"The Jazz lost and stopped the Finals for 19 consecutive years, and the Lakers began to build a new dynasty."

The next day, all major media in the United States reported similarly, the two elders of Xuan Ming may not have no championship fate, the truth may be that the Jazz have their own fate that cannot be broken through, and their fall in the Western Conference Finals is about to become a tradition.

ESPN reported the game with the headline "Lyon overpowers Jazz strongly, Lakers come home victorious."

This is the fourth time that Utah has hit the Finals, and the result is that the Jazz have once again fallen under their fate, while the Lakers, the second largest club in the NBA, have not risen, but have begun a new round of revival like China.

Last time, the cornerstone that dominated the Lakers' revival was the great magicians.

This time, it was the great Zhang Mao who led the Lakers' revival.

I still remember that when the Lakers fell behind 1-2 in the aggregate, many experts began to worry about them, saying that the Jazz, a stable and terrible team, would not let the advantage slip away from their hands. In fact, there is a lot of truth to this statement, and the consistency of the Jazz and their two cores is well known, and they have a reputation for never missing games for the past 13 years, and they are tactically disciplined and rarely make mistakes. But now that they have encountered an opponent like the Lakers, the "new" Purple and Gold team has broken the stability that the Jazz have relied on to become famous with their own magic.

How did the Lakers achieve a great revival? The answer lies in their star Zhang Zhu, today's koala baby's reading ability for the game has reached the realm of superb, he clearly knows when to do something, when to pass, when to go alone, the process of each game is often like Zhang Zhu designed in advance, even if 20 points behind, Zhang Zhu can still turn the court into his own back garden, leisurely stroll to complete incredible feats again and again. On the other side, Ma Long, even as the best power forward in the history of the league, can only retreat at this time and become the foil of the magical koala.

"NBA Miracles - Purple Gold Legacy"

The Los Angeles Times naturally wants to tout Zhang Mao's feat of leading the team to victory after serving as a center, which is indeed worth boasting.

Rewind the clock to 1980, and "Magic" Elvin Johnson was walking into the Spectrum Arena in Philadelphia and standing for a minute at the center circle where he was jumping on the side of Game 6 of the 1980 Finals, and he didn't know what to do next.

This is also the sixth game of the series, the Lakers' legendary center Abdul-Jabbar was out due to injury, and the then rookie Magic Johnson was called up, he was originally a point guard and switched to center, and in this game he scored 42 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, and won the Finals MVP in one fell swoop.

Turning the clock back to 18 years later, the wheel of history seems to have turned back - the Lakers' main center, the core of the interior defense, Mutombo, was suspended due to injury, and the Lakers fell behind 1:2 at the beginning, although the venue went from the Finals to the Division Finals, but the situation was more dangerous than back then.

In that Finals that year, Abdul-Jabbar had played five games before his injury, and the Lakers temporarily led 3-2, and Abdul-Jabbar contributed to it, averaging 33.4 points, 13.6 rebounds and 4.6 blocks per game.

But this time the situation was different, the Lakers were a single-core team, they started the game 1-2, and the Jazz had two Hall of Famers plus a young All-Star, which was a more difficult challenge than it was back then, but our koala baby played the same ending as 18 years ago.

After the Lakers' 1:2 start, Zhang Ju became the starting center on the Lakers' roster from Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, he can not only confidently hit the opponent's star with Dragonborn's feet in the restricted area, but also impact the basket as often as himself, and can score at will with accurate pull-up jump shots like Jordan, and bombard the basket with precision-guided three-pointers like Reggie Miller.

In three consecutive games, Lyon delivered 49 points, 20 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks, 20 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, 47 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks.

So, after the game, someone asked him: "Are you really a center?" ”

Faced with a well-meaning question, our baby koala replied with his humor: "I play center, a little forward, and also a defender, please call me C-F-G rover." ”

"Lyon's perfect performance makes Jazz incomprehensible, and the Bulls win the championship depends on Koala's eyes."

Here's the New York Times report the next day, and they didn't blush when they wrote: When God let a No. 23 win people's enthusiasm for basketball, he decided to let a No. 14 turn our whole philosophy of basketball upside down.

Yes, the No. 14 jersey has shown his perfectionist complex, proven that he will be the new NBA, and he has pulled off miracle after miracle — 74, 76, 39 in a row......

The naïve Jazz thought they could beat the junior, but Lyon's performance in the Western Conference Finals averaged 43.6 points, 12.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 3.1 steals and 4.2 blocks per game completely shattered that dream.

