Charles. Barkley sees the camera focused on David. Stern spoke for ten seconds before he said, "When Boston's players and fans start partying to the Finals, they certainly aren't the most excited people in the league. Stern is, although as the league's top administrator, he can't openly express his feelings, but there is no doubt that Stern is happy to see the league's most historic team meet the upstart who will most attract ratings. ”

Kenny. Smith also said: "That's right, first of all, Stern doesn't have to worry about the ratings of this year's Finals. After Jordan washed his hands and withdrew, the Finals ratings have been a topic of conversation every year, especially the Spurs, who are spoilers, who stick to the old-fashioned academic style of play, always have a way to beat the ratings miserably, and last year's sweep of the Cavaliers set the league's worst ratings in 20 years. And this year, Stern was finally able to get a good night's sleep. The Chinese twins alone are enough to attract tens of millions of fans to stay in front of the TV, not to mention the cross-ocean ratings that hit a new NBA high. ”

Charles. Barkley laughed: "The twins are in their first season this year, but they are not inferior to the long-established stars, and whether the two of them can lead the Clippers to continue the playoffs has also made people speculate in excitement." The opponent Celtics, even with Kevin. Garnett, Paul. Pierce and Ray. How far a big three like Allen can go after setting a record for this year's regular season wins has always been a hot topic, and both old and new fans will definitely not let go of this feast. ”

Before the start of the game, the owner that the Clippers players hated extremely much, Donald . Raheem Sterling travelled all the way to Boston and mobilized in the away team's cramped dressing room.

I saw Sterling, who was already eighty years old, waving his fist and shouting, "We are going to defeat the Big Three...... without waiting for him to finish. The enthusiastic Clippers said in unison, "Okay, kill them!! Then he walked out of the locker room under the guidance of the twins, leaving Sterling silently to finish the last half of the sentence: "...... led by the Celtics. ”

The two brothers feel terrible about Sterling at the moment, because of the Wenchuan earthquake some time ago, and the rocket boss launched a fundraising campaign for the first time. Alexander was similarly stingy. But at this time, people still do enough superficial work. But their boss, Sterling, did not say anything about it, and even their teammates donated a lot of money to the Wenchuan Disaster Relief Foundation established by the two brothers and Yao Ming, but until now, Sterling has not said anything, and he is really a dime.

After the Clippers came out. One of the Celtics' team immediately greeted him, and the green jersey was none other than the 39-year-old Sam. Kassel. In the first half of the regular season, Cassel was a member of the Clippers team, and the alien played well in the playoffs. Ten minutes into Rondo's play. He has shown a very high level of competition and has made great contributions to the Green Shirts along the way.

"I didn't expect to meet in the finals, I knew I wouldn't leave." Cassel whispered a joke to the Clippers generals, the alien played for three years with the Clippers and was familiar with the Clippers' players.

Mobley and others reminisced with Cassel before the game, which made the boos of TD North Shore Garden a lot smaller for a while, the Clippers and the Celtics have no deep hatred, it should be said that the Clippers are mortal enemies except for the Lakers. It has a good relationship with other teams, except that the Clippers have a terrible record and rarely make the playoffs, and it is also related to their bastard owner Raheem Sterling.

That's right. Speaking of Clippers owner Donnatt. Sterling, who would be called a miser, a nymphomaniac, a racist, a scoundrel...... A lot of people feel like it's long overdue to kick him out of the NBA. But there is another side to Sterling that is less well known, and that is that many bosses see him as the big brother in the lead, and tough people like Stern have not been able to shake Sterling's position over the past 30 years.

For many small-ball owners in the NBA, a lot of Sterling's rogue behavior is something they want to do but don't dare to do. Over the past 30 years, many NBA small-ball markets have complained about the inability to divide the income of NBA teams evenly and that President Stern is unfair. But most of them will only write to complain. Only Sterling dares to play a scoundrel with the Lakers and Stern in public.

David today. Stern and Donald. Raheem Sterling came to watch the game, and the pair have been against each other for more than 30 years. There are countless stories that have happened to the two of them.

