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Kobe Bryant's regular season MVP this season is an extremely unexpected thing, after all, for a guard player, averaging more than 42 points per game, such a performance is nothing short of miraculous, even the basketball god Jordan did not do it back then.

Coupled with the performance of the Lakers this season, as the dominant player of this team, there is no shortage of data and records, and in fact, in the regular season, the Lakers' dominant player also won all the best of the month in the Western regular season, and the first place in every MVP leaderboard, in this case, this is almost no suspense.

For many people, Kobe's performance is enough to win such an honor, but there are also many people who think that Webber can actually do it, he doesn't score as much as Kobe, but Webber's rebounds, assists, and blocks are all the most Lakers, and he is also the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double per game.

In this case, he also has this qualification, and it is precisely because of this that whether it is Kobe or Webber has been very controversial these days, of course, if Webb and Kobe are together, this is the best choice, but it is obvious that the MVP vote, it is not so easy to vote for a tie, after all, there are too many judges, and it is also a scoring system, so there is almost no possibility of a tie.

In this case, when the league announced that the best MVP was Kobe, everyone felt sorry for Webb after accepting it, and the final MVP result was indeed that Webb and Kobe were far behind others. It's just compared to Kobe. Webb had three missing first-place votes. In the end, he lost to Kobe Bryant by a narrow disadvantage.

This year's MVP selection is as fierce as last year, but although it is fierce, this is also the fierce competition within the Lakers, Kobe Bryant and Webb have very little point difference, and after the MVP was announced, the league was once again caught in the controversy of public opinion, and at this time, Webb, who was the focus of public opinion controversy, did not have too many ideas to prepare for the next game.

After the results of this MVP came out, Zhuang Fei also came directly to his team's training hall. At this time, Zhuang Fei is very pleased that the team has not changed too much because of this incident, even Webber himself, everything seems normal, as if the MVP matter does not have much impact on the Lakers' leading insider. In addition to Webb, as for Kobe Bryant, the biggest winner this time.

The Lakers' young guard is excited right now, and he's not putting too much of his mind on it at this point, and obviously, for him, he's playing right now. The scoring champion won, and the All-Star MVP won. won the regular season MVP, and now the only one missing should be the Finals MVP, as long as he wins this honor, it will be a complete time for the Lakers boss of this team.

So when Kobe Bryant was on the training court, he didn't have many other ideas except for being quite excited to devote his enthusiasm to training, so the Lakers' internal problems were very good, and the day before the Los Angeles Lakers went to Portland, when Kobe Bryant received the regular season MVP trophy, the Lakers team attended the final ceremony.

Of course, although there is only Kobe Bryant in the final regular season MVP of the regular season this year, Webb, who is relatively unlucky this year, has not been able to get it, but the highest honor in the regular season is not only the MVP of the regular season, such as this year's best team, although he was not able to become the MVP, Weber successfully entered a while.

In addition to Kobe's MVP, Webber was also selected as a forward, and in addition to Weber and Kobe, the other three players in the first team were Duncan at center, Nash at guard and Carter at forward, and after these five, the league's second team was O'Neal, the center position was O'Neal, who lost to Duncan by a very small margin, and the two players at the forward position were Garnett, the leading player of the Timberwolves, and Anthony, the leading player of the Raptors, The defender position is Maddy of the Celtics and Kidd of the Spurs, and the third team this year is Yao Ming at center, Nowitzki and Pierce at forwards, and Marbury and Wade at guard.

Although the competition for the best team is fierce, the requirements for player statistics and results are very high, in this case, the Lakers only have two players who finally enter the lineup, but Webb and Kobe Bryant are both in the first team, which is definitely a very good thing.

On May 14, 2005, before the start of the third game of the Los Angeles Lakers and Raptors, now in addition to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Raptors, the other three groups of divisional semifinals have been played 1-1, according to this trend, these three rounds of matchups will definitely not be easy next, and if the Lakers beat the Raptors away in this game, then for the NBA and the Lakers team, I am afraid this round is also easy to advance.

