On June 15, 2004, the fourth game of the finals officially kicked off.

When the Pistons players came out, they thought they would be booed by the fans, but as a result, the huge Staples Arena was like a ghost, and there was no sound, only when DJ called out the player's name weakly, and someone from three or two of the kittens shouted a few times.

"Is it true that there are no loyal fans in Los Angeles, or are they all guns and white flags?" Billups, who was the second-to-last player in the tunnel, sighed.

Hua Ben felt that it was not normal, in the previous game, how crazy the Lakers fans were, in order to interfere with his free throws, there were even female fans ** body to lure him, which did not happen in Detroit. Could it be that what the Lakers did made the fans sad? Wabeto smacked his mouth and thought about it, and soon it was his turn to appear.

As DJ shouted, 'Out of the field was Detroit's six-foot-nine-inch-tall center Ben. Wallace's time, the fans didn't boo him like before, just watched him quietly.

Wabben raised his hand and walked out, on either side of their player tunnel were Pistons fans, everyone reached out to shake his hand, but this time Wabeen didn't cater to it, his attention was drawn to the Lakers fans.

The arena was almost full, and there were people in every seat, and the heads of the people gathered together, like a black tide. No one of these fans spoke, they were all holding up the billboards in their hands, and everyone had a billboard in their hands, regardless of men and women, young and old, and the slogan on it was surprisingly consistent:

Shame on the Purple and Gold Dynasty and Los Angeles!

What kind of shock is it for 20,000 people to hold up placards? Hua Ben had no impression before, but his deepest impression was the 20,000 people chanting 'one-more-year' when Miller retired, and almost everyone was holding placards in their hands, but the content was not the same, and the size was different. Now, everyone's placards are the same, Staples Arena seems to be a forest, the fans' arms are the trunks, and the placards in their hands are the canopies.

The Pistons looked around and couldn't help but sigh at the same time, even if they were as rebellious as Rashid, they were ashamed of the performance of the Lakers players at this time, and he snorted: "For the sake of power, for the sake of fame, look what these idiots have done, right?" They hurt the fans! So even if whoever ends up being the boss of the team, what can they do? The damage they have done to the fans is irreparable! ”

Billups patted Rashid on the chest and said sincerely: "That's what I like about you, Rashid, you have the ability to compete for the top spot in our locker room like Shaq or Kobe, but you still didn't do that, so now it's us who win the championship." ”

Rashid smiled awkwardly, Nima, Lao Tzu was fighting for the boss at the beginning, and you all followed Big Ben's ass against Lao Tzu. However, he understood that if he insisted on fighting at that time, it would only lead to an early exit from the team due to both losses with Huaben. Fortunately, after passing through the drug rehabilitation center, he saw it and understood the gap between himself and Huaben.

"Can you compare me to those two idiots? I'm selfless, and of course, I've done stupid things before, but haven't I changed? Rashid said stupidly, he remembered the scene of being beaten by Huaben for smoking marijuana in the locker room, according to what he knew, if he didn't smoke marijuana but just used legitimate means to compete for the boss, then Huaben would not use violence.

In fact, sometimes Rashid is very grateful for the marijuana incident, which ignited the relationship between him and Huaben. If there is no such thing, the two will intrigue for the position of boss, and the current Lakers team is their template, and even, if the two of them do not unite, they will not be able to reach the height of the Lakers, and neither the Nets nor the Pacers in the East are vegetarians.

Hua Ben also seemed to remember that incident, he hugged Tianzun, and laughed: "After today's game, I will lend you the Russell Cup to take a few photos, the thing that day was that I was too impulsive, I don't know if it hurt your little heart." ”

The Pistons players laughed, and Rashid made a look of annoyance, broke away from Huaben and threw a punch and shouted, "It was mainly my absence that day, hey, bro, come on, here we have another fight, I want to give you a taste of my iron fist." ”

"Looks like Rashid doesn't like the Russell Cup, Ben, lend it to me." Prince smiled pleasantly.

Huaben's results in the Finals so far are 32 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 5 blocks per game, and the name of FMVP is well deserved!

The Pistons don't want to go back to Detroit to win another championship, they can't wait, and their fans can't wait. So, they have made up their minds to sweep the Lakers!

Sweeping, this is the most ambitious goal of the Pistons, and it is also the highest glory of Detroit.

As the existence of the highest end of the pyramid of strong teams, the finals are between the champions of the East and the West, since the two sides are the strongest teams in the East and the West, of course, there will be no world of difference in strength, therefore, the frequency of the finals "sweep" is very low, even if one side takes the lead 3-0, it will often put a game for the opponent, and then win the cup 4-1.

Of course, just because "sweeps" appear less frequently does not mean that they have not appeared. In fact, since the BAA was incepted in 1946, there have been seven "sweeps" in the history of the Finals, the first one in 1959 and the most recent one in 2002.

