Chapter 148: Balloon Night

When he returned home at night and entered the system in his sleep, Li Liang opened the book in the system space.

The cover of the book is shining with golden light, and the words "City of Angels" shine outward, just like the fiery eyes of Sun Wukong.

Li Liang thought that this special effect was done well, but he had no waves in his heart.

Anyway, he understands the routine of this system, looking back on history and looking forward to the future, most of it is related to the history of the Lakers.

If you want to get any immortal cultivation techniques, alchemy secret recipes, portable grandfathers, and system sisters, it's impossible.

When I opened the book, the title page did not change, but the table of contents changed.

Before, there were only page numbers and no content, but now there is handwriting on the table of contents, and at the top are two large characters "Part I".

"Damn, this is the first part? Your romance is a bit long, Gone with the Wind......"

Further down, there are five contents in the table of contents on the first page, which are:

【Balloon Night at the Great Western Forum】

【Portland Red Jellyfish's Broom Star】

【Boston Garden's Curse of the Seven Grabs】

【Stepping stone for the enthronement of the god of basketball】

【Unfinishable Four Consecutive Championships】

At the end of the five table of contents entries, there is still one left blank, and nothing is written.

In other words, there are six page numbers, five with headlines, and each headline represents a piece of Lakers history.

The first of them, [Balloon Night of the Great Western Forum] is shining, reminding Li Liang that you should order me to take a look.

Li Liang buttoned his chin and thought to himself, there is still one day to rest tomorrow, let's go in and have fun.

So, Li Liang clicked on the first one, and the Book of the City of Angels immediately flipped over, and Li Liang felt a golden light in front of him!

Then, Li Liang was sucked into the book.

Damn, the system is not over if you let me do the task, what kind of bells and whistles!

When Li Liang opened his eyes, he found himself in the Great Western Forum Arena, which he was familiar with.

The subtitles appear in front of your eyes:

[Mission: Balloon Night at the Great Western Forum, Time: May 5, 1969, Location: Great Western Forum Arena, Los Angeles, USA, Matchup: Boston Celtics VS Los Angeles Lakers, Mission Requirements: Defeat the Boston Celtics to win the championship, let the balloons fly on the ceiling of the Great Western Forum, Mission Reward: Golden Shield Fragments, Mission Difficulty: Normal. 】

It turned out to be the Lakers' 1969 Finals, the night of the Flag that made the Lakers go down in history.

Li Liang looked around, he was sitting on the bench, surrounded by Lakers teammates, West, Chamberlain, and coach Kolov.

Looking at the time, the game has reached the fourth quarter, and there are less than 2 minutes left before the end of the game, and the Lakers are still behind.

The Lakers called a timeout to lay out a last-minute play.

At the start of the fourth quarter, they trailed the Celtics by 15 points, 76-91.

Throughout the fourth quarter, the Lakers fought back to narrow the margin to single digits.

But there was no way, the hole in front was too big, and historically they ended up losing this game.

Losing six consecutive Finals games, Jerry West has never been able to get past the Celtics.

And Bill Russell retired from the league with the glory of the king and the confidence that "the Lakers will never be able to beat the Celtics", and the curtain call was perfect.

The price of this perfection is built on the immense pain and shame of the Los Angeles fans.

At this point, Wilt Chamberlain was sitting on the bench and asked Kolof to let him play.

Koloff ignored it, and just at a critical moment in the fourth quarter, Chamberlain suffered a slight leg strain, and he offered to replace him with the coach.

This made Kolof very angry, in the last game of the season, the battle for the championship, even if he broke his leg, as long as he could run, he had to stay on the field.

But Chamberlain didn't, so when he asked to come on again, Kolof pressed him straight to the bench.

Kolov looked at Li Liang and said, "Baylor, hit inside, be more aggressive." ”

Well, how does this coach call me Baylor? I'm Lord Belle?

Li Liang looked at it, and sure enough, he was wearing Elgin Baylor's No. 22 jersey, no wonder he couldn't see Baylor around the bench, it turned out that he was.

Li Liang nodded, but thought in his heart, hit a fart inside, I won't hit inside, see how I shoot the Celtics on the outside.

When the timeout ended, the Lakers were still trailing by three points.

At the moment of stepping on the court, the system gives another reminder:

[There is only one chance for this mission, it cannot be repeated, once it fails, this book will be invalid, and there is no longer a chance to get the golden shield, please work hard to complete the task.] 】

What? Why didn't you say it earlier? You said I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to get duck recently!

Li Liang saw that it was really a dog, and he still had a one-time task?

Fortunately, this was a 1969 competition, and Li Liang was still relatively sure.

If this is a 21st century game, it will definitely be enough to complete, and it must be strengthened.

Now Li Liang has pressure on him, and he must succeed at one time.

He struggled to recall the details of the Celtics' championship-winning history that Wei Dazhi had told him, and he mentioned this game.

At the beginning of the game, the court served, and the atmosphere of the Great Western Forum was tense to the extreme.

Five Finals defeats, all of which were lost to the Celtics.

The saying that there are no more than three things does not work at all in the Celts.

