super legend

Chapter 261 2:0 Spurs!

In the playoffs of 05, unbelievable events continued to happen. There was a certain gap between the Lakers and the Spurs.

It was the key figure Sun Zhuo who caused all this to happen. In the first quarter, he was almost omnipotent, his offense was unstoppable, and he also grabbed a lot of rebounds, which made many people forget who the boss of the Lakers was once again.

Popovich was really anxious at the beginning. From the beginning of the series to the present, his mentality has changed a lot. He originally thought that there would be no suspense in the outcome, and let the players teach the Lakers a lesson, but it ended in two games. The Spurs can't beat the Lakers, which is too difficult for him to accept.

"Do you all want to start a vacation so much? Then let's just let the Lakers sweep us 4-0. After the season is over, when you go home to face your family and friends, won't you feel ashamed?! The opponent is the Lakers, The Lakers whose dynasty has collapsed!"

Popovich didn't entirely blame the players, he himself felt powerless in the face of Sun Zhuo.

In fact, Popovich and the Spurs don't need to be too nervous. Although the Lakers are leading now, Sun Zhuo has almost used all the bugs he has. In the next three quarters, he will have no bugs to use. In this way, Sun Zhuo's threat is much smaller. As long as the Spurs are patient and slowly chase points, it is not a problem at all to overtake.

Sun Zhuo also knew this very well.

"My BUG has been fully used in the first quarter, and I can no longer control the situation like the first quarter. Once the Spurs catch up, we will be over."

Sun Zhuo's secret is not known to others, they thought Sun Zhuo would continue to go crazy, including Kobe.

"If this goes on like this, it really becomes Sun Zhuo's team. Damn it, how can he always bring the rhythm." Kobe was very jealous of Sun Zhuo.

The second quarter started soon, and everyone had a different mood. The Spurs deserved to be a well-trained team like an army. In this case, they still didn't get impatient, didn't fight randomly, and chased points a little bit. This is Popovich If the Spurs were coached by a rookie coach, if they lost the first game and were abused in the first quarter of the second game, they would probably have been beaten long ago. At that time, even if Sun Zhuo has no bugs to use, he can still Use the psychological advantage you build to beat your opponent.

At the end of the second quarter, the Spurs had caught up to only two points.

During the halftime break, Frank Hamblen, acting Lakers coach, saw that Sun Zhuo was no longer in good condition, and began to worry a lot. In the locker room, he seemed to have only Sun Zhuo in his eyes, and kept asking Sun Zhuo questions.

"Sun, how do you feel now? The Spurs are getting more and more aggressive on your defense, can you still hold on? Should we give you more opportunities to play back in the low post? Is your physical energy consumed quickly? I think you grabbed a few rebounds in the second quarter, some of which I thought you could get the ball but didn't."

Hamblen's voice made both Sun Zhuo and Kobe feel uncomfortable. Sun Zhuo couldn't answer Hamblen and couldn't explain why he didn't continue to be crazy in the second quarter, while Kobe felt that Hamblen's eyes Only Sun Zhuo completely forgot Kobe, the biggest leader.

"My state has declined very quickly, and I will try to get it back slowly, but now, let me do something like the first quarter, I think it is very difficult, we still have to rely on Kobe to continue to maintain the score .” Sun Zhuo said.

It wasn't until Sun Zhuo said this that Hamblen turned his attention to Kobe and asked, "Kobe, how is your condition?"

"I'm in a bad state!" Kobe replied, and he stopped looking at Hamblen. Everyone knew he was angry.

Hamblen understood Kobe's emotions, so why didn't he know that the Lakers were Kobe's team?However, everyone has their own interests. Hamblen knows that he is only a temporary coach. Both serve as assistant coaches. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him. If the Lakers win this series when no one is optimistic about the Lakers, how much will this improve Hamblon's achievements?
Hamblen clearly knows that the person who can help him realize this "dream" is not Kobe, but Sun Zhuo, whom no one can see through.

Sun Zhuo had used up all the bugs in the first two quarters, and he could no longer use them. At this time, he felt resigned to his fate. He knew that if the Spurs pressed hard, he would no longer be able to compete with the Spurs.

"Do you want 1:1?"

