Chapter 464: Kobe Bryant VS James! (3/3)
James: "Unbelievable...... It's hard to imagine the Los Angeles Lakers ......"
Cleveland Quickfinance Arena.
At the end of the day's training, reporters flocked to the station.
LeBron pauses a few times, then smiles apologetically.
But journalists seem to have anticipated this.
Lakers they ...... Qualified again......
This season, reporters and the Cavaliers have discussed the most, starting with the Bucks, Hawks and Celtics on the Eastern side.
The second is the West, which is considered by both the Internet and the media to be the most likely, perhaps the Spurs or the Warriors and Cavaliers meet in the Finals.
But what people never expected was that the Lakers and Cavaliers in the West met!
Li Feng once again walked with the team to the Western Conference championship podium.
At the beginning of the season, many Lakers players thought that Li Feng's title of "team koi" was just a joke.
Don't take it seriously. But now they believed......
The Lakers really won the Western Conference championship!!
Many of the Lakers players on the spot felt that the soles of their feet were fluttering......
This is more illusory than a dream, right?!
Bryant was very happy!
When he stood on the podium, Black Mamba's expression suddenly became serious.
Kobe Bryant: "It's been a tough season.
I don't want to thank anyone! Because the season is far from over. I wanted to retire this season. But looking at it now, it's worth it to stick to it until now~"
Owen was home at this point, and the TV was playing a replay of the Western Conference Championship awards.
Then the reporter interviewed Li Feng and Kobe, and both of them were almost not too happy.
Irving: "Won the Western Conference." It's time to be happily eliminated by us.
It's great for the Lakers to win the Western Conference championship! Don't have any bad thoughts. ”
Irving, who was training in the arena at the time, called Kobe Bryant to congratulate him as soon as possible.
But if it really gets to the Finals, he doesn't want the Lakers to fight them.
Pick up the remote control and continue broadcasting.
On another sports channel, there is a picture of them being interviewed today.
James: "We've been preparing how to play against the Warriors.
It looks like it's time to change direction. Did you know our next imaginary enemy is the San Antonio Spurs?
I've been feeling a little bit of a brain blank lately because the Lakers can make it to the Finals, and there's something great about them.
Li Feng I really want to challenge, but the Lakers still have Kobe Bryant after all.
How so? See you in the competition! ”
The little emperor, who was still smiling after the training, faced the reporter at this time, and his expression gradually became as if he was angry.
At the beginning of the playoffs, the media thought it would be okay for the Jazz to win against the Lakers.
But in the end, they lost, and the Warriors came next, and the media thought that the Warriors could beat the Lakers in various ways!
Then the Warriors were eliminated......
At the Spurs' side, the media said that the Spurs would qualify early.
After Kawaii was injured, the Spurs had internal troubles.
The big tailwind, the hard to give has become a headwind game......
In the end, the Lakers won the Spurs 118-115 in Game 7 to advance to the Finals.
The Western Conference playoffs have given LeBron the feeling that the Lakers are far stronger than they thought they could have this season......
If you take it lightly, you will lose the game, and that's it.
The Lakers have a decent run at this time.
At the same time, the combination of Kobe Bryant and Li Feng has a very strong scoring ability!
This solves the two big problems of the team's poor operation and inability to play, and the three-point play!
In other words, the opponent's offense and defense will not be too inferior, and if the Cavaliers are the first to go crazy and start shooting three points.
The Lakers can handle it too!
That's one reason why they always win, right?
Irving: "Kobe. Can you get us a little bit this season?
Look at all the championships! ”
Kobe: "It's beautiful! Oh I'll let you, I'm basically retired next season.
You're going to fight for so many years, and you're going to let me let you? ”
Owen: "Haha, that's what you said! Don't blame me for Owen not being affectionate~"
Kobe: "It's just a high school student, and your best efforts are also a result~"
Smack! Owen hung up his phone.
The black mamba seemed to be nearsighted, and held the phone a little farther away, while moving his head back.
He shook his head and laughed.
Owen and Bryant had a very good relationship, and the two often talked on the phone.
The Cavaliers are still relatively single in terms of playing this season.
As soon as Coach Lu found out that his team was lagging behind, he immediately arranged tactics.
"Give the ball to James!" "Let James score!" "Give LeBron a plan! Just give him the ball......"
The Cavaliers came all the way, and their teammates all had the feeling of lying down and winning the Finals......
Because when the game can't be played, LeBron's personal ability and offense are really good!
This is an indisputable fact.
And this is precisely the weakness of the Cavaliers.
In the game against the Celtics, in the few games won against the opponent, Irving and Love both played well.
And with the team's bench scoring a lot of points, they are more likely to win.
On the contrary, only James scored, and the Celtics won.
Then there's the Cavaliers' excellent defensive prowess, although they don't work very well overall.
But the team's interior line, as well as the defense of the outside players, is very tough!
After the Lakers won the Western Conference championship, the team began a new round of training.
At this point in the competition, training is not particularly important.
The main thing is to test the performance of the players on the field in the game, offensive efficiency, reaction awareness and coordination and other factors.
What you want to train should have been done in the regular season.
But because the Lakers players are not very good at their ability and condition, Walton has kept the players training at a certain intensity.
At this stage, Wharton also communicated a lot with the team's psychologist.
The main thing is to keep the Lakers players in a tense state at all times.
He was especially afraid that the players would not be able to play well because they qualified for the second round of the playoffs.
Wharton has recorded this situation 6 times!
There were two times when playing the Warriors and the players started to slack off and didn't want to play.
And against the Spurs, there were four times!
So what Walton is doing now is to keep reminding the rest of the Lakers team to rest when the Finals are over.
The internet is boiling now! Cavaliers fans and Lakers fans are arguing online.
At the end of the season, it wasn't Curry and LeBron who competed, and Kawaii didn't share the stage with LeBron.
In this year's Finals, the two people who really competed were Kobe Bryant and James!