The Lakers' offense, everyone is already overdrawn, and this game is exhausting.

Li Liang was no exception, he found that his physical strength automatically dropped by 50% when he walked on the field, and the feeling of exhaustion hit instantly.

He's going to have to push his spirit, push himself to concentrate and try to remember the details of the game.

"Damn, before you come in in the future, you must have seen the video of the game."

Just thinking about it, the outside serve, after a series of passes, substitute center Mel Koontz, who replaced Chamberlain, got a chance near the free throw line, and he hit a straight arm jumper!

103:102! It's only 1 point away!

Konts was a member of the Boston Celtics, winning championships in 1965 and 1966.

Now come to the Lakers and play against the old club.

The race is already in full swing, with more than two minutes to go.

In the next few rounds, neither side scored, and the goal became extremely difficult.

Li Liang tried a long-distance jump shot and missed, and his physical strength declined and affected his feel.

He became cautious, not daring to make a quick move, and at the same time continued to think in his mind, where is the place to break the game?

Golden Shield, why is it called Golden Shield? Do the Lakers have anything to do with the shield?

The Lakers have always been an offensive team.

Everyone else says defense wins championships, but the Lakers always prioritize offense.

So if you want to take it, it should also be a golden spear, what the hell is a golden shield?

Li Liang thought that Havlicek cut off one of the Lakers' passes, and his steals were always so deadly.

He passed the ball to Larry Sigfried, who dribbled across half the pitch from the flank and landed on the baseline as the number 20.

turned his back and then passed the ball to Havlicek, who was following him, but Havlicek's ball was so physically exhausted that he was knocked out by West, who was following the defense.

The ball flew to the free throw line and was picked up by Don Nelson, who was standing there.

At the moment when Nelson got the ball, Li Liang was standing not far from him.

He remembered it all at once!

In the seventh game of the 1969 Finals, it was Nelson's jumper at a critical moment that opened the score and ended the Lakers!

Li Liang immediately rushed towards Nelson with a stride, jumped high in the air and interfered with Nelson's jumper!

Li Liang almost used all his strength to stretch his arms to the limit.

He felt his fingers touch the ball, rubbing a little.

"Rebounding!"

Li Liang yelled after landing on the ground, then turned around and rushed to the basket.

The ball bounced over the basket and then slipped off the edge of the basket and didn't go in!

It was a crucial defence that changed the course of the game.

In real history, Elgin Baylor has watched as Nelson picked up the ball in front of him and made a quick shot, which was lucky enough to bounce around the neck of the basket and fall into the net.

It was the most regrettable defense of Baylor's life, he was so tired that he couldn't lift his legs.

So there was no interference, which led to the goal being scored and the difference was stretched to 3 points.

In the era when there were no three-pointers, the 3-pointer sentenced the Lakers to death.

Li Liang thought of this at the moment when he was about to make a move, interfering with Nelson's shot.

Under the basket, Li Liang protected the rebound from Russell's hand.

The ball was handed to Jerry West, and the Lakers' chance came.

The Great Western Forum audience all stood up, and West countered with the ball.

He's scored 42 points tonight and he's unstoppable throughout the series.

1 point, 1 point, the shallowest and deadliest chasm.

West dribbled to the front court and turned around to see Li Liang following up, and he had a chance.

West immediately passed the ball to Li Liang.

Li Liang receives the ball one step outside the free throw circle, which is the position of the three-point line.

The defender was Havlicek, who didn't post it because he didn't think Li Liang would shoot.

But how could Li Liang miss such an opportunity, he shot directly!

Baylor has never been a good mid-to-long-range shooter in history, he's an inside striker.

But tonight's Baylor's surname is Gan, and his name is Li Liang.

The ball "smack" through the net and overtook it!

103:104! The Lakers overtook it!

The Great Western Forum, which has always been a little dull, issued an earth-shattering shout!

After trailing by 15 points in the fourth quarter, they finally came back!

The Celtics, who had been holding their breath until the last moment, couldn't hold it anymore.

Historically, Russell, who is as strong as willpower and steel, gave the Lakers the final blow with 21 rebounds and 6 assists when his career was about to end.

This time, with the score reversed, the player-coach Russell also collapsed, and he called a timeout.

After coming back, the Celtics made an offensive error, and Li Liang interrupted the ball from Havlicek's hand!

There should be a "Elgin Baylor steals, Elgin Baylor steals!" “

The Celtics could only foul, and on the free throw line, Li Liang hit both free throws and scored 3 points, and the Celtics were finished.

At the moment when the whistle blew at the end of the game, the owner Cook, who was sitting on the sidelines, jumped up, the balloon was raised, and the entire Great Western Forum became a sea of balloons!

This is an unprecedented spectacular scene, Li Liang watched those balloons rise into the sky, listened to the cheers of the tsunami in his ears, and thought, is this what it is like to win the championship.

[Mission complete, Balloon Night at the Great Western Forum, get the reward: a fragment of the golden shield.] 】

[Fragments of the Golden Shield, a part of the Golden Shield, hold it up to resist the attack of a part of the enemy: equip it, increase all defensive attribute values by 5%......]