Chapter 937 The Present Is Mine, but the Future Is Yours

The next day, a large number of media made various speculations, one of which was recognized by almost everyone, that is, Li Ba's wife had a physical condition.

The reason is simple, because she has not appeared in public for a long time, even in the playoffs, she has not appeared once.

Under the intense scrutiny of reporters, news soon came out that Li Ba’s family had seized several pairs of anti-fetal medicines from the Tang family.

Taken together, it is clear that Li Ba's wife suffers from pregnancy depression syndrome.

In the afternoon, after the news became clear, Li Ba's mansion was surrounded by media reporters, and some people even climbed over the wall and broke into the home.

Fortunately, Li Ba installed a closed-circuit television system at home and was discovered by security in time.

Li Ba urgently asked a dozen more people from the security company to come over, each with a spray gun in their hand, to scare off the daring reporters.

The girl didn't have much reaction to these. The main cause of her illness was Li Ba.

On May 14th, the G4 war started.

This is a theoretical life-and-death battle for the Lakers, with only a last-ditch fight and no retreat.

From head coach Phil Jackson, to team boss Kobe Bryant, to the Big Three, and even general manager Kupchak, there is no way out.

Such a giant lineup was swept by the Suns, and someone absolutely needs to step up and take responsibility.

The atmosphere in the visiting team's locker room was extremely depressing.

In fact, the team's atmosphere has been like this since the game the night before.

Kobe leaned against the closet, closed his eyes, and looked peaceful.

But in fact, as the game approached, his heart felt like a turbulent ocean. From time to time, he needed to exhale a breath of air to release the pressure in his heart.

The same goes for Dayao and Duncan, who are under great pressure.

Home team locker room.

Li Ba stood among everyone, glanced at his teammates, and said in a fierce tone: "I said at the beginning of the season, we are the strongest among the bullshit giant lineup.

Tonight, we are going to sweep the Lakers, we are going to trample the Big Three under our feet, and use their failure to achieve our greatness! "

"Swiss sweep! Sweep sweep! Sweep sweep..."

The Suns generals, coaches and management all shouted excitedly.

"Let us in!"

"Hurry, open the door!"

The reporters waiting for interviews outside the passage heard the sound and rushed to the door, but were blocked by security.

"Let them go, there will be no interviews in our dressing room today."

Li Ba now hates reporters the most and directly refused the interview request.

Boss Sarver and general manager Colangelo nodded. This is the player's territory, and the leader of the locker room has the highest say here.

Half an hour later, the game started.

"Swiss sweep! Sweep sweep! Sweep sweep..."

Before going on the court, unscrupulous and arrogant shouts erupted from the Suns bench.

"Swiss sweep! Sweep sweep! Sweep sweep..."

The huge arena was boiling instantly, shouts like a mountain roaring and a tsunami were heard, and the atmosphere at the Suns' home court instantly reached its peak, extremely hot.

Defense, unlike offense, does not need to look at touch, only attitude.

Attitude determines the upper limit of defensive intensity.

Therefore, the defensive team is the most stable team.

In this battle, the Suns once again played an amazingly suffocating defense.

Kobe even chose to go it alone this time, but it still didn't work.

He was double-teamed throughout the game, and every catch and shot was extremely difficult, and there was no efficiency at all.

The Lakers' two top insiders were fighting under the basket. Li Ba simply let Artest go and teamed up with Marion to control the paint area.

Artest, who was left open, had limited scoring ability. He suffered 3 blocks and 2 steals from Li Ba and Marion. He made a total of 5 of 17 shots, 1 of 4 3-pointers, and only 15 consecutive free throws. point.

Li Ba scored 36 points, 26 rebounds, 8 assists, 11 steals, 10 blocks, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls in 48 minutes.

Two hours later, the atmosphere at Mercy Arena really reached its peak.

"Dynasty! Dynasty! Dynasty..." everyone shouted in unison.

The Lakers of the five-star team, the Lakers of the Big Three, were swept by the Suns. All the media, even if they were mentally prepared, were stunned.

After the game, Barkley analyzed: "The current Western Conference format, the Suns swept the Lakers and entered the Western Conference Finals. The Jazz faced the Warriors, with a three-to-one victory. The Suns will join hands with the Jazz to enter the Western Conference Finals. With the strength of the two teams, the Suns have an absolute advantage... "

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili shouted excitedly: "If the Suns reach the finals, neither the Heat, the Cavaliers, nor the Pistons will be their opponents. The Suns have a 90% chance of defending their dynasty." Above, we would like to wish the Suns and the Hammers to defend their dynasty!"

On the court, Li Ba did not accept an on-site interview first, but walked to the Lakers bench and said to the discouraged Big Three:

"Comrades, don't be discouraged. Although the present is mine, the future is yours."

"roll!"

Who are you fooling? Dayao cursed angrily.

Kobe didn't even look at Li Ba and covered his head with a towel.

Duncan glanced at Li Ba and wanted to put the water glass on Li Ba's head.

The Suns have great hopes of defending their title as a dynasty, and the popularity remains high.

But at the management level, some problems began to arise.

In 2003, just before Li Ba entered the league, Jerry Colangelo, the majority owner of the Suns, sold his equity to Robert Sarver for US$400 million, but Colangelo remained. In recent years, he has served as the team's president and general manager, and his son Brian Colangelo also serves as the team's chief executive.

However, Jerry Colangelo's contract ended in June this year, that is, after the finals. With the team's huge success, the market value has skyrocketed tenfold, operating income has also skyrocketed tenfold, and the profits are astonishing. Savor He has long been interested in taking charge of team operations and personally managing the team.

Of course, although the Colangelos regretted not meeting Li Ba in their time, they did not miss him too much. Jerry Colangelo had long been interested in entering the American Basketball Association, and Brian Colangelo Also received an invitation to be the Grizzlies general manager.

However, for more than ten years, the team has been managed by a father and son, and everyone from top to bottom is theirs. When Sarver takes over, it is also complicated and full of difficulties. The change of power will definitely cause a lot of problems, and even Affects team operations.

What's more serious is that the absolute core of the team, Li Ba, will retire due to personal reasons, which directly plunges the entire management into chaos.

It's just that this confusion was not exposed because the Colangelos were still in office and because the news had not yet been revealed to middle and lower managers.

Once the two leave and Li Ba retires at the same time, the team loses the most stable core of the management, the core of the team and the leader of the locker room, and this kind of chaos is likely to break out.

Therefore, the current Suns team looks very glamorous on the outside, but in fact, it has begun to collapse internally.

Boss Sarver also forced a smile on his face, but was crying in his heart.

Of course, his main concern is Li Ba's retirement, and the resignation of Colangelo and his son is only a minor detail.

He did not talk to Li Ba about his retirement. Li Ba's reasons for retiring made it impossible for him to talk about it. He could only passively wait for Li Ba's notification.

Fortunately, he has specifically understood that as long as the pregnant woman gives birth and spends a period of time, after the body recovers, everything will slowly get better, and Li Ba will most likely return in one to two seasons.

So he also planned to follow what the Bulls boss did back then and pay Li Ba's salary during his temporary retirement.