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Chapter 587 Huge Bonus Pool

Consecutively conquering the Rockets' two home games, the Lakers' chances of winning are unimaginable.

Throughout the past ten seasons, there have been a total of 20 series in the Eastern and Western finals. Among them, all teams that played two games first got tickets to the finals, and the Lakers are even more special...

Because the first two games the Lakers conquered were the Rockets' home games.

According to the schedule of 22111, even if the tie-breaker, the Lakers still have 3 home games, but the Rockets only have 2, and the next game will be the Lakers' two home games.

Home field advantage is really not to be underestimated.

It is false to say that fans' boos and free throws will be affected, because the historical home and away free throw comparison of a single player is true.

It is said that playing away games is a heavy physical burden on the players, but the schedule for the playoffs is not so tight, and there will be no problem of fragmented sleep time. Everyone basically eats enough and sleeps well.

In fact, the real home court advantage is still the referee's whistle!

It's like walking, as long as the home player doesn't take a step back and then a three-pointer, as long as it doesn't take three, four, five or six more steps, as long as no one notices it, the referee doesn't have to call it.

There are more subjective offensive foul calls and so on.

Ambiguous and difficult to define, the referee is willing to be a one-eyed man, as long as it is not too much and the problem is not too big. After all, the fans who watch the game at home are the fans of the home team, and a little favoritism can essentially create more hot topics.

Having said that, the home whistle is not a black whistle, nor is it a must win at home.

This was the case in the Rockets' two games, because the referee couldn't help even if he tried to help at the end of the quarter. The whistle didn't have the property of adding physical strength to the home players and the Big Three.

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Back to the schedule.

The Lakers returned to Los Angeles on the 23rd, and it was really too difficult for the Rockets to play away from home. The journey from Houston to Los Angeles was not a problem, nor was the rest time. The problem was that the psychological pressure was too great.

Of course, the pressure should also be divided into two.

The Rockets, who lost two games first, deserved to be the Texas cockroaches. They broke out under tremendous pressure, and almost all the focus was on the first quarter. For three consecutive games, they started diving from the first quarter and jumped to the last quarter in one breath.

It's just that the G3 battle is a little different.

The Big Three were crazy, the first quarter was still wild, and the second quarter successfully continued the rhythm for a few minutes, and this time in the first half, the Rockets took a 20-point lead in one breath.

The Rockets are very fierce, but the Lakers who returned to the home court are in a bit of a bad state.

Although the Lakers chased all the way in the second half, and Li Shengli and Kobe's dual-core tactics played out, the 20-point lead in the half gave Rudy and the Big Three enough rest time, and the physical quagmire that plagued the Rockets was diluted by this rhythm. The situation was also stabilized in the second half.

In the end, the G3 game ended at 99:91, and the Rockets led by 8 points to recover a game.

The data of the Big Three is still astonishing. This game has reached the super-horrific data ratio of 70 points + 35 rebounds among the three. What is unexpected is that in addition to Li Shengli, Kobe, who scored 80 points in the first round of the Lakers, went against the current. , scored 33 points again. Although the game was lost, the Lakers fans also saw hope for the future.

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This series is so special.

After three games, the entire league can see it clearly. It turns out that the win or loss of these two teams only depends on the first half, and the G4 game also confirms this point of view very well.

In this battle, although the Lakers' Purple and Gold Corps failed to suppress the Rockets in the first quarter, they only lost by 4 points, and then evened the point difference in the second quarter, and successfully let the Rockets fall into the pit in the second half. Rudy is Substitution is not, and no substitution is not, all tactics lose their effectiveness because they cannot be executed properly.

So far, the big score in the Western Conference Finals has come to 1:3.

At this time, the Lakers held the match point, but the home game moved back to Houston.

Not every game is played by the main force, the core, and the boss. Occasionally, the role players who explode are also the highlights of the game, and Eddie Johnson exploded in the G5 game against the Rockets.

Although the Rockets' game is still going high and low, Eddie Johnson re-injected the team's firepower in the second half, making the Lakers a bit tricky, and also won the rotation time for the Big Three. The score of this battle is the most anxious. Playing until the last minute of the final quarter, the Lakers lost by three points. The game score was 1:89, and the score was 92:2.

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Game six! !

