The third game started in Dallas. Before the start of the third game, Lu Yu received the MVP trophy from NBA President David Stern and gave an acceptance speech.
Delivered his regular season MVP speech in front of Dallas Mavericks fans.
It's a bit like shrimp and pig heart.
Especially the Mavericks boss, Cuban's face turned the color of pig liver.
"First of all, I would like to thank my fans and friends for their support. Because of you, I can start a day of training and competition every day when the sun rises. Secondly, I want to feel that my Suns teammates, it is your help throughout the season that has allowed me to
Got this trophy.”
The fans at the scene began to applaud sparingly, and the Mavericks fans expressed their indifference to Lu Yu winning the MVP.
Of course, if Lu Yu was a Mavericks player, the situation would be different.
"I would also like to thank the coaching staff, management, trainers, and team doctors behind the scenes. Without you, this team cannot always sail on the right track."
What Lu Yu said was all cliche mandarin and not humorous. In fact, what he wanted to thank the most was the golden finger of the breathing method. Without the breathing method, his body would not have been polished to this extent.
The only pity is that I have to work hard to practice the breathing method to achieve today's achievements. The process in the middle is as tiring as a dog.
If he can get a golden finger in his next life, Lu Yu hopes that it will be a golden finger that allows him to win without any effort. It would be great to get something for nothing, be happy and not be so tired.
After Stern presented the award, he stood beside Lu Yu and looked at Lu Yu quietly. Like many fans, he felt incredible.
The rookie contract has not ended yet, but Lu Yu has accomplished something that no player has ever accomplished in the decades of NBA history. Championship, mvp, fmvp, various records, various honors. Not only has he been locked in
The number of places in the Hall of Fame, even if this trend continues, surpassing the God of Basketball is a sure thing.
You know, Lu Yu is a Chinese player.
Who would have thought that the one who could surpass the God of Basketball would be a Chinese player.
It's incredible.
After the game started, the Suns were full of momentum. Lu Yu led the team to lead all the way, winning the game 125-109, and the total score came to 3-0.
Lu Yu scored a huge double-double with 32 points and 17 assists. He used pick-and-roll breakthroughs time and time again to score by himself or assist his teammates.
There is no example in the history of NBA where the opponent can win the game 3-0.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is already thinking about whether to let the Suns get into trouble. After all, being swept is a bit ugly.
But what he considered was that even if he didn't go to the Suns owner to plead with him to let him go, the other side would probably let him go. After all, playing one more home game would mean that the Suns owner could earn more ticket money.
Especially in such a crucial game.
Game 4 continued in Dallas. The Mavericks, who had no room for retreat, decided to fight with their last resort. Mark Cuban also decided not to plead with the Suns owner, just in case the Mavericks could come back 3-0.
The Mavericks intensified their confrontation. Finley's foul on Marion almost caused a conflict. Dampier also dragged Lu Yu when he was defending him, wanting to send Lu Yu to the hospital.
The Mavericks' method to deal with Lu Yu is to foul Lu Yu violently. When players hit the ball, they not only have to knock the ball away, but also let Lu Yu know the pain. It is best to hurt Lu Yu. They don't dare to hurt Lu Yu openly, otherwise he will be punished.
Fans accuse him of being sinister, so he can only use this method and let nature take its course.
This trick is somewhat effective, but in addition to shooting, Lu Yu can also break through. Breakthroughs don't have to be scored, and he can also pass to teammates.
However, D'Antoni was afraid that Lu Yu would be injured and did not dare to risk his life in the away game, so he simply replaced Lu Yu to rest.
What's more, they made a preliminary plan before playing this game. If the opponent really wants to resort to tricks, they will give up this game. This will not only allow the Suns boss to earn more ticket money, but also have sufficient reasons not to be ignored by the fans.
Make complaints.
After returning home, the Mavericks players would never dare to do this.
Because they are also afraid that they will not be able to leave Phoenix.
In the end, the Suns lost the game, giving the Mavericks a moment of respite.
This defeat not only did not make Lu Yu's popularity decrease, but made Lu Yu's popularity increase even more, because Lu Yu has forced his opponents to this point. In the history of NBA, the only way to force his opponents to this point was against Jordan's Pistons.
