The rest is just noise

The 2000 finals started with both sides refusing to shake hands.

The Lakers themselves are friendly, and they pride themselves on being invincible, so they are the same against anyone. The Knicks are not the same. Ewing first refused to shake Wilson's hand and acted like an enemy, leaving everyone with no way out.

Louis knew that Wilson's inaction during the lockout had worsened his relationship with Ewing. For Ewing, Wilson had betrayed his class.

He should have been fighting for the greater good for all star players, but he chose to withdraw.

With the withdrawal of this man who has the greatest reputation among active players and is also the new goat, everyone in the players union has lost absolute confidence in the labor war.

That's right, the players' union placed the blame for the failure of the labor war on Wilson.

Wilson himself gave no explanation for this, and it didn't matter that Ewing resented him because their relationship was not that good anyway.

Ewing is undoubtedly the most courageous person in the league.

Except for Ewing, no other person dared to provoke the Lakers like this.

The Knicks quickly paid a heavy price for Ewing's tenacity.

In the first quarter, Bodillo started a beautiful basketball system. Wilson became the eye of the storm and the core of the offense, constantly holding the ball to attack the Knicks' weak points.

In the first quarter, Wilson scored 20 points, leading the Lakers to score 40 points in a single quarter, leading the Knicks by 16 points. From this point on, there was nothing to watch in the first game.

The current Ewing is not enough to resist Duncan, Garnett completely blasted Laettner, Kobe also choked McGrady, Miller has no touch, and Hill is the only Knicks player who can play online.

As a result, the Lakers beat the Knicks by 40 points, 135-95.

"I think Patrick will be willing to shake hands with us in the next game." This is what Garnett said.

"If he still refuses to shake hands, it means we don't have his respect, and we will keep trying." This is what Kobe said.

Ewing scowled coldly and responded rudely: "They can't get anything from me!"

"Isn't that right?" Duncan, who never likes to get involved in verbal wars, raised his eyebrows and told reporters, "We won a championship from them last year."

Louis discovered that the only reason why the Knicks and the Magic were bitter rivals was because of Ewing's mouth. Although O'Neal was a smaller-minded thing than ***, he would not take the initiative to provoke the eight-time champion.

For someone like Ewing who always wants to use face (1), which opponent can maintain a friendly relationship with him? ((1) Ask Northeastern Book Friends online, is this the right way to use face?)

In the second game, the Knicks showed the strong character of the Eastern Conference. When there is nothing they can do, they must become tough, fight, fight hand-to-hand, and wrestle with their opponents to make the game ugly.

If this had worked, they wouldn't have been swept last year.

This year, the Lakers, whose overall strength has improved to a higher level, have more ways to solve the problem. Bodiloga's mismatched offense is the correct solution.

McGrady, who has grown into a weak-side striker, has inadvertently lost one thing, which is the defense that the team valued when he debuted. At that time, McGrady's blocks per game were second only to Ewing on the Knicks.

Now, McGrady, who has grown into a star, is no longer so defensive. Bodiloga easily destroyed him.

When the Knicks chose to switch defense, Bodilloga sanctioned Laettner through the pick-and-roll.

In order not to be beaten to death by Bodilloga alone, the Knicks began to increase their intensity and would rather leave Kobe open than double-team Bodilloga.

Shorting Kobe is the craziest move Louis has ever seen since his time travel. But what can Tomjanovich do?

If he didn't short Kobe, would he short Wilson, Garnett and Duncan?

Shorting Kobe would definitely be a suicidal move, but Kobe is already a Laker@

0%, higher than Wilson.

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If you want to make open three-pointers, Wilson, who shot "only" 38% of his three-pointers this year, is more suitable to make open shots.

The ball began to flow to Kobe. He scored three goals in a row and stopped the Knicks. The Knicks' coaching staff was down.

They requested a timeout, just hoping it would make Kobe's hand feel worse.

Looking at the entire roster, the Knicks' coaching staff found that they are far behind the configuration of the Louis era. In the Louis era, if the opponent's ball carrier was a tactical arrow, they would send out wings with a first-level defense to lead the defense.