The strength of the Memphis Raptors is very good, although because the style is similar to the Lakers' offensive style, which makes them have some inherent disadvantages when facing the Lakers, but even if this team is at a disadvantage, their strength is definitely not the level of playing the Lakers away from home, it can be said that the first two rounds of the Lakers and the Raptors this round of the showdown because of Zhuang Fei's strategy and this team's just played the supersonic not long ago, so they did not play the strength they should have, so the Raptors after three days of rest, It will definitely bring out the team's mentality and targeted tactics relatively completely.

Therefore, this away game is not an easy game for the Los Angeles Lakers, at least it is a game that is definitely different.

In fact, when this game started, Zhuang Fei saw the difference between this team and the previous game, and there were some small changes to the starting lineup of this team, and Carmelo Anthony appeared in the No. 4 position, instead of as an outside player as before. Became an inside player.

Obviously. This is the Raptors preparing to create more pressure on the Lakers' already thin interior line. If Anthony appears on the periphery, Grant Hill can still be said to be able to limit Anthony well with his physical talent, after all, Grant Hill's height, arm span and defensive ability are not bad at all, which is also the reason why Anthony's performance in the first two games is very unstable, and it can even be said to be a little sluggish, but if Anthony really goes to the basket, then according to Grant Hill's body. With Kwame Brown's containment under the basket, Anthony's offense will be very calm.

Others may not know that Anthony is a player with a lot of interior offensive skills, but Zhuang Fei knows very well that this guy can play the No. 4 position.

"Coach, it seems that Sam is ready to put pressure on us inside, and he is not very confident in the team's shooting success rate in the first two games" After seeing the Raptors change the starting lineup, Lakers assistant coach Stephen Green, who was on the sidelines, said to Zhuang Fei with some surprise that in the first two games, the Raptors were not able to play the offense they wanted, and the shooting rate was not high.

That's why the Lakers are able to win so often. It can be said that the Raptors are completely obsessed with the Lakers and Zhuang Fei, for this team. If they want to get rid of the rhythm of the Lakers' defensive counterattack, then they must improve their shooting percentage, and it is a good practice to let their leading players go inside, but for Green, it is not known what kind of effect Anthony can play at the No. 4 position.

After all, Anthony is not Carter, even if it is Carter, his strongest position is still the second and third position, and Anthony can play his ability in the fourth position? Green was not optimistic, but what surprised Green was that after he finished speaking, the Lakers head coach Zhuang Fei on the side did not agree with his point of view, which also made the Lakers' assistant coach a little stunned.

"It seems that the Timberwolves are broken and broken, because the outside shooting rate is poor, so let the players go inside? This is not a wise choice, although the Lakers' interior line is very weak, but this does not necessarily mean that Anthony can catch this opportunity well, Sam Mitchell will not be confused, right? In addition to Green's confusion about the Raptors' change, the same is true of Barkley on the commentary bench, who doesn't quite understand the Raptors' approach.

"Sam Mitchell is a very serious head coach, although he was a little uncalm and a little impetuous, but I think he should have his own ideas for this game" After Barkley finished speaking, Kenny Smith also frowned and said, he believed that Sam Mitchell had some ideas, but as for what the ideas were, he didn't know.

But he definitely doesn't believe that Sam Mitchell let Anthony play on the inside, and definitely not just because Anthony's outside offense has been too bad lately.

"Did you let him come up and play that?" Zhuang Fei looked at Anthony on the court at this time, and touched his chin with some doubts, and secretly thought in his heart.

There is no personnel change in the Raptors' starters in this game, but there is a change in position, the center is still Kwame Brown, the big forward is Anthony, the small forward is Marshall, the scoring guard is Mobley, and the organizational guard is Alston, as for the Lakers, Zhuang Fei still uses the strongest lineup of the Lakers.

In 2005, on May 14, at 7 o'clock in the evening, Memphis Federal Express Arena, at this time, the stands of the arena were already full of Raptors fans, although the performance of the Raptors in the first two games was a little disappointing to Raptors fans, but even so, for this team, Raptors fans are full of expectations and hopes.

Just like when Zhuang Fei was in the Celtics, the attitude of Celtics fans towards the Celtics, the current Raptors have also grown up step by step, and these Raptors fans have also witnessed the growth of their own teams, starting from Mobley, to Kwame Brown, and now Anthony, it can be said that these players are slowly growing up with their eyes, and in this case, their loyalty is indeed very high.

