakened?Or is it that the Pacers are strong enough to compete with the Bulls?
With Larry Bird leading the Pacers to a tiebreaker with the Bulls, I am afraid that Larry Brown will feel a little uncomfortable now.

The Pacers he led didn't even make the playoffs. Larry Bird took over for only one year, and he was able to wrestle with the Bulls directly. This gap is really unacceptable.

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Davidson doesn't bother to care now whether the Bulls are weaker than they were in 95 or the Pacers are too strong.

Anyway, looking at the current situation, the champion will definitely be the king.

As a result, in the tiebreaker, the Pacers lost, but the loss was a bit wronged. Even Davidson complained for the Pacers.

In this game, Jordan's performance was actually quite bad. He only made 25 of 9 shots in the game, just 36% of the field goal percentage. For Jordan, it is undoubtedly abnormal.

As for Miller, he played extremely well. He scored 7 points in just 4 shots, including 22 of [-] three-pointers.

In this case, it should have been the best time for the Pacers to overturn the Bulls...

But the Pacers lost this loss on the backboard.

In the whole game, the Pacers only grabbed 4 offensive rebounds.

That's right, the NBA main game, the Eastern Conference finals, the entire Pacers team grabbed a total of four offensive rebounds...

On the other hand, the Bulls grabbed a total of 22 offensive rebounds!
Eighteen more offensive rebounds, what does this mean?
It almost means that the Bulls have [-] more shots than the Pacers!

Among them, Jordan grabbed 5 offensive rebounds alone, and Pippen grabbed [-] offensive rebounds alone...

In the end, the Pacers only took 56 shots in total, while the Bulls took 76 shots. The difference between the two sides was 20 shots!
The Pacers' offensive efficiency is high, but they can't hold back so many missed shots...

You must know that Miller's 13 shots in the game are already the player with the most shots in the entire Pacers. Except for Miller, none of the eight Pacers players who appeared on the court took more than ten shots.

In this case, it is obviously difficult for the Pacers to win.

It can also be seen from this how important rebounds are. When the rebounds are completely blown out, the only thing waiting for the team is a dead end.

In this game, the Pacers' offensive efficiency is actually much better than that of the Bulls, but it is still difficult to escape the fate of defeat.

This game can also be regarded as a reminder to Davidson, that is, what is missing is a decent rebounder.

Today's Kings still have the presence of Barkley, a rebounding monster, so they are not at a disadvantage in terms of rebounds. Coupled with the strength of the offensive end and the perimeter defensive end, winning is naturally unfavorable.

But then Davidson is about to coach the Vancouver Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies will not have such a foundation at that time...

The only player in the Grizzlies team who can do it right now is Raheem.

Although Raheem is an insider and plays the power forward position, his rebounding strength is not particularly outstanding.

In the season that just ended, Raheem averaged only 7.1 rebounds per game, which is not at the same level as the bus.

In this way, if Davidson wants not to repeat the mistakes of the Pacers, he must get a decent rebounder inside.

At least it must be at Muresan's level, so as to guarantee the team's record in the new season.

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These things need to be considered after the finals, and Davidson doesn't want to think about it so much right now. After all, the three players in the alternative plan will not know yet...

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On May 5, the finals officially started.

G1 is still the King's home court, the same as last season.

I don't know if it's Davidson's illusion. It seems that the strength of the Bulls has indeed weakened compared with the previous two years.

It stands to reason that the King's strength is slightly damaged compared to last season. After all, Drexler's role in facing the Bulls is definitely not as great as that of the healthy Muresan.

The strength of the king has been damaged. It stands to reason that the Bulls should not lose so easily, not to mention defeating the king.

But the Kings won this game quite easily. The Bulls lost by 22 points and only scored 81 points in the whole game.

Jordan played abnormally in the tiebreaker with the Pacers, and finally relied on a huge rebounding advantage to win.

Maybe the bad luck in that game has not dissipated. In this game, his shots are still quite unreliable. He made 25 of 10 shots, and his shooting percentage just reached [-]%.

(End of this chapter)