freeallnovels Chapter 228 223 [Advancing to the Western Finals]
Chapter 228 223 [Advancing to the Western Finals]
Chapter 228 223 [Advancing to the Western Finals]
"I'm an objectivist. Obviously, Dirk Nowitzki's situation tonight must have been experienced by you as professional players. So what I want to say is that even if we know we can't guard against it, we have to do it. Work hard to defend, only in this way can we become the final winners”
Rudy Tom and Norwich didn't blame Li Hao for putting too little pressure on Dirk Nowitzki on the defensive end. He just told all the Lakers players that sometimes, a defensive attitude can make you win.
Li Hao agrees with Rudy Tom's and Norwich's point of view, because when you put on a defensive posture, you will invisibly put a certain amount of pressure on your opponent.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers really increased their strength on the defensive end. Although it seems that Dirk Nowitzki is not affected by this, but for the entire Mavericks, it is gradually difficult for them to play the first quarter. High hit rate game.
The Lakers are just the opposite. If the last game was Li Hao's performance show, then this game seems to be Kobe's personal game. He scored 3 points efficiently in just 11 minutes to help the Lakers. Strongly overtake the score.
"It has appeared, that's it. There is always one of the Zijin Geminis who will stand up. This is almost a problem facing the entire league. After all, no team can limit the two Zijin Geminis at the same time."
When Kobe stood up on the offensive end, many people were sighing that this seemed to be an extremely familiar plot.
As someone felt.You can defend Li Hao, so what about Kobe?When you defend Kobe again, what will Li Hao do?After all, it is impossible for the Zijin Gemini to be defended at the same time. For a superstar like them, even if other teams want to defend him, they must invest a lot of troops, but obviously, they do not have many defensive troops. , Defense is very important in basketball games, but if you only focus on defense and don't dig into offense, it will be useless in the end.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points in the first half of the game, which is a high score, and even this is his best first half of the playoffs, but in terms of the entire team , His excellence looks a little pale.
46: 34!
At the end of the first half, the Lakers had a 12-point lead. For the Dallas Mavericks, they lost too much in the second quarter.
Looking at the total points scored by the Dallas Mavericks in the first half, many people couldn't help feeling sorry for Dirk Nowitzki. He scored almost two-thirds of the team's points alone, but the team still fell behind by a large margin.
"The rest of the Dallas Mavericks must stand up in the second half. We all know that Dirk Nowitzki performed very well in the first half. However, the Mavericks can't put all their hopes on Dirk. You must know that this is the playoffs. In the game, Dirk spent too much energy in the first half, and it is impossible for him to maintain this state in the second half. In turn, even if he can continue to maintain this state in the second half, it cannot help the Mavericks win."
Charles Barkley said.
"That's true. On the Lakers side, Kobe scored 19 points in the first half. He was the Lakers' best player in the first half. He hardly exerted his strength on the court. He was not in a bad state, but chose to let Kobe exert his strength on the offensive end, which means that the Lakers can put Bao on Lee in the second half."
Kenny Smith agrees with Barkley, and even in his opinion, if the Mavericks don't make changes in the second half of the game, they may be worse than people think.
"Of course it's Lee, you know he did the same thing last year, this kid has it all"
"Come on, Charles, Kobe is the most valuable player in the regular season this season. He is the new scorer. Looking at the data so far in the playoffs, Kobe still has a slight advantage compared to Li Hao. We should know, because many Reason Kobe has a greater desire for this trophy than anyone else"
During the half-time break, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith once again "sawed out".
Of course, if someone pays attention to the focus of their debate, they will open their eyes in astonishment!
Because these two guys are now talking about Li Hao and Kobe who will get this year's fmvp.
What does this mean?
It shows that these two guys have subconsciously believed that the Lakers will beat the Mavericks, rush out of the West, and win the championship.
If the Lakers now look like they can beat the Dallas Mavericks and advance to the Western Conference Finals, maybe people can accept it.
But now to say that the Lakers can rush out of the West and win the O'Brien Cup again, I'm afraid it's a bit...
Anyway, these two guys said so.
Of course, people are more interested in the focus of their debate than they subconsciously believe that the Lakers will successfully defend the championship.
That is to join the Lakers and really successfully defend the championship.
So will Kobe win the first fmvp trophy of his career, or Li Hao will win two consecutive fmvp championships in his career.
And everyone's opinions are almost the same as those of Barkley and Kenny Smith. They are basically divided into two factions. Some people think that Kobe will win fmvp, while others think that Li Hao will successfully defend the title.
In short, under the leadership of Barkley and Kenny Smith, during this intermission, people are not talking about how the two teams will play in the second half of the game, but people are arguing about who Li Hao and Kobe will win the championship.
Li Hao and Kobe are resting in the locker room at this time, if they know that everyone is discussing this topic at the moment, they will be speechless.
.........
"brush"
As soon as the third quarter started, Li Hao hit a three-pointer. This seemed to be a signal, a signal for the Lakers to exert their strength. Many people were making such guesses.
In fact, the trend of the next game fully confirmed this point. When the Lakers fully exerted their strength in the third quarter, the Mavericks looked really difficult to resist, and only Dirk Nowitzki was struggling to support it.
"beep"
Finally, with the whistle of the referee, the game officially ended.
110: 90!
Another crushing round.
Dirk Nowitzki became a tragic hero on this night. He scored 37 points in the game, but he couldn't beat four hands with two fists.
After leaving his once lonely back, people saw him again. It was already two days later at the Mavericks' home court. Two days later, at the American Airlines Center Stadium, the third game of the series between the Lakers and the Mavericks has reached the second quarter .
