Chapter 106: The Yellow-Green War
The Lakers, the protagonists of the Finals, are bloodless, while the Celtics who break through in the East are indeed surrounded by one another.
There are always people who say that the west is strong and the east is weak, but no matter how you look at the playoffs, the east is good-looking, compared to the balance of the west, the east is bloody.
The Celtics, who won the first place in the regular season, began to "adapt to the soil" as soon as they arrived in the playoffs.
In the first round, they lost all three away games and eliminated the Eagles 4:3.
In the second round, he met the Knight, and this symptom did not ease in the slightest.
After experiencing the baptism of last year's Finals, James tore apart the Washington Wizards, who knew the height of the sky, with the blessing of his predecessors "The future is yours", and after giving the Wizards a long vacation with a triple-double, he made a big ugly appearance at the TD North Shore Garden Arena.
In the first two stops of the Eastern Conference semifinals, 42 shots, only 8 shots, the shooting rate is 19 percent, since the implementation of the 24-second offensive rule, James's crosshairs are at the bottom of the list of 40+ shots in two consecutive games in the playoffs.
Back at the quick loan center, the little emperor used a breakthrough to find a feel, opened the situation with an assist, and sent 21 assists in the two games to equalize the big score, and then the two sides beat each other at their respective home stadiums After a big defeat, the game entered a cruel tie-break.
The epic script will always spawn a showdown of heroes, this battle LeBron James scored 45 points, Pierce scored 41 points, but before the Tiger Prison, Lu Bu was difficult to defeat Sanying, and James was also powerless to change his life.
The Green Army advanced again 4:3.
James' efforts in Game 7 were overshadowed by Pierce's stellar performance.
Pierce scored 41 points in the game. The matchup between the two seemed to bring back memories of the 1988 Big Bird Bird vs. Wilkins confrontation, when the Celtics scored 81 points in Game 7 against the Hawks, but the Celtics had the last laugh.
Although the game was interpreted from the "Three Heroes vs. Lu Bu" to the top of the Forbidden City between Pierce and the Little Emperor, Garnett was the hero behind the fight to help Pierce win the battle of life and death, and Ray Allen also steadily hit both free throws after being fouled 18.8 seconds before the end, helping his team to win 93-88, and used the victory and the psychological quality of the veteran to pull a fig leaf for his sluggish performance.
In the East Finals, in the face of the declining Pistons, the Green Army finally overcame their demons and conquered the Auburn Hills Palace 4:2, and entered the finals again after 21 years.
The legendary 23vs24 script was not staged, but the grievance between Zijin and the green shirt, history reappeared.
Despite all this said, the NBA's annual highlight will be the Finals, and this Finals is a recreation of one of the most iconic classic matchups in NBA history, with the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers competing for the O'Brien Cup this year. This is called the "Third Yellow-Green Showdown".
There was an interesting joke before the game, the two parties to the "second yellow-green showdown" Larry Bird and Magic Johnson met before the start of the game, and the Magic said that the Lakers would let the Bostonians pack up and go home in six games, and the latter looked at him and sneered and squeezed out a few words: You are doomed.
The most classic Friends in NBA history has a sequel this year, with the Celtics winning eight of the last 10 matchups, and in this matchup, the rivals have teamed up to deliver a classic show.
In the first game, the Celtics took the lead, and they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 98-88 at home to get the series off to a good start, but in the game, they experienced a thrilling scene - their captain Paul Pierce was unfortunately injured by teammate Kendrick Perkins in the third quarter, and was immediately carried off the court by his teammates, but only three minutes later, the god of war staged the return of the king, he scored 15 points in a single quarter with an injury, and hit two three-pointers in succession at critical moments, Helped the Green Shirts quickly stabilize the situation on the field.
Bryant was somewhat at a loss for the game under the Bostonians' tight defense, scoring only 24 points on 9-of-26 shooting, and it seemed that he was not ready for this game.
In the second game, the Bostonians who were playing at home had already led their opponents by more than 20 points at the end of the third quarter, and it seemed that they had the victory in their pockets, but as everyone knows, the tenacious Los Angeles people did not choose to give up the chase, they rained three points in the final quarter, and narrowed the gap to just two points with one minute left in the game. He re-put the Celtics to a four-point lead with two free throws in the final 22.8 seconds, and with Vujacic missing a three-pointer in the final moments, the Bostoners, who nearly capsized in the gutter, finally won a thrilling victory.
In Game 3 of the series, the Los Angeles returned to their home court, and in this game, the Lakers' Vujacic became the wonder man for the Los Angeles to win, scoring 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting in 28 minutes of playing time, and Kobe Bryant also scored 36 points and 7 rebounds.
Looking back at the Celtics, Garnett scored 13 points on 6-of-21 shooting and Pierce scored just six points on 2-of-14 shooting, and their slump eventually ruined the Bostoners' efforts, with the Los Angeles Lakers eventually winning 87-81 at home and making the overall score 1-2.
Game 4, which continued on the home court of the Los Angeles Man, had a fantastic start to the game, leading the Bostonians by 21 points at 35-14 in the first quarter and by as many as 24 points at most.
However, the tenacious Bostonians quickly turned on the comeback mode under the leadership of the Big Three, and they played a 23-5 shockwave in the third quarter, while the Lakers only made 5 of 18 shots in the quarter, and the offense was completely dumb, and the Bostons also took the opportunity to quickly catch up with the score, and at the end of the third quarter, the Los Angeles people's lead was only 2 points.
At the end of the game, the Green Shirts continued the good momentum of the previous quarter and overtook the score, and since then they have been replaced by the Los Angeles people who are struggling to catch up, although Kobe Bryant has helped the Los Angeles people to overtake the score for a period of time, but in the end, in this three-year game against Lu Bu, he still lowered his head, and as he failed to hit the shot in the last moment, they finally lost at home by 6 points, giving their opponent a championship point worth a thousand gold.
In Game 5 of the series, the Los Angeles Lakers once again played a beautiful first quarter on their home court, with star Kobe Bryant scoring 15 points in a single quarter and helping the Los Angeles Lakers lead the Boston Celtics 39-22 after the first quarter.