“Why should we pretend that there is still suspense in this series?”
In the first round of western China in 1987, before the game between the Nuggets and the Lakers, Doug Mo, the head coach of the Nuggets, who has always been famous for his maverick, was shocked when answering media questions, as the first coach in NBA history who voluntarily admitted that it was impossible to win the other side, Doug-asked back to the reporter and choked the Lakers coach Pat Riley once.
“Beat them? Haven’t you seen the ball all season? Let me be frank, we have no chance to win!” Doug Mo said.
The defiant Doug Mo was the one who dared to say that the king was naked. Although he led the team to play 1-4 with the Lakers in the playoffs two years ago, the scores of several games were very close, and coach Mo also said that the strength gap between the two teams at that time was not as obvious as the score showed, but when the eighth nuggets in the West encountered the first Lakers in the West two years later, Mo decided to tell the truth.
“If Riley said we had a chance, I would be very, very surprised.” Doug Mo added.
As a result, the competition was as expected.
In the first game, the Lakers gained an advantage at the beginning. In the second quarter, a direct wave of money blew away the Nuggets. James wosi was in the top 9 shots, and there were no waves in the game, the only highlight may be that the magician shot a tossing 80 feet (24.4 meters, 28 meters long basketball court) before the end of the half.
In the second game, the Nuggets resisted to a certain extent. Fatter lifter scored 24 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, but the Nuggets still lost 12 points. In the third game, the Lakers did not give any chance, take the Nuggets directly 140-103.
Finally, after the whole series was played, the Nuggets were eliminated directly by the other party 3-0. At the end of the third game, Doug Mo easily took two cans of beer to the press conference, and directly predicted that the Lakers would win the championship.
…… We tried our best, we were beaten up, but we were very lucky, because we only lost 3 games to them in the playoffs and others lost 4 games! (Before 2003, the first round of the playoffs was 5 games and 3 wins) “Mo haoshuang said.
“The Lakers will win the championship directly this year. Of course, they may also lose one or two games-if something breaks their legs.”
In the end, as he said, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 4-1 in the second round, swept the supersonic speed in the third round, and then defeated the Celtics 4-2 in the final to win the championship. Riley shouted out the boldness that we would do it again at the championship parade. A year later, the Lakers defended their title.
“I said last year that they would win, and then they won the championship,” Doug-Mo said. “Then Riley said they would win the championship. To be honest, even idiots would think so, if you have the ability, you will say it last year.”
So……
“Why do we pretend to be this round of series and still have suspense?”
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