Chapter 296 Battle of Match Point
The sixth game between the Lakers and the Clippers was scheduled to May 28, with two days off in between.
Ji Guomei knew that he had cheated on the giant panda and felt sorry for him. The next day he was going back to the apartment to apologize and destroy the films on the computer. As a result, as soon as he came out of Taylor Swift's house, he found Ji Guoqiu was carrying two big boxes and sneaking out early in the morning and ignored him.
The little fox was confused and kept peeping with telepathy. Finally, he found that the bastard actually ran to Kristen's house with two expensive dresses. He was really busy!
Ji Guochou rarely gave gifts to Christine, but after hooking up with shredded radish, he brought some gifts to Twilight Girl every few days. These gifts are expensive and some are troublesome... As for why there is such a big change, the reason is that when this guy bought gifts for shredded radish, he would buy double portions every time, so Christine is now coaxed by him.
"What a fucking idol!" Ji Guomomo returned home and watched the complaints from Tianzun on TV in public. I don't know if it was Kwarashid Wallace's scruples or whether he was praising his brother's true love.
Rashid Wallace is indeed very good. He directly called the Big Three trash at the press conference after the game, and mocked the NBA game not basketball, but just entertainment! Sure enough, he was announced to be banned by the league the next day and fined 10,000 US dollars. Money is a trivial matter, but in the Pistons' key sixth game, Rashid Wallace will be banned. For the Pistons, a million cannot afford this loss.
This is a typical team that cheats. You are not happy with the referee and David Stern. You have to wait until you are eliminated or win the championship before complaining. Now you are eager to talk to the verbal moment at this critical moment. Isn’t this implicating the neighbors?
In fact, Rashid Wallace said that everyone knows that the league has manipulated the game this year with unprecedented levels, which were stimulated by the dismal ratings of last year's finals.
Why did the ratings last year have low? Because everyone doesn’t like to watch Spurs and Pistons.
So what should I do to solve this problem?
Respect public opinion, NBA also needs democracy!
What do the audience want to see most this year? Of course, it is the Hukai Dynasty duel. Looking back at the grand occasion of the yellow and green duel, it has rarely appeared in recent years. Life is nostalgic. So, think about how the league will manipulate and realize the dynasty duel? This question is simpler. Of course, he cannot control the team, players, and fans, and only one can control - the referee.
The NBA's home horror this year is not unrelated to the referees. The referee's tendency to make the devil's home court this year for the Jazz and Celtics, and also makes the home unbeaten for several playoff teams. Why, it's in line with the public opinion of home fans.
Let me ask. Local fans spend a high price to watch the playoffs. Who wants the team they support to lose? So the home winning rate must be high!
As a result, this year's NBA arena has seen unprecedented prosperity. The attendance rate of each team has broken records in the home court, and it is difficult to find a ticket. The championship remains suspense. Everyone is "looking at the flowers in the fog". The appetite of home fans is raised high in the home team's continuous victory, and they all think that their team is awesome.
But objectively speaking, the NBA's penalty still reflects a very high level, with a three-referee system, and the introduction of video references, which can be almost covered. Due to the penetration of the referee's emotional factors, there are still many incredible punishments. I remember that in the third game of the Clippers vs. the Jazz, the Fox brother took a ball and got a technical foul. This is an example of how Clippers fans still use whipping corpses.
However, despite some weird judgments, the referee's balanced judgment standard is just right. Give A a defensive violation and B a attack and hit someone. In the last game, Ji Guoqiu's ball was shot out of bounds by the Lakers, and the referee actually awarded it to the Lakers, which made the Clippers players angry. However, Artest's ball out of bounds was awarded to the Clippers, making you speechless.
This can not only increase the excitement of the game, increase the league's revenue, but also avoid accusations such as "black whistle" and "manipulation of the game". After all, the president's "5% misjudgment rate" is backed by the "5% misjudgment rate". But fans who know the ball know that even if each plays one shot, some situations are still beneficial to one of the parties. If the league really wants a team to be eliminated, you really have to surpass your opponent in strength to do so. For example, last year's Spurs and Cavaliers, the Spurs can beat the Cavaliers no matter how they are, and the referees are useless.
