You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 984 The Anger of Staples
"It's a pity that you don't fight." Wei Xia said "hello" to Paul, "It seems that no one will try their best to break my bone today."

Paul didn't say a word, his relationship with Wei Xia dropped to a freezing point in this round of finals.

He caused it, he made a malicious foul on Wei Xia.

Wei Xia didn't say anything, just sneered, and Paul, in order to prove that he was not wrong, not only did not apologize, but also spat out trash talk.

The friendship disappeared without a trace in those few short rounds.

Paul can't go at this time, otherwise he has to find a way to give Wei Xia a few more powers.

On the court, the Lakers did not let other point guards replace Paul.

Luke Walton's ghostly strategy came to mind, and James cameo as point guard.

James appeared in the first position, and the 76ers also adjusted accordingly.

Jay Wright didn't want to give the Lakers a chance to misplace, so Wei Xia was also asked to play the first position.

A starting position vacated by Paul was filled by Iguodala, while Wei Xia squeezed out Teodosic's starting position, but was filled by Robertson.

The 76ers have enough wing depth to fill in the absence of the main lineup.

At the beginning, the two sides stood at each other.

Cousins ​​didn't give the Lakers a chance since the jump ball, and patted Wei Xia with one hand.

Wei Xia took the ball very fast, and James pressed from the frontcourt, which meant to stand up.As soon as the two sides came into contact, Wei Xia knew that tonight was still the taste of the previous games.

Although James doesn't like it, it is undeniable that the 76ers' team offense is too strong to be offset by James and Durant. Therefore, high confrontation intensity is still an important strategy to suppress the 76ers.

Wei Xia quickly dribbled the ball across the half court and assigned it to Kobe on the left.

Kobe Bryant made a [-]-pointer amidst boos — fans at Staples Center had gotten to the point where even Bryant was booing.

"Shh!"

Kobe Bryant made a three-pointer and made a good start for the 76ers.

3 is better than 0
"Okay, back to defense!" Wei Xia shouted.

Holding the original rhythm, the Lakers, led by James, gradually transitioned to the frontcourt battle.

James' breakthrough pace was very large. Wei Xia predicted the first step, but the subsequent defense was out of his control.

Although he is 33 years old like Wei Xia, James is not as predicted by those who said that "it will not work until the age of 30 with his body". In fact, the 33-year-old James is still one of the players with the best physical fitness.

Wei Xia didn't have the idea of ​​using his body to try his breakthrough strength.

Seeing that James insisted on breaking through the 76ers' defense in depth, Wei Xia's approach was to interfere with the flanks and give the hope of a successful defense to the inside.

In the impression of many people, Cousins ​​​​is not a center with good defense.

Honor is also true. He has never entered the defensive line, but in recent years, the basket guarded by Cousins ​​has restricted the opponent's restricted area scoring rate to be the third in the league.

His defense has various problems, but under the guidance of the team, the center's vocation of protecting the basket is done very well.

James managed to get in and was covered by him. He couldn't find North for the layup and lost it.

Kobe took the defensive rebound and passed Wei Xia.

Wei Xia did not pursue quick success with a counterattack, and patiently waited for his teammates to catch up, especially the 40-year-old Kobe.

Suddenly, he passes the ball backwards.

Kobe followed up to the top of the arc to catch the ball, and made a chasing three-pointer that shocked the Lakers.

6 is better than 0
"The 76ers are looking more and more like the Warriors in 2016."

Michael Thompson said in surprise: "Although they do not have the luxurious staffing of the Warriors, it is more reasonable in terms of lineup depth."

Next, something went wrong with the Sixers' defense.

James and Durant hit the pick-and-roll, which is an unsolvable killer move.

The 76ers should have used unlimited defense changes to properly affect their offense, but they paid too much attention to Durant's threat, and three people participated in the defense, leaving the penalty area empty.

Larry Lance Jr. invaded the paint at will, James passed the ball, and the latter dunked the ball.

2 is better than 6
The power of Jandoo's pick-and-roll is here.

Relying on unlimited defenses to avoid losing positions can only make their offense a little more difficult.If multiple people are used to defend, James' vision and passing ability are also not a joke.

There is no solution for single defense, and there will be loopholes in double teams. Jandu is a master passer, and the other is the most unsolvable offensive machine in history.

Such a match made in heaven, there is no third pair in history except Jordan and Pippen and OK when they were in harmony.

Unlike the Lakers who just let Wang Zang come up, the 76ers are more stable.

Wei Xia's first point was still a running tactic.

The sharp three-point threat forced the Lakers to regenerate and violently oppress the 76ers' outside line. If they want to oppress the outside line, the defense in the penalty area will go wrong.

Wei Xia found the right opportunity to sneak in and layup.

8 is better than 2
The Lakers have completely played like an Eastern Conference team. They can't beat the tactics and lack offensive firepower, so let's put aside these technical problems and play against the 76ers physically.

