In G6 of the Finals between the Lakers and the Knicks, the Lakers' chief assistant coach Dalvin Hamm announced the Lakers' starting lineup before the game.
There was no Yao Ming in the starting lineup. Everyone thought Darwin Hamm was crazy and went berserk. Don't you know how important Yao Ming is to the Lakers in this finals?
No matter how strong Coach D is, he can't beat the Knicks without Yao Ming, right?
When Hamm announced this starter, all the reporters present did not believe it.
Then, this turned out to be true!
June 15, 2014, 8:30 pm, Madison Square Garden.
Before the game even started, the New York Knicks fans at the scene were frantically attacking Du Kang and the Lakers.
New York Knicks fans can't wait to turn this game into a bloody massacre of the Lakers, Coach D, and Los Angeles from the beginning.
However, while the New York Knicks were attacking Du Kang and the Lakers, the Knicks fans at the scene were also very curious, anxious and looking forward to whether the Lakers' starter in this game was really the one Hamm announced before the game.
The game started and the starting players of the two teams walked onto the court.
For the Knicks playing at home, the starting lineup is the regular starting lineup of Howard, James, Anthony, Beasley and Wade.
As for the Lakers playing away, the starting lineup is Artest, Ebanks, McAway, Reggie Miller and Roy.
Seeing the Lakers' starting lineup, the New York Knicks fans who were originally very emotional at the scene were now even more crazy.
Not to mention the New York Knicks fans at the scene, even the Lakers fans at the scene were holding their heads in their hands, crazy 'Oh my God! '.
In the TNT commentary box, O'Neal, Barkley and Kenny Smith were also shouting in disbelief.
In such a game, putting Yao Ming on the bench is no longer a matter of courage, it is already a matter of IQ!
"The whole world knows that the New York Knicks will challenge Yao in today's game. All of us know that tonight's game will be a huge problem for Yao, but even so, we can't let Yao be the substitute. Without Yao, I have no idea how the Lakers could beat the New York Knicks!"
"This time I completely agree with Shaq. Even if Coach D really suspects that Yao will be in trouble, he should put Yao on the court and let the world see the darkness. This way the Lakers can still gain sympathy. If they don't let Yao directly Yeah, in the end, when the Lakers lose, no one can see the darkness, they will only think that the New York Knicks won justly, and in the end, everyone will just think that Coach D is an idiot!"
The reason is a very simple one.
The Heat's Finals match against the Lakers last season showed everyone how dark an NBA game can be.
Therefore, many people have expected this Lakers road trip, and Coach D will have no problem thinking about this aspect.
The only problem is that you really can’t do this!
You can wait for the Lakers to suppress the New York Knicks, and then consider replacing Yao in advance or taking other countermeasures after they finally take action!
Now that those people are not moving, you are too scared to take the drug. This is putting the cart before the horse.
Therefore, not only the fans and commentators at the scene, but also the audience and fans on the Internet were already quarreling at this time.
This is just in the United States. On the Chinese Internet, irritable Chinese fans are already greeting David Stern and the entire NBA family.
For James, his godson, David Stern and the NBA are really crazy.
Not to mention the issue of James being able to walk freely during the game.
Not to mention that James was not allowed to defend.
Just before the start of this year's playoffs, the league's vice president Adam Silver suddenly proposed that in this year's playoffs, the defense under the basket must jump straight up and down, otherwise if there is physical contact, the defensive player will be judged to have fouled.
This is no longer played. The rule that didn’t allow hands to be used was finally abolished, and now there is a rule that is even more disgusting than not being allowed to use hands.
Doesn't this mean to abolish all defensive interiors in the league?
As for James' walking privileges, he gets to the basket and can only go straight up and down when defending inside the basket. How can he defend this?
That's it, even the James you are so touting can't beat my big Yao.
Now we have to play something even darker, who can bear this!
But now, as Barkley and O'Neal said, Coach D has given up before the Knicks committed a crime. This makes it impossible for everyone to arrest the Knicks.
