D'Antoni had a very comfortable meal and a good conversation.

Not only Zhou Xuan, Mitchell? Butler also knows basketball very well, and the tactics are the first to go, and the reasons for the Knicks' failure are analyzed one by one.

In the evening, D'Antoni was going to watch the game live. Zhou Xuan proposed: "Coach, don't stay in the hotel if you just came, come here for a few days." Let's watch the game together, go back after watching the finals, and talk about tactics or something, isn't it very good? ”

Mitchell also said, "Yes, you came here to make my little place shine." Although the atmosphere is good, no one chats and it is very boring, you still have to fly everywhere, stay. ”

"What's so embarrassing about that?"

Zhou Xuan smiled: "What's polite?" I was already a fan of you before I came to the United States. As soon as I entered the league and played for Nash, didn't I just watch the Suns play too much, and learned from you? I've long thought of you as a teacher in my heart. If you want to be polite, you will see the outside. ”

"Okay, then I'll stay in Los Angeles after watching the game, I'm optimistic that the Lakers will enter the Finals." D'Antoni smiled. Staying here, eating, drinking and having fun must be paid by Zhou Xuan, although he doesn't care about this little money, he also feels that Zhou Xuan is very good and very good at being a person.

When I first met Nash in the Suns, Nash was much shy, but he wouldn't come to this set. After all, Zhou Xuan is the chef's child, and all kinds of politeness, persuasion, and business negotiation methods in the hotel are exaggerated. At one meeting, he and D'Antoni talked about speculation. After watching the finals in Los Angeles in June, how close do they have to be? The core is not running next season.

D'Antoni couldn't have imagined that these two very affectionate guys had watched the game a lot in the past two years, and felt that he sometimes arranged his brains.

Now that Zhou Xuan is in the Knicks, for the sake of a better future, even if D'Antoni is really brain-dead, the two of them are willing to accompany him to be three fools......

The Western Conference Finals are against the Suns and Lakers, who are real rivals and have met in the playoffs for many years in a row.

In the first game, the Lakers defeated the Suns 128-107. Bryant scored 40 points on 13-of-23 shooting, his 11th career playoff 40+, while grabbing five rebounds and diching out five assists.

The Suns' defensive weaknesses are on full view. D'Antoni sat on the scene and watched the game, recalling that Zhou Xuan and Mitchell said about the Knicks' weaknesses, and everything was reasonable. Without defense, it is difficult to play a defensive counterattack, and the opponent's positional battle can also achieve high scores.

In the second game, the Suns still had no intention of strengthening their defense, and the Lakers still scored as they wanted, and soon gained an advantage. The Lakers beat the Suns 124-112 to take a 2-0 overall lead and will move to Phoenix next.

Bryant played a selfless game, scoring 21 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists, and 13 assists set a new playoff career high for Kobe. Paul? Gasol 29 points and 9 rebounds, Ron? Artest 18 points and 5 rebounds, Andrew? Bynum had 13 points and seven rebounds. The Lakers blossomed a little more, and their offense was much smoother than when they played the Thunder.

D'Antoni, who watched the game at home, could only lament the importance of defense, and the Suns only had veteran Hill defending desperately and couldn't stop the Lakers' offense.

In the third game, the Suns finally began to strengthen their defense, changing to a joint defensive compression formation, which limited the Lakers' interior offense. The Lakers' triangle offense is from the inside out, with a high shooting percentage on the inside, attracting defense after opening, and it is easier for outside players to get opportunities.

This time, Bryant frequently took outside shots, although he scored a quasi-triple-double of 36 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists at the end. But Bynum and Gasol's speed disadvantage on the court together was also caught by the Suns, who played counter-attacks many times. The Lakers had a whopping 17 turnovers.

"Little Overlord" Stoudemire had 42 points and 11 rebounds, and Nash had 17 points and 15 assists. The Suns pulled one back 118-107.

In the fourth game, the Suns continued to use the joint defense. Before the game, "Zen Master" Jackson had a hard mouth and said that the Suns' joint defense was not terrible. As a result, the Lakers lost again.

The stats speak for themselves, and the Lakers averaged 126 points per game in the first two games of the Western Conference Finals. Since the Suns started joint defense, the Lakers' average points per game has dropped to 107 all of a sudden. 5 points; Second, the Lakers averaged 28 free throws per game in the first two games and just 16 in the last two. 5 times; More importantly, the Lakers averaged 16 three-point shots per game in their first two games. 5, hit 8. 5。 In the last two games, the corresponding stats were 30 and 9 respectively.

The effect of joint defense is not like that of Phil? Jackson said it was not worth mentioning. The Lakers have already suffered two straight losses, and they have to figure it out before Game 5.

To break through the joint defense, it is necessary to strengthen the breakthrough. Bryant, Fisher and Famar had to use the ball more to break through the offense and minimize uncertain jumpers from the outside. In addition, the trio of Bynum, Gasol and Odom must be on the move, finding opportunities to cut to the basket while the guards break through, rather than catching the ball from the outside.

In the fourth game, although Bryant made 6 three-pointers in the game, tying his personal record for three-pointers made in a single playoff game, he still couldn't prevent the Lakers from losing, and the Suns scored 54 points off the bench, dwarfing the Lakers' bench.

