Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Staples Center (Part I)
As 2007 draws to a close, the Celtics welcome the last opponent of the year, the Los Angeles Lakers. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Speaking of the "yellow-green war", some older fans must be able to tell a lot of legendary stories, from the distant Russell-Chamberlain period, to the Johnson-Bird fateful duel that has been in the past for a while, and now, the grievances between these two teams have been lingering for almost a century.
In 2000, the Lakers embarked on another great journey, trading O'Neal, the most dominant center at the time, while the Celtics were still meandering on the road to rebuilding.
Now, when the Celtics have finally assembled a championship team, the Lakers' dynasty has collapsed.
However, due to the glorious history of these two teams, this final battle in 2007 still attracted the attention of many fans and the media.
After losing at home to the Pistons, the Celtics started their winning streak again. Prior to this game, they had won five games in a row, the Cavaliers, Bulls, Magic, Kings, and Sonics.
No opponent could push Celtic into a corner, and they always controlled the course of the game from the start until the game ended as they wished.
In this game, most people are not optimistic about the Lakers, except for the Lakers themselves.
At the beginning of the game, Kobe, who was accustomed to being the enemy of everyone, burst out with a strong fighting spirit.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams fought to 29:27, and Kobe Bryant scored 17 points alone, leaving the Lakers facing the "Big Three" and only one goal behind.
The second quarter of the game began, and Ray. Allen hit a three-pointer and then assisted Pierce on a mid-range shot to extend the margin to seven points in one fell swoop.
Just when people thought the game would be under the control of the Celtics, Kobe Bryant stepped up again, and he faced Ray Bryant. Allen's tight defense, a step-back jumper for a three-pointer, a solo break, and a break through Ray. Allen and Pierce's bag shook past Garnett, forced Perkins to hit a mid-range shot, and created a free throw opportunity to narrow the gap to one point.
"Substitution, Celtic replaced Ray. Aaron, replaced by Shi Lei. ”
In the live broadcast room of CCTV5, Zhang Weiping couldn't hide his excitement and explained everything that was happening on the field to the fans in front of the TV.
Shi Lei has been very popular recently, starting from facing the Bucks, in the last 8 games, he has averaged 15+5+5 data per game, which has made many media exclaim "go away".
Especially in the game against the Kings after Christmas, Shi Lei cut the first triple-double of his career - 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.
This game is also the best proof of the defensive dominance of the Celtics and Shi Lei, who only allowed the Kings to score 68 points in the whole game. This score is not easy to see even in the most intensely defended finals. Of course, the media that only needs the news does not need to consider the feel of the Kings players.
The media, which had changed the direction of the wind, began to tout undisciplinedly after that, and for a while, all of Shi Lei's experiences began to be less familiar to American fans. Inspirational, magical and other evaluations that only belong to great players began to appear on him abruptly.
These reports from the American media spread to China, like adding fuel to the fire, and instantly raised Shi Lei, who already had a high rate of attention, to a higher level.
So this game, which was not planned by CCTV5, won the broadcast rights at a high price.
As for why the game was chosen to be broadcast, it was because of Kobe Bryant on the Lakers - the current No. 1 star in the NBA.
Of course, whether it is a volute or an iron shell, this is a matter of opinion, anyway, the topicality on him is at most certain.
"How strong Shi Lei's defense is, we can see from here that as long as he encounters people like Kobe, James, and Anthony, once he sees these people showing a strong desire to score, Rivers will replace Shi Lei as soon as possible."
Yu Jia also boasted on the side. Anyway, our American counterparts have blown it like this, and our own people still have something to worry about, just blow it vigorously.
To be honest, Shi Lei's defense is really good, but it is not so good, the reason why Rivers does this is that he doesn't want the team's superstars to waste too much physical energy in defense to prevent them from being injured due to overwork, and the second is that Shi Lei is younger and more durable, and he is not so indispensable to the team, and another point is to give Shi Lei the opportunity to perform and increase his game experience.
"Shi Lei's defense is very steady, not at all like a sophomore rookie, which is very surprising."
Director Zhang was blowing, and Yu Jia interjected again: "I feel that this is mainly due to the ball quotient. ”
"Yes, yes, he has a lot of experience, but he has a high ball quotient, and some people need three seasons or four seasons and can't necessarily figure things out, and he understands them all in less than one season. You're like James, there isn't a player in the NBA who has the same strength? There must be, there is no shortage of muscular men and jumping men in the NBA, but there is only one Shi Lei who can prevent him from being like that, which is very revealing. ”
"Alright, the game is back."
Yu Jia interrupted Zhang's guidance, who was about to continue.
With Ray. After Allen high-fived each other, Shi Lei walked onto the field, Rivers didn't tell Shi Lei what he was going to do, but he knew his mission. He walked straight to Kobe's side.
The Lakers have also been in good form lately, and they have won four in a row. The "Purple and Gold Aristocrats" are terrible, once they start to win, they really don't care about anyone, anyone can score, because their players are relatively talented, but once they fall into the trough, well, it depends on the boss.
With such a group of pit teammates, to be honest, it is not easy to be the boss. Thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, even seventy or eighty, what do you want him to do? And he was about to step on his horse.
Character is one thing, and teammate pits are also a big aspect.
Anyway, a very deep scene in Shi Lei's memory was the first game after Gasol came, it seemed to be against the Nets, Kobe Bryant's giant iron, it seemed that he got nine points or a few points, but after winning the game, his face smiled like a chrysanthemum. However, at this time, the "sister-in-law" has not yet come.
The first ball after the pause had nothing to do with Kobe, Shi Lei was more focused on defense, and Fisher handed the ball to Odom.
The distracted "Lama" is still a good player, and he took advantage of his height to hit a shot that the Lakers overtook the score.
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