Chapter 424: Winning streak
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At eight o'clock in the evening on April 29, 1995, the Los Angeles Lakers' home forum arena was used as the venue for the Lakers and Warriors in the second game of the first round of the playoffs. The confidence at this time is quite terrifying, and this direct expression is in the incredible atmosphere of the Lakers' home court tonight.
As the commentator of this game, although it is not the first time to come here, but seeing this terrifying scene at this time, Larry Bird is still a little incredible at this time, of course he understands what the reason for such a situation is, if the last game is only in terms of results, the Lakers beat the Warriors, if only tactically and in terms of results defeated the Warriors, there will definitely be no such scene, there is no doubt that in recent times, The public opinion of the entire league on Lin Han is absolutely huge, and the impact on this game is extremely huge.
Larry Bird is not an ordinary commentator, although he was not able to be like Jordan, alone as a super player, but as one of the two protagonists of the NBA that year, Larry Bird/De is very clear about the impact of this trend of public opinion on a team and a player, the Celtics and Lakers were not only the strongest teams in the league, the fans of this team or the atmosphere at home. That's all for the best, especially the Boston Celtics. At that time, the home stadium of the Celtics was known as the home stadium of the most devil, the same. The home court of the Bulls is also one of the NBA home courts with the highest attendance in recent years, and even after Larry Bird and their generation left, the Celtics' results plummeted, and the Celtics' home court is one of the best attendance courts in the league.
Although Lin Han's current general trend is just beginning, it has not yet been completed. But because of the heritage of the Lakers, because there was already a general trend protagonist here not long ago, it can make a huge bonus to Lin Han on the basis, coupled with Lin Han's current momentum, the current Forum Arena simply allows Larry Bird to see the scene when he and the Magic were competing for hegemony in the NBA many years ago, and even the current home scene of the Lakers is even crazier than back then!
Undoubtedly, in Larry Bird's view. The reason why the Lakers are so crazy now is undoubtedly because this team now has a protagonist who is more terrifying than the original Magic, and now the Lakers' crazy momentum at home is not inferior to the Bulls and Jordan after the momentum in 1991.
And that's exactly what happened. When a team not only defeats the opponent tactically, but also completely suppresses the opponent in terms of momentum, then victory can almost be said to be a matter of course. Unless the Warriors can interrupt the general trend of the Lakers that have risen, although because Lin Han and the Lakers are still immature. There are many teams that can cut off the general trend of the Lakers and Lin Han, but such a team can definitely not be a team like the Warriors.
So when I think about it. Larry Bird shook his head helplessly when he saw the Warriors who were the first to play as the away team, the gap between the two sides is too obvious, with the current staffing of the Warriors, Larry Bird can't think of what kind of way the Warriors can beat the Lakers.
Not to mention that Larry Bird couldn't have imagined it at this time, even as the head coach of the Warriors, Harris himself had a little headache in his head at this time, and he completely lost the calmness he had at the beginning of the last game.
For the two teams of the Lakers and the Warriors, this game or this series is actually quite simple, because the two teams have poor defense and good offense, and the two teams are actually competing for offense, and whoever has a stronger offense can be the winner of the game, which is quite understandable, just like the peak matchup between the two teams four years ago.
Therefore, the two teams do not need to think about how to improve their defense and how to reduce the opponent's offense strategically, because it is completely unnecessary, as long as they increase their offense strategically, because there is nothing to change on both sides of the defense, the Lakers must play Lin Han's trick on the inside if they want to strengthen the team's weak defense, even if it is not against the Warriors, the Lakers can only choose this way, after all, in the playoffs, as long as the Lakers have a fatal point, the other party will fight to the death, Instead of being superficial like the regular season, the Lakers' fatal flaw is, of course, the defense on the inside, so no matter which opponent or game they face, the Lakers can only put Lin Han on the inside on the defensive end now, as for the offensive end, the need to watch the game, and the Warriors are the same, the defense has nothing to change, because the team's defense is like this, the key is to look at the offense.
However, although strategically both teams are increasing their own offense, nothing can be changed, but in terms of tactics, this is completely different, how to increase their offense, tactically this is quite difficult to achieve, the Lakers are okay, this team's offense is really quite good, actually came up with Princeton's tactical system, but the Warriors are difficult, this is not to say that this team does not have the means to enhance the offense.
As one of the strongest offensive players in the league that year, although the Warriors did not have Nelson Sr., Harris was also Nelson's assistant to Nelson Sr.
