At the beginning of the 20th century, the Spurs insisted on the trident of Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili, and later signed Leonard and Aldridge. Apart from these five people, almost all other players were paid low salaries and were not retained at high prices.
The Spurs either have veteran contracts or rookie contracts. The Spurs have used every method to take advantage of loopholes and save money. The amazing thing is that they managed to do this and won five championships, which is unconvincing.
In comparison, the talent of the Suns is too terrifying. Not only will all the future core players be retained, but even if only three of them are retained, Haslem, Marion, and Lu Yu will be able to challenge the Spurs. At this time, the Spurs' "
The GDP portfolio has not yet reached its peak.
In an interview with the Suns, coach D'Antoni focused on praising Haslem.
"Haslem performed so well, we couldn't be Western Conference champions without him."
Colangelo and his son, who were watching the game at home, attributed Haslem's good performance to Lu Yu's excellent organizational skills. As long as Lu Yu is around, it seems that some people with poor statistics before can perform better.
In this way, the Suns have a clear direction for future signings. As long as they sign some players who can defend and catch the ball and shoot, they will be right.
Haslem played 30 minutes today, made 4 of 6 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 11 points. He only has an annual salary of 3 million.
Lu Yu was interviewed and when commenting on the game, he praised the Spurs' Parker for his promising future.
"I think Tony Parker will become an All-Star in the future. He has this potential. He is fast, has sharp breakthroughs, and has a stable mid-range shot. His long-range shot is just a little bit worse. He is like a weakened version of me. Although we are not playing the same position.
But I saw my shadow in him."
Parker had tears in his eyes. Because of Popovich's words, Parker was asked to learn more from Lu Yu, so he followed him for several years.
"As long as Parker grows up, I think I will spend more energy on defense."
The reporter asked: "You mean you didn't defend well today?"
"..." Lu Yu bit his lower lip and turned into an emoticon. He was silent for a moment and waved his hands and said, "Skip this question. Let's talk about something else. Topics such as competing for the championship are so attractive."
Then, Lu Yu shouted the championship slogan. "I think the Suns will definitely win the championship, and I am very confident about it!"
That night, the Heat VS Pistons series decided the winner. The Pistons won 69-65 at home and advanced to the finals with a total score of 4-2.
The hero of the Pistons' victory was Ben Wallace. He played 47 minutes and defeated O'Neal with his strength. In Game 6, he made 7 of 15 shots and 7 of 8 free throws, scoring 21 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists.
Where is Wallace? This is clearly Garnett, the Wolf King.
O'Neal played 28 minutes, made 2 of 8 shots, and managed 6 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists on free throws.
Whether O'Neal can win the championship is the biggest gimmick of the Heat. He originally thought that he came from the West to the East and was invincible. No one in the East could beat them, just like Lu Yu when he was in the East.
But it turned out that he met the Pistons.
Lu Yu is currently the most popular because of his victory over the Spurs, and people are beginning to discuss the possibility of him leading the Suns to build a dynasty.
O'Neal is working hard to help the Heat enter the finals. After changing teams, he continues to prove that he is the No. 1 center in the NBA. People are discussing whether he will break out of his contract in the summer and renew a high-paying long-term contract with the Heat.
As a result, he hit the piston and knocked him out of his original form.
He really can't do what he needs to do. That guy doesn't know what to do. He only has energy. He is one of the few players in the Eastern Conference who can stand up to O'Neal.
The Heat were eliminated miserably, but they were not without highlights. Their defense was very good. The Pistons only scored 85 points in their most game. Embarrassingly, this was also the highest score in a single game for both teams.
In six games, the two teams only scored a total of 80 points three times. As a result, their ratings were pitifully low, and they were only half of those in the Western Conference Finals series.
In Lu Yu's previous life, O'Neal's first season with the Heat, the Heat swept their opponents 4:0 in the first two rounds. The opponent they faced in the Eastern Conference Finals was the Pistons who defeated O'Neal the previous year.
The Pistons were at their peak at the time, having reached the Eastern Conference Finals for six consecutive seasons starting in 2003.
The two sides fought until the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, when Wade was injured and left the game. Although the Heat won that game, without Wade, the Heat quickly lost two games in a row.
This time the Heat lost completely.
I can't blame anyone else. The Heat's offense has always been based on the superficial concept of "star hoarding" and failed to unite the team's combat effectiveness to the end.
