Chapter 177 The end of the season
The King's touch was really good tonight, and it may be the reason why his mentality was relaxed and not tense.
Some head coaches like to put pressure on players before such critical games.
This may have good results, but it may also make the players too nervous, resulting in tight shots and affecting efficiency.
Davidson's approach to relaxing the players obviously achieved good results.
He led ten in the first half, and as long as nothing unexpected happened in the second half, this game would be a sure victory for the Kings.
The second half started, and the Kings first made a three-pointer, which stretched the gap to 13 points.
As a result, the next scene made the Kings fans at the scene take a breath.
During the defense phase, Snow jumped up and tried to steal Harper's pass, but when he landed, he twisted his ankle directly.
After the limping ended, the Kings fans felt a shadow.
Snow actually has a very big role in the lineup, no less than Walter. Although Snow's injury should not be serious, he may not be able to make the appearance next time.
Without Snow's defense, can the King maintain this leading momentum?!
Many Kings fans sighed in their hearts. Who would have thought that such a great momentum was about to win, and the player's injury actually occurred.
Davidson was also stunned. Once he was worried about Murraysan's injury, what he didn't expect was that Murraysan had been playing well until now, but Snow was injured.
Snow's injury had a great impact on the Kings, because Davidson did not have a strong substitute point guard at hand, so he could only place Little Potato Webb to replace Snow.
Zen Master Jackson, standing opposite the court, smiled on his face.
On the stage of the finals, players like Little Potato are destined to not even be qualified to be a supporting role.
There was no need for Zen master to make tactical arrangements. Harper and Jordan played in the outside pick-and-roll.
Don't forget that although Harper now focuses all his energy on defense, he was also a super scorer who averaged 20+ games a few years ago.
The best way to break the outside double pick-and-roll is naturally to change defense.
But no matter whether Xiao Tudou switches defenses to Jordan or Harper, it is definitely a situation where the other party eats it alone.
In just a few minutes, the gap between the two sides was once pulled back to a gap of only five points!
"Dududu!" Davidson called a timeout, and he couldn't continue to fight like this.
"Mickey, next you go to the number one position, Brian, you go to the number three position, Walter, you go to the number two position." Davidson could only make a living and let Richmond play the number one position.
Richmond's pass and control ability is not good, at least not as good as Webber's little, but now he doesn't care about that much. Webber's black hole-level defense may not be so obvious in the regular season, but it is fully reflected in the finals.
If Weber is not replaced, the King will definitely have no chance of winning in this game.
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What Davidson didn't expect was that his helpless move actually had a very good effect.
Grant scored consecutively after making his appearance, and even Pippen, who was defending, missed two consecutive shots.
After a few minutes of playing, the difference between the two sides returned to double digits.
After the game entered the fourth quarter, the Bulls were obviously deeply affected by their morale when they were behind double digits.
Of course, it may also be that the Bulls want to win the championship at their home court, and they don’t want the fourth game of this round of finals to end.
If you win the championship at home, there are so many benefits, so if most teams really win 100%, they will choose to win the championship at home.
Now that the Bulls have three winning points, they naturally don't worry about the king turning defeat into victory.
"Doudu!" The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, and the Kings fans at the scene cheered excitedly because they won the Kings.
At his home court, he won the Bulls' nine-point difference with a score of 106:97.
This undoubtedly satisfys Kings fans. It is not easy to win the Bulls.
Everyone knows the strength of the Bulls. What else is there to be dissatisfied with the fans if they can win such a team.
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Davidson also breathed a sigh of relief. His luck in this game was really good. He could beat the Bulls. Even if the Kings completely played a perfect season this season.
In the fifth game of the next finals, the Kings failed to continue their good luck in the fourth game and eventually lost to the Bulls by a score difference of seven points.
Since then, the 1995-1996 season has completely ended. After the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Davidson has received a lot of evolution coins, mainly club rewards that were previously released for regular season honors.
Now Davidson has reached more than 200,000 Evolution Coins. He doesn’t have much desire for Evolution Coins now. He may spend some Evolution Coins to continue to acquire some rings.
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At the end of the season, players can all have a good rest, but people like Davidson are getting busier.
Petrie may want to show his respect for Davidson, so he would say hello to Davidson in advance for anything and listen to Davidson's opinions.
Davidson also wants to express his views on some events, so he is naturally busy this offseason.
Now that the king is facing the most important thing is the deal with the Suns.
This deal is enough to affect the strength of the Kings next season. Whether they can compete with the Bulls depends on whether the deal can be successful.
In this deal, Barkley is naturally a very important factor in attracting Davidson, but in fact, what Davidson values more is the 14th pick.
Through the mysterious draft stone tablet, Davidson had long known that Nash would be selected by the 15th pick in the first round, and expected to get the 14th pick in the Suns, and then select Nash should not be a problem.
Davidson never expected that under normal circumstances, it was the Suns who chose Nash with the 15th pick in the first round.
Under normal circumstances, the seventh and eighth two teams in the West this season are the Suns and the Kings.
The Suns got the fifteenth pick, while the Kings got the fourteenth pick, and used this draft pick to pick Peja.
Now because of the Kings' record soaring, the Suns have become the eighth place in the West. All the teams in the league that enter the playoffs have the least number of wins. The draft picks they naturally get are the best 14th pick except for the lottery.
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A week before the draft began, Petri had finally reached an agreement with the Suns.
The Suns sent out the Barkley Heater Williams and their 14th pick in the first round, trading Kings' Brian Grant, Eric Snow, Walter Williams, and the 28th pick in the first round and the 28th pick in the second round.
This deal has an additional 28 pick in the second round compared to the transaction content that Davidson and Barkley discussed.
However, only one draft pick at the bottom of the second round was not caring. In order to facilitate this deal as soon as possible, Petri did not continue to deal with it. Anyway, he asked Davidson, and Davidson did not value this second round pick very much.
If this second round pick is at a high point, such as the position in the middle of the second round, Davidson will probably stay. See if he can choose Jeff McGinnis or Faique. These two are one of the alternatives for Davidson to advance to the intermediate seller before. I think he will definitely have some strength.
Chapter completed!