lakers championship

Chapter 445 Kobe VS James

After the Lakers defeated the Warriors, all NBA-related media immediately expressed and congratulated, but this did not attract much attention, because fans were discussing, watching, and reposting the Lakers post-match interview.

It was LeBron's tweet that attracted everyone's attention.

"23VS24, LeBron VS Kobe, finally here!"

This tweet from LeBron once again made an exception, reminding everyone that the Cleveland Cavaliers reached the finals in the Eastern Conference. They were behind 0 to 2 and finally completed a 4-3 reversal.

LeBron is like a god descending from the sky, overcoming obstacles all the way, but it is just like this. The 23VS24 that fans have been looking forward to for many years will be more interesting. Both legendary stars have a huge number of fans. When the game starts, the discussion will be unprecedented. Most of them will easily break the record.

About 2 hours later, Kobe, who had returned home after accepting various interviews, responded to LeBron.

"Unfortunately, I am no longer at the top, but this time I will definitely win."

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On the morning of the 29th, 21 ESPN experts made predictions on the results of the finals. 20 experts said that the Lakers would win with a total score of 4-0. This result coincided with what Kobe said.

The Warriors lost to the Lakers with two absolute strengths, let alone the Cavaliers with only one strength and four weaknesses.

Even if LeBron descends from heaven again, Tianyang and Kobe will join forces to destroy him.

In the predicted results, the only exception is Kevin Arnolds, who thinks the final score is 4-1.

Before that, he had made three consecutive rounds of mispredictions, and compared to the various views he put forward before, such as "Wiggins is unstoppable", the views he put forward this time are really a bit nonsensical.

"The Lakers are going to lose a game on purpose, and they definitely want to receive the award at the Staples Center."

While fans, especially Lakers fans, think it's funny, it's not bad when you think about it.

It would be a pity if they beat the Cavaliers 4-0.

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According to the league schedule, the finals will start on the 31st, but on the afternoon of the 29th, the entire Cavaliers team has already arrived in Los Angeles. On the Lakers side, Tianyang and Kobe also took the lead to return to the training ground, forgetting the joy of defeating the Warriors back.

Both teams are gearing up, the Cavaliers don't want to lose, and the Lakers want to win even more.

On the evening of the 31st, G1 of the finals officially started, and the Staples Center was as full as ever.

On the side of the Lakers, Tianyang played point guard, Kobe started the game as shooting guard, plus Ingram, Randle, and Lopez formed the starting lineup; on the Cavaliers side, Hill, JR, LeBron, Love, and TT formed the starting lineup .

The opening jump ball, the Cavaliers won.

Hill took the ball to the right wing and waited for the ball. Love mentioned that he would catch the ball at the top of the arc, and then handed the ball to LeBron.

LeBron waved his hand to signal the audience to open, and chose to single Ingram at 45 degrees on the left.

The Staples Center immediately booed, bullying a rookie, what's the big deal?But LeBron didn't care, but continued to make a strong start, rolled to the basket like a tank, shot against Randall's defense, and scored 2 points with difficulty.

Turning around, the Lakers grabbed the lead.

Tianyang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, then made an emergency stop and made a long pass. After Randall received the ball, he took advantage of the opportunity to give the ball back.

Kobe caught the ball in the corner, was completely unguarded, and shot a three-pointer.

The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers scored 3 points.

Easy-side Cavaliers attack, Love singles Randall from the short corner on the right, and the face frame shakes to gain space and then scores in the mid-range shot.

The Lakers attacked again, Tianyang singled Hill on the left wing, crossed and swayed to the basket, made a layup with low hands and caused a TT foul on the supplementary defense, and made an additional penalty to help the Lakers take the lead again.

The Cavaliers attacked again, LeBron held the ball for about 20 seconds, circled a large circle, and finally drove Ingram to the basket, forced a layup and caused a foul. He made two free throws and led the Cavaliers to overtake the score.

But Na Zeng thought, turned to the Lakers offense, a simple combination of inside and outside without the ball screen, easily let Kobe get an open three-pointer, and he made the second three-pointer, allowing the Lakers to take the lead again.

In this way, the two teams finished the first quarter with a very high shooting percentage, and the Cavaliers led 30 to 29 by one point.

Cavaliers fans were very happy during the timeout between quarters, because there was no trend of the Lakers crushing, which shows that the Cavaliers at least have the power to fight, and a 4-0 scene may be difficult to see.

In the first half of the second quarter, LeBron performed superbly. He continued to attack and defend, and once extended the lead of the Cavaliers to 8 points.But after returning from the timeout, Kobe turned on the killing mode, a three-pointer and a steal mid-range shot, directly reducing the point difference to 5 points, and let JR accompany him for a technical foul.

Then the two teams entered the confrontation mode again.

