Chapter 851: The era is over

The Lakers and Thunder series in the Western Conference semifinals came to an end in this somewhat sad speech.
The victory itself is not particularly important for the Lakers fans because Kobe is leaving.
It will be a complete success for Kobe to complete the final game of his career at Staples, even if he loses.
On November 3, 1996, 20 years ago, Bryant participated in the first game of his career at Staples against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
In that game, he only played for 6 minutes without any valid data. He only got 1 turnover and 1 foul.
As of 2016, in 20 years, Kobe Bryant has accumulated 33,000 points in the regular season, 6 championships, 2 regular season MVPs, and 2 FMVPs, becoming one of the greatest stars in NBA history.
And he is a spiritual icon of a generation of young people.
After he delivered his speech, the audience, the Lakers' famous people stood up and applauded, and the applause continued for a long time.
Li Liang walked to Kobe and hugged Kobe tightly.
Although they only worked together for one season, that season was definitely the most memorable in Li Liang's career.
"Go boy, create greater splendor, you deserve all this." Since the two became opponents, Kobe said the first words of encouragement to Li Liang.
Kobe finally admitted that the Chinese guy in front of him was a man with power beyond God.
Li Liang accepted the final blessing from Kobe, and then left the court with his teammates and went back to the locker room from the tunnel.
At this time, the stadium should be reserved for Kobe, his family, his friends, his fans.
The game is over, but his new life has just begun.
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The Thunder players returned to the locker room to celebrate the series victory.
There is not much cheering, after all, it is only the semifinals.
Teammates gave each other high fives and hugged each other. Donovan gave a short speech, hoping that the players would make persistent efforts. After all, there are more important games and stronger opponents waiting for them.
On another field, the Golden State Warriors are fighting the San Antonio Spurs.
The young and mature Spurs showed amazing fighting power in the semifinals.
It can only be said that Popovich is still clever, and Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker are equally old.
The Warriors, second in the league, had the Spurs steal a victory at home in the first game of the semifinals.
One of the reasons is, of course, that Curry didn't make the game due to injury.
In the first round, Curry's sprained ankle affected his health.
So for the sake of insurance, Cole chose to let Curry rest.
As a result, the Spurs took the opportunity to get a victory and grabbed home advantage.
The Warriors without Curry did have a sharp decline in competitiveness. In the second game, Curry had to come back on the line to help the team win a difficult home victory and equalize the score.
Popovich is a teacher of Cole, and he has targeted many of Cole's strategies.
In the second game, the Warriors won very hard. The two sides won't win until overtime.
Returning to San Antonio in the third game, the Warriors regrouped and showed the strength of a 70-win team when viewed low by the outside world.
A 20-point victory was given to fans of the Holy City to regain the initiative of the series.
But in the fourth game, the Spurs once again showed their very old side.
Popovich used two young people, Booker and Wiggins, and used Booker to attack Curry.
Curry was affected by the injury and his ankle was not very neat. As a result, he was continuously attacked by Booker at a critical moment.
The Spurs successfully won the fourth game, equalizing the big score, 2:2, the two sides will go to Oakland for the battle of the Kings Mountain.
At this point, the Thunder have swept the Lakers, waiting in the Western Conference finals.
Regarding the performance of the Warriors in the semifinals, the outside world thinks that the Warriors can go through four rounds under the Thunder?
Even, can they cross the deep groove of the Spurs?
On May 12th, the two teams started the scramble at Oracle Arena.
The two sides once again scored in overtime. In the key overtime, Klay Thompson scored two three-pointers to help the Warriors widen the difference.
Followed by, Duncan was attacked foul in the offense, Spurs still lost the opportunity to win the game.
The Warriors didn't expect that the series against the Spurs would be so difficult.
Wiggins and Booker, these young people, really have unlimited potential.
Wiggins' physical fitness, Booker's ability to shoot, and their defense are all well developed.
Popovich used to be a "rookie destroyer". In the era when Duncan carried everything, he made good use of veterans and was not likely to train rookies.
Today, he has already started his transformation, focusing on training the next generation of successors for the Spurs.
For Spurs, Leonard's departure is not a bad thing.
In the sixth game, he returned to San Antonio. At the center of the Atamp;t, the Spurs made the final struggle.
However, the Spurs' routines have been understood by the warriors. At the end of the crossbow, the donkey skills are poor.
The Warriors who recovered the feeling of the game, defeated the Spurs again with a 20-point victory, and at the same time eliminated the opponent 4:2, and merged with the Thunder in the Western Conference finals.
Like the Thunder and Lakers series, this round of the series also sent away a great player, that is Tim Duncan.
Before the game, no one knew it would be the last game of Duncan's 19-year career.
After the game was over, and after waving goodbye to all Spurs fans at the scene, Duncan said in the post-match interview that this will be the final battle of his career and he will retire.
Duncan's approach to retirement is exactly the same as his style and personality.
Low-key, as if nothing had happened, just an old man left the court and went home to enjoy life.
No speeches, no farewells, no tours, no gifts, not even a chance to shed tears.
Some are just 19 years of hard work, 19 years of the playoffs have never been absent, 19 years of 50-win legend, single-team record of thousands of wins, countless honors, championships, and that one is always faceless Emoji face.
Nineteen years ago, for the sake of this young man, several teams were frantic.
Then he spent 19 years in the black and white city of San Antonio, Texas, and became a symbol here.
Many people may think that Duncan is very suitable for Spurs, small cities, black and white jerseys, conservative and stable team style, exactly the same as his personality and style.
In fact, many people have reversed it~EbookFREE.me~ It's not that Duncan is suitable for the Spurs, but that the Spurs adapted to Duncan, and Duncan shaped the Spurs.
Leonard looked equally suitable for the Spurs, but he left.
Duncan could also leave and tried to leave, but he stayed.
He made the city's basketball, he is the most well-deserved person with the "cornerstone" title.
In 2007, the TV station once commented on the Spurs' top pick in 1997, 10 years ago.
"They got a good sign and enjoyed it for 10 years."
Now, this 10 years can be changed to 19 years.
Unfortunately, this number cannot be increased.
The stone Buddha retires, and the Spurs are no longer that Spurs.
In an era, with the retirement of two superstars, the curtain came down.