Chapter 262: The Finals Begin, Put Your Damn Blockade Away!
"When we return to the finals, we want to continue the legend!"
After the Lakers won the Western Conference Finals and successfully advanced to the Finals, Kobe Bryant showed a lot of confidence in winning the championship in front of media reporters.
The Spurs were able to advance to the Western Conference Finals and were clearly not underdogs.
The Lakers were able to defeat the Mavericks, who were the first in the West, in the Western Conference semifinals, and swept the Spurs, who were second in the West, 4-1 in the Western Conference finals.
This shows that the strength of the Lakers this season is really extraordinary.
Although the opponent of the Finals, the defending champion Chicago Bulls, has performed easily in the Eastern Conference promotion.
However, Kobe Bryant believes that by the time it comes to the finals, they will have a way to beat their opponents!
Moreover, Kobe Bryant has never been in the habit of admitting defeat before the game starts.
No matter how bad the hand is, even if he misses more than a dozen shots in a row, even if he loses the game in the undercover pit, Kobe Bryant will do his best to try to seize the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.
What's more, this time the opponent is still the team led by former teammate Doon.
Doon and O'Neal have each won the championship, but Kobe Bryant, who stayed with the Lakers, did not.
finally reached the finals, and is about to stand on the stage of the finals, with enough teammates around him.
This time, Kobe Bryant has no reason not to lift the championship trophy and FMVP trophy that belong to him!
"We are the defending champions and I represent my team and take on any team's challenge!
But I have to stress that my winning rate in the finals so far is 100%!
I already have two championships, two Eastern Conference championships, and a Western Conference championship! ”
After Kobe Bryant challenged the Bulls on behalf of the Lakers, Doon quickly gave the answer that the media and fans wanted when he was interviewed by media reporters.
With Kobe Bryant and Doon talking through the media, the attention of this year's Finals instantly soared.
And because the Bulls and Lakers are teams in Chicago and Los Angeles respectively, the media in the cities behind the two teams also started a public opinion war in advance, further expanding the influence of this NBA Finals.
Many old fans said that the popularity of this year's finals made them feel like they were back in the 90s, walking on the streets and alleys, and hearing people talking about the upcoming finals anytime and anywhere.
And the league official is also looking forward to the upcoming finals.
They would also like to know how much viewership there will be for this year's finals and how much benefit it will bring them.
Time blinks to the evening of June 5th, at the United Center in Chicago, where the NBA 06-07 season finals began.
At the beginning of the game, Pau Gasol helped the Lakers jump possession.
The Bulls put on a full-court press, and Doane took the initiative to lead Kobe Bryant and increase the consumption of Kobe.
Doon knows that Kobe Bryant is not a person who likes to avoid wars, and when Doon takes the initiative to defend Kobe, Kobe, who is almost paranoid in his desire to win, will definitely choose to fight head-on.
Doon loved Kobe's quote - put away your damn pick-and-roll!
Anyone who knows a little bit about penalty shooting knows that the scoring efficiency of blocking and dismantling is definitely higher than that of singles, and blocking and dismantling is a smart way of playing.
And as long as Kobe Bryant doesn't play smart enough, he could hurt the team.
Doon hopes that in this way, Kobe Bryant will be forced to play more one-on-one star singles, hoping that Kobe's paranoid desire to win can destroy the Lakers' offensive system.
However, it was a bit surprising that Hinrich dribbled past half court, but Bryant was indifferent to Doon and did not ask Hinrich for the ball.
With the help of Gasol, Hinrich rushed directly to the basket and scored a layup to help the Lakers take the lead and take the lead in scoring 2 points.
It can only be said that at the beginning of the game, the Bulls were still a little lax.
Byron Davis didn't keep up with Hinrich, and the Bulls didn't make up for it in time, and when Hinrich hit the basket, Tyson Chandler couldn't make up for it.
Fortunately, the Bulls are not particularly good at helping defense, and they have been able to win in the past two seasons, more because their offensive ability is far better than other teams.
After the Bulls won possession of the ball, Doon quickly came to the frontcourt, reached for the ball and shouted at his teammates: "I want to single, pull me away!" ”
When Kobe Bryant heard Doon say this, he also hurried to defend himself.
Even if you can't get started, you're still aggressive.
In this regard, Doon played more concisely, and directly tried to shake off Kobe's center of gravity in a continuous tentative step, Kobe Bryant was shorter than Doon after all, so Doon immediately pulled out his hand after shaking Kobe's center of gravity a little.
Bryant reacted and got up to block, but Doon still threw the ball first.
When Kobe Bryant looked back to check the situation, he saw the basketball hollow into the net.
Immediately after, the water splashed in my ears.
2-3, Doon's strong singles ignited the fighting spirit in Kobe's heart.
Kobe Bryant was originally a volcano, but now that Doon launched a provocation as soon as he came up, Kobe naturally couldn't bear it, and it burned directly.
With the Lakers serving quickly and the next fast break being blocked by the Bulls, the next choice is to play positional battles.
Kobe, the boss of the team, also began to reach out to Hinrich to ask for the ball.
As a point guard, Hinrich doesn't have that much desire to score.
In the past three years of cooperation with Kobe, I have played quite happily, and I am also more recognized for Kobe's strength.
In particular, in the last round of the series against the Spurs, the Lakers were able to win so easily, because Kobe Bryant completely exploded the Spurs' outside line at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
Therefore, Hinrich also has a filter for Kobe Bryant in his eyes, and feels that Kobe is very strong, as long as Kobe gets the ball, he will definitely be able to score.
Of course, whoever gets the ball can score. It's just that after a game, whether you get 8 points or 81 points in the end depends on the person.
Kobe Bryant's scoring ability is absolutely fine, but he likes to shoot difficult balls, which is problematic.
Tonight, it was Doon who defended Kobe again, the best player on the Bulls' perimeter defense.
Kobe Bryant forcibly singled Doon, naturally there was no good fruit to eat.
With Bryant entering the mode of four backs and three irons, the Bulls naturally took the upper hand in the game.
However, the Bulls can't pull the gap apart all at once.
Because the Lakers players seem to be Kohei, every time Kobe Bryant singles Doon, they are all ready to grab rebounds.
Obviously, the Lakers, who are the challengers tonight, are the more active side to play.
The Bulls' protection of the rebounding ball was not in place.
The Lakers relied on grabbing more offensive rebounds and relying on secondary offense to score a lot of points under the basket.
However, it wasn't particularly important for the Bulls either.
After all, the Bulls' bench lineup is much stronger than the Lakers'!
No matter how strong Kobe Bryant is, it is impossible to play a full 48 minutes in a game and not rest for a moment.
This also means that as long as the Bulls starters do not fall behind their opponents, the game can basically be won!
Not to mention, when some of the Lakers' main players are off the court, Doon will most likely return to the court and lead the Bulls' second team to pull the score away.
(End of chapter)