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After Kobe Bryant left the court, the Los Angeles Lakers were no longer the opponents of the Supersonics. At this time, Stephen also reduced his own scoring, but the team's scoring was not affected, because there were still Yao Ming and Kevin Durant. Can support the team's offense.

Yao Ming, in particular, is as unstoppable as the overlord of Western Chu under the basket. Not only is no one able to restrict him on offense, but also on the defensive end, no one can break through his defense, especially Andrew Bynum, who is always topped by Yao Ming. Outside the penalty area, he is not given the opportunity to come in, and once away from the basket, Andrew Bynum's offensive ability is reduced by 90.00%, because he has no mid-range shooting ability, and Pau Gasol is in Kurt Thomas. Under defense, also find less good opportunities.

But at this time, Shannon Brown, who replaced Kobe Bryant, broke out suddenly, rushed to the basket to dunk, and scored from outside the three-point line. The Sonics' offense played so well, but it still wasn't enough to close the gap.

Chinese fans are very pleased to see Yao Ming rushing out of the way under the attack of Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol, going to the basket and scoring a dunk. Although some fans like Yao Ming to come to the Supersonics team, but there are also some fans who are not in favor of Yao Ming coming to join Stephen. In their view, Yao Ming should find another team to be the boss, even if it is tied for the boss like the Rockets, it is better than before. The Sonic team is the second best.

It is a belief of many Chinese people that it is better to be a chicken head than a queen. They think that it is better to be the boss in a small place than to be a small person in a big place. In their opinion, even if Yao Ming comes to the Sonics No matter how good the grades are, the grades are not his own, the real ones are his own grades. [

These fans cannot be said to be unlovable, but they are going too extreme, or they are too deeply influenced by the idea of ​​at least personal interests, and this kind of thinking is just not conducive to team sports like basketball. No matter how capable he is, he should not achieve too high achievements. Chinese people do not perform well in team sports such as basketball and football. Of course, there are institutional reasons, and there are also racial advantages. But it has a lot to do with players only thinking about themselves most of the time.

If you talk about the institutional reasons, women’s basketball and women’s football also belong to this system. Why do they achieve such achievements? This cannot simply be said that the competition in women’s sports is not fierce. Then there are so many countries in the world. Why? Other countries have not been successful. The main reason is that female athletes are not heavily infected by fame and fortune. Even if they are infected, their situation is not serious, and their thinking is simpler.

Competitive sports pay attention to technology and tactics, confrontation and cooperation, will and mental state. It is precisely because they are affected by multiple factors that they are so unpredictable and so attractive. This is the charm of competitive sports. , If you like a player but don't like the team he is in, and you only expect the player's statistics to be good, but not the team's performance, then you are not a true fan.

However, as Yao Ming has maintained a high level in the Sonics, and his health has not deteriorated, and Yao Ming is playing here more and more happily, many fans have gradually changed their minds and accepted The fact that Yao Ming is in the Sonics team, but they have always had a regret in their hearts, they really want to see the plot of Yao Ming's efforts to turn the tide and save the team from danger, but in the Sonics team, only Stephen can stage this plot People, slowly, they all gave up.

But today, on such an important stage as the conference finals, Yao Ming was still able to play so aggressively and unstoppably against the top insiders of the Los Angeles Lakers, which made these fans feel deeply happy. It was Yao Ming they wanted to see, and they were already satisfied to see Yao Ming perform like this.

In fact, Yao Ming himself is not reconciled, but reason tells him that he is no longer young, and his body is not as good as before, and he does not have so much time to wait for the Rockets. Reaching the championship is not only an affirmation of his career, but also allows him not to leave too many regrets, and similarly, his commercial value will not be affected too much. It is precisely because of various considerations that Yao Mingcai Picked the Sonics.

And the reason he convinced himself was the success of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen after they arrived at the Boston Celtics. Although the data has declined, they have become the league's most popular team in one fell swoop. It didn't drop much, and after coming to the Sonics, the team's performance was so good that Yao Ming couldn't believe it. At the same time, his personal data didn't drop much, which made Yao Ming very happy. In the lineup evaluation, Yao Ming was also very happy to be able to enter the second best team, which represented the affirmation of the entire league for him.

And coming to the Sonics, the pressure has been greatly reduced both on and off the court, and the media’s pursuit of him has also dropped to a higher level. This makes Yao Ming feel very relaxed, although occasionally he will feel a little lost. But most of the time, Yao Ming is very relaxed. He feels that the basketball he is playing now is the basketball he wants. There was no recurrence.

