Chapter 249: Curse of Grabbing Seven
The Lakers won the championship at Boston Garden, the home of the Celtics.
It was 1985, and after the Veterans Day massacre, the Lakers fought back, and Abdul-Jabbar won the Finals VPP at the age of 8 and won the championship in Boston Garden Square.
Prior to this, the Lakers had never beaten the Celtics in the Finals, never.
At the same time, the Celtics maintained the myth of being undefeated in the Finals until 2010, when they were defeated by the Lakers led by Kobe.
When a myth is shattered, any historical record is for future generations to break.
Li Liang saw the third task of the City of Angels book in the system, and knew that it must be related to the seven-tie in the 1984 finals.
He decided to find a time to finish the task.
Prior to this, the Lakers' regular season games continued.
After the memorial service for Jerry Buss on the 21st, the Lakers hosted the Portland Trail Blazers on the 22nd.
Before this game, the NBA was just approaching the trade deadline, and the Los Angeles Lakers, who are at the forefront of the league, did not make any trades in case they broke the team's current good chemistry.
And the other teams seized the last opportunity to reinforce and reinforce, small actions and small actions.
The Sacramento Kings sent Francisco Garcia, Honeycut, Thomas Robinson to the Rockets in exchange for Cole Aldridge, Tony Douglas and Patrick Patterson.
The main body of the deal is Thomas Robinson in exchange for Patterson.
Robinson, the No. 5 pick in '12 and a contender for the NAA championship, ended up being traded mid-season.
And the Rockets have been lacking in talent at the front, so if you gamble on this deal, maybe Robinson can play it.
The other deal was for the Milwaukee Bucks to send Doron Lamb, Harris, Udhury and some cash to Gustavo Ayon, Ismael Smith and Redick from the Orlando Magic.
Another person Li Liang is familiar with, his teammate in Kentucky, this year's No. 42 show Doron Lamb.
He didn't play well with the Bucks, and in the NAA he was the best sixth man, a member of the championship.
After half a season in the NBA, it may be difficult for him to play.
The brutality of the NBA is evident from this.
After the trade deadline arrived, the rosters of the other members of each team were basically fixed, except for signing free agents and cutting non-guaranteed contracts.
Teams that are in a bad position can start to play in peace, and teams that are in the playoffs can concentrate on making the final sprint.
After the Lakers experienced Buss' death, the whole team was immersed in an atmosphere of sadness.
And the best way to alleviate that sadness is to win, win, and win.
So in this game with the Trail Blazers, the Lakers went all out from the beginning, especially Dwight Howard.
After the All-Star Game remediation, Howard's physical condition is a little better than before.
He can dunk vigorously under the basket and give away volleyball hats again.
The Lakers took an eight-point lead early in the first quarter.
At the same time, Kobe Bryant played extremely fiercely on the court because of the loss of his father-like old Buss.
He changed his previous pass-first style of play, and this game returned to the black mamba state he once had, attacking the Trail Blazers' basket with shots and breakthroughs in the second and third quarters.
Li Liang knew that Kobe Bryant must be in a bad mood tonight, and he would not give up without scoring 40 points.
Therefore, Li Liang worked with Nash on the outside and kept making balls for Kobe.
Kobe pursed his lips tightly from start to finish, pouring all his firepower into the Trail Blazers' basket.
The Trail Blazers were out of luck, we just happened to be in Los Angeles to play.
That's how the schedule is arranged, and we can't help it!
Bryant scored consecutive goals, and the Trail Blazers couldn't even call two timeouts.
The outside line Nash and Li Liang are eyeing each other, if you dare to attack casually, the three points of the two of them are not vegetarians.
At the end of the third quarter, Kobe Bryant had already scored 40 points!
The Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 19 points at 95-76.
The Trail Blazers really poured blood mold, and the fourth quarter turned directly into garbage time.
Kobe Bryant didn't play again, and if Jeribas was still there, he would be thrilled to see him perform like this.
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After playing the Trail Blazers, the Lakers next flew to Texas and played an away game in Dallas.
The deteriorating Mavericks didn't cause much trouble for the Lakers, who took a 105-99, six-point advantage on the road.
In this game, Nowitzki returned, and Li Liang faced the German super power forward for the first time.
Although he lost the game, Nowitzki scored 0 points on 11-of-19 shooting.
Li Liang once again encountered an "undefensible" person, he was too tall for Li Liang to reach.
His shot is too accurate, and all kinds of interference are meaningless.
It's just that except for Nowitzki, the other people's performance is really miserable.
With the exception of Nowitzki, no one scored in double figures.
2 of 10 shots, 10 shots, relying on the veterans of the bench Brand and Vince Carter to find some courts, so as not to lose too badly.
After the game, Li Liang seized the opportunity to touch the old driver's head, and said that he had so much hair, there should be no problem.
After playing the game against the Mavericks, the Lakers traveled to Denver in the Highlands for the final game of the season against the Nuggets.
This season, the Lakers have been very difficult to play the Nuggets, because the Nuggets' forward line is very strong, and they are also more restrained in their style of play.
The Lakers were in average shape in this game, and they were playing away again, so they were beaten 9-0 by the Nuggets at the beginning.
In the first quarter, the Nuggets rushed up, especially Tylawson, and Nash's defensive weakness was exploited again.
The Nuggets led the Lakers by six points in the first quarter and by seven points in the second quarter, with a one-point advantage at halftime.
In the second half, Li Liang snorted a hit rate sticker and led the team to catch up.
As a result, Kobe Bryant hit three irons angrily and wasted the opportunity to tie the score.
Li Liang saw that in Kobe's depressed mood recently, he did not spray people.
But after this opportunity was wasted, the Nuggets fought back with a wave of 8:0 and opened up the difference again.
The Lakers never solved this point of Tylawson, and he opened it up, and he scored 22 points, 8 assists and 1 steal to lead the Nuggets to a 118-110, 8-point advantage to defeat the Lakers, further consolidating their playoff spot.
In these few games, Li Liang obviously felt that the non-playoff teams were playing loosely.
The playoff teams are very targeted, no longer encounters like in the past, and they are each in a position to play.
The coaching staff will conduct careful pre-match preparations, summarizing the strategy and strategy based on the previous games.
For example, the Nuggets vs. the Lakers, for Li Liang, they began to use wheel battles.
Iguodala, Wilson Chandler, Corey Brewer were the ones who took turns playing.
In the past, Kobe Bryant would only be like this, and now Li Liang also has this treatment.
It's not how strong Li Liang's personal ability is, but everyone knows how important Li Liang is to the Lakers.
Therefore, no matter what lineup the Nuggets are on, they always maintain a tall forward who can oppress Li Liang and not give him a chance to give full play.
It is conceivable that in the playoffs, Li Liang will definitely encounter such treatment.
He needs to slowly adapt to this intensity, and the playoffs and the regular season are two completely different levels of confrontation.
But will Li Liang be afraid?
I'm afraid of you, what a big deal after the playoffs.
In my advanced mission, I will fight a finals to suppress the shock!
After returning from Los Angeles, the Lakers got two days off.
Li Liang was ready, entered the system, and opened the City of Angels book, the third task: the curse of the robbery of the seven in Boston Garden.
Mission, Boston Garden's Curse of the Seven-Tiebreaker, Time: June 12, 1984, Location: Boston Garden Arena, USA, Matchup: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics, Mission: Help the Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Celtics, win the tie-break, and win the championship. Reward: Golden Shield Fragment, Difficulty: Star. Genius remembers the first three or five in a second