It's just that. To the frustration of the Warriors, they just won the league's best defensive player. Lin Han, who made his debut as the Lakers' finalist when the Magic started the game, received the Best Defensive Player trophy from David Stern, the Lakers' general manager and president of the league. Harris, who was sitting in the scene, looked at Lin Han with a rather complicated expression.
It is because of Lin Han's defense that the Warriors want to strengthen their offense, that is, they really hit the muzzle of Lin Han's defense!
Both teams can only strategically enhance their offense in this series, and other factors can be completely ignored, but the biggest problem with the Warriors playing offense is that the strongest offensive method of this team is restrained by the Lakers or Lin Han, just like last season under the leadership of Nelson Sr., the entire Warriors' small lineup play was completely suppressed by Lin Han. In the end, the Jazz completed a sweep of the Warriors, although the difference between the Warriors and the Jazz in every game last season was not so big, but there is no doubt that this season the Warriors are not as good as last season in terms of run-in and offensive strength, because the team's two interior players, Secali and Gugliotta, are completely new players, not only new players, but also new players who have missed a lot of games, if these two and the team run in. The Warriors may be stronger than last season, but because they didn't run in well, then Harris didn't have that much confidence.
As for the Lakers, this team is not as good as last season's Jazz defensively. But that's relative to other teams, which the Lakers lack on the inside, but for the Warriors. Because of Rodman's memory, even the Lakers restrained the Warriors more than the Jazz in terms of defensive targeting. After all, Rodman is not the same as Malone, Malone's going to attack. Rodman, on the other hand, can defend completely.
Therefore, at this time, Harris was quite entangled, playing his offense like in the last game, although it slowed down the rhythm of his offense, but he was able to press Lin Han under the basket, if under normal circumstances, the Warriors' level of offense is enough to win, but obviously, it turns out that the current level of offense can no longer win the Lakers' Princeton tactical system, so the team must change.
And what is the only one that the Warriors can suppress Princeton's system on the offensive end? There is no doubt that it is the running and bombing style of their own small lineup back then, but although this style of play is more powerful on the offensive end, because of the inability to press Lin Han under the basket, the Warriors' offense needs to look at Lin Han's color, if the Warriors hit Lin Han's muzzle a little harder, even the Warriors' style of play may not be better than the previous game.
After all, the Warriors' small running and bombardment does not require so much height for interior assistant defense players, compared to defensive players like David Robinson and Olajuwon, although the height is a little worse, but the speed and agility are better, and the assistant defense player with higher passing ability is simply their natural enemy, for the Warriors, they would rather face David Robinson and Olajuwon than face Lin Han.
It's just obvious that even if he doesn't want to face Lin Han, Lin Han is still in front of them, this controversial best defensive player may not be the real best defensive player in the league, but he is definitely the best player to defend them!
"I really didn't expect this series to turn out like this, just because the Lakers' Princeton system was successful, and the Warriors were actually pushed to this point"
Looking at Lin Han, who received the best defensive player trophy from David Stern in the center of the court, Harris's eyes were full of helplessness and envy.
He knows very well that this is the real superstar player of the league, who can dominate a game from all aspects with his own strength, but his Warriors team does not have such a player, which is quite helpless, Chris Mullin, Sprewell, Tim Hardaway, they are all strong, but they all have extremely fatal flaws, they are not up to the level of Lin Han, and the NBA playoffs are the stage for superstars like Lin Han, for a team like the Warriors, If you can't compare to your opponent at the level of the player, then you can only look for a breakthrough from the tactical system, and in fact, Harris did the same, and he worked hard to find the tactical system in this series, but the final result was still not so satisfactory, or in the end, his choice was still a failure. He miscalculated the strength of the Lakers, and no one expected that the Lakers would be able to play Princeton tactics under the leadership of Lin Han. How can it be imagined that one of the league's most cancerous players can play the most selfless basketball in the entire basketball world.
So. When he thought of this, Harris really subconsciously sighed at Lin Han's incomparable basketball talent again.
Recently, public opinion throughout the United States and the world has been lamenting Lin Han's terrifying basketball talent and strong defensive ability, and the most profound feelings for these two points may belong to him and his team.
"No matter what, now that we're on this stage, we need to give it our all!"
