Chapter 16: Derek Fisher of the Gods

After stepping on the Rockets, the Lakers' opponent in the Western Conference semifinals was the Denver Nuggets led by Carmelo Anthony, in the first game, the Lakers did not play easily, with 36 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the two teams tied at 99, and then Kobe Bryant hit the inside line and caused a foul by Kenyon Martin on the Nuggets' inside, after Kobe made two free throws, Wonder Boy Ariza stood up, he stole Anthony Carter, JR Smith could only foul Kobe, Kobe Bryant hit two free throws again, and the Lakers led by 4 points, But who knew that Chauncey Billups, the big heart of the Nuggets, stepped up, and he forced a three-pointer with 6.1 seconds left in the game to narrow the gap to one point! Carmelo Anthony fouled Kobe, and Kobe Bryant, cheered on by the MVP shouted from the audience, and hit two free throws again, completely killing the last suspense of the game!

This game can be called a scoring battle between Kobe and Anthony, Anthony was the best singles master of that era, he scored 39 points on 14-of-20 shooting in this game, while Kobe Bryant scored 40 points on 13-of-28 shooting, of which Kobe Bryant blocked 18 points in the crucial fourth quarter! Pau Gasol and Derrick Fisher each scored 13 points, and no one else scored in double figures, and it was a game that Kobe Bryant won very hard.

In the second game, the two teams still played inextricably, with 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant's three-pointer made the game 99-tied again, Billups hit the basket and caused Gasol to foul, two free throws, the Nuggets led by 2 points, Fisher missed three points, JR Smith was stolen by Ariza, Kobe Bryant hit a 2-pointer, the two teams tied at 101, and then the Nuggets played an inside pass to cooperate, Nene assisted Kenyon Martin to score, Ariza's pass to Nene cut off Billups fast break was committed by Fisher, The latter made two free throws again, although Gasol forced the inside to cause Kenyon Martin's foul and two free throws to no avail, Billups' two free throws gave the Lakers a 103-106 loss, Anthony scored 34 points in the game, Kobe Bryant scored 32 points, Ariza scored 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 steals on 6-of-7 shooting, and Gasol scored 17 points and 17 rebounds.

In the third game, the two sides moved to Denver in the highlands to play at home, 1 minute and 46 seconds in regular time, Odom made two free throws to make the two teams tie at 93, and then JR-Smith scored 2 points, Kobe Bryant hit back with three points, Martin missed the inside line, Kobe Bryant hit the basket and caused JR to foul, Kobe Bryant made one of two free throws, the Lakers also held a 2-point lead 38 seconds before the end of the game, and the moment that changed the game appeared, Anthony singled Ariza, who perfectly defended Anthony and caused the latter's turnover, Ariza also forced Anthony to make a mistake, causing Anthony to leave the court with six fouls, Ariza hit two free throws steadily, after which the Nuggets fouled Kobe, who hit four consecutive free throws to lead the team to a 103-97 victory over the Nuggets.

The victory in this game belonged to Kobe Bryant, and it also belonged to Ariza, who involved 41 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals on 12-of-24 shooting, and only 1 turnover, while the latter scored 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting and made Anthony deflated at the most critical moment of the game, Pau Gasol scored 20 points and 11 rebounds on 7-of-12 shooting, on the other hand, Nuggets, Anthony was not efficient, scoring 21 points on 4-of-13 shooting, Chauncy Billups scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists on 5-of-15 shooting, Chris Anderson off the bench had a good performance, scoring 15 points, seven rebounds and three blocks on 6-of-9 shooting.

In the fourth game, the Nuggets defeated the Lakers 120-101 with a team-wide 7-point double-double performance, in this game, the Nuggets grabbed a total of 58 rebounds, including 20 frontcourt basketballs, and the team's three rebounds double-doubled, compared to the Lakers' technical statistics of 40 rebounds and 9 frontcourt rebounds, Kobe Bryant scored 34 points, but there was nothing to make up. The big score of the two teams became a 2-2 draw.

In the key battle of Tianwang Mountain, Lamar Odom, who had been playing poorly before the Lakers, stood up in this game, he scored 19 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks, and helped the Lakers win the battle of Tianwang Mountain with difficulty in the case of Kobe's poor performance, Kobe Bryant only scored 22 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists on 6-of-13 shooting in this game, and there were as many as 7 turnovers at the same time! And the Nuggets Anthony scored 31 points, but no one else could help Anthony, and the Lakers won the match point 3:2!

