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Chapter 257 Just Beginning

Basically all the games about the Lakers have their own traffic. There is no way who can make Los Angeles a big city, who can make the Lakers fans rich and rich, there are as many as 60 billion, and who can make the Lakers the defending champion What about the top players in the league!
Although the city where the king is located is relatively small, as a veteran NBA team and an upstart that has risen in recent years, the gorgeous Princeton is still a hot topic of discussion among many basketball fans after dinner. Reason, so there are not many fans who support the Kings, so the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Kings at home naturally attracted the attention of the whole United States and even the world, but the performance of the Lakers in this game is a bit sorry The fans who follow them.

After losing the first home game cleanly, the Lakers, as the No. [-] in the regular season, lost their home court advantage. No home field advantage is definitely an important factor related to who can have the last laugh.

Therefore, after the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the bad-mouthing of the Lakers began to have a market and gradually spread.

On May 2010, 5, the second game of the Western Conference finals, after losing the first game of the series, the next home game, for the Lakers, is a game that absolutely cannot be lost. Two home courts, that is definitely half of the body buried in the pit. Although in the long history of the NBA, there are a few lucky ones who jumped out of the pit, but the probability of this is too low. Some teams that fell behind 18 to 0 were eventually buried in the pit.

So in the second game of the series, the Lakers also made some adjustments. In order to limit Yan Hua's performance on both ends of the offense and defense, Phil Jackson sent Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom's three-inner lineup hopes to use the three-inside lineup to trap Yan Hua and limit Yan Hua.

Although in addition to Yan Hua, the Kings also have two scorers, Kevin Martin and John Salmons, but they are completely different from the Lakers' internal and external dual-core team. The Kings now belong to Yan Hua's team alone. , As long as Yan Hua can be restrained, the King can definitely be restrained. It is already a close to recognized truth, but it is not so easy to lock Yan Hua. In the Western Conference semifinals between the King and the Mavericks, the Mavericks Bulls coach Rick Carlisle tried to use a three-inner lineup, but the final effect was not very satisfactory.

Although Phil Jackson's lineup of three insiders is "fried rice", but because the three insiders of the Lakers are stronger than the three insiders of the Mavericks in terms of overall coordination and personal strength, so the Lakers sent the three insiders. After their "inside three highs", whether it was the Los Angeles audience at the scene or the Lakers fans in front of the TV, they were full of confidence in Phil Jackson's adjustment.

However, this time, Phil Jackson and the top three of the Lakers did not disappoint the fans' expectations and support. Siege, not to mention Yan Hua, even Shaquille O'Neal at his peak, I'm afraid he can't stand it. In addition, the king's outside line in this game collectively feels bad, and the entire first half made 12 three-pointers. 3, and the worse the King's perimeter feels, the stronger the Lakers' encirclement and suppression of Yan Hua will be.

Therefore, the second game of the Western Conference Finals is almost the same as the first game, except that the Lakers and the Kings have turned over. In the last game, the Lakers were rubbed on the ground by the King. It was the king who was hanged and beaten by the Lakers.

"11 points. At the end of the three quarters, we lead by 11 points. It seems that the Kings are just mediocre!"

"That's right, today's game was really enjoyable."

Before the start of this game, the Lakers fans at the Staples Center were very optimistic. After all, after losing a home game, the Lakers have already faced a situation that they must never lose again. In addition, the Lakers no longer know How long has it been since I lost two games in a row at the Staples Center, so for the second game of the Western Conference Finals, all fans who support the Lakers are very optimistic and very relaxed.

However, no matter how optimistic the fans are, no matter how confident they are in the Lakers, they never imagined that today's game will be so smooth. From the first quarter, the King who rubbed the Lakers on the ground in the last game was hanged by the Lakers Get up, and there is no power to fight back. From the first minute of the opening to the end of the third quarter, the Kings did not lead even once in the whole process.

Therefore, when Yan Hua fell into the siege of the Lakers' three towers and couldn't extricate himself, and the King's outside line continued to "bang bang bang", the Lakers fans at the scene became more optimistic, and they were even more optimistic about the prospects of the entire series. They are also more optimistic, because in their view, the Lakers have found a strategy to limit Yan Hua, and have found a tactic to deal with the Kings. As for the next victory, it is not a matter of course.

And when the game entered the fourth quarter, after the king's outside line group still couldn't find the touch, the result of this game had already been settled. With Yan Hua being crazy double-teamed by the Lakers' inside three towers, the king's few An outside line made 18 of 5 three-pointers. There was no way inside, and the outside line couldn't make a shot. What can I use to win?

"The series has just begun." When the game ended and the Lakers defeated the Kings 95-81 at home, they scored 21 points, 10 rebounds and 28 assists on 5 of 7 shots. Kobe Bryant shook his fist fiercely at Yan Hua who was going off the court.

For the results of this round of the series, Kobe has always been full of confidence, not only because the Lakers are the defending champions and one of the strongest teams in the current league, but there is also a very important reason, that is, Kobe wants to be in the league. Win the Celtics once in the final.

Because for Kobe who is very competitive, Kobe must win back any opponent he has lost, no matter who that person is or who the team is, in this season's playoffs, When the Lakers and the Suns met in the semifinals, facing Steve Nash, who had a good personal relationship with him, the Lakers led by Kobe swept the Suns 4-0 without shame. Why?Because the Suns once eliminated the Lakers in the playoffs, and it was a reversal when the Lakers took a 3-1 lead, so after losing to the Celtics in the finals last season, Kobe has been looking for opportunities , hoping to win the Celtics once in the finals.

As for the king, Kobe admitted that Yan Hua is strong and the king is not weak, but in Kobe's heart, the young king is not enough to challenge the Lakers' supremacy.

When Kobe was staring at Yan Hua, Yan Hua, who was leaving the field, also looked at Kobe's position in a very tacit understanding. After the four eyes met, Yan Hua didn't care whether Kobe could hear him or not, and looked at him who was staring at him. Kobe said, "See you in Sacramento!"

(End of this chapter)