Chapter 331: 330: The Most Shameful Number One in the West in History, Green Evil(2/2)
After all, I am destiny!
After the game, the Spurs press conference.
Tim Duncan, a genius who has been a superstar since he entered the league, could only shake his head and sigh when asked about Shay's last alley-oop:
"At that moment, I seemed to see the God of Basketball descending from the sky. Shay, he is a magical guy. He just pretended to be eighth in the Western Conference, which made many people forget that he was actually the biggest ruler in the 1990s!"
The smart Duncan solved the disguise of Shay and the Lakers.
Yeah, they're just pretending to be eighth in the Western Conference.
In reality, they are a team that has just won three consecutive championships!
The day after the game ended, the whole world was flooded with the Black Eight Miracle.
All newspapers in the world published the news on their front pages.
This is no longer just a matter in the basketball circle, but has directly become a social event.
The emergence of the Black Eight Miracle made the Lakers become synonymous with "never give up" and made the Lakers and Shea attract much attention.
Now, fans all over the world want to know how far the Lakers, the tenacious eighth seed in the Western Conference, can go.
The NBA's attention has also been qualitatively improved because of the Lakers' scandal.
And Popovich, as the backdrop for being hacked, naturally became popular in another way.
Especially when he was so arrogant before the game and ended up being defeated, no one would let the old man go.
"Indeed, none of the superstars in the 1990s have seen the strength of the Spurs. After all, who would remember an opponent who was eliminated in the first round?"
"The Spurs have become the most unique No. 1 player in the Western Conference in history. No previous No. 1 player in the Western Conference has failed to make it past the first round."
"Coach Popovich said that no matter how strong the eighth in the Western Conference is, he will still be the eighth in the Western Conference. Now we can say that the defending champion, no matter how low the ranking is, is still the defending champion!"
The happiest among them is undoubtedly Barkley: "If I had played in this era, I could have won the championship. After all, a team that couldn't even get past the first round could actually be No. 1 in the Western Conference."
The Spurs have become the most embarrassing first place in the Western Conference in NBA history.
However, some people also expressed different opinions regarding the Spurs' elimination:
"That's because there are only five games in the first round of the series. If there are seven games, the Spurs will definitely have the last laugh."
The person who said this was not a media outlet seeking death, nor was it an unscrupulous basketball commentator.
It’s Shay’s next opponent, Rasheed Wallace, one of the Three Musketeers of Phoenix!
This boy in prison has never known fear.
As the king of eating T-shirts this season, Rasheed Wallace continued his usual style of fearing nothing.
Weber also expressed his position. Although not as straightforward as Roaring Heavenly Lord, his words also revealed his intention to replace Xie Yi:
"How should I put it? Of course I respect Shay's past achievements. But the world ultimately belongs to young people."
Of course, this kind of occasion is indispensable without the Suns coach, that cold-blooded, mean-mouthed guy who made Bird say bluntly "I really want to beat that bastard sometimes" when he was a player and a teammate, Danny Ainge.
When being interviewed by reporters, Anji laughed easily: "We are not worried about losing to the Lakers because we don't have a general who always pulls his hips at critical moments."
Good guy, the reporter called him a good guy.
Offending two families with one sentence makes him the most foul-mouthed head coach in the league.
In fact, the Spurs and Suns have always had grievances. There was a conflict between the two sides during the regular season. At that time, Popovich and Ainge also had a verbal spat.
So now that the Spurs are eliminated by eighth in the Western Conference, Ainge must be yin and yang to the Spurs.
In the future, after becoming the general manager, Anji may be more low-key in public speaking.
But today's head coach version of Ainge is still a villain who speaks without caring about people's feelings.
The generals are all autistic, please stop adding salt to my wounds, okay?
Just like that, every pair of eyes is now staring at the Lakers' next opponent-the Phoenix Suns!
Although the Suns were eventually surpassed by the Rockets and fell to fourth in the Western Conference this season, with a full lineup, the Suns only lost 3 games this season!
Even the Lakers failed to win even a single game against the Suns with a complete lineup.
However, because Shay has already created the miracle of black eight, even the boldest Phoenix media at this time only dared to say: "Solar and Lakers are 50-50."
But the Suns players themselves don't seem to think so. The speeches of Ainge, Webber and Wallace can be said to be quite arrogant.
