The Rest, Only Noise

Louie wonders that Jerry West is still alive and well.

Even if the Lakers win, as long as the win is flawed, he won't be happy.

When others celebrated that the Lakers dragged the big score to 2-2, West said: "Playing like this doesn't solve the problem. You can't win the championship with only six players."

West's words are not wrong, but no one listens to his advice now.

Louis, as before, just watched from the sidelines.

Then, the series came to the fifth game.

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Lakers fans occupied more than 80% of the seats.

Los Angeles turned to the Lakers one-sidedly, including some former Clippers fans.

The reason is, of course, not that the Clippers fans defected, but that the team's "legendary" owner Donald Sterling found that there were many people watching the game and the stadium was full. He felt that the opportunity was rare and asked the sales department to increase the ticket price.

At that time, the Clippers had already sold most of the tickets. As a result, those Clippers fans who had already bought their tickets had to make up the difference.

This kind of behavior caused public anger, and fans refunded their tickets, but Lakers fans didn’t care about this. Even if the Clippers raised the ticket price, the price would be similar to that of the Lakers.

In Los Angeles, Lakers fans are born with a sense of superiority. They look down on the Clippers and his supporters. The two sides are in a state of conflict.

It's just that the Clippers fans were stabbed in the back by the owner of the home team, and the Clippers had to play Game 5 in the forum-style Memorial Stadium.

It can be said that the location and people are all on the Lakers side.

Unfortunately, they don't take up time.

Zhao Yuanzheng continued to insist on the rotation of six people.

Using the six strongest men on the team to maintain a high-quality offensive and defensive rhythm throughout the game is the intention of shortening the rotation.

If the opponent insists on a long rotation, either their lineup is deep enough to persist, or they have to be suppressed by the opponent with higher quality offense and defense, otherwise, they have to shorten their rotation to deal with it.

As a result, Van Gundy has no intention of shortening the rotation at all.

So the game fell into the Lakers' control from the start.

Van Gundy insisted on an eight-man rotation and let Barkley and Sprewell hit the basket heavily.

Unfortunately, David Robinson's form got better and better as the series went on.

In the first half, Robinson suppressed Mutombo with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 5 blocks.

Sprewell wanted to do the damage, but tonight was officiating with Dick Bavita, the famous Lakers father.

58 to 42

The Lakers entered the second half with a sizable advantage.

In the forum office, including the boss Buss, the executives of the entire team sat in the office to watch the live broadcast of the game.

"Excellent, we have a good chance of winning!"

Jim Bass was the most restless one.

"Our main force played almost the full half, and it's too early to say." You might think Jim's sister knows the ball, but she's just habitually opposing her brother.

But it just so happened that her objection came to the point.

Jim turned to his Lord President, hoping for his support, "Sir, what do you think?"

"The Lakers and the Clippers are evenly matched, and I don't want to comment until the game is over. Let's see."

Louis's words are actually partial to Jenny.

But Jim couldn't understand it. He looked at his sister proudly: "I heard it, Your Excellency the President said that you can only give an evaluation before the end of the game, but I can make a judgment now."

"Then you are really good." Jenny sarcastically.

"Really?" Jim asked Louie, "Sir, it seems that I also have the talent to be a godfather of a generation?"

As a result, his own father couldn't listen anymore, and shouted directly: "Shut up, Jim (nickname)!"

In fact, real professionals have a concern about the Lakers, and that is the injury risk brought about by short rotations.

But Louis, West, and Kupchak didn't say it.

They think it's best when no one gets hurt, and if they get hurt, it's bad luck.

Since the '60s, Luck has been on the opposite side of the Lakers whenever they want to gamble.

Tonight was no exception.

Zhao Yuanzheng was eager to crush the Clippers with a six-man rotation, but a disturbing omen occurred in the first minute of the third quarter.

It was still Sprewell, the fanatical militant known in China, who uncompromisingly implemented Van Gundy's strategic intentions and ferociously went to the basket.

Robinson jumped out for Sprewell's sixth block, and the two knees collided in the air.

The hit the madman feels is a very hard feeling.

After landing, he didn't feel any pain, stomped his feet, but felt a little numb in his knees.

And Robinson did feel a little tingling, but after landing, he still moved without hindrance.

Faced with such an important game, he was not distracted.

The crash set the stage for a disaster at the end of the third quarter.

"Gary should check on David."

West said worriedly.

"Jerry, David looks okay, there should be no problem." Jim said optimistically.

West sneered: "Should?"

