ebonymovies Chapter 715 715. The last real 23vs24!
Chapter 715 715. The last real 23vs24!
Chapter 715 715. The last real 23vs24!
23VS24 sequel!
People have a lot of fun with nostalgia these days.
Suddenly, unknowingly, suddenly and shockingly, this may be the last finals match between the two as star players.
Since Kobe was not so unlucky in this time and space, he was injured consecutively, and after returning from a ruptured Achilles tendon, he still played at the level of the top three shooting guards in the league. It can be said that Harden and Thompson are two shooting guards who are better than him, so people are still as usual. I think Kobe is old.
But after such a publicity by the league, people suddenly realized that Kobe was 38 years old!
And then suddenly noticed, only to find that by the end of this year, James will be 32 years old!
James’ side is not that important. According to his current style of paddling in the regular season, he can still maintain high efficiency and even compete for the No.35 ability at the age of 1. This is what Kobe has proved before the Achilles tendon rupture. Pass.
As for Kobe, at the beginning of this year's regular season, there has been some obvious downward trend. Fortunately, he changed his style of play in time and became a role player in order to continue to maintain his efficiency.
But next season, the Lakers' idea of trading Thompson has been "leaked" by the Warriors, and the Warriors have remained silent and have not come out to refute the rumors. It is very likely that Kobe's team role will change suddenly next season. For one thing, even if James continues to reign in terror over the East in the next few years, and the Lakers continue to rule the West, it's not really 23vs24.
So the league's promotional slogan is - "The Last 23vs24".
For this year's playoffs, the league was overjoyed, except for the Lakers' excessive sweep of three consecutive rounds, which reduced the broadcast fee a lot, but the other series were played fiercely enough, and most of the series were played at least 6 games, this year's skyrocketing broadcast costs have doubled the broadcast revenue of these games compared to last year's playoffs!
This is not counting the next finals, even if there are only four games in the next finals, the ratings attracted by the gimmick of the final match between Kobe and James, it is estimated that the league's salary cap will break through the final goal next season Feet, that is, more than [-] million!
League officials and those team owners never worry about the salary cap being too high, but worrying about it being too low, because the higher the salary cap, the higher the team's income!
In addition to 23vs24, there is another huge highlight that also attracted the attention of a large number of fans.
That is, can the Lakers end the playoffs undefeated?
This goal that makes the Lakers feel like hungry wolves now, and at the same time makes the Cavaliers feel humiliated, is the goal that more fans who are indifferent to 23vs24 pay attention to!
In fact, compared to the fact that the Lakers are about to win two consecutive championships and break the historical playoff winning percentage, etc., most fans don't think it is unacceptable.
On the contrary, James has reached the finals in the Eastern Conference for six consecutive years, which is really terrifying!
In other words, James has never missed the finals since he was 26 years old until now!And according to the situation where there are fewer and fewer stars in the Eastern Conference, James may be able to maintain this dominance until he is 35 years old!
James broke Baylor and Russell's record of entering the Finals for eight consecutive years?
It's very possible!
Kobe once said that as many people love him as many people hate him.
The same is true for James. As many people are proud of him reaching the Finals for six consecutive years, he makes as many people hate him for dominating the Eastern Conference for six consecutive years.
So, beyond the expectations of the Lakers, they thought they would be the target of public criticism, and they actually received a wide range of support!
Just like Curry let Liu Ren sweep the Cavaliers, sweeping the Cavaliers has become the common aspiration of fans of all teams in the league except James fans!
Especially the fans of the other 14 teams in the East, since James can't stop him from turning the East into purgatory, then let him stop the finals forever!
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Los Angeles is a good place. Almost all NBA players will come to Los Angeles to relax for a while during the offseason.
There are the best car beauties and the most extravagant nightclubs here...
The same is true for James, who will come to Los Angeles every summer, and even has a villa in Manhattan Beach, which has become a common residence in summer.
Therefore, in the past two offseasons, the relationship between James and Liu Ren was very good, and they would have at least one or two dinner dates every summer.
In the past, every time James came to Los Angeles to play an away game, if Liu Ren was also in Los Angeles, he would come to play together.
But this time is different. The huge pressure of public opinion, as well as the huge sense of oppression brought by the Lakers' consecutive sweeps of the Spurs and Warriors, two teams that the Cavaliers can't compete with, made it impossible for James to compete like the regular season or even last season. Come out and play as easily as in the finals where you must lose.
James is great enough, the current Lakers are great enough, and Liu Ren is also on the road to greatness.
When two people are great enough, and they are great enough in the same profession, they will inevitably embark on the road of becoming enemies.
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"As for the goal of the finals? It's simple, four-four-four-four! There is nothing else, even if we lose one game, we can't accept it. We won't accept things like 2001. We will start from the beginning. Go all out!" In an interview, Liu Ren directly stated the team's goal, which is to continue sweeping.
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"Can we beat the Lakers? Of course, we will win the championship within five games!" James has no fear, is the strongest team in history?He also wants to see