Chapter 201: A Second of Distress
On May 28, it seemed that the tragedy of the Magic gave the Lakers some extra incentives, and now even if they lose, they won't be the one behind because there will be a worse guy to back them up. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the fourth game, the Lakers finally fought a devastating battle at home with their bold changes and inexplicable attribute bonuses.
Fans in Los Angeles almost ran into the streets after the game and shouted "the king is back" or something. However, the Lakers' "champion heart" has not been crushed by the losing streak, no matter how bad their source of confidence is, they have not lost their desire to win. After eating three sticks in a row, the Lakers woke up like a sleeping lion, and the starting five worked together, and the victory came so easily and beautifully.
This is naturally the credit of Zhang Qi and Magic, the two of them are the soul of the Lakers, as long as they don't give up on winning, as long as they can always take the game seriously, the other players of the Lakers will not give up first.
The two cores of the Magic have not been able to do this, whenever the big score is behind, the person who does not play well that day will definitely lose his fighting spirit, how can such a team condense the fighting power of turning defeat into victory?
The Lakers' victory was not only based on their desire to win, but first and foremost thanks to Harris's successful tactical change today.
Of course, the SuperSonics will definitely say "this is all the credit of the referee", because Camp left the court for the first time in the division finals, this time he only played 32 minutes, and he was plagued by foul problems in every quarter, and he was always unable to play at critical moments, which seriously affected the offensive and defensive strength of the SuperSonics.
However, the Lakers will feel that Kemp's fouls were caused by their own tactics, and it has nothing to do with the referees.
This kind of thing, the fans on both sides must have their own opinions, and after the game, the two sides launched the first network tearing war on the Internet in the Dragonborn forum!
This kind of online scolding war is a common occurrence ten years later, but it naturally feels fresh and fun to put it on hold now.
Many people even think that this online tearing battle between fans of both sides is probably more exciting than the game that night.
Eventually, the first tear-off war on the internet lasted until the Dragonborn Corporation's servers were overwhelmed and crashed in the wee hours of the morning.
Back to the fourth game, the Lakers have been suspended by the superSonics in the first three games, and they just lost on defense.
But yesterday, Harris finally made a bold adjustment to the lineup and for the first time made the SuperSonics feel unusually passive at the Lakers' Great West Forum Arena.
Harris learned the lessons of the first three games this time, adjusted his strategy and lineup more boldly, and officially pushed Magic to the center position, Zhang Mao mentioned the No. 4 position, and the Lakers' starting five are: Van Exel, Sebaros, Finley, Zhang Mao, and Magic.
The height of this lineup makes Lakers fans feel cheating, and the alignment of the two Johnsons also makes fans feel a little confused. However, considering that the supersonic Johnson has almost no offensive ability, and a game can be played for a maximum of 20 minutes, the Magic is actually facing Perkins who is about his size most of the time, and this change of formation should work in theory.
Magic's physical talent has always been outstanding, and no player in history who can become a Hall of Fame superstar is physically gifted. The physical talent of the magician back then was also a monster that was beyond his own time. He played center in his rookie days and is now fatter, but if he hadn't met Camp at the No. 4 position, who was also physically gifted and ahead of his time, he wouldn't have had much of a disadvantage against most of the interior.
This is the reason why the Lakers have been able to play their own line in the first two rounds, at that time the Magic was not the team's shortcoming in the position, so he could play to his strengths, the Lakers are equivalent to having a dual core in the organization, and the strong points completely cover up the disadvantages, and they are naturally invincible.
This round of the series was different, the Magic met the strongest Kemp, and the Lakers' strong point suddenly became a weak point.
The "Rain Man" in the past two years is almost a combination of Stoudemire and Howard, he has the offensive ability of the future Xiao Si 80%, and the defensive ability of the future Warcraft 8%, and he is in the 90s after 20 years of poor physical fitness, what kind of concept is this?
The Magic is now a fat camel, and Harris simply moves him up another position and lets him play center.
