The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 326 325. The Breakup Between the Sharks and the Lakers

February 6.

With the passage of time, under the eager anticipation of all fans, the third game of the Finals between the Magic and the Lakers will officially start today in the Orlando Arena.

It can be said that before the start of this game, the Lakers were directly pushed to the top of public opinion by the media. Basically all the news from the outside world revolved around the Lakers.

Except that the Lakers are currently behind with a big score of 0:2, most of the news is to describe and dig out various reasons for the internal discord of the Lakers.

And during this period of time, although the Lakers officials have come forward to refute the rumors, they said that there were only some minor verbal quarrels between Kobe and Bynum.

However, as this matter ferments more and more heat, the very official answer of the Lakers obviously cannot meet the needs of fans.

So in just one day, the version about the internal discord of the Lakers has spread to more than three digits.

It is no exaggeration to say that for fans who did not watch this year's NBA Finals in time, when these people rushed to see the news about the internal discord of the Lakers, they would definitely become confused.

Because each version represents a story, in the end even those who know the inside story may doubt whether what they know is the real inside story.

But as the third game of the NBA Finals is getting closer, the focus of Lakers fans at this moment is to complete the transfer again, because at this moment, in the eyes of Lakers fans, their most concerned question is whether Bynum can still play in the G3 game.

You know, in the final stage of the second game of the finals, the dispute between Kobe and Bynum seemed to be a little intense.

Even in the end, Bynum was taken away from the scene by the assistant coach, so in this case, whether Bynum can play in G3 will become very important.

If Bynum can't play, then the Magic will have a huge inside advantage. In addition, the Magic is playing at home in this game, so the Lakers in this case will become very dangerous.

And it is under such circumstances, whether Bynum can play at the moment, this is the most urgent news that fans want to know most.

However, regarding this point, the scheming Lakers did not disclose the slightest bit. They only said that there were some simple quarrels between Kobe and Bynum, which were far from the bad rumors outside.

But before the start of this game, most fans still believe that Bynum should play in the finals G3 matchup.

Although Bynum and Kobe had some personal disputes, but when the team is about to fall into a cliff, if they can still clearly distinguish right from wrong, I am afraid that the players will temporarily unite at this juncture to fight against foreign enemies.

What's more, I believe that Zen master Jackson will never abandon Bynum in the G3 game, because doing so will undoubtedly be equivalent to cutting off his own arm.

Although all this can only be regarded as personal speculation before the Lakers' starting lineup is actually released.

But even so, this has still become a hot topic among fans.

And it's worth mentioning that in this year's Finals, the Magic are already leading the Lakers 2:0 by a big score, and the Lakers have also been exposed to quarrels and discord.

Under such circumstances, the league originally thought that the ratings would drop again and again, but no one expected that the ratings of this game would increase instead of drop when the news media broke out the discord within the Lakers.

Even with 30 minutes left before the game, the ratings of the finals had already broken the highest records of the first two games, reaching the peak of the NBA's ratings this year! !

I have to say that Chinese people are not the only ones who are good at watching the excitement. I believe that for people in any country, they basically have a mentality of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things.

Before the start of the game, both sides were warming up for shooting in their respective halfs. However, compared with the previous two games, the Magic team returned to the home court in this game seemed a little relaxed.

After all, at this moment in the finals, the team has already won two cities in a row, and in the case of two consecutive away games being maliciously interfered by Lakers fans, everyone on the Magic team who returned home is obviously in a good mood.

The reaction of the home fans at this point can perfectly explain the mood of the Magic at the moment. Before the game started, the Magic fans were already celebrating.

All fans were wearing blue and white cheering T-shirts, and held up the banner content with motivation in their hands.

For a professional athlete, this feeling is the feeling of home.

After all, the support of the fans can not only give the athletes spiritual encouragement, but more often than not, when they return to the home court, the athletes will be in better condition than when they are away.

This point is not just out of mouth, but there is really some scientific basis, because in the case of home games, no matter how the players are on the field, the fans on the scene will give support and encouragement.

So in the long run, even if the players don't feel good, there is a great chance that they will gradually regain the feel later.

And at the same time, when the players are playing on the court, they think that there are countless people watching and cheering for them off the court.

Then the mentality will become very relaxed or very excited.

And when the athlete's mentality and body are in a state of being able to decompress, the performance on the court can naturally be guaranteed.

So when the Magic successfully brought the finals to Orlando, the pressure from the outside world is basically transferred to the Lakers at this moment.

In addition to the fact that the Lakers have already fallen behind by a big score of 0:2 in the finals, it is more because of the internal situation of the Lakers, which is obviously impossible for outsiders to know.

