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What does a fourth career MVP mean to Benjamin Wilson?

Wilson himself felt nothing, and his MVP acceptance speech lasted less than five minutes. For some, it was a momentous event.

It allowed Benj to tie Larry Bird for the number of MVPs.

"His greatness cannot even be defined by MVP." Bird said modestly, "Benj is the best in history."

Byrd's personal certification is not enough to put Benj on the throne. At least, his supporters will resist for a while.

However, when Benj basically equals or surpasses him in major honors and has a better career, the reasons for supporting Bird to continue as GOAT will become less, while the reasons for Benj to be the new king will become more and more.

The Western Conference Finals is a coronation delivered to your door.

The Warriors who have just climbed over the Trail Blazers mountain are not yet ready to challenge the Lakers.

So at the beginning of G1, Wilson scored 46 points like a god from heaven, leading the team to a bloodbath against the Warriors. "We will not come here enjoying ourselves and return disappointed."

Pence said a nice word, and then, in the second game of the Western Conference Finals, the talent of the Generation of Miracles shined. Seven Lakers scored in double figures, and the whole game scored 140 points without overtime, blasting the Warriors to pieces.

The big score is 2 to 0.

In the third game after that, Bodilloga sent 20 assists in a single game, setting a new personal assist record in a single game. The person who enjoyed the most assists from Bodilloga was Wilson.

Bodilloga broke the assist record, and Wilson tied his personal season scoring record with 56 points in a single game. The Lakers easily took a 3-0 lead.

This is their tenth consecutive victory in the playoffs.

"This Lakers team from 1960 to the present is the most unbeatable team I have ever seen."

"The scary thing is not that they haven't lost in the playoffs yet, but that you can't imagine them losing."

"If the Lakers want to lose, they must first be arrogant enough, and their opponents must be strong enough to take advantage of this arrogance."

"Accidentally losing a game due to arrogance is the only possibility for the Lakers to lose."

In the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals against the Warriors, the two sides opened up and competed offensively.

Penny Hardaway had his best performance in the Western Conference Finals, with 42 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in a single game. He basically put everything he had learned in his life into practice.

For the Lakers, Wilson responded with a massive triple-double of 30+, and Garnett became the team's single-game scoring leader with 38 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

As for the result, the Lakers' victory was a matter of course. 4 to 0.

The Lakers advanced to the Finals with a undefeated record in the playoffs.

After the game, Chinese guard Hu Weidong of the Warriors burst into tears on the court.

This was the closest he had come to the finals in many years of playing for the Warriors, but it ended in such a humiliating way. Seeing him like that, Louis couldn't help but joke, "Look at you, the national team won the quarterfinals.

Why haven’t I seen you cry so miserably before?”

"It's just because I always get to the top eight that I feel numb." Hu Weidong calmed down. Louis patted Hu on the shoulder and said, "This year we will try our best to reach the semi-finals."

Lao Hu finally smiled, and he didn't know whether it was because he was amused by Louis, or because he had to take pleasure in hardship because of the heavy burden on him.

The NBA season was finally over, and he had no time to rest. He had to fly back to China to participate in the national team's training camp the next day.

This year is the year of the World Championships. As the team's outside core, he should go early and come early.

The Lakers have secured a ticket to the Western Conference Finals, while the Eastern Conference finals ticket is contested between the Knicks and Magic. Judging from the lineup, the Knicks have a better chance of winning.

But the Magic's personnel mix was more balanced, with Tim Hardaway controlling the ball, O'Neal and Webber sitting inside, and a group of shooters on the wings and bench. After four games, the two sides were tied at 2-2.

Although the Knicks' high-post dynamic offense specializes in O'Neal, Ewing has repeatedly defeated the Magic with this tactic in the past few years, but this year, the Magic's

The group of shooters should not be underestimated.

O'Neal can't defend, and the damage caused by taking the ball on the offensive end is unbearable for the Knicks. Ewing's strong personality makes him unwilling to rely on the strength of his teammates to restrict O'Neal.

