In the playoffs of 05, incredible events continued to happen, the Lakers and the Spurs had a certain gap, and it was understandable to win one game, but the second game was so suppressed by the Spurs, which made it impossible to guess.

It was the key figure Sun Zhuo who caused all this to happen, he was almost omnipotent in the first quarter, the offense was unstoppable, and he also grabbed a lot of rebounds, which made many people forget who the Lakers' boss was again.

Popovich began to be really anxious, from the beginning of the series to the present, his mentality has changed a lot, he originally wanted to win without suspense, let the players teach the Lakers a good lesson, but the Spurs couldn't win the Lakers in two games, which was too difficult for him to accept.

"Do you all want to start your vacation so much? Then let's just let the Lakers sweep us 4-0, and after the season, when you go home and face your family and friends, won't you feel ashamed?! The opponent is the Lakers, the Lakers whose dynasty collapsed! ”

Popovich is not entirely to blame for the players, and he himself has a lot of powerlessness in the face of Sun Zhuo.

In fact, Popovich and the Spurs don't need to be too nervous, although the Lakers are now leading, but Sun Zhuo has almost used up all the bugs he has, and in the next three quarters, he will have no bugs available, so that Sun Zhuo's threat is much smaller, as long as the Spurs are patient and slowly chase the points, overtaking is not a problem at all.

Sun Zhuo also knows this.

"My bugs were all out in the first quarter, and then I couldn't control the situation like I did in the first quarter, and once the Spurs caught up, we were going to be finished."

Sun Zhuo's secret is unknown to others, and they still think that Sun Zhuo will continue to go crazy, including Kobe.

"It's really going to be Sun's team, damn it, how can he always bring the rhythm." Kobe Bryant was very jealous of Sun Zhuo.

The second quarter started quickly, everyone has a different mood, the Spurs deserve to be a well-trained army-like team, in this case, there is still no impatience and no random play, a little bit of chasing points, this is the credit of Popovich, if the Spurs are a rookie coach coaching, in the case of losing the first game, the second game and the first quarter were abused, it is estimated that they have been beaten long ago, when the time comes, even if Sun Zhuo has no BUG available, he can also use the established psychological advantage to defeat the opponent.

By the end of the second quarter, the Spurs were just two points away.

At halftime, Lakers acting coach Frank Humberland saw that Sun Zhuo was no longer in shape, and began to have a lot of worries, in the locker room, his eyes seemed to be only Sun Zhuo, and he kept asking Sun Zhuo questions.

"Sun, how are you feeling now? The Spurs are getting more and more fierce on your defense, can you still hold on? Do you want to give you more opportunities to play in the low back? Are you depleting your energy very quickly? I see you grabbed a little bit less in the second quarter, and some of the ones I thought you could grab the ball didn't grab. ”

Humberland's voice made both Sun Zhuo and Kobe Bryant feel uncomfortable, Sun Zhuo was because he couldn't answer Humberlen and couldn't explain the reason why he didn't continue to be crazy in the second quarter, and Kobe felt that Humbern only had Sun Zhuo in his eyes, and completely forgot Kobe, the biggest leader.

"My form is going down very quickly and I'm going to try to get it back, but now, it's going to be hard for me to do something like the first quarter again, and we're still going to have to rely on Kobe Bryant to keep the score going." Sun Zhuo said.

It wasn't until Sun Zhuo said this that Humberland turned his eyes to Kobe Bryant and asked, "Kobe, how are you doing?" ”

"I'm in a bad state!" Kobe Bryant replied that he no longer looked at Humbleland, and everyone knew that he was angry.

Humbern understood Kobe's emotions, why didn't he know that the Lakers were Kobe's team? However, everyone is selfish, Humberland knows that he is just an interim coach, and the Lakers management has never thought of letting Humberland continue to be the head coach of the Lakers next season, Humberland has been in this line for many years, but he has always served as an assistant coach, this is a golden opportunity for him, if no one is optimistic about the Lakers, the Lakers win this series, how much will this improve Humberland's achievements?

Humberland clearly knows that the person who can help him realize this "dream" is not Kobe, but Sun Zhuo, who no one can see through.

Sun Zhuo had used up all the bugs in the first two quarters and couldn't use them anymore, at this time, he had a feeling of resignation, he knew that if the Spurs pressed him strongly, he could no longer compete with the Spurs.

"Do you want 1:1?"