To be fair, in this year's Western Conference Finals, the referee's penalty was far more fair than the Eastern Conference Finals. The Clippers have never been deliberately made difficult by the league, and the Lakers have not been favored by the referees. There is only one reason, the Lakers are more popular, but the Clippers' game ratings are higher. Therefore, any of these two Los Angeles teams entered the finals and fought against the Celtics in line with the league's wishes, so the referee did not become the protagonist in these five games. The league completely lets the two teams rely on their own strength to see who can enter the finals.
The Pistons lost in the last game, and the Celtics got the match point under the escort of the referee. But the Motor City is not without a chance to turn defeat into victory, but they themselves are not able to catch it. Just like Kobe only scored one of the last two three-pointers in the last game, the referee may have a certain impact on the outcome of the game, but if you really have the ability to win the championship, you still can't do anything to you.
Before the sixth game of the Western Conference Finals arrived, the Lakers received bad news. Ariza, who had been plagued by ankle injuries in the Western Conference semi-finals, announced a complete reimbursement on the 27th. His ankle injury worsened during training. After careful examination by the hospital, he could only end this season early for surgery.
Phil Jackson did not use Ariza much in this round of the series, because the latter was in a sluggish state of playing with injuries. He sent him to the table to deliver food to Artest, which would not have much effect. Therefore, Ariza's reimbursement did not have much impact on the Lakers' strength. He was no longer on the Zen Master's roster. This impact is more psychological for the Lakers. The team has been forced to the edge of the cliff by the enemy, and now there are teammates to be reimbursed. Everything seems to be unfavorable to the Lakers, and the Lakers players feel that it is worse.
The next day, Dunleavy, the old man said before the game: "We have never underestimated the Lakers. We have had many memories of the Lakers over the years. Being able to become a team that is close to them again has shown the great success we have achieved this season."
Oscar winner Denzel Washington had predicted before the game. Even if the Lakers were behind 2:3, the team he supported will still beat the Clippers, whose current performance allows him to watch at least seven games at the Staples Center.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson became more low-key after the team lost Game 5. He just said simply: "I think we were affected by the away atmosphere in the last game. That was not our real strength. Even if there was a gap between us, it would not be as good as the Clippers played in Game 5. Today's game. We will definitely have more players standing up, and we will do better than before."
Before the sixth game of the two teams, they both chose to keep a low profile. Ji Guomeng did not jump out to provoke, but instead tried to relax and adjust his game state. He was suspended in the last game, and he had been resting for almost a week. If he was not in shape today, it would be a tragedy. So he got up in the morning to catch Taylor Swift, which was considered a warm-up before the game.
Time soon came to night. Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals was still played in the Staples Arena. The difference is that tonight's home team became the Lakers again. Before the game started, except for the first few rows of seats in the stadium, these big names just refused to cooperate with the Lakers home team t-shirt, but when you look back, most of them are purple.
Today's game may determine the first team to enter the finals. The two teams have a total score of 3:2. The Clippers will eliminate their arch rivals Lakers and enter the finals for the first time. If the Lakers win the game, the two teams will play 3:3. In the seventh game, the Lakers will still be home to the Lakers, and the Clippers will change their position with the Lakers, so this game is a game that cannot be lost for both teams.
Emma Roberts has gotten a little angry these two days, but yesterday he still accepted Ji Guoqiu's gift. Today, he came to watch the game in a dress of a combination of things and style.
Coincidentally, although Christine's outfit is different from Emma Rowe Berts, the styles of the two of them are very similar. They are both dressed in oriental colors, and 80% of them are from the same designer. Both girls attracted close-ups of the scene before the competition began.