He wanted to do it alone.

When he was young, he could still fight head-on, but now O'Neal is close to his prime, and his destructive power in the low position far exceeds any insider You Yin has encountered before.

The burden brought by the sharks, coupled with Ewing's own stubbornness, after five games, injuries still caught up with the gorilla. Ewing suffered a stress fracture in his left leg while fighting for rebounds and was ended for the season.

According to the subsequent medical observation report, the Knicks team doctor believed that Ewing's injury was caused by his hasty comeback before fully recovering from his knee injury in the first round, which resulted in a more serious injury.

Without Ewing as a barrier, O'Neal started playing without any scruples, scoring 52 points and 26 rebounds in a single game, leading the Magic to a 3-2 lead over the Knicks.

In Ga6, the desperate Knicks used shark-cutting tactics while betting all their money on the outside.

Hill, who came to the Knicks under the leadership of Reggie Miller and worked hard on shooting for a year, finally blossomed, and Tracy McGrady, the third overall pick who the team had high hopes for, also showed flashes of talent.

There is magic in the Knicks.

That is what allowed them to build a dynasty, and it was also the secret weapon that allowed them to turn defeat into victory in critical situations many times. Everyone who watched their games could feel its presence.

No matter how great the difficulty is, they will always grit their teeth and persevere, and then work together to burst out with infinite power at a certain point. Tonight, Miller is "Noah", and he saves the world again.

But if the whole team is not available, even if Miller makes 20 three-pointers in a single game, it will not help. 3 to 3

The Knicks took the game back to Madison Garden.

But in Game 7, the talents of O'Neal and Webber made the New Yorkers despair. What is the ultimate expression of talent?

On the basketball court, the most intuitive way to demonstrate talent is to grab the opponent's offensive rebounds. When you have two dominant insiders, you can do this.

This is where O'Neal and Webber made the Knicks desperate.

They made it impossible for the Knicks to grab any defensive rebounds. Every time the Magic missed, there was a second attack. In the end, O'Neal and Webber crushed the New Yorkers with 38+22+7 and 24+20+5 respectively.

The two of them alone grabbed 22 offensive rebounds.

Faced with such a rebound gap, the Knicks lost without any suspense and were eliminated with a score of 3 to 4. For the first time since 1988, there was neither the Celtics nor the Knicks in the NBA Finals.

The Lakers are still a familiar face, but the Eastern Conference's breakout team is unfamiliar, the Magic, who have never appeared in the Finals before.

They have been a team for only ten years, and their history is so short that it can be ignored, but they have two talented players in O'Neal and Webber.

Before this, everyone thought that the Magic would not be able to realize their talents until at least the arrival of the new century, but they achieved results by supplementing shooters with big men inside.

The Celtics and Knicks, two established strong teams, fell in front of them one after another, which is enough to illustrate their success. Moreover, there are new teams emerging in the east and west. For those who want fresh blood, this is

It's a good thing.

The change of government may have been quietly completed.

In professional sports, generational change is a very sudden process.

Those who were previously dominant will suddenly be pushed away and never be able to regain their position.

The Celtics, Trail Blazers, and Knicks have been dominant for a long time. Now it's time to give up their positions and let the younger generation take over.

However, in order to truly achieve a change of dynasty, we need to defeat the Lakers. Because the head player of the Lakers is the strongest among the older generation.

Louis doesn't care whether there is a replacement or not. It may be a good thing for the Magic to reach the finals. In the regular season, the Magic defeated them with a black whistle, and many people were dissatisfied.

Duncan was particularly dissatisfied,

Because later on his birthday, someone wrote him a greeting card in O'Neal's name.

"As the saying goes, it's not that you don't report, but the time has not yet come." Louis muttered on the training ground, "Since Orlando has given us a chance, we must teach them a lesson in the finals, unless any of you still want to

I received a card from that damn fat guy on my birthday!"