Bishop of the Devil

The Western Conference semifinals were not as intense as people thought.

Except for the first game at the Spurs' home court, where the Clippers lost the game, the Clippers won the remaining four games in a row, directly eliminating the Spurs 4:1.

It's not that the Clippers are really that much better than the Spurs. The most important thing is that Duncan was injured in the first half of the second game and was unable to fight again, which led to the Spurs' collapse.

Duncan is the anchor of the Spurs. Even though Duncan is old now, he is still an indispensable part of the Spurs.

With Duncan absent, the Spurs have exposed a huge problem inside. The inside line composed of Splitter and Diaw has mediocre performance. Whether it is rebounding or defense, they are at a disadvantage against Gobert and Chasing Green. .

The two strong players are competing, and the Spurs have such obvious internal shortcomings that Richard can't help but target them. This is why the Clippers have won four consecutive games.

However, this kind of victory was actually not what Richard wanted.

The Spurs team is quite dangerous. In fact, Richard would rather boil a frog in warm water and win the Spurs with a less obvious advantage than win so easily.

Because this kind of easy victory will allow the Spurs to make reinforcements next season, especially inside reinforcements.

The Spurs' salary space can provide them with a contract with an annual salary of about 20 million US dollars at any time, which allows the Spurs to recruit quite powerful insiders.

If the Clippers are narrowly defeated this season, the Spurs may not have too drastic reinforcement ideas. After all, save what you can, and this is not how poor families have to live.

But now that they are so defeated, the Spurs may have to bite the bullet and strengthen.

Richard no longer dares to think about what the Spurs' lineup will be next season. Anyway, it will be quite difficult to deal with.

After killing the Spurs without any blood, Richard finally led the rebuilt Clippers to the finals.

The opponent is also the Hornets, the dynasty team created by Richard.

After Richard left, the Hornets have not been able to win the championship in these years, and even failed to qualify for the finals last season.

This time can be said to be the best opportunity for the Hornets to win the championship, and it is also the last opportunity. Many core players in their team have reached the contract year and may go their separate ways next season due to salary issues.

Jordan is quite nervous. Whether he can increase the number of championships in team history to five depends on the next less than half a month.

As for whether he can win the championship in the future, Jordan knows very well that this is definitely a matter of time. Maybe when Jordan is old enough to be on crutches, he may not be able to wait for the next championship.

There are a total of thirty teams in the league. If you want to win the championship, it is not that easy. You must have both luck and ability to have a chance to win.

If you only have the ability, just like the first year when Richard left the Hornets, the Hornets suffered consecutive injuries to their players in the finals and had extremely bad luck, eventually losing the championship.

If you are just lucky, you can get a bunch of high-quality players, but the coaching and operational abilities are not good. Just like the Philadelphia 76ers or the Minnesota Huskies in later generations, you still can't win the championship.

And it can't be ordinary luck and ability, it must be top-notch luck and ability to win the final championship.

Why can Richard have so many championships? In fact, it is nothing more than luck and ability.

Because of various props, Richard doesn't have to worry about player injuries. This is his "luck."

Because of time travel, Richard knows who is more suitable to choose in the draft. This is his "ability".

The combination of luck and ability makes Richard unfavorable.

Jordan obviously has neither of these, he has terrible luck, and his selection ability is also very poor. Even he knows it clearly, so if he wants to win the championship in the future, the chance is quite slim.

…

"Li, I finally met you in the finals."

"I thought that in your second year coaching the Clippers, you would meet us in the finals, but I didn't expect that it would be delayed until your fourth year."

After Richard led the team to Charlotte's home game, Jordan came to Richard's door and said to Richard with a smile.

"Michael, why do you feel a little nervous?" Richard asked with a smile.

"Nervous? Of course I am nervous. To tell you the truth, the previous finals left a shadow on me. Every time I get to the finals, I can't sleep, worried that that nightmare will happen again." Jordan smiled bitterly. said.

The nightmare Jordan was talking about was, of course, the consecutive injuries to his players in the previous Finals.

If the players were not injured one after another, the Mavericks would definitely have no hope of winning the championship, and then Jordan would be able to lead the team to five consecutive championships.

"Ahem, I guess your luck isn't that bad..." Richard said with a sneer.

As a result, Richard's poisonous milk directly poisoned the wasp.

In the first game of the Finals, the game lasted less than two minutes, and Curry was directly injured and retired...

As a result, the Hornets relied on their outstanding performance to narrowly defeat the Clippers.

The results of Curry's injury came out. He had a strained cruciate ligament and was unable to play in the finals.

Fortunately, it is not a torn cruciate ligament. If it were torn, it would be troublesome...

For players who have suffered a torn cruciate ligament, fans will first think of Rose, which shows the horror of this injury.

In normal history, many people have suffered cruciate ligament injuries, such as McGrady, Rondo, bearded Davis and others.

It's just that some people just have strains like Curry, not tears, so some people can return to their peak.

…

Jordan was on the verge of collapse, and he didn't know why God treated him like this.

Could it be because his playing career was too perfect? After God opened a door for him, now he wants to close a window for him?

Curry's injury was not the end of Jordan's nightmare, but just the beginning.

Curry was injured in G1, and the Hornets won with difficulty.

The G2 Hornets lost at their home court.

Durant, the main attack point of the G3 team, fractured his metatarsal bone in his right foot and was immediately reimbursed!

The metatarsal is probably the bone on the inside of the toe bone. A fracture at this location is definitely a major injury. Durant may have to recuperate for at least half a season next season.

Under normal circumstances, Durant actually suffered this kind of injury in 2014. At that time, he recovered from the injury for two months, but the result was not good. Later, he underwent a bone transplant surgery, which caused the season to be reimbursed.

As a result, due to Durant's injury, the Clippers easily defeated the Hornets in G3.

Without Durant and Curry, how could the Hornets be a match for the Clippers? In the next two games, Richard led the Clippers to defeat the Hornets and win the first championship in the history of the Clippers. Championship trophy.