Chapter 465: Armageddon
"Magic, the team isn't in a good state right now."
On May 23, 1995, in the training hall of the Los Angeles Lakers, because all the semifinals of the league's East and West are over, and the league's playoffs are about to usher in the division finals, the Lakers, who have just beaten the Spurs and have not fully recovered from the joy of victory, are about to face a stronger opponent than the Spurs, the Husdo Rockets.
Although the Houston Rockets and the Spurs play quite closely, the Spurs have dominated the inout tactics this season, and the Rockets are the same, although after the big trade, the Rockets' inout tactics have been partially replaced by the superstar tactics of the three superstars, but the main body of this team has not become, that is, inout, only a slight change is that most of the league's inout tactics have only one core inside, after all, A team that can support the ball-excellent-excellent-small-say-more-new-most-fast-www.uuxs.cc-team inout tactics, the team's interior line must be an All-Star level inside, and even some inout teams that enter the second round of the playoffs, it is almost impossible for the team to not have an interior superstar, generally speaking, although there is no shortage of high-quality interior lines in the current NBA league, it is impossible to throw two superstar insiders in an inout strong team, Therefore, most of the strong teams that are inout, such as the former 76ers, the former Suns, or the current Spurs, Rockets and Magic, are almost all single-star insiders. /
It's just clear that after that big trade, after Barkley went to the Rockets, the Rockets' single-superstar inout tactics became two-superstar inouts. Although it was just the addition of a superstar, it didn't seem to be anything. But the inout tactic is really different from the other tactics, and the other tactics change from one superstar to two superstars in a tactical system. It is possible that it takes a lot of run-in time or even run-in failure, but because of the special style of inout tactics, this is known as the most cancerous team tactics, this is a team tactic Yes, but it also has a cancer attribute, as long as the two interior players have inout experience, they can have a certain ability to pass inside, they only need to cooperate with each other, and they don't need much cooperation with the other three teammates at all. This will greatly reduce the run-in failure and run-in time of this tactic, when the two do not cooperate, as long as the two have previous experience in inout, then they can cooperate with other teammates alone, which can be called detachable and removable.
Take the Spurs team faced by the Lakers in the semifinals as an example, if David Robinson is given a superstar-level interior partner, then this Spurs team will definitely be able to change qualitatively, and David Robinson may play Lin Han to death!
In the face of such a rocket team, hypersonic speed is almost to the extreme. The use of the natural camp to limit the black-bellied Olajuwon, in terms of the technical and tactical characteristics of the players, Olajuwon's offense is definitely the most black-bellied in the league, and in terms of defense. Kemp's defense is definitely the most natural in the league, and everyone knows that natural stay is the nemesis of the black belly, but no matter how much the superSonics do, they can only get Olajuwon. It's impossible to kill the combination of Olajuwon and Barkley, and don't think that the semifinals between the Rockets and the SuperSonics will match. Barkley is really super-god, and it's really his own credit. There is also a lot of credit for Olajuwon's willingness to pass the ball to Barkley and cooperate with Barkley, so in fact, the SuperSonics have never completely solved the Rockets' inout tactics, and the SuperSonics were eventually defeated by the Rockets because of this.
Even a strong team like the SuperSonics that has no shortage of interior players can't get the Rockets, so can a team like Lin Han and the Lakers that lacks an inside line stop the Rockets' cool core inout tactics?
This looks a bit hanging, because the Lakers don't seem to be talking about the dual-core inout tactics that kill the Rockets, even if they want to get Olajuwon, it's not so easy, right?
The Lakers have such a status quo, as the team's assistant coach, whether it is Hubi Brown or Adelman, it is very clear that the Rockets are not comparable to the Spurs, this is definitely not just talking, but the real qualitative gap between the two sides, to say that among all four teams in the West that have entered the Final Four, the strongest comprehensive strength of the team is the Rockets, and the second is the SuperSonics, so the Spurs can only rank third!
