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Chapter 1354 Black Mamba Challenge, Warriors' Last Stand

FoFoFo~ means 4-4-4, sweeping the playoffs directly, sweeping round after round, directly winning the championship with the least number of games.This famous quote comes from the great high school student player in NBA history, who once taught Tang Qian's late star Moses Malone.Famous chants chanted before the start of the 1983 playoffs.But in that era, there were only 3 rounds to reach the finals.So three "FoFoFo" are enough.Now, it's probably going to be FoFoFoFo~.

But everyone knows what Kobe means, which is to sweep directly, sweep round after round, and then complete the biggest playoff feat in NBA history.Really. Invincible sweep, strong cup.In that way, the first few playoff records in history will all stay with the Los Angeles Lakers.This is also what Kobe, a real Zijin man, wants to do.

Back then, the OK combination was only one step away. It was a pity, but it has been rated as the strongest team since the 21st century.

Relying on the crazy playoff rule that lost only one game that year.This is a benchmark.Same as the triple crown.

If it is really done, the 73 wins of the Warriors will be thrown into the background immediately.Because that's what makes the most sense.

Invincible in the playoffs.

Truly invincible.

At that time, even the famous Bulls couldn't "sour" anything.Because winning the playoffs means winning the championship.There are no black spots to spray.That is, an extremely strong endorsement.Just like the Lakers in 01.

Every time it is mentioned, it is an absolute legend.

Regular season record?The Lakers' regular season record that year was 56 wins, but will anyone say this?Nope.

So after Kobe proposed this "Black Mamba Challenge", the entire Internet was boiling, and everyone was talking about it.

Coincidentally, the Cavaliers also won, and are currently undefeated in the division just like the Lakers!

And now, interestingly enough, supporters on both sides started chanting "FoFoFo" remarks.

For a while, the Warriors were a 73-win team, and the light was a little dim.

However, there are also sensible people and experts calling for it to be too early to say this. There have been many cases of being overturned after falling behind 0-2. It will not be too late to wait for the Lakers to win the third game.Indeed, now 0-2, there are still a lot of variables.After all, it is a 73-win team, it is impossible to have no resistance at all.So everyone's enthusiasm has calmed down a lot.However, this is only a temporary depression. If the Lakers beat the Warriors again on the 22nd, then even the high-pressure water cannon will not be able to suppress the enthusiasm of the people.

To be able to witness a true "FoFoFo" once in person is something that no one would want.

However, there are always people who don't want to do this.

This person is the president of the NBA, Adam Silvall.As I said a long time ago, he is different from Stern, and everything about him is considered for the economic interests of the alliance.For this, he can compromise, such as modifying the game schedule and dates.However, he also has his own insistence.That is the playoffs, play as much as you can.He just came to power last year, and he has been doing this since the first round, which aroused resistance and dissatisfaction from many people.He himself felt that this was a bit too much.So this year, he doesn't plan to intervene in the front.

It all started with the conference finals.

This also coincides with the original time and space.

For the huge profits in the playoffs and the division finals, he must participate, otherwise he will suffer a big loss.

The league only charges 6% of the ticket revenue for each game in the regular season, but it's a full 45% in the playoffs!This is all money that goes directly to the alliance.How is it possible not to?And you must know that the tickets for the playoffs are getting higher and higher, and each game is more expensive.For example, in the regional finals, tickets for a game can earn tens of millions of dollars.That's not much.If it is the finals, such as the Qiyong Battle in the original time and space, the ticket price is about 1700~1800 US dollars.This is still the average price!The most expensive is as high as more than 20000 US dollars!And the farther the game goes, the fare is not static.Will continue to rise!To give an example, the tie-break between the original space-time universe and the Cavaliers was as high as 3612.8 US dollars!A ticket!

Still average price!

It's a pity that I didn't fight, and it ended early.Sweep directly.This left Adam Silver in tears behind the scenes.Heartbroken.

The tie-breaker in 2016 was sold at 2800 US dollars, but there is still no market, the most expensive one is 50000 million US dollars!
Just ask you a venue with 2 people, and the number of senior seat votes, what is the total price?

