Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 68 Who's Undercover
Returning to the home court, the Kings put up a tenacious resistance, and Adelman regained his old skill of national defense, using all the tricks such as pressing, double-teaming, and hacking sharks.

The king, who has always been gorgeous, suddenly changed to playing Spurs-style basketball, which stunned the audience and made the Lakers a little overwhelmed for a while.Christie clung to Kobe, Divac showed his acting skills in front of O'Neal, and Stojakovic would often let go of Jackson and use his height to double-team the Lakers inside.

As soon as the number of fouls is reached, a group of substitutes will come on stage and start slashing sharks crazily.The king fought with his back and gave everything he had.

The offensive end relies on the personal offense of Bibby and Webber and the random shooting of Bobby Jackson on the bench, while Divac reduces the high-post support and does more for Bibby and Christie. Passing the ball, under the cover of his moving Great Wall, the rookie Arenas missed several times, allowing Christie to steal a lot of points.

In the first three quarters, the Kings have been suppressing the Lakers. If it weren't for Stojakovic's offensive collapse, the point difference might have reached double digits long ago.

But in the fourth quarter, the situation changed suddenly.

As a synonym for versatility and flamboyance, Webber is undoubtedly one of the top power forwards, but the problem of the Kings is his problem to some extent. He lacks a decisive killer. People's inside lines form effective kills, and they can only float outside to shoot.

After fighting for the entire game, the overall shooting feel of the Kings has declined. In the fourth quarter, there were no sports scores for 4 minutes, especially Stojakovic. As a sharp shooter, his three-pointer actually appeared Three do not stick to such an outrageous situation.

Bibby did nothing under Kobe's close marking. The helpless King could only rely on Webber to bite the bullet and hit the inside to make free throws to support him. In the end, the Lakers reversed the game, 88 to 92, and the King lost a good game at home.

Stojakovic was like sleepwalking, making 7 of 0 three-pointers, scoring 5 points and 3 rebounds.Become the target of criticism by the media.

0 to 3 behind, basically declared the king's season is over.

In the fourth game, relying on Bibby's brave performance and Stojakovic's short-term recovery, the Kings pulled back a game 108 to 99.

Returning to Los Angeles, the Lakers did not give the Kings any more chances. After completing a dunk, the scene where O'Neal walked overlordly and spat trash on the Kings bench was edited by the TV station. The frustrated Kings player and Adel with a dazed face Mann is in stark contrast to the swaggering O'Neill.

Although the three-point king Stojakovic had a good performance of 24 points in the fourth game, he shot less than 40% from the field in the five games of the Western Conference Finals, averaging 13 points per game, which plummeted by nearly half from the regular season.This kind of performance put the soft hat on his head.

The Lakers came one step ahead and waited for their opponents in the Eastern Conference in the Finals.

At this time, Antoine Walker has to be mentioned.

When he debuted, he was hailed as Big Bird's successor, but after careful consideration, Big Bird himself believed that Walker was more like his lifelong enemy, Magic Johnson.

Facts have proved that Bird is right. As the Celtics' enemy for life, the magician has created countless troubles for the Celtics.And Walker, at the most critical moment of the Eastern Conference finals, showed his ferocious and bloodthirsty fangs.

In the first four games, the Celtics and the Nets drew 20-5. Just as everyone was looking forward to a new round of yellow-green battle, Antoine Walker suddenly showed his power and shot 9 in the fifth game. The terrifying efficiency of 1-for-[-] made the opposite metallurgical giant Kidd feel inferior. In the sixth game, Walker continued to dance the sledgehammer wildly, throwing a report card of [-]-for-[-] from beyond the three-point line, and took the initiative at the last moment of the game. Applying for a foul to leave the field sent the Nets to the finals.

Antoine Walker instantly caught up with fellow student Stojakovic in the limelight, and called him the peerless double pride of the undercover class.

Standing opposite O'Neal in the finals was an old acquaintance, Todd McCloch, who also played as cannon fodder for the 76ers last season.Compared with Divac, McCloch is almost a presence on the court to make up the numbers.

The disadvantages of the traditional guard leading the team are also undoubtedly reflected in the Nets. Someone once said that you have an annual salary of 2000 million, but you pass the ball to teammates of 500 million and let them shoot?
As the second in charge, the traditional point guard will undoubtedly allow the star to devote himself to the offensive end, but as the core, the shortcomings of the traditional point guard's weak offensive ability at critical moments are undoubtedly exposed.

When the Lakers faced the Nets, they swam in the first three quarters, and the two sides played happy basketball, but as long as they stepped up the intensity in the fourth quarter, the point difference would be opened to about 10 points. Kidd looked at Kenyon who had nothing to do. Martin and Keith Van Horn could only choose to go on their own, and the ending was of course tragic.

The Lakers swept the Nets in four straight games. Although the point difference in each game was not large, anyone who watched the game knew that the Nets had no chance of winning at all.

The brutal data of the Sharks averaging 37.5 points and 11 rebounds completely destroyed the Nets' defense.He also ushered in the third FMVP trophy for himself.

The Lakers, who won three consecutive championships, did not celebrate as much as they did in the previous two years. O'Neal officially announced to his teammates that he would leave the team, and some veterans also had their own plans after receiving the championship ring.

Richmond and Jalen Jackson announced their retirement. Among them, Jalen Jackson will join the Lakers' coaching staff next season to be in charge of shooting.

Dan Marley decided to return to his old club, the Suns, to play for another year.

The finals were unremarkable, but the news that the Lakers put O'Neal on the shelves completely detonated the league.

The Miami Heat took the lead in announcing their interest in O'Neal, saying that the team has no non-sale items below Mourning, and the Lakers can pick anyone from the Heat.

Jerry West's Grizzlies are naturally unwilling to fall behind Riley. According to reports, the Grizzlies are willing to take the best rookie Gasol as the main body, plus Battier, Swift and other potential rookies, as well as guards. White Chocolate Williams, trade O'Neal.

The attitude of the Lakers is also very ambiguous. Jim Buss said in an interview with the media that he is willing to listen to all offers, and the current trade negotiations with the Grizzlies and the Heat have also begun.

Seeing the people in front taking action one after another, more people couldn't sit still.

Larry Bird is eager to bring a championship trophy to the Pacers, his hometown team, but after failing to win the championship in 00, the team's main framework was basically dismantled, leaving only the soul of the team, Reggie Miller.

At the instigation of the magician, Bird announced his comeback and regained control of the Pacers.

At present, a good opportunity is placed in front of Bird.

The 30-year-old O'Neal is at his peak. If he can be obtained, it will not be a problem to break out of the weak East, and he is also qualified to challenge the Western powers.

Looking at the chips in his hand, Bird decided to make a call to the Lakers management.

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