Chapter 538 You are staring at hell, and hell is staring at you (5/57)
Chapter 538 You stare at hell, and hell is also staring at you
Fans with some experience can see that from the climax of the Celtics' counterattack that shocked the world in the third quarter, the Lakers' chances of winning are very few.
Although they ended in the third quarter, they still had a three-point lead.
But five minutes before Wei Xia finished, they led by a full 16 points.
And before the end of the first half, the number was 23.
There have been many murders in the finals.
The battle of Tianwang Mountain in the finals is one-sided, and it’s not without it.
However, the old enemy in the finals has accumulated decades of grudges and generations, and the strength of both sides is almost the same. They were tortured on one side in the first half, and tortured on the other side in the second half, and to overtake?
Never before!
The Lakers' pride and Celtics' self-esteem, coupled with the history they bear, mean that as long as they meet, Mars will hit the Earth.
They will never allow themselves to be slaughtered. If it does happen, the party responsible for the slaughter will only continue the slaughter until the end, and will not let the opponent pick up the bloody weapon that fell to the ground and fight back on the spot.
However, this situation actually happened.
After Wei Xia left the field, the Celtics chased the score difference to 3 points. The stormy offensive made the Lakers tremble.
When the fourth quarter arrived, the Lakers were still ahead 72 to 69, but in terms of momentum, they seemed to be behind the team who was scored into garbage time.
Then, Wei Xia came on the field.
With five fouls on his back, he was still unable to let go. He played for several minutes of paddling defense. Finally, after the Celtics overtook the score, he became serious.
The good times didn't last long, lasting for two minutes. Finally, Paul Pierce's strong attack caused him to complete graduation.
Wei Xia left the court 6 minutes and 32 seconds before the end of the fourth quarter.
The data he left was the team's highest 25 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Wei Xia dominated the game in the first half, and he led the Lakers to play the fierce momentum of killing the Celtics. At the same time, it was also after his five fouls were replaced, and the Lakers were defeated.
Kobe was alone unable to hold the falling building. Even when he could dream of Kevin Garnett's roaring Gasol, who could sleep, was even more overwhelmed and was crushed by mental pressure.
Wei Xia ended up, who will defend Pierce, who is so brave?
In the end, the Lakers could only use Kobe to defend him, because if anyone else was replaced, Pierce could adopt corresponding attack strategies based on the different defenders and smartly defraud fouls.
Facing Kobe's tough defense, he knew how to break around the other side and search for free throws, and completed the shot with a beautiful horizontal movement at the top of the arc.
Due to the limited offensive end, Rondo has limited playing time tonight and House is not a playmaker, Pierce did not continue to play the left wing back after crossing the baseline like in the first three games in this game.
Just like Havlicek back then, he became an organizational striker for the team's needs, and his large number of ball holdings with Ray Allen avoided House's brainlessness and Percy's double-teaming.
After Wei Xia left the court, when Kobe challenged him, he had a beautiful jump shot with the top of the arc, plus the ecstasy shaking of the top of the arc, and he didn't give in. Just like he was disappointed with LeBron in the seventh game of the Eastern Conference semi-finals, he fought to the end with these dazzling superstars who were held in the palm of his hand by the league.
Only he is the light that never fades throughout the audience.
Garnett's attack is not a strong point. Allen is busy getting rid of the Lakers' off-ball defense. Rondo plays for less than 20 minutes, and only he can launch personal attacks for several consecutive rounds. This makes Staples' Lakers fans remember him forever, and the evil smile he often hangs on his face.
He hit the inside line many times, and fell to the ground like a "wish" to score, and then he bounced up again, as if nothing had happened.
Moreover, from beginning to end, half of the time he was looking up with his mouth open, and half of the time he was grinning and smiling. The evil smile, like the devilish smile, like Larry Bird, who was pretending to be successful, Maxwell, who gave up his harsh words and said that Bill Russell, and the Cardinal who was proud to light a cigar when the victory was decided.
There are shadows of those people on Pierce.
Such a pure Celtic, in the years before they were deeply trapped in the valley, countless Bostonians wanted the team to trade him?
What an amazing performance!
After Wei Xia got out of the field, Kobe's firepower could not be increased. His hands seemed not his own. The feeling of scoring the goal disappeared, and the Lakers' lead was quickly taken back by the Celtics.
The Bostonians are the leader again, and, they may be leading until the end of the game.
Ray Allen demonstrates his presence at the right time.
Pierce was the team's ball handler when he was temporarily curbed by strong pressure from Weisha and Kobe.
His cunning and cleverness are as moving as his occasionally silent.
Don't forget that Wei Xia's fifth foul was caused by him.
When he faced Wei Xia in a fast break, he wisely slowed down at the last moment - so when Wei Xia fouled, although he didn't put the ball into the basket, he knocked Wei Xia off the court. That was the source of the Celtics' explosion in the middle and late stages of the third quarter.
