"This game is the most tense game before the game of all the Lakers games I have watched this season, if the Lakers also lose this game, then we are afraid that we will be swept by the Rockets this season, although the strength of the Rockets is indeed much stronger than us, and it is indeed difficult for us to beat them in this series, but if they are swept out, it is still a little difficult to accept"

"Yes, after all, we swept the Lakers in the regular season, even if the strength is really poor, compared to the Rockets who are the first in the West, we can't compare, but it shouldn't be so much worse, many people said before the start of this series that the Lakers' strength may not be as good as the supersounds, originally I didn't believe it very much, but from the current point of view, it seems that this is indeed the case, of course, I still don't think that our team's strength is inferior to the Rockets or the superSonics, but our team has too many flaws, in factThe Rockets can't defend our offense, it's just that their offense is facing us, because of our own shortcomings, so they make their offense look more destructive, if we can make up for our interior defense or offensive shortcomings, even if we can't win against the Rockets, we will definitely not be like this wolf."

"Yes, I think so too, it's just that this is our first season since the formation of the team, and the team has been able to come so far quite well, which has fully met all of our expectations, and our team's table for this series is already quite good, so enjoy the last two home games of this series. £∝ top novel, www.maybe our third home game won't be until next season"

"Well, no matter what. I'm quite happy with the way the lads in our team behave. I look forward to them being able to grow up as much as they can, and then lead the Lakers to rise again as soon as possible."

On May 29, 1995, at half past eight in the evening, the Los Angeles Lakers' head coach Grand West Forum Arena, as the home of the Lakers, the Forum Arena is one of the best home games in the league this season, and it is also one of the best home courts in the playoffs. But half an hour before the start of the game, the Lakers' home court was already full.

It's just obvious that when these Lakers sit in their positions, the mood of these fans at this time is probably completely different from the past, in the past, the Lakers were constantly killing all sides, and with the Lakers killing all sides, these Lakers fans were naturally quite relaxed before the game, but at this time. The Lakers are facing a defeat that is bound to occur, and such a situation is naturally impossible to get better.

Even compared to the last round against the Spurs, these Lakers fans are more apprehensive and uneasy, after all. When playing against the Spurs, although the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Spurs also had the advantage. But can the Spurs' advantage be the same as the Rockets' advantage? Facing the Spurs, Lakers fans still have the expectation of winning. But in the face of the Rockets, Lakers fans even feel that the expectation of winning is a bit extravagant.

Even before the game. Many Lakers fan groups in Los Angeles have been vaccinating the Lakers fans who watched the game, hoping that these fans who watched the game can continue to support the team regardless of the team's performance, when many fan groups of a team say so, it means that the team is already in a rather embarrassing situation.

In other words, supporters of this team believe that this team has come to an end, which is quite helpless for the Lakers.

After all, before the game, the Lakers did not find any aspects that were beneficial to themselves, especially the Rockets, who were originally superior, and Barkley, the leader of this team, continued to intimidate the Lakers players and fans before the game, which also made Los Angeles almost angry, but no matter how angry they were, they didn't have anything to do with Barkley.

After all, the strength of the Rockets is superior, and the advantage is so obvious, in this case, Barkley's words are a little bigger, there is no problem at all, if the Lakers are stronger, in the first round of the playoffs, they will not face the Warriors with the same attitude?

I'm afraid that in the first round, facing the arrogant Lakers and Lakers fans, the Warriors will also have a considerable atmosphere, which is the same. And this is the NBA, where there is no such thing as a decent person or a so-called villain, only a winner and a loser.

And for such a characteristic of the NBA, whether it is Lakers fans or other fans or other people are quite clear, so, although Lakers fans are really itching Barkley's teeth, but there is really no way, the current status quo is like this, what they can do is to still stand behind their own team and continue to support their team.

And whether the team wins or loses this game or this series, this is no longer the most important thing, or rather, they already know that this is no longer possible, since it is impossible to achieve, it naturally does not matter, if the Lakers can have hope of winning, then the team's victory or defeat is of course important.

It's just that, as far as the current situation of the Rockets and the Lakers team is concerned, if the Lakers want to win, they can only hope for Lin Han's tumor singles, which is also the expectation of many Lakers fans before the start of this game, after all, although Lin Han's cancer singles tactics are quite unstable, but it is a tactic that can beat any team, as long as they are lucky, the Rockets were also destroyed by Lin Han, but what makes Lakers fans quite helpless is that although everyone expects Lin Han to play a cancerous single, But in the pre-game interview for this game, Lin Han directly said that the team is still playing Princeton's tactical system, and his cancer singles, Lin Han seems to be not ready to use this series or even this playoff trip.