So now the angry Chinese fans are complaining about the 2013 finals.
So far in the 2014 Finals, except for James' walking problems and the fact that the Lakers don't have a home whistle, it's not particularly bad.
And this is where the fractious Chinese fans find it difficult.
Our coach Xiao Du thought it was understandable that he would overreact after experiencing the 2013 finals.
However, the reaction was too extreme, so they were not allowed to find a handle and a point of attack.
With so many eyes watching, if you reach out, you will be caught. Before the Knicks could reach out, Coach D called him a thief. Of course, this cannot be justified.
Even the Chinese fans who endlessly support Du Kang feel it is inappropriate and can only complain about 2013. It was the league's previous behavior that scared our coach Xiao Du.
One can imagine how crazy the Knicks DJ would be at the scene, in Madison Square, mocking Du Kang and the Lakers.
"Coach D is using his own malice to speculate on our great New York Knicks. Our champions are upright and we cannot do things like the Miami Heat!
Coach D's comparison of the great New York Knicks and Miami Heat will only show his naivety and narrow-mindedness! "
“As the greatest team in the NBA, we will use our nobility to reflect Coach D’s stupidity and the Lakers’ cowardice!!!”
"Coach D!"
"Ouch~ Stupid!!!"
"Los Angeles Lakers!"
"Ouch~Cowardly!!!"
Listening to the crazy boos and jeers from the New York Knicks fans at the scene, Hamm, who attended the press conference to announce the team's starting lineup in advance on Du Kang's behalf, really couldn't understand it.
"Du, I think even if you protect Yao, you shouldn't be like this!"
Hamm even felt that many voices at the scene were right.
Even if the opponent wants to play black, we have to wait for the opponent to play black before taking action. Otherwise, we are too cowardly and will scare ourselves before others take action.
"Darwin, can compassion win us victory?"
"..."
"When Yao is on the court, when do we take him off, the first foul? The second foul? The third foul? What if Yao gets two or even three fouls in a minute? ?”
"..."
"Why does Du want you to announce the starting lineup before the game in advance? It is to make the Lakers players more mentally prepared. We need to control our destiny in our own hands, not other people's hands. We need to take the initiative, not passive."
"..."
Du Kang didn't even answer, and Clifford next to him helped Du Kang answer these questions.
After Clifford finished speaking, Ham was stunned.
"Don't look at me like that. I asked Du a long time ago. This is what Du told me. I think Du is right. We don't need sympathy from others. We don't need to passively accept this. We need to take the initiative. .”
Clifford looked at Du Kang and continued to talk to Ham and Nash.
"We just need to win this game!"
We just need to win this game!
But, does this really lead to victory?
Can the Lakers starting lineup without Yao really be able to withstand the New York Knicks?
This is the key.
Hamm doesn’t know, Nash doesn’t know, and Clifford actually doesn’t know either.
So the three of them looked at Du Kang at the same time.
At this time, Du Kang's eyes were on the court.
On the court, the game officially begins!
The Lakers did not have Yao Ming in the starting lineup in this game, and they looked so weak. Anyone from the New York Knicks would be very excited and excited.
Even the referee team on the scene breathed a sigh of relief.
There is no need for them to take action at all, and the New York Knicks can seal the victory before Yao goes on the court.
In such a highly anticipated game, Coach D removed Yao from the starting lineup early because he was afraid that they would take action. They are also under great pressure now, with so many pairs of eyes staring at them. If they can, they don't like to do something that will make the whole world An uproar.
They even looked at each other and felt that the first quarter of this game could be biased towards the Lakers to make them look more fair.
In the previous two games, due to Yao Ming's absence, the performance of the two leading players of the New York Knicks, James and Howard, was very average.
Especially G5 and G4, both of them also improved some data.
In G5, the two were beaten to death by Yao Ming, all relying on Anthony and Beasley's singles and Wade's mid-range fixed-point shooting.
