You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 982 When the Lakers are ruled by individual heroism
Chapter 993 When the Lakers are ruled by individual heroism
The NBA Finals of the 2017-18 season received a lot of attention due to the existence of superstars such as Wei Xia.

There is already a story between the 76ers and the Lakers. Weixia and Kobe played against the Lakers in the finals, and the confrontation between the players has attracted much attention from the beginning.

James, Durant and Paul brought the Lakers to Philadelphia.

In the first game of the finals, people could see the smell of gunpowder.

James said to Weixia: "We have never faced each other on this stage, and this time I will win everything."

"I won't believe your words foolishly like the people in Cleveland." Wei Xia smiled sarcastically, "Your words are like wind blowing past my ears, and they have no value."

Durant and Paul were friendly, but only before the game.

As soon as the game started, the friendliness ceased to exist.

After all, one of them wants to win the championship, and the other is determined to win the championship. Almost no one has noticed that the age of James, Durant, and Paul teaming up is the same as the Celtics' Big Three 10 years ago.

Just because of their dominance and status in the league, they are seen as a much stronger combination than the Celtics Big Three.

After the opening, Durant first fell into the melee of the 76ers flank.

The 76ers haven't shown their hole cards yet, using Zhou Qi and Siakam to deal with him, but harassing with powerful flanks such as Robertson.

This limited Durant's area of ​​activity, and the Lakers opened up the situation with James' personal offense.

The 76ers are also not inferior. Wei Xia was fully fired in the first quarter, and neither he nor James was relentless.

一个单节4中4拿下12分，一个单节5中4拿下11分。

The Lakers are obviously the stronger side.

Durant was guarded uncomfortably, but Paul made up for the firepower he vacated, scoring 9 points, and the rest were filled by role players.

30 to 29 in a single quarter.

The game has entered a new field. Under the rule of offense first, only offense can ensure victory.

Obviously in a disadvantageous situation, Jay Wright dared to let Wei Xia come down to rest on time.

In the second quarter, the lineup of Teodosic, Kobe, Robertson, Mbah a Moute and Cousins ​​faced the Lakers' Paul, Korver, Durant, Jeff Green and Clarkson.

From the perspective of offensive firepower alone, the Lakers can completely blow up the 76ers.

But what the Lakers expected didn't happen.

Even if Durant's offense recovered in the second quarter, even if his chemical reaction with Paul was dazzling, the Lakers' single-quarter offense not only failed to overwhelm the 76ers, but also lost by 1 point.

Cousins, who is calm and rational, has made beautiful decisions every time he supports high positions.

Although Kobe is old, he does not slow down the offense. The left and right wings catch the ball and make three-pointers.

The 76ers tied before halftime when Weixia did not exert as much force as in the first quarter.

In the third quarter, Wei Xia continued to defend against James on the defensive end, but he scored 16 points. The 76ers took a clear lead for the first time.

Entering the fourth quarter, the 76ers led by 6 points.

The Lakers' counterattack was led by James and Durant, but the decisive moment was completed by Paul.

His flopping annoyed Cousins, irrationally knocking Paul over at the last minute.

Cousins ​​was called a malicious foul because of this. Fortunately, the free throw was not sure, and the two sides entered overtime.

In regular time, Wei Xia scored 40 points.

Especially the Lakers, who are keen to rely on the three kings to perform personal heroism, have an extremely balanced data distribution.

All three of Zhan Dubao scored close to 30 points, and their rebounds and assists were also comprehensive.

In overtime, neither team seemed to be affected by the physical strength of regular time, and they scored fairy goals consecutively.

First, Wei Xia made a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and Durant also made a three-pointer;
James Tank broke through 2+1;

Cousins ​​hits a button with a low back;
Paul made a mistake and was counterattacked by Kobe stealing the ball for a layup;

Durant made another unreasonable three-pointer;
In the most critical attack of the game, the 76ers naturally passed the ball to Wei Xia, but he alone attracted the defense of the three Lakers.For a moment, they seemed to regard Wei Xia as Kobe.

The other three came to defend, and Wei Xia's choice was to pass the ball without hesitation.

His ball, flying to the left wing, went to Bryant.

In the first game of the 2018 finals, the buzzer in overtime flew out of Kobe's hands.

The 40-year-old veteran, the sword is not old, the moment the buzzer flashed red, his three-pointer shot through the net, helping the Philadelphia 76ers win Game 1!

The old guy made a three-pointer at the buzzer, which already made the Fuguo Center boil, and the wild cheers of the fans at the scene caused countless fluctuations in his heart, but on his face, he just gave the audience all over the world a plain look of "this is just a small scene", and then shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, expressing strong puzzlement at the way the Lakers let him go.

His Jordanian behavior lasted less than five seconds before being sabotaged by excited teammates.