And Lin Han's choice is also the only hope for Lakers fans, since Lin Han does not play cancerous singles, then the Lakers will naturally kneel. Can we still expect Princeton to beat the Rockets?

It's not that Lakers fans still don't look down on Princeton's playoff system after this season's playoffs. Lakers fans are also evaluating Princeton's tactical system more and more positively, especially since the Lakers used this tactical system to defeat the Spurs and enter the Western Conference Finals.

It's just that. Obviously, the Lakers play the Princeton tactical system and the Rockets to fight, and now they have entered a rather dead loop, that is, as long as the Lakers can't let the Rockets' offensive efficiency down, the Lakers' Princeton tactical system is still not so high, so when the two sides attack on the offensive end, they can't attack the opponent at all, and if you want to reduce the opponent's offensive efficiency, then it is impossible to play the Princeton tactical system. In this case, the Lakers are now in a rather tangled cycle, and Lynham has now determined that the team will continue to play the Princeton system, so the only thing that can be expected is that the Rockets will have problems in the process of constantly giving the Lakers hope and destroying the Lakers' hope.

It's a problematic approach for most teams in the league, but the Rockets are definitely not in the category of most teams in the league, and don't forget, this team is one of the most experienced teams in the league. They know exactly what they want to do, and the three Rockets superstars are the kind of superstars who are quite judgmental, and it's more likely than ever for them to make big mistakes along the way, even if they make small mistakes. The margin wasn't under control, or there was a slight offensive dilemma, but as long as the Rockets kept the lead. No matter how many points ahead, it doesn't mean anything to the Lakers. After all, the Rockets are stronger than the Lakers. It's not just a period of time, it's a normal game for the whole team.

Therefore, the Lakers' only hope of victory now is to wait for the Rockets to make mistakes, but whether the Rockets will make mistakes in this game, this is not something that the Lakers can control, at least, as far as this game is concerned, although the Rockets are indeed on the objectively more difficult side, it is more away from home, and it is the first away game, which will be quite difficult to adapt, but this team will indeed be suppressed by the Lakers for a period of time even after the beginning. Lakers fans also have a hard time expecting this team to be suppressed by the Lakers every game.

Therefore, no matter how you do it, Lakers fans can't see any hope that the Lakers will win this game, unless there is a miracle, or even if there is a miracle, the miracle may not be on the side of the Lakers.

Of course, at this time, Lakers fans can't see their team's hope of winning this game at all, and for these media reporters and commentators on the scene, I'm afraid it is similar to these Lakers fans, for the Lakers, the only thing they can do now is to play their last two home games, hoping to be able to draw a good end to their more glorious season in their last two home games, as for whether the Lakers are likely to play the sixth game with the Rockets, As long as you are not stupid, this is impossible.

"Larry, the Rockets' strategy in this game should be the same as in the previous two games, right?"

When the players of the Rockets who were playing away came out of the player tunnel, listening to the boos of the Lakers fans in the audience at this time, Collins asked Larry Bird next to him with some uncertainty, and Collins asked. Larry Bird nodded without any hesitation.

"As long as the Lakers are not able to win a game, then for the Rockets, they will not change their game strategy in the first two games, since they want to humiliate Lin Han more, then this is inevitable, but unfortunately, although the Rockets' tactical strategy will give the Lakers some opportunities, but judging from the first two games, the Lakers do not seem to have the strength to seize such opportunities"

After Larry Bird finished with some sighs, Collins also nodded, the Lakers did not be able to seize the opportunity, even if there was no chance at all, this is not only that the Rockets' internal strength is not strong, in addition, more importantly, the Rockets' three leading players are too capable and experienced, I'm afraid not to mention giving the Lakers a chance to win a game, I'm afraid that as long as the Lakers have a little momentum in the game, these three Rockets leaders will be able to extinguish this fire, The three of them definitely have such strength.

Of course. In addition, the more important point is that Lin Han's individual attacks in the first two games were too little. Although the Lakers scored a lot of points, their offense was quite good. It can be said that Lin Han completely led his teammates, but the offense of other players of the Lakers team caused too little pressure and threat to the Rockets in terms of lethality, whether it is Olajuwon or Barkley or other Rockets players can be quite calm in the game, there are almost no foul problems, you know, in the last round, the Rockets only Olajuwon alone, played a total of six games, and the number of individual fouls reached 5 in three games. In the other three games, Olajuwon committed three fouls, and Olajuwon was limited by Camp on the offensive end in the last round, not only because Camp has a lot of experience in defending Olajuwon, but more importantly, the supersonic impact gave the Rockets considerable damage, almost forcing Olajuwon to be more defensive in the game.

