Chapter 433: Revenge: Humiliating the Spurs
On May 9, 1995, at eight o'clock in the evening, there was still half an hour before the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Spurs, as the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Great Western Forum Arena was already full at this time, since the team eliminated the Warriors a week ago to enter the second round, Lakers fans have not seen their team's game for a while, and this is just not seeing their team's game, if they don't see their team's home game, Then I'm afraid this time will be a little longer, after all, the last game between the Lakers and the Warriors was played on the Warriors' home court.
And this is also a recent period of time, Lakers fans are quite entangled, the team's results are very good, this is quite surprising, the team's first round of the table is also very good, this is also quite a surprise, the team's surprise is of course worthy of the support and happiness of the fans, but it is such a quick victory, so that the fans feel that they have waited too long, and even some Lakers fans are thinking at this time, if only the last round, the Warriors' resistance could be longer.
Of course, in the last round of the game, the strength of the Warriors was like that, they wanted to resist the Lakers for a while longer, even if they wanted to do that, they might not be able to have that kind of strength, and this time in the Western Conference semifinals, the Spurs are a team that can definitely meet the requirements of Lakers fans, but when such a team comes, many Lakers fans begin to worry about their teams again. I'm worried about whether the team will be able to beat the Spurs.
I have to say that NBA fans are really a rather complex group, after all. The mentality of Lakers fans can definitely be seen in many fans in the NBA.
"Before this game, a lot of people thought that this series of Los Angeles will be difficult, especially since none of our team players can match David Robinson, coupled with the Spurs' extraordinary interior defense, the Lakers are quite difficult to play on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this series, and those guys say that our Princeton style of play seems to be a little afraid of teams with excellent defensive ability. Is that really the case? ”
"I don't know about this, anyway, many people in this series said that the Lakers can only rely on Lin's individual offense. It's hard for the team to play any tactics, but I think it's enough to have Lin's individual attack, after all. Lin Han has not only proven his ability to lead the team to victory with his individual offense, but you don't think that our team can only win with Lin's average triple-double in the last round, right? Don't forget what kind of play we used to finish second in the league in the regular season! ”
"yes, I think so too, Princeton played really well in the last round, which surprised us all, but the mainstream of the Lakers' play has always been Lin's individual offense to drive the whole team, and since Lin's individual offense has no problem against the Spurs, then we won't have a problem in this series. Rest assured, don't care about those bearish remarks! ”
This game between the Lakers and the Spurs, at this time as a fan of the home team Lakers. They are really nervous, and as the commentators of this game, although the two teams have not yet played and the game has not started, Larry Bird and Collins are also quite nervous at this time, and they are not as nervous as Lakers fans. Their nervousness was more of an expectation, although both of them supported Lin Han. But after all, they are not Lakers fans, they don't care what the Lakers win or lose, compared to this game or the victory or defeat of this series, they are more looking forward to whether Lin Han can continue his regular season performance in the playoffs, you know, the last cancer player who can make people look forward to it so much is back to Jordan of the Bulls, but at that time, Jordan couldn't break through the blockade of the Pistons no matter what, and now, many people are looking forward to it, When the Lakers' Princeton faced the Spurs' defense, because his own level was not enough to play, could Lin Han be able to lead the Lakers to break through the Spurs' blockade by himself with his own ability, like Jordan before.
Although Lin Han's ability to lead the team has long been undoubted, but after all, Lin Han is a player who won 60 wins in the regular season with a tumor style of play, which is a result that Chamberlain and Jordan have not been able to achieve, both of them have won more than 60 wins in the regular season many times in their careers, but when these two people play a cancer style of play, the best time is Jordan's 50 wins, Chamberlain's 49 wins, Neither of the two can bring the team to more than 60 wins in the regular season by themselves, Lin Han's regular season table this season has broken the record of leading the team with a cancer style of play, and it is precisely for this reason that Lin Han won this year's regular season MVP, and now, even many experts, media or fans who hope that Lin Han can develop into an all-round player in the future, at this time they are eager to see if Lin Han's cancer level in this round of the series really surpasses Chamberlain and Jordan, After all, when Lin Han broke Jordan and Chamberlain's record of 60 wins in the regular season, the United States today touted Lin Han as Russell in the cancer world, as long as Lin Han can make the cancer play no longer discriminated against in the NBA, and win the championship with this style of play, then Lin Han will be a player who can compare with Russell, in the entire league, all defensive players are respected, isn't it because of Russell's existence that he has won countless championships for defensive players?