Even if the Raptors are now in the eyes of many public opinions, but for these Raptors fans, they are still willing to accompany their team from beginning to end, besides, in the current situation in the United States, facing the Lakers, who have been called the strongest team in the history of the league by many media, they don't have so many requirements for the team, they just need to see the team's future hope in their own team's home games. That's why. The Raptors' home court is now also one of the best in the NBA.

And at this time, when the referee Bavita was in the frantic shouts of Raptors fans. When you throw the basketball in your hand into the air, the game officially begins.

In the jump ball of the first two games. Webb was able to beat Kwame Brown for a jump shot, but in this game, Kwame Brown won.

Compared with the previous two games, especially the embarrassment of the last game, the Raptors players who returned to their home court have become much more normal, or their mentality has changed a lot.

At the beginning of this game, it was the Raptors who got the offensive rights, and the Raptors' first offense was still handled by the team's leading players as before, and this time it was different. Anthony is no longer receiving the ball from outside the three-point line, but sitting directly at the right side of the free throw line, not far from the basket, which is where almost most of the NBA's No. 4 positions are used to catch the ball and hit the basket.

"This little guy doesn't really want to eat me here, right?" looked at Anthony in front of him, who was asking Alstom, Hill was also a little stunned.

With the Los Angeles Lakers, Hill is a forward, a team without a center, and a team that is extremely versatile in both offensive and defensive positions, although the Lakers have several starters who are able to defend the No. 1 to No. 3 positions except for Webber. But in the fourth position, no one can defend except Webb. In this case, whether Anthony plays the No. 3 or No. 4 position, this is all within Hill's defensive range, and he is probably the most suitable player to defend the No. 4 position among the Lakers' remaining starters.

It's just that for Grant Hill, such a defensive position is actually very unfamiliar to him, after Anthony received Alston's pass, the Raptors' leading player began to use his big ass to push Grant Hill to the basket, and seeing this not very chic scene, the Raptors fans on the scene were also fresh.

Anthony, the man of their team, is the typical offensive dashing faction in the league, and they haven't seen much of it like Barkley is using his big ass to open the way like he is now.

According to Zhuang Fei's visual inspection, it is not so easy for Anthony to hit Grant Hill like this, after all, the two of them now look about the same height and size, Anthony's ass is indeed bigger, and the lower game is also very stable, and the strength is indeed enough compared to Hill, but in the face of Hill, it is not easy for him to really push to the basket like Barkley.

"This kid is really funny" As one of the best players who use their butts to play the ball, at this time Barkley looked at Anthony who was a little funny on the court and also felt a little funny, although Anthony's movements at this time did not look so skillful, but it was also done in a good way, after pushing two steps, the Raptors' leading player suddenly turned around and shook Hill half a step, at this time he was already facing the basket head-on, and Hill was on his side, Seeing Anthony pick up and throw the ball out, Hill also immediately got up to block it, this ball Anthony's shooting opportunity was not very good, so the ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out, and at this time the two players under the basket Kwame Brown and Webb were also ready to get up to grab the rebound.

The two have been fighting together since the second half of the first game, or entangled together, but this time, after the two of them jumped, they suddenly found that there was a pair of palms under the basketball on their heads, and at this time, after the two of them grabbed the basketball before the two of them, they were directly pressed into the basket. And when the two came down from the air, they found that it was Anthony, the Raptors' leading player, hanging on the basket.

The Raptors' leading player grabbed the frontcourt rebound after shooting his own shot, and at this time, Grant Hill, who was defending him, was looking at Anthony hanging on the basket with a surprised face.

The Raptors scored the first goal of this game, and with Anthony's dunk, the Raptors fans also let out a huge shout at this time, and immediately seemed to overturn the Federal Express Arena.

"How did this guy get there?" Looking at the young Raptors forward hanging on the court, Green on the sidelines was also stunned for a while, and at the same time, he shouted involuntarily that under the hands of Kwame Brown and Webb, when the rebounding position was not very dominant, this guy was able to beat these two to pick up the rebound. To know. Kwame Brown and Webb are both among the top rebounders in the league. It's just that although the assistant coach of the Lakers looks a little unbelievable, the Chinese head coach next to him doesn't seem to be too surprised at this time.

