In the Western Conference finals, the Lakers held an absolute lead, and with Gasol, they were only one game away from knocking the Spurs out of the tournament. No way, who let the Spurs win the championship only in odd-numbered years? It's 2008!

The Lakers' 3-1 lead over the Spurs made the fifth game of the Western Conference Finals a lot less interesting, and if nothing else, the Lakers will be the first to advance, which also makes the major media in the United States focus on the Eastern Conference Finals. The Bobcats' tenacious equalisation cheered media professionals and meant they had more topics to talk about in newspapers, websites and TV shows.

The battle of Tianwang Mountain is a good hype topic, and various media platforms are full of game previews and expert analysis, making it seem as if this is the battle of the finals. Of course, reporters also have to interview coaches and players, and they are eager to know what the protagonist thinks, and then selectively tell the fans according to their needs.

The ubiquitous news has created a lot of pressure on public opinion, which doesn't matter to the Celtics, who have been in the league for many years, and for whom this is just a small scene. But the Bobcats were different, most of them were a little nervous, a little absent-minded during training, and Jackson's roar didn't wake them up.

Chang Wei didn't plan to scold them again, some methods are almost the same if they are used once, and the effect of the second time may not be better than the first, and now the players obviously need to lower their pressure, and they are already too nervous in front of the media reports. Roy remained as calm as ever, but the Celtics weren't something he could beat by playing alone.

The time soon came on the evening of the game day, and some reporters keenly noticed that when the Bobcats players passed through the players' tunnel to the locker room, their faces were stiff, and some of their arms were even trembling slightly. Soon all the pundits and fans who followed the game knew that the Bobcats players were nervous, but fortunately by this time Jackson had banned them from reading the news, otherwise they might have been a little more nervous, which was definitely bad news for the Bobcats who wanted to win.

Compared with the Bobcats, the Celtics are much more normal, although they did not take the initiative to provoke the home fans, but they were still talking and laughing during the warm-up, and they didn't seem to care about the outcome of this game. However, Chang Wei knows that this is because they don't carry the pressure on their shoulders, and this kind of game is more conducive to playing lightly, and the Bobcats are pure rookies in this regard.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, the Bobcats made a low-level mistake, and Milicic grabbed the ball into his arms as if he were grabbing a rebound when he jumped the ball, and according to NBA rules, the jump ball is only legal if it is slapped with the hand of one or both jump players; After the referee has dropped the ball, you cannot catch the basketball until the ball hits the ground or until it is touched by a non-jumping player. Milicic's apparent jump ball violation "generously" gave the ball to the Celtics, which cast a shadow over the hearts of the Bobcats.

Of course, that wasn't the end of the game, as the overly tight Bobcats didn't score a point in the first three minutes of the game, but allowed the Celtics to open the game 11-0, and it wasn't until Jackson called a timeout to scold them that they gradually came to their senses. But their shooting percentage was still miserable, and by the time the two sides came off the bench, the Bobcats didn't shoot more than 33% from the field, and even only 25% from three-point range, which also made them have been behind the Celtics by double digits.

Therefore, when they were replaced on the bench, Jackson repeatedly warned them that they should leave everything else alone and seize the time to grab points is the top priority. This was exactly what the bench was thinking, and under the leadership of Ellis, the Bobcats narrowed the gap to 8 points at the end of the first quarter, of which Ellis alone contributed 10 points in this time, which is worthy of the sharp knife on the bench.

But the Celtics didn't panic, and the starters returned to the game just 1:17 into the second quarter, using their mature defensive system to limit the Bobcats' offense well, and although they didn't continue to extend the lead, they had already controlled the situation on the court. That forced Jackson to make an early change to the starting line-up, though he wasn't sure it would work.

Fortunately, the Bobcats also have Roy, who can stabilize his mentality at any time, and he scored six points in a row as soon as he came on the court, but unfortunately the performance of his teammates was disappointing, and they made frequent mistakes in such a crucial game, giving the Celtics a chance to counterattack. The score was 21-27 in the quarter, and the Celtics re-stretched the deficit to 14 points, putting more pressure on the Bobcats. In fact, with the exception of Roy, the overall shooting percentage of the others was only 28.1%, which was a really bad performance.

Jackson was also annoyed, but he couldn't yell at the players at halftime for fear of backfire. Chang Wei is also seizing the time to relieve pressure on everyone, but it seems to be useless, at this time his system can't help, he can only rely on his personal ability, but for young people, an amateur psychiatrist can't solve the problem.

In the second half, the Bobcats played a little more normally, but only slightly, and this form simply can't compete with Celtic, even if it's their home stadium. With Roy's last-minute buzzer-beating three-pointer, the Bobcats narrowly outscored the Celtics in the third quarter, but this is only the gap from the 18th to the 17th floor of hell, and they still have a 12-point hole to fill, and with their current state, it is almost impossible to do.

The pressured Bobcats couldn't hold on in the final 12 minutes, losing to the Celtics in the quarter, and Roy's 14 points in a single quarter couldn't save the team. The score was 98-90, and despite Roy's 35 points, four rebounds and six assists, the Bobcats still lost the battle of Tianwang Mountain, which means they are only one step away from rolling up their home vacation, and it is likely that the next game will be their farewell game of the season.

In the post-game press conference, Jackson looked frustrated, feeling sorry for the performance of his players and the Bobcats' fans. He told reporters: "Failure is also part of growth, at least now we have the experience of fighting the battle of Tianwang Mountain." And that doesn't mean we're going to lose the next game, and while the odds of a team winning Game 5 of the series in NBA history are ridiculously high, it's not 100 percent. Even if it's really 100 percent, such a record is meant to be broken. Whatever the outcome, we're going to do our best. ”