After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 288
The next night, the Western Conference finals also started.

The No. [-] Lakers in the West sit at home against the No. [-] in the West and the Spurs, who are also old enemies.

Although in the past three seasons, the Lakers entered the playoffs twice and were eliminated by the Suns, but after the Sharks traveled eastward, the Lakers fell into a trough. The lineup was mediocre, and Kobe couldn't support it alone, reaching the playoffs It is already quite difficult, and one more step is success.

Before that, that is, when O'Neal was still in the Lakers and the OK combination, the Spurs were actually the biggest enemy of the Lakers, and they might not even be limited to the West.

During the Lakers' three consecutive championships, they defeated the Spurs twice, and also achieved their own dynasty.

In the 03 playoffs, the Lakers fell to the hands of the Spurs and became a stepping stone on the way to the Spurs' championship.

They succeeded in revenge in the second year, but unfortunately they lost in the finals and failed to achieve perfection.

After that, F4 fell apart, Malone retired, Sharks traveled eastward, and Kobe stayed behind to rebuild, but the Spurs took advantage of this to win two more championships.

Now that the Lakers have attracted strong support, they have finally stood on the same stage with the Spurs again, and they did not let the opportunity slip away from their hands.

Although the Spurs came aggressively and turned away, they took an 8-point lead in the first half, and the lead reached 20 points at most; but in the second half, I don't know if the old guys were exhausted and began to show signs of decline.

In the third quarter, the two sides were fairly evenly matched, but in the fourth quarter, the Spurs suddenly fell apart, scoring only 13 points in a single quarter and being overwhelmed by the Lakers.

In fact, the two teams fought fiercely until the last moment, but the Lakers were slightly better, and their momentum was completely on their side, and they narrowly won by 4 points in the end.

This battle between Duncan and Kobe can be regarded as a battle of gods. Duncan scored 30 points and 18 rebounds, Kobe had 27 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, and Kobe had the last laugh because of the team's victory.

Regarding this game, the outside world also commented that the two teams did not take many shots beyond the three-point line. This is not only related to their offensive choices, but also to their defensive strategies.

The Spurs have Duncan, and the Lakers also have the top three. The outside cores of the two teams, Parker, Ginobili and Kobe, actually prefer to go inside to score points, but Kobe still has mid-range killer moves.

Therefore, the fighting methods of the two teams are basically concentrated within the three-point line. It can be said that there is every bit of competition near the penalty area. Most of the outside opportunities are given to role players, but neither side can grasp the opportunities.

Compared with G1 in the Eastern Conference Finals, this Western Conference Finals may also have a major comeback factor, which gives a better impression to the outside world.

However, no matter whether it is the Lakers, who were still behind by 20 points at home, or the Spurs who were overthrown, it feels like there is no way to cause trouble for the top two in the East.

Although the Magic did not have an advantage against the Spurs and Lakers in the regular season and exposed a lot of weaknesses, their strong performance since entering the playoffs will still make the outside world have great expectations for them.

Especially with the existence of Li Chengming, no matter the Lakers or the Spurs, there is obviously no one who can match him.

Just like Duncan's admiration when he learned that Li Chengming scored 40+. If the Spurs really match up with the Magic, they may once again feel the fear of being dominated by the peak sharks on the defensive end. Now they don't have a navy Going to help Duncan share the pressure.

Li Chengming's lethality in the low post is not limited to his height at all. His size and strength determine that unless he is targeted by the referee, he can at least get a relatively good vision space and a chance to play the ball.

Opponents must use double-teaming, or count on the penalty to target him, in order to hope to suppress his performance, but the former Magic will stand up, and the latter has too many uncertainties.

It may be possible to suppress one or two games, but it is still difficult for a series.

Of course, both sides have only played the first game now, and both teams won at home, which cannot fully explain their respective problems, and we need to continue to observe in the following games, because the status of the teams and players is not fixed. , is constantly changing.

On this day, Li Chengming also recharged his batteries with the team, preparing for the second game on the 23rd.

Still sitting at home, the lineups on both sides have not changed much, but before the start of the game, Garnett's eyes slipped to Li Chengming from time to time, making him feel like this game will be strictly targeted by the opponent.

Of course, for Li Chengming now, it would be strange if he was not targeted by his opponent in any game.

Although the Green Army cannot be said to have completely lost to him, his existence has indeed brought a lot of trouble to the opponent's defense. It is necessary to have a style of play against Li Chengming on both ends of the offense and defense, so that he can There is a downturn or even a misfire here, which reduces the offensive efficiency of the Magic, and they can hope to win.

But no matter how the opponent targets, Li Chengming can always find a way to deal with it today, it depends on what kind of data he wants to get.

If the other party insisted on targeting him to the point where they couldn't even get the data, they just didn't want to win, and the price they paid would be very painful. Li Chengming felt that they would definitely not choose this way.

After all, it is very important for the Celtics to be able to win a victory in the away game. Otherwise, it will be a 2:2 tie at most when they return to the home court, and they may in turn be taken advantage of by the Magic. It's really helpless.

After the conflict in the last game, the league also paid more attention to this game, and arranged three referees with older qualifications and more experience to enforce the law. Among them, the referee was the famous whistler Dick Bavita.

The old referee, who is almost seventy years old, is still struggling in the front line of NBA referees. His 33-year law enforcement career has also made him highly respected on this court.

And the first time he came up, he used Garnett to make a big move. Garnett moved too much when defending Howard. When the game time was less than half a minute, he was directly called for a foul.

Because the Magic failed to make the first attack, the Celtics had the opportunity to make a fast break. In turn, the Magic attacked. Howard and Garnett took positions at the basket. The two almost twisted together, but they were caught by the referee.

Garnett spread his hands and stared at his eyes in disbelief, the eyeballs were about to pop out.

Because he felt that this was a normal confrontation, of course he made moves, so the opponent's moves were small?

What is this level of confrontation in the playoffs?
But the referee wants to brag, and to be honest, there is nothing wrong with it. It will be me who continues to argue and suffers.

The on-site commentators all smiled and said: "I'm afraid KG needs to pay attention to his emotions. This is the home court of the Magic, not to mention that he just made a mistake in the last game. Compared with LI on the opposite side, I think he is more important." The one who should keep calm."

We all know that the Green Army will definitely make a fuss about Li Chengming, and KG may actually become a breakthrough for the Magic. The stronger his defense is, the more important it is to the Green Army, and the higher the strategic value against him.

Both Pierce and Rondo came forward to appease Garnett at this time and keep him calm.

Although it's not good for them to pay a foul for the main generals when they first came up, but these old fritters have played a lot of games, and it's easy to keep calm and restrain their emotions for victory.

Of course, the premise is that no one will provoke and fiddle with the "tiger's whiskers".

"Hey, it seems that you are a little angry today, do you need me to send you to the scene to calm down?" Li Chengming saw it from the side, how could he let go of such an opportunity?
When Garnett was on the court, he kept trying to mess with him, and in the end he barely succeeded, although it was at the cost of his own bombing.

How could he not report his studies to his dear teacher Kevin in time?
(End of this chapter)