In the second game of the finals, the Lakers have no way to retreat, the situation is somewhat similar to the 2001 Lakers vs. 76ers Finals, the invincible Lakers were first won by the opponent, and then counterattacked, will history repeat itself? Will the Lakers easily reverse the Pistons again as they did with the 76ers?

Most people who understand the ball don't think so.

ESPN's Stephen A Smith commented on this and said that the Pistons will bring huge trouble to the Lakers, the Lakers are no longer the team full of passion and talent when they first won the championship, the OK combination is no longer united, Karl Malone and Gary Payton's weaknesses in the Finals are vividly highlighted, and the benches can't help, the only Sun Zhuo is still decent, but only Sun Zhuo's more than a dozen points per game will definitely not be able to control the game.

In the previous life, the Lakers won the second game, but it was very difficult to win.

With only seven seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers were still three points behind the Pistons, and in the last attack, Kobe Bryant stepped up to save the team, hit a life-saving three-pointer, dragged the game into overtime, and then narrowly won one game.

That was also the only game that the Lakers won in the Finals, if Kobe Bryant was not so lucky and missed that shot, then the powerful F4 Lakers would have been swept out by this civilian Pistons!

"The second game is not easy to play, I must try to win, and if I lose this game, I am afraid that I will have to use a repeat challenge card in this one." Sun Zhuo also became serious when he thought of the possibility of this useful repetitive challenge card.

The Pistons Five Tigers walked to the court again, and the faces of Ben Wallace, Rashid Wallace, Hamilton and others have already shown the confidence that they did not show in the first game, after winning one game, they are not afraid of the Lakers, what the Big Five, it's just that!

The Lakers still play around O'Neal as soon as they come up, O'Neal's hot state is still unabated, and the goal that should be scored must be put in, he knows that Kobe Bryant is competing with him for this year's FMVP, so the offensive end will only work harder.

O'Neal and Kobe Bryant are something that no team can completely contain, and the Lakers lost the last game to others, especially the bench, so the play of the Lakers' bench today is crucial.

Luke Wharton was entrusted with the task today, and his father, Bill Walton, was also on the scene, looking forward to his son's performance in the Finals, and Luke Wharton did not disappoint his father.

Luke Wharton's performance on the court was nothing short of spectacular, he hit the ball on the spot, didn't miss a single shot, and he was able to break through to create opportunities to feed the ball inside, and the Lakers had never seen him play so well before.

In fact, in the previous life, Luke Wharton performed very well in this game, 5 of 5, and 8 assists, and today is the same, Sun Zhuo, who is also a rookie, can have good statistics in every game, how can Luke Wharton still stay in the rookie period?

Because of Sun Zhuo's encouragement, Luke Wharton has also made great progress this year.

"Luke Wharton, this guy has a tendency to get ahead of me!" Because Luke Wharton played very well on the court, Sun Zhuo's playing time was delayed and reduced, and Sun Zhuo naturally didn't mind, but casually made a joke.

Phil Jackson was also very happy, smiled, and said: "Sun, this is your credit, Bill Wharton once told me that Luke has always regarded you as a goal, and the success of your rookie season has given him a lot of motivation, Luke has been working hard, and today is the result of his efforts." ”

Sun Zhuo didn't expect that he would join this Lakers team and drive the growth of rookie Luke Walton, which can be regarded as a good thing.

However, no matter how well Luke Wharton plays, he can't replace Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo's single-corner three-point threat is something that Wharton can't compare, as long as Sun Zhuo is on the court and wanders in the bottom corner, the defenders must always keep an eye on Sun Zhuo, and can't rush to support other players who defend the Lakers, plus, once he successfully breaks through, Sun Zhuo can dunk directly above the head of Double Wallace, while Luke Wharton will only choose to pass.

Luke Walton's excellent performance allowed the Lakers to start to lead the Pistons by some points, and after Sun Zhuo returned, he also shot a bottom corner three-pointer to continue to expand the score.

But the Pistons were the Pistons, and they were so tenacious that soon Billups hit two three-pointers in a row and once again put up an iron-clad defense to bring the score close again.

"Billups is such a troublemaker, and if you want to win a championship, you have to manage to contain him." Sun Zhuo forgot what Billups' average data was in the finals that year, as if it was in his early 20s, but Sun Zhuo remembered that each of the Pistons Five Tigers averaged a double-double per game, among them, Billups, as the team's point guard, contributed very much, and only a good enough point guard could make the team play so balanced as a whole.

Phil Jackson's Finals gave Sun Zhuo more control over the ball, and Sun Zhuo felt he should learn from the point guard.

Sun Zhuo will remember every pass and every assist from Billups, and try to read Billups' thoughts, so that if he really needs to do it again today, Sun Zhuo can cut off Billups from his teammates and win easily.

Fortunately, the Lakers are very powerful, especially Kobe, who broke out in the fourth quarter, scoring 33 points and winning the victory by a narrow margin of 5 points.

The Lakers and Pistons tied 1-1, and this time, there was no overtime.

After winning, Kobe Bryant yelled excitedly, it was not easy to win this game, but he did it, and scored the highest score in the game, plus the 25 points in the last game, now Kobe Bryant is the Lakers' highest scoring player per game, and he has an advantage over O'Neal in the battle for FMVP.

O'Neal was also happy to win this game, but he was not as excited as Kobe, he scored 28 points in this game, averaging points per game, and currently Kobe Bryant is a little ahead, O'Neal knows that in the next few games, Kobe will try to surpass him.

Sun Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, he finally didn't need to use the repeat challenge card at home, even if he was robbed of some playing time by Luke Wharton today, but he shot a lot of three-pointers and scored 16 points in the whole game.

Judging from the data of Sun Zhuo in the current two games, there is indeed no threat to O'Neal and Kobe.

After the game, O'Neill took the initiative to go home with Sun Zhuo, under the pretext that he wanted to see Sun Zhuo's beautiful agent with a proud figure, but when he came to Sun Zhuo's house, O'Neill didn't let Sun Zhuo call Emma over, obviously, O'Neill came here for other purposes.

"Sun, I feel something bad is about to happen." At Sun Zhuo's house, the two were eating steak, and O'Neill suddenly spoke with a serious expression.

"What's the matter?" Sun Zhuo looked at O'Neill.

"That black mamba is coming to rob me of my FMVP!" O'Neill's face was terrified, as if he had actually seen a snake attack.