The rest is just noise

Before the start of the conference finals, the league first announced the regular season MVP winner for the 1992-1993 season.

This was an unexpected surprise.

The MVP was won by Hakeem Olajuwon.

Of the four teams currently in the conference finals, the Trail Blazers' Jordan suffered a serious drop in points at the end of the season, and the Knicks' Wilson and Ewing both suffered from insufficient data dominance, aesthetic fatigue, and lack of storytelling. Ranked first in the league

The Heat want to find their MVP, just like the Spurs in 2014 after the Finals to find the Finals MVP.

Since these teams can't select a convincing MVP, then look for another team.

Olajuwon is locked in.

Whether in the regular season or the playoffs, Olajuwon's performance was heroic. In his first season after moving from Houston to Los Angeles, he and Drexler led the team to a fourth-place record in the Western Conference.

However, based on this standard, several other teams in the Western Conference will have some opinions.

For example, David Robinson of the Lakers, Brad Doherty of the Suns, and Karl Malone of the Jazz all led the team to a very beautiful record with excellent personal data.

However, Olajuwon is indeed the one with the richest story.

He was forced to fail in Houston for many years. The world only knew that he was a bad guy for a weak team, but they didn't know how pure the Rockets were.

Teaming up with Drexler with the Clippers, he had one of the best seasons of his career.

This is the only suspense left in the playoffs.

After that comes the competition for the conference finals and finals.

The Knicks and Heat meet in the Eastern Conference Finals, in line with observers' predictions.

During the regular season, the Heat performed strongly and were ranked at the forefront of the league. Until the Trail Blazers pulled their hips, they overtook the team with their stability and firmly ranked first in the league.

This year's Eastern Conference Finals is the first time since 1988 that the Knicks do not have home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Miami

Louie is not used to going to the road at the beginning of a series.

However, if it's Miami, that's a different story.

If he were to visit Boston, he would be worried about the alarm suddenly going off in the middle of the night at the hotel where the team is staying, and a group of stupid fire alarms equipped with all the equipment to put out a fire that didn't happen.

This was, of course, Auerbach's obscene off-the-record move.

If it's Miami, except that he has to worry about the players losing control, everything else is fine.

In the evening, Louis also had dinner with Heat godfather Lewis Shafir.

Shafir sincerely thanked Louis in the restaurant where he and Louis were alone.

"Coach Lu, I believe there won't be another expansion team that goes from being bullied by everyone to a championship contending team in just four years."

Under normal circumstances, Louis would have flattered Shafir.

But the other party was Shafir, and the two of them were too familiar.

Moreover, the fact that the Knicks want to compete with the Heat for hegemony seems very strange to Louis.

Suddenly, the large player was blocked by the small player on the way through customs.

That feels so strange.

"This shows that you have done your job well." Louis replied to Shafir.

Shafir said with full self-knowledge: "Coach Lu, don't compliment me. I think the only thing I did right is to become friends with you."

Louis smiled and said: "Sometimes, it is more meaningful to make one useful friend than to make a hundred useless friends. There are many people who don't even have the chance to make friends with me, and there are even some stupid pigs who think arrogantly.

I regard it as its enemy."

Shafir laughed out loud.

"Let me guess, that person's surname is Klaus, and he looks like a pig."

"Yes, he doesn't even miss the crumbs when he eats bread."

The two happily mocked the Timberwolves' general manager from a distance.

As far as this meal was concerned, the atmosphere was so harmonious that it didn't look like two sides about to compete in a fierce battle in the conference finals.

After the meal, Shafir said to Louis: "Coach Lu, I believe we will play a wonderful series, and whoever represents the Eastern Conference to the finals can keep the championship in the Eastern Conference."

Louis smiled and said: "Yes."

Shafir's intention for today's meal was not only to thank Louis, but also to hope that Louis could control the intensity of the series.

The 1988 Eastern Conference Finals was known as the decisive battle between Louis and Boston. The battle was so tragic that it goes without saying.

Although Shafir has been in the industry for less than five years, he is like those gangsters who are destined to go to the big score. He does not have powerful operations or a very smart mind, but he can recognize who his father is at a glance, and he knows who to mess with.

A good relationship can help him earn points steadily.

Louis used remote control to turn the Heat into what it is now in just four years. Although the Heat are now qualified to challenge the Knicks, he would rather give up this qualification if it would damage his relationship with Louis.

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Without Louis' help, he would have been unable to move forward in the professional basketball circle.

Louis saw Shafir's thoughts and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Lewis, I believe that the series between us will be exciting, and I also believe that whoever of us enters the finals will defeat the champion of the Western Conference and win the trophy. So, no matter what the result is, nothing will change, I am still me,

You are still you.”

Louis is sincere at this moment, but in his heart, heat has never been a problem.

If the Knicks really can't make it to the Finals, then the other Eastern Conference teams are no match for the Trail Blazers.

When everyone is healthy, the probability that the Knicks will not reach the Finals is 0.

The Heat are very good, with good players in all positions, and the depth of the lineup can be compared with the Trail Blazers and Knicks.

But they have a problem. Whether the crown is luxurious or not depends on the most dazzling orb on the crown.

The Trail Blazers have Jordan and Barkley;

The Knicks have Ewing and Wilson;

The Clippers have Olajuwon;

Who is on the Heat?

Dumas Gathers Petrovich?

These three people are all star players with great characteristics, but they have not yet reached the threshold of superstars.

The Knicks had a similar problem when they challenged the Celtics in 1988.

At that time, the Celtics' Big Three were still at their peak, and the Knicks were dominated by first-, second-, and third-year players.

Even if Ewing and Wilson are super giants, they will have to wait until the 1990s to realize their talents and become super giants.

And that was 1988. From any point of view, the Celtics were the stronger team, but they were plagued by injuries.

Injuries are the biggest X factor in the playoffs.

It's a pity that the Heat cannot see this factor.

Because the Knicks are all healthy and young, despite constant turmoil, the coaching staff's excellent locker room control has minimized the impact of off-court incidents that almost ruined the season's prospects.

If the Heat want to beat this Knicks, they can only rely on hard power.

Otherwise, we can only wait for the young players to grow up.

Eastern Conference Finals

Game1

The Heat, who are considered to have a promising future, only want the present.

This determination was reflected in Petrovich.

In the Heat, Petrovic has gradually become a scoring player who can take over with the ball or control without the ball.

Moreover, when the Knicks' Mohamed Rauf made a splash with an unreasonable three-pointer, the first person to respond was Petrovich.

He affects the game in a similar way to Rauf.

In Louis' eyes, Petrovic is like Lillard who can play without the ball.

Of course, his athletic ability is not as good as Lillard's, but his technical details are better and his touch is unmatched.

Facing the Knicks' high-intensity defense tonight, he showed resilience, scoring 5 three-pointers in the half and 7 in the game, scoring a team-high 36 points for the Heat.

Moreover, Dumas also scored 20+.

The two golden backcourt players scored 50+ points together. This was the Heat's answer to winning the game.

According to statistics, in all games where Dumars and Petrovic combined to score 50+ points, the Heat won them all.

But tonight is an exception.

The Knicks have other players to answer their offense.

Petrovic only scored the highest score for the Heat, and the player with the highest score in the game was Knicks ace Wilson.

He scored an unreasonable 42 points under the guard of All-Star wing Reggie Lewis, who is known for his defense.

At the same time, Miller was happy to see Hunting.

Petrovic's three-pointers made him feel itchy. The opponent made 7 three-pointers in a single game, and he responded to 6 of them, totaling 24 points.

Not only was the performance of the Knicks' UCLA duo no less than that of the Heat's backcourt duo, it even outperformed them in terms of points, rebounds and assists.

This is just one of the reasons why the Knicks win.

The real problem is inside.

The Heat are not bad. In order to deal with Danny Manning last summer, they added a number of forwards in the draft who are both talented and capable.

But this year, Manning was upset by the Celtics before he even got in front of them.

Therefore, these people can only use Bird and Sampson, and they have achieved the desired results.

However, the Knicks' inside line is on another level.

Ewing entered the playoffs averaging 18 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks per game.

Kemp had just beaten Larry Johnson in the semifinals and was feeling hot.

It can be said that outside suppression is one of the factors that helped the Knicks win the game.

But the dominance inside is decisive.

The Heat's inside group has little power to fight back against the Knicks.