Chapter 144 The league wants Kobe to win? Do I agree?

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 144 The league wants Kobe to win? Do I agree?

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The Battle of Tianwang Mountain in the playoffs has always been considered the most important series match besides the tiebreak battle. The result of the game is likely to directly determine who the final winner is.

Therefore, before this game began, both teams attached great importance to the battle of Tianwangshan and were unwilling to lose the game easily.

And when the highly anticipated finals of the King of Kings Battle began at Orlando Amway Stadium, the game began to develop in an unexpected direction.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers quickly established a slight advantage around the inside double towers and Kobe, but their advantage did not last long, because on the Magic, Wang Chao performed explosively in the first quarter, with three points.

He made 4 of 5 shots from outside the line and scored 18 points in a single quarter.

Feeling the huge threat brought by Wang Chao, the Lakers began to use double-team tactics in the second quarter to limit Wang Chao's scoring, but the effect was not good.

Wang Chao scored another 14 points in the second quarter, and his personal score at the end of the half had reached 32 points!

Relying on Wang Chao's personal attack ability, the Magic led by 14 points at 62:48 in the first half.

In the third quarter, the Lakers, led by Kobe, began to try to launch a counterattack to catch up with the score, but failed to do so.

The Magic performed well in this game not only Wang Chao, but Howard finally broke out after being defeated by Gasol and Bynum in four games inside.

In the first half alone, Howard grabbed 12 rebounds, including 4 offensive rebounds, and all of them successfully scored points.

Although there is not enough offensive skills in the inside, Howard's tip-in ability to grab the offensive rebound is still very good. Moreover, because Wang Chao's firepower outside the three-point line is too strong, so when the two of them cooperate with pick-and-roll, Howard cuts into the inside line.

At that time, the Lakers had no time to take care of it and had no time to block the pass route in advance, which also allowed Wang Chao's best partner talent to be reused.

Frequent pick-and-roll dunks allowed Howard to score 12 points in the third quarter, including 3 of 6 free throws.

Although Wang Chao had less playing time in the third quarter, he also scored 7 points. After the third quarter, Wang Chao had already scored 39 points.

The Lakers, who were unable to catch up with the score difference for a long time, began to get a little anxious.

Losing this battle of Tianwang Mountain does not mean that the finals are completely defeated, but the Lakers will inevitably be in an extremely unfavorable situation. If Wang Chao scored 50+ points in this game, it would be even worse.

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You should know that so far, there are only 5 players who can score 50+ points in a single game in NBA history, namely Elkin Baylor scored 61 points in 1962, Barry scored 55 points in 1967, and Jordan scored 93

The 1996 finals also scored 55 points, and Jerry West scored 53 points in the finals, and the last one was 50 points from Bowler Pettit in 1958.

In the future, there are still two people who can achieve 50 points in a single game in the finals, namely James' 51 points in the 2018 Finals and 50 points in Antetokounmpo's 2021.

To be honest, this honor is also an extremely rare and highly valuable honor in the league.

Of course, the Lakers don’t want Wang Chao to step on them to get such honors, and now Wang Chao is only 11 points away from 50 points.

"Oh my god! Wang Chao was really crazy today! If he could score 50 points, he would become the sixth player in history to achieve such a miracle, and at the same time he was the first to score 50 in the finals.

+ Chinese players who scored!”

In the CCTV Sports Studio, Director Zhang was excited tone. "I can't wait for this scene!"

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers' defense against Wang Chao has reached an extreme level.

In addition to Artest's defense throughout the whole process, even Kobe went forward to assist in defense and double-teaming Wang Chao in order to prevent Wang Chao from continuing to score.

But after fighting to this point, Wang Chao himself also wants to set this record.

Therefore, he was no longer limited to ball-holding attacks on the field. Just like in the past critical moments, when his opponent used the tactic of double-teaming and surrounding him, Wang Chao's old career, running without the ball can often perform miraculous results!

Especially when the game is in the fourth quarter, Wang Chao's long-distance runner talent has at least activated the second stage feature, with a 5% running speed bonus, and he has already reached 93 and 92 speed agility.

, which made Wang Chao as fast as a lightning bolt on the field. Artest, who was not very mobile, could not keep up with Wang Chao at all. Even Kobe struggled to follow!

In the first minute and 21st of the fourth quarter, Wang Chao ran out of the gap and received a pass from his teammates. He shot and scored 3 points a second before Kobe's defense, and his personal score rose to 42 points.

At 3 minutes and 08 seconds, Wang Chao scored a layup with his teammate without the ball to cut inside the basket without the ball, scoring 44 points!

In 5 minutes and 18 seconds, Wang Chao fired from outside the three-point line and hit a 47 point!

For a long time, Wang Chao had no chance to score, but the Magic's offense did not stop. Instead, because Wang Chao was a terrifying deterrent on the offensive end, the Lakers' defense collapsed across the board, allowing other players to gain the opportunity.

An extremely easy scoring opportunity.

The Warriors in the future will also have the same effect under the shock of the Swift Brothers' outside projection, so that some of the players in the team can often play impressive games on the field. This is not because the Warriors' bench has talents.

Jiji, but because of the deterrence of Curry and Thompson, the opponent invested too much attention on the defensive end, making the offense of other players much easier.

Even under the Lakers' highly targeted defense, Wang Chao successfully scored 50+ points.

