NBA: I was the No. 1 pick at the beginning

Chen Tian was the last to enter the locker room, and he also gave his teammates a high-five to celebrate.

There is no need to say more about the importance of this game to the Lakers.

So everyone should be happy to celebrate.

After all, the Lakers are still not down.

It was Chen Tian and this group of veterans who were struggling to support them.

We must know that when a team can win one or two championships, their crisis will appear.

Like the Warriors in the previous life, after Durant went to the Warriors, their lineup is not only the strongest in history, but it can also be ranked in the top three or top five.

But in the end they only won two championships.

And like when James was in the Heat, there were not only two championships in the end.

Even stronger than James, he has never won three consecutive championships in his entire career.

One can imagine how difficult it is to win three consecutive championships.

What's more, the current Lakers have four consecutive championships.

To know the difficulty of this, in addition to the opponent targeting the Lakers, there are also internal problems.

A problem can be seen from the Lakers playoff lineup.

That is Monty's intentional or unintentional reduction of the veteran's playing time.

In fact, in the second round of the series, whether Brunson played or not did not affect the performance of the Lakers.

Brunson's role is to shoot from the perimeter.

Rose doesn't have a good outside shot, but Matthew's is good.

And the defense is better than Brunson, why not Matthew.

It is because Monty knows that blindly letting old players play may cause serious fatigue.

When the fatigue of the old players comes up, let alone playing, it may be very uncomfortable to hear the game.

So Monty also arranged for young players and old players to play interspersed.

This also relieves fatigue levels for everyone.

While everyone was celebrating, Monty walked in with the coaching staff.

Seeing the coach come in, everyone was quiet.

"Not bad, all good, needless to say how critical this game is to us!"

"You all played very well, now the advantage is on our side!"

"But I hope you guys don't relax and don't forget that the series is not over yet!"

"I hope that in the sixth game, I can receive the Western Conference Finals trophy at the Sky Arena."

As soon as the coach said this, everyone nodded.

They also know that the Spurs will give everything in the sixth game.

And the Lakers also want to seize the advantage of this home court and close this round of the series.

After the Lakers won Tianwangshan, the outside world is generally optimistic that the Nets and the Lakers will meet in the finals.

Now the Nets and the Lakers are leading 3:2.

And the sixth game is still at their home court, so there are also a lot of fans who are optimistic about the Nets and Lakers.

On the second day, the entire Lakers team also returned to Los Angeles.

After returning, the entire Lakers team disbanded at the airport.

Originally, Tianwangshan was very tired after playing this game, and Monty also gave everyone a holiday after the team came back.

Just one day's rest time, tomorrow the Lakers will also have a sixth game against the Spurs.

It can be said that the rest time is very short, so in such a situation, team training is basically impossible.

It is not easy for players to rest during this day.

This is why veterans play in the playoffs, and the games are always good and bad.

There is no way, such an intensive game, let alone veterans, even Chen Tian and the others are very tired.

And Chen Tian also has a long memory, he went straight to Kobe's house after leaving the airport.

Sure enough, when Chen Tian arrived, only Kobe was at home.

"Oh, it's really amazing, you guy didn't go to the team's side."

After Chen Tian walked in, he also said with a smile.

Kobe sat on the sofa and also gave Chen Tian a blank look.

"Get what you want to drink yourself."

When Chen Tian heard this, he also cut it, and then went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of Coke.

Chen Tian came back with a drink, seeing Kobe's depressed expression, Chen Tian was also a little puzzled.

"What's the matter with you, didn't we win?"

Kobe said the same when he heard Chen Tian's words.

"It's not your business, I'm naturally happy to win!"

"Actually, I kind of miss Vanessa and the kids."

Chen Tian also laughed when he heard this.

"Damn it, I thought what was going on, I just went to see it if I wanted to!"

"Aren't they just over there in the Central Plains?"

"I don't know what to think, just go and see, isn't the NBA not over yet!"

"I went, when you won the Western Conference championship and the championship, who will go up?"

"The big boss seems to be in the Central Plains too."

When Kobe said this, Chen Tian rubbed his nose and smiled.

"Hey, that's fine, don't put on that face of bitterness and hatred!"

"There are not many days left, and now both the Eastern and Western finals have entered the final stage!"

"When the game is over, the two of us will get on the plane as soon as possible, so the head office will be fine."

When Chen Tian said this, Kobe waved his hand.

"It's the first time!"

"If you win the championship, do you want to attend the celebration banquet afterward?"

"Even if you don't participate in this, you can still not participate in the championship parade later."

After Kobe finished speaking, Chen Tian suddenly realized that his thinking seemed a little simple.

After all, the Men's Basketball World Cup will not start until August.

If I left in a hurry, I would obviously be a little irresponsible.

This time Chen Tian couldn't laugh anymore.

Kobe saw that Chen Tian was still, but he laughed.

Now Chen Tian and Kobe have exactly the same idea, as long as the other party is unhappy, he will be happy.

Sitting there, Chen Tian also thought about it.

Judging from the current progress of the game, if there are seven games in the finals, it will not be until June 6th.

After the championship parade is over, it will really take July to return to China.

"There doesn't seem to be a specific date for the championship parade, right?"

When Chen Tian said such a sentence suddenly, Kobe was also stunned.

"What do you mean, you plan to make the championship parade go ahead earlier?"

"Yeah, let's start early!"

"It just so happens that this time there is the Men's Basketball World Cup, and we are going back to China to prepare for the game!"

"The Lakers now have a lot of international players. Apart from me, Yi Jianlian, Matthew, Jokic and others are all going to participate in the Men's Basketball World Cup."

When Kobe heard what Chen Tian said, he felt that it made sense.

"That depends on your abilities. If you lose, it will be even more troublesome!"

"If we complete the five consecutive championships, then I will get everything ready as soon as possible, and we will start the championship parade earlier."

Chen Tian also smiled when he heard this.

"Okay, perfect solution, let's play the game."

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