Chapter 250 1984
Li Liang was sucked into the book as usual.
This time he was sucked into the away locker room at Boston Garden Square.
The Los Angeles Lakers players were all inside, and they looked solemn and the atmosphere was tense.
It's all some familiar faces, Magic Johnson, Pat Riley, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kupchak, and the rest of the Lakers.
Li Liang also saw West, who was cheering on the Lakers with Riley.
He knew the history of that year's finals beforehand.
In 1984, the Los Angeles Lakers were on par with the Celtics in terms of strength.
In terms of form and roster, the Lakers are a bit stronger, although their regular season record is not as good as the Celtics.
With the sudden fall of the 76ers in Eastern Philadelphia, this year's Lake-Kai battle was expected.
In the first game of the Finals, the Lakers were "warmly welcomed" in Boston.
After they left the airport, they waited for a full hour to wait for their suitcases, which were all opened.
The airport was packed with Celtic fans, who all drove their cars over and caused chaos in the traffic near the airport.
The young fan pretended to ask Magic Johnson for an autograph, only to be trash at him when he arrived.
Got into the car and found the driver wearing a Celtic jersey.
When I arrived at the hotel, I found the front desk wearing a Celtic jersey.
When I entered the room, even the curtains were green.
This is Boston, a city that will stop at nothing for victory.
Look at their fans, who they are, cute but hateful.
However, Magic Johnson and Lakers players were not intimidated at the time.
In the first game, Abdul-Jabbar scored 2 points in the first game with a headache and led the Lakers to a 115-109 victory.
Gave the Boston fans a hard slap in the face.
Magic Johnson played well, because the Celtics' K Jones coach didn't let Dennis Johnson defend him and switched to Henderson on an interim basis, which was undoubtedly a huge mistake.
By the second game, the Magic was getting better and better, scoring 14 points in the first quarter as the Lakers held the lead.
If the Lakers can win two cities in a row in Boston and return to Los Angeles with a 2-0 advantage, then their chances of winning the championship will undoubtedly increase greatly.
But Magic Johnson made a mistake.
In the final 20 seconds, the Lakers still led by two points.
McHale made a free throw and missed two free throws due to a knee injury.
Magic Johnson won the rebound, and as long as those 20 seconds were consumed, the Lakers would win the game.
But Johnson called a timeout.
Actually, Johnson is not entirely to blame, because it was Pat Riley who told him to call a timeout after the free throw.
But the problem is, Pat Riley didn't expect McHale to miss two free throws.
He thought McHale would make a free throw to tie the game, so the Lakers would pause the strategy of setting up the last offense.
The magician was still too young to judge the situation on the field for himself.
He relaxed, thinking that it was harmless to call a timeout.
The result gave Celtic the opportunity to lay out defensive tactics.
After re-serving, the Magic gave Worthy, who mismade a pass and was cut off by Henderson and hit a layup to equalize.
Leave 1 second for the Lakers, and the Lakers can kill.
But the magician was already in a mess, and in 1 second, he couldn't throw the ball.
In overtime between the two sides, the Celtics narrowly defeated the Lakers by 2 points in the end, and did not lose two home games in a row.
The two sides are 1-1, and it stands to reason that the Lakers have regained home-court advantage, and they beat the Celtics in Los Angeles in the third game, winning 17-104.
By Game 4, the Lakers still maintained the advantage on the court, leading by 6 to 8 points.
The Lakers were really better than the Celtics that year.
Because the Celtics experienced a change of coach in the summer, the old coach Fitch left, and K Jones had his first season.
The regular season was good, but the playoffs were different.
Feige is the best coach for the Celtics, but unfortunately his stubborn temper makes him and Auerbach not get along.
If the Lakers win this game, then: 1 leads, the Celtics will be very, very difficult.
At this point, Kevin McHale used that "clothes pole" defense and threw Lambis to the ground.
The blow completely changed the situation on the court, and Lambis almost got into a fight with McHale, but McHale was not sent off, and he stayed to finish the game.
After a period of chaos, the Celtics took the opportunity to equalize, and the Lakers players became timid and afraid to rush to the basket.
They were afraid of the Celtics' lethal defense, they were playing while the opponent was desperate.
In the final moments, the two sides were tied, and the Magic had two free throws.
As a result, he was overly nervous and missed two free throws, and Johnson had no smile on his face at all.
And Larry Bird at the critical moment, caught the ball with his back and forced Johnson, and hit a step-back jumper to overtake the score.
In the end, the Celtics defeated the Lakers by 4 points 129-125 and equalized the score.
The Celtics lost without suspense or even miserably, but they won very thrillingly.
Therefore, they are not as strong as the Lakers, but these two victories have greatly encouraged the Celtics.
On the contrary, the Lakers players, especially the young Magic Johnson, suffered a psychological trauma.
The fifth battle of Mt. Tianwang was fought in the scorching heat of Boston, and the temperature reached 7 degrees Celsius.
There is no air conditioning in Boston Garden Square, and the temperature is close to 40 degrees Celsius with so many people in the stadium.
Lakers players are used to the luxurious locker rooms in Los Angeles, and where can they tolerate this environment, Boston's away locker room is notoriously bad.
Seven-year-old Abdul-Jabbar sat on the bench in the arena and felt like he was about to die.
Bird, on the other hand, was at home because he always ran long distances in the Indiana sun in the summer, and he scored four points per game.
After the game, he also told reporters that because it was too hot in the stadium, he had to run faster to get windy.
It's literally filled to the sky.
By the sixth game, Abdul-Jabbar had another migraine and threw up in the bathroom before the game began.
As a result, he scored 0 points again and helped the Lakers win.
If Abdul-Jabbar had a migraine on the court, it is estimated that the Lakers would have won the championship long ago.
After the sixth game, the two sides entered a tie-break.
Historically, the Lakers have lost games because their core Magician Johnson has gone through a series of blows and the confidence in the series has been completely lost.
Li Liang stood in the locker room and saw Magic Johnson lying on the cramped treatment bed, his face was calm, and he didn't have the slightest smile on his face.
Mistakes and missed shots in the second game, missed free throws in the fourth game and were killed, and poor play in the fifth game.
In Game 6, the Celtics players were already calling him "Little Cheese" and constantly provoking him.
Johnson's self-confidence has collapsed, and from the moment he entered the league, he was constantly being compared to Bird.
Although the Lakers have more championships, and although he won the FVP in his rookie season, he has always been a head below Bird in personal evaluation.
This year, Larry Bird got his first regular-season VP, and he beat Johnson in Game 4.
All this has put Johnson's psychological pressure on him to increase, not to mention that the tiebreaker will be played in Boston.
Previously, the Lakers had lost to the Celtics six times in the Finals, including three tie-breaks.
This is the seventh time they have met in the finals and the fourth tie-break, and the pressure on Johnson can be imagined.
He was almost autistic.
After Pat Riley finished cheering, the Lakers made their way to the Boston Garden Arena.
As soon as he entered the field, the noise inside almost knocked people over.
All the noise was directed at the Lakers players, and the Celtics players were at ease.
It's still very hot in the stadium, and on June 12th, it was the height of summer, and there was no air conditioning in the stadium, which was really fatal.
Johnson kept a straight face, and he couldn't see ease, fighting spirit, or strength on his face, but only nervousness, pressure, suffocation.
Just as the Lakers players were warming up on the court with some stiffness, a place on the sidelines suddenly became noisy.
The Lakers player looked in that direction and saw a man in a Lakers jersey, standing on the sidelines of the court and scolding Celtics fans.
The scolding is fierce.
It's Bruce Lee. Genius remembers the first three or five in a second