Chapter 1 Staples Center

In the first quarter at the Staples Center, thanks to Su Feng’s outstanding performance, which led to the saying "Even God has to call him God," the Lakers, playing at home, entered the second quarter with a 10-point lead.

The score in the first quarter was 31 to 41.

In the NBA, it wasn't the first time a player had scored more points in a single quarter than the entire opposing team combined.

However, tonight, Van Gundy sensed something ominous about Su Feng's excellent form.

Because compared to the previous Basketball God, who relied more on pull-up jumpers and mid-range shots, after losing the restrictions of the rules, the dominance brought by his full-power mode had already surpassed people's understanding of basketball.

What's more, Su Feng had also gotten plenty of rest during the Lakers' Western Conference Semifinals series against the Clippers?

As everyone knows.

Even if Jordan was at his best during his second three-peat, his ability to drive to the basket wasn't as good as before, which was an undeniable fact.

Plus, Jordan didn't have Su Feng's ability to unleash a wave of ultra-high critical strikes through accurate and unreasonable outside shots when he was feeling good.

Therefore, the reason Van Gundy was more anxious tonight than he was last season when falling behind...

Wasn't because he was afraid of Su Feng's "good form."

After all...

In a relatively long series, Su Feng would always have times when his form was better than usual.

But when Van Gundy asked himself...

Exactly how much better Su Feng's form was this night compared to his "God descending to earth" moments last season...

He, who already didn't have much hair to begin with...

Was completely freaking out.

Because without the HC rule restrictions, Su Feng could complete breakthroughs on the court more easily, so even when his touch wasn't good, he could still score points for the team through suicidal attacks.

Just like last year, when Little LeBron was in good physical condition, the Lakers couldn't do much about him.

Admittedly, constantly driving to the basket was a physically demanding task.

But the Lakers' relatively easy playoff journey and Su Feng's own ridiculous physical reserves made it impossible for Van Gundy to think of a better way to limit him.

Van Gundy, who had served as an assistant coach with the Lakers and knew Su Feng very well, was well aware that.

Once in the game, the Warriors were too concerned about Su Feng's breakthroughs, this guy would inevitably adjust his attack style.

In short...

Compared to being driven on by Su Feng, Van Gundy was clearly more worried about this guy's outside shooting.

Because countless past cases had already proved that when Su Feng's touch was on, he could easily reverse the tide of a game.

To put it bluntly, in the NBA, who would dare to let Su Feng shoot?

No one dared?

That was the point.

As for stopping Su Feng's breakthroughs through timely double-teaming?

The question was, with Su Feng's passing and organizational skills that could be called a grandmaster's...

Once in the game, the other Lakers players were fully mobilized by him.

Then, when these Lakers players turned around and fed him back...

How could the Warriors defend?

In terms of overall conditions, LeBron was indeed one of the few players in the league who could match up with Su Feng.

But just like in the early years, in order to bring Jordan down from the sky, the infamous Pistons had to use at least four players...

Because LeBron's center of gravity was higher.

So tonight, in front of Su Feng, who was free from HC rule restrictions.

He was like Scottie Pippen, who was tormented by Iverson and wished he could give Jordan a piece of his mind.

In the second half of the first quarter.

Van Gundy had considered using Butler or Klay to match up with Su Feng.

But compared to LeBron...

These two had a very obvious flaw when defending Su Feng.

That is, neither of them could limit Su Feng's shots in various areas.

Fans who had seen the comparison chart of Ji Ba's and Kawhi's wingspans in Su Feng's previous life should know that Ji Ba was also a member of the NBA's "T-Rex Family."

Due to his wingspan of only about 201 centimeters...

So, without being able to use the "waist-grabbing" technique to restrict Su Feng like last season, Su Feng's "hooligan style of play" tonight made the young Ji Ba want to cry.

Klay was the same.

Therefore, whether he was blown out by Su Feng...

Or whether the whole team's single-quarter score was less than his alone.

What Van Gundy was really worried about at the moment was...

Right now, Su Feng's cost of shooting was no longer up to the Warriors to decide.

Instead, he could choose more cost-effective shots based on his physical fitness, and thus ensure his endurance in subsequent games.

"Now, I finally understand why this season's Lakers always give me a completely different feeling from last season..." On the Warriors' bench, after sighing, Van Gundy said with a helpless look.

