Chapter 404: He Was Born to Die!
Before the start of G1 of the Lakers and Celtics Finals, Celtics' head coach Marvel Monty suddenly announced James as a substitute, which definitely shocked the entire NBA world.
Because in the entire NBA, there are definitely no more than 20% of head coaches who can think of Monty Williams' true intentions like Popovich.
Not to mention the average pundit and fan.
Who would have thought that the magic Monty would let James play off the bench simply to make all the Celtics stars play comfortably?
On James' side, Paul, Randolph, Bushy Eyebrows, Guy and Jeff Green are not so comfortable.
In that case, let James come off the bench and play his own basketball alone.
James is characterized by being able to pull a 100-point team down to a 90-point team with himself at its core.
At the same time, James can also take a team with only 60 points to 80 or even 90 points.
The Celtics have been battling James Palace this season, and Monty Williams simply don't have time to forge a new tactical system with the Celtics.
In this case, James plays the system that James is familiar with, Randolph plays Randolph's system, Paul plays Paul's system, and the thick eyebrows play the system that thick eyebrows play, and everyone plays the system that they are familiar with.
It's definitely the best way for Celtic to play.
It's just that before getting full control of the team, Monty Williams is not qualified to play like this at all.
After Monty Williams got the power of the Celtics, the first knife was so ruthless, who would have thought of this?
Now most of the media experts and celebrity fans are talking about whether the Celtics are also infighting after the Lakers' infighting?
After all, the Celtics have been in infighting from the beginning this season, and how long has the battle for the ball and the boss of the team between James and Paul been going on?
In order to compete for the boss and the ball, the Celtics started the season with a straight loss.
In such a team, it is not surprising that there is infighting.
And as the league's most capable and favored head coach, Monty Williams also has enough reasons to engage James.
Because, Monty Williams has thick eyebrows behind him!
Thick eyebrows are the son of the United States, and the treatment in the American media is no worse than James.
Coupled with potential and ability, as well as intimacy, Monty Williams is very motivated to take the opportunity to straighten his eyebrows.
Anyway, this Laker is now abandoned because of infighting, and he can win any fight, in this case, isn't FMVP better to give thick eyebrows than to James?
As long as Thick Mei wins the FMVP in the finals this season and becomes the boss of the Celtics, then the Celtics will definitely have the final say in Monty Williams, and Monty Williams will get all the power he wants.
So as long as you are a normal person, you can understand Monty Williams's behavior, which is indeed the blackest, but the most correct, and the most beneficial decision for yourself.
But, crazy!
Such a decision is crazy!
It's the NBA Finals!
You haven't won yet, you're going to split FMVP?
The Lakers are just scrapped, not dead yet!
99% of the head coaches in the league would not dare to do such a thing in the finals!
Therefore, the Lakers fans, who were already desperate for this Finals, really felt that God had suddenly dropped a big gift.
They never dreamed that the magical Monty would do such a risky thing!
Even O'Neal, the live commentator of this game, was shouting crazy before the game started, crazy about the magical Monty letting James substitute and straighten the thick eyebrows.
However, O'Neill's madness is not derogatory, or even positive.
"That's why the amazing Monty is Coach D's lifelong enemy! Only the amazing Monty and Coach D would do something like this that looks crazy, but when you think about it, it's very right! ”
In fact, it wasn't just O'Neill who praised the magical Monty.
Even Phil Jackson in front of the TV was full of praise for Monty Williams.
"Jason, the difference between a famous coach and a famous coach is that the gambling is big and small, crazy big and small, Monty Williams and Coach D are the most daring and crazy head coaches in the NBA, I, not as good as them!"
Kidd was shocked!
Phil Jackson admires Coach D very much, he knows very well, although his mouth has always been stubborn, but his body and mind have long been what Coach D looks like.
Unexpectedly, Phil Jackson actually admired the magic Monty so much.
You know, although the magical Monty is very famous, he hasn't gained anything yet!
But......
Thinking of the operation of the magical Monty in the finals, it is really strong!
Not only to win the championship, but also to establish their dominance in Celtic in one fell swoop.
And I'm not afraid of overturning in the finals at all!
You know, James is not only James, James's strength behind him is enough to make the magical Monty crushed!
Is the magical Monty really not afraid of the god costume being worn on the Lakers in the end, and James defected directly to the finals and was nomadic to the Lakers?
Kidd felt like he was already a crazy person, but compared to Coach D and Fantastic Monty, it was really far inferior.
Look, Phil Jackson, who is good at psychological warfare, didn't think of Monty Williams' true intentions in this game, but as most people think, the magical Monty let James start was an adventure and gamble for power.
Bet that even if James has no starters and no FMVP, he will fight for him for the Celtics with thick eyebrows!
That's what most people think, or normal people.