It's just that although I know that this is a pretty effective way to face the Rockets, but in the Lakers. There is still only one player who can kill with the ball, except for Lin Han, the best offense with the ball is now Van Axel. Magicians can't have that kind of physical fitness now, and even at their peak, magicians don't play like this very often. In this case, Van Axel can break through. But this guy is too good to defend because of a tendon, after all, as long as Van Axel has broken through. Fools know what this guy is going to do next, for Olajuwon, there is almost no pressure, and except for Van Axel, Dominic Wilkins is weak with the ball, Eddie Jones, a rookie, has this ability, but he makes too many mistakes, and the threat is not enough, at least in the face of Olajuwon, he does not have enough lethality, he can kill some first-class or quasi-first-class insiders, but it is not enough at the level of Olajuwon.

In this case, the Rockets almost grasped the weakness of the current Lakers, almost without scruples to play this rather terrifying retaliation, and almost unscrupulously gave the Lakers a chance, they were very sure that the Lakers could not really seize such an opportunity, because in the absence of enough interior lines and enough offensive players with the ball, what the Lakers could count on was just Lin Han!

In other words, no matter what time it is, now the Lakers can only rely on Lin Han if they want to seize the opportunity, in this case, Lin Han is now a one-on-three situation at any time, and Lin Han in such a situation can lead the Lakers to defeat the Rockets? It seems impossible.

And if the Lakers can't beat the Rockets, then the Rockets won't change their strategy, and this is also stuck in a rather dead loop!

Therefore, even experts like Collins and Larry Bird are quite helpless when they see the situation that the Lakers are facing now, which is indeed quite helpless, because even experts of their level can't find the slightest possibility that the Lakers can get out of this situation.

"If the Lakers are bold enough, this team has a chance to steal a game win"

Finally, after watching the Rockets players play in the boos of the fans, and watching the Lakers players play in the cheers of the fans, Larry Bird also said thoughtfully, and after Larry Bird finished speaking, Collins nodded quite approvingly this time.

The Lakers lost this round of the series, this is the opinion of everyone in the world at this time, but the Lakers lost this round of the series, it does not mean that they will definitely be swept, after all, the Rockets are not a team of machine people, no matter how experienced and stable this team is, they all have loopholes, and their biggest loophole is this first away game, because of the unfamiliarity with the environment, there will definitely be some problems in the game.

Of course, the Lakers can't catch such a loophole under normal circumstances, but not being able to do it under normal circumstances does not mean that it is not good under special circumstances.

At the very least, with the approach of Larry Bird and Collins, if they are the head coach of the Lakers, there is still a chance to steal a win in this game with this team playing Princeton's tactical system, although the chance is also not very big.

The key is to see if the Lakers and Magic have the courage to change the lineup in this game.

After all, even if you have the courage to change formations, although there is a chance to steal a victory. But this chance is not so great, and if you can't win after changing formations. Then the final demerit is likely to be a tragedy.

Being swept away by a team that is stronger than you may be nothing. The Lakers have been swept in the Finals, but if they are beaten in the game, even the kind of tragedy that is enough to smash into the annals of history, plus being swept, it will really be a tragedy.

Of course, what kind of selection the Magic will be in this game, Collins and Larry Bird don't know, at least they don't know what the Lakers will do in this game until the Lakers players come on the court, just. At this time, looking at Lin Han, who was the finale of the team's boss, and looking at the player who was still cheered by the fans with great enthusiasm, whether it was Larry Bird or Collins, they felt a little pity.

If it weren't for the Rockets forming a big three this season, if it weren't for the fact that the Lakers lost a lot of players who could have been strengthened inside this season, such as Grant and others, then this season the Lakers are likely to win the championship in the first season of the team, and Lin Han is also very likely to enter the finals again in the first season of the Lakers to fight for the championship.

And the 24vs23 that the world is so much looking forward to is likely to be played out this season, and now, after the addition of a Rockets out of thin air. This is also quite regrettable, not only for them, but also for David Stern, as the president of the league, if he can. David Stern definitely didn't want Barkley to go to the Rockets, he just couldn't find a reason to veto the deal, after all. Whether it's Barkley or Olajuwon or Suns general manager Colangelo these are the big names in the league, David Stern can't say anything like 'basketball because of basketball', right? If you really want to say that, you can say that. Just say that to the slightly inferior superstars or All-Stars, but for Ross Barkley. The league's MVP, the top five superstars, Colangelo, the few in the league and David Stern are on the same level of management, and now David Stern is considered to be in control of the league, but the influence is not so great that he can ignore these rules.

