Chapter 276: Da Yao in Memory
"We have nothing to complain about, we lost the whole series, but I don't think it's a problem with the team and the players, both sides are giving everything they have in this game, and we can't win it, we can only say that there are still some gaps in our team, and we will solve these problems all summer, whether it is through training or trade reinforcements, and we will see you next season."
After losing, the winning Rockets are worth paying attention to, and the losing Lakers can't be ignored, this round of the series looks at the Lakers' poor performance, and is full of black whistles, gambling and other factors, but the Lakers also fought with the Rockets to the sixth game, and Kobe Bryant and Gasol played their best round of the series, even their own media, there is nothing to criticize these two cores.
Kobe Bryant played 44 minutes in this game, and scored 43 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 5 turnovers, although the mistakes were a bit dazzling, but those mistakes were forced out after the team was beaten by Totoro in the third quarter, Kobe Bryant was forced out of the situation when he was isolated, and he had nothing to do with his own state at all, and he was in charge of the whole series, and he played in 6 games and averaged a total of 32.4 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.9 blocks and 2.1 turnovers, from the five main statistics of points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks, they have improved a lot from the regular season, the boss is already so desperate, and failure is also a helpless thing, how can fans not point the finger at him?
And pay attention to the second leader Gasol, this round of the series also took off the name of "European soft egg" on his head in one fell swoop, and he can have the upper hand in hand-to-hand combat with the big black bear Randolph. can contribute 22.1 points, 13.4 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 2.1 blocks per game.
In the end, Gasol averaged 4.8 fouls per game, and it can be seen from this that he is not not defensive, does not make physical contact with others, and his sister-in-law is at its peak, he has done what Duncan usually does, and you can't expect him to do more.
So what's the reason for the Lakers' loss? Kobe Bryant and Gasol have already performed so well? Is there any other team in this world that can beat a Lakers like this? It's incredible for Lakers fans, just like the OK group in the early 20th century, how incredible is it to be eliminated? The fans silently pulled down the player stats and quickly figured out the source of the problem.
This Lakers team, except for Gasol and Kobe, there is hardly a third person who can step up and share the pressure, all role players have negative plus/minus, miserable shooting percentage, and extremely high turnover rate, and they are completely lost to the Rockets in the competition of other players.
Originally known as the championship puzzle of the old fish Fisher was suddenly a young and strong Lowry can not take care of himself, the defensive end has become a big colander at the same time the offensive end can not find a chance to project three points under the opponent's strict defense, not to mention the defensive star Tieza, who was doubted by Totoro in these six games, obviously he is the player who entered the league earlier than Totoro, but he was not as good as a rookie by the other party, and after the game, the media broke the news that Ariza wanted to quit professional basketball.
But the Lakers players said that they can understand these two, Totoro is in full swing, not to mention Ariza, even if the best defensive hacker Marion on the front line is put on it, it is estimated that he will be abused, Tieza can hold on to it until now, and Fisher's age is there, and the fans didn't have much hope for this old man, they can only expect him to score one or two three-pointers per game, and contribute one or two rebounds to be worth the vote.
But the other two cores of the team, Bynum and Odom, one of the three masters and the other of the four leaders, played like this, which made Lakers fans want to jump up and scold their mothers!
Both of them are friends with tens of millions of annual salaries, but they staged a series of extremely ugly antics for the fans, although the little shark has the bonus of the fifth super data, pulling his average data to 10 points and 10 boards, but you must know that he has never scored more than 5 rebounds in the confrontation with Yao Ming, but was slightly beaten by the little giant 20+10 performance, and this brain-dead always boasts in front of the media that he is the first center in the West and the second center in the league, It's a shame that these brainless Lakers fans really believe it, and now they pull it out and Da Yao pull it out to do a real game, but it's really a high and low judgment, and his old face is also the same as Bynum's being pumped, maybe people say that his bowling skills in the Western center are the first, and the league is the second........
And what's even more incomprehensible is that even in those times when he is not in opposition to Yao Ming, Bynum's performance is unsatisfactory, his rough back-to-body skills make him unable to beat David Lee sometimes, and his simple mental awareness makes Gasol Jr., who is still just a rookie, be able to fake in front of him at some times, how can this be accepted by Lakers fans? If you can't beat Yao Ming, those Lakers fans can still comfort themselves, maybe the little giant is too powerful, after all, if Yao only plays three quarters in a game, then he is a superstar-level star, but if you can't even beat the quasi-all-star David Lee, and even the rookie Gasol Jr. can play with you, then where do we spend 10 million a year? Throwing $10 million to find a rookie inside line and coming back?
If Bynum's problem is just that the goods are not right, and the items and their value have shrunk seriously, then Odom's performance has made Lakers fans not even want to mention him, the former golden left-hander, the magic of the 20th century, I don't know how many templates were put in Lamar. Odom, he performed really well in college, and he also played a historic performance in his rookie season, averaging 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, and he was able to cut three triple-doubles in his rookie season, this is not the era of the later triple-doubles, in the 1999-2000 season, Odom has been favored by the industry, thinking that he is about to become the one big Magic Johnson.
