NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Chapter 310 There is a unique way of communication between top celebrities!
When Riley and General Mourning fell out, when these two guys no longer had the 100% trust in each other that they had before.

When Payton decided to support Mourning to the end, and for the sake of his career, he did not participate in the next day's training. He also put on casual clothes and sat in the audience early.

When the team fell behind 0:3, the team boss had a dispute with the head coach.

When the above things happen at the same time, the morale of any team will hit rock bottom, and their resistance and combat effectiveness will definitely not be as good as their usual 70%!

Tonight, the Heat put up almost no resistance. Facing the Pacers' attacks one after another, the Heat only resisted symbolically for a while in the opening stage and then quickly surrendered!

They can't attack and can't defend!
The players' minds are not on the court. Everyone is already thinking about the offseason. They are thinking about going on vacation as soon as possible after losing tonight, but no one is thinking about playing football.

At the end of the first half, the game was completely defeated!
31: 55!

The Heat, who were defeated like a mountain, were already trailing by a full 24 points at the end of the first half!
In the following third quarter, they lost another 12 points. By the end of the third quarter, they were already 36 points behind!

The entire fourth quarter of the game turned into garbage time!

It has become a show for role players from both sides!
The frustrated Miami fans began to leave on a large scale halfway through the fourth quarter. When the Pacers finally won the victory and began the Eastern Conference championship award ceremony, the remaining fans at the scene were at most That’s 3-4000 people.

The rest went home early.

That's Lin Tian's data!
Lin Tian's record of scoring 7+ points in 40 consecutive games in the playoffs is finally broken!
In this game, Lin Tian only played 26 minutes and only scored 25 points. Although he still had 13 rebounds and 14 assists, it is obvious that Indiana fans don't care about a triple-double. They want Lin Tian to continue his 40+. journey of.

Under the Trail Blazers' crazy strategy of targeting OK combinations and almost laissez-faire on the Lakers' role players, they got off to a dream start!

1 minute and 30 seconds before the end of the game, the two sides tied at 79!
The next time belongs to Kobe Bryant!
This guy who almost became the laughingstock of the entire nation when he faced the Jazz in a life-or-death playoff game three years ago and made four consecutive three-pointers took over the game!
First, Rashid caused a foul and made two free throws to give the team the lead for the first time in the fourth quarter! Then Rasheed, the Trail Blazers' best performer tonight, once again caused O'Neal's blocking foul! Got a valuable opportunity to tie the score!

In the first four games, the Lakers had an absolute advantage, taking a 3:1 lead.

However, it may be fate or his hand is slippery, but in short, this big man with a career free throw percentage of more than 70% made two free throws! The Trail Blazers lost their best and last chance tonight!
Then Kobe completed an incredibly difficult mid-range shot with Pippen on top! Coupled with Pippen's uncool 3-pointer.

If it weren't for Brian Shaw's magical three-point shot off the board, the Lakers might even be 20 points behind the Trail Blazers at the end of the third quarter!
But Xiao's 3-pointer could only temporarily quench his thirst. After the start of the fourth quarter, Smith hit a layup first. With 10 minutes and 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Wells also fouled and made two free throws!
At this point, the Trail Blazers have led the Lakers by a full 15 points!
From any point of view, this level of ultimate showdown, judging from the strength and fault tolerance of both sides, at this time, the fans can almost choose to leave early.

Well, it didn't cause too many splashes.

There is really not much suspense left in the game!

"Eight consecutive games with 8 points? That's quite impressive, but compared to sweeping the opponent, it's nothing! I care more about the team's 40:4 than my own 0 points in a row!"

“That’s our goal this season!”

The Pacers, for the third consecutive series, swept their opponents!

"You ask me, who do I prefer to face in the Finals? And how many games are left in this season?"

They have already achieved a terrifying 11-game winning streak in the playoffs!
Their next goal is to win 15 consecutive games!

Then, in the second half of the second quarter, as Pippen went off the court for too many fouls, Kobe finally stood up and hit multiple jump shots, including a buzzer-beating dunk before the end of the first half!

