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Chapter 899 The Curse of Back-to-Back Champions
NBA2010-2011 season playoffs can be summed up as "Dirk Nowitzki becoming a god".

In the prosperous age of power forwards at the beginning of the century, excellent power forwards emerged like bamboo shoots.

Among them, there are three people who will be the best, Duncan who is as calm as a mountain, Garnett who is as violent as fire, and Nowitzki who has no offensive ability in the same position.

Duncan led the team to win the championship in the 99 and 03 seasons, establishing the capital of the best power forward in history; then, Garnett and the White Wolf won three consecutive championships together, and became a bright spot with Duncan. Over thirty but not even a championship.

Except for no championship, Nowitzki's personal honor and regular season leadership results have nothing to criticize.

In the first round of the playoffs, the third-ranked Mavericks in the West played against the sixth-ranked Rockets. Paul led the Rockets to fight the Mavericks to the end.

Game 1, the first game between the Mavericks and the Rockets, the Mavericks led by 14 points in the fourth quarter, as if they were winning.

Paul led a wave of Jedi counterattacks, achieved a 14-point reversal and won the victory.

"The scene of being blacked out by the Golden State Warriors seems to be in front of us. If Dallas can't win this kind of game, they will never be close to the championship."

At this time, Bai Jidong was leading the Timberwolves to slaughter the Grizzlies.

This season, Gasol Jr. and a reborn Zach Randolph form the black and white bears.

The Grizzlies bombarded inside, blowing up the inside of the Timberwolves.

Bai Jidong was as ferocious as a tiger, scoring 40 points in the first game to kill the Grizzlies.

"Even without Bourne Medved, they're still favorites."

The Timberwolves continued to win. In Game 3, Milicic fell heavily to the ground during the hand-to-hand fight with Randolph and was carried out by the staff on a stretcher.

Without Milicic, the Timberwolves were even weaker on the inside, and the Grizzlies took advantage of this momentum to reverse the game.

After the game, Milicic underwent an MRI examination, and the results showed that Milicic had a fractured left foot and was reimbursed for the season.

The already fragile inside line lost another general, and the Timberwolves could only push Yost Ziegler into the starting lineup.

Just like when Medved was temporarily promoted as the starter, Ziegler waited for the opportunity he wanted.

Against the black and white bears, Ziegler has no advantage, and the defensive end keeps getting blown up.

Ziegler only does one thing well: protect the rebounds.

For the Timberwolves, that's enough.

The Timberwolves didn't give the Grizzlies any more chances, and they won the fourth and fifth games by an overwhelming advantage.

Although the team has advanced, Bai Weidong has hidden worries in his heart.

The inside line is too weak, and the current inside line can only have an advantage against a team like the Heat that doesn't even have a big center.

In the first round, the other traditional strong teams all won overwhelmingly.

In the second round, the duel became exciting.

In the West, the Timberwolves play against the Lakers, and the Mavericks play against the Thunder; in the East, the Big Three of the Heat play against the Big Four of the Celtics in name only.

The Celtics have the Big Three in name, but since McGrady underwent minimally invasive knee surgery in the offseason, they have only the Big Three left.

The main force is seriously injured, aging, and the overall athletic talent is not as good as before.

Fans are unanimously optimistic about the Thunder defeating the Mavericks and joining the winners between the Timberwolves and the Lakers in the finals.

It's no wonder the fans think so. Before that, the young Thunder guards dismembered the old Spurs like a cow in five games.

This season, Duncan averaged 13 points and 8 rebounds per game.

It seems that this is another elegy of a heroic stranger.

The young, energetic, talented, and athletic Lei Ting beat the old master to death with three punches and staged a black seven.

This is the biggest black spot in Duncan's career so far. They achieved the second record in the Western Conference and were then defeated by a group of young people.

"It seems to be the end of an era, and the Spurs dynasty is about to collapse."

Then, the focus came to the battle between the Timberwolves and the Lakers.

Last season, the two teams met in the Western Conference Finals and fought seven games. The Timberwolves narrowly lost.

Last season, it was another decisive battle in the Western Conference Finals. In the seventh game, the Timberwolves narrowly won and advanced.

In three of the four consecutive years, the two teams met in the playoffs.

Between old enemies, there is no need to say much.

Compared with the Lakers in the championship season, the Lakers this season have fallen dramatically.

The Lakers themselves have many problems, and the Timberwolves are also suffering from chronic illnesses. Even so, the two teams still played sparks in all directions.

The most classic battle took place in Game 4, where Kobe and Bai Jidong hit the lore and counter-lore successively.

Bynum made a tip-off to tie the game, and the two sides entered the first overtime.

In the overtime game, Bai Jidong flew to the layup and made a winning shot. Kobe dribbled the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt and hit the buzzer, making another tie.

In the second overtime, Bynum beat Ziegler to six fouls and left the field. Diaw dribbled the ball to the basket, which also caused Bynum's sixth foul.

In this quarter, the main centers of the two teams have committed fouls and graduated.

With no one available, the Timberwolves can only let Dior play center, Bai Jidong play power forward, and the other three positions are Zhao Li, Spanoulis, and Vashabek.

