Reborn My Name Is Kobe
Chapter 88: Against Iverson, Son of Philadelphia
After Jessica and I walked out of the Free Library of Philadelphia, we wandered around the streets in other parts of Philadelphia for a while, and then I was ready to go to the competition venue for pre-game training. There are still more than three hours before the game starts.
Time, and it seems that other places in Philadelphia can only be visited next time when I am a guest in Philadelphia.
However, our Lakers will only play two games in Philadelphia this season. I really don’t know when the next time will be. It would be great if there are no back-to-back games tomorrow, so Jessica and I can play again.
We visited the Free Library of Philadelphia today. Our trip to the Free Library of Philadelphia today was quite fruitful. At least to some extent, it confirmed that Sir Faustin’s identity is indeed extraordinary, and if he really is
If you are a person from the future who travels through time and space, then many things can be explained. However, to be honest, Sir Faustin's manor may just be a place where he hides his secrets. Jessica and I have been there three times, but still nothing.
Can we completely find all the secrets in it, especially the path Jessica's parents took when they were young in the videotape? What exactly happened there?
Maybe there will be another trip to Sir Faustin's Manor, who knows, as long as our efforts can be rewarded.
More than half an hour later, I finally arrived at the venue where our Lakers played against the Philadelphia 76ers. Just like those previous games, I started my training journey in an orderly manner.
Because this training is not particularly different from the previous training, I will omit it a little bit here. The game between the Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers will start around 6:30 in the evening.
In the past few hours, my training intensity was not very high, because considering that there are back-to-back games to play tomorrow, I also learned the lessons from the previous back-to-back games and did not want to overdraw my physical fitness in a short period of time.
Excessive. Even in today's game, I felt that I should arrange my physical fitness more appropriately.
The core players of the Sixers this season are their No. 1 pick, Allen Iverson, and Stackhouse, whom they selected with the third overall pick the previous season, and who has already played six or seven games in the NBA.
Coleman, the post player of the season.
Don’t underestimate the Sixers’ two rookie players, Allen Iverson and Stackhouse. One is in his first season and the other is in his second season. They already have All-Star-level statistics.
Ferson seems to be averaging close to 25 points per game this season, and Stackhouse also had a perfect November, averaging over 20 points per game, plus Coleman's contribution of nearly 18 points.
, it can be said that the current Sixers team is mainly supported by these three people.
However, NBA games are not simply a superposition of player data. The Sixers can really only be considered a weak team now, although the data of these three players individually are no better than the three Houston Rockets we just encountered.
The giants are different, but the overall strength of the entire team is much different.
First of all, the first point is that most of these players are heavy on offense and light on defense. Iverson will not talk about it. Although he has outstanding stealing ability, his stealing data is often based on a gambling-style defense. This is
As a result, his defense can easily lose its position. Anyway, I may not be able to restrict Iverson on the defensive end, but I can definitely make him choke on the offensive end.
When I was in Hollywood, I was defeated miserably in a one-on-one duel with him. However, at that time, I had just been reborn in Kobe's body, so I was not very used to Kobe's ability to use Kobe's various abilities, especially in shooting.
Oops.
After nearly 20 regular season games, I have made a qualitative leap in my personal ability. Not to mention that I can compete with Iverson 50-50, but I will definitely not be completely defeated by him.
Stackhouse and Coleman are also players who are not good at defense. They don't have a player like Olajuwon who is extremely dominant on both offense and defense inside. Facing Shaq and me,
Under repeated attacks, it was difficult not to be completely blown away by us.
Secondly, how do you compare the overall tactical quality and player experience of the Sixers with the Rockets, whose three core members are all veterans who have been playing in the NBA for more than ten years? The last game we played against the Rockets was a full game for me.
I have seen the true team strength of the Rockets. If our team as a whole was not younger than theirs and had better physical fitness, we might have lost to them long ago.
Moreover, the old guys like the Rockets can show such strong strength at the home court of our Lakers. If they meet in the playoffs, they will definitely be considered as strong opponents as the Utah Jazz.
As the commentator read out the names of the players on both sides one by one, the game was about to officially begin. When I walked out of the tunnel, I immediately felt that the home stadium was no less than our Staples Arena.
Atmosphere, it seems that Philadelphia is indeed a big city in the United States. The fans here are extremely enthusiastic about the home team's games. I seem to hear many people shouting loudly.
"AI, AI, we re believe you."
