Almighty legend life

Chapter 247 Pre-match warm-up

Compared with the smooth sailing of the Lakers in this playoffs, the Bulls seem to be a bit stumbling.

Although the Bulls swept the New Jersey Nets 3-0 in the first round of the playoffs to advance, they did not encounter too much resistance from the Hornets in the second round and won 4-1 to advance, but in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls Larry Bird, who led the team for the first time, was forced into a desperate situation. Although he finally won, such a victory still looks a bit bleak compared with the record-tying [-]-game winning streak of the Lakers to advance to the finals.

The record of the Lakers entering the playoffs tied their own playoff record in the 88-89 season, but in that Finals, the Eastern Pistons eliminated the young and energetic Bulls 4-2 The team then swept the Lakers 4-0 and won the championship that year, which made the Lakers the team with the most sweeps in the finals in the league. If you count the predecessor of the Lakers, Minneapolis If the Lakers' record was swept by the Celtics in 1959, this sweep in the 88-89 season was the third time that the Lakers became the team that was swept in the Finals.

However, this is all in the past, and the strength shown by the current Lakers makes people have to marvel at his strength.

Before the start of the finals, the media in Los Angeles used titles like "Dynasty Foundation" to describe their goals and expectations for this finals. In their view, the Lakers' victory over the aging Bulls was a sure thing. The strong firepower and stable performance of the Lakers in the playoffs so far have made Los Angeles fans and the media even believe that they may create a miracle and win the championship.

Compared with the self-confidence of the Los Angeles media and fans, the supporters of the Chicago Bulls did not show any weakness. As the Bulls with a dynasty experience, their supporters believe that the Bulls will give this young Lakers a good job. Take a lesson and teach them how to respect their predecessors.Some media in Chicago even reported that the Lakers’ use of an international player as the core of the team was a challenge to the American basketball tradition. fall back.These somewhat discriminatory reports set off an uproar across the United States.

Some Chinese-American organizations protested against such irresponsible and discriminatory reports by the Chicago media, but these media in Chicago ignored the protests of the Chinese. In their view, neither the Chinese nor the Chinese-Americans are the mainstream groups in the United States.

However, the biased reports of these radical media were still resisted by the league. After all, if the league wants to promote the NBA to the world, it must recognize the status of international players. In other words, although the domestic market in the United States cannot be ignored, it is not so particularly important.

These things outside the court generally do not affect the players themselves, but as a non-American player, Liu Han still received a certain degree of harassment.

In the United States, some white groups have always believed in the principle of white supremacy. They have always had a very strong sense of discrimination against people of color. As a large city on the west coast of the United States, Los Angeles has many people with such extreme ideas.

Liu Han's mansion in Beverly Hills has always been one of the concerns of the "paparazzi" in Los Angeles. As an entertainment reporter, he should not have paid much attention to such a sports figure as Liu Han, but Liu Han's girlfriend Safina is a newcomer in Hollywood. Jin's hot actress and the paparazzi in Los Angeles don't believe that this "style love" can last too long, so the attention to Liu Han's mansion is naturally very high.

Just two days before the start of the finals, the Bulls had just finished their tiebreaker. A white man disguised as a courier threw a package containing filth and discriminatory slogans at Liu Han’s mansion. The "paparazzi" who were hidden not far away recorded the whole process.

Although the man was arrested by the police afterwards, the incident caused quite a stir after being hyped by the media and the Chicago media.

Although Liu Han and Safina were not personally injured at the time, such an incident made Liu Han very angry, and what made him even more worried was that the man was released on bail afterwards.

Safina's comfort and relief made Liu Han finally stop worrying so much before the finals. In fact, Liu Han was not worried about himself. As soon as the finals started, he would be completely protected by the Lakers. What he was more worried about was Safina's safety and the safety of her own family and friends.

This incident made the league very angry. Although such an incident will attract more attention to the finals, it will undoubtedly damage the reputation of the league. But the most helpless thing for the league now is that they have nothing to do with such an incident. way, their influence has no way to affect the judiciary.

These incidents off the court have attracted great attention to this finals, and the peak duel between Liu Han and Jordan has also become the focus of attention in this finals. Countless fans have begun to discuss who is the active player Among the kings in the game, there are also many former NBA legends who stand up to fight for both sides.

In response to these discussions, Jordan himself stood up.

"Liu is a very good young player. I haven't achieved his achievements when I was his age. Maybe he will surpass me in the future, but now, he is still too young. His NBA road It went very smoothly, and I will let him know what is the real NBA and what is awe in the next game." Jordan's unscrupulous speech made the already hot pre-match atmosphere even more exciting, As the greatest player since entering the 90s, ten-time scoring champion, five-time regular season MVP and six-time FMVP, Michael Jordan is the first time to publicly declare that he wants to compete with a certain young player.

For Jordan's speech, Liu Han made a very simple response in an interview.

"Let everything be left to the game. Only the final result can prove who is the winner." Liu Han's slightly low-key but fearless speech was supported by some retired stars. There is a lot of hatred, and there are some retired stars who want to see Jordan's jokes.

Compared with the head-to-head confrontation between players, the two head coaches are very low-key. Whether it is the famous Phil Jackson or the famous George Crent, they all said in subsequent interviews that their opponents are very strong. It's going to be really exciting, and we'll do our best for an official answer like that.

The alliance also specially produced a promotional video for this finals, which was broadcast on major TV stations across the United States. The focus of the promotional video is the duel between 23 and 24.

In addition to the United States, the popularity of the finals has also spread to all parts of the world. Even the European continent, which has never paid much attention to basketball, has begun to pay attention to the NBA. In fact, there are many credits to Liu Han. Who Let him play football in France. Although it is not a professional game, he still has received a lot of attention, which makes Liu Han also have a high reputation in France.

In Asia, as Liu Han's base camp, of course almost 90.00% of the fans support Liu Han.

For a time, almost most of the eyes of the world were focused on the finals of the season to be held on June 1998, 6.

(End of this chapter)