In 1959, the Lakers became the first unlucky team to be swept away. At that time, the Lakers were not the Los Angeles Lakers, but the Minneapolis Lakers, and the team leader at that time was Elgin. Baylor. To explain, Baylor led the team to the Finals as a rookie at that time, you know, this is not a very easy thing, there are not many rookies in history who can appear in the Finals as the main player in the first season like Baylor - Magic Johnson counts one, this season's Mirisic counts one, and nothing else.

No one expected that this Finals would kick off Baylor's tragic career, and the proud son of heaven was unlucky to meet the opening ceremony of the Green Shirts dynasty, and the Lakers were cleanly shaved by the Celtics. Since then, the Celtics have reached the Finals 12 times in 13 years and won the championship 11 times, but Baylor has not won the championship until he retires.

In 1971, "Skyhook" Abdul-Jabbar said goodbye to his rookie season and finally became a half-baked old bird, and he partnered with pure old bird "Big O" Oscar. Robertson, who led the Milwaukee Bucks to a league-leading record of 66 wins in the regular season, compared to the regular season record of the Baltimore Bullets, the opponent of the Finals, had only 42 wins, and the outcome of the confrontation between the two sides was already in suspense before the start of the Finals.

The Bullets didn't fight back, Abdul-Jabbar and Robertson controlled the initiative on the court, and on the way to sweep the Bullets 4-0, Abdul-Jabbar averaged 27 points, 18.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, Robertson averaged 23.5 points, 5 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game, plus Dandridge added 20.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists - so the game was obviously one-sided, and the Bucks' net difference in four wins was 10 points, 19 points, 8 points, and 12 points respectively - in the fierce confrontation of the Finals, actually 4 consecutive games with a score difference of more than 5 points and 3 games with a score difference of more than 10 points, which is also very rare, and you can witness from the side how strong the Bucks' combat effectiveness was that year!

In 1975, the Bullets staged the wonderful bloody drama "Why It's Always Me Who Gets Hurt", this year, this hapless team was swept again, and this time the Golden State Warriors and Rick, who liked to use the urinal, were in charge of the "sweep" mission. Barry.

It's a classic, but only for Warriors fans, of course. The Warriors only won 48 wins in the regular season, but the Bullets reached 60 wins in the regular season, according to the law of 1971, this time it should be the Warriors' turn to be swept, and it is unreasonable not to be swept, the Warriors' record will be worse than the Bullets in '71.

The bloody thing is that the 60-win Bullets were beaten by the 48-win Warriors - however, the so-called "sweep" actually has a bit of luck involved, for example, in the second game, the Warriors only narrowly won by 1 point 92-91, and in the fourth game, the Warriors only narrowly won by 1 point 96-95, and finally relied on free throws to establish the victory. Of course, this is also inevitable, because the boss of the Warriors is Barry, who shoots free throws like an old lady holding a urinal, and is the first free throw master in NBA history!

In 1983, the Lakers reappeared on the battlefield, and this time it was the 76ers who played against them. The 76ers had 65 wins in the regular season, first in the East, surpassing the Celtics; At the same time, it is also the first in the league, surpassing the Lakers who are first in the West - so when the 76ers meet the Lakers in the Finals, the 76ers have the upper hand.

The 76ers gathered Moses in '83. Malone, Dr. J Irving, defender Andrew at the peak of his attacking power. Tony and Morris. Cheeks and Bobby, who was named to the No. 1 Defensive Team of the Year 8 times. Jones and other ruthless characters, this complete personnel rotation system is a strong pervert, why do you say that? It depends on the Lakers' lineup.

Who was the Lakers' leading figure at the time? One is the "Magic" Johnson who is now sitting on the side of the court as if he has no JJ's sad face, and the other is the "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar, who once swept the Bullets, these two strongmen can't reverse the situation, think about it, if the NBA ranks the best team in history, these two people are likely to be on the list, even they have to eat and sweep, how terrifying was the 76ers at that time?

After 1983, the black and white duo monopolized the NBA, until 1989, Huaben's predecessors, Detroit's first generation of bad boy corps began to take over the government, there is no doubt that when the Pistons meet the Lakers in the Finals, they will never show mercy, on the contrary, the Pistons also take pleasure in torturing the Lakers, compared to them, Huaben's gang can be called a good boy class with little red flowers.

In the first game, the Pistons led from head to end, with the biggest advantage of 18 points in the game, and finally defeated the Lakers 109-97; In the second game, the Pistons' fourth-quarter comeback was effective, and they used a 21-5 offensive run to win and defeat the Lakers 108-105; In the third, with 13 seconds left in the game, the Lakers were only 3 points behind, and Reaves won the steal. Dumas blocked Reaves' shooting attempt, and the Lakers ended up 110-114; In the fourth game, the Pistons still reversed the situation with a 29-19 comeback in the fourth quarter, and finally defeated the Lakers 105-97 and won the 89-year championship.

Entering the 90s, what happened is more familiar to everyone, and in 1995, the Magic and the defending champion Rockets met in the Finals.

Don't be intimidated by the title of the defending champion, the Rockets at the time were really not very good-looking, the Rockets had a shameful fifth record in the West in the regular season, and the boss Olajuwon also began to decline, ranking only fifth on the MVP voting list.