Lyon has once again proved to the world that he has become a leader of a dynasty, a true leader, and neither the Jazz nor the Bulls can stop the Lakers from rebuilding their dynasty.

If Lyon can continue to play phenomenal in the Finals, and if he is as good as he was before in every game, then the championship will not be difficult for the Lakers, and the Chicagoans will have to count on the koala baby to have a chance to go wrong on his own.

Similarly, a lot of black fans rummaged through and found that only "ESPN" was seriously analyzing the battle between the Lakers and the Bulls in the finals, and only they licked it not so explicitly.

ESPN reports: The Bulls and Lakers are the most wanted Finals matchup for fans, and few people like the Jazz and Spurs want to watch it, so we waited for a perfect script.

There are two questions to ask first, are the Lakers unbeatable? Is it true that the Bulls are inferior to the Lakers?

The answer to these two questions is actually no, the Lakers are not invincible at full form, and the Bulls are not inferior to the Lakers, with a maximum of 100 points and 98 points between the two teams.

But what we know for sure is that if the Bulls play the Lakers, it will be a battle of the century and a battle for revenge.

Fans will also be happy to see the battle of the century at the Grand Final, which will be very much to watch given the previous feud between the two sides

Last season, the Bulls lost badly in front of the Lakers, an unexpected sweep that collapsed the Bulls dynasty in an instant, and at the same time made people over-mythologize the Lakers, a team that is indeed magical, but not invincible.

Let's take a look at the Bulls' strength on paper, with the eight players who played the most minutes in each game taking up 223 minutes out of a total of 240 minutes per game, and we can think of them as an eight-man rotation.

The Bulls' starting lineup is: Van Exel, Jordan, Hill, Barkley, Langley, this set of starters has made 72 appearances in the regular season and 10 in the playoffs. The Bulls' sixth to eighth men, we rank them by playing time: Tony Cooke, Donyair Marshall, and Steve Kerr.

At this moment, let's take a look at the strength of the Lakers on paper, and now let's assume that Mutombo can play in the Finals, then the Lakers also have the eight players who play the most minutes in 240 minutes per game, and they are also an eight-man rotation team.

The Lakers' starting lineup is: Kidd, Jones, Zhang, Mason, Mutombo, and considering Jones only joined in the middle of the season, we take into account the number of games that Finley started, and the Lakers' starting set made 70 appearances in the regular season and 11 in the playoffs. The Lakers' sixth to eighth men, ranked by playing time, are: Starks, Big Ben, O'Neal Jr.

If we first compare the main bench strength of the two teams separately, we will find that the Bulls and Lakers are both bench lineups with 2 interior and 1 guard, the difference is that the former's interior bench is stronger, and the Lakers' guard bench ability is more outstanding.

Therefore, the key to determining the victory or defeat of these two teams is still in the starting lineup.

The first is the battle for the interior, if Mutombo can play, the Lakers' interior is strong on defense, and the Bulls' interior is strong on offense.

However, whether the combination of Langley and Barkley can break through the Lakers' defense, at least from the regular season, the two of them may be difficult to do, and considering Big Ben's growth on the defensive end, especially Lyon's play on the inside, the Bulls' interior offense is unlikely to pose a threat to the Lakers.

But on the other hand, the Lakers' strong interior defense can cover the outside of the Bulls, and they were able to sweep the Bulls last season by relying on their airtight interior defense that greatly limited Jordan and Pippen's breakthroughs, and this year's insoluble defensive net still exists, which is one of the Lakers' main strengths.

Overall, the Lakers have an advantage on the inside, but from the perspective of outside strength, the Lakers with a koala baby do not have an advantage.

This finals is not only the battle between Zhang Zhu and Jordan's new and old kings, but also the battle between Zhang Zhu and Hill's all-round forwards.

The Lakers and Bulls are unique in the East and West, and the strength of both teams in the three positions is very balanced, not only offensive and defensive, but also has no particularly obvious weaknesses.

The Bulls are more offensive from the outside, and Jordan is no less dangerous on the offensive end than Koala Baby, although the impact is not as good, but the skill and experience are perfect. In addition to not having a three-point shot, Grant Hill is not inferior to Koala Baby in breakout, mid-range, and organization. Van Exel is one of the most offensive point guards on the roster, and his familiarity with the Lakers is likely to add points to his performance in the Finals.