The Eastern side is over, the Bulls advanced 4:1 and the Heat are waiting for the news from the Western side, and this time the home game is in Los Angeles, the Lakers plan not to go out, at least Li Shengli and Kobe have combined, and do not plan to go to Houston again up.

So the game was messed up.

The Rockets, who were invincible in the first quarter, were beaten to tears this time. Li Shengli scored 17 points in the first quarter, leading the Lakers to achieve their first lead in the first quarter. Although the lead was only 3 points, it was the Rockets' first quarter.

In the second quarter, Rudy gritted his teeth and asked the Big Three to take care of Li Shengli with all his heart. Leading by 17 points.

Winning or losing the game depends on the first half!

Unless it is an unexpected point of explosion, like Eddie Johnson in the last game.

But no, the first half stretched his hips, and the second half was difficult to play. The Rockets were about to collapse in this game, until the end of the game...

Olajuwon played for less than 47 minutes. Rudy originally wanted him to rest, but the inside line exploded just over a minute after he played, so he only took a minute to rest before playing urgently.

Drexler played 42 minutes. Compared with the importance of Olajuwon, he is better at this point. Rudy also hoped that the substitute Eddie Johnson could be the savior again, but it didn't happen.

The worst was Barkley, who never retreated and played the whole game!

You must know that the 48 minutes of playing second-rate power forward is different from the 48 minutes of playing big Ben. Although Big Ben has not been with Barkley all the time, the strong confrontation for more than 30 minutes still consumes a lot of Barkley's physical energy. of.

until the last minute...

Watching the scoreboard at 91:103!

Watching the Lakers gradually replace the main force!

Watch the game go into garbage time!

Barkley still didn't want to play. Although chasing 1 points in 12 minute is very dreamy, he still has to fight hard without a ring. He played until the last second... The Lakers fans at home couldn't see it, and stood up to Barkley Applause, and Barkley felt worse hearing the thunderous applause than the trash talk.

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The game is still a game after all, the Rockets retreated, and the Lakers bench celebrated wildly to win the Western Conference Finals.

The best result of the old team of the Lakers last season was to stop in the second round, but now the leap is too big, and they directly stand on the stage of the finals. It's nothing more than a substitute player, but the problem is that both of them are the main force of the Lakers.

Ben played the Jazz and defended Malone in the first round, and played the Rockets and defended Barkley in the Western Conference Finals. This is simply a model of low salary and high energy, and it is one of the most profitable deals for the Lakers.

The same is true for Kobe. The Lakers traded the starting center Divac and the Hornets for a 13th pick. So far, the performance in the playoffs is not like a first-year player. The potential for future development is even greater, which can be called a perfect deal. .

Plus super center Li Shengli, defensive madman Crotty.

It can be said that after a series of operations this season, Lakers general manager West is going to be a god in the league's management circle. A large number of fans and the media have even called out the title of Lakers Godfather before, making Wei Ster felt the second spring of his life since retiring.

As for Li Shengli and Crotty.

Crotty follows Li Shengli, he is an "old man" who has seen the world, although he is laughing, he is not crazy, but Li Shengli is crazy, because it is the Lakers' home game, West will be behind the bench, screaming to the sky, He slapped his thigh hard.

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"West!!"

"Oh, Lee... oh, my Lee... oh, are you my Lee?"

Damn, are you pretending to be blind?

What's wrong with you old man?

Li Shengli's face darkened, and he pulled West down across a row of seats.

"How much has my bonus pool accumulated?"

"Huh? What bonus pool?"

"Damn, you guys don't want to renege on your debts, do you? The agreed playoffs will be settled!!"

"Ah? Oh..." The people in West were dumbfounded, and then they remembered the incentive plan promised to Li Shengli for advancing to the playoffs, "Congratulations, Li, you have advanced to the Western Conference Finals. You now have 236 million in the prize pool." .”

"Wow, I'm rich, I'm rich." Li Shengli opened his mouth wide, happy when he thought of money.

"Hey, Lee, can we stop acting like we've never seen money?" West felt a little broken, "In fact, if we win the championship, your prize money will accumulate to 354 million, which means If you beat the Bulls, you can get more... 118 million!"

"118?"

"Yeah, don't you feel excited just thinking about it?"

"That's right, everyone looks like 118 to me now!"

"Cough...don't do that!"

(End of this chapter)