"The answer to the first question is I don't care. No matter who comes, the result will be the same! We will all kill them!"

In other words, this statement triggered a wave of discussion among Pacers fans and major media, newspapers, and TV programs across the United States. However, the two parties involved, the Trail Blazers and the Lakers, were directly criticized by Lin Tian. The team that clicked grass had no reaction at all.

Steve Smith scored 7 points in a row, and Rasheed rushed to the basket twice and dunked successfully! And as Pippen hit a mid-range jumper, the score between the two sides came to 71:55!

The ultimate tie-break will be held as scheduled in Los Angeles!
But for Los Angeles fans, the beginning of the night was not so wonderful!

Kobe made a gorgeous change of direction and completely deceived Pippen into the penalty area. After attracting help from the defense, he threw the basketball high. O'Neal under the basket was like an ancient beast that had just escaped from the cage. He rose from the ground and pushed the ball in with one hand. The basket!

"As for things like buzzer beaters and reverse buzzers, it's quite interesting to watch other teams on TV. Let's forget it! We just want to win 4 more games and become this year's championship!"

After defeating the Heat, Lin Tian made extremely arrogant remarks at the Eastern Conference Championship Award Ceremony after the game! A bold statement that doesn't take the Trail Blazers and Lakers to heart at all!

"As for the second question, it's 4 games! We will use 4 more games to win the finals, win the O'Brien Cup, and become the first championship in the 21st century!"

4: 0!

The duel between these two teams has reached a fever pitch!

But then, the situation suddenly changed again!
The Trail Blazers suddenly became the Lakers in the first quarter. They suddenly lost all their skills in putting the basketball into the basket!
In the next 7 minutes, the Trail Blazers missed 13 consecutive shots. They made enough iron to open a world-class blacksmith shop in the bustling downtown of Los Angeles!
During this period, the Lakers seemed to have woken up. They began to hit shots continuously, and all kinds of incredible and jaw-dropping fairy balls were scored one after another!
Shaw hit two consecutive three-pointers, and 'Koi' Horry also hit a three-pointer. Coupled with the 2 points scored by Kobe and O'Neal, the Lakers used a wave of 1:3 to fill the huge gap. Well, he started a point-chasing frenzy that made the whole of Los Angeles go crazy!
Next, although the Trail Blazers regained their offensive feeling and finally started to score, they could no longer open up the score or create an offensive climax.

The Western Conference Finals has reached the stage that all fans want to see most!

With almost the entire team except O'Neal undercover, the Lakers lost a very ugly game at home! The Trail Blazers took the game back to Portland and got a glimmer of hope!
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The Trail Blazers once again used their signature wolf-pack tactics and beat the Lakers to death!
As for the Lakers, as if they had discussed it, Kobe finally broke out in this game and scored 33 points. But it was O'Neal's turn to hold him back. He only scored 17 points in the game and only made 10 of 3 free throws. middle!
In addition, although the other players have performed well, they are still not excellent. The Lakers have lost two games in a row! In a great situation of 3:1, they were dragged to the tiebreaker by the Trail Blazers!
win or go home!

Unfortunately, the Heat did not resist, making it difficult for Lin Tian to score high points.

No time, no mood!

He left the field early, leaving the fans disappointed!
On the contrary, Lin Tian himself didn't care about these at all as usual!

In the first 4 minutes of the game, Kobe and O'Neal did not take a shot! But the role players of the Lakers are constantly hitting the iron! The Trail Blazers once launched a 13:0 offensive frenzy. In the first stage of the first quarter, they took a 19:9 lead!
Pippen, the team's big brother, took the lead in this quarter. While locking down Kobe, he also acted as an offensive arrow, scoring 9 points in a single quarter!
In the second quarter, the form of the game became even more one-sided! The anxious O'Neal received two consecutive offensive fouls. It was not until halfway through the second quarter that he finally hit his first sports goal!

The Trail Blazers beat the Lakers in a 21:4 offensive frenzy. Their aggressive play completely stunned the Lakers!

Finally, it’s that world-famous painting!