"That's really the case" At this time, Zhuang Fei also couldn't help but look at the Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell on the side, at this time, the Raptors head coach was excited because Anthony hit the ball according to his instructions for the first offense.

That's what he wants, to take advantage of Anthony's excellent offensive rebounding sense, to be a good surprise player when Kwame Brown and Webb are entangled, and more importantly, he knows very well that Anthony's interior offense is no worse than his outside offense. As a former Timberwolves player and assistant coach, he clearly knows that Anthony and Pierce are the same style, they can both be inside and out, but Anthony is more comprehensive than Pierce in his opinion, Pierce's interior skills are not as good as Anthony, it can be said that Anthony's internal and external balance is better than Pierce, and more importantly, unlike Pierce, his interior offensive sense is also extremely good, not much worse than Kwame Brown. Perhaps the only thing that is more risky is this style of play, which is at risk of injury for Anthony. This guy doesn't know exactly how to protect himself.

"If we can play all the strengths of Cameron and Kwame in this game, we may be able to beat the Lakers in this game" looked at the Raptors players on the court. At this time, Sam Mitchell was also full of confidence, and it was risky to let Anthony play in this way, but he was willing to accept such a risk, after all, this is already a life-and-death playoffs, and sometimes he can't scruple so much.

"This kid's offensive rebounding awareness is really good, and he really has some of the meaning of what you played back then" Kenny Smith looked at Anthony and said to Barkley on the side with a smile, although Anthony is called the successor to Jordan and Carter, but according to the current point of view, there is no problem for this guy to be called Barkley's successor.

"Well, it's really good, but it's much worse than when I was back then, if it were me, I wouldn't have grabbed the front court rebound and played a second offense to score the ball, Grant Hill would have flown out on his own," Barkley said with a smile after hearing his partner's words. Kenny Smith didn't have any other emotions about Barkley's lift, and just smiled a little before setting his sights on the game again.

At the beginning of this game, the Raptors showed a completely different state from the previous two games, very persistent, this team's offense played very persistently, it can be said that after the start of the game, everyone can see such persistence.

The Los Angeles Lakers' poor defense under the basket is something that almost everyone knows, so a lot of times, when the Lakers face a team with a strong perimeter breaker and a strong attacker inside, the Raptors are the kind of team that they are.

Although Mobley is not a top breakthrough player like Iverson, he is definitely one of the top ten players in the league in terms of breakthrough ability, the best sixth man of the Timberwolves that year has a strong breakthrough ability, in the first two games, if he is still hesitating whether to score directly under the basket or how to find a balance in the breakthrough shot, then in this game he is extremely resolute in breaking through to the basket, that is, breaking through to score, and the same is true for Anthony on the other side, since the first shot hit Hill and then grabbed the offensive rebound and scored, The Raptors' dominant player seems to have found confidence, and the next offense has been an under-the-basket offense, and his offensive rebounds aren't just the opening one.

At the beginning of this game, the Raptors used their home court momentum and their own game momentum to get the rhythm of the game to their side, although because their defense is also very bad, it is difficult for them to say that the Timberwolves score, but there is no doubt that at present, the two teams have entered a state of equilibrium, or the game is difficult to solve.

You know, the last time the two teams played inseparable, it was the first game when the Lakers deliberately gave up the rhythm of the game and let the Raptors take them to find their state, and now, this is not that the Lakers want the Raptors to take them to find their state, but the real two teams are almost the same.

Of course, these fans at the scene were also extremely happy with the extremely brave Raptors after the start of this game, which was definitely a surprise, in this case, when the first quarter of the game ended. The Raptors ended up leading the Lakers 36-34. The Raptors fans at the scene actually all stood up and applauded wildly at the Raptors players on the court.

"Beautiful Jedi Strikes Back. Sam Mitchell and the Raptors didn't give up, and Coach Z now needs to make his own response. ”

For many people, there is actually no suspense in this game, since the Lakers played so badly away from home, even if they return to the home court, it is unlikely that much will change, but it is clear that the Raptors have given their own answers in this game. And this answer made Kenny Smith appreciate.

