basketball hero

Chapter 584 As the protagonist, to win a ring

Ying Xiong played 45 minutes in this game and scored 50 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 steals and 2 blocks. He was the biggest contributor to the team's victory. 7 steals also created a new high in his NBA playoff career (the previous highest was 5 times), including 2 steals in the final stage of the game.With his epic personal performance, he put the team on his shoulders, helped the team defeat the Miami Heat led by the Big Three, and reached the finals.

There were more than 2 fans at the scene, and not many people left, most of whom were fans of the Heat.Raptors fans were brimming with joy, a first for the franchise.This team was established in 1995, and it has not been established for 20 years. Compared with those teams with glorious history, the "family background" is a little thinner. Let alone the championship, even the division finals are still like this. Just entered the season for the first time.

As the so-called "rare things are more expensive", if you talk about the NBA division finals in Boston or Los Angeles, many fans may not think it is so rare, but in Toronto, this is the first time for the first time, so they are naturally very excited.

The Raptors players cheered and celebrated in the lounge, put on T-shirts and hats of the Eastern Conference champions, and prepared to wait for the awards ceremony.

Ying Xiong hugged his teammates one by one. Without them, he knew that he would not have the chance to compete for the championship by himself.

Ying Xiong finally hugged the head coach Devin Casey warmly, and the two whispered something in their ears.

Several years later, when the reporter asked Coach Casey what Ying Xiong said in his ear, he finally said what Ying Xiong said to him back then.

Ying Xiong's original words are as follows: "Coach, let's win a ring as the protagonist for the first time!"

Anyone who is familiar with Ying Xiong and Casey knows that they won the Mavericks championship in the 2010-2011 season. At that time, Ying Xiong was the team's starting No. 2, and Casey was the team's assistant coach.As for the Mavericks, the star is "German Chariot" Dirk Nowitzki, and the head coach is Rick Carlisle.

Few capable people are willing to live under others for a long time, so they naturally hope to create their own career.

The trophy of the Eastern Conference Championship is different from the O'Brien Cup, which seems somewhat ordinary, but for the Raptors, this is the first time in the history of the team to win this honor, and the meaning is naturally very different.Moreover, it's not that the team has no chance of winning the O'Brien Cup this season, so this Eastern Conference championship should be the prelude to the big meal!
The opponent of the Raptors in the finals is the San Antonio Spurs coached by Popovich.The Spurs easily defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals and entered the finals.

After the Raptors ended the tiebreaker, the schedule of the finals came out soon. The first match between the two teams will be held on June 6 at the Air Canada Center Arena, the home of the Raptors.The format of the finals is 7, and the team with the better record in the regular season has home court advantage.

Ying Xiong was very tired. He played 45 minutes today, and it was a high-intensity game like the tiebreaker in the Eastern Conference Finals. He felt physically and mentally exhausted. Fortunately, the series is over, and the result is also good.He went straight home after icing.

As soon as he got home, he took out his mobile phone, which was already full of messages congratulating him on leading the team to the finals.Seeing the message from Sun Jing, he couldn't help but smile slightly.He immediately called Li Jianwu and asked the Chinese agent to arrange for Sun Jing and others to come here to watch the finals.

After finishing these things, Ying Xiong lost his appetite for food. After taking a bath, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep... ——He was so tired that he even felt tired when talking. (For two consecutive years), it is the most tiring series of his career so far.

The Raptors are preparing for the finals in full swing.Both G1 and G2 of the finals were held at the Air Canada Center Arena, so once the tickets were sold, the seconds changed instantly, and the speed even exceeded the sales speed of the tickets for the game against the Heat.As this team's first trip to the finals, such a game, as a loyal fan of this team, naturally does not want to miss it.

The popularity of the Raptors' football market has also driven the sales of peripheral products. Ying Xiong's sales of jerseys and sneakers have been ranked among the top 3 in the league. Even Jeremy Lin and other Raptors' jersey sales have reached the peak of their careers. new highs.

The Raptors and the Spurs have played against each other twice in the regular season this season, with a record of 1 win and 1 loss.Both teams kept their home games, while they lost away games.

On the betting side, the winning odds of the two teams came out immediately. On the whole, they were basically evenly matched.Not only the gaming side, but even the major sports media in the United States have a split support for who will win the championship between the two teams.It's an unpredictable series, at least from within the industry.

According to many NBA celebrities and NBA reporters, there are many reasons why this round of the series is unpredictable.One is that the regular season match between the two teams has little reference value.Judging from Yingxiong's current state, he has retained his strength in the regular season.And Popovich is old and cunning, and he is the head coach with the best rotation arrangement in the league, so the Spurs in the regular season are not the strongest Spurs; second, the Spurs are better overall and have a more stable lineup. The finals experience is also richer, but the core players are older, and there will be a greater test of athletic ability and physical fitness.The Raptors are strong in having one of the league's top stars, better athletic ability, younger average age of the lineup, and more hard work, but the disadvantage is that most players have no finals experience, and the overall performance is not as good as the Spurs.

According to an NBA reporter who did not want to be named, Ying Xiong and Popovich are the ones who really decide the outcome of the series between the Spurs and the Raptors.Is it Popovich's way to limit the opponent's top star Ying Xiong, or Ying Xiong's way to break the opponent's overall defense.

Ying Xiong himself is quite relaxed. He has reached this point, of course he will not back down.If he misses this opportunity, he doesn't know when he will be able to stand on the stage of the finals next time.Grasp the moment and work hard, this is the creed he has always adhered to as a competitor.

The two scoring champion teams in the East and West playoffs meet in the finals, and the regular season records of the two teams are both ranked in the top 2 of their respective divisions (the Raptors are 68 wins and 14 losses, the first in the league; the Spurs are 58 wins and 24 losses. Lost, No. 2 in the Western Conference, No. 3 in the league), those who have always praised the importance of the regular season record are once again active in the public's field of vision.

Ying Xiong does not think that the regular season record represents everything, the playoffs are indeed different from the regular season.But he also believes that if a team does not play well in the regular season, the playoffs will still not go far.

(End of this chapter)