It seems that in less than twenty games, AI has completely conquered the fans here with his gorgeous skills. To be honest, he has also conquered many fans in the United States and even the world. After all, he is not even six feet tall.
With his height, breathtaking dribbling skills, terrifying speed and strong desire to compete, it's hard not to like him.
If it weren't for the fact that he was my opponent, I would have had the urge to ask him for an autograph before the game.
However, I can't do that. I have to beat him on the basketball court. I believe this is the greatest respect for him. I said to myself, I must completely suppress him in the matchup today and let the Philadelphia fans know
My strength.
After all, Kobe can be regarded as the son of Philadelphia. This is his hometown. Originally, Kobe was so eager for Philadelphia to sign him with the No. 1 pick so that he could have the opportunity to play for the Philadelphia 76ers, but obviously the 76ers
I was unwilling to bet everything on this high school student who was not yet eighteen years old at the time.
I don’t know if I would be booed by the Philadelphia fans if I beat Iverson. I can’t care less. I have to prove myself first.
After the opening, Shaq jumped to the ball very easily, and then we launched the attack. Maybe it is because everyone thinks that the Sixers are relatively weak, so today our entire Lakers team seemed relatively relaxed.
After point guard Van Exel got the ball, he moved it directly to the frontcourt. It seemed that he wanted to use the opening moment to directly hit a fast break. Shaq rushed very fast, and the opponent's player opposite Shaq
His speed couldn't keep up with Shaq's. By the time Shaq had already rushed into the Sixers' inside line, the opponent's inside line had just reached the free throw line.
However, Van Exel did not pass the ball to Shaq, who was already inside, but directly took off and shot from outside the three-point line. Of course, the result was still a strike, but at this time, several players in the 76ers inside were blocked.
Shaq was stuck behind him. He easily picked off the rebound, and then with two people hanging on him, he smashed the ball into the basket.
As the referee's whistle sounded, the whole audience suddenly fell silent. Shaq raised his hands to show everyone his powerful biceps.
However, Shaq's additional free throw did not go in. His arm strength was too strong and the basketball hit the back edge of the basket. As a result, the rebound of the free throw jumped very far, and Shaq even almost grabbed another forward.
A rebound on the court, but at that time he did not expect that the rebound would bounce towards his position, so he was not ready to grab the ball. Iverson jumped out of nowhere and collected the rebound.
After the attack, he quickly launched a counterattack.
After the opening, Iverson was actually playing point guard, so Van Exel was there to face him, and the player I was facing was Stackhouse, who is the same height as me.
Both are six feet six inches. I am confident that I will not fall behind when facing him, but I am quite worried about Van Exel. He is also the kind of player who is stronger in offense than defense. Originally, his speed is not as fast as that of defenders.
It's not slow, but when facing a player like Iverson who is like a gust of wind, it feels like it is more than one beat slower.
Iverson's counterattack speed is extremely fast. No one in the audience can really keep up with his rhythm. If you want to use quick double-teaming to block his progress, then there is a high probability that you will.
It became the background for him to show his skills. In fact, it was true. He dribbled and turned around behind his back like a spinning top in rapid progress. You couldn't stop a breeze. When he passed you, you had this
This feeling is not like confronting a person at all, but like a gust of wind or a bolt of lightning.
Iverson passed four of our Lakers with great ease, and then used an underhand layup to gently put the ball into the basket. At this time, his teammates had just ran across the basketball court.
Just midfield.
This ball left a very deep impression on the entire Lakers team, especially me. Even though I had seen the speed he showed in half the game before, I still underestimated his speed in the full game.
Acceleration ability and extreme dribbling speed.
He is not only the kind of guy who runs very fast on the branch line, his dribbling speed feels much faster than when running without the ball, and his body is light, his range of direction changes is huge, and his center of gravity is higher than
His body or anyone who weighs more than him will be frightened by his terrifying change of direction, and the whole person will suddenly lose his center of gravity.
You must know that in my time and space, Iverson was a person who could knock down even Jordan. Who is Jordan? Jordan is a god!
What followed was the crazy shouting of the fans at the entire Philadelphia home court. There were more and more voices shouting about AI. The decibel level of the fans' voices was definitely several beats higher than that of Staples.
We, the Lakers, rarely encounter teams whose home team atmosphere is much better than ours at Staples, so we were a little confused for a while.
Shaq passed the ball to me, and I quickly brought the ball across the half court. The focus of our game today is to hit the 76ers' penalty area, whether it is to score directly, cause damage, or
Forcing them to shrink inward can greatly facilitate our subsequent games.
