This Forward is Not Serious

Lin Ying's metaphor is very subtle, and Durant's mood has obviously improved.

"And it's not like you're not playing anymore! Just like the game we just watched, the Lakers can make a comeback, and so can you."

Lin Ying called the iron hot and patted Durant on the shoulder.

Hearing this, Durant finally took a long breath.

This is his first season with the Hornets, and the Achilles tendon tear is not a minor injury, but it is not serious.

After two months of rest, he will be able to recover to full health. By then, he and the Hornets will have a better run-in, and his chances of winning the championship will naturally be greater.

And just like Lin Ying said, his comeback defeated the Bucks, which was enough.

As for the Hornets losing to the Nets without him?

Letting Lin Ying take advantage is better than watching Giannis Antetokounmpo go to the Eastern Conference Finals with a proud look on his face!

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In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, and the East-West finals competitions came to an end one after another.

The conference semifinals on both sides were filled with suspense, but in the conference finals, nothing unexpected happened.

The Lakers are too strong, and the Warriors failed to win despite playing three crazy games in G1, which speaks volumes.

4-1, the Warriors relied on a splash to win the game, but Klay Thompson's unexpected injury and season reimbursement did not even allow them to survive until G6.

The Lakers advanced easily. According to most outsiders' opinions, they are only one final away from the championship.

On the other side, Durant's unexpected absence made the Gemini battle a failure, and the strength gap between the two sides was also obvious.

Although the Hornets played extremely tenaciously and even won two games against the Nets with their tough defense, they were still eliminated 2-4 in the end.

In this way, the Nets and Lakers, after a season, still came to the top of the Bauhinia to start this peak showdown.

For most fans, this is the result they are most looking forward to.

If the Lakers can break the Nets' four-game winning streak, it will basically be an official announcement of the arrival of a new Lakers era.

Because although Paul and James are older, they both become more and more demonic as they get older, while Davis will only become more mature.

On the contrary, if the Nets can complete four consecutive championships with such a Lakers, then he will surpass Jordan in a real sense and become the first person in history.

But everyone knows how difficult it is to do this.

The strength of this Lakers team is only a little weaker than last year's Nets.

But the current Nets are really much weaker than last year.

However, the interesting thing about the Nets game is that strong teams may not always have the last laugh. This round of finals will have the most highlights in this year's playoffs.

The Lakers have a record advantage, but the Nets still need to start on the road first.

The Nets arrived in Los Angeles the day before the game.

They stayed in a hotel only one kilometer away from the arena so that the players could get to the arena earlier for training.

When the paper strength is not as good as the opponent, only by doing every detail well can you seize the chance of winning.

The Nets are really cautious about this finals.

And before going to bed that day, Lu specially called Jokic and Lin Ying to his room to study the tactical details of tomorrow's game.

Lu is very close to the players, both in the history Lin Ying knew and now, which is one of the reasons why he can win the respect of the players.

The three of them studied until around 12 o'clock in the night, and then Lu asked them to go back.

On the way back, Lin Ying and Jokic were still communicating.

Just as Lin Ying thought before, after experiencing the baptism with the Raptors before, they have become closer to each other.

Lin Ying returned to the room and video chatted with Swift for a short while. It was already past 1 o'clock at night by the time he finished taking a shower and went to bed.

His previous plan was to fight Durant in seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals, but now that he won easily, his energy was a bit too high.

So when the finals really came around, he had a lot to think about.

In a daze, he didn't feel sleepy until almost two o'clock.

But just when he was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden and extremely noisy sound outside the hotel. The "Vuvuzela" loudspeaker was only used in football matches. The sound immediately woke up Lin Ying, and he lost all sleep in an instant.

In fact, not only Lin Ying, but all the Nets players staying in the hotel were woken up.

Moreover, the sound of the trumpet continued, and there was even a sound of iron collisions.

Lin Ying opened the window and saw someone deliberately making noise near the hotel.

And it took about ten minutes before several fully armed hotel security guards came out, and those people quickly ran away with their tools.

