256. Let's join forces
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If there are two scenes in Duncan's playoff career that cannot be forgotten, I'm afraid there are two of them: In 1999, the Spurs played against the Lakers in the semi-finals. O'Neal held the ball in the penalty area and then flew to the general. After defeating Duncan, he forced a dunk. This is one. This is the second time. Chamberlain was deceived by Ginobili and jumped up, so he immediately landed on the ground, like a lightning-fire jump, blocking his decisive layup.
Duncan's performance in both scenes was very different. After being knocked down by O'Neal in 1999, Duncan sat on the ground and was stunned for more than ten seconds. This time he encountered Chamberlain's death block, and Duncan smashed the floor with his fist in grief!
In the seven-game game of the playoffs, facing an opponent like Duncan, Chamberlain, who was only 19 years old, scored 24.8 points and 15.5 rebounds. It can be said that he defeated the Spurs alone. This is his first season in the NBA. If he waits for him to mature in a few more seasons and Duncan is going to grow old, how can the Spurs fight against the Warriors?
The next day, Chamberlain's final blockade against Duncan became the first click on major video websites. Countless TV, newspapers and other media reported his feat. Countless experts and retired NBA stars came out to promote Chamberlain, in addition to the Celtics.
Compared to the seven hard games that were difficult in the first round against the Hawks, the Celtics played much easier in the second round against the Eastern Shiro Magic.
Howard, who is known as the first center in the new generation of leagues, was named Chamberlain before the rise of the rise, was beaten miserably against the experienced Garnett. He had seen the rookie Horford play so well in front of Garnett and so easy to freehand. Howard, who had beaten Horford several times in the regular season, was confident that he believed that the Wolf King was vulnerable.
As a result, from the first game to the fourth game, he was beaten and beaten by Garnett, and he was beaten by the Big Three for a hundred times.
Before the game, although fans and experts were optimistic that the Celtics would eventually eliminate the Magic and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, with the Hawks playing in front of the game, they all believed that even if the Celtics could advance, it would definitely be a difficult advancement, and it is very likely to play another seven games.
Because of the strong rise of Tkoglu and Lewis this season, the game between the Celtics and the Magic is regarded as the Big Three vs. Big Three: the Celtics' Big Three are Garnett, Ray Allen and Pierce, while the Magic Big Three are Howard, Tkoglu and Lewis.
Judging from the data, these two lineups are comparable and each has their own advantages. For example, Garnett is good at both offense and defense, but he is old. He may not have an advantage in the prime of his life. Especially on the defensive end, Magic fans are optimistic that Howard can take care of Pierce and Gentleman Lei while watching Garnett to death.
Pierce is very good, but Tkoglu is not bad either. Of course, the latter is much worse on the defensive end, but Tkoglu is not much worse than Pierce on the offensive end. As for the remaining position, Gentleman Lei is just a simple shooter, nothing scary. Lewis is a power forward who claims to be an offensive kaleidoscope, and it is certainly easier to score closer to the rim.
In the infinitely beautiful expectations, the magic was swept by four to zero. The Celtics did not give them any chance and sent them home to fish with great pleasure.
Compared with the Celtics easily swept the Magic team, the other two teams in the East played much more intensely. The Cavaliers led by the Little Emperor played seven games with the Eastern Power Pistons. They fought the Warriors and the Spurs. They were not decided until the final battle of Tianwangshan.
Unlike the match between the Spurs and the Warriors, the match between the Cavaliers and the Pistons is much weirder. To sum it up, it's like this:
Hamilton: I made a quick stop and jump shot, received the ball and jump shot, and all kinds of jump shots!
LeBron: I'll respond!
Davis: I broke through and passed the ball, held the ball and made a quick break, and changed my direction and made a big difference!
LeBron: I'll respond!
Rashid: I made a three-pointer, I blocked the steal, I roared to the sky!
LeBron: I'll respond!
McDace: I just hit the back of the basket with one move!
LeBron: tmd, where are my Imperial Guards?!
After you win one game, I win one game, the Cavaliers finally won one more game. In the playoffs, the bravery of the little emperor became more and more obvious. The reason why the team was dragged seven games by the Pistons was completely said to be a teammate. If the little emperor had helpers like Parker, Ginobili, Billups, and West, they would have eliminated the messy Pistons into the valley.
Davis' life with the Pistons is not very good now. The Pistons pay attention to discipline and are known as the number one iron army in the East. Davis is both the Hornets and the Warriors, both the big brothers of the bandits. This season is his contract year. He is very excited to brush up data. There are constant chaos on and off the court, which makes the Pistons' uniform team extremely angry: Billups is even more powerful than you, but there has never been any scandal.
It was fine when the Pistons played smoothly before, but when the team had problems, Davis began to return to his usual behavior, shirking responsibility and making all kinds of accusations. You should know that the Pistons' players are not his former baby teammate. Faced with Davis' accusations, the Pistons gathered several times inside to beat him, but they ended up with Hamilton's persuasion.
