Chapter 474: Winning the Championship! We're going to keep winning
Game 3 of the Finals series between the Bucks and the Lakers kicked off at the Staples Arena, the Lakers' home stadium in Los Angeles, on June 7 local time.
This is a high-profile battle, the Lakers, who have fallen behind 0:2, have half of their feet on the edge of the cliff, once they lose this game at home, the total score of the two teams will be back to 3:0!
In the entire history of the NBA, there has never been a situation where the game was reversed 3-0.
Although they know that with the current strength of the Lakers on paper, it is difficult to defeat the Bucks with a strong lineup, but fans in Los Angeles still have a glimmer of hope, after all, what if they win?
However, reality still gave them a cruel blow.
At home in Los Angeles, the Lakers couldn't resist in the first quarter and collapsed across the board.
The reason is simple, Durant broke out!
Facing the upcoming second championship of his career, he seems to be a little impatient.
In the first quarter of the game, Durant's desire to attack was extremely strong, shooting 7 of 8, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scoring 18 points in a single quarter!
Led by Durant, the Bucks played an extremely efficient offense in the first quarter, scoring 37 points as a team, while the Lakers were obviously a little slow to heat up, scoring only 25 points in the first quarter, and the two teams opened a 12-point gap in the first quarter!
In the second quarter of the game, the situation did not improve, and at 35:27, the difference further widened to 20 points!
Hao Peng tried his best to help the team equalize and frequently scored on the inside, but at this time, the shortcomings of the traditional center in the small-ball era have been undoubtedly revealed.
In the absence of powerful three-point scoring points, the Lakers' outside scoring efficiency is too low, and no matter how Hao Peng scores inside, he can't catch up with the point difference.
After the game reached the third quarter, the suspense was lost, the main lineup was off the court one after another, and the Lakers could not beat the Bucks in the competition of the bench lineup.
Lakers fans were disappointed with the result, but they didn't leave the game early.
This season's Lakers have given their fans a very big surprise, before the regular season, no Lakers fan dared to imagine that their team could go all the way to the Finals stage.
Although there is a huge gap in strength with the Bucks, Lakers fans are already satisfied.
At 114:98, the Bucks scored another game on the Lakers' home court, and the total score came to 3:0, and the finals have completely lost suspense.
After the game, some media commented on the game.
"A crushing race without any suspense."
"The strength of the Bucks is already above the entire league, and their dynasty is coming!"
Although the Lakers are still glorious, Hao Peng's legendary road has just begun, and he will become the league's No. 1 center in the future...... No, he may already be the best and strongest center in the league today! ”
Durant scored a game-high 43 points in this game, and Hao Peng scored 38 points, second only to Durant in scoring, and his dominance on the interior is incomparable to Embiid and Jokic.
On June 9, the fourth game of the finals was still the home court of the Lakers.
Before the start of this game, the NBA official had prepared the O'Brien Cup in advance, ready for the Bucks to win the championship at the Lakers' home court.
In this game, I thought that the Lakers would collapse across the board, but I never thought that the Bucks were met with stubborn resistance from the Lakers.
The Bucks' players are generally still too young, and when facing the upcoming championship, they are still inevitably impatient, and the offense is a little too sloppy and direct, and the Lakers have seized the opportunity to fight back many times.
It is also thanks to the fact that the Bucks' lineup is too luxurious, and the individual ability of the stars can still score, although the Bucks are in the backward stage, the point difference has not been widened.
At a critical moment in the fourth quarter, Durant stepped up again.
As a superstar at an all-time level, Durant's ability to attack key moments is definitely trustworthy.
In another time and space, for two consecutive years in 17 and 18, Durant scored at critical moments to help the team establish the victory, and thus got the nickname of the Grim Reaper.
Although it is only 16 years now, Durant's strength has already reached its peak.
An unpretentious three-pointer, a mid-range step-back jumper, plus a break to the basket and two foul shots.
After three consecutive offenses, Durant scored 7 points in a row with his own strength, smoothing out the difference or even overtaking it in the blink of an eye, and the sudden outburst caught the Lakers off guard, and they didn't even have time to call a timeout.
By the time they realized something was wrong, they called a timeout, and the difference had been reversed.
With this reversal, the Bucks never gave the Lakers any chance again.
In terms of scoring ability, the Lakers can't catch up with the Bucks even if they pat the horse.
When the full-time whistle blew, the score was fixed at 113:111.
The difference of 2 points is the smallest difference between the two teams in four games, but if you look at the big score, the score of 4:0 is unusually glaring.
The Bucks lifted the O'Brien Cup for the second year in a row.
Because it was at Staples Arena, the atmosphere after the Bucks won the championship was not very enthusiastic, many fans had left the stadium early, and only some Bucks fans and some neutral fans cheered and applauded for the Bucks.
After four games, Durant averaged 35.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, shooting 55.6% from the field, and successfully won the FMVP.
The second FMVP trophy in his career made Durant look very excited, he thanked his family, the fans and the team, and especially thanked head coach Wang Xiao.
"This is the second year that I have thanked the head coach, but even so I still want to say again, if it weren't for Coach Wang Xiao, I wouldn't be where I am today, thank you for everything you gave me!"
When the microphone reached Wang Xiao, he didn't say much.
Winning the championship is already commonplace for him, this is the fifth championship trophy he got after joining the NBA, he just said something very simple, so that many teams listened to the words in their hearts. "We're going to keep winning!"
Oh, yes! They'll keep winning! With this Bucks team with terrifying roster depth, and Wang Xiao, the head coach, which team in the league can beat them?
"The Bucks head coach's championship declaration: We're going to keep winning!"
"The Bucks' dynasty has begun! Who in the alliance can stop them? ”
"Wang Xiao! The most successful head coach of the 21st century! Can he be the best coach in league history? ”