Last season, Su Feng also broke out.

But you could clearly find that the Warriors could always find ways to increase Su Feng's cost of shooting.

Even, because Kobe's condition was better last year than this year, the Warriors could also take the strategy of mainly focusing on Kobe.

New York, this night, only after the first quarter, Mark, who was about to take office, once again felt Stern's good intentions when selecting the various awards.

Because the facts proved...

Once Su Feng lost the restrictions of the rules on him...

Then he was like a mushroom bomb that could be detonated at any time.

If he wanted to explode, he would explode.

His fate was in his own hands.

However, compared to the first quarter, what really made Van Gundy despair was the second quarter.

Because no matter what, the current Su Feng was already a 36-year-old veteran.

So his physical fitness was definitely not as good as it was a few years ago.

But this season, with the growth of Middleton and Adams...

The current Lakers already had a bench that was no less than the Warriors'.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' second unit, composed of Livingston, Bogdanovic, Green, Middleton, and Adams, bought Su Feng plenty of rest time.

On the court, facing the Lakers' difficult second unit, no matter how experienced the Warriors' bench, which was composed of a bunch of former All-Stars, was, it was impossible for them to quickly fill the hole left by the starters when everyone's condition was evenly matched.

On the sidelines, in order to enhance the stability of the Warriors' scoring in the second quarter, Van Gundy was even forced to bring on the 34-year-old Yao Ming early.

"David, do we need to impose some appropriate restrictions on Su in the upcoming games?" In New York, watching this Lakers team that could be called the strongest in history, Mark asked.

"No...

We are a 'fair, open, and just' league.

Why should we use these dirty and despicable means to interfere with or disrupt the original balance of the game?" Looking back at Mark, Stern said with a righteous face.

Although as the president of the NBA, you don't necessarily need to understand basketball.

But even Mark, this "layman," had already seen the difference between this year's Western Conference Finals and last year's.

If last year's Western Conference Finals were that the Warriors could always force the Lakers to make passive adjustments, but the team's final loss was only due to their lack of experience compared to the Lakers...

Then this year...

You could completely understand it as that, at this moment, the Warriors were being forced to parry the Lakers' wave after wave of attacks.

In Mark's opinion, all of this had to be attributed to Stern's desire to see just how high Su Feng could reach after losing the restrictions of the rules before he retired.

Perhaps, some people would say that it was just a rule, how could it have such a big impact on the game?

Indeed.

For the top players in NBA history.

No matter how the rules changed, as long as everyone could get equal access to diet, training, and growth conditions, then they were destined to create a great career.

But...

You could also try to imagine in your mind.

If when you were playing basketball, the opponent could unscrupulously hold your waist in various positions;

Even use some takedown moves on you during the game that were only seen on NFL fields;

Even when you were preparing to finish through a layup or various offensive techniques, the referee would always turn a blind eye to the defending side's actions that would make Jordan cry...

Then you would understand why, as strong as Su Feng was, he had only won 10 championships to date.

In this life, as early as the end of the 20th century, "Godfather of Defense" Pat Riley had foreseen that Su Feng would one day reign over the NBA in a way that far surpassed Jordan.

It was just that...

Even Riley, who was "all-knowing," didn't expect that Su Feng could maintain such a state at the age of 36.

Staples Center.

This night.

Why didn't Su Feng's sentence "Even God has to call me God" at the end of the first quarter make him incur most of the resentment?

Because unlike those "maniacs" on the sports field.

Su Feng really had such strength.

In the second half of the second quarter.

What Van Gundy was most worried about eventually happened.

Because the smooth and good offense in the first quarter made Su Feng's form get better and better...

"Heavens! Earth! This can go in too?" On CCTV, watching Su Feng throw the ball into the basket with all kinds of high-difficulty fadeaways that defied human common sense on the court...

Yu Jia always felt that he was commentating on a science fiction movie this night.

"This is why Michael Jordan was so feared back then.

But...

Even Michael Jordan has to submit to Su!" On ESPN, watching those incredible scenes, Pippen said.

On the court.

LeBron was mesmerized.

At this moment, he was intoxicated, as if in a dream.

