The Los Angeles Lakers have always been a symbol of talent, and even in the dark years of the 60s, when they were suppressed by the Celtics all year round, people often judged the two teams as the Lakers were more talented, but the Celtics were more team and stronger. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Lakers in the 80s show-time period formed an unprecedented three-player lineup, and many times against teams in the West, they didn't need any special tactics, they only needed talent to be able to crush the opponent, and it was ten years to crush them.

By the beginning of the 21st century, the Lakers had brought in perhaps the most talented center in league history, and a talented high school student, creating a dynasty in one fell swoop. Therefore, the Los Angeles Lakers have always been a symbol of talent, just like Hollywood means superstars and talented filmmakers. Here, diligence and teamwork are always the words that are put on the back burner.

After getting Karl Malone and Payton in the summer, the Lakers' talent on paper has exploded, but only Phil Jackson knows that this is not the foursome in their prime, in fact, everyone except Kobe Bryant is declining, and Malone has come to the end of his career. Even so, Jackson is confident that this is the most talented team in the league, and many times he doesn't need to intervene and the players can solve the problem themselves.

The night against the Celtics made Jackson re-examine the possible gap between the two sides. When Arenas and Michael Reed kept breaking through and tearing apart the Lakers' defense, when Kevin Garnett regained his offensive touch in the third quarter and stormed the interior, when Pierce used his one-on-one ability to take over the game at the critical stage, Jackson didn't see Fox Leon do anything special about the tactics.

The humiliating defeat at Stamp last year made Jackson feel that Leon must have some kind of conspiracy, which is why he kept a low profile before the game and did not give Leon a chance to attack. Unexpectedly, the opposite side was also calm, and he did not use any side lanes in the game, but fought hard with the Lakers for strength, internal strength, and depth. The Celtics rotated normally from start to finish, with a fixed time and a fixed number of people.

The super-defensive lineup that the Celtics had seen in previous games also didn't show up, and some of the targeted set-ups Jackson made for it were completely useless.

When the game reached the end of the third quarter, the Celtics still led the Lakers by 7 points and began to enter the roster rotation, Jackson realized that Fox Leon wanted to really test who is stronger in the current Celtics and Lakers compared to the Lakers. There is no doubt that green has trumped yellow so far, and the Lakers have more devastating weapons, but the Celtics are more balanced and united, they are versatile but determined in their offensive tactics, and they are tough and persistent in defense.

But Jackson is a seasoned veteran, and he knows that there is only one factor that affects the Celtics' performance at this time, and that is mentality.

“time-out！” Jackson called a timeout, and the seven-point gap began to make the Lakers players feel a little anxious, which is not what Jackson wants to see, what he wants to see is that the Celtics are getting impatient.

On the other side, the Celtics began to enter the rotation, and Leon insisted on a nine-man regular rotation in this game, with Alston and Posey on the outside as substitutes, Anderson and Daleham Porter on the inside, and Arenas and Pierce always have one on the court on the outside, and the inside ensures that PJ-Brown and Garnett have a sitting, which can be described as a very regular and safe rotation.

"Take a break, PJ, Dalemm, get ready to play. Well done guys, stay as you are, especially your mentality. Stability, stability, no matter who is on the other side, no matter where it is, you want to kill them or they want to kill you, the calmest person can go to the end. "Leon told the players to keep a good mentality.

Full of passion before the game, calm response during the game, and Hu Tianhai after the game, this is the requirement and philosophy that Leon has always instilled in the players. What's more, Leon also smelled a little different, and he knew that in this case, the cunning Jackson would not give up so easily.

Jackson must have seen that the current Celtics team is surpassing the Lakers, unless Kobe Bryant can get out of the pestering lawsuit and return to 100 percent of his form. This guy must still be thinking about last year's race and that cigar. Leon thought to himself, the Celtics were able to win last year under that disadvantage, which really made the Lakers lose face.

Leon also saw that Kobe Bryant's recent form has not been 100% good, which has led to a lot of holes in the Lakers' outside defense, and if Payton is on the court, their offense will not work.

After the timeout, the Celtics' lineup changed to Durham Porter, Garnett, Pierce, Alston and Reed, with Arenas and Brown resting. On the Lakers' side, O'Neal also sat on the bench, and the inside line was replaced by Medvidenko, and it seems that Jackson is going to let the outside line dominate the chase points.

In the third quarter, the Celtics kept attacking the inside, and although the scoring efficiency was not as high as the three-point in the first half, they played steadily and maintained the lead; Now it's the Lakers' turn to bet on the perimeter and chase down points with quick counter-attacks and defense, and they don't want to fall behind heading into the fourth quarter.

Sure enough, as soon as the timeout ended, Kobe Bryant received the ball, faced Reed's defense, relied on Malone's blocking and dismantling to bypass, and suddenly pulled up a jumper outside the three-point line in a small gap, the ball passed through the basket like a flying knife, a life-saving three-pointer, the score became 74:70, and the difference was narrowed to four points at once!

The three-pointer undoubtedly ignited a flame of hope among the fans in attendance, who saw a precursor to the Lakers' of the rallying cry and the pressure on the Celtics.

But Paul Pierce was on the court, a native of Los Angeles and a die-hard Lakers fan, who was already an out-and-out Celtics at this point. After Bryant hit a three-pointer, he immediately responded with a step-back jumper in the middle of the offense. The margin was stretched to six points.

'Pierce has felt like he's improved again this season, he's been less relentless when it matters and he's always made the right shots. Dick Stockton couldn't help but comment when he saw this goal, Pierce has made steady progress under Leon in the past two seasons, and has gone from a second-rate All-Star in the past to a first-class star.

Back at the beginning, Bryant once again held the ball and fired from the outside, but the ball hit the front of the basket, Kevin Garnett grabbed the rebound, and the Celtics were about to launch a counterattack.

As Leon expected, although Kobe Bryant broke out in the previous game against the Nuggets and hit the key ball to win, Leon, who was also caught in the lawsuit, understood that Kobe Bryant must have suffered from lawsuits and public opinion at this time, and compared with himself, Kobe's pain was much greater, and he was morally condemned far more than himself. In this case, no matter how strong the will is, no matter how fierce the desire to win is, it is inevitable that the state will be poor due to insufficient training and unstable mentality.

Bryant, who averaged 30 points per game last season, has plummeted to 23 points per game this season. As long as Kobe Bryant is not in good shape, the Lakers will not be able to beat the Celtics under normal circumstances, which is the most useful information Leon got in this game.

By this time, Garnett had already passed the ball to Alston, who didn't launch the fast break as quickly as Arenas, and he couldn't attract the opponent's defense. However, he was very steady and quickly passed the halftime and gave the ball to Pierce, who took the ball and looked out from the left three-point line while he waited.

At this time, Garnett had reached the three-second zone, he had a beautiful card position to push away Medvidenko behind him, Pierce decisively passed the ball to Garnett, Garnett received the ball and turned around to shoot a feint to shake off Medvidenko, and it looked like an empty two-handed dunk.

Garnett...... Malone Supplemental ...... Oh...... Oh my God, Garnett fell to the ground...... Carl Malone, with his elbow on Garnett's head, wondered if he was okay. (To be continued.) )