Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

Question: How many times in NBA history have the same two teams played in the Finals for two consecutive years?

Answer: 7 times, only once after 1980, not once in the new century!

The last time the Bulls and Jazz met in the Finals for two consecutive years was in the 1996-98 seasons. I believe everyone is familiar with the stories that happened in those two seasons. The jump shot of the century and the second three consecutive championships can be regarded as NBA history.

A legend on.

The other 6 times, the Lakers and Celtics certainly played an important role in it, 62-63, 65-66, 68-69. The two teams met in the finals for three consecutive years, leaving the Celtics 6-

0 Lakers legend.

This story is wonderful and is the main story of the early NBA. He made Russell the King of the Rings, as well as the nine-time champion Cardinal Auerbach, and also made many Lakers superstars, Baylor, West, and Chamberlain

Waiting for regrets that will never be filled.

The feud between the Lakers and Celtics throughout the 70 years of the NBA also started at that time.

And here, the team that is equally important and most easily overlooked is the New York Knicks!

No one would have thought that New York would be the first team to compete with the Los Angeles Lakers. In 1952-53, the Lakers and the Knicks were the first NBA opponents to meet in the finals for two consecutive seasons.

In the 1972-73 seasons, the two teams also met in the finals for two consecutive seasons.

However, the Knicks played a weak role, and the big score of 3-1 may be the reason why the Knicks have degenerated from the league's powerhouse to the funny player they were before.

Didn't you seize the opportunity early?

And this year, after the Knicks defeated the Celtics in tiebreaker, they met the Los Angeles Lakers again in the Finals!

This is the first time in the new century that two teams have reached the Finals for two consecutive years, and it is also the third time for the Lakers and Knicks.

Last year, after seven games, the Knicks ended up regretting it.

So this year, can the Knicks break the curse of being difficult to win against the Lakers in the Finals?

Moreover, these are also the veteran superstars of the league, Kobe, who is still considered the number one star and the best player, and the number one star of the new generation, who is considered the youngest in history, who is also growing fast, who is at the peak of his debut and is still improving.

Rookie and New York's new Wang Zuoli met in the finals for the second time.

Everyone wants to know whether this time, Kobe will continue to be brilliant as he grows older and stronger, or will Zuo Li succeed and establish a new king in the league.

Coupled with the traffic and grievances that come with New York and Los Angeles, the attention of this finals is overwhelming.

Fans also expressed their great anticipation. As soon as the Eastern Conference Finals ended, the analysis posts on major forums were already full the night after.

And all kinds of support on the oil pipeline are mushrooming like mushrooms after a rain.

When the major media heard this news, they naturally could not remain indifferent and followed up one after another, so the finals, which may be the most lively, the most watched, and the largest traffic in the new century, was about to be born.

Dolan originally approved 2 million US dollars for team promotion, but he didn’t expect that it would be used at all. With the popularity, he felt that he should spend money to suppress it.

Stern was very satisfied. If possible, he wished that New York would play Los Angeles in the finals every season. This kind of market and attention was what he dreamed of. He had a vague hunch that after this finals, the NBA might

It will reach a new peak, and it is not impossible to break through the bottleneck in North America.

Zuo Li is also looking forward to it.

Since losing the finals, everything he has done is to get back here.

Not for anything else, just to prove myself, and to get back what I lost!

"Winning the championship from the Lakers with my own hands is my biggest goal, and I am willing to do everything for it." Zuo Li said unabashedly in a public interview before the game.

A real man must cross that mountain by himself.

The reporters all heard the determination in Zuo Li's words. This was the first time in his career that Zuo Li had spoken such strong words with such certainty.

Of course, the Lakers also refused to give in. Kobe said: "I also want to see how much Zuo Li has grown in one season, although it is a pity that we will win two consecutive championships."

Artest, the Lakers' main force this season and the hero of winning the Western Conference championship, also said: "I'm here to win my first championship."

The tit-for-tat confrontation between the two teams is not beyond everyone's expectations. They have both reached the finals. The one who doesn't want to win the championship is the idiot.

What some people are more concerned about is that Zuo Li and Kobe met again, which is very similar to the original Bulls and Pistons.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Pistons formed a "Bad Boys Legion" dominated by Thomas, Dantley, Rodman and others. Their powerful and even brutal style of play has always been a headache for all teams in the league.

Larry Bird's Celtics and Magic Johnson's Lakers both fell under their iron heel.

The Pistons have always been a mountain that the basketball god Jordan could not overcome in his early days. The Pistons also designed a set of "Jordan Rules" specifically for Jordan, leaving Jordan and the Bulls at a loss. From 1988 to 1990, for three consecutive seasons

, the Bulls led by Jordan were defeated by the Pistons. The Pistons were also Jordan's biggest and most terrifying enemy on his way to becoming a god.

At that time, Jordan was called "a kid who played fancy but impractical", and it was thanks to the Pistons.

However, facing such a seemingly unbeatable mountain, Jordan did not run away, join the team, or give up.

"If I'm so strong that even if you use the "Jordan Rules" you can't knock me down, then what can you do to me? I will continue to get stronger, strong enough to be cold-blooded and cruel enough to tear apart all the Pistons generals.

My desire to tear it apart." This is what Jordan said in his autobiography.

In three years, Jordan once again completed his transformation.

In 1991, when the Pistons, who had won two consecutive championships, faced the Bulls again, standing in front of them was a different Jordan.

4-0, sweep, three years of depression swept away, Jordan finally completed his self-salvation and started his own path to becoming a god.

After finally winning the championship, the scene of Jordan crying while holding the championship trophy has become an eternal classic.

This is also one of the most inspiring basketball stories Zuo Li has ever heard, and it is also the motivation that inspires Zuo Li to keep moving forward.

From 1-4 to 2-4 to 3-4, and finally to a 4-0 sweep...

Jordan is definitely a real man.

The reporters are looking forward to what kind of championship story Zuo Li and Kobe will write.

The Finals G1 will officially start at Madison Square Garden on June 4. In the Finals, the Knicks' home court advantage will not be obvious because the Finals implements a 232 game system.

In other words, the finals will first play two games in New York, then return to Los Angeles to play three games in a row, and finally return to New York to play two games.

This competition system has its pros and cons. The good thing is that for the weaker team in the finals, they have a lot more opportunities. The bad thing is that for the team with an advantage in the regular season record, they must win in the first two games.

Next game!

As for Zuo Li, he must continue to complete his evolution before the game begins!