Chapter 589 "Purple Gold" Season 2

Before the finals, we were only one step away from the championship.

The Lakers attach great importance to it, not to mention Li Shengli personally, and arrived in Chicago on the 31st. The next night was the first game of the Finals. The Lakers' targeted defensive exercises continued, but the effect was not satisfactory, because even a temporary simulation , the triangle system will still cause a lot of trouble for the Lakers' defense.

Li Shengli was really angry about this.

The Lakers can only do so much in training before the game. As for Harris, he is also arranging drills over and over again to strengthen everyone's defensive awareness. By the next night, the Lakers will finally log in. The Bulls' United Center.

As the first game of the finals, the exaggerated popularity of this year can be seen from before the game.

Although the regular season and playoffs every year will cause ups and downs in ratings due to different topics or the popularity of the team, the finals will not be affected by these factors at all.

Because this is the final peak showdown of each season, the ratings are not on the same level as other games, let alone two special teams that will be played tonight.

On one side is the Bulls led by Jordan.

It has been the absolute strongest team in the league since the 1989 playoffs, and if there is an organized national vote, it is estimated that more than 80% of people, regardless of who the opponent is, feel that Jordan can and should win the championship, because Jordan himself is an official A mythical character that I personally recommend.

On the other side are the Lakers led by Li Shengli.

As a former wealthy club with no shortage of enthusiastic fans, the appearance of Li Shengli also let everyone see that the SHOW TIME era of the Purple and Gold Army has not yet concluded. The second season of "Purple and Gold" is now being filmed, telling the story of another era. the beginning of.

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"Damn, I hate it here!"

"Count me in, I think so too!"

From the moment they stepped through the door of the United Center, the manic atmosphere here made everyone on the Lakers feel very unhappy. When everyone walked all the way to the visiting team's locker room, Ben complained, and even Kobe also echoed.

"Why can't the league make a rule that allows us to choose a fan to come out and beat him up after every away game? It's so abominable, can you believe it? Someone just poured coke on me?" Fisher said. I feel a little embarrassed carrying the bag.

"Throwing Coke on you? What kind of bastard is so wasteful? Damn it, isn't it cheaper to throw boiling water on you than Coke?" Ben cursed.

"I rely on you, Ben. You have no conscience when riding a horse. I'm already in such a miserable state."

"Then what can I do? How about...you go take revenge on them and give Jordan and Pippen some diarrhea medicine?"

"That's enough for you!" Li Shengli laughed as he walked, "Don't just quarrel. We have practiced a lot in the past two days. Don't let me get into trouble when we get to the court. This is the last round. Seriously. point."

Seriously?

Except for Crotty, everyone else glanced at Li Shengli.

To be honest, everyone has never seen Li Shengli take it so seriously. Although he did not neglect the competition before, he has never worked so hard as he has these days. Not only does he work hard by himself, but he also pulls the whole team to work hard together. practise.

"Crotty, boss, what's going on?" Ben took a step back and came to Crotty's side, while Li Shengli was in front.

"Nothing, he wants to win!"

"Ahem, I know you want to win, but you've never been so serious before, right?"

"It has happened before, but you haven't seen it."

"Then tell me why."

"for money."

"Damn it, you can't say two more words when you step on the horse. Do you have to wait for me to ask you?" Daben was stifled and took a breath, "Then let me ask you, haven't we stopped taking orders recently? Could it be... …Has anyone placed an order again?”

"That's right, a big order!" Crotty thought for a moment, and West's bonus could probably be considered an order.

"Here I go, the boss didn't even say anything about this." Ben added before Crotty could speak, "Crotty, can you say more this time? You were a personality before..." I know he's a cold-blooded guy, but he's never been this serious. Okay, tell me first, the boss doesn't want to monopolize it, right?"

"No!" Crotty glanced at the book. Although he knew this guy was joking, he just didn't like people making fun of Li Shengli. This time he really said a few more words, "Li, I just like to save money." Money, but he seems...not to think about how to spend it!"

"So awesome... awesome?!" Da Ben was shocked. He looked at Li Shengli's back and sighed without thinking: "He is the boss after all. He has an eclectic style of doing things. Then I... Hehehe, in fact, if the boss doesn't like Hua I can help you with the money. After all, I used to be known as Alabama’s money-spending expert. How about you go talk to the boss and give me a cool sports car after the finals?”

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A cool sports car? !

Crotty did not speak or look at the script, ending the chat, and in a moment it would be the game. He could feel the tension in the team, which could not be dissipated even after the door was closed in the locker room.

In fact, it is impossible not to be nervous.

Some teams have seniors who have never played in the finals, not to mention first-year rookies such as Kobe, Ben, Fisher, and Knight. Even Crotty, a two-time champion, can't calm down, and his silence is his pressure. External performance.

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After waiting in the locker room for a while, Harris called the players for a pre-war meeting.

After learning the lessons from the game against the Rockets, Harris did not apply the knife to the old offensive system. Instead, like the head coaches in the league except the Bulls, he set his sights on Jordan.

Suppressing Jordan is definitely not the ultimate goal.

How to handle Jordan's distribution of the ball under multi-person high-pressure defense is the key to solving the triangle system.

This places high demands on the defensive players' positional spacing control, speed attributes, and defensive awareness, so the starting lineup arranged by Harris is still a defensive lineup.

Campbell can play, but cannot start, because Rodman's defensive ability is obvious to all. There is no reason to let Campbell play and waste his energy and condition in vain. It is most suitable for the power forward to assist Li Shengli's offense.

Nick can play, but he can't start, because the inside combination of Li Shengli and Ben sets the tone of the lineup, and the demand for point guards in the starting lineup is not very high. Furthermore, considering that the Lakers' outside opponents are Jordan, who has entered the first defense this season, and

Defensive point guard Ron Harper has a lot of offensive pressure and is not as good as defense.

Another option is the Lakers' choice to supplement their firepower.

Horry was assigned to the small forward position, but Kobe did not start. As the crucial finals battle, Harris wanted more experienced players, and Eddie became the starter for this game.

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Harris clapped his hands vigorously at the end of the meeting, glanced at all the players and said: "Okay, guys! This is the annual finals. I'm glad that this year we are not spectators, but participating teams. All for a while. It’s show time for everyone.”

"We defeated the Jazz, and the whole league thought we were lucky!"

"We defeated the Trail Blazers, but no one thought we were terrible."

"We defeated the Rockets again. Some people said that we were young and bullied the old."

"But so what? We are eighth in the Western Conference. We have all the strong teams in the Western Conference at our feet. We have reached the Finals. And in order to make those people shut their mouths, we still have... one last step. .”