Although everyone doesn't agree with the 'one-win draw Russell' statement in the United States today, even so, everyone is still expecting Lin Han to do the same thing that Jordan and Chamberlain were not able to do in the playoffs, and Larry Bird and Collins are among the most anticipated people who think this way.
"The players from both sides are out, and the game is about to begin!"
And just when the time for the game is getting closer and closer. While the emotions of all the fans and commentators or reporters in the stadium were getting more and more nervous, the Spurs, as players playing on the road, led by the team's head coach Bob Hill and the team's boss David Robinson, took the lead.
And when the Spurs players came out of the tunnel of players. The entire Western Forum Arena almost erupted in earth-shattering boos!
"Humph!"
Such a terrifying boo, even David Robinson, as the head of the Spurs, was a little stunned when he walked to the team's bench, but soon, the Spurs' leading player snorted coldly, I have to say that as one of the four centers in the league, the Western superstar has experienced too many battles, and wants to be affected by the boos of the fans. It's not that easy.
As the entire Spurs team, this team is Sam Bowe or David Robinson on the inside, or Johnson on the outside, and Ceballos Maxwell and others. These people are almost all a group of veterans, and among all the main players of the team, only Jalen Rose is really a newcomer, and this is also the Spurs' record this season is quite stable. Not only is the regular season stable, but the playoffs are also quite stable.
Of course, the boos of Lakers fans can't affect the mentality of Spurs players, which everyone actually knows, not only those expert reporters know, even Lakers fans themselves know very well, but even if it doesn't affect the mentality of Spurs players, it doesn't mean that they won't do it. Since the Lakers entered the playoffs this season, and the strength of the team is enough to look forward to, Lakers fans who have been a little less enthusiastic about the team's playoff in the last two seasons. Almost all the enthusiasm was unleashed.
After all, fans are also people, not machines, and their support for the team is not static, and in the previous two seasons, the Lakers were just that strong. Even if it comes to the playoffs, it is a part of being swept. How much enthusiasm does this give the fans? Because they all know that no matter how enthusiastic they are, it's just useless, and if the team loses, not many people will see their efforts.
Now, it's completely different, the team is strong enough, as long as the team can win consistently, then their cheers and boos will be noticed, and even when people talk about why the Lakers can win, in addition to talking about Linham and the Lakers players and coaches, many people will say that the Lakers fans are also one of the factors in winning.
Therefore, when the Lakers players came out of the players' tunnel, the cheers on the scene even made David Robinson, who had snorted coldly before, a little unbelievable!
Because the cheers of the Lakers fans at the scene are really terrifying, just some substitute players played, and the cheers of the entire home court have reached such a level, if Lin Han and Magic and others play, what will the whole arena be like?
As reporters and commentators on the scene, they have already experienced the enthusiasm of Lakers fans this season, although they are still a little surprised, but it is much better than the Spurs, although the Spurs players and coaches have watched the Lakers and Warriors series more than once on video, but how can the feeling on TV be the same as the feeling on the spot, especially in the whole era now, the means of video and broadcast are not so daze, It's not enough to make fans have the same immersive experience in front of the TV as they are in the field.
“magic! magic! magic! ”
"Lin! Forest! Forest! Forest! Forest! Forest! ”
"Lin! Forest! Forest! Forest! Forest! Forest! ”
And just like the Spurs imagined, when Magic Johnson and Lin Han played the finale, the whole arena seemed to be overturned, I have to say that compared to the boos of the fans on the spot, the cheers of the fans on the scene for the Lakers players shocked the Spurs even more, especially as the head coach of the Spurs Bob Hill, the head coach of the Spurs team also changed a little after seeing such a scene, obviously, he could feel that this round of the series was definitely not as easy to play as he imagined!
Of course, as the head coach of the Spurs, Bob Hill felt that this round of the series was not very easy to play after seeing the support of the fans on the Lakers, so there was some change in mentality, and as players of the Spurs, although they also have such thoughts, but after all, they are not the head coach of the team. Even if they have such thoughts, they will not be deep, and the changes in their feelings that can make them more profound are still because after Lin Han appeared. The Lakers' leading player did not walk around the court directly on the court and then came to the team's bench like other Lakers players, but stood directly in the center of the court to accept a ceremony, and this ceremony almost made all the Spurs players, including David Robinson, look quite unsightly at this time!
