The toughest man in the NBA

Chapter 271 Advancing to the Western Conference Finals
The final score was:
99:96
No matter how hard the Suns tried to lose, they still couldn't stop the referee's persistent belief. The Lakers lost the game "difficultly"...

Kobe's face was dark and he didn't even attend the press conference.

In fact, players from both teams did not participate, and only two head coaches were there to deal with it.

Mike Brown is okay. He has developed the habit of talking nonsense with his eyes open in Cleveland. No matter what the reporter asks, he will say "Kobe is too good today", just like he praised LeBron back then...

Gentry was worse. Before the reporter asked any questions, he said:
"Don't ask me about the competition, I don't know what's going on. You can ask about the weather, Mayan mythology and the end of the world, or..."

Who stepped on the horse to ask those?

How could the reporters listen to him, a lot of questions were thrown out, and Gentry said:

"The weather is fine today, the moon is very round..."

This soul is weak!

The NBA league disregarded itself overnight, and the referee on duty was prohibited from whistleblowing for the rest of the playoffs, and a working group was dispatched, threatening to "thoroughly investigate" this "evil trend".

Check yourself?
Don't be too funny!
The eyes of the masses are discerning, and the Suns trying their best to lose was made into a highlight by the fans, and the hit rate soon exceeded [-] million.

The barrage is also very suitable:

Sun: I want to lose, I want to go home!

Referee: No, you don't want to!

Kobe: I don't want you to think, I want me to think!

No matter who thinks, anyway, the NBA pretends to be deaf and dumb, as if nothing happened, and the playoffs are still going on...

On May 5, the fourth game between the Sun and the Lakers was still at the Staples Center.

Except for Kobe, no one in the Lakers wants to play well.

It is impossible to win. With the monster Tuman around, you can lie down and enjoy it, which is far more comfortable than pointless struggle. It is also a loss, why bother?

Furthermore, after such a disgusting incident, who still wants to play?
Just watch the referee play.

The referee did not play, and the new team was very cautious. A total of 18 fouls were given in the whole game, and the two teams each had 9 fouls.

Fair and reasonable, never steal the limelight.

The Lakers got a total of eight free throws, and Kobe had six of them alone. He was also the only Lakers player who scored in double figures——

38 of 22 shots, 6 of 1 three-pointers, 6 of 5 free throws, 50 points, 5 rebounds, [-] steals, no assists...

The final score was:
106:70
The Lakers had 12 players play, and seven of them had zero statistics. Gasol, Artest, Bynum, and Sessions combined to score 20 points...

Kobe bowed his head and sat on the bench in silence.

It took a long time before he stood up and hugged his opponents one by one, his face was ashen and expressionless.

Tu Man was the last one in the row. After Kobe hugged him, he punched him:
"You better get the FMVP, otherwise..."

Tu Man smiled and said:
"Don't worry, I will definitely get it, otherwise."

Bryant nodded, then walked sadly down the tunnel, where home reporters stopped him, asking him what he thought of the series.

Kobe turned around to face the fans, with a letter from the Black Mamba flashing in his eyes:
"I will come back, we will come back. We will not fall into the abyss, this will never happen. We have faced the bulls dynasty in full swing, and we have been repaired by the bad boys in Detroit, and even by the veterans in Boston. The guy is overturned, but we are the proud Zijin Dynasty, we will not sink, no matter what, we will definitely come back..."

The 34-year-old Viper will never admit defeat!

The Suns were still the first team to advance, and the other three groups dragged on for another week before the East and West semifinals officially ended.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Suns' opponent is the Thunder.

The process of the Thunder eliminating the Spurs 4:2 can be called a model of "beating the master to death with random punches".

In the first two games, the Thunder did not perform badly, but they fell into the rhythm of Popovich. He boiled the frogs in warm water. With the help of Manu Ginobili and Parker, the Spurs won two games in a row. 6%.

At this time, Brooks suddenly became enlightened.

He no longer matches the Spurs' tactics, increases the playing time of the starting lineup, and opens the door for the Thunder's three players to take turns in singles, fighting for physical strength with the Spurs.

The situation took a turn for the worse. In order to avoid digging too deep in the first half, Popovich had to consume too much GDP, because their bench lineup was really thin...

The result of this is——

For four games in a row, their efficiency dropped sharply in the second half.

The Thunder took advantage of the trend to reap the victory, and the unsolvable singles made the Spurs lose sight of the other. The youth team played their own style and performed even better.

This is just the offensive end, and throughout the series, the Thunder are equally good on the defensive end:
The rebounds are 40.7-39.8 slightly higher, but the steals are 9.7-5.3 and the blocks are 7-3.7. They are all data that completely blow up the opponent. The Spurs are not wronged.

After the game, Popovich said generously:
"This year the team is no longer plagued by injuries, and the depth of the lineup is sufficient. We have discovered many talented young people. They have also won 20 consecutive victories in the regular season and playoffs. We have played to the extreme, but we were overthrown by the Thunder. Defeated!"

The Spurs did their best.

GDP is old, but still online:
Parker averaged 21.5 points, 6.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game.

Ginobili has 18.5 points, 3.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game.

Duncan averaged 17 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.3 blocks per game.

The Spurs lost on the bench. These little guys played well in the regular season, but the playoffs were really not enough. Kawhi Leonard averaged only 8.8 points per game.

A total of 26 people from the two teams played, and Leonard turned out to be the only Spurs player in the Spurs lineup who ranked in the top 15 in scoring besides GDP!

To go further, the Spurs need fresh blood.

Or, Bobo Midas?

The winning team in the Western Conference semifinals has no suspense, and the losing team has no temper.

Looking at the east again, I have to quote an advertisement:
Everything is possible!
The Celtics actually played seven games with the Bulls who lost Rose. The first record in the Eastern Conference is indeed not mixed up. As the saying goes:
A hundred-footed worm, dead but not stiff.

In the first battle, the Green Army was fooled.

In the Bulls' iron bucket formation, the Celtics' shooting rate was only 33.3%, and the three-point shooting rate was as low as 21.4%. Ray Allen only made 5 of 1 shots!
Only Garnett and Pierce scored in double figures in the Celtics. One of the two old guys played 42 minutes and the other played 41 minutes. They lost their lives and lost——

75:96
In the second game, the Celtics fell behind again by 10 points in the first quarter.

Since then, I have been working hard to fill in the pits, and I have been chasing until the last 2 minutes and 52 seconds before overtaking the score for the first time.

As a result, Luol Deng scored a three-pointer and was pressed down again.

At the critical moment, Avery Bradley suddenly possessed a god, a fatal steal, and a super spicy hot pot, which pulled the Green Army back from the edge of the cliff.

Pierce hits the winning shot:
92:91
In the third game, the Celtics took home the prestige and Ray Allen made 5 of 5 three-pointers and made another victory:
88:107
(End of this chapter)