“多么精彩的开篇！40岁的科比全场拿下23分，他投进了杀死比赛的三分球！”奥多姆狂吹科比，“你敢相信这是一个40岁的老将吗？40岁的科比是有史以来最强大的40岁球员！”

Wei Xia's performance of 46 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists was robbed by Kobe, but he didn't care at all.

James, who was mistaken by his teammates' decision-making of cerebral palsy, did not forget to criticize Weixia's choice: "I thought you would not choose to pass the ball!"

"If it were you, wouldn't you know how to pass the ball?" Wei Xia sarcastically said, "Don't do to others what you don't want, LeBron."

Of course James will pass the ball, even if there is only one man defense, if he sees that his teammates have a better chance than himself, he will pass the ball. This is instinct, his so-called correct way of playing.

Although the 76ers won the first game, the process was not easy.

This kicked off the series.

From the very first game, the series has been extremely bloody.

After the 76ers won thirteen consecutive victories in the playoffs, their first loss in the playoffs came in the second game of the finals.

James and Durant scored 40 points at the same time, and Paul still had 20+10 output.

The three heavenly kings performed their duties and dominated the game with sheer talent.

1 is better than 1
This not only defeated the seemingly invincible 76ers, but also made them lose their home court advantage in the finals.

Wesha promised: "We will regain the home court advantage in Los Angeles."

It's not as simple as Wei Xia's cruel words.

Los Angeles, from the media to the fans, is ready to let the 76ers experience the Celtics' treatment in the away game in the 80s.

Especially Wei Xia, who used to be the hero of the Lakers, is now the most hated active player by Lakers fans.

Just because of what he did in the summer of 2016.

Just relying on him to poach Kobe, it is impossible for him to get the understanding of the fans.

On the night of Game3, the Staples Center was full of boos.

Many years later, when Michael Thompson no longer served as the Lakers' announcer, he clearly remembered the summer of 2018, when "Wish and Kobe made their debut in the finals at the Staples Center as enemies."The scenes that day made Thompson think of many things, such as naked hatred, blood and fire, and the referee's initiative to relax the scale.

The fans experienced things that only fans in the 80s could experience that night.

That is hatred.

"It's hard to see fans hate their opponents so much!"

"It's also hard for you to see players on the court fighting with all their strength against each other!"

Their friendship came to an end when Paul fouled Versia viciously.

Durant shot one goal after another with a cold face, James didn't feel good but supported the team, the Lakers established their advantage with talent, and then defeated the 76ers with the hustle and bustle of the home court, they almost succeeded.

But in the last quarter, Wei Xia scored 14 points and forced the game into overtime.

The second overtime since the start of the finals!
In the last few seconds of overtime, Wei Xia, who had already scored 59 points, made a strong three-pointer against James and Durant's attack, winning the game!

With 62 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, he broke the single-game scoring record set by Elgin Baylor in 1962 and became the new owner of this record.

"After 56 years of waiting, we have witnessed a new record. In a milestone battle with record ratings, Wish has entered the realm of God!"

The boos didn't stop for a second until Weixia scored more than 50 points.

Staples Center was as silent as a haunted cemetery when Wesha hit that shattering three-pointer, and then Lakers fans wailed as if they had witnessed a family member being killed before their eyes.

Now Wei Xia has fulfilled his words, and he has done what he said, winning back the home court advantage in Los Angeles.

2 is better than 1
That day, Wei Xia returned to the locker room, originally wanting to be as proud as a hero returning from victory, but Kobe forced a pack of ice cubes into his pants, so the beautiful night was filled with countless flaws.

The bastard old man and the ignorant young man poured cold water on Wei Xia to cool him down.

Wei Xia can only apologize, and by the way regrets that he did not give him a similar "punishment" for Kobe's lore in Game 1.

The Lakers have no way out.

2 to 1 seems to be just the beginning, but they have already lost the home advantage.

If Game4 cannot be won, they will be held by the 76ers.It is unrealistic to expect the 76ers to win three games in a row, and the fourth game must be won.

They are willing to do anything to achieve this goal.

Moreover, the league does not want this round of series that set a new record for ratings to end early due to the strength of the 76ers and Wei Xia's magical performance. They must find a way to extend this round of the series.

Game4 is launched under this background.

The Lakers' actions were rough, the referees had double standards, Wei Xia was brought down again and again but couldn't get the whistle, and Durant and James rushed to the basket and both had free throws.

If it weren't for the 76ers' accurate three-pointers from the outside, this game would lose suspense in less than three quarters.

They persisted until the fourth quarter with three-pointers, and finally lost to the Lakers.

When the two sides are evenly matched, if the referee adopts double standards, the game will become unsuspenseful.

After the game, the 76ers severely complained to the referee. Jay Wright said that they had edited a ten-minute penalty video to file a complaint with the referee on duty.

And these are just the extreme pressure before the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

In order to create a fair whistleblowing environment for the fifth game, even if they are severely fined, the 76ers must bring public opinion, so that all the forces behind the noise will no longer exert their own influence, and let the game return to the game itself.

(End of this chapter)