Many Lakers fans on the Internet say that the Suns have more free throws than the Lakers at home whistles. The Lakers are all jumpers, and most of them are positional battles, how can they get a lot of free throws? On the other hand, after the Suns counterattacked, most of them broke through and hit the basket. Even Stadamire didn't stand stupidly in the high post and made a jumper, giving full play to his athleticism.

The Lakers lost two games in a row, not only because of problems on offense, but also because of defensive flaws. As we all know, in terms of height, the Suns are not at the same level as the Lakers, but they know how to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and the first move is to block and dismantle.

The Lakers faced the Suns' move and encountered two major problems. First, every time Nash or Dragic breaks through, he always can't watch Xiao Si cut into the basket at the same time; The second is the same pick-and-roll, and the Suns' outside shooters are also very happy.

In short, in the face of a team like the Suns, you must not play with their train of thought, the Lakers need to press the ball at all times, and they can't let Xiao Si easily get into the basket, and they can't let the opponent's shooter shoot smoothly.

The pivotal Game 5 was played on the Lakers' home court.

The Suns continue to defend together. Bynum was out of order on the offensive end, deflecting all five shots and getting foul trouble defending Stadamire. Gasol and Odom played well, opening the third quarter with a few strong inside shots to stretch the fork to 17 points.

After that, Frye hit a three-pointer and the Suns began to fight back. Nash and Dudley also hit back-to-back three-pointers after that, and the Suns bench players also played well after coming on, leaving 19 in the quarter. With four seconds to go, Frye hit another three-pointer to put the Suns up 72-78.

In this quarter, the Lakers made crazy shots on the periphery, Kobe Bryant personally shot 5 three-pointers, hit 1 shot, and the others shot all the iron. The Suns hit four three-pointers and went on a 16-5 run in the last four minutes.

Bryant hit another three-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter, and the Lakers scored five straight points to open up the gap at 83-72. However, the Lakers failed to score for nearly three minutes after that, and the Suns closed the gap again. With seven minutes left in the game, the Suns trailed 83-88 after Frye's three-pointer hit a three-pointer.

The sun continued to chase after it. With 2:52 left in the game, Stoudemire made a layup with a pass to tie the score at 94-95. At the critical moment, the Lakers were forced by Fisher to return a ball, and after a timeout, they successfully prevented the Suns' offense, and after Gasol caused a foul, he hit both free throws, and the Lakers gained a five-point advantage.

The Suns once again narrowed the gap to 3 points, and then continued to defend the Lakers' offense, although their own side also missed three consecutive points, but grabbed the offensive rebound, and there were still 3 in the game. At the 5-second mark, Richardson grabbed an offensive rebound after missing a three-pointer and finally scored on another shot to tie the score at 101-101.

The Lakers still have the most chance to attack, Kobe Bryant missed the ball after receiving the ball, Artest grabbed a key offensive rebound, scored a rebound, and the Lakers 103-101 got through the danger.

Just like Game 6 in the Thunder game, the Lakers relied on a rebound to kill the opponent. Winning the fifth game can take advantage of the psychological advantage, and luck is not on the side of the Suns.

Seeing that Nash tried his best to score 29 points and 11 assists and still couldn't lead the team to win, D'Antoni sighed. Kobe Bryant scored another quasi-triple-double with 30 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 blocks, Gasol 21 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and Odom 17 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists. Bynum was plagued by fouls, scoring only 2 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks, and blocked Stadameyere twice. The reason why the Lakers defeated the Suns, in addition to the role of stars, is tenacious defense!

The soldiers and horses of the sixth battle did not move, and the saliva went first. Before the start of the game, the two sides engaged in a war of words to build momentum for their teams.

Nash directly said that he would win the sixth game, not "strive to win" or anything like that.

Lakers coach Phil? Jackson has never been vague in his war of words, except for last season's defeat against the Warriors. The sun doesn't have the kind of god like Zhou Xuan who planned the whole team to release "mouth cannons". "We're not here to mess around, we're going to win a game," Jackson said. We didn't count on the fact that Phoenix lost three games in a row. ”

As a result, the Lakers had the worst laugh away from home. Kobe Bryant scored 11 points in the last 4 minutes and 33 seconds, contributing 37 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, and Artest had 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. The two of them were at the end of the quarter and did not give the Sun a chance.

111-103, the Lakers reached the Finals again in three years. After two consecutive rounds of the series, a group of people began to favor the Lakers to win the championship again, and called Kobe Bryant the real MVP.

Nash could only miss the Finals again, and he has never played a Finals since joining the NBA. Stadamire will definitely enter the free market in the summer, and the Suns may not keep him, and under such conditions, it will be difficult for Nash to win a championship unless he also transfers.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic and the Cavaliers were also enemies, and it was they who sent James out last season. But with Yao Ming this season, Howard can't be arrogant.

Yao Ming's usual life is to eat, sleep, and fight monsters. Even this year, he's still Howard's nemesis. One-on-one Howard can't defend Yao Ming alone. Yao Ming can prevent Howard from getting into the basket. James also blew Petrus and Barnes. The Cavaliers easily sent the Magic home for fishing 4-0.

Kobe Bryant VS James, the two superstars who have been hyped for many years have finally met in the Finals!