A healthy body is the prerequisite for performance. After one season, Yao Ming has not only become more familiar with the team, but also made him more comfortable with the body. Although the body has lost weight and increased a bit of flexibility, it has It didn't reduce his confrontation ability much. Facing Andrew Bynum, who was not much heavier than himself, Yao Ming's ability to bully him like this was purely due to his strength.

Yao Ming is still wreaking havoc on the inside. After Andrew Bynum has been hit many times, he is a little afraid to go to the basket to confront Yao Ming. You must know that although Yao Ming is plagued by injuries, he is also It is not as serious as Andrew Bynum, and his injury is a knee injury, which has a great psychological impact on the players.

Because of the importance of tactics, Pau Gasol has not rested from the beginning of the game until now, which has indeed affected his performance. In addition, his performance has always been soft, and he seems to have strength on the court. Neither were active. At this time, Phil Jackson became cruel and replaced Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol with Lamar Odom and J Mbenga.

It really takes a lot of courage to make such a choice, because compared with the previous two, these two people are shorter in height and weaker in strength.

But this lineup has achieved a certain effect, because the two of them are faster and far more flexible than Yao Ming. Although they can't stand up to Yao Ming, they can harass Yao Ming from the side, and on the offensive end, the same If you don't go head-to-head with Yao Ming and shoot outside, Yao Ming's weakness in defense will be exposed.

Kurt Thomas alone can't defend them both, and Kurt Thomas and Yao Ming are a bit exhausted, Carlesimo first replaced Yao Ming with Coupard, and then after a while , and replaced Kurt Thomas with Serge Ibaka. At this time, Kobe Bryant had enough rest and asked Phil Jackson to return to the court, because at this time the Los Angeles Lakers were already [-] behind the Sonics. The score is over, if you don't hurry up to catch up with the score, it will be too late in the fourth quarter.

Another idea of ​​Kobe Bryant is that he rested off the court for such a big meeting, but Stephen stayed on the court and could not rest. Naturally, he took advantage of his physical strength. Kobe Bryant felt that he had a certain advantage. As soon as this side came on the court, Stephen started to shoot. Although the first shot missed, Serge Ibaka protected the rebound, and then Stephen continued to shoot, but still missed, and the rebound was caught by Kuo. Pade grabbed it, and the Lakers sent two small insiders. The evil effect began to appear, and the protection of the rebounding team was extremely weak.

After handing it over to Stephen for the third time, Stephen didn't shoot anymore. He just accelerated, got rid of Trevor Ariza's defense, and then went straight to the basket. Lamar Odom was about to come over to block Stephen, and Stephen vacated directly. He got up and rushed towards the basket. Although Lamar Odom jumped up to block Stephen, his body leaned back as much as possible, trying to avoid Stephen.

Stephen dunked the ball heavily into the basket, increasing his personal score to 55 points. At this time, Kobe Bryant's personal score was only 34 points, which was 21 points behind Stephen.

After dunking, Stephen began to retreat. Naturally, he directly faced Kobe Bryant. When he ran to Kobe Bryant, Stephen said directly: "I'm just waiting for you to come up. No opponent can score. interest."

Kobe Bryant's face turned dark all of a sudden. Of course, with his skin color, no one would see him if he was dark. Holding back his anger, Kobe Bryant didn't want to have a verbal confrontation with Stephen, because he knew he wouldn't Take advantage, and this kind of trash talk can only be powerful if you are ahead, just like when Michael Jordan said to Gary Payton: "My Ferrari was given to me by others", or: "Come on, You almost caught me." [

These words are only useful if you say them when you are in the lead. It is conceivable that if Michael Jordan is extremely poorly defended by Gary Payton, what will happen to him talking about these rubbish, it will only make him laugh at him, so face Kobe Bryant really had nothing to say about Stephen's one-liner, so he pouted and ran away, ignoring Stephen.

After receiving the ball from Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant jumped up without stopping, turned halfway in the air, changed from obliquely facing the basket to facing the basket, and his waist and abdomen suddenly seemed to be folded , the upper half of his body fell back sharply, and he threw the ball almost half of his body parallel. All taken apart.

Kobe Bryant's waist and abdomen strength is very good. He can often make many incredible moves, and he can maintain his balance in the air. Only when the body is balanced can your shots be stable. Many players are shooting This is also a way to find balance. If you let him shoot like this without hitting someone, he will not be able to make the shot.

