Chapter 552

After hanging up with Richard, Golden Dragon went straight to Jordan and said what Richard meant.

Of course, Jordan's face was a little ugly. But when Richard stepped back a little, he couldn't say anything more.

He also knows that, in fact, Golden Dragon said nothing wrong. If Richard doesn't coach, it's normal that he doesn't get paid

But if he's a coach and doesn't get paid, he's Jordan.

The two sides belong to the partnership, not charity. This 10 million US dollars belongs to Richard's deserved part.

At present, Jordan can only sigh and promise it.

In fact, he didn't agree to it. He was very clear that if he had a quarrel with Richard, he would surely suffer a loss

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With the diamond ring and salary settled, the final result of the East West semi-final came out.

The eastern side of the nets and 76 people's enemies, and ultimately won the nets, won the seven world war in Philadelphia 76 people.

The two teams played each other in the Eastern Conference semi-final last season, but Dazhi played brilliantly that time, and finally killed the nets.

But this season, Dazhi's performance can only be regarded as a rule of thumb, averaging 19.5 points per game, which is far less powerful than last season.

Players like Dazhi have a lot of hand feeling, because they are too tall to break through when playing outside

So high center of gravity, as long as the dribble breakthrough, the chance of being snatched is infinite.

So he's on the offensive side, more on the projection side.

Playing inside, Dazhi can't play, but because of the weakness of tonnage and strength, he can't afford to play in the inside, and he's not as important as a roudun blue collar.

In the semi-finals of the Western Conference, the Lakers won the Spurs in the last seven games. After all, the strength of the Lakers F4 lies there. If there is no injury, their strength cannot be underestimated.

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The eastern and Western finals came out, the pistons against the nets, the Timberwolves against the Lakers.

Not surprisingly, the Minnesota Timberwolves should not be the Lakers' opponent. The Lakers are not such a short and obvious team as the Blazers. Their starting lineup is just what they want

Maybe the Timberwolves can win the next game or two, but the final winner of the Western Conference is definitely the Lakers.

As for the eastern side, there is no doubt that the nets are not piston's opponents. Even if they win the next game, they will succeed.

Richard thinks it looks like green's strength is not worse than the nets, that is to say, Green's luck is not good this year, only the eighth place to enter the playoffs

If it's not the eighth place, maybe at the moment, the opponent of piston is green Kai.

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The Eastern Conference finals kicked off, with pistons taking the net lightly in the first game, winning 27 points.

This has basically set the tone for this round of the Eastern Conference

In the next three games, the pistons worked hard again, shaving a bald head for the nets and sweeping easily.

With the nets swept, Richard knew that the nets team might break up.

Their three core players, in the next season, may have a blood change, even Kidd sold is not impossible.

As for the Western Conference finals, the Timberwolves are also at a disadvantage. At present, they are 1:3 behind, basically powerless.

On May 29th, the West beat G5, and the Timberwolves struggled to keep their home court, bringing the big score back to 3-2.

On May 31, they won't have such luck in the game of G6. They were easily killed away by the Lakers.

Since then, the 2003-2004 finals opponents have been officially released, the pistons against the Lakers F4.

Richard is very clear that the Lakers F4 lineup can only be said to be a flash in the pan. Whether they win or not this season, the F4 lineup is estimated to be split.

At least Malone will leave the Lakers

As for the OK combination, Richard felt that even if the Lakers won the championship, the OK combination might still be removed.

If both of them are willing to reduce their salaries, the OK combination may continue to coexist.

Can these two people's disposition, reduce salary that estimate is impossible.

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"We will teach Richard a good lesson and try to get rid of the pistons and win the championship in six games."

The Lakers, who made it to the finals, are confident, O'Neill told reporters at a press conference.

O'Neill is really driven crazy by Richard. Over the years, he has only won the championship once. He has a feeling that if it is not for Richard, there will be more than one championship, three or even four.

At present, he finally found the chance to meet Richard in the finals, so he naturally wanted to be strong.

Karl Malone was sitting next to O'Neill, his face heavy.His idea is similar to that of O'Neal. Without Richard, he might not have to come to the Lakers late to hug his thighs. He might have won the title in jazz.

In addition to the deep hatred before, Malone has made up his mind to show Richard this round of finals.

Kobe never spoke, but he also attached great importance to this round of finals. His dream is to beat Richard in the finals. At present, he finally found this rare opportunity.

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"Oh? So confident? If we lose, it will be ugly. " At the piston press conference, Richard said with a smile.

If the Lakers had F4 in the finals last season, Richard would have been worried.

After all, at that time, the piston was too green, and now the piston players have experienced two seasons of training, has been a lot of maturity.

Richard is not worried about the Lakers at all

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On June 4th, Auburn mountain palace, the first battle of the finals began.

The expression of the players on both sides is quite dignified. Even if the other side has familiar players, they do not come forward to say hello at the moment.

Stepping on the stage of the finals, there will be no friends, only enemies.

With the referee's whistle, the starting players of both sides began to play.

Richard sat on the sidelines and recalled the normal situation of this round of finals.

Under normal circumstances, this round of finals is the piston five tigers against the Lakers F4.

The popularity of this round of finals can be ranked in the top five of all finals in NBA history.

Even the first three are possible, Richard is naturally impressed.

The Lakers lost the first game. Kobe Bryant has to bear the burden of losing

Even if Kobe is Richard's own man, from a just point of view, this first battle strength is Kobe's pot.

Bryant shot 27 times, but only got 25 points.

To know that the tempo of both sides is slow, the Lakers have only seventy shots in total, and the pistons are even more pitiful, with only sixty-five shots in total.