The two of them played like supporting roles on the offensive end.
Now that Yao Ming is not here, what do these two people think?
Of course I want to attack like crazy at the beginning!
Would you be worthy of yourself if you don't attack with such a good opportunity?
After the opening, James took the ball and went inside.
Yao Ming is not on the court, and the Lakers' defense is of course a shrinking defense.
Apart from Artest, who played center in this game, the strongest defender on the Lakers court is Ebanks.
Except these two.
Roy, McAway and Reggie Miller are all average defensively.
These three people can do anything to anyone.
If you were to do it in terms of likes and dislikes, of course it would be to fuck this boy McAway.
After the first two games, some people actually said that his lifelong enemy is McAway!
Farke!
He is a great emperor, and his lifelong enemy is not only Kobe but also Durant.
What kind of onion is McAway?
But obviously, from the perspective of cost-effectiveness, Reggie Miller is of course more easy to bully.
Facing the Lakers' shrinking defense, James is really fierce!
After picking and rolling with Wade, he stepped on the accelerator and went straight to Reggie Miller.
But here comes the question, is Reggie Miller really that easy to bully?
Anyone who thinks Reggie Miller is easy to bully must have never seen Miller play against Jordan.
After Miracle Monty became famous, some good people ranked the top five players who were the best defenders of Jordan in NBA history.
Among them, Monty Williams ranked first. He played against Jordan seven times in his career, allowing Jordan to average only 38.5% shooting and 25.3 points per game.
This is the only one that exists.
Then it was the turn of second-placed glove Payton.
Payton played against Jordan 21 times in his career, allowing Jordan to average 29.6 points per game and shooting 45.6% from the field. This is actually very Dior, especially in the Finals that year, Jordan averaged only 41.5% from the field. Just scored 27.3 points.
If it weren't for the amazing Monty in front of him, Payton would be the only Jordan terminator.
The third-placed Jordan finisher is Moncrief. The rookie young Joe suffered a loss at the hands of Moncrief. In the 1985 playoffs, Danzi was very embarrassed by Moncrief. During those years, Danzi encountered Bucks always feel uncomfortable, but after breaking his leg and passing the young stage, Danzi cheated when he met Moncrief, and Moncrief could no longer stop Danzi.
Jordan's fourth-ranked finisher is Joe Dumars. Well, there's nothing to say about this. This is a target set by Dan Zi himself. Dumars is the only one in the Pistons who is a decent man. Even if you think the Pistons defend me well, That's not because of those bastards, but because of Joe Dumars. As for whether it's true or not, Dan Zi said yes. Is it possible that you know Dan Zi better than Dan Zi? Anyway, Danzi felt that he recognized being finished by Joe Dumars, and he definitely didn't recognize being finished by Thomas, Dantley, Laimbeer, Rodman and others.
But Joe Dumars is indeed the main defender, and the effect of the main defense is of course not that good. Against the Pistons, against Joe Dumars, all kinds of high scores.
When the Pistons beat the Bulls, their defense mainly relied on the group of villains who were assisting in defense. This group of villains really scared everyone in the Bulls except Danzi. No one dared to attack except Danzi.
So Joe Dumars's Jordan Terminator means that Jordan himself presented the award personally.
And behind Joe Dumars is Reggie Miller.
Although Reggie Miller is thin, he has very strong off-ball movement ability and very strong off-ball defense. In the later period, Jordan often played without the ball. Reggie Miller's octopus-style brown sugar defense Facing Reggie Miller is really a headache.
If we don't say that Reggie Miller is Jordan's lifelong enemy, he was so angry that he broke the defense, and that Reggie Miller's defense is as bad as a resentful woman.
Well, among the top five Jordan finishers, except for Miracle Monty, the other four were all defeated by Dan Zi in the end.
It can be seen that apart from the amazing Monty, there are actually no Jordan terminators in this world.
These four people only caused some trouble in Jordan's career.
