From sparring to superstar

Chapter 344

This year's playoffs actually had a score of more than 110 to more than 120. When they saw the title of the game report, the first reaction of the fans was that the score was written wrong.

Did you write an extra 1?

According to the defensive strength of this year's playoffs, some people believe that the Lakers and Clippers scored 18 to 25.

This is a bit exaggerated, but this is how the fans feel in this year's playoffs.

Then I saw the subtitle - Clippers steal home-court advantage in triple overtime.

Oh... If you score 3 and 118 points in three overtimes, that's normal.

But after carefully looking at the personal data at the end... Snake and Man scored 40+ points together!

基德三双、奥尼尔差1个篮板球双20+5+5、佩顿25+、快船队6人得分上双……

It’s not like this year’s playoffs!
Carter, who ranks first in scoring per game in this year's playoffs, only has 27 points. There are very few players averaging 25+ points per game. Compared with previous years, the overall scoring of the stars has declined.

The data in this game is so unrestrained!
But fans who watched the first two rounds of the Clippers or Lakers, and also watched G1 of the Western Conference Finals, don’t find it strange.

They discovered one thing - it wasn't that the stars of the two teams couldn't score like this, but that the opponents in the first two rounds were not serious enough to make the two teams risk their lives.

The Lakers were 4-1 in the first two rounds, so there was no need to risk their lives.

The Clippers beat the Timberwolves in the first round and swept them. Although they beat the Spurs in the second round and reached G6, the Clippers were steady throughout the whole process. Even if the Spurs explode, they may not win. Once they fail to continue to explode, the Spurs will be defeated. Hanging.

When it comes to the Civil War in Angel City, the scorers of the Angel City duo have been racing from the beginning of the game!
This battle made the "top six in the Western Conference" and "top four in the Central Division" advocated by the media a joke.

The only strong teams in the West are the Angel City Battleship and the Purple and Gold Army!

Two teams in one bracket, others are free!
...

Three overtimes in the first game were not a good thing for the veteran-dominated Lakers or the Clippers, whose role player lineup was not deep enough.

Fortunately, because the second round of the Eastern Conference ended late, the league arranged a two-day break between G1 and G2 of the Western Conference Finals before the start of the conference finals, staggering the time of G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals and G2 of the Western Conference Finals, and waiting for G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. After the game, play G2 of the Western Conference Finals to prevent the time difference between the two series endings from being too wide.

Stern is glad that he deleted the rules of the 'traditional format' after the 02 playoffs. Otherwise, if the game between the Pacers and the Pistons and the Clippers and the Lakers were played on the same day, the ratings of the former would have been lower. I don’t know how bleak it must be.

The first game of the Western Conference Finals was fierce and exciting, and it seemed that the dozens of games in the first two rounds were all illusions.

The ratings of this game were already high. After the game started, Li Ao and Kobe started fighting, and the ratings continued to rise.

In the overtime game, there was an overtime event that increased the number of paid views by 1 million. In just over 70 minutes and 30 overtimes, the number of paid views increased by more than 3 million. The final ratings exceeded 200% and nearly 30 million paid views. frequency.

These ratings don't look like they are for this year's playoff games. Each game has higher ratings than the first round and a series.

But Stern has now recognized the reality and will no longer believe in the two liar teams in Angel City.

He has notified NBA Rules Committee Chairman Jerry Colangelo, his father, the Suns general manager, and asked Colangelo to think about the direction of the defense and formulate a plan.

Stern knew that Colangelo Sr. would definitely communicate with his son first and let his son know how to operate most profitably under the future rules, but that was all.

Last time, he cut off OK and defense by himself, and cut off Lonely. The OK combination is still strong, and the new rules he invented have pushed the Iron-Blooded Era to a new peak, which is a big shame.

He is indeed not good at this, so he should leave professional matters to professionals.

On the 27th, the Eastern Conference Finals began.

This game was also won by the away team, which seems to be the same as the Western Conference Finals.

