"Chris, how's the location? It's the best location I could get! "A middle-aged black man brought his 12-year-old son to the Great Western Forum Arena.

"Daddy! I'm going to watch the Bulls vs. the Heat! It's not the Lakers vs. Houston! Baby-faced Paul huffed and said that he was a die-hard fan of Michael Jordan, he was born in North Carolina, and his dad actually bought a ticket to the Western Conference Finals!

It simply doesn't make sense! Why you should watch the Western Conference Finals! What's there to see about the Western Conference Finals!?

Paul looked disdainfully at the players on the field, believing that he would grow up no worse than anyone else. As long as he grows to the height of Michael Jordan, then he is destined to be the king of professional basketball!

"Hey! If you buy the wrong one, we'll just take a look. Charles Paul touched the back of his head and laughed.

On May 21, the Great Western Forum Arena was full of people.

The stadium has been decorated by the fans into a sea of purple gold.

This venue is full of history!

This venue is full of honor!

Fans in Los Angeles look up at the sky and see countless flags of honor, championships, retired jerseys, and outstanding team staff.

"EJ, KT, do you know why the Lakers are different from other teams?" Curry grimaced and grinned.

"Uh, we have more championship flags?" Clay bit his finger.

"It's supposed to be our star who is greater." Little Erwin thought for a moment.

"Haha, you're all right. Although not as good as the Celtics, we do have more championship flags. Our star is also the best in history! ”

"But that's not what I'm going to give you science!"

"The Lakers never fly the division championship flag in the sky!"

"We've won the Western Conference championship countless times, and the Lakers don't like other teams that will hang the Western Conference championship flag in the sky!"

"The sky over the Lakers will always be reserved for championships and superstars!"

"Do you think Kobe's jersey will hang over this arena in the future?" Clay asked.

"Definitely, definitely." Curry's eyes flashed brightly, as if he was looking at the future of the post-20s, and the picture of Kobe Bryant's jersey slowly rising in the sky above the Lakers.

...

In the Lakers' locker room, Bryant was asking Jeff to give him pregame physiotherapy.

"Head! Your progress is just too great. Jeff massaged Kobe's back, feeling the explosive muscle lines and the muscle volume that was significantly larger than last year, and nodded in satisfaction.

Really! Dough is always dripping God!

Kobe Bryant sighed that if he was himself at the beginning of the season, facing Houston's iron-blooded three-forward guard, then there was only one result waiting for him, and that was to smash.

Thankfully, they have made great progress, and although their strength is still far from their peak, they also have the strength to fight against Drexler.

Drex, Lega, Jim, Jackson, and Mario Alley's forward line is really not easy to play!

Coupled with Olajuwon sitting on the inside, it is even more difficult to play when he is ready to help defend at any time!

Jordan was very badly targeted by them in the regular season, and it can be said that Houston's defensive system is a nightmare for all forwards in the league!

Although the Bulls' outside defense is stronger than Houston's, they don't have a super interior defense like Olajuwon, which is enough to change the normal format of the game!

Kobe Bryant is going to challenge this nightmare-level defensive intensity today.

"Jeff, tighten the bandages." Kobe Bryant pursed his lips, today's game, the confrontation will be fierce.

"Understood!"

...

"Clyde, are you sure you're going to be the number one defender to defend Kobe?" Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovic arranged for three outside players to take turns to consume Kobe, and he didn't expect that when the game started, Drexler took the initiative to ask Ying to be the first to defend Kobe.

While it didn't conflict with his defensive tactics, Rudy Tomjanovic wanted to let the two youngsters consume Kobe Bryant first, and then Drexler to make the final decision.

"Coach, let me try first." Drexler's status on the team after stealing Malone to complete the quasi-final shot was no longer questioned, and Tomjanovic thought for a moment and agreed.

"Push Kobe Bryant inside, Clyde. I'll be waiting for him inside. Olajuwon patted the old fellow on the back.

"I will."

Drexler didn't take over the task of defending Kobe Bryant on a whim.

In the game between the Lakers and Houston, it is very important to seize the rhythm of the game.

The Lakers are a young team, and the characteristic of young teams is that once they go crazy, they will punch and kill the master.

The Lakers must be suppressed from the start! Pulling the rhythm of the Lakers into the rhythm of Houston's adaptation, that very important point is Kobe!

Kobe Bryant is the beat controller of the Lakers! Kobe Bryant is crazy, and the rest of the Lakers players will follow suit!

Drexler believes that as long as he can suppress Kobe Bryant in the first and fourth quarters and hand it over to his teammates in the second and third quarters, then the impact of the Lakers will definitely drop a notch!

Therefore, this round of the series is definitely a top priority for Kobe's defense.

"No matter how amazing you are, no matter how many miracles you create, Hakim and I will join forces to strangle you!"

...

"The Lakers and Houston are by far the two strongest teams in the West! There are four favorites to win this year's title, and the Jazz and Houston's seven-game battle has proven that Houston is strong, and if they can beat the Lakers, they can beat Chicago and win the most difficult title in history! Then Hakim's place in history may need to change. ”

As the only MLS game broadcast by ABC today, it is also a strong championship battle this season, and it is also the series with the most superstars.

The ratings for this match have a very good chance of breaking the all-time record for the division finals, and ABC takes this game very seriously!

The journey of the Lakers and Houston in these two games, the feud between the two teams, the performance of the playoffs, ABC is enough to play for a whole day, the material is not the same, and they are also playing some classic images repeatedly before the game to make people reminisce about the greatness of these two teams this season.

"Barkley has already said that he will give the Lakers a good look for this group of young lads. It seems that in the series against the Jazz, Barkley suffered too much humiliation. ”

"Yes, Charles is bound to prove himself like crazy in this game, and the Lakers' power forward position has always been their absolute shortcoming, can they resist the onslaught of Barkley?"

"Let's wait and see where the game begins!"