Given how important Robinson is to the Lakers, this sort of thing can't be wagered with self-comforting words like "should" anyway.

But they are not head coaches.

Zhao Yuanzheng, like Jim, felt that Robinson was fine.

Or, he has become accustomed to steel giants like Ewing, and feels that these immortal beasts will not be damaged no matter how hard they are.

The Clippers' perimeter feel gradually opened.

But the Lakers' Wilson and Pippen also responded.

Judging from the scene, the Clippers played very lively, but the effect was limited. If this rhythm was maintained, the Lakers would have no problem winning Tianwang Mountain.

Just as the Lakers fans were infinitely optimistic, Robinson took the ball on offense against Mutombo.

The Admiral would attack with the ball as usual, face the basket, change direction, and then collect the ball and hit it high.

Mutombo was already guilty of four crimes, and Bavita stared at him, and he did not dare to confront him.

No one expected that Robinson would suffer a devastating blow the moment he started.

Robinson's physical load seemed to reach its limit at that moment, and something disconnected from his body in his right knee as his body changed direction and then took the ball.

"Ahhhh!!"

Robinson's attack came to an abrupt end.

The referee called off the game, and team doctor Gary Vitti stepped forward to check on Robinson, then waved someone off the field on a stretcher.

The camera was given to Zhao Yuanzheng.

He was pale and stunned, not knowing what to do.

Almost every team that uses a short rotation will encounter an injury, but when an injury occurs to a core player, it will cause a devastating blow to the team's competitiveness.

The Lakers had a 15-point lead when Robinson came off the court.

But without Robinson, the inside barrier, the Lakers with the door wide open have been unable to protect the penalty area.

Divac, who replaced Robinson, can contribute on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, he is completely a cash machine for the Clippers.

Robinson's injury not only lowered the Lakers' defense by several notches, but also boosted the Clippers' morale.

Sprewell's breakthrough was like no one, and Barkley was wreaking havoc on the basket like he was in his own back garden.

In the end, Robert Horry and Du Shuai, the two surprise soldiers who stood up from the bench, used an undefendable three-point rain to turn the Clippers into victory.

109 to 102

The Clippers completed an epic comeback against the Lakers, making Wilson's 39 points worthless.

"This is the biggest setback in the Conqueror's career!"

Being reversed and lost, let the Clippers master the match point, and what is even more terrifying is Robinson's injury.

MRI results showed that Robinson suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee.

In this era when both arthroscopy and minimally invasive surgery are in the early stages of development, encountering such an injury, even if it will not end the injured person's sports career, is enough to say goodbye to his former competitive ability.

David Robinson will never again be the titan with the perfect sculptural physique of ancient Greece in the eyes of fans.

After Robinson's injury report came out, Zhao Yuanzheng handed in his resignation to the management.

Louie called him to the office and scolded him badly.

After having known Zhao Yuanzheng for so many years, this was the first time that Louis was angry with him.

"I don't know what to do anymore."

Zhao Yuanzheng completely lost his confidence.

In his current state, Louis cannot say that he is not responsible, but he also has difficulties. He didn't want Zhao Yuanzheng to feel that he would go back behind the scenes after this season.

Yes, he's testing the waters for Louie, but that doesn't mean the Lakers don't have room for him.

If he leads the team well, Louie will stay behind the scenes.

He didn't want Zhao Yuanzheng to become his Heinsohn.

This is also the reason why he has never participated in the work of the Lakers coaching staff. He hopes to give Zhao Yuanzheng enough freedom. As long as he does not ask himself for help, he will not intervene if he can.

"What to do, it's up to you, do things from beginning to end." Louis finally said, "If you need, I can participate in the game plan, but I will only give a few suggestions, the one who really decides is you, You see, you're the head coach."

Louis was willing to join the game plan. Zhao Yuanzheng seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and said directly: "The team meeting for the next game will start in two hours."

"You pretended to be pitiful for a long time, just waiting for me here?"

Louie was **** off~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Help me, old way, I really have no way! "

"Okay, I'll go."

Now, Zhao Yuanzheng just wants this season to end soon, and he no longer wants to coach.

This kind of pressure is not something ordinary people can afford. When he learned that Robinson suffered from ACL, Zhao Yuanzheng's world collapsed in half.

It's not that he is directly responsible for Robinson's injury, but if he doesn't play a six-man rotation, if Robinson doesn't play for more than 40 minutes, the probability of injury should be much lower, right?

This makes Zhao Yuanzheng feel that he is the worst coach and is completely using the health of the players to save his career, which is shameful.

The position of the head coach has to be Louis!

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