However, after Rice's 5 points, the Lakers lost power!
Suddenly they forgot how to score and how to stop their opponents from scoring!

They want to win the playoffs!
And if the Heat's non-resistance in this game has any positive effect.

Relying on Kobe's crazy bombing, the Lakers stabilized the situation and chased the score to 42:39, only 3 points behind!
Then, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Lakers once again hit a climax. Glen Rice used his scoring method, which was third in the single-season scoring list, a 2+1 that forced a charge to the basket and a pull-up jump shot to score 5 consecutive points. points, helping the Lakers lead 50:51!

The Trail Blazers once again adjusted their tactics during the game and continued to tighten their restrictions on O'Neal. They used a semi-circling approach to block the connection between O'Neal and his teammates, preventing him from catching the ball. As long as he got the basketball, the double would even The three-person double team will also attack immediately, not giving O'Neal any 1-on-1 chance!
Just crazy double-teaming! I just don’t want you, O’Neal, to play comfortably!
At the same time, Scottie Pippen took over the important task of guarding Kobe. From the first second of the game, he pressed Kobe frantically without any blind spots.

But in the next Battle of Tianwang Mountain in Los Angeles, although O'Neal scored 31 points and 21 rebounds, his teammates were helpless. Kobe made 13 of 4 shots, Rice made 8 of 1 shots, Rick Fox, Brian Shaw, The five major substitutes, Robert Horry, Derek Fisher, and AC Green, even shot a terrible 5-for-26 shooting rate.

"3, 4, 4, 4!"

"Only playing 26 minutes means that we won quite easily, which means that we won the game without sweating much! Maybe the fans don't like it and find it boring, but for me, I prefer such an easy game. I hope The next games will be like this!”

79: 85!

The Lakers blasted a wave of 6:0 and sealed the victory! They only gave the Trail Blazers 40 seconds.

But these 40 seconds can only be the last battle for the Trail Blazers, but they obviously cannot erase the 6-point gap during this period.

84: 89!

No matter how unwilling and painful they were, the Trail Blazers lost the tiebreaker. They were extremely close to the finals, and they had pushed the Lakers into a desperate situation.

But they lost in the end!

After all, they lost the team's best opportunity since Drexler led the team to the finals twice!

They failed to replicate the miracle of 76 and sadly ended their season!

The Lakers have once again entered the NBA Finals after 9 years!
9 years ago was the final peak of Magic Johnson and SHOW TIME. He led Divac, Perkins, AC Green and others all the way to the finals!
And this year, the OK group finally ushered in a transformation and reached the finals for the first time!
The handover of the two eras has officially been completed!

It is worth mentioning that AC Green, the starting power forward of the Lakers 9 years ago, not only still maintains his record of consecutive appearances 9 years later, he is still the starting power forward for the Lakers! He is also the only player besides Jerry West and owner Bass to participate in two eras at the same time!

Well, it’s worth mentioning that Sam Perkins, his inside partner who was two years older than him and was the starter with him for the Lakers, is now playing for the Pacers!

Of course, the two men's status in the team is very different now. Green still played in 82 regular season games, and he played all of them as a starter!
Perkins played a total of 42 games in the regular season, averaging less than 7 minutes per game!

His current status is more like an assistant coach, helping young people grow and transferring some knowledge and experience to them.

But it is a very fateful thing for two old teammates to meet in the finals.

Speaking of fate, we have to mention that after the Lakers advanced to the finals, among all the players on both sides, he was the busiest!
"Dear, you are in Los Angeles? Oh what a coincidence! I am going to Los Angeles to play away games soon! There is a high probability that we will play two games in a row. I don't think we will play a third away game. We will sweep them! Let's get there See you soon! Love you!" Lin Tian let out a long breath after hanging up the call from Theron.

This is the 4th or 5th one he has received. Well, wait, which one is it?

Theron, Portman, Connery, and even Bellucci have officially given up their careers in Italy and come to Hollywood.

big head! The head is very big!
Keira Knightley also called Lin Tian and wanted tickets.
Lin Tian didn't react when he answered her call, so he subconsciously said 'dear'.

I completely forgot that I had never touched this girl.

