Chapter 607: The Opponent in the Final
The Lakers lost, on their home court, the Lakers lost to the Spurs, for most people, this round of Lakers and Spurs matchup is definitely one of the most fierce matchups between the tip of the needle, because the strength of these two teams is too close, under normal circumstances, these two teams cannot win or lose a game by more than five points, and it is precisely because of this that it is extremely normal for any result in this round of the series.
So it's no problem whether the Lakers win or the Spurs win, because this is the most normal situation, but even if everyone has this awareness, everyone basically didn't expect the Lakers to lose the game on their home court, because not long ago, they gave the Spurs two consecutive defeats on their home court.
It can be said that even if this game is won or lost, it must be seven big battles, which is inevitable, because such a script has been written almost in the previous matchups, and even in this game, everyone thinks so, because the sixth game between the Lakers and the Spurs is not as big as the final result of 110-91, because the score of the Spurs and the Lakers in the first three quarters of this game is 78 draws, which is the score that is most in line with the strength of the two teams. The two teams have been in a stalemate with each other almost from the beginning, from 29 in the first quarter, to 25 in the second quarter, and then to 24 in the third quarter.
In the first three quarters of this game, Duncan has scored 33 points on 23 shots, although Duncan has averaged an astonishing 27 points per game this year, but this player is not a player with a strong attack, and Po*vic has not always asked him to maintain his offensive mode, and even after the Spurs won the championship season in 1999, few people in the league can see Duncan play such a high shot in a playoff game, because it is obviously going to fifty points, It's not an easy thing to run for 50 points on Ao Fat's head, and the inside line has been biting the score tightly with his first three quarters of 23 14 of 33 points, although the final winner of this game is the Spurs, but it is indeed the Lakers who have the advantage in the first three quarters.
In the last game between the Spurs and the Lakers, Kobe's performance in the first three quarters made the guard much criticized, it can be said that after the Lakers lost, most of the media pointed the finger at the Lakers' guard, and in this game, the guard deliberately sought to change, this game The guard only shot 12 times in the first three quarters of the game, obviously, and he hit 8 of these twelve shots, after Kobe Bryant sought to change, the Lakers sent 21 assists in the first three quarters of this game, Although Duncan's game was very domineering, but in the first three quarters, O'Fat's performance was not bad, although the score was not as much as Duncan's 33 points, but he played a quasi-triple-double of 26 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, and the inside line that could face the Spurs in the third quarter of the game to play this data is also almost the only one in the league, it can be said that everything in this game is developing in the direction that the Lakers want to go, while the Spurs give people a feeling of getting weaker and weaker, even after the game enters the fourth quarter, Lakers fans who have been holding their breath have shouted victory, but the next fourth quarter of the Lakers' performance of the scene almost made all the Lakers jaw-dropping, the whole fourth quarter, the Lakers' last 21 shots 17 times concentrated in the hands of Fat and Kobe, the fans at the scene saw that Kobe Bryant continued to shoot three points, and Fat Ao Fat continued to face Duncan, David Robinson and Scola's three major interior lineup composed of the lineup crazy frame singles, because this round of the series Fat and Kobe Bryant's attack ** is too strong, Szczebiak has almost become an ornament, so most of the series Po*vic actually took Scola to appear at the No. 3 position, and even so, the two leaders of the Lakers can't think of Szczebiak when they play key moments.
The Lakers were supposed to be very normal in the fourth quarter, and the two of them were like crazy and wanted to give the Spurs the final blow, and it was obvious that the two of them naturally saw that the Spurs had reached the end of their strength, in this case, whoever can really smash the Spurs is the absolute hero of this team, that is, to be recognized by all fans, Stamps fans are extremely realistic, they can shout MVP for any fan on their team who can give them pleasure, even if this player has made a lot of mistakes in front, Ao Fat in order to regain his long-lost throne, so he needs to solve the Spurs with his own hands, and Kobe Bryant in order to change the passive situation that he has been constantly accused of in the previous games, he also needs to become a hero who crushes the Spurs, in this case, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson is almost standing on the sidelines watching his team lose itself in the team's two leaders in the continuous individual offense, and the team is also constantly falling, when these two Lakers leaders find that the problem has become serious, The team is already 15 points behind the Spurs, and the game is only half a quarter left, so far, this round is considered the most interesting Western Conference semifinals ended in this way, the Lakers lost a good game on their home court, this game only scored 13 points in the fourth quarter The Lakers almost completed the biggest shame in the history of the playoffs, perhaps for this team, their history has never been as bad as this, and this game in the fourth quarter of the three-point shooting 0, Kobe Bryant, who shot 1 of 10, will definitely be blamed, and the one who is in the Spurs' three major interior lines is also incumbent on killing without hesitation, although he has completed a 4-of-7 shooting rate with his super strength, but it is obvious that his life with the Lakers must not be good, and the Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, who was almost stunned on the long side, completely lost his last bit of face, and he broke his promise again, because he once again failed to fulfill his promise to bring a championship to the Lakers.
