The rest is just noise

Despite achieving the second-best record in the league, the Celtics' playoff journey is not optimistic by the outside world.

Because their core is a young man who is just starting out, and the outstanding players Yao Yueban and Gasol are also third-year players. Although they have become All-Stars, they have not yet proven that they have the ability to play a leading role in the playoffs.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics swept the Bulls 4-0 without any surprises and advanced to the semifinals.

The last time the Celtics broke through the first round, Ralph Sampson was still playing, and he was not the protagonist of Boston's old man's joy. The results of breaking through the first round allowed fans to successfully forget the pain caused by Isiah Thomas.

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Coming to the semifinals, the Celtics became the underdog.

Their opponent is the Philadelphia 76ers who successfully retained Shaquille O'Neal.

After Benjamin Wilson left, the 76ers did a lot of work to retain O'Neal. In the end, they completely locked the Shark in Philadelphia with a 7-year, $200 million long-term contract.

During the regular season, the 76ers' record was unstable as the Sharks played intermittently, but in the playoffs, O'Neal was still the same O'Neal. Critics generally predicted that the Celtics' interior group would lose their ability to resist in front of O'Neal.

As a result, although O'Neal can defeat any Celtic insider one-on-one, when Yao Yueban, Gasol, Boozer, and Kukoc completely gave up on confronting him, they all chose to pull up and shoot three-pointers from the pick-and-roll.

When the points were scored, the Sharks' inability to guard the three-point line was also fully exposed.

The inside line completely gave up on low-post offense, and Lu Wuxia, Parker, Wade, and Ginobili got a lot of opportunities to hold the ball and call the opponent's inside line in pick-and-rolls.

Therefore, although O'Neal averaged 30 points per game, the 76ers lost to the Celtics by 15 points in every game.

After four games, the Celtics defeated the 76ers in a sweep without any effort, advancing to the Eastern Conference finals again after 7 years. The day after Philadelphia was swept, the NBA announced the winners of all major regular season awards besides MVP.

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The most controversial among them is the All-NBA First Team: Lu Wuxia, Kobe Bryant, Dejan Bodiloga, Tim Duncan, and Kevin Garnett.

Danzi Lu Wuxia, a 19-and-a-half-year-old new recruit, was selected for the team.

His regular season averages were 18+8+9, which was very comprehensive, but many opposing fans who didn't understand him and were even hostile to the Celtics held ill intentions towards this.

"There is only one reason why ish can be selected to the first team. He has a father who can dominate the NBA with one hand!"

In fact, whether it is data or team record, Lu Wuxia is a high probability of being selected for the first team, but people are not ready to welcome it.

As Bob Ryan said: "ish's arrival has increased the Celtics' winning percentage by 30%. On this basis, he scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in 31 minutes every night, with a close shooting percentage in three areas."

190% club, no blind spots on the offensive end. For such a talent, no matter how old he is or what his qualifications are, it should not be an obstacle to him winning the award."

The person who defended Wuxia most vigorously was "Sports Man" Bill Simmons: "Don't tell me that Ish can only play under the wings of Yao and Paul. Look at how Boston has played in the past few years! Ignorance

And prejudice is affecting your perception, you missed ish's great performance, he is playing the greatest rookie season since Tim Duncan!"

With his performance in the public opinion battle, Sports Man was finally lifted from the Celtics boss’ interview blacklist. Boss Lu finally forgave Sports Man for those jokes that were particularly uncomfortable to him.

He no longer pretends to be a son, he will be friendly with anyone who brags about his son.

He noted down all the reporters who had supported Wuxia for a while and arranged interviews one by one when he was free.

In addition to Lu Wuxia, the Celtics also have Yao Yueban selected for the second team, Gasol selected for the third team, and Kirilenko selected for the first defense. It is worth mentioning that GOAT Benjamin who has been a regular in the first team since 1990.

Wilson is out this season.

You know, he still averaged 26 points per game with the 76ers last year and was selected to the second team. This year, he played most of the games with the Knicks.

Time has basically not worked, and the average data per game is only 18 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. It is like suddenly aging by 5 years.

This kind of data makes him less competitive for awards.

When Louis saw Wilson's statistics, he could only lament that this was a man born to win.

Has the competitive level dropped off a cliff? Louis doesn't believe it, because in the two regular season games against the Celtics, Wilson performed very well. The data shows this level, and it can only be said that he has completely given up on anything other than the championship.

All honors.

With it being clear that this season is the last, Wilson only wants the championship, and he wants to retire as a champion. This is the last hurdle on Lu Wuxia's path to the finals, and it is also the most difficult one.

