Chapter 265
Following closely, the microphone was handed over to Su Hao. He was elected MVP, so he naturally had to give a speech to express his gratitude for the award.
"cough cough……"
Su Hao cleared his throat and said,"First of all, I am very lucky to be elected MVP with a unanimous vote.
This is something I did not expect.
I did not expect so many people to recognize it. This makes me feel very honored and happy.
Secondly, as President David Stern said, basketball is not a sport for a certain type of people.
Anyone can achieve great success in this sport.
As long as you are willing to make extraordinary efforts, as long as you love this sport enough.
Then you will definitely gain something, and even reach the top!
Finally, I want to say that I will continue to work hard, play every game well, and not let the fans who like me down!
Thank you everyone!!!"
After the voice fell.
Su Hao held up the MVP trophy.
Crackling.
The whole audience applauded.
He enjoyed the shouts and cheers of tens of thousands of fans in the audience.
This moment belongs to him.
On the sidelines.
Parker sighed,"Although Su Hao is a rookie, he is good enough.
Such an honor is well deserved"
"Yes."
Ginobili nodded without commenting,"He played with such incredible dominance, it's no wonder he got any honors.
He's really tough!"
"Because being strong enough is a headache!"
Duncan looked at Su Hao with a frown on his face. He was not sure if he could put some restrictions on Su Hao in the playoffs.
"Haha!"
Popovich smiled, and then said,"Su Hao is amazing, and it is obvious to the whole league.
He already has the ability of"the best active center", a monster above"Magic Beast" Howard.
But... basketball is a team game, not a sport where one person can solve the problem. The
Clippers are extremely strong individually, and the Lakers are strong as a team.
I think the Lakers are the more difficult team. They won the championship last year and made it to the finals the year before last.
This is the power of team basketball.
And what we, the Spurs, advocate is the ultimate team basketball, and we also have"GDP"
We also have a wealth of playoff experience.
In the playoffs, we can play better than in the regular season.
We will definitely be the stronger team.
Play steadily.
At the same time... we will implement the defensive strategy we developed before the series against Su Hao.
We will definitely be able to defeat the Clippers, who had a record of 71 wins and 11 losses in the regular season, and advance to the Western Conference Finals!
Guys, I believe in you, you are the best!!!"
Seeing that the players were a little afraid of Su Hao,
Popovich decisively arranged another wave of chicken soup for the soul for the players before the game. After the players drank their fill ,
"Don't worry, coach. Although we recognize Su Hao's strength, we don't think we will lose!"
"That's right.
Team basketball is the real essence!"
"The Clippers are a team full of rookies, but our roster has won several championships.
We must be the stronger team!"
"Spurs champions!"
"……"
The series has not started yet, the Spurs cannot give up, they are full of confidence.
Soon.
Under the deafening cheers of the stadium.
The main game is coming!
The starting lineups of both teams began to play.
Los Angeles Clippers starting lineup: Point guard: Curry, shooting guard: Gordon, small forward: Russell, power forward: David Lee, center: Su Hao.
San Antonio Spurs starting lineup: Point guard: Parker, shooting guard: George Hill, small forward: Richard Jefferson, power forward: Tim Duncan, center: Antonio McDyess
"Jump ball!"
Su Hao and Duncan are fighting for the ball.
Duncan is talented, but in front of Su Hao, he is still nothing.
""Pah!"
Su Hao easily picked up the ball, and Russell caught it and passed it to Curry to advance, organizing the first attack of the Clippers in the division semifinals Game 1.
In the middle of the arc,
Curry passed a base to Su Hao in the low post on the left, asking him to attack.
The player defending him was"Stone Buddha" Duncan.
Whenever Duncan faced a player, he would always fail to play in a perfect state.
This made the Spurs fans feel very relieved.
But the Clippers fans were even more relieved, giving Su Hao a 1-on-1 opportunity, which was no less than giving away points.
""Bang!"
No need for fancy moves.
Su Hao directly confronted Duncan. Duncan tensed up all his strength from the beginning. He stood up to Su Hao's confrontation.
Although Duncan doesn't look that strong.
But in fact, Duncan is very strong, with a long arm span, amazing athletic ability and jumping ability, etc.
His comprehensive qualities make his defensive ability quite strong.
But... Su Hao is more domineering. In terms of comprehensive talent comparison, Su Hao is better than Duncan. He stood up to the first confrontation.
Su Hao's second more powerful confrontation was too much for Duncan, who couldn't stop retreating.
Su Hao attacked the basket.
He forced the ball, even if... Duncan caught up in time and jumped up to interfere with his long arms. But it was completely useless.
The moment Su Hao jumped, Duncan, who jumped back, had no chance anymore.
""Bang!"
Su Hao dunked over Duncan.
In his first attack, he dunked over the Spurs' strongest player, which was a bit of a blow to the morale.
【Clippers 2:0 Spurs.
The ball changed.
Parker pushed over, Curry's defense pressed forward, Parker suddenly passed the ball to Jordan Hill in the high position on the right side. Then he passed it to Richard Jefferson in the right corner.
There was a chance.
But... Russell was chasing, and he could try to shoot, but the chance was not very good.
For the Spurs, who play team basketball, they were not in a hurry to attack.
After a high lob to Duncan under the right basket, Parker and Jordan Hill started to cross positions frantically.
They planned to use Duncan's strong deterrence in the restricted area to attract���After the defense, they found the best offensive opportunity in the outside running position.
But no matter how they ran, they found that the opportunity was not good, and there were always Clippers players catching up.
"What do you mean?!"
Parker was a little confused,"Don't care about Duncan? Aren't you afraid that he will score indiscriminately in the restricted area?!"
""Hmph!"
McDyess said with disdain,"Even if Su Hao's defensive ability is very strong, even if he is a DPOY-level player.
But he is facing a player who has won three FMVPs, a young new No. 1 pick, how can he stop Duncan?!"
No one helped.
Duncan had a one-on-one opportunity to take on Su Hao.
After confirming that his teammates had no chance, Duncan chose to play against Su Hao.
""Bang, bang, bang!"
He started with a series of physical confrontations.
But he couldn't knock Su Hao away, but he was not in a hurry at all. After another confrontation, he turned over to face the basket, ready to hook.
However,
Su Hao's raised long arms that had been sticking to him caused too much interference.
Duncan knew that if he forced a shot, he would definitely be blocked!
He raised the ball again and made consecutive fake shots, trying to shake Su Hao's center of gravity, but Su Hao didn't fall for it.
Or he didn't need to jump at all.
Just like this, he could put great defensive pressure on Duncan.
"This guy... is stubborn!"
Duncan looked troubled.
Seeing that there was little time left for the attack, he forced himself to face Su Hao's defense and shot with a hook shot.
"Huh?"
Su Hao narrowed his eyes,"I didn't get fooled, why did you force the shot on me?!" As soon as he finished speaking
, Su Hao rushed forward and slapped the basketball away just as Duncan's hook shot was flying into the sky!!!