"I don't know what kind of countermeasures Coach Z will have, although the two teams are now evenly matched, but it looks like the Raptors are about to get up, for such a young team, if they get up, it's hard to press down, should Coach Z consider letting Josh Smith partner Webb? His play should be able to better protect the backcourt rebound, but this requires sacrificing the Lakers' offense, how to choose offense and defense? Coach Z should be difficult to do now" After Kenny Smith finished speaking, Barkley also looked at Zhuang Fei with some expectation.

This game strengthened the team's interior attack. More pressing play on the Lakers' interior is just one of Sam Mitchell's changes. And in the second quarter, when the two sides competed in the rotation lineup, this time Sam Mitchell did not want to win and fear losing like the previous two games, and finally frantically let Anthony and Mobley stay on the court, this time the Raptors head coach was very indifferent to let Mobley and Anthony respectively take the team's rotation lineup on the court, although it seems that the Raptors' rotation lineup is somewhat suppressed, but it is an extremely important thing for the team's later games.

And what makes Raptors fans or Raptors successive players more satisfied is that in the rotation time, the team is not very behind, when the two sides change to the starters again, soon the Raptors began to chase points, and when the game ended at halftime, the scores of the two sides have returned to the same running line again, and the score on both sides is also 70 draws.

"This kid did a really good job" When the first half of the game was over, Grant Hill looked at Anthony who turned around and was about to get off the court and wiped the sweat on his forehead a little and sighed, Anthony showed a lot of maturity in this game, compared to the previous two games, it was a little different, obviously, the poor performance against the Lakers last season made the team lose the series in the end, and the slump in the first two games of this season almost buried the team again, The guy who is currently known in the media as the best young player in the league has finally found himself.

At this time, Grant Hill also has the same feeling as Hardaway, the Mobley who was very hesitant to break through and share the ball in the first two games made it easy for him to defend, but today's Mobley is completely different from the previous two games.

"Is this the first generation of Super Sixth Man that the coach trained in the Timberwolves? There are indeed two brushes," Hardaway finally thought to himself as he looked at Mobley's back as he left.

Zhuang Fei's team has always had a super sixth man, starting from Mobley when the Timberwolves were there to Ginobili after that, and then to Arenas and Wade of the Celtics, until now Chris Paul, these people are called 'Coach Z's sixth man' by many media and experts in the United States, these people are extremely similar to 'steady and ruthless', and Mobley is the first generation of 'Coach Z'.

In the United States and the NBA, many basketball experts and coaches have a very high reputation for the sixth man cultivated by Coach Z, but Hardaway did not see anything outstanding in the first two games of this series, but now, he really saw the player's 'steady and ruthless'.

The Lakers didn't play this game very easily in the first half, but judging from the TV broadcast footage, Coach Z didn't show any impatient expression when he left the court at halftime, and it seemed that everything was as usual, which also made many Lakers fans who were sitting in front of the TV a little worried also relieved.

It's just that compared with Zhuang Fei's calmness, the two commentators on the commentary seat at this time are a little calm at this time.

"Kenny, is this Timberwolves looking more and more like a team?" After the end of the first half of the game, watching Zhuang Fei and the Lakers players disappear into the player tunnel, Barkley said with a frown at this time.

"Well, it's getting more and more like the Spurs now" After Barkley finished speaking, Kenny Smith also said with some seriousness, and Barkley on the side also nodded.

Judging by the game in the first half. The Raptors are playing a bit like the Spurs right now. In particular, the pattern of the twin towers formed after Anthony plays the inside line is almost exactly the same as the current Spurs. Kwame Brown vs. Howard, Anthony vs. Duncan, when facing the Lakers' interior line, Anthony's interior offense doesn't look worse than Duncan, and the only thing worse than Duncan is probably defense, as for Kwame Brown and Howard, these two are almost identical on both the offensive and defensive ends, except for the similar role of the interior twin towers. The team's style of play is also very similar, perhaps the only difference is that the Raptors' breakthrough in this game is more about their own offense, while Kidd's breakthrough is more about sharing.

