I am so Accurate

The next victory was first, and the fans happily ate in the forum after the game.

"Shaq's free throws are so accurate!"

"I suspect you are O'Neal's trumpet!"

"The big shark doesn't bother to use such a method! I'm just telling the truth!"

"Then this is really a big 'truth'!"

"Stop arguing, let me tell you. This game gave me the feeling that Shaq is really a bit old."

"Yes, although he made a few beautiful dunks on the court, his performance has been suppressed by Yao."

"But then again, Yao is this year's regular season MVP! Shaq is 34 years old, so this kind of performance is normal for both parties!"

"That's right, Yao defeated Howard, destroyed his own strength, and suppressed Shaq. He is already the new number one center in the league!"

"I also agree. Shaq will give up, hand over, and pass on at the end of this season. No matter which way you say it, Yao will rule the inside in the future!"

"I think the game was exciting. The Wizards lost because of their tactics. Carlisle was a little anxious with his shark-cutting tactics."

"This is where we get to the real key point. Although Carlisle has outstanding abilities, he still lacks experience. I hope he can make adjustments in the next game."

"Blind guess that the Wizards came back at the end to tie the game 1-1."

"By the way, do you still remember the guy who said Warrior Heiba ​​eats shit? Where are you?"

"No, you don't think he can really eat shit, do you?"

"But that account is invalid. Let's guess the score. I also think it will be 1 to 1."

"You all guessed 1 to 1, so let me guess 2 to 0. Anyway, there is no loss if I lose."

"2-0 is absolutely impossible. The two teams are too close. If it were 2-0, then the Wizards would not be able to play at the Lakers' home court."

"What if?"

"There is absolutely no chance!"

…

In Oakland, Durant, who had just finished a trial training, was reading comments on his newly purchased mobile phone.

I asked Durant where he got his cell phone. Someone from Adidas gave it to him!

Durant's draft prospects are promising, and naturally he has become a hot commodity among major sneaker dealers.

Adidas, Nike, and AJ are all in contact with him.

Adidas has Sun Hao's relationship with him, so he is naturally closer to Durant, and it is no problem to give him a new mobile phone.

Looking at these comments, Durant was suddenly very interested in the first comment.

Opening a small account to post comments is like wearing a mask and walking on the street. No one will recognize it. It seems to be a good look.

Action is worse than excitement. Thinking of this, he picked up his mobile phone and registered a new account, and then expressed his own views in the forum:

"Lakers championship!"

…

After two days of rest, the fans' discussion has not stopped, and the second game of the finals continues in Washington.

It is worth noting that the Wizards' training sessions have been closed these two days.

Obviously, losing the first game puts a lot of pressure on the Wizards.

Because if they lose in the second game, they will have one foot on the cliff, and there is even a certain probability that they will be swept.

No one knew what the Wizards were preparing until the second game officially started.

Then fans discovered that Carlisle actually... didn't make big adjustments.

He still asked McGrady to guard Sun Hao at the beginning.

Of course, he has also changed. The biggest change is to further increase Hamilton's tactical status.

Although Hamilton only scored 16 points in the first game, he made 6 of 9 shots and was very efficient.

It's not surprising that Carlisle made such an adjustment, and it did have a very good effect.

Moreover, Carlisle no longer used the shark-cutting tactic that put the Wizards into a passive position in the second game.

Obviously, this tactic looks simple, but only Nelson and Popovich are the only ones in the league who can really play it well.

He was very decisive in giving up directly.

The direct result of these two adjustments was that the Wizards and the Lakers were in a stalemate until the final decisive moment in the second game.

At this point, what matters is the actual key ball ability.

In the end, with Sun Hao's key three-pointer and assist O'Neal's basket hit, and McGrady's counterattack failed.

The Lakers were slightly better in the key ball competition, and finally defeated the Wizards in a thrilling 107-105.

After winning this game, to the surprise of almost everyone, the Lakers won two consecutive home games against the Wizards, rewriting the big score to 2-0!

Suddenly, the trend in the forum changed drastically.

"Lakers championship!"

"Lakers championship! Sun FMVP!"

"Who else?!"

"No, no, the Wizards have lost both home games. The next three games will be played in Los Angeles. The Wizards will take the lead and win!"

"Haha, as expected, the truth is in the hands of a few people. I will make another prediction. The Wizards will win at most one game, and the Lakers will win the championship 4-1!"

"There should be no objections now. It's either 4-1 or 4-0. The Lakers won't let the game go back to Washington!"

"I think this season's problem is too big. Why do we need to use 232 alone for the finals? Isn't it the same as 22111 for the divisional competition?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's just to give the team with a poor record a chance!"

"Hey! It's such a pity to lose both games! Sure enough, T-mac is still much worse than Sun!"

"The top five shooting guards, the MVP Grand Slam, do you think it was all given as a friendly gift?"

"And Carlisle's tactics have also been adjusted. Maybe Yao is the Wizards' only comeback?"

"It's difficult for Yao. Although Shaq is not as strong as before, he is a big shark after all. It is impossible to be beaten, so..."

"Lakers championship!"

…

Regarding the format of the finals, there is actually a little-known history in it.

In fact, at the beginning, the format of the game was just as mentioned in the comments, it was a 22111 format.

This is different from the league you visited on Baidu that had a 232 format from the beginning. They are all nonsense.

In fact, after the NBA started the best-of-seven games in the finals, the 22111 format lasted for nearly 40 years.

It was not until 1985 that a competition system reform request proposed by Celtics Chairman Auerbach was approved by the league and was changed to a 232 competition system.

There is no conspiracy theory or anything like this. The reason for this proposal is simply traffic problems.