Staples Center, when Su Feng's elegant fadeaway, like a poem, was staged in front of him again and again, LeBron only felt that his body and soul were as if he was accepting the most sacred baptism in the world.

As swift as the wind, coming without a shadow, leaving without a trace.

Moving like thunder, between rain and dew, the emperor's grace was vast.

In LeBron's opinion, this was the most perfect combination of flexibility and strength in human history.

It was also a great chapter written with skill and experience.

The legs, naturally, were a pair of spring legs equipped with anti-gravity engines.

The waist, too, was a colorful waist that had been through hundreds of battles.

The left hand gently supported the ball.

The right hand only needed to gently flick it.

Your fadeaway has no wine.

But I'm drunk like a dog.

In the second half of the second quarter, Su Feng, who made 7 of 9 shots, added 18 points for the Lakers, including free throws.

At halftime, the score between the Lakers and the Warriors was 60 to 72.

Just like Su Feng couldn't do anything about that guy who liked to stick out his tongue no matter how hard he tried back then.

This night, LeBron also had no way to deal with Su Feng, this "visitor from outer space."

After halftime, in the third quarter, Curry, Klay, and LeBron successively fired from the outside, successfully making the Warriors fans see the hope of reversing the score.

But on the Lakers' side, Middleton and Kobe also returned the favor.

By this point in Game 1, the Warriors players on the court always felt that everything they did was wrong.

Because in this quarter, as Su Feng used his own "Feng's Gravity" to attract the attention of the Warriors' defense, the other Lakers players could always find opportunities to calmly shoot in the junction of the Warriors' defense.

On TNT, Stackhouse used O'Neal and Howard to give an example to the fans in front of the TV, why was it that the pressure O'Neal gave on the court was stronger than Howard's despite both getting "20+10"?

"Because Shaq will ruthlessly destroy your entire defensive system.

And Dwight is someone you can give up defending."

At this moment, Su Feng's magical performance had already made the Warriors' defensive system fall apart.

Moreover, due to the continuous defensive failures, it would also affect the players' mentality when attacking...

Therefore, although from the score point of view, the tenacious Warriors had never let the gap between the two teams widen to more than 15 points.

But the Lakers had always controlled the direction of this game.

In the final quarter, at the beginning stage, Su Feng and Kobe were both put on the bench by Coach Lue.

Originally, this was the Warriors' best chance to chase points.

However, the Lakers' psychological advantage of sweeping the Warriors 4-0 in the regular season instead allowed the Lakers' bench to successfully hold off the Warriors' starters in the opening stage of the final quarter.

In basketball games, the side with the stronger lineup was certainly the side with the higher winning rate.

However, in a local period of time, the side with the unfavorable strength may also be able to perform better.

On the court, the Warriors players, who were getting more and more anxious, had to use three-pointers to take a desperate gamble.

But, the anxiety in their mentality and the anxiety of always being behind affected the quality of their shots in the final quarter.

Especially in the last 6 minutes of the final quarter, after Coach Lue put Su Feng and Kobe back on the court.

Because of the "deep impression" that Su Feng had previously left on the Warriors players, the Warriors players on the court were becoming more and more breathless...

So...

In the end, 115 to 127.

The Lakers, who maintained their lead to the end, successfully got off to a good start in this year's Western Conference Finals.

In the whole game, Su Feng, who had scored 51 points for the Lakers in the first half, focused more on organizing the team's offense and defense in the second half.

However, he still scored 62 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists for the Lakers, once again breaking the NBA playoff record for the oldest player to score "60+".

Kobe didn't take many shots in this game, only 11 shots in the whole game.

But in the third quarter, when the Warriors' momentum was the strongest, Kobe scored the most critical 12 points of his 17 points in the whole game for the Lakers.

On the Warriors' side.

From a personal performance point of view, you couldn't say that LeBron, who scored 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 11 assists for the Warriors, was blown out by Su Feng like Anthony.

But, in the post-match media interview, LeBron believed that it was the irreconcilable gap in strength between him and Su Feng that led to the Warriors' loss this night.

There was no doubt.

Little LeBron had been completely conquered by his idol, his basketball mentor.

"I know, you all expect me to lead the Warriors to defeat Su and end his reign over the NBA.

But in my eyes, the only one who can defeat him is himself." In a media interview, LeBron concluded his feelings about this night.