Therefore, at this time in the Lakers' training hall, looking at Wang Zhizhi and Garnett, who were simulating Barkley on the court, both Adelman and Hubi Brown were a little helpless.
Although Wang Zhizhi and Garnett are very good among players of the same age, they are not at the same level compared to Olajuwon and Barkley, at least in terms of current strength, these two people are far behind, but even these two players who are very far away from each other, and even the two who did not have much cooperation before were only a little cooperative when they were in the playoffs and the Lakers sparring this year, when they played the dual-core inout, they all looked like they were presentable. Although the Lakers were able to easily use the strength of their players to ravage these two little guys, they didn't find a way to defeat these two, and it was just pointless to ravage helplessly.
Of course, in the face of such a dual-core inout, although there are very few double-star inouts in the history of the league, it's just that, although there is no double-star inout, there are still two-All-Star inouts, and there are even a lot of them, the Suns in the first half of this season are actually single-superstar single-All-Star inouts, and the team that the Suns were most afraid of last season was the Lakers, and how did the Lakers kill the Suns last season?
It's very simple, Lin Han blocked Barkley one-on-one, Rodman caught Danny Manning one-on-one, plus Danny Manning's passing ability is quite bad, and the help to Barkley is limited, in fact, the Suns' cool core inout is a failure, and the Lakers are also a bit of a bully.
It's just that although the Suns' dual-core inout failed because of Manning's flawed ability, it also made it clear to the Lakers that they were facing such a team. One of the more pre-requisites is that your team needs to have two interior players who can stop the opponent. This is the most prerequisite, after being able to block the opponent's two interior cores. to be able to further do things that limit the cooperation between these two and between these two and their teammates.
When facing the Suns in the first half of this season, the Lakers had such a prerequisite, but that was only against the Suns, and now the Lakers are facing the Rockets, and the first prerequisite does not exist.
The Rockets really don't have a good enough three interior to play a three-inside strategy, but just their two interior lines are enough for the Lakers to have no way at all!
Thankfully, Barkley's height has always been a flaw for him, even against most of the league's players. Such a height did not hinder Barkley, but in the face of Lin Han, Barkley has never been able to play too well, but now it is no longer AC Green who is standing next to Barkley, no longer Manning, but Olajuwon, so when Barkley faces the Lakers, he will not drag down the team at all because of his appearance. It's a big deal, like the last round of the game between the Rockets and the SuperSonics, Barkley himself acted like a n, fully assisting Olajuwon and making Olajuwon super god when facing the Lakers. This can definitely be done, when Lynham is used to limit Barkley, facing the Lakers' interior line. Even Olajuwon may be able to do more crazy than Ross Barkley did in the last round.
Therefore, the dual-core inout tactic is not only strangely difficult to deal with. And the more powerful attribute is that the dual-core inout has one more anti-shock attribute than the single-core inout. The so-called anti-concussion attribute is that a certain core does not play well and does not affect the team, if it is a single-core inout, the team's core fails, it will definitely cause the team to follow, but in the double core, as long as Olajuwon and Barkley do not have problems at the same time, it doesn't matter if one of the two has problems, after all, as a superstar player, it is impossible for any player to be completely defended, and there is always another way to help his teammates around him, It's also a scary place for superstar inout.
Therefore, in the last round, the Rocket team defeated the supersonics, if you use the afterthought, it is that the Rocket team is indeed stronger, but again, this is not just an afterthought, but a real fact!
"Alright, it's okay, everyone take a break!"
Facing the worries of the two assistants around him, the Magic's face was also a little calm at this time, but looking at Wang Zhizhi and Garnett, the two little guys who were already out of breath on the court at this time, the head coach of the Lakers also called a timeout.
And when the magician called a timeout, looking at Garnett, who was almost spinning his legs in front of him and about to fall, Lin Han quickly supported Garnett, who volunteered to help, after a little sigh.
"Thank you, Lin"
After being held up by Lin Han, Garnett was also a little embarrassed and smiled bitterly and wanted to push Lin Han away.
