Eight Hundred: Not Just Four to Zero

Every year in the middle of summer in June, the basketball world gets as hot as the temperature.

At this time of year, the two teams that stand out from the east and west meet on the stage of the finals. In seven best-of-four games, whichever team wins four games first, they will win the final championship trophy, the most valuable trophy in the basketball world.

So every year in the finals, it is almost a showdown with a bayonet. After all, the two teams that can meet in the finals have eliminated three teams each, which shows that both teams are league leaders. Every team will try their best, even beyond the limit, to fight for the victory of every game.

Therefore, the Finals are the most intense and best-looking of almost all the games in the playoffs.

In the 2010 finals, the two rivals, the Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, contributed a wonderful tiebreaker to the fans.

In terms of defensive intensity and physical confrontation level, this tie-break may be one of the top tie-breaks in the history of the NBA Finals. At that time, the total score between the two sides was only about 80 points per game. The Lakers' shooting percentage was 32.5% and the Celtics' 40%. Players from both sides also had physical conflicts on the field more than once, and the intensity was evident.

In the 1994 finals, it was also a round of "real men" contest. The teams of both sides scored 86.9 points and 86.1 points per game. Olajuwon, Ewing and Charles Oakley presented the fans with a wonderful and brutal inside hand-to-hand fight.

Pushing forward the tie-break between the Lakers and the Celtics, it is synonymous with the fierce battle in the finals.

It was in that series that there was a "clothesline" foul that now seems to have no moral bottom line, and there was also the problem of "damaged" air conditioning in the arena.

Of course, it's different from the broken air conditioner at FedEx Arena a few days ago. That year, the air conditioner of the North Shore Garden was turned off by the "Cardinal" Auerbach!

Abdul-Jabbar later recalled that game as hell, "How hot is North Shore Gardens, I guess, it's like in a sauna, you do 100 push-ups with your clothes on, and then come back and play 48 minutes. It's like we're going through a quagmire in the game."

Auerbach himself is quite proud of this, "The Lakers players are too pampered. We train in such a bad environment every day, and we are accustomed to it. So the Lakers victory over the Celtics will never happen."

Therefore, it is no exception to say that the NBA Finals is a civilized war.

But not all finals are that intense, and not all finals will go to the tiebreaker.

The Bulls' No. 23, who is regarded as "God", has never played a tiebreaker in the finals, and he can always solve the opponent before seven games.

In the history of the NBA Finals, there have been few examples of 4-0 sweeps.

The earliest Finals sweep came in 1959, when the Boston Celtics swept the Minneapolis Lakers for the title. After that, the Milwaukee Bucks swept the Baltimore Bullets in 1971, the Golden State Warriors swept the Washington Bullets in 1975, the Philadelphia 76ers swept the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983, the Detroit Pistons swept the Los Angeles Lakers in 1989, and the Houston Rockets swept the Orlando Magic in 1995.

Since entering the 21st century, there have also been examples of two finals sweeps.

Once in 2002, that era was completely the era of the Lakers.

The Lakers have won two consecutive championships under the leadership of Kobe Bryant and O'Neal in the previous two seasons, and the momentum is on the rise. The league is trembling because of the strong dominance of the "OK combination". This year is also the year when the Lakers prepare to achieve three consecutive championships and create a Lakers dynasty.

The New Jersey Nets were the Eastern Conference champions that time. As we all know, the unmatched Lakers finally swept the Nets 4-0 without giving their opponents a chance, and established the last three-peat dynasty in the NBA so far.

As for another 4-0 Finals in the 21st century, it was the 2007 Spurs and Cavaliers. Undoubtedly, that is the biggest pain point in James' career so far.

Although James led the Cavaliers to the finals alone, he has proved his greatness. But even so, it is still difficult to hide the childishness.

The Spurs have head coach Popovich on top and Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Parker troika. As a result, the Quds Force swept James without bloodshed. After the game, Duncan also said the famous "the future is yours" to James.

After all, there are only 8 times in NBA history that the finals have been 4-0. Most of the time, the finals are going to be more intense and brutal.

So Link made headlines again when he said in a press conference that he hoped the fight would be resolved 4-0.

"Link wants to sweep the Heat with the Big Three? It's a nonsense! You have to win 4 games in the series to really win the game, and Link will definitely pay for his ego!"

"I don't know what Link is thinking. Since the 21st century, the teams that have been swept in the finals are not too strong. But the Miami Heat, this is a ball that can be ranked No. 1 in NBA history. Team!"

"Link may have forgotten that they only won the Heat by 5 points in the last game. The gap between the Heat and the Grizzlies has not reached 4-0!"

When Link got up the next day, he saw that, sure enough, the public opinion exploded.

How much did it blow up? The blast to the point where he set two records in one game was drowned out by the overwhelming scolding.

Once again, Link is the villain.

But is he really so evil? His original intention was just to tell the Miami reporter what respect is.

But there is no way, when your wicked image is deeply rooted in people's hearts, everything you do is bad. It's like Snyder's villain's face, even with a friendly smile, is like the villain in the movie.

Fortunately, Link has never cared much about what the media think of him, and what Link said was indeed the truest thought in his heart.

4-0, not because Link wanted to humiliate the Heat or anything, but simply because he wanted to win the championship as soon as possible.

Fans may be very fond of the fierce battle to reach the tiebreaker, but as a Link player, you don't want a fierce game.

He is not a Saiyan in the second grade, he can obviously solve his opponent with one blow, and he has to drag it to the end for the thrill and fun of the so-called battle.

He just wants to win the championship as soon as possible, start the vacation as soon as possible, and land safely as soon as possible. Of course, it's better to prepare for the three-peat as soon as possible.

That's right, three in a row!

After the 2002 Finals, no team has ever achieved a three-peat. Although the Spurs' five-year triple crown is also considered a dynasty. But to be honest, a dynasty with three consecutive championships in five years is far less convincing than a dynasty established with three consecutive championships.

Since it has been done twice, why not work towards the third time?

People say that human desires are endless. Even if you make 10 million, you will not be satisfied, but will rack your brains to get 20 million.

However, after entering the NBA, Link found that his desire for money is really not that strong now. He is quite satisfied with his current assets.

So for a while, Link questioned that sentence. He believes that human desires also have boundaries.

But Link now finds that he only has a limit to his desire for things like money. But his desire for victory and championship is indeed endless!

After winning the championship last year, Link wanted to win consecutive championships. He hasn't won the championship this year, but Link is not only thinking about 4-0, but already wants to build a dynasty!

Since they have obtained such a powerful inverse growth ability, what's the point of not being the best player in history?

Thinking of this, Link immediately turned off his phone and started packing the luggage he needed to go to Miami.

He didn't bring much because he believed that after two games, he wouldn't have to go back to the South Coast.

And the next time he's back in Memphis, um... sure, he'll experience being on top of the world again.