"Then can you talk about what countermeasures you and your team will take against Su next?" In the locker room, the reporters asked.

LeBron nodded and said, "Of course, basketball is a game for five people.

So although Su is still invincible, I also think we don't need to be discouraged because of this.

As long as we can grasp some of the problems that exist with their other players...

In this series, we can still have the last laugh."

It had to be said that in this life, after experiencing more and more failures, LeBron's mentality was getting better and better when encountering problems now.

It was just...

The reasoning was this reasoning...

It was just not the same thing in some people's ears.

"What does it mean that because Su is invincible, so we will focus on how to defeat his teammates in the following games?" The next day, Kobe, who wanted to find some reports about himself in the major newspapers in Los Angeles, was unhappy.

Because whether it was the "Los Angeles Post" or the "Los Angeles Chronicle," or other newspapers and magazines, in their reports about the Western Conference Finals Game 1, in addition to putting up his data, they didn't even mention his name a few times!

"Oh!

The great Su Feng has once again reigned over the Staples Center!

On this night, even God has to call him God!"

"Time and years have taken away our memories of the past.

But it makes us more convinced that in this era, Su is the only GOAT in the basketball world!" In his mansion in Newport, looking at these newspapers that were vying to praise him, Su Feng had already entered a mode that he couldn't stop at all.

"What garbage media is this?

If it weren't for the 12 points I scored in the third quarter, the Lakers would have almost been reversed by the Warriors, okay?" Aside, looking at Su Feng, who was happily reading the newspaper, Kobe said with dissatisfaction.

"Then please, in your impression, is there any media in this world that isn't garbage?" Su Feng asked back.

Hearing this, after thinking for a while, Kobe said, "I feel that CCTV is quite objective.

Because they can always blow me from different angles."

Su Feng: "..."

"However, judging from Jeff and LeBron's calm speeches after the game, they seem to have found a way to deal with us..." Touching his chin, Kobe suddenly said.

"You mean, those changes that Jeff and LeBron said they would make in the following games after the game?" Su Feng asked back.

"Yes." Kobe nodded and said.

"Oh, my dear Kobe, you've been playing in the NBA for almost 20 years...

Don't you know that LeBron and Jeff's calm demeanor after the game and the changes they said are just for show?" Su Feng asked.

"But, who are they doing and saying it for?

The media? Us?" Kobe asked puzzled.

"The media that really understand basketball never believe the changes that the losing side promises to make after the game." Su Feng said.

"Then who else can they do and say it for?" Kobe asked.

"Of course, it's for those who still believe they have a chance to win this series.

When learning from Tyronn Lue, Jeff has already fully mastered how to communicate with the media.

And LeBron is even more so...

This kid is even better at dealing with the media than I am." Patting Kobe on the shoulder, Su Feng said.

Looking at Su Feng, Kobe was obviously still a little confused.

So, Su Feng gave Kobe an example, "Look, if it was you, then you would definitely walk back to the locker room with a dark face after losing the game.

And then, the media would have more to write about after the game.

For example, 'Kobe is dissatisfied with his teammates' performance', 'The Lakers have been losing the first game of the Western Conference Finals, which has gradually created gaps within the team'."

Kobe: "..."

"However, after LeBron's incredibly sunny speech, in addition to my fans praising him for his modesty because he praised me, the Warriors fans will also have a 'not arrogant in victory, not discouraged in defeat' impression of him in their hearts.

And in this way, even if the Warriors lose this series in the end, people will think that LeBron has done his best, he didn't lose, it's just that the Warriors' overall strength is not enough." Looking at Kobe, Su Feng continued to say.

In Su Feng's original timeline, don't look at Kobe leaving a lot of golden sentences when he was interviewed...

But among the top stars in the NBA...

Kobe was definitely one of the stars who didn't know how to deal with the media the most.

Admittedly, sometimes being too sophisticated is not necessarily a good thing...

But in some cases when you have to twist the rope through sophistication...

In this regard, Kobe was obviously not as good as the "old rogue" who was still in service.

In Su Feng's previous life, in the Bulls' second three-peat, the Bulls were on the verge of disintegration almost every year.

But even in the last year when Pippen was crazily trying to die because he was dissatisfied with his salary, Jordan was also trying his best to find ways to twist the rope at that time.