I also didn't wait for Shaq and other inside players to arrive, and rushed directly towards the Sixers' inside line.
Tuckhouse's foot speed is pretty good, but he obviously underestimated my determination to hit the inside. Maybe he thought I was just taking a feint shot and would eventually wait until my teammates arrived before making any plans.
But I first pressed my back against him, then turned half around to catch up with my center of gravity and accelerate, directly passing Stackhouse halfway. This guy's reaction speed was very fast, and I was not able to completely leave him behind.
, but as long as I get more than half a body advantage, then he will have no chance to prevent my breakthrough unless he takes a foul.
In the end, Stackhouse paid for his foul. I failed to seize the opportunity to win two plus one, and I was a little frustrated, because the ball was really just a little short of entering the basket.
Yes, if a two-plus-one hit is successful, the psychological impact on the opponent will be far stronger than just two free throws.
I made two free throws steadily. My free throw shooting rate this season is about 90%. Except for some instability in free throws when my physical fitness declines, I can make free throws very easily at other times.
To be honest, I don’t do a lot of free throw training alone. Maybe in addition to Kobe’s original muscle memory, the shooting coach’s adjustment of my shooting movements also played a major role, which not only greatly improved my shooting.
The speed and stability of my shot have also made my free throws much more stable.
To be honest, our shooting coach of the Lakers is definitely a talent. I’m surprised why he hasn’t been able to improve Shaq’s free throw shooting. Maybe in addition to having a master to lead the way, the most critical point is to rely on individual practice.
If Shaq himself is unwilling to invest a lot of time in training free throws, then who can help him get a better feel for free throws.
In fact, I actually saw Shaq practice free throws alone a few times. The strange thing is that Shaq can often maintain his free throw shooting percentage at about 70% or even higher during training, but once it comes to the official game
At that time, his free throw shooting percentage will drop rapidly.
During training, my free throw shooting percentage is actually only 80% to 85%. However, after the game, my free throw shooting becomes more stable. This may also be due to my efforts to keep myself in the game.
A stable mentality may have something to do with it.
If you can continue to keep your mentality stable, it will be very helpful for you to maintain a high competitive state. You cannot doubt your shooting, even if your shot selection is not good, but many times on the game field
Opportunities are fleeting. You can't always wait for the best opportunity before taking action. Then the opponent may also find a better defensive position. If you think about it, you can understand that there is no best chance on the basketball court.
A good shot opportunity, or the definition of the best shot opportunity, is not so static.
When I feel like I have a chance to make a shot from that position, I'm going to take the shot, regardless of how difficult that shot is.
The Sixers had no chance to counterattack with a fast break this time. We retreated very quickly. Because we had seen the super speed of AI, everyone was more vigilant and did not want to be the backdrop for being played by AI anymore.
Although NBA players are often used to being the backdrop for certain superstars, after all, the opponent is just a small man less than six feet, which will cause greater psychological stimulation to us Lakers players.
Originally, I wanted to exchange defensive players with Van Exel and let me defend AI, but after careful consideration, asking him to defend Stackhouse would only become a cash machine, and I might not be able to do it.
If I can defend against the AI, both of us will be beaten, but at least now I can better limit Stackhouse in one-on-one defense. At least we are not both beaten on the defensive end.
Explode.
Looking back at the offensive end, it doesn't matter so much. Judging from the Sixers' individual and overall defensive level, we have the opportunity to defeat them both inside and outside.
In short, whoever has better touch in this game, let him lead the offense. After the start, Shaq's desire to attack is not bad. He seems to want to get the lead for our Lakers team quickly. Of course, it is best to be able to
Let the game enter garbage time directly, so that we can end the game early and give us the opportunity to preserve more physical fitness for tomorrow's back-to-back games.
In fact, it's not just Shaq who thinks so, but everyone on the Lakers team thinks so, so we all quickly reached a tacit understanding after the start and tried to get into the game as quickly as possible.
In this defensive round, our Lakers team immediately increased the defensive intensity a lot. If we want to quickly widen the gap in the game, defensive counterattack is undoubtedly the best way.
We have certain advantages in terms of physical talent, especially inside. AI is not the kind of player who likes to attempt long-range three-pointers, so most of his threats come from breakthroughs and mid-range jumpers after emergency stops.
To restrict him, Shaq and I must work together. I just hope that Shaq will not stop the defensive end in this game, and at least give the opponent's offensive players enough deterrence in the interior to make them less cautious.
