Chapter 1123: A Miracle Comes to Staples (The First Update of Ten Consecutive Shifts!) )
For the majority of basketball lovers who are accustomed to watching Thanos Lin in the playoffs, the NBA playoffs in the 16/17 season have a feeling of "tasteless food, and it is a pity to abandon it......
The Nth day of Lin Yi's absence....... Miss him!
And as the initiator of all this, my legendary celebrity, a legendary man, Lin Yi has recently been struggling with his comeback......
After all, when to make a comeback and in what way to make a comeback, these are all things that Lin Yi needs to think about seriously.
You know, now his word is enough to affect the entire NBA process.
Lin Yi's troubles are not on the table for the time being, in April, in the first round of the playoffs, the fans who originally thought that there was nothing to see in the playoffs this season suddenly became excited!
Because the whole world is united, the family association once again feels the deep love from the boss!
If it is reasonable to win the Pacers 4-0 game in the Eastern Cavaliers, and the Celtics' 4-1 defeat of the Hawks is expected, the Knicks' 4-3 victory over the Bulls is the final glory of this dynasty division, and the Wizards' 4-2 elimination of the Raptors is a lineup suppression, then in the West, the Mavericks swept the Clippers 4-0 early to advance to the next round, the Houston Mosaics sniped the dream of the Sewer Turtle single-core team 4-1, and the old Spurs defeated the Trail Blazers 4-1......
What no one expected, and no one would have expected, was that the Knicks were almost forced into Game 7 in the finals last season, with Stephen Curry, one of the two heroes, Kawaii Leonard, the new Western Conference All-Star starting small forward, Jordan Jr., and Middleton, the outside gibbon......
Defeated Staples!
There will be no seventh game in this series, because with the 37-year-old Kobe Bryant's last shot, the eyes of the lake honey in Staples Arena are full of the shadow of the 27-year-old Kobe, when the train of light slowly passed Staples, the 37-year-old Kobe Bryant was there, and the championship flags above the dome of Staples Stadium fluttered in the wind, as if in response to Kobe's forced words back then: Friends come and go, only the championship flag flutters in the wind......
79-81, in the sixth game between the Lakers and the Warriors, the Lakers defeated the Warriors by relying on Kobe's stunner, in the words of Komi and Jamie in front of the TV: My youth is back TM!
Ahem, let's turn the timeline back to two weeks ago and see what really happened.
Two weeks ago, shortly after the Eastern and Western Conference playoff brackets were released, Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who had been lost in thought while watching the brackets, held an intra-team meeting before the playoffs began.
Because Kerr knows that now is the moment of life and death for the Warriors, it seems that the Lakers will not be able to fight against the Warriors at all, but the Lakers, who got the playoff tickets at the last moment, are currently in high morale, and for Kerr, he is a coach who does not like accidents, so he thinks it is time for the players to put aside their grievances and fight for the championship together.
What is clear is that even though the conflict between Leonard and Curry is expanding day by day, for these players who have never tasted a championship, the whole team is willing to unite again to fight for a common dream under the temptation of a championship.
After all, no one knows when Lin Yi will come back in the future, if they don't take advantage of Lin Yi's absence to win a championship, no one is sure whether they will be able to win the championship after Lin Yi comes back.
For this era, Lin Yi ...... It's just too buggy.
And the result of the game also calmed Kerr's uneasy mind for the time being, because in the first two games with the Lakers, the Warriors, who had the home court advantage, did not even give the Lakers a chance to play until the fourth quarter to win again......
And the Warriors' two consecutive big victories have made their supporters sweep away the haze that has hung in the Oracle Arena for a long time and will not dissipate, and Warriors fans believe that the Warriors are back, and the Warriors who can force the Knicks to run out of ammunition and food, and finally can only rely on Lin Yikai to win......
In fact, the Warriors should win this series in every way.
But...... That's where competitive sports are fun.
Because many times, absolute strength, paper strength can only be used as a reference for the final result of the game.
On the 25th, just after the Lakers and Warriors returned to Staples for this series, Kerr finally knew why he was so worried about this series.
With the big screen of Staples Arena constantly playing the shots of Kobe's various mistakes and iron strikes in his career, as well as the pictures of insisting on playing with injuries again and again after being injured again and again, the more than 20,000 lake honeys on the scene could no longer hold back the tears in their eyes......
Yes, you think my lake is going to put a picturesque collection of volutes?
And then, the big screen on the scene played various shots of James's career failures, especially in the East, challenging the Knicks again and again, and being defeated by Lin Yi again and again, which pierced the hearts of countless Jammy......
And the final picture brought Staples into a climax at once, what about failure? With the literal appearance of repeated defeats and repeated defeats in the English version, Kobe and James in the camera comforted each other and supported each other, and the Lakers' locker room was full of ridicule of the two veterans......
