You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 421 The Hammered Warrior

Chapter 421 The Hammered Warrior

Chapter 424 The Warrior Who Was Hammered Out

On May 2007, 5, starting today, the semi-finals officially kicked off.

The Lakers stopped in the semifinals last year, and many fans still regret it.

That was the best Kobe in his career so far, but he lost to the Clippers, whose lineup clearly restrained the Lakers.Coupled with Wei Xia's injury, the Lakers were suppressed by the Clippers all the way.Played six and was eliminated.

That's still a bad series.

No one wants to look back on the past because those memories are not good.

And today, another round of semi-finals began.

The Lakers vs. Warriors, the fourth in the Western Conference vs. the eighth in the Western Conference. The two teams that shouldn't meet in the semifinals met.

Michael Thompson's words are most appropriate and appropriate: "The Lakers never dreamed that they would go all the way to the semifinals and still have home court advantage."

The Jazz have home court advantage in the first round, and the Warriors still have home court advantage in the second round.

Before the start of the game, the Warriors' core guard Baron Davis demonstrated to Los Angeles: "Since we can handle Dallas, we don't pay attention to Los Angeles. Our goal is the Western Conference Finals and Finals. Before that, no team can stop us from moving forward!"

Whether he is arrogant or confident, his words not only ignited the anger of the fans, but also aroused the fighting spirit of No. 24 of the Lakers.

In Game 5 of the semifinals, in the first quarter, Kobe made 3 of 2 in the first quarter, 2 of 9 free throws, and scored [-] points.

To him, it was just an inconspicuous little outburst.

To the Warriors' surprise, it was Vladimir Radmanovic who replaced Bynum and Ryan Hollins in the starting lineup.This person made three points with one hand, made 3 of 3 in a single quarter, and picked up an offensive rebound. He was fouled for a second offense and made one of two free throws.

What the Warriors used against the Mavericks didn't work very well for the Lakers.

Wei Xia and Kobe are both defensive experts, plus Sprewell who is a temporary starter, and almost nothing on the offensive end. On the defensive end, Smash Parker, who is good at single defense, is the only backup.

The bench lineup is not deep, but Wei Xia and Kobe are both physically capable of playing more than 44 minutes.

So having Parker as a backup is actually enough.

The state of the Warriors continues to prove that Davis' self-confidence before the game came too early. He does have the confidence to say those words, but he doesn't take the Lakers seriously. This is where he deserves to be damned.

Moreover, he also angered Kobe.

Why did they do that? The Lakers later analyzed that "Kobe's consecutive high-scoring performances in the last two seasons all ended in the Warriors, so they had some illusions and misunderstandings that shouldn't be there."If it weren't for this reason, it would be impossible to explain the deep meaning of Davis's ridicule before the game started.

In the second quarter, Kobe made 5 of 3 shots again, scoring 8 points and 17 points in the half.

Wei Xia next to him didn't do much offensively, but everything was dazzling except for offense.

7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

He successfully made Jason Richardson lose his sense of presence, and when Kobe locked Stephen Jackson, the Warriors only had Davis to open the situation.

In the second half, Kobe's performance was almost the same as in the first half.

In the first game against the Warriors, Kobe played 46 minutes and only got 4 free throws. He scored 39 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists like self-proving.

Behind him, Wei Xia's personal scoring will be in double figures, but he has a quasi triple-double of 11 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists and 5 steals.

"Wish and Mish, these two are like two extremes. The former makes you think that scoring is a superficial statistic, and the latter makes you feel that scoring is the only thing in the game of basketball."

Wei Xia and Kobe high-fived, and the Lakers beat the Warriors by 8 points.

"Tonight's game is enough to prove that the way the Warriors treat the Mavericks doesn't work for us!" Phil Jackson sprinkled salt through the media.

The Warriors are not a group that easily admit defeat, especially that Davis.

He not only has a big beard, but also a big mouth: "It's just a game!"

"Yeah, a game can't decide anything. We are not in a good state today, let's continue to look down." Stephen Jackson interjected.

The Warriors don't lose their mouths when they lose, and they still have three dissatisfaction and five dissatisfaction.

Kobe said indifferently: "I can only say that I am looking forward to the game two days later."

Wei Xia felt that the atmosphere was too stiff, and wanted to take a break, so he said: "If Kobe takes 40 shots in the second game, I hope everyone will not be too surprised."

It's Weixia's way to adjust the atmosphere by making fun of Kobe when there is nothing to do.

His banter was just the right intensity, Bryant never got angry and didn't mind, and sometimes even Jackson picked up on him and added a line or two.

A night passed, and each team participating in the conference finals had something to gain.

Except for the game day, the media can hardly track Wei Xia's whereabouts.

Except for contacting with friends, he spends all his time in the gymnasium to keep in shape.

Therefore, he found that Kobe's recent training intensity is not small, and for the second game, the black mamba is ready to open his mouth to eat people.

