I'm really strong in basketball

Chapter 103 Liu He's Journey of Revenge (Finals)
In the G2 game, the Lakers did not give the Timberwolves any chance and beat their opponents 118:89.

The big score was 2 to 0.

The series seems to have just begun, but it is actually over.

Back in Minnesota, the Timberwolves shouted the slogan of defending the home court.

However, the Lakers finally still bloodbathed the target center with a score difference of 120 to 92, 28 points.

After watching this battle, all members of the Nuggets and Kings, who had already been eliminated, realized that the Lakers didn't give their best when they played against them.

They don't know whether to be happy or sad.

In short, there is no black spot like 58 points, which is mostly fortunate.

Anthony, Miller, Bibby, Peja and others have also made up their minds that they must not learn from Garnett in the future and provoke the Lakers to die.

In the fourth game of the series, the attendance at the Target Center, which has been overcrowded this season, was less than [-]%, and the Timberwolves fans were abruptly dispersed.

Even the die-hard Timberwolves fans felt hopeless.

In the end, the Lakers won the fourth game 108:87.The Lakers won by 21 points, and this turned out to be the least loss by the Timberwolves in this series.

So far, the Lakers first broke into the finals stage.

In the East, the Pacers and Pistons tied 2-2.

In the battle of Tianwangshan, the Pistons once again resorted to an impregnable defense, forcibly defending the Pacers' dual-core defense to death.

阿泰斯特全场15投4中，砍下13分11篮板3助攻1抢断1次盖帽。

小奥尼尔则是10投5中，砍下11分6篮板1助攻3个盖帽。

Dual-core only got a poor 24 points in total.

The Pacers team scored only 65 points.

The Pistons scored a "high" score of 83 points and won the battle of Tianwangshan.

In Game 69, the Pistons beat the Pacers 65:[-].

So far, the Pistons have also entered the finals and joined the Lakers.

The much-anticipated NBA Finals is finally about to start.

TNT conducted a vote before the finals, and invited reporters from 33 media to vote, guessing which team, the Lakers or the Pistons, can win the final championship.

The final vote was 32 to 1.

As the host, Charles Barkley exclaimed when the results were announced: "Did the media that supported the Pistons write the wrong name? We chose winners, not losers."

In the end, it was found that the media that supported the Pistons did not make a mistake, but because he belonged to the "Motor City Daily" and was a member of the Pistons.

Kenny Smith immediately said: "So, besides the citizens of the Motor City, who else believes that the Pistons can win? I don't believe it anyway!"

In short, everyone except the Detroiters thought the Lakers would win.

The people of Detroit are just unwilling to admit the reality.

Because of the huge gap in strength between the two sides, everyone already knew who the winner was before this round of finals started.

The suspense of the game is lost, and the fun is naturally less.

Fans gradually discovered that the highlight of this round of the series has to be Liu He.

Last summer, the Pistons selected Liu He with the 25th pick in the first round of the draft.

Unfortunately, before Liu He met his coach and manager, he was betrayed by the Pistons and sent to the Lakers.

Who would have thought that Liu He, the 25th overall pick, became an All-Star starter in his rookie season, entered the best team, best defensive team, won the best rookie... and led the Lakers to the finals together with O'Neal and Kobe.

The opponent happened to be the Pistons who had betrayed him.

Rather than saying that this is the finals of the NBA 2003-2004 season, it is better to say that this is Liu He's journey of revenge.

In the finals, every point Liu He scored, every rebound he grabbed, and every assist he sent would be a slap on the face of Joe Dumars and Larry Brown.

"How stupid is it to send a player like Liu He away?"

For a while, Joe Dumars and Larry Brown became synonymous with idiots.

And the only way they can get rid of the title of idiot is to beat the Lakers in the finals.

As for beating the Lakers... well, let's change the subject.

Before the finals, the Pistons conducted closed training directly and did not accept any interviews.

But the Lakers played very easily, and Phil didn't make any changes, so Liu He was ambushed by the media.

The most frequently asked by reporters is: "Liu He, will you do something special on the stage of the finals because of what happened last summer?"

Liu He always replied: "Of course not, I don't need to do anything special, as long as we play normally, we can win!"

2004 6 Month 4 Day.

7pm.

Staples Center Arena.

The first game of the finals is finally here.

The Pistons directly sacrificed the Five Tigers.

Center: Ben "Big Ben" Wallace.

Power Forward: "The Roaring God" Rasheed Wallace.

