Chapter 379 The Mighty Lakers
From the collective slackness of the Lakers players, and then comparing the Pistons players with all the soldiers, you can know who has a greater winning rate, the matchup between the Pistons and the Lakers is a matchup between civilians vs nobles, and a showdown between hard work vs talent, so neither side wants to lose, and no one can afford to lose. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the Lakers are not very prepared, they are very confident, after all, the next three games will be played in the Lakers' home arena, Staples.
After returning to the Staples Arena, the home of the Lakers, the Lakers immediately became different, their spirit has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the advantage of playing at home does not need to be repeated, after all, everyone knows the unspoken rules, so the regular season is to have the opportunity to implement this unspoken rule.
Early in the morning of the fourth day, the Detroit Pistons were assembled by head coach Larry Brown and headed for Los Angeles, California, on the warm West Coast.
After coming to California, Pistons head coach Larry Brown asked the players not to run around, after all, they are not here for vacation, but to meet the challenge, this challenge is not only from the Lakers, but also from all aspects, the first point is that they need to reverse the jet lag, after all, they are not in the same time zone as California, they use Eastern Time, and California uses Pacific Time, the difference is several hours?
Therefore, after Calf, you must rest first, let your body recover, remember the local time, and save yourself from being sleepy when you play.
It's rare for Larry Brown to be so careful, so the Pistons players didn't rush to see the charm of the fashion capital after they came, so they all went to rest, and they slept until they woke up naturally, and the time came to half past three in the afternoon, at this time Larry Brown also got up and said: "I know everyone wants to see the charm of the fashion capital, but don't forget our tasks and responsibilities, and we will stay in Los Angeles for eight days, and I will give everyone a holiday for these eight days, as long as you perform well." ”
The Pistons players also know what Larry Brown means, but they don't expect any Larry Brown to have any thoughts about giving them vacations, because the future is still important, hardship is in the front, and pleasure is in the back, this truth has been tried and tested, if the pleasure is in the front, then the hardship is in the back.
So the Pistons didn't have any other intentions, they came here to win, so they quickly recovered their excitement and followed the head coach to the temporarily rented training hall to do a little tactical training, after all, it was a labor expedition and couldn't do too much physical training, otherwise the Pistons would definitely have physical problems.
The tactical drill was about half past five, and Larry Brown made another pre-war mobilization speech, "We're going to play at Staples Arena, the Lakers' home stadium, tonight, and we all know the Lakers' brilliant record, they are giants, and we can't compare with that, but we have to leave our record where the Lakers have created a brilliant record, we conquer this place, conquer the audience here, conquer the media here, and we want to win the championship on their home court, just like Osborne said, We're going to make it impossible for the Lakers to win a single game and bring them into disrepute. ”
Larry Brown's words moved Osborne very much, because he knew the result to have such a sworn statement, and Larry Brown does not have the ability to predict the future, but he can say this shows that he agrees with Osborne, and it is also a warning to the players to unite and not to make conflicts.
After the pre-war mobilization, they went to the famous Staples Arena to prepare for the game, Staples did a lot of renovation in order to welcome the return of the Lakers, the capacity of the arena is larger, and they also prepared a lot of fashionable performances, anyway, how cool how to come.
Osborne's feeling when he came here today is really different, because here he has a sense of familiarity and strangeness, saying familiar, because he also likes to watch Lakers games, and it is very strange that almost all the Lakers games he sees are won, not lost, giving people the feeling that the Lakers will not lose, in fact, this is the choice of the media, they sometimes only broadcast the Lakers winning the game, not the Lakers losing the game.
And Osborne also has a feeling that he also watches the Cavaliers game, but unfortunately, he basically loses it, especially in the playoffs and the Finals, it's really unlucky, it's really watching a loss.
It's no wonder that there are more fans who like the Lakers, and after everything is ready, the game officially begins.
There are no major changes to the starting lineup of the Pistons and the Lakers, but the Lakers have promoted Kobe Bryant to the position of small forward, put Gary Payton at the position of point guard, and let Derrick Fisher play point guard, such an adjustment is aimed at Osborne, but Osborne is really angry to see that the Lakers really regard him as a loophole for the Pistons?
At the beginning of the game, the Lakers took the lead, O'Neal jumped hard to turn the basketball to his side, Derrick Fisher picked it up and advanced quickly, Kobe Bryant had already run near the three-point line, Derrick Fisher saw Kobe Bryant working so hard, so he didn't care about the rules, and directly passed the basketball to Kobe Bryant, after Kobe Bryant received the ball, he faced Osborne's defense, but he didn't care whether Osborne had defense or not, and directly pulled out the jump shot.
Kobe Bryant's shooting has been at its peak, the shot is fast and the arc is low, and he scored directly into the inside frame, Kobe Bryant scored three points first, only 11 seconds before the game started, and then the Pistons counterattacked, Chauncey Billups broke through quickly, Derrick Fisher tried to keep up, and then he passed the basketball to Richard Hamilton, who was still under pressure in the face of Gary Payton's defense.
He didn't think much about it and was ready to break through, but his dribble was poked out by Gary Payton, but fortunately, Chauncey Billups picked up the basketball quickly and prevented a mistake from Richard Hamilton and saved the Pistons' first offensive opportunity.
At this time, Chaunsibillups also looked at the defenders around the Pistons, and felt that his side still had an advantage, and other positions were restricted to death, especially Karl Malone and Rasheed Wallace, who came up and began to pinch, as if this game was a battle of life and death. (To be continued.) )