Basketball myth

Chapter 165 The next round of opponents

May 98th, 5.The weather outside the arena is great!The atmosphere of the Lakers' home fans is even stronger!
The Lakers collectively watched the last life-and-death battle between the Jazz and the Rockets in their arena!In the original history, Barkley was injured in the Rockets' Game 4!There is no way to finish your own game!
The injury at such a critical moment caused the Rockets' hearts to be messed up all of a sudden!At the moment of Game 4, the Jazz seized this opportunity and won Game 4 in one fell swoop!Then in the life-and-death battle of Game 5, the Rockets lost the game completely helpless!

If Barkley hadn't been injured, who would have been the champion that year?Of course, there is no if, and there is no such if in this world!Only Barkley was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers by Thomas!

The Rockets have a crazy player like Nick Van Exel, which further strengthens their confidence!The fourth game against the Jazz was fought to the end!Although we still lost the game!
What happened to Barkley on the Lakers was different!Barkley's playing time in the Lakers was greatly reduced by Thomas, and Thomas arranged for each game to play no more than 20 minutes!Any physical condition is also followed up by the team doctor, there is no risk of injury at all!

Whether Thomas can win the final victory in the end, Barkley is a very important factor!For Thomas, once Barkley is injured, it is an obstacle that Thomas cannot overcome!

Even in the playoffs against the Timberwolves, under the mandatory requirements of Thomas, as well as tactical arrangements, the combined playing time of Kevin and Barkley did not exceed 45 minutes!

In the end, the Lakers swept the Timberwolves with a score of 3-0!Thomas completed his debut perfectly!Also accomplished my goal!

The same Lakers opponent also appeared!San Antonio Spurs!

The game between the Spurs and the Suns is the best saying in the world if you get inside!

These two teams also played the last life-and-death game, thanks to the trade between the Suns and the Lakers!Campbell has no chance with the Lakers, but in a team like the Suns that doesn't have strong interior defense!He still played an irreplaceable role!Even the savior of the Suns in some games, because it was Campbell who restricted David's scoring in the 4th game, which delayed the Suns' failure to the final game!

What a pity!The world has changed!Duncan is not the original Duncan who is still a little immature!In the last life-and-death battle, Duncan scored 30 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks in a dominant performance!Overwhelmed the Suns' inside defense in one fell swoop!

In the last game, the Suns also did their best, Nash and Kidd played at the same time!He began to strengthen his outside scoring ability, but unfortunately, the cooperation between the two of them is that 1+1 is less than 2!
Both players have not yet reached their peak period, and they both have to attack with the ball to exert their full power!Moreover, the complete defeat of the inside line made the Suns' outside line have a lot of worries when they broke through. Such a hit rate can be imagined!
In the final Suns' outside line, the main force scored 30 points while the main force's inside line added up to 23 points. There was no one player on the bench who could stand up. In the end, the Spurs won with a score of 100 to 88. !

Of course, the results of the Lakers and Spurs did not surprise anyone!

The Spurs may have used 9% of their strength, but how much did the Lakers use?No one knows except Thomas and some Lakers players!Such a situation cannot be hidden from some coaches who pay special attention to the Lakers!Because, in such a game, the Lakers didn't reveal any of their advantages and of course their weaknesses!
The Lakers used their strongest points, O'Neal and Hill, to slowly consume all the spirit of resistance of the Timberwolves!Then, it was natural to win. Although it was still a triangle offense, the Lakers didn't reveal anything else!
It feels like the Lakers are using the coach's arrangement to win the victory!Um!It feels very inconsistent!It feels like the Lakers didn't use their strength!
Um!Let's go back to the life and death battle of the Jazz!Although they will have to face a strong team like the Sonics in the future, for the Lakers, the Jazz's exit is the best result!
What a pity!Karl Malone is showing off his power!Malone, who scored 31 points and 15 rebounds, overwhelmed the exhausted Olajuwon and Drexler!Nick's offense was completely out of focus by Stockton who was concentrating on it, and he even wanted to do it!Anyway, Stockton also scored 12 assists!5 steals left!
The Jazz won with a score of 90 to 76!The Jazz finally showed their true abilities in the final battle of life and death!Start showing your ambitions!

Watching such a game, the Lakers couldn't be calm for a long time!
Thomas looked at these Lakers players and just said softly, "Do you know how powerful the Jazz are? Is this your first time facing such a Jazz team? You already have the answer in your heart! You know, This team is not the most ruthless team in the league! And that god!"

The players looked at each other in blank dismay, seeing that the coach did not speak!say what?
"Why don't you have confidence in yourself? Tell me! Have your goals changed? If not, prepare for the game against the Spurs! If you lose to the Spurs first, you will have no tickets for the Western Conference Finals !"

When the players pack up their things and prepare to leave and have a good rest for a day, you must know that they have already trained harshly for 3 days!When the players were about to leave, Thomas said behind them!
"Remember! My pressure is the biggest one! Once I lose the game, I will lose everything! Before I show despair, you'd better not think about such a thing! I saw Jazz Team game, such a performance, without any negative emotions! I just look forward to the game against the Jazz! I look forward to the day when we shock the entire league! More importantly, we will be the final victors !" Thomas' voice was not that loud, but every player had heard it!

yes!We are already strong!We are no longer afraid of any opponent!We are the Lakers!

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May 5th!The Lakers meet the Spurs' challenge at their home court!
The Spurs are strong this season!It can be said that a rookie changed a team, and more importantly, the twin towers formed with David raised the Spurs' inside defense to the highest level!

However, in other words, the Spurs have somewhat failed Duncan's strength!Because the Spurs' perimeter is definitely not at the playoff level in the league!Especially when small forward Sean Elliott is injured and unable to play the game!
The outside line of the Spurs is even more worrying!
In this game, the main players of the Lakers are Fisher, Kobe, Hill, Barkley, and O'Neal.The cautious Thomas still sent out his own twin tower lineup!
Because Thomas doesn't want to underestimate everything about his teacher!
Sending Barkley up is aimed at David. You know, when Barkley was the strongest, he was competing with the Spurs for the Western Conference championship!And it was Barkley who stepped on David to reach the finals!

O'Neill and Duncan have an undeniable hatred in this world!Um!Such a duel attracted everyone's attention!
The main force of the Spurs is Duncan. By the way, when the current Spurs are at home, the last player to play has become Duncan!
Center David, guard Avery Johnson (the future coach of the Mavericks, um! No need to introduce), guard Vinidnagro, (um! I don’t know if you have any impression of him, Reeves’ previous Clippers Head coach, the head coach of the Bulls before Tom Thibodeau! Well! Surprised! Me too!) Center Wilperdo!

It seems that Bobo has already anticipated that his defense inside is weak!Another use of three center forward tactics!
　Thank you Gao Songcheng and Xiaojiang for your support!
　　
　
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