In this way, the Magic's disadvantage is gone, his weight of nearly 260 pounds is enough to resist most centers, and after moving to the No. 5 position, his movement speed has changed from a disadvantage to an advantage, and he has the ball control skills and passing ability that most interior players do not have, and the back and hook hands do not belong to many interior stars, and the vision is to kill almost all interior lines, which seems to be suitable for dealing with the supersonic without a good center.
Harris didn't expect that such a helpless change that he was forced out of would actually cause a qualitative change in the team.
After the Lakers changed formations, not only was they faster, but their defense did not decline, but they played the characteristics of small agility.
Kemp was extremely uncomfortable with the Lakers' changes today, and after playing less than half a quarter in the first quarter, he was overshadowed by two guys who were above him who didn't know how much.
Supersonic fans naturally think that the league wants to help the Lakers avoid a sweep, but this time David Stern and the referee were really wronged, and Kemp completely suffered from the ball quotient in this battle.
The Magic's ball quotient doesn't need to be mentioned, and there must be a place for him in the top 10 of history. Zhang Fu's cunning does not need to be shown much. But Kemp's ball quotient has always been a black spot for the media and fans, even if he was opened by Malone this year, but it is normal to encounter the combination of two big and small foxes and suffer a big loss.
The Lakers played an almost seamless defense on the inside today, and Zhang Zhu's active defense on the inside was like a solid wall to keep Payton and Camp out of the restricted area, and he successfully froze the two "engines" of the supersonic offense.
Not only did the magician complete his offensive and organizational tasks, but he also pestered the guy with his namesake and Perkins, who was also short and stocky.
When the two dragon leaders were "captured", the supersonic who lost their morale in away battles were often leaked to even the best defense, so the Lakers smelled victory early.
The so-called poor will change, and change will make sense.
In fact, the reason why the Lakers' short lineup can exert such terrifying power is because of their determination to win, or their determination to wash away their shame.
Of course, the lineup change that stunned the American media after the game was also the key, but Harris was still not quick enough to change the lineup, and it was not until the fourth game of life and death that he changed the right direction, and it was still too late in time.
If it was the third game and the adjustment was made in time, the Lakers had a chance to tie the total score at home.
2:2 and 1:3 are two completely different aggregate scores, the former means that they are evenly matched, and the latter can only be a death struggle, and it is difficult to catch up with the four match points.
This may be too harsh, but now that it is the 90s, Harris dares to break through the limitations of the times to play a lineup with an average height of only 199cm, which is already a great courage in itself.
There are not many coaches in this era who dare to play like this, and you can't find fault with him with the eyes of ten years or even twenty years from now.
But no matter how much hope there is, at least the Lakers players' desire to win has satisfied the Lakers fans, when Zhang Zhu and Van Exel bravely fell to the ground to grab the basketball, when the 37-year-old Magic risked injury to save the ball back, when Zhang Zhu smashed into the supersonic heart several times in the chaos to show his breakthrough style, everyone can see the fire-like determination in the eyes of the Lakers players: victory, dignity. It was also because of their shared determination that the Lakers had the highest number of assists in the playoffs.
Of course, this was only a win, and the Lakers were still 1-3 behind.
But this beautiful victory makes people feel that the Lakers are not playing their true strength, otherwise they would not be as passive as they are today.
At this time, the Lakers must realize that if they want to go further, they must not always force their determination and potential in desperate situations, because the opponent also has a "champion heart".
After the game, when the camera showed Kemp and Payton, who also had anger in their eyes, the entire Lakers team should be ready for the next fierce counterattack on the opponent's home court.
The Los Angeles Times reported after the game -
A hundred-legged worm, dead but not stiff, this may be the current Laker.
The first retirement of the magicians has obscured the glory of the Purple and Gold Army in the 80s, but they have not given up on trying to rebuild their dynasty in the ruins.
This year, a new boss came out of nowhere, leading the team to cut down the Trail Blazers and sweep the Spurs, but in the face of the mighty Seattle SuperSonics and the absolute 0-3 disadvantage, some of our fans may have given up hope, but our new Purple and Gold team has not given up on a silver lining.
