The rest is just noise

"Have we really reached this point, where even leader Lu can't break the curse of the Lakers? Strictly speaking, the Lakers still have reason to be optimistic about the future. Because leader Lu is not their head coach now, but in

In the future, I believe the Messiah will pick up his teachings, and by that time, we will have the final answer." - Jack McCallum, published in Sports Illustrated on May 22, 1995.

The Lakers and Clippers are the final semifinal opponents.

In the Eastern Conference, the Heat advanced early, and the Knicks also defeated the young Magic in five games.

It took the Western Conference Trail Blazers six games to eliminate the Warriors, who were experiencing internal turmoil.

The day after the Lakers were eliminated, they got a consolation prize from the league.

The league announced the winners of major awards in the regular season.

Best lineup: Penny, Jordan, Wilson, Malone, Olajuwon.

All-Pro Second Team: Payton, Petrovic, Barkley, Kemp, Ewing.

All-NBA third team: Stockton, Pippen, Manning, Robinson, Sampson.

All-Defensive Team: Payton, Jordan, Pippen, Kemp, Ewing.

All-Defensive Second Team: Mookie Blaylock, Reggie Lewis, Wilson, Rodman, Robinson.

Defensive Player of the Year: Ewing.

Most Improved Player of the Year: Kemp.

Rookie of the Year: Jason Kidd.

Rookie of the Year Team...(skip)

Do you know who had the strongest reaction to this award?

That is of course Shaquille O'Neal, who played 81 games, led the team to the fourth record in the Eastern Conference, and averaged 25 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks per game.

Three generations of old, middle-aged and young people put this piece of cake together. After watching the excitement for a long time, he realized that there was nothing wrong with him.

Even if he doesn't make the All-Defensive Team, there won't be an All-NBA Team either? Even if he doesn't make the first and second teams, even if he doesn't make the third team?

"David Robinson is better than me?"

O'Neal didn't say anything unpleasant during the interview, he just sneered.

In fact, the most iconic thing is that Sampson was neither selected to the first or second team of the All-NBA Team, nor was he selected to the All-Defensive Team.

In terms of honor, Sampson is neither the first center nor the second center. It remains to be said whether he or Robinson is the third center in the league.

But this person who was only selected for the third team is considered by everyone to be the number one center at the moment.

Judging from the award results, the Heat are the big losers.

Except for Petrovich's second team, Sampson and Manning's third team, and Lewis's second defense, there were no honors.

This is also related to the special structure inside the Heat.

There are too many players on their team, and the ball rights are greatly divided, resulting in no outstanding statistics for everyone.

But there is at least one honor that no other team can take away.

On the eve of the conference finals, the league announced the winners of this season's regular season MVP.

No player can take this honor away from a Heat player.

Sampson, who played 30 minutes per game this season and averaged 22 points, 9.5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2.4 blocks per game, was elected the regular season MVP.

This is his second mvp trophy in his career.

By the way, the above is about the players. After a difficult selection for the Coach of the Year, the judges decided to give this honor to Billy Donovan, who led the team to the best regular season record in history.

If Donovan's regular season record is not a record-breaking 75 wins, but a record-tying 74 wins, the jury will vote for Van Gundy. This is an extremely difficult choice. Both of them can afford it, but they can only choose one.

The General Manager of the Year award was undoubtedly given to Lewis Shafir.

Shafir's win was less suspenseful than Sampson's MVP.

Ever since he completed a series of amazing moves in the offseason, there has been no suspense about this award.

"Lewis, I congratulate you for winning an award that I haven't even won."

When Louis called Shafir to congratulate him, he felt a little sad.

He single-handedly created the New York dynasty, but he didn't win the General Manager of the Year Award. Who can make sense of this?

"Coach Lu, I'm scared. If we fail in the East again, I will smash this award, trample it to pieces, and then send its residue into Miami Beach."

"What are you afraid of? No one can defeat you."

"Including New York?"

New York...Louis thinks the Heat are better than the Knicks, but if you ask him who he supports to win, he still supports the Knicks.

"What do you think?" Louis asked, "Don't you have confidence?"

Shafir smiled and said: "Billy told me that if we can't win New York this year, we will resign. I also think we have a good chance, but... after all, the Knicks are a dynasty created by Coach Lu. In the East,

No team is confident of beating them in the Garden of Eden."

The Celtics in the 1960s won Game 7 after game at the Boston Garden, and then sportswriters said the Garden was inhabited by elves who brought bad luck to guests.

The Knicks' seventh consecutive championship created a similar effect.

They were known as the Orange Ghost, and Madison Garden transformed from a basketball Mecca to a Garden of Eden, where no team could beat the Knicks.

"I don't know the answer either, Lewis, wish you good luck."

The Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and Heat is known as a preview of the finals.

This is of course disrespectful to the Clippers and Trail Blazers, but the Western Conference teams have no right to object.

Because since 1982, the Eastern Conference has won the championship for 12 consecutive years.

On May 23, 1995, the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals was played at the Heat's home court.