After all, what kind of player is Lin Han and what kind of player is he? Although he is quite confident in himself, after all, it is still a gap with Lin Han now, although Lin Han can not value these and support him without hesitation, but he can't really accept it like this, how rude.
"Alright, Kevin, don't be so polite, if I really want to say thank you, I should say thank you to you"
Looking at this young man who was a little embarrassed after being held by himself, Lin Han also found it a little interesting and said.
Garnett and their group of young people have been staying with the Lakers since the start of the playoffs this season, which is absolutely not allowed in other teams in the NBA, after all, for the teams that enter the playoffs, the internal training or training or tactical arrangements of each team are absolutely confidential, and it is impossible for outsiders to know, and Garnett Kobe Iverson, Pierce and O'Neal Jr. They are definitely outsiders, after all, Wang Zhizhi is still the team's sparring partner, and he can be regarded as his own person. If Garnett or Kobe Bryant really say what the Lakers are going to prepare for, it will definitely be a huge blow to the Lakers.
Therefore, in the league, when it comes to the playoffs, no matter how generous the team is, it will turn away visitors, especially a team like the Lakers, which is extremely concerned.
Don't think that Garnett, Kobe Bryant and others will be able to keep their secrets as long as they insist on not telling them, and they will be frantically chased and intercepted by the media in the United States and even around the world. How many of these young little guys can really keep secrets, you know. Those crazy journalists are not only going to besiege them, but their friends as well. After all, as a teenager, you always like to share your own things with your friends.
Moreover, this group of reporters in the NBA is different from ordinary reporters, these guys can be called spies, not to mention their young people, even many NBA players can't handle these uncrowned kings.
Therefore, for more than a month, Garnett and Kobe Bryant and others have been able to keep secrets to the outside world, and Lin Han is still very moved. After all, they must have refused to be inquired by many friends and teammates and even relatives and teachers, after all, as a high school player or a college player, it is quite an honor to be able to receive an invitation from Lin Han and the Lakers to accompany the playoffs throughout the whole process, even if Garnett doesn't say it, their relatives, friends, divisions, teammates and others will be crazy curious to know what the NBA team playoffs are like, and they face such a situation, to say it or not? After all. These people are not reporters, and they always have to have scruples, and the Lakers' preparation for more than a month has not been exposed, as evidenced. In the face of such pressure, these teenagers still made a decision that was very beneficial to the Lakers.
Although when accepting the application of these little guys, these little guys made a promise not to leak secrets. But Lin Han didn't really take it to heart, after all, he himself was quite a selfish person. Treat others with themselves, and Lin Han is in their position. It is difficult for Lin Han to keep the secret, so when Lin Han agreed to follow the team, his idea was that when these little guys leaked their secrets in the first round, Lin Han would find this excuse to separate them, I am afraid that the general manager of the Lakers, Jerry West, and the head coach Magic also think so, after all, the Lakers team was relatively easy in the first round, and it didn't matter, but what people didn't expect was that these little guys were so determined that they were stunned to reach the Western Conference Finals. They haven't found an excuse to break them up yet.
And when such a thing happens, Lin Han, Jerry West, and the Magic and others will naturally no longer be able to treat them as outsiders, since these boys really regard themselves as members of the Lakers team at this time, then Lin Han will naturally accept them in the same way.
Just like Jerry West sighed, these little guys are definitely not in the pool in the future, no matter what their ability is, this determination alone is enough for them to make a difference in any field.
Of course, this is the internal thinking of the Lakers, as a player who is not a Lakers, Garnett does not think so, after all, to be able to come to a team like the Lakers for an internship, this is a dream thing, and not only in the regular season, but also in the playoffs, if the Lakers can finally enter the finals, or win the championship, then their gains in the past two months with the team will be too huge.
Not only did I eat and live with the Lakers to understand the NBA game situation and rhythm, but also got a different training method from professional players, and even tactical requirements, which is too important, so to speak, with more than one or two months of training, Garnett and Pierce will reduce a lot of time to adapt to the NBA this season!