"Throughout the night, our defense was pretty good." Coach Fan said frankly, "But in addition to giving the ball to O'Neal, we also need to find other ways to score."
A similar tone is so familiar. As early as a week ago, Dafan denounced the serious phenomenon of lone fighting among his men at a press conference. At that time, he said: "We need every young man to participate in the tactics, and we need the players to control the ball and pass the ball."
, looking for openings, now our players are too obsessed with individual attacks, and there are problems with movement and coverage."
The Heat's offensive system is not only "problematic," it can only be described as "terrible."
The Heat, which lacked three-point firepower support, could not score high points, and Wade's weaknesses were also exposed. He was not good at mid- and long-range shooting. He made a total of one three-pointer in the playoffs, and was 1 of 14.
So it's no surprise that they lost to the Pistons.
However, the Pistons' entry into the Finals gave NBA Commissioner David Stern a bit of a headache. His original idea was to have O'Neal and Lu Yu, the two top centers in the Eastern and Western Conferences, collide to create enough gimmicks to boost ratings.
Who knew that the Heat were so unsatisfied that they even asked the referee for help, but they still failed to recover and lost their pants directly.
Fans regret not being able to see O'Neal and Lu Yu meet in the Finals, but the Heat have done well enough this year. If they have a good point guard, they should be able to defeat the Pistons.
The Pistons are really poison at the box office and a ratings killer. There are not many fans on the Internet to support them. People don't want to see the Iron Bucks win the championship. The Suns play much better and the stars score soaring points.
At the post-game press conference after the team was promoted, everyone in the Pistons was extremely low-key when it came to the Suns. No one, including head coach Larry Brown, said anything serious about defeating their opponents, and no one commented on Lu Yu.
He said he would try his best in the finals.
Even so, the media did not let the Pistons go after the game. Many people said that there was no suspense in the finals because the Pistons were already scared.
"They dare not say they will win the championship or guard Lu Yu. The Spurs' fate made everyone understand how terrible it is to anger Lu Yu."
"Larry Brown has long been impressed by Lu Yu. He scored 50 points in his rookie season and severely beat Iverson. Although Billups performed well this year, he can be better than Iverson.
Okay?"
"The Pistons' defense is better than the Spurs', but their offense is so bad. So what if they can limit the Suns' scoring to less than 100 points? They often can't even score 80 points."
Even before the game started, people felt that the Suns were sure to win the Finals. This is normal. In the previous life, the Lakers, who had an incomplete lineup, entered the Finals and their support rate was far better than the Pistons.
In interviews, O'Neal and Wade both praised Lu Yu and expressed their optimism for the Suns to win the championship.
Online, fans think so too...
By the way, before the results of the Eastern Conference competition came out, a reporter asked Lu Yu: "Which Eastern team do you think will advance in the finals?"
"Pistons, to be precise, I hope the Pistons enter the finals." Lu Yu said with a smile.
Another reporter asked: "Why? Do the Pistons have players you want to face off against?"
"No, because I think the piston is easier to beat."
This Pistons is indeed much easier to play, because this Pistons team doesn't even have Hamilton. Lu Yu can't figure out how the Pistons without Hamilton defeated the Heat. In the previous life, Hamilton even played a tiebreaker, but now without Hamilton, it went straight to 4
Beat the Heat by 2.
This unscientific.
Both teams have sufficient rest time to prepare for the game. On June 6, the first game of the finals begins in Phoenix.
The American Airlines Center Arena was full. It had just been renovated in 2003 and could accommodate 19,000 spectators. It was still hard to get a ticket.
The reporter interviewed some spectators at the entrance of the arena. Both men and women, young and old, believed that the Solar would win the championship this time. The reasons were mostly the same because they had the best players in the league.
Fans all wanted to witness the historic moment when the Suns won their first championship, and the management generously distributed commemorative T-shirts to them.
Star reporter Jenny went to Phoenix to interview Lu Yu and asked him to predict the game before the game.
The most regretful thing about Jenny was that she didn't sleep in Lu Yu's bed.
As a reporter, she knew some gossip. When she found out which women Lu Yu might have a relationship with, she knew that the reason why she couldn't sleep with him was because she wasn't good-looking enough.
Lu Yu doesn't like that kind of thick figure, otherwise Kardashian wouldn't be able to attract him.
