Chapter 415 The second chance will have benefits later~
In the second game, the Lakers still lost. Although Tang Qian was used to the basic rules of this era, he still couldn't win.
First of all, the New York Knicks in the 1970s were a very strong team. Being able to enter the Finals several times was proof of their strength. Furthermore, their team was so star-studded that it was no less impressive than the Lakers.
It's even slightly better than the Lakers this season. For example, this season the Lakers seem to be a bit too strong in the regular season. Jerry West, one of the core players of the team, has a record shooting percentage in the playoffs.
A career low. In fact, except for only playing 1 playoff game in the last season and making 2 of 9 shots in 14 minutes, this season's playoff performance is the best in Jerry West's entire NBA playoff career.
Rotten is also the worst.
To put it bluntly, "win by lying down" is not an exaggeration.
Why? Because in the entire history of West's NBA playoff career, as long as he played more than 1 game in a single season, the worst shooting rate was 44.2%. That was the 1964-65 season. Apart from that, absolutely
Most of the time, his playoff shooting percentage is above 46%, and it is not uncommon to even exceed 50%. But this season, the great 69-13 season, Jerry Way, as the absolute core of the backcourt,
But Steve was extremely abnormal. To what extent was he abnormal? The league's assist leader who maintained a super high shooting percentage of 47.7% in the regular season, in the playoffs, he only surrendered 37.6% of his field goal percentage in fifteen games.
Compared with the regular season, the shooting percentage dropped by 10.1%.
I don’t understand what this means? It’s similar to Kobe’s shooting percentage in the last two seasons, and what was Kobe’s nickname in those two seasons? It’s not called “Black Mamba” but “Iron Mamba”. You need to know this
The shooting percentage data is from the playoffs. If it were put in the modern era, it would definitely be "blacked out". There is absolutely no other way to say that. So first of all, the Lakers' absolute main force on the outside is far inferior to the opponent's.
Walter Fraser.
West's opponent, Walter Frazier, has improved his statistical efficiency in the playoffs this season compared to the regular season. His field goal percentage has exceeded 53%, which is higher than the former's field goal percentage in the playoffs.
A full 16%! In other words, intuitively speaking, Walter Frazier only took 17 shots to surpass Jerry West in scoring average.
First, at position 1, the Lakers were completely suppressed.
Let’s look at No. 2, Gail Goodrich VS Earl Monroe.
Although Goodrich is only 185cm tall, his playing style is that of the No. 2 position. This can be seen from his average assists per game in the regular season, which was 4.5. Even double that, it is not as good as Jerry Way, the league's assist king this season.
West. So he is a proper No. 2 player. But he is almost "the same" as his teammate Jerry West. His basic data, which was so powerful in the regular season, also declined in the playoffs.
, from shooting percentage to points per game, everything is far from the regular season. What about opponent Earl Monroe? Because he just transferred from the Baltimore Bullets to the New York Knicks this season, he is still not used to the tactics and tactics here.
His style of play was far from being fully realized on the offensive end, but he made a contribution on the defensive end, using his height that was 6cm higher than his opponent's to make Goodrich very uncomfortable.
The core of the Lakers' backcourt has both declined to varying degrees compared to the regular season, which has greatly increased the pressure on the shoulders of the other Lakers players. Speaking of the No. 3 position, the Lakers' main SF is Jim McMillan. A black forward whose peak period was very short and most of them stayed in Los Angeles. His basic playoff statistics are not much different from those in the regular season, but they are similar to those of West and Goodrich. His shooting percentage also declined in the playoffs. , close to 3 percentage points. However, with the two brothers in front of him "at the bottom", his decline is nothing. The No. 3 position of the Knicks was a famous political figure later, and he participated in the US presidential election in 2000. Senator Bill Bradley. Although this white man is not as good as his opponent Jim McMillan in terms of points per game in the playoffs, he is worse than him in terms of stability, and his scoring and shooting percentage have improved slightly, so he does not count. After losing the matchup, all things considered, we can be on par with our opponent McMillan, with a slight disadvantage.
At this point, I believe everyone has noticed that the Lakers' three perimeter players have all declined after entering the playoffs. Jerry West in particular was astonishing. He took 22.7 shots and scored 22.9 points. The number of shots was almost as high as
The scoring is even. The low efficiency of the offense is evident.
With the overall decline of teammates on the outside, the Lakers only have Wilt Chamberlain and Happy Hairston on the inside.
Fortunately, in the original time and space, both of them performed normally. Happy Hairston's playoff data was basically the same as the regular season data. This is very valuable in the context of his outside teammates. Then there is "Big Dipper" Will
Special Chamberlain. His 71-72 playoff data was 14.7 points, 21 rebounds, 3.3 assists per game, and a shooting percentage of 56.3%. Overall, compared with the basic data of the regular season, the shooting percentage has declined and the rebounding has increased.
