In the 1987 Finals, the Lakers defeated the Celtics 4-2 to win the championship. Last season, the Lakers defeated the Pistons 4-3 and successfully defended the title. In 1989, as long as the Lakers win another championship, they will establish a dynasty, which is of great significance.
However, compared with the excitement of last season, the 1988-89 NBA season was lackluster.
The Pistons have reached the peak of team history, ranking first in the league with 63 wins and 19 losses in the regular season, while the Lakers ranked first in the Western Conference with 57 wins and 25 losses. The league's top executives scanned the Pistons, which had the best record, and found nothing special.
Outstanding player, the regular season MVP was awarded to Magic Johnson.
Magic's personal honors cannot cover up the many problems exposed within the Lakers. The players are already close to overdraft in the playoffs, and their overall strength is not as good as the Pistons.
Before the start of last season, in order to defend the championship, coach Pat Riley forced the players to start devil training. Although the defense was successful, the Lakers were full of complaints. This season, the intensity of Riley's training has been upgraded again, causing many players to have health risks.
, finally broke out in full force in the playoffs.
Pat Riley, who has suffered the consequences, has understood that going too far is not enough. No, he will still have this virtue in the future.
Pat Riley's coaching career relied on devilish training to achieve results, squeezing the players' maximum potential to achieve success. If a player becomes tired, injured, disabled, or his condition declines, Riley will immediately kick him out.
This person is so wicked, perhaps the most cold-blooded person in the NBA. Mourning's kidney disease was acquired through practice. O'Neal was overdrafted after playing two seasons with the Heat, and failed to recover after winning the championship in 2006.
The Pistons reached the Finals with overwhelming momentum. They allowed only 92.9 points per game in the playoffs, setting a new record since the introduction of the 24-second shot clock.
The Lakers were already in ruins. Magic Johnson and No. 2 Byron Scott were exempt from the game. As a result, the least suspenseful finals in the 1980s took place. The Pistons swept the Lakers 4-0 and won the championship.
Won the first championship in team history. Joe Dumars was elected Finals MVP after averaging 27.3 points and 6 assists per game.
After the season, "Sky Hook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had been in the league for 20 years, announced his retirement, and the Lakers entered a period of decline.
Today is June 6, the day of the first game of the finals.
Yang Jian didn't need to participate in the devil's training. After reading the introduction, he guessed that it was a little different from the history he knew. Originally, although Magic Johnson was exhausted, he still played two games before getting injured.
Now Magic, like Byron Scott, is completely gg after training with the Devils, and is recovering at home and will not play.
The Lakers' senior players have gone through a long season, and many of the main players suffered injuries during this training. Even if the 42-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can play, he will not be able to play much of a role.
Yang Jian put away the system and felt that this challenge card prop was so valuable. It was not only a challenge, but also an opportunity to travel to a parallel world, and it only sold for 2 points.
Yang Jian went to the bathroom to wash up and looked in the mirror to confirm that he was wearing the jersey, but he had become a Lakers player. Coincidentally, the black player Michael Cooper also wore jersey No. 21 for the Lakers.
Cooper, who was born on April 15, 1956, is 33 years old, 196cm tall and weighs 77kg. He has been playing for the Lakers since he was selected by the Lakers with the 16th pick in the third round of 1978.
According to normal development, Cooper should retire next season. He has always been a role player. He has not started many games in his career and his statistics are not outstanding. He averaged 11.9 points per game in his peak season.
Cooper's biggest role is defense and organizational skills. He once averaged 5.9 assists per game in a single season. As a shooting guard who only played 29 minutes, this data is relatively eye-catching. He is the team's second organizational point and can play in the Magic.
Johnson is responsible for organizing the offense when he comes off the court.
In this finals, it was supposed to be Michael Cooper's tragedy. It was under his defense that Joe Dumars played great numbers and was elected to the FMVP.
But Cooper is not a tragic player. He won five championships in his career, won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1987, was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team five times, and was selected to the All-Defensive Second Team three times.
Yang Jian was a little confused as to how Cooper was elected as the best defensive player. He has a skinny body. He only weighs 77 kilograms, but he can still play as a small forward. Iverson is 183cm tall and weighs 75 kilograms.
With Cooper's size, what kind of person can be guarded by him?
And he was still elected as the best defensive player despite average defensive data. What did the judges think? In the finals, Cooper was so lonely against Joe Dumars.
Yang Jian was even more curious about what his system was.
The function of the system is too powerful. He originally thought that after using the challenge card, he would enter a virtual world, where he would become a virtual person and play basketball in the game world. It would be like playing basketball with cartoon characters in "Space Jam 2" filmed by Vice Goat.
,challenge the hardcore grandma.
As a result, he traveled directly and gained an identity. What kind of power allowed him to travel through time and space back to 1989 in such a short period of time, and how could he be sent back after the challenge?
Maybe he really is an immortal descended from the earth? He just doesn't know it himself? What he said to deceive Gao Yuanyuan is the truth, and he was right.
In any case, Yang Jian is very excited. He can try the strength of the Pistons' bad boys in this era. The Lakers should have been swept in the finals. It would be really challenging to defeat the Pistons and win the championship under his leadership.
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He immediately thought of many things, and the time he would stay in this world was uncertain. After the battle ended 4-0, he would return soon. If he played 7 games, he could stay here for nearly a week longer.
There is another problem. He just has an identity and does not have any additional memories. This is the same as when he just set up his identity and traveled back to 1995 to participate in the draft.
At that time, he somehow knew where he lived, and he was in his own place when he woke up. This time it was more embarrassing, because he woke up in a hotel in Detroit, and when he returned to Los Angeles, he didn't know where he lived.
His teammates should know, but he can't ask. It's too strange to ask such a question. He can't just say that he lost his memory after sleeping, right?
He also didn't know the team's training schedule today. In this era without mobile phones, how did the players communicate?
Did the team practice this morning? Will Pat Riley go crazy if he misses practice?
Are the people in this world virtual characters like NPCs in online games, or are they real people in a parallel world?
The most important thing is, if he can't find a home, how will he live during this period?
Yang Jian found that his clothes were different from before he traveled. He found his wallet, which contained only one hundred and thirty-three yuan in cash, and a checkbook. He had never liked using checks. Now it was not a question of whether he liked it or not. He didn't even know what he was doing.
How to pay by check in World Account?
Yang Jian tried the portable space, and it can be used in this world. There was some cash in the space, and he was curious whether it would cause time and space confusion if he used it. Because there was something wrong with the serial number and issuance time of the banknotes, it was money from the future.
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So it's better for him not to use the cash. If that doesn't work, he has to find a way to make money. The easier way is to borrow money from his teammates. If he plays well in the first two games, his teammates should be willing to lend him some money to tide him over.
After checking the things in the room, Yang Jian decided to go out and wait for his teammates in a conspicuous place.
He didn't know many of his teammates. Most of them had retired when he entered the league. There were two people he could recognize, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and AC Green. One was too famous, and the other played against Yang Jian on behalf of the Lakers in 2000.
Pass.
Yang Jian's mentality was very relaxed. He used his brain to think for a while and felt less stressed. At most, he failed in the challenge and did not get any benefits, so it was no big deal.
For example, if he didn't show up to play a game, and just went off to find a place to play without saying hello, there would be no penalty for failing the mission, except for the loss of two points.
Yang Jian felt very comfortable when he thought that he was free. He could completely regard this as a game or a dream, and then do as he pleased.
