The three-day offseason seems a bit long.

While waiting for the finals, fans were also watching various things about the 2006 draft.

According to the latest news, the Raptors, who hold the No. 1 pick, are very interested in the big man Andrea Bagnani from Italy.

Nowitzki's name is clearly written in the column of Bagnani's draft template.

This big man from Europe, like Nowitzki, is 2.11 meters tall, and has the same flexible speed as Nowitzki, and has a 37% outside shooting percentage in the European League.

The predecessors planted trees and later enjoyed the cool air. Nowitzki's success made Bagnani hoped to become the first draft pick in Europe.

Durant's draft market is also optimistic, and he is predicted to be selected by the Cavaliers in TNT's draft predictions.

Cleveland, where the Cavaliers are located, is the "barrens" of the four major sports leagues, where there has never been a championship.

Durant has a chance to be the savior there.

However, in ESPN's prediction, Durant was predicted to be selected by Houston until the fifth pick.

ESPN also gave a full reason. Durant's inability to push 84KG shows that he has a certain probability of not being able to adapt to the physical confrontation of the NBA.

If you don’t open your eyes, there are not many players who have not played in this type of player before the NBA.

Of course, there are some rumors that the Supersonics are also interested in Durant and are trying hard to trade the draft picks up.

And one interesting thing is that Durant's draft template has the names of two people written in it.

Upper limit of McGrady, lower limit of Yi Jianlian.

The two templates look very interesting, but they don’t have the strength, but they all have great differences in positions.

However, this just shows the uncertainty of Durant's draft prediction.

These topics were talked about by fans during off-season days.

Time flies, and the third game of the finals kicks off in Los Angeles in a blink of an eye.

Staples Center is full, and the enthusiasm of the fans is completely written on their faces.

As I talked to the fans in the forum, the Lakers are in a good situation now, and fans can't wait to see the team defending their title at home.

Especially if it can win the third game, the Lakers will be invincible 3-0.

NBA history has never been reversed in the playoffs 3-0 lead, let alone the Finals.

During the warm-up before the game, all the Lakers were in full shape, but they did not show pride.

This shows that the Lakers have trained enough in the past three days, but they have done enough psychological homework.

Everything has two sides. When they easily defeated the Warriors Lakers, they had a relaxed mentality, which led to some underestimation of the enemy when they were fighting the Suns.

But it is precisely because of that experience that the Lakers maintained absolute concentration on the game before successfully defending their title.

When seeing the Lakers players' form, fans have enough reason to believe that this Lakers can finally defend their title and win tonight's game.

But what is a little surprising is the spirit of the Wizards.

In theory, they should have been depressed, but they also showed equally full of energy? They can even be said to be a little excited.

That feeling is like...well, I am determined to win.

This state is surprising.

It is worth mentioning that Jordan, as the Wizards' owner, also came to Los Angeles with the team.

When he was warming up before the game, he was talking and laughing with the Wizards at the Wizards halftime? He looked in a very good mood.

"If I'm right? Maybe Michael gave each of them a huge gift, maybe a free nightclub night."

In the commentary seat, Brin's partner Mark Jackson teased.

Everyone knows that Jordan likes to bet? And sexy girls.

Jackson retired after the end of last season? After retiring, he worked for ESPN and became a professional commentator.

Because of his humorous commentary style, he was similar to Barkley's development trajectory, and he soon became a famous person on ESPN.

This can be seen from his partner Bolling's commentary on the finals.

Bolling was amused.

“I think it’s more likely to be a pair of Michael’s signature sneakers.”

Brin continued.

"Anyway? Whether it's a nightclub? Sneakers? The Wizards look different tonight? This may bring us some surprises."

Mark Jackson said casually.

But it was just his casual words that he said, but he didn't expect it to come true in the end.

The game begins soon? The Wizards' opening tactics and appearance have not changed much.

McGrady is still defending Sun Hao, and Hamilton's tactical status is still improved at the beginning.

Although this did not help the Wizards lead, because the Lakers are in good shape.

The result is that the two teams are still in a stalemate since the beginning of the game.

It's true as Carlisle said? The two teams are evenly matched? It's not as huge as the big scores show.

This stalemate situation was the same as in the last game? It continued until the last critical moment!

But this time? Before the two teams began to compete for key ball abilities, Carlisle once again used the shark-cutting tactic!

O'Neal was constantly sent to the free throw line, and then he was very stable... and missed two free throws.

This also puts the Lakers in a passive position.

Especially Phil Jackson, who is the head coach, has to start doing multiple-choice questions again.

Moreover, this time Carlisle "standardized" the use of shark chopping tactics, making it impossible for Jackson to choose no matter how he chooses it.

Jackson finally chose to replace O'Neal in advance, and the Lakers' inside strength was greatly reduced.

Especially on the offensive end, this made Carlisle use a crazy three-man double-team against Sun Hao.

At the most critical moment, the Lakers' regular season problem of "role players will not play without O'Neal" appeared again.

Neither Walker, Ariza or Payton could send the ball into the basket.

The Wizards also took advantage of the situation to make a wave of noise at the last moment, and finally defeated the Lakers 103-95, winning a goal away!

At the moment the game ended, the Wizards members celebrated wildly on the court.

This victory prevented them from falling into a desperate situation of 0 to 3, which meant that they had pulled themselves back from the edge of the cliff.

Jordan also stood up and applauded immediately after the game, and then walked over to hug the Wizards one by one.

With this result, his previous saliva was not in vain.

In the end, he even gave head coach Carlisle a big hug.

After this game, Carlisle became one of the few coaches in addition to old Nelson and Popovich who could also use the shark chopping tactics correctly.

Carlisle's learning speed gives him sufficient reason to believe that the former can lead the Wizards to win the championship.

Maybe it's this year, maybe it's next year.

On the other end of the court, Sun Hao also showed his gradually mature personality and called his teammates together to encourage him after the defeat.

"We have two home courts. If we win them, we can still win the cup at home and believe in ourselves!"

This kind of post-match encouragement is very necessary.

Just like if you anger a woman, the effect of coaxing the woman at the first time is hundreds of times better than the effect of coaxing her overnight.

The Lakers regained confidence.

Two days later, the fourth game of the two-way series continued to open at Staples Center.

This game is particularly important to both sides.

For the Wizards, if they cannot win this game, the 1-3 situation will force them to a real desperate situation.

At that time, if they want to win again, it means that they must win three consecutive games in the finals, which is as difficult as a sky-high.

For the Lakers, if they cannot win this game, they will tie the Wizards 2-2 and be dragged into the King of Heaven.

Not to mention returning to the same starting line, more importantly, losing two home courts in a row will be a huge blow to the team's morale.

What's even more fatal is that even if you win Tianwang Mountain, you will play at home in the Wizards in the next two games!

Even if the Lakers have G6 grandsons, it will be very difficult to win at that time.

Sometimes it has to be touched that the 7-game 4-win system looks like there are many games, but the winners and losses of each game have a great impact on the entire series.

No one can afford to lose, and this was fully demonstrated at the beginning of the game. The two teams took out the highest intensity of defense they could from the beginning.

The intensity of the on-field confrontation is comparable to the 2009-10 finals in history.

From time to time, people are overturned, but they do not lose the beauty of the game.

Of course, the performance of superstars such as Yao Mai, Sun Hao and O'Neal in the confrontation is even more outstanding.
To be continued...