If reducing a lot of adaptation time is just a virtual thing, then increasing a player's draft ranking is actually meaningful.
Since Garnett's successful entry into the Lakers' playoffs, the hot rookie draft prospects have once again been bullish, and even that bullishness has increased with Garnett's time with the Lakers.
Obviously, in the eyes of those scouts, the longer Garnett stays within the Lakers, then the more Garnett is more adaptable to the NBA, and the more his personal strength is recognized by the Lakers, otherwise the Lakers would not risk being leaked to keep Garnett.
So, I really want to say thank you, Garnett and the others really don't know what to say to Lin Han, such a favor is indeed too great, compared to such a favor, the matter of keeping them secret is simply negligible, as for the so-called loss of vacation time or making yourself tired every day, jokes, such fatigue, how many rookies are staring at them with red eyes and want to replace them and can't get it.
Of course, although Lin Han didn't mind and kept helping Garnett to the sidelines of the training field, he was getting more and more embarrassed to see the young player. Lin Han also let go with a smile after seeing the young insider's relief, and at the same time, he and his Lakers teammates returned to the Magic's side to listen to the Magic's instructions.
Garnett, on the other hand, walked straight to the place where the little ones were resting.
Although the Lakers did not prohibit them from listening to Magic's tactical guidance to Lakers players. But as sparring partners, they also know. This is not necessary, after all, as sparring partners, they just need to do their part well, and they don't need to play the Lakers' Princeton or other tactics, there is no need to listen, and this is not good, if you really can't help but leak secrets, then you will really become a sinner.
So, in general. At the end of the session, if necessary, the assistant coach will assign them roles or play the tactics that the players need to know, and most of the time they are free to rest.
"Kevin, I really envy you, I can actually let the strongest player in the league serve you, if I can be treated like this by Boss Lin. Even if I can't get into the NBA, my basketball career in this life can be regarded as complete! ”
Of course, although after separating from Lin Han, Garnett's love affair quickly returned to normal. But obviously, after returning to the field, he looked at the envious eyes of his friends. The young insider was ridiculed a lot.
In the face of O'Neal Jr.'s ridicule, Garnett kicked O'Neal Jr. directly. He took Pierce's glass of water and towel and sat down next to him.
"The Lakers are in a bad situation right now."
Although he is not a player of the Lakers, he has been with the team for more than a month. These young players basically see themselves as Lakers players temporarily, and the interests of the Lakers and them are also one, as long as the Lakers can go further, won't they have more benefits? So for these little guys, it's been a real sleep time lately and they've been talking about whether the Lakers can beat the Spurs.
Judging from the last two days of training, the Lakers are in a very bad situation now, so when Garnett finished speaking, even little O'Neal, who was a little heartless with a smile on his face at this time, had no smile.
Therefore, the atmosphere that was originally very warm was a little silent at this time, and even the coaching staff of the Lakers did not have any good way at this time, and these young people who had never played in the NBA naturally could not come up with any constructive answers, since this problem could not be solved, then for these little guys, there was only a boundless sigh.
"Hmph, it's not all the Rockets are so shameless, actually three superstars have run into one team, if the Rockets don't have Barkley, I'm afraid they won't even be able to pass the supersounds, these guys are still ashamed to ignore the Lakers after eliminating the supersounds, do they know how hard the Lakers work? What qualifications do they have to scorn Lakers players?! ”
Soon, after the atmosphere on the scene became a little silent, as Lin Han's brainless honey, Iverson said a little excitedly at this time, and after Iverson finished speaking, both Garnett and O'Neal Jr. nodded frantically at this time, even Kobe, who was already a little incompatible with Iverson, agreed at this time, except for Pierce, everyone else condemned the three leading players within the Rockets after Iverson finished speaking.