And Li Hao of the Lakers undoubtedly looks like the most dazzling star in the game. So far in this game, he has scored 21 points.
That's right, it's 21 points.
Li Hao scored 15 points in the first quarter. He seems to be playing the playoffs as a regular season, and he hardly seems to be under too much defensive pressure.
The entire American Airlines Center Stadium, the atmosphere at this time is a bit dull. Dallas Mavericks fans thought that the team would show a strong combat effectiveness after returning to the home court.
However, the cruel reality told them that facing the powerful Zijin Army, it was really too difficult for them to create a miracle.
36: 28!
The trailing side is still the Dallas Mavericks.
"Blake, I'm not happy with the team's roster this season. Obviously, it's too far from our plan. I'm not denying the efforts of the players, but Michael Finley really looks like there is no upper limit. … ..."
"Listen, Blake, I don't want Dirk's scheduling to be wasted like this. I admire Dirk's players. I also want to bring the O'Brien Cup to the city of Dallas. So, it's like a year As I told you before, about the No. [-] player of the Los Angeles Lakers, I hope you pay attention to..."
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban looked at the situation on the court with a gloomy face and said to Black, the chief scout beside him.
From his Mark Cuban point of view, he is really dissatisfied with the team's achievements in the past two years. Two years ago, they formed a trio with Dirk Nowitzki, Michael Finley and Steve Nash. The giant lineup, originally thought that with such a foundation of the Big Three, the Dallas Mavericks could make history and win the first O'Brien Cup in team history.
But in the end?
They didn't even make it out of the West.
In the eyes of most management, including Cuban, the team's backcourt strength is still not good, maybe Steve Nash is not suitable for Dallas.
So, Steve Nash went to Phoenix.
I thought the new backcourt combination of Jason Terry and Michael Finley would give them hope.
But what about the results?
They seem to have been blown out by the Zijin Gemini in this series.
Although the Zijin Gemini is recognized as the strongest backcourt combination in the league, Michael Finley and Jason Terry don't even have the power to parry!
On the other hand, Steve Nash of the Canon Phoenix Suns a year ago had a career highlight season.
Therefore, in Mark Cuban's view, Michael Finley may be the one who is really not suitable for the Dallas Mavericks.
Therefore, he hopes that the team's management will do something in the upcoming offseason. Even if the team can't get a superstar backcourt player, it should be time for Michael Finley to leave Dallas.
Mark Cuban feels that his vision is still very good, as if he saw the Lakers No. [-] playing for the first time a year ago, and he expressed that this Chinese guard will succeed in the NBA.
And now it seems that this is really the case, but what fat Cuban didn't expect was that the Chinese defender's soaring curvature was far faster than he imagined.
"If the team can have a player like Li, maybe Dallas is really not far away from the O'Brien Cup." Mark Cuban looked at Li Hao on the court, with a hint of envy in his eyes, which is a real feeling envious!
100: 90!
Series 3:0!
When the third game of the series ended, for the Los Angeles Lakers, they seemed to be close to the Western Conference Finals.
Seven wins and zero losses.
The Los Angeles Lakers have not lost a game so far in the playoffs, they are still undefeated, and it seems that it is not a big deal for them to win a victory and advance to the Western Conference Finals with a luxurious 8:0. difficult things.
So, who can break the defending champion's undefeated playoff status?
People focused their attention on another group of semifinals in the Western Conference.
San Antonio Spurs or Phoenix Suns?
"beep"
With the whistle of the referee, the fourth game between the Spurs and the Suns came to an end.
100: 98!
After all, the San Antonio Spurs are more sophisticated. After losing the first game of the series, they have pulled three games in a row, turning the total score of the series into 3:1!
With a huge lead of 3:1, they seem to be close to the stage of the Western Conference Finals.
Therefore, it seems almost certain that the two teams in the Western Conference Finals will meet again in the Western Conference Finals last season.
"They played great, like I said before, they are so old, in the playoffs, they are the kind of top-notch team"
When the reporter handed the microphone to Li Hao again, Li Hao's reaction was not unexpected. He just said calmly that it was not unbelievable for the Spurs to advance to the Western Conference Finals, because in his opinion, the Spurs had the ability to advance. Western Conference Finals.
Well, the reporters shook their heads helplessly. Maybe they can only get these scenes from Li Hao at this stage. It is probably impossible for Li Hao to send special ones.
.........
As far as the NBA is concerned, in many cases, fans of some mediocre teams don't want to see the dynasty team appear, because it will blacken them and bring them shadow and loss.
Just like the current Dallas Mavericks fans, the fourth game of the series between the Lakers and the Mavericks is still at the home of the Mavericks. The Mavericks, who had a last stand, did not choose to give up this game. It's very fierce.
Especially at the end of the first half, they even had a 6-point lead.
For the home fans, they seem to see hope. Everyone is full of energy and wants to see the team win the game.
However, at the beginning of the second half of the game, there was another wave of flow in the third quarter, and the Mavericks' lead disappeared.
Instead, at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers took a 6-point lead.
So far, no team has been able to match the Lakers' offensive firepower in the fourth quarter, and neither has the Mavericks.
So 104:94!
The series between the Lakers and the Mavericks is over.
The Los Angeles Lakers successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a total score of 4:0, which is the second consecutive season they have done so.
The entire American Airlines center fell silent. For Mavericks fans, there is nothing more depressing than watching the team get sent out 0-4.
Mark Cuban left the scene quickly and sullenly, turned around and finally walked into the team locker room.
"Dirk, I want to talk to you, you know, I really have to talk to you, maybe you're not feeling well right now..."
(End of this chapter)