NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 151 40 sweeps to win the championship
Kumbu is not in a hurry to trade draft picks. Anyway, this matter is not difficult. Just make a random call at that time, and it will almost be resolved.

Now Comb feels that he should focus more on the Spurs.

He said to the Zen master that a lion fights a rabbit with all its strength, and this was actually a warning to Kong Bu himself.

Under normal circumstances, the Spurs are this year's championship, and their winning percentage is quite amazing.

They played the Timberwolves in the first round, and they scored 3:1. Then they swept the Lakers in the second round, and they still swept the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals.

In the finals, they defeated the Knicks 4:1 and won the championship.

Now because of Comb's butterfly effect, the Spurs' opponents have changed. They played the Sonics in the first round, the Lakers in the second round, and the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. They were swept in all three rounds.

Not mentioning other aspects, just talking about coaching ability, Popovich does have something.

With the Spurs' outside lineup and the strength of the bench, if Combe is allowed to lead the team, he will definitely not be able to bring out such a record.

……

Before the finals started, Duncan called Combe.

Nothing special was said on the phone, it was just a greeting.

On June 6, the opening game of the Finals began, the home of the Raptors.

In the last finals, the Raptors suffered a big loss from the Jazz. At that time, Combe regretted that he didn't let the players be wary of the Jazz who jumped over the wall before the game.

There is no need for that in this finals.

Duncan's character is still trustworthy. He and the general have only been beaten on the court, and have never been beaten.

The person who does the dirty work in the Spurs is Bowen. Even if his brain is flooded, it is impossible for him to black-foot the Comb team.

Players from both sides have entered the field, and Combe looked towards the Spurs' bench.

Their starting lineup is the general, Duncan, Superman Elliott, Bowen and the general.

In fact, the lineup is not bad, everyone is a famous character.

The outside lineup is shabby, which is compared with the Raptors. If compared with those weak teams, the Spurs' outside lineup is still competitive.

Mainly because Elliott is an oddball player.

During this year's regular season, due to old injuries and kidney disease, his combat power has fallen to a horrible stage.

But in the playoffs, he broke out one after another. In the game against the Nuggets, he averaged 15 points per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was close to [-]%.

This is called a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The former Elliott was also a serious All-Star small forward.

Amidst the cheers of the fans at the scene, the game officially started.

Big Ben, Bus, Mashburn, Carter and Payton are the Raptors' starting lineup tonight.

After the game started on the court, Combe looked relaxed, and he didn't feel the tension against the Bulls at all.

At this point, Payton can crush the little general Avery Johnson into minced meat over and over again. This is not an exaggeration at all. Payton is so abnormal when he plays these small and powerless point guards.

Carter against Bowen, even if he can't gain an advantage, at least he won't be completely locked by Bowen.

And a monster like Mashburn, who is full of physical fitness, is a bit bullying against the old, weak, sick and disabled like Elliott.

No matter how you play outside, the Raptors must have an absolute advantage.

Just need to pay attention to the inside line now.

If the Spurs twin towers can't get the inside advantage, then they will be directly defeated.

Even if they get the advantage, as long as the advantage is not big, they still cannot fill the gap on the outside.

If the Spurs want to win, the only possibility is for the Twin Towers to blow up the Bemba combination.

After the Admiral got the jump ball, the Spurs started to attack.

Payton went straight up the court to press the little general, who stumbled and controlled the ball to the frontcourt, almost losing the ball.

After arriving in the front court, without even thinking about it, the little general began to lob the ball to the inside.

The Admiral receives the pass.

The bus sticks to the admiral tightly, not giving him a chance to turn around and make a mid-range shot. As for the admiral who wants to play from the low post?The bus doesn't think the general is so stupid.

Even if he only played one shortened season, Daba is already well-known, and he is a representative of the powerful insiders in today's league.

The admiral also has an incomparable headache right now.

With a super big meat shield behind him, it is difficult for him to make a shot no matter whether he is hitting from a low post or turning over and making a mid-range shot.

Now that he is getting old, he starts to envy Dameng and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. If he has Dameng's footsteps at the basket, or the sky hook's offensive method that ignores defense, the bus's defense is not a problem at all.