The three superstar players huddle, although this matter has not been killed and hyped because of the age of the three superstars, in fact, in the hearts of fans and experts, such a huddle is actually very controversial, after all, in the history of the NBA, such a thing is rare, especially for Iverson and other young players who are full of fighting spirit and full of dreams, how can they fake their glory to others? Naturally, they are real heroes who come back by themselves, and Buckliola Juwon and Drexler and others are naturally not real heroes in their opinion, real heroes should be like Lin Han and Jordan, a person who is arrogant every day, proud of the sky, fighting the sky, breaking the sky!
Of course, in the eyes of many people, such an idea definitely belongs to the late stage of secondary disease, but in any transition, most of the young people are a group of middle and second diseases that are day and day, proud of the sky, fighting the sky, and breaking the sky.
"The AI is right, even if the Rockets can beat the Lakers, I will never admit it. Their victory is trampling on the justice of others and blaspheming the true heroes. What's the point of the NBA if every player who wants to win a championship is like them and chooses to huddle together? If it's me. Even if I don't win a championship in my lifetime, I won't be like Barkley and them."
After Iverson finished speaking, Garnett also swore that although he was not Lin Han's brainless honey, he was also quite disdainful of the Rockets' behavior, and now that Garnett and Iverson have said so, then these little guys' condemnation of the Rockets at this time is naturally even more crazy, except for Pierce, everyone else has already scolded the Rockets directly at this time.
And Pierce, who was lying on the side completely indifferent to these guys. At this time, the more I listened, the more I couldn't listen to it, originally after the training, he was ready to rest, but these guys didn't even give him a chance to want a little sleep, and he wasn't a Lakers player, why was he so excited?
He, a native of Los Angeles, didn't say anything, and these outsiders were more excited than him, which made Pierce a little upset.
Of course, this is not that Pierce is cold by nature and has no feelings for the Lakers and Lin Han. Or he doesn't have any gratitude to Lin Han and the Lakers, although the invitation of the Lakers and Lin Han has had such a big impact on his draft, at least not as much as Garnett, after all, Garnett is a big hit. And he's just a rookie with a two-round hanging, and such a rookie doesn't pay much attention, even if he can stay with the Lakers. I'm afraid that in the eyes of many people, it is also because of the relationship with Lin Han and the fact that he is from Los Angeles, but. Although it has little impact on the rookie ranking, the improvement of his strength is still real. At least training with the Lakers these days has taught him that his ass can actually work at the NBA level, and many of his technical moves are not only used in high school, but not in the NBA.
This kind of useful and useless thing can not be determined by a game or a training session, but it takes a long time of games and training to be able to see, the NBA's official training camp and other NBA teams did not give Pierce such an opportunity and could not give Pierce such an opportunity, but the Lakers did, and this also increased Pierce's confidence a lot, at least it made him understand that he was strong, at least his anxiety about entering the NBA disappeared a lot, These were all given to him by Lin Han and the Lakers, so of course he is grateful to Lin Han and the Lakers.
It's just that in Pierce's view, it is useless for them to scold the Rockets like this, neither to help the Lakers nor to make the Rockets decline, which is a typical schoolboy behavior.
"Okay, don't argue, you really have to have that ability, do you dare to throw leather shoes at Barkley or Olajuwon and Drexler at the Rockets press conference tomorrow?"
After some Pierce who couldn't listen to it sat up directly, he said after some angry white words, and after being shouted like this by Pierce, the other small families instantly quieted down.
Throwing leather shoes to Olajuwon and Barkley and others, this is a very good idea, the key is that they dare not make a move, after all, it is Barkley and Olajuwon and Drexler, they are superstars like Lin Han, even if he claims to be able to win Jordan and Lin Han Kobe Bryant alone, he doesn't dare to come out at this time, after all, he claims that he can win Lin Han and Jordan alone, and he knows the actual situation, he can't even win Iverson who he doesn't like very much, just talk about it, he doesn't really take it seriously.
Saying it is absolutely different from doing it, so at this time, except for Iverson, who had some bright eyes and looked excited and wanted to act, the other little guys were instantly instigated by Pierce's words.
