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Chapter 802 Another Battle of Life and Death

After the first game of the finals, the balance of victory has begun to tilt towards the Lakers. After all, this is the home court of the Celtics, and the possible six games that will follow have been divided into three home games for each side. More importantly... In the next four games, the Lakers' three home games were connected together.

It’s hard to say how big the home court advantage is, but no matter what, it’s true that the chance of winning at home is greater than that of the away game, and the Lakers who took the lead in conquering an away game have the advantage, but... the Celtics won in the next game. In the second game, the counterattack was extremely violent.

The state of O'Neal + Garnett may not be comparable to the situation in the previous game. Just because Pierce hit the inside line again and again, and the inside line overturned again and again, he was brave and resolutely ravaged by Li Shengli, and finally opened the dual-core inside line. Dilemma, and finally won 101:103, equalizing the big score.

In this scene...

O'Neal + Garnett combined to score 61 points and 21 rebounds.

Compared with it... Pierce, who sacrificed and dedicated himself, was simply horrible. He was entangled by Crotty on the outside, and he also encountered Li Shengli's historic penalty zone defense inside, and he only scored 10 points.

10 points is not a small number, much more than the data of the substitute.

But the problem is that Pierce is the main force who played 38 minutes.

For the main players, such a score is not enough, and even collided with Li Shengli many times during the process, almost bleeding internally, the hand feeling plummeted, and there were 6 free throws in the game, 6 of 1 free throws.

In addition to the embarrassing scoring, Li Shengli scored 38 blocks in 5 minutes.

Fortunately, Pierce, who lost all his touch, also got 8 assists and became the Celtics' winning surprise player in one fell swoop. After the game, O'Neal and Garnett were afraid that Pierce, who had poor statistics, would feel unbalanced. He bragged Pierce's great role to the media, and urged Pierce to continue to be brave!

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Then came the third game.

Considering the fact that the two teams from the east and the west are playing in the finals and running back and forth, the finals are not the previous 22111 but 232 format, so as I said before, the next three home games will be the Lakers, and the first game on the 7th will be played by the Lakers. , In the past few days of the second game on the 9th, the madness in Boston seemed to have shifted to Los Angeles. The Staples Arena on the 11th was crowded with people, bringing together a purple and gold frenzy.

All aspects of the home game are positive.

This time, the brave Pierce was at Staples... not eating a few pieces of meat, but getting beaten.

The difference from the previous two games is that the point difference in this game is very wide. Pierce was beaten, and he committed 28 fouls 5 minutes ago. His state is obviously not as good as before, and the game has become a huge tough battle.

O'Neal and Li Shengli fought each other, Garnett grabbed Green and beat him violently, Kobe beat Barros violently outside, and when Phil Jackson made another substitution, Artest chased Garnett and beat him with great movements. Rorty's death entangled Pierce, and the whole scene was in chaos.

The only Celtics who can score stably is O'Neal, and neither Garnett nor Pierce can do this game.

As for the Lakers who can score... not only Li Shengli and Kobe, but even Artest, who suppressed Garnett in terms of style of play, became the main offensive point. After a game, he slaughtered the Celtics with 18 points, a big score 1:2.

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The rest is the fourth and fifth games.

They are all the same opponents, and they all have fixed lineup tactics.

The later the finals, the tougher the battle will be. In this kind of game, it depends on the feeling, the state, and the fighting spirit. Although both sides are not lacking in fighting spirit, the poor state appeared again in four or five games.

The fourth...

Garnett felt hot at the beginning of the game, and he put all the pressure on O'Neal on the inside. He stretched the offensive range and found cover to avoid Artest's confrontation. Phil Jackson could only let Green , Horry took turns, but the effect was not very good. Garnett scored 42 points in 43 minutes.

There is no one who can't hold the field in the fourth position!

Phil Jackson was very depressed, and in the fourth game, because of Garnett's sudden outbreak, the Lakers made the big score 2:2 after losing at home.

fifth game...

There is no reason not to continue to use effective tactics, so the Celtics still want Garnett to be the core of the game.

This time, however, it was unsuccessful.

In fact, it's not that the Lakers' defense is in place, it's simply that Garnett's own hand feeling is not good, and the shots that are too far away are frequently hitting the iron, so the Celtics can only let Pierce turn into the core...In the first half, they met Artest Sturt shot from a screen, and in the second half, when Crotty hit a pick-and-roll breakthrough, he launched a death charge against Li Shengli's inside line.

Green is still too old, and his physical strength began to affect his state after 12 minutes of ultra-high-intensity play, so he persisted until the second half and let Artest play the fourth position. For Li Shengli, whether it is Green or a cameo Power forward Artest, this kind of inside line is the weakest combination he has played so far.

No matter the Hornets' aunt Larry Johnson, Jazz's Karl Malone, Mavericks' Garnett, or Lakers' early Campbell, they are all stronger than this combination.

In the fifth game, Li Shengli guarded the inside line and needed to defend too much, so he could only put as much physical energy as possible on the defense, but a triple-double with 26 points, 17 rebounds, 6 assists, and 12 blocks was still missing. Yes, the Big Three of the Celtics have become a big trend in this game. Pierce has been playing a role and unblocking O'Neal, so they were conquered by them in the fifth game.

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So far, five games have been played in the finals, with a big score of 3:2.

The Lakers won one away game, but what is worse is that they lost two home games, and what is even worse is that the last two games were all played by the Celtics at home, and the finals at the match point... the sixth game became the Lakers life and death battle.

It's not that the Lakers haven't fought a life-and-death battle.

In the last four games of last year's finals, they survived the game that was life and death.

But the problem is that this time is different... The Celtics showed too much fighting power, and the Lakers' defense is very difficult to block the big three lineup of O'Neal, Garnett, and Pierce at the same time. It is so difficult that as long as one giant plays Without the effect, the game will be particularly difficult to play.

Li Shengli and O'Neal's matchup, although they are exploding each other, they are only exploding each other. They are all encountering top single defense and neither of them can play the ultimate explosion effect.

After that came Garnett and Pierce. Although the Lakers found someone who could defend efficiently, the Celtics also found a solution. Garnett would pull away if he felt like it, and Pierce would charge if he couldn't shoot. The offensive effect was unexpected. good.

In contrast, Li Shengli can only trust Kobe the most now...

Like the Lakers' targeted defense against Garnett and Pierce, the Celtics are not idle against Kobe, and the situation becomes that Kobe needs one person to counter the offensive efficiency of Garnett, Pierce or the combination of the two... …

Garnett has no touch, but Pierce can play.

Pierce has no touch, and Garnett can play.

But Kobe...not sure if he doesn't have a touch, and if he has a touch, he will be afraid that Jia and Pi will all explode, so the opportunity cost is far greater than the previous two.

As for the sixth game?

If the Lakers want to win, Kobe must explode. Li Shengli must not only suppress O'Neal, but also explode. As for the Celtics, the previous five games have shown...the three giants are a trinity, and any one person's explosion will connect the other two In the output environment, the requirements for a summit are lower than those of the Lakers.

(End of this chapter)