In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 178 Finals opponent Lakers

The Blazers moved back to an away game, which kept the suspense of the Western Conference finals. Back at home, they used a shark-slashing tactic against O'Neal. O'Neal made 10 of 3 free throws and 17 of 7 in the game. Kobe scored 17 of 24 and scored a game-high 12 points, but still could not prevent the Blazers from equalizing the score, because Bonzi Wells scored 33 points on the bench. It is the score that all the Lakers' substitutes get.

The pressure came to the Lakers. Whether they could break through from the west became the focus of everyone's attention, but Zhang Tian was not included in that person, because Zhang Tian knew the Lakers would win when he saw the list of referees for Game [-]. .

The referee's name is Dick Bavita, and the win rate of calling off the Lakers this season is as high as 70.00%. How can you make the opponent lose.

Mike Dunleavy tasted the sweetness of shark hacking, and continued to hack sharks in the seventh game. As a result, O'Neal handed over 12 of 8 answers. The Blazers failed to hack sharks. Sid scored a game-high 13 points, but it was far less deadly than Kobe's alley-oop to O'Neal at the critical moment of the fourth quarter.

Excluding O'Neal's 12 free throws, Kobe also had 12 free throws, while the Trail Blazers in the away game only had 16 free throws, not as many as Kobe alone.So after this wonderful hand-to-hand battle, countless Trail Blazers fans turned into football hooligans and began to make trouble at the Staples Center. They could not tolerate the team they supported being eliminated in this way.

If O'Neal got 24 free throws, the Blazers would definitely not have such complaints, but why is Kobe, a third-year student, although he is improving every season, and with the support of Stern, he was able to enter the All-Star, But this cannot be equated with his strength and star whistle at all. He is not the peak Mamba behind him. Now his status in the team is a little higher than other tool players, and he is quite far from the star whistle. Yes, but Shenxingtaibao gave Kobe 12 free throws in this game, which is really outrageous, at least in the eyes of Trail Blazers fans.

"The Oregonian" wrote an article with "Bavita sent the Lakers to the finals" to vent their anger, but there is no point in being angry. Disintegrated.

Dale Davis, who was traded to the Trail Blazers by the Pacers, was full of resentment towards his old club. In this city of tears, he couldn’t feel any warmth, because the atmosphere in the locker room was too weird, and everyone was helping each other. The faction is not so much that the Blazers were defeated by Baveta's whistle, but that they were actually disintegrated internally. When the Lakers were chasing points in the fourth quarter, Sabonis actually had a chance to cause trouble for O'Neal in the low post. But at that time the ball was completely out of his hands, and the number of times the roof of the world touched the ball in the entire fourth quarter was pitiful.He once again became a poor background board. This Lithuanian fell on the stage of the finals for two consecutive years. Compared with Elgin Baylor, he was lucky, at least he did not fall on the stage of the finals consecutively. .Maybe winning so many runner-ups is also a kind of strength.

Sabonis didn't want to be a king of fried fish, so he came to the NBA as an older rookie. This dream place, but time has passed, and he is no longer the all-around center he was in the [-] Olympics. The most important thing is the US team. If it is the host of Bangzi, they will never win a medal. For details, please refer to the light heavyweight final of Roy Jones Jr.

However, for the Lakers, reaching the finals is their dream. Since the magician retired, they have not entered the finals for almost ten years, and without the Lakers in the finals, Stern always felt that something was missing. Although the Bulls' two and three consecutive championships in the 90s can be described as invincible, but when the Bulls dynasty disintegrated, NBA ratings seemed to become a big problem again. Last year's finals explained everything. That finals was completely second-year The performance of giving birth to Duncan alone is not a finals at all.

So this year's finals, Stern is looking forward to it. Whether O'Neal creates his own history or the Pacers create their own team history is a very exciting thing.

It was the first time the Lakers and Pacers met in the Finals. The Celtics played the most against the Lakers. Unfortunately, the Hulk is still in decline. After Auerbach left the general manager position, the entire Boston sky also It seems to cast a shadow.

After Phil Jackson finished the tiebreaker with the Trail Blazers, he began to study the Pacers game.

"You see, there are traces of Zhang's breakthrough. Usually after the breakthrough, he will be used to making mid-range shots from the left or right waist, and then go to the elbow area and the short corner area to attack again. And although it seems that this guy's two hands are very balanced, in fact, he walks more than his right hand, so in the game against the Pacers, don't give him too much left, let him go to the right as much as possible Activity."

Phil Jackson took out the tactical blueprint he had drawn after watching the video and showed it to the assistant coaches and players. O'Neal looked at this ghostly thing, not at all interested, and now his mind is full of his second scoring. Will it be the finals?As for Zhang Tian, ​​he doesn't seem to be something he should consider.

"Phil, don't be so nervous. We're all in the finals. We're the favorites for the championship. Just leave it to Mr. Key."

O'Neal also patted Kobe on the shoulder in a friendly manner. Kobe has completely entered the state in the next few Western Conference finals, and he indeed has the shadow of his peak at critical moments. If there is a chance, he still shoots. This is where he is better than Glen Rice. At critical moments, Glen Rice is often replaced by Zen Master and replaced by Rick Fox or Brian Shaw.This young outside player who is highly expected by the logo man will leave the City of Angels this season if nothing else, because the logo man will also leave.

"What Shaq said is very good. Kobe's defense is good, but don't forget that the Pacers are different from any team we have played against before. They have the most terrifying perimeter combination in the league. If Kobe goes to mark Zhang Tian , What about Reggie Miller, so I think the lineup needs to be adjusted, with Rick starting and Glenn coming off the bench."

(End of this chapter)