NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 144 The Alliance Wants Kobe to Win?Do I agree?
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The battle of Tianwangshan in the playoffs has always been considered the most important game in the series other than the tiebreaker. The result of the game will most likely directly determine who the final winner will be.

Therefore, before the start of this game, both teams attached great importance to the battle of Tianwangshan and were unwilling to lose the game easily.

And when the much-anticipated battle of Tianwangshan in the finals started at Amway Arena in Orlando, the game began to develop in an unexpected direction.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers quickly established a weak score advantage around the inside twin towers and Kobe Bryant, but their advantage could not be maintained for long, because Wang Chao's performance in the first quarter of the Magic team exploded. He made 5 of 4 shots from outside the line and scored 18 points in a single quarter.

Feeling the huge threat brought by Wang Chao, the Lakers began to use a lot of double-team tactics in the second quarter to limit Wang Chao's scoring, but the effect was not good.

In the second quarter, Wang Chao scored another 14 points, and his personal score reached 32 points at halftime!
Relying on Wang Chao's personal offensive ability, the Magic led by 62 points 48:14 at halftime.

In the third quarter, the Lakers under the leadership of Kobe began to try to launch a counterattack to catch up with the score, but failed.

It wasn't just Wang Chao who performed well in the Magic's game. Howard finally broke out after being pinched by Gasol and Bynum in the paint for four games.

In the first half alone, Howard grabbed 12 rebounds, including 4 offensive rebounds, and successfully scored all of them.

Although he does not have enough inside offensive skills, Howard's ability to grab offensive rebounds and make up the basket is still very good, and because Wang Chao's firepower outside the three-point line is so fierce that when the two cooperate with the pick-and-roll, Howard cuts down to the inside. The Lakers didn't have time to take care of it, and they didn't have time to block the passing lane in advance, which also allowed Wang Chao's best partner talent to be reused.

Frequent pick-and-roll dunks allowed Howard to score 12 points in the third quarter, including 6 of 3 free throws.

Although Wang Chao played less time in the third quarter, he also scored 7 points. At the end of the third quarter, Wang Chao had scored 39 points.

The Lakers, who have been unable to catch up with the point difference for a long time, are starting to get a little anxious.

Losing this battle of Tianwangshan does not mean that the finals are a complete failure, but the Lakers are bound to be in an extremely disadvantageous situation, and if Wang Chao scored 50+ points in this game, it would be even worse !
要知道目前为止NBA历史上总决赛单场可以得到50+得分的球员也只有5人，分别是艾尔金.贝勒在1962年得到的61分，巴里在1967年得到的55分，乔丹在93年总决赛同样砍下55分，1996年杰里.韦斯特在总决赛得到53分，最后一人是1958年鲍勒.佩蒂特的50分。

未来，还有两人可以达到总决赛单场50分的伟业，分别是2018年总决赛詹姆斯的51分与2021年字母哥阿德托昆博的50分。

To put it bluntly, this honor is an extremely rare and highly valuable honor in the league.

The Lakers certainly don't want Wang Chao to step on them to get such an honor, and now Wang Chao is only 50 points away from 11 points.

"My God! Wang Chao really shot crazy today! If he can score 50 points, he will become the sixth player in history to achieve such a miracle, and he will also be the first player to score 50 points in the finals. + Huaguo players scoring points!"

In the CCTV sports studio, Director Zhang spoke excitedly. "I can't wait for this scene!"

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers' defense against Wang Chao has reached an extreme level.

In addition to Artest following the defense all the way, even Kobe would step forward to help defend and double-team Wang Chao, just to prevent Wang Chao from continuing to score.

But now, Wang Chao himself wants to create this record.

Therefore, he is no longer limited to attacking with the ball on the field. Just like in the past, at critical moments, when the opponent uses the tactics of double-teaming, chasing and intercepting him, Wang Chao's old line of work can often play miraculous effects without the ball!

Especially when the game is in the fourth quarter, usually Wang Chao's long-distance runner talent has at least activated the second stage feature, 5% running speed bonus, plus his speed and agility already reached 93 and 92 , making Wang Chao as fast as a flash of lightning on the field, Artest, who was not particularly maneuverable, couldn't keep up with Wang Chao at all, even Kobe had a hard time keeping up!

At 1 minute and 21 seconds of the fourth quarter, Wang Chao ran out of space to receive a pass from his teammate, and made a 3-point shot one second before Kobe defended. His personal score rose to 42 points.

At 3 minutes and 08 seconds, Wang Chao borrowed his teammate's off-the-ball cover to cut into the basket and catch the ball and pull the rod for a layup. He scored 44 points personally!
At 5 minutes and 18 seconds, Wang Chao fired again from outside the three-point line, 47 points!
For a long time to come, Wang Chao had no chance to score, but the Magic's offense did not stagnate because of this. On the contrary, because of Wang Chao's terrifying offensive power, the Lakers' defense line collapsed, allowing other players to win. An extremely easy scoring opportunity.