If Yu Yuyong and the Cavaliers really hit the tiebreaker that year, at least one game ticket revenue would be more than 7000 million US dollars!There will only be more and no less!Therefore, the alliance takes 45%, what is it?That's really more than 3000 million US dollars!Just one game!Just ask if you are afraid!
The division finals are not so high, but there are not many.

This is especially true for such an important node. If it reaches the tiebreaker, at least the ticket price will be thousands of dollars.

That would undoubtedly make a lot of money.

And the ticket price of Kobe Bryant's retirement match in the original time and space has also soared to an average of 1766 US dollars, and the most expensive one is 10 US dollars per ticket!
Simply put, Kobe's salary for one game is more than enough.And because it's the regular season, the league can only take 6%, so why don't the Lakers make a profit?Right. After all, the NBA is also a business league.So this routine, Adam Silval is going to play to death.It doesn't matter if you see it.Anyway, real money is indispensable.

The rare thing in history is definitely a tie-breaker, which is also a masterpiece of his subordinates.

However, if the referee team joins and can't beat the opponent, then there is no way.

The President is also very powerless.

After all, it is still necessary to operate within a certain range of rules.It is not an unlimited operation.

This bottom line Adam Silval is quite clear and will not cross the line.

After all, he still wants the alliance to make money, not to destroy the alliance.

So before the third game of the East and West finals, he gave "instructions" to let the referees consciously favor a little.

It is best to try to play a little more in the bilateral regional finals.

Being able to tie the knot, that is naturally the best.

I held back before, but now it's the conference finals, you can't stop the league from making some money, right?

Everyone needs to be more moral and take a step back.

Of course, outsiders will not know about these things, so they are still discussing whether it is possible for the first time in history that both the east and the west will advance to the finals stage with a sweeping posture.That would be so interesting.It's exciting just thinking about it.

Even if this matter is possible, most of the presidents will not agree to it.

If this is the case, how much less income will be lost.

There is a famous saying in the United States that no one will have trouble with a beautiful knife, and it can be used here.

But will it be as the President wants?That's hard to say.After all, there is still a limit to help, not a bottomless partial help.In this case, even a team that has not been sidelined still has a chance of winning.It's just lower.For example, Yu Yuyong in the original time and space, didn't he just sweep all the way?The Cavaliers were still swept in the finals?Another example is the playoffs between the Lakers and the Rockets last year. Isn't it the same?Did not play the following games.

Therefore, partial gangs are not omnipotent. If they are really strong, they can still destroy their opponents.

Forcibly "five against eight".

But now the Lakers don't know this "tricky". On May 5, the Western Conference Finals will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.The atmosphere here is warm.The Warriors swept away the ease of the previous few games, and the whole team looked very dignified.When Curry was interviewed, there were only a few words: We want to win this game.

Cole also put away his smiling face, and answered the reporter's question very seriously: "Obviously, the Lakers are a team at the same level as us, so we can't be careless or careless."As for tonight's result, I can only say that we will do our best.

Compared with the Warriors, the Lakers seem to have a much more relaxed atmosphere. After all, they are now leading 2-0 by a big score, so everyone is quite positive when answering media questions.

When asked what Kobe Bryant called "FoFoFo" on Twitter, Tang Qian replied: Why not?
The 72 consecutive victories have been broken, why can't the record for the strongest playoffs be refreshed?
Just refresh it together.Save trouble in the future, right?
This is of course a bit of a joke, but whether it is serious or not, only the Lakers themselves know.

In the locker room, Kerr was explaining the tactical points of the game to the Warriors players.

After finishing speaking, he also fully mobilized the team's "angry and depressed" mood, and said softly: "The Lakers now have an absolute advantage. Although there are 4 games and 4 opportunities, everyone We all know that the so-called 4 times are only in name. If we lose this game, it is almost an impossible task to come back from a 0-3 environment. So in fact, for the team that fell behind 0-2 in the series For example, if you lose Game 3, you can go home and go fishing. So, I hope everyone understands that this game is actually the knockout game for our Golden State Warriors. If you lose, you will just live on your last breath. There is no essential difference between holding a sigh of relief." He glanced around for a while before continuing: "In this game, we either continue to suspense and continue with 1-2, or we simply admit defeat. gone."