If the series is 1:1, it is a very normal result, and the Lakers still earned, because both of these games are the home of the Spurs, but for teams with a certain gap in strength, the difference between home and away is not very big.

The most important thing is that Sun Zhuo now has no repeat challenge card for the game, and once he loses again, he will not be able to rewrite the score.

What no one expected was that in the third quarter, when the Spurs were about to overtake strongly, Kobe Bryant would explode!

"it, this idiot Frank, he's so old and confused that he cares so much about Sun's feelings and ignores me. If Sun is leading when he is in good form in this game, and once he is not in good shape and loses, then everyone's sense of presence in me will be reduced again, and now he is not in good shape, it is my chance to prove myself! ”

Kobe Bryant used his speed to constantly invade the Spurs' basket and cause trouble for the Spurs, a terrible black mamba snake woke up, even if the Spurs were more behemoths, they were helpless against this black mamba, they couldn't catch him and control it completely, the black mamba could always go around, make the Spurs dizzy, and then score in an offensive way that the opponent couldn't imagine.

After three quarters, the Spurs still haven't overtaken!

"This game has a chance to win!" Sun Zhuo's original desperate style of play actually had an unexpected effect.

Sun Zhuo knew that Kobe Bryant was so crazy partly because of his own reasons, so Sun Zhuo used some tricks to keep Kobe Bryant angry and aggressive.

The fourth quarter of G2 became the craziest quarter of Kobe's career playoffs.

"Shaq, Eric, enough is enough, one after another is coming to steal my light, I've had enough!"

Years of grievances with O'Neal, coupled with Sun Zhuo's hustle and bustle this season, have given Kobe Bryant the fighting spirit that he has never wanted to prove himself.

Michael Jordan has said that anything can be done as long as the desire is strong enough, and Kobe Bryant has now proven that his desire has reached an unprecedented peak.

In the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant scored 16 points alone, but the Spurs were too strong, and with 7 seconds left before the end of the game, the Lakers were still two points behind, and it was the Spurs' possession.

The Spurs sent a throw-in, the Lakers would not give them time to consume, when Parker just received the serve, Sun Zhuo immediately started from his other side, Parker fell to the ground, but the referee did not blow, Sun Zhuo grabbed the ball strongly, and was quickly trapped, Sun Zhuo immediately distributed the ball to Kobe, Kobe Bryant killed to the basket alone, faced multiple defenses, completed the layup, tied the score at the last moment, and dragged it into overtime.

In overtime, the Spurs maintained a good hand for the whole game and finally stopped, giving the Lakers a chance to maintain the score, and at the last moment, Kobe Bryant hit another shot!

Relying on Kobe's anti-sky performance in the fourth quarter and overtime, the Lakers actually won the Spurs again!

"Isn't this a double against the Suns in '06?" Sun Zhuo was very surprised, no one else had seen Kobe like this, but Sun Zhuo had seen it.

In the 06 playoffs, facing the Suns, Kobe Bryant first made a steal in the fourth quarter to equalize the score, and then killed the opponent in overtime, this scene, Sun Zhuo was very impressed.

Unexpectedly, what Kobe Bryant wanted to do in 06 was actually done a year in advance on the opponent of the Spurs.

"Win! Win! We've won again! Odom jumped on Kobe Bryant with excitement, and everyone rushed to Kobe, who completed his self-certification, and he once again became the most trusted leader of his teammates and the worst nightmare of his opponents.

After the game, Kobe Bryant also hugged Sun Zhuo tightly, and Kobe said to Sun Zhuo: "You completed the most critical steal, well done!" This series, we can win! ”

Kobe's performance has surpassed Sun Zhuo, so he can also face Sun Zhuo more comfortably.

No one expected that, including Sun Zhuo himself, the Lakers would be able to lead the Spurs 2:0, and both games were the home of the Spurs!

Although the overall strength of the Lakers is not as good as that of the Spurs, although Sun Zhuo no longer has a repeat challenge card, but in the case of winning two games first, the Lakers may not be able to win this series!

"I've been telling Yao Ming Maddie that the Rockets are now leading the Mavericks 2-0, and then it's the home court again, as long as you play seriously and make every game the last, it's definitely not a problem to win the series! And now, our Lakers are facing exactly the same situation as the Rockets! The next two home games, as long as we can grasp it and win the next one, once we get the match point, what about the Spurs!! ”

Sun Zhuo is not sure that he can win the championship because he does not have a repeat challenge card for the competition, but in this series, Sun Zhuo feels that there is hope to win!