“mvp! mvp! mvp! ”
“mvp! mvp! mvp! ”
“mvp! mvp! mvp! ”
When David Robinson, who was on the field, saw Lin Han on the field receiving the MVP trophy from the hands of the team's owner Old Bass and the team's general manager Jerry West in the cheers of all the spectators and fans in the stadium, the player who ranked third in the MVP rankings this season had a very ugly face at this time. At that time he was not at the scene, and now. He was there at the scene, and he saw his enemy holding the trophy he wanted the most in front of him!
You know, don't look at David Robinson is only the third in the MVP, but whether it is Jordan in second or Olajuwon in the back. These two have hardly really competed for MVP this season, because both of them know that they can't be, Jordan has won too much, the requirements for winning awards are too high, and he can't meet it, and Olajuwon is because the team came to Barkley after the trade, although because the three are older, they will not be said to be huddled for warmth, but even if not many people mock them for huddles. But there are still criticisms, and in this case, Olajuwon also knows. Even if your team's record is good, the league will not give MVP to a team with three superstars, so isn't this encouraging superstars to get together? In the NBA now, this is not mainstream.
Therefore, the only person who really competed with Lin Han for MVP from the beginning to the end was David Robinson, and David Robinson was at the beginning of the season. When the two teams met for the first time, he directly said that he was determined to be the MVP of this season, but in the end, he was robbed by Lin Han. Even if he knew that he was a little far away from Lin Han in the MVP vote, no matter how far away he was, it couldn't change the fact that Lin Han had snatched what belonged to him!
Therefore, after Lin Han lifted the trophy again, and waved around amid the crazy cheers and shouts of the fans, David Robinson's face became more and more difficult to look at.
"David, let this kid be arrogant for a while now, after the game starts, he will suffer!"
"Yes, this kid will definitely play inside in this game, and when the time comes, we will make him look good!"
The boss of their own team has some ups and downs at this time, as Spurs players, of course they can feel it, not to mention that David Robinson will be quite angry, even if they are in a bad mood at this time, after all, fools know that the two biggest contenders for MVP this season are Lin Han and David Robinson, Lin Han finally defeated David Robinson, and Lin Han became the final winner.
As the final winner, Lin Han is eligible to enjoy the glory that the final winner has, and in fact, he also enjoys such glory, yesterday he has held the biggest MVP speech and awards ceremony in NBA history, in this case, as long as a slightly humble player will not show the MVP in front of his biggest competitor at this time, this is simply a slap in the face of David Robinson and the Spurs!
Although it is said that MVP players will present awards once in their home games, the Lakers can present awards to Lin Han before the Spurs play, that is, half an hour ago, is it necessary for the Spurs players to complete this step in front of David Robinson and the Spurs after they come out?
Don't say it's David Robinson, even if they encounter a situation like David Robinson, I'm afraid it will be more intense than David Robinson's expression, especially after seeing Lin Han waving to the Lakers fans around him, this kid actually didn't forget to smile very playfully at the Spurs' bench, this kid is really good at adapting to people!
"Humph!"
In the face of Lin Han and the Lakers, this is clearly to stimulate the behavior of the Spurs, especially seeing Lin Han's extremely provocative smile and eyes just now, David Robinson was almost angry at this time, but fortunately, there were teammates next to him to persuade him. And David Robinson himself is indeed a rather calm and mature player.
But in this era, even the most calm and mature players encounter this kind of red fruit provocation. I'm afraid the mood won't be good, but just like other Spurs players said, facing the Spurs, the Lakers will definitely let Lin Han play inside, in this case, David Robinson has enough opportunities to get back to the court from Lin Han!
"Boy, just wait. Wait a minute, you won't be able to laugh! ”
Looking at Lin Han, who was still showing off his trophy, David Robinson forced his urge to go up and kill this guy. Then he swore secretly in his heart.
Of course, at this time, because of the provocation of Lin Han and the Lakers, the love of all the Spurs players on the Spurs' bench was quite intense, and Lin Han and the Lakers naturally knew this. Because that's what they wanted, because this qiē was designed for them by Jerry West, the general manager of the Lakers.
After all, when the Spurs put Lin Han and Rodman on their home court, although Jerry West was not in Los Angeles when he played the Spurs at the Lakers' home court, he couldn't retaliate against the Spurs, but he was provoked by a small character like **vic, with Jerry West's character, it's strange not to get back on the court, and it's better than **vic to put a video. Jerry West's trophy show in front of the Spurs is even more lofty.