"So, is that why you always show up with a poker face?" Kobe suddenly realized.

Su Feng: "..."

After resting for a day, the Lakers continued to play against the Warriors at home.

As Su Feng expected.

On this night in Los Angeles, whether it was Van Gundy or LeBron, they could be said to have had sleepless nights.

After Game 1, Van Gundy and LeBron both believed that the other Lakers players were the breakthrough for the Warriors.

But in the actual game...

Don't understand, just ask.

How can you break through the defense line composed of Gasol, Garnett, Kobe, and Rondo?

Like last year.

The Lakers-Warriors showdown was still a game of who had the better offense and who could have the last laugh.

Therefore, if they wanted to improve the Warriors' offense, Van Gundy's only way was to increase the playing time of the main players.

In Staples, Curry's "curse" continued.

But in the first game, Curry, who would take more mismatch breakthroughs in the offense, shared LeBron's considerable offensive pressure.

And, when Curry and LeBron were on the court at the same time, it was also when the Warriors' offensive efficiency was the highest.

However, once Curry was off the court.

No one on the Warriors' bench could replace his role.

Veteran Terry was accurate with three-pointers, but he couldn't dribble, organize, and help LeBron pull space like Curry.

And Klay, who was relatively stable on the Warriors' outside, was even more irreplaceable.

Because even though veteran Ray Allen's ability to seize opportunities was not weaker than Klay, whose nerves would occasionally be a knife, his burst rate was not as good as Klay's at this time.

And, what's more, the Warriors also had to rely on one of Klay and Butler to mainly defend Kobe, and occasionally give LeBron a breather?

So, don't look at the fact that there were many star players on the Warriors' bench...

After the Lakers became stronger this year, in fact, only Chandler and Butler could really be useful for this Warriors team.

Without the help of the HC rule, the 34-year-old Kirilenko and the 34-year-old Artest could only be passed by in one step when facing Su Feng.

As for Paul Pierce, who chose to join the Warriors last summer?

Admittedly, in the previous games, Pierce, who came off the bench as a substitute, could always make great contributions to the Warriors.

But in the Lakers-Warriors games, which were like immortals fighting each other...

Don't understand, just ask.

Who could the 36-year-old Pierce deceive with his experience?

Okay...

Even if your Pierce had good one-on-one efficiency this season.

But...

When there was LeBron, Curry, Yao Ming, and Klay to choose from...

As the head coach, would you dare to give those few opportunities to decide the team's fate to Pierce in this kind of game?

Therefore, compared with the Lakers' substitutes, who each had their own unique skills and were younger...

This year, the Warriors' veterans had turned around and become a burden to this Warriors team.

Van Gundy could play a lot of cards that looked like a lot.

But in Su Feng's eyes, there were at most only seven or eight people.

And in a sense, this also proved that Logo Man was not a time-traveler.

Because if Logo Man was really a time-traveler...

Then how could Su Feng have been able to hold him so tightly in team building?

In the first quarter, the Warriors, who had a higher team offensive efficiency, led 35-34 this night.

However, the second quarter fully confirmed Su Feng's advanced thinking in team building.

From the perspective of career data, Livingston was indeed much weaker than Terry, who had won the Best Sixth Man.

But at this juncture in 2014, the role that Livingston could play in transforming into "Sai Jordan" in a short period of time was something that Terry could not compare to by far.

In addition, after a whole season of training, once Middleton was sent to the court by the Lakers, the Warriors would inevitably have to send a star player to match up with him.

On the forward line, Green, whose playing time had shrunk to an average of 16 minutes per game this season, was not well-known.

But the defense of Peak Iron Man was at least a second team starting level.

As for Bogdanovic...

As the most inconspicuous member of the Lakers' bench.

This season, he had actually grown into the organizational core of the Lakers' second unit.

Originally, in theory, the Warriors' biggest advantage when playing against the Lakers was their inside line.

After all, the combination of Little Yao and Chandler...

No matter which era you put them in, they were top-notch configurations.

But in this year's Western Conference Finals, the only one who was injured was still Gasol.

Because Yao Ming, who was 34 years old, could only support two and a half quarters at most when he played at full strength...

So after entering the second unit rotation...