The feud between the two dates back to the 80s, since Stern became NBA commissioner in 1984. He used superhuman intelligence and strong wrists to solve too many thorny problems in the league, he can make the NBA from a disgusting drug league to a middle-class favorite, he can make the NBA the most international sports league in the world, and he can also make the rebellious Iverson obediently wear a suit...... But in his 30 years in office, the only person who didn't get it done was Donnett. Stirling.

Sterling has done too many feats that made Stern so angry that he almost vomited blood: for example, in 1984, Sterling forcibly relocated the Clippers to Los Angeles without the approval of the league, was fined 25 million, and refused to pay in every possible way, and finally only paid 6 million; For another example, at the NBA owners' conference, Sterling often suddenly attacked Stern in public, shouting "I'm going to fire you!" ”

Over the years, Sterling has created a lot of farce off the field, and he has also made Stern angry at the boss's meeting. For such a scoundrel, Stern has tried to force him to sell the Clippers several times, but the reason why he failed to do so is that on the one hand, Sterling is indeed a hob meat, soft and hard; But more importantly, many small-ball city owners secretly supported Sterling, refusing to vote for his recall.

In order to compete with the other three major sports leagues, the NBA has detailed rules for team relocation to avoid teams grouping together as much as possible. Even if both teams come to the same city for unavoidable reasons, the latecomer must pay a large expansion fee to the first comer. When the NBA and ABA merged in 1976, ABA's New York Nets paid 4.8 million to the Knicks.

David. Stern is a lawyer by training, an eloquent lawyer, and a knack for citing rules and regulations to support his decisions. And that time his opponent Sterling was also a lawyer, and he was also extremely good at ripping. Stern issued a sky-high fine of 25 million (including penalty fees and expansion fees paid to the Lakers). But Sterling did everything possible to cheat and refuse to pay, which made Stern angry.

Facing an enemy with a similar pronunciation to his own name, young David. Stern had only been in office for five months at the time, and he had no authority and appeal among NBA owners, and the Clippers' unauthorized relocation immediately became the first problem that tested him. It is also a crisis of strict zhòng. Faced with a Raheem like Raheem Sterling, he first threatened to sue in court, and then called a joint meeting of owners to try to reach an agreement through a vote to force Sterling to sell the team. But the bosses responded with few responses, young David. In the end, Stern came back in a hurry.

In those days. Many teams are just barely breaking even, and only a few such as the Lakers and Knicks can make a lot of money, so many owners are eager for the NBA to share the benefits equally like the NFL (the NFL will take out broadcast rights revenue, national sponsorship, 1/3 of ticket revenue and about 10% of peripheral merchandise revenue every year to share with each team, which accounts for about 6-7% of the NFL league's annual revenue).

The owners of the teams have always coveted the Lakers' lucrative profits, so they have always had mixed feelings about the Lakers and Buss: envy and a little jealousy. Always trying to get a piece of the pie by any means. Therefore, when the Clippers relocated to Los Angeles without authorization and directly carved up the Lakers market, many owners were silent about it and chose to abstain from voting very tacitly

Because the bosses collectively watched the excitement, the Clippers relocation incident was at an impasse for a while, which made Stern very unable to get off the stage. In the end, it was the "victim" Jerry. Bass came forward to coordinate, and Sterling only came up with 6 million in the end. After that incident, Sterling became a lingering shadow on Stern's mind. But at the same time, Sterling has gradually become an ally and leader of the owners of the small ball city, leading them against David for more than 20 years. Stern.

The most impressive thing about Sterling is that he never cared about his status as a billionaire. For a little money, he is spilling and cheating anytime and anywhere. He had refused to hire a trainer for the team in favor of coach Paul. Silas bandages the player; A fan won the Clippers' shooting contest, but Sterling refused to pay the paltry $1,000 and was sued for it.

The Clippers are also one of the last teams in the NBA to buy special planes and hire assistant coaches, and the salaries of team executives are among the lowest in the NBA. In his 30 years at the helm of the Clippers, the Clippers have failed to make the playoffs 26 times and have not drafted any of the top rookies, but few have been able to do so. Even if it is played, it is difficult to get a high contract renewal, and it is often signed first and then sold. Raheem Sterling made a significant cash difference.