However, the protagonist at the beginning of the second game is not named Bryant.

The Warriors and the Jazz in the first round are completely different teams in terms of style. The running and bombing set by Nelson is a typical all-round offense and negative defense.

Offense comes first, defense does what you want -- if the hardest defense in basketball is to do what you want, then the coach who issues this order will only see his team make all kinds of low-level defense.

The Warriors did their best to allow Bryant to make 5 of 2 shots in a single quarter.

But Kobe continued to score 8 points in a single quarter steadily including free throws.

They ensured that Kobe's shooting percentage was no more than [-]%, but what about Wei Xia?

In the first quarter, the most common sentence heard in the commentary at the Staples Center was: "Oh my God, Wish is no longer in charge!"

"Will the Warriors really not plan to let someone defend Wish?"

"where is the guy!"

In the end, it became: "What about the defense?"

Nelson boldly made a plan to empty Weisha's outside shots, comprehensively encircled Kobe, boldly paid tribute to Chuck Daly back then, and wanted to stage the second season of "Never Let Kobe/Jordan Shit on Our Heads Again".

I have to say that since Wei Xia entered the playoffs, his average data per game has declined, and his shooting percentage is almost incomparable with the regular season.

"Thanks" to the Jazz, Wei Xia dropped from a star scorer averaging 20 points per game in the regular season to averaging 15 points per game, and his shooting percentage was an avalanche of 37%, which is actually consistent with Bob Cousy's career average.

Wei Xia never thought that he would pay tribute to Cousy in this form.

In Game 50 against the Jazz, he shot 24 percent from [-]-point range for the first time in the series, but he shot an impressive [-] percent from outside after six games.

In the eyes of the running and bombing team, is a 24% shooting percentage called a shooting percentage?That's a piece of crap with the label "Leave me alone."

Compared with Kobe, who is as terrifying as a monster, it is more impressive to let Wei Xia pinch Kobe.

The Warriors' defense left Wei Xia with no choice. He stood on the outside, at the top of the arc, and had a chance if he didn't move.

He didn't even have to run the floor, and the ease with which he got open would make Reggie Miller cry, Ray Allen go crazy, Kobe Bryant go crazy. No scorer averaging 20 points per game is so underrated.

Wei Xia did it!

He proudly took five open shots, all from beyond the three-point line, and after the first shot, Bryant's pass was on time like an alarm clock.

In the first quarter, Wei Xia made 5 of 5 shots from outside the three-point line and scored 15 points in a single quarter, which made the Golden State people feel the pain.

Restricting Kobe with all his strength, he didn't see any restriction effect, but it made Wei Xia's shooting feel explode.

Nelson put his crazy idea aside and kept man-to-man.

The changeable defensive strategy is a disaster for the running and bombing team. They suddenly turned into man-marking. No matter who faced Kobe, they were weak.

Offensive and defensive both pay attention to the word momentum, how can you defend yourself if you lower your status?

Kobe scored 10 points in the second quarter, shooting 66.7% from the field, Weicha's field goal percentage broke 100%, and the Lakers, who mainly played double Cs in the backcourt, took over the battle.

Before the end of the first half, Wei Xia came to confidence, shaking the ball in turn, changing direction in front of his body to catch the ball behind the lightning-like weak side hand, changing direction and shaking Baron Davis, who was moving slowly.

The bearded man watched in surprise as Wei Xia pulled up half a meter outside the three-point line on the right, and hit a three-pointer!

There was an uproar at Staples Center, mostly mocking Davis.

After Wei Xia knocked down his opponent and made a shot, he reached out to Davis.

"Don't sell your kindness!" Davis knocked off his hand with force.

"Are you trying to get rid of my touch in this way? It's really a rare cleverness." Wei Xia returned to the defense with a hidden knife in his smile.

That scene was part of the atmosphere of the Warriors' defeat.

The Lakers' two-gun attack in the backcourt was so fierce that they doubted their own strength.They are the Mavericks who won 67 wins not long ago. There is only one reason for winning, that is, their offense is amazing.

I didn't expect the Lakers to play this with them, and they couldn't stand it anymore.

A Kobe, a Weixia, their offense is not as bad as when facing the Jazz.

In the second half, Kobe scored 10 points in two consecutive quarters, 38 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. His shooting percentage was a dazzling 66%. The Warriors' defense was useless in front of him.

Wei Xia's efficiency is even more exaggerated.

He scored 30 points, shot more than 70%, and had only 2 assists. He was like a sharpshooter today, shooting the ball as soon as he got it, beating the Warriors who were wholeheartedly preparing to prevent Kobe Bryant dizzy and difficult to respond.

In the first game, they lost by 8 points.

In the second game, the Warriors were abused by 18 points.

In the two away games, they played in a mess. Where is the magic light that created the miracle of the Black Eight?

(End of this chapter)