Legendary star

Chapter 779 The Lakers Who Want to Reverse

On June 2008, 6, the third game between the Pacers and the Lakers was also the first home game for the Lakers in this finals. Since the Lakers lost all the previous two away games, they returned to the home court. The first game after that is a crucial game for the Lakers. If they lose this game today, the Lakers really have no chance.

"We lost two away games and came back to Los Angeles with a big score of 0 to 2, so many people thought we were done and we were going to be swept by the Pacers." The home team locker room at Staples Center, Phil Jackson is making the final mobilization for the upcoming Lakers. Although due to the special schedule of the finals, the teams that lost two away games still have great hope of making a comeback, but as the head coach Phil- Jackson wanted to create a sense of urgency for his players.

"Right now the whole world is waiting to see us laugh, to see us lose this year's Finals at Staples Center, but I want to ask you, do you want to lose the Finals? Let the Pacers win on our turf A championship trophy?"

"No, of course I don't want to." After Phil Jackson's voice fell, Ron Artest jumped out first. Artest wanted to beat the Pacers even more than Kobe. All the Lakers players followed Ron Artest and shouted, no one wants to lose the finals, let alone be swept by the opponent.

"Kobe, you, the head player of our team, are our greatest reliance, so your performance determines whether we can beat the Pacers, and your every move determines whether we can get through this hurdle and win the final victory." The victory." After the players in the locker room expressed their opinions one after another, Phil Jackson pointed the finger at Kobe. Phil Jackson knew that Kobe wanted to beat Meng Xu so much, so in the game against the Pacers, Kobe is very easy to get emotional. In the second game of the finals, it was because Kobe did not follow Phil Jackson's tactical requirements and played crazy singles with the ball. He finally surrendered 32 of 13 shots, which caused the Lakers to fail. Any suspense will lose the second game of the series. Therefore, if the Lakers want to win, the first thing Phil Jackson has to do is to restrain Kobe. Yes, Kobe dared not shoot the whole game.

"Well, I understand." After Phil Jackson finished speaking, Kobe nodded towards Phil Jackson without knowing what was going on.

"Kobe, remember the promise you made before the Finals? I hope you can fulfill this promise, not like Paul Pierce of the Celtics." To make sure Kobe can understand the meaning of his words , Phil Jackson came directly to Kobe's side, bent down while holding the tactical board, and said a few words softly.

"Huh?" Seeing Phil Jackson staring into his eyes, even if Kobe was dull, he could understand what Phil Jackson meant. Before the start of the finals, when Kobe was interviewed by reporters, he publicly said To delay Meng Xu's retirement and bring the O'Brien Cup back to Los Angeles, Paul Pierce of the Celtics said the same thing before the Eastern Conference Finals, but as the Celtics were eliminated by the Pacers, Paul - Pierce also became a laughingstock for a while. Phil Jackson said it so clearly. If Kobe couldn't understand the meaning of Phil Jackson's words, then Kobe really didn't have to mess around anymore.

"Don't worry, Phil, I know what to do." After pondering for a few seconds, Kobe nodded to Phil Jackson. For the victory, for the championship, I can come back to everything, as long as the group in front of me can Help me defeat the Pacers, I don't mind trusting them for a while, after agreeing to Phil Jackson, Kobe turned around and looked at his teammates.

"Today's game, we must win." Phil Jackson, who received an affirmative answer from Kobe, stood up straight and shouted loudly while holding up the tactical board in his hand: "We must win, we must win." ..."

After losing two consecutive away games, the Lakers are in a difficult situation, but they have not reached the point described by Phil Jackson. At least the Los Angeles media and Lakers fans still have confidence in the Lakers' comeback against the Pacers, because According to the schedule of the finals, after the Lakers played two away games, they ushered in three home games. As long as they can ensure that they win all three home games, it doesn’t matter if they lose two games first. In the history of the finals, It's not that there are no examples of comebacks from a 0-2 deficit. Even the Lakers themselves have had examples of a 2-0 lead being overturned.

Although the Lakers supporters don't care too much about the situation of being behind 0 to 2, the Lakers must win the third game between the two sides, and the Lakers supporters are also looking forward to returning to the home court. The Lakers can perform a miraculous scene at Staples, and it is best to win three games in a row to win the finals in one fell swoop.

"We must win! We must win! We must win!" Uniform shouts resounded over the Staples Center. As the game began, the Lakers fans found that their optimism before the game was justified Yes, after returning to the home court, the Lakers are like a different team, with a rock-solid defense and quicksilver offense. Today's Lakers are completely different from the Lakers in the first two games of the finals. a team now.

Kobe is the strongest point of the Lakers, but also the biggest unstable factor for the Lakers. As long as Kobe can strictly implement the tactics he arranged like Jordan did back then, supplemented by Paul Gasol and Ron Artest Player, Phil Jackson is confident that he can deal with the Pacers in the finals, but he is afraid that Kobe likes to act impulsively and cannot withstand the opponent's teasing. Once Kobe gets angry and "goes crazy", it is a double-edged sword With a sword, you can either hack your opponent to death or stab yourself to death. Judging from the results of the last game, Kobe stabbed the Lakers to death.

In today's game, Phil Jackson used the victory and the championship, as well as the example of Paul Pierce to temporarily convince Kobe. After the ball was passed, with the advantage of the home court, the Lakers suppressed the Pacers after the start of the game. At most, the lead was as much as 15 points.

In the last game, James Posey and Tyshawn Prince, who defended Kobe as Ariza, had nothing to do with Kobe after Kobe completely gave up singles with the ball. Finally, at the end of the game, Kobe The audience made 24 of 11 shots, 9 of 4 three-pointers, and 8 of 6 free throws. 32 to 99 rebounds became 91 to 0. After winning today's home game, the Lakers have become more confident in winning.

(End of this chapter)