This is the famous Jordan Rule.
The "Jordan Rule" is a defensive strategy developed by the Pistons in the late 1980s to limit Jordan.
The main method is to use strong physical contact and fierce fouls, pushing, pulling, dragging, everything. This defensive strategy is actually a simple and crude extreme defense.
Because Jordan's personal scoring ability is extremely strong, the Pistons chose to use all their strength to defend Jordan, and their defensive methods were violent.
If you still can't guard Jordan, then guard Jordan's teammates in the same way and let him go, but you don't really let him go.
In short, the Pistons used this extreme defensive method for three consecutive years, beating the basketball god back then until they finally defeated the Bad Boys.
It all starts with the 1985 All-Star Game. In that year's All-Star Game, the smiling assassin Yinsaya Thomas couldn't stand Jordan's limelight, so he teamed up with many big names in the All-Star Game to isolate Jordan.
In that game, Jordan made only 7 of 9 shots.
From then on, Jordan and the Assassin became enemies.
And it is precisely because of his feud with Jordan that there is no assassin in the Dream Team.
After that, Jordan always held back his energy against the Pistons, scoring 47, 61, 49, and 59 points. These were terrible revenges again and again.
On April 3, 1988, Jordan scored 59 points at home to help the Bulls narrowly defeat the Pistons.
Pistons coach Chuck Daly finally had enough and said, "We can't let Michael Jordan beat us single-handedly anymore." So Daly and his assistants developed a defensive strategy specifically for Jordan.
This became known as "Jordan's Law".
This defensive strategy is nothing more than two concepts, one is that Jordan can score at will, and the other is that you cannot let Jordan score. In fact, the real idea of this rule is called "dirty" defensive means.
This strategy stipulates in detail what opposing players should do when Jordan is in which position on the court. Its core essence is that no matter what, no matter what means are used, Jordan will never be able to score easily.
As a result, strong collisions and fierce fouls became the Pistons' standard matchup against Jordan in the future.
Although the Mavericks didn't say it clearly, the method they are using against Lu Yu is officially the same as Jordan's rules back then.
But back at the Suns' home court, everything is different.
As expected, the Mavericks players did not dare to be too presumptuous in Game 5. In addition to the fact that this is the home court of Phoenix, there is also the referee factor. The referee was more considerate of the home whistle. After all, they did not want to stay in a hotel.
was beaten by fans.
However, the Mavericks' defensive actions in this game were not too small, and were somewhat larger than their usual routine.
Nowitzki played 47 minutes, making 4 of 15 shots, 1 of 8 three-pointers, 10 of 11 free throws, and scored 21 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
He was very uncomfortable being guarded. Haslem also gave him some small moves on the defensive end. With both sides making a lot of moves, Nowitzki's stability had some problems.
Haslem almost swollen the heel of Nowitzki's hand. The referee adhered to the principle that both sides have the same scale and would not call it anyway. As long as the head does not hit the head of the dog, it will not be called.
Nowitzki turned around and broke through, and was directly knocked to the ground by the ball.
The Mavericks also made great defensive moves. Dampier couldn't guard Lu Yu, so he pushed and pulled him hard. When Lu Yu was almost pulled down, he gave him an elbow and opened the corners of his eyes, causing blood to flow.
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Mavericks head coach Johnson didn't expect that Dampier's off-court move would be cracked by Lu Yu, and he would develop this kind of virtue for himself.
Only then did he remember that Lu Yu seemed to have never lost a fight back then.
Lu Yu only used a Muay Thai elbow attack at the moment he was dragged, but he still held back his strength, otherwise Dampier would have been on his way to the hospital.
When it comes to fighting, Lu Yu is a professional.
Playing basketball is just a side job.
The final game was 119-97. The Suns defeated the Mavericks 4-1 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
The Mavericks players were dejected when they returned to the locker room. They had tried their best and tried their best to defend, but they still couldn't guard Lu Yu. As the core of the team, Nowitzki was the one with the greatest responsibility.
At this time, Cuban somewhat regretted his decision in the summer, and even regretted sending Nash to the Suns. Isn't this an attempt to capitalize on the enemy?