At 10 minutes and 57 seconds, the Lakers made a mistake in passing the ball and were intercepted by Avraro to form a fast attack. All Magic players accelerated and rushed to the frontcourt. Then Wang Chao, who came to the bottom corner three-point line, received his teammates.

Pass the ball and hit Artest's defensive three-pointer, and scored the 50th point in the game!

The Magic team cheered thunderously, and countless fans were cheering wildly to celebrate this historic scene.

Throughout the history of the Magic, no player has ever had such explosive scoring ability.

O'Neal didn't, Anfini Hardaway didn't, and even McGrady, who won two scoring champions in the Magic, had never been there.

But now that they have it, Wang Chao, who they spent a huge amount of money in the summer of 2007, did it!

Before the end of the game, Wang Chao hit a mid-range shot after a pick-and-roll cooperation, freezing the score at 52 points. Then the whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the battle of Tianwang Mountain ended with an extremely dramatic result.

109:103, the Magic successfully defended their home court, won the key battle of Tianwang Mountain, rewrite the finals score to 3:2, and get the match point first.

"Congratulations to the Magic for winning the game. This victory will bring them two match points. As long as they win one in the next two games, they will win the first NBA championship trophy in the team's history!"

"The Magic's team was able to win this game, and Wang Chao, a core player from the outside, took over 90% of the credit. It's not an exaggeration to say this. In the whole game, Wang Chao made 18 of 29 shots, 10 of 18 three-pointers, and 6 free throws.

6, scored 52 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists."

"52 points in a single game are also the fifth highest score in the history of the NBA Finals, second only to Baylor, Jordan, Barry and West, which is a great record that can be recorded in history! Wang Chao has proved with his strength that he is the scoring champion of regular season.

The honor is by no means a hit. He does have all the characteristics of the top scorer in the league. Our country of China finally has a super scorer who is thought to be comparable to Jordan Kobe!"

In the slightly excited introduction of the CCTV Sports commentator Yu, the Chinese fans were all excited.

Awesome! It's so awesome!

Kobe's performance in this game is actually not bad, and he continued to perform efficiently, scoring 33 points in the game. So far in the finals, Kobe's personal score has never been lower than 30 points. Including the 33 points in this game, the average average is still

There are 35.6 points.

With 52 points in this game, Wang Chao successfully overtook the corner and surpassed Kobe with an average of 37.4 points per game and became the scoring champion in the series!

But at this time, Kobe was completely in a state of no mood to consider the score. With a total score of 2:3, the Lakers are about to enter the bottomless abyss. They can't lose in the sixth game no matter what!

With this momentum of burning the boats, in Game 6 of the series, after returning to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Lakers showed extremely tenacious fighting will, winning the game, and equalizing the finals score to 3:

3 square meters.

Kobe continued to perform at a high level and scored another 36 points. Wang Chao seemed to be in a blue bar empty slot after letting go of his ultimate in the last game, and his performance was slightly inferior, but his performance was also not good at 28 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game.

Not particularly bad.

But in this way, the two teams tied 3:3, and they had to engage in a key life-and-death battle, a tie-break battle.

The Magic's experience in the tie-break battle is significantly worse than that of the Lakers. They only played the tie-break battle with the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals last year, and other opponents basically won the big score.

Tie 7 means that the strength is too close and the battle is difficult to solve. Real strong teams should rarely play Tie 7 battles.

The most typical example is the year when the Lakers' OK combination was the most prosperous, that is, the 2000-01 season. The Lakers swept 4:0 and won the championship. They only lost 1 game in the finals in the entire playoffs.

In the game, the record is an exaggerated 15 wins and 1 loss.

The current version of the Lakers has certainly no match for the peak OK combination. In addition, there are many powerful Western Conferences, so they have played many tiebreak games in recent years, including this season and last season.

The Rockets' Big Three fought a tiebreak battle.

In terms of experience, the Lakers must have the advantage, but their psychological and home court advantages are in the Magic.

On June 20, the last game of the NBA 08-09 season finals officially began at the Orlando Amway Arena.

Howard's victory is still Howard's victory.

The Magic team performed the first attack and still played the most common pick-and-roll tactics of super magic combinations. Howard successfully received a pass from Wang Chao after pick-and-roll and caused Bynum to make a defensive foul, making 1 of 2 free throws, starting the game.

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At the NBA headquarters, Stern smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the ratings report that his assistant had just reported.

The Lakers and Magic's tiebreaker have successfully exceeded 30 million! This is the highest rating in the league after the Bulls vs. Jazz Game 6 finals in 1998, surpassing all final matches during the Lakers' OK combination period

The rate is also as much as three times the average viewership rate of the Spurs vs. the Cavaliers in 2007!

Stern, who saw this data, understood that his decision was correct.

Whether it is the Magic or the Celtics, the ratings of the Lakers will not be low when entering the finals. Even if it is the Celtics, considering the grudges and loves of the Lake Kai war for many years, it may be rated if it reaches the tiebreak 7th.

A little higher than this.

But what Stern wants to see is not only the super high ratings of a single game, but the long-term sustainable development path.

The three Celtics are old and have little left at their peak. Even if they create ratings in this year's finals, they will basically have nothing to do in the next few years.

But Wang Chao and Howard's Magic team are different. The two core players are very young and have unlimited potential. Cooperating with Kobe's exaggerated fan base in the United States and even the whole world, it will definitely be the traffic code in the next few years!
To be continued...