The rest is just noise

In Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers fought hard for two overtimes, until Ostertag and Garnett fouled out. Unfortunately, they were in the fifth position, but they still lost the game.

122 to 116

The Trail Blazers won this tooth-sucking game with a 6-point advantage, eliminated the Lakers with a big score of 4-2, and advanced to the Finals for the fifth consecutive year.

At the end of the game, Jordan kicked the basketball on the ground toward the audience.

This was his first career victory over Benjamin Wilson!

At the same time, it was also the first time Pat Riley defeated Louis.

Riley was so excited that he burst into tears on the court and could hardly calm down.

"I'm proud of my players, they have tried their best." Louis gave his opponents due praise, "The Trail Blazers are the better team."

In Louis' first season back, he won 64 games in the regular season and led the team to the Western Conference Finals, where they lost in six games with the Trail Blazers.

Judging from the results, the West is still dominated by pioneers.

But Angelenos have reason to be optimistic about the future.

Looking at the lineup alone, the Lakers should neither be a 64-win team, nor should they reach the conference finals level.

Louis gave all the credit to Wilson.

"Without Benj, we are just a team that has accomplished its mission by making it to the playoffs."

These are Louis' true words.

Because he wants to test his new system, there are bound to be many mistakes and setbacks in the process. Without Wilson's violent output of 34 points per game, the Lakers would not have won 64 games.

Wilson couldn't be happy. He lost to the player who least wanted to lose.

This is his second season leading the team alone. Compared with last year, they have made a step forward, but stopping in the Western Conference Finals will not make the ultimate winner with seven rings happy.

Wilson had no blessing for Jordan: "I hope they lose completely in the Finals."

He also has not lost confidence in the future: "We will become stronger next year."

Back in the locker room, Wilson was annoyed by the low atmosphere. He stood up and said: "Training starts tomorrow!"

Louis walked in and didn't turn into a fire-breathing eared dragon like Wilson and scorch everyone.

"Don't listen to Benj, he just doesn't want to lose to MJ, but if you lose, you lose. We have to admit that we are not as good as Portland now." Louis said objectively, "Because we have a group of young people and some who can't run.

Old guys, we are still a team in the process of rebuilding. Don’t put pressure on yourself, stay hungry and continue to improve. I hope to see your growth when the training camp starts!”

Then, Louis patted Wilson and asked him to attend the press conference with him.

What Louis is asked the most is the difference between coaching the Lakers and the Knicks.

Most of these questions come from reporters in the Midwest.

They wanted Louis to return, but it was a done deal.

Louis has quietly taken root in Los Angeles, and New York is destined to be nothing more than a memory.

"This is a completely different challenge." Louis dismissed the reporter with just this sentence.

Later, a reporter asked who was more optimistic about the Knicks or the Heat, who were fiercely fighting in the Eastern Conference.

"It's hard to say. If you ask me who I support, of course I will support New York." Louis paused, "However, I heard that they are in a bad situation."

As Louis said, the Knicks are in a very bad situation, and they have had a wave of injuries during training.

Stockton has a thigh strain, Houston has an ankle sprain, and Pippen has back discomfort.

The Knicks, ranked first in the league, faced the disunited Heat at their home court with a broken lineup.

Due to injuries, they relied heavily on Reggie Miller and Shawn Kemp.

Miller lived up to expectations, shooting 11 three-pointers at home, and Kemp also thrived, scoring 32 points and 10 rebounds.

But it wasn't enough to give the Knicks a victory.

In Miami, Petrovic destroyed the Knicks' defense and led the team with 35 points, while Sampson and Manning also had obvious advantages.

You know, these are still two people who are obviously at odds with each other.

Scottie Pippen struggled with injuries that limited Drexler and Reggie Lewis, but he couldn't bring the offensive firepower the Knicks needed.

"We want benj!"

The Madison Garden crowd roared.

For Pippen, this was like a slap in the face.

Failure is inevitable.

118 to 108

The Heat defeated the Knicks by 10 points, leading 3-1.

"Now, we can say the Knicks dynasty is over." -- Sports Illustrated.

Dave Anderson, chief writer of the New York Times, said in the article: "Why do we pretend that the dynasty has not been overthrown yet? Accept it, fans, when the Messiah walks into the arms of the Virgin Mary, when

The conqueror chose to follow his God, and the dynasty had fallen, and the result at this moment was just a sword piercing the heart, and the heart that stopped beating was just a repeated reminder of the fact that it was indeed dead."

When the Los Angeles media noticed the New Yorkers' overreaction, they mocked them as having a Martin Lawrence-like breakdown.

