{"id":5078,"date":"2022-06-13T00:26:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phyz888.com\/?p=5078"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:20:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T08:20:05","slug":"living-buddha-horford-wins-the-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phyz888.com\/living-buddha-horford-wins-the-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Buddha Horford wins the championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
In the first game of the Al Horford Championship, he contributed 26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, helping the Celtics play a 20-2 offensive in the final quarter, reversing the Golden State Warriors under Stephen Curry, setting a number of NBA records. At the same time, he also officially bid farewell to a record that was not so glorious, and presented himself the best 36th birthday present.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
Making the playoffs is always exciting, but what if it’s a round trip every time? It may be another nightmare. Instead, it will be labeled by the media and fans, resulting in many irrational questions.<\/p>\n\n
Like T-Mac, Tracy McGrady, his 35 seconds and 13 minutes is deeply rooted in the hearts of fans, but unexpectedly, it is this Spurs that has been reversed many years later, which allows him to break the curse for the first time. The taste of promotion.<\/p>\n\n
It was 2013, the last season of his career. McGrady signed with the Spurs on April 16 of that year, and has played in every round since then, facing the Lakers, Warriors, Grizzlies, and even advancing to the championship game, hitting the thriving LCD Miami Heat.<\/p>\n\n
It’s a pity that this legendary journey with the Spurs did not get the happy ending of the fairy tale. Ray Allen’s dramatic comeback in Game 6 took McGrady away from the championship ring.<\/p>\n\n
In just two short months, it was like a dream. T-Mac never made it past the first round of the playoffs, and was only one step away from the NBA championship. Everything came too quickly, too suddenly, and the end was unexpected.<\/p>\n\n
Then what if it is not a one-round tour but a three-round tour, repeatedly reaching the regional finals, but never touching the floor of the championship game?<\/p>\n\n
It’s another kind of sadness, I’m afraid, and it’s a nasty feeling that Al Horford knows best.<\/p>\n\n
\ud83c\udf40 The bitterness of practice, 141 playoff games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n In 2013, the 26-year-old Al Horford played in only six playoff games before his Atlanta Hawks were eliminated 2-4 against the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n\n The following year, the Hawks and Horford did not make the playoffs, but in the next few years, they created many incredible legends of all soldiers, including topping the Eastern Conference leader, starting with four players in the 2015 All-Star Game\u2026etc. Team basketball model.<\/p>\n\n Al Horford, Paul Millsap, Jeff Teague, Kyle Korver, and head coach Mike Budenholzer are all happy — at least when they’re All-Stars together again.<\/p>\n\n What they didn’t expect was that, even if the Heat disintegrated, the Eagles still came back in the playoffs and were knocked down by the resurrected Cleveland Cavaliers, losing to LeBron James for two consecutive years.<\/p>\n\n And even if Horford left the Boston Celtics, that fate continued.<\/p>\n\n From 2015 to 2018, Horford met LeBron and his Cavaliers in the playoffs for four consecutive years. No matter whether they were wearing the Eagles or the Celtics, they could not make it through the barrier. It became a nightmare that must be experienced every May.<\/p>\n\n Former teammate Paul Millsap wasn’t much better either. In 2017, he joined the Denver Nuggets. Unexpectedly, LeBron also came to the Lakers in the West Division the following year, and met in the 2020 Disney Bubble Division Finals.<\/p>\n\n This time, Millsap failed to win, and LeBron led the Lakers to another championship.<\/p>\n\n Horford and Millsap, who have been cultivating in the playoffs, silently accumulated the number of games played, and ranked the top two in the Playoff games that did not reach the NBA championship list.<\/p>\n\n The third place is the former Eagle King Joe Johnson. At the age of 40, he played a game at the end of last year, but he did not get a contract extension from Celtic and missed the stage with Horford.<\/p>\n\n Fortunately, Horford left the list this year, leaving the unforgettable record at 141 games and moving towards the final big stage. The new No. 1 was handed over to Millsap (16 seasons, 130 games), followed by active player Paul George, but with Steve Nash and Terry Cummings ahead.<\/p>\n\n The phrase don’t give me hope and let me down again is perhaps the most unwilling voice of the above-mentioned players to face, wandering in the playoffs but not being able to stand out, and sometimes it is another kind of helpless torment.<\/p>\n\n In any case, Horford has finally bid farewell to the sad club and congratulated the 36-year-old for the best birthday present ever.<\/p>\n\n