A coach like Popovich who gets Monty Williams right so quickly is the NBA outlier.
It's just that even if you correctly guess Monty Williams's intentions, it won't do much.
Popovich still has all in his mind now, why would Monty Williams tell him the answer in advance!
There must be some conspiracy!
Perhaps, what he had in mind was what Monty Williams wanted to tell him.
Actually, Monty Williams didn't plan to do anything, it was me who lied to him!
Or even if it was predicted, Monty Williams must have other conspiracies!
There was so much brain-blowing information in Popovich's mind that Popovich couldn't think about anything else.
Popovich is not a god who can see through vanity.
So he will also bet to win and lose, and he replaced Duncan with the Lakers' last defense, and was robbed of the frontcourt rebound by the Lakers, which is the pain of his life in gambling history.
So much so that when everyone talks about Popovich, they talk about it.
Even Popovich himself regarded this incident as his own demon.
So when dealing with such things, Popovich is now very hesitant.
I have to say that Monty Williams really understands Popovich!
After all, the second coach in the NBA has been studying tremblingly all these years, imitating his own teachers, old Nelson and Popovich, is the object of his focus.
In order to be worthy of such a reputation, Monty Williams dares to say that he is definitely the hardest working coach in the NBA in recent years.
June 5 at 10:30 p.m.
The game between the Celtics and the Lakers is finally underway.
The Lakers' starters are on the court.
Thick eyebrows, Randolph, Guy, Jeff Green, Paul!
Same!
Exactly the same as the starters announced by Monty Williams!
Seeing this starter, the Lakers fans on the scene were stunned for a moment, and then let out a shocking cheer!
"The Celtics are really infighting!!"
The Lakers DJs at the scene were all excited, and their voices trembled with excitement.
And Popovich on the sidelines, there was not the slightest happiness on his face.
Because Popovich would rather the Magic Monty's starter not be this, and would rather Monty Williams announce the starter in advance just to cheat him.
The conspiracy that has manifested itself is not terrible, he is one of the NBA's most famous quick-witted head coaches, and he is not afraid to give him a topic out of the blue.
He is a top student in the NBA coaching world, and he is really not afraid of being revealed, and he is clearly a substitute!
The scariest thing is that you want to solve the problem, but this problem, he does not reveal it, you need to guess it yourself!
Monty Williams really sent this starter, which means that Monty Williams has a bigger conspiracy, and a more difficult bench is secretly waiting for him and the Lakers!
So, Popovich is really frowning.
The difference in the expressions of the Lakers head coach and Lakers fans in the face of the same opponent is really incredible to the audience in front of the TV.
And at this very moment,
As referee Scott Foster ran high into the air with the basketball in his hand.
The game has officially begun.
Popovich's starting line-up remained unchanged in the end, with Garnett, Barkley, Ibanks, Wade and Seth Curry still on his side.
McCarvey and Pierce were both substitutes.
This is to wait for James.
McCarvey and Pierce are both well-known 'complements' in the league
This is definitely the strongest lineup that Popovich can platoon, and it is also the most suitable lineup to play this Celtics.
Although he didn't know what Monty Williams' conspiracy was, the least preparation must be there, as a famous coach of this level, how could he panic because he didn't know what the other party was thinking?
When he faced Coach D, he didn't panic at the beginning!
Center circle, Barkley and Bushy Brow jump ball.
Originally, it was Ibans who jumped the ball, but when he stepped on the stage of the finals again, Barkley was quite excited, and he had to come up and show off his hands.
In the face of such an old guy, thick eyebrows originally didn't care.
However, the height of Barkley's jump almost frightened the thick eyebrows into standing up on both thick eyebrows.
Not to mention the thick eyebrows, even O'Neill next to him directly faked!
Barkley and the thick eyebrows' jump ball can be so intense, can you believe it?!
In the end, it was Barkley who had the intention to defeat the stronger-looking thick eyebrows and get the Lakers this first chance to attack.
After Barkley jumped the ball to defeat the thick eyebrows, he danced his hands in place and began to celebrate.
And the Lakers fans at the scene also responded to Barkley very face-savingly.
For a while, the atmosphere of the entire stadium was mastered by Lakers fans.
And such an atmosphere made Celtic fans panic at the scene and in front of the TV.
The team suddenly had infighting, and the Lakers looked like they were explosive again.
"Danny, the situation is not right!!"
Not to mention Celtics fans, even the Celtics celebrities on the sidelines are panicking now!
In fact, Danny Angie is also flustered now.
It's not just Monty Williams' operation that he can't understand, he thinks that the Celtics don't need every player to play comfortably, in the face of such a collapsed Laker, in fact, it's good to kill, there is no need to take risks, the 90-point Celtics can beat the Lakers, and there is no need for the 95-point or even 100-point Celtics.
