You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 501 In Those Moments

LeBron James, who broke the silence, brought a lot of responses, but making the league the vanguard of the Olympic boycott is not what the league wants to see.

Invisibly, there is a force that dominates the players' decisions.

Wizards center Brand Heywood said he received a warning letter from the league asking him not to continue to participate in the boycott of the Olympics.

After the matter was exposed, the league denied it.

It is impossible to investigate whether it is true, or whether it is the media's wild imagination, or whether it is from other forces to fish in troubled waters.

Some things are done in the dark.

In this invisible dispute, there are a few things that are on the bright side.

The league initially supported the players' voices, but after the incident got worse, it began to be ambiguous on the surface and tried its best to prevent it behind the scenes.

⑴I can't explain why when the finals started, the live broadcast in China resumed, as if nothing happened.I think the top management of the league must have responded in a timely manner and turned a crisis into a major event and a minor event.Of course, I don't have the inside story either, I don't know exactly what happened, it's just YY.

Several superstars in the league, Kobe Bryant filmed a public service advertisement demonstrating against China, James made a lot of talk, Paul took all kinds of things, and Nash was a tough opponent.

When the protests reached their peak, the Chaina region cut off the NBA broadcast without saying hello.

Before the second game of the conference finals, the Lakers spread a piece of good news for the Spurs.

Pau Gasol was absent from Game2 due to physical discomfort.

There is no need for the Lakers to set off smoke bombs. Judging from the first match, they clearly have the advantage. As long as everyone is healthy, they will basically push all the way.

Gasol's injury has brought a shadow to the Lakers' championship road.

In addition, the extremely tense Lakers also made a dumbfounding lace news.

Andrew Bynum, who was injured during the regular season and is still on the injured list, was photographed bowling during his injury.

Wearing knee pads, he threw the ball with a perfect movement, regardless of whether the injured lower limb would aggravate the injury.

The headline "Bynum: I just want to be happy!" spread, and countless fans expressed their disappointment, and the Lakers officials quickly dealt with it.

Bynum, who was already injured, did not receive a suspension, because he had no game to play, so the Lakers management could only fine him money.

The coaching staff sincerely said to the outside world: "We will definitely strengthen his education to prevent similar things from happening again!"

The news of Gasol's injury made Spurs fans happy.

When Bynum came out to play bowling lace during his injury, the Lakers' black fans rejoiced.

Jim Bass' so-called Shark II has been doing this for a long time, so what future is there?

"You can always trust the entertainment spirit in L.A., which is where Hollywood is, and even a professional basketball team can bring us so much joy. They have a center who would rather be injured than bowled, and a European who would rather be injured than ski, and a Spanish softie who always misses games with inexplicable injuries, and DJ Mbenga who is more professional as a judo player than he is as a basketball player. Hollins is good, but if the Lakers count on them to fight, there is no hope of winning a championship."

The ridicule from the outside world is always so harsh.

The second game of the Western Conference Finals opened under such circumstances.

Losing Gasol, losing Bynum, plus the traded Odom, in terms of the thickness of the lineup, the current Lakers are not as good as last year's team that was sent away by the Spurs in five games.

The Spurs' strategy has been adjusted accordingly.

Gasol can't play, the Lakers return to the past mode, it seems much easier to deal with.

As long as one of Kobe and Wei Xia is pinched, they will have great confidence in winning.

"The San Antonio decision was -- well, we can't guard Kobe, but we can try to guard Wish because the refs don't like him!"

Michael Thompson said vividly.

The Lakers' starting insiders are Hollins and Radmanovich, one without offense and one without defense.

Hollins won the jumper.

They assigned Wei Xia the first offensive opportunity.

Wei Xia went on a rampage, pushed away Bo Wen's body, and hit a savage dunk on the inside, which made Shi Fo stare blankly.

He just fell off the basket, and the belated whistle told Wei Xia: You, offensive foul, dunk is invalid!

Wei Xia looked at him innocently like Duncan who had been called for a foul.

"Is there a problem?" The referee's rough tone explained his position.

Wei Xia returned a flat smile: "I fully support you, sir."

The moment he turned around, there was only a deep groove on his smiling face that made people feel cold inside.

It was clearly a curved mouth corner, but it couldn't be called a smile.

Not even a sneer.

"Derek, give him to me." Wei Xia was referring to Parker.

He came to defend Parker. This is not the arrangement of the Zen master. Wei Xia had to switch positions at the beginning of the game. Why?
"Phil, you go and explain." Fisher only said a word, and then walked away.

Seeing the players switch defenses consciously, the Lakers' coaching staff was at a loss.