Although Harris's heart was full of helplessness at this time because of Lin Han, as one of the best head coaches in the league and one of the coaches with the highest IQ in the league. Maybe his coaching ability can't lead the Warriors to cut off the general trend that the Lakers have gathered at this time, and the team's strength is not enough, but it can't be beaten, and whether he can fight hard is another matter.
In fact, for the Warriors, they have no choice now, because if they want to win, they have to beat the Lakers on the offensive end, and if they want to beat the Lakers on the offensive end, they need to play their traditional small run-and-gun tactics. And playing a small run-and-shoot tactic will stand directly in front of Lin Han, so for the Lakers, Lin Han is a player they must face. Whether they want it or not, they need to face it, they don't have any choice!
Therefore. When Lin Han finished accepting the award amid the cheers of the fans, the head coach of the Warriors also nodded secretly. It also strengthened the goal of myself and my team in this game!
Of course, at this time, Lin Hanna, who had just received the Best Defensive Player trophy from David Stern, was happy. Naturally, I won't notice the very unsightly faces of the Warriors' players and head coaches at this time.
Best Defensive Player, this is not the MVP trophy of the regular season, but there is no doubt that the trophy of the best defense is also the second most valuable trophy in the NBA regular season, of course, this is because the scoring champion has no trophy, if the scoring champion has a trophy, then the gold content of the scoring champion should be above the best defensive player, after all, the scoring champion is the best offensive player, and in the entire NBA, offense is still more important than defense, after all, the essence of basketball is a competition that scores more than anyone.
Therefore, Lin Han will of course be quite happy to be able to get a trophy with a silver reward, because after winning the best defensive player, plus the previous rookie game MVP, All-Star MVP and scoring champion plus this best defensive player, Lin Han already has four silver-level milestone rewards, just need a silver-level reward to be able to combine into a gold-level milestone reward, with the gold-level milestone reward, Lin Han can draw talent again, you know, every time he fights with Jordan, It feels quite uncomfortable to be defeated by Jordan in terms of talent, although the whole United States says that his basketball talent is stronger than Jordan and Magic, but after Lin Han, he is really far worse than Jordan or Magic.
Therefore, after winning the best defensive player, Lin Han can now make up five silver-level rewards as long as he takes one that has been confirmed to be his first team, and if you add the regular season MVP that should not have run, Lin Han will be able to have two gold-level milestones in the near future, which means that Lin Han will have the possibility of having two gold-level talents again!
If Lin Han can really get two gold-level talents in the near future, then Lin Han can be regarded as the number one super talent player in the history of the league.
Of course, these things are in the future, for the current Lin Han and the Lakers, although the Warriors seem to be no longer worried, there is no doubt that the most important thing now is still the matter of defeating the Warriors in this game.
As a team playing at home, a team that had a tactical advantage in the last game, the Lakers, whether it is a crazy fan or the team itself, are full of confidence in this game, and it can be said that this is a game that must be won.
However, as the team's leading player, Lin Han is of course quite aware that although the Warriors are in an extremely weak position, if you want to say that this team just gave up this game, it is impossible, with the grievances between the Warriors and Lin Han and the Lakers, it is impossible for this team to give up this series.
So, for this game. The Lakers also know that the Warriors will definitely fight back. And it will fight back more and more fiercely in the future!
It's just that although the Warriors will fight back in the next game. But the Lakers are also very well prepared, and they are not too worried about such things.
Therefore, when the second game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Warriors started, when the Warriors accelerated their pace of play in this game compared to the previous game, and were really ready to use their offense to compete with the Lakers in this game, Lin Han and the Lakers players were not so flustered, which is something that everyone can guess.
So, that's pretty bad for the Warriors as well. Although the Warriors also know how the Lakers will play this game, as the winning side, there is no need to change in the NBA, what changes are always the losing side, and if the change of the losing side wants to have a better effect, it needs to be kept secret and surprised, and now, the Warriors have no such surprise at all. Almost every aspect of this team is completely under the public's gaze!
The feeling for the Warriors is that one step is restricted, one step is restricted, and this is the time to stand on the sidelines after the game starts. Seeing his team being suppressed by the Lakers again after changing their style of play, Harris was quite helpless at this time.
In this game, the Warriors changed their style of play. The tempo of the game was raised, although Sekari and Gugliotta had not yet integrated well with the team. But one of these two is a very good ball quotient, and the other is very good offensively. In terms of play, it is not too repulsive to the Warriors' running and bombing, but there is no doubt that playing such a tactic for the first time in the playoffs, both Sekari and Gugliotta are a little uncomfortable, and there will be some problems in the running position, and there will also be some mistakes in passing and receiving.