Duncan was entangled with Big Ben at the basket, and there was no room to pass the ball. The general simply passed it to Bowen, who was running without the ball.

After Bowen received the ball, he transferred the ball to the running Elliott.

Elliott made a mid-range shot, but was interfered by Mashburn. He made the shot reluctantly and missed.

At the moment of his shot, the twin towers of both sides had all gathered under the basket.

All four of them had bulging muscles, and it didn't matter who was around them, anyway, they were just squeezing desperately, trying to squeeze space for themselves to take off and grab the board.

Duncan lit up the dropped basketball first.

It just clicked up, and he couldn't grab the rebound.

Then the bus lit up the basketball again.

The basketball kept beating under the basket. After five or six jumps, Mashburn, who rushed in from near the free throw line, used his run-up to grab the rebound in mid-air.

After he grabbed the rebound, he passed it to Payton immediately.

Payton immediately took possession of the ball alone and headed towards the frontcourt.

How could the four insiders keep up with Payton's speed? By the time they rushed out of the three-point line, Payton had already dribbled to the frontcourt three-point line.

The little general has been following Payton's side, trying to destroy Payton's fast break.

It's a pity that Peyton ignored him directly.

After rushing to the basket, leaning against the little general who jumped up to block the shot, he turned sideways and threw the ball into the basket.

"Dudududu!"

The ball was not only scored, the referee also gave a whistle, and the little general made a defensive foul.

"Shh!"

Also scored a free throw.

Payton easily completed a 2+1 in the opening game, which gave the Raptors a good start.

Kumbu nodded in satisfaction. The winner of this round of finals is actually Payton.

Before the start of the game, he specifically talked to Payton, asking him to increase some shots in this round of the series, so that he can play more strongly against the general.

On the one hand, it is the task of saving the veteran Payton, who needs Payton to win the FMVP.

If you want to win FMVP, how can you do it without gorgeous data?
In addition, Payton does have a great crushing advantage when playing the general. As long as Payton can completely defeat the general, it is logical for the Raptors to win.

It's the Spurs' offensive round again.

This time the general crouched under the basket, and Duncan came out to catch the ball.

After receiving the outside pass, Duncan began to dig hard.

In fact, Duncan in the early stage of his career also relied on his body to play. The time when he really achieved great skill should be around 2005.

Right now his main offensive method is to use his body and strength to attack the basket hard.

Big Ben gritted his teeth and insisted. He knew very well that as long as he could withstand Duncan, the Spurs would have nothing to fear.

The bus and the general under the basket are also fighting each other, trying to occupy a favorable position under the basket.

If it weren't for the violation of the five-second back-up, Duncan and Daben don't know how long they would have been entangled.

Before the five-second violation, Duncan made the shot.

Turning over to hit the board, the basketball was bounced into the basket.

In the Raptors' round, Carter made a three-pointer with the help of Mashburn's outside pick-and-roll, but unfortunately failed to score.

However, the rebound was snatched by the bus. After he passed it to Payton, he assisted Payton to make a mid-range shot.

Popovich has a headache, and Payton is too fatal for them.

If the current master of the Raptors is Billups, the situation will not be so fatal, because Billups is not so threatening at all against the general on the offensive end.

After playing for a few minutes, the Raptors have gradually established an advantage under Payton's strong attack.

Popovich simply put his heart on the line, replaced the little general, and put Mario Elli, the swingman on the bench, on the first position.

Elie is also a contributor to the Spurs' smooth playoffs this year.

As a swingman with a height of 196 cm, when he was in the Rockets in the past few seasons, he was placed in the No. [-] position by Tang Shuai from time to time.

The main reason was that the Rockets didn't have a decent point guard at the time, so they had to make such a bad move.

The current situation of the Spurs is similar. The little general was completely blown away, so Eli can only be allowed to play to hold Payton's offensive.

Seeing the Spurs make a substitution, there was no movement on Kumbu's side.

Elie can indeed effectively limit Payton's offensive, but his organizational ability is definitely not as good as that of the general.

If the little general is not on the court, it will not be so easy for the Spurs Twin Towers to receive outside passes, so Popovich's substitution can be regarded as drinking poison to quench thirst.