Therefore, not to mention the Spurs players, even the general manager of the Spurs who was sitting on the sidelines at this time ** Vic, his face was not so good-looking at this time. Of course, he knew that the Lakers were doing this directly at the Spurs, or to retaliate for his actions when the Spurs' players were a little unbalanced.
It's just that at this time, in the face of such behavior of the Lakers, ** Vicky can only endure it, and there is no way to fight back, after all, he provoked this matter from the beginning. If you provoke this kind of thing, don't really expect to be respected on the Lakers' home court.
But. Even so, at this time, Vicky's face was still not good-looking, and his fists were still holding and looking at the general manager of the Lakers on the court.
"I'm going to pull the Lakers off the throne and stomp them underfoot!"
Facing the Lakers' show of muscles, at this time, Vicky once again rose in his heart to pull the Lakers and Jerry West from the throne, although he has always wanted to replace the Lakers and Jerry West, but at this time, he can almost clearly feel that his mind has almost reached the peak.
Of course, as a live audience or an audience in front of the TV, not everyone can see that this is the Lakers in response to the Spurs, at least as young players such as Pierce, Iverson and Kobe Garnett and O'Neal Jr. who were invited by Lin Han, they would never have thought that this was Lin Han and the Lakers stimulating the Spurs and taking revenge on the Spurs.
Although these little guys were also there in yesterday's grand speech, no matter how grand that speech was, it was negligible compared to the cheers of nearly 20,000 people at the scene, and when he saw Lin Han constantly holding high the trophy in his hand under the cheers of nearly 20,000 people, whether it was Garnett or Kobe, his eyes were almost full of a feeling called envy at this time!
"One day, I will be in the spotlight of the whole world like him!"
"Boss, did you notice those Spurs guys? Those guys' faces are all green when you lift the trophy, hahahaha! ”
As the focus of this game, when Lin Han came off the court after showing off his MVP trophy under the arrangement of Jerry West, the Lakers players on the bench were quite excited at this time, not to mention young people like Eddie Jones, even Rodman and Wilkins were similar at this time, especially Rodman, you know, Rodman was one of the biggest victims of the ** Vic video incident at the beginning, although he had no way to retaliate against the Spurs in this way, But Lin Han's revenge is undoubtedly able to represent him.
"Okay, these are just some small means, if you really want to get revenge on the Spurs, then let's win this game together"
Looking at his teammates who were quite excited, Lin Han also said with a smile, and after Lin Han finished speaking, almost all the Lakers players roared directly at this time, and the momentum was quite crazy!
As the head coach of the team, Magic Johnson looked at the Lakers players who were full of morale at this time and smiled and nodded constantly, originally he didn't support Jerry West to play such a trick in this game, this is not because the Magic is a good man, but because he is really worried that the Lakers' behavior did not stimulate the Spurs, but let the players of his team fall into some underestimated enemy crises, or fall into some self-inflicted feelings, and from the current point of view, Jerry West's vision is much more far-reaching than he is
"The players on both sides have already played, the Spurs and Lakers are about to start the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, it seems that the morale of the Lakers players at this time is quite good, and the Spurs players are also quite calm at this time, this game will be quite a wonderful game!"
When the players on both sides sorted out all the equipment and went directly to the court to warm up, Collins, who was already excited, shouted almost directly at this time, and Larry Bird, who was on the side, was also high-pitched at this time.
"The Lakers seem to have adjusted quite well in terms of the situation, both sides have a week of rest before this game, and with the execution of both teams, they have been able to adjust their team's form to a very good schedule, and this game is indeed likely to be a classic game"
Although the Lakers' face-slapping awards in front of the Spurs and David Robinson before the game surprised both Larry Bird and Collins, it has to be said that the spirit of these two teams before this game was quite good, especially on the Lakers side, the self-confidence and fighting spirit of these young players have been greatly improved after the first round of big wins, which made Larry Bird quite surprised.
Originally, before this game, Larry Bird was also more optimistic about the Spurs for the prediction of this series, but from now on, he still underestimated these young players of the Lakers.
And just when Larry Bird was a little surprised by the morale of these young Lakers at this time, the players on both sides of the game had already warmed up on the court.
The competition has officially begun! (To be continued) R752