"I didn't expect the Raptors to simulate the Spurs' style of play in this game, I don't know if Sam Mitchell deliberately or by mistake, but from the current point of view, even a weakened version of the Spurs can make the Lakers like this, I don't know what will happen to the Lakers if they meet the real Spurs in the next round?" At this time, Kenny Smith said with a somewhat serious face.

"I don't know, but the only thing that is certain is that the Spurs have found a way to deal with the Lakers from this game. I think Coach Z should have seen something in the second half for the Lakers. Maybe it's a drill for them to face the Spurs," Barkley said in the end.

Just like Barkley said, Zhuang Fei did find that the Raptors, who were inseparable from the Lakers in the first half, had some sense of déjà vu, although Popovich did not let the new Spurs and Lakers play against the Lakers in the regular season in order to keep it secret, but there is no doubt that from the playoff games between the Spurs and the Timberwolves, Zhuang Fei can still see something, after all, in the face of such a team as the Timberwolves, the Spurs really want to hide something, and it is estimated that they can't hide too much.

In this case, when he saw that the Raptors had changed from the Timberwolves style to the Spurs style by mistake, Zhuang Fei was actually very excited on the sidelines, after all, for the Lakers, the Spurs have always been an imaginary enemy, and for this imaginary enemy, Zhuang Fei and the Lakers do not have much experience to deal with them.

Therefore, after such a raptor appeared, Zhuang Fei thought about whether he should do some experiments. In the locker room of the Los Angeles Lakers, in the face of Zhuang Fei, who had been silent since entering the locker room, as if he was thinking about something, the Lakers players were also a little puzzled, not knowing what Zhuang Fei was thinking, and when Zhuang Fei came back to his senses and rearranged tactics for them, these Lakers players were taken aback.

The Raptors played their best half of the season at home in the first half, and the regular season champions Lakers did not show that kind of unbeatable strength against them, but the two sides were similar, and in the face of such a performance by the team, the Raptors fans became even more frantic in the second half when the players from both sides returned to the court.

And at this time, the Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell on the sidelines was also extremely satisfied, the team's half-game performance surprised him, but he knew that a half-court performance could not make him feel at ease to be happy, he wanted to know what would happen to the Lakers in the third quarter, the almost most important quarter of the game, what would happen to the Raptors, if the two sides could continue to stalemate, he would consider how the team would end the game, after the defeat of the first two games, He is no longer so impetuous at this time, and he is thinking about winning at this time, and the consequence of thinking too much is that he is like the previous two games.

Therefore, the Raptors head coach at this time is indeed a lot more mature.

There will be changes in the Lakers in the third quarter, whether it is the basketball experts in the stands or the commentators or Sam Mitchell on the sidelines, they all think so, and after the start of the second half, the Lakers did have changes, and this change is all on the defensive end, such as Webb, who defended Kwame Brown, fell to defend Anthony, such as a team of biting Lakers began to defend.

This is a change for the Lakers on the defensive end, and on the offensive end, the team still hasn't changed much, and it seems that this is what the Lakers are saying, and the Raptors' defense has not tested the Lakers' ability at all.

"It seems that Coach Z is really thinking about how to deal with the Spurs" When the third quarter began, Barkley and Kenny Smith in the stands looked at each other and nodded, this Chinese did not disappoint them, what they could see, this Chinese also saw it.

"It's just that the Spurs are Spurs after all, and although the Raptors look very similar to them offensively now, there are many differences after all, especially the defense of the two teams is very different" Although Zhuang Fei has now begun to use the Raptors to train in advance. But what kind of effect can be achieved in the end. Kenny Smith wasn't quite sure.

Of course. At this time, Kenny Smith was not very sure what the Lakers could get from the Raptors, but at this time, in front of the TV in a study in San Antonio, an old man was watching the TV and sneering, and the content of the TV was the game between the Lakers and the Raptors.

The strength of the Los Angeles Lakers is above the Raptors, that's for sure, when Zhuang Fei was testing how to deal with the Spurs in the third quarter, when Zhuang Fei's Lakers began to target the Raptors, the Raptors were somewhat hindered on the offensive end compared to the first half of the game. And the situation in the second half is slowly moving closer to the Lakers' side.