Small Forward: "Little Prince" Tayshaun Prince.

Shooting guard: "The Mask" Richard Hamilton.

Point guard: "Mr. Key" Chauncey Billups.

The Lakers also sent the strongest lineup:
Fifth position: "Shaq" Shaquille O'Neal.

Number four: "The Postman" Karl Malone.

Number three: "Devil" Liu He.

Number two: "Peter Pan" Kobe Bryant.

Number one: Gary "The Glove" Payton.

In the jump ball session, Big Ben defeated O'Neal and turned the basketball back to the Pistons' half.

Pistons attack.

Billups advanced to the frontcourt and suddenly accelerated to break through Payton.

Payton couldn't keep up with his feet, so he could only actively look for confrontation, trying to delay Billups' speed.

However, Billups is also a strong No. [-] position, and his body will only be better than Payton.

Relying on the advantage of his footsteps, the young Billups squeezed past Payton in an instant.

Just like in the finals in history, Billups blasted Payton all the way, and Payton had nothing to do, and was completely blown up.

The difference is that this time there is Liu He.

Liu He knew that Payton could not guard against Billups, so he was prepared and got very close.

The moment Billups accelerated, Liu He leaned over.

The moment Billups passed Payton, Liu He was already standing on his breakthrough line. Billups bumped into Liu He unexpectedly, staggering.

And Payton, who was chasing behind, saw the opportunity, went straight to it, and completed the steal in an instant.

A true hunter, usually in the form of prey.

Billups thought Payton was his toy, but he didn't know that Payton was just a bait released by Liu He.

When Billups made his move, he was already hooked.He thinks he is a hunter, but in fact he is just Liu He's prey.

At the same time, Liu He pushed Billups away with his arm and squeezed past him.

Payton immediately hit the ground and passed the ball to Liu He.

Liu He made a fast attack by himself, rushed to the front court, kicked his legs, and rose into the air. Dapeng spread his wings and completed a one-armed dunk.

boom!
2: 0.

"Roar!"

Liu He who landed looked up at the sky, roaring loudly.

Although he said before the game that he would not do anything special, when the game really started, Liu He would enjoy the thrill of revenge every time he scored, and he couldn't restrain it at all.

Fuck you, I don't want to pretend anymore, I can't stand it for a second if I want to blow up the Pistons.

"Hey! Liu He is very excited tonight!"

Director Zhang Weiping said with a smile.

In the TNT live broadcast room, Kenny Smith, who explained the trio, also said: "As we all know, even though the Pistons have improved their offensive ability after getting Rasheed Wallace, they are still not an offensive team. If the Pistons want to win, they have to play to their strengths and limit the offense of the Lakers."

"As long as they can keep the Lakers under 80 points, the Pistons win. Under 100 points, the Pistons have a chance to win. But once they exceed 100 points, the Pistons lose, which means that their defense is complete. Failed……"

"Tonight, Liu He seems very excited, which is not good news for the Pistons."

Pistons attack.

Billups faced Payton again, and he had scruples in his heart.

The experienced Billups has already analyzed that Liu He has long been prepared to assist in the defense, so he was able to double-team so quickly, and he was tricked by a rookie!
Looking at it now, Liu He is indeed very close to Payton, ready to help defend at any time.

But Billups did not give up. After all, he and Payton are the most advantageous matchup for the Pistons on the court.

In an instant, Billups made the right choice.

Billups continued to break through, deliberately attracting Liu He's defense, and then distributed the ball to Prince who was emptied.

However, Malone seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and quickly made up defenses in place, blocking Prince.

Prince didn't expect Ma Long to be so fast, he was taken aback for a moment, and the chance to make a move was fleeting.

Prince could only pass the ball to Rasheed Wallace.

As soon as Rasheed received the ball, he found that Liu He had switched defenses in front of him.

Guys, that's really fast.

However, Rasheed Wallace just sneered: "Rookie, you can't guard against me!"

As a standard power forward body, Rasheed Wallace is probably a type between Duncan and Garnett.

Not as powerful as Duncan, but stronger than Garnett.

Not as fast as Garnett, but faster than Duncan (Duncan after a serious injury).

In other words, Duncan is good at fighting in the low post, Garnett is good at fighting in the high post, and Rasheed is all-around.

Rashid sat down directly, lowered his center of gravity, and leaned against Liu He to dig in, trying to take advantage of the tonnage advantage to force Liu He.

It was true that Liu He couldn't hold back Rashid, but he didn't retreat like Rashid imagined, but retreated little by little.