Dare to easily challenge the inside penalty area where Shaq is sitting.
When I defend them, I will put them inside appropriately, and then team up with other players to double-team the incoming players, which is the most common pocket formation. This trick is simple and practical, but when choosing the package
There are still some things to pay attention to when pinching, but as the time between us players increases, the tacit understanding between each other on the defensive end will also improve, especially when encountering situations where people are missed, the mutual understanding between each other will increase.
The speed of defense is very important.
However, Iverson seemed to have sensed the change in our defensive intensity. He no longer held the ball and directly attacked our basket like before. Of course, in fact, the Sixers' tactics were basically handed over to Iverson most of the time.
Ferson or Stackhouse plays singles, while others are either responsible for grabbing rebounds or watching them perform singles.
Although I must admit that the individual abilities of Iverson and Stackhouse are indeed quite outstanding, it is still very difficult for the two of them to shoulder the entire team's offense completely relying on singles.
In this round, the Sixers' tactic was to open up space for Iverson to play in isolation. Van Exel, who was guarding him, was actually less than six feet and one inch tall, only one inch taller than Iverson, so in reality
The two of them are similar in size. Iverson is relatively slender and has better physical explosiveness. Van Exel is heavier and stronger than Iverson in terms of strength.
However, once Iverson rushes up, the huge impact will still give Van Exel a meal. Not to mention him, even an ordinary inside player in the league will face Iverson.
Even if you hit the inside line with all your strength, you may not be able to completely block it. In a sense, speed is equal to power. As long as your speed is fast enough, the impact force you generate will be large enough.
Most of Iverson's breakthroughs will be to the right. His right side is Van Exel's left side. This is not his favorite defensive direction. He himself lacks good enough defensive anticipation on the defensive end.
Judgment, there was no way to keep up with Iverson in the first place. Sure enough, Iverson created enough room for himself to break through with just the simplest change of direction in front of his body.
AI is the kind of player that you know exactly which way he will break through, but there is no way to defend him. This first step is too fast, and the rhythm changes too quickly. It is simply dazzling. The fans are dozens of meters away from the stadium.
From a distance, Iverson will feel as fast as lightning, and those players who compete with Iverson are even more amazed by his physical dexterity. That kind of speed is completely beyond the limit of your personal reaction. Once he
When his speed reaches that level, you can only watch silently as he rushes to the inside, with absolutely no way to stop him.
I even think that even with Shaq sitting inside, there is no way to completely stop Iverson's breakthrough layup.
It can be seen that Van Exel has tried very hard to keep up with Iverson on this ball, but it is obvious that Iverson wants to take the lead and destroy Van Exel willfully.
, let you understand that I am trying to make you feel desperate on the defensive end today.
After Iverson broke through Van Exel, he hit the ball with an extremely easy rebound. Van Exel was obviously unwilling to admit defeat. He asked Shaq to complete the serve as soon as possible so that he could immediately hit Iverson.
When the time came, he hit a beautiful response shot.
However, he was a little too hasty and played into Iverson's hands. When he dribbled the ball just across the half court, another striker of the Sixers came forward to delay him. At this moment
, just as quickly as it seemed, the bolt of lightning rushed over from the side again, cutting off the ball in Van Exel's hand before he could react.
When I saw this situation, I immediately gave up my defender Stackhouse and ran straight towards Iverson. I wanted to delay Iverson as much as possible because of my previous one-on-one experience with him, so
I was somewhat mentally prepared for the change in his dribbling rhythm, at least I knew his regular dribbling method.
However, I still underestimated Iverson's change of direction speed. It is not something I can limit simply by knowing what moves he is going to make. I think my speed and speed are already top-notch in the league. However,
Compared with Iverson, he can only be regarded as second-rate. He is far superior to others.
If you have never played against him, you don’t know the feeling, the powerful pressure coming from this little man, because his speed is so easy to stimulate your nerves, and of course it is also very easy to stimulate your nerves.
To the nerves of the home crowd.
The shouts and cheers came one after another like a tide. Now I can feel the feeling when the Rockets played at our home court in the last game. It is really amazing that they can maintain such a strong desire to win in that state.
It's an easy thing, so they are really a team worthy of people's respect, and they have enough great players in their team.
Iverson was obviously unwilling to pass the ball. Even if Stackhouse was completely let go by me at this time, he only needed a simple chest pass to give the latter an easy three-pointer.
However, Iverson did not do that. He planned to challenge my defense head-on, just like when we were one-on-one. He was ready to use his speed to destroy my will.
