Chapter 1,077 We Haven’t Left Yet!

In a best-of-seven game, winning the first two home games basically means half a foot into the next round.

In the NBA, there has always been a saying that without winning on the road, the playoffs have not begun.

Does this statement make sense?

Of course it makes sense.

However, as long as there is no away win, the leading team may still be overturned.

However, the premise of this sentence is that in the previous game, the two teams were really inseparable, and both teams could pull the other side down during the game.

But the first two games between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Lakers have been very obvious.

It's obviously not a close match.

The Lakers' biggest advantage over the Sonics is that their run-and-gun triangle offensive system is indeed very powerful.

Any defensive player who can support Kobe in the game against the Sonics.

As long as Kobe can defeat his defender in the game with the support of this tactical system, the Lakers' strength will be considerable.

However, in the previous two games, Kobe was challenging SuperSonics' strongest defensive perimeter player Yees, but both ended in failure.

Neither Kobe Bryant nor Phil Jackson are fools, so why did they leave Rondo alone instead of crashing?

Of course it's because destroying Rondo is of no use!

In last season's finals, Wade destroyed Rondo into that miserable state. In the end, didn't the Heat still get destroyed by the SuperSonics?

And the Heat's overall advantage against the Sonics is much greater than the Lakers' overall advantage against the Sonics!

In fact, the Lakers lost two games in a row, both by big scores, because the overall strength of their team was tightly restrained by the SuperSonics. It was not because Kobe Bryant scored fewer points or his performance. Not that outstanding.

The whole world knows that Yess is the key to the SuperSonics. Yesss must not be allowed to play as he pleases. Yesss must be suppressed, and the only player in the entire Lakers who can suppress Yesss is Kobe Bryant.

And even if it's Kobe, it can't actually be said to be suppression, it can only be said to be restriction.

Kobe and the Lakers actually want to sanction Rondo.

But, who will suppress Ye Si?

When the time comes to unleash Ye Si's full strength, it will be really fatal. Isn't that what happened in the first two games of the regular season this season?

Kobe went to suppress Rondo, but not only failed to suppress Rondo, but also leaked out Ye Si. Ye Si's organizational ability was so disappointing that in the end Kobe was humiliated by Rondo, almost It didn't break Kobe's mentality.

From then on, when the Los Angeles Lakers played the Seattle SuperSonics, neither Phil Jackson nor Kobe Bryant dared to take a roundabout approach to Rondo, and Kobe was asked to directly fight with Ye.

Basically, it's true that they can't compete, but at least Ye Si can't completely bring the SuperSonics up. Basically, Kobe and Ye can be regarded as a 40-50 hit. If Kobe is in good condition, he may be a 50-50 hit.

If the Lakers win Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Phil Jackson is willing to say that Kobe Bryant can compete with Leafs. When he is at his best, he can compete with a 6-4 lead. However, didn't he lose in the end?

Therefore, even with Kobe Bryant in such good shape, the Lakers were ultimately unable to beat the Sonics. Phil Jackson and the Lakers actually knew that this series was desperate.

"The SuperSonics are really the nemesis of the Lakers in the league!"

There is no way, the SuperSonics team really defeated the Lakers.

Phil Jackson can be sure that his Lakers will not be so passive or hopeless when facing any team in the league, not even the Heat.

But there is no way, the Lakers are really not facing other teams, it is the Seattle SuperSonics.

He left Seattle and returned to Los Angeles with the team, but Phil Jackson's face did not feel relaxed at all, it was still so dignified and uncomfortable.

"How is Ron's injury now?"

Although Artest has now changed his name to Charity World Peace.

But in the Los Angeles Lakers, no one would call him charity or world peace.

Everyone still calls him Ron.

Artest was injured by Yeez during a physical fight with him in the first game.

Artest did not play in the second game, and the Lakers are not sure whether he will play in the next game.

He has been injured for 100 days. Although Artest's injury is not that serious, just a muscle strain, he still needs rest.