但比分……72比67，活塞队5分险胜步行者队，客场1比0领先。

比卢普斯16分5板6助攻、雷-阿伦13分8板3助攻、阿泰斯特10分10板1助攻3抢断1盖帽，拉希姆16分、拉里-休斯13分7板4助攻、雷吉-米勒11分，两队加起来6人得分上双。

本-华莱士3分20板、天尊6分11板……活塞队全队65个篮板球，差点赶上步行者队全队得分！

The Pacers also had a lot of rebounds, 55, and the two teams had 120 rebounds in a single game!

On the 28th, G2 of the Western Conference Finals begins.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, after the Pistons gained the home court advantage, their fans were extremely excited. After the Pacers lost their home court advantage, their fans' mentality exploded.

The Western Conference Finals are completely different. Los Angeles fans don’t care about home and away games now. When the two teams play against each other, it’s meaningless to distinguish between home and away games. There are only differences in floor patterns and court colors.

Fans of both teams are inexplicably proud of this matter - this is the difference between the Angel City teams.

Over the past few years, Lakers fans have gone from not seeing the Clippers at all to seeing the Clippers as a team in the same league, and are proud to distinguish them from other teams.

So after G1 was played, neither Lakers fans nor Clippers fans bothered about home court advantage.

This was demonstrated in last year's Western Conference Finals. When the Lakers came back to play G0 at home after falling behind 2-3, they should be booed or booed, laughed at or ridiculed.

The mentality of the fans is like this, and the comments on the Internet are also different from the usual series, which in turn affects the mentality of the players of both teams.

The winner will not be arrogant, and the loser will not be discouraged.

Tonight's game is very fierce again.

李敖在基德、奥多姆、雅里奇等人的帮助下，31投15中，其中三分球9中3，加上9中7的罚球，拿到40分3板5助攻2抢断2盖帽，连续两场40+！

But apart from him, the rest of the Clippers scored poorly tonight. Kidd had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists. Most of the assists went to Li Ao. Odom had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. No one else scored in double figures.

湖人队今晚没有球员单场40+，但科比23投11中，其中三分球5中3，加上12中10的罚球，拿到35分7板3助攻3抢断1盖帽，不差李敖多少！
奥尼尔15分18板7助攻1抢断2盖帽、佩顿26分4板5助攻、费舍尔14分、克利福德-罗宾逊10分……

104比98，湖人队赢下西决G2，西决比分1比1平！
The first two games of the Western Conference Finals and G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals were completely different styles.

The ratings are also very different. According to the ratings data released at noon the next day, although G2 of the Western Conference Finals was not as violent as G1, it still had more than 2600 million paid views.

And Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals had more than 800 million pay-per-views, less than one-third of the Western Conference Finals... Stern made Carlisle and Larry Brown's hearts go.

Stern knows that the fans don't like defense, and the defense in the Western Conference Finals also played very well.

But the fans demand a lot from thieves. They must defend well and the game must be good to watch.

The superstars in Angel City have the ability to play good games while maintaining defense.

But only a few guys from Angel City have that kind of ability, other teams...

On the 29th, G2 of the Eastern Conference Finals came.

Today's hottest topic - Do you dare to play a game in the Eastern Conference Finals in which a single team scores 80+ points?
Artest, Ben Wallace, Larry Hughes, and Brad Miller, the four best defensive players, told the fans - No!
本-华莱士10分22板1抢断5盖帽、阿泰斯特12分8板2助攻2抢断2盖帽、雷-阿伦16分3板3助攻1抢断，不敌拉希姆21分14板1助攻1盖帽、拉里-休斯9分5板5助攻4抢断2盖帽、布拉德-米勒12分9板4助攻2抢断1盖帽。

The Pacers defeated the Pistons 78-74 and defended their second home game.

On the 30th, there will be no NBA games.

Fans discussed the game with great enthusiasm.

In fact, there are quite a lot of topics in the Eastern Conference Finals. Fans discussed the matchup between Ray Allen and Raheem with great enthusiasm.

Brad Miller was used by the Pistons as a bargaining chip to trade for Ray Allen. This time he met the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals. Every time he was interviewed, he raved about his old club, which was also a big attraction.

Fans are also debating who is a better three-pointer, Ray Allen or Reggie Miller...

Except for the live broadcast, no one was watching, but the Eastern Conference Finals was still very lively, and the atmosphere at the scene was also very violent.