And I also defended with all my strength. First of all, I completely raised my attention to a higher level. I really enjoyed this feeling of competition. The stronger the opponent, the more my blood was full of heat. When the game
When it reaches white heat, the blood all over my body will begin to boil, and they will tell me that it is time to burst out the real energy in my body.
The first thing you need to do to defend Iverson is not to reach for the ball easily. With his reaction speed, your ordinary action of grabbing the ball is no different from slow motion in his eyes, so once you do that
Not only is there no way to intercept his dribbling, it will expose you to a huge defensive hole. At this time, it is really easier for him to pass you than to cross the road in the early morning.
Secondly, you must keep a sufficient defensive distance from him. Although Iverson also likes to make pull-up jump shots, to be honest, compared with his breakthrough layup shooting rate of more than 70% to 80%, his mid-range shooting shooting rate is obviously
It's relatively low. As long as you can force him to finish with a mid-range jump shot, then your defense will be more than half successful.
The last small part is how much interference you can cause to his shooting. Iverson's height is indeed a disadvantage, even if his wingspan makes up for this shortcoming to a certain extent, but in
When facing a swingman who is always half a head taller than him, it is a better defensive strategy to raise your hands to block his sight as much as possible.
You don't necessarily have to block his shot, because his bounce speed is very fast. Even though his height is not high, the height of his shot is not low. If there is a certain drift and backwardness, if you want to shoot second, come first.
It is very difficult to directly block Iverson's shot.
What you can do is try to interfere with his shooting sight and shooting rhythm, so that he can take the shot when he is relatively uncomfortable. In this way, your defense will be successful and you don't have to have higher requirements for yourself. The League
There is really no one here who can completely limit AI, even Michael who is a few years younger may not be able to do it.
Iverson's speed quickly reached its maximum. I knew he still wanted to break through my defense from the right, but I retreated very quickly and blocked the space for him to break through to the right in time, forcing him to either choose to shoot.
, or pass the ball, but judging from his body movements, he is not very satisfied with either option.
Seeing that there was no way for Iverson to directly break through my defense, Iverson began to use a series of fancy dribblings in order to attract my attention. Of course, I tried not to let myself follow the AI's dribbling rhythm.
Here is a tip, when you are guarding a player with the ball, don't focus all your attention on his dribbling hand, but focus mainly on his eyes and his hands.
It may deceive you, but generally speaking, his eyes cannot deceive you. If you have enough experience on the court, you can really easily see the true offensive intentions of your opponent from their eyes.
Of course, that's exactly what I was doing at this time, but Iverson obviously understood this truth, so he tried his best to distract his eyes and prevent me from easily seeing through his true thoughts.
Real-time games like this on the basketball court are very interesting. If you have ever experienced an opponent who is evenly matched with you, or even decided to treat him as your lifelong enemy, then you will enter a completely different world.
In this state of mind, your strength will be completely stimulated.
Iverson first used continuous cross-steps and crotch dribbling to make me unable to guess his offensive path, and then dribbled the ball to the left. In my opinion, he definitely wanted to use the super large body movement that he is best at.
Change direction forward, so I believe he won't really break through to the left. In this case, I still guard against his right hand.
Iverson's reaction was also very quick. After seeing that my center of gravity was not affected, he immediately changed the direction of the body he was going to do to a small step back to worship the Buddha. I was completely concerned about the latter movement of worshiping the Buddha.
There was no way, because if an ordinary person made such a connection, I would definitely be able to react, but the frequency of Iverson's movements was too fast, and I judged that he would break through to the right, so this time he pressed his center of gravity and went directly to
Breaking through to the left, my center of gravity suddenly became unstable, and I staggered and almost fell sideways to the ground.
I feel that my ankle is under tremendous pressure. If there is really a person in the league who can break someone's ankle, then this person must be Iverson.
I had no way to pursue him in a short period of time. I could only watch the AI pass me and then go to the basket.
At this time, Shaq, who was guarding the basket, couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that I was easily passed by Iverson. He glared at Iverson with his hands raised in the air, pretending that he could kill Iverson at any time.
His thin body looked completely torn to pieces.
However, Iverson was so light and strong, as if he was spinning around Shaq. Shaq was too tall and his center of gravity was too high. When Iverson lowered his center of gravity, he walked around Shaq at an extremely fast speed.
, and in the end, before Shaq even had time to turn around, he cut under the basket and hit the ball into the basket with a look back at the moon.