It's not that the hotel security guards are slow, but it's the American streets of Los Angeles late at night, and it's easy to eat peanuts when you go out alone.

After being tortured like this, Lin Ying stayed up for more than an hour before falling asleep.

Then, he didn't know how long it took, but he was woken up by the sound of repairs again.

It turns out that downstairs of the hotel, and on the side where the Nets live, the sewer lines are being repaired and replaced.

Lin Ying felt his head was dizzy and looked at the time. It was only around 6 o'clock in the morning.

This is really, absolutely amazing.

It was at this time that he remembered that when Jordan chatted with him before, he talked about some of his experiences when he went to Utah to play in the Finals.

Not only during the flu battle, the teams they stayed at were always harassed by fans at night.

It seems that last night’s experience is what it was.

The Lakers have so many tricks up their sleeves this year.

But thinking on the bright side, this may also be a sign that the Lakers don't have enough confidence.

If you are strong enough, you don't need to use these tricks.

But this trick really worked, because when he gathered for training in the gym in the morning, Lin Ying saw that the team members were all yawning.

Especially Jokic, who gave him a panda eye. It seemed that he basically didn't sleep last night.

Lin Ying went over to chat with him for a few words, only to find out that the group of people who had been driven away came again at around four o'clock in the night.

It was only because of his light sleep that he was not woken up. Jokic was a light sleeper and probably only slept for an hour or two intermittently.

The Nets have training scheduled during the day and have to prepare for the game in the afternoon. Tonight's game is really torturous.

And when it comes to sleeping, don't think that you can make up for the night during the day. If you stay up late, you won't be able to get back after sleeping during the day, so you can only slow down slowly.

If you are working, you can make a cup of coffee when you are sleepy, but NBA players are not allowed to drink this during games.

With a lot of fatigue, the Nets ushered in the opening game against the Lakers.

During the pre-game training, everyone on the Lakers team was full of energy, but when compared with the Nets team, they could clearly feel tired.

This even attracted ridicule from O'Neal in the commentary box.

"Did the Nets all go to the nightclub to get high last night?"

In the era when they were playing, the "home field advantage" had a special manifestation: fans of the home team would send people to stuff small cards into the visiting team's room, many of which could provide door-to-door service, in order to consume the physical energy of the visiting team's players.

There aren't many of them now, because players get phone calls directly, and some go straight to nightclubs to get high.

In history, when the Thunder lost to the Heat in the Finals, there was a saying that the nightclubs in Miami were too high-end, and Harden always went to get high, resulting in a loss of form.

O'Neal's teasing made this seem more real.

After the game started, the Nets were much worse than the Lakers in terms of state and feel, and made frequent mistakes.

Originally, the Nets' paper strength was much lower, and coupled with last night's troubles, the game was very difficult.

At the end of the game, the Nets lost as expected, and they lost a lot.

At the end of the game, the Lakers players celebrated wildly on the court, and James even beat his chest and roared, venting his emotions to his heart's content.

In comparison, the members of the Nets seem a little lonely.

Losing like this in the first game of the finals was really a bit unexpected.

However, most of the team members returned to the hotel after the game, and people like Jokic fell asleep without even taking a shower.

They were so sleepy.

When I woke up the next day, some team members were complaining about the sewer repairs downstairs that morning.

But more people don't know about this because they were too sleepy and sleepy last night.

It was at this time that Kobe came to chat with Lin Ying, and he realized what the Nets had experienced last night.

This made Kobe feel ashamed.

The Lakers fans he was once so proud of have turned into what they are now for some reason.

For him, if winning depends on this method, then he would rather not.

After separating from Lin Ying, Kobe posted a personal status on social media, calling on fans not to use extravagant tactics.

This also attracted responses from many Lakers fans.

After Kobe retired, he returned to Los Angeles to focus on youth basketball, where he is still a god-like presence.

And soon some fans spontaneously went to patrol around the hotel.

That night, all members of the Nets finally had a solid sleep.

But on social media, Lakers fans exploded again.

Some fans who tried to make noise again were stopped, feeling that those who stopped them were traitors.