But the good times didn't last long, Odom's erosive lifestyle almost ruined him as a person, since he was in high school, it was not uncommon for him to be arrested by the police for drug abuse and prostitution, he couldn't graduate from high school, and he couldn't get a degree from college, and came to the NBA as a naked runner, this phenomenon and injuries almost ruined his entire career with the Clippers.
In the first few seasons with the Lakers, Odom learned self-discipline, and last year he played an efficient performance on the bench and became the team's best sixth man. Kardashian?
Others don't know what he is doing with Kardashian all day long, but seeing him on the court, his eyes are blurred, not only Zen masters, even fans want to rush up and beat him, like papier-mâché on the defensive end, and sleepwalking on the offensive end, Odom averaged 4.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in this round of the series, with a three-point shooting rate of 23.1%, a two-point shooting rate of 33.5%, and a free throw shooting rate of 56.3%. My Neighbor Totoro added up these three shooting stats in this round of the series to enter the 180 club, and Odom just broke 100, so how can you make fans criticize him?
If someone sprays, it proves that he still has a cure, and people will at least spend energy to accuse him, but for lamas, Lakers fans really respond to the old saying, called mourning is better than heart death, and they don't even bother to mention his name now.
As soon as the game ended, the clamour and the little shark were loud and loud, and since the end of the last game with the Rockets, it was a relief for Odom and Bynum, they used a secret passage that reporters didn't know about quietly leaving the arena, did not attend the post-game press conference, and did not show their faces in front of anyone, after the game they seemed to have evaporated from the world, perhaps for them, this is the best way to escape blame.
Compared with the loneliness of the Lakers, the Rockets are happy to set off firecrackers to celebrate, the United States does not have a fireworks ban, this is not after the results of the sixth battle between the Rockets and the Lakers came out, there were fans in the streets and alleys of Houston spontaneously organized fireworks parties, the momentum was like the New Year, and every Houston fan was filled with an atmosphere called happiness.
The Rockets are a bit small, but that has something to do with the fact that the Rockets have not produced results year after year, who will pay attention to a team that is in the top 16 every year but stops in the top 16 every year, and now it's good, Totoro's arrival has injected too much vitality into this originally lifeless city, and Houston is now gradually cultivating its own basketball culture.
The loser will be forgotten after all, and the winner is the focus of the world, in Houston staff set up a temporary podium, all members of the Rockets put on their hats, and took over the championship trophy in the hands of the Rockets legend, Olajuwon, the whole team shouted together and raised the trophy, then spontaneously gave the trophy to Totoro, everyone knows who is the biggest contributor to the Rockets this year, and everyone knows who changed their team.
But there was still an experiential scene at the scene, Totoro didn't hold the trophy in his arms after picking it up, but walked to Da Yao and gave the trophy to the little giant, Yao Ming was just stunned and wanted to refuse, but was said by Totoro A very heartwarming word.
"Brother Yao, this is the honor you deserve, you have worked hard for the Rockets for 7 years, I don't know how many injuries you have not given up, and you have not chosen to leave a few transfer opportunities, for this team, you are the spiritual pillar!"
My Neighbor Totoro didn't do this for the sake of hype or contrivedness, he is now famous, and he doesn't need to rely on those crooked ways to win attention except for continuing to play.
At the moment when Yao Ming received the Western Conference championship trophy from Totoro, Barkley and Smith in the live broadcast table got up and bowed, and Master Reason cried directly, and all the Chinese fans who were still watching the award ceremony were even more in tears.
This is the first time that the Chinese have won the highest honor in the NBA, although there is still a Finals waiting for them this season, but there is a Western Championship trophy honor that falls to the Chinese, it is enough for them!
Although Totoro also represents the Chinese, but for all the old fans who have watched the ups and downs of the Rockets in recent years, they still have a deeper feeling for Da Yao, from the first Chinese champion, to the discomfort of the United States in the first few games, but Yao Ming not only strives for it with his diligence and efforts, from being looked down upon to letting people kiss the ass of a donkey, from the Chinese not being famous to becoming the first center in the West, the little giant always walks step by step, I don't know when, Chinese have set their sights on Yao Ming on the other side of the ocean, on the Rockets, every time the Rockets lose in the playoffs, they will empathize with the hanging hands, whenever the Rockets set sail in a new season, they are full of hope, every time the Rockets playoff, I don't know how many Chinese fans skip class to watch, secretly watch at work, hide in the toilet to watch, every time the Rockets score they will always shout excitedly, every time the Rockets make a mistake they will also scold, and now, Seeing that Da Yao, who has worked hard for so many years, has finally achieved positive results, this feeling cannot be explained clearly to others.
Maybe fans who have experienced the ups and downs of those years can understand the bitterness and joy in this!
The little giant also had a crystal in the corner of his eyes, and he lowered his head to say something in Totoro's ear, Totoro patted Da Yao's back, and this picture was frozen by the media all over the world, especially for the Chinese basketball media, this photo will be an eternal memory.
"Okay, guys, we know you're doing a great job, but now that you've all won the Western Conference championship, are you interested in going to the finals to give it a try?"
Of all the personnel, the only one who was not carried away by the joy of victory was the current Rick Adelman.
The division championship is not much honor for this old man, he has led the Trail Blazers to the Finals twice but returned twice, and he doesn't want to give him a third time this year, otherwise he can really break some embarrassing record in the NBA, which is not good.