The next day, Yang Rui made headlines when he said, "Kobe Bryant prays for us."

He didn't swear, he didn't say Kobe Bryant, his expression was serious, but because of the Lakers' victory, Yao Ming cut off the super double-double, and he became very happy.

All the media also mentioned Yao Ming's super stats, and the most terrifying Finals performance of the previous active player was played by O'Neal in 2001. The Sharks exploded in Game 2, shooting 12-of-19 from the field and handing over a jaw-dropping 28 points, 20 rebounds, 9 assists and 8 blocks for a quasi-quadruple-double.

Yao Ming scored 23 more points than O'Neal, and the data is even more memorable, and many people think that Yao Ming has surpassed the peak O'Neal. O'Neal is more dominant in the low post, but his range is close and his free throws are poor, which is not as comprehensive as Yao Ming.

While the media and basketball experts praised Yao's name, Kobe Bryant unfortunately "lay down".

During the regular season, many fans thought that Kobe Bryant had surpassed "Magic" Johnson and became the first person in the history of the Lakers, and even surpassed Jordan to become the first person in NBA history. The reason is that Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to three consecutive championships, won 4 MVPs, and led the team to the finals last season.

Now that everything has been overturned, experts generally agree that Kobe Bryant is overrated.

First of all, the overall strength of the Lakers is too strong, and Kobe's personal honors are not enough.

Secondly, according to statistics, in the last 24 seconds of the game, Kobe Bryant's shooting rate was only 30.4%, which was far from James's 48.9%, and even Nowitzki's 43.9%. Kobe Bryant's shooting percentage in crunch time is only 1 percentage point higher than the league average, and almost all of the league's All-Star players are more reliable than Kobe Bryant in key shots. Which is the key sir? It's clearly an undercover agent.

Finally, in the past few seasons, the toughest arrowhead of the opponent has been defended by teammates, allowing Kobe to save a lot of energy on the defensive end, and it is Kobe who is in the best defensive lineup.

On the Internet, jokes such as "Kobe Bryant hugs the thighs of giants" and "Only Kobe Bryant can prevent Yao Ming" spread.

Kobe Bryant's television died suddenly while it was on the air for sports news......

At this time, the Bass family was pleasantly surprised.

The commercial value of the Lakers' playoffs has not diminished in the slightest, and they have made a lot of money. The only concern is that Jim Buss promised Kobe Bryant a long-term contract with a maximum salary and a trade veto, and Kobe Bryant seems to be a real cancer at the moment.

Old Buss is focusing on the playoffs, and he now hopes that the Lakers will build a team with Yao Ming as the core, and next year Yao Ming can choose to jump out of the contract and renew the contract with the highest salary, he will be 30 years old at that time, and he should be able to strengthen for a few years, which is the last big contract.

Kobe Bryant should also try to stay, because Kobe attracts fans and is the person with the most gimmicks in the league, even if he doesn't play, the media has not reduced his coverage, and this sense of presence is not comparable to other stars.

The second battle between the two sides continued in Los Angeles.

This time, Hollins changed his defensive strategy and began to defend Yao Ming in a circle with two or three people on one side like other teams, shrinking at any time to create pressure on him, and relying on rotation to defend on the periphery.

In Yang Rui's previous life, many teams were so defensive against Yao Ming, and after 2005, a single defense against Yao Ming was a dead end. Adelman has a way to crack this trick when he takes the rocket, one is that Yao Ming increases his running, changes on the left and right sides, and disrupts the opponent's defensive position, and the other is to attract the defense and quickly pass the ball out of the perimeter and let his teammates shoot three points.

Receiving the ball at 70 degrees, the opponent can save or defend by turning, but transferring the ball to the bottom corner is generally empty.

Unfortunately, Daniel Gibson's bottom corner three-pointers were accurate, Iguodala, Posey, and James Jones also hit three-pointers, and in the first half, the Lakers made 15 three-pointers from the outside, breaking the Magic's shot.

In the second half, the Magic didn't dare to wrap up again, and Yao's list was picky and powerful.

At 128-90 in the final game, the Lakers won by 38 points, which was smaller than the last game, because Yao Ming, Iguodala, and Millsap did not play in the last quarter and went as spectators.

Yao Ming only played 30 minutes, with 26 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and Howard also played 30 minutes, with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks and 7 turnovers.

Howard has become one of the five embarrassing upstarts, and he staged a good show of sending a long pass directly to Yao Ming. Yao Ming didn't know how to do it, so he swiped three steals.

In the third game, the Lakers won 114-93 on the road.

Lewis and Turkeglu scored 20 and 21 points, respectively, to explode once, and the others continued to slump.

In Yang Rui's previous life, the Magic was able to win a game against the Lakers, relying on Alston's outbreak, the street ball king scored 20 points and 4 assists on 8-of-12 shooting, and now Alston is not there, Nelson was very badly defended, and his best performance only scored 15 points and 6 assists.

As long as they don't field two guards and three swing men, the Lakers' defense looks flawless. Howard was miserably abused by Yao Ming, did not make many free throws, did not dare to attack in the low post, and scored no more than 20 points in three consecutive games.

In the fourth game, Yao Ming broke out again under Yang Rui's arrangement, making 31 shots in the game, hitting 15 shots, 4 of 10 three-point shots, 8 of 8 free throws, and scoring 42 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 5 blocks, leading the team to win 119-91 and sweep the championship.

Howard shot 5-of-12 from the field and 6-of-8 from the free-throw line to finish with 16 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks, plus seven turnovers.

In the finals, Howard averaged 11.7 points, 12 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.7 blocks and 6 turnovers per game, shooting 44.2% from the field and 71% from the free throw line.

Yao Ming averaged 40.3 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3.5 blocks on 27.3 shots per game, shooting 52.3% from the field, 40% from three-point range and 82.2% from the free throw line.

Yao Ming was successfully elected FMVP and lifted the championship trophy with his teammates.

In addition to Yao Ming, other Lakers players also received high ratings and played well throughout the playoffs.

The breakthrough ability of the two point guards, the all-around ability of Iguodala and Odom, the frontcourt rebounding of Millsap, the mid-range shot of Landry, the three-point shooting of James Jones and Gibson, the defense of Posey and Dundee Jones, etc., all impressed.

Mike Brin commented: "The Lakers' performance in this playoff game is like a dream team, the outside strength is slightly inferior, but Yao Ming is much stronger than the dream team center Howard and Stoudamire, and the Magic can't pose any threat to the Lakers at all." ”

Barkley said: "If the Lakers play like this in the regular season, they are likely to break the winning streak, Yang Rui is going to leave after the season, I don't know where he will go next, look at his tone, is ready to join a bad team." ”

After the game, the Lakers players were interviewed, and the praise for Yang Rui was out of control like the Yellow River, and the Lakers have never missed the finals for five years and won four championships, which is incredible.

When the playoffs first began, the Lakers players were not confident of winning the championship, let alone winning it with this kind of sweeping. It was only when they reached the finals that they realized that they were really strong.

As soon as the players were happy, they didn't pay so much attention to what they said, implicitly revealing some information, such as "I didn't play my best in the regular season", "I didn't have the ball in the regular season, I could only dribble and pass the ball through the half court, and then defend." ”

They didn't name names, but all the reporters knew who was the one who kept them from receiving the ball.

Yao Ming, Millsap, Odom, and Landry all shot more than 50%, and Iguodala's shooting rate was also close to 50%.

In the playoffs, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate also improved, reaching 39.7% overall, shooting a lot, coupled with the league's strongest rebounding ability, it is reasonable to sweep and win the championship.