In the Clippers locker room, Ji Guomori looked at the scenes coming from TV and sighed in his heart: "Boss, you really have a habit. Aren't you afraid that they will fight?"
Ji Guoqiu muttered in his heart: "It's just one less to kill him."
"So cruel?"
"That's a big deal, how could I think they would wear evening gowns to watch the game? This is not an Oscar, it's really a lunatic!"
Ji Guohumiliation: "…………”
Old Dunleavy's tactics today have not changed much on a large scale, but there are still some changes in the small details.
In the first quarter of today's game, the Clippers will focus on defensive counterattacks, first relying on the twins' defensive ability to defend their position and observe their opponents at the same time. Of course, they cannot blindly defend. On the offensive end, they rarely take the initiative to attack fast, hoping to achieve unexpected results and turn the dead defense into a defensive counterattack. This will immediately become much taller when you hear it. If you fall into the position, then use the strong points in the team to attack, and see who has a better feel, and the main attack will be on the first quarter.
"Okay, I won't say much nonsense. I'll ask you, do you want to go to the finals?" Old Dunleavy asked the players loudly when he appeared, just asking a group of rural bullies if he wanted to go to Beijing to see the haze. He could also ascend to the immortals after sucking the fairy air!
"Think!" the Clippers player responded loudly, looking extremely excited.
"Today we play two and three-way defense, and we can launch a fast break if we have the chance. If the Lakers are not prepared for this, we will make a better start." The players had already predicted the arrangement of the old Dunleavy. The tactics in the game cannot be used immediately after thinking about anything. The players must have a certain amount of time to conduct intensive training before the game. The Clippers players have particularly strengthened their fast break training these days, so even if the old Dunleavy didn't say it, they guessed that they might be playing a fast offensive.
Ji Guomo was happy. The Clippers' quick offense was no different from the regular season. They were not based on the two second and third positions of Percy and Artest, but rarely used the inside line as the arrow, and Billups as the trident. This style of play was unique in the history of the NBA. No team has ever formed a lineup similar to the Clippers. There were not many people who could make fast breaks in the inside line, and it would be even more difficult for a team to gather two.
After the Clippers appeared, the two brothers looked around and found that there were more big stars in the front seats of Staples today, and there were many Asian star faces. Who knows if these guys are really Lakers fans who come to show warmth in the desperate situation of the team. Maybe they are just here to cheat close-up shots?
Before the game started, Charles Barkley said: "Kenny, you know. In the last game, when I knew that the Fox brother was suspended and unable to play, I thought the Lakers would advance. But now I don't think they have a chance. They can't grasp the situation in the fifth game, and now the twins are back, and the Clippers are holding the match point. Even if it's away, I don't think the Lakers still have a chance to win. They have lost the opportunity to advance by themselves."
Kenny Smith did not refute and said: "You are right, the Lakers are not yet the championship this season."
At this moment on the court, the Lakers players' expressions today are almost the same, all of them are like their boss's death, and their emotions are very depressing. It is difficult to see the smiles of the past from their faces. The whole team seems to be cosplaying Zen Master. Of course, this is not to say that Old Bass really died, but the severe situation in the playoffs at this time made Lakers players, including many Lakers fans, breathless, such as their mascot Jack Nicholson, sitting in his seat honestly today, and it can be seen that he is very unhappy.
Not only Nicholson is unhappy, but Lakers fans are unhappy. Before this season, they never thought that they might meet the Clippers in the division finals? They never thought that they might be eliminated by a bad team that the Clippers have never looked down on! That's right, just before this round of game, they still looked down on the Clippers, and they never thought that their opponent in the division finals would be the Clippers!
From top to bottom, the Lakers think that if the Clippers die, they are considered nouveau riche. It is already amazing to be able to escape the luck of the playoffs. When the Mud-legged men meet a real strong team in the playoffs, they will be immediately beaten back to their original form. But now, it seems that they are being beaten back to their original form. The Clippers will eliminate them if they win another game today, which is like dreaming.
Chapter completed!