Chapter 428 Beyond the Light, In the Dark

On May 20, 2007, the Los Angeles Lakers' series tour started with the opponent's home court for the first time.

If the Golden State Warriors did not appear, they might have stopped in the second round again. After all, everyone in the regular season would shout that they would be invincible.

They lost, faced a young team with a similar style to their own, met a group of musketeers who suddenly exploded, six games, 67 wins in the regular season, countless winning streaks, fear and shock brought to people, media shouts, Nowitzki's unshakable MVP, all of this, the rain and wind blow away.

Athletics always tells us that if you lose, you are nothing. Even if you are as outstanding as Jerry West in 1969, the league has to give you a FMVP trophy that you regard as a shame. Several years later, that trophy was named the Bill Russell Cup.

Every time a LOGO man sees that trophy, he will think of the most bleak failure in his life, and the opponent who eliminated them many times. Wouldn't he have the urge to smash the trophy?

This is the same for Nowitzki.

Now, instead of the Mavericks, the Lakers stand in front of the San Antonio Spurs, TNT TV will broadcast the entire series live.

Before the series started, the TNT team overwhelmingly shot a 5-0 result.

No one thinks that the Lakers can win, and after the Mavericks are eliminated, the Spurs will be invincible.

Everyone knows that the Mavericks' lineup is prepared for the Spurs. If someone can defeat the Spurs, it can only be the Mavericks.

Therefore, if the Spurs can successfully pass the Lakers and slaughter the lambs that came out of the cockfighting field in the East, their O'Brien Cup should have the name of the Golden State Warriors. As for the length of the name, it should not be an exaggeration.

ATT Center's visiting team player channel.

Kobe stretched out his arm, and he had been on the path of acting as a leader for three years.

In the first year, he was a lonely tyrant.

The next year, he was a lone wolf questioned and hostile to the whole world.

In the third year, this year, he turned into a team star in the first half of the season, and it was not until the team encountered injuries that he turned into a lone wolf again, stabilizing the situation with a continuous 50/60 performance. His performance is more worthy of MVP than Nowitzki, but the world is snobbish.

67 wins are indeed much greater than 51 wins. Even if the guys who created 67 wins were eliminated in the first round, the MVP did not belong to Kobe.

Everyone's hands were placed on Kobe's first stretch, and he then covered his other palm on it: "Answer me loudly, what is the moment now?!"

"Match moment!"

The division final, which has gone but no return, kicked off.

The Lakers came with determination not to be expected by the world. The Spurs were put on the stage in the starting lineup of Parker, Bowen, Fabricio Oberto, Michael Finley, and Duncan.

Unlike the Warriors' lineup in the semi-finals, the Lakers have also made updates and changes.

The Zen master asked Odom to play the third position, Radmanovich played the fourth position, and Ryan Hollins played the fifth position.

In terms of figure, it may be better to use Bynum to beat Duncan. But Bynum is too young and has limited training for him in the rookie season. In fact, this year should be his rookie year. Using his current experience to fight Duncan, he is very likely to be beaten by both offense and defense, and finally he was heartbroken by Duncan's few "Buddhas sayings".

The best protection for him is to avoid confronting Duncan at the beginning.

In the regular season, Jackson didn't mind letting Duncan teach him a lesson, but now it's the playoffs and it's impossible to be careless in a game.

The Lakers set up a tall starting lineup to compete with the Spurs for their books. The game began in the old atmosphere of both sides recalling the past.

Weisha was against Tony Parker, and the Zen master had no choice but to do it. According to the lineup, the best candidate to defend Parker was Smash Parker, but in order to allow Odom to start the third position, Parker was sacrificed.

Weisha's position against Parker was not as effective as Parker because Parker was too fast.

It was just at the start of tonight that Wei Xia's performance gave Jackson unexpected surprises and surprises.

Parker accelerated like a sports car and was fouled by Wei Xia.

"His acting skills are worse than Anne Hathaway. Are you fucking wrong?" Popovich pointed at Wei Xia who was lying on the ground and shivered in anger.

If he just dislikes Wei Xia's acting skills and the referee doesn't want to pay attention to him, this has risen to questioning the referee's IQ, so of course the referee has to give him some color.

Popovich took T. If it weren't for the assistant coach next to him, the spit sprayed out of his mouth could help the referee wash his face.

The Lakers started with two free throws from Popovich.

Kobe immediately took the ball on the right wing, not afraid of Bowen's defense and scored the ball.

