Chapter 189: Easily passed the first round, the new talent fragments seem to be very suitable for Pa
Ryan, first in the Western Conference and leading scorer.
At the same time, he also topped the Forbes Sports List.
The first basketball player after Jordan to be on this list.
Moreover, he is not even 24 years old!
Even Jordan at the same time was not as successful as Ryan.
At 23 years old, Jordan didn't even know what it felt like to win a series.
As for Ajan, will anyone really compare Ajan to Ryan now?
I’m afraid even Nike itself is not so shameless!
At this time, Ryan is like a winner in life!
If you want competitive results, you must have competitive results; if you want commercial results, you must have commercial results.
As a basketball player, Ryan also has the highest traffic and attention.
No, the video of Barkley buying a cake to help Ryan celebrate yesterday had a very high number of clicks on the Internet as expected.
In the video, the Nuggets' perfect team atmosphere also made Denver fans cheer.
I think that if such a team enters the playoffs, their combat effectiveness will definitely not be low!
However, there are always some people who have weird concerns. Some fans in the video neither care about the exquisite dollar bill cake nor the team's atmosphere.
Instead, focus on Taylor Swift who appears next to Ryan!
It is said that Swift secretly rushed to Denver yesterday to help Ryan celebrate and wanted to give Ryan a surprise.
After the celebration, reporters also photographed Ryan driving Swift back home.
Therefore, the most liked comments in the comment area of this video are as follows:
"Ryan promised me that Swift's mouth is for singing!"
I really don’t know what nonsense these netizens are thinking.
Regardless, Ryan's achievements in the regular season this season have been dazzling enough.
But everyone knows that the playoffs are where the quality of the stars is truly determined.
The Wolf King in 2004 was also unbeatable in the regular season. He led the team to the first place in the Western Conference and defeated the Lakers F4. His personal statistics were also dazzling.
As a result, he was beaten by Ryan in the first round of the playoffs, so he was stigmatized as a softie for several years.
That year, no matter how brilliant his results in the regular season were, they were all nullified the moment he was blackballed.
Even the MVP trophy became Garnett's shame.
When others mention their own MVP, the words that come to mind are "powerful, invincible, superstar".
When Garnett mentions his MVP, people will only think of the shameful Black Eight.
So, Ryan's battle is not over yet.
The regular season is so long because the NBA needs to sell tickets.
The league needs the regular season, and the stars need the playoffs!
The first step of Ryan's three-peat journey began in Phoenix.
On the last day of the regular season, I had too much sex with Swift, ah no, after being extremely relaxed.
Don't tell me, Ryan is in really good shape!
In the first game of the playoffs, he scored 43 points!
Facts have proved that this life still requires a balance between work and rest!
The Suns' paper lineup is indeed not weak at first glance. Shark and Nash are both Hall of Fame-level guys.
Stoudemire is also one of the league's strongest offensive linemen.
But this seemingly good lineup is fundamentally abnormal.
Thanks to the haphazard operations of the Suns management, the Suns successfully achieved reverse growth despite a good situation and weakened themselves a lot.
At the beginning of the season, they actually sent away Kurt Thomas, who did a very good defensive job in the playoffs.
In the middle of the season, I suddenly felt that after the team lacked Thomas, its low defensive ability was really poor. As a result, Marion, an important part of the MSN team, was traded away in exchange for the Sharks, who were no longer so dominant.
The operation of the sun does not rule out the possibility of improvisation.
Because even Marion himself didn't get any news about the trade. He only saw the news of being traded in the newspaper when he came to training that morning.
And this transaction has not brought any positive impact to the team at all
After Marion left, the Suns lacked an off-ball offensive point. O'Neal's traditional positional warfare style is incompatible with Nash Stoudemire's small-ball whirlwind fast-break style, causing the team's fast attack that the team is famous for to become fragmented.
This shows that the Suns management did not think carefully before the transaction.
It was like they were playing a game, choosing a guy who seemed to have high ability value and then making a mindless trade.
What? You said you should change your style of play based on the sharks?
That would be too flattering to D'Antoni.
D'Antoni is not an all-around coach. His upper limit is too narrow and he has no ability to adapt. Whether you are coaching the Suns now or the Rockets in the future, you have been playing fast and tornado all your life.
He can't use an insider like O'Neal at all.
The end result is that the coach and the players are not suitable, the players and the players are not suitable, and the team successfully becomes weaker.
This series of operations by the Sun is like taking a few pieces of gold and setting them on pants.
Although gold is expensive, you will definitely not feel comfortable wearing it as pants! Both an ice bird and a beep!
Not as comfortable as vacuum packaging!
O'Neal, Nash and Stoudemire are all good players in isolation.
But using it in combination is counterproductive.
Therefore, this team of Suns has fallen from its peak, and Ryan was not worried about overturning in the first round before the start of the game.
