Chapter 669 Survival from the dead, strategy to win
The two groups in the East and West have now played a 3-2 situation, and both of them have taken the lead. If they want to turn the tables in the back, they have to win two games in a row.
It’s not that they have no hope of reversing the situation. There are many teams in history that have made two consecutive games to advance to the finals. However, most of the teams that have achieved a back-off trend have advantages in book strength, and the two-group division duels this season are obviously stronger in front-end teams.
The current big score is more like a comparison of the real strength of both sides.
Before the series ended, no one dared to draw a conclusion.
Game6's game is away, where the Pistons hope to end the series.
They have to stay one more night before leaving Detroit. Tonight is the sixth game of the Western Conference Finals, and maybe the first team to advance to the finals will appear tonight.
If the most gorgeous power forward in history seeking fame and reputation plays a role, the Trail Blazers may have a chance to drag the series into tiebreak.
Historically, the Lakers were pulled into the tiebreak by the Trail Blazers this year, but the personnel structure of this Trail Blazers is very different from that of the Trail Blazers in their previous lives.
Rashid, Steve Smith and Pipen were replaced by Weber and Spraywell.
In terms of the quality and age of personnel replacement, the latter is greater than the former. Webber at the beginning of the century maintained his health and was basically the top three forwards in the league. Sprewell should have led the Knicks to achieve the Black Eight Legend. Due to various accidental changes, he came to the Trail Blazers to help the Trail Blazers in the 9899 season enter the finals, but he was defeated like the Knicks in his previous life.
History seems to have not changed much, and all those who should have lost have lost.
However, as long as Webber and Spraywell perform normally, their strength is stronger than Rashid, Smith and Pippen.
The premise is that they have to perform normally, especially Weber.
The key to fighting the soft-footed shrimp is definitely not a false reputation.
"Who will win tonight?"
At the end of the afternoon training, Hill took the initiative to ask Mo Mengchen this question.
However, this problem has exceeded Mo Mengchen's prediction range as a time traveler.
Although the Western Conference Finals still revolve around the Trail Blazers and the Lakers, the personnel are different from the history he knows, and he cannot make accurate predictions.
But his predictions were too accurate in the past. Now everyone is based on his speculation, and some people are even preparing to place bets secretly.
"Portland."
After pondering for a long time, Mo Mengchen said with no confidence.
"Why?" Hill was surprised by the answer. "You said that Chris is not a big player, the key sixth game, why do you believe them?"
"I just simply hope that the Lakers will play more games in the division finals," Mo Mengchen said.
This sentence comes from the true heart, and can be seen by heaven and earth.
"So, you are not estimating based on your strength?"
"Do you look down on Weber? Don't forget that you and him are both members of the second team." Mo Mengchen said without changing his face, "Even if you infer based on your strength, I will support Portland."
Hill pretended that Mo Mengchen never publicly despised Weber, nor did he show off Weber's glorious deeds during the game to mock the other party.
Mo Mengchen mocked many people during the game. Weber, O'Neal, Payton, Pippen and others were all deeply hurt. If you want to say that the one who was hurt the most, Weber will definitely have a chance to compete.
In Rashid's words: "Dad looks down on Webber's from the inside, without any hypocrisy."
So, Momonchen supports Portland, Hill would be surprised.
"It seems you really just hope they consume more of the Lakers," Hill said.
In the hearts of every Pistons player, the opponent in the finals has long been decided, and it is the Lakers.
Mo Mengchen hopes that history will surprise him, such as O'Neal suddenly suffered serious injuries in the game, the Lakers collapsed at the last moment, and the Trail Blazers advanced to the finals.
Although unlikely, what is absolutely impossible to happen?
If he could really choose a finals opponent, he would choose the Trail Blazers without hesitation. Everyone likes to pinch soft persimmons, and dor.mo is no exception.
It’s a pity that this is not like the regular season positioning battle. Strong teams can choose the soft persimmons that are placed on their own personal preferences. This is the finals, and the two strongest teams of the season can only be matched by the top of Huashan.
"Do you think the Lakers don't think so?" Mo Mengchen said lightly, "They wish we could play 100 games with the Knicks, and it would be better to play each of us for the season to be reimbursed."
Hill asked: "What's the point of a championship like that?"
"In the 1988 season, Isaiah Thomas fell due to injury in the finals, and the Lakers won the championship; in the 1989 season, the Magic and Byron Scott also hung up the free-to-play card due to injury, and the Pistons won the first championship in the post-merger era." Mo Mengchen asked, "Do you think they think the championship is not good because their opponents lack soldiers?"
Hill said nothing, of course not.
