After the game, all the media were unanimously optimistic about the Lakers winning the championship, and some experts believed that it would be difficult for the Pacers to win a game, not only was the interior suppressed by O'Neal, but the outside offense was also a mess.

Reggie Miller, the star of the Pacers, played 41 minutes in the first game, shooting 1 of 16, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 7 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

In Guo Xu's previous life, even in 18 years, there are still many Miller blows on the Internet, saying that he is a legendary star, the best pitcher in history, and Jordan's lifelong enemy......

As "Jordan's lifelong enemy", Miller was selected as an All-Star five times in his career and only started once. Individual honors are the 3 best three teams, and there are no other big honors such as MVP, championship, best defense, and scoring champion.

Jordan's accolades have only been a one-fifth of Miller's, and the dude has only played in the Eastern Conference Finals twice, once in the Finals. In his 18-year career, he averaged 18.1 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game, shooting 39.5% from three-point range and hitting 1.8 three-pointers from 4.7 attempts. He had an even lower playoff three-point percentage of 39 percent, making 2.2 of 5.7 attempts.

The real reason why Miller is famous is that he is bad. He is open-mouthed, trash-talking, and has verbal quarrels with referees, star players, and team executives, and his ubiquitous foul language has made him the "public enemy of the whole people" in the hearts of fans.

With such a person as the boss and as a role model, how good can the Pacers players be?

In the second game, they set their sights on Kobe. Kobe Bryant was full of tenacity in the game, playing on both offensive and defensive ends, and as long as the OK combination was there, the Pacers had no chance at all.

In this game, Kobe Bryant left the court with an injury after nine minutes, and he sprained his ankle when he landed on a jump shot.

Guo Xu knew that Kobe's injury was not an accident, but Jalen Rose deliberately stepped on his feet. In his previous life, Rose talked about this in 2012 and admitted that he deliberately injured Kobe. "If I had to decide, he wouldn't have been able to play the whole series so I would have a championship ring, which I did on purpose, and you can't say it was an accident," he said. ”

As a bystander, Guo Xu felt that Ross's behavior was disgusting. At this time, he swore in his heart that he would never "take the initiative" to attack the opponent on the basketball court in the future, and it would be difficult to say if the opponent made the first move.

Without Kobe, the Lakers still won. O'Neal played 46 minutes, shooting 11-of-18 from the field and 18-of-39 from the free-throw line, setting a single-game record for free throws in NBA history, scoring 40 points, 24 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks.

Outside Harper seemed to have suddenly regained his youth, playing 37 minutes, shooting 8-of-12, 1-of-2 three-pointers, 4-of-5 free throws, and finishing with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Guo Xu is very depressed about this, Harper is going to dominate the rhythm of the starting position next season.

Kobe Bryant suffered a foot injury and failed to play in Game 3, and the Lakers lost to the Pacers on the road.

After the game, head coach Phil Jackson revealed that Bryant asked the coaching staff to send him on the court before Game 3, but his ankle hurt so much that he could only rely on the strength of his toes to stand up, and Jackson felt that it was purely a death and was very likely to aggravate the injury, so he asked him to take a standout.

Before the fourth game, although Bryant did not recover from his foot injury and continued to ask for the competition, Jackson decided to take a risk this time. If the Pacers win two games in a row, it will make the game uncertain.

Pacers center Rick Schmitz hit four straight shots in the opening game to give the Pacers a quick lead, opening the game to a 10-point deficit at the end of the first quarter.

Bryant was clearly affected by a foot injury, and he scored just six points in the first half. And both Bryant and O'Neal were in foul crisis, and both were whistled for a third foul five minutes before the end of the second quarter.

However, the Pacers failed to take advantage of this opportunity to extend their lead further, and Bryant rebounded in the third quarter to score 10 points to lead the Lakers to a lead.

The fourth quarter went into a stalemate, O'Neal contributed 14 points, and Pacers ace Reggie Miller scored 13 points, and the two sides tied and went into overtime. One minute after the start of overtime, the Lakers' big trouble came, and O'Neal left the game with six fouls.

The commentators of the live broadcast game are not optimistic about the Lakers, but at the critical moment, Kobe, who played with an injury, carried the team.

Jackson decisively changed his tactics at this time, stopped playing triangle offense, gave the ball to Kobe, and then opened up as much space as possible.

Kobe Bryant did not disappoint the "Zen Master", he hit three jumpers in two minutes, and the Lakers scored 16 points in overtime, and eight of them came from Kobe. Miller missed a three-pointer in the final minute and the Lakers won 120-118 on the road to get a match point.

Bryant scored 28 points on 14-of-27 shooting, and O'Neal finished with 36 points and 21 rebounds.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, an excited O'Neal ran into the court, hugged Kobe Bryant warmly, and carried him back to the locker room.

At the press conference, O'Neal called Kobe Bryant "my tall little brother" and was very excited.

Kobe Bryant's performance of reluctantly turning the tide also touched Phil Jackson. "Zen Master" has seen the strength of the greatest scoring guard in history, and it is difficult for the average No. 2 player to praise this famous coach, but Kobe's brave play made Jackson have to admire.

O'Neal is the boss of the team, but after this game, Kobe Bryant attracted more fans, he officially grew from a rising star to a superstar, and this season he was selected to the All-NBA Second Team and All-Defensive Team First, which is a recognition of him.

In the last two games, Bryant continued to play with injuries and did not shoot well, but he did his best. Especially in the sixth game, although he only made 8 of 27 shots, he grabbed 10 rebounds and scored 26 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

O'Neal's performance was still terrifying, with 41 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks, but 3-of-12 free throws were not very good-looking, and the entire series dominated the restricted area.

The Lakers beat the Pacers 4-2, and the players lifted the championship trophy at home.

Facing the Pacers' 224CM center Rick Schmitz, who was selected as an All-Star in 98, O'Neal was completely crushed, averaging 38 points, 16.7 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game, and was elected FMVP without any suspense.

O'Neal was the second-best player in the NBA franchise, starting with Michael Jordan in the 1993 Finals, averaging 41 points, 8.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists in six games and scoring the second-highest 55 points in Finals history in Game 5.

After watching the game together in Guo Xu's restaurant, Harpy said excitedly: "The Lakers really won the championship 4-2, you actually said it again, it doesn't matter if other teams don't ask you for a trial, I bet the Lakers will definitely sign you!" ”

Outsider Lake asked, "How much annual salary will he probably get?" ”

Harpy smiled: "The first season is definitely not high, more than 300,000 before tax, it is difficult for him to enter the first round, even if the first in the second round can only get a base salary, if he signs a two-year rookie contract, the second year will be higher, and then he will become a restricted free agent, and other teams can offer high salaries to poach people." ”

The collective bargaining agreements of this era were different, somewhat unfair to the top of the second-round rankings, and after 2005, there was a big gap in the salaries of second-round rookies.

Guo Xu doesn't care about the salary, it's already beautiful to be able to play side by side with the OK group, many stars don't have championship rings in their lives, and he can win the championship with his thighs in his rookie season, which would be the perfect start.