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Chapter 367 See You in Los Angeles
On the way back to the apartment, Li Yue also saw WOJ's revelation, so he took the idea of ​​seeing his teammates' reactions, and posted screenshots of the Twitter content to the team chat group. All the teammates questioned the authenticity of WOJ's revelation, because LeBron has After the live broadcast decision event in 10, important information such as his personal decision is no longer easily released to the public unless the matter has been decided.

However, the Lakers also made predictions, and finally agreed that if LeBron really joins the Warriors, the Warriors will become the Lakers' strong enemy, and the situation in the Eastern Conference will be completely reshuffled, and the Western Conference will be strong and the winter will be weak.

But right now, we should pay more attention to the remaining games. Defending the title is the top priority, so there is no need to think too much.

On the morning of the [-]th, the entire Lakers team gathered at Los Angeles International Airport and departed for Miami.

Because the finals system was changed from 232 to 22111, after the two teams played G2, they only got one day off. The Lakers arrived at [-] pm and went to the training hall for shooting training without stopping, which was limited to shooting training.

In the evening, the coaching staff headed by D'Antoni sat down to the two elevators on the team's hotel floor with stools in hand. It was strictly forbidden for any players to go to nightclubs or other entertainment venues, and any personal affairs were handled through the staff.

It is very strict, and it can even be said to restrict personal freedom, but the whole team has no complaints.

Nick Yang even canceled the regular program of playing video games and stayed in the room for meditation recovery instead.Players whose playing time in the playoffs such as Beasley and Marshall have plummeted, insisted on various preparations, and did not feel that they would not appear.

However, Nash was troubled by injuries and did not play in the entire playoffs. After arriving in Miami, he took on the team's tactical design task, simulated various emergencies, explained to the whole team one by one, and worked overtime until the early hours of the morning.

At [-] pm on the [-]th, the entire Lakers team arrived at the American Airlines Center, home of the Heat.

After the shooting practice, the local reporter asked Li Yue what he thought of the WOJ revelations. Li Yue refused to answer, and also refused to answer the reporter's question about LeBron's performance in the first two games, which made the atmosphere of the interview rigid for a while.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to the locker room, he received a text message from Taylor, asking whether the "Miami Sportsman" report was true. He clicked on the webpage link out of curiosity, and suddenly saw a message titled "Li Yue Thinks LeBron Is Not Worthy" Mention" article.

Without carefully reading the details, he directly notified Taylor to sue "Athletic Miami" for defamation, then put down his phone and went to take a shower, began to think about the game, and discussed with the coaching staff how to avoid foul trouble.

In the previous two games, he, Kobe and Iguodala had encountered serious foul problems, many of which were caused by referees wanting to control the court. This time G3 is bound to be more fierce at the Heat's home court, and it must be the primary issue. solve.

After discussion and discussion, everyone found that there was no way, at most, to reduce the frequency of hand interference during defense, but that would seriously affect the team's offensive and defensive rhythm, and the previous attempt to change the defensive strategy against LeBron clearly proved that it was not advisable.

In the end, the whole team made a unified decision to play as they wanted, but the protest had to be stronger than before, lest the referee think that the situation was completely in control, and they could play whatever they wanted, which would make it more difficult to deal with later.

At 3 o'clock, the Heat and the Lakers will officially hold Game [-]. American Airlines Arena still has a large area of ​​vacancies. Except for LeBron and his close friends, no big names are present to watch the game. Even the big fan Rihanna arrived after the opening.

In the first quarter of the game, the Lakers deliberately controlled the rhythm and played steadily every time they attacked. Except for Kobe who made 4 of 1 shots, the others made 15 of 11 shots, but many of them came from Kobe's assists. The team scored 32 points in a single quarter.

The Heat did not improve their feel because they returned to the home court. The team scored 20 of 6 and only scored 19 points in total.

During the break between festivals, Li Yue noticed that more audiences had left the stage, and Rihanna was playing with her mobile phone boredly.

In the second quarter of the game, the Lakers encountered foul trouble as expected, especially Li Yue. If the defensive end moved a little more, the referee whistle would sound. The Heat took the opportunity to play and scored 33 points in a single quarter. .

