redvbooks Chapter 227 Stern's warning! Fight to the death!
Chapter 227 Stern's warning! Fight to the death!
The fans in Salt Lake City are gearing up tonight and are extremely excited.
If all goes well, after tonight's game, they can lift the O'Brien Cup!
The highest honor that they have been thinking about for decades, but have never touched it!
They don't care how their team won the championship, they only care that they can have the last laugh!
And they know better that tonight is their best chance!
The Celtics' Chauncey Billups was sidelined due to injury, and Charles Barkley was suspended for technical fouls. The Celtics, who lacked two major players and important cores, were at their weakest.
Even if Lin Long, who educated them hard in the first two games, will come back tonight, he is the only one, so it's nothing to worry about!
The fans are thinking in their hearts, looking forward to the team's pursuit of the victory tonight and win the fourth consecutive victory!
After all, if the game enters the tiebreaker, Barkley will definitely return to the game, and the outcome at that time will be more difficult to say.
In the studio of CBS, Reggie Miller and Smith are still unspoken partners. Smith once secretly asked CBS leaders why they condone Reggie's unbridled partiality and subjective comments on the show, but With no room for Will Marcus, Smith is still looking for a chance to bring his good brother back to CBS.
They told Smith: Miller is just a cameo, the real 31 really only represents a personal position, he can talk nonsense, anyway, the fans will only cast their anger on Indiana Jean. But Will Marcus is their man, and there must be no such remarks.
Miller, who seems to have obtained the iron scroll of Danshu, talked more freely on the show, as if he had found a new purpose in life. When asked what he thought of tonight's game, Miller said: "The Jazz have no There's a chance, even if they take out Billups, take out Willis, and make Barkley out of the game today, I have to say, the Jazz don't have a chance."
"The only chance they had was Game 2, didn't come back in Game 2, didn't end the fight with Lin Long's 3-game suspension, their season was doomed, I can even congratulate the Celtics in advance, they After 12 years, I will become the NBA champion again!"
Smith said: "But they didn't have Billups today, they didn't have Barkley, they couldn't even play Willis, the inside was weak, there was no playmaker, the protection of the rebounds, the lethality in the paint, the stretched rotation, Kyle. How can the special people smooth out these disadvantages?"
"We can look at our peers' predictions for the remaining 2 games of the series before the game. 71% think the Jazz can close the series in Game 6, 21% think the Celtics can 7 win, 8% think the Jazz can win at 7. Obviously, the view of most peers is that the Jazz can close the series tonight, but if not, the combination of Barkley and Lin Long will make them look good!
Miller waved his hand impatiently and interrupted Smith: "Come on Smith, come on, remember my point of view before the series started? The Jazz don't deserve to be compared with the Celtics at all, they are not a team of the same level. , They can't limit Lin, as long as Lin is there, the Jazz are the lambs to be slaughtered! I don't care whether 7% of the people are optimistic about the Jazz or 70% of the people are optimistic about the Jazz.
"I'll be honest, they're just shit and idiots who don't understand football! Anyone who has watched these two teams play closely will understand: Lin Long is going to show the Jazz tonight! I even think that in 1962 Elgin Baylor's historical record of 61 points in the finals will be broken tonight! There is only one possibility that Lin can't score 60 points: the Jazz were beaten and he took a break early. If you don't believe me, let's watch the game That's it!"5
In the studio, Miller was fearless and open-mouthed, just like he was not afraid of Jordan, and unscrupulously offended CBS media people.
The sixth game of the finals is about to start.
The Celtics on the edge of the cliff didn't have Billups, Barkley, or even Auerbach tonight, but they had a comeback Lin Long.
Larry Bird started with the strongest lineup he can make right now:
Ben Wallace, Lin Long, Bruce Bowen, Dale Curry, Nada Barrows.
This lineup used to be the lineup that the Celtics won the most points and played the most during the transition period, with Lin Long as the absolute core, with blue-collars and shooters. Double-teamed and eaten and deflated, it has always been unfavorable!
But in this series, for various reasons, this lineup has never been shown once in the first five games!
Now, Bird took them out when they started. This is not only because Bird is desperate, but also because the team lacks three important main and rotation players, and the team is stretched. If there is no accident, these five people are basically All have to be on the court and play for more than 40 minutes.
Like Lin Long and Big Ben, because they lost two generals in the interior, they have to be prepared to play 48 minutes!
But from the faces of the Celtic people, there was no hesitation and uneasiness at all, and everyone had a firm gaze and full of fighting spirit.
Tonight, they not only fight for the team and the championship, but also for those teammates who were hurt by the Jazz!
As Lin Long said: A team like the Jazz is simply not worthy of a championship!
The five Celtics stepped onto the court early, and the Jazz did not change their starting lineup, still Ostertag, Malone, Russell, Hornacek and the most used this season. Stockton's starting lineup.
Ostertag walked to the middle circle, where Lin Long had been waiting for a long time.
In the last 3 games, because Lin Long did not participate, Ostertag won the first wave of offensive opportunities for his team in 3 consecutive games. At this moment, he is also full of confidence and is ready to use a successful jump ball to come A great start to the team!
Unfortunately, Ostertag forgot one thing.
He only remembered that he had won three times in a row, but he forgot the first two games, and he couldn't even reach Lin Long's wrist!
Tonight, of course, too!
Ostertag's hand barely crossed Lin Long's elbow when Lin Long threw the ball to Bowen.
If you take into account the 10 cm height difference between the two, Lin Long's bullet speed and reaction speed have reached a terrifying level!
After Bowen got the ball, he didn't stick the ball at all, and immediately threw it to Lin Long. Lin Long grabbed the basketball and advanced directly and quickly.
The Jazz have long guarded against Lin Long's quick offense.
All the players have long since fallen into their positions and are ready for battle.
Russell stepped on the 350 and took a step forward on the 3-point line. Just when he wanted to stick to Lin Long to hinder their attack, Lin Long suddenly dribbled the ball one by one and pulled back, not only widening the distance with Russell, He also retreated to a position 2 meters away from the 3-point line and pulled it straight up!
At this time, there are still 18 seconds of attack time! Big Ben, the insider, has not even crossed the 3-point line.
"Shh!
But Lin Long, just voted straight out!
Lin Long, who scored the goal, looked like water, quickly returned to defense, and continued to direct his teammates to take positions. In this game, he will be full of firepower from the beginning!
Bowen stayed in the backcourt, sticking directly to Stockton.
He wants to take advantage of his youth, strength and physical strength, and from the beginning of the game, he has been consuming Stockton!
The two were entangled from the backcourt all the way to the Celtics' 3-point line. Stockton couldn't get rid of Bowen's close defense.
Ogotttag immediately stepped forward, but before he could stand firm, Bowen had already squeezed sideways and stood in front of him. Before the pick-and-roll started, Bowen's aggressive and fierce defense was destroyed. Lose.
Ogotttag immediately retreated, wanting to make room for Stockton, but Big Ben did not follow him to recover, but chose to take a step forward and form a pincer attack with Stockton with Bowen.
One of these two is strong and muscular, and the other is cunning and fierce, with countless defensive skills.
Even Stockton felt powerless against this defense, so he could only turn around, find Hornacek not far away, and pass the ball out.