In the 1984 Lakers vs. Celtics finals, the fourth game was at the Great Western Forum Arena, the Lakers led by a big score of 2:1, and always suppressed the Celtics on their home court, and if they won this game, the Lakers would have an absolute lead of 3:1.

And the Celtics were bloodbathed by the Lakers in Los Angeles last time, and the angry Bird directly yelled at his teammates in training as "". So Kevin McHale decided to make a real hard-hitting foul in the game, and as a result, when the Lakers were still six points ahead of the Celtics, and when Rambis was about to dribble to the basket, McHale made a clothesline foul on Rambis, causing him to fall to the ground.

Now, Chris Anderson is doing the same thing as McHale, except that it's not the Finals, and McHale has been declaring after the game that it wasn't premeditated, and he didn't expect the fouler to be so serious. As for whether this is the case or not, only McHale knows in his own heart. Anderson's violation of this rule is deliberately suspected, and for the Celtics, how to find a way to disrupt Kobe's state is a must. O'Neal could use the free-throw area to restrict, but Bryant turned on was terrible.

In short, McHale's foul made the Los Angeles Lakers become timid and lose their sharpness in the subsequent game, and finally was hit by Larry Bird in overtime, not only losing the game, but also losing the initiative in the Finals, and finally losing the Finals and losing the championship.

And Chris Anderson's foul almost broke out between the two sides, and then he was judged to have a malicious foul and went straight off the court, and Kobe Bryant stood on the free throw line, hitting one of two free throws, and the difference between the two sides widened again. The Celtics' best player in the game is gone, no matter how you look at it, this is a stupid foul, but Leon is not in a hurry, he replaced Wang Zhizhi to replace Anderson, and the Celtics will launch a final counterattack.

Wang Zhizhi has played a surprise role in the last few games, a 7-foot-1 three-point shooter who is so unique that teams have no specific approach to him.

The same is true for the Lakers, when Wang Zhizhi and Grant Long formed the team's interior line, O'Neal became unguarded for a while, he had no way to stay under the basket, nor could he save and defend directly, so he could only stand awkwardly near the free throw line and stick there like a door god.

Wang Zhizhi didn't hit a three-point shot immediately after he came on the court, but there was no doubt that he involved the Lakers' defense on the court, and when there was no one in the entire Celtics inside, the Lakers' defense was unusually flat. As a result, Malik Siri relied on his rich experience to run back again, Wang Zhizhi received the ball and hung back, and assisted Cili to make a direct layup.

The Lakers' carelessness on the defensive end continued throughout the game, and they couldn't have the same defensive explosiveness as they did the year before, and without Grant and Ron Harper, their defensive experience and talent were greatly regressed. Phil Jackson couldn't do anything about it, he couldn't remember how many times the Celtics had scored easily in this way, and it reminded O'Neal of the fear of being dominated by the Utah duo many years ago.

Jackson whistled loudly at the players, reminding them to pick themselves up. It's been a tried and tested trick over the past three years, and every time he does, Lakers players wake up and take their next offense or defense seriously.

At this time, O'Neal was in a key position under the basket, because the person who defended him was Wang Zhizhi. But the ball carrier Kobe Bryant didn't pass the ball, he chose to pull up and shoot directly outside the three-point line!

missed, Williams grabbed the backcourt rebound, this time they will not play the position offense again, in the last quarter, must counterattack!

Williams ran wildly with the ball, Kobe Bryant stuck like kraft, he passed the ball to Alexander, Alexander continued to rush, under the basket against Brian Shaw He suddenly split the ball to the right 45 degrees, and outside the three-point line stood the unguarded Wang Zhizhi!

A huge vacancy, O'Neal is impossible to chase to this place, Wang Zhizhi calmly made a three-point shot, the ball drew a high arc, and then hollowed into the net!

After the goal, Wang Zhizhi clenched his fists and roared, now he is becoming more and more confident, and even the moment he shoots, he knows that he will definitely be able to throw this ball, because in this place, such a counterattack tactic, he has practiced countless times in training. The speed of the run, the observation in the process, the angle of the shot, every point was corrected by Leon, and everything fell into place.

The 9-point difference was suddenly narrowed to four points, and the Lakers suddenly became precarious, they were completely overwhelmed by the Celtics in morale, although they still have a two-point advantage, although they still have the strongest center and the best scoring guard in the league, but being forced like this by such a team, whether they win or lose, this game will become a footnote to the Lakers' poor form this season.

