The next day, the headlines in the major sports media were pictures of grizzly bear players celebrating on the court.
Link''s last 1.4 second super smash, continued this season in the three giants under the defense of the backboard pull rod and anti win thunder, once again got the treatment of the television rolling broadcast.
Another particularly popular photo is Popovich''s lonely expression in an interview at a news conference after the game.
The old man, who has always been full of confidence, showed signs of fatigue after the defeat of the game.
This one point loss seems to be even more devastating than the first loss of more than ten points.
The Spurs have done their best, and Denny Green has unleashed all his strength.
But in the end, all this effort was lost in the last 1.4 seconds. I have to say, it''s really shocking.
Link shot a 1.4 second shot and made the series total score 2-0.
Generally speaking, people agree that the end of a team is 3-0 down. But in fact, 0-2 is not much better.
Throughout the history of the NBA, only 6% of the players can turn the tables 0-2. In the history of the Spurs, there have been 12 times of 0-2 backwardness, of which 11 times the Spurs were eliminated and the loss rate was as high as 91.7%!
The only time the Spurs were 2-0 down was in the 2007-08 season. That season, as the defending champion, the Spurs had a big problem in the Western Conference semifinals. They met the Hornets who had just risen because of Paul. The Spurs lost 19 points and 18 points respectively in the first two games, which were both big losses.
As a result, when they arrived at home, the Spurs turned the tables and took advantage of the Hornets'' lack of stability and experience to launch a Jedi counterattack.
Finally, the tenacious spurs dragged the series to snatch seven. In the snatch seven, the old spurs or laugh to the end, by 9 points to kill the Hornets, to survive in the western finals.
This is the only time in the history of the Spurs team to overturn 2-0.
But now, the situation is quite different. The Grizzlies are not Hornets, and no one thinks the 2007-08 Hornets can match the 74 win Grizzlies.
At that time, Paul, the queen bee, was only in grade three and was not mature enough. Moreover, the hornet''s hard power also completely and the grizzly bear cannot compare. Although the Hornets were second in the West that year, they won 56.
56 wins this season, not even the top four in the West.
As a result, the outside world almost agreed that the San Antonio Spurs are gone. Their failure is a certainty.
Maybe the Spurs can pull back a city at home and regain a little face. But 90 percent of people think the Grizzlies will knock out the Spurs in at most six games.
It seems that the Spurs only lost 1 point to the Grizzlies in the last game, as if things were not so serious. The Spurs would have won the last goal if link hadn''t made it early.
But as everyone knows, World War II is all the strength the Spurs have done their best. There''s no way to take the Grizzlies cleanly, and they won''t get any more chances.
After all, the Spurs can''t play that well in every game. But grizzly bears can easily do better than World War II.
In the Second World War of the series, link''s three-point shot was only two out of nine. In this, even if link is to throw two more three-point, the game will not be so anxious.
Isn''t it easy for link to shoot three points better than the second world war? After all, link has rarely had such an iron time all season.
So the grizzly bear is almost eating the Spurs. Even a lot of San Antonio local fans have recognized this point, leading to many fans lost the enthusiasm to go to the scene to watch the ball.
And this finally let the Spurs go through an unprecedented price reduction in finals tickets!
This is the first time the world has realized that San Antonio''s basketball may really be the time for a change of dynasty. The glory of GDP is in the past.
Before that, some people have realized that the Spurs are old-fashioned, and that a new storm is about to blow in the league.
Grizzlies one big four small power, in the Western Conference finals show no doubt. Facts have proved that the league has entered a completely smaller, faster, shooting distance from the basket era!
Who can play the small lineup to the extreme, who can win!
Steve Cole believed in his judgment, so he sat down here, in the office of Bob Myers, general manager of the warriors.
"I''m glad we''ve reached an agreement, Steve. I believe that our cooperation can create brilliance. " Miles happily folded up his contract and looked at the guy opposite him, who was sitting on the stage a month ago, explaining the game.
Thinking about what happened in the past month, it''s really unexpected.
After the regular season, those teams that didn''t make it to the playoffs, of course, immediately began to prepare for the transformation of the team. The Knicks, who have Anthony as a superstar but failed to make it to the playoffs, are the first team that wants to change.Phil Jackson, who became the general manager of the Knicks in March, has been planning to transform the team. The first thing Jackson came to Knicks was to move his triangle offense system to New York!
