lakers championship

Chapter 239 The Prospect of Winning the Championship
Few bosses are as high-profile as Jim. To win the championship, saying it in an interview and saying it privately on social networks are completely different things.Comparing the two, the former is more like an official cliché, because even the owners of bad teams, in order to cope with the situation, will pretend to declare that the goal of the new season is one step closer; while the latter is a completely unnecessary behavior, but Still proclaiming that they want to win the championship, that is what they really want.

Coupled with the news of the Lakers' open bidding championship parade advertisement, Jim Buss's ambitions are really not small.

The point is, this time, everyone took it seriously.

Also leading, 3 to 2 at most shows that the Lakers have better luck, but 3 to 0 means that the Lakers are crushing in all directions.

As previously predicted by the media, the third game against the Rockets completely changed the public's image of the Lakers.

Therefore, ESPN held a roundtable meeting to discuss the chances of the Lakers winning the championship.

Tom Harper: My heart tells me it's possible, but my body still can't help saying it's totally hopeless.This strange thing happened because the Lakers rose too quickly, unlike the Warriors, who first established Curry as the core, were eliminated in the playoffs, and then Kerr rebuilt the offensive system. Thompson and Green have fully grown to be able to stand alone On the one hand, step by step, it took several years, we are already very familiar with it, and we are all saying in our hearts 'soon, soon, it should be them'.The rise of the Lakers is more like the arrival of aliens, using an indescribable force to completely defeat all our cognition.

Kevin Arnolds: Of course I hope. I don’t want to talk about the clichés that the intensity of the regular season and the playoffs are different, and I don’t want to myth how powerful the Warriors joined by Durant are. I only emphasize one point, that is, the Lakers playoffs With less experience, the ability to handle key balls and deal with headwinds is a bit worse than the Spurs and Warriors.I believe that everyone here, no one thinks that the Lakers have the strength to crush the Spurs and Warriors, right?As long as they can't be crushed, the probability that the Lakers want to pass the Spurs and Warriors in a row is about zero.

Jerry Engelman: When we talk about the comparison between the Lakers, the Spurs, and the Warriors, we first compare Tianyang, Ingram, Randall, and Cousins. The pros and cons of Ren and Curry, Thompson, Durant, and Green.We compared in every possible way, from offensive and defensive styles to the number of ball possessions, but we ignored one of the most important places, that is the head coach.In my opinion, facing the Spurs and Warriors, the Lakers will suffer a lot as a head coach. Walton will be coached by Popovich and Steve Kerr many times on the spot.

Andrew Han: I think there is a chance. The premise is that the Lakers let go of the attack, Tianyang plays supernormally, relies on the advantage of youth, beats the Spurs and Warriors in a wave, and does not give time to adjust.There is a saying in China called "beat the old master to death with random punches", which is particularly appropriate for the Lakers, but it is very difficult. After the Lakers beat the Spurs in this way, the Warriors will inevitably discover the law and will definitely have corresponding countermeasures.

Kevin Pelton: There is absolutely no need for discussion!The Rockets were beaten 3-0 by the Lakers, not because the Lakers are strong, but because the Rockets are too weak.Not to mention the Lakers, if the Thunder and Trail Blazers come, they will still fight the Rockets to Tianwangshan or tiebreaker.As long as the Spurs and Lakers series starts, you will understand how ridiculous it is to discuss this topic now.

A total of five ESPN experts, three against and two in support, one of the two just lamented without saying anything, and the other used extremely harsh conditions as a premise.In general, ESPN is extremely pessimistic about the prospects of the Lakers winning the championship.

After ESPN, TV stations such as TNT, Time Warner, and NBATV also successively held similar programs, inviting various NBA celebrities to talk about the possibility of the Lakers winning the championship, but those who think it is possible are also extremely rare.

The professional analysis of the media has led to an upsurge of discussion among fans.In the poll of 'Whether the Lakers can win the championship', after 24 hours of statistics, among the 165489 fans who participated in the voting, 12470 voted 'Yes', accounting for a total of 7.5%, which can be said to be quite low.

SkyOcean forwarded this statistical tweet and wrote: "I thought it would be 0%, thank you for your support."

Owen forwarded SkyOcean's tweet and wrote, "What is this? Our vote percentage last year was even lower than 7%. Your strength is widely recognized by fans!"

As soon as Irving's tweet appeared, many people retweeted it one after another, and the votes for the Lakers increased instantly, but it was still a small stone thrown into the Pacific Ocean, and the water did not splash.

The influence of the media and fans on the Lakers has changed, but it is a face of 'you are playing very well, but you are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future'.

……

At 23 pm on the 8rd, at the Staples Center, the fourth game between the Lakers and the Rockets officially started.

The Staples Center is still full of stars. In addition to the big-name movie stars and singers who attended the third game, the famous Lakers, the mayor of Los Angeles, the bosses of big companies and other heavyweights also attended.

The ticket price for courtside seats was hyped up to 10 US dollars. In the end, the Lakers officials had to restrict ticket sales, just to make room for various heavyweights. Nicholson gave up his fixed seat.

It can be said that there was no suspense during the game. The Lakers were loose on the outside and tight on the inside. They still spared no effort on defense, and their offense was at [-]%. .

In the end, the Lakers beat the Rockets 114 to 88, and the series advanced 4 to 0.

天洋只出场28分钟，但效率异常恐怖，16投12中，3分球5投5中，罚球2中2，豪取31分8助攻。

The moment the whistle sounded for the finale, Harden stood up from his seat, passed through the crazed crowd, and walked to Tianyang's side. The two shook hands and bumped shoulders in greeting.

"Congratulations! You deserve this victory!"

"Thank you! You also played very well!"

"there's one more thing!"

"What?"

"I want to see our spokesperson win the FMVP once!"

"I will do my best!"

Harden left, Kobe went to Tianyang, and the two clapped hands in celebration.

"Boy, you did a good job! There are still 12 victories to be won, so don't relax!"

"sure."

After Kobe left, TNT reporter Maggio walked up to Tianyang and started the interview.

"How does it feel to be promoted?"

"Excellent!"

"What made you win the Rockets 4-0?"

"Teammates' serious training, the coaching staff's exquisite arrangement, the editor's hard analysis, the management's full support, and the fans will always love it!"

"How are you going to prepare for the next game against the winner of the Spurs and Thunder?"

"Training as usual, watching videos, resting, there is no need for special preparation. If there must be, then I will tell ESPN those three experts who think the Lakers can't win the championship after the second round. They don't understand the ball at all!"

……

SkyOcean's interview was broadcast live on TNT and quickly spread to social networks.

This kind of speech has completely different influence when speaking publicly and privately. Thousands of comments appeared on Twitter in an instant.

"What about the confidence of the giants that you agreed to? How come after the first round of promotion, what did the head star say, like a team like the Bobcats playing in the playoffs for the first time? The Warriors' championship speeches are not that exaggerated!"

"The Lakers are inflated from the owner to the players. The famous poet Obedides said that 'God must make him crazy if he wants to perish'. The demise of the Lakers is not far away."

"Stop it, Lakers champion!"

(End of this chapter)