Adams, who the Lakers selected last summer, could at least be a 50-50 match, if not suppress Chandler.

Staples Center, in the VIP stands, Kupchak, who had once again won the NBA Executive of the Year award this year, felt that Su Feng could manipulate the development of the NBA behind the scenes even if he didn't play basketball in the future.

Because compared with those super stars who always liked to yell that their teammates were not good enough and needed to be strengthened...

Kupchak found that Su Feng not only had plenty of patience in team building, but also had a very unique vision.

"Before this Western Conference Finals started, I remember that when the media compared the strength of the two teams, most people thought that the Warriors' substitutes were far stronger than the Lakers'." Looking at Little Buss, Kupchak said.

"But now...

I think probably no one will think so!" After a pause, Kupchak continued to say.

This night, it was relying on the performance of the substitute players in the first half of the second quarter that the Lakers were able to enter the second half with a 5-point lead.

In the game, Su Feng's performance was still stable, but his condition was not as good as the previous game.

After all, even the most awesome players had to abide by the basic law of God descending to earth.

In the third quarter, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, who desperately wanted to beat Su Feng once, successively played tricks on Gasol, who was the most miserable in the Lakers' lineup.

However, before the end of the third quarter, Su Feng, Kobe, and Curry successively hit key three-pointers for the Lakers.

In the final quarter, Van Gundy, who had already recognized that the Warriors could only rely on the main players to make a comeback, left LeBron, Curry, Yao Ming, and Klay on the court.

However, as the game went deeper, in the Lakers-Warriors war, where the intensity of consumption was far higher than in ordinary games, you might not believe it...

This night, the Lakers, led by the "geriatric combination", actually gave the main players plenty of rest time.

In the second half of the final quarter, Kobe, who had been angered by the media using the title "Shocked! The hypocritical second in history may once again succeed in hugging his thighs" in the previous game, started his slap in the face mode.

In the end, with Kobe's performance of scoring 13 points alone in the last 7 minutes of the final quarter, the Lakers sat at home and won another city.

In the whole game, the final score of the two teams was 121 to 128.

Su Feng scored 40 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block for the Lakers.

And Kobe got 25 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, and 1 steal.

Middleton, who played as the sixth man, got the third highest 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 assist in the team.

Adams, who only played for 22 minutes, grabbed the most 7 offensive rebounds in the game.

And Livingston, who successfully grabbed rest time for Su and Kobe, got 12 points and 3 rebounds in 13 minutes and 35 seconds of playing time.

On the Warriors' side, LeBron played at an MVP level in this game.

He scored 30 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists for the Warriors in the whole game.

In addition, Curry and Klay also had 21 points and 18 points respectively.

And restricted by his physical strength, Little Yao, who made all 7 of his first 7 shots, only made 2 of his last 7 shots.

Two days later, in the third game of the Western Conference Finals, which was moved to Oakland, the Warriors successfully pulled back a city.

In the Oracle Arena, Van Gundy, who had completely understood, only used an 8-man rotation in the game.

Curry ushered in a big explosion after returning to the Oracle Arena, making 8 of 11 three-pointers in the whole game.

And thanks to the outstanding performance of his good buddy, LeBron also played with amazing efficiency in this game, making 12 of 18 shots in the whole game, and scored a total of 34 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists for the Warriors, including free throws and three-pointers.

However, after this night, Su Feng was even more convinced that the Lakers had more than a 90% probability of entering the Finals this year.

Because in this level of competition, only using an 8-man rotation not only meant that the Warriors would lose the big move of "air conditioning tactics"...

And, as the game went deeper, the Lakers, who adopted an 11-man rotation, would definitely have an absolute advantage in terms of physical strength.

"It seems that it's our turn to turn off the air conditioning in Staples this year." After the end of Game 3, looking at Coach Lue, Su Feng smiled.

And hearing this, Coach Lue, who felt that Su Feng was right, immediately made a call to Little Buss.

The so-called "use the other's way to deal with the other's person".

Jeff, it's time for you and your Warriors to experience the power of "air conditioning tactics"!

It was just...

Coach Lue and Su Feng's ideas were good.

But their ideas were far from keeping up with the changes.

Because in the fourth game, which was held in Oakland, the Lakers successfully had the last laugh.

