lakers championship

Chapter 430
For Mitchell's praise, Tianyang retweeted and wrote: "Encourage each other and make progress together."

This response!It can be said to be very official!The fans who watched the excitement were disappointed, but ten seconds later, Tianyang retweeted again and wrote: "But I will beat you, the best rookie of the year, first!"

Replying like this is both domineering and clearly supporting Mitchell, and the fans expressed their satisfaction.

Mainly in Tianyang's view, although Simmons has been injured for a year and has not played, he has received a year of NBA-level professional training, which is far more effective than Mitchell's one-year training in college.

The comparison between the two is unfair, not to mention that Simmons is still in the second grade.

For SkyOcean's public support, Mitchell also replied again, which consisted of one sentence and three emojis, 'thank you', plus one raised his head and laughed, one covered his forehead and covered his face, and one raised his arms to cheer.

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In a blink of an eye, the time came to April 4, and the first round of the Eastern and Western playoffs was over. The ESPN expert team began to give predictions for the second round.

对于湖人和爵士的系列赛，10位专家认为湖人4比0获胜，5位专家认为湖人4比1获胜，5位专家认为湖人4比2获胜，1位专家认为爵士4比3获胜。

Such a result is different from the fact that almost all of them believed that the Lakers would be crushed in the first round. The most interesting thing is that there is actually one expert who thinks that the Lakers will lose, which makes many fans have strong doubts.

The expert, Kevin Arnolds, gave the reason in an interview with Bill Simmons.

"Don't worry, I still remember that I was slapped in the face by the Lakers in the last round of predictions, but this time against the Jazz is really different. Everyone calm down and think about it, were we optimistic about the Jazz winning the Thunder?"

"No!"

"I know, you will say that the Thunder lack tactics, the shooting percentage is too low, the distribution of players is not reasonable enough, and Robertson was injured and failed to play, but in fact, the Jazz won the series by relying on defense!"

"Think about it again, what are the Lakers afraid of?"

"I'm afraid of a strong inside guarding the basket! The Lakers and the Jazz played three times in the regular season. It has fully proved that Gobert is good enough to guard the inside. Then Ingles and DeVos can safely defend on the outside."

"It will be more difficult for the Lakers to play outside than before."

"Of course, Tianyang is very strong and can make strong shots, so I think the Jazz need to win a game at the Staples Center Center, and then hold three more home games in Salt Lake City to win the series!"

This remark suddenly sounds very reasonable, but when you think about it carefully, it is too funny.

Just like Ma Jian's analysis article, the whole article is correct, but the whole article is nonsense and general. It is all theories that fools know about how to transfer the ball, strengthen the defense, and improve the shooting rate; it is also like the summary of Director Zhang. "The Rockets won all the games where the score was over 100 but the opponent's score was under 100" is also speechless.

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For the battle between Tianyang and Mitchell, Adidas is naturally the happiest.

The new president Kasper personally came forward to seek the approval of the Lakers and Jazz, and worked overtime to produce two giant posters, which were then hung outside the Staples Center and the Energy Center.

The image of the poster is Tianyang and Mitchell wearing Adidas sneakers jumping into the air while scrambling for a basketball. The patterns on the basketball are famous cities and landmarks from various countries in the world. want!"

Casper also announced that Mitchell will launch exclusive signature shoes.

At the same time, SkyOcean's second-generation sneakers will also be on sale after the end of the season.

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In a blink of an eye, the time came to the 29th.

At 4 p.m., Mitchell was interviewed by reporters in the player tunnel before warming up.

"Are you looking forward to the match against Tianyang tonight?"

"He's about 5 centimeters taller than me, I hope he feels terrible so I don't have to think about how to block!"

"Do you have the confidence to hit a three-pointer over his head?"

"To be honest, no. During the All-Star game in February, I witnessed him block Durant twice in a row..."

"So will you make adjustments because of this? Like more breakthroughs?"

"Maybe, and it's possible to shoot more deep threes and keep him from blocking shots."

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At 5 o'clock, Tianyang drove a Ferrari to the Staples Center. As soon as he entered the stadium, Mitchell greeted him.

The two chatted about the recent game, and Tianyang gave Mitchell some advice.

Soon, the time came to 7:40 in the evening, and the pre-match ceremony began on the spot.

In the TNT live broadcast room, Ernie asked: "Three, how do you think the Jazz can win?"

O'Neal shook his head slightly: "To be honest, the Lakers are very difficult to play, and our colleagues are not fooling around. In the three regular season games, except for the last game where the Lakers hit 72 wins, it is not easy to win. The playoffs are naturally more difficult. So I I think that as long as the Jazz play better offensively, they have a chance to win."

Barkley nodded: "With Snyder coaching, the Jazz have very good defensive discipline. Except against the Lakers, they have very little defensive confusion against the Warriors, so they need to strengthen their offense. Mitchell needs to be more reasonable in terms of shot selection. Because the Lakers are a team that is very good at catching mistakes and counterattacking."

Kenny spread his hands helplessly: "You are all finished, what should I say?"

During the conversation between the three, the game officially started.

In terms of lineup, Rondo played point guard against Rubio; Tianyang played shooting guard against Mitchell; Ingram played small forward against Ingles; Randall played power forward against Favors; Lopez Play center versus Gobert.

Wharton's arrangement is to prevent the Jazz from making a surprise move to play Gobert. In that case, it will be difficult for McGee to defend. If a timeout is called for a new substitution, he may be very passive later.

On the opening jump ball, Gobert put the ball into Ingles' hands, and the Jazz attacked first.

Ingles dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, passed it to Favors who was above the three-point line, then ran to the right elbow, slipped to the basket with the help of Mitchell's cover, and then used Gobert in the short corner on the left With the cover, he made a big circle to the left wing, but Ingram followed the defense very well, and with Randall interfering with Favors, it was really difficult for him to catch the ball.

After coming and going, there were only 11 seconds left in the offensive time. Seeing that the team's offense was at a standstill, Mitchell immediately rushed to the top of the arc, took the basketball from Favors, quickly changed hands and dribbled the ball, and signaled to the audience Pull away, he wants to single out Tianyang!
O'Neill clapped his hands and said, "This kid is very courageous!"

As soon as the words fell, Favors suddenly ran back and made a back pick and roll for Mitchell!

The fans booed immediately, isn't it a one-on-one match?Why did you suddenly change your mind?
Fortunately, Randall reacted quickly enough, and immediately followed up and prepared to switch defenses.

I once thought that Favors' fake block was real, and he turned around and rushed to the basket in the blink of an eye.

Mitchell took off and passed the ball!
Tianyang and Randall lost the opportunity to catch up. Ingram saw this and decisively moved laterally to intercept.

But Favors did not force a layup, but suddenly stopped and passed the ball to the left wing.

Ingles received the ball, made a three-pointer at the buzzer, and made it!

Tianyang was speechless, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, and asked, "Isn't it a one-on-one match?"

Mitchell raised his head and laughed, "Don't mind, I learned this from you!"

Hearing this, Tianyang rolled his eyes. He really did a lot of deceitful things.

Now, he has a feeling of 'the church apprentice is mad at the master'.

(End of this chapter)