Zhuang Fei watched this home game between the Lakers and the Spurs, Zhuang Fei watched it at home with Stephen Green, originally Zhuang Fei saw that after seeing Duncan score 33 points at the end of the third quarter of this game, Zhuang Fei decided that the Spurs basically lost this game, because Duncan only needs to score desperately in the game, then the Spurs must be the most dangerous moment, and in this game Duncan completed 44 points on Ao Fat's head is almost the ultimate of his scoring ability, when Duncan exerts his scoring ability to the extreme, The Spurs can still win also makes Zhuang Fei a little speechless, and even in the middle of the fourth quarter of the game, Zhuang Fei saw that Ao Fat and Kobe Bryant were still indulging in individual offense when Zhuang Fei almost wanted to turn off the TV directly, for a basketball coach, he can tolerate players losing the game because of lack of ability, this is normal, it doesn't matter if the skills are not as good as others, but the Lakers in this game are not because they are not as good as others, it can be said that in this game, all the contradictions of the Lakers this season broke out collectively in a game, In this game, the contradiction between Ao Fat and Kobe Bryant reached the maximum point, in this case, such a team can no longer be described as a basketball team, because this team has no so-called basketball tactics at all, and their head coach has completely lost control of this game, such a team is a team that all basketball coaches don't like, even if they are really talented, the most important thing for the coach is that the team is always the execution, and this Laker has no execution at all.
Of course, the Lakers lost to the Spurs, this is the result that Zhuang Fei can guess in this round of the series, but he didn't expect this team to end with such a result, for Zhuang Fei, the game between the Lakers and the Spurs is not the most important, the most important thing is the Grizzlies and the Wizards, but the process of this game is not as clear as the Spurs and the Lakers, this round of matchups, these two teams did play extremely exciting, as all experts expected, the two teams played what they wanted to play the most, In the first six games, the Wizards won the first game away, and the next three games were won by the Grizzlies in a row, and the Wizards in a 1-3 unfavorable situation were like the reversal against the 76ers last season, defeating the Grizzlies again in two games in a row and finally dragging the game into a tiebreaker. Therefore, the ups and downs of this round of the series were directly compared by some experts with the 1995 Suns and Rockets series, when the Rockets and the Grizzlies were the defending champions, and the Rockets were also forced into a desperate situation by the Suns led by Barkley, but this time the Grizzlies' situation was better than the Rockets, the Rockets were 1-3 behind, and now the Wizards are 1-3 behind, but no matter what, the two matchups came to the seventh game with the reversal and reversal.
And in this seventh game between the Grizzlies and the Wizards, the real protagonist is no longer a few leading players on both teams, this game Wizards' bench player Jamal Crawford, the former Timberwolves player 11 of 25, 18 of 18 free throws, one person cut a crazy 48 points, including 8 three-pointers and 3 three-plus-one in these 11 shots, when Jordan couldn't hold on to the final tie-break in the fourth quarter and overtime because of fitness problems, this guy cut a total of 30 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, And he hit 6 three-pointers in a row in the fourth quarter and overtime also set a record in the NBA playoffs, it can be said that the Wizards almost pointed to him and Carter in the final moments, and this guy did win Carter, Carter's 22 points in the fourth quarter plus overtime was an absolute loss in front of him, but like the Wizards, the protagonist of the Wizards is not Jordan, and the final protagonist of the Grizzlies is not Carter, When the two teams played the first overtime, and with 5 seconds left at the end, Reed, who is also a former Timberwolves player, hit the most important three-pointer of his career, and the Wizards were beaten by Reed by 119-120 points on the road.
Therefore, the next opponent of the Boston Celtics is also out. (To be continued)
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