Chapter 14 The Three Highs Combination

The Lakers have made 45 wins to the playoffs this season thanks to Kobe Bryant's crazy scoring scores, their first-round opponent is the Phoenix Suns with Steve Nash, Tim Thomas, Boris Dior, Sean Marion, Kobe's opponent is Raga Bell, who is good at defense, the result of the game is that the Lakers lost the playoffs 3:4, except for Lamar Odom, almost no one can help Kobe, Bell's defense of Kobe Bryant can hardly be said to be successful or unsuccessful, Let's say it's unsuccessful, Kobe Bryant's average shooting rate is almost 50%, let's say it's a success, Kobe's average score per game has slipped from nearly 35 points in the regular season to less than 28 points, of which in the fifth game, Bell directly sacrificed a clothesline-style throat lock foul to Kobe, and directly knocked Kobe to the ground, and after getting up, Kobe showed the charm of a mature leader, he didn't fight with Bell in a rage, but fiddled with his arms with an indifferent expression, patted the dust on his shoulder, and smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, All four free throws were made for the foul and technical fouls, and Bale was ejected, and in the sixth game, Ragabel was suspended, and Bryant scored a full 50 points on 20-of-35 shooting, but ...... Alas, but the Lakers still lost, 118:126, Odom was able to help Kobe Bryant in the whole series, others are really incompetent, Kobe averaged 28 points per game in the whole series, Odom averaged 19.1 points and 11 rebounds per game, and the third scoring was Kwame Brown, who seemed to average 12.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game was not bad, but look at the flexible fat man Boris Dior on the opposite side averaged 18.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.0 assists per game and a shooting rate of 53.8%, Even the likes of defensive center Tim Thomas were able to score 15.6 points and 8.0 rebounds in Brown's head......

It is worth mentioning that O'Neal, the big shark who was traded out by the Lakers the year before last, helped Wade get a championship ring in the Heat this year, and O'Neal can still contribute 20 points and 9.2 rebounds per game this season.

In the 2006 draft, the Lakers selected 19-year-old Jordan Farmar with the 26th pick in the first round. Then the Lakers made a big offer, signing free agent Vladmir Radmanovic for 5 years and 31 million, who became the most important outside gun on the bench in the Lakers, and the Lakers' 2006-2007 season was almost a replica of last season. Kobe Bryant averaged 35.4 points per game, except for Odom, there was little help from others, and the others were small players in the league such as Chris Meem, Smush Parker, Brian Cook, etc., the Lakers won 42 games and entered the playoffs Their opponent was still the Suns last year, and the final result was still eliminated by the Suns, but the score changed from 3:4 to 1:4, Kobe Bryant met last year's enemy Rajabel again in the playoffs, As a result, Kobe Bryant averaged 32.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in five games, which can almost be said to be the complete Bell, so the aura of this Kobe finisher on Bell's head is not worthy of the name, and the whole team can score 19.4 points, 13.0 rebounds per game except for Kobe Bryant and Odom is the only two players on the team to score double-doubles......

The Lakers were able to battle the Suns in seven games last year, winning just one game and going out early, in large part because of the return of the Suns' violent power forward Amare Stoudemire, who averaged 24.2 points, 13.6 rebounds, 1.4 steals, 1.8 blocks per game and 55.0% shooting from the field, while Brown averaged just 8 points and 5 rebounds per game.

In the 2007-2008 season, the Lakers' former veteran, Kobe's big brother Derrick Fisher, moved his family to Los Angeles with better medical conditions in order to take care of his daughter with eye disease, so Fisher terminated his contract with the Jazz early and returned to the Lakers, and he played 82 long games this season. Averaging 11.7 points per game, the new season has just begun, the Lakers used Brian Cook and Morris Evans to get Anfernee Hardaway and Trevor Ariza from the Knicks, Hardaway has almost retired at this time, he did not play a game for the Lakers, and Ariza, a third-year freshman, has earned himself a place in the Lakers with his unique talent for fast break and very good defense, but this is not the reason for the Lakers' rise this season, on February 2, 2008, the Lakers used Kwame Brown, Aaron McGee, Critanton also had the 2008 and 2010 first-round picks and the 2007 No. 48 rookie signing as bargaining chips, and traded to the Grizzlies' big boss Pau Gasol.

There was also a funny joke this season, during the All-Star Weekend in 200, Radmanovic was injured while skiing, because the NBA prohibits players from participating in all high-risk sports, skiing obviously falls into this category, and Ladd looked at it, what should this do? So I lied to the management of the Lakers, saying that I was injured during training, the Lakers said, what about monitoring, so Ladd said, in fact, I went to buy coffee when I was on vacation in Utah, stepped on the ice and fell and injured, the Lakers said, who are you lying to, just fall and dislocate your right shoulder, Ladd said, indeed, so he recuperated with peace of mind, and after about five days, Ladd was honest with the Lakers because of "bad conscience", I fell while skiing, you must know that once a player violates the NBA High-Risk Activity Ordinance", the team is eligible to terminate the contract early, but the Lakers remembered that Ladd is still relatively handsome, and sitting on the bench can press the court, so they opened the net, but also issued the largest fine since the establishment of the team, a fine of $500,000, and because of this incident, Ladd has since had the nickname of "ski man".