And after a glance at Iverson's face, who was eager to try at this time, Pierce was speechless at this time.
"AI, don't forget, you're a former sinner who just been released, no matter what the reason for your last arrest was, if you get caught again this time, hmph, even Lin Han won't be able to protect you"
Finally, after a faint look at Iverson, a college student who really believed in what he said, Pierce finally reminded him, got up directly from his seat and walked not far away to continue lying down.
"Hey, how could someone as smart as me get mixed up with such a bunch of idiots"
Finally, Pierce also sighed a little in his heart after lying down on his side.
Of course. Pierce scares these little guys like this, and these little guys come back to their senses. Naturally, he was dissatisfied with Pierce, and even O'Neal Jr. directly picked up the basketball next to him and threw it on the ground. went directly to smash Pierce's ass who was lying there sideways, but Pierce ignored these secondary two teenagers at this time, and it looked as if he was really asleep, and in the face of such a often unmotivated Pierce, Garnett They really had no choice.
Although they were a little unhappy with Pierce, these little guys also knew that what Pierce said was right, and it was useless for them to scold Team Rocket no matter how fierce they were. It's just that even if you know that it is useless to scold the Rockets, as long as you think of the disdain of Barkley, or Olajuwon or even Drexler and others in the newspaper in the past two days, they are quite unhappy.
You know, it's time for the division finals, but when the Rockets were interviewed, they were all talking about how powerful their last opponent was SuperSonics, and they didn't take the Lakers seriously at all.
After all, when these Rockets players face reporters asking questions, there are definitely not many people who will ask them questions about the supersounds, and everyone wants to see what they think of the Lakers as a dark horse. Well, these guys didn't even mention the Lakers, what is that?
Even Barkley said directly in an interview yesterday that it was a pity that the SuperSonics did not make it to the Western Conference Finals. It's a pity that the battle between the Rockets and the SuperSonics is not played at a higher level, and according to Barkley, the Lakers are completely incapable of reaching the Western Conference Finals? The best team to make it to the Western Conference Finals is the Rockets and the SuperSonics?
In the face of such ignorance and provocation by Team Rocket. Although Lin Han and the Lakers didn't say anything, these little guys who are Lakers players for the time being really can't bear it.
It's just like Pierce said. When they are not strong, any anger is irrelevant.
"Is it really just watching the Lakers get beaten by the Rockets?"
At last. After thinking about it, Garnett also said a little depressed, as an insider, he knows better than others what kind of situation the Lakers will be in the face of the Rockets, you know, the entire Lakers team's inside, except for Linhan and Rodman, Garnett is confident that he can blow everyone up, and he also knows very well that the strength and power of himself, Olajuwon and Barkley are also not of the same level.
If this problem cannot be solved, it is basically impossible for the Lakers to beat the Rockets, even if Lin Han's guiding pass is powerful, the Lakers can still score more than 110 points per game, but in the face of the Lakers' defense and interior, the Rockets may be able to score 120 points per game!
Maybe in this series, the Rockets, like the Spurs, can't stop the Lakers' offense, and both sides are also caught in an offensive battle, and finally compete for everyone's offensive ability, but can the Rockets' offensive ability be comparable to that of the Spurs?
Now the Lakers' Princeton, that is the ultimate offensive of this team, if you really want to continue to improve the offense, then you can only expect Lin Han to score more than 70 points in a single game when facing the Rockets, and it is also an efficient brushing of points to pull up the Lakers' offense as a whole.
Obviously, since entering the playoffs, he has not used a cancerous style of play, can Lin Han really succeed in the cancer against the Rockets? I'm afraid it's hard, right?
Therefore, at this time, Garnett is definitely quite worried about the situation of the Lakers.
Of course, Garnett is quite worried, and everyone else is the same, they don't want the Lakers to lose to the Rockets like this, not just for themselves, and these little guys who have already considered themselves Lakers players really don't want to see their teammates lose, after all, they do work quite hard in the playoffs this season.
"Don't guess, I'm sure he won't let us down!"