James made a jumper in front of Weixia and missed.

Although the Lakers competed for another offensive rebound, they did not make a three-pointer from the outside.

This is an obvious bad sign, they don't feel good today!
Wei Xia dribbled the ball forward and threw it to Kobe on the right from behind.

After Wei Xia attracted the defense, he distributed it to Gallinari.

The Italian gun fired at the bottom corner, but also missed.

However, Wei Xia predicted where the rebound would fall, appeared accurately, and the moment he grabbed the offensive rebound, Lance Jr. intended to use his physical fitness to stop Wei Xia.

Everything he did was in vain.

Wei Xia was in front of him, splitting the ball from his armpit.

In the corner on the other side, Kobe caught the ball and raised his hand for a single-action three-pointer.

"Shh!"

11 is better than 2
In less than 3 minutes, the 76ers used the most popular three-pointer nowadays to gain a 9-point advantage and forced the Lakers to timeout.

"In terms of talent alone, this 76ers may not be stronger than themselves during the three consecutive championships, but they have better chemical reactions."

Michael Thompson said worriedly: "I can't imagine any team that can beat them in a series."

This sense of oppression was originally given to other teams by the Lakers at the beginning of the season.

The 76ers suddenly became a panic-stricken BOSS.

After the Lakers injured a Paul, they are no longer the strongest lineup. Can they defeat such a powerful 76ers with the efforts of Jan and Du alone?

What's more, Wei Xia just buried the Lakers in Game4 with a personal heroic performance that broke Baylor's scoring record.

Than the team, they are better than the Lakers;

Competing for personal ability, Wish is the pinnacle of contemporary personal ability.Even during the most powerful heat period of James, his supporters only dared to say that he was more comprehensive than Wish, but did not dare to say that he was stronger than Wish.

Revolving around the topic of "who is better and who is stronger" between Wei Xia and James, James initially dominated the unquantifiable word of influence. With Wei Xia's three consecutive championships, this issue is no longer controversial.

The timeout ended, and the 76ers made a small adjustment.

Siakam replaces Gallinari, enhancing the size and athleticism of the four, but the defensive intensity is reduced.

The Lakers came back from a timeout, and the lineup was not adjusted. The ball was sent to James. Except for Lance, the other three people on the court opened to the outside. They sent an accurate signal to the fans: James wants to play singles!
The battle between Wish and LBJ is imminent.

The process was not as smooth as the fans had imagined. Weixia's defense was always ahead of James and blocked the road before his offense started.

When James was prevented from receiving the ball, he could only use his footwork with doubtful steps to find a shot space. Regardless of the opponent's strong reminder to the referee that "the king is walking", he even forcibly moved the pivot foot to bypass Wei Xia's body to shoot.

Even though he earned himself such a shot, the goal still didn't go in.

But James has found a way to remedy the situation. The shooter opened the three lines and the inside line was empty. He ran directly into the inside line and jumped forward, re-enacting McGrady's self-throwing and self-grabbing slam dunk.

James exhaled softly, with proud confidence on his face, "You know I won't let you take away the trophy."

"You make it sound like I have fewer trophies than you." Wei Xia ran past him without looking at James, "Don't forget that my number of rings divided by two is the same as yours."

Kobe made up the knife accurately, and he hurt two with one knife, "In fact, if you divide by two, you have 0.5 more rings than LeBron."

James remembered that Wei Xia regarded Kobe's words as air, and Kobe hurt their hearts and complained that no one paid attention to him.

Then, Cousins ​​flicked a shot from a high position and flew to Lance, dribbled in and caused Durant's defensive foul.

Two for one at the free throw line.

12 is better than 4
When Cousins ​​scored, Wei Xia suddenly joined forces with Siakam and Robertson to press the Lakers up front.

This was a sudden decision. The Lakers didn't expect them to be so bold. James ran in a hurry to get the ball, but Wei Xia couldn't give him a chance to catch the ball.

The Lakers had to send the ball to Durant first.

Durant's dribbling ability is specially built for offense. Although he can do things like dribble across half court, if the opponent is determined to steal him and press the frontcourt, then his hand dribble is not enough.

It is impossible to have a guard-like dribble of 211 cm at a height of 190 cm. He has surpassed the limit on the basis of impossibility.

At this time, Siakam knocked the ball off, and Robertson grabbed the ball.

In an instant, Wei Xia rushed to the basket and pointed to the sky.

Robertson sent the cannonball into the air, and Wei Xia jumped up on one foot. Although James stopped it with a more violent explosive force, he did not expect that when his opponent grabbed the ball, his body turned half a circle, and he leaned on his powerful body to gently pick the basket—"Shua!"

And, the referee blew his whistle.

"And one!"

And after the whistle, with a swish, the ball went in.

What is left now, apart from James' dissatisfaction with the referee, is the howling of the audience at the Staples Center.

(End of this chapter)