Chapter 554: 20% Warrior Stake (2/4!) )
In a big defeat, most people can see the difference in strength between the two sides, but the media in Los Angeles does not agree.
'We just lost one away and back in Los Angeles we'll win back.' They have no doubt about the home team.
The media in Los Angeles has a lot of confidence in the Lakers, but confidence at this time looks more like a stubbornness.
Two days later, the Thunder traveled to Los Angeles.
The fans in Los Angeles were enthusiastic, and the cheers at the scene were deafening, but they still couldn't stop the Thunder's tidal attack, and D'Antoni's bombardment was like paper paste in front of the Thunder.
112-91, 123-103, the Thunder didn't leave any affection for the fans in Los Angeles, and directly won two big games on the road, playing silently at the Staples Center.
Black Eight?
Inexistent.
By this time, except for Kobe's magical performance in the first game, no one felt that the Lakers had any chance of turning the tables.
Although the Lakers team has suffered a wave of bans, the F4 lineup has experienced 3 head coaches in a season and finished eighth in the West, which shows that it has a lot of problems of its own, especially the opponent is a super strong team like the Thunder, and Tang Tian, the godfather of the dynasty.
Returning to Oklahoma City with a 3-1 scoreline, the Thunder didn't let up, and they didn't do anything until they won the eventual victory. Game 5 of the series has attracted a lot of attention, just as many people believed two years ago that the Lakers, who were down 0-3, could still turn the Mavericks, because of Kobe, they still believe in it.
After three big defeats, D'Antoni finally gave up the bombardment and played with the Thunder one by one.
He hopes to find a chance to survive in the way of slow death.
Bryant also exploded again, scoring 41 points in the game, including a late-minute three-pointer that dragged the game into overtime.
With such a performance, even the fans of the Russian city couldn't help but applaud him.
But in the end, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, who were physically exhausted, still lost in overtime.
121-113, the Thunder beat the Lakers 8-0 in overtime.
At the end of the game, Kobe Bryant looked up at the scoreboard, and there was indescribable helplessness in his eyes.
After separating from O'Neal, he has hit the playoffs again and again over the years, but in the end, every time it is just a little bit worse.
At the end of the game, the two sides gave a final handshake, Tang Tian saw Kobe Bryant at this time, stretched out his hand with a somewhat complicated look, and hugged him for several seconds.
"You've done your best." Tang Tian said from the bottom of his heart.
As an opponent, Tang Tian felt Kobe's tenacity, but because he was an opponent, he could not accept mercy, this is the charm of competitive sports, and it is also its cruelty.
But this praise is from the bottom of his heart, Kobe, who is nearly 35 years old, scored 41 points and forcibly dragged the game into overtime, and you can't ask him to do more.
"We'll see you next season." To Tang Tian's surprise, Kobe Bryant said with a smile.
Tang Tian paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Yes, see you next season." ”
Kobe Bryant won't admit defeat, even though he knows that this is likely to be his last playoff trip, and he knows that it will be difficult for the Lakers to make the playoffs next season, but he still says that, this is his paranoia, more extreme paranoia than Westbrook, and his stubbornness.
4-1, one more game than expected, but in the end, the Thunder still broke the media's black eight rhetoric and advanced to the second round of the playoffs, and their opponent will be the winner between the Clippers and the Grizzlies, who are currently tied 3-2 with the Grizzlies in the lead.
Because of the schedule, to determine that the opponent in the next round has at least 3 days to go, Tang Tian gave the players a day off.
After all, the playoffs have just begun, and if you keep tightening that string, you may collapse before the finals.
Taking advantage of the holiday for the team members, Tang Tian also took the time to go back to Los Angeles and take a look at his company.
His company has always been managed by professional managers, and he has grasped the general direction, the company involves music, film and television, technology products, and even the stock market, spinach and other aspects, and the profit in the past two years has doubled up.
Now the market value of the entire company has exceeded 2 billion, although it is not ranked at all in the United States, but at least it is a medium-sized enterprise.
With 100 million liquidity, coupled with Tang Tian's increasing shares in Alibaba, Tang Tian really wants to take it now, and it is not a problem to take out a small 200 million at one time, he is already an invisible little rich.
He went to the company for routine work, checking the work of various departments to see if there were any corruption and injustice, after all, the company is big, and this kind of thing is still easy to breed.
However, when he was listening to the company's director's report, he unexpectedly got a piece of news.
Because he was interested in becoming an NBA team owner, he has been keeping the director up to date with what's happening in the NBA market.
At this moment, there is a big news that has not yet been announced.
This is news related to Vivek Ranadave.
Vivikra Dave, Tang Tian still knows a little about this person, after all, in his previous life, his daughter Ajiali Lanadeve was absolutely amorous, and she was also all the rage in a sports forum.
Of course, in this life, Tang Tian will know more, knowing that he is an Indian software businessman, a minority shareholder of the Warriors, and the first Asian owner of the NBA, although he is a small boss.
According to the director's report, just a week before he came to Los Angeles, Vivek Ranadave organized a consortium to buy the Sacramento Kings outright!
Because of the competition between NBA teams, one person is never allowed to own shares in two teams at the same time, even if he has money.
Because once that happens, the game between the two teams may be directly controlled by this boss.
It is for this reason that Ranadave, who is preparing to buy the king, is forced to sell his shares in the Warriors.
"Have you found out how much this share is?" Tang Tian licked his somewhat dry lips and asked, Lanadave is also the third largest boss of the Warriors, and the stake should not be too small.
"The Warriors have been hiding it from the outside world, and they don't want to impact the board because of this share transfer, but we still found out through insiders."
Tang Tian looked at his director and frowned slightly, why the hell is this critical moment?
Looking at his boss's somewhat impatient eyes, the director also realized that his way of speaking made Tang Tian unhappy, and immediately spoke.
“20%。”
20%!
When he heard this number, the wrinkles on Tang Tian's forehead disappeared instantly, and there was an unconcealable smile on his whole face.