Just when these young guys once again appeared in that decadent atmosphere, Iverson, who was the oldest of these players and the most loyal to Lin Han, shouted a little excitedly after looking at Lin Han not far away.
And after Iverson finished shouting, the atmosphere also changed abruptly.
"AI is right, we should believe in his strength more at this time, shouldn't we!"
"Well, he really hasn't disappointed anyone who believes in him. I think it should be like this this time."
At last. I don't know for what reason, these young guys who were extremely worried about the Lakers. When he looked at the back of the No. 24 player of the Lakers not far away, a smile appeared on his originally calm face.
Of course, at this time, what these young sparring partners are thinking, Lin Han and the Lakers players certainly don't know, after all, at this time, it is impossible for them to want to understand what these young people are thinking, and at this time, almost all Lakers players are thinking about how to deal with the Spurs.
Although the Lakers didn't find an answer to deal with the Rockets at this time, they weren't so disappointed. After all, the team was able to beat the Spurs to reach the Western Conference Finals, and this result still makes many young people still quite excited and confident at this time.
The Rockets, while indeed strong, are not strong enough for the Lakers to surrender like this, and, for the NBA game, the two teams have not played, so it's not sure what exactly will be going on.
In case the Lakers are playing against the Rockets, the Rockets' interior line is soft, or the Rockets' interior line is injured. Or the Rockets' players are not in good shape, they don't feel good, etc., these are all going to happen, so, NBA games. Even God doesn't know the final outcome until the fight starts.
So, for the Lakers. In the face of a strong opponent like the Rockets, they can pay attention to the opponent. If you really want to find a way to deal with the opponent completely, you still have to play a match with the opponent first. Therefore, at this time, although the Lakers are a little worried about their future, they are not to the point of unease.
Even most of the Lakers players can't wait for the Western Conference Finals at this time, after all, for most Lakers players, this is the first time they have played a division finals level game in their careers, which is still quite exciting.
Therefore, the atmosphere of the Lakers at this time is quite good, and even the head coach of the Lakers, Magic, is quite happy that the team can have such an atmosphere.
On May 24, 1995, the day of the Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets, the Lakers, as the first team to play on the road, did not go to Houston several days in advance to adjust to the situation like other teams.
After all, this is quite unrealistic, when the Lakers beat the Spurs, it took a total of six games, even if the Lakers really want to go to Houston in advance to adapt, it is not that possibility, after all, it is impossible for the Lakers not to prepare for the game, in fact, the Lakers' preparation time is after the six games against the Spurs, which is really not enough, if the Lakers can sweep the Spurs, I am afraid that the Lakers have arrived in Houston two days in advance.
Of course, although it is better for the team to go to the away stadium in advance, it is more important to prepare for the game than the team's preparation, so the Lakers are really in their own training ground these days to prepare for the game against the Rockets, so that at this time, the news outside is full of Houston players' voices!
Compared with the Lakers, Houston is a lot easier at this time, although they have also played six games with the SuperSonics, but with their strength to face the SuperSonics difficulties does not mean that it is also difficult to face the Lakers, as most of the American media predicted before the game, the chances of the Rockets winning this round of the series are eight, and the Lakers are two!
Don't think that such a pre-game prediction is to look down on the Lakers, in fact, most experts already look down on the Lakers, if it weren't for the Lakers' excellent performance in defeating the Spurs, and Lin Han's triple-double of 30+ points per game in the playoffs this season, I'm afraid the Lakers' probability of winning would be even lower!
After all, as long as you are not blind, most of them can see that although the semifinals between the Lakers and the Spurs are the most eye-catching, the semifinals between the Rockets and the SuperSonics are the most golden, whether it is the Rockets or the SuperSonics, the strength should be above the Lakers and the Spurs.
Therefore, if it weren't for Lin Han and the Lakers' really good performance in the playoffs, with the discipline of these American media, they may be even more unfavorable to the Lakers' predictions.
