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Since the retirement of Magic Johnson, the Los Angeles Lakers have not tasted the championship for a long time, and this season with the arrival of Phil Jackson, the Lakers have played the best record in nearly 30 years, and the Shack O'Neal and the growing Kobe Bryant have become the biggest favorites for the championship this season since the continuous winning streak in the middle of this season.

"In this game, the Lakers' starting lineup has not changed much, the starting center is still Shaq O'Neal, power forward Robert Hawley, small forward Rick Fox, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Ron Haber."

"On the Spurs' side, compared to the previous game, Popovich made huge adjustments to the starting lineup, this game Tim Duncan as a power forward, and the starting center is Samaki Walker, small forward Meng Xu, scoring guard Mario Elie, playmaker Jaren Jackson, Popovich gave up the lineup that won the last game, but sent a new starting lineup."

"Erwin, based on the situation of the two teams in this series and the performance of the Spurs in the last game, Popovich should not have made such a big change to the starting lineup." It stands to reason that the two teams have played so far, and the room for adjustment is very small, so for these adjustments of Popovich, the commentator on the sidelines is also a little puzzled, but asks his partner, the special commentator of this game, Lakers celebrity Elvin Johnson.

"On the Lakers' side, there is really not much room for adjustment, as long as the tactics in the previous games are continued, and the rest is completely dependent on the players' play." After first commenting on the Lakers' lineup, Magic Johnson paused slightly: "And on the Spurs' side, the last game was able to win, completely relying on a super high 3-point shooting rate, but it is difficult to say whether this good feeling can continue to this game, and Popovich obviously did not bet on the Spurs' outside touch, but chose to change the formation, Popovich put Tim Duncan in the position of power forward, obviously out of consideration for the liberation of Tim Duncan, in the first few games, Duncan put too much energy on the defensive endAs for the substitutions in other positions, in the last game, the Spurs' rookie showed a very good ability to break through the ball, Popovich replaced the team's main point guard, used a shooting point guard, and it is likely that this game will try to let Meng play point forward. ”

"A point forward?" Once upon a time, the point forward was also a tall term, even now there are not many qualified point forwards in the league, the old Scottie Pippen, the injured Anfernee Hardaway, and the Pistons' Grant Hill, these three people are now almost synonymous with point forwards, but after the absence of Jordan and O'Neal, Scottie Pippen and Anfernee Hardaway can no longer reproduce the former glory of point forwards, and Grant Hill has never been able to lead the Pistons to achieve a breakthrough, Therefore, now the point forward is also considered a crippled tactical term, in the eyes of almost everyone, the team with Jordan and O'Neal, no matter what tactics are played, will be the favorite to win the championship, so whether Pippen made Jordan, or Jordan made Pippen, this enduring topic is now finally settled.

The Spurs and the Lakers' seven-game battle, before the game, almost all the bricks are unanimously optimistic about the Lakers, although the Lakers lack Glen Les, but there is no major damage in personnel, but it is almost a problem that has plagued the Lakers for a season, after Glen Les was put on the injury list, it was completely solved, Rick Fox and Robert Hawley are more suitable for triangle tactics than Glen Rice, and after O'Neal and Kobe exchanged tactical positions, the Lakers' triangle offense is also more fluent, It's even more threatening.

Even Magic Johnson thinks so, the chances of the Spurs winning this game are very small, presumably Popovich is aware of this problem, so he actively changed the formation in this game, and fought against the water while taking it by surprise, this game is a game where neither team can retreat.

"I don't know if this kid who has been pinned on by Larry can make a difference under such pressure." As a good friend of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson naturally knows that Bird likes Meng Xu very much, but for Meng Xu's strength, both of them are very clear, Meng Xu's style and talent are destined, he will never become the kind of superstar who kills all sides as soon as he enters the league, so in the case of lack of ability, Magic still has some doubts about Meng Xu's ability to bear pressure and psychological quality, but for the final result, Magic Johnson is still very curious, since Larry Bird coached, His ability to recognize people is still very unique, and the Magic is both envious and jealous of Larry Bird's achievements with the Pacers, and if he looks away this time, he will have the conditions to ridicule him.

"I didn't expect you to take a different path." Just when the Spurs and Lakers were preparing to start the seven-game battle, Larry Bird, who had been paying attention to Meng Xu, was also sitting in front of the TV, looking at Meng Xu, who was already standing on the court, for this rookie, Larry Bird has always had an inexplicable confidence, this is a different player, originally according to Larry Bird's expectations, Meng Xu will eventually become a player with a similar style to himself, and his achievements are likely to never reach his height, but after only one season, Meng Xu has embarked on another path, and for Meng Xu's future, Larry Bird doesn't dare to imagine it at all now.

"This is Shaq's second jump ball of the series." The commentator on the sidelines joked that in this round of the series, O'Neal lost all the five games with Duncan Jump Ball, and only succeeded in jumping the ball when facing the old and sick David Robinson and Samaki Walker.

"Yes, maybe that's a good start." Magic Johnson on the side nodded, O'Neal's physical fitness can be said to be unchanging, but due to the influence of weight, O'Neal did not have much advantage when jumping the ball, but repeatedly lost to those thin inside jumpers, and O'Neal also failed several jump shots in this series against Tim Duncan.