After Ryan easily scored 43 points in the first game, the Suns seemed to have completely lost their spirit.
In fact, even if Ryan scored 43 points in the first game, the Suns only lost by 8 points in the end.
But in the next three games, the Suns were defeated by more than ten points.
The most they lost was 16 points, and the least they lost was 11 points.
People often see this scene in games: Ryan breaks through and then dunks with a glide, but the Suns generals have no intention of blocking it and just watch blankly.
The entire Suns team was demoralized by the first game, and they had no will to fight at all.
In this way, the Nuggets defeated the Suns 4-0 without any blood and advanced to the second round.
Phoenix's glory ends here. As for when will their next glory be?
Probably only the handsome man who just finished his rookie season in Seattle knows this.
This shit lasted more than ten years.
After the series, D'Antoni shrugged: "How do we win when the three best players in a series are all in Denver?"
Ryan's road to three consecutive championships went very smoothly, and on the other side, the Lakers also directly defeated the Mavericks 4-0!
Although the Mavericks acquired Kidd in a mid-season trade, the Mavericks still have two very fatal shortcomings.
One is that the interior defense is too weak. There is no doubt about the veteran's offensive ability, but defense has never been his strong point.
As for Dampier, he is already a Hall of Fame player in the category of "NBA big contract fraudster", a typical high-paid and incompetent player.
The second point is because Josh Howard was placed in a position that did not belong to him.
Because of the preference of the little general, Josh Howard averaged 14 shots per game, as many as the AI.
The results of it? After four games, he averaged only 12 points per game, and his shooting percentage was less than 30%.
If you let him be a role player, he is the best, but if you want to use him as the core, that is really nonsense.
Cuban really couldn't bear it. The little general Sabi wanted to secretly trade Dirk before, but now he is trying to correct such an incompetent guy.
What's the use of keeping him?
Both the Nuggets and Lakers advanced to the second round 4-0 with overwhelming momentum, which also made the media's hype about the Western Conference Finals even more intense.
Some people say that the Nuggets will definitely crush the Lakers, because the results of the regular season have said everything.
Some people also say that the Lakers will take revenge on the Nuggets in the playoffs, because at the end of the season, the Lakers won the match between the full lineup of the Lakers and the Nuggets.
However, Ryan doesn't want to join such a debate yet. The next second round is the top priority.
Since winning the Suns, Ryan has been paying attention to the series between the Spurs and the Hornets.
As in the original history, the two sides fought fiercely until the seventh game.
But the difference is that this time the winner of Game 7 is the Hornets!
Because West was not injured by Horry in this history, in the tiebreaker, the mid-range assassin shot 30 points with a 56.6% shooting rate.
But the most critical figure is Paul. This tiebreaker was completely killed by Paul's last two attacks.
In the Hornets' second-to-last offense, Paul broke through Ginobili through a quick change of direction. Facing Parker, who was defending, he made a second change of direction to pass him. But the continuous changes in direction made Paul's own center of gravity somewhat unstable.
So he staggered towards the basket, and under the basket, stood his idol Tim Duncan.
Paul rushed towards Duncan, jumped up, turned 180° in the air to avoid the block, and then turned his back to the basket to score the ball!
Moreover, the referee also called a foul on Duncan, which was a 2+1!
Paul showed no mercy at the critical moment, and after hitting the extra free throw, the point difference went back to 2 points!
One round later, it was Paul again. He first feinted a shot past Bowen from outside the three-point line, and then drove to the basket along the baseline to face Duncan again.
Duncan covered the basket tightly this time, but in the air, Paul took the ball back to his waist. It wasn't a pull-up layup, but the ball passed behind Duncan in the air and was sent to David West!
This change in the air into a pass was very exciting. After receiving the basketball, David West also followed up with a two-handed dunk, widening the point difference to 4 points!
In the end, the Spurs lost to the Hornets by 4 points!
David West, who scored 30 points, and Paul, who had 17 points, 13 assists and 4 steals, worked together to help the team advance!
Following the Nuggets' previous demonstration, the Spurs now don't dare to make dirty moves against any team.
Because the whole league knows that as long as you take revenge on Duncan a little bit, Popovich will be scared.
So in this history, the Spurs' behavior has indeed restrained.
The Spurs, who had restrained themselves, returned to where they should be.
They were eliminated by the Suns last season and defeated by the Hornets this season.
Originally, in the original history, it would have been difficult for Spurs to win these two series without dirty tricks.
But in this round of the Hornets, no matter what, it was Paul who finally killed the game!
His attacks and passes are really too deadly!
Paul, who is at his peak without major injuries, does have something!
At the end of the game, Popovich stared blankly at the court.
Originally, he prepared a series of strategies to deal with Ryan, hoping to reach the Western Conference Finals.
As a result, for the second consecutive year, the Spurs didn't even meet Ryan!
