In today's league, the team that has the deepest bond with the Lakers is the New York Knicks. The strongest teams on the East Coast are inextricably linked to the strongest teams on the West Coast.

Knicks leader Bruce Lee came from the Lakers, and he and Kobe Bryant have always had a mentor and friend relationship. The most important thing is that the Lakers were able to win their first two championships without the credit of Li Zhen, who stirred up the storm in the East. In 07, the strong team was exhausted, and in 08, it was a thousand miles away.

Among the Lakers' two consecutive championships, the Knicks also have at least one-third.

That's why New York fans believe it's their turn this year.

In addition to Li Zhen's relationship with the Lakers.

The center forwards of the two teams are brothers, and Pau Gasol never dreamed that his second brother, who first entered the league, would stand on the highest stage with him in his first season.

He was both relieved, and kept showing the majesty of his eldest brother.

He told the Spanish media who were swarming to him: "Mark, it's still far off. How is it possible for a younger brother to defeat an older brother? ”

Mark was not far behind, and he also responded to his big brother in the media: "I have been preparing to beat Paul for 23 years. My dad told me I was far stronger than Paul. My mom also loves me more, and I have no reason to lose to him, not at all. ”

The two brothers are doing funny things attacking each other on TV.

The audience was very happy, and the Spanish basketball fans were even happier, and they were not worried about the two brothers doing a fake show...... There's nothing more joyful than seeing two of the country's best centre-forwards face off against each other on the best finals stage in the world.

Fans in China are also excited.

Although it is said that it is not as impulsive as the derby of the two Spanish brothers.

But the two teams and three national team players were enough to make them happy.

The UAE and Li Zhen are on the same team, and the Lakers also have Sun Le.

Although Sun Le didn't mix well with the Lakers, he basically didn't have playing time. But he at least gave Chinese fans a guarantee: no matter which team wins the championship, there will be a Chinese player who will get the championship ring.

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The finals of the 2008-2009 season began on June 4, 2009.

The Staples Arena is still packed, and although there was some bad news before the game, it didn't affect the Lakers fans' desire for a dynasty.

The Lakers' home court also put a towel of the 'Lakers Dynasty' on the chair to cheer for the team.

Of course, it's also possible that these towels were custom-made before the final game of the Western Conference Finals. After all, no one can predict what injuries will happen, and Andrew Bynum's season reimbursement and a two-week break with Ariza will have too much impact on the Lakers.

The five main forces were missing two links in an instant.

Especially Andrew Bynum, Bynum's growth rate this season has been amazing, and many people even think that he can start challenging Howard for the first center position.

Moreover, his tonnage is the only one that can carry the Knicks' luxury inside group.

The other Gasol and Odom, although they are also two of the three. But Odom's small forward debut, most of the players who stood up to the second generation of Magic were related to weakness. Pau Gasol's style of play is very different from that of his younger brother, gorgeous and soft. He even has the title of GAYSOL on the Grizzlies, which is why he has a beard.

Critics are in a cold sweat for the Lakers.

Now, the rhetoric in all the media is ...... The Knicks are strong, and their investment last summer paid off a hundredfold. The success of all the rookies proves an astonishing fact: Isaiah Thomas is a legend!

The game has just begun.

Kobe Bryant showed the spirit of breaking the boat, and when the team's lineup was obviously inferior to the Knicks, he was murderous.

A fierce offensive was launched.

Although the Knicks put Matt Barnes and Francisco Garcia as two mad dogs to deal with him, they still let him seize the space and tear the hole on the wing.

The Black Mamba came up with extreme ferocity, causing Staples Arena to scream again and again.

Rapper Snoop Dogg even jumped up and screamed on the sidelines as a way to show off his purebred Lakers fandom.

He put pressure on Li Zhen before the game started, he said that Hollywood female stars are too depraved, and Disney's little princesses should be sent to military training first, otherwise they will definitely defect to New York player Bruce Lee desperately!

Whoever plays rap likes to do this kind of ganggang.

Li Zhen didn't bother to deal with him, but Miley Sellers kept attacking him, saying that he was disrespectful to the old and relied on the old to sell the old and so on.