In the last century, most of the transportation was buses, and the conference playoffs were fine. No matter how hard you ran, you were only in that half of North America.

But cross-district competition is a real journey for the players.

Because if the next three games are 111, you may have to rush from the westernmost point of North America to the easternmost point in two days.

Most of the time is spent in the car, so I will definitely not be able to keep up with training and other things, and my competitive state will naturally not be better.

So the league quickly approved Auerbach's proposal and it has been used to this day.

But as fans said in the comments, this format is actually beneficial to this year's Lakers.

The day after the second game, the Lakers players returned to Los Angeles in a good mood to prepare for the next three home games.

But for the Wizards, the situation they are facing now is more difficult than ever.

Between the second and third games, including three days of rest on game day, they did not rush to Los Angeles on the first day, but practiced daily in Washington.

Morale was extremely low during team training.

Yao Ming tried to get the players together to boost morale, but it didn't have much effect in the end.

This is completely normal. We are trailing 2-0 and have to play three more away games.

To use a meme that will become popular in the future: smart people are already thinking about how to spend the offseason.

Carlisle didn't say anything. In the second half of the training, he disappeared from the training hall for a while.

When he returned to the training ground, a familiar figure appeared with him.

Michael Yes, it's me Jordan again.

Jordan was not called to the arena specifically by Carlisle.

He happened to be in the arena today discussing the team's subsequent games with general manager Grandfield.

After Carlisle knew the news, he went over to chat with him for a while, and then invited him to the training gym.

The Wizards players were quite excited, but not so excited that they wanted to take a photo with them.

After all, as the small owner of the Wizards, as Jordan said in the first interview of the Finals, he will often come to the game to guide the players.

He will even discuss and communicate with some players.

So the reaction of these players is reasonable.

Of course, they still had to gather around quickly when they saw Jordan.

“Rick told me he wanted me to come and say something to you to boost morale.

I didn't want to come because I usually have to prepare a speech for my speeches, and it's very difficult for me to give a speech without a script. "

After Carlisle motioned for everyone to stand, Jordan smiled and looked at the players.

Jordan's words drew laughter from the Wizards players.

Although Jordan likes to show off, he is still quite humorous when he is actually giving a speech.

For details, please refer to his Hall of Fame speech.

"But I'm already here."

When Jordan said this, his smile faded.

The Wizards players also focused their attention on Jordan.

Jordan's speech is not what you want to hear.

"I know a lot of people out there are pretending I only played six years in the NBA."

The first sentence Jordan spoke made some players raise their mouths.

This sentence was actually a very famous joke even in Sun Hao's era.

"But I'm not, I was a loser until I got my first championship.

So now you know, the Basketball Gods didn’t just start winning. "

What Jordan said next made the Wizards players inexplicably excited.

Michael Jordan said something they had never seen before.

When a person who loves to show off stops pretending to be pretentious, what he says next will definitely be unusual.

“I didn’t start out as a talented player like T-mac, I was just mediocre when I was little.

I'm not tall enough, let alone like Yao, I may not even be as tall as an ordinary guard.

I wasn't fast enough, and not many people even thought I could play professional basketball.

But I did it, and I finally did it, entered North Carolina, entered the NBA, and won a championship, 6 championships.

I can do it because I have been competitive since I was very young.

I competed with my brother from the very beginning, competing for every place, even though I failed most of the time.

But I still kept doing that. I went to high school to compete with my sister, even though she entered school late and graduated earlier than me.

But I still keep competing because I know that once you stop, your dreams and what you want will gradually move away from you. "

Jordan's speech was very contagious. Not only the Wizards players, but also Carlisle listened attentively.

He felt that inviting Jordan here today might be an unexpected opportunity for the Wizards.

"This is my story. I have never shared these stories with others. The reason why I tell you today is because I just want to tell you,

No matter where you are, no matter how many times you have failed before, you should never give up hope.

Because once you give up hope, you give up on yourself.

And once you persist, God will see it one day, and then the door to success will open to you. "

As soon as Jordan finished speaking, Uncle Mu took the lead in applauding.

Jordan smiled and looked at Uncle Mu. The young man whom he had sprayed with "Welcome to the NBA" was now a real veteran.

Other Wizards players also applauded.

This section of Jordan's speech is very exciting. If you want to write a book in the future, this section can be included in the selection.

If the Wizards can finally come back and win the championship, the legend of this period will be even stronger.

Of course, it's a little early to discuss those.

What can be clearly felt is that the morale of the Wizards has obviously improved after Jordan's speech.

And Jordan showed off his humor after his speech.

"T-mac, you know I didn't answer when they asked me who was stronger between you and Sun, because you know Sun has helped me, and I can't say anything bad about him in public, so you know."

His words made Maddie laugh.

While this may sound like it's just to encourage McGrady, who doesn't like to hear nice words?

After Jordan left, Carlisle also said something.

His words were not as sensational or dramatic as Jordan's, but they were very true.

"Charles Barkley said, 'Don't take me off, there will be a lot of rest time after I die.' I just want to say that we will also have a lot of rest time this summer, and now is far from the time to 'end off.'

You are the team with the best regular season record, you are the Eastern Conference champion, you only lost 2 points in the second game, you are not weak.

As long as you play a little better than now, you can win little by little.

Whether it's away or at home, it's the same. Treat the next game as the last one, we can win this championship! "

Carlisle's words seemed to add fuel to the fire, directly igniting the emotions of the Wizards players.

I saw the excited fighting spirit in Yao Ming's eyes, and I saw Tracy McGrady opening his sleepy eyes again.

Carlisle can feel that this Wizards team will never lose so easily, never!