In the sixth game, the Lakers did not give the Nuggets any chance, leading all the way and finally advancing to the finals with 119:92, Kobe Bryant scored 35 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds on 12-of-20 shooting, and only had one turnover, Gasol scored 20 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists on 8-of-12 shooting, Ariza scored 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting, Odom continued his hot form in the last game, scoring 20 points and 8 rebounds on 7-of-12 shooting, The Nuggets only had Anthony's 25 points and J.R. Smith's 24 points, which was not bad.

The Lakers' Finals opponent is the Orlando Magic with the "Warcraft" Dwight Howard, this Magic is at the peak of the past ten years, they sent last year's champion Boston Celtics back home in the playoffs, and eliminated LeBron James's Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, the strength is very strong, their configuration is characterized by the league's No. 1 center Dwight Howard overturned the river on the inside, and several muskets on the outside took turns to volley, you wrap Howard, shoot you to death on the outside, you don't clip Howard, The inside line blew you up, it was such a simple contradiction, so that the Magic team went all the way to the finals!

But don't forget, the Lakers' most powerful configuration is also on the inside, Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom are the feared "three-high combination", they can fight wheels and encircle Howard!

Theory is theory, in fact, it's not that complicated to get Howard, Gasol can do it alone, although Howard's physical fitness is the top in the league, but at best he is useless after showing off a violent dunk in the game, on the contrary, Gasol is not inferior to Howard in terms of height and weight, and there is not much difference in strength, Gasol's low-post skills are enough to blow up Howard a few streets! This round of matchup reminds me of the picture when Olajuwon beat O'Neal in the Rockets' finals that year, of course, the matchup between Gasol and Howard was not as big as the gap between Olajuwon and O'Neal, and the two were tied at best.

In the first game, the Magic team learned the power of the Lakers, the Lakers slaughtered the Magic with 100:75, the Magic team's shooting rate was 29.39%, Howard got 12 points and 15 rebounds on 1-of-6 shooting, and Gasol scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 7-of-12 shooting. Then Kobe Bryant blew up the entire Magic team, he scored 40 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 1 turnover, leading the team to win the first victory.

In the second matchup between the two sides, the Magic team rebounded under the leadership of Rashard Lewis, and the two teams played very anxiously, with 33 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Fisher assisted Gasol under the basket to score 2 points to tie the score at 88, and then Courtney Lee missed two points, Kobe's killer ball was blocked by Turkoglou, and the game went into overtime! In overtime, Pau Gasol beat Howard again, Gasol scored 7 points in overtime, while Howard only had 3 points, and finally the Lakers defeated the Magic 101:96, the Magic's outside artillery played twice, Rashad Lewis shot 12 of 21 from the field, 4 of 4 three-pointers, 34 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, Turkoglu scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 8-of-17 shooting, and the only block of the game gave Kobe Bryant's killer shot, Howard scored 17 points on 5-of-10 shooting, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 4 blocks and as many as 7 turnovers, while Gasol scored 24 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 7-of-14 shooting, with 0 turnovers in the game, and Kobe Bryant scored 29 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 7 turnovers on 10-of-22 shooting, Odom played well, he had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks on 8-of-9 shooting.

In the third game, the Magic team sat on the home court with a rainbow of momentum, all three muskets in the starting line exploded, and the Lakers who were "popped" could not find the north, Rashad Lewis scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-14 shooting, Turkoglu scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists on 7-of-12 shooting, temporarily replacing the injured Jamison and Laph Alston who was traded from the Rockets to the Magic team scored 20 points and 4 assists on 8-of-12 shooting, Howard scored 21 points and 14 rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting, and the Magic won 108: 104 narrowly beat the Lakers, but it was none of the above who decided the trend of this game, but the substitute Michael Petrus, who scored 10 points in the crucial fourth quarter, scored 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, and became the key player in the game, Kobe Bryant scored 31 points and 8 assists on 11-of-25 shooting, and Gasol scored 23 points and 3 rebounds on 9-of-11 shooting.