The Black Mamba's fierce offensive ultimately failed to bring the whole team's firepower.

Although the Knicks trailed by a maximum of 9 points in the opening game.

However, with Li Zhen's unhurried combing offensive, the lineup advantage was reflected.

Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol gradually gained some advantage, while Li Zhen completely took Derrick Fischer's defense as air...... After the absence of an important flank defender, Ariza, Francisco and Gallinari, who came up next, were given plenty of open opportunities.

Luke Wharton's small forward position was ultimately lacking in excitement, even though his playmaking ability was far better than Ariza's...... But this is a waste of resources. Because whether it's Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, or Derrick Fisher and Kobe Bryant, they are all players who can pass the ball.

The triangle offense doesn't require much passing.

Most importantly, when the Black Mamba goes into rampage mode.

It doesn't help that he can pass the ball again.

The current Lakers can only choose one of two poisoned drinks to drink, either let the Black Mamba go super individual hero mode, or switch to play the position.

The difference is that the former has the potential to win. The latter will basically be slowly worn out by the powerful Knicks.

The Knicks took the lead in the final minute of the first half.

At that time, Li Zhen teamed up with Barnes to carry out a brutal siege of Fisher in the front court, and the strong old fish was completely fixed, and watched Li Zhen forcibly take the basketball away from him.

Then Li Zhen rushed to the frontcourt, and with Kobe Bryant quickly returning to defense, he jumped directly in a high-speed state and shot the basketball at the top of the three-point arc...... Swish!

The basket is pierced!

Kobe Bryant looked at Li Zhen with a shocked expression.

He knew that Li Zhen's offensive ability had improved rapidly recently, but he didn't expect him to dare to play this kind of shot and enter it.

Suddenly, the strong black mamba's heart defense was slightly loosened.

He smelled danger.

At the same time, Phil Jackson, who was sitting on the bench, had more thoughts.

Old Bass's body is irreversibly moving towards the final twilight, and the competition between his children has entered a white heat.

According to all current information, the elder Bass prefers to be succeeded by his youngest son, Jim Bass, who has formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the team's general manager, Kupchak. Jenny Bath was outcast, and the elder Bass was very suspicious of Phil Jackson, believing him to be an ambitious outsider.

In order to stabilize her position, Jenny had already proposed to break up with Phil Jackson 3 days ago.

Although Jackson's contract is not yet complete, he realizes that his fate with the Lakers has come to an end.

His eyes began to look at the rest of the league.

As a super coach who has 11 championships in his coaching career, started three dynasties and is starting a fourth, some teams have thrown olive branches to him.

The Knicks are one of them.

Although the Knicks are currently gaining momentum, it is not a long-term solution to have a Chinese coach under the age of 30 who has no head coach resume as the head coach.

Both James Dolan and Jerry West have doubts about this.

They agreed on this matter.

That's why I threw an olive branch to a lot of coaches.

Phil Jackson is one of them.

At the moment, the Knicks are the sweethearts of coaches. Many coaches have figured out: after all, there is no longer a team that is younger, more powerful than the Knicks.

This team is going for the dynasty.

Even many basketball experts have begun to preach that this is a replica of the Celtics of ancient times. They're on the verge of dominating all the starters of the All-Star Break!!

The sound of this is endless.

Phil Jackson is certainly tempted by this, a 21-year-old superstar, a group of elite players above the standard, and an all-star like Zach Randolph, with a very reasonable salary. It's impossible for Jackson not to be impressed.

On top of that, Jerry West promised him that he would come not only as a head coach, but also as a general manager.

This is the lifelong dream of the Zen master, and he has always dreamed of becoming a manager.

Watching the team gradually fall into decline, Phil Jackson had mixed feelings, more excitement than frustration.

Back in the locker room, the Zen master still did his best to analyze the Knicks' tactics and lay out a new style of play.

When it comes to work ethic, Jackson has no problem, although he is in the twilight.

However, the arrangement of the Zen master is of little use.

The Knicks' style of play was ever-changing under the instigation of Lee Zhen, although the Lakers effectively flanked the wings, forcing the Knicks' shooters to not be able to spray firepower.

