lakers championship

Chapter 281 End and Begin

After confirming that Randall will not return in the seventh game, the Lakers went home to rest.

The next morning, the whole team gathered at the airport and set off for Auckland in advance.

While the Lakers were flying, league president Adam Silver accepted an exclusive online interview with EPSN reporter Mark.

It was a morning news program called "Review of Major Events", which mainly commented on some games that had ended before.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then went straight to the topic.

Mark: "I believe you have also seen it. The Lakers drew with the Warriors the night before yesterday. The two teams entered the tiebreaker. Can you tell the audience which team you are more optimistic about entering the finals?"

Xiao Hua: "Golden State has the best backcourt in the league. It is also unique on the front line. The offensive firepower is very strong, and the defense is even more ingenious. Los Angeles has two super rookies, and Tianyang's personal offensive firepower ranks first. The first tier in the league. The strength of the two teams is evenly matched, and I am half optimistic about which team will advance."

Mark: "come on, Mr. President, the audience doesn't want to hear this kind of answer."

Xiao Hua: "If I have to choose one, I prefer Tianyang. At the end of his senior year, he gave up the opportunity to work on Wall Street. He chose professional basketball for his hobbies and dreams. It is very adventurous and inspirational. He is a role model for young people in the league. And he has super leadership ability, leading the team to the Western Conference Finals in the first year of his rookie year, such an achievement is one of the few in the history of the league..."

Mark: "Well, how do you see his future development?"

Silver: "He has incredible talent, and he also has the time to lead the league that all players envy. After he grows up for a few more years, he will be enough to become the signature superstar of the league."

Mark: "Wow, such a high evaluation... In other words, the Eastern Conference finals ended last night. The Cavaliers defeated the Celtics 4-1 to enter the finals. This is LeBron's 7th consecutive finals. Some fans want to see What do you think of Curry and LeBron's third meeting?"

Silver: "Fans like to see revenge duels, which is normal, but no matter which two teams reach the finals, the game will be equally exciting."

Mark: "Some fans also mentioned that watching LeBron play against Curry in a row is a bit boring. What do you think?"

Xiao Hua: "Actually, according to statistics, the fans who want to see the Warriors vs. the Cavaliers account for the vast majority, but I understand that it may not be the feelings of the fans of these two teams."

Mark: "OK, this is the end of our interview, thank you President."

Xiao Hua: "Goodbye."

……

The content of Xiao Hua's interview was quickly spread on social networks.

At the beginning, all the fans were discussing Xiao Hua's evaluation of Tianyang, especially the statement about the signature star of the league in the future, which made Tianyang fans and even Lakers fans quite excited.

But all of a sudden, there's a lot of chatter about that last paragraph on Twitter, and it's pretty extreme.

"Arrangements are on! For the sake of ratings, the official wants to see the Warriors play against the Cavaliers, the Lakers are cool!"

"Overall, Xiao Hua means that the future of the alliance depends on Tianyang, but not this year."

"It's okay not to let Tianyang enter the finals. I hope there will be honor compensation such as MVP and a team."

Multiple points of view, expressed from different perspectives, in different tones, as if Xiao Hua had already appointed the Warriors to win G7, and the Lakers could return directly to Los Angeles.

……

Tianyang and the others got off the plane, and when they saw these contents on their phones, many players immediately went crazy.

Cousins: "It seems that the league wants to favor the Warriors, and we have to be prepared to deal with black calls."

Calderon: "Don't think too much, play as you want, what good is the league's favoritism?"

Cousins: "Brother, do you still need to think about it? In order to ensure the ratings, Qi Yong has fought for three consecutive years. Is it James who is crowned again, or Curry and Durant to complete revenge? What a publicity stunt."

Wharton: "Don't lie, there are more Chinese fans behind Sky Ocean than the entire population of the United States."

McGee: "Transformation ability, there are many Chinese fans, but the consumption ability is not strong enough."

Tianyang: "That's not necessarily true."

Everyone talked about it for a long time, and Cousins ​​always insisted on his point of view. More people said that it didn't matter. They had seen too many cases where the referee was partial.

It was fine to chat for a few words at first, but after everyone settled in the hotel, the rumors became more ferocious.

There are also third-rate reporters who broke the news and claimed that he has an uncle who knows someone who works in the office of the league president, and that NBA officials have prepared posters for the battle between the Cavaliers and the Warriors.

The key to these rumors is not only text, but also pictures, and it is difficult to see whether PS is used.

In short, it is extremely realistic, and the alliance has not refuted the rumors.

As a result, Nick Young and others also began to change their views, thinking that the alliance might blow the whistle.

Tianyang couldn't persuade him, so Wharton had no choice but to forbid everyone to discuss related topics.

When the team went out to Miss Moonlight's stew shop, Wharton chatted with Tianyang.

Wharton: "What's your real opinion on what's being tweeted?"

