The next city first, the fans happily eat melons in the forum after the game.

"Shaq's free throw is accurate!"

"I suspect you're O'Neill's trumpet!"

"The big shark doesn't bother to use it in such a way! I'm just telling the truth! ”

"That's a big 'truth'!"

"Don't argue, one thing to say, this game gives me the feeling that Shaq is really a little old."

"That's right, although he dunked a few beautiful dunks on the court, he has been suppressed by Yao in terms of performance."

"But then again, Yao Ke is this year's regular season MVP! Shaq is 36 years old, so this kind of performance is normal for both sides! ”

"That's right, Yao Hang beat Howard, hammered Ben, suppressed Shaq, and is already the new league's No. 1 center!"

"I also agree, Shaq will give way at the end of this season, handover, inheritance, no matter which way you say it, the inside line will be Yao's world in the future!"

"I think the game was exciting, the Wizards lost or lost tactically, Carlisle's shark-cutting tactics were a little rushed."

"This is the real key point, although Carlisle has excellent ability, but the experience is still poor, I hope he can adjust in the next game."

"The Blind Guess Wizards pulled one back and tied it 1-1."

"Anyway, do you remember when you said that the warrior Black Eight ate? What about people? ”

"No, you don't think he's going to eat, do you?"

"But that account is invalid, let's guess the score, I also think it will be 1 to 1."

"You all guess 1 to 1, then I'll guess 2 to 0, anyway, if you lose, there's no loss."

"2-0 is absolutely impossible, the strength of the two teams is too close, if it is 2-0, and then go to the Lakers' home court, the Wizards will not have to play directly."

"What if?"

"Absolutely no whatever!"

……

In Oakland, Durant, who had just finished his trial, was reading reviews with his newly bought phone.

Ask where Durant's phone came from, Adi's people sent it!

Durant's draft market is optimistic, and naturally it has become a hot commodity for major sneaker manufacturers.

Adi, Nike, and AJ are all in contact with him.

Adi has this relationship with Sun Hao, and he is naturally closer to Durant, and it is not a problem to send a new mobile phone.

Looking at these comments, Durant suddenly became interested in the initial comments.

It's like a person walking down the street with a mask on, and no one will recognize it, as if it's very good.

Thinking of this, he has picked up his mobile phone to register a new account, and then expressed his opinion in the forum:

"Lakers Championship!"

……

After two days of rest, the fans continued to talk about it, and the second game of the finals continued in Washington.

It is worth noting that the training of the Wizards on both days was closed.

Obviously, the pressure on the Wizards from losing Game 1 was enormous.

Because if they lose the second game again, they will be equal to stepping on one foot outside the cliff, and there is even a certain probability that they will be swept away.

No one knew what the Wizards were preparing until Game 2 officially began.

Then fans found out that Carlisle was actually ...... The adjustment is not very big.

He still opened with Maddie to defend Sun Hao.

Of course, there have been changes, the biggest of which is to further increase Hamilton's tactical position.

Although Hamilton only scored 16 points in the first game, he shot 6 of 9 and was very efficient.

Carlisle's adjustment was not a surprise, and it did work well.

And in the second game, the shark-cutting tactic that put the Wizards in a passive game was no longer used.

Obviously, this tactic looks simple, but there are only a few people in the league who can really play it, Nelson Sr. and Popovich.

He gave up directly and decisively.

As a direct result of these two adjustments, the Wizards and the Lakers were deadlocked in Game 2 to the final decisive moment.

At this time, it is time to fight for the ability to play the key ball.

In the end, accompanied by Sun Hao's key three-point and assist O'Neal's basket shot, as well as Maddy's counter-lore failure.

The Lakers had a slight edge over the key ball and eventually won a thrilling 107-105 victory over the Wizards.

And after winning this game, to the surprise of almost everyone, the Lakers won the Wizards' two home courts in a row, and the big score was rewritten to 2-0!

For a while, the wind in the forum changed greatly.

"Lakers Championship!"

"Lakers Championship! Sun FMVP! ”

"Who else?!"

"It's gone, the Wizards have lost both home courts, and the next three games will be played in Los Angeles, and the Wizards will win the first game!"

"Haha, sure enough, the truth is in the hands of a few, I predict one more wave, the Wizards will win at most, and the Lakers will win the championship 4-1!"

"There shouldn't be any objection now, it's either 4-1 or 4-0, and the Lakers won't let the game come back to Washington!"

"I think this season is too problematic, why should we use 232 alone in the finals, and 22111 is not the same as the division game?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's just to give the side with the poor record a chance! ”

"Hey! It's a shame to lose both! Sure enough, T-mac is still much worse than sun! ”

"The first of the five quarterbacks, the MVP Grand Slam, do you think they are all sent by friendship?"

"And Carlisle's tactics have also been adjusted, and the only point for the Wizards to turn the tables may be Yao?"

"Yao is also difficult, although Shaq is not as strong as before, but he is a big shark after all, and it is impossible to be blown up, so ......"

"Lakers Championship!"

……

Regarding the format of the finals, there is actually a little-known history in the middle.

In fact, at the very beginning, the format of the game was as stated in the comments, which was the format of 22111.

This is the same as what alliance you Baidu got from the beginning of the 232 format, that's all nonsense.

In fact, after the NBA started the best-of-7 Finals system, the 22111 format lasted for nearly 40 years.

It wasn't until 1985 that Celtics chairman Auerbach proposed a request for a format change, which was approved by the league and changed to the 232 format.

There's no conspiracy theory or anything like that, the reason for this proposal is simply because of the traffic.

In the last century, the traffic was mostly buses, and the divisional playoffs were fine, and no matter how you ran, it was in that half of North America.