Lu Yu said: "We will win, but it will be difficult for the fans to participate in the championship celebration on site. After all, the schedule is 22111. I think we can end the game in the fourth game. The Pistons have home court advantage."
"What kind of home field advantage is this?" Jenny laughed and complained: "Aren't you worried that the Pistons will be upset?"
"If they are upset, I will say that we will win the championship at home in Phoenix, but if we can play five games, it means they have already been upset once. In fact, I think the chance of sweeping is better." Lu Yu deliberately
After a pause, he smiled and said: "In this finals, the Suns will prove that offense wins fans and wins championships. I don't know what defense wins. I'll ask the Pistons about this in the future."
This interview was broadcast before the game started. The core self-confidence of the two teams is not at the same level at all.
The core of the Pistons is not clear yet. The newly arrived Rasheed Wallace is certainly not it, nor is Billups. The core of Larry Brown's heart is Ben Wallace.
Da Ben refused to be interviewed. He got off the bus and entered the stadium with an expressionless expression on his head...
Before the finals started, some fans on the Internet edited a funny video called "Two Extreme Defenses, Lu Yu in the Regular Season and the Playoffs."
Lu Yu's defense was average during the regular season, and little-known players often scored on Lu Yu's head.
Sometimes when the opponent breaks through, Lu Yu straightens up and looks up at the sky, which is really embarrassing to the extreme. Uchiha Harden's Sharingan is completely incomparable to Lu Yu's Mangekyo Sharingan.
The second half of the video is a highlight of Lu Yu's playoff defense. He stayed close to the opponent, quickly chased and interfered with shots, defended the frame and accurately predicted the situation and reached out to steal, and also helped defend and steal from behind.
The video showed the helpless expression of the point guard who was playing against him, and subtitles listed the statistics of Lu Yu in each round of the playoffs and the statistics of the players who faced him.
After watching this video, fans can understand why Lu Yu is called the best player in the league. In the regular season, he got the highest winning rate in the season by playing casually. In the playoffs, he is a defensive expert. Other teams want to score in the paint.
The difficulty skyrocketed.
From the perspective of the playoffs, the Suns are a team with three defensive experts.
Battier defends the perimeter, Marion defends the forwards, and Lu Yu defends the interior. The Suns don't need to double-team at all, but the Pistons definitely can't do it without double-teaming Lu Yu. This is the Suns' biggest advantage.
Because Lu Yu is not O'Neal, he will not compete with Ben on the inside. Ben's strength can win over O'Neal, but can his lateral speed keep up with Lu Yu?
The first game was about to begin. As soon as Lu Yu came on the court, the home fans gave out loud cheers. The Suns morale completely overwhelmed the Pistons. In addition to some celebrities and celebrities in the front row who came to watch the game, many fans spontaneously unified
The clothes he wears are Lu Yu’s No. 10 jersey.
Ben was booed by the fans when he came on the stage. The reason is very simple. Ben Wallace is Lu Yu's opponent. The key is that he is not as good-looking as Lu Yu. An opponent with such an ugly appearance drags down Lu Yu.
Fans were unhappy with Yu's performance.
The Suns' starting lineup has not changed, still Nash, Richardson, Marion, Haslem and Lu Yu.
D'Antoni even felt that there was no need to let Nash play a fake starting role. It would be no problem for Nash to play a real starting role. He felt that the Pistons could be defeated by offense. If Battier started, the defense would be really good, but the Pistons did not have a particularly strong point on the outside. It seemed that
There is no need to defend desperately.
Pistons five players: Billups, Larry Hughes, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace.
In fact, the reason why this season's Pistons are different from Lu Yu's previous life is because Hamilton, one of the five tigers, still stayed with the Bulls and became the current Larry Hughes.
Hughes, who was originally average in defense and more offensive than defensive, unexpectedly developed his defensive skills in the Pistons.
And they haven't lost their offensive skills yet, which is why the Pistons were able to easily defeat the Heat 4-2. After all, Hughes ranks among the top fifteen in the league in points per game this season.
The most important thing is that Hughes has good three-point ability.
Hughes is in great form in this year's playoffs, averaging 2.8 three-pointers per game and shooting 42.9% from the field.
Hughes is now the strongest offensive point of this team.
But it doesn't look that strong.
This is also the reason why D'Antoni did not send Battier. Since the opponent has no offensive strengths, he can just use his own offense to take away the opponent. This chapter has been completed!