Of course, it is precisely because of such predictions and the fact that the Rockets players deliberately provoked the Lakers in the hope of angering the Lakers that Garnett was so dissatisfied, after all, these little guys don't really think so much, in their opinion, the Rockets look down on the Lakers and look down on the Lakers. Without thinking about what is the purpose of the Rockets looking down on the Lakers.
In the face of such a public opinion war as the Rockets, the Lakers are certainly clear. After all, both Jerry West and Magic are smart people, no matter how stupid Lin Han and the Lakers players are. Nor will it be irritated by such statements and statements.
It's just that although it is clear that the Rockets are now fighting a war of public opinion, when the Lakers are in Los Angeles, because of the protection of the Los Angeles media, they just need to hide in the training ground, but after all, the Lakers cannot hide in the training ground for a lifetime, and they always have to come out last.
And when the Lakers flew almost three hours to the Houston airport at 12 noon on May 24, when the Lakers players came out of the airport. When they saw the dense crowd of Rockets fans outside and the media with long guns and short guns, Lin Han and the Lakers players were almost all stunned.
Not to mention these Lakers players, even the little guys like Garnett were stunned at this time, and even Pierce, who has always been calm, was a little calm at this time.
"Rockets fans are really crazy"
This time they came to the airport to besiege the Lakers players, these Rockets fans obviously didn't come to cheer for the Lakers, so when Lin Han and the Lakers players came out, the entire airport was full of boos and shouts and scolding for Lin Han!
Especially the shouting and scolding of these fans towards Lin Han, it can be called the level of hatred to the bone. Although the national scolding of the Americans is nothing in Lin Han's opinion, as a Chinese, Lin Han knows what level of national scolding of his motherland is, and it is not the same level as the United States. It's just that even if these scoldings of the United States really don't have much power, they can't stand up to the crowd. Especially when Lin Han walked all the way, although there were security guards and clearances around. But those excited Rocket fans almost pointed their fingers directly at Lin Han's face!
While Houston airport security did protect Lynham and the Lakers players from threats from Rockets fans, it was the same. These security guards who must be on the side of the Rockets fans have a lot of attention to protecting Lin Han and their distance, although they protect Lin Han, but they definitely make Lin Han disgusting and new.
After all, if these security guards really have the heart, when Lin Han and the Lakers plane come down, they should clear the field, even if they don't clear the field, they should clear a special passage for the Lakers, but they didn't do these things, as for the reason, of course, the whole world knows.
However, this is nothing, after all, it is still within the acceptable range of all teams in the NBA, after all, they did not directly shoot at Lakers players, nor did they poison Lakers players, so this level of interference is within the acceptable range.
Of course, although such interference from Rockets fans is acceptable, when all Lakers fans boarded the bus under the escort of Houston Airport security, all Lakers players, including Iverson and Garnett and other young people, did not look very good at this time, and even the Magic's face was not very good-looking at this time.
"Okay, don't you guys keep a straight face, don't you think it's fun for Houston to play like this? If they weren't jealous of our strength, how could they possibly do such a thing? So, we should be happy at this time, after all, we watched Barkley for free and they performed for us for so many days."
Just when these Lakers players and coaches were in a very unhappy mood, as the boss of the team, Lin Han actually laughed at this time, and said such a sentence, and when Lin Han finished saying this, almost all the Lakers players who had a very ugly face just now were stunned, and almost all of them laughed.
Obviously, Lin Han brushed Barkley and other Rocket players again, if Barkley knew at this time that Lin Han was thinking this way in the face of his ridicule and ignorance a few days ago, I am afraid that the leader of the Rockets will jump up directly and go head-to-head with Lin Han, anyway, these two have not been singled out.
Of course, although Lin Han's statement has some Ah Q spirit in it, it is still very good for the psychological adjustment of Lakers players, after all, as long as it can make everyone happy at this time.
And it is under such a welcome from the Rockets that at 8 p.m. on May 24, 1995, at the Compaq Center in Houston, the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Rockets are about to begin! (To be continued......) R1292