The Warriors of the future, intimidated by the outside shooting of the Splash Brothers, will also have the same effect, making some role players in the team often able to play brilliant games on the field. This is not because the Warriors are full of talents on the bench. A lot, but because of the deterrence of Curry and Thompson, the opponents paid too much attention on the defensive end, which made the offense of other players much easier.

Even with the highly targeted defense of the Lakers, Wang Chao managed to score 50+ points.

At 10 minutes and 57 seconds into the game, the Lakers made a mistake in passing the ball and was intercepted by Afflalo to form a fast break. All the players of the Magic team accelerated and rushed to the frontcourt, and then Wang Chao, who came to the corner three-point line, received the ball from his teammates. Pass the ball and hit a three-pointer against Artest's defense, scoring the 50th point of the game!
The Magic cheered thunderously, and countless fans cheered wildly to celebrate this historic scene.

Throughout the history of the Magic, there has never been a player with such explosive scoring ability.

O'Neal didn't, Anfernee Hardaway didn't, and even Tracy McGrady, who won two scoring titles with the Magic, never did.

But now there is, Wang Chao, who they spent a huge amount of money in the summer of 07, has done it!

Before the end of the game, Wang Chao hit a mid-range shot after a pick-and-roll and fixed the score at 52 points. Then the whistle sounded for the end of the game, and the battle of Tianwangshan ended in a very dramatic result.

109:103, the Magic successfully defended their home court, won the key Tianwangshan battle, rewritten the final score to 3:2, and won the match point first.

"Congratulations to the Magic for winning the game. This victory will bring them two match points. As long as they win one of the next two games, they will win the first NBA championship trophy in team history!"

"The Magic team won this game. The outside core player Wang Chao accounted for more than 90% of the credit. It is not an exaggeration to say that. In the whole game, Wang Chao made 29 of 18 shots, 18 of 10 three-pointers, and 6 free throws. 6, scored 52 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists."

"52 points in a single game is also the fifth highest score in the history of the NBA Finals, second only to Baylor, Jordan, Barry and West. It is a great record enough to be recorded in history! Wang Chao proved with his strength that he is the regular season scoring leader The honor is by no means just brushed out, he does have all the characteristics of the league's top scorer, and our Huaguo finally has a super scorer who thought he could rival Jordan Kobe!"

In the slightly excited introduction of CCTV sports commentator Yu Guidance, Huaguo fans were all excited.

ox!It's really awesome!

In fact, Kobe’s performance in this game was not bad. He continued to perform efficiently and scored 33 points. So far in the finals, Kobe’s personal score has never been lower than 30 points. Including this 33 points, the average per game is still There are 35.6 points.

With 52 points in this game, Wang Chao successfully completed the corner overtaking, and surpassed Kobe Bryant with an average of 37.4 points per game to become the series scoring leader!

It's just that Kobe at this time is completely in no mood to think about scoring. With a total score of 2:3, the Lakers are about to step into the bottomless abyss. They can't lose the sixth game no matter what!

With this kind of momentum, the sixth game of the series, after returning to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Lakers showed an extremely tenacious fighting will, won the game abruptly, and evened the score of the finals to 3: 3 levels.

Kobe continued to play at a high level and scored another 36 points. Wang Chao seemed to be in a state of empty blue bars after letting go of his big move in the last game, and his performance was slightly inferior. Not particularly bad.

Only in this way, the score of the two teams came to a 3:3 tie, and the crucial life-and-death battle, the tiebreaker, was about to take place.

Compared with the Lakers, the experience of the Magic's tiebreaker is significantly worse. They only had a tiebreaker with the Celtics in last year's Eastern Conference finals, and other opponents basically won by a big score.

The tie-break means that the strength is too close, and the battle is inextricably linked. The real strong team should rarely have a tie-break.

The most typical example is the most prosperous year of the OK combination of the Lakers, that is, in the 00-01 season, the Lakers swept all the way to win the playoffs 4:0, and they only lost 1 game in the finals throughout the playoffs In the game, the record is an exaggerated 15 wins and 1 loss.

The current version of the Lakers, of course, is far from being able to compete with the peak OK combination. In addition, there are many strong players in the West, so they have played many tie-break games in the past few years, including this season and last season. The Big Three of the Rockets played the tiebreaker.

In terms of experience, the Lakers must have the advantage, but the psychological and home court advantage is with the Magic.

On June 6, the last game of the NBA 20-08 season finals officially began at Amway Arena in Orlando.

The jump ball stage is still Howard's victory.

The Magic carried out the first attack, still playing the most common pick-and-roll tactic of super-magic combinations. After the pick-and-roll, Howard successfully received a pass from Wang Chao and caused a defensive foul by Bynum. He made 2 of 1 free throws and started the game.

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At the NBA headquarters, Stern smiled with satisfaction as he watched the ratings report just reported by his assistant.

The viewership of the tiebreaker between the Lakers and the Magic has successfully exceeded 3000 million!This is the highest rating in the league after the Bulls vs. Jazz in Game 1998 of the Finals in 07, surpassing the ratings of all Finals games during the Lakers OK combination period, and three times the average ratings of the Spurs vs. Cavaliers in [-]. many!
Stern, who saw this data, understood that his decision was correct.