But no matter what, they still have to try to win, and if they lose, they will be embarrassed. With less than five minutes to go, the Celtics finally began to slash the shark completely.

Wang Zhizhi just threw in a three-pointer and immediately gave O'Neal a warm hug, plus a few fouls from the Celtics before, their total foul count has reached four, and O'Neal is about to stand on that damn free throw line.

O'Neal has said that he may not score free throws in general, but he will score free throws in key moments. Perhaps a four-point lead is not a critical moment for the Lakers, as O'Neal, who has already scored 30 points in the game, missed two free throws again, the fifth and sixth of his nine free throws in the game.

And the Lakers can't grab a frontcourt rebound yet, because their best frontcourt rebounder is standing at the free throw line to make free throws.

The Celtics, who got the rebounds in the backcourt, played two quick counterattacks again, although this group of players was only a substitute, but in the daily training, Leon did not relax the requirements for anyone, including off-ball simulation training, no matter how stupid you are, you must participate in this exercise. This gives the Celtics players a good understanding with each other.

This time O'Neal learned to be obedient, he began to stare at Wang Zhizhi, but Alexander would no longer pass the ball to Wang Zhizhi who was defending, he handed the ball to Derrick Williams, Williams received the ball and jumped directly, the ball missed, but Malik Ciri, who followed up, got the frontcourt rebound and made a basket under the basket.

Malik Ciri, a player who was almost ruined by a car accident, was able to grab a frontcourt rebound to score for his team at a critical moment, and Leon applauded him, while Jackson burst into a rage.

The Zen master finally couldn't help it, jumped up from the bench, shouted a timeout at the referee, and picked up the tactical board in his hand, and the players began to yell at everyone on the sidelines before they got off the field. Leon, on the other hand, was not in a hurry, high-fived every player who came off the court, and encouraged everyone to play well.

Although there is no Chris Anderson, Anderson has used his self-sacrifice to make the Celtics' on-court cohesion reach an unprecedented state, and this group of bench players has completely lost their fear of the Lakers after experiencing a stalemate for most of the half, and they have built up the confidence of a winner.

And the Lakers fell into a strange circle in the final minutes, whether to get on or not to O'Neal? If O'Neal is up, the Celtics will cut him, and no matter who it is, there is no foul trouble. O'Neal's free throws were terrible tonight. If it weren't for O'Neal, the Celtics would have completely blown up the Lakers in rebounding today, and Kobe Bryant was not in good shape.

When the timeout ended, O'Neal was substituted, and Kobe Bryant seemed to have a shadow on Anderson's foul just now, he tried to miss the outside jumper again, and the Celtics counterattacked, also missed, but grabbed the frontcourt rebound, passed to the outside, Wang Zhizhi hit three points again, and when the score was overtaken, Staples seemed to become a big graveyard.

Jackson had to then switch on O'Neal, who was immediately fouled by the Celtics, who hit one of two free throws to equalize the score.

But on the defensive end, the Lakers have been unable to stop the Celtics who are fully on the offensive momentum, and the self-confidence of this group of bench players has been fully established, everyone can score, and they are all very difficult mid-to-long-range shots, and they are all open-handed.

This was an unimaginable situation for David Stern, and with a minute to go before the end of the game, the Celtics led the Lakers by five points at 89-84! And the offensive power is still in the hands of the Celtics.

Stern didn't know what to say to the sponsors, so he could only explain: "That's the beauty of basketball." ”

And when the Celtics ran out of 24 seconds on the offensive end and relied on Malik Siri to hit a mid-range shot, the margin came to seven points, and the main players on the Celtics bench began to cheer, they had already won the victory!

At this point, Fox-Leon sat back on the bench, took a cigar from the inside pocket of his coat, lit it casually, and smoked it.

Smoking has long been banned in the NBA, but Leon didn't know when he secretly brought a cigar in, and at the home court of Los Angeles, in front of more than 20,000 Lakers fans, in front of David Stern, in front of Lakers players, like Auerbach back then, lit a cigar of victory!

The big screen at the scene gave the Celtics bench, the audience booed, the game was suspended again, and the referee on duty directly gave Leon a technical foul and ejected him!

But victory is already in hand. (To be continued.) )