The former made the Lakers the only champion who defended successfully in the 1980s, while the latter directly ended the 1980s when the Lakers and Celtics ruled, announcing the arrival of a new era. History will not remember which team was injured. This kind of thing only makes sense to the winner.
If you lose, you lose, there is no excuse.
"It seems you're ready?" Hill asked with a smile.
"What are you ready?" Mo Mengchen asked, "Are you referring to the game against the Lakers?"
Hill said: "What else can it be besides this."
"We have prepared for a season to play the finals with the Lakers. To be honest, I suddenly don't want the Blazers to beat the Lakers."
If the Trail Blazers succeed in defeating the upper hand, the Pistons' preparations for this season will be wasted.
Then Hill was too lazy to listen to this guy sarcastic words, and waved his hand and wanted to leave.
"Mom, where are you going?"
"Go home to listen to the fetal movements." Hill said excitedly, "It's still five months before Xiao Hill was born!"
Enough to get us through the Finals and through the entire offseason.
Whenever Hill mentioned his child, Mo Mengchen always wanted to go away because he especially liked to treat children as capital for showing off.
Sometimes when I discuss something, the guy will say, "You are so powerful, how many children do you have?"
Isn’t this a problem? This is even more unreasonable than Barkley and Jordan’s argument, who suddenly pulled out a sentence like “How many rings have you gotten?”
Perhaps because of this, Mo Mengchen made the decision that he wanted to find time to propose to Ephraim, and he wanted to choose a grand occasion at the best time.
What is the moment to win the championship?
How happy it would be to watch his love and career gain both.
Thinking of this, dor.mo had already begun to fantasize about the scene of him kneeling on one knee in front of O'Neals and others after he held the championship trophy.
That must be unforgettable for life.
“Tonight, Los Angeles has a chance to end the series.”
Groom Albert opened his speech with his unforgettable voice, and the game began with his commentary.
Momchen was watching the game at home, and Ephraim was beside him.
Adrian is not very interested in games outside the Pistons. Although O'Neal is strong, he is not a player he likes.
Although Mo Mengchen repeatedly told him that Kobe Kobe is very good at the Lakers, he just doesn't listen or ask.
As soon as the game started, the Trail Blazers made a desperate preparation. The five starters, except Weber, all had the bloody nature of fighting with their opponents to fight for bayonets.
Even Webber should be infected, right?
Tonight, the best thing the Trail Blazers did was to shrink the defense line, and no matter what, it was to prevent O'Neal from receiving the ball, giving Kobe many opportunities to hold the ball and play singles.
Seeing that O'Neal spent more physical energy than usual in order to get a low position, this provided a lot of inspiration for Mo Mengchen.
The Trail Blazers have a deep inside depth.
Weber, Sabonis, Brian Grant, German ghost Schramf, O'Neal Jr.... These pure insiders or swingers should give up their best, and be as strong as O'Neal, and it is difficult to get the ball at a low post.
In order to control O'Neal, the Trail Blazers need to sacrifice the outside.
Kobe will get a lot of singles opportunities, but Stacy Ogmon is standing in front of him.
Although Ogmon is talented, he has too many injuries and has lost his aura when he entered the league. He relies on some experience to hold on the court. He will definitely not be able to stand against Kobe's No. 2 position with no limits.
That night, Kobe scored 44 points, the highest score in a single game in the Western Conference Finals, and his shooting percentage reached 50%. Such performance is beyond reproach.
Kobe's outbreak is foreseeable. The Trail Blazers are trying to slap O'Neal in such a defense. Kobe's snatching away the fire from the outside is the price they defended O'Neal.
This is the same as the Cavaliers and Warriors Finals, it is better to let Durant explode than Curry break out.
Some people's outbreaks can kill the game, while others can turn the game into garbage time in one go.
Either you defend O'Neal and bet that Kobe is unable to make things happen; or you defend O'Neal and be beaten to death by you, Kobe.
No matter what the result is, the Trail Blazers have gambled.
103 to 96
The Trail Blazers didn't let tonight's home game be the last game of the season, using the right strategy to drag the series to the last one.
In the end, history followed its original trajectory.
Kobe made 12 of 24 shots in the game, scoring the highest score between the two teams.
O'Neal's data is not good, making 7 of 17 shots, scoring the lowest 17 points and 11 rebounds since the start of the playoffs.
At the post-match press conference, O'Neal might have been too angry and had no idea what to do, and said ridiculous words to reporters around the world: "I promise that the series will end next game!"
dor.mo complained: Wait a minute, even if you don't guarantee it, will the series not end in the next game?
Chapter completed!