The prelude to the 10-year finals yellow and green battle, the Lakers path to promotion

In this article, we will continue to write Kobe's revenge season. After the first few chapters were posted, there were not many views. I feel that the top brothers on the list don't like to read it, so I plan to fail. However, several big brothers sent me private messages saying why there is no follow-up... Well, as long as there is a top brother on the list who wants to read it, Fireworks will continue to write it.

For this article, we fill in the old pit before.

In the 2008 Finals tiebreak match, the Lakers were 40 behind. Kobe refused to leave the court and insisted on taking the responsibility for the loss with his teammates on the court. In those scenes at that time, Celtic players Ray Allen, Rondo, Pierce, Garnett, and head coach Doug Rivers had already begun to celebrate in advance. The entire home court was surrounded by cheers and shouts. The smile of the winner on their faces formed a sharp contrast with Kobe, who held his head high but had a cold face.

From that moment on, a seed of revenge had taken root and sprouted in Kobe's heart.

The next year, Kobe led the Lakers to win the championship, but this championship is regrettable because he defeated it was not the Boston Celtics.

The championship trophy is just a symbol. Only the blood of the enemy can extinguish Kobe's anger of revenge in his heart. In the 2009-2010 season, the Lakers overcame all kinds of difficulties and made the playoffs. The Celtics' record was affected by Garnett's injury. In the East, the Cavaliers led by LeBron James emerged and ranked first in the league with 61 wins and 21 losses in terms of record. Everyone is looking forward to hyping up the Finals 23 VS 24. What is the result of

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The Cavaliers and Celtics' opponents in the first round of the playoffs were relatively weak Bulls and Heats. Both teams, Cavaliers and Kay, sent the latter home with the same 4:1, and then met in the second round, and started a battle between the new army and the veterans. The Lakers encountered an opponent who was stronger than the Bulls and the Heat, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Although Kevin Durant, the boss of the Thunder, was only in the third grade, showed extremely fierce offensive firepower. With his first average of 30.1 points, he won the league's scoring champion for the first time, was selected into the All-Star and the All-Star team, becoming a hot new star in the league. Russell Westbrook, the second-in-year second-in-year, also played 16+8, +5 all-around data, and the All-Star and the Best Team are also close.

In addition, the Thunder also had the No. 13 show in 2006, Safrosa, the outside defense gate nicknamed "Swiss Army Knife", Jeff Green, the No. 5 show in 2007, the No. 24 show in 2008, and the Teihua Show, the little prince of the nightclub James Harden.

I believe you can see that the Lakers vs. Thunder, this is a wonderful showdown between a group of old-fashioned teams against the rising stars of the league. It has a lot of highlights. The advantage of youth is that they are full of energy and recover quickly. They can run endlessly, change defenses, and attack without worrying about physical exhaustion. For the Lakers, there is no doubt that how to defend Durant has become the top priority for the team to win. Before the game, Arte found Kobe and said,

"Just keep the attack, Durant will leave it to me."

Time quickly hit the 2024-2025 season. When the whole league was amazed by Wenban Yamana's super and comprehensive talent, he was invited to the famous interview program "Run It" Artest of Back is disdainful. He said-

"At this stage, Wenban Yama is only a semi-finished product. He may be very strong in the future, but now he is definitely not as strong as you say. In fact, when facing him, you only need to do two things well. One is to give him physical confrontation and force his movements to deform. The second is to continue to press and defend with high pressure and not leave him room for dribbling adjustments, just as I defended in the 2010 playoffs. Living what KD did. "

Atai did not brag*. In the whole series, the Lakers used Artai to defend Durant alone, and the latter played in great pain under Artai's strong defense. Of course, Artai also admitted that he could defend Durant in 2010, but he could not defend Durant at the peak. Durant in 2010, his dribbling, ball-holding attack, three-pointers and passes were not top-notch. The first game of the

series set a tone for the entire series. Durant was in no state under Arte's defense. He scored 24 points in 7 of 24 shots, gave 2 assists but made 5 mistakes. However, the talented Youth Army was not given in vain. They used two of the four of Safrosha, James Harden, and even Kevin Durant and Westbrook to double-team Kobe in the whole game, making Kobe play unhappy, with only 21 points in 6 of 19 shots.

The final winner belongs to the Lakers, because the Lakers have Gasol, and the inside is the weakest point of the Thunder. They only have two centers, 30-year-old veteran Nick Collison and Kostic, who has a soft-playing style. These two brothers, in the words of Guo Degang, say that he is talking about it, and he basically has no strength. Gasol scored 19 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks, becoming the Lakers' key winner.

G2 is still a familiar taste. Gasol attacked the basket with a strong attack. In the Lakers' year, Gasol's temperament was completely different from when he first came. He was just one championship trophy to justify his toughness. He added 25 points, 12 rebounds and 5 frontcourt rebounds in the whole game. Kobe scored 15 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, and scored 39 points under high-pressure double-teaming, leading the Lakers to win two consecutive victories.. In the fourth game, Kobe scored 38 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists again, but he still did not lead the Lakers to win. The Suns' bench exploded again, and their bench scored a full 54 points!

The key battle in Tianwang Mountain, the person who came out to save the earth was Atai. In the last 0.8 seconds of the game, he grabbed a rebound from the crowd and threw the ball into the Nets, killing the final result! In fact, many people don’t know that before the final goal, Atai made 1 of 8 shots and scored only 2 points.

In fact, since Atai entered the playoffs, although he is still strong on the defensive end, his offensive performance is very fragmented, with only 8 points per game and a shooting percentage of 41%. What's worse is the three-point shooting percentage, which is only 28%. The Zen master once asked Kobe not to pass the ball to Atai unless it was a large open position, but Kobe refused because he firmly believed that Atai's form would definitely return.

In the sixth game, Ate made 10 of 16 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, 25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked perfect data, which rewarded Kobe's trust.

Just the day before the Lakers advanced to the finals, the Celtics defeated the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals and took the lead in getting the finals ticket. After two years, the yellow and green battle once again reappeared on the finals stage. This year's finals are generally regarded by fans as the most intense, most beautiful and most intense finals in the NBA history! And Kobe also vowed to complete his revenge against the Celtics tonight!

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