As the game continued, Kumbu became more and more relaxed.

As he expected, even though Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O'Neill were sidelined due to injuries, the Raptors were still able to win against the Spurs.

By the halfway point of the fourth quarter, the Raptors held a [-]-point advantage.

The point difference is not too big, that's because the pace of the game is very slow, both sides are fighting hand-to-hand combat, and an attack round often consumes 20 seconds.

The score of 78:66, in fact, clearly shows the huge advantage of the Raptors.

Popovich called a timeout, and players from both sides returned to the bench.

Big Ben and Bus really explained what it means to sweat like rain, and their jerseys were already soaked.

Daben looked fine because of his dark skin, but his body on the bus side was already bruised.

It's not that the Spurs twin towers choked someone or used some dirty tricks, but that there were all kinds of fierce collisions under the basket, and it was normal to have bruises.

"Take a good rest."

"You are tired, they are even more tired."

"Especially David, he is a 35-year-old guy, and his physical fitness is definitely not as good as yours."

Kumbu has been indifferent to the enemy tonight. As long as the Spurs Twin Towers are not replaced, he will keep his big bus on the field, that is, when the general is replaced and rested, Kumbu will release Miller Play for a few minutes.

Duncan didn't rest for a second tonight, playing from start to finish.

The general couldn't bear this style of play at his age, so he rested for a few minutes.

During the few minutes of his rest, at least half of the Raptors' [-]-point advantage came from these few minutes.

After returning from the timeout, the Spurs changed their style of play.

Desperate play.

Popovich put Elliott, Ellie, and Jalen Jackson on the outside. These three are the best three-pointers in the Spurs.

The little general was still put on the bench, he has no three-point ability.

That's right, this small point guard with a height of 178 cm has no three-point ability at all.

Popovich's idea is very simple. There is only half a quarter left in the game, and they are still twelve points behind.

In conventional positional warfare, it is impossible to fight back so many disadvantages, so we can only fight to the death.

Put on three three-pointers, shoot three-pointers from the outside in the offensive round, and the Spurs Twin Towers grabbed rebounds under the basket.

If you can make a three-pointer, everyone is happy. If you can't make a shot, there is still a chance to grab an offensive rebound and play a second offense at the basket.

If it wasn't for the admiral's lack of three-point ability, he even wanted the admiral to pull out to shoot a three-pointer.

Hitting and hitting, Kumbu realized something was wrong.

The point difference was actually eroded by the Spurs a little bit.

When there were 30 seconds left in the game, the Spurs were only five points behind.

If it weren't for Elliott's missed three-pointer at the last moment, maybe the Spurs really have a chance to comeback tonight.

Kongbu felt quite helpless. The Raptors really had no good way to deal with this rogue style of gambling.

However, this style of play cannot be used as a conventional tactic, and Popovich only used this tactic in desperation.

87:82, the Spurs lost only five points in the end.

The first battle was won without any risk.

In the second game of the series, the situation was similar to the first game. After the Raptors had an advantage in the early stage, seeing that the disadvantage was too great, the Spurs once again resorted to gambling.

It's a pity that they were not so lucky this time. Not only did they fail to recover the point difference, but on the contrary, the point difference was further widened.

The Spurs lost a full 17 points in this game.

After two games, it is actually very clear who the championship belongs to.

The Raptors are considered a remnant, and they have already taken a 2:0 lead.

Then Jermaine will come back, and then McGrady will come back again. Facing the complete Raptors, the Spurs can't stand it at all.

In G3 of the Finals, we arrived at the home court of the Spurs.

Even if Xiao Ao came back, Kumbu only allowed him to play for a few minutes in this game.

When playing against the Spurs, Kumbu just wanted to be safe, and he didn't want any accidents.

Big Ben and Bus played very well against the Spurs Twin Towers. With their joint efforts, the Spurs Twin Towers did not explode.

If Xiao Ao played, the offensive firepower might be improved, but Kumbu didn't want to take any risks.

This is also responsible for Xiao Ao.

In case Xiao Ao starts the game and loses, he will have to take the blame.

The Raptors won this game extremely thrillingly. They narrowly won by five points in the first game. In the game until the last six seconds, the scores of the two sides were still tied.

