My vision is different

Chapter 433 Finals are coming

"Although we lost the game, we gained home court advantage through hard work throughout the year. Now, it is our moment to defend him."

In the Western Conference Finals series, after the fourth game was tied with the Thunder, Parker said unwillingly in an interview.

The Thunder Twins played so well in this game that they couldn't be restrained at all. In addition, it is the Thunder's home court, so it is difficult for the Spurs to have a chance.

But the Spurs, who still have home court advantage, are not afraid of their opponents.

Lin Shaojie, who is far away in India, just finished his battle with Internet celebrities. He heard about the situation between the Spurs and the Thunder.

"Director Lin, what do you think of the opponents in the Western Conference Finals? Do you want the Thunder to come back and win?"

Li Dacheng asked maliciously.

"Although I really hope that our opponent in the finals is the Thunder. After all, we still have an advantage against the Thunder, but I know that our opponent must be the Spurs!"

Lin Shaojie replied in the affirmative.

"why?"

Stars in the new era will not be so "stupid," at least they will not offend people when there is no direct conflict of interest in front of reporters.

"Because the Thunder is too young, although the Spurs are very old, they have not yet reached the retirement age, and the next Tianwangshan battle is at the Spurs' home court, whether it is Duncan or Popovich, they will not give their opponents another chance. "

After Lin Shaojie finished speaking, he continued his restorative training.

Anyway, in his mind, the only opponent was the Spurs. If the Thunder really had the ability to overcome this obstacle, then based on Lin Shaojie's understanding of the Thunder, the only opponent would be failure.

The Spurs lost two away games with lingering fears. The publicity still affected the Spurs. Fortunately, Popovich was stable, and the GDP was not chaotic. The score of 2 to 2 was not the end of the Spurs. That year the Thunder brought them The injury cannot usher in a second time.

Back at home, the Spurs unexpectedly started shooting three-pointers, and the opponents they hit looked bewildered.

More importantly, the Spurs made a "shame trick", and this person is none other than the Argentine demon sword in GDP. He actually slapped his opponent (Durant) at a critical moment.

In the end, the Spurs successfully won the opponent by shooting 26 of 13 three-pointers and won this crucial battle of Tianwangshan.

"It's the craziest series I've ever been in."

Duncan still had lingering fears after the game. They won thoroughly, but the Thunder's consciousness of wanting to fight back was too strong, which caused Ginobili, who came off the bench, to play hard.

"We didn't know what was going to happen, I can only say it was an accident with that goal."

Popovich explained to his beloved son after the game.

But Lin Shaojie, who saw it from beginning to end, didn't think so.

At the critical moment of the third quarter, when the Thunder tried to chase points, the leader at that moment was the Spurs, who led by 17 points.

But at the moment when they were on the rise, Ginobili "violated" and slapped Durant in the face. The latter made two free throws, and his mentality was obviously affected.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Thunder quickly collapsed. The Spurs led by 33 points at the most, and the game entered garbage time early.

The Thunder had to return to the home court with regret, waiting for the arrival of the Spurs.

In the sixth game, although the Thunder was careful about the opponent's three-point rain, they played very resolutely in this game that the Thunder couldn't afford to lose.

In the fourth quarter, the Spurs once led by 12 points, but the Thunder relied on the excellent performance of the "Double Young" to tie the game at 101 at the last moment. Ginobili wanted to kill the opponent, but unfortunately fell short and eventually entered overtime.

In theory, the Spurs' age group is too old, and they will suffer even more when entering overtime.

But the more experienced Spurs did not give their opponents this chance at all. Duncan was relentless at the critical moment and scored 7 points in a row. Durant's so-called "worrying physical fitness" exploded again. In the end, before the end of the game with 19 seconds left, the "Thunder Shuang Shao" missed two key three-pointers one after another.

The Thunder, who missed the opportunity to chase points, eventually lost the entire series.

This game can be described as the most interesting, Lin Shaojie and all Pacers can see clearly.

"The Spurs must not be dragged into overtime. Anyone who thinks they are too old and have physical problems will be the only one who swallows the bitter fruit in the end."

