Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 103 Two consecutive victories, the Spurs' outside move
An old house where a treasure.

The same is true for the veterans of the championship teams.

Looking at the data alone, it seems not very good, but some values ​​cannot be reflected through the data.

Malone's playoff data has declined compared to the previous regular season, but without the deterrent of Malone's reputation as a villain, the Lakers may have to suffer a lot.

From the perspective of the Lakers' lineup, without Malone as the top inside line, no one can restrict stars like Duncan at the power forward position.

These days, there are four major power forwards in the West, and there are O'Neal and Roaring Tianzun in the East. The Lakers do not have a power forward of Malone's level, and the difficulty of winning the championship will undoubtedly increase a lot.

It is precisely because of this that Horry's departure and Malone's joining not only did not make the Lakers weaker, but made the Lakers stronger.

In fact, the Lakers lost to the Spurs last year because Horry went undercover.

It's understandable that Duncan couldn't guard against Duncan on the defensive end. The problem is that the offensive end is also pulled. There are obviously many open spots, and there are only 10+ shots in several games, but the points are only in single digits.

In this way, the Lakers were still willing to use the middle class to keep Horry, but Horry didn't appreciate it, and wanted to hug Duncan's thigh who had completely subdued him.

Well now, the tide is out, everyone knows that without Horry, it is very important to the Lakers!
The same is true for the problems facing the Spurs today!If you want to defeat the Lakers, you need to let the Lakers lose their troops. Without Malone, it is very important for the Spurs!
It is also because of the presence of Malone in charge that Bowen is also worried about a one-for-one situation between Kobe and Duncan.

Even if Malone is suspended for criminals, the Spurs have no further possibility after all.

After Popovich learned of this, he could only continue to put pressure on Horry to get rid of Malone, so that the Spurs could use more methods.

However, Horry has been injured by Ma Long's elbow. Based on his current state and his strength, he can only use three or four points at most.

Besides, the previous sneak attack did not abolish Malone, and now that Malone is ready, how could he still be fooled?
没有办法，即便邓肯打出了23投14中，罚球6投4中，32分12篮板3助攻2盖帽的全能表现。

The Spurs still lost to the Lakers by 95 points, 103 to 8.

It can only be said that there are too many people who can score for the Lakers!
O'Neal and Kobe scored 2 and 31 points in G30 respectively, and Duane also scored 26 points.

If it weren't for Malone's desperation to put his physical strength on the defensive end, the Lakers might score more.

With two consecutive wins in the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers are in good shape to advance to the Finals.

Even O'Neill was a little carried away when he participated in the post-match interview.

O'Neal said: "Tim is strong, but sorry, he's no match for Shaq.

Both of his championships were won with David, and one of them was a fake championship, a shrunken championship.

We all know it's hard to win back-to-back championships, even Shaq only had one three-peat..."

Duncan is the most threatening superstar to O'Neal in this era, bar none!

Before that, O'Neal was also very concerned about the media comparing him with Duncan, but today, O'Neal is about to lead the Lakers to avenge the Spurs and reach the finals again.

O'Neill doesn't care about Duncan anymore!

Kobe Bryant is here, so why be afraid of a mere Duncan?
After finishing G2, the Lakers set off overnight to San Antonio.

At noon, O'Neill was also full of pride and invited everyone to have a big meal.

Unexpectedly, everything was going on normally, but at night, in the middle of the night, when everyone was already sound asleep, there were sudden continuous gunshots outside the hotel.

Most hotels in the United States have poor sound insulation, and the same is true of hotels where Lakers players stay.

After Du En was woken up, he thought someone was setting off firecrackers outside, so he just scolded a few times for being wicked, then took out the noise-cancelling earmuffs he used when flying, and soon fell asleep again.

It wasn't until the next afternoon, when everyone gathered to go to the SBC Center to participate in the G3 game, that Du En noticed that his teammates were in a rather sluggish state of mind.

After getting in the car, O'Neill and others chatted about the shooting case last night.

However, members of the Lakers uniform team said that they have not received clear information about the shooting. This time it is estimated that it was an outside move by the Spurs, just to prevent them from taking a good rest.

Most NBA players are black and are sensitive to and familiar with the sound of gunshots. Once they hear gunshots nearby, it is easy to think of other things and stay up all night.

It's also Du En who has a big heart, thinking that someone really lit up fireworks... Reminiscent of this being Free America, where there are more bullets than fireworks, Du En is not surprised.

Not long after, the Lakers arrived at the SBC Center.

I thought that the Spurs would continue to use off-the-clock measures such as air conditioning and floor adjustments. However, I never expected that the Spurs would continue to frighten them to the end.

Not long after the Lakers players entered the visiting team's locker room, they were still changing their training clothes in the locker room and preparing to warm up.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a rattlesnake suddenly fell from the ceiling.

This startled the Lakers players. Some of them didn't put on their pants. When they heard that there was a snake, they immediately dispersed, ran out of the locker room, and came to the player tunnel.

It can only be said that the Spurs' snake-letting tactic is too cool!

The SBC center was just built in 02!

If it's an old arena, it wouldn't be surprising if there are really snakes, insects, rats, and ants.

But it's a new arena, and a snake suddenly appeared in the visiting team's locker room. This is really no one!

Also, who knows how many snakes there are in the locker room?
Most of the Lakers players are millionaires, and they are very afraid of death. They dare not step into the locker room again before thoroughly checking the locker room of the visiting team.

After the "ceiling flying snake" incident, the arena staff and NBA official staff also took a responsible attitude and spent more than two hours.

Only then did the visiting team's locker room be checked from the inside to the outside, and the possibility of poisonous snakes in the visiting team's locker room was completely ruled out.

The Lakers players also delayed more than two hours of warm-up time. With extremely insufficient warm-up and apprehension, they stood on the stage of the Western Conference Finals G3 game.

It has to be said that Popovich is still very experienced in defending strong teams.

The Lakers players experienced a day and a night of intimidation and fright when their legs were already a little weak. Naturally, the state of the G3 game was not very good.

On the contrary, the Spurs, whose life is hanging by a thread, had to show the courage to break the boat and go all out to deal with the Lakers players who came from afar and did not have a good rest, and their physical and mental conditions were not good.

87 to 94. Although the point difference was not very big, the Lakers were suppressed by the Spurs throughout the game and lost the G3 game without much suspense.

After losing G3, the Lakers management naturally protested to the league.

At the same time, some countermeasures have also been prepared, and noise-cancelling earmuffs and other items have been distributed to players such as Du En...

Next, just wait for the arrival of G4, avenge the Spurs in an upright manner, win the game, and return to Los Angeles to end the series.

(End of this chapter)