The Lakers are better defensively on the outside, and Koala Baby, as the first active player, has almost no flaws in both offense and defense. But Jones may be inferior to Hill and Jordan, and in every respect, Eddie Jones can only reach All-Star level, and he is one line away from being a quasi-supergiant. The same can be said of Kidd, who, while he has top-notch passing and scheduling skills and is tough defensively, his lack of strength on the offensive end makes it difficult for him to enter the ranks of quasi-supergiants for the time being.

Finally, there is bench strength, which is still dominated by the Bulls, whose advantage is mainly reflected in experience and tactical execution. In the previous series, Kukoc, Marshall, and Kerr all played the role of surprise soldiers in the Bulls, and most of the limelight of the Lakers' bench was stolen by Starks, and Big Ben's almost negligible offense greatly limited his use, and O'Neal Jr.'s too immature skills and experience were also difficult to do. The others, with the exception of Monte Battle, the "first ruthless man in Mongolia", who is bound to be banned, have basically not made a deep impression.

In this way, the Lakers' outside line and bench strength are not as good as the Bulls, but the overall strength of the two teams is still half a pound or two, and it is likely that they will have to play the sixth or even seventh game to decide the winner.

For the Bulls, their defense will face the toughest test, especially at the forward position, and possibly at the center position, and how they will limit the koala baby will be the biggest headache for the Chicagoans and will determine the development of the entire series.

For the Lakers, if Mutombo can return in the Finals, the Lakers will not be inferior in hard power by relying on the advantages of the interior and Koala Baby, as long as they guard against the Bulls' breakthrough and target Hill's lack of range to target, they can make a certain breakthrough. But if Mutombo continues to miss the game, the Lakers' internal advantage will be ceded, and the Lakers at that time may be more difficult than the Western Conference finals.

Before the big game, various media outlets were trying to get the attention of fans because the wait was a bit long.

The NBA1997-1998 Finals were scheduled for Friday, May 30, which gave the Lakers five days off, and the Bulls naturally had some opinions, as it would give Mutombo more time to recover.

Zhang Fu sighed in his heart that his godson was still filial, although he felt that it would be better to start the finals on Children's Day.

After Mutombo was injured on the 14th, he hesitated for several days until the 17th, and the recovery period after the operation was 2 weeks, counting the start of the first game of the finals, he was still 1 day away from the recovery period of 2 weeks.

In fact, this bastard can be a solo shooting train from the 25th, and Zhang Mao has no problem seeing his actions.

However, of course, this old dog will not train easily, after all, that thing is the most important thing in his eyes, so he strictly followed the doctor's instructions, and it was not until two days before the finals that he began to touch the ball to regain his shooting touch, but he had to wait a few more days for physical training.

Yes, this thing didn't start trying to jog until two days before the game, and such a scared look made Zhang Fu want to kick and smash his **.

There are also a lot of opinions within the Lakers team, because according to Mutombo's recovery speed, it is estimated that he will not be expected to play in the first two games.

The rhythm of the finals is not as leisurely as the regular season, Mutombo has not played for more than half a month, even if his body is fine, he must spend a period of time to find the rhythm of the game, otherwise he will not be able to keep up with the rhythm of his teammates.

But after such a delay, Mutombo's comeback schedule was postponed to June 3, and he may not be in shape to return in the third game, which is what makes the Lakers feel the most dissatisfied.

Now that the news has not yet come out, the Lakers used the last public interview on the 27th to deliberately let the Los Angeles media take a photo of Mutombo wearing a training uniform, including a photo of him snatching a rebound from Big Book, as a smokescreen to confuse the Bulls.

But in fact, the Lakers are still training the interior combination of Zhang Mao and Big Ben these days, and Koala Baby will continue to play the center position in the first two games, and his opponent is Australian center Luke Longley.

"Hmph, I must teach that traitor a good lesson!"

After Lang Li came to Los Angeles with the team on the 27th, he fired directly at Zhang Mao.

His words made people discover one thing, that is, Zhang Zhu's nationality was changed to "Tamriel" at some point.

"What's going on?"

"Isn't Lyon an Australian citizen?"

"When did he change his nationality?"

"Wait, what country is Tamriel? Is there such a country on Earth? ”

“……”

Early the next morning, that is, the morning before the game, after the majority of fans learned about Lang Li's scolding from the news, they found that Zhang Wei didn't know when, but he actually changed his nationality?

However, everyone is confused about this, they don't know when Zhang Qian changed his nationality, and they don't know what country this "Tamriel" is? And is there such a country on the planet?