As a result, the little girl across from me timidly reported her address, saying that her parents were not in Los Angeles and that she lived alone in this apartment.
No, girl, you are underage!

Aren't you Portman's best friend, inspiring to be the best wingman in America?
You are now working as a wingman for the Los Angeles police, right?
It's a pity that I, Lin Daguan, have an upright character, a good style, and a bottom line!
Never do anything that breaks the law!
Let's wait until the little girl plays "Pirates of the Caribbean" in a few years and reaches the peak of her beauty.

Then you can let her wear that pirate costume!
FUXX!

This is not the point.

The point is that the girls, cleverly all have time, cleverly all are in Los Angeles, cleverly all follow NBA games, cleverly all decided to come to support Lin Tian!

This thing was so clever that Lin Tian decided to call Rashid!
"Don't do anything else this summer! Just practice your free throws for me! How can you make two free throws at that time of the game?"

"Boss, I was really tired by that time! Free throws are difficult!" Rashid complained a little, and was also a little confused. Why did Lin Tian call him suddenly?

"What's the difficulty? You've had so much playing time for so many years, okay? Don't talk nonsense with your eyes open! It's hard for the fans to support you! Sometimes you have to look for your own reasons, okay? Your free throw percentage has been there for so many years. Didn’t it increase? Did you train seriously?”

"I've been waiting for so long just to play in the finals with you, and this is how you repay me?"

"Boss, stop talking, I'm going to practice free throws now!" When Rashid heard this, Lin Tian was actually sad because he couldn't play in the finals with his group of little fans, and he immediately admitted his mistake and said: " Next season, my free throw shooting percentage will definitely reach over 79%!”

call!
I sprayed Rasheed and felt much better!

But it wasn't comfortable enough, so Lin Tian took a look at the phone book and called Pippen again.

"Is this how you defend? Are you embarrassed? You were beaten by a noob, ah? You were sent to your grandma's house for the last ball, right Scott? Fortunately you didn't enter the finals, otherwise I could have beaten you You go straight to the moon, making you the second person to land on the moon after Armstrong, and also the first black man to land on the moon in the history of the world! "My grandma can defend Kobe better than you, look at what you're doing!" What did you do in the last seven games? Scored 3 fouls? Was beaten by Kobe? And, you..."

Lin Tianzheng was furious, but Pippen hung up the phone directly.

He is not Rashid, nor is he Lin Tian's fanboy. He is too lazy to listen to Lin Tian's nonsense!
However, although Lin Tian didn't spray enough, Pippen was obviously in a very unhappy mood. He gave Lin Tian 100 experience points!

Well, very good!

Lin Tian felt a little more comfortable.

Next, we have to arrange the girls!
This time he didn't dare ask the guy on the opposite side to help him get the tickets!
In the Christmas game that year, Jordan directly arranged for the girls to sit next to each other intimately. Lin Tian will never forget it in his life. Who knows if Kobe will learn from his idol Jordan and cause some trouble for him? Come on, this time, he has to do it himself!

We can no longer leave our life and destiny to others!
At the very least, the tickets must first go to Lin Tian, ​​and then be distributed to the girls according to the seat distribution.

Be careful and you will live forever!

For his own safety, the first person Lin Tian looked for was Bird.

"Larry, do you have a way to help me get Staples tickets?"

"From the finals? How many do you want?" Bird didn't ask further and directly asked Lin Tian how many he wanted.

"10...forget it." Before Lin Tian gave the number, his mind suddenly changed and he thought of a more clever way: "The third and fourth games each require five cards, both in the front row, but they must be separated. The further away the better, is there any problem?”

"The question is fine, but do these friends of yours have a grudge? Will they start a fight when they meet?" Upon hearing Lin Tian's request, Bird became a little curious. Who is a good person who invites relatives and friends to watch the game? The more people are separated, the better!
It sounds like a conspiracy!
"Anyway, we have to separate! If you have no other choice, I'll ask Erwin." Lin Tian spread his hands and came up with a trick: if something is unresolved, bring up the magician!