"This is my last season."
"Choose a city and grow old."
"I have so many people to thank because they have helped me so much along the way, I have had a lot of willfulness, I have paid a lot for this, I am not a perfect person, as shown in the video, I know that I am not great compared to a lot of legends, but I know that I am Kobe Bryant and I will fight until the end."
"I'm a loser in my current career, and a lot of people say I would have been in the top five players in NBA history, but obviously, I've been disappointed with everyone, whether it's in Cleveland, or Miami, or Los Angeles...... But so what? I'm not going to give up because I'm LeBron James, I haven't played Michael Jordan, but I've been hard to shake Lin head-on! ”
After the affectionate monologue between Kobe and James ended in the picture, the Staples Arena completely blew up.
On the commentary seat, O'Neill took the lead in standing up and applauding the "23+24" pair.
On the bench, Warriors coach Kerr has already felt the crisis, but it is too late.
Because from beginning to end, as Kobe Bryant and James said in the video, unlike the challenged in the past, they are the challengers today.
And the process of the game made people feel the strong desire of Kobe and James to win.
Kobe Bryant, who gave up the low post again and again and patiently organized the team's offense, was decisive and strong, regarded himself as a bridgehead, and led his teammates to fire......
On this night, the two played a wonderful match.
You are my Pippen, and I am your Pippen.
"Perfect triangle attack!" Lin Yi, who saw the Lakers' wave of offensive in front of the TV, also sighed sincerely.
101-118, the Lakers relied on the perfect play of "23+24" and successfully won the third game of this series.
But that's just the beginning.
Next, in Game 4 on the 27th, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 107-124 at home.
Obviously, in these two games, the Lakers' players were driven by Kobe Bryant and James.
After all, the last death glare in the boss's life should be taken seriously by anyone.
Of course, what really changed the direction of this series was the return of the two sides to the fifth game of Oracle.
As a result, just like Lin Yi predicted before, Xiao Hua, who also had a strong desire to survive, discovered the business opportunities behind "23+24", so he ...... The warriors collapsed.
A team, when you keep winning, even if there are contradictions in your dressing room, they will be hidden.
But when you start losing, even if you don't have a conflict, you will have a conflict.
What's more, the battle between Leonard and Curry, the team boss of the previous Warriors, has intensified.
Kerr, who lost control of the Warriors' locker room, finally felt the power of the referee, and now Kerr, except for forcibly pouring chicken soup for the soul on the players, it seems that there is no good way.
As a result, in the sixth game between the two sides, the Lakers did not give the Warriors another chance.
Curry and Leonard, who lost their crosshairs, paid tribute to the soon-to-be-retired Kobe Bryant with a joint 30-iron, and Kobe, although he only scored 11 points on 3-of-18 shooting in the game, he had the most critical one in these 3 shots.
It was at the end of the game, accompanied by my emperor's signature throwing pot, Kobe Bryant took the initiative to take the pot, and then there was a signature picturesque back!
It's not that I don't score a difficult ball!
The more difficult the ball, the more I can score!
With his vision obscured by Middleton's hands, Bryant landed the shot safely.
79-81, the Lakers took away the Warriors with a score of 4-2!
After the game, James was as excited as he had been when he had just been smuggled to the United States, hammering his chest excitedly, but it was a pity that he had a blonde figure in his hand, otherwise the picture of standing on the top of the Empire State Building would definitely evoke many people's childhood memories.
"We're going to the divisional semifinals!"
The 37-year-old Kobe Bryant burst into tears, and the 32-year-old Emperor also burst into tears.
"23+24" became the protagonist on this night, because Kobe's retirement time had to be postponed again......
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PS: When chatting with a reader two days ago, this die-hard fan asked Ah Jing if he could do it again before finishing the book. In fact, when writing a new book, Ah Xin's speed is not slow, but when I continue to write this old book, because of my pen strength, it is indeed the first time that Ah Xin has written to almost 3 million words, and many problems are constantly exposed, resulting in my speed and efficiency not being able to improve. And as you know, the inspiration for the later part of this book has been hit by injuries and breaks, in short, it's my own problem, the strength is not up to it, or the strength is not enough, which leads to all kinds of carvin at the end. But no matter what, Ah Jing thinks that this book starts with a burst liver, so it ends with a burst liver...... So in desperation, I can only deduct the manuscript of the past few days to do this outbreak.,Well,Maybe many people will ask.,Why don't you send a single chapter notice...... Ha...... I can still insist on reading it for so long, either die-hard or black fans, and they have already defaulted to me as a monthly magazine, where did I come from...... Not much to say, the last 10 more before the end of the book! The first more, bring!