unfinished glory

Chapter 279

Chapter 279

This season's regular season champion is the Heat.After getting Ray Allen, they also recruited talented players like Beasley and Oden to make up for the bench time when the Big Three were resting.

The Grizzlies rank third in the Western Conference with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses.Originally, they also wanted to fall to fourth, but the teams in the Pacific Division were not strong enough and their record could not keep up.The Warriors ranked first in the division with 51 wins and squeezed into the top four.

The fifth is the 54-win Trail Blazers, the Mavericks are sixth, and the Suns are eighth.

The Lakers only have a poor 50 wins, falling to seventh, and will face the second-ranked Thunder.

This season, the coach of the Lakers changed, and Paul was also injured intermittently. He finally chose surgery after the All-Star Game and was reimbursed for the season.Kobe supported the team independently, and finally waited until Yao Ming came back before barely making it into the playoffs.

In the third game of the first round of the playoffs, the Grizzlies led the Mavericks 2:1.After the game, the players went back inside the locker room to watch the final minutes of the Thunder-Lakers game.

This round was the Lakers offense. After Kobe broke through Durant with the ball, he suddenly slipped without contact and fell to the ground.

Yao Ming and Artest went to help him, but Kobe ignored him, held the Achilles tendon of his left leg, raised his head and asked Durant what he was doing.

Durant shook his head, and Bryant looked very upset.With the help of his teammates, he got up, returned to the bench to be checked by the team doctor, and then endured the pain and made two free throws to help the team complete the overtake.

Suspension of substitutions, Bryant was sent back to the locker room.All the players who saw this scene looked dignified. As professional athletes, many people are aware of the severity of this injury.

Li Chongxiao was the first to react. Seeing these two players, he knew very well about Kobe's injury.After all, at the beginning, among the players who pulled him up, there was a player wearing the No. 24 jersey.And the other, wearing the No. 35 jersey.

Li Chongxiao didn't know how to describe his inner feelings.He thought there would be a butterfly effect that could extinguish this ending.Brand's injury only made him feel that the butterfly's wings were not big enough, but now that this happened, he was a little overwhelmed.

In the locker room, his expression was very gloomy, almost dripping water.The teammates didn't dare to show their anger, and while watching the game, they secretly glanced at it.

It wasn't until the staff informed everyone that they were going to return that Li Chongxiao realized that he packed his luggage and returned to Memphis sullenly.

At the subsequent Lakers press conference, Kobe's condition broke out, and it was diagnosed as a ruptured Achilles tendon.There was an uproar in the league. This is an injury that can kill a career.

Everyone is paying close attention to Kobe's injury, even covering up the smoke of the first round of the playoffs.

The Grizzlies finally eliminated the Mavericks 4:1, and the Lakers won the next game because of Kobe's Achilles tendon injury.After losing Kobe, two more losses, the same 4-1 loss to the Thunder.

The winners of both groups will compete in the Western Conference Finals.In the other two sets of games, the Spurs won the Suns, the Trail Blazers eliminated the Warriors, and it was the semifinals.

……

Before the second round, Kobe rejected Dr. Ling recommended by Li Chongxiao and chose to have the surgery in New York.The operation was considered a success, but the degree of recovery depends on the prognosis.

If Kobe has no way to recover from his injury, his career will be frozen in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, with 41 points in this game.

Even if he can stand up, according to the most ideal situation, it is impossible to return to normal level.

It can basically be announced that the legendary career of a generation is about to come to an end, and the alliance has entered the era of a new king.

James won his second regular season MVP, keeping up with Li Chongxiao.

He led the Heat, swept the Hawks in the first round, and eliminated the Knicks in the second round.In the Eastern Conference finals, the Nets, which also had the Big Three, were eliminated in six games, reaching the finals for four consecutive years.

In the Western Conference semifinals, the Grizzlies faced the youthful and energetic Thunder team. After resisting for a long time, they still lost.