The Lakers started 4-0.

What they did not expect was that Kobe's goal was the only goal he scored in the first quarter.

After Kobe was abusing the field, the Spurs also understood that when he had no pillars in the inside and lacked strong aids on the outside, why should he give him a high-level shot to bet on his touch? He is not named James, and the Spurs have the conditions to chase front and back, forcing him to take various inhuman-level difficult shots.

The Spurs' strategy revolves around Kobe's often unreasonable offensive choices.

Wei Xia was ignored.

They said that there was no strong support on the outside, so they ignored Wei Xia.

To be rational, the Spurs' abacus is right. Wei Xia has never proved his shooting stability in front of a strong defensive team. Thanks to the Warriors' undefensive strategy that is even more undefensive than the Suns, Wei Xia has pulled back a lot of data and shooting percentage through four games against the Warriors.

The Spurs' scout team has seen him really, and facing high-intensity defense, his shooting will be inaccurate.

So, one and a half meters were given a space at the beginning.

It is hard to resist the good intentions. Kobe missed two consecutive shots, Hollins competed for offensive rebounds, and it was posted by Wei Xia.

"Swish!"

"The top of the arc is Wish's most accurate shooting point, and Tony can no longer let him take action!"

The good times didn't last long, and the Spurs did not listen to the reminder from Sean Elliott in the commentary seat.

Wei Xia was soon given another empty seat.

Wei Xia took advantage of the opportunity given by the Spurs for free and scored another three-pointer at the same position, and stopped the Spurs from a 9-2 start.

The Lakers' momentum suddenly rose.

"Based on the data we have, Wish is indeed not good at shooting outside."

"But if you understand his 'not good at' as 'no', it will cause big problems!"

Neither good nor not good at it is suitable for Wei Xia's evaluation.

These two comments are simply sorry for the sweat he shed on the training ground.

The most suitable comment should be unstable.

He has no pitching talent and relies entirely on muscle memory. In addition, due to double-action shooting, he jumps very high every time he shoots. Therefore, whether he does not enter or not, in more cases, depends on himself, and the interference of his opponent can only affect a small part.

There are many reasons for his instability. The hand feel problem is one, and not getting enough power to take action is also the key.

The Spurs' adjustment was very simple, replace Parker.

It is rare to replace the French after only three minutes.

Then, Ginobili, the sixth man of the year, made an appearance.

The next game proved that Popovich's substitution strategy was right.

After Ginobili came up, he started attacking first, then assisted his teammates, and acted with fake falls. He was as good as Wei Xia.

The ridiculous round was that both of them wanted to commit the other party's foul. They lie on the ground while having some contact, and were both warned by the referee.

It was also after he appeared that the Spurs turned the situation around.

24 to 22

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs led by 2 points.

"The 12 minutes just now are enough to prove that the Lakers are definitely not lucky to play here. They are a tough team!"

Now I know, it's not too late.

The Spurs only took one quarter of the game to face up to the strength of their opponents.

The second quarter belongs to Duncan time.

His first offense against Radmanovich, leaned back and turned around to hit the board forty-five degrees.

"I almost blocked me, my friend."

Duncan's joke made Radmanovich's face turn green.

The same nonsense, the Lakers' inside will hear seven to eight times in the second quarter.

Duncan's outbreak is in line with the right time, place and people.

The home basket is very familiar, and the weak opponent cannot resist it. His teammates who are willing to pass the ball make him extremely comfortable every time he attacks.

In the second quarter, Duncan made 6 of 7 shots, efficient and fierce, and also scored 5 free throws, hitting 4 of them.

Even his biggest technical shortcomings were not exposed tonight.

Duncan, the dominant Duncan, led the Spurs to score 32-16 in a single quarter.

The Lakers were 18 points behind the Spurs at halftime.

Kobe and Wei Xia were hard to watch in the second quarter, and they made 3 of 14 shots in total.

In the second half, Kobe was fiercely asking for the ball to attack, and his self-awareness, desire to take over, and the demon who needed him to stand up and turn the tide woke up.

Once Kobe presses that button, the Lakers have only one way to attack, give the ball to him, and others hide away. It is best not to appear in Kobe's sight, otherwise Kobe, who is red-eyed, may have confusion of "How can my enemy wear our jersey?"

Kobe responded with 12 points in a single quarter.

Wei Xia scored two more three-pointers from the outside to help Kobe clear the ball to the greatest extent.
To be continued...