activa-t Chapter 117
Chapter 117
Chapter 117
The Knicks killed the Lakers cleanly, which surprised the audience who were used to the league's strong west and weak east.
Although the Knicks have achieved some success this season, the record is second in the league, and the team also has the scoring and blocking champion Zhao Ke.But the Knicks play team basketball, and the attention is much lower. Everyone's impression of the Knicks is that the Knicks are slow-paced, defensive, and the score is below [-]?
The only Zhao guest who is highly topical is not a good bird. The impression of the people of the United States is that he hurt someone, and beat someone again?Banned again?
The luxurious Lakers are different, especially the soul-stirring seven-game confrontation in the Western Conference Finals, which made the world amazed at the powerful offensive power of the OK combination.
If a vote is launched across the league, it is estimated that [-]% of fans will support the Lakers to win the championship!Of the remaining [-]%, half are Kings fans and half are Knicks fans.
But the Lakers, which everyone expected, lost to the Knicks with a shameful score. It is not so much that the Knicks defeated the Lakers, it is better to say that the Lakers lost to themselves.
In this situation, how could the major media let the Lakers go?
"Associated Press": Let's forget that this is the NBA Finals!
The New York Knicks have often played ugly games in the game this season, but today at Madison Square Garden, they proved that they are worthy of the Eastern Conference championship.
In the warm applause of the fans, the Knicks got off to a good start at home, beating the Lakers by 13 points and winning their first victory in the finals.
In today's game, only two Lakers scored in double figures: O'Neal scored 44 points and 11 rebounds, Kobe Bryant had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, but the rest of the Lakers players were in a sluggish state. This is not the finals level of competition. They are not worthy of the finals stage!
"ESPN Sports News Network": O'Neill can't do it alone!
In the first game of the finals, O'Neal dominated the basket and was invincible. He scored 44 points. His points were half of the Knicks' points and nearly two-thirds of the Lakers' points. He was the best player in the game.But this is not enough to win the game. The Lakers need to wake up the OK combination and wake up the role players in order to give the "big shark" enough support.
Especially Kobe, in the terrible fourth quarter, the Lakers' counterattacks were completely destroyed by his consecutive three-pointers, while O'Neal was trying to lead the Lakers out of a 13-point disadvantage!
"USA Today": The Lakers were boiled frogs!
Nothing seemed to be in the hands of the Lakers, and the Knicks got what they wanted.Relying on the suffocating defense, the Knicks used the tactics of the Pistons ten years ago, which effectively suppressed the performance of other Lakers players except O'Neal.
Like a frog thrown into a pot of warm water, the Lakers fell in the muddy defense of the Knicks. They didn't want to change and continued to sink.When I wanted to change the situation, I realized that apart from O'Neill, the others collectively felt cold!
The fiasco also exposed the hidden dangers of discord within the Lakers:
After the game, Phil Jackson, who arranged for Kobe to take over the game in the fourth quarter, said to the media that he felt that O'Neal looked tired in the second half, so he arranged for Kobe-based tactics.
But O'Neal didn't appreciate it. He believed that he didn't get enough ball rights in the crucial fourth quarter: "I was tired of waiting (for the pass), and I didn't feel the slightest fatigue in the game. I don't think people who made 24 of 18 shots would feel tired anyway!"
He also publicly criticized his teammates: "Tonight we played like a loose sand, lazy and without fighting power!"
Kobe refused the interview, but most media believed that the loose sand O'Neill was talking about was Kobe.
The Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who led his team to the finals again after two seasons, said: "Although we are happy for the victory, we must not be too excited. Now we only win one game, and we need to get four victories to finally win, so we can't stay where we are and be content with a victory. We must always maintain the hunger for the championship!"
Billups, who got rid of the shadow of "parallel importers" and defeated the Lakers in the finals for the first time, was very excited: "Although we can be sure that we have won, but now I feel a little unreal. This feeling is indescribable and intoxicating..."
Zhao Ke has already run from the back door. He only scored 16 points in this game and has no sense of presence.And he wished the media and referees would forget him quickly!
It's home now, and the referee hasn't done anything obvious yet, but after the first two games, he's going to Los Angeles for a three-peat!
At that time, Zhao Ke, who was suspended for a total of 30 games in a season, will definitely be targeted by the referee, and he will be punished at the level of body hair. The whistle will definitely blow him to death, and life is worse than death!
But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn’t stop. In order to excuse his beloved Kobe, Phil Jackson pulled Zhao Ke out very viciously:
"You all know that with Kobe's offensive power, how could he only score 15 points in a game? 30 points is his most basic performance. The key lies in Zhao Ke who defended him. As we all know, Zhao Ke broke Bruce Bowen's leg and almost kicked Jerome Williams to death. Under his defense, Kobe actually scored 15 points, which makes me very lucky. After all, Kobe is one of our core. If he is crippled, we can only surrender..."
Playing this kind of text (zheng) water platform (zhi) persecution, Phil Jackson is a professional.
Zhao Ke, who managed to hide and keep a low profile, was quickly dug out by the media, and his skin was so tender that he was fired. It is foreseeable that Zhao Ke will definitely receive "special attention" in the second round.
Zhao Ke was feeling depressed when his cell phone rang suddenly, it was Wang Zhizhi calling.
"Generally, what bad news do you want to tell me?" Zhao Ke put his hand on his forehead and asked with his eyes closed.
Wang Zhizhi has been back to China for so long, and he hasn't talked to Zhao Ke on the phone since he resumed the devil training. Now Zhao Ke's Yintang is black and moldy, and he suddenly calls, which makes Zhao Ke have an ominous premonition.
"Congratulations on your victory in the first match of the finals?" Wang Zhizhi said with a smile.
"Generally, you wouldn't call me just to congratulate me! My buddy has already seen through you!" Zhao Ke despised General.
"Well, there is indeed bad news. The Basketball Association said that they will not consider naturalizing foreign players for the time being, so your nationality..."
"Naturalization is hot, buddy is Chinese, okay?" Zhao Ke interrupted Wang Zhizhi, and yelled at the phone angrily.
"Why don't you join the U.S. team first, and show them your muscles at the World Championships?"
"Brothers don't want to be traitors! At worst, I'll wait and let them beg us then!" Zhao Ke said stinkingly.
(End of this chapter)