"What's he doing?" Tex Winter was furious. "Who the hell is going to put Bruce, a third-class cripple who's no threat out of the corner, on Tony Parker?"

The Zen master is still sitting upright, and he may need a special effect of his eyes shining to reflect his meditation at the moment.

Wish, you want to prove that you won't be disturbed, right?
You want to prove that the persecution of public opinion and the targeting of referees don't matter to you, do you?
You just want to prove yourself - even if you don't have to - don't you?
"If I can prevent it, I will try it!"

Parker yelled confidently. His speed is well known all over the world. No one in the league knows that he can easily pass any defender.

A guard like him comes in line with the times, and it is the rules that make him what he is, but some people can ignore the existence of the rules. After being taken two steps, he will use his strength to keep up with him, covering the whole process. When he caps the Frenchman's ball from the basket, the basketball is about to go out of bounds.

Wei Xia chased after him.

He tried his best to save the ball, only at the cost of a healthy landing.

And that was just the first defensive possession of the game.

He stood up, ignored the admiring eyes of the Spurs bench, and returned to the offensive end, and Kobe passed the ball.

Outside the three-point line on the right, the Spurs seemed to have forgotten the man who actively wrestled to save the ball.

They gave the man the biggest available seat.

Has leniency been given to the self-inflicted?

Wei Xia sneered, and the three-pointer slipped away from his finger smoothly, and the moment he flew into the sky, his shooting hand clenched into a fist, and he turned back to defend.

When the first step came out, "Shua!"

He returned to the defensive line, with his hands outstretched, his eyes as cold as ice, like a pair of eyes from beyond the sky, shining into the pupils of the Frenchman, feeling everything in his heart, he was indifferent to Tony Parker's distracting thoughts, and only cared about one thing: what do you want to do?

Parker had the illusion that Wei Xia saw his every step.

What he wants to do, the other party will know in advance.

What happened later further verified his view.

He called for Duncan's pick-and-roll. Before Shifo's body was in position, Wei Xia had opened up the space, and he was sure that the Frenchman would take the pick-and-roll position.

Parker used the pick-and-roll, Wei Xia turned around, stuck again, pressed, entangled, his trunk never moved forward, his hands just raised up, his mind sank into Parker's nightmare, and the incomparable defense appeared at that moment.

Tony Parker was locked by Wei Xia for two consecutive rounds!
He turned around in the paint for a layup, which was predicted by Wei Xia in advance. He took a step back, and the Frenchman turned around as soon as he wanted to.

Wei Xia caught up with the basketball and kissed the floor again, but the ball had already returned to his teammates.

For these two defenses, the statistics Weixia got were two blocked shots.

But is his contribution really just those two blocks?

What data can reflect his fighting spirit?
What data can show the pressure he brought to the French?

What data can specifically measure how positive his actions have been for his teammates?

What data can go beyond rational thinking and interpret the influence of a player controlling the overall situation from the beginning through his own energy from the psychological level.

No such data!

never!
Some players, to understand him, you have to watch his games.

Wei Xia blocked the ball to save the ball, the Lakers counterattacked, Kobe settled in the frontcourt, and Fisher made a long pass.

Black Mamba stuck out his tongue like a flying man.

The great flying man did that just imitating his father, and the black mamba imitated the flying man, and the classic will always be passed down. Kobe's fast break caused the Spurs to make defensive fouls. How strong and how terrible aggressive.

Is this still the Lakers?

Obviously there is no Pau Gasol, and obviously the inside line is as weak as a layer of paper in front of the Spurs, but the Spurs clearly feel that the opponents on the field are stronger than the previous game.

Is it their illusion?
Kobe made a hit and added a penalty, turned around and ran back.

Wei Xia, who had retreated to the LOGO, stopped, Kobe passed by, and the two clapped hands.

Without saying a word to the other party, all the encouragement and encouragement are more powerful than actions.

Parker went to the front court again, and when he saw Wei Xia, he seemed to be locked.

"What an immeasurable influence, Wish is amazing!" Tex Winter praised in surprise.

The Zen master has been silent all the time. Since he left Chicago, he has changed his passionate style like a master, and has become calm, confident and calm.

He is very confident, because he has seen almost all the great stars in the history of basketball.

In the player era, he confronted Chamberlain. In the coaching era, he coached the best in history and had more rings than the Cardinal. He dared to pat his chest and say that he had seen all the great forms.

People like Wish have existed before.

That unique "Hondo".

From the first time he saw Wish, Master Zen felt that he was like that person.He runs faster and jumps higher, his style is very close to Hondo, but never Hondo.

But this time, when he was in the public opinion environment like the 60s, the resonance deep in his soul seemed to awaken the beast in him.

He becomes Hon Do, in those moments.

(End of this chapter)