, but the shooting percentage of 56.3% is completely enough. It can only be said that Chamberlain himself "played" too high in the regular season.
But in the finals, Chamberlain performed well, averaging 19.4 points, 23.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 60% shooting rate in 5 games. Especially in the last game of the finals, he made 10 of 14 shots.
He scored 24 points, 29 rebounds, 4 assists and 8 blocks. In other words, he was close to a triple-double. Therefore, Chamberlain, who has been criticized as a "postseason softie", saved the Lakers and defeated the New York Knicks with his own hands.
Team. Here is a small episode. People are wildly exaggerating Reed's "injured appearance" in 1970. In fact, his real contribution value was pitifully small, because the hero that night was Walter Frazier. If it hadn't been for him
In Game 7, he scored 36 points on 12-of-17 shooting, 19 assists and 7 rebounds. Reed's short appearance was more like a show.
And what about Wilt Chamberlain? In the conference finals of this season's playoffs, he injured his wrist, causing a fracture. Later, in the third game, he injured his other hand. The X-ray result at that time was "
Broken.bone", also known as fracture. In the fifth game of the Finals, Chamberlain's hand injuries worsened further, and he was not sure whether he could continue to play until the day of the game. At that time, the famous magazine SI was still on the cover
The title "Trust Withered" was printed on the cover. The person on the cover was the Lakers No. 13, Wilt Chamberlain, with his hands wrapped in thick white bandages. But in order to ensure that the Lakers won this championship without "Yao"
"Moth", Chamberlain forcibly returned to the game before the start of the game and returned to the team roster. In order to ensure his competitive status, he chose not to use any medication, including painkillers.
Everyone has seen the result. In the last game, he scored a large-scale triple-double with a shooting percentage of over 70%. It can be said that he successfully avenged himself and perfectly avenged the 1970 Finals.
And he deservedly became the Finals FMVP that year.
If you just look at the playoff data, you will certainly not be able to imagine why Chamberlain won the FMVP. But few people are willing to understand the real situation. Bullshit has become a matter of public opinion and public acceptance.
thing.
In that round of the finals, Wilt Chamberlain also got the nickname "Boxing Man", which means that his hands were thickly bandaged and he looked like a boxer. But all of this, as time went by afterwards, was gradually
People have forgotten it in the long river of history, and Chamberlain himself never mentioned this incident, so over time, the "Reed Incident" became more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Perhaps, this is the "binding clause" of becoming a "giant Goliath".
As the saying goes, if you win, it's a matter of course; if you lose, it's a matter of course.
But having said so much, don’t forget one thing, that is, the current “Wilt Chamberlain” of the Lakers is no longer the “Wilt Chamberlain”. He has become the 2013 Oriental center “Tang Qian”
”.
When all the teammates on the team are in a downturn, it is simply a fantasy to rely on "Tang Qian" to win the championship.
So even though he tried his best, he was easily defeated by his opponent, leaving him with no room for bargaining.
After the game, Tang Qian was so tired that he almost collapsed. Because of the "hand-to-hand nature" of the 1970s, it was exaggerated. Countless foul actions of later generations were "routine actions" in this era. Coupled with the intensity of the finals,
, Tang Qian almost collapsed on the court. Although he has played in the NBA for more than a season, he has never played more than 35 minutes, usually around 20 minutes. Suddenly, he will
The game time increased to more than 40 minutes, and the competitive intensity was still the same as that of the finals. After only 2 games, Tang Qian couldn't bear it anymore, and his muscles and bones all over his body were on strike.
Although you can fully recover after a good sleep, but what about during the game?
Tang Qian felt that at this intensity, he could not support 2 knots at most, or even 2 knots, 4 knots? That was really too much. Not to mention the weakening of "Inner Demon", Tang Qian suddenly fell into a huge
in the predicament.
If you can't win...then you will have to stay in this "circulation space" for the rest of your life.
How can this kind of thing be allowed???
In the third game, Tang Qian struggled with a sprained ankle, but it still didn't help. The Lakers still lost by 15 points.
It's another 0:3 series situation, the Lakers... are definitely losing.
Tang Qian's expression also turned extremely gloomy for the first time.
PS: The more research I get, the less I know about it, Xiao Zi feels. Many historical truths have been obscured by time. If we don’t dig deeper, maybe not many people will mention it in our lifetime.
So it’s not advisable to just hear it from hearsay!
There will be benefits later~ Hehe~ Everyone, after reading this chapter, don’t rush away~