Let Wei Xia get out of the game, and then he won the two free throws without changing.
He laid the foundation for the Celtic counterattack when he was ignored. Although he didn't score much today, most of his offense came from cutting.
Once you get the ball, you will see him as resolutely determined.
At the last moment of the fourth quarter, he faced Luke Walton, a simple shift passed the side of the famous player's son and made a layup.
The score difference widened to 8 points, and the game was almost a foregone conclusion.
The "smarst Lakers" trembled as the timeout and almost cried.
That layup was beautiful.
Ray Allen dribbled in from the bottom line, took off, swayed in the air, avoided the block, slid past, and then suddenly thought of it as if he was falling, and used the second force to hit the ball into the basket.
He quietly secured the victory for Lukai.
Let’s write the most appropriate ending for this competition that should be praised by future generations like a myth.
One minute before the game ended, before the Lakers gave up, the Celtics gave up their destruction against their opponents.
Rivers let go and replaced a group of people.
James Posey was out, and he was undoubtedly a bad guy. He had the most insidious moves among all the Celtics who assisted in defense of Kobe, a timely foul, and a perfect run. A second-rate head-on expression that was indifferent after committing evil.
Eddie House followed, an unknown person. The last time he entered the media's attention was because he was angry with Wei Xia and was brutally expelled by the referee. His label was a double-aware guard. Under normal circumstances, he could be lucky and shot, but under the intensity of the NBA, he could only occasionally shoot and could hardly be lucky. So Rivers made smart decisions, reduced his ball holding and allowed him to shoot more, which resulted in the greatest game of his career.
Finally, PJ Brown, who made the Lakers team and all fans grit their teeth.
Not to mention how good he is to do the position or assist in defense, just say that after a rough foul against his opponent, he never showed any regret on his face, but instead looked contemptuous, "You will lie down with this little strength?"
The last minute of life might be the last moment when this battle should not have happened.
How can such a great game have an insignificant minute?
But it does, and it must.
A team that was proud and satisfied in the first half was dismembered by a group of more fierce and crazier existences, cruelly dismembered by their opponents on their home court.
One minute of garbage time makes the Celtics look cruel and amazing.
Wei Xia sat there, and he had no sweat on his body.
Since he was full, he felt that they might lose.
The premonition does not appear for no reason.
Since the regular season, the Lakers have always had a problem. When they put pressure to the extreme, they are often inferior to their opponents.
After Gasol came, this point became more and more obvious.
Wei Xia had never been sent off before, and Kobe's touch was never as abnormal as tonight, so the Lakers could withstand it.
Today, they experienced an invincible state in the first half and ushered in a nightmare strangle in the second half. Their confidence was broken and their pride disappeared. Even their dignity was stepped on the floor of their home court by the Bostonians who were showing off. Wei Xia said that the garbage time did not start from the last minute, and the game was no longer suspenseful in the last three minutes.
A real complete defeat.
Ten seconds before the end of the game, the Celtics' potential hero passed the ball over halftime - his name was Sam Kassel, who was born with an alien.
13 years ago, the Rockets and Magic's finals game 1. The young and infinite magic once led by 20 points. The Rockets, who were full of old people, chased them all the way. Nick Anderson took off and missed four suicide free throws, allowing the Texas Cockroaches to complete a major reversal that was exactly the same as today's Green Kai.
In that game, Kassel only scored 4 points. His role was almost the same as that of the Celtics today. It was just a sensational silence, but his team won.
He is a lucky star.
Now, he personally scored the last ten seconds of the game.
There was a strong smile on his face. As a veteran, he could not have known what kind of blow such a crushing defeat would be for his opponent.
The big reversal 13 years ago was just the first game in the finals. The Magic were defeated three consecutive games and were swept. Maybe there was a factor in the first game being reversed, but the hit they suffered was definitely not as good as the Lakers tonight.
In the fifth game of the old enemy, I won the game point and first stepped into heaven, then I was thrown into hell by a dark hand, and my hand that had been crawling forward in the dark abyss for a full 20 years.
They're finished!
Almost everyone is sure: "The Lakers, it's over!"
As the final whistle sounded, Kassel looked at the bench with smugness. He wanted to see the mourning faces of a group of losers, just like people in heaven watching jokingly at how the sinners in hell broke free from the chains that could not be broken.
But what did he see?
A pair of sharp eyes.
"Wish..." Kassel's heart sank.
He thought he was staring at hell in leisure, but he didn't expect that there were eyes in hell, enduring severe pain, and then staring at him with extremely strong fighting spirit and anger.
"Sam, what are you looking at?" Garnett came over and hooked his neck.
"No... nothing..." Kassel's attention was quickly diverted, "We have to celebrate today!"
Garnett said steadily: "No! Let's talk about it if you have to win! It's still damn early now!"
Chapter completed!