Chapter 806 (1/2)
Every summer in June, the basketball world will become as hot as the temperature.
At this time of year, two teams from the East and the West meet on the stage of the finals. In the seven four game system, which team wins four first, they will win the final championship cup, the most valuable cup in the world.
Therefore, every year's finals, almost all are the bayonet see red duel. After all, the two teams that can meet in the finals have eliminated three teams respectively, which shows that these two teams are league leaders. Every team will try their best, even beyond the limit, to win every game.
As a result, the finals are the most intense and the best watched of almost all the playoffs.
In the 2010 finals, the Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, the two old enemies, contributed a wonderful seven game game for the fans.
In terms of defensive strength and physical confrontation level, this seven snatch may be one of the top seven grabs in NBA Finals history. At that time, the total score of each game was only about 80 points. The shooting rate of the whole team of the Lakers was 32.5%, while that of the Celtics was 40%. The players of both sides have more than one physical conflict in the field, the intensity of which can be seen.
In the 1994 finals, there was also a round of ”real men” competition. The average scores of both teams were 86.9 and 86.1. Olajuwon, Ewing and Charles Oakley gave the fans a wonderful and cruel inside fight.
Another 10 years forward, in 1984, the Lakers and Celtics snatched seven, which is synonymous with the fierce battle in the finals.
It was in that round of series that there was a ”clothesline” foul with no moral bottom line, and there was also the problem of ”damage” to the air conditioning of the stadium.
Of course, it's different from the damage to the air conditioning at the FedEx stadium a few days ago. In that year, the air conditioning in the north bank garden was turned off by Auerbach!
In retrospect, Jabbar felt that game was like hell. ”How hot is the North Bank Garden stadium? I guess. It's like in the sauna room, you do 100 push ups in your clothes, and then come back to play 48 minutes. We're like walking in the mud.”
Auerbach himself is quite proud of this, ”the Lakers are too pampered, we train in such a bad environment every day, we are used to it. So the victory of the Lakers over Celtic will never happen
Therefore, it is no exception to say that the NBA finals are the war of civilization.
But not all finals are so fierce, and not all finals are going to win the seven.
The bull No. 23, who is regarded as the ”God”, has never played seven snatches in the finals. He can always solve his opponent before seven games.
In the history of NBA Finals, there have been a few 4-0 sweeps.
The first time the finals swept was in 1959, when Boston Celtics swept Minneapolis to win the championship. Then there were the Milwaukee Bucks sweeping Baltimore in 1971, the Golden State Warriors sweeping Washington in 1975, the Philadelphia 76ers sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983, the Detroit Pistons sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in 1989, and the Houston Rockets sweeping the Orlando Magic in 1995.
Since entering the 21st century, there have been two sweeping examples of the finals.
One was in 2002, which was the era of the Lakers.
The Lakers have won two consecutive titles under the leadership of Kobe and O'Neal in the previous two seasons, and the momentum is booming. The league is shaking because of the strong dominance of ”OK combination”. This year is also the year when the Lakers are ready to achieve three consecutive titles and build the Laker Dynasty.
And the New Jersey Nets was the eastern champion. As we all know, the unbeatable Los Angeles team finally swept the nets 4-0, without giving a word to the mobile phone club, thus establishing the NBA's last three consecutive crown Dynasty.
As for the other finals of the 21st century, the Spurs and Cavaliers will be 4-0 in 2007. No doubt that's the biggest pain point of James' career so far.
Although James led the Cavaliers to the finals alone, he has proved his greatness. But even so, it is still difficult to hide the immature.
The Spurs have coach Popovich on, Duncan, Ginobili and Parker Troika. As a result, the Holy City Army swept James in a bloodless way. After the game, Duncan also said the famous ”the future is yours” to James.
All in all, NBA history has seen 4-0 finals, but only eight times. Most of the time, the finals tend to be more intense and cruel.
So, when link told the press conference that he wanted to solve the battle 4-0, he made headlines again.