The Lakers are roaring.

This is what they will do when they witness greatness, the sound they will make when they witness legends with their own eyes. Such a roar awakens the gatekeepers leading to the legendary gate, and makes this moment fall into history.

Their excited roar lasted for a long time in Los Angeles, 5 minutes...10 minutes...probably 15 minutes. It was a Sunday night in late April, and 19,000 viewers in the Staples Center cheered thunderously, of course, perhaps including the resonance of several Lakers celebrities.

"Magic" Johnson in the tnt studio said excitedly: "One fly to save the ball, one key steal, and two key goals from Kobe, wish and Kobe, they saved the game at the same time, allowing the Lakers to lead the Suns 3-1! There will be no better result than this!"

Old Thompson shouted excitedly: "The Lakers can prepare for the next round of the game!"

The Lakers are not as trough as the Celtics, but since O'Neal returned to the East, the Purple and Gold Legion's failure to sink into the sand seems to be yesterday, but today has achieved decisive success.

No one believes them, except the players themselves, and some fans.

That's why the Lakers roared when Kobe snatched the Suns' serve and received the ball and hit the buzzer-beating jumper.

Such a roar is never before, given that this buzzer-beating jump shot could kill the Suns for a whole year, allowing the Lakers to advance to the next round and win the series, the audience has reason to be excited about it.

Their roar is because, in everyone's eyes, the Lakers' season should have been another "unlucky" season, and there is every reason to become a new grave in the failed cemeteries of the Lakers in the past. In their eyes, this round of playoffs is just a stalemate. Because Kobe has never been a real leader, he is a scorer, that's all. Can he score 81 points in a single game? But can he lead the Lakers back to the championship? O'Neal said that before he left, he cursed the Lakers, cursed that this team would no longer have a chance to turn around before he retired. He swore that his curse would be as long and terrifying as the "Holy Infant" Babe Ruth 1.

O'Neal's curse seems to be fulfilled.

Last summer, the Lakers took Butler to exchange for Wei Xia's signing rights. Jackson, who was granted the right to sign, made several signings that even Isaiah Thomas could not do. He spent a lot of money to buy players who were useless. The Lakers lacked point guards and insiders, and then they missed a season. Before the end of the regular season, the starting center Chris Meim was reimbursed for the season, which was like a re-fulfilling Sharks' curse.

The Lakers have enough factors to be defeated by the Suns, and Kobe will also lose to Nash in a head-on showdown.

This is the script that should have appeared.

Let the lightning flash and thunder roar, the Lakers are unmoved.

The cheers roared like thunder, and the wind swept the clouds. The man who hit the three-pointer was swept and overwhelmed by the cheering trend.

Kobe clenched his fist and compared a forceful fist to the audience.

Kobe became the hero who was given flowers, and Wei Xia, who gave the key defense, did not want to be seen by others in his arm because of saving the ball.

The reporter asked him what he was thinking when he flew to save the ball.

"I didn't think too much?" he replied. "I was really thinking about something. At that time, I was full of...anger? Not the kind of anger that was angry? It was the kind of anger that was a bit excited."

"I know that that moment belongs to me." Wei Xia said

This point? No one can deny it.

That was the moment that belonged to him.

If he hadn't flew to save the ball, wouldn't he have destroyed the Suns' sideline ball tactics? Kobe could not make a key three-pointer? He could not hit a winning mid-range shot.

Kobe in the distance was also surrounded by the media.

Kobe's thoughts drifted to April last year, and the summer full of painful memories followed one after another; and the moment when he felt embarrassed personally; back to the moment when he was full of anger, and this anger came back again? But? It felt different. In the first season of the Sharks leaving, he led the team without entering the playoffs, the outside world mocked him, O'Neal, who was sprinkling salt on his wounds, the so-called he could not become a leader?

Everyone knows what happened next, Los Angeles is in full swing? Historic moments have been created again, and what about it? Kobe announced in the form of a legend that he stepped into the threshold of legend.

"Well, what will you say this time? Am I a leader?" Kobe said to the reporter? He was thinking about this at the moment when he was the final kill.

To understand his anger? And his jubilant celebration after the game? First of all, you need to understand what he has experienced.

"When we missed the playoffs last season, the story really began," Kobe told reporters.

All achievements are accumulated over a long period of time, and every success is paved with the experience of failure.

Behind his previous series of shocking finals and tonight's finals, there are countless losses, such as the rookie's three-no-spot against the Jazz in the 2004 Finals, and a series of bad performances against the Pistons.

It is these moments of failure that have nurtured his growth and enabled him to be in his current state. He is like other ordinary people, not perfect; but he is different from most people. He refuses to make excuses for these failures and find more reasons for himself.

He began to work hard outside the attack. He kept flipping through the videos to find solutions to the situation when facing double-teaming and blocking. And most importantly, he absorbed everything - criticism, accusation, and that anger.

He accepted the accusations, which were internalized by him as motivation, and when he reported to the training camp, he began to sow the seeds of anger.

At the press conference, Kobe said: "When we get injuries, we have to be consistent with others, so we believe in each other more and rely on each other more. In the long run, we have become better. We didn't say 'Since our roster is incomplete, Kobe, you score 35 points per game and do other things by the way', we said 'We have to pass the ball', 'We have to find a better opportunity', 'We have to work harder on the defensive end, 'We have to be more united'. We didn't just give the ball to me or shoot for someone else, but we became a better team. We didn't just think about 'what I need to do', and focus more on 'what is better for our team'."

Wei Xia, who had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals in the game, was also brought to the press conference by Phil Jackson.

The reporter wanted to hear what he thought about those steals.

"I just want to win." Wei Xia said briefly.

He didn't say much, and his face looked very rosy, as if he hadn't escaped from the game state.

Jackson heard the old-fashioned, annoying question that made him want to knock the questioner out of the media room: "Wish's performance is getting better and better. Will he put him on the starting list in the next game?"

Kobe is eyeing.

Wei Xia looked indifferent.

Jackson's answer was: "Everything is possible."

Judging from the game process, Wei Xia was the one who saved the battle, but Jackson did not use him because of this.

He did not forget what the other party said when he replaced Wei Xia again in the second half.

The disrespect in his tone, the contempt in his eyes, and the words deliberately mocking him all told him that wish's patience with him had reached its limit.

Jackson, who liked to control people's hearts since the Bulls, especially the players' minds, felt that the situation in the team was out of control.

After the press conference, they walked into the player channel together.

He took the initiative to say to Wei Xia: "Wish, you played well."

Under normal circumstances, Wei Xia would respond modestly.

Now, he was in no mood: "No, I didn't play well enough."

Kobe was standing between the two of them, and he was the most embarrassing. He should have been happy about the night of winning the match point, but Wei Xia had a quarrel with Jackson.

But he thinks Wei Xia did nothing wrong, he just can't tolerate Jackson's intrigue during the playoffs.

In this game, Wei Xia's performance is crucial.

Kobe's 5-pointer at the last minute would make an important mark for his resume, but if Wei Xia had not flew to save the ball and he had not destroyed the Suns and got the sideline ball, the result would have been the opposite.

Kobe didn't forget what he said, if Wei Xia did everything he could do, Jackson wouldn't let him play the starting position. He would take his jersey to Jackson's office like the plot in "Rudy", then put the jersey on Jackson's desk, and ask Wei Xia to replace his starting position.
Chapter completed!