However, it is already a very rare thing to cause some trouble in Danzi's career.
As for the player who can cause Danzi trouble, Reggie Miller can't be that simple.
Reggie Miller now has 90% of his peak athletic ability, coupled with a body that is heavier than his peak, coupled with his experience.
Jordan would be at a disadvantage if he went straight to beat Reggie Miller, let alone James.
James slammed into Reggie Miller, and the two fell directly out.
Reggie Miller went down.
And James also fell.
Reggie Miller fell on purpose.
And James was brought down by Reggie Miller.
If James were any other player, this ball would definitely be an offensive foul.
If you rush forward like this and can't pass, it's a foul. There's nothing to say.
But this is James!
An offensive foul was called at the beginning. Do you want to play in the NBA in the future?
However, Reggie Miller's defensive action was very clean. Apart from losing his balance and knocking down James, there is really no way to criticize him.
And this is Reggie Miller!
They dare to brag about Yao Ming, but they dare not brag about Reggie Miller.
Compared with Reggie Miller, Yao Ming's status in the American basketball world is definitely incomparable.
Reggie Miller's reputation and status in the NBA are at the historical super giant level.
James was lying on the ground rolling in pain, while Wade and Anthony were chasing the referee for a foul.
In the end, the referee gritted his teeth and said the ball was not a foul!
It's not an offensive foul or a defensive foul, the two teams are fighting for the ball!
James and Reggie Miller compete for the ball.
This penalty actually awarded the ball to the Knicks.
Although Reggie Miller was not called for a foul, it was actually considered a foul by Reggie Miller.
Unless you James jump ball even Reggie Miller can't win.
However, James was very dissatisfied with this penalty.
James, who was rolling on the ground just now, suddenly jumped up, then spread his hands and rushed to the referee. He was shocked, angry, confused, innocent, and desperate, looking at the referee.
"Farke! Didn't you see? He kicked me down! This is a foul, this is a proper foul!"
No matter how James complained, the referee did not change his decision.
James and Reggie Miller jump ball.
In the end, James won the jump ball, the Knicks had the ball, and the offense continued.
After this incident, the two teams became instantly at odds.
Originally, Coach D asked Yao to substitute in this game, which caused the anger levels of the two teams to skyrocket.
Knicks fans felt that Coach D looked down on us and said we were invincible before the game even started.
Lakers fans, on the other hand, feel that you guys are still being nice despite the benefits.
It's hard to say that the players from the two teams don't have this kind of emotion.
Coach D's behavior, doesn't this directly put LeBron James on the fire?
Not to mention James, most players can't stand Coach D's behavior, right?
So when the game started, James was visibly impatient.
When the Knicks were attacking this time, James broke through from the left, disliked the referee next to him for being in the way, and even pushed the referee away.
groove!
Seeing this scene, many viewers in front of the TV were stunned.
If this were an ordinary player, he would have been sent off directly and then suspended, right?
But after being pushed like this by James, the referee actually didn't show any reaction at all. After quickly getting up from the ground, he began to call the game again.
Such treatment!
I don’t know how many players in front of the TV were crying with envy.
"So, no player in the NBA will truly respect him!"
Heat point guard Chalmers said disdainfully in front of the TV.
When he was with the Heat, he was one of the people who was most unhappy with James.
On the court, the Knicks continued to attack. James was still making a strong breakthrough this time, but the target of the strong breakthrough was replaced by McAway.
It's just that McAway's burst of speed and agility are very strong, and James' breakthrough failed again.
Finally, James collected the ball, held the ball with both hands, and rushed to the right.
This and that are really impossible to defend.
However, Mcaway had already been mentally prepared for this. He followed James and formed a double attack on James under the basket with Artest.
James forcibly rode Artest under the basket for a layup!
Bang!
Blacksmithing!
Ebanks grabbed a backcourt rebound.