If the series is 1:1, it is a very normal result, and the Lakers still make money, because these two games are the Spurs' home games, but for teams with a certain gap in strength, the difference between home and away games is actually not very big.

The most important thing is that Sun Zhuo doesn't have a repeat challenge card now. Once he loses again, he can no longer rewrite the score.

And no one expected that in the third quarter, when the Spurs were about to overtake strongly, Kobe exploded!
"Fuck him, this idiot Frank, he is so old-fashioned that he pays so much attention to Sun's feelings and ignores me. If Sun leads when he is good in this game, and loses when he is not, everyone The sense of existence to me has decreased again, and now he is not in good condition, it is my chance to prove myself!"

Kobe used his speed to constantly invade the Spurs' basket, causing trouble for the Spurs. A terrifying black mamba woke up. With complete control, the Black Mamba can always circle around, confuse the Spurs, and score in offensive ways that opponents can't imagine.

After three quarters, the Spurs still did not overtake!
"This game has a chance to win!" Sun Zhuo's original desperate play had an unexpected effect.

Sun Zhuo knew that Kobe was so crazy, partly because of himself, so Sun Zhuo used some tricks to make Kobe continue to maintain this kind of anger and aggression.

The fourth quarter of G2 became the craziest quarter of Kobe's career playoffs.

"Shaq, Eric, that's enough, one after another is coming to steal my light, I'm done!"

The grievances with O'Neal over the years, coupled with Sun Zhuo's outstanding performance this season, gave Kobe a fighting spirit that he had never wanted to prove himself.

Michael Jordan said that as long as the desire is strong enough, anything can be done, and Kobe has now proved that his desire has reached an unprecedented peak.

In the fourth quarter, Kobe scored 16 points alone, but the Spurs were too strong. With 7 seconds left before the end of the game, the Lakers were still two points behind, and the Spurs still had the ball.

The Spurs sent the ball out of bounds, and the Lakers would not give them time to waste. When Parker just received the serve, Sun Zhuo immediately hit him from the other side. Parker fell to the ground, but the referee didn't call. Sun Zhuo grabbed the ball strongly and was quickly caught. Double-teamed, Sun Zhuo immediately gave the ball to Kobe, Kobe went to the basket alone, faced multiple defenses, completed a layup, tied the score at the last moment, and dragged into overtime.

In overtime, the Spurs' good feel for the whole game finally stopped, giving the Lakers a chance to maintain the score, and at the last moment, Kobe hit another lore!

Relying on Kobe's incredible performance in the last fourth quarter and overtime, the Lakers actually won the Spurs again!

"Isn't this the double play against the Suns in 06?" Sun Zhuo was very surprised. Others have never seen Kobe like this, but Sun Zhuo has seen it.

In the 06 playoffs, facing the Suns, Kobe first steals the tie in the fourth quarter, and then kills the opponent in overtime. Sun Zhuo was very impressed by this scene.

Unexpectedly, what Kobe was going to do in 06 was actually done a year earlier, against the Spurs.

"Win! Win! We won again!" Odom jumped excitedly on Kobe, and everyone flocked to Kobe. Kobe has completed his self-proving, and he has once again become the most trusted leader of his teammates and the most feared opponent. nightmare.

After the game, Kobe also hugged Sun Zhuo tightly. Kobe said to Sun Zhuo: "You completed the most critical steal, well done! We can win this series!"

Kobe's performance has surpassed Sun Zhuo, so he can face Sun Zhuo more comfortably.

No one expected, including Sun Zhuo himself, that the Lakers could lead the Spurs 2-0, and the Spurs played both games at home!
Although the overall strength of the Lakers is not as good as that of the Spurs, and although Sun Zhuo no longer has a repeat challenge card, the Lakers may not be unable to win this series if they win two games first!
"I have been telling Yao Ming and McGrady that the Rockets are leading the Mavericks 2-0 now, and it is home again. As long as you play hard and play every game to the end, it is definitely not a problem to win the series! And now, our Lakers It turned out to be exactly the same situation as the Rockets! In the next two home games, as long as we can grasp and win the next game, once we get the match point, what about the Spurs!!"

Sun Zhuo is not sure that he can win the championship, because he does not have a repeat challenge card, but in this series, Sun Zhuo feels that he has a chance to win!

