Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Not long after the Chicago Bulls advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, another Eastern Conference Finals team, the Orlando Magic, also made it through the Eastern Conference playoffs.

However, in recent times, neither Duan nor Howard are the main targets of the media.

James, who had just won his second consecutive regular season MVP, but was once again defeated head-on by Dunn, has become the NBA player that fans talk about the most before and after dinner.

Black powder is also pink, and black and red are also red.

Sometimes, being remembered for failure can be a bad thing.

Especially in the United States, where entertainment is enough and traffic is king.

Now, both James's agent and the Nike team are trying their best to make more profits from black and red traffic.

Of course, this may be difficult for the parties involved to accept.

However, the memory of fans is short. By the time the Eastern and Western Conference finals begin, what happened to James before has gradually become a thing of the past and gradually forgotten by everyone.

In this case, in order to gain more traffic for a while, the team behind James also used whitewashing methods to continuously create a beautiful, strong and miserable image of James, thereby attracting the attention of some fans, and even the subjective opinions of James fans. Agency is mobilized.

Of course, this is not very attractive to normal fans.

No one cares about a player who relies on hard support from the league and has repeatedly failed in the playoffs.

Under normal circumstances, the championship is the most important!

No one will pay attention to who the runner-up is, unless someone is the runner-up king.

But now that James doesn't even have a runner-up, this becomes even more insignificant.

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"The Chicago Bulls lost?!"

"Is the Orlando Magic resurrected with big men?"

"Dwight Howard led the team to defeat the Chicago Bulls. He is currently the best big man in the league. He should have won the regular season MVP!"

"Fifteen years ago, it was O'Neal who stopped Jordan. Fifteen years later, it may be Howard, the No. 1 pick, who once again completes the feat of preventing the Chicago Bulls from winning the championship!"

"Maybe it's time for the Los Angeles Lakers to rebuild. The Los Angeles Lakers need a big man to win the championship!"

The Magic defeated the Bulls at home in G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which was a bit beyond the expectations of the outside media and fans.

After all, the Bulls played too easily against the Cavaliers in the last round, and Duan's performance in the playoffs over the years has never disappointed the fans.

Therefore, it is easy for people to have the illusion that the Bulls still have the ability to win the championship.

In fact, the Bulls do not have the strength to compete for the championship this season. The main reason is that the internal thinking of the players is not unified. Winning the championship requires the team to have enough cohesion.

The cohesion within the Bulls this year is obviously not enough. Even if they win the Eastern Conference finals and advance to the finals, they may fall short and fail due to the selfishness of some players.

What's more, Curry and Harden were injured in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Harden is actually fine. After a few days of rest, he has almost recovered and will be back in a few days. However, Curry has been reimbursed due to a back injury.

The Bulls' back line is short of players, so Duane needs to move to the second position, but the Bulls also don't have enough manpower at the third position, and there are obviously some problems with rotation.

In addition, the Magic, the Bulls' opponent in the Eastern Conference finals, are not bad in quality either in terms of defenders or forwards.

The Magic's starting lineup is Nelson, Carter, Matt Barnes, Lewis, and Howard, with White Chocolate, JJ Redick, Pietrus, Brandon Bass, and Ryan Anderson on the bench.

The Magic's lineup this year is undoubtedly one of the best in the entire league.

If there is any flaw in this year's Magic, it is that Howard's independent offensive skills need to be strengthened.

If the head coach of the Magic is O'Neal, who is the same age as Howard, then this year's Magic will undoubtedly have all the conditions to win the championship.

Of course, now that the center is withering, Howard's outstanding performance in the regular season and playoffs has also attracted a lot of attention. Not only the outside media and fans, but also the owners and executives of the major teams in the league have also noticed the talented Howard.

Of course, some extreme Lakers fans are not satisfied with Kobe's leadership performance in recent years.

Although Kobe led the team to the finals every year, he failed to bring the team the most important championship.

You know, the Bulls are not the only team paying the luxury tax. The Lakers spend and configure the championship team every year, but only get the second place in the championship. This makes some extreme Lakers fans naturally very dissatisfied.

From a certain perspective, the Lakers' luxury tax can no longer support it.

If you can't win the championship this year, you need to change to someone who can bring a championship to the Lakers.

The Lakers have always won championships only when they have a talented big man in the team.

If you want to maintain the tradition and continue the winning culture, then Howard, who has performed outstandingly recently, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

However, this part of the Lakers fans didn't expect long before the Bulls pulled back a game at the Magic's home court and returned to Chicago with a score of 1-1.

However, Carter had an explosive performance in G3 and did not give the Bulls a chance to continue their efforts.

In G4, Ben Gordon may have accumulated fatigue points due to playing in the playoffs for consecutive years, and his glass attribute finally broke out because he broke his leg due to a foot slip.

No one expected that the Magic would win two consecutive games at the Bulls' home court and take the lead in seizing the match point.

The league officials originally regarded the Cavaliers as the top seed to win this year's championship. This time they discovered the sudden rise of the Magic and changed their minds.

The essence of the star whistle is to support stars and young stars.

Howard is also the No. 1 pick in high school and is one year younger than James. Now he can play so well against the league's best player like Duane in the Eastern Conference finals. There is no reason not to praise him.

So in order to avoid long nights and long dreams, the home whistle in G5 of the Eastern Conference Finals became more obvious.

Du En scored 37 points, but it was difficult to restore the decline.

In the end, the Bulls lost to the Magic 1-4, ending this year's entire playoff schedule ahead of schedule.

The Magic beat the Bulls 4-1, and the Bulls beat the Cavaliers 4-1. After the test of the playoffs, fans can clearly distinguish between a strong team and a pseudo-strong team.

For a time, James was once again compared to Duane and Howard.

However, this time the person who is marketed as beautiful, strong and miserable is no longer James, but Duan.

It was familiar once and twice, it was the Nike team who found the media to promote it, so the reporting on Duen was naturally faster and more professional.

Of course, Du En does meet the various qualities of the beautiful, strong and miserable, and deserves to be promoted.

Some fans once again linked Duane to Jordan, while Howard compared it to O'Neal.

Regarding this, the Lakers management in Los Angeles also recognized this.

O'Neal, who can defeat Jordan, even if he lacks experience in the finals, his talent will not lie. As long as he is equipped with enough helpers, he can help the team win the championship.

Now among many young stars, Howard is the first to complete the feat of defeating Duan, the league's ruler.

Even though the Bulls' strength has dropped a lot due to reconstruction and injuries, it is not easy for Howard to do this.

"This year is our best chance to win the championship. In one or two seasons, Doon will make a comeback!"

"Yes, we have more championship experience than the Orlando Magic! Fortunately, this year's opponent is no longer the Chicago Bulls!"

On May 5, the Lakers defeated the Suns 29-4 and advanced to the Finals again. (End of chapter)