NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 209
"Why? Why do you want to pass it on!" Phil Jackson yelled in his heart, his eyes falling on O'Neal.

Kobe leaned on his knees on the sidelines, looked up at the cheering Warriors fans in all directions, turned his head and walked into the player tunnel.O'Neal, who was celebrating in the crowd on the field, looked at Kobe in the player tunnel, with an inexplicable smile on his face.

O'Neal played 32 minutes and scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block. One of the rebounds saved the Warriors. Li Zhi scored 29 points, which was not high, but staged a comeback lore in the fourth quarter.Crawford retired from injury in the fourth quarter and scored 28 points in 28 minutes.

Kobe played almost the entire game, played 45 minutes, broke his personal playoff scoring record, scored 53 points, 11 rebounds, 23 assists and 3 steals.

Before the start of the playoffs, no one thought that the favorite Lakers would bid farewell to the playoffs in such a way.Without Gasol, they were completely overwhelmed by the Warriors, and Kobe won the numbers but lost the game.

At the press conference, the coaches and players of the Lakers casually said a few words and left. Jackson said that the Lakers lost to Gasol's injury, and his absence due to injury had a huge impact on the Lakers.Without Gasol, the Lakers lost a single point on the court, and even lost the Lakers' powerful support weapon.

The Warriors were interviewed, and everyone was extremely excited. Before the start of the series, none of the Warriors dared to imagine that they could win the Lakers who were aiming to win the championship.Now everyone is optimistic about the Warriors' journey to the series. Their next opponent is the Rockets without Yao Ming. Without McGrady and Yao Ming, the Rockets are now a civilian team.

This round of the series was full of drama, and the reporter naturally talked about Vujacic's foul.Li Zhi said: "I didn't expect them to do such a thing. Really, it's too low. This is a basketball court, not a fight between gangsters."

Li Zhi's words brought Vujacic to the forefront again. Vujacic felt bitter and couldn't tell. Jackson asked him to do it, but he couldn't do it.But he couldn't say this kind of thing, he could only apologize to Crawford on Twitter, but Crawford didn't accept it.This guy was so insincere that he didn't even make a phone call, and Crawford took the opportunity to scold Vujacic once.

Crawford is a very strange person in the NBA. He really likes basketball. His salary in the past few years is enough for him to live for a lifetime. He plays for fun.In the Warriors, his fun reached its peak. He had never thought about the word championship before, but when Gasol was injured, he found that the Warriors had a chance.

Crawford's mentality is also the mentality of the Warriors team. Young people are like a group of hungry wolves facing a lion without claws. This is also a true portrayal of the Warriors' last two games.

According to media analysis, even if the Lakers lack the strength of Gasol and the Warriors, they are not the same. They just lost in their momentum and attitude.The Warriors used infinite switching and iron-blooded defense to defend the Lakers' role players to death, and the Lakers couldn't match the Warriors' defensive strength.

Bill Simmons commented on the second day's program that Kobe was not a qualified leader at all, and Gasol was the real core of the Lakers.This statement was naturally bombarded by the Lakers fans. Kobe is the soul of the Lakers, and Bill Simmons' statement is naturally extreme.However, Gasol's tactical role in the Lakers is indeed much greater than that of Kobe, there is no doubt about it.

The Warriors won the Lakers, and the players are very excited these days.Except for Crawford who has to rest for two weeks due to injury, everyone else remains healthy and can play in the Western Conference Finals.

Perhaps because the opponent is too weak, all the Warriors don't have the nervousness of preparing for the Lakers and Trail Blazers. Li Zhi also has the same mentality.

In lineup competition, the Warriors are absolutely superior in terms of staffing. Although Milicic's defense is poor, Scola has not yet reached the level of Gasol and Aldridge. His skills and touch are excellent, but his physical fitness limits his upper limit.The jump is not high, the running is not fast, and the wingspan is not good, which determines that Scola's low-post attack cannot reach the level of Gasol and Aldridge.The defense is smart and dares to confront, but he suffers from height, and Scola is good at mid-range shooting, which is exactly the type of defense that Milicic likes to defend. Milicic's weakness is not a problem at all when facing Scola.

Yao Ming is injured, the Rockets can only play Landry or Hayes at the center position, but no matter how Adelman arranges, there will be no match for O'Neal at the center position.O'Neal can't provide much help on offense, but plays a major role on defense. In the playoffs, he focuses on pick-and-rolls and is very efficient.

Stephen Jackson on the shooting guard and "President" Sean Battier, Sean Battier's defense needless to say, but the offensive threat is limited.Besides, Stephen Jackson's task is to defend, and Battier's strong defense is useless.He is a good piece of the championship puzzle, but the Rockets are destined to not go far without Yao Ming.

The point guard is a weakness of the Warriors, but since the playoffs, Jackson and Li Zhi have been the guest point guards. The Warriors will play Morrow or Livingston at the No. [-] position, but no matter what, the Rockets also have problems at the No. [-] position. They have no organization, and Yao Ming usually takes on the organizational task.

The Rockets may only be able to compete with the Warriors at small forwards. Artest is also a template for future generations of stars, but because of his slightly violent playing style, he is destined to not be able to support the banner of a team.

The failure of the Kings period has proved that Artest can only be the second and third leader of the team.Li Zhi will face the league's top defense this time, but he is not afraid. He has Artest's defensive skills for a long time and knows his defensive skills very well.

Rockets fans should miss McGrady very much now, but McGrady is destined not to come back.

Fans in the United States have no idea about the Western Conference finals. The Warriors will lose a game or two against the Rockets with a disorganized lineup.

But the country attaches great importance to this series. The Rockets and the Warriors are the home teams of the Chinese people, so everyone naturally looks forward to it.

The domestic publicity for the first game of the Western Conference Finals is sufficient, but it is a bit weird no matter how you look at it.The Warriors and Rockets are fifth in the Western Conference and sixth in the Western Conference, and they met in the Western Conference Finals.

What's even more weird is that in the first game, the Warriors, who had high hopes, lost.In the first game of the Warriors, all members sleepwalked and made 25 of 3 three-pointers, which can be described as horrible.

Except for Li Zhi who scored 18 points in the starting lineup, no one else scored in double figures.The Warriors scored the most points was Nick Young, who played 32 minutes off the bench and scored 28 points to replace Crawford's tactical position.

The whole team didn't take this game seriously before the game, but the Rockets gave the Warriors a big blow in the first game.They showed iron and blood defense, defending the Warriors' shooters until they could no longer be ironed.

Artest frantically bit Li Zhi on the court, and Sean Battier flanked Li Zhi indifferently. The Rockets used defensive counterattacks to score 30 points, which made Nelson extremely furious.

Nelson scolded the entire Warriors team in the locker room, and all the Warriors knew that they had underestimated the enemy and paid more attention to it.

Li Zhi took the lead in reflection, and Jackson and Barnes also set an example by the side, training seriously, and other players naturally paid attention to it.

In the second game, the Warriors cheered up and beat the Rockets 99:78 at home. The Rockets did not show the intensity of the first game, and the Warriors scored easily.Li Zhi played 36 minutes and scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Milicic scored 12 points and 10 rebounds.Nick Young still performed efficiently when he came off the bench, scoring 20 points to blow up the Rockets' bench.

Nelson's tactics have an unimaginable effect on chaos. Both Nick Young and Crawford have benefited from Nelson's tactical system.

(End of this chapter)