"Eastern Conference Finals, Boston Celtics VS New York Knicks, friends, what year is it today?" The outstanding performance of Yao Yueban and Gasol caused the Knicks to lose in the first game.

But soon, the Knicks quickly adjusted in the second game.

Wilson, McGrady, Hill, Lu Wuxia, Wade, and Ginobili staged a wild and gorgeous scoring battle. In the end, the stronger Knicks won.

In the third game, Reggie Miller came like a god. For the Celtics, the blockade composed of Gerald Wallace and Kirilenko made the Knicks' invincible front line perform sluggishly, and Carlos

Boozer's strong performance covered up the poor performance of Yao Yueban and Gasol.

Lu Wuxia's explosion in the fourth quarter sealed the game.

A three-pointer, a dunk that went straight to Kirilenko after a steal, a step-back three-pointer that singled out Benjamin Wilson, and then another chasing three-pointer.

"Will ish personally end Benj's era?"

This is the title used by "Sports Illustrated" in a long article written for this game. On the same day, the league announced the winners of the 2003-04 season MVP.

After his performance in the Eastern Conference Finals, Lu Wuxia's popularity surged, and more and more people hoped that he would become the MVP, but he was still a little short. Lu Wuxia ranked second in the MVP voting, losing to Kobe Bryant, the leading guard of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bryant.

This season, the Lakers have been experiencing frequent infighting, with Kobe and Garnett seemingly inseparable, just like the reappearance of the farce between Ewing and Wilson many years ago.

One constantly asserts his dominance, the other says nothing, just plays brilliantly, and then tells the public that he just wants to win.

There is also someone like Artest in the team who is always stirring up trouble. The Lakers cannot be good.

But they did stabilize in the regular season, because Kobe's terrifying performance of 33 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game forced the Lakers, who should have been falling apart, to still be in a state of death.

After that, the conference finals continue.

Although Chris Webber has always been sluggish, there is a little fat guy on the Knicks' bench who is ready to go, and that is this season's Sixth Man of the Year winner Zach Randolph.

In the fourth game, Randolph was temporarily substituted@

A failed season. Because it gave fans unlimited hope.

It is necessary to make full use of fans' physical grief and turn it into purchasing power. In this way, although their grief will not be reduced, when they see commemorative merchandise one day in the future, they will be reminded of this exciting season, and

The Celtics can still take this opportunity to make a fortune.

After the meeting, Louis felt that he really no longer looked like a coach. The season was about to end, and he was still thinking about making money.

The problem is, the money he made through these measures was something he didn't even look at before becoming the team owner. Ga6

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Yao Yueban hit 7 three-pointers in this game and turned into an efficient scoring machine. He scored 43 points in the game. This is his highest score in a single game in the playoffs so far. He is worthy of being the second center in the league. For the Knicks,

Chris Webber, who had been sluggish for five games, suddenly stood up and met Yao Yueban with a three-pointer from the outside. Yao hit seven goals, and Da Wei was no less impressive, returning six.

Miller, who used to be famous for his "Noah Saves" Game 6 performance, was totally off target tonight.

Although Wilson scored 30 points, McGrady suffered an ankle injury, and Hill's old problem of not playing hard games relapsed. The Knicks lost Game 6, bringing the series to the final game.

"Coach, will you come to the Garden for Game 7?" Before leaving, Wilson asked Louis a question.

"No, Benj, I know you're going to win." Louis replied to Benj, "Give that kid a spectacular playoff run.

In Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the game was dominated by Wilson from the first second.

Whenever Wilson had the ball, he would call pick-and-roll roll calls to hit the Celtics' weak spots on defense.

Yao Yueban is too slow, Parker is too short, Wade is too young, Lu Wuxia only gives away points, and Gasol is almost useless. Kirilenko, the only one with matchup ability, can never match Wilson.

What made the Celtics most desperate was that when Kirilenko finally faced Wilson, the opponent easily solved his defense with a turn-over jumper.

Looking at the overall situation, the score was very tight. The Celtics still played a youthful storm. Lu Wuxia and Wade performed amazingly. They broke through Wilson and dunked on Webber respectively, and held the ball in a series of three-pull layups.

However, the pace of the game is not under their control.

In the last minute, the Knicks led by 3 points. Wilson controlled the ball, patiently wasting time, suddenly made a feint, and came over to the defense flawlessly. He stepped back and shot a three-pointer, ending the suspense of the game in one fell swoop.

109 to 103

The Knicks defeated the Celtics 4-3 to advance to the finals. Lu Wuxia hugged Wilson unwillingly, and the old man once again saw off the new man.

As the last star spanning the 1980s and 1990s, Benjamin Wilson still had something to do. He walked towards the media with a stern expression. Today happened to be June 1, 2004, and the King of June woke up from his deep sleep.