NBA Drunken Master: I want to play drunk basketball!

The Western Conference finals are about to begin.

Players from the Lakers and Rockets have entered the court one after another and began pre-game training.

Today, in the Great Western Forum arena, it is slightly bleak, and the attendance rate is not high.

Above the stands, the sparse spectators are enough to see how much yesterday's events affected the entire team.

The stadium is also a lifeless atmosphere.

It doesn't feel like before the big war began.

Because yesterday was a nightmare day for Lakers fans.

Magic Johnson's sudden announcement of his decision to retire left the whole of Los Angeles in an atmosphere of grief.

This year's road to the playoffs is the toughest in the history of the Lakers.

From the first round James Worthy injury announcement of season reimbursement, to the second round of Abdul-Jabbar injury announcement of season reimbursement, the Lakers have been hit so hard.

But no one expected that before the start of the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers' superstar and 26-year-old Magic Johnson, directly announced his retirement!

For a time, the Lakers, which were originally aiming to impact the championship this season, instantly lost three main generals!

From the unity of the crowd to the chicken feathers, this may be the feeling of falling from heaven to hell!

So in the eyes of many fans, the Lakers can already announce the end of this season early!

After Magic Johnson held a retirement press conference, the after-sales hotline of Lakers tickets was instantly exploded!

Countless fans have asked for refunds!

Although Zhou Chen, as a rookie, has played a stunning league performance this season, many loyal old fans of the Lakers are going to Magic, Abdul-Jabbar and others.

Now that Abdul-Jabbar is reimbursed for the season, the magicians are far from the arena!

Those old fans of the Lakers, watching the game is not very interesting!

After all, Abdul-Jabbar and Magic worked together to bring 2 championships to the Lakers, which is impossible for anyone to replace!

At least not Zhou Chen now.

Although Zhou Chen has won the best rookie and regular season MVP this season, and has played well so far in the playoffs, he has not been truly recognized by the city.

If you want Angelenos to truly recognize you, you need to bring a championship to the city.

After yesterday's press conference, Zhou Chen also said in an interview with the media: "I will continue to walk with the team and will not give up lightly."

Although Zhou Chen's words are proud, in the eyes of everyone, they do not think that he can lead the current Lakers team to win the championship.

The lack of Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Abdul-Jabbar means that the tactical system that the Lakers have relied on for many years has completely collapsed!

The "Showtime" moment that the Lakers are proud of will also be gone!

Not to mention playing the Celtics, 76ers and other top teams in the league, the current remaining Lakers may not even be able to pass the Houston Rockets.

Before the game, in the predictions given by some spinach companies, the Rockets have completely crushed the Lakers, and the odds are as high as more than 100!

That is, if someone now bets on the Lakers to win the Western Conference Finals with a $10,000 knife, and the Lakers actually beat the Rockets to the Finals, then the person who bets will become a millionaire.

"Hehe, I originally thought I was here to lie down the crown, but I didn't expect that it would now become hell-level difficulty!"

Zhou Chen sat on the bench, let out a long sigh, and then drank the wine in his hand and walked onto the field.

At this point, no amount of complaints would help, and Zhou Chen could only do his best to resign himself to fate.

The game begins.

The Lakers' starting lineup today is Zhou Chen, Kubo, Wilkes, Rambis and McAdu.

Before the start of the season, I am afraid that no one expected the Lakers to come to this day, from the most luxurious team in the league, to the situation they are in today!

Without the organization and tandem of the magicians, Riley weighed again and again and decided to let Zhou Chen serve as the team's organizational defender, continuing to implement the tactics of fast attack counterattack and run-and-bomb.

But now this lineup, can it really run?

The Rockets, on their part, are still the strongest lineup they've fixed so far this season.

Sampson is 2.24m at the centre, Olajuwon at power forward, Rodney McRae at 2.01m at small forward,

and a duo of Levas Lloyd and Lionel Hollings at the back.

In contrast, the Lakers' two interior linemen are less than 2.10 meters tall, and the gap is obvious.

Sampson easily took the opening ball for the Rockets!

Olajuwon quickly sank inside, received a pass from his teammate, turned around and hit a single shot to win the Rockets!

The Lakers sent the ball and wanted to attack quickly, but they were immediately defused by the Rockets.

Because the current Rockets are not only taller than you, but the overall speed advantage is also more obvious.

Especially the 22-year-old Olajuwon, who is young and energetic, runs like a beast on the field.

Tall and fast defense, the Rockets easily dragged the Lakers into positional battles.

It was their key to their victory over the Nuggets in the last round.

Zhou Chen controlled the ball at the top of the arc, and seeing this, he quickly waved his hand towards his teammates and signaled to pull away.

Cooper and Wilkes sink into the bottom corner, ready to open their bows and arrows on the outside!

The Rockets adopted the half-court staring tactic, and they didn't even pack Zhou Chen!

Such a good opportunity, Zhou Chen will not miss it!

Facing Hollins' defense, Zhou Chen dribbled a simple butterfly through the flower and directly passed him!

Come inside, face Olajuwon's defense, throw and score!

The rocket team obviously paid the price for their arrogance, and no matter how strong the team was, it was impossible to give him a one-on-one chance to single out when facing Zhou Chen!

Zhou Chen is the king of this alliance!

Except for Jordan, who can be slightly compared to him, others are simply unmatched!

Even forced Wang Larry Bird suffered a lot in the regular season against Zhou Chen.

Who in this league can still stop the newly promoted scoring champion singles?

Next, the Rockets did not choose to pack Zhou Chen for several rounds in a row!

Zhou Chen also did not live up to the "good intentions" of the rocket team, and after the opening, he shot 6 times, and none of them missed!

Lead the Lakers to a wave of 12-2 leads!

Soon, the timeout for the first quarter of the game arrived!

The Rockets were hit head-on by Zhou Chen after the opening, and head coach Bill Feige had to make defensive tactical adjustments.