"When people in later generations mention this 73 wins, it will be a stepping stone for the Lakers in the playoffs."

"If this is what you want, then forget it. If not, this game is a battle of life and death!"

"There is no way for us to retreat!"

"Win the away game, go home, we will still be winners!"

At the beginning of the game, the Warriors' lineup was shocking.

Go directly to the five small lineups, and don't talk nonsense with the Lakers. It's clear that I want to fight you!
The Lakers are not in a hurry, they still have a normal lineup, Tang Qian + Randle + Ariza + Butler + Rondo.At the beginning of the game, the Lakers still continued the policy of the previous two games, focusing on the inside.But the ball was intercepted by the opponent from the very beginning.Then the Warriors made a quick push, and it was a three-pointer!

hit!

But the Warriors have this style, and the Lakers are no strangers to it, just play steadily in their own rounds.The Lakers made a low pass, but... was disturbed again!The slow motion shows that Randall finally touched the ball!
The Warriors attacked, Curry attracted the defense, passed the ball out, ran back and accelerated, turned sideways, and suddenly pulled away to the 45-degree three-point line on the right.Of course, Rondo of the Lakers will not let him catch the ball easily and chase after him.The Warriors went straight to the pick-and-roll, but was drilled by Rondo and broke.But I didn't expect there to be a second pick-and-roll.The Lakers didn't hesitate, and immediately made a substitution.Ariza lunges forward to interfere.In terms of the defensive system, the Lakers have done very successfully, basically the connection and the backup are fully done.But where did he think that the Warriors were actually using another cover as a wall? ? ?
After Ariza was blocked, he looked confused, and with Curry holding the ball, how many times have you blocked it?Don't grab rebounds yet?
Hey, you're really right.

The Warriors' tactic at the beginning of today's game is to give up the offensive rebounds for the time being and attack the perimeter with all their strength!
Even temporarily gave up the long rebounds in the frontcourt!
This is one aspect that the Warriors have done best before. They are the number one in the league in long rebounds.After all, he shoots a lot of three-pointers, so he has always focused on taking such long offensive rebounds.No one else can learn this even if they want to.Because the three-pointer is not as strong as the Warriors.In that case, it's a big bet for Cole.The series has reached this point, but how should I put it, Cole also knows that he has to fight back.So, it really took a lot of determination to arrange it.

This kind of game, if you lose the bet, then it will be a crushing defeat.

Cole now has to admit that the strength of the Lakers is beyond expectations, and he overestimated the Warriors before.The Warriors are not as good as he imagined.It's not at all!Even if the opponent is not the Lakers, he feels the difficulty of the Warriors under the playoffs.Compared with the suppleness of the regular season, there is a huge gap.

He even felt that many teams in the playoffs could play against them inextricably.

On this point, it is impossible to say that he thinks so in the regular season.

The regular season was too smooth, making Cole always used to thinking about problems as a superior.I always feel that the opponent's strength is not as good as my own.Now, after being directly scored 0-2 by the Lakers, he suddenly woke up.The only fantasies left before have also disappeared.The Warriors, in the playoffs, were not that strong.

Now he himself has recognized this problem clearly.

Started to face it.

In this way, there is this Warriors team tonight.The whole momentum is completely different.Really entered the state of full combat.

Curry made a three-pointer, swiped~, hit!The Warriors played a wave of 6-0 at the beginning of tonight!

This is something that many people did not think of before.The Warriors got off to such a ferocious start.

Forget it, after the Lakers scored a goal, the opponent actually made another three-pointer! ! !

All of a sudden, the Lakers fell into a disadvantage.Larry Brown is also a little hesitant here. He should call a timeout, because the Lakers players are also a little flustered now.It may be that the Warriors were crushed miserably in the previous two games, so I was a little careless.Therefore, after an iron strike, the Warriors seized the opportunity to switch, and it was another emergency stop shot.From Andre Iguodala.Although it is 2 points, how long will it last?The score difference has become 2-11.

Larry Brown finally paused at this time.

PS: Well, this scene is the key. Whether it is a sweep or a gentleman sweep, everyone can talk about your opinions. Xiaozi has already thought about the plot in both directions~ Come on, leave a message~
Then this is the first update, there will be more tonight~~~~~~
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