In fact, Lang Li himself didn't know this problem, he received the news not long ago that Zhang Qi suddenly withdrew his Australian citizenship.

But until today, he thought that this guy had become an American citizen, and this inexplicable "Tamriel" was what he saw from the Dragonborn News Network on the 27th like everyone else.

The news of Zhang Zhu's change of nationality was exposed, and "Dragonborn International Network" published a news on May 27 that made the White House dumbfounded-

"The Kingdom of Tamriel was established on May 19 and has now been recognized by Egypt and Sudan."

This is the headline of No. 27 "Dragonborn International Network", and the news detonated the world as soon as it came out!

At this time, everyone knew that this "Tamriel" turned out to be a country that had only been established for a few days, and it was built by Zhang Mo, the president of the Dragonborn Company, and everyone who saw the news was stupid!

The main content revealed in the news is that on May 19, 1998, Mr. Zhang Mo, the president of Dragonborn, officially established the "Kingdom of Tamriel" in a barren desert in Africa, and planted the flag of the kingdom with his own hands.

Everyone is stupid, no one knows when Zhang Mo went to Africa to establish a country, this is really a strange news in the world!

Countless people who eat melons immediately found computers with Internet access through various channels and logged in to the "Dragonborn International Network", and only after careful browsing did they find out what was going on.

It turns out that the desert is located between Egypt and Sudan, formerly known as the Biltaville Triangle, which is an "unrecognized territory", but the area is definitely not small, with a full 2,060 square kilometers, which is 4,680 times larger than the Vatican, the smallest country in the world, more than twice as large as the international city of Hong Kong, and three times larger than Singapore.

"Dragonborn International Network" also published the specific location of the "Kingdom of Tamriel", although the land area is really not small, but the area can only be visited through the Sultan and Egypt, a desert land is very barren, and it is inland, not near the sea, the whole no-man's land, there is no one living here.

But it is also for this reason that this Biltaville triangle has always been one of the few regions in the world without any state power and party government, that is, one of the few "unrecognized territories" on the earth.

Since it is, Borderlands, it's naturally first-come, first-served.

That being said, it had never been before that a large area of borderlands had been claimed by an individual, so it was impossible to consider whether this kind of thing of planting a flag and creating a new state was legally recognized.

But I have to say that Zhang Mo is low-key enough and high-profile enough in this matter.

The low-key means that even the White House has not received the news, which shows that the major intelligence agencies of the United States have nothing to do with what Zhang Mo suddenly went to Egypt for.

The high-profile means that he actually came to this no-man's land after gaining the approval of the Egyptian authorities, and on May 19, surrounded by his subordinates, he personally planted a red dragon totem flag in the center of Biltavil, which is the flag of the "Kingdom of Tamriel", which is said to be produced by the studio of Dragonborn Games.

Well, now it seems that this miracle has the tacit consent of Egypt and Sudan, the two heads of the land, and the biggest obstacle is no longer there.

But to be honest, the matter of planting a flag and building a country like this is still too whimsical and incredible in this era.

However, what made everyone want to vomit blood was that Egypt and Sudan seemed to have discussed, and they actually recognized Zhang Mo's behavior of establishing a country here afterwards, and expressed their willingness to establish diplomatic relations with the newly established "Kingdom of Tamriel".

At the same time, Zhang Mo has officially applied to the United Nations for observer state status, and is also preparing to set up embassies in the United States, Russia, China, Australia and other places, and is preparing to establish diplomatic relations with countries other than Egypt and Sudan, and his first target is the United States.

Of course, these are all later words, and there are only two people in the current "Tamriel Kingdom" - Zhang Mo and Zhang Mao. But if the father and son are really officially recognized by the United Nations, then the youngest country on earth will be more than just two people.

If you don't believe it, just take a look at the comments that people left in the comment area as soon as this news came out......

"Don't stop any of you! I want to join the Kingdom of Tamriel! I'm going to be the great Tamriel. ”

"Wait for me, I'm going to be 14 years old, I'm going to marry Leon and become the princess of Tamriel!"

"Weakly ask, where to buy a ticket? I'm going to be a boy for Prince Koala! ”

"Although Prince Koala is good, there are too many competitors, I want to marry Zhang Mo as the queen of Tamriel!"

"Let's crowdfund together, the kingdom of Tamriel must have a magnificent palace."

"No, the Kingdom of Tamriel should build the road first."

"Idiot, build an airport first!"

“……”

From these comments at this moment, it can be imagined that the future kingdom of Tamriel will be more than just two people......