"Why are you calling him?" Bird rolled his eyes and said, "If you want to fight, I will fight him!"

"What?" Lin Tian was stunned for a moment, but Bird on the opposite side had already called out.

"Old AIDS? You haven't died from the poison yet, have you?" Bird opened his mouth and hit the most painful point in the magician's life.

"I won't die even if you die, you stupid country bird." The magician's voice came from the other end of the phone: "How many do you want?"

"Give me 300 tickets first. They all need to be in the front row."

"How about I buy Staples for you? 300 copies? You, a country bird, have never been to the city. Do you want all your country bumpkin relatives to come to Los Angeles? Why don't you die?" the magician scolded. After a curse word, he said: "10 pictures, do you want them? If you want them, I will send them to you, or you can pick them up yourself."

"Okay, 10 cards is 10 cards. I'll call Jerry again. He should have something to do." Bird muttered: "If Jerry doesn't have it, I'll call another Jerry. Anyway, the two of them There are definitely votes!"

"I have never seen such a thick-skinned piece of trash like you in my life!" The magician continued to scold: "20 pictures! Don't bother our general manager and boss! The third to fifth ones are all included, right?"

"No for the fifth game." Bird suppressed a smile and said, "For a game that won't be played, it's a waste of paper to print the tickets! I'm a very environmentally friendly person."

"It seems that you also know that you will be swept?" The magician laughed and quickly responded: "When we win the championship, I can let you come up and touch the O'Brien Cup to make you feel refreshed!"

"I have one in my cabinet. I got it the year before last. If you want to touch it, I can mail it to you and let you see the difference between the trophies in the 90s and the trophies in the 80s! Let me tell you, the production technology has improved a lot. Woolen cloth!"

"I have five of these, so I don't care."

"That's really a lot. But I heard that those five are not in your own home, but in the Lakers' office? By the way, speaking of this, are you not saying that you want to find a serious job with the Lakers? Are you doing an errand? Have they assigned you a job? I think the leader of the cheerleading team is the best fit for you!"

"It allows you to use your old skills and allows you to recall your wonderful life as a player!"

"Fuck you country bird! FUXX!"

The quarrel between Bird and Magic is over here. Just looking at Bird's expression, you can tell that this quarrel ended with Bird's victory!
More sinister and venomous than that, the Magician really has no way to fight Bird! When it comes to trolling people’s mentality, the difference between the two of them is huge!
"Done!" Bird hung up the phone happily and proudly, looking up at Lin Tiandao: "When the time comes, I'll give you the vote first, and then I'll share it with the others after you finish your selection."

"No, you're just asking for it from Ervin?" Lin Tian was somewhat caught off guard by Bird's method of asking for votes, and both Bird and Magic were obviously very familiar with this 'business'. Needless to say, Bird didn't Stop asking Magic for tickets to games in Los Angeles.

"That's all I want, how else can I ask for it? Treat this old AIDS man to a meal and a bar trip? Then why don't I just ask Jerry West for it?" Bird said matter-of-factly: "I After all, I’m not that familiar with West, so it’s always inappropriate to talk to him. Usually I ask for help from Old AIDS 3-5 times, and then ask for it from West again.”

"Well, on very rare occasions, such as Christmas games and other games, when the tickets in the hands of the two people are usually given away early, I will ask Bass for them. The old man is very polite and gives me more tickets than Those two Grandets are much more generous!"

Lin Tian silently gave a thumbs up! A solid thumbs up.

Apart from giving likes, what else can he say and do?

Nothing can be done!
This is the real hard-core way to ask for votes, and this is the correct way for these celebrities and their old enemies to get along!

I, Lin Daguan, will also learn from this in the future!
No matter which arena in the league I poop in, someone will give me Lin Daguan a piece of paper!

According to Bird, the tickets will be delivered to them after they arrive in Los Angeles and prepare to play away games. At that time, Lin Tian will go to see the specific location distribution of the tickets, and then see how to allocate them himself!
Before that, the Pacers still have to play two home games!
After all, if he loses a home game, even Lin Tian may not be in the mood to do anything.