Okay, this is a meat joke, now let's get down to business, the Lakers robbed Gasol is a very good interior ruler, whether it is basket singles, mid-range shooting, rebounding, defense and even passing are the league's top standards, before he came to the Lakers, the Grizzlies signed Pau Gasol, who can contribute an average of 20+10 per game, with a maximum salary of 6 years and 86 million US dollars, who lived up to expectations and led the Grizzlies to the playoffs year after year, but suffered from no good helpers, Gasol has not won a playoff victory so far, playing the role of a small sufferer for 10,000 years, but when it comes to the Lakers, Gasol can not only hope for the first win of the playoffs, but also for the championship! Gasol's good passing ability and Phil Jackson's triangle attack can be said to be a match made in heaven!

In addition to trading to Pau Gasol, the Lakers have also corrected Andrew Bynum, a young center who has been developing in previous years, and the Lakers have won a whopping 57 games this season! Kobe Bryant averaged 28.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, Gasol averaged 18.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, Odom averaged 14.2 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, and Bynum also averaged 13.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. This season's Lakers only ranked sixth in the West before getting Gasol, and after Gasol landed in Los Angeles, after only 27 games, the Lakers' record soared to first in the West!

Just as the Lakers were staring at the O'Brien Cup, which symbolizes the easiest thing to do, the first bad news came out of the team, Bynum was out of the season because of a dislocated left knee.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers' opponent was the Denver Nuggets, who had a golden two-gun combination that the league would envy - Allen Iverson, who averaged 26.4 points per game and ranked third in the season scoring average list, and Carmelo Anthony, who averaged 25.7 points per game and ranked fourth in the scoring average list that season, in the first game, the Nuggets took the power of the two guns to the extreme, both of them scored 30 points, and Linus Creza on the bench also scored 23 points efficiently on 9-of-13 shooting, but they still did not take away a victory, Pau Gasol, who had never won a playoff victory, turned into a ferocious polar bear, he showed unstoppable strength and strong confidence in the game, he scored 36 points, 16 rebounds and 8 assists and 3 blocks on 14-of-20 shooting from the field, completely blowing up the opposite Marcus Camby, who only had 4 points and 7 rebounds on 2-of-9 shooting.

This game is a portrayal of the entire series of the Lakers vs. the Nuggets, the Nuggets gold two-gun combination is terrifying, averaging 50 points per game, but the Lakers' Kobe Bryant is also unstoppable, one person can average 33.5 points per game, Gasol 22 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists and 2.8 blocks, the Lakers swept the Nuggets 4:0 to advance to the second round.

The Lakers' opponent in the second round is the Utah Jazz with a new pair - Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer, the Lakers will unite to advance 4:2, although the Jazz Delon Williams can average 22.3 points and 11.5 assists per game, but the opposite Derrick Fisher averages 14.2 points per game and 57.1% shooting and 64.7% three-point shooting greatly narrowing the gap between him and Delon. Odom averaged 18.2 points and 11.7 rebounds per game on 58.7% shooting, Gasol had 18.5 points and 8.3 rebounds on 56.0% shooting, and Kobe Bryant scored 33.2 points per game and shot 49.1% from the field!

In the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers ushered in the challenge of Tim Duncan, the league's No. 1 power forward. Duncan was able to score 22.4 points and 17.4 rebounds per game in this round of the series, and Tony Parker averaged 19.4 points, 5.6 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game, which also helped Duncan greatly, but the Spurs only won one game, although Gasol was beaten as a white bear in the face of Duncan, averaging only 13.2 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, but Kobe Bryant was able to average 29 points per game and shot 53.3% of the shooting rate under Uncle Bao's defense! It can also be seen from this round of the series that in fact, the title of "Kobe Bryant Terminator" on Bowen's head is also undeserved.

The Lakers made it all the way to the Finals, and their final opponent was the Boston Celtics, who just formed the Big Three this summer - Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett, and not only that, but the team's starting point guard Rajon Rondo has improved rapidly under Sam Cassel's tutelage, and Kendrick Perkins can also play a strong role as a meat shield.

In terms of the configuration of these two teams at that time, the Lakers with full personnel were better, but Bynum's reimbursement allowed the two teams to stand on the same level, the Lakers' main lineup was slightly stronger than the Celtics' group and the Big Three at the end of their peak, but the other players were still far from the Celtics in terms of ability, but what was really beneficial to the Lakers was the schedule, the Lakers advanced to the Finals in a total of 15 games, while the Celtics used 21 games- After seven games with the Eaglehawks, who are eighth in the East, seven games against the little emperor LeBron James, and six games against the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals before they advance, the Celtics veterans are getting older, and the intensive schedule is very unfavorable for them.