Tianyang: "I think someone deliberately promoted this matter, wanting us to create a psychological hint so as to affect our performance in the game, and the league also deliberately did not come out to refute the rumors."

Walton: "Are you saying the league wants to see things blow up? Add more attention?"

Tianyang: "It's entirely possible. Anyway, they didn't really manipulate the game, but the biggest influence is that it's easy to make us suspicious or fearful."

Wharton: "Indeed, after dinner is over, you must do your ideological work."

……

At 21 pm on the 8st, the seventh game between the Lakers and the Warriors started at the Oracle Center.

In the first quarter of the game, Durant faced all kinds of provocations from Tianyang without any confusion. Every time he got the ball to attack, he patiently waited for multiple pick-and-rolls, and then singled out Nick Young or McGee, two weak defensive points. The quarter scored 18 points.

On the Lakers side, Cousins ​​was called for a foul because of a situation where he could blow it or not, so he completely forgot what Wharton reminded him, and almost got into a fight with Green. Although he didn't get a technical foul, he was restricted. He fouled twice in a single quarter and got off the field early to rest.

After Cousins ​​left the court, the Warriors adopted unscrupulous double-team tactics against Tianyang. Even if Tianyang played one-two in a row, it was still difficult to wipe out Durant's outstanding performance, let alone Curry's normal performance.

After the first quarter, the Lakers were 22 points behind 30 to 8.

Back from the second quarter, Cousins ​​finally put away his suspicious eyes, began to cooperate with Tianyang in continuous pick-and-rolls, and tried his best to limit Curry on the defensive end, helping the Lakers narrow the point difference to 2 points at the end of halftime.

Back from the third quarter, the Warriors played the strongest wave as usual.

The Lakers had been prepared for a long time, but they were still hard to resist, and they were continuously whistled for defensive fouls. The mentality of Cousins ​​and Nick Young collapsed directly, and even Calderon, who was confident before, showed doubts in his eyes.

By the second official timeout of the third quarter, the Lakers had fallen behind 80-94.

Tianyang warned the teammates on the bench that it is normal for the Lakers to be whistled for fouls consecutively, and it has also been the same in the past few games. Because the Warriors played the strongest wave and kept hitting the rim, fouls naturally increased. Don't be misunderstood because of the remarks on social networks, let alone affect your own performance.

Except for Cousins, all the teammates nodded to express their understanding. Tianyang wanted to persuade him alone, and the timeout was over.

Back on the field, Tianyang was worried, for fear that Cousins ​​would cause trouble.Surprisingly, the referee became harsher on the Warriors, calling Green two move pick-and-rolls and Durant an offensive foul. The Lakers started a wave of frenzied chasing points. By the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two teams was only 4 points. point.

During the break between festivals, the audience at the Oracle Center yelled at the 'garbage referees'.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Lakers began to let Tianyang play singles with a very high shooting percentage, but on the Warriors side, 'Dooku pick and roll' also made 7 out of 3 shots. The two teams battled fiercely until the last [-] seconds, and Tianyang tied the score with [-] points. .

Cole called a timeout to set up tactics, but the Warriors came back from the timeout, Durant hit the iron with a three-pointer, and the two teams entered overtime.

After the start of overtime, the Warriors not only did not slow down, but instead carried out the 7-second offense to the end.

In this way, the problem of the Lakers' poor bench lineup and too few players who can play is infinitely magnified.

Tianyang's physical strength is also difficult to continue to ensure a high singles hit rate, so he chose to cooperate with Cousins ​​in the pick-and-roll.

But after two passes, Cousins ​​was a little impatient and missed consecutive shots.

Turning around, Thompson hit 2 consecutive three-pointers, directly reversing the situation.

Since then, Tianyang scored 3 forced layups, but it still couldn't stop Durant's desperate breakthrough.

In the end, the Lakers lost to the Warriors 116 to 122, ending their trip to the playoffs.

……

The moment the final whistle sounded, Jim Buss left the president's office and slammed the door shut.

Jenny Buss took a deep breath and said to Kupchak: "The players' work is over, and our work has officially begun. The primary goal of the summer is to use Cousins ​​as the main body and switch to another All-Star player." .”

　As of this writing, the first season is officially over.The plot of fighting warriors starts from 254 and ends at 281. This chapter also omits a lot of content, which can be regarded as an early end.I just went back and read it through, and found that my skill is still a bit weak.I arranged in the outline that Randall was injured, and then Tianyang stood up against the sky and scored the tiebreaker at the critical moment, but when I filled in the specific content, I thought of some points that could not be accepted. For example, the sentence before "is true" , That sentence is the second scene of 'false', which made the content a bit long-winded, refreshing and repetitive, and some foreshadowing was not used.In order to arrange the turning point, I thought about it all night, but when I wrote the turning point, I lost several collections, but I still didn't have enough skill.For the content of the new season, I will change my mentality, treat it as a new writing, and slowly lay the groundwork.

　　
　
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