After all, in the final stage of the last game after Bynum left the court, how empty the Lakers' inside line was and what kind of performance Howard played, this can be called visible to the naked eye.

This has also led to a very embarrassing situation for Lakers fans at this moment.

That is, in my heart, I can't wait to eat Bynum raw, and even let him get out of Los Angeles, get out of the NBA, and disappear from the sight of these fans.

But when it really came back to reality, the Lakers fans found that even though they hated Bynum now, and even didn't want to look at him at all, the team couldn't lack his contribution on the court.

It can be said that once Bynum is unable to play, the Magic's chances of winning will increase by at least 15%.

I have to say that for the Los Angeles fans at the moment, this is indeed a bit embarrassing.

As the game is about to start, under the curious expectation of all the fans, the two sides announced the starting lineup of the game respectively.

Magic:

Su Jiu, Pietrus, Lewis, Turkoglu, and Howard.

Lakers:

Fisher, Kobe, Ariza, Gasol, and Bynum.

Under the anticipation of all the fans, when the Lakers' starting roster came out, the fans in Los Angeles obviously let out a long sigh.

Although they have long been intolerable to Bynum, they even scolded him bloody on the Internet.

But when the Lakers fans saw Bynum appearing on the starting list, they still felt a little relaxed.

Of course, not all fans think so, and some fans are still worried at this moment.

Because Bynum's immature performance on the court is too much, but before that, it was just some small fights in the regular season.

So for this young center who has made a lot of contributions to Los Angeles, the fans basically accept it calmly.

However, in the last game, the dispute between Bynum and Kobe obviously caused great trauma to the Lakers, so in the game of G3, Bynum was arranged to start by Zen Master Jackson.

But whether he and Kobe are compatible on the court, and whether they can play the tacit cooperation in the regular season.

Or whether Bynum, who played again to cooperate with Kobe, will really be able to devote himself wholeheartedly to both offensive and defensive ends, willing to be the green leaf under Kobe's feet.

Put all personal grievances aside, and do your best to help the team finish this year's finals trip.

These issues are still what Lakers fans are most worried about. After all, human beings have feelings, not robots.

It is still unknown what the chemical reaction of the Lakers will be on the court, but at least from the perspective of the team's overall momentum, the Lakers have no suspense at the moment.

After all, although the Magic team currently standing in the finals is young, the team was able to get to where it is today by virtue of the passion within the team and the unity among all players.

It is no exaggeration to say that Iverson's image in the league has always been a thorny player, but in the process of the Magic's overall unity atmosphere, Iverson's contribution to spiritual attributes is absolutely indispensable.

It is because there are too many young players in the Magic team at this moment, so it is even more necessary to have a top player in the league like Iverson to hold the lineup.

Even though Iverson in this period has long since lost his peak courage, in terms of overall popularity and personal prestige in the league, Iverson still belongs to the first tier.

In addition, the Magic's starting lineup for this game has also undergone some changes, and the range of changes can be described as somewhat huge.

That is, Van Gundy actually took Iverson out of the starting lineup, and in this case, the Magic did not report any news about Iverson's personal injuries before the game.

So the most likely reason is that when Su Jiu played off the ball in the last game, his personal efficiency increased linearly, and his offensive methods became more abundant.

This also led to Van Gundy in this game directly mentioning Turkoglu as a starting point to act as a ball-holding organization point, allowing Su Jiu to play an off-ball role from the beginning, so as to avoid being too much targeted by the Lakers' defense.

From the current point of view, this change of Stan Van Gundy at this moment is obviously very timely, and from the overall situation of the team, it is also very reasonable.

After all, in the previous few games, even though Iverson has always been the starter, he still played a role of leading the second team to grab points in most cases.

So when facing the Los Angeles Lakers with the twin towers, mentioning Turkoglu to the starting lineup and putting Iverson on the bench is obviously a win-win operation.

As for how Stan Van Gundy persuaded Iverson during this process, outsiders naturally cannot know.

But the biggest possibility is that when the team is currently leading with a big score of 2:0, Iverson has already seen the team's hope of winning the championship, seeing the first championship trophy in his career, as if he is waving to himself.

And he also realized that the current self is no longer the "answer" to the omnipotent man at his peak, so in order to win, Iverson obeyed Van Gundy's arrangement.

It has to be said that when Iverson can put down some face as much as possible, then the Magic team at this moment can definitely be called the momentum! ! !

As the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Howard and Bynum stood in the middle circle and prepared to jump the ball.

