lakers championship

Chapter 433 No need for basic operations 666
The Lakers' crushing victory made the pre-match predictions of some experts on ESPN a laughingstock. Gobert failed to dominate the interior at all, and the Jazz failed to create pressure on the Lakers on the outside.

Although ESPN experts are often slapped in the face by the facts, this result has reassured many people, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.Lakers fans don't need to worry about winning too hard, Jazz fans won't be given too much hope and will be too disappointed when they lose in the end, and the media don't need to write more press releases (such as the Jazz comeback) to prepare for emergencies.

In short, except for the Jazz players, everyone is happy.

...

After the Lakers washed up, John Blake, the team's public relations director, allowed reporters to enter the locker room.

The reporters who wanted to get first-hand news rushed in with excitement, but saw many Lakers players gathered together. When the reporters took a closer look, they found that the Lakers players were reviewing the game.

There is no dancing to celebrate, no playing time with mobile phones, no rushing for interviews, but seriously reviewing the game!

Obviously, the Lakers video editors worked very hard, and they gave a game review in such a short period of time. They must have taken notes while watching the game.

It must be hard work, but even so, the Lakers players don't need to review immediately, right?

Can't we watch it tomorrow at training?The reporters were dumbfounded, aren't they excited to win the game?
TNT's Lakers team reporter Maggio asked questions on behalf of the reporters.

Walton asked Zubac, who couldn't quite keep up with his teammates' retrospective rhythm, to answer.

"Well, our goal is to win the championship. We should win the first round, the second round, and even the Western Conference Finals. Besides, we won all three games against the Jazz in the regular season. Winning the Jazz again this time is as normal as getting up and eating breakfast every day. What's wrong?"

The reporters were speechless.

Indeed, what do the Lakers need to get excited about?

...

On the morning of the 30th, major media published headlines one after another, reporting on the performance of the Lakers after the game.

TNT used "Winning is not proud, the Lakers grab time after the game" as the title, describing in detail how the Lakers players raced against time to improve after the game, and quoted Zubac's words to express the Lakers' ambitions.

Other media may have different specific angles of entry, but in general, they all praise the Lakers for their hard work.

These articles, after being reposted by fans, caused a lot of discussion.

However, the Lakers players still came to the training base at 09:30 in the morning. As usual, they started training in the order of warm-up, shooting, running tactics, strength, confrontation, and watching videos.

At 5:6 p.m., the whole team's training ended. Considering that the game between the Warriors and the Rockets would start at [-]:[-] p.m., at Kobe's suggestion, the whole team ate in the cafeteria of the base and watched the live broadcast together.

There is no doubt that the Warriors are the biggest enemy of the Lakers. They won the first game against the Rockets by 18 points.

The Lakers think they can win the Rockets, but if they win so easily, they are not so sure.

After the game started, the Lakers, from the coaching staff to the players, all smiled.

Because Iguodala did not play, that is to say, the injury is very serious!
It is entirely possible to take a long break.

The Lakers are not afraid, but they have lost a lot of resistance, and they can't help but feel happy.

Iguodala is really important to the Warriors. With him and without him, the Warriors are completely two teams.

If you ask Kerr to choose an injury between Durant and Iguodala, he will definitely choose the former.

Because Iguodala is an important part of the Warriors system. He is responsible for marking the opponent's arrows and connecting the team's offense during offensive and defensive transitions, while Durant is more supportive in terms of firepower.

One determines the upper limit, and the other determines the lower limit!
"If Iguodala can't play, the Rockets will probably win this game. No one in the Warriors can limit Harden. Willie, who can switch defenses infinitely, will be greatly reduced. Other Rockets players are also very easy to shoot." Kobe made predict.

The Lakers players nodded in agreement.

Kobe added: "But I feel that the Warriors will win the series in the end. The Rockets rely too much on three-pointers. If the Warriors defend strongly, the Rockets' three-point shooting performance will definitely be very poor."

"Then we're sure to win!" Nick Young laughed, "Last year we had a poor lineup, and without Randall we were able to play the Warriors until Game [-]. Already!"

"It's still hard to get, and we still need to go all out." Tianyang said seriously.

Kobe nodded, "I agree with you. We had two games last year with lore wins. In one of them, you performed very well and got 60+. Miracles are difficult to replicate, but in terms of results, they will definitely be more stable than last year."

This statement was once again recognized by the Lakers players, and then they began to concentrate on watching the game.

As Kobe predicted, the Warriors lacked Iguodala. Although Harden did not have much eye-catching performance, he made 24 of 9 shots and only scored 27 points, but Gordon and Ariza made three-pointers as high as 100%, scored 27 points and 19 points respectively, helping the Rockets beat the Warriors easily.

Tianyang updated Twitter after the game, writing: "No matter what, it's steady!"

Because it is in Chinese, many American fans don't understand it, so they leave messages asking what it means.

Tianyang did not explain, but enthusiastic Chinese netizens did the 'translation' on his behalf.

"He meant that if the Lakers met the Warriors without Iguodala in the Western Conference Finals, they would definitely win."

This translation was quickly liked as a hot comment, and more and more people forwarded it.

At the beginning, many fans followed suit, but gradually some fans made different voices.

"The Lakers are very strong, but please respect the Jazz and Rockets. The Western Conference semifinals are not over yet!"

There was nothing wrong with these words, and Tianyang didn't want to get darker and darker, so the voice of applause gradually decreased.

...

On May 5, the Lakers started their second game against the Jazz at the Staples Center.

The Jazz really worked hard, but the Lakers still won 116-98.

Subsequently, the battlefield of the two sides moved to the Salt Lake City Energy Center.

On the 6th, the third game of the Lakers-Jazz series started.

Relying on the home court advantage and the Lakers' temporary incompatibility, the Jazz led by 12 points at halftime, but after returning from a halftime timeout, the Lakers gradually completed adjustments and tied the score at the end of the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Ingles of the Jazz suddenly broke out and scored 5 points in 16 minutes. On the Lakers side, SkyOcean was also fully fired, scoring 5 points and sending out 12 assists in 2 minutes.

Subsequently, the shooting percentages of both teams dropped sharply, and the game fell into a stalemate.

In the last 2 minutes, Tianyang frequently hit the inside to score, and Mitchell also adopted the same strategy, but unfortunately failed to score four times in a row, and even made a mistake, allowing the Lakers to pull the score to 8 points in an instant.

最终，天洋砍下35+12+10的大号三双，带领湖人115比107赢下比赛，以3比0的大比分按到系列赛赛点。

...

The pressure of the Lakers is on the table, and the Rockets are also 1-2 behind the Warriors. The voice of the Lakers respecting the Jazz and the Rockets is getting smaller and smaller, and there are more and more discussions on the topic of "stabilization".

"Will the Lakers enter the Western Conference Finals 4-0 in two rounds like last year?"

"What is this? They are all basic operations, so there is no need to be amazed. The Lakers won three consecutive championships at the beginning of the century, the first championship, and won it with 15 wins and 1 loss!"

"Yes, this is normal. After all, this year's Lakers have 72 wins and 10 losses, ranking third in history."

　Ingram's performance today is eye-catching. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)