Therefore, at this time, seeing Lin Han caught in such a huge quagmire as the Rockets, I am afraid that the most unhappy person in addition to the Lakers fans is David Stern, however, David Stern can also look away a little, after all, even if the Lakers can enter the finals, they may not really be able to 24vs23, and on the eastern side, Jordan's Bulls are also in the quagmire.

Just when Larry Bird was complaining about David Stern in his heart at this time, the starters on both sides had already warmed up on the court, and when Larry Bird and Collins looked at the starters on both sides walking towards the court, there was still no change on the Rockets' side, Olajuwon, Barkley, Mario Aley, Drexler and Doug Greaves, this lineup is the most solid lineup of this team after coming to the playoffs, with almost no changes.

Therefore, for a starting lineup like the Rockets, Collins and Larry Bird are not surprised at all, the key is the starting lineup of the Lakers in this game.

For this game, since the Lakers chose to stick to playing Princeton's tactical system, in the eyes of many people, this is because the Lakers can't let go of the opportunity given to them by the Rockets, as long as the Lakers remain unchanged, the Rockets' strategy will not change, then the Lakers will always be able to get opportunities from the Rockets. People like Larry Bird and Collins also have another idea, although they also think that the Lakers want to seize the opportunity given to them by the Rockets, but they think that the Lakers will not be so conservative and passively wait for the opportunity, and should choose a more active way to seize such an opportunity, but, obviously, this idea is just their speculation, as for what the Lakers want to do, no one knows, and when the starters of both sides of this game walked to the court, When Larry Bird and Collins saw the starting lineup of the Lakers for this game, they were almost stunned!

Not only was Larry Bird and Collins a little surprised to see the Lakers' starters in this game at this time, but the reporters on the scene were also similar.

"The Lakers really changed their lineup in this game?!"

Lin Han, magician. Dominic Wilkins, Eddie Jones and Van Axel. This is the Lakers' starting lineup for this game, as one of the team's most important interior defenses. Rodman, the team's only interior defender who can help Lin Han, sat on the bench!

Although when Rodman was in the Spurs, he would often sit on the bench because of the different opponents, but it was the Spurs, when he was in the Spurs, although the Spurs only had David Robinson on the inside, they could still find some other options besides David Robinson, although Rodman was important, but it was not the only second choice. But what about the Lakers?

This team is really only a second choice like Rodman, except for Rodman, others simply do not have the players who stand by Lin Han's side to help Lin Han on the defensive end, of course, it is not nothing, as a rookie player who won the Finals MVP in the center position, Magic Johnson's height and weight can actually barely be qualified for the interior position, but that is the magic at his peak. At that time, the magicians were not only agile, but also quite physical, and the current magicians seem to have gained weight even more. But it is also not as agile as before, and because of the fortune and age, it is also a huge question how much physical strength the magician can have. At the very least, although Rodman was not very effective defensively against Ross Barkley and Olajuwon. But Rodman can still pester Barkley or Olajuwon, and he can stick to these two for a whole game. But if the magic really wants to stick to these two people for a game, then the whole person is probably going to be wasted, and this series or even this playoffs should not be played.

Although the Lakers' lineup in this game is indeed quite risky, it seems that the Lakers do want to win the Rockets in this game, which is in line with the ideas of Larry Bird and Collins and even many other experts, but it is clear that the adventure that Larry Bird and Collins are looking forward to is definitely not like this, this is no longer at the level of adventure, this is even infinitely close to finding death!

There is no doubt that it is definitely not only Larry Bird and Collins who think that the Lakers lineup is looking for death, but also the head coach of the Rockets, Tom Janovic, who was stunned by the Lakers' starting lineup at this time, for the head coach of the Rockets.