1 A not-so-famous actor who cursed in the street because of an emotional breakdown in May 1996.

Before the game 5 game, the Knicks held an internal meeting.

Tomjanovich later said it was a candid and emotional conversation.

From here on, a qualitative change occurred within the Knicks.

For the Heat, it was not the decisive fifth game. Danny Manning wanted to send the Knicks away with a perfect end show.

But the Knicks escalated the intensity of the game in vain in Game 5. As a result, Manning continued to play hard, and Donovan wanted Sampson to hold the ball, and then used Mr. Only to activate the whole team. This was how they played before. But

The conflict between Manning and Sampson has become more and more public. He did not want to continue to focus on the other party, so he went his own way and monopolized the ball. He took 29 shots in the game and scored 40 points and 11 rebounds. However, the Heat were defeated by the Knicks.

Sri Lanka was defeated and lost by 22 points.

After the game, Sampson said that excessive concentration of the ball was the reason why they lost the game.

Manning said directly: "I scored 40+10, and I don't think I should be responsible for the loss."

The Heat have a strong lineup, but Sampson is one year older than last year. The most important thing is that he and Manning no longer have the kind of brotherly relationship.

Now Sanman is more like the relationship after O'Neal slapped Kobe and the latter revealed that Shaq also did it in the game for suspected ****. I know that these two things are not close to each other.

, but it’s good that you know what it means.

Sampson couldn't understand Manning's hostility toward him.

He is already a veteran and cannot play for a few more years, but Manning feels that if he is still on the team, the Heat's boss will always have the same surname as Sang and not Mann.

Sampson tolerated everything, but Manning didn't know what satisfaction was.

When Sampson called Louis for help, Louis just asked him: "What do you think?"

"I just want to play well."

"Then tell him that this is his team and you will leave after playing this year."

"ah?"

Sampson asked in shock: "Leave?"

"First stabilize him and let him play well," Louis said. "First finish this season well."

"What happens after the beating?"

"Go to Lewis for a showdown." Louis said, "Tell him that he can only keep one of you and Danny Manning."

Sampson was stunned for a moment, "Then I still have to go."

Sampson is 36 years old this year, and Manning has just turned 30.

There is no need to say who is more valuable.

"If I were Lewis, Manning would be the one leaving."

Louis was not comforting Sampson. Although he had no contact with Manning, through rumors and other people's oral accounts, it can be seen that this man was a selfish egoist who originally clamored to come and hug Sampson.

My thighs, after I hugged them, I thought about using them as thighs. Now that I have become thighs, I still want to remove the original thighs to show that I am legitimate. How can I be so disgusting?

"Coach, does this really work?"

"Whether it works or not, this is the only way."

What Sampson is thinking is, if he really leaves the team, where will he go?

But playing well in the current game is more important.

So, Sampson agreed.

Before hanging up the phone, Sampson said: "Coach, why do I think you care more about the Eastern Conference Finals than me?"

Nonsense, how can you let that bastard Ewing take advantage of the Heat's internal strife to advance? If you want to win, you have to defeat the Heat head-on. Only then will it be valuable.

This voice sounds like Louis hates Ewing, but he doesn't.

This is an extension of the arrogant mentality of a time traveler trying to control the destiny of others.

Because of his existence, the NBA from 1984 to the present has changed beyond recognition.

But if you want to completely change this period of history, you have to do one thing.

Let the biggest winner of this era, Jordan, the recognized goat in Louis' previous life, become the number one loser in the modern NBA.

The winner between the two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals will eventually challenge the Trail Blazers or Lakers in the Finals. The Lakers were already 2-3 behind at the time. Louis felt that with their strength, there was little chance of defeating the Trail Blazers in two consecutive games, so

He decided to give the Trail Blazers a generous gift - let the Heat or Knicks enter the finals in their best condition.

It is absolutely impossible for the Heat to eliminate the Knicks and then have internal strife in the Finals, or the Knicks, who are suffering from injury problems, take advantage of the Heat's internal strife to enter the Finals and kill the Trail Blazers. Even Jordan should want to defeat him.

A cosmic team that has no distractions, is dedicated, and goes all out

right?

Mr. Qiao will be grateful to him, right?

Isn't the most important thing in life is to climb to the top?

In game 6, the Heat also organized an internal meeting before the game to unify their thinking.

However, tonight, a monster named Reggie Miller breathed fire from hell into Miami.

Sampson has already suppressed Ewing in the paint, Manning and Kemp have also formed a mutual conflict. Drexler's personal ability as a small forward is better than Pippen, and his performance tonight is better. Peter Lo

Vicki beat the injured Stockton as easily as hitting a child. The Knicks trailed by 20 points at halftime.