The only difference between the Western Conference Finals and the Eastern Conference Finals is that there are hundreds of millions more people watching the live broadcast.

This has to do with the difference in views between team owners and NBA presidents on the Iron-Blooded Era.

In the eyes of the boss, the style of play that can win is a good style of play, and the enjoyment is not that important. As long as you can win, you can sell tickets and sell them at a higher price.

For the team, ticket revenue accounts for the bulk.

But for the league, revenue from broadcast fees and sales of game peripheral merchandise already account for a very large proportion of total revenue.

On the 31st, G3 of the Western Conference Finals begins.

The two teams scored 104-104 in regular time and entered overtime again!
Such a game is not friendly to the Clippers, but it is even more unfriendly to the veteran-dominated Lakers.

O'Neal is also a 12th-year veteran in his career, and Payton is about to turn 36.

In overtime, Gerald-Wallace made a great contribution and continuously broke into the paint to score. Payton's wing defense was not timely, and O'Neal was also slow to move laterally to protect the frame. Gerald-Wallace made 5 of 2 shots from the extra time. He made 2 of 2 free throws, scored 6 points and 1 assist, gave Drobiak a piece of cake, and led the team to 8 points in the regular time of overtime.

For the Lakers, Kobe started the unparalleled mode in overtime and made 6 of 3 shots, including 1 of 1 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 9 points, suppressing Gerald Wallace.

But with 3.7 seconds left, Li Ao caught the ball, turned around and made a mid-range shot...

李敖30分3板4助攻2抢断5盖帽、小奥尼尔9分15板1助攻1盖帽、杰拉德-华莱士25分5板3助攻、基德16分10板5助攻、奥多姆14分5板6助攻……快船队114比113险胜湖人队，大比分2比1！

科比今晚33投16中，其中三分球12中5，加上12中9的罚球，拿到46分9板3助攻。

奥尼尔24分18板4助攻2抢断4盖帽、佩顿19分5板10助攻。

The three of them scored 89 points, but the rest of the Lakers only scored 24 points!
In this game, Master Zen finally figured out the opponent's tactics - to control their veteran!

Maintaining high-intensity offense and defense throughout the game is not a good thing for the Clippers.

In the first three games, including tonight's game, Li Ao was exhausted.

But it’s not a good thing for the Lakers!
Such offensive intensity and defensive confrontation have wiped out the Lakers' advantage of having more veterans and better depth!
Zen Master's scalp was numb - with this tactic of injuring the enemy by a thousand and damaging itself by eight hundred, aren't you afraid that the Pacers will take advantage of them in the finals?

He could only say that the head coach on the other side kept talking about 'mad scientist' every day. He was really crazy!

In this regard, the Zen master had no choice but to accept the attack. If the opponent attacked like this, if he held back, he would most likely be overwhelmed by the opponent.

But he also saw the source of Gentry's confidence - Spider-Man's miraculous recovery ability!
He heard from Kobe that after Spider-Man played triple overtime in Game 1, he went to Kobe's house early the next morning to train together, but Kobe kicked him out...

This also makes Zen Master very depressed. Kobe's physical strength this year is not as good as in previous years.

After Kobe gained weight, he was able to slightly beat Spider-Man in terms of strength. However, this year Spider-Man's singles games have been much less pure use of brute force. Kobe's gain in weight is in vain, and he has suffered many injuries. Not to mention, he also lowered his physical strength by a notch.

Otherwise, how could he fail to beat the opponent twice in a row in overtime?On June 6, G2 of the Western Conference Finals began.

这次OK组合都没有飙分，科比22分4板6助攻、奥尼尔22分17板4助攻4盖帽，其他人投开了，佩顿12分8助攻、克利福德-罗宾逊18分、费舍尔11分……湖人队以100比96险胜快船队，将大比分扳平！

The Clippers still followed the old routine, charging with all their strength and not giving the opponent's veterans a chance to breathe. But unfortunately, Li Ao failed to surge like he did in the previous three games tonight, and only scored 24 points on 9-for-22 shooting.

基德18分7板7助攻、奥多姆18分6板4助攻、杰拉德-华莱士12分、小奥尼尔16分7板……成了无用功。

After two days of rest, on June 6th, G5 of the Western Conference Finals came.

