The Whip of the God of Basketball

A 10-point lead is enough to make the Los Angeles fans feel relieved for a while. At least they can happily eat some popcorn, listen to music, watch the halftime show, and express their feelings about the game during the ten minutes of halftime. The second half of the game gave rise to expectations. The Lakers' performance in the first half was indeed quite outstanding, very similar to their style in the Western Conference semifinals and finals. The tactics were clear and determined, connected internally and externally, and they used their extremely rich experience to do their best in details.

For them, the main problem in the second half is whether they can maintain the state of the first half, especially whether they can continue to maintain a high concentration of attention and not be disturbed by other factors. This will be a big problem for the veteran-dominated Lakers. It is a major test, and physical strength will be a big issue in the second half.

Secondly, the Lakers need to think carefully about how to withstand the Celtics' counterattack. At the end of the second quarter, the Celtics made a three-pointer and a steal layup, and instantly recovered five points, which made Jackson break out in a cold sweat. This also made Jackson realize that if he is not careful in the second half, the Celtics are likely to get the score back in a short time.

During the halftime break, Jackson also repeatedly emphasized that the team must pay more attention and be careful of the Celtics' various methods in the third quarter. He knew that the Celtics in the third quarter were the most terrifying Celtics. . In the first two games, the Lakers were basically evenly matched with the Celtics in the first and second quarters. As a result, they were overwhelmed in the third quarter, defeated once, and widened once. As a result, the Lakers entered the fourth quarter at a disadvantage and had to pin their hopes on Kobe's outside attack.

And Fox-Leon has completely seen through the Lakers' rhythm, using Laga Bell's bite and Kevin Garnett's interference to curb Kobe's performance, causing the Lakers' final struggle to be in vain.

Tonight, in the first half, Kobe obviously played more restrained. He passed passes to O'Neal many times, made tactics, and participated in the team's offense, which indeed had a very good effect.

"Keep the momentum of the first half, don't think too much, work hard, I hope we can start our real journey to the finals from this game." Jackson encouraged the players in the locker room, his "Don't think too much" "Obviously he said it to Kobe. He hoped that Kobe could maintain the team play style of the first half.

However, it seemed that Kobe was not impressed by Jackson's words. He remained silent in the locker room. Although he and O'Neal had a lot of cooperation in the first half, the two still did not speak in private. Kobe had his own ideas, he wanted to win games, his own way.

On the other hand, in the Celtics locker room, there was no tension or dullness as people expected. On the contrary, there was a relaxed atmosphere here. Leon just carried out simple mobilization and tactical arrangements, and then asked the players to relax as much as possible, chat, listen to music, and eliminate the tension in the first half.

One of the reasons why the Celtics played poorly in the first half was that the entire team was a little tight. This can be seen from the shooting percentage. They made 2 of 11 three-pointers in the first half, and their shooting percentage was horribly low. This also allows Jackson to boldly adopt psychological tactics, shrink the defense, let the Celtics' pitchers take action, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.

This is a trick that Jackson usually uses on the defensive end. Jackson's team never pins its fate on three-pointers, but on the superstar's powerful low singles. Maybe some teams can use three-pointers to gain an advantage at certain times, but once their touch is gone, Jackson's team will use stable low-post output to let their opponents understand what absolute strength is.

In the face of absolute strength, opportunism will only lead to faster death.

Now, Fox-Leon wants Jackson to understand the meaning of this sentence more deeply.

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At the same time, in the midfield referee's rest room, Steve Jarvie was sitting in front of the video recorder to review several penalties in the first half. This was a review work that the referee needed to do in the midfield. Obviously Javi felt that there was not much problem with his penalty in the first half. Of course, he did not mean that he did not take sides, but that he was flawless.

Jarvie knows that anyone who has been in the NBA for many years can see some of these problems, but he has always been confident in his ability to deal with related problems. Only when facing the eagle eyes of Fox-Leon, Javi will feel like a light on his back. He had long heard that this kid had a photographic memory and his eyes were as sharp as a bald eagle. After he became the Celtics coach, the most embarrassing time for Javi was when Fox-Leon not only appeared in a certain game during the regular season last year. After the game, he openly criticized some of Javier's unfair penalties during the game, and personally pointed out those penalties and what tricks Javier used to affect the situation of the game.

This made Javi lose face, because everything Leon said hit the target. After that, Javi would be ridiculed in almost every game he worked with other referees, especially when he was officiating Celtic games. It also made him even more rude to the Celtics.

In this finals, as usual, he wanted to teach the Celtics, who were still leading by a big score in an away game, a lesson. Of course, he would not whistle randomly, but together with other referees, he significantly tightened the scale of whistleblowing for internal defensive actions, and at the same time, he would Turning a blind eye to some entangled movements on the line, this obviously gave the Lakers more benefits. Especially Kevin Garnett's callable foul, which directly caused the Celtics' core to leave the game early. At the same time, the exit time was controlled at the end of the second quarter without causing much impact. It can be said that Javi really controlled it. A good scene.

Of course, such a trick did not escape Leon's eyes. Naturally, Javi was embarrassed and yelled by Leon. In the second half, Javi decided to continue to put pressure on the Celtics.

"There were a little too many fouls on both sides in the first half. In the second half, we should relax the scale, especially the scale of hand movements." Javi View Video TV and colleague Jack Niles said that as the referee of the game, he is qualified Sets the tone for how the game is called.

The first half was strict, but in the second half, Javier decided to loosen up the two sides. However, he was not thinking about the Celtics. In fact, the lagging team wished that the scale was stricter and the rhythm was slower, so that the score could be slowly improved. Grind it back. Once both sides are relatively loose, the two sides continue to attack, and it will be difficult for the Lakers to feel good on the offensive end.

And for the leading side, greater defensive freedom will help them extinguish the opponent's counterattack flames while having a psychological advantage. Once the Celtics' near-basket attacks are destroyed by the Lakers, their pursuit of points will be Extremely tough -- unless they can find their touch from beyond the arc. This kind of thing is not something that the referee can decide.

"Okay Los Angeles people, I have done my best. As for the result, it still depends on you." Before the game started, Steve Jarvie thought in his heart, preparing to leave the lounge and go to the field.

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"Thinking about the hard training we had during the regular season, I bet that no team in the entire league trained harder and more efficiently than I did; think about the pain of our failure last year, I bet that this pain No one wants to experience this again in their lifetime; think about our high spirits and incomparable confidence along the way, Fo-Fo-Fo-Fo, I want to tell you, this is not a joke, not a casual encouragement, this It is a promise and an oath. Because we are good enough, strong enough, and outstanding enough, we win the game not to humiliate our opponents, but to respect them. Tell them that you are just so different from us. The Lakers are no exception. Okay, Boys, girls, bastards, you had such a bad first half, and now I’m going to kick your ass and tell you, go out there and kill them!”

Before the start of the second half of the game, Fox-Leon made his final mobilization. Yes, this was his last mobilization of the series, and it was also his final oath. Although it was only the third game, it was only the third quarter of the third game. But Leon knew that as long as he took that step here, everything would fall into place.

10 points, a battle of life and death.