However, inside the box, the Knicks were overturned.

Although Pau Gasol is far more talented than his younger brother, he is far behind in terms of toughness.

Coupled with Zach Randolph's brutal domination of Lamar Odom, the Lakers began to collapse from the inside.

then spread to outside the three-point line, even if Kobe Bryant personally defended Li Zhen, he still couldn't stop Li Zhen's unreasonable jump shot and more and more skillful passing.

Especially when the Knicks switched to a dual point guard combination of Dragic and Lee Jin in the second half of the third quarter.

The Lakers were beaten into a sieve.

The Western Conference champions made various losses, and the two point guards used passes to cut the Lakers, who were missing two fierce players, into sausages.

Swish!

Swish!

Swish!

The Knicks are on the offensive.

The Lakers are losing ground and losing ground.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, Bryant tried to play with Pau Gasol. But Eddie Griffin's presence made Gasol extremely uncomfortable...... Griffin was so vicious and tough that he almost wrestled with Gasol, who was extremely dismal in his confinement. (Just as Kevin Garnett did in 2008 when he restricted Gasol, Griffin's template is, after all.) ）

Pau Gasol's magnificence finally became a tripping horse for the Lakers at this time.

Final 105:95.

The Knicks took their first win comfortably.

Lakers fans couldn't lift their towels in their hands in the final quarter.

Their ambitions are frozen by the status quo.

The Lakers, who are missing Bynum and Ariza, are indeed no match for the Knicks, and their lineups are too far apart.

Moreover, Kenny Smith was very frank about TNT: "Even if these two are on the court, the Lakers may not be able to defend their title." Tonight's Lee Zhenke didn't kill all sides, he only had 18 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in the game, which is far from his average level. ”

However, this sentence is still not universally agreed.

If the Lakers are all in line, whether the Knicks can win or not is up in the air.

It's just that not many people talk about it.

After all, the Lakers' championship last year was also built on the Knicks' uneven staffing situation.

If it weren't for the Knicks to tackle Garnett's Celtics in the East, the Lakers might not have been able to win the championship.

Speaking of which, these two teams are 'courteous' to each other for the championship, and it is the Boston Big Three that is injured.

Alas!

Several mournful sighs were heard from the far north.

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After the Knicks won their first game in the Finals, the media has basically closed the coffin of this year's Finals, and no one thinks that the Lakers have a chance to turn the tables anymore, just like the Knicks in the Finals last season, no one will believe that they will eventually win the championship.

"I even feel like these two teams are colluding with each other to toss the championship trophy from each other."

Famous late-night talk shows have started to make fun of it.

It can be seen from this that the smell of gunpowder in this year's finals is so bland.

Lakers fans didn't have much indignation at the Knicks' victory, after all, the injury was not caused by the Knicks, and it can only be said that luck is not here. And thinking about last year's Knicks, my heart is inexplicably balanced again.

Although the Black Mamba was extremely unconvinced, he said on TV that he would definitely make a comeback in the next game.

But Li Zhen went to sleep with him that night.

The two practiced inseparably and were not affected by the finals at all.

Li Zhen even joked to Kobe: "If you still want to win more championship trophies, you can only team up with me in the future." ”

Bryant scoffed at his nostrils.

He thinks it's been bad luck this year, and if Bynum and Ariza don't get hurt, there's nothing going on with the Knicks. Bynum will continue to grow next year, and the Lakers will remain the first favorites to win the championship.

At this time, Li Zhen replied to him very calmly: "Do you think Bynum has more potential, or me, Marc Gasol, Jordan Jr., Gallinari, and Dragic have more potential?" ”

The black mamba who said this did not have the slightest temper.

In the first Finals game, Kobe Bryant experienced firsthand the power of the Knicks' new crowd. These guys don't feel like they're playing in the Finals for the first time at all, and each of them has a lot of personality and can give the team their own strengths.

It's a fantasy team-up in a 2K game.

Over time, this team will surely become more and more terrifying.

In contrast, Bynum ...... Alas!

He's getting more and more fond of shooting threes now.

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