Now, apart from Ewing, the Knicks can't even find a second defensive level defender. The longer Louis leaves, the more Rudy admires this old guy's draft vision.

Back then, the Knicks relied on defense as the backbone of the team, so Louis was able to recruit the top defenders in the league into the team.

Now, the old group of players have retired and left, leaving only Ewing. Although Buford built the team well, the players he introduced did not fit the team system.

After the timeout, the Knicks maintained their previous strategy. However, Bodiloga's choice was disappointing.

When two people double-teamed him, he stopped suddenly, stepped back to a position one meter outside the three-point line, collected the ball and pulled it out. "Whoa!"

Bodilloga used his personal ability to forcefully clear the Knicks' double-team, which also destroyed the opponent's fighting spirit. In the whole game, Bodilloga scored 35 points with a huge triple-double, leading the team to a big score of 2

Leading from 0.

"The Los Angeles Dream Team may have played its last game in Los Angeles." TNT's guest commentator Magic Johnson said with regret.

After that, they will go to New York to play two more games. If nothing else happens, they will not come back to play the fifth game. They have the strength to win the championship in straight games.

The home fans were reluctant to leave, and the entire Lakers team, led by Louis, waved to the fans at Staples Center to express their gratitude.

The entire audience chanted the nickname of this Lakers team - the Dream Team. The cheers of the fans lasted for a full ten minutes.

The moment he walked into the tunnel, Bodilloga looked back at the Staples Center court, "I will miss this place."

One day later, the Lakers took a special flight to New York. Madison Square Garden

In Game 3 of the Finals, the Knicks' tenacity gave fans a good viewing experience. This was mainly due to Miller's recovery.

In the two games in Los Angeles, Miller was heavily guarded. When he returned to the home court, he got the star guard whistle, which indirectly unfrozen his touch.

As soon as Miller fired, Hill, the ball-handler at the top of the key, and McGrady's weak-side assault ability came into play. This was the only suspenseful playoff game the Lakers played this year.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the two sides were only 4 points apart.

Subsequently, Louis paused the adjustment and actively signaled the players to start beautiful basketball. Moreover, they should use Duncan as the main body to implement the eye-of-the-storm tactics.

This was the turning point of the entire game.

Duncan successfully fulfilled Louis' tactical intention. Using his mid-range and long-range shots, supporting passes, and the iron wall of pick-and-rolls formed by his broad body, the Lakers launched what Hubie Brown called the most gorgeous offensive climax in the history of basketball.

In five minutes, the Lakers scored a crazy 28 points, quickly derailing a close game and winning Game 3 in a way that left New Yorkers in despair.

Duncan, who was on the verge of a quadruple-double with 23 points, 15 rebounds, 11 assists and 7 blocks, said: "I don't care how many games we have to win to win the championship, I just care about whether we can play consistently."

On the eve of the fourth game of the finals, Liu Yuqing returned to the team.

He had already taken care of his funeral affairs and came to New York because he wanted to finish the season as a member of the team. The next day, in the afternoon of the fourth game of the Finals

This may be the last training session of the season. Due to Liu Yuqing's return, it has been given more meaning.

Everyone did not behave differently because of the changes in Liu Yuqing's family. They greeted him as usual, and no one showed mercy during the competition.

Liu Yuqing quickly integrated into it.

When Kobe arbitrarily ignored his open space and chose to shoot from the outside and missed and was hit as a counterattack, he asked: "Didn't you take your medicine on time today?"

Kobe was angry, and Liu Yuqing interpreted his mental training as taking medicine. "What do you mean by taking medicine? That's spiritual training!"

Liu Yuqing's expression remained unchanged: "So you didn't take medicine today?"

"I said it wasn't taking medicine!" Kobe retorted and then explained, "I'm very busy today and have no time to do mental training. Besides, I really didn't see you just now. This has nothing to do with whether I did it or not.

Mental training has nothing to do with it.”

Liu Yuqing accepted Kobe's explanation, but still said: "You can't stop taking the medicine." "%￥#..."

If this was the last training session for the Los Angeles Dream Team, Louis believed it would be enjoyable. Of course, it's hard to say whether Kobe was happy.