Monty Williams' worries were somewhat unnecessary.
Meantime......
This opening jump ball made Danny Angie discover that the strength of the Lakers is not as bad as imagined, and at the same time, the fighting spirit of the Lakers team is not as weak as imagined, and the impact of the Jokic incident on the Lakers does not seem to be so great.
This means that Monty Williams' worries are not unfounded.
It's a very tangled thing.
However, just the first attack of the opening game, the Lakers fans who were originally excited and excited at the scene collectively gasped!
Seth Curry, who received Barkley's jump ball, dribbled the ball across the halfcourt, Chris Paul came straight over, and Seth Curry had already carefully turned around to protect the ball behind him.
But!
Chris Paul knocked Seth Curry directly to the ground from behind Seth Curry, and then grabbed the basketball in Seth Curry's hand and went on a fast break!
"Black Whistle !!!"
"Definitely a black whistle !!!"
The old Curry and Stephen Curry, who were watching the game from the sidelines, jumped directly!
Strictly blowing, Paul just knees Seth Curry from behind.
Seth Curry fell to the ground suddenly, definitely not only because the confrontation was not as good as Paul, but Seth Curry was definitely not as good as Paul in the confrontation, but it was not like being shot and fell to the ground.
After Seth Curry was cut off, the cameras were almost immediately focused on Pierce and McCarvey, who were sitting on the sidelines.
In such a game, Seth Curry plays the main control, and Popovich's hand is debatable.
"It's not the first time that Paul has broken the ball like this in this playoffs, the last time the victims were Lowry and Kyrie Irving and Isaiah Thomas of the Cavaliers!"
"It's just a small action, it's not even a foul, it's not a black whistle, this is what Coach D dreams of fighting basketball, hahahaha......"
Although O'Neill's laughter made Du Kang behind O'Neill frown, this was really not a black whistle.
It's the Lakers' lack of preparation that shouldn't have put Seth against Paul.
If you don't let Seth face Paul, you have to let Seth face James.
Unsure of what Monty Williams conspiracy was, Popovich chose a conservative decision, and he was right.
Even he didn't know what the conspiracy of Monty Williams was in this game.
Because, in all the simulated games, he didn't see any special conspiracy, and the Lakers confessed......
Yes, this game, the game he simulated, the Lakers didn't win any of them.
That is, Popovich has not seen the machinations of Monty Williams in this game, and there is no ......
Even......
There was no black whistle like that kind of unspeakable in this game, and Scott Foster blew it with considerable restraint.
Paul's break was so sudden that the Lakers couldn't pull back at all.
In the end, I could only watch Paul make a layup.
2 to 0!
The Lakers are not in a good position!
The originally excited Lakers fans fell silent in an instant.
The Lakers attacked, and this time, the Lakers hit the ball into Wade's hands and let Wade push it.
Wade took the ball, and the broadcast camera of the scene was aimed at James on the bench on the sideline for the first time.
Wade drove the ball forward, and outside the three-point line, the Celtics defenders didn't care.
Randolph defended Garnett in front of him, and he played against Garnett off the ball, just like he did against Duncan back then.
Rudy Gay fought and retreated against Wade.
Jeff Green, on the other hand, chased after Ibanks to prevent him from getting to the basket.
The thick eyebrows are covered by Barkley, who is taller than Barkley, and fast, and the help defense is still top-notch, Barkley is very uncomfortable, not around the front defense.
And Chris Paul is chasing Seth Curry, tripping here, pushing there, Seth Curry just fell twice from the backcourt to the frontcourt!
This made Curry's brother and Curry's father on the sidelines jump to their feet in a hurry.
No chance!
There is no chance for the naked eye!
Many Lakers fans at the scene have not even recovered from the pain of being cut off the last ball, and they are holding their heads in despair as they look at their own offense and the Celtics' defense.
And just when the Lakers' first offense fell into despair, Wade, who received Barkley's return pass from outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, moved!
In the face of Guy's defense, Wade, forcibly activated!
No chance!
Despair!
So what!
Looking at Wade, who suddenly erupted on the spot, Guy was stunned!
Everyone at the scene was stunned!
Even O'Neill, who had been talking on the sidelines, stood up excitedly!
Lightning!
It's like a bolt of lightning!
He knocked down Guy, knocked Randolph away, lost his balance and flew off the court, throwing the basketball in his hand to the basket!
Basketball is flying!
Wade is flying!
Bang!
Wade slammed to the ground!
Brush it up!
The basketball fell into the basket gently!
The world was silent for a moment!
And O'Neill's excited voice ignited the emotions of the whole world!
"Unbelievable breakaway, incredible layup!"
"This is the Flash!!!"
"The Flash, who was born to die!!!"
(End of chapter)