"The Boston Celtics who lost the last game have not changed in terms of personnel, the starting line is still center Yao Ming, big forward Jermaine O'Neal, small forward Maddy and scoring guard Jackson and organizational guard Wade, and the Lakers have not changed because of the last game win, the starting center is O'Neal, big forward Karl Malone, small forward Szczebiak, scoring guard Van Exel, organization guard Payton, from the previous games of the two teams, Such two sets of lineups should be the two most trusted lineups of the two head coaches, or it should be a lineup to divide the winner and loser, in the first three games Phil Jackson has not strengthened the team's tactical play for a long time, in this case he is ready to carry the single to the end"

"And now the Lakers, Van Exel can open enough space for the Lakers' singles to provide enough firepower, so it seems that this decision is not very bad, it should be said that it is very good, and the Boston Celtics side, Zhuang Fei should also not have a big move, although the defensive system he configured for the entire series has been broken, but as long as his team is not suppressed on the court, then he will not change much, we all know that he is a person who attaches great importance to the game situation, And in the last game, they lost by 20 points, not because their team was behind on the field, but because their team's hand was cold except for Yao Ming, even Maddie and Wade, who performed well in the first two games of the finals, in this case, the Celtics were a little lonely, and this game should be better for the Celtics, after all, this game is not the first time they have come to Staples Arena in the series, and the last game should have given them time and space to adapt, So for now, it's still hard for these two teams to tell the winner, at least this game may not be the same as the previous three games."

June 16, 2004, Los Angeles, Staples Arena. Magic Johnson, the greatest player in the history of the Lakers, is summarizing the trend of the game, although he is a famous name for the Lakers, the former NBA superstar who is a guest commentator is still extremely impartial, and did not shout the same big win slogan in this game after the Lakers' big win in the last game as many people do, and in fact, the Magic knows better than those people why the first three games will be like that, it can be said that whether the Celtics win two games at home, the Lakers add up to 30 points. Or the Lakers' 20-point home win over the Celtics, this is not the most normal performance of both teams.

And when these two teams are not ready to perform normally, there are many games like this, and in fact, even Magic Johnson doesn't know what will happen in the end of such an accident, for example, at the beginning of this game, if Van Exel didn't open the Lakers at the beginning of the game like the last game, how would he break the Celtics' defensive system? For example, the Celtics players really returned to the touch in this game, so how should the Lakers respond? In fact, in this round of the series, when the head coaches of the two teams are ready to start playing directly with their hole cards, they don't intend to give each other much opportunity to adjust. In this case, it is indeed difficult to say how these two teams will go.

"For the Lakers, the sooner Van Exel opens, the better, and for the Celtics, the same. If the trend of the previous three games continues, this game will still be the first half of the world, and if it is really as you said, this game will develop differently, then maybe it will be really interesting," said Magic Johnson. Larry Bird on the side also said with a smile.

For the two commentators, Magic and Larry Bird, the focus of this game was on the players who were clearly different from the players, but on the court. They don't care about these things, they are just constantly aligning with the opposing player, and this alignment is to beat the opponent, such as Yao Ming, such as Fan Maniac, one is to undertake the task of opening the situation of the team, and the other is also to undertake the task of breaking the opponent's defensive system, for a while, as the game starts, the respective bosses of the two teams on the field have all become spectators.

In fact, for the Lakers, the Celtics' defensive system can't play, then their boss Ao Fat can't be opened, and for the Celtics, if Maddie doesn't try his feel in this game first, Zhuang Fei really doesn't dare to let him go crazy like the last game

"This guy's shooting is really stable, better than the shot of the Timberwolves" O'Neal looked at Yao Ming, who was shooting on his back after finishing in front of him, and threw the basketball into the basket steadily, also frowned.

This is not Yao Ming's first shot in this game, in fact, this is already the third, the first three attacks, the Boston Celtics are all focused on Yao Ming, and Yao Ming is also after receiving the ball, all under the basket directly facing his shot, it can be said that quite decisive, at least, in front of most of the other centers in the NBA now did not let Ao Fat see such a decisive attack like this Chinese, and in fact, as one of the four centers in the past 10 years, now the other three centers are all retired, Mourning is also old.

In this case, he has been in an invincible state, and is far away from the rhythm of others, although in the West before, he has been very uncomfortable with the Chinese of the Timberwolves, but in the past two years he has also successfully pushed down the Chinese who he considers his last opponent, in this case, the Lakers' big man does think that he is already invincible in the NBA, but what he did not expect is that there is a challenger in this game.

Challenger, this is O'Neal's thoughts at this time, in fact, although Yao Ming's first three attacks are shots, but the aggression is extremely great, this kind of play that catches the ball in front of him without a trace of adjustment is not a provocation? At least although there is a difference in height between him and Yao Ming, it is not as high as the level difference between Van Exel and Maddy, in this case, Yao Ming uses Maddie's method of dealing with Fan Maniac to deal with him, which is to directly issue a war letter to him.