Tonight, the OK combination went berserk!

科比25投13中，其中三分球3中2，加上5中4的罚球，拿到33分5板5助攻2抢断1盖帽；奥尼尔20投13中，加上惊人的10中8的罚球，拿到34分13板2助攻1抢断2盖帽，加上佩顿的10分2板11助攻……湖人队以102比97再胜快船队，赢下天王山之战！
李敖36分、基德20分8板8助攻、杰拉德-华莱士15分6板3抢断2盖帽……依旧无力回天，除了他们仨，快船队没其他人得分上双。

On June 6, the Clippers, who were on the verge of elimination, started Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Lakers.

科比30分6板7助攻、奥尼尔18分17板5盖帽、佩顿23分4板6助攻，湖人队三大球星表现依旧凶猛。

But O'Neal was in trouble scoring. He had a C in the last game, but he couldn't move tonight. He could only devote his energy to rebounding and defense.

快船队这边，李敖31投15中，加上3中3的罚球，在没有三分命中的情况下，单场拿到33分6板4助攻4抢断1盖帽。

The winner is Kidd!

Gerald Wallace played better and better in the finals. He became more and more threatening when cutting into the frame. Li Ao roamed on the flanks. Although O'Neal didn't score much, he was always a threat... Kidd was left open many times tonight, and he caught Seized the opportunity, made 9 of 6 three-pointers, scored 27 points, and scored 60 points with Li Ao!
加上杰拉德-华莱士的13分6板1助攻2抢断2盖帽、奥多姆的12分8板1助攻……

104 to 95, the Clippers defeated the Lakers, tied the score, and entered the tiebreaker in the Western Conference Finals!
...

Fans knew that the Western Conference Finals would be exciting, but they didn't expect to get to this level!

Especially in this year's playoff environment, fans have lowered their expectations, and now the viewing experience is even more surprising!

During the regular season, Kobe stopped playing and took the initiative to help Payton, who had helped him a lot on the defensive end in recent years, integrate. His statistics declined, but he went crazy after the Western Conference Finals.

Payton performed steadily, scoring 6+ points in the first 20 big-scoring games of the Western Conference Finals.

O'Neal is the most special. You can guess his rebounds by watching his scoring. Once he scores less than 25 points, it will be difficult for his rebounds to fall below 15.

As for the Clippers, Li Ao has Kidd, and his scoring ability is fully unleashed.

A player like Richard Jefferson, who can only run and cut, make three-pointers from the wing, and counterattack, can average 20+ per game with Kidd's pass. The person receiving the ball was replaced by Li Ao... The strongest scorer after Jordan was born!
Third-year Gerald Wallace made a name for himself in the finals.

It can be said that if Jordan did not give up the starting lineup to help Gerald Wallace grow last season, and Gentry did not insist on letting Gerald Wallace defend on the outside alone this season, the Clippers would have finished playing in the Western Conference Finals this time. .

The day after G6 of the Western Conference Finals, on June 6, G8 of the Eastern Conference Finals came.

The Western Conference Finals were exciting and intense.

The Eastern Conference finals were just as intense as the Western Conference, except that they were less enjoyable to watch.

After losing one home game first, the Pacers won two games in a row, regaining the home court advantage and leading 1-2.

The Pistons played poorly in G3, losing to the Pacers by 64 points 82-18.

Just looking at the score, you can’t tell how poorly the Pistons played in this game. You can tell by looking at the detailed data - Ben Wallace had 15 points, 22 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks, including four points, rebounds, steals and blocks. The data is the highest on the team.

雷-阿伦15投4中只拿到13分，阿泰斯特12中2只拿到8分，比卢普斯14投4中只拿到10分。

After this game, the media overwhelmingly praised the Pacers for winning the championship.

The Western Conference has entered a mutual attrition mode. The Pacers have a strong team and a deep lineup. They can easily defeat the Angel City duo in the regular season. They have a high chance of winning in the finals.

Then, the Pistons responded to the Pacers with a score of 4-72 in G56, tying the score. In G3, Billups scored 22 points and 6 assists. Ray Allen also regained stability and made 14 of 7 shots. Got 18 points.