Payton's mid-range shot lore at the last moment brought the Raptors a crucial victory.

The reason why it became like this is entirely because Jalen Jackson, who was on the Spurs bench, stepped forward.

He was an undrafted pick in the 89 draft. He changed seven teams in the first seven years of his career. He often only played five or six games in a season. He was a pure marginal player.

After arriving at the Spurs, he began to be reused.

In this G3 battle, this unknown pawn made 8 three-pointers and hit 6 of them, almost killing the Raptors by himself.

Fortunately, Payton was strong enough, and he remained calm at the last moment and scored the CIC lore.

In G4 of the finals, McGrady also returned.

Like Xiao Ao, Kumbu did not let McGrady start the game, but played Carter as a substitute.

Carter played well, and the team won three games in a row. It would be embarrassing if McGrady's starting team lost.

In the first three games, Carter averaged 17.3 points per game, 43 shooting from the field, and 38% from the three-point range. This is the data played under Bowen's defense, which is completely acceptable.

Even if McGrady starts playing, he may not be able to play better than Carter.

With only 2 minutes left before the end of the game, the Raptors held a 13-point advantage. In fact, the Raptors can already start to celebrate winning the championship again.

Popovich once again resorted to desperate play, but it still failed. When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the Raptors won by 103 points with a score of 88:[-].

4: 0!

Sweep to win the championship!

Because he has already won the championship once, and this season is only a shrinking season, Kumbu is not so excited that he goes crazy.

The players may also have expected this championship for a long time, so there was no scene of tears in their eyes after winning the championship.

The most gaffe may be the veteran Payton.

He has struggled for so many years, and now he has finally won his first championship in his career.

Not only that, but his data basically booked FMVP.

With an average of 27.5 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals per game, the number of scoring assists and steals are all the highest in the two teams, and the FMVP should not be running.

Compared with winning the championship, Combe is more happy about Payton's harvest.

The regular season MVP, the championship, and the upcoming FMVP.

Two supreme individual honors, one team supreme honor, after obtaining all of them, the mission will definitely be overfulfilled.

Kumbu signaled the generals to be quiet, and then led the generals to shake hands with the Spurs generals.

"Kong, your lineup is amazing."

"It's not wrong for us to lose."

Popovich said that he was not wronged for losing, but he was dissatisfied with what he said.

It's a pity that there is no way to dissatisfy, because Combe can't let the Spurs get Parker and Ginobili, and the Spurs are destined not to wait for the day of their rise.

If he doesn't accept it today, he will have to accept it sooner or later.

"Greg, there is no way, my luck is better."

"Accidentally selected some young people with better strength."

"I hope you will have good luck in the upcoming draft."

Combe said with a smile.

This year's Spurs draft was really lucky, and Ginobili was selected with the 57th pick in the second round.

But their second-round pick already belongs to the Raptors.

"Tim, don't take it too seriously, you are still young, and the future will be yours sooner or later."

Kumbu walked to Duncan's side, seeing the idiot's unlovable appearance, he couldn't help comforting him.

"Young? Most of your players are younger than me."

"Kong, I actually had a premonition that I would lose to you, but I didn't expect to lose so thoroughly."

"Forget it, don't think so much, let's congratulate you for winning the championship."

"After your championship parade is over, why don't you go fishing with me. Last time you said you would take me to the Aegean Sea, but it didn't work out."

Duncan shook his head and forced a smile.

"There is definitely no way to go this year. I have to go to the international competition and wait until next year."

Kong Bu patted Duncan on the shoulder and said, if he didn't have to lead the Tianchao men's basketball team, he really wanted to spend a honeymoon with Deng.

"International competition?" Duncan was curious. The World Championships are just over, and the Olympic Games have to wait for a year. How can there be any international competitions to play.

"Asian Championships." Kongbu explained with a smile.

Duncan was speechless, "You are really a workaholic. After winning the championship last season, you went crazy to play in the World Championships, even if you are an assistant coach."

"You won the championship this season, but you want to play that kind of low-level game?"

Kongbu didn't know how to explain to Duncan that the small Asian Championships meant a lot to him.

(End of this chapter)