"Hello viewers in front of the TV, I'm Michaels, this is the first game of the 2001-2002 NBA Finals exclusively broadcast by ABC TV Network, the Los Angeles Lakers are at home against the Indiana Pacers, the starters of both sides have warmed up, and the championship battle for this season has officially begun." Due to their better record in the regular season than the Pacers, the Lakers will have home-court advantage in this year's Finals, while this year's Finals schedule is still a 2-3-2 format, with both G1 and G2 games being played in Los Angeles, followed by the Pacers will play three consecutive home games, and the final two games will continue to return to Los Angeles.

"There are no major changes to the main lineups of both sides in this game, first of all, on the Lakers' side, the starting center is still Shaq O'Neal, the league's most dominant center, power forward Robert Horry, small forward Rick Fox, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, one of the best scoring guards at the moment, playmaker Derrick Fisher. Compared with last season's championship-winning roster, the thickness of the Lakers' roster has decreased this season, and in the summer after winning the championship, it is very puzzling that the Lakers have not made any reinforcements, and it is really hard to believe what the Lakers' management and Phil Jackson are thinking about. After Michaels, Magic Johnson began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides, as a famous legend of the Lakers, Magic Johnson naturally wanted to introduce the Lakers' lineup first, but Magic Johnson also revealed between the lines that he was dissatisfied with the current status quo of the Lakers management. As a famous legend of the Lakers, Magic Johnson is very clear about the current situation of the Lakers, in the past few years, the Lakers have been in the midst of infighting, the power struggle between the children of Lakers owner Buss and the Lakers' godfather Jerry West, has intensified, and after the Lakers won the championship last season, this infighting has reached a white-hot state.

Jerry West has never liked Phil Jackson very much, although he led the Lakers to win the championship last season, but he still couldn't get Jerry West's approval, according to Jerry West, with Kobe Bryant and O'Neal two superstars, and a large group of All-Star Lakers, even my grandmother can lead the Lakers to win the championship, so after the disintegration of the Lakers' biggest rival Spurs last season, Jerry West rejected Phil Jackson's reinforcement plan, because in Jerry West's view, in the current league, For at least three years, no team has been a threat to the Lakers. So this is also the reason why after the retirement of three important players, Ron Harper, Hores Grant, and Isiah Ryder, the Lakers have no reinforcements.

On the Pacers' side, the starting center is still Lorenzen White, power forward Jermaine O'Neal, small forward Meng Xu, scoring guard Reggie Miller, and playmaking guard Jamal Tinsley. We have to admit how brilliant Larry Bird's vision is, at the beginning of the season, when Larry Bird used the Pacers' 3 starters and draft picks to get Meng Xu from the Spurs, many people were not very optimistic about the deal, but just one season later, Meng Xu was not only crowned the regular season MVP, but also led the Pacers back to the Finals, which is a very remarkable achievement. After a whining from Magic Johnson, Michaels rolled his eyes and began to introduce the Pacers' starting lineup.

In this game, in addition to the starting lineup, the Lakers have not changed even the basic tactics, or the triangle offense that has not moved for thousands of years, or Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, one inside and one outside, the slashing and slashing of two big axes. The Pacers gave up the small-ball tactics used in the series with the Nets, and returned to the traditional positional war mode, the Lakers are not the Nets, if you give up the small-ball tactics on the inside, with O'Neal's lethality under the basket, you can't play how you want, according to O'Neal's physical fitness, even if you shoot 40 times in a game, so if you want to defeat the Lakers, the first condition is to wrap O'Neal, and really let O'Neal and your own inside one-on-one, unless you are Duncan, Otherwise, it is likely that O'Neill will brush up a tragedy.

"Jermaine, remember your dreams, it's time to go and make him come true." Just as the two sides began to stand and were about to jump the ball, Meng Xu walked near the center circle and slapped Jermaine O'Neal, who looked a little nervous.

"My dream?" After seeing Meng Xu step forward to comfort himself, Jermaine O'Neal nodded at Meng Xu, and clenched his fists a few times, and his mind once again echoed the dream that he would mention from time to time after entering the alliance and until now, and the bold words, "Punch Duncan!" Kick O'Neal! Today! After shouting a few times in his heart, Jermaine O'Neal, who had been in a state of excitement since last night, gradually regained his composure, and looked at O'Neill's gaze, there was no longer tension and crampedness, only perseverance and burning fighting spirit remained.

"Kobe, I've been waiting for this day for a long time." After comforting Jermaine O'Neal, Meng Xu took another step forward, looked at Kobe Bryant not far away, and said calmly.

"Meng, me too." After hearing Meng Xu's words, Kobe Bryant bent down, pressed his hands on his knees, and stared at Meng Xu tightly, as if he was spying on Meng Xu's thoughts, what Meng Xu was thinking at the moment, Kobe Bryant didn't know, Kobe only knew that he had been waiting for this day, waiting to meet Meng Xu on the highest stage of the NBA. Kobe Bryant has a lot of friends in the NBA, Maddy, Jermaine O'Neal, are all good friends with a very iron relationship, but only with Meng Xu, Kobe can give birth to that kind of sympathetic idea, that is the tacit understanding between people who belong to the same category, that is the resonance generated in the crazy killing, every duel with Meng Xu makes Kobe's blood boil. The Lakers and Pacers only have two games this year, so Kobe Bryant has always felt that it is not enjoyable, so since entering the playoffs, Kobe has been secretly praying, hoping that the Pacers can also enter the Finals, so that he can have another crazy duel with Meng Xu.

"I've got to win this game, I'm not just going to beat Duncan and the Spurs, I'm going to beat you and the Pacers, and I, Shaq O'Neal, is the best player on the planet." At the moment when Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant were talking, O'Neal, who had already walked into the middle circle, turned around directly after hearing the conversation between the two, staring at Meng Xu viciously, and after the words fell, O'Neal glanced at Kobe Bryant behind him, these words seemed to be said to Meng Xu, and it seemed to be said to Kobe.

"Shaq, hopefully after the game, you can still be so confident." Meng Xu retorted O'Neal, and then squeezed his eyes at Kobe, as long as there was the slightest opportunity, Meng Xu would not let go.

"This hillbilly from Indiana, Bichi." Looking at Meng Xu's cheap expression, O'Neill scolded at Meng Xu with a hideous face.

"The game is about to start, and it was Shaq O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal who jumped the ball on both sides." When the referee on duty threw the basketball into the air and blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, Michaels on the commentary bench also smiled.

When the two O'Neals jumped almost at the same time, Meng Xu, who was originally going to retreat, found that Jermaine O'Neal lost the ball before Shack O'Neal, and pushed the basketball in the air to the backcourt of the Pacers, and Jermaine O'Neal also waved his fist and roared angrily after he successfully beat Shack O'Neal's jump ball.