The Los Angeles Lakers' tactical diversity is very strong, and as the Raptors, who have been prepared to go all the way to the black in this game, even at this time the Lakers seem to have found some ways to deal with them, their offensive efficiency is declining, but they have no way to change anything, their tactical variability is not as strong as the Lakers.

In this case, when the Lakers led the Raptors by six points at 104-98 at the end of the third quarter, Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell on the sidelines also sighed, for him after the end of the third quarter. The situation of this game is basically determined.

"It seems that we can only do this this season" At this time, the Raptors head coach was also a little unwilling to think when he watched the team's main players make the final effort in the fourth quarter, and at this time, when the Lakers players on the court became Hill. When Hardaway, Kobe, Szczebiak and Jackson, the unwilling look on the Raptors head coach's face was also gone.

This is the running player of the Lakers' Terminator tactics, and Sam Mitchell naturally knows it.

"We didn't lose this year, or we weren't the Lakers' opponent in the first place."

"I just didn't expect us to be able to make the Lakers use this tactic in the game," Sam Mitchell said with some bitterness at the end, I don't know if he was really bitter or proud at this time.

When the Los Angeles Lakers used the Terminator tactics that had never appeared in the playoffs at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Raptors fans on the sidelines already knew that the outcome of this game was decided, although they hoped that this team could beat the Lakers in this game, but even if the Raptors lost this game, they were proud of the Raptors who had already challenged their limits.

"The game seems to be over, the difference between the two sides is slowly widening, the Raptors have not given up this game, for these young players, it is a very special experience to meet Coach Z's team on their growth path, even if they lose this game, they still have a bright future, even if they lose this series, their improvement can definitely make them better next season"

While the gap between the two teams was widening, Kenny Smith and Barkley in the courtside commentary bench were already summing up the game and the series, and for them, the Raptors were able to do this when everyone was not looking forward to it.

"Coach Z is still Coach Z, I think even if the future of the Lakers will not be easy at this time, but as long as Coach Z is here, they can get any miracles"

As Kenny Smith and Barkley summarized the game on TV, an old man in front of the San Antonio TV frowned at this time, and there was no sneer and sarcasm just now.

"Terminator tactics? I'd like to see who ended whom."

After saying it lightly, the old man also turned off the TV in front of him, and the actual score on the TV at this time was 146-124, and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Raptors at home by 22 points.

"The game is over, congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers for winning this game, both teams played an impressive offense in this game, the Raptors scored 122 points in this game, which is their highest playoff score against the Lakers, but in the end the Lakers got the highest playoff score of 146 points this season, in this round of offensive battles, the Lakers once again maintained the legend of undefeated offensive games, of course, the Raptors also performed very well"

After this game, the Lakers' players were very relaxed, and the Raptors' players were a little disappointed at this time, this game was the best game they could do for them, and even if they had done their best, they still lost this game, which has to be said to be a very demoralizing thing.

Of course, after the game, the Lakers' players and the Raptors' players were still extremely friendly, and Hill, who was choked by Anthony in this game, and Hardaway, who was embarrassed by Mobley, also found their two opponents after the game at this time, and Kobe, the best player in the game, praised the Raptors for the first time when he was interviewed on TV. It can be said that this game is a game with no regrets no matter who wins or loses.

"Coach, congratulations, the Lakers are really strong, we lost convincingly"

Looking at the Chinese in front of him, Sam Mitchell said with a smile, at this time Zhuang Fei could clearly see the bitterness from his disciple's smile.

"Sam, your performance is also amazing, the Raptors are a great team, you will have a bright future" Zhuang Fei looked at his disciple and said with some comfort, but in the face of Zhuang Fei's comfort, Sam Mitchell was also lost again after being a little happy.

Although he is very convinced that his team lost to the Lakers and his own loss to Zhuang Fei, for anyone, no one wants to lose the series in the playoffs, but at this time, the head coach of the Raptors can't find a way out of this fate.

Regarding Sam Mitchell's mood at this time, Zhuang Fei is naturally very clear, and it is an irreversible fact that the Raptors have no way to stop the Lakers.

On May 16, 2005, in the fourth game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Raptors, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Raptors 128-110 away, and finally swept the Raptors with a score of 4-0 and took the lead in the Western Conference finals. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )