Just like the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls in G3 ended the game quickly.
On May 26, the Bulls defeated the Nets 102-83 at home. The Nets tried to get Kidd to reduce their offense and mobilize his teammates, but the effect was not good and they were crushed by the Bulls.
The score was 3-0. No team in history has been able to come back from a playoff series with a score of 3-0.
Not to mention 3-0, even 3-1 no team can come back.
The only team to come back from a 1:3 deficit was Lu Yu's previous life, Cleveland in 2016.
Everyone thinks that the Bulls have already entered the finals with one foot, and the whole of Chicago is going crazy. Since Jordan retired, let alone the finals, the Bulls have not even been able to enter the playoffs.
Every year we are last in the Eastern Conference, sometimes even last in the league.
This year, they made it to the Finals, without much upgrade or adjustment to the entire lineup. The only change was that at the beginning of the season, the Bulls traded Lu Yu from the Clippers.
Stop talking, the Clippers have already fainted in the toilet from crying.
Otherwise, small broken boats always capsize.
Bulls general manager Krause is already worried about the wages of these players next season. As the Bulls enter the finals, regardless of whether they win the championship or not, it is inevitable that players whose contracts have expired will have their wages increased.
If you don't rise, there are many teams outside who want you.
Everyone can see that the Bulls players have undergone qualitative changes in this team. Some even inquired that the Bulls have always had a heavy training volume, and Pat Riley is still with the Miami Heat.
What it means to be a head coach.
Some teams are even ready to start poaching Cartwright, because Cartwright took over on a temporary basis and only signed a one-year contract with the Bulls.
If it weren't for this critical moment in the Eastern Conference Finals, Krause would be ready to smash the contract in Cartwright's face.
And Klaus has already predicted that Marcus Fezer will most likely choose to jump out of his contract next year. Next year is the last year of Fezer's contract. If Fezer jumps out of his contract, he might as well do it in the middle of next season.
Find a way to trade him.
Of course this is all for next season.
But that doesn't stop you from planning early. Who knows if there will be big fish in the free market during the offseason.
For the calculating Klaus, there is no so-called loyalty. As long as it is valuable, it is his bargaining chip. Of course, at present, Lu Yu is not for sale.
Two years later, Lu Yu will sign a maximum-salary contract, and the team's salary space will be tight by then. In other words, these two seasons are the team's winning window. Within these two years, we must try our best to win the championship.
Match Lu Yu with suitable teammates, so a trade is inevitable.
If you win the championship this year, you will be lucky.
If you can't win the championship this year, then you have to make preparations in advance next year, trade the deal, make the necessary arrangements, and grind your teeth to make it happen. Only the Bulls have enough salary space in the league.
On May 27, the G4 game between the Lakers and Kings started.
This is a game destined to go down in history.
So far in the series, the pressure of the game has come to the Lakers. If they lose, they are 1:3 behind, and their hope of three consecutive championships is almost dashed. If they win, 2:2, the script has just begun, and the entire Lakers team is in ruins.
3 to 1, so far no team has been able to come back from a 3 to 1 situation.
So even if they risk their lives, the Lakers will still fight to 2-2.
But the Kings, who seemed to have found the Lakers' vitality, were playing well. They beat the Lakers 40:20 in the first quarter, leading by 20 points. The entire Lakers team seemed to smell a loss.
"How do you want to fight this?" Fisher's eyes flashed with despair.
Kobe was silent.
O'Neill lowered his head.
Phil Jackson, the Zen master, was also speechless. The advice he gave Cartwright of the Bulls beat the crap out of the Nets. But when it came to his own side, the tactics he thought of were no longer effective. You may say it was irritating or not.
There was nothing the Lakers could do. O'Neal was easy to use, so they hammered hard. O'Neal couldn't do it anymore. Now, Kobe was wondering what he could do.
Now Lakers fans are even beginning to miss Divac.
If they had not traded Divac...nonsense, if they had not traded Divac, would the Lakers have been able to win two consecutive championships?
To be honest, the Kings' style of play has allowed other teams in the league to see how to defeat the Lakers. They must guard Kobe on the outside and interfere with O'Neal as much as possible on the inside. As for the others, screw them.
It seems a bit similar to the Bulls' tactics against the Nets in reverse.
Here we are targeting two arrow figures. In fact, other teams have done this before, but they can't prevent them.
But why can the Kings win? Because other teams don't have Scalpel Christie. One inside man can't stand up to O'Neal, so they can play together. But which team has two inside men like Webb and Divac?
Don’t tell me, there really is!
Who?
Spurs!
The Spurs have Bowen on the outside and Duncan and David Robinson on the inside.
But this year the Spurs lost to the Lakers. The loss was quite miserable, 4-1. What was the reason for the loss?
Lu Yu felt that the reason for the loss was that the Kings still had Peja, but the Spurs did not. The Spurs did not have a attacker to step up and score when the offense was not going well.
But such players are coming soon - Baldy will join the NBA this year.
Talking back to the game between the Lakers and Kings, at the beginning of the second quarter, with Christie's three-pointer, the Kings led by 24 points. The thick cloud of defeat was on the faces of the Lakers players. Maybe they also thought the score was going to be 3:1.
, the Lakers dynasty is in danger.
The Lakers' offense is a triangle tactic, and everyone knows how they play.
Everyone also knows that their triangle tactic is actually the ok combination. If they want to make a comeback, only the ok combination can stand up.
OK stood up at this time. Kobe scored 13 points in this quarter, O'Neal scored 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. The Lakers recovered some points, and the Kings led 65:51 at the end of the first half.
I mentioned a premise before, what does the alliance hope for?