This gave the Lakers teammates a chance to help defend.

Marlon leaned over.

Rashid could only make a hasty shot and missed the shot under the interference of Liu He and Ma Long.

O'Neal squeezed away from Big Ben, jumped hard, and protected the rebound.

Lakers offense.

Payton advanced to the frontcourt and habitually lobbed the ball to O'Neal.

As soon as O'Neal caught the ball, he was surrounded.

Rasheed stood behind him, and Big Ben watched from the side.

O'Neal tried to shake his opponent with a feint, then turned around and shot.

Daben has rich defensive experience, and he was not fooled at all in the first shot. He jumped high in the second time, and slapped O'Neal's shot with a dribble.

As expected of the man with the strongest bench press in the league, O'Neal was even pushed down by Big Ben.

Fortunately, O'Neal hugged the basketball and did not miss the ball.

O'Neal tried to attack again, but unfortunately he couldn't find a chance.

Rasheed is capable, Da Ben is invincible in defense, and the defensive cooperation of the two Wallaces is even more extreme... Opponents even call the restricted area they guard the Detroit no-fly zone.

Even a behemoth at the basket like O'Neal feels powerless in a one-on-two and can only pass the ball out.

As soon as Malone received the ball, Big Ben had already jumped in front of Malone.

This pace, this speed, is too fast!

Ma Long had no choice but to continue to transfer the ball.

Kobe Bryant catches the ball on the outside and uses his super-fast first step to break through Prince.

Prince's footsteps are not as good as Kobe's, but his height of 206cm and wingspan of 218cm are born to reach the barrier, which caused Kobe a lot of trouble.

Kobe's failure to fully accelerate gave the rest of the Pistons a chance to help defend.

Just as Kobe entered the paint, Ben was already blocking Kobe, Billups and Hamilton also approached, and Prince was still chasing after him.

In an instant, Kobe was wrapped in dumplings.

Kobe jumped up forcefully and made a shot in the air, but was pressed down by Prince who was catching up behind him.

Fortunately, Malone picked up the basketball and instantly moved to the outside line.

O'Neal and Kobe's consecutive attacks failed, but they finally disrupted the Pistons' defensive formation. The Pistons all concentrated in the paint and missed Liu He who was outside the three-point line.

Liu He aimed at the basket from outside the three-point line, and took a direct shot in the face of Hamilton who made the save.

Swish!
5: 0.

In the TNT studio, Cole laughed and said: "Pistons, please remember that this Lakers team not only has OK, but also Liu He. If you only want to guard the paint area, Liu He will let you feel a game." Crazy heavy rain...Three minutes of rain!"

Pistons attack.

Billups passed the ball to Rasheed, and Rasheed, with his back to Malone, turned and shot a straight-arm jumper.

This is also Rashid's trick.

Unfortunately, under Malone's defense, Rashid failed to score.

Boom!

"The 41-year-old Malone has already restricted Webber and Garnett in the first two rounds of the series. It seems that Rashid is not his opponent in this round. He is really old and strong! I just don't know what other power forwards are doing. "

Kenny Smith said deliberately.

As we all know, Barkley and Malone are at odds, and the two have been fighting for the throne of the number one power forward in history before Duncan was born.

Faced with the ridicule of his partner, Barkley shrugged helplessly.

Even he has to admit that Ma Long is really awesome.

At the age of 41, he can still take care of those juniors. It's outrageous. The Goddess of Time really takes care of this old guy.

In real time and space, the Lakers' opponents in the first three rounds of the playoffs this year are actually the Rockets, Spurs, and Timberwolves.

Played 5 games with the Rockets and Lakers.

And the Spurs, the Lakers played 6 games.

With the Timberwolves and the Lakers, they played seven games.

And because of the fierce competition, Ma Long played a long time.

Malone did limit Duncan and Garnett to a certain extent.

It's just that Malone himself was dragged down by these two super power forwards.

After entering the finals, Ma Long's old injury recurred, his right leg was scrapped, and he almost fought on one leg.

However, now, the Lakers are killing the enemy all the way. The first three rounds of the series are sweeping, and they play very easily, often clocking out of get off work in three quarters.

So Malone's current state is very good, and the defensive effect on Rasheed Wallace is naturally very good.

Lakers offense.

Larry Brown embodies his stubbornness to the fullest.

He did not change his defensive tactics just because Liu He scored 5 points in a row, and still adopted a shrinking defensive formation.

(End of this chapter)