Then, Tomjanovich replaced Sam Cassell. After the aliens came on the scene, they used strong defense to limit Petrovic. During a counterattack, Miller made a chasing three-pointer.

From this moment on, he transformed into a savior, just like in Game 6 of the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals, hitting three-pointers like a god.

At the end, Miller used a long three-pointer to widen the point difference to 6 points, helping the Knicks seal the victory.

3 to 3

The Knicks, with a tenacity that outsiders cannot understand, stubbornly dragged the Eastern Conference finals to Game 7.

In this campaign, all of Miller's points came from outside the three-point line. He took 24 shots in the game, including 20 three-point shots, and hit 13 of them. Not only did he create a single-game personal three-point shot record in NBA history, he also set a new record.

He set a personal record for three-point hits in NBA history, and at the same time, he also received a nickname that would stay with him for the rest of his life - "Noah".

According to the Bible, Noah built a huge ship called the Ark in accordance with God's instructions. The purpose of the construction was to allow Noah, his family, and various land creatures in the world to escape from a storm.

Floods caused by divine punishment.

The meaning of Miller's nickname refers to that when the Knicks encounter a major crisis, he can always burst out with terrifying energy and use his iconic three-pointers to get the team through the difficulties.

tiebreaker

The Game 7 between the Knicks and the Heat attracted 18 million TV viewers.

This is the first time in history for a basketball game at the conference finals level.

For both sides, there are no secrets anymore. Their cards are all on the table. The seventh game is about will, belief and determination.

And this is exactly what the Heat lack the most right now. Sampson is mentally and physically exhausted, Manning is arrogant, and a group of players who gathered for honor quickly lost their fighting spirit after winning the honor. Especially at this moment, they once achieved 3.

The Heat, who were leading by 1, are now the weak side. They were intimidated by the momentum of the Knicks.

In the seventh game, there was no fierce stranglehold as people imagined. From the first quarter, it was a one-sided situation.

Kemp exploded and used a personal show that crushed Manning to complete his revenge on the latter.

Ewing, the cornerstone of the Knicks, scored 18 points, 18 rebounds and 7 blocks. He is not the most eye-catching point of the Knicks, but without him, the Knicks would have fallen long ago.

Miller, the hero of Game 6, was heavily guarded by the Heat, but his performance was no longer important because his teammates were blossoming across the board.

125 to 102

The Knicks overturned the Heat with a 23-point advantage, completed a 1-3 reversal, and returned to the Finals after a year.

Louis, who watched the entire Eastern Conference Finals, believes that no team can defeat the Knicks in this state. The only chance for the Trail Blazers to win is Jordan. If he averages 50 points per game in a round of the Finals, maybe the Trail Blazers still have a chance.

Due to the huge gap between the two sides, Louis' attention turned to this year's NBA draft lottery.

Because many freshman stars have already entered the draft, even Kobe Bryant, the No. 1 high school student in the class of 1996, decided to follow Garnett's footsteps and bring his talents to the NBA.

Therefore, the talent pool in this year's draft is rare and deep in recent years.

After a tense round of drawing lots, the results were announced.

The San Antonio Spurs won the lottery and received the No. 1 pick in 1996.

Although the Rockets won the No. 1 pick last year, the situation has not improved. This year, they returned to the lottery with last place and won the second pick.

The third pick went to the Toronto Raptors.

The fourth pick was taken by the Vancouver Grizzlies.

The Sacramento Kings drew the fifth pick.

During this period, Lu Wuxia's unintentional comment made Louis laugh: "Why do you feel like they (kings) are there every year?"

The Timberwolves selected the sixth pick. It is worth mentioning that Jerry Krause, Louis's bitter rival, was laid off again after the regular season.

As for the reason, of course it is because he has made almost no achievements after taking office for several years.

Predictably, Krause's managerial career is over.

According to insider information obtained by the Timberwolves and team reporters, Knicks star Kevin McHale will take over and become the top leader of the Timberwolves management.

The Detroit Pistons received the seventh pick.

The Atlanta Hawks, who became the laughingstock of the league because of Liu Yuqing, received the eighth pick, the Chicago Bulls received the ninth pick, the Seattle SuperSonics received the tenth pick, the Philadelphia 76ers received the eleventh pick, and Boston Kyle

The special draw drew the twelfth pick.

At this point, the lottery draw is over, and Louis is looking at the teams that own the lottery, wondering who to trade with to get the draft rights to capture Kobe.

However, before that, a big drama arranged by Louis took place.

Jerry Buss invites Louie to a party at the Playboy Mansion.

Louis, who knew what would happen, had to pretend he didn't know anything and went to the meeting alone.