Iverson's ball played a trick on me and Shaq continuously, and it immediately made both of us emotional. Although we were not angry because of a ball, we also secretly made up our minds in our hearts. Looking back, we must
I need to give Iverson some color.
In the next offensive round, Shaq was the first to attack. He was asking for the ball from outside the three-point line. Unexpectedly, this guy wanted to directly hold the ball and break through the basket. But don't look at Shaq's body, which is a bit big and bloated.
, but in fact, Shaq at this time did not have the flexibility affected by his excessive weight as he did later. At this time, he could be regarded as a flexible super fat man.
I saw him first making a test step outside the three-point line, and then dribbling forward to break through. The players guarding him did not dare to confront him head-on, so they could only call on their teammates to double-team Shaq.
However, Shaq actually started to use his signature moves near the free throw line at this time. He saw that the 76ers players who came to help defend him directly regarded it as a pillar, and then very flexibly circled the pillar.
Made a rotation.
In fact, there is nothing special about Shaq's shark spin, but the most critical point is that his body is too tall, wide, and strong. The physical space occupied by his whole person is huge. Those who want to block Shaq's footsteps
Everyone will be ruthlessly blocked by his big elbows. In addition, Shaq knows how to use his body and leverage when turning around, and can hold the person who is the pillar in place, completely unable to move.
What's left is a faster turning speed and stronger inside finishing ability.
Nearly half of Shaq's offense at the basket ends with a dunk or an attempt to dunk. In many cases, even if the dunk is not directly completed, it will still cause the defender to foul.
It can be said that Shaq used his full strength for this dunk. After he landed, the basket shook for more than ten seconds before gradually regaining balance. Even the Sixers' home fans couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamations.
, as if seeing a god descending to earth.
Shaq waved proudly to the audience on the sidelines, then raised his arms to show everyone his biceps.
I shook my head slightly, thinking that if I stopped focusing only on these things, the Sixers might take advantage of this opportunity to launch a counterattack again.
Sure enough, perhaps they knew that the Sixers had almost no advantages or opportunities when fighting positional battles, so they could only seize every opportunity for fast break counterattack, and even if there was no chance, they had to find ways to create opportunities.
Come.
Iverson once again took the lead in launching a new round of offense, but this time he was not as alone as before. After discovering that there was no good counterattack opportunity, he took the initiative to pass the ball to Stark.
House, it seems that my previous defense against Iverson had some effect, making him realize that it would take a lot of physical energy to attack me and Shaq in a positional battle.
Or maybe he had other plans and wanted Stackhouse to consume my physical energy on the offensive end first. After all, the player I was playing against was actually Stackhouse. But if he really wanted to do that,
I can only say that he was a little wrong. My physical fitness is quite good.
Of course, thinking about it from another perspective, if we beat the Sixers today but put in a huge amount of physical exertion, then it won't be so easy to play against the Boston Celtics tomorrow.
The Lakers and Boston Celtics have always been enemies in history. They are the two giants teams with the most championships in the history of the league. However, since the 1990s, it seems that neither of them has won a championship for a long time.
.
If we look back at the history of the league over the past few decades, from the Lakers McCann dynasty in the 1950s to the Celtics Iron Army led by Cardinals and King of the Rings Bill Russell, which won 11 championship rings in 13 years,
It completely dominated the entire 1960s, and the 1970s could be regarded as a competition between the heroes. During this period, the Lakers won several championships. In the 1980s, the Lakers and Celtics once again returned to the yellow-green hegemony era.
The Lakers' SHOWTIME moment was led by head coach Pat Riley, legendary stars Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy, who won a total of five championships for the Lakers.
The Celtics also won three championships under the leadership of Larry Bird, Chief Parish, and Refrigerator McHale.
The Lakers and Celtics won 8 of the 10 championships in the 1980s. Now our Lakers are once again on the road to rise, but our old rival Celtics still seem to be in a slump.
It’s disappointing, but because of the historical ties and grievances between the two sides, every time we, the Lakers, go to the North Shore Garden Arena, the home of the Celtics, we will receive an extremely warm “welcome” from the fans.
There are many legends in this historic arena. One of the more famous sayings is that there are several wooden floors on the basketball court in this arena that were used by the Celtics.
The team specially manipulated the situation so that the visiting team who did not know the truth would easily slip in that place every time they came here.
Of course, the rumors are just rumors, and the truth of the matter may not be the case, but it also reflects from the side that the Boston Celtics' home court is very scary, not much worse than the Devil's home court of the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.
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