But with Shay's personality, he naturally wouldn't give a bitch like Anji a piece of cake.
Just like that, in the second round of the playoffs, just four games into the match between the Suns and the Lakers, the outcome seemed to be decided.
"3-1! The Los Angeles Lakers have got the match point!
Will the Black Eight Miracle really continue?"
At the Great Western Forum, Magic looked at Shay, who scored 46 points today, and roared with joy.
The camera showed Danny Ainge, who frowned and looked unhappy.
At this time, Anji's mental journey is probably: laugh at the Spurs, understand the Spurs, and become a Spurs!
The Suns have a very strong lineup this season, except for the three Musketeers of Hill, Webber and Rasheed.
On the back line, Steve Nash, a white Canadian defender, has also begun to emerge.
In the past two years, Nash has been tepid as a small substitute for the Suns, and even Shea has ignored his existence.
In this history, because the Suns were not involved in Kidd's trade, Nash also continued to stay in Phoenix, and finally became the starting point guard halfway through this year's regular season.
Anji couldn't even figure out how he could be opened 1 to 3!
The Suns' lineup is indeed very strong, but there is one problem - the defense is too poor!
Especially the defense on the back line was a disaster.
The defense of Nash and Rex Chapman, the two white guards of the Suns, is like the integrity of the author of the Internet article, which is almost negligible.
Therefore, in the past four games, not only Shea was very bad, but Billups and Finley also raised their worth.
Billups scored 18 points, 21 points, 24 points and 16 points in four games respectively.
Finley scored 21 points, 23 points, 15 points and 25 points in four games respectively.
Add in Shea, and you can imagine how many points the Lakers can score in a game.
Take today as an example, Billups scored 16 points, Finley scored 25 points, and Shea scored 46 points.
The three of them together have scored 87 points!
The Suns wanted to use their offense to destroy the Lakers, but they were embarrassed to find that the Lakers' offense was stronger than theirs!
The firepower of the Lakers' three outside lines is not inferior to that of the Phoenix Trident.
During the regular season, the Lakers with Shea actually only played against the Suns once. In that game, the Suns were in really good shape and felt great, so it was normal for them to lose.
However, it is impossible for the Suns to perform in such a state in every game!
Just like that, 3-1, the Lakers easily got the match point and headed towards the Western Conference Finals!
Although the Suns are Barkley's former club, the current situation still makes the Flying Pigs dance with joy:
"Danny Ainge, this bastard, thinks he can control everything. No, whether he is a player or a head coach, he is just an insignificant supporting role! He is nothing!
As long as this team continues to be coached by Danny Ainge, the Suns will never win a championship!"
Barkley was not so much targeting the Suns as he was targeting Ainge personally.
Barkley has no problem with the Suns, but he and Ainge worked well together before.
Ainge wanted to correct Hill, but Barkley endured it again and again. Finally, when the Flying Pigs retired, Ainge said this:
"We took another solid step toward the championship because we walked away from a guy who lost points faster than he scored them."
As for Angie, everyone knows that this cold-blooded devil has no feelings for his players. In this regard, he is more ruthless than Pat Riley.
Feizhu and Anji took over Liangzi and often complained about him on the show.
So now seeing Anji almost being swept away by the gentleman, Feizhu wanted to rush up and hug Shay and give her a kiss.
But, Danny Ainge is not the kind of person who would give up easily.
According to Bird's recollection in his autobiography, when Ainge came to the Celtics training ground to practice shooting on the first day, his shooting percentage was a horrifying 0-2547!
Of course, Bird must have exaggerated on purpose. But it can also be seen from this that Ainge's shots when he first entered the league were too hip-high.
As a perimeter player, Ainge's field goal percentage in his rookie season was an incredible 35.7%.
But now when it comes to Anji, the evaluation of "good shooting" is recognized by almost everyone.
Anji's ability to counterattack relies on perseverance and never giving up efforts.
This is one of the few good things about this bastard.
After fighting back all the way, he is not afraid of falling behind 1-3. In fact, he already has a plan in his bastard's brain.
This master of mentality is ready to use some methods other than basketball to contain the Lakers.
Thanks to Anshang Xingxin and other bosses for the reward, thank you everyone! It’s almost good, I’m back!
Chapter completed!