The ball must be won first!
It is also worth mentioning that when Lin Tian lost in the Eastern Conference semifinals last year, just like the entire Indiana fans promised, he would lead the team back to the finals this year, and he would lead the Pacers during the finals. The home games were moved back to the previous City Square Arena!
They want the City Square Arena to have a perfect final game!
Use victory, use victory in the finals to truly bid farewell to this arena that has accompanied the Pacers for 25 years!

As for today’s new arena, the Conseco Center?
Lin Tian gave them an idea when he formally applied to the team: Conseco Arena also sells tickets! Let fans who haven't bought tickets to City Plaza Arena watch the game at Conseco Arena!
Of course, the average ticket price is more than twice as low!

But for the Pacers, this is also an extra income. From top to bottom, the team agreed to Lin Tian's application with almost no hesitation!
The finals will be played at City Square Arena! In addition, a branch venue will be opened at Conseco Arena so that more fans can feel the atmosphere of the stadium!
Beautiful!
Best of both worlds!

As for the sudden sale of twice as many tickets, will it not be sold out or sold out, resulting in an empty stadium without any atmosphere?

Anyway, the Pacers' management is not worried about this at all!
With Indiana's ball market and fans' enthusiasm for basketball, and the fact that this is the ultimate showdown in the Finals, the Pacers are not afraid of running out of tickets.

They are confident that even if they sell 4 tickets, the supply will definitely exceed demand and they will be able to fill both arenas at the same time!

In the entire league, there are definitely no more than 5 teams that have this kind of confidence and actually do it!
For most of the remaining teams, there is a high probability that both arenas will be full. In the end, not only will they not make more money, but they will also most likely lose their home field advantage!
But the Pacers want die-hard fans to have die-hard fans, top stars to have top stars, and the league's No. 1 record to have the No. 1 record!
They don't worry about this at all!

The only thing the Pacers are worried about now is whether the team will be unable to stop the Lakers!
Still the same sentence: Their goal is not just to win the finals and championship, their goal has been shouted out a long time ago!
"15 wins!"

One more game is a failure!

This is the goal the Pacers set for themselves, and it is also the pressure they add to themselves! I hope this can stimulate the team's combat effectiveness and the players' enthusiasm!
On the afternoon before the finals, needless to say, Bird once again gave the Pacers players the last tactical analysis class before the start of the finals in his tactical conference room!

"I think what this series means and how important it is, I don't need to say or elaborate on it at all! Win this series! Sweep the Los Angeles people and become the championship!"

"I still say what I said, what we want to build is not a championship team, but a dynasty team!"

"So, this year's finals are just the beginning! Starting from this year's finals, we will start a dynasty belonging to Indiana! The greatest dynasty after the Bulls dynasty!"

"It was us who ended the Bulls dynasty! It can only be us who start a new dynasty!"

After finishing his morale-boosting opening remarks, Bird looked at the excited and confident players in front of him and officially began today's tactical analysis!
"The Lakers won 67 games in the regular season, ranking second in the league! They played smoothly in the first two rounds of the playoffs. It was not until the conference finals that they encountered resistance from the Trail Blazers, and they played until the tiebreaker. Survive the danger!"

"But what I want to say is that the strength gap between the two teams is actually very large and very obvious! The best evidence is that the first four games were played 3:1! When the Lakers faced all the other teams in the Western Conference, they They have an overwhelming advantage! And I believe that next year, the Lakers’ advantage will be even more obvious! They may even sweep the entire Western Conference!”

"I believe they will become the overlord of the West!"

"The one thing that allows them to have such a strong core competitiveness is their head coach Phil Jackson, a head coach who is bold in employing people and good at stimulating players' potential and improving team cohesion and morale. What he is best at is making talented people Top-level superstars can use their extra abilities to perform at 120%!"

"His control of the mentality of players, especially top players, is definitely the best in the league today!"

"This is also the reason why the Lakers can always come back and play beautiful games in the stalemate stage! They have full confidence! This confidence, in addition to their powerful abilities, also comes from Phil Jackson!"