The Pistons stopped scoring soaring points, but they did a better job than the Pacers in locking down their opponents' points!

到了G5，比卢普斯再砍20+，24投11中拿到24分5助攻，雷-阿伦11投6中，其中三分球7中4，外加2中2的罚球，稳稳拿到18分，加上阿泰斯特的10分7板2助攻3抢断1盖帽、本-华莱士4分20板4盖帽……

81 to 75, the Pistons won two games in a row, with a big score of 3 to 2, and got the match point!
As soon as the media finished talking about the Pacers, the Pistons slapped them in the face, and the topic was full!

That's right, this topicality failed to translate into ratings.

Today, fans discussed the Eastern Conference finals matchup very enthusiastically. It was on the hot search list on Google, and the popularity in the forum was comparable to that of the Los Angeles Derby. However, not many people watched the game.

More than one-third of the news and posts related to the Eastern Conference Finals complained about how ugly the game was.

As of the start of the game, according to the viewing data officially received by the NBA, the number of paid views for this game was less than 500 million, which is lower than most first-round games.

This Eastern Conference finals can be considered a record. Since the conference finals were broadcast live, there has not been a conference finals with lower ratings than this conference finals.

In the evening, G6 of the Eastern Conference Finals began.

The Pacers, who were on the verge of elimination, performed wildly after the start of the game. They led by 23 points 16-7 in the first quarter. They won 17-11 in the second quarter by another 6 points and led the Pistons by 13 points at halftime.

However, although the Pistons scored lower each quarter, they also limited the Pacers' scoring in the second quarter.

In the third quarter, the Pacers' scoring was further limited, scoring only 10 points in a single quarter.

But the Pistons went berserk. Ray Allen made 3 of 3 three-pointers in a single quarter. He only scored these three three-pointers in 7 attempts. He made mid-range shots and breakthrough layups, but only these three three-pointers. , has almost caught up with the entire opponent's team.

His teammates took advantage of his outside threat and scored 14 points in a single quarter.

23 to 10, it only took the Pistons one quarter to erase the 13-point difference!
In the final quarter, Ray Allen scored two more three-pointers, helping the Pistons stabilize their offensive firepower and score 19 points in a single quarter.

The Pacers tried to get up in the final quarter, but their efforts were limited and only scored 15 points.

Ray Allen made 13 of 9 three-pointers in a single game, tying his own record for three-pointers in a single game in the playoffs. He scored a game-high 33 points and led the Pistons to a 69-65 victory over the Pacers. The team took the lead in advancing to the finals 4-2!
...

The Pistons won three games in a row to advance through the Eastern Conference and reach the Finals again after 3 years. Master Jackson was numb when he saw the news.

Since entering the playoffs, he has been thinking about how difficult it would be to meet the Pacers in the finals.

But he would rather play the Pacers than the Pistons.

The Pacers are just hard to beat.

If we play against the Pistons, Payton faces Billups... maybe he has to let Billups perform like Finals MVP?
Billups' career-high 37 points in a single game came against Payton in the regular season this season.

That night, Billups scored 37 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. He had an edge-level defense in the best defense. Not only was he strong in defensive ability, but his strong body also restrained Payton's post-up and mid-range shots. He only had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on defense. Zen Master didn't want to recall that scene.

Kobe will definitely have to guard against Ray Allen, and let Payton, Fisher, Devin George, Wesley Person... and others guard against Ray Allen, then I guess Ray Allen will also Will perform FMVP performance.

Kobe can defend both of the Pistons' back line, but one of them has to be left vacant. No matter how he chooses, it will be a fatal answer.

However, Zen Master was numb for a while and then returned his attention to the upcoming tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals.

On June 6, the Clippers and Lakers started the final battle of the Western Conference Finals at Staples Center.

The two teams reached a tiebreaker for the second time in three years.

The relationship between the two teams is almost that of the Purple and Gold Army and the Celtics.

Although the Clippers won the first two games, Clippers fans are no less hostile to the Lakers than Lakers fans are to the Clippers.

Just like the Celtics, their winning percentage against the Lakers in the finals is crushing, but Celtics fans hate the Lakers no less than Lakers fans hate the Celtics. .

The Lakers, who have been in the spotlight since the founding of the NBA, have always been particularly hated.