It's easy to imagine how horrible the 27 shots were.

Instead of a normal 100 shot game, Bryant made almost 40 shots in this game.

Of course, it's not particularly accurate for Kobe to recite the pot.

Malone has to carry a third

Malone shot nine times in the whole game, only two hits, and only four points were recorded.

Malone is really old. When aligning the piston twin towers, it can be seen that he can't do his best.

But even so, he played for 44 minutes.

I'm afraid it's also the main reason for his G3 injury. After all, he's 40 years old, making a crazy debut for 44 minutes, and still fighting against such a fierce finals. It's no wonder that he's not injured.

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The match on the court has been in full swing. Kobe Bryant missed two shots in a row at the beginning of the game, which directly gave pistons a four point lead.

But then O'Neal began to take charge of the game, carrying Yao Ming's defense, hit again and again, and recovered the disadvantage.

Richard sighed, Yao Ming's tonnage and strength, compared with O'Neal, still has a big gap.

Even though Yao Ming has been increasing muscle and weight all the time in the past two years, he is still in the downwind in the face of the monster O'Neal.

"Doodle doodle!" The referee blew a defensive foul on Clarke and it was on O'Neal.

O'Neill, with a dignified face, stepped onto the line and began to play.

What piston fans didn't expect was that O'Neal made two free throws.

Richard can't help but think of the normal situation of this round of finals, O'Neal's free throw is really super level play.

O'Neal's free throw percentage in this round of finals is close to 70%

Such a free throw percentage, and then the use of Foul Tactics on O'Neill, it is definitely not worth the loss.

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By the end of the first quarter, the two sides were basically tied, with 22:21 points, and the pistons were one point behind for the time being.

In the first quarter, they didn't use shark cutting tactics against O'Neill because they didn't get instructions from Richard.

O'Neill made three of four free throws in the first quarter, which was an amazing percentage.

In addition to the high percentage of free throws, the dominant power of the basketball is also unsatisfactory. The Lakers scored 22 points in the first quarter, including 13 points from O'Neal, 5 out of 7!

That is to say, the other four starters don't play well, otherwise, I'm afraid the Lakers will have a big advantage in the first quarter.

Malone 3:0 in the first quarter, Kobe Bryant 6:2 in the first quarter, Peyton 3:1 in the first quarter. Devon George, who started the game, didn't get a cell phone meeting at all

Poor Fisher, didn't get the first chance, only played two minutes in the first quarter, got a 1 in 0 data.

In addition to O'Neal, the remaining five Lakers players, who scored only six points in sports, and only nine points in free throws, were miserable.Richard had a slight sense of crisis in his heart. If O'Neill continues to go on like this, they may be pulled off tonight.

But the sense of crisis is only fleeting. Malone and Peyton are two people whose age is there. They can't hold on to such a high-intensity confrontation for a long time.

And the pistons are full of young and powerful guys. Even if you consume too much physical energy tonight, you may be able to recover after a night's rest

In the first quarter, Yao Ming and Clark played the whole game, Steven Gerrard and Nash played 11 minutes, and lagabel played more than 10 minutes.

In the second quarter of the game, Richard has changed his strategy and started to defend O'Neal and surround him

Even if it will make calmalone empty, it is at all costs.

O'Neill's hit rate is too exaggerated, and Malone, though he has a shot in the middle, can't reach O'Neill's horrible under basket hit rate even if he feels hot.

Besides, Gerrard, who is very mobile, can also harass Malone from time to time

In the second quarter, under Richard's arrangement, the pistons finally got a certain initiative, taking advantage of the situation and leading by three points.

Seeing such a situation, Richard also relaxed.

In this round of finals, the more you play to the end, the more advantage piston has. As long as you don't give the Lakers a fight, the final winner will be piston.

Malone had a bad feel tonight. In the first three, 0. In the second quarter, because O'Neal was caught, he got a lot of ball rights.

But is Gerrard harassing him? He can only pass to Devon George.

Results in the second quarter, the data of 2 in Malone 6 was still quite low.

Devon George is the most nonexistent player in the Lakers' starting lineup. He received Malone's pass, and his first thought must be the pass.

Either Kobe or Peyton

If you pass it to Peyton, there's a 70% chance that the ball will go to Kobe.

Pass it to Kobe, and the offensive round is basically over.

O'Neill can only stare at the basket and take advantage of the second attack opportunity.

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"Doodle doodle!" When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the pistons won the game.

The difference between winning points was not much, only seven points, but Richard was also quite satisfied.

It's mainly tonight's game, which is very tiring for Malone and Peyton.

Malone played 45 minutes. As for Peyton, he was more comfortable playing 37 minutes because of the small fish.

Such playing time is absolutely fatal for the veteran. Maybe one or two games don't show any disadvantages. There are too many games, and there's no reason not to get hurt

The key Lakers are unable to change this situation, their backup team is quite poor.

There's no way to do that. One O'Neal's salary alone is 25 million dollars this season!

Kobe's $13.5 million

The salaries of the two men alone reached a terrifying $38 million!

To know the salary cap of this season, it's only 43.84 million dollars in total. These two people alone account for nearly 90%!

Malone and Payton both joined the Lakers on a reduced salary. Malone signed a base salary, but Payton's contract is also close to $5 million

Devon George is also five million dollars.

In this way, the salary of the starting lineup is far more than the salary cap. Where else is the salary to make a backup lineup? Most of the Lakers' backup lineups are base paid players, and they will not be able to compete in the finals.

So the Lakers are also forced to make these Malone and Peyton crazy