Chapter 235 Phoenix's Desire!(1/2)
Crazy!
The Suns players were celebrating like crazy!
Not everyone on this team has experienced the years when the Suns were defeated by the Spurs one after another.
But at this moment, their mood is the same as that of people who have experienced it!
Because throughout the past season, the teammates and team staff around them will tell them what this team has gone through.
And what the outcome of this series means to the Suns.
Otherwise, how could Dragic in history or Frye or the others in the present have broken out one after another in this series? And why was it them, and not the role players of the opposite Spurs team?
Mentality, not only in basketball games, can affect a person's performance at any time!
Nash wrapped his head in a towel, feeling a little out of control.
A not-so-cold trivia: Nash has never defeated the Spurs in the playoffs in all his previous careers!
That includes the time he played against the Spurs as a Suns player in 1998, his Mavericks career in 2001 and 2003, and his encounter with the Spurs in the 2005/07 playoffs after joining the Suns.
13-year career, 11 playoff trips, 5 encounters with the Spurs, "I can't beat the Spurs"!
Until today, until this moment, he finally broke this curse!
So many people can't understand his emotion, but it couldn't be more true!
At this time, Richardson went over and put Nash against his stomach.
He knew how Nash was feeling at this moment.
You can even see the eyes of people like Richardson, Stoudemire, and Barbosa all red.
Xiaosi couldn't help but arch his hands and cross his chest, roaring one after another.
That is the catharsis of their truest emotions!
Lin Ying was also deeply touched.
As mentioned before, he also experienced the culture of this Suns team in the past season.
So when he saw the scene in front of him and thought about his original choice, he suddenly felt very lucky.
He came to the right team!
In the final handshake ceremony, Duncan gave Lin Ying a tight hug while shaking hands.
Although he was unwilling to end the season in this way, the player who defeated him was also the player he valued.
So in a sense, he has a good vision.
At this time, he said something that Lin Ying wanted to hear and thought he should say:
"It's yours now."
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"This Boss Cao is a little bit rich", "Ji Han is in the spotlight", "The loyal man Xuande Nash's family history".
In one round of the series, there were many more world famous works.
Then the day after the Suns swept the Spurs, the Lakers also swept the Jazz home cleanly.
King of the Northwest won another Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
The Suns and Lakers successfully met in the West (naked) showdown (yang)!
Lin Ying originally said to meet Durant in the Western Conference Conference, but Durant "broke the appointment", but Lin Ying showed up!
And it’s a bit heartbreaking to say that last year’s Western Conference finals were played by the Nuggets and the Lakers, and the only player from that Nuggets team who could get in front of the Lakers was Lin Ying!
Lin Mi: So it’s not the Nuggets who are stronger but Lin Huang!
Anthony: I've already run away with a bucket, and you still want to treat me to shrimp and pig heart?!
However, both the Nuggets and Suns are in the status of challengers. What they want to challenge is the overlord of this league, the Lakers!
The conference semifinals in the East are still fiercely fought, and the West will take the lead. This matchup has naturally become the focus of attention from fans and the outside world.
Some senior fans have also begun to provide fans with some background knowledge about this series.
Background 1: The Suns and Lakers have met in the playoffs three times in the past four years. The records were the Suns 4-3 Lakers in 2006, the Suns 4-1 Lakers in 2007, and the Lakers 4-0 Suns in 2009. The past few games between the two teams have been
Years of grudges are grossly underestimated.
Background 2: In the 2006 playoffs, Bell once used a famous "choke" on Kobe. However, Kobe did not choose to take action. Instead, he expressed disdain for Bell's behavior and 35 times in the next game.
Scored 50 points on 20 field goals.
Although, the Lakers still lost that game.
Background 3: This is the third year of Lin Ying's NBA career and the third time he has faced the Lakers. In the previous two encounters, his Nuggets were eliminated by the Lakers!
Gratitude and grudges!
If you keep cutting, it will still become messy!
The game has attracted much attention, and the media also started making a lot of predictions before the game.
Judging from a real-time survey conducted by ESPN, more than 80% of people think the Lakers will eventually advance!
This is just the opinion of fans. Celebrities, media and commentators basically hold this view as well.
"I respect this Suns team very much. Their performance is impressive, but the Lakers will still be the final winner. The Lakers can beat any opponent."
"Magic" Johnson said this.
"Other than injuries, I can't think of a reason why the Lakers lost this series. They will definitely defend their title."
"Vicious" Bill Simmons is more straightforward.
The Lakers' paper strength, level of integration, and even their competitive status have all reached a perfect state.
Such a team is, in a sense, unbeatable.
However, just when public opinion was overwhelming, an online "petition" signed by many Suns fans attracted a lot of attention.
"Dear Sir Barkley, we hope you will temporarily stop being optimistic about the Suns in the next game."
Literal translation: Barkley, stop your hate on the Suns!
This should have something to do with the previous G4 game against the Spurs.
Although from an analytical point of view, it is understandable that the Spurs played well in the last battle, but the intuitive effect is that Barkley expected the Suns to sweep the Spurs, and then the Suns almost overturned.
This petition was also broadcast on TNT. Buckley was stunned for a while after seeing it. The program was very effective.
But in the end, Buckley accepted the "petition."
If you were to make a list of people who want the Suns to win, Barkley's name would definitely be on it.
And because of this, TNT also interviewed some netizens who signed the above, and some of the responses they received were also touching and sad.
A fan named Serna said this:
"Phoenix has the most passionate fans in the league, it's like this ever-burning hot place.
Although this city has never won the championship, my support for it will never change, just like my love for Steve Nash who has always been running.
Steve once said that he was willing to trade his MVP trophy for a championship.
I could totally feel his desire because he was so close.
That’s what I and we want too!
But we're all getting older, and we don't know if the team can make it to the conference finals again next year.
This year may not be the best opportunity, but it may be the last chance, who knows?
So we hope to do our best to support this old boy and let him know how many people are supporting him and supporting this team!"
This should be a Nash fan.
Another fan named Smith wrote:
"I've been a fan since the 1990s, and I fell in love with the Suns because of Charles Barkley.
But this team has been cursed for a long time since then, never entering the finals again.
But I know we have always had this strength, if Joe hadn't been injured, if it hadn't been for that damn Robert Horry.
But now, we have that kind of strength again, and we only lost one game in the first two rounds!
We know we can't help the players on the court, but we will do whatever we can off the court.
Steve, Amare, Lin, go win that damn championship!"
This is an old honey.
These are just the tip of the iceberg, but after reading what these people wrote, you can definitely feel their soulful desire.
The Suns joined the NBA in 1968 and have a history of 42 years, but they have only reached the Finals twice in team history.
How long the team's history is and how miserable its record is.
To be continued...