"But leave this guy to me, I will kill him! In addition to Phil Jackson, he is the current internal and external core of the Lakers: Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant!"

"O'Neal averaged 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds and 3 blocks per game in the regular season this year! He is the league's scoring leader, and he also ranks second in rebounds and third in blocks. He is also on the MVP list at the end of the season. Second! This year’s regular season, he is the second player in the league after Lin!”

"In the playoffs, O'Neal averaged 29+17 per game in the first round and 30+16 per game in the second round! In the three-round series, only the Trail Blazers successfully defended O'Neal and reduced O'Neal's average per game. The data is limited to 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the shooting percentage is only 53%!”

"Well, you heard it right, this is O'Neal after being successfully restricted! An O'Neal who is guarded can still produce data that 99% of insiders will never be able to produce in their lifetime!"

"So I don't care what others say, this guy is the number one insider in the league today. He has unparalleled destructive power and terrifying dominance! When he gets the ball in the inside, 2-3 people have to double-team and help defend. , only then can we guard against him!”

"The Trail Blazers were able to defend him by relying on the continuous double-teaming and confrontation of Rasheed, Sabonis, Schremf, Grant, and Pippen, a long list of frontcourt players, as well as fierce and tough fouls. In every game of the Trail Blazers, at least one player fouls out 6 times, and almost everyone on the Trail Blazers has participated in the team's double-teaming of O'Neal!"

"The price they paid for this kind of crazy double-teaming without any regard was very high! Just look at the Lakers' 3-point shooting percentage! Kobe is 53%, Rice is 35%, Shaw is 61%, and Fisher is 37%. Fox’s 38%! The Lakers’ entire perimeter and almost all shooters have a 3-point shooting percentage higher than their career average!”

"The Blazers finally lost, and they lost here! They lost on the 3-pointers of the Lakers role players!"

"So, we can't defend O'Neal like the Trail Blazers did, and we can't let go of the Lakers' perimeter players. This won't work! In this series, at least the first game, Ben, you have to fight Shaq 1 on 1! Just do your best, I want to see how well you can defend Shaq!"

"If you can single-handedly limit O'Neal to 25 or 6 points, then we will definitely be able to sweep this series easily!"

"Leave it to me, coach! I will try my best!" Ben nodded and confidently said to Bird: "I will try my best to prevent him from scoring 30 points!"

Daben’s confidence is indeed very strong!

In today's league, there are absolutely very few people who dare to say that they can hold O'Neal below 30 points in one-on-one! Only the top defenders dare to boast like this!
From this we can also see how terrifying O'Neal is today!
A true ancient beast!

Bird nodded with satisfaction and said: "Another reason why we won't defend O'Neal like the Trail Blazers is that our forward strength and thickness are not as good as the Trail Blazers! The players on our team are better at offense! So I don't Will focus too much on defense!”

"This will also be our key strategy in this series: attack! Attack! Keep attacking!"

At this point, Bird paused and continued: "Apart from O'Neal, the most difficult person for the Lakers to deal with is undoubtedly Kobe Bryant! This young man has grown up unknowingly. One of the top defenders in the league!”

"He averaged 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the regular season this season. Needless to say, his talent and ability on the offensive end, his skills in feeding the ball inside have also been underestimated by many people!"

"And what I want to say is that Kobe's most overlooked ability is his defense and his ability to bite on the defensive end! There are countless star players who have been taught a lesson by him this season! This guy can definitely become a The league’s new generation of top offensive and defensive superstars!”

"Maybe he will be the first of the new generation! After all, Iverson and Marbury are too short, Stackhouse is too independent, and Ray Allen is inherently inferior to them. Vince, you"

"I will beat him to death!" Carter frowned, put away his smile, looked at Kobe who was killing everyone on the screen and said: "I am the best swingman in the new generation of this league! I will prove it!"

"Great! I like your determination! But you don't have to guard him, you just need to beat him on the offensive end! Doug, Kobe is yours! Kill him for me! Guard him for me! Here Let me prove that you are the best outside defender in the Mesozoic era!"

"Leave it to me!" Christie nodded and remained as quiet as ever.

(End of this chapter)