Five strikers with a height of 1.98 meters or more shrunk. James did not choose to shoot from the outside, and did not choose to give the ball to Anthony and Wade Beasley to shoot. In the end, he actually attacked like this.
Countless expert fans were shaking their heads in front of the TV.
"The Knicks' offense is so unreasonable!"
Even Teacher Zhang Lili was surprised at this time.
"Coach D's sowing discord has caused more harm to the Knicks than we imagined!"
The finals have already reached G6, and the Knicks are still deeply disunited!
James' attack just now, even if he passed the ball to Howard in the end instead of forcing Artest!
But in the end he still beat Artest under the basket!
Now that Yao Ming is not starting, not only did the Knicks fail to seize the opportunity, the Lakers even took the opportunity!
Compared with the completely unstructured and selfish style of play like the Knicks, the Lakers' offense is much more structured.
Artest serves from the top of the arc.
McAway came out of his pocket outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left side to catch the ball.
After receiving the ball, McAway quickly picked up Ebanks and then cut inside.
"This style of play...is a bit like the Spurs!"
Seeing this play style of the Lakers, the magician at the scene was stunned for a moment.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's eyes lit up next to the magician.
“UCLA air cut!!!”
During the regular season this season, when Coach D was not suspended, he once used wheat and Yao Ming to beat UCLA's cutter.
That was a pure inside UCLA cut.
But this time, Coach D used the Spurs' outside-oriented one!
"I heard that Coach D organized a group to practice secret tactics with the Lakers last season. After being suspended this season, Coach D has been training young players. The secret tactic that Coach D doesn't know how to practice is the UCLA air cut, right?!"
Budenholzer said dumbfounded in front of the TV.
There is no problem with Coach D knowing how to cut from UCLA, and no one will have any doubts about it.
After all, Coach D cracked the Spurs' UCLA air cuts in the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.
However, does it mean that it can be built in the team.
Especially a team with great mobility like the Lakers.
The Lakers led by Coach D are known to be rebuilding every year.
Budenholzer feels that if he were placed on the Lakers, it would be absolutely impossible to create a UCLA air cut!
"Mike, don't judge others by yourself. Steve was able to make UCLA's air-cutting team look impressive in one year with the Warriors. Coach D has been with the Lakers for two years."
Popovich's eyes lit up.
As one of the people who knows the most about UCLA air-cutting in the world.
Of course he can see that the Lakers' UCLA cut is not tacit enough, and it is not even as good as the Spurs last season.
However, it is barely on par with what Kerr achieved with the Warriors.
This is actually not easy.
After all, McGrady and Kobe and Yao Ming are not here.
"But...it's enough."
Popovich laughed.
Phil Jackson spent one year with the New York Knicks and left no trace. New York Knicks players rely on talent to play.
This is true on both ends of the floor.
And UCLA's air-cutting is the strongest tactic to hide talent!
As long as you can play it out and be patient, opportunities will eventually appear.
Four passes are the most perfect. If there is no chance for four passes, then five. If five is not enough, then six. Even as long as 24 seconds is enough, as long as your passes do not make mistakes, you can do whatever you want. Pass, run, cut.
once!
twice!
three times!
Not even four times! Five times! Six times!
It wasn't until the seventh time that Roy broke through and passed the ball to Reggie Miller outside the three-point line, and Reggie Miller got the best chance.
Reggie Miller ran to the top of the arc and received Roy's pass from the three-point line. He quickly jumped up and took a shot!
It wasn't until Reggie Miller made a move that James pounced!
A swipe!
Three point hit!
The Lakers lead 3-0 on the road!
"Fuck! It's really a UCLA cut!!!"
Many experts in front of the TV were stunned.
Even if the Lakers' UCLA cutting level is not that high, as someone who has never seen the New York Knicks before, it is impossible to adapt to not having a half game or even a game!
At the very least, it was absolutely impossible for the New York Knicks to adapt in the first quarter!
"Coach D can't really beat the New York Knicks without Yao?!"
