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"The most shocking black six miracle award in history is born!"

"The Chicago Bulls are about to replicate the Houston Rockets' Black Six miracle championship experience in the 94-95 season!"

"Another three-peat dynasty? The legendary history of the Chicago Bulls continues!"

After the Bulls defeated the Celtics and advanced to the finals, sports media across the United States began to hype the Bulls for the championship.

Also, this year the Bulls fought their way up from sixth place in the Eastern Conference, defeating all the top three teams in the Eastern Conference.

If they can win the next finals, judging from the record, they will indeed be greater and more legendary than the Houston Rockets in the 94-95 season.

Will the Bulls win?

Will the Bulls be like the Rockets back then and continue to be in the dark six miracle?

Most people, even casual fans, can give the answer immediately - of course, definitely, of course!
Originally, the favorites to win the championship this year were in the Eastern Conference, either the Celtics or the Bucks.

Unfortunately, both of these two favorites to win the championship were eliminated by the Bulls.

It has to be said that the Bulls, as the defending champions for two consecutive years, are now entering the finals with a big win.

With this momentum of successive victories and unity, it is undoubtedly a sure thing that we will once again win three consecutive championships!

In fact, the two teams currently in the Western Conference Finals—the Grizzlies and the Mavericks—were also shocked by the Bulls’ advancement to the Finals so quickly.

Unlike the experienced and honor-laden Bulls, these are two extremely young teams.

The star players of these two teams, Morant and Doncic, are both superstar guards who have been popular in the league in recent seasons.

The two have a lot in common - their playing styles are flamboyant, and scoring is easy, which easily attracts fans. It is indeed worth the league's effort to build momentum for them.

Therefore, the star qualities of the two players are quite obvious, and can even be continued in the playoffs.

This season, it is thanks to the outstanding individual performances of the two stars Morant and Doncic, coupled with the further reinforcement of the Grizzlies and Mavericks' lineups.

As a result, two young teams with championship potential emerged in the Western Conference.

You know, because of the city's economy, Western teams are often stronger than Eastern teams.

It is also because the competition in the West is more intense. If you want to fight your way out of the Wild West, you will undoubtedly need more powerful forces.

However, neither the Grizzlies nor the Mavericks were intimidated by the veteran powerhouses in the Western Conference.

Led by Morant and Doncic respectively, the two teams used the momentum of young people to defeat the Western Conference giants with veteran stars in the regular season.

Finally, before the end of the regular season, both teams rushed to the top two positions in the Western Conference, eclipsing most of the strong teams in the Western Conference.

However, most media did not expect that the Grizzlies and Mavericks would be able to maintain their strong performance in the regular season during the playoffs.

Normally, in the regular season, the team can rely on the referees to defeat one strong team after another and create miracles again and again.

In the best-of-seven playoffs, can you still rely on whistles to take advantage and create upsets again and again?
The alliance should at least have some dignity, right?

However, the fact is that the Grizzlies and Mavericks performed similarly to their regular season performances. Even though some games exposed their lack of playoff experience, they still eventually eliminated one Western Conference powerhouse after another that had veteran stars.

Until recently, the Grizzlies and the Mavericks successfully met in the Western Conference Finals.

Then began a fierce battle to determine the winner, life and death, and to compete for the last spot to advance to the finals.

Unlike the one-sided situation in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Grizzlies and the Mavericks seemed evenly matched in the Western Conference Finals, and the star whistles of their star players were also of equal quality.

The two teams are just like brothers, taught by the same master, and there is no way to break their moves.

The overall record is that you win one game and I win one game, even if some role players perform bravely and break the deadlock as surprise soldiers.

But in the next game, the balance of victory returned to its original position and did not tilt towards either side.

Just as the Grizzlies and Mavericks were gearing up for the decisive battle, the Bulls cut the Gordian knot and kicked the Celtics, the favorites to win the championship, out of the door of the finals with a gentleman's sweep.

In terms of lineup depth and rationality, neither the Grizzlies nor the Mavericks are a match for the Celtics.

In terms of playoff experience, the Grizzlies and Mavericks are still not as good as them.

The only thing that can be compared is the personal quality of the star players.

However, if we really want to say that he can stabilize Tatum, that's not entirely true.

What's more, the Celtics are not just led by Tatum. The Grizzlies and Mavericks seem to have very good lineups, but in the final analysis, they are just teams led by guard stars. Compared with other teams with two forwards and two card players, they seem to be both inherently deficient and lack stamina.