This is unanimously recognized by Lin Shaojie and Frank. The experienced Spurs are far more stable than the Pacers. Professional career, standing in the league for many years.

With him as the core, the Spurs have abruptly become the touchstone of every championship, and the curse of winning the championship in odd-numbered years has also made this team never be underestimated.

The gold content of teams that have not experienced the Spurs' beatings must be underestimated.

But for the Pacers, this is their second playoff game, once again meeting the Spurs.

The biggest advantage of the Pacers today is the home court advantage, and the second is to rest longer than their opponents.

The next game between the two sides will be held in five days. After such a long time, the Spurs should recover well, but for the Pacers, it is unknown whether the long rest time will affect their state.

When the finals are about to start, the off-court media campaign has already started.

"Last season we lost to our opponents, this season we will definitely regain our honor."

Spurs guard Green faced reporters during the "offseason" and replied affirmatively: "I am proud of the Spurs. We are united, trust and encourage each other. No one can do better than us."

When Popovich faced the interview, he had an attitude of "we are average, but the opponent is very strong".

"The Pacers hurt us a lot last season. This season they are more mature and stronger, and we are one year older. We can only try our best to win.
The Pacers have the home court advantage. What I look forward to most is to win a victory at the Conseco Arena. This is my little dream. "

When watching this interview, Lin Shaojie and coach Frank looked at each other and smiled.

The old Bobo's behavior of "saving character" before the game was carried out to the end. Whoever believes his words will be damned. Green's words are the truth. The Spurs must want revenge.

For that goal, the Spurs will not be merciless, Lin Shaojie and Frank have to be careful.

But the advantage is not without, that is, the Pacers have home court advantage, which is very critical for them.

In what Popovich said, Lin Shaojie agreed very much, "Take away an away victory."

Yes, Lin Shaojie is not worried, just keep the home game, and then seek an away victory. Lin Shaojie is confident that he can kill the Spurs at home and win the entire series.

Larry Bird has already made it clear with them, who have returned with honor, that they will send Hibbert away next season and support Gobert in the top position.

In view of the current situation in the team, it is impossible to give Hibbert a chance to play in the finals.

There are two reasons:

One is that Hibbert's performance against Duncan was terrible, and his failure to make it has little impact on the whole;

Another one is that Hibbert is still a rare commodity. Since Hibbert was refrigerated by the Pacers, there have been many teams that want to offer (replace).Now if you want to "sell" it for a good price, it's far better to hide it than to reveal it, otherwise everyone will know that Hibbert is a softie, and you won't be able to sell it for a good price.

For Hibbert himself, since the Pacers beat the Heat with a 4-0 record, his role in the Pacers has tended to zero.

Although many people understand that if the Pacers replaced Hibbert, the effect would be much better, but the "stubborn" Pacers did not send out their big inside killers, which also made Bosh play in this series. Second to LeBron, he is the most stable player on the Heat team.

Without the Heat as a foil, Hibbert himself felt the gloomy of his career.

Even in the training games these days, he had the attitude of fishing for three days and drying the net for two days.

As his agent, he doesn't mention anything about playing at this time. Everyone knows that with the finals about to start, Hibbert's career with the Pacers has entered the countdown.

Another highly anticipated Stephenson also had a bad feeling. At this time, even if it was to deceive himself, he should discuss the contract renewal with himself, but Frank didn't care about these things, "Big Bird" uncle Germany is even more boastful.

"The first priority now is the finals, and everything else will wait until after the game."

This is not a common sense operation for Stephenson. Look at last year in order to keep West, after Lin Shaojie spoke, the Pacers immediately completed the contract extension with the veteran.

West even lamented the kindness of the team, saying that he would play in Indian City until retirement.

But these invisible benefits seem to be absent for Stephenson.

You must know that Stephenson is a pure Pacers man. Although he has been standing on the bench as a second-round pick, even George Hill, who is the main player this season, is not as good as Stephenson in terms of statistics. better.

Not to mention his salary of less than one million, is the Pacers making a lot of money?

Why not renew the contract? Isn't Stephenson worthy of an annual salary of tens of millions?
With such doubts, Stephenson was also consulting his agent, who just tapped Lin Shaojie on the screen with his hand, and then said nothing.