However, some fans soon came out to support those who blocked it, saying that the reason why the Lakers are in their current position is due to playing, not relying on these off-the-table moves.

There is a classic saying: "If we need to win this way, what's the difference between that and those guys in Boston?"

In this noisy atmosphere, G2 in the finals continued to play at the Staples Center.

Kobe Bryant also came to the scene for this game.

After getting a good night's sleep, the Nets played obviously much better than G1.

Even facing the Lakers' four-star lineup, they did not fall behind on the field.

After halftime, the Nets trailed the Lakers by only 3 points.

However, in the second half, the Lakers' lineup advantage was gradually revealed.

Especially in the transition period between substitutes in the third and fourth quarters, the Nets, like the Warriors, were a bit out of position.

Although Lin Ying scored 23 points in the last quarter, the Nets ultimately lost to the Lakers 116-121.

Lin Ying scored 44 points in a single game, but still failed to help the team win. Six players from the Lakers scored in double figures, with James, Davis and Cousins ​​all scoring 20+ points.

Compared with the unexpected G1, this is the reflection of the true strength of the two teams.

The overall integrity of the Nets is not worse than that of the Lakers, but the lineup is indeed one level worse than the Lakers.

Social media after the game was completely occupied by Lakers fans.

Some fans even quoted ESPN's pre-season prediction: "James' era has come!"

At this time, group hugs and stuff have been automatically ignored, because they are about to see James put on his crown.

Even if the crown is just for decoration, it is still attractive.

After losing G2, the situation faced by the Nets also became extremely difficult.

There have been a total of 34 0-2 situations in the history of the NBA Finals, but only 4 were reversed, with a probability of only 11.2%.

This is only in terms of probability. What is even more terrible is the gap in the lineups of the two teams. This is something more difficult to overcome than probability.

The current situation of the Lakers is very similar to the Nets last season. With a strong lineup, it is difficult for any team to pose a real threat to them.

After G2, the Nets players also returned to the hotel early to rest.

Tonight's game was very intense, and with the consecutive losses, the players were in a very exhausted state both mentally and physically.

Lin Ying also went to bed early, but he was woken up by his mobile phone in the middle of the night.

I picked it up and saw it was a call from Kobe.

Then he looked at the time. Oh my god, it was 4 o'clock in the morning.

This long-lost scene made him wake up immediately.

Speaking of which, during the draft, the relationship between him and Kobe began with a phone call at four in the morning.

He picked up, and Kobe's words there made people a little confused.

"I'm at Staples Center, come train with me."

In a daze, Lin Ying seemed to have returned to the starting point.

He agreed, got up quickly, and was soon at the Staples Center.

Compared with that time, because I live near the Staples Center, it's a lot more convenient.

When he arrived, Kobe was already warming up.

Although he has lost his poopy belly a year after retiring, his passion for basketball has not diminished at all.

After Lin Ying arrived, the two quickly started bullfighting mode.

What Lin Ying didn't expect was that he couldn't win against the retired Kobe Bryant quickly.

Although he won all three games, the scores between the two were very close.

Kobe was no longer physically able to continue, and the two of them sat on the sidelines to rest.

"No one can surpass your skills."

Lin Ying turned to Kobe and said.

He remembered what he had said when chatting with Durant before.

Compared to James, who only likes to wear a crown, Kobe is the one who has proven himself in basketball prowess.

Of course, there is an element of commercial bragging in this wave.

But what Lin Ying didn't expect was that Kobe didn't brag to him, but his expression suddenly became serious, and then he said seriously:

"Lin, it's not that no one can surpass my skills, it's just that you haven't done enough."

Lin Ying was stunned by these words.

"You are physically and mentally exhausted. You have overcome great difficulties and you need to rest. This is human nature, but that is not enough."

Kobe's words were a bit of a double entendre.

"Because you are facing an opponent who is far stronger than you, you cannot expect your teammates to make more contributions, because those are uncertain factors. The only thing you can do is to break through your own limits, whether it is physical Mentally, you have to become harder than iron."