The Lakers finally broke out, and they exploded so violently and won so heartily that it even gave us an illusory feeling: Is this the Lakers who are about to be swept away?
Lyon got another triple-double today, and the Magic's quasi-triple-double almost allowed the Lakers to create a good story, a 118-99 victory finally made the entire Los Angeles sky no longer haze.
Some people may say that the Lakers' victory in this game doesn't mean anything, because they won a supersonic team that didn't play, Camp didn't play, Payton didn't play, Schramf didn't play, but who can deny that this unplayed supersonic team is not caused by the Lakers' desire to win?
However, we must also see the reality, the Lakers are still the same Lakers, but in the face of the threat of death, they showed unprecedented unity and indomitable momentum, while the SuperSonics lost the courage and ruthlessness of the first three games, and in the face of such a completely different attitude, the two sides got completely different results.
The Lakers have now won a game and have a chance to live, but that's about it.
If we want to regain our glory, we must always maintain the attitude of the extreme desire for victory shown by the fourth field, and keep playing with the momentum of breaking the boat.
Perhaps, we will still be eliminated in the near future.
But we've made a breakthrough in this series, and now let's remember how we won this game and make it the norm so that next season we're going to be even stronger."
The Los Angeles Times didn't put too much pressure on the Lakers, everyone knows how tough the next three game points will be, and now that they can win the SuperSonics, people shouldn't be pushing too much of this Lakers team.
Zhang Wei is feeling very good now, winning at least one game is the worst result he has set for himself, and now he will finally not be shaved by his opponent, and he is relieved.
In the fourth game, the Lakers' victory was the result of the three military lives, and his scoring data naturally would not be outstanding.
In this game, he played 44 minutes, contributed 24 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and a perfect triple-double data once again proved that as long as he got a triple-double, the Lakers would hardly lose.
The fifth match between the two teams will be played on the 30th, and O'Neal was eliminated on the 27th, according to the bet between the two, the time will be counted from the minute he loses the game, that is, from 10 p.m. on the 27th, O'Neal will donate $100,000 every 24 hours.
It's easy to calculate that O'Neal will donate $300,000 to a charity fund jointly established by the two before the end of Game 5 between the Lakers and the SuperSonics.
If the Lakers drag the game to Game 6, O'Neal will have to donate $500,000.
Everyone knows that the probability that the Lakers want to drag the game to the seventh game is not very high, but if this kind of anti-sky situation really occurs, and even the Lakers beat the supersonic to advance, then the dead fat man will really vomit blood!
This means that he must be prepared with $2 million, because there are at least four games to play in the finals, and O'Neal is afraid that 2 million will not be enough to lose.
In fact, the Lakers don't have to play to the Finals, and O'Neal is already vomiting blood now.
Kidding, he doesn't earn more than $5 million a year, he only earned less than $3 million last year, and if he doesn't sign a new big contract this summer, he is estimated to still have more than $4 million.
Now he has to donate at least $300,000 for a bet, which is really hurtful for a black star who spends a lot of money!
"I want to thank Shaquille for donating $300,000, and in order to make him less painful, I decided how much he lost, and I would donate as much as I wanted!"
Zhang Wei is so smart, he knows that even if he wins the bet, but in addition to disgusting O'Neal and letting the fans see the excitement and schadenfreude, he actually can't get too much praise, and some people will probably complain that he is too bad.
Now that he is doing this, O'Neill will be even more disgusted, but Zhang Wei has taken praise and the eyes of the masses on himself.
O'Neill didn't receive much praise for donating money, this is the most hurtful thing for the fat man, everyone will give him praise after Zhang Yu speaks, O'Neill belongs to the unlucky guy who lost his wife and broke his soldiers.
"I feel a little sorry for him, in fact, we don't have much enmity, and in the future, the All-Stars will have the opportunity to work together, and we can pass him a few more balls."
Zhang Wei and the team left for Seattle the next day, and he still left some crocodile tears on the plane, but O'Neill was really played by him too badly during this time, Zhang Wei couldn't help but feel sorry for the fat man for a second!