I hope the Western Conference Finals will last seven games. If the Lakers lose this game, how will they play the next seven games?
In the third quarter, the two teams struggled to defend. The real situation was that it was extremely difficult to take a shot. Under such high defensive intensity, the Kings suddenly couldn't play anymore. Adelman has never been a defensive coach. He emphasized the balance of offense and defense. In OK
After regaining their feeling and playing high-intensity defense, the Kings struggled.
Of course, the referee's contribution is indispensable.
The Kings had just found some sense, but the referee interrupted the game with a whistle, and all sense was gone.
It's like a couple playing a game. The wife just feels it, but the husband is worried that he can't help it. If he stops, you can tell him whether he hates it or not.
At this time, the Kings chose to rely on offense to make up for their defensive deficiencies, but at the beginning of the third quarter, Bibby, the Kings' engine, was completely strangled by Kobe, and the Kings seemed to have lost their souls.
On the importance of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, whether they are gasoline or electric, are you like the Kings and are done with two engines?
Or like the Lakers, if you want a damn engine, you can just rely on O'Neal. Fisher's engine is just to carry the ball through half the court and hand it over and that's it.
So the Kings were still careless.
They underestimated Phil Jackson's craftiness and also underestimated Kobe's defensive strength.
In this quarter, the Kings made 6 of 18 shots and the Lakers made 9 of 20 shots. In the third quarter, the Lakers recovered 7 points at 22:15, and the point difference reached single digits. At this time, the Lakers controlled the rhythm of the game and took advantage of the situation.
The rhythm of the festival.
Those who have mastered the rhythm can better control the "power" on the field. Maybe the result requires some luck.
In the last quarter, with more than 1 minute left, the Kings still led by 6 points.
It stands to reason that for this reason, as long as you don't memorize the special points, you can win the basic game, but it just backfired...
In the confrontation between the two sides, with Horry's three-pointer and Kobe's mid-range shot, the Lakers fell behind 95:98.
After O'Neal made 2 free throws, Divac made 1 of 2 free throws, Lakers 97:99, the Lakers have the last chance to attack, and the decisive moment has officially arrived!
O'Neal once said, although I missed a lot of free throws, I was very accurate at critical moments.
I said this just to show off after the game. To use Lu Yu’s hometown saying, it was just a coincidence.
Trailing by 2 points, whether it is 3 points or 2 points, Kobe must handle the ball. As for whether it is Kobe, Horry, Fisher, or Kobe assisting O'Neal to eliminate the Trail Blazers with an alley-oop, the Kings seem to be fully prepared.
After receiving the ball, Kobe shook Christie away with a fake move. When he dribbled the ball straight to the basket, he met Divac who quickly covered the ball and jumped high to block the shot.
In order to avoid the interception in the air, Kobe chose a difficult high throw. The ball hit the edge of the basket and then popped out. At this time, many Lakers fans must have lost their hearts.
But O'Neal on the other side grabbed the offensive rebound and made a second attack.
The hearts of Lakers fans flew to the sky again, but they were still greeted by the cold sound of hammering. O'Neal still failed to score at the basket. At this time, many fans had given up.
With little time left, Divac made a smart choice to hit the ball to the outside without being able to secure rebounds.
At that time, the Kings fans were already cheering. The score was 3:1, and the elimination of the defending champion was just around the corner.
Lu Yu curled his lips when he saw this, it was indeed the same plot and the same flavor.
After this game, Horry, the big man who was born for big scenes, recalled: "You can't imagine that kind of scene. When the ball flies over, so many people sit there and stare at the timer, and you have to shoot.
That ball."
As Horry recalled later, he had no preparation at that moment. Divac moved the ball to the outside and suddenly hit his hand.
Horry had no choice at this time and threw the ball away from the three-point line without hesitation.
"If I miss the shot, we lose; otherwise, it's a different situation." The "loss" in Holly's mouth is just a game, but considering the aura conversion problem, it may be losing a game.
season.
The so-called two heavens of ice and fire are exactly like this.
Win, the Lakers win this game!
Horry hit a three-pointer to kill the Kings, completing one of the greatest buzzers in playoff history. Such an opportunity may be rare to see once in a lifetime.
This buzzer-beater was named the best three-point shot in the 21st century playoffs in 2009, changing the 3:1 score to 2:2 in less than 1 second.
The fans who witnessed the miracle were lucky. They witnessed such a twists and turns and witnessed greatness.
Maybe the Kings fans were unwilling to give in, but now that I think about it, without this buzzer-beater, Donaghy's chance of extending the game to seven games would have disappeared.
After the game, Horry and Divac had a verbal spat. Divac said it was a lucky goal that happened to be met by him. Horry said: I have scored many goals like this in my career. No matter what, the winner has the bigger goal.
right to speak.
In fact, Horry did score many such goals.
In this game, Sharks scored 27,183 points, Kobe Bryant scored 2,542 points, and Horry scored 18,145 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter; King Divac scored 237 points, Bibby scored 20 points, Webber scored 2,065 points, and Turkoglu scored 1,812 points.
After watching the game, Lu Yu threw the remote control on the sofa and asked Artest next to him: "If we eliminate the Nets 4-0 and the Lakers and Kings play seven games, how many days can we rest?"
Artest counted on his fingers: "Five...six...seven...eight...nine?"
Lu Yu: "..."
Forget it, why did you think of asking him?
Americans are not good at arithmetic, not to mention that Silly Tai is one of the Americans with a low IQ.
Nets star Kidd said in an interview: "I believe we will be able to fight back. No team in history has been able to come back 3-0. I think we can make history."