"Ron said he'll be ready for the next game."

D'Antoni did not say what the doctor's opinion was, but Artest's own opinion. For this series, it is no longer the team doctor's decision whether Artest plays or not. The only one who can really make the decision is Artest himself. and the team’s head coach Phil Jackson.

Artest is still very motivated.

Finally, Phil Jackson sighed slightly.

As a smart person, despair is actually the most painful.

People who are not that smart can think more like those media reporters and feel that they still have a chance.

But smart people have no way to deceive themselves and force themselves to believe that they still have a chance when there is no chance.

In fact, there is no need to play until the third game. In fact, after the first game, he and the Lakers failed to achieve their goals. The Lakers' desperate move has failed, and his and the Lakers' fate has been decided.

Although everyone in the Lakers knows that there is no chance in this series.

I don’t really expect that I haven’t lost the home game yet and that I still have a chance in the playoffs. However, after returning to Los Angeles on May 22, at the Los Angeles Lakers training facility, the Lakers looked at the crazy people inside and outside the training facility. The Los Angeles fans, Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles players who chanted their names were still very moved.

From the perspective of players and coaches, the game has reached this point. No matter how many reasons and explanations there are, there is no way to explain it to the fans.

The history of the Lakers is not without its misfortunes, and being swept in the playoffs is a common occurrence. The Lakers were once ridiculed by Celtics fans for not having the tenacity of a wealthy team. They would despair when encountering difficulties. As long as they beat the Lakers 3 games 0, the Lakers will definitely be noble and send 4-0 up, and they will never want to turn 3-0 into 3-1.

Therefore, the Purple and Gold Nobles of the Los Angeles Lakers are also ridiculed by Celtics fans as the "Purple and Gold Kneelers". Their knees are too soft and they do not have the iron-blooded temperament of a wealthy team like the Celtics.

Is this true?

Well, to a certain extent this is indeed true, the Lakers do not have that iron-blooded gene.

When faced with underestimation, the Lakers are indeed not as aggressive as the Celtics. Sometimes they become like those funny aristocratic fights in the European Middle Ages.

In this year's playoffs, if the Celtics are replaced by the Lakers, they will definitely be swept by the Heat in 5-8 without any suspense.

But the Celtics gritted their teeth and persevered. In the last game, they suddenly burst out and blocked the Heat's plan to sweep the team in 5-8.

A team has never developed such a temperament and culture. Even if one of its players has such a temperament, it will eventually be submerged in the fact that basketball is a sport of five people.

Hearing the surrounding Lakers fans cheering his name like this, Kobe is definitely the player that the entire Lakers want to do something in the next game. At least, in Los Angeles, on the territory that belongs to him and the Lakers, he must give a Account.

He, Kobe Bryant, has never been a coward!

Although the fans in Los Angeles did not ask them to give any explanation, they were simply satisfied with their previous games.

Just as the Los Angeles Lakers players were preparing for the remaining games with a very tangled mood, Leafs and the Seattle SuperSonics were much easier to prepare for in college.

The Lakers are their favorite team to play. Before the start of this series, they had been looking forward to the Lakers being their opponent in the Western Conference Finals.

Now after playing two games, they have a better understanding and familiarity with the Lakers, which is indeed their favorite team to play against.

As long as Yeos can suppress Kobe, they can really beat the Lakers in all aspects, and they have advantages in almost every position.

"Yes, before entering the finals, you have to win twelve consecutive games!"

In the training hall, as the host of the university, Afflalo Kevin Love, who claims to be Ye's friend, and Westbrook and other former university core players are watching the Seattle SuperSonics training.

In the current university training hall, not only Afflalo's group of players, but also previous players like Reggie Miller and even earlier Bill Walton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and others are all here now.

In fact, these people have been following Seattle SuperSonics games before, just because they usually can't enter the Seattle SuperSonics training facility. But now, they can finally get up close and personal with the SuperSonics, a team destined to become an NBA legend. .