At 7:40 pm, after the players from the two teams entered the court, the Lakers players found that the opponent was particularly excited.

The Lakers players didn't know why, but Master Jackson guessed the reason - the opponent wanted to play the Pistons.

After the game started, the Clippers took the lead in launching a fierce attack. Li Ao made 9 of 5 shots in a single quarter, including 3 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 12 points in a single quarter!
Under the leadership of Li Ao, the Clippers scored 28 points in the first quarter!
Kidd scored 4 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, helping Gerald Wallace, O'Neal Jr. and Eddie House each score 4 points.

The Lakers were beaten badly in the first quarter, scoring only 19 points in a single quarter.

Zen Master was lucky to have the big shark. O'Neal covered the basket with his own strength. Li Ao broke through after two feints and one shot. The road ahead was smooth and no one was blocking him. O'Neal was stunned to interfere with Li Ao's two breakthrough layups. Li Ao was not given a free throw, otherwise he would have been widened by double digits in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' offense still failed to open up and only scored 21 points in a single quarter. However, they pulled down the Clippers' offense and the Clippers only scored 17 points in the second quarter.

At the end of the half, the Lakers chased the score to 40-45, narrowing the point difference to 5 points.

After returning from the intermission, veteran Payton entered a life-threatening state. He made 5 of 4 shots in a single quarter, including one top-arc three-pointer that was left open. He scored 9 points and 4 assists in a single quarter without free throws, helping Kobe create Given the opportunity to score, Kobe scored 7 points in a single quarter.

加上奥尼尔的2分、克利福德-罗宾逊的4分、德文-乔治的2分、费舍尔的2分……湖人队单节拿到26分。

不过这一节，李敖和基德都投开了，基德5投3中，其中三分球2中2，拿到8分1板3助攻；李敖6投3中，其中三分球2中1，拿到7分2板2助攻。

加上奥多姆的5分1板2助攻、小奥尼尔的4分1盖帽、埃迪-豪斯的3分、杰拉德-华莱士的2分……快船队狂轰29分！
74 to 66, the Clippers extended their lead to 8 points!
The two teams fought until the third quarter of the tiebreaker, and their defensive performance declined. Both teams seized scoring opportunities, but the Clippers seized more opportunities!
The 32-year-old Shark, after 6 fierce battles, collapsed in the crucial quarter of the tiebreaker!
People will eventually grow old. In such an extreme series, in the most tiring tiebreaker, the Sharks, who have been playing for 12 years, will inevitably show signs of aging.

It's true that Payton is older, but Payton has something that the Sharks don't have - the courage to fight for the championship.

In the final quarter, Li Ao and Kidd entered an unstoppable mode.

基德三分球6投3中，在没有其他进球的情况下，单节拿到9分2板3助攻。

李敖7投3中，其中三分球2中0，加上4中4的罚球，单节拿到10分。

加上杰拉德-华莱士的4分、马特-哈普林的3分、奥多姆的2分2助攻，快船队单节再轰28分！
For the Lakers, Payton scored 7 points in a single quarter and Kobe Bryant scored 8 points in a single quarter. The two guns performed very well, scoring 15 points together, but the Lakers only scored 25 points as a team.

Everyone expected the Lakers to launch a counterattack in the final quarter. Payton and Kobe worked hard, but they failed to have a substantial impact on the situation. Instead, the point difference widened little by little...

奥尼尔打出了今年季后赛最差表现，14投5中，加上10中6的罚球，拿到16分8板1助攻1抢断2盖帽，过去6场他得分低的时候篮板球数量惊人的特点，今晚也没了。

科比29分3板4助攻1抢断1盖帽、佩顿27分3板7助攻，两人拼到底，还是没能完成逆转。

李敖24投11中，其中三分球8中3，加上9中9的罚球，拿到34分5板5助攻3抢断2盖帽；

基19投10中，其中三分球13中8，加上2中2的罚球，生涯第二次在季后赛单场拿到30分，外加9板9助攻2抢断。

Under the leadership of the two, the Clippers defeated the Lakers 102-91, won the Angel City Civil War 4-3, and reached the finals for three consecutive years!
(End of this chapter)