Kobe Bryant's shot flew into the basket very smoothly. At this time, Kobe Bryant responded to Stephen's provocation just now, glanced at Stephen coldly, and then snorted coldly with his nose, Stephen's face There was still a smiling expression on the face, but after coming back, Stephen dribbled the ball continuously, passed Trevor Ariza, and then deliberately stepped back to look for Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant didn't want to waste his energy on defending Stephen, but Stephen insisted on coming over to let him defend, he had to defend, but after Stephen pushed him away, he was not in a hurry to shoot, but retreated back to entangle with Kobe Bryant, and Trevor Ariza also came over at this time , Stephen waited until the two of them formed a siege, then continued to push the two of them away, and then shot.

This time, there was finally no need to wait for the second or third time. Stephen threw the ball in directly. Although Kobe Bryant's goal just now was a three-pointer, it still did not narrow the point difference, but was expanded again.

Kobe Bryant didn't even wait for Derek Fisher to dribble the ball before handing it over to himself. He directly controlled the ball for half court, and then used Lamar Odom's cover to get rid of Stephen. Passing Serge Ibaka to the basket and scoring a dunk before Coupard could catch up.

Turning back, Stephen continued to shoot and missed again, but Serge Ibaka grabbed the offensive rebound again. Phil Jackson frowned watching from below, no, the disadvantage on the rebound is too obvious, even if the opponent shoots If you miss, you can grab the rebound and shoot again. If you can’t make the shot, no one will grab the rebound. No, this situation must be changed. Looking back, Andrew Bynum and Pau Gaso Er, which of the two of them will go up.

Lamar Odom performed well above, not only on the offensive end, but also played a great role on the defensive end. If Lamar Odom is not prone to inattention, he is actually a A very good player, but it's a pity that he tends to get distracted on the court and can't start the game, but his performance today was very good, making Phil Jackson a little reluctant to replace him.

So who should replace Andrew Bynum or Paul Gasol? Phil Jackson looked at it. Although both of them are better at protecting rebounds, Paul Gasol looks obviously tired, and Lamar Odom can also play his role on the court, it is better to replace Andrew Bynum.

After Andrew Bynum went up, it really had a certain effect. When Kobe Bryant missed a shot, he jumped up and grabbed the rebound, but he didn't hand it to Kobe Bryant again, but himself He jumped up and was about to make a shot, but in the end he annoyed Coupard. Coupard was very angry when he grabbed the rebound. He wanted to make a shot in front of Coupard, but was blocked by Coupard. And when the cover came down, Coupard's hand swept Andrew Bynum's face, but the referee turned a blind eye. Andrew Bynum was very angry and wanted to provoke Coupard. With a straight waist and a protruding belly, the referee rushed over to separate the two of them.

However, the referee did not give anyone a foul or a technical foul. Although Andrew Bynum was the one who took the initiative, this is the home court of the Lakers after all, and for the sake of the smoothness of the game, it is not appropriate to pursue anything.

The game restarted, and the ball came to the Sonics. After Stephen got the ball, he didn't rush to shoot, but kept passing the ball. At the same time, he kept going in and out of the Lakers' basket. After discovering the opportunity, he threw the ball high above the hoop, and a tall figure next to him rose to the sky, grabbed the ball with both hands, and dunked the ball heavily into the hoop.

Even the sturdy basketball squeaked. Coupard's alley-oop two-handed dunk was too hard. Although it was not up to the level of dunking the rim, it was obvious that the basketball hoop was a bit overwhelmed. Fortunately, the staff has measured the height of the basket and there is no change in the height of the basketball hoop.

Of course, Stephen and Coupard don't care so much. Anyway, this is not the home court of the Sonics. The cost of replacing the facilities is borne by the home team. The Lakers are rich and powerful, so why spend more money? The income is the highest in the league. Otherwise, the two teams would not be so rich. Of course, the Lakers are better than the Knicks because they have a much better record.

Even if the team is so rotten, the Knicks' attendance rate, billboard revenue, and related merchandise revenue are all at the forefront of the league. This is where the advantages of big cities lie. It's very easy, but for a team like the San Antonio Spurs, they must plan carefully and at the same time maintain their record not to decline, otherwise they will only lose money, and with the owner Holt's net worth, they can lose for a few years. .

Fortunately, the Sonics have now changed to a rich owner. Even in the current economic crisis, Microsoft’s revenue is still very high, and fans have regained confidence in the team. It has only grown from the lower reaches of the league to the middle reaches of the league, and there is still a big gap from the Lakers.