During this period of time, Lin Shaojie became very popular. All basketball cannot do without this Chinese man, and Stephenson was very envious.

"Fuck, can you just say it straight?"

"Because Lynn!"

As the saying goes, success is Lin Shaojie, failure is Lin Shaojie, Stephenson listened to the manager's explanation, his eyes widened.

"Shit, what do you mean I can't renew my contract because of Lynn?"

"Although it's a bit inappropriate to say that, I think that's the way it is."

"No, it's not like that!"

Stephenson retorted: "Although the team didn't say it clearly, all of us know that Roy (Hibert) is finished and we have enough salary space."

"I know!"

The agent glanced at Stephenson: "I also know that you called Lynn that night."

"Shit, can you stop talking about this? You make me feel like a snitch!"

The agent didn't speak, but just looked at Stephenson. Everyone understood the meaning of that look: Isn't it?
Stephenson raised his hands and responded helplessly:

"Well, I admit that I called Lynn, but I never meant to drive Hibbert away. You must know that he and I have no competitive relationship."

"That's one of the reasons!"

The agent responded affirmatively:
"Now that Hibbert has been cleared, the Pacers can at least leave tens of millions of salary space. Rudy (Gobert) is still in his rookie period and does not need to spend money, but what about after next season?

How much will Lynn's contract extension cost?
And now that you have Watson, you and Evan Turner have some overlapping positions, and the Pacers have never lacked guards. How can you rank in terms of strength? "

The manager's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Stephenson's heart.

Danny Granger's departure brought Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen to the Pacers, but the latter was just an addition and could not even affect Mahinmi's status, but Evan Turner It's different. If it wasn't for the short time he came, Evan Turner would not lose to Stephenson in terms of strength alone, and he was even better in experience.

"You know, I heard that not long after Evan Turner joined the team, he tried to contact Hibbert, wanting to challenge someone's position, but Hibbert refused."

Stephenson looked at the agent in surprise, he didn't know about this.

"Of course, you know, anyone who has watched Lynn's training will get rid of that thought, and Evan Turner is no exception.

He wanted to prove himself without knowing it. After all, he was still young, but he extinguished this idea after entering the Pacers. In my opinion, he might as well stay in the 75 people. The current Pacers don’t have him at all. living space. "

Stephenson just felt that this kind of intrigue was not suitable for him at all. Many things clearly happened around him, but he didn't know it at all.

"Don't worry, this news will be revealed. It is impossible for the Pacers to want a player who wants to challenge Lynn's status."

"What if that person is Paul George?"

Stephenson is still a little unwilling to give up.

"Believe me, Lance, as long as Larry Bird is in power, no one can challenge Lynn's position. 'Big Bird' is very important to that Chinese man.

You have done the right thing so far, that is, you hugged Lynn's thigh tightly, but your performance in the playoffs was terrible and you did not show your strength. If you want to stay in the Pacers to complete the contract, face When facing the Spurs, you have to show your strength to be possible, otherwise”

Stephenson understood that.

Today's Pacers are a favorite, a strong contender for the championship, and there are too many dream-fulfilling players who want to join.

If it weren't for certain rules of the league, the Pacers could find more suitable players at any time, and his status of Stephenson would decline step by step.

Paul George felt sorry for Hibbert's departure. He didn't have many dog-meat friends, and now he lost another one. That was his good brother in Fengyue, and they were once so close.

But unfortunately, Hibbert drifted away, like a guy who was about to touch a high-tension line, and ended up reaping the consequences.

The offseason of winning the Eastern Conference Finals was not as comfortable as expected. Paul George continued to make adjustments for the upcoming finals.

The coaching team told himself that there are certain hidden dangers in his physical fitness, and he needs to use the rest time to recover as much as possible, otherwise it will affect his technical performance.

Paul George couldn't believe it. He is the "physical monster" in the Pacers. How could there be a crisis? He has never suffered any serious injuries. Why should he pay attention?

My body is clear on its own, isn't this a joke?
Lin Shaojie didn't even have a physical crisis, so would this happen to him?

Paul George was a little unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)