In the last 3 seconds, Tianyang made a two-step shot near the center line and hit a super long three-pointer. The two teams tied at 56.

As a result, no one expected that ESPN's official tweets would be ridiculed by Cavaliers fans.

What was even more unexpected was that in the third quarter, Tianyang, Kobe and LeBron faced each other for three-pointers.

At the beginning, LeBron's shooting rate was not bad, 5 of 3 shots, and he could enter the second half. After his physical strength declined, he only made 4 of 1 shots, while Tianyang and Kobe made a total of 10 of 6 shots, helping the Lakers to win at the end of the third quarter. , leading 84-78.

The game entered the fourth quarter, and the Lakers always maintained the lead, but the Cavaliers were extremely tenacious. They waited until the last 2 minutes and 49 seconds. After LeBron scored a dunk, the Lakers had a 100-98 lead with only 2 points left.

Wharton called a timeout, adjusted the staffing, and dispatched a lineup of Randall, Kuzma, Ingram, Kobe, and Tianyang, while the Cavaliers also took the opportunity to switch back to the starting lineup, and the two teams fought a decisive battle.

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After a timeout, the Lakers serve from the bottom line.

Tianyang took the ball to the frontcourt, asked Ingram for a pick-and-roll, and James, who was singles and switched defenses.

The fans at the scene stood up collectively, cheering and cheering.

After dribbling the ball under the crotch continuously, Tianyang took a sudden step from the left side. The speed was so fast that it was too late for LeBron to foul. After rushing into the inside, he pulled the bar again to avoid the TT who was defending, and easily scored two points.

Turning around, LeBron 'reciprocated', asked Hill for a pick-and-roll, and singled Tianyang.

The fans booed continuously. LeBron held the ball sideways and wanted to rush to the basket with one step. However, Tianyang defended very well. In addition, LeBron played too long and took too many shots, and his physical strength declined very much. Seriously, the sudden failure failed.

LeBron can only distribute the ball to JR. At this time, the offensive time is running out, so he can only defend against Kobe and make strong shots.

The result was naturally a strike, but TT relied on his height advantage to grab the offensive rebound in a row. After landing, he passed it to the top of the arc. After Love received the ball, he feinted to fly to Ingram, who was defending the defense, and made an open three-pointer.

Hit!The Cavaliers changed the score to 101 to 102, only 1 point behind!
Easy side Lakers attack, Bryant received a pass from Tianyang on the left wing, and after switching defenses a few times, he singled Love at the top of the arc.

He lowered his shoulders, took two strong steps, stopped suddenly, and pulled out his hand dryly.

Kobe Bryant's whole set of moves was smooth, and he scored 2 points as picturesque.

Easy-side Cavaliers attack, LeBron dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and continued to pick and roll singles against Kobe, but he was too tired after 43 minutes of playing time, so he kept holding the ball and waited until the last 10 seconds before going inside against Kobe.

But Kobe defended very well. LeBron lost confidence in the middle of the game, stopped and jumped and passed the ball to the bottom corner.

JR catches the ball and makes a strong shot against Tianyang's defense.

The basketball rebounded from the basket and fell straight into Ingram's hands. He immediately turned around and made a fast break, but the Cavaliers retreated very quickly. He could only hand the ball to Tianyang and reorganize the positional battle.

Tianyang didn't force it, but gave the ball to Kobe.

Kobe was also polite, pulling down the top of the arc to find a pick-and-roll, and also singled out LeBron.

Like playing Love, he still has a set of smooth movements, and finally scored in the mid-range shot.

The Lakers led 105 to 101 by 4 points. At this time, with 59 seconds left before the end of the game, Tyronn Lue called a timeout.

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After a timeout, the Cavaliers serve from the sideline.

LeBron has the ball, but also finds a pick-and-roll to beat Kobe!

The two hit it off!
This time, LeBron rushed to the end, took off with Kobe, and scored 2+1!

With an additional penalty hit, the Cavaliers caught up to 103 to 105!

With 39 seconds left, Wharton did not want to pause.

Tianyang dribbles the ball to the top of the arc, finds a pick-and-roll JR, holds it until the last 10 seconds, and pulls it out!

Three points hit!The Lakers 108 to 103!

Turning around, the Cavaliers grabbed the serve, LeBron dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, double-teamed against Kobe and Tianyang, and made a strong three-pointer!

Hit too!The Cavaliers chased the score to 106 to 108!

With 23 seconds left in the game, Walton still did not call a timeout.

Tianyang took the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to Kobe. The Cavaliers didn't dare to foul in advance!

LeBron took the initiative to defend, and Kobe held the ball until the last 4 seconds.

Dry pull!

Three point hit!

The Lakers led 111 to 106, and the Cavaliers were unable to recover.

In the end, the Lakers won the game.

Immediately after the game, everyone was asking the same question.

Why not foul early?

(End of this chapter)