Just as observers predicted, the Heat defeated the Knicks at home.

The 35-year-old Sampson played 38 minutes, hitting 100 shots at Defensive Player of the Year Patrick Ewing and only missing one shot in the game. He scored 42 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks in an almost perfect performance.

Petrovich, (Jaylen) Rose, and Dumars' three-pointers are hot.

Manning also had the upper hand against Kemp.

131 to 108

The Heat have continued their terrifying offense averaging 123 points per game so far in the playoffs.

"Those who are eager to cheer for Miami should wait patiently." Knicks coach Tomjanovich said calmly, "We are not finished yet."

Will the Knicks fight back?

People have questions about whether they have the ability to regroup after such a disastrous defeat.

Such questions should not have arisen. The Heat's strength gave people the illusion that they could defeat the Knicks in one go.

Nothing could be further from the truth!

In the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat experienced how terrifying the Knicks were.

Ewing is like a bloodthirsty shaman. Being beaten by Sampson in the first game did not affect his morale at all. At the beginning of the second game, he used an outside pick-and-roll and then dunked with both hands.

The clarion call for the Knicks offense.

The fully activated system makes Miller the most dangerous killer.

His three-pointers hit the Heat's pain points every time.

After Mohammad Rauf came on the scene, he changed the rhythm of the game.

Tomjanovich paired him with Alan Houston, Doug Christie, Grant Hill, and Reggie Williams.

This is a lineup without an insider, but with unlimited vitality and a considerable threat at every point.

After the Heat got used to this group of people, Tomjanovich replaced Ewing and other main players.

The Knicks did everything impeccable every step of the way, from defense to offense.

109 to 104

The Knicks ended the Heat's winning streak.

In the third game, the two sides staged the most fierce bloody battle of the year.

From the first round, the game became brutal.

Those resounding names have become chess pieces used in physical combat, and Sampson and Ewing are just one of them.

Grant Hill, who the Knicks had high hopes for, was lost in such a game.

12 points in the game, 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists in the final quarter. He couldn't find the direction of the game at all.

The Knicks successfully limited the Heat's scoring to double digits, but Hill is not Wilson.

When the Knicks need someone to step up and force the scoring, Hill can't do what Wilson once did for New York.

Instead, on the Heat's side, Sampson, who was exhausted, gave Petrovic a pick-and-roll.

The King of Europe ended a whole night of embarrassment with a three-pointer.

The Knicks guarded him for 47 minutes, but he caught a chance in the last minute.

99 to 97

The Heat overcame this difficult game and took a 2-1 lead in Eden Gardens.

In the fourth game after that, Ewing defeated Sampson with 35 points and 15 rebounds. With Miller's 10 three-pointers in the game, the Knicks evened the score.

The decisive fifth game was another brutal meat grinder battle.

Injuries began to appear on both sides.

Petrovic, the Heat's leading perimeter firepower, was injured by Kemp's counter-joint action while grabbing a rebound under the basket.

Rick Mahon had his nose broken by Rodman.

Kukoc was stepped on by P-J Brown when he shot a three-pointer.

Both sides tried their best, and at the most critical moment, Manning dominated the offense and defense.

Compared to Kemp, he seems to be a more advanced player.

A fourth position uses a change of direction to pull up a three-pointer from the outside, dribbles behind the high post, shakes off the defender, and goes to the basket for a dunk.

That's what he did.

3 to 2

The Heat are just one step away from advancing.

Will the Knicks' reign really end this year?

No one can give this answer until they actually fall.

In Game 6, the Heat led the Knicks by 25 points before halftime.

Everyone is waiting for the new king to take the throne, but the Knicks are a rough team, they focus on disappointing the world.

This Eastern Conference finals focused on 15 million TV viewers, and at least 13 million viewers wanted to see them lose.

However, they suffocated the Heat with their incompetent murderous press.

Miller made every shot in the last six minutes of the fourth quarter, scoring six three-pointers in a row, replicating Benjamin's miracle in Game 7 of the 1992 Finals.

But this still couldn't let the Knicks win. In the last ten seconds, the Heat still had a 1-point lead.

The Knicks had the ball, and first-year rookie Grant Hill's mind went blank. He was almost suffocated by the defense, and he actually chose to take the shot himself.

"boom!"

Is the Knicks' reign over?

No, the Jamaican gorilla that no one likes knocked away Sampson under the basket, grabbed the most critical rebound in the game, and saved New York City with only 0.3 seconds left in the game.

Do ghosts really exist? Why, despite everything like this, they still haven’t lost?

The people of Miami watched with hesitation as the New Yorkers showed off their power at home, and the series was not over yet.

Sampson patted his face and went to prepare for Game 7.

At this point, everyone knows that when the Knicks were playing in Eden Gardens, there seemed to be a magical force supporting them.

As long as they play there, no matter how many points behind the Knicks are, they will probably be able to catch up.

They don't believe they can lose.

But in Game 7, they had no home field advantage.

This is the first time since 1988 that they have played a tiebreaker on the road.

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