If it is against some other teams in the league, even teams like the Rockets and Spurs have nothing to do with it, although these teams are really good defensively, it is difficult to really use some mistakes and mistakes of the Warriors to punish the Warriors, but against Linhan, these mistakes and mistakes are fatal, especially those mistakes of careless passing make Harris on the sidelines and the Warriors players on the court painful!
What kind of player is Lin Han? This guy may not be the best defensive player in the league, but this guy is definitely the best defensive passing player in the league, Lin Han's vision and prediction, especially on the defensive end, is recognized as the strongest in the league, even David Robinson and Olajuwon are slightly worse, Lin Han's elusive blocks and steals are famous in the league, if anyone dares to make a mistake in front of Lin Han or is not careful, Lin Han will definitely be able to really kill that team!
And at this time, Lin Han, who is an interior player on the defensive end, really made the two interior players of the Warriors want to die!
"It's terrifying, Lin Han's suppression of the Warriors on the defensive end is too terrifying!"
Looking at the two interior players of the Warriors who almost collapsed under Lin Han's crazy pressure on the court, many reporters from all over the United States on the sidelines were stunned at this time!
As the best offensive team in the league in previous seasons, the Warriors' offense is quite admired, and the old Nelson who invented this style of play also won the title of best head coach for it, so the Warriors' offense has been certified by the league, and it is such a tactical play that has been certified by the league.
"If the Warriors want to play fast, they must pay the price of mistakes, and Lin Han is the strongest defensive player in the league to catch mistakes, his combination of offense and defense plus that terrifying advance speed and ball holding ability, so that his fast break is simply impossible to defend, Lin Han is a perfect player, this round of the series proved that Lin Han is a perfect player, in the last game he proved that he can do a great talent, and this game, Lin Han undoubtedly proved that he has walked on the road to a great qiē!"
"Although Lin Han's talent is indeed quite great, but there are also problems of the Warriors themselves, after the departure of the old Nelson, the Warriors' players have indeed changed a lot and become more pragmatic, but for this game, such a change is not excellent, maybe the Warriors last season will be better against the current Lakers, but obviously, even some of the old Warriors players now, they can't find the feeling of last season, this game, the Warriors are finished!"
When the Los Angeles Lakers and Warriors ended the half, when the Lakers led the Warriors 58-52 at home, the halftime difference between the two sides was not very large.
But the fans and spectators who watched this game know that if there is no huge accident in this game, the Warriors may have lost, because the reason why this team will end the half with such a small margin is not because of how well the Warriors played, but because the team's bench lineup once again pressed the Lakers' bench in this game, Ricky Pierce and Gatlin and others The Warriors bench is much stronger than the Lakers bench in terms of scoring ability, especially Gatlin, a substitute with All-Star strength, It's a rhythm that ravages the Lakers' weak interior line to death!
If it weren't for the Warriors' bench lineup killing the Lakers' bench quite badly in the first half of the second quarter, by the end of the half, I'm afraid the point difference would have reached more than ten points.
And after the start of the second half, will the Warriors be able to rely on their bench lineup?
Of course not, even if the Lakers are stupid, they will not continue to give the Warriors so many opportunities to the bench in the second half, in the first half Sterling and Pierce were able to kill all sides, the main reason is not only that their strength is really strong, but more importantly, Lakers coach Magic Johnson is very calm, did not change the main force in advance, but gave his bench players enough trust, and also let the team's starters get a lot of rest, And this arrangement is prepared for the second half!
When the Lakers gave so many opportunities to the Warriors in the first half, the Warriors couldn't overtake the score, so what would happen in the second half, even a fool could know what the result would be!
119-103, when the whistle blew at the end of the game, when the scoreboard on the side of the court played such a number, when the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Warriors in the first game, and then beat the Warriors by a large score in the second game, the entire Forum Arena almost fell into extreme madness again.
And as the commentator of this game, although Larry Bird is really not surprised by the result of this game, this is a very normal result, but after seeing Lin Han's number jù in this game, Larry Bird is still a little calm!
"38 points, 17 assists, 12 rebounds on 15-of-22 shooting, two consecutive triple-doubles?"
Another big triple-double, and a triple-double for two consecutive games!
"This kid isn't going to average a triple-double in this year's playoffs, is he?!" (To be continued......) R1292