No matter whether Nowitzki is compared in terms of technique or body, he is inferior to Lu Yu by more than one level. Cuban doesn't know why his brain is so cramped, and why he would choose Lu Yu for Nowitzki.
What's left?
Lu Yu scored a game-high 37 points and 9 assists. The Mavericks' "tough" defense failed to limit Lu Yu's performance.
The match between the Spurs and the Warriors also entered a fever pitch. The Spurs, who were originally leading 3-1, also wanted to end the series 4-1 like the Suns. As a result, they lost the battle at Tianwang Mountain.
Arenas scored 47 points and 14 assists in the battle at Tianwang Mountain, and Yao Ming scored 33 points and 18 rebounds.
The reporter asked Lu Yu to predict who his opponent would be in the next round.
Lu Yu shook his head: "I don't know, but no matter who it is, I believe it will be us who win the Western Conference championship."
He really doesn't know, because although the Spurs are very strong, the Warriors seem to be a bit overwhelmed by them, especially since the Warriors won the fifth game and their morale was greatly improved. Even though they are now one game behind, they seem to have found a way to defeat them.
How to win the game.
Yao Ming is a natural barrier in the paint. On both offense and defense, the Spurs have no good way to deal with Yao Ming.
Their only way is to restrict Arenas, which is why the Spurs can win three games. If Arenas is restricted, Yao Ming alone cannot beat the Spurs.
The Warriors won both games because of Arenas' outstanding performance.
So Arenas became the winner of this series.
Lu Yu didn't know the outcome of the game and couldn't predict it, because Arenas was a bit of a psychopath and couldn't guess how good or bad he would be in the next game.
The reporter asked: "What is the key to the Suns reaching the Western Conference Finals after a year of rebuilding?"
Lu Yu couldn't be so shameless as to say "rely on me."
He smiled and said: "With team cooperation, every player in the team wants to fulfill what we said at the beginning of the season. We want to become the villain of the entire league. We work together and do our best for this goal."
All the physical strength.”
"Although we are a young team, the teams with the best records in the league are all young teams. Even Duncan of the Spurs, don't look at him as old, but he is actually only 29 years old."
Lu Yu actually hopes the Warriors can win because he doesn't like playing the Spurs.
The Spurs' tactics are really annoying. It seems that they started on defense, but they are different from a purely defensive team like the Pistons.
When it comes to Lu Yu’s previous team’s style of play that attracted the most fans, it must have been the Suns under Nash’s leadership. In that era when defense was emphasized and the offensive pace was relatively slow, the Suns took a deviant approach and held high the banner of “run and gun”.
Flag, under their fierce offensive, it is almost difficult for any team to stop them.
The 04-05 season was the first year that the Suns started to play fast. They immediately achieved the league's first record of 62 wins and 20 losses, and were invincible in the playoffs, sweeping the Grizzlies and defeating the Mavericks in six games.
Back to the stage of the Western Conference Finals again.
Just when everyone was expecting the Suns to win the first championship in team history, they lost to the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals with a score of 1:4. Stoudemire averaged 37 points and 10 rebounds per game.
, the data is not luxurious, so why did the Suns still lose to the Spurs?
How was Duncan's performance at that time?
GDP performance is not weaker than that of Nash and Stoudemire. It has to be said that although Stoudemire transferred to the Knicks in the 10-11 season and only played well for a period of time, he quickly declined.
But when he was with the Suns, he was definitely a top-five power forward in the NBA. His explosive athletic ability made him a duck to water in run-and-gun tactics. In this series, he shot 55% from the field and averaged 37 points per game.
points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks. Even in today's era of data blowout, this is a rare dominant performance.
Nash, who excelled in big games, also performed well in this round. Not only did he organize the team perfectly, but he was also able to share the pressure on the offensive end. He averaged 23.2 points and 10.6 assists per game. He had two superstars, one inside and one outside.
, all made such perfect contributions, perhaps no team can resist them. Unfortunately, the Spurs this year are also at their peak.
Compared with Nash and Stoudemire, the performance of the already formed GDP combination is not inferior at all.
The team Lu Yu least wants to encounter is GDP at this time.
Although he is confident that he can win and thinks that the probability of winning is not low, basketball is round and anything can happen.