Paul and West embraced each other excitedly. The young Paul successfully reached the Western Conference semifinals.
and
The next thing he has to face is the opponent who once disgraced him!
Paul has not forgotten how he was humiliated by Ryan half a year ago.
Just thinking about that moment when he was picked up and slapped, that scene of embarrassment begging for mercy, Paul would clench his toes in embarrassment.
Although he dared not express his anger, Paul never let go of his hatred.
The fight was indeed painful, but this time, Paul wants to respond to Ryan in basketball!
If we could eliminate Ryan, who was chasing three consecutive championships, in the playoffs, that would be so enjoyable!
This is simply the best revenge for Ryan!
Young people always like unrealistic fantasies.
When Ryan was young, he often fantasized about having the ability to stop time.
However, Ryan only thought about it secretly, but Paul directly expressed his disrespect for Ryan:
"What happened to being number one in the regular season? Everyone is equal in the playoffs! Next, we are not going to lose to the Nuggets to win!
Ryan may think he can run amok, but we'll let Ryan know it's not 2007 anymore! "
What Paul means is that Ryan was not a champion in 2008, so it was nothing special!
Paul is so aggressive, so naturally he can't be submissive in the playoffs.
He can still be more honest during the regular season, but now that the two sides are fighting head-to-head in the playoffs, he won't show any restraint.
What's more, Paul just won his idol Duncan.
You know, this is a wonderful time.
Therefore, it is normal for Paul to be so confident.
At the post-match press conference, reporters naturally mentioned the last conflict.
And Paul's response was:
“Ryan scored a full 58 points in that game, but we kept the score difference between 7 and 8 points.
In other words, the Nuggets played hard.
Ryan knew at that time that we would counterattack wildly, and he didn't want his luxurious statistics to be reduced to nothing.
So when I was going for a layup, he knocked me down hard on purpose.
I fell into the trap and punched Ryan in a fit of rage, and that was when the conflict began.
He used such despicable means to provoke me and got me sent off. In the end, he even beat me up.
He seemed to have won, but not at all.
If I hadn't been sent off, we would have had a chance in that game! "
What Paul said is a typical example of a wicked person complaining first.
Not to mention how many little moves he made to Ryan before, not to mention that before Ryan hit him, he had already pushed Ryan hard when Ryan was going for a layup.
Immediately afterwards, Paul approached the microphone:
“But this time, I won’t fall for Ryan’s trick again.
No matter how much he pisses me off, I won't do it.
I will beat him with basketball, whether it is five games, six games, or seven games, I will stick with him until the end! "
Paul's declaration is not only to regain face for himself, but also to cheer himself up.
You can't just write the words "I'm afraid of Ryan" on your face before the game starts, right?
No matter what happens, he is ready to fight Ryan to the end!
Paul's extremely bold statement aroused heated discussion on the Internet that night.
Ryan was naturally angry, but he was not just angry.
The 2008 Hornets were the peak period of Paul's team strength and personal strength in his Hornets career.
In the original history, if he hadn't been tricked by the Spurs, Luo Zi might have touched the floor of the Western Conference Finals.
And Paul's speech was not all nonsense. The Nuggets were really struggling in that game.
Their offense was so strong that when Ryan scored the 58th point, the team led the Hornets by 10 points in the last minute.
In the regular season, the Hornets also defeated the Nuggets once.
So, it's useless to just be angry.
We still have to find a way to deal with them.
Ryan has been thinking about how to use the two newly acquired defensive badges to deal with the Hornets and Paul.
Because the offensive pressure is too great, it is unrealistic for Ryan to defend Paul throughout the game.
But at the critical moment, Ryan must press Paul to death in one breath!
After watching the game just now, Ryan suddenly felt that the new talent fragments he had obtained before, don't mention it, seemed to be quite suitable for dealing with Paul!
It can increase the reaction ability of stealing in the air, and can also increase the ability of staying in the air when blocking the frame.
Very symptomatic!
Paul just killed the Spurs with a layup and a layup that turned into a pass!
It doesn't matter how anxious you are during the regular time, as long as you can kill Paul at the critical moment, the Hornets will have no chance at all!
So after training ended the next day, when Ryan was interviewed, he also formally responded to Paul:
“I don’t want to talk about the details of the day I punched him because it was too painful for Paul to look back on.
It was not like yesterday when he begged me for mercy.
As for accompanying me to the seventh game, that's even more of a joke.
I have no doubt that Paul has that kind of determination and perseverance, but
Hell, there won’t be a Game 5, 6 or 7 in this series!
Within four games, only four games are needed for Paul to start preparing for next season!
You can write this sentence in the newspaper and send it to Chris Paul personally!
It’s true that this isn’t 2007 anymore, but Paul’s junior year isn’t my junior year either! "
Ryan is fully prepared to use his new defensive skills to torture Paul.
The Hornets are indeed very strong, but 4-0, Ryan is also serious!
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