The Rest, Only Noise

At halftime, 65 to 63, the Lakers only lead the Celtics by 2 points.

The situation in the second quarter was very anxious.

After Sampson and Malone returned to the court, Louis also immediately switched back to Garnett, and played a more open inside high and low tactics with the tragic master.

The Celtics situation is more interesting.

After the lifeless Hill came back with two thighs, he suddenly came alive, breaking through and shooting when he wanted to.

The atmosphere of the game changed, and the two sides entered a state where neither could do anything to the other.

You score, I also score, so it is equal to not scoring.

Moreover, the scores on both sides are still similar, so the point difference has hardly changed.

Costas and Lambiel touted the content of the game. On the other hand, the attitudes of Louis and Daly to the midfield interview are also worth pondering.

Louie is relaxed and casual.

Louie smiled when asked if the Lakers would play in the second half:

In contrast, Daly is not so relaxed.

Daly said with lingering fear,

Daly is indeed concerned.

Although the score is only 2 points away, the state of the Lakers is obviously getting better and better.

This is when something went wrong at the start of the second quarter.

The Celtics wanted to bring the Lakers into their own rhythm, but no matter whether it was fighting inside or concentrating the strength of the whole team to limit Wilson, it didn't have a good effect.

If the Lakers can really maintain this state, it will be terrible.

What's even more frightening is that the Lakers have a tendency to play better and better.

Daly wants to change that, the problem is, he doesn't know how.

To change the rhythm of the game, you can only start from two aspects, either offense or defense.

The problem with the Celtics is that they don't have the same defensive offense as the Lakers. Compared with offense, that's the advantage of the Lakers.

So Daly was left with the last resort.

Put the players in the right roles as much as possible, and then trust the players to play.

In the Lakers locker room, Louie laid out the strategy for the second half at a brisk pace.

For the Celtics, Louis did not say much. Because there is no need to waste saliva on this matter.

In his opinion, just being yourself is enough.

Louie's speech was so concise that it didn't look like the midfield arrangement in the finals.

It took only three minutes for Louis to explain the tactical play of the second half, and then let the players return to the scene to shoot and warm up.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that this was to buy more warm-up time for Benj!

Bryant also made a point of talking to Wilson during the warm-up.

Wilson said with a straight face:

Kobe, who was kind and unrewarded, rolled his eyes. Soon, the second half began.

The biggest change for the Lakers is that Barkley is on the bench. instead of Barkley@

To his own head coach who was furious and made a decision that, at the time and now, can be regarded as an undercover decision. West's lips trembled with anger,

However, West's mood quickly calmed down again. Because he heard from the radio that Da Ben was facing Malone.

In West's view, this is still not a fair matchup, but it is better than Sampson.

It soon turned out that worries were unfounded.

Although Daben is young, he has a very solid defensive foundation, which makes Malone's offense extremely uncomfortable.

As the core of the Celtics' offense, Ma Long, who is facing the big Ben, should have completely exploded the inside line. However, because he is too superstitious about shooting, his shooting percentage is not high.

The Celtics are in a precarious situation, and Sampson stood up at this moment.

Singles with the ball in the high post against Garnett, the buzzer-beater three-pointer from the outside line, the breakthrough with the ball in the bottom line, the high shot and the layup, and the hook with Garnett in the low post—and the worst one With the ball, the outside line faced the Lakers' flanking golden rooster and scored four points independently!

Within minutes, Sampson scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting.

Costas's statement can only be regarded as general flattery. The one who can really blow it has to be Lambir.

However, Sampson's outbreak did not give the Celtics the lead.

Because offense is only half the game.

If you want to make some achievements on the offensive end, you have to work harder on the defensive end.

However, the Celtics also failed to take the Lakers' offense. The Lakers' offense consists of two moves.

Barkley arched low, attacking himself or attracting double-team passes. Ballos and Wilson scored with the ball and helped their teammates shoot three-pointers.

It is simple and lacks variety, but the Lakers made 6 of 11 three-pointers in a single quarter without making mistakes.

From the beginning of the third quarter to the end of the quarter, Sampson scored 22 points in a single quarter, as if he had returned to his peak period. However, in the last two minutes, he was obviously unable to catch up, and the Lakers were still in the lead at that time.

Sampson didn't score in the last two minutes of the third quarter due to declining stamina, but Wilson, like a killer who didn't miss a chance, seized the opportunity to kill the enemy.

Suddenly, Benjamin Wilson, who had been ironing all night, suddenly opened.

Three-pointers, CIC, CIC, CIC.

In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Wilson hit all four shots.

During the same period, the Celtics fell into a scoring drought, one gain and one loss. Sampson, who played for most of the quarter, not only did not allow the Celtics to have a momentary lead, but also allowed the Lakers to expand the point difference to double digits.

Louie looked at Sampson regretfully.

Looking at the performance of this section alone, Sampson still deserves to be a super giant.

The only Mr. is still the only Mr., but his physical fitness limits him.

Now, Celtics fans will get to know Karl Malone anew.

Although Malone's body and muscles make him expected to become the most secure player in the NBA, in the playoffs, Malone is very easy to lose himself in this moment of grinding his teeth and sucking blood.

The more critical the time, the higher Malone's turnover rate.

And tonight, UU reading www. uukanshu． After Hill dug the hole with his front foot, Malone kicked Sampson, who had been bleeding all night, into it with his back foot.

If Louis had been a Celtic fan, he would have felt a wave of unspoken despair at this moment.

The Lakers are not invulnerable, and they make mistakes. The problem is that they have the ability to correct their mistakes.

Both Wilson and Barkley are superstars with strong back-and-forth capabilities, and role players are also very good.

The Celtics don't have such a good configuration, and everything about them revolves around the inside double giants.

When nothing happened, the two

Reliable enough to make people feel that the Celtics are expected to win the championship.

But once Malone loses his way like tonight, the gap and frustration he can generate can also overwhelm people.

At the end of the three quarters, the Lakers once again scored 40 in a single quarter.

The Celtics removed Sampson's 22 points, and the others added up to only 8 points.

Score: 105 to 93.

The Lakers led the Celtics by 12 points.

In the tie-breaker of the 1969 finals, Chamberlain was injured halfway and applied for end. After a while, he felt that he could do it again, and wanted to fight with his teammates to the end. The head coach Butch Van Breed Korff, who had always been at odds with him, said:

In the end, the Lakers only lost by 2 points.

Think about it, can a half-blood Chamberlain rewrite this result? I think it's okay, the Lakers coach is purely undercover, but this is also what happens to Chamberlain most often. If he can regard that game as a life-and-death matchup like Russell, the result may be completely different. So I think if I had to describe Chamberlain's career in four words, I would say: He could have been.