This round of the series with the Lakers is quite easy, after all, the team has already reached a consensus, or rather, for this round and the Lakers playoffs, the three leading players within the team have been thinking about it for almost a season, it can be said that whether it is Olajuwon or Drexler or Barkley, in the regular season, they were taking the Lakers and Lin Han as imaginary opponents, maybe the Rockets are disrespectful to other teams in the league, even the Bulls dare not say that they are in the regular season, Take a certain team as the only imaginary enemy, after all, the team can prepare like this, but the players must not think so, in the NBA, the transaction and formation of a team will indeed be adjusted and traded in accordance with the way of restraining their rivals after encountering their own rivals, but this is the team's business, this is the team's general manager's business, players and coaches must not have the idea that the entire league has only one opponent, with such an idea, then just wait to be hacked, Last season, the SuperSonics were hacked in the first round, and I am afraid that they also have such an idea, thinking that their team only has an opponent like the Jazz, not only that the team's trading and adjustment are based on the idea that the Jazz team is an imaginary enemy, but even the players think so, and they don't care at all about an opponent like the Nuggets who looks weak and can't be weaker, and finally, when they were dragged into a desperate situation by the Nuggets, they suddenly found that their team was actually underprepared, and the team had not seriously prepared for the Nuggets at all.

So, after all, this is the NBA, although there is indeed a gap between the teams, but the gap is definitely not as big as imagined, if you really ignore the opponent, it will be the price of a comeback, but it is obvious that the players of the Rockets have even dared to do this this season, I am afraid that it is because of the team's three superstar players and Lin Han that are bitter and bitter, I am afraid that these three people dream every day about how to retaliate against Lin Han, and finally came up with such a rather immoral approach, and in addition to this, The strength of this team is also their biggest dependence. After all, in the whole Union. Aside from the Rockets, which team has a lineup of three superstars?!

Therefore. For this round of the series, Tomjanovic can really not do much, after all, what the team can do, the three superstars of the Rockets have thought about I don't know how many times or how many plans, these three guys are afraid that when facing the Lakers and Lin Han in the game, any aspect has been thought of, in this case, Tomjanovic can not change much, this is completely different from the last round of playing supersound. In the last round of the game against the Sonics, the reason why the Rockets finally eliminated the HyperSonics was that Tom Janovic was evaluated more highly by the outside world than George Carr, because he finally made a right choice.

It's just that even in this round of games, he doesn't need to make too many choices and don't need to make too much preparation, but if the Lakers have some extreme changes, this is also something he needs to deal with. After all, no matter how much Olajuwon and Barkley and Drexler think about it, it is also based on Lin Han's situation, but after all, the Lakers are not only Lin Han. Even if 90 percent is Lin Han, there are 10 percent of the other cases.

There is no doubt that this extremely strange change of formation of the Lakers in this game that looks like they are going to surrender is not something that the three leaders of the Rockets can imagine. That's what Tomjanovic needs to think about the team's strategy, just if it's something else. For the Rockets, it's a threatening change. Then Tomjanovic will also respond.

But the magician's change of formation, Tomjanovich laughed directly at the corner of his mouth after being stunned for a moment.

"You're a great player, but you're just a rookie manager right now, and most rookies are gamblers who think they're going to win."

Looking at the Lakers' warm-up starters on the court at this time, Tomjanovic sat down directly in his seat after muttering a smile and saying a word.

Of course he knows the strategic intentions of the Lakers in this game, doesn't he just want to seize the loopholes of the Rockets and steal a game, so he is indeed mentally prepared for the Lakers' change of formation, but what he thinks, he didn't expect that the Magic would change like this in this game, which can be called a miracle.

Tomjanovic said that the Magic is a gambler, definitely not scolding, in fact, most of the young head coaches in the league are quite partners and aggressive in the face of a crisis, or are quite gambling, and these young people always have a heart of fans and players, the so-called fans' hearts are fans of any team, when watching the game, when they see their team behind, and almost when the point difference is too big to chase, they will always think about whether their team's superstar will stage a Lin Han moment, 30 seconds and 13 minutes in one fell swoop, so, as long as you encounter such a situation, almost all fans around the world will ask their team players to chase points like Lin Han at this time, and chase points with three points, which is indeed a good practice to make up for the huge point difference, but the premise, you need to have a Lin Han, or a player like Lin Han, not anyone throwing around at all times, and even some fans see that the team is behind by more than eight points in the fourth quarter, no matter how much time, will be quite eager to hope that their team will throw three points directly, so that the score is faster, if the fans have such an idea, in fact, the danger is not so big, but if the head coach of the team has such an idea, then the danger for the team is great.

This is the so-called fan heart, and the so-called player heart head coach, this is for those superstars who become coaches after retiring, these head coaches, because they used to be superstars, so the NBA they see is different from the NBA seen by ordinary players, what they think can be done, in fact, for most players, it is impossible to do, that is, their ideas and their own team's players cannot be combined, or in other words, many of their decisions and ideas are unrealistic.

There is no doubt that at this time, Magic seems to be such a head coach in Tomjanovich's opinion, and in fact, Magic seems to be really in tune. (To be continued......) R527