After the game, the Spurs press conference, Popovich was interviewed.

No one has ever seen Popovich so depressed, he seems to be a few years older all of a sudden, a generation of famous teachers, one of the greatest coaches in the NBA, in the two years that Sun Zhuo entered the NBA, he was tossed like this......

"What is the problem with the first two games of this series, before the series started, everyone was unanimously optimistic about the Spurs, but now that the Spurs have lost two games in a row at home? What do you think is the Spurs series win rate right now? The reporter's question was inserted word by word like a knife at Popovich, Popovich has never been so uncomfortable with the media, he doesn't want to talk to reporters, but he has to do it, he has to give an explanation to all Spurs fans.

Popovich muttered for a long time in front of the camera, and after that, he didn't say why the Spurs lost two games in a row, nor did he say how unpredictable the Lakers' strength was, but only said: "If I lose this series, I will resign and no longer be the head coach of the Spurs." ”

One sentence caused a thousand waves in the NBA league!

"Sun and Kobe Bryant actually forced the champion coach to resign voluntarily! Oh my God, he's Popovich, not your average coach! ”

"Is the combination of Sun and Kobe really that strong? The two of them don't have the chemistry between Jordan and Pippen, and Popovich shouldn't need to worry too much. ”

After hearing Popovich's words, Sun Zhuo was also shocked, it seems that in Popovich's heart, losing to the Lakers in the rebuilding period is an unacceptable thing, Sun Zhuo knows that Popovich is not just talking, but he will not be soft in the next game because of Popovich's words, and Kobe Bryant will not.

The next day, April 28, the Rockets and Mavericks series ushered in Game 3.

At the home of the Houston Rockets, Maddie chewed gum and practiced carelessly before the game, and his hand was still good, and he still remembered Sun Zhuo's suggestions and provocations to the Rockets.

"They even thought that we would be overtaken by the Mavericks in the case of a 2-0 lead, Sun also underestimated us, and now they are also leading the Spurs 2-0, I think they should be most worried about whether their team will be reversed."

Maddie has now won two games in a row, and there are wonderful performances in both games, he will not listen to Sun Zhuo's advice, after the start of the third game, Maddie is not so serious anymore, there are mistakes at the beginning, and the Mavericks are very cautious in every attack, constantly building up the lead.

But Maddy's scoring ability is still terrifying, and judging from the competition against Nowitzki, Maddie has only won and not lost every game, which has increased his self-confidence.

Yao Ming was really blown a little punished in this game, but fortunately, Yao Ming was mentally prepared and did not let himself get to the point of being sent out of the game.

In this game, three Mavericks scored more than 20 points, and Starkerhouse, who came off the bench, performed well, scoring 22 points, and finally helped the Mavericks win the third game against the Rockets.

After the game, Maddie was still confident in the face of reporters: "It's nothing, we only lost one game, I won't let Sun's prediction succeed, we will never be overturned, I promise." ”

Last year's Maddie didn't say this, and Sun Zhuo's words always exist in Maddie's mind, which is a good thing.

Another day passed, and on the last day of April, the Lakers returned to their home court for Game 3 against the Spurs.

Before the game, the Lakers gave the warmest applause to the Lakers players, everyone knows what level their opponents are, and it is really not easy to win all of them on the road.

"I want to prove that without O'Neal, the Lakers can still win the championship on my own!" Kobe Bryant knew about the series, O'Neal was watching, and O'Neal must have been especially looking forward to Kobe Bryant losing the series.

The Spurs players were originally very low-key and dull, and this time they were even more like wood, everyone came to Staples Arena with expressionless faces, which was terrible, and Sun Zhuo knew that after Popovich said those words, everyone was serious, extremely serious.

Before the game, Sun Zhuo and Popovich said hello once.

"I didn't expect you to like to gamble too, and the stakes are so big, how can the Spurs live without you?"

"If I lose to you again, even if everyone doesn't say anything, I don't feel qualified to stay in the position of head coach of the Spurs anymore, Sun, you put a nail in the chair where my head coach sits, and the nail looks very small, but I tried to take it down several times, but I couldn't take it, but I won't give up removing it, no matter what."

"I'm just like you, and I'll do whatever it takes. That seat is where I have to go at my destination, and it's a shame you're in the way. ”