Legendary star

Chapter 384 O'Neal's Warning
"Hello, friends in front of the TV audience. This is Michaels. This is the first game of the 2001-2002 NBA Finals broadcast exclusively on ABC Network. The Los Angeles Lakers played against the Indiana Pacers at home. The warm-up is over, and this season's championship battle has officially begun." Since the record in the regular season is better than that of the Pacers, in this year's finals, the Lakers will have home court advantage, and this year's finals schedule is still 2 -3-2 competition system, both G1 and G2 games will be played in Los Angeles, then the Pacers will play 3 home games in a row, and the last two games will continue to return to Los Angeles.

"The main lineups of both sides in this game have not changed much. First of all, the Lakers, the starting center is still Shaq O'Neal, the most dominant center in the league, power forward Robert Horry, and small forward Rick Fox. , shooting guard Kobe Bryant, one of the best shooting guards at present, point guard Derek Fisher. Compared with last season's winning lineup, the thickness of the Lakers' lineup this season has declined, and after winning the championship In the summer of [-], it was very puzzling that the Lakers did not carry out any reinforcements. I really couldn’t believe what the Lakers’ management and Phil Jackson were thinking about.” After Michaels, Magic Johnson began to Introducing the starting lineups of the two sides, as a legend of the Lakers, Magic Johnson naturally wants to introduce the Lakers' lineup first, but Magic Johnson also revealed between the lines that he is dissatisfied with the current status of the Lakers management.As a legend of the Lakers, Magic Johnson is very clear about the current situation of the Lakers. In the past few years, the Lakers have been in the midst of infighting. The power struggle has intensified. After the Lakers won the championship last season, this kind of internal fighting has reached a white-hot state.

Jerry West has never liked Phil Jackson very much. Although he led the Lakers to the championship last season, he still could not get Jerry West's approval. According to Jerry West, having Kobe and O'Neal, two superstars, and a large group of all-star Lakers, even my grandma can lead the Lakers to win the championship, so after the Lakers' biggest opponent, the Spurs, disintegrated last season, Jerry West rejected Phil Jackson's reinforcement plan , because in Jerry West's view, there is no team in the current league that can pose a threat to the Lakers for at least three years.So this is also the reason why the Lakers did not have any reinforcements after three important players, Ron Harper, Horace Grant, and Isiah Ryder, retired.

"For the Pacers, the starting center is still Lorenzen White, power forward Jermaine O'Neal, small forward Meng Xu, shooting guard Reggie Miller, and point guard Jamal Tinsley. We have to admit that Larry De's vision is so good. At the beginning of the season, when Larry Bird used the Pacers' 3 starters and draft picks to acquire Meng Xu from the Spurs, many people were not very optimistic about the deal, but After only one season, Meng Xu not only was crowned the MVP of the regular season, but also led the Pacers back to the finals, which is a very remarkable achievement." After Magic Johnson complained, Michaels rolled his eyes and said It's time to introduce the Pacers' starting lineup.

In this game, except for the starting lineup, the Lakers did not change the basic tactics. It is still the triangle offense that has never changed, or Kobe and O'Neal, one inside and one outside. .The Pacers gave up the small ball tactics used in the series with the Nets and returned to the traditional positional warfare mode. The Lakers are not the Nets. You can play however you want. According to O'Neal's physical fitness, even if you take 40 shots in a game, it is no problem. Therefore, the first condition for the Lakers who want to win is to double-team O'Neal. If you really want O'Neal and your team One-on-one on the inside, unless you are Duncan, you are likely to get a tragedy by O'Neal.

"Jermaine, remember your dream, now is the time to realize it." Just as the two sides began to stand up and prepare to jump the ball, Meng Xu walked near the middle circle and looked at the nervous Jie Maine O'Neill took a pat on the body.

"My dream?" After seeing Meng Xu stepping forward to comfort himself, Jermaine O'Neill nodded at Meng Xu, while clenched his fists tightly a few times, and once again echoed in his mind after entering the league, And until now, the dream that will be brought up from time to time, and the rhetoric, "Punch Duncan! Kick O'Neal! Just today!" After shouting several times in his heart, Jayme, who has entered a state of excitement since last night Because of O'Neill, he gradually regained his calm, and there was no tension or embarrassment in his eyes looking at O'Neill, only perseverance and burning fighting spirit remained.

"Kobe, I've been waiting for this day for a long time." After comforting Jermaine O'Neal, Meng Xu took another step forward, looked at Kobe not far away, and said calmly.

"Meng, me too." After hearing Meng Xu's words, Kobe bent down, put his hands on his knees, and stared at Meng Xu closely, as if he was spying on Meng Xu's thoughts, what Meng Xu was thinking at the moment However, Kobe doesn't know, Kobe only knows that he has been waiting for this day, waiting to meet Meng Xu on the highest stage of the NBA.Kobe has many friends in the NBA, McGrady and Jermaine O'Neal are good friends with a very strong relationship, but only with Meng Xu, Kobe can have the idea of ​​sympathy, which belongs to the same type of people Tacit understanding, that is the sympathy generated in the crazy killing, every confrontation with Meng Xu makes Kobe's blood boil.The Lakers and Pacers only have two games this year, so Kobe has always felt that it is not enough, so since entering the playoffs, Kobe has been secretly praying, hoping that the Pacers can also enter the finals, so that he can come back with Meng Xu A crazy showdown.

"I must win this game. I will not only defeat Duncan and the Spurs, but also you and the Pacers. I, Shaquille O'Neal, are the strongest players on this planet." At the moment when Meng Xu and Kobe were talking , O'Neill, who had already walked into the middle circle, turned around directly after hearing the conversation between the two, and stared at Meng Xu viciously. After the words fell, O'Neill glanced at Kobe behind him again. It was for Meng Xu, and it seemed to be for Kobe as well.

"Shaq, I hope you can still be so confident after the game." Meng Xu retorted to O'Neill, then winked at Kobe, as long as there is the slightest chance, Meng Xu will not let it go.

"This redneck from Indiana, Bichi." Seeing Meng Xu's cheap expression, O'Neal cursed at Meng Xu with a ferocious face.

"The game is about to start. In this game, Shaq O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal will jump the ball." When the referee on duty threw the basketball into the air and blew the whistle to start the game, the commentary seat Michaels also had a smile on his face. The two O'Neills competed together, which is also a good story.

When the two O'Neals took off almost at the same time, Meng Xu, who was about to retreat, found that Jermaine O'Neal was ahead of Shaq O'Neal, and turned the basketball in the air to the Pacers' backcourt, and Jermaine O'Neal After overpowering Shaq O'Neal to successfully jump the ball, he also waved his fists and roared to the sky. Jermaine O'Neal overpowered Shaq O'Neal to successfully jump the ball. For the Pacers in the away game, it is definitely a very morale boosting thing.

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