During the jump ball stage, Howard once again got the ball for the Magic, but this time Su Jiu was a little surprised.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for Bynum to beat Howard, who has a more perverted bullet speed in the jump ball stage, but Howard still feels a lot of pressure when facing Bynum.

But for the jump ball this time, Bynum seemed a little lazy, as if he didn't use his full strength, just a symbolic jump.

Seeing this situation, Su Jiu, who was advancing to the half court with the ball at the moment, nodded thoughtfully, as if he had thought of something in an instant.

After halftime, Su Jiu directly handed the ball to Turkoglu on the side, but turned around and threw it off the ball.

Because it has been fully proved in the last game that when Su Jiu has the ball, he will face huge defensive pressure on the Lakers, but when Su Jiu plays without the ball, the pressure he faces will be much smaller.

And can also create more offensive opportunities through the off-ball pick-and-rolls made by teammates for themselves.

In the end, due to Zen Master Jackson's defensive thinking on the court, it is mainly to cut off the connection between Su Jiu and other teammates.

So when Su Jiu holds the ball, there are very few opportunities for him to link up the team.

But when Su Jiu changed to playing off the ball, because his teammates would make pick-and-rolls for him many times on the off-ball end, defensive players sometimes faced some forwards and delays in order to circumvent the pick-and-roll.

In this case, Su Jiu was able to make good use of this opportunity to send wonderful passes for other teammates.

This is also the main reason why Su Jiu and Howard frequently contributed to the air connection in the fourth quarter in the last game.

At the beginning of the game, the Magic team followed the tactical ideas formulated before the game, and kept moving and picking and rolling off the ball to create opportunities for other players.

Because even though Su Jiu is more strictly watched by the Lakers, Lewis is also a good off-ball shooter.

So no matter who the Lakers' defensive focus is, the Magic can at least guarantee that the team's own offense will not enter a stagnation state.

And when Iverson was off the court, this also led to the Magic's starting five roster, except for Howard, the other three had good three-point shooting.

And this situation obviously increases the difficulty of the Lakers' pursuit when defending off-ball pick-and-rolls.

Because facing this situation, the Lakers don't know whether the Magic will cut down or catch the ball up.

It can be said that in today's era when three-pointers have not yet crossed the league, the Magic's overall three-pointer shooting is definitely considered to be the league's top-notch level.

After all, whether it's Rashard Lewis or Turkoglu, these two players can be said to be nonsensical, and the protection for the basket is basically zero, and they are floating on the outside in most cases.

This kind of player is rare, but the Magic has two in one team, so it can be said that the Magic's outside shooting ability is not good enough.

Of course, in this case, the Magic can still play a good defensive efficiency, thanks to Warcraft Howard backing them.

Otherwise, whenever a team is changed, these two players are definitely a big colander on the defensive end.

And from this point, it can also be seen what kind of dominance Howard had on the defensive end at his peak, and why he was able to win the best defensive player award three times in a row in his career.

The Magic team kept moving throughout the first quarter to create more offensive opportunities, and Su Jiu faced the veteran fisher Fisher's pursuit without the ball, and the whole person was obviously more at home.

You know, Fisher's biggest shortcoming on the defensive end is his slow movement speed, and at the moment Su Jiu has changed to play off the ball, so this makes Lao Yu miserable.

However, compared to the Magic's relatively smooth offense, after the start of the game, the Lakers fell into a little bit of trouble.

In this game, although Bynum is starting to play with Kobe again, but the cooperation between Bynum and Kobe on the court is very jerky.

Even if it is cooperation, it is better to say that they play each other. Basically, as long as the ball is in Bynum's hands, it will be difficult to return to Kobe.

Faced with this situation, Kobe frowned unconsciously on the court, but due to some reasons, he still didn't say anything to Bynum.

However, this situation obviously made Kobe very dissatisfied. He took the initiative to find Zen Master Jackson during the dead ball stage. It seemed that he wanted Jackson to try to replace Bynum off the court as much as possible.

And besides that, Bynum's role on offense and defense in this game is relatively loose, and he doesn't have the kind of fighting spirit in the previous two games at all.

It even feels like sleepwalking, and the whole person goes on stage in a daze just to make up the numbers.

Regardless of whether Bynum's thoughts at the moment are really powerless, or he wants to prove to the fans his importance to the Lakers' inside line through his own sleepwalking method.

One thing is for sure, that is, when the Lakers fans saw Bynum's performance on the court, they were simply so angry that they wanted to vomit blood.

If it is said that Bynum's tacit understanding with Kobe on the court is greatly reduced, then the fans are not unacceptable.