At this time, Rashid missed his Ben Wallace brothers extremely. If Big Ben was still there, he would not have to take action and just look at him, someone would beat the unlucky Davis into rotten flesh.
The teams that finally met the finals in the Eastern Conference were the Celtics and the Cavaliers, while the Warriors fought against the Lakers in the Western Conference.
The Lakers and Hornets' match was one round later than the Warriors and the Spurs, so although the two teams only played six games in the end, the end time was still later than the Warriors and Spurs' Battle Mountain. In the end, the Lakers finally defeated the Hornets and re-entered the Western Conference Finals with a 4-2 record.
It has been four years since they last entered the Western Conference Finals. In these four years, Kobe has led the team alone and has never brought the Lakers into the second round of the playoffs. This is also one of the reasons why Hornets fans ridiculed Kobe for getting the MVP.
If Chamberlain hadn't been too young, he would be the best candidate to win MVP - the premise is that Paul does not take MVP, he brought the Warriors to a new level. However, for Warriors fans, the playoff MVP is Chamberlain, although his playoff data is slightly worse than the regular season - this is reflected in the rebounds and the score is much higher.
But so what, he performed well enough!
No one cares that when Kobe led the team, he was all Smarsh Parker, Kwame Brown, and Paul had West, Peja and Chandler as his teammates, Chamberlain had Billups and Alice assisted, and of course he had to add a West. As the team gave him more and more opportunities, his performance was getting better and better. If it weren't for his personality flaws, some people would have called him "Little Wade".
On May 19, 2008, the Western Conference Finals officially opened. On the 19th, an extremely explosive news appeared in mainland China:
"The Chinese star of the Warriors team, Chamberlain, once again donated to the Wenchuan earthquake, with an amount of 10 million US dollars!" In this way, he added the money he had donated himself and the money the champion had donated for him, and this time his total donation to the earthquake had reached a terrifying 100 million yuan, and he was the largest of all donations in his personal name.
After this donation appeared, a foundation called 'z fund' was officially established. Li Qun was listed as the CEO of z fund. Her 100 million yuan donations for the Wenchuan earthquake were all reviewed and invested.
Chamberlain didn't know anything about this donation before. When Li Qun told him about the Z fund, his shock was almost the same as that of domestic fans: 10 million US dollars, and now his net worth is less than half of this amount. Although he is willing to rescue the victims of the Wenchuan earthquake, he has never made such a big move!
Richards arrived immediately. After the two met, Chamberlain understood the cause and effect of the matter. Besides this rich second generation, who else would have money and have the time to donate to him? However, Chamberlain felt a little uncomfortable about Richards' use of Li Qun as a Z fund ceo. He was young after all and was not mature in his relationship.
In his emotional life, Chamberlain is a hungry puppy, and Li Qun is a meat bone. Of course, he doesn't want any accidents to happen to this meat bone. In his opinion, Richards is another dog that caused the accident. Of course, to outsiders, Chamberlain is worried about nothing.
Indeed, maybe both of them are puppies, but Richards has countless dog food and is now distributed to Chamberlain, a lot of puppies. No matter where you look, Richards should not be interested in Li Qun's flesh bone.
But Chamberlain stubbornly believed that this was not the case. As for the reason, it can only be said that although dog food is delicious, it does not taste the same as meat and bones.
Richards put his position very low. After arriving in Chamberlain through Li Qun this time, he apologized to Chamberlain as soon as he met and apologized for the last reckless encounter.
This made Chamberlain even more alert. He was dedicated to nothing, either a traitor or a thief. Moreover, Richards's behavior made him unable to help but remember a sentence he saw online: "Since the first time I saw your wife, I have decided to be your brother."
But Richards's subsequent words forced him to endure his dissatisfaction with him: "I plan to acquire the Warriors, z. In this matter, I have already obtained the support of Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Gottlieb also supports me in doing so."
Chamberlain thought this kid was demonstrating to himself, showing off his wealth, what? Do you mean I want to work for you? Because he was mentally prepared, he was not surprised and said, "That's up to you, Mr. Rich, as long as you have the reasons and have enough strength, you can also acquire the entire NBA."
Richards looked brightly at Chamberlain and said bluntly: "Acquiring the Warriors was my childhood sports dream and a test of the family. I will build a team around you, because I believe that as long as you are the core, the team will definitely become the world's first-class club!"
"Thank you for your praise, I'm so sorry." Although he said this, Chamberlain was actually full of pride. He had this confidence.
Richards smiled and said, "But there are many people who don't know, and those people are the current Warriors rulers. Those people just want to make money from you and don't want this team to stay famous for thousands of years. Do you understand what this means? It means they won't choose teammates who are worthy of your ability for you, and if you have teammates that become strong enough, they won't use big contracts to renew them with these people, such as Billups and West, to save money."
Chamberlain understood what Richards meant and believed that he was right, so he asked, "Okay, what do you want me to do? To be honest, there is no need to be so roundabout again!"
Chapter completed!