After the game, at the Spurs media meeting, Popovich was interviewed.

No one has ever seen Popovich so depressed. He seemed to be a few years older all of a sudden. A famous teacher of a generation, one of the greatest coaches in the NBA, Sun Zhuo was tossed like this during the two years since he entered the NBA...

"Please comment on the first two games of this series. Before the start of the series, everyone was unanimously optimistic about the Spurs, but now the Spurs have lost two games in a row at home. Where did the problem come from? What do you think is the current winning percentage of the Spurs in the series? How much more?" The reporter's question was stabbed at Popovich word by word like a knife, Popovich had never been so uncomfortable with the media, he didn't want to talk to the reporter, but he had to do it, An explanation must be given to all Spurs fans.

Popovich pondered for a long time facing the camera. After that, he didn't say why the Spurs lost two games in a row, nor did he say how unpredictable the strength of the Lakers was. He only said: "If I lose this series, I will Resign and no longer serve as head coach of the Spurs."

One sentence caused a thousand waves in the NBA league!
"Sun and Kobe actually forced the champion coach to resign voluntarily! God, he is Popovich, not an ordinary coach!"

"Is the combination of Sun and Kobe really that strong? They don't have the chemical reaction between Jordan and Pippen. Popovich shouldn't need to worry too much."

After hearing Popovich's words, Sun Zhuo was also shocked. It seems that in Popovich's heart, losing to the rebuilding Lakers is an absolutely unacceptable thing. Sun Zhuo knows that Popovich is not Just talking, but he will not be merciful in the next game because of Popovich's words, especially Kobe.

The next day, April 4, the Rockets-Mavs series ushered in Game 28.

At the Houston Rockets' home court, McGrady chewed gum and practiced casually before the game. He still felt good. He still remembered Sun Zhuo's suggestions and provocations to the Rockets.

"Sun actually thought that we would be overtaken by the Mavericks when we were leading 2:0. Sun also underestimated us. Now they are leading the Spurs 2:0. In my opinion, they should be most worried about whether their team will be reversed. Bar."

McGrady has now won two games in a row, and he has performed brilliantly in both games. He will not listen to Sun Zhuo's advice. After the third game, McGrady has not been so serious. They are very cautious and continue to build up their lead.

But McGrady's scoring ability is still terrible. Judging from the confrontation with Nowitzki, McGrady can only win every game without losing, which increases his self-confidence.

Yao Ming really got whistled a bit badly this time, but fortunately Yao Ming was mentally prepared and didn't let himself get sent off.

In this game, three of the Mavericks scored more than 20 points. Stackhouse, who came off the bench, performed well, scoring 22 points, and finally helped the Mavericks win the third game against the Rockets.

After the game, McGrady was still full of confidence in the interview with reporters: "It's nothing, we only lost one game, I will not let Sun's prediction succeed, we will never be overturned, I promise."

McGrady didn't say these words last year. Sun Zhuo's words always exist in McGrady's mind, which is a good thing.

Another day later, on the last day of April, the Lakers returned to their home court and ushered in their third game against the Spurs.

Before the game, the Lakers gave the most enthusiastic applause to the Lakers players. Everyone knows what level their opponents are, and it is really not easy to win a complete away game.

"I want to prove that without O'Neal, the Lakers can still win the championship with me alone!" Kobe knew this series, and O'Neal was also watching, and O'Neal must especially expect Kobe to lose the series.

The Spurs were originally low-key and dull, but this time they were like logs. Everyone came to the Staples Center with a deadpan face, which was scary. Sun Zhuo knew what Popovich said. After that, everyone was serious, very serious.

Before the game, Sun Zhuo greeted Popovich once.

"I didn't expect that you also like to gamble, and the bet is so big, how can the Spurs live without you?"

"If I lose to you again, even if you don't say anything, I don't think I am qualified to be the head coach of the Spurs anymore. Sun, you put a nail in the chair where my head coach sits. That nail It looks very small, but I tried to take it off several times, but I couldn't get it off, but I will not give up on removing it, no matter what method I use."

"I'm just like you, and I will do whatever it takes. That seat is the place where I must pass at my destination. It's a pity that you blocked it."

(End of this chapter)