Whether it is the Magic or the Celtics, the ratings will not be low when they enter the finals against the Lakers. Even if it is the Celtics, considering the grievances and hatreds between the Lakers and the Kais over the years, if they reach the tiebreaker, the ratings may not be low. It's a little higher than that.

But what Stern wants to see is not only the super high ratings of a single game, but the long-term sustainable development path.

The Big Three of the Celtics are getting old, and there is not much left of their peak period. Even if they created brilliant ratings in this year's finals, they will basically have nothing to do with them in the next few years.

But Wang Chao and Howard's Magic are different. The two core players are both young and have unlimited potential. Coupled with Kobe's exaggerated fan base in the United States and the world, it will definitely be the traffic code in the next few years!
With his hands behind his back, Stern shook his head slightly with a smile on his face.

"However, they are still too young and need to continue to practice. Michael won his first career championship at the age of 28 and started his legendary road. One more hard-fought failure will make the fruit of victory even sweeter."

And... Kobe's commercial value still has great potential to be tapped. With two consecutive championships or even three consecutive championships in the future, Kobe is very likely to become the second Jordan and create a lot of considerable wealth for the league.

The Magic on the court didn't know at this time that Stern had actually planned the script.

But not long after the game started, Wang Chao was keenly aware of some clues.

The whistle blowing by the referee in this game was rather strange. It was obviously in Orlando, the home court of the Magic, but the whistle was obviously more biased towards the Lakers. Everyone in the ball knows that the same is 5 fouls, and the situation is very different.

Just like the first half of the Magic's first quarter, Howard committed two fouls and had to be replaced by the head coach in advance to avoid the edge.

As a time traveler, Wang Chao, who was well aware of some unspoken rules of the league, immediately realized that the league might have decided who the champion of the finals would be.

Of course, even Stern, the president of the league with great hands and eyes, can't directly control the game, but for the key games between two teams with similar strengths, the bias of the referee's whistle can completely play a decisive role in the direction of the situation. !
For this reason, Wang Chao made a special test and called his teammates to play an elevator door tactic. Sure enough, the referee's whistle sounded immediately, and the Magic team violated the law by moving the pick-and-roll.

"This situation is a bit bad..."

Wang Chao could guess what Stern was thinking.

Kobe has always been a high-quality star promoted by the league during this period of time. He cannot be said to be similar to Jordan but can only be said to have the same playing style, an almost paranoid desire for victory, and a global fan base of 60 billion. Kobe’s capital.

It was a very correct decision for Stern to promote Kobe to become the No.1 in the league during this period.

But from the perspective of being "abandoned", such a result is impossible for anyone to accept.

And as I said before, even if the league intends to praise someone, it doesn't dare to be too blatant. After all, if the fairness of sports competitions is destroyed, the entire NBA league will collapse completely, so the only thing the league can operate is the referee blowing the whistle It's just a matter of strength. If you have enough strength or luck, this level of influence can be completely reversed!
"The pre-determined champion? Why don't I believe in this evil? I want to snatch this championship!"

The league wants Kobe to win?Do I agree?
Due to Howard's early exit, the Magic began to lose ground on the court, and the point difference was gradually widened.

Looking at this situation, the Magic home fans couldn't help but get nervous.

But in this critical situation, Wang Chao broke out suddenly. At the beginning of the second quarter, Wang Chao made a three-pointer from outside the three-point line, and then continued to hold the ball to break through and cause damage, and also assisted his teammates outside the three-point line. Another three-pointer.

In the blink of an eye, not only did they catch up with the point difference, they even established a slight advantage in the score.

The Lakers were a bit stunned by Wang Chao's outburst, and had to call a timeout for adjustment.

But after the timeout, Wang Chao's offense is still sharp. Even if the Lakers double-team Wang Chao, he can find open teammates at critical moments and pass the ball to the opponent.

"How did this guy do it? He didn't observe the players on the field at all just now, but he instantly found a teammate in the blind spot of vision while moving quickly with the ball and completed the pass." Fisher, the main point guard of the Lakers, was puzzled. . "Has his overall view reached the level of Steve (Nash) and Jason (Kidd)?"

Of course, Wang Chao doesn't have such a good passing vision, which is entirely due to bullet time.

In this most critical life-and-death battle, Wang Chao will naturally not be stingy with the use of bullet time. Even if this thing is used too many times, the sequelae of excessive mental energy consumption will be very uncomfortable, but compared with winning the championship, it is simply not worth it. Mention.

In the second quarter, Wang Chao almost single-handedly supported the Magic's offense, and in the third quarter he teamed up with Howard to continue to stabilize the game. Build an edge.

Until the end of the third quarter, the point difference between the two teams was still very close. At 78:76, the Magic trailed by 2 points at home.

However, this result is not without cost.

During the third quarter of the game, Wang Chao had already started to feel slight headaches and mental lethargy due to the excessive use of bullet time. The poor state also affected his performance in the third quarter. If it wasn't for Howard and other players to support the team's offense, the point difference might have been widened.

(End of this chapter)