After all, in terms of personal ability, Bynum can still contribute to the Lakers on the court, but at the moment Bynum's various behaviors on the court are very lazy, giving people the feeling that he deliberately does not want to play this game well.

I just want the Lakers to lose, so as to prove their value on the court, or when the team loses, it can prove that his contribution to the team is greater than Kobe.

The fans of the Lakers are obviously very angry about this point. As early as when the fans learned that Bynum will play in this game, the fans were still secretly comforting in their hearts. Bynum has finally changed his mind and finally realized the mistake he made.

But as soon as the game started, when the fans found that Bynum had been paddling on the court, this obviously completely destroyed the last bit of reason in the hearts of the fans.

Even among the Lakers fans watching the game on the Internet at this moment, many people have already started to ask Jackson to replace Bynum quickly.

Said that he no longer wants to see him paddling on the court. Instead of seeing Bynum absent-minded on the court, it would be better to bring the "bench master" Mbenga to the court.

At least in terms of attitude, there is definitely a huge gap between the two.

And Bynum's presence seemed to disrupt Kobe's offensive rhythm in addition to being a disgusting Lakers fan.

Of course, although the Zen master Jackson at this moment can't hear the voices of outside netizens, but when Jackson saw Bynum's sleepwalking behavior on the court, he still felt a little warm and angry.

So as early as the first quarter, when only more than five minutes were played, Zen Master Jackson directly replaced Bynum in a dead ball stage, and replaced him with Odom.

And when Bynum left the field, Zen master Jackson was obviously very angry with him, and he didn't even want to communicate with him.

It's not that Jackson has nothing to do with Bynum, it's that Jackson knows that he really has nothing to do with the "current" Bynum.

Even if he kept chasing after him and said something, Bynum would only perfunctory himself.

Because this year is the last year of Bynum's contract, that is to say, after playing this year's finals, Bynum will become an unrestricted free agent.

At this moment, as the conflict between Bynum and Kobe is getting deeper and deeper, coupled with the fact that there is no place for Bynum in Los Angeles.

So after the end of this year, it is basically a certainty that Bynum will leave the team.

So in this case, the team's loss is already fearless for Bynum. After all, the team lost because of his absence. This can prove the importance of Bynum to the team.

Although Bynum's series of irrational behaviors in the conflict with Kobe in this year's finals will most likely become a deduction item for him after entering the free market.

But things have come to this point, it is no exaggeration to say that by virtue of Bynum's age of 22 at the end of the year, coupled with the talent and ability he has shown so far.

As long as Bynum is willing to enter the free market, there are a lot of teams in the league willing to contribute a maximum salary contract.

Although this may sound like a bit of a joke, but the fact is that, in the business league, even if Bynum has become a mouse that everyone in Los Angeles shouts and beats.

But there are simply too many teams in the entire league that can become his next foothold, and there are even more teams that are willing to give him a maximum salary contract.

So in this case, Zen Master Jackson obviously has no good way to Bynum.

As long as Bynum is determined not to play the game well, and does not want to become one with this Lakers team again, so as to act as a helper beside Kobe, then the Lakers can be said to be completely helpless.

It can be said that the Lakers are currently in a very dangerous situation.

At least if there is no accident, with Bynum's performance and attitude similar to letting go in the first quarter, it is difficult for Jackson to pin his hopes on him.

After all, there is still some gap between Bynum and Howard at this moment, and once Bynum cannot deal with the game with all his strength on the field, he will work hard on both offense and defense.

Then his presence may not be a good thing, and it may even make the Lakers' situation worse.

But once Bynum can't come up with his full strength to deal with the game, then the Lakers' interior is bound to fall into a void.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Lakers at this moment have fallen into a dilemma.

So if they want to win in the future, besides pinning their hopes on Kobe, the Lakers must find a way to make up for the vacancy inside as much as possible, so that Howard can't comfortably dominate the game.

In the end, in the face of the Lakers who were distracted and with a disorganized lineup, after the end of the first quarter, the Magic unexpectedly ended with:

31:22

Leading the Lakers by 9 points, the contest between the two sides ended in the first quarter.

The 31 points in a single quarter created a new high for the Magic in a single quarter when they faced the Lakers in this round of the series.

Of course, compared to the 31 points scored by the Magic in a single quarter, the crisis hidden behind this is the most important.

That is the Magic at this moment, and they have been playing more and more smoothly on the offensive end. On the other hand, the Lakers are basically on the verge of losing control on the defensive end.

So if the Lakers can't try to take over the game in the future, then 31 points in a single quarter may become the clarion call for the Magic to start charging...

　Begging for a monthly ticket, begging for a monthly ticket! !

　　

　

(End of this chapter)