Bai Jidong can't remember the last time he played power forward. The inside foundation left over from high school allows him to fight like a real insider.

The Lakers obviously didn't expect the Timberwolves to change their formation like this, let alone Bai Jidong's effect as a power forward was so good.

Odom actually got consecutive offensive rebounds by Bai Jidong.

Losing the offensive rebound is not counted, Bai Jidong actually broke through Odom like an insider, and scored a strong shot at the basket.

The situation changed immediately, Bai Jidong played the [-]th position surprisingly well, pushing Odom on the ground and rubbing back and forth.

The situation of the game thus tipped over to the Timberwolves. Bai Jidong scored a thrilling 53 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists. After a hard fight in double overtime, he defeated the Lakers and won the match point of the series.

"If you want to know how strong a player's dominance can be, go watch the White Wolf game." Rambis said after the game.

Bai Jidong's superhuman performance overshadowed Kobe's 45 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

"He scored 53 points, what else do I need to say? Do you praise him like you? Go to hell!" Kobe left the table angrily.

Kobe's move caused quite a commotion, and some media hostile to the Lakers just made a fuss about it.

Bai Jidong knew why Kobe reacted so violently, he was not angry with the reporter or Bai Jidong, but himself.

In the second overtime, the finger injury made Kobe unable to turn the tide, resulting in a loss.

What makes Kobe angry is that he can't overcome the injury; what makes Kobe angry is that he actually caused the team to lose the game because of this reason.

"The defending champions are in danger of being eliminated in the semi-finals."

Before Game 5, the Los Angeles media reported that Kobe's finger injury had intensified and he might miss Game [-].

"Fuck you or absent!"

Kobe specifically circled the media on Inu, and then made his debut in Game [-].

Even if it is an opponent, the fans at the Target Center did not hesitate to applaud and cheer, allowing Kobe to enjoy the home-like treatment.

"Why are you more popular than me?" Bai Jidong became "jealous".

Kobe was not happy at all. He saw through the essence: "They cheered for me and cheered for me because we were about to lose."

"As a winner, what's wrong with showing a little grace?" Kobe snorted coldly.

Bai Jidong smiled and didn't say much, Kobe has always been like this, with a bad mouth and bad temper.

Seeing that they were about to be eliminated, Bai Jidong's mouth rarely stopped.

This night was the farewell ceremony for the Lakers. Like the Lakers in the 89 season, the Pistons in the 91 season, and the Rockets in the 96 season, they fell on the road to the three consecutive championships.

The finger on his hand affected Kobe's performance. The Timberwolves took advantage of the home court and suppressed the Lakers. They sent the Lakers home with a typical home victory.

Kobe scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.He knew that the finger injury would affect the offense, so he worked hard on other places, but it still couldn't change the result.

"Los Angeles could not escape the curse of back-to-back championships in the end, and fell on the road to back-to-back."

"This shows how great the Timberwolves' four consecutive championships are."

"Yeah, that's four consecutive championships. How many outstanding heroes have been produced in the history of modern basketball? Michael Jordan, "Legend" Larry, "Magician"... none of them have accomplished this feat."

"That's right, the Timberwolves' four consecutive championships is like Mount Olympus sitting on the highest peak in NBA history, overlooking the vast expanse of sentient beings together with the great Celtics dynasty."

The narrator held a wolf-blowing meeting, and Bai Jidong put his hands on his hips, feeling the joy of victory.

Kobe bowed his head in loneliness. He failed and failed to win three consecutive championships like Jordan.

With his current age and the current personnel structure of the Lakers, will he still have a chance to win the championship in the future?He doesn't know, and doesn't want to know.

"Kobe, are you okay?"

At the end of the game, Bai Jidong will put away the vitriol and trash talking on the court.

Kobe glanced at Bai Jidong, there was murderous look in his eyes.

"Don't be like this, the game is over, you lost." Bai Jidong reiterated, making Kobe realize the reality.

Kobe didn't smile the whole time. Before leaving, he said, "Let me declare first that you are the player I hate the most, and the Timberwolves are the team I hate the most, but I hope you can go to the end."

"I don't want to see Boston or the huddle boys win the championship." Bryant said.

At this point, the series between the Mavericks and the Thunder is over.

Surprisingly, the Mavericks and Thunder turned out to be one-sided.

Thunder's young people couldn't run or fly in front of Mavericks' classic car, and they were educated in various ways.

In five games, the Mavericks easily defeated the Thunder and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

On the eve of the Western Conference Finals, the NBA officially announced the list of the best NBA teams this year.

Bai has been selected to the first team of the best team of the year and the first team of the best defensive team of the year for seven consecutive years.

Except for MVP, other awards have been announced.

Everyone knows that the MVP will only be born between Bai Jidong and Rose.

本季，白已冬场均30+8+7，罗斯场均25+7+4。

Personal statistics, team leadership record, Bai Jidong has surpassed Ross, there is only one reason for the official delay in announcing the results.

They want to determine who is the well-deserved MVP through their performance in the conference finals.

(End of this chapter)