In this game, the Warriors, who could only win and not lose, were obviously disturbed by their mentality.

In the case of the team's poor touch, they should have adjusted their tactics in time and changed to attacking the inside line strongly, but not only did they not reduce the number of outside shots...

Instead, they got more and more ironed.

On TNT, Barkley even complained during the fourth quarter: "The Warriors gave the Lakers a victory for nothing!"

No way.

Everyone understood the principle that the authorities are lost in the fog, but the onlookers see clearly...

But when you are really in the situation...

How many people can see clearly?

In Game 3, because it was precisely relying on the outstanding performance of the outside players that the Warriors managed to pull back a city.

So Van Gundy and the Warriors players naturally couldn't abandon the winning theory that they had always believed in.

In the end, after defeating the Warriors 118-102 on the road, the Lakers successfully changed the score of this Western Conference Finals to 3-1.

Holding two match points.

In order to avoid the "air conditioning tactics", which would hurt the enemy by a thousand and damage themselves by eight hundred, affecting the Lakers' championship journey, in the fifth game, after returning to Los Angeles, the Lakers did not choose to use the other's way to deal with the other's person.

And Staples Center...

Under the expectation of nearly 20,000 Lakers fans at the scene, Su Feng, who never gave his enemies a chance to breathe, also used his suicidal attack to collapse Van Gundy's mentality on the sidelines.

In the first quarter, Su Feng, who scored 20 points for the Lakers in a single quarter, didn't have a single mid-to-long-range shot, all of them were breakthroughs and free throws.

On the court, Little Yao was replaced by Van Gundy after only 5 minutes because of two fouls.

In the second quarter, LeBron, who had learned the lessons from the previous game, successfully made the Warriors fans in front of the TV see hope.

In this quarter, he also scored 17 points for the Warriors with breakthroughs and free throws.

But as LeBron's playing time had been increased from 40 minutes to 46 minutes or 48 minutes since Game 3...

In the second half of the game, LeBron obviously entered the "sage mode" after the outbreak.

And at this time, the advantage that Coach Lue controlled Su Feng's playing time strictly within 38 minutes was highlighted.

Because the physical advantage accumulated earlier could enable Su Feng to get through the "sage mode" faster and quickly enter the moment of God descending to earth again...

The third quarter became Su Feng's "show time."

In the final quarter, the tenacious Warriors, relying on the outstanding performances of Little Yao and Curry, once brought the gap between the two teams on the court closer to within 5 points.

But "the hypocritical second in history" continuously used two three-pointers to extinguish the Warriors' momentum of chasing points.

Compared with last year, Kobe's decline in this year's Western Conference Finals was very obvious.

But the stubborn Kobe...

Could always play the role of the Lakers' savior at critical moments.

In the end, 114 to 122.

As the timer in the final quarter went to zero, Staples Center also rained down the colorful rain symbolizing the Lakers winning the Western Conference championship...

On the court, LeBron, who felt that he was only a little bit away from winning every game, walked back to the locker room with Curry in a desolate manner.

After the game, in an interview with Russian television, Kirilenko officially announced that he would return to the Russian league to play this summer.

After fourteen years of fighting, Kirilenko would return to CSKA Moscow, back to the place where his dream began, to continue his basketball dream.

As the greatest basketball player in Russian history, in this life, Kirilenko, who had a total of 10115 points, 4575 rebounds, 2245 assists, 1510 blocks, and 1188 steals in his career, said in his final remarks: "It's a pity that I couldn't get that precious ring before I left the NBA.

But that's how life is.

Some people are satisfied, and some people will be disappointed.

I'm very glad that in the peak period of my career, I was always called the 'man who dares to fight with God' by you.

And now, I will return to my country and usher in the end of my basketball career in CSKA Moscow."

After the Western Conference Finals, in addition to Kirilenko, Nash, who had once turned the NBA Assist King award into the "Nash Award", also officially announced his retirement.

In this life, Nash, who had won the championship three times, still maintained an overall shooting rate of 51.4%, a three-point shooting rate of 43.2%, and a free throw shooting rate of 91.4% when he retired in his career.

Although after the "Last Game" that year, Nash never touched the NBA championship again.

But when the Warriors started rebuilding, this "captain", who was unwilling to abandon the team, helped the Warriors through their most