There was a dramatic scene in Game 4, with 38 seconds left before the end of the fourth quarter, the Lakers trailed by 5 points at 82-87, and the whole game was absolutely impossible to recover, but Kobe Bryant never believed this, he burst inside and passed to Gasol, who lived up to expectations and put the basketball in the basket. 84:87, with 11.1 seconds left in the game, the Magic made a big mistake, they put Dwight Howard on the court, Kobe immediately fouled Howard, Howard missed both free throws, the last 4.6 seconds of the game, the Lakers fell behind 84:87, they needed a three-pointer, Kobe Bryant received the ball at the top of the three-point arc, immediately attracted the Magic's double bag, Kobe did not hesitate to distribute the ball to Derrick Fisher, who was located one step outside the three-point line on the right side, who directly pulled up the shot!

"Huh!"

The basketball hollows into the net, and the two teams go into overtime!

In overtime, the Magic took the lead in shooting, Lewis hit a three-pointer, Kobe Bryant hit two points, Howard singled Gasol missed, Kobe Bryant hit another shot, the Lakers led by one point, and then Howard was fouled by Fisher on a single, and the score became 91:91 again on two free throws, and then for two full two minutes, both teams did not score until the last 31 seconds of the game, Kobe Bryant broke fast, and the ball passed to Fisher, who was one step outside the three-point line on the right side. The latter hit the game's three-pointer at this position in regular time, and this time he still chose to shoot! And very resolutely!

"Huh!"

The sound of basketball brushing the net is crisp and beautiful!

This goal gave the Lakers a 3-point lead over the Magic at 94:91, and it also directly jumped the Magic's half-life, and his second half of his life was directly buried by Gasol's basket attack!

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Magic 99-91, and it is worth noting that this game broke out into a conflict. In the last 3.4 seconds left in the game, the Lakers led by 5 points, and it was the Lakers' possession, at this time there was a hole in the Magic team's defense, Gasol was empty under the basket, Ariza immediately dropped the ball to Gasol, who dunked directly with both hands, but then Petrus, who arrived at the horse, smashed his arms on Gasol's back, and the two people spat trash talk to each other, Petrus thought that the Lakers had won the game, and Gasol should not have shot this ball, but Gasol managed to score 2 points in order to avoid accidents, for which Petrus was fouled technically, but he was not banned after the game, which led to the dissatisfaction of Lakers fans.

In the whole game, Turkoglu scored 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting, Howard scored 16 points, 21 rebounds, 9 blocks and 7 turnovers on 5-of-12 shooting, Petrus scored 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting, and the Lakers' Kobe Bryant was not efficient, scoring 32 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists on 11-of-31 shooting, Gasol scored 16 points and 10 rebounds on 7-of-14 shooting, Ariza scored 16 points and 9 rebounds on 6-of-14 shooting, and the god-like Fisher shot 5-of-11 from the field and 2-of-7 from three-point range, yes, you read that rightFisher only scored those two god-like three-pointers, and he scored 12 points.

It is worth mentioning that Kobe Bryant seriously poked his finger in this game, and the team doctor asked him to enter the locker room immediately for examination, but Kobe Bryant was stunned and broke his finger back that had been twisted and deformed, and then continued to play.

If the victory in the last game was the achievement of Fisher, then this game is the achievement of Ariza, he scored 11 points and 2 steals in 4 shots in the second quarter, led the Lakers to play a wave of 30:18 attack, directly knocked out the Magic team's half life, and then the entire second half of the Magic team had no possibility of turning over, and finally the Lakers defeated the Magic 99:86, with a total score of 4:1 and successfully won the championship trophy. Kobe Bryant was undisputed as the Finals MVP with an average of 32.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game!

It is worth mentioning that Chinese player Sun Yue also got a championship ring, becoming the second player to get an NBA championship ring after ***, many people are puzzled by Sun Yue getting the NBA championship ring, he only played 12 minutes and 43 seconds all season, and the playoffs were not played, and the championship ring also has his share? Here is a popularization of encyclopedia, the NBA has rules, as long as the player follows the team to play the whole season (halfway is not counted), and plays more than 10 minutes in the season, you can get a championship ring, Sun Yue playing time conditions are met, and he was not traded halfway, most of him is playing in the Lakers' subordinate team NBDL, and Sun Yue also entered the Lakers playoff squad, although it has always been the inactive list, but the NBA did not say that the non-active list can not have a ring, obviously, This ring doesn't have much Sun Yue's energy in it, so his ring is still mailed from the United States, unlike other players who also have a ceremony or something, but although Sun Yue's performance on the field is lackluster, but off the field, he has a very good relationship with other players, and when Sun Yue got married, Kobe Bryant also sent Sun Yue a blessing in the air.