Now Sterling has one more charge, after the Clippers donated more than $2 million to Wenchuan. He, the boss, did not shell out a penny, and was disgraced by the Los Angeles media.

"Boy, you did a good job against the Lakers, but today, don't want to do it again with us. I know you want to win the championship in your first season, but remember, don't have too much appetite, it'll kill you. Garnett and Ji Guoyi hugged each other before the start of the game, the two of them faced each other today, and the wolf king saw the fox brother who was very similar to himself, and his mouth was full of confidence, but as soon as he looked at his stern expression, he knew that this guy had already been prepared for a long time and refused to capsize in the gutter.

"Duncan said the same thing to me, he said that the future is mine, but I told him that it was already the time of our brothers." Ji Guoyan didn't eat a little loss on his lips, looked at Garnett and smiled, and made up for it: "I'm afraid that you will be the last peak this year, but you have to work hard, if you are killed by us, I will be stronger next year, but you will be weaker and weaker, and you will never have a chance to defeat me at that time." By the way, you don't look like you haven't won the championship yet, right? ”

Garnett looked at Ji Guoyi's pretending innocent face, and wanted to go up and give him an old punch, his acting skills are so exaggerated, pretend to be your uncle!

Ji Guoqiu hugged Perkins not far away, the giant panda is not easy today, Perkins is an excellent blue-collar worker, this year is his peak, the big fat is not as clumsy as he was later in the Thunder, I am afraid it will be difficult to attack on the inside, and I can only find a way to bully him on the outside.

Due to the interference of Sterling's old asshole before the game, the old Dunleavy did not arrange too detailed tactics before the game, but how to play today's game has been explained in detail in yesterday's tactical class, and the players will not feel overwhelmed when they arrive on the field.

The pre-game shooting warm-up, the Clippers players were all good, which seemed to be a good sign.

Dunleavy Sr. believes that against the Celtics, the point guard and center positions are the most likely places for them to make a fuss.

Billups vs Rajan. Rondo, Ji Guoqiu vs Perkins, these two players of the Celtics have places to target. Rajan. Rondo is too young, inexperienced, and a little less technically cool, and in addition to his outstanding athleticism, the Celtics point guard is no match for Billups at all, and Mr. Key may continue to blow up the Green Shirts' No. 1 spot in the Finals like he did with the Lakers.

Ji Guoqiu against Perkins, although he suffered a loss in strength, Bynum's strength in the Western Conference Finals was not small, and he was still played by the panda hero. Ji Guoqiu relies on his speed and flexibility, and has enough advantages at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and he can be expected to turn over the river and sea on the inside line to reduce the pressure on Ji Guoqiu against Garnett.

The teams on both sides warmed up and said hello, and the time soon came to 19 o'clock, and the much-anticipated NBA 2007-08 playoffs, the first matchup of the Finals officially began.

The two sides left the field as substitutes, and Ji Guoqiu stood in the middle circle, ready to fight for the ball with Garnett.

The referee officiating the game was Joe. Crawford, a big bald head, stands in the center circle and throws the basketball into the sky......

Ji Guoqiu and Garnett jumped up at the same time, and at this time, it can be seen with a parallel lens that Garnett and Ji Guoqiu's official heights are both, but the wolf king is obviously a little taller, and the visual measurement is about three or four centimeters higher than Ji Guoqiu's height.

Under normal circumstances, the jump ball rarely allows you to rise to the highest point before touching the rebound, basically jumping forty or fifty centimeters, and players who are tall enough can touch the basketball, so the rebound speed and height and arm span are the most important, in these aspects, Ji Guoqiu and Garnett at this time are almost the same.

"Smack!"

The basketball was touched by the two at the same time, but Garnett still took advantage of his height advantage, and the basketball was moved higher by the two, but the position was already biased in Garnett's favor. So the second jump, the wolf king easily pointed the basketball to his teammates.

Ji Guoqiu lost the jump ball for the first time in the playoffs, and Clippers fans suddenly had a bad omen. (To be continued) R655