Fortunately, the two veteran players of the Lakers Kobe Bryant and Gasol played bravely, and the team scored 29 points in a single quarter.

Back from the half-time break, the two teams fell into a defensive melee, and the referee whistled intensively.

For some reason, LeBron didn't feel anything, and he made 6 of 1 shots in a single quarter, while Chalmers and Wade made 12 of 6 shots.But Kobe was troubled by fouls and only played for 5 minutes. Li Yue and Iguodala did not take much lead. The Lakers led 26 to 23 in a single quarter and entered the fourth quarter with a 12-point advantage. On the contrary, the audience increased considerably. few.

Unexpectedly, Kobe and Li Yue received 4 fouls in a row shortly after the opening of the fourth quarter, and the overall defensive power of the Lakers was greatly reduced. Fortunately, LeBron still failed to find the touch, only 5 of 1 shots, and 2 errors occurred.

In this way, the Heat never narrowed the point difference to single digits, and the Lakers won 114-104.

After the game, Li Yue browsed Twitter and found that a Lakers fan had prepared a championship banner to pick him up at the airport. The major casinos in Las Vegas closed the games related to the Heat's victory. The major media began to predict whether Li Yue could win the unanimous FMVP.

According to the schedule, the two teams still only have one day to rest, and the Lakers prepared as if they had never won.

"Miami Sportsman" publicly apologized, and Li Yue accepted Taylor's suggestion to abandon the lawsuit, but a reporter from Boston issued an article to "remind" the major media that Li Yue was difficult to get along with and couldn't take a joke, suggesting that FMVP vote for Kobe.

Such a proposal was responded by many "media people" and "fair" fans, and even became a hot topic on Twitter. There were many voices supporting voting for Kobe. Some even thought that Li Yue was still young and should take the initiative to give up.

Li Yue himself, Kobe Bryant, as well as the Lakers officials and those closely cooperating media are all involved in this matter.

On the night of NO.12, the Lakers went to the American Airlines Center to continue to challenge the Heat.

Unexpectedly, although there were no big-name fans, the American Airlines Center was full, and many fans even wore Lakers jerseys. In an interview, they bluntly said that they were here to witness the Lakers defending the championship.

But no one expected that in the first round of the game, Li Yue got an offensive foul, and Kobe was also fouled consecutively. The two got a total of 4 fouls in a single quarter. to 5 points.

Gasol and Landry also got 1 foul respectively. The Lakers team was restricted in various ways and only scored 15 points in the first quarter. Although the Heat only shot 31.7%, they led by 27 points with a large number of shots.

In the second quarter, the referee overcorrected. The Lakers had only 2 fouls in total, but LeBron walked, Wade raised his elbow to clear the way, Bosh grabbed a rebound and pushed someone. The two teams tied at 28.

When he returned to the locker room at halftime, D'Antoni was so angry that he would appeal even if he won the game. But thinking that this was probably ordered by the league, he immediately choked speechlessly and honestly analyzed the gains and losses and arranged tactics.

In the third quarter of the game, adhering to the idea that the referee might want the players to decide the game, the Lakers stepped up their efforts on the defensive end, but the referee returned to the first quarter. Li Yue, Iguodala, Landry The three had a total of 6 fouls, so that although the Heat were completely inaccurate, they only narrowed the difference by 1 point in a single quarter, and entered the fourth quarter with 11 points behind.

The whole team just smiled at this. After all, they were psychologically prepared and knew that this was the Heat's home court advantage.

What made them unprepared was that after the start of the fourth quarter, Landry fouled three times and was expelled from the game. Kobe also complained about a technical foul and gave the Heat a point for nothing.

Li Yue appeared on the stage with anger, hit 3 three-pointers in a row, was blocked and pushed one after another, and was also expelled from the field. Although Kobe stood up and hit back frequently, he was unable to support himself and could not further narrow the point difference.

Li Yue stood at the end of the player tunnel and watched the last second. The Lakers regretted losing 96-100. Facing the "Miami Sportsman" reporter's question with a smile on his face, he sternly said, "See you in Los Angeles."

(End of this chapter)