The two sides played six games. Except for the second and fifth games, the Grizzlies barely suppressed the opponent's offense and won two victories. In the other four games, they were completely unable to resist the Thunder's powerful attack. force.

Li Chongxiao alone can match the opponent's two main offensive players, but the opponent still has a star who can control the rhythm, making it impossible for the Grizzlies to parry.

After Ellison took over the team, the Grizzlies missed the championship, and the record has always been third, and they even failed to make it to the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive seasons.

In the final minutes of Game [-] between the Grizzlies and the Thunder in Memphis, Ellison, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game as the Grizzlies trailed by more than a dozen points, got up and left the arena.

The explanation he gave after the game was that he was quite dissatisfied with the team's performance.But in this kind of critical game, this kind of behavior by the team owner is very damaging to morale.Several players also complained to Li Chongxiao in private, and quite a few fans were dissatisfied with Ellison's performance.

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For the first time in six years, there will be no Grizzlies or Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.In these seasons, the winner of the Western Conference Finals wins the championship.

After eliminating the Grizzlies, the Thunder went all out and eliminated the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.

After Li Chongxiao left, the Spurs finally reached the Western Conference Finals again after six seasons.

Popovich's transformation of the team has achieved initial results. The team's tactics are finally based on his ideas, focusing on the team.And he also cultivated a new potential superstar.Leonard's defensive performance is very similar to Li Chongxiao's, but the offensive end does not have Li Chongxiao's learning ability and spirituality.

This kind of performance has already made other teams in the league covet.Even if it doesn't reach the level of Li Chongxiao, it's only [-]% to [-]%, and it's still the embryo of a superstar.

Under this effect, Leonard became famous earlier and more famous than Li Chongxiao.This season, he appeared on the roster of the All-Star Game.

The Spurs also felt like a treasure. In order to prevent Leonard from going back to Li Chongxiao's old path, they spared no effort in his training and met all kinds of requirements as much as possible.

The team headed by Uncle Leonard even asked the Spurs to give Leonard the core position in the locker room.

Parker couldn't stand such absurd request, and bluntly said, "Li Chongxiao never made such a request back then."

Leonard's team pointed out that if this is not the case, the Spurs will not be able to show the sincerity of Leonard, and the rookie contract will definitely not be renewed.

After a stalemate for a while, Duncan offered to step aside for the sake of the team.At this time Leonard stood up and said that this unreasonable request was all arranged by his uncle, and he had been focusing on the game and training without knowing it.

The turmoil ended with Parker giving way and Leonard sitting next to Duncan.This is just one aspect of the headache for the Spurs. This season and next season, if Leonard can be selected to the best team, the salary after activating the "Ross Clause" is enough for the team to drink a pot.

With conflicts inside and a strong enemy like the Thunder outside, the Spurs have no way to win.Even Li Chongxiao couldn't guard Durant, let alone Leonard.What's more, the three brothers on the other side are very united, and they fight everyone together.

……

The final championship belongs to the Heat.

This is the best opportunity for James, and he gave it his all.On both ends of the offense and defense, he found Durant to match up and consume each other.

Westbrook is a double-edged sword, sometimes ineffective.In the first, third and fourth games, the performance was very good, and two of them led the team in scoring.But when it came to the crucial tiebreaker, he was in a mess.He made 24 of 7 shots in the game, and the more he couldn't make the shot, the more he wanted to shoot. Durant jumped in a hurry.

As for the third brother Harden, the entire series is a pit.Whether it is against Wade or Ray Allen, there is no contribution on both ends of the offense and defense.He averaged only 10.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, successfully holding back the big brother.

Durant's advantage is stability, averaging 34 points per game.The problem is that his physical strength is a little weak, and he was deliberately consumed by James, and he didn't find a suitable rhythm, and he was weak at the last moment.

The Thunder are young in success and young in defeat, so they can only helplessly watch their opponents celebrate at home.

James finally won his first championship.In the past few years, he has been under tremendous pressure and endured countless accusations, but he still survived with strength and finally reached this step.

When the final whistle blew, James cried into a meme.

(End of this chapter)