In fact, whether it is the current small ball era or the previous big ball era, the difficulty and conditions for a single-core team to win the championship are very harsh.

The vast majority of championship-winning teams have two cores or even three giants, plus a large group of championship puzzle pieces.

And there are even fewer cases where a guard star leads a team to win the championship alone.

Judging from past experience, young championship contenders like the Grizzlies and Mavericks, no matter which one makes it to the finals, do not have what it takes to truly win the championship.

What's more, now waiting for them in the finals is the Bulls who defeated the two favorites to win the championship, the Celtics and the Bucks!
"I'm already researching my opponent for the finals!"

“After researching it, I decided not to go!”

In the decisive battle of the Western Conference Finals, the Grizzlies, who were ranked first in the Western Conference, had a considerable advantage in the first half, but suddenly fell into a scoring drought in the third quarter, which also affected their defense.

The Grizzlies were able to rank first in the Western Conference this season mainly because of their defense.

Sometimes, it is even easier for the Bears without their star player Morant to widen the score and win the game.

In the decisive battle of Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, Morant suddenly lost power and stopped breaking through to attack the basket. Instead, he frequently shot three-pointers from the outside, which eventually led to a huge reversal.

When it comes to shooting, Doncic is much more accurate than Morant.

The Mavericks' role players were in high spirits and full of confidence after achieving a 34-16 comeback in the third quarter. They made deadly three-pointers in transition offense or with the help of wide open spaces from tactical balls.

On the other hand, the Grizzlies found it difficult to respond with three-pointers from the outside. Even though they were able to make a few three-pointers in the fourth quarter, most of them ended in misses.

But this is not surprising. As a strong defensive team, the Grizzlies rely on defense and invest a lot of physical strength and energy on the defensive end.

This also causes their shooters to have more unstable shooting due to more physical confrontations, and they need to spend more time and ball possession to develop their touch.

Why is it so rare to see an integrated offense and defense?
Not only do stars need to have outstanding physical qualities and be able to play a good role on the defensive end, they also need to maintain a relatively high scoring efficiency while fully devoting themselves to defense.

This is undoubtedly too much to ask of role players.

Therefore, a team that relies on defense often appears to have a slightly insufficient shooting ability.

This season's Grizzlies are undoubtedly such a team.

After the defense failed to work, their stars were unable to unleash their offensive firepower and ultimately could only wait for death.

After losing the decisive battle in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, the Grizzlies seemed to have lost their energy and spirit.

Even the following Game 6 was played in a mess, and they did not look at all like the No. team in the Western Conference that was evenly matched with the Mavericks in the first four games.

In this way, the Mavericks defeated the Grizzlies, who were ranked first in the Western Conference, with a record of 4 to 2 and successfully advanced to the finals.

However, for Doncic, the youngest superstar guard in history to lead a team to the finals alone, this is already his limit.

June 6, American Airlines Center, Finals G3.

With nearly 20,000 Mavericks fans watching on the scene, the Bulls fully demonstrated what it means to be a defending champion and why they are called a dynasty team.

From the first quarter, the Bulls led the Mavericks with an 8-0 run, leaving them with no chance of fighting back.

Then they entered the second quarter with a score of 31 to 15.

The Bulls are different from the Grizzlies. As a team that is also good at defense, the Bulls have Curry as a backup for three-pointers, and all five starters can shoot three-pointers.

As long as the game intensity is not too high or the Bulls are not running low in the fourth quarter, they don't have to worry about three-pointers, especially when they are in a favorable situation.

For the Bulls, there were no surprises in Game 1 of the Finals. After outscoring the Mavericks by twice as much in the first quarter, they easily defeated the weaker Mavericks in the remaining three quarters.

There is no need for Jokic to go all out, no need for Curry to explode, and no need for Duane to burn out his passionate years.

As long as we treat this game as a normal one, victory can be easily achieved.

117 to 95, the Bulls once again completed a massacre of more than 20 points on the road.

After winning Game 1 of the Finals, the Bulls continued their efforts and, as expected, won two consecutive away games.

It was almost the same script as in the previous rounds of the playoffs. The Bulls would either win two consecutive games at home and sweep their opponents, or lose a game and end this series.

In short, the Bulls, who are expected to win the finals again, will win the damn championship trophy! (End of this chapter)