But the cross-district game is a real journey for the players.

Because if you play the next three 111s, you may have to go from the westernmost part of North America to the easternmost part in two days.

Most of the time is spent in the car, and the training or something will definitely not be able to keep up, and the competitive state will naturally not be better.

So the coalition quickly adopted Auerbach's proposal, which has been used to this day.

However, as the fans said in the comments, such a format is beneficial for the Lakers this year.

The day after the second game, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles with a beautiful mood to prepare for the next three home games.

But for the Wizards, the situation they face now is more difficult than ever.

In the middle of the second or third game, including the three days of rest on the game day, they did not rush to Los Angeles on the first day, but trained daily in Washington.

The morale of the team was unusually low during training.

Yao Ming tried to get the players together to boost morale, but that didn't make much of a difference.

This is also completely normal, the big score is 0-2 down, and you have to play 3 more away games in a row.

To paraphrase what will become popular in the future: smart people are already thinking about how to spend the offseason.

Carlisle didn't say anything either, and as training progressed into the second half, he disappeared from the gym for a while.

When he returned to the training ground, a familiar figure appeared with him.

Michael That's right, it's me Jordan again.

Jordan wasn't specifically called to the arena by Carlisle.

He happened to be in the arena today to discuss the rest of the game with general manager Grunfield.

When Carlisle learned the news, he went over to talk to him for a while, and then invited him to the training gym.

The members of the Wizards were excited, but they didn't say that they were so excited that they wanted to go up and take a picture.

After all, as the small owner of the Wizards, as Jordan said in the first interview of the Finals, he will often come to the court to coach the players.

He even has some exchanges with some players.

So the reaction of these players is understandable.

Of course, they saw that Jordan still had to gather quickly.

"Rick told me that he wanted me to come and talk to you to boost morale.

I didn't want to come here because I usually have to prepare speeches for my speeches, and it would be very difficult for me to give unscripted speeches. ”

After Carlisle motioned for everyone to stand, Jordan looked at the team with a smile.

Jordan's words drew a burst of laughter from the Wizards.

Although Jordan likes to pretend to be forced, he is still quite humorous when he really wants to speak.

For details, please refer to his Hall of Fame speech.

"But I'm already here."

Jordan's smile narrowed when he said this.

The Wizards also have their eyes on Jordan.

Jordan's speech is not something you can hear if you want to hear it.

"I know a lot of people out there pretending I've only played in the NBA for six years."

The first sentence of Jordan's mouth caused the corners of some players' mouths to rise.

This sentence, in fact, even in Sun Hao's era, is a very famous stalk.

"But I'm not, I've always been a loser until I won my first championship.

So as you know by now, the god of basketball doesn't start out winning constantly. ”

Jordan's words made the Wizards inexplicably excited.

Michael and I were pretending to be Jordan all the time, saying something like this that they really hadn't seen before.

When the person who likes to pretend is no longer deliberately pretending, then his next words must be unusual.

"I wasn't a talented player like T-mac from the beginning, I was mediocre when I was very young.

I'm not tall enough, let alone like Yao, I probably don't even have the height of a normal defender.

I'm not fast enough, and not many people even think I can play professional basketball.

But I did it, I did it in the end, got into North Carolina, got into the NBA, got a championship, six championships.

I was able to do it because I was very young and competitive.

I competed with my brother from the very beginning, everywhere, even though most of the time I lost.

But I kept doing it, and I went to high school to compete with my sister, even though she graduated earlier than I did.

But I still keep competing, because I know that once you stop, your dreams, what you want will gradually disappear from you. ”

Jordan's speech was infectious, not only for the Wizards, but also for Carlisle.

He felt that bringing Jordan in today might be an unexpected opportunity for the Wizards.

"This is my story, which I have never shared with anyone else, and the reason why I am telling you today is just to tell you,

No matter what time you are, no matter how many times you've failed before, you shouldn't give up hope.

Because as soon as you give up hope, you give up on yourself.

And once you persevere, God will see it one day, and then the door to success will open to you. ”

As soon as Jordan's words fell, Uncle Mu took the lead in applauding.

Jordan smiled and looked at Uncle Mu, the young man who was sprayed with "Welcome to the NBA" by him at the beginning, and now he is a real veteran.

The rest of the Wizards team also applauded.

This part of Jordan's speech is very wonderful, and if you want to write a book in the future, this paragraph can be completely excerpted.

If the Wizards can finally come back to win the championship, then this section of the legend will be even stronger.

Of course, it's a bit early to talk about those.

What can be clearly felt is that the morale of the Wizards has obviously picked up after Jordan's speech.

And Jordan showed off his humor after his speech.

"T-mac, you know I didn't answer when they asked me who was stronger, you or Sun, because you know Sun has helped me, and I can't say anything bad about him in public, so you know."

He made Maddie laugh when he said that.

While it may sound like it's just to encourage Maddie, who wouldn't like to hear good words?

After Jordan left, Carlisle also said something.

His words were not as sensational as Jordan's, but they were very real.

"Charles Barkley said, 'Don't replace me, I'm going to have a lot of rest when I die', I just want to say that we're going to have a lot of rest this summer and it's far from the time to be 'down'.

You're the team with the best regular season record, you're the Eastern Conference champions, you're only losing by 2 points in Game 2, you're not weak.

As long as you play a little better than you are now, you can win a little bit.

It doesn't matter if it's away or at home, it's the same, make the next game the last game and we can win this championship! ”

Carlisle's words seemed to add fuel to the fire, directly igniting the emotions of the Wizards players.

saw the exuberant fighting spirit in Yao Ming's eyes, and saw Maddie open his sleepy eyes again.

Carlisle can feel that this Wizards team will never lose so easily, never!