Chapter 832: Chapter 276: No One Can Lay a Hand on Su Wan Before Me, Not Even David Stern
The score is locked at 4-2!
Western Conference Finals, here we come!
After being dealt with by Kobe for two consecutive seasons in the playoffs, Kevin Durant finally stood firm this season, achieving his first career playoff win against Kobe.
Tonight he scored 34 points!
In his view, this is a signal:
His era has arrived!
Of course, for Kevin Durant, the person he really wants to defeat isn’t Kobe, but...
The guy who beat him to drinking Scarlett’s bathwater!
He’s so damn dead!
The Oklahoma media was the first to report on Kevin Durant and the Thunder’s first-ever entry into the Western Conference Finals in the team’s history.
For this remote town that only got its NBA team in 2008, reaching the Western Conference Finals this quickly was unexpected.
Because historically, newly-formed teams usually experience a long period of "cushion" life before they can begin their era. Just look at the Charlotte Bobcats, formed in 2004.
In 8 years, they haven’t even made the playoffs!
It shows how difficult it is for a new team to make it to the playoffs.
But look at the Thunder now, they made the playoffs in their second year, and in their fourth year, they’ve made it to the Western Conference Finals!
More importantly, they feel...
This year’s Thunder is far from over, their potential is definitely not just the Western Conference Finals!
Can those two guys from the Clippers be opponents for the "Thunder Three Youngsters"?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
On the Clippers’ side, they don’t know that in the eyes of the Thunder, they are just a dish that can be cooked and eaten at any time.
They are celebrating their franchise’s first Western Conference Finals, while watching the Lakers fall in the semifinals.
This feeling is just too satisfying!
Now they only have one thing to do, which is to carry on this feeling, hopefully eliminating the Thunder and making it to the Finals!
The Clippers believe this is the year Los Angeles belongs to them!
The Western Conference Finals are about to kick off, while the Eastern Conference Finals started first.
The Pacers, who secured a victory at the Bulls’ home court, returned to their home court and rewrote the score to 3-1, ultimately eliminating the Bulls 4-2. They successfully entered the Eastern Conference Finals, meeting the New York Knicks at the top of the East for the second consecutive year.
Just like last year, this year’s Eastern Conference Finals also started with the first game in New York against the Knicks.
Ivanka appeared on the sidelines of the Eastern Conference Finals opener, instantly becoming the focus. Recently, the New York media captured photos of Su Wan meeting with her. But what the New York media doesn’t know is that, before Game 5 of the Bulls vs. Pacers series, Su Wan was at her house every night.
Only after the Pacers crushed the Bulls 3 to 1 did Su Wan return home to fully prepare for the Eastern Conference Finals. The two haven’t seen each other for almost four or five days.
Tonight, Ivanka witnessed Su Wan lifting his fifth career Regular Season MVP.
He officially tied with Michael Jordan, ranking second in NBA history, with only one more big mountain ahead of him, the 6-time Regular Season MVP "Sky Hook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
This is also why, originally in the ranking, Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bill Russell were the "top three in history".
Jordan has the most Finals MVPs, Bill Russell has the most championship rings, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most Regular Season MVPs...
Then, through various comprehensive comparisons, Michael Jordan earned the title of "goat".
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar climbed to this position not just with his over 37,000 points, which in the battle for historical status, albeit not useless, play hardly any role.
Su Wan is now second in both Finals MVPs and Regular Season MVPs in history.
His divine status is more solidified!
It is worth mentioning that the New York media has already placed him in the top three of history.
And no media outlets have questioned this in the slightest.
However, this also shows how difficult it is to become the "goat", it’s not achievable even with 7 championships in 6 years, while some people hope to achieve it with 4 championships over 22 years.
Based on what?
Just because of his long tenure?
"goat!"
"goat!"
"goat!"
When Su Wan lifted the Regular Season MVP trophy, the chants unified in the arena.
But it wasn’t the usual "MVP", nor "Su Wan", New Yorkers directly shouted "goat".
Alright, Su Wan still underestimated these New Yorkers’ ability to pop champagne early!
No need to win "three consecutive championships", just on the way to their second championship, New York fans are already extremely excited.
Of course, there’s a reason for this.
The main reason is...
The Los Angeles Lakers fell in the semifinals.
In the New York media’s view, this was the biggest hurdle for the New York Knicks in the playoffs, but as it turned out, Yao Ming got injured suddenly, removing this hurdle automatically.
The remaining Pacers, Thunder, and Clippers...
It’s not that New York fans look down on them, it’s just that, hearing their names, it’s hard to feel they have any competitiveness!
This season is definitely not their turn!
As the game approached, both sides gained a bit more atmosphere of the competition.
Last year’s Pacers made it to the Eastern Conference Finals with a weakened lineup, knowing they couldn’t win, they didn’t have the mindset of winning, both sides essentially went through the motions.
This year is different, the Pacers are at full strength, and they want to go head-to-head with Su Wan and the New York Knicks.