The first quarter lasted 4 minutes.
The Los Angeles Lakers, playing away games, already lead 12-6 by 6 points.
Without Yao Ming, the New York Knicks were at a loss when facing the Los Angeles Lakers' UCLA cut.
In the first four minutes, Reggie Miller actually hit three three-pointers!
If this game continues, the New York Knicks game will really be in danger!
The referees on duty, who were originally wondering whether this game would favor the Lakers, were stunned.
Do James and Howard want to be so good?
Don’t you know how to play this game?
Wouldn't it be better to let your teammates throw away first and then harvest it yourself?
Do you have to beat me up as soon as you come up? !
The truth is that this is correct.
But for James, if he harvests slowly, Howard will harvest.
For Howard, if he harvests slowly, James will harvest.
This is simply unsolvable.
James and Howard played impatiently, which also affected their teammates to play impatiently.
For NBA teams, there are still 44 minutes left in the game and being 6 points behind is nothing. There is still room for pursuit in the future.
However, the key is that the opponent's Yao Ming has not played yet!
The key is, the New York Knicks must win this game!
In this case, the New York Knicks can't even win the Lakers' lineup, which is very annoying.
Then, the next game was shocking.
In the last 8 minutes of the first quarter, the referee on duty went crazy.
In just 8 minutes, he called the Lakers 15 fouls, and in just 8 minutes, he gave the New York Knicks 26 free throws!
After the first quarter, the New York Knicks were 49-38 at home, leading the Lakers by 11 points!
In just 8 minutes, he went from 6 points behind to 11 points ahead, chasing 17 points!
The performance of the New York Knicks is quite explosive!
Such an explosive game will definitely make the New York Knicks fans at the scene crazy, right?
However this is not the case.
After the first quarter, the entire Madison Square was silent.
After the first quarter, it seemed that it was not the Knicks that were leading by 11 points, but the Lakers!
In fact, New York was so confident in this game that they also thought that they would have a strong home whistle in this game.
but!
They definitely never thought that their home whistle would reach such a level!
There was no intention for the Lakers to win this game, right?
The first quarter of the game is over.
McAway committed three fouls, Roy committed three fouls, Ebanks committed three fouls, and Reggie Miller and Artest committed two fouls.
Do the Lakers really still have to play in this game?
At the end of the first quarter, the entire commentary box was shocked.
Especially in the TNT commentary box, the well-informed trio were all confused at this time.
"Shaq, do you still think Coach D is overreacting?"
"..."
O'Neill was dumbfounded.
Coach D is overreacting!
This is simply the reaction of the NBA referee team in this game.
O'Neal even felt that if Yao was to start this game, he suspected that Yao might be sent off in the first quarter!
groove!
This whistleblowing is too cruel! ! !
"I think Coach D and the Lakers can give up on this game!"
"Even if Coach D and the Lakers give up this game, they are still heroes!"
After a brief silence, Madison Square erupted.
At this time, the atmosphere in Madison Square was very strange.
In the commentary box, commentators from various countries were shocked. Referee matters are inherently controversial. It is difficult to say that the referee's call is unfounded. Every call must be well-founded, otherwise they will not be able to be in the NBA. of the referee.
However, even if it is well-founded, it is difficult to say that such a whistle is correct.
But that was not the case for the fans in attendance.
Since you have already benefited, you cannot resist, so just accept it!
Since this is a game that must be won, let's be even more arrogant!
Therefore, Spike Lee, who was ready to open the champagne after victory, opened the champagne at the end of the half game.
86 to 73 at halftime, leading by 13 points at halftime. More importantly, after halftime, the Lakers had already committed 28 fouls!
"Crazy, really crazy!!!"
Everyone is crazy about this crazy game.
And in the Lakers locker room.
“I don’t want sympathy in this game!
In this game, I just want to win! "
I wish the book friends who take the college entrance examination every day good luck in the college entrance examination, come on!
(End of chapter)