How far did these people go to exaggerate to get close to this supersonic?

Like Reggie Miller, they all brought their families and cameras with them, as if they were filming a documentary to record every detail of themselves and the Sonics.

TNT and ESPN even hope to spend tens of millions of dollars from the SuperSonics to buy locker room time in every game of the SuperSonics playoffs to prepare a documentary about the SuperSonics' 2010 victory.

However, this request from TNT and ESPN was ruthlessly rejected by the Sonics.

Of course you can't do this kind of dishonorable thing.

Now, if you open the locker room like this and make a documentary about the victory, if you don't win the championship, won't you be slapped in the face to death?

Although these media's documentary about Sonics' victory this year can be rejected.

But there is no way around it, like a documentary customized by NBA players.

As long as they don't make money from these documentaries, as long as they don't go to the Sonics locker room, they follow the Seattle SuperSonics every game and every day, just like the fans, there is really nothing they can do.

"Yes, your voice is too cold. You should be more excited. This is a complete victory!"

"We haven't won the championship yet."

After Yesi finished speaking to the camera held by Afflalo, he turned and walked towards the next camera.

Ye Si does not want to be the protagonist of these people's private documentaries.

However, they gave him face like this, but he had to give them face.

Just say a few words and make a few poses.

It won't affect anything.

Unlike Yeos, other players from the Seattle SuperSonics on the other side are now enjoying this kind of pursuit.

Of course, except for the team's head coach Old Nelson.

"Now everyone seems to think that we can win the championship and enter the finals, and we can strive to win the season and win the championship."

After the first two games with the Lakers, Nelson also felt that there would be no problem in sweeping the series, but the atmosphere was really hot.

After the previous two games against the Lakers, the Heat, which had been selectively forgotten before, once again appeared in these people's sights.

Because in the eyes of these people, the Lakers have passed as an opponent.

It's time for them to think about their next opponent.

And who is the Seattle SuperSonics' next opponent?

Of course it's the Heat, who are also leading the Magic 2-0 at home!

On May 23, 2010, the third game between the Heat and the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals kicked off. This was the Magic's return home game. If the Magic won, there would still be suspense in this series. If the Heat won, then There is no suspense in this series.

Attention is back, something both Howard and James can feel.

So in this game, the two of them fought really hard.

Over in the West, the Lakers are finished.

Those guys are starting to look for the next Yes opponent again!

Both James and Howard want to occupy the position of Yes' next opponent.

Especially for Howard, even if he is at a disadvantage now, he cannot give up this position to James Wade and the Heat, even if it is exposed for one more day, even if it is discussed for one more day!

This season seems like a nightmare for Howard.

He is a person who likes to be in the spotlight, but except for being the center of attention when Rondo used his flaming red lips to fuck him, he was transparent at other times, so transparent that he lost the best defensive player, and even the most The best lineup is lost!

If they don't expose themselves to the whole world, I'm afraid these guys will soon forget that there is such a powerful person in the NBA.

It can be said that in order to gain more exposure, Howard really fought hard in the G3 matchup between the Magic and the Heat.

But the final result was tragic. Even though Howard scored 32 points, 28 rebounds and 8 blocks in this game, the Magic still lost to the Heat 112-124.

The big score of 3-0 made the returning attention pass him by, and all focused on the Heat, Wade and James.

Seeing James, who had been disappointed with him before, looking so high-spirited now, Howard felt very uncomfortable.

And on the other side is Los Angeles.

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"We seem to be out of date now."

In fact, you don't need to watch the Heat being surrounded on TV. You can know from the fact that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic and other Lakers stars are all in the training hall. Everyone feels that they are a thing of the past that cannot turn over.

"We are still in the center of the stage and have not exited yet!"

Looking at the Heat and James on TV, Kobe held his hands tightly.

This time, I want to be different!