Chapter 641 The First Heavy Honor! Defensive Player of the Season

The next day, in the early morning of April 24th, the Lakers' flight flew directly to Denver. Although there are still as many as 3 days before the third series, but it is time for the playoffs, naturally there is no room to be sloppy. , The Lakers have made an appointment for the Nuggets' game venue in the afternoon, and will conduct their first training to adapt to the venue today.

This time the Lakers can be described as very ambitious. Zen master has already emphasized their determination when they set off. In order to prepare for the next game, they will try their best to end this round of series at the home of the Nuggets. To this end, the Lakers also brought a large-scale The staff, especially the chef, brought three at a time, and they will directly provide food security for the entire Lakers team.

After all, this kind of thing can’t be avoided. When Jordan suffered acute gastroenteritis in G5 of the 1987 finals, he almost couldn’t play the game.

Although in the end Jordan scored 38 points while ill and led the team to victory, and the scene where he fell into Pippen's arms at the final whistle was cited as a classic, the reason behind this is still worthy of vigilance by all teams.

I really don't understand why Jordan, who has been so self-disciplined in his career, suddenly fell ill the day before the game. At that time, the Bulls had paid great attention to the health of the players' food, and there was absolutely no problem with the security, but it still happened.

And what happened to Jordan still makes people think in the direction of conspiracy theories, and there are rumors of food poisoning caused by deliberately passing the wrong drink in some celebrity biographies.

There is no way to verify the truth of the matter, but it also reminds other NBA teams that in the playoffs, there can be no mistakes.

The Zen master even made three orders and five declarations before departure, and strictly prohibited Ji Feng and the others from going out to find food.

Originally, the guys from Farmar didn't take it seriously, but as soon as the bus left the Denver airport, they were frightened by the enthusiastic Denver fans...

"It's no exaggeration to say that the whole of Denver is staring at us." Ji Feng looked at the excited fans outside the car and said, this kind of excitement is obviously not the excitement of welcoming them, it is obviously trying to scare them.

"It's Denver Plateau after all, the fans are just different." Fisher said with smacking.

After all, Denver Speedy is famous for the Devil's home, and the arena is above the plateau, which makes it even more difficult to fight here.

And at the moment, the Nuggets are still behind by a big score of 0-2. According to the historical data of the NBA, in the case of a 0-2 deficit in the playoffs, only 18 teams have made a comeback, which seems to be a lot. However, in this situation A total of 222 times…

The most recent one was in the 2006 Finals. After winning two games in a row, the Mavericks were inconceivably pulled four games in a row by the Heat, and finally lost the championship 4-2. It was also one of the most classic finals comebacks in NBA history. one.

So according to the probability, after the Nuggets lose the first two games, the chance of a comeback is actually very small. It can be said that the Nuggets have already stood on the cliff with one foot.

But there is still a chance. If they can win this game and tie the score to 1-2, then their probability of promotion will further increase. A handful of them.

But if the Nuggets fail to win this game and the score becomes 3-0, then it will only be a matter of time before the Nuggets take both feet off the cliff and fall.

After all, in decades of NBA history, no team has ever been able to come back from a 0-3 situation, never!

And as long as they win, even if they lose 1-3 afterwards, there are 8 teams in NBA history who have completed the comeback. , this is also the most painful comeback in the history of the Lakers.

So this can understand the mood of the Nuggets fans, this game is a veritable battle of Tianwangshan.

Before the game, a number of Denver media had slogans to defend Denver and encouraged the Nuggets to win this Tianwang Mountain and finally complete the comeback.

The Nuggets also invited fans to wear blue clothes to the arena to cheer for the Nuggets through their official channels.

So what the Lakers saw was only a part of it, and it is estimated that there are various extra-disc moves waiting for them when they arrive at the hotel.

However, the Lakers will be very calm, especially the veterans such as Kobe and Fisher. They have experienced too much. They basically see this thing once a year, so they are very calm.

And they also made the atmosphere in the team very stable. This is the role of the veterans. They can act as the anchor of the team and ensure the stability of the team atmosphere.

That's why many coaches sign one or two seasoned veterans before the playoffs. Their role is not just a mascot. Their experience will have a very important effect on the team, in addition to being on the court. If they can act at the critical moment, they will actually play a greater role on the sidelines and in places where the fans can't see them.

What is a family with an old man and a treasure, that's it.

So sometimes many fans will find out that in the playoffs, why the team that was clearly blowing a youth storm in the regular season loses at a critical moment, that is, their team lacks such experienced players. In stressful situations, it's no surprise that it crashes.

Therefore, the efforts of the Nuggets fans have little effect on the Lakers.

Moreover, the Lakers were just reversed once last season. This time they have fully absorbed their experience. They value this game even more than the first game. They must not let the victory slip away for the second time!

However, the Lakers who arrived at the hotel gathered in the temporary tactical training room after a short break, waiting for the latest news from ESPN.

The reason is naturally that today is the awarding time for the second important award of the regular season!

On April 22, the NBA officially announced the first important award of the regular season, which is the best sixth man in the 07-08 season.

This award has nothing to do with the Lakers, and this award was awarded to the Spurs' super sixth man, Manu Ginobili!

This award can be said to be well deserved, without any controversy, and Ginobili was also elected with an absolute advantage of 615 points, Suns guard Barbosa and Mavericks guard Terry ranked second and third.

Ginobili played 74 times this season, including 51 off the bench, averaging a career-high 19.5 points per game, becoming the Spurs' leading scorer this season, in addition to 4.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.47 steals. Compared to his career average of 13.7 points per game, Ginobili's scoring average this season has improved by nearly 6 points, and he is the only player in the league to average more than 17 points per game in fewer than 32 minutes per game. player of.

"I'm coming!"

Finally, after ESPN beeped nonsense for a long time, the latest official NBA news was finally announced.

"The best defensive player in the NBA regular season this season is!"

"Los Angeles Lakers! Super rookie from China, Ji Feng!"