"Hmph, I'll clean you up later" Ao Fat glanced at Yao Ming's back lightly and secretly thought in his heart, now the team's tactic is that Van Exel opens on the outside first, and then lets him attack, he is very satisfied with Phil Jackson's strategy, it's not just that he can't see the No. 8 kid on the field. And Van Exel did give him plenty of space for his singles.

Although Ao Fat has always despised the Celtics, there is no doubt that the defensive system of the Celtics Finals has created a lot of trouble for him. In fact, Celtic's defensive system is a kind of defense that forms a numerical advantage in the area, it is not a pack, but it is not a one-on-one either, in this case, O'Neal struggled hard in the first two games, and after Van Exel opened in the last game, he did not have this pressure.

It's just that O'Neill is a little impatient or uncomfortable. At the beginning of this game, Van Exe's three-point shot was not as accurate as in the previous game, and he hit all the iron on two consecutive shots, which could not change the Celtics' defense, so he could only continue to wait, although he knew that his teammate, who was called a madman, was indeed unstable. But the first three games were still very good, and he is willing to believe in his teammate at this point.

At the beginning of this game, the situation was developing on the side of the Celtics, and Yao Ming, who was the main point of attack of the Celtics, was three out of three. This made the triangle offense with Yao Ming as the offensive core play smoothly, and on the Lakers' side, Fan's three points were not as crazy as they were at the beginning of the previous game. Let the Celtics have to make defensive changes, which makes the Celtics who played away from home at the beginning of this game have the posture to open the score, which is also extremely worried for many Lakers fans on the scene, after all, from the experience of the previous games, the Boston Celtics and the Lakers, any team can win the game after the first half of the score, and in fact, the essence of the showdown between the Celtics and the Lakers in the finals is in the first half of the game

"Coach, we had a good game and if we played for a few more minutes like this, we should be able to win this game"

In front of the Celtics' bench, Boston Celtics assistant coach Stephen Green also said to Zhuang Fei excitedly that the Celtics' tactics in this game worked, not letting Maddie go to the fan maniac to open the gap like in the last game, but directly let the team's other offensive core Yao Ming open the gap from the inside, and in fact, Yao Ming's offensive stability this season is indeed much stronger than last season.

Last season, Duncan was completely exploded from all aspects of the Chinese interior player to grow a lot, at least in the face of opponents at the level of Ao Fat is no longer afraid but dares to challenge, and this is also the reason why Green admires Zhuang Fei very much, he knows that last season he advocated abandoning Yao Ming, but in the end Zhuang Fei did not agree to his approach, but in that situation, and Yao Ming is that kind of performance, it is estimated that most coaches will choose to abandon it directly, but from the current point of view, Thankfully, Celtic didn't do that last season.

"Well, as long as Van Exel's game can't be played for a long time, we can seize the Lakers' loophole in the first half and step on it hard, by the way, how many three-pointers did Van Exel miss in this game? I want to see where Phil Jackson's bottom line is" Zhuang Fei also said with a smile after Green finished speaking, if he was playing the Lakers' tactics, Fan Maniac didn't feel good about the blue hand after throwing a few times, Zhuang Fei wouldn't use it anymore, and even more so if the opponent started well.

"I'll see, well, Van Exel's three-point shot was 0 of 5, and the first five shots were all missed" After getting Zhuang Fei's question, the assistant coach of Boston also took a technical statistics table from the Celtics technician on the side and said to Zhuang Fei.

"Is it 0 out of five? It seems that Phil Jackson is quite decisive" Zhuang Fei also said with a smile after getting the answer, this is that he is also a little curious to look at Phil Jackson on the side, and at this time the Lakers head coach did not say much, you know, at this time the Celtics have led by 8 points, the game has only passed more than three minutes, it seems that the Lakers head coach does not seem to care about the team's opening.

"This guy should have been prepared before the game" Thinking of Zhuang Fei, he also nodded secretly, after all, no one would think that the miracle of Fan Maniac's opening three-point line in the last game could be repeated, and the same was true for Phil Jackson, and in fact, when Zhuang Fei focused on the court again, the Lakers did begin to adjust slowly

In this game, Ao Fat himself was not very happy, his teammate Van Axel could not open the periphery, he and Malone were a little constrained, although they all knew that there would be such a situation before the game, but this still made him very unhappy, but unhappy, seeing that the team's score was about to be pulled away to more than ten points, he also had to attack, which was also the arrangement of the head coach before the game, but at this time he suddenly found that the Chinese inner line that had been despised by himself was so stable, Under the mature defensive system of the Celtics, it is really difficult for him to abuse the Chinese behind him, because he only needs to eat Yao Ming a step or two, and people will come around.

In this case, his offense will be very hurried, and the natural offensive efficiency is not good, just like the previous two games, but now, no matter if he is also going to attack, although he does not have the ability to play two or even three at the peak, but he still has confidence in wanting to beat the Chinese behind. However, when he forcibly got up and leaned on Yao Ming to complete the hook when other defenders appeared around, the ball was directly shot out by Yao Ming.

It's just that just when Ao Fat was a little sorry for his hasty attack this time, a pleasant whistle sounded in his ears.

"Huh?! Is the ball fouled?" )