To play the triangle attack, Jackson hopes to find a real master of the triangle attack coach. In the past few years, many coaches who claim to be proficient in triangle offense have overturned their cars. But in Jackson''s eyes, there is a man who can really reproduce the triangle attack.
He''s Steve Cole, Jackson''s former protege!
Although Cole has retired for a long time, he has spent most of his time in television. But during his time as general manager of the Suns, Cole left some prestige in the league.
Cole is known to be a basketball expert. His understanding of the basketball game is no less than those who are working as the head coach.
After learning that Cole really wanted to join the coaching profession, Phil Jackson decisively fired former coach Mike Woodson and contacted Cole as soon as the regular season ended.
And Jackson didn''t have any plan B. From the beginning to the end, Cole was his only target.
If Cole doesn''t come, the Knicks won''t have a manager, not even a candidate. But "Zen master" firmly believes that with his personal relationship with Cole, Cole can not refuse!
What''s more, the price of $20 million offered by the Knicks in four years is already a high salary in the coach industry.
Everyone in the outside world and "Zen master" have the same idea. Everyone thinks Cole''s joining the Knicks is a sure thing. After all, he is the successor of the triangle attack appointed by Zen master.
However, Cole was very surprised to refuse Knicks and mentor Jackson, lightning and Golden State Warriors completed the signing!
Of course, people don''t know about Cole''s signing with warriors, because the contract has just been signed. However, it is estimated that in an hour, the warrior official will announce the result.
Bob Myers was also a little surprised to sign Cole. After Miles fired former coach Mark Jackson, Stan van Gundy was the first target.
However, the pistons actually let van Gundy become the head coach and President of basketball affairs, and immediately put van Gundy in the past.
At this time, miles approached Cole tentatively. It''s just that he didn''t expect Cole agreed to meet soon. And a week later today, I signed with Warriors directly!
Yes, Zen master and Cole have been in contact for a month. And warriors and Cole, only contact for a week!
So, in retrospect, miles feels incredible. Cole and the warriors, in the beginning, were not going to hit each other. But now, they have signed up to cooperate.
"Can I ask you a question? Steve. " After the signing, miles couldn''t help but wonder why Cole turned down the Knicks and chose the warriors.
"Do you want to ask why I chose you?" Cole guessed miles'' doubts.
Miles nodded softly.
"It''s easy because I don''t want to, and I''m not likely to, play a good triangle attack. I remember when I talked to you before, I wanted to build a system in warriors according to their own ideas, not to play triangle attack
"Is it really that simple?" Cole''s answer surprised miles. At first, he thought Cole''s real reason for rejecting New York was that he had a bad relationship with Zen master and Knicks.
But I didn''t expect that Cole''s choice of warriors was really the reason for his tactical concept!
In the outside world, warriors are actually more suitable for triangle attack than Knicks.
The warriors'' two big men, Bogart and David Lee, are very good at passing and have a certain amount of offensive ability. Harrison Barnes also has a strong passing ability and can be an organizational forward, playing the role of Scott Pippen. These configurations are not available to nix.
But even so, Cole does not seem to have any plans to play the triangle attack.
"That''s it. Triangle attack is out of date, miles. I don''t know if you''ve seen the Grizzlies and Spurs series. On the surface, they''re just as strong as ever. It''s no surprise. But in fact, they have proved that a new era has arrived. Next season, I hope to play in the warriors. I''ve studied that there''s no better team in the league than the warriors to play in a small lineup! I believe that according to my ideas, the team will usher in a qualitative change in the new season
Looking at the confident Cole, miles is more and more full of expectations for next season.
A coach who refuses the triangle attack and wants to build the system according to his own ideas. It sounds more reliable than the so-called "triangle attack successors.".
"So do you have any suggestions for this summer''s recruitment?" Myers went on to ask, now that he has signed, he certainly wants cole to get back to work as soon as possible.
"If we can, I hope we can take Andre igordala this summer. His contract with the Grizzlies ends this summer, and the Grizzlies need to renew rink this summer, which is definitely unable to satisfy Andre completely in terms of money. Believe me, his joining will make us succeed more quickly Cole replied without hesitation that he had all the plans in mindChoosing warriors is not just a matter of whim.
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