NBA Drunken Master: I want to play drunk basketball!

In the 1984–85 NBA playoffs, the East-West Division Finals matchup was announced.

In the West, the Houston Rockets defeated the Denver Nuggets 101-90 in the best-of-seven game and successfully joined the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.

In this series, the Lakers will sit on home-court advantage.

In the East, the Celtics eliminated their arch-rival Pistons after six games and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

In the other half, the Philadelphia 76ers led by "Dr. J" Irving and Moses Malone successfully joined the Celtics after 7 big games and eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks led by Nelson Sr.

The only four teams left this season are also a showdown between the top two teams in the Middle East and West in the regular season.

It can be said that so far in the playoffs, there have been no major upsets.

But before the start of the series between the Lakers and the Rockets, the outside media and public opinion generally favored the Rockets' side.

The reason is simple, and that is the gap between the inside lines.

Since the playoffs, the Rockets' two-tower combination has averaged 55 percent of the team's points per game.

Among them, Hakeem Olajuwon averaged 25.6 points, 12.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 3.5 blocks per game, shooting 63% from the field.

As this year's top pick, although Olajuwon lost to Zhou Chen and Jordan in the competition for the best rookie, he showed mature immediacy in the playoffs and became the best helper around Larry Sampson.

Another inside lineman for the Rockets, Sampson averaged 27.8 points, 14.6 rebounds and 2.7 blocks while shooting 52 percent from the field.

It can be said that the Rockets can get to the Western Conference Finals step by step, completely relying on the twin towers on the inside, strong defense and rebounding.

Before Abdul-Jabbar of the Lakers was injured, he averaged 24.7 points, 15.7 rebounds and 4.6 blocks per game, shooting 63.3% from the field.

But after his injury, the Lakers' interior average increased sharply by 20.6 points per game.

Although Zhou Chen's performance is still perfect, he has averaged 38.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 7.8 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.9 blocks per game so far in the playoffs.

But another core player of the Lakers, Magic Johnson, has struggled on the offensive end, and although he can average 13.5 assists per game, his scoring average has dropped to 17.9 points per game, shooting only 41.5%.

After Worthy's injury, the Lakers' most consistent scoring output point on the outside was only Zhou Chen himself.

In comparison with all kinds of data, before the start of the series between the Lakers and the Rockets, the Rockets were generally favored by the outside world.

... ...

The day before the Western Conference finals began, Zhou Chen came to the Forum Arena for training.

Today, the Lakers players look listless and unwilling to train.

There was no tension at all before the start of the war.

And Zhou Chen found that there were two important figures missing from the team today.

Magic Johnson and head coach Pat Riley were not on the training floor!

After half an hour of training, the two men still did not appear on the sidelines.

The assistant coach has been arranging training activities for the players.

During the break, Zhou Chen asked Kubo next to him where the magician went.

I saw Kubo approaching Zhou Chen with a nervous and mysterious expression, and whispered: "I heard that the magician has AIDS, and it was just checked out yesterday."

"What??!!!?"

Kubo's words were like earth-shattering thunder, which made Zhou Chen's brain buzz.

No wonder he felt that the atmosphere in the team today was so strange, and the whole team looked panicked, like a pool of stagnant water.

"Really fake? Are you sure you made no mistake?

Zhou Chen confirmed with Cooper again.

Cooper said: "I also just heard from others, he went to review today, and the results may be available in a while." Zhou

Chen knew that the career of a magician would eventually fall on AIDS, but this matter seemed to be inconsistent with the original history!

Zhou Chen, who has memories of his past life, remembers clearly that Magic Johnson publicly announced that he had AIDS when he was 32 years old, and then announced his retirement.

That year was 1991.

And now it's 1985!

The magician has just entered its 6th year of the League!

"How so? How could it happen so quickly? Zhou Chen was still unbelievable, I don't know why Magic Johnson's AIDS came so quickly!

If it is finalized, Johnson will definitely face a situation of retirement!

You know, this was in the mid-80s, not the 90s!

In the late 70s and early 80s, when the AIDS epidemic was in the United States, people were no less panicked about this incurable disease than the Black Death and smallpox.

People in this era, the acceptance of AIDS is still very low, once the magic is confirmed, then his career is over, not to mention that he is still an NBA public figure!

NBA management will certainly not allow him to appear on the court again!

The trajectory of history has really shifted!

"What about Riley? Where did he go? Zhou Chen asked.

Kubo smiled awkwardly at Zhou Chen and said, "Riley also went to check

?????..."

Zhou Chen was completely shocked beyond words!

What the hell is this TM plot?

Is this a buy-one-get-one-get-one-kill double-eagle gift package?

"The Lakers are in danger!"

Zhou Chen looked up to the sky and roared!

After a while, the Lakers players were completely unwilling to train, and everyone was waiting for the final results of the magicians.

At noon, Jerry West arrived at the pitch, with Pat Riley following behind him.

I didn't see Magic Johnson.

Jerry West said to everyone with a solemn expression:

"Elvin Johnson is a carrier of HIV and will not play as a member of the Lakers in the future."

All the players of the Lakers, wide-eyed and small-eyed, all stayed in place!

The only good thing is that Pat Riley has no problems, all kinds of metrics are checked normally, and he can continue to play as the head coach of the Lakers.

The Lakers have been hit hard!

The afternoon before the Western Conference Finals began, the Lakers held a press conference.

Magic Johnson, accompanied by general manager Jerry West, appeared in the public eye.

On this day, 26-year-old Elvin Johnson, who is at the peak of his career, officially announced his retirement from the NBA!

The entire NBA league was shocked!

The whole basketball world was shocked!

The entire sports world was shocked!