On the other hand, the Magic team, from O'Neal to Hardaway at that time, the young superstars led Orlando to run rampant in the NBA. The Magic seem to have exploded in character, and the speed at which they went from sinking to becoming kings is rare in the history of the league. Do you know whose corpse the Magic stepped on when they stepped into the Hall of Glory of the Eastern Conference Championship? The Bulls led by Joe's gang!

However, the Finals will never favor the youngsters, and when the Magic of the '95 Finals meet the defending champions, the Rockets, they find themselves so immature overnight, and they are far from being ravaged by the veterans of the Rockets. The Magic are not lacking in energy, they are even more dynamic than the Rockets, O'Neal and Olajuwon maintain the trend of confrontation, and "Penny" Hardaway is not intimidated by "Glider" Drexler - but the Magic and the Rockets are too far behind in how to control the big picture and handle the key ball, which is reflected in the psychological tolerance of young players, but also in the delicate situation.

Finally, in 2002, looking at the previous swept record, we can find that the proud Zijin Dynasty is the team that has been swept the most times, a full three! Even the pure sling bullet team has only been twice.

Perhaps the misery of Los Angeles made Shang Yanjing unbearable, and in 2002, they finally had the opportunity to play the role of a terminator. The two opponents in that year's Finals were the New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers, and it was the final piece of the puzzle for the Lakers to see the dynasty, having won two championships in a row.

Due to appearing in the Finals for three consecutive years, the strength and weakness of the Lakers have long been made known to the world, and everyone knows that O'Neal will turn the Nets restricted area into a slaughterhouse, and everyone can guess that the Nets' three interior coolies, McCrouch, Jason. Collins, Aaron. Williams didn't add up enough for O'Neal to plug his teeth, and it is said that this unlucky guy also bought a huge amount of insurance before the final, and if he was killed by O'Neill in the game, at least the family could get some money.

The result was completely expected, the Lakers fully controlled the interior, and the Nets could only rely obscenely on perimeter means such as covering and blocking to fight back twice, the Lakers averaged 54 rebounds per game in the series, and the Nets only had 39 rebounding opportunities, and the soft-footed crab Van Horn almost evaporated in the Finals, and no achievements were made in either offense or defense.

Now, the Lakers have their fourth chance to be swept in their history and are about to further confirm their position as the top spot in the 'Finals Swept' rankings.

According to the rules, this game is the Pistons players who play first and then it is the Lakers' turn, obviously, the fans at the Staples Center gave the Lakers players a big surprise: Huaben and others clearly saw that every time a Lakers player played, a big black face would be added to the court, and when the last O'Neal came out, the Lakers were in a dark place.

The Staples Center was eerily quiet, it seemed that the fans had been called to before, and they just held up the signs in their hands, staring at their beloved fans, including the children with trembling arms, and did not put down the big signs in their hands.

"Damn, this is really a horrible group of fans, I have a hunch that we may not win easily today." Veteran Campbell said with a solemn face.

Everyone had this premonition, and Rashid scolded angrily: "It's really fucking evil, where did these bitches get so many moths?" Isn't it good to sweep early, go home early, and go fishing early? How many championships have you won? Lao Tzu didn't even touch a single hair of the O'Brien Cup! ”

"It's just that it's too selfish." Billups and others followed in denouncing, the atmosphere at the scene was so solemn that they felt depressed panic when they didn't speak.

The Zen master didn't seem to see all this, or rather, he was not affected, and arranged the starting lineup as usual.

Malone did not appear in the starting line-up in this game, and even, the veteran may not play because he came to the court in a suit. The three-game losing streak completely destroyed the old postman's championship ambitions, and if it weren't for the championship, he didn't have a sense of belonging to the Lakers, so no one could blame him.

Phil. Jackson's lineup is: center O'Neal, power forward Fox, small forward George, playmaking guard Payton, and scoring guard Kobe.

The Pistons' lineup is: center Warben, power forward Rashid, small forward Prince, playmaking guard Billups, and scoring guard Hamilton, maintaining the starting five lineup.

The jump ball was still executed by O'Neal and Rashid, and the referee tossed the ball up, and the shark jumped up and down with a blank face and dialed the ball to Payton.

The old gloves didn't spray trash talk, silently ran forward with the ball, stabilized the rhythm in the front court, waved his fingers to give tactical arrangements, the whole process, without a word, with the dull stadium, the atmosphere was as dignified as reinforced concrete.

Kobe ran out to ask for the ball, and Hua Ben subconsciously raised it to prepare for the defense: Peter Pan in the finals made them suffer enough, and whenever he got the ball, he would go out to prepare for the defense.

Payton looked at Kobe Bryant, lifted the ball above his head and threw it out, O'Neal was about to turn the ball around, and Huaben became stuck behind him, jumped up and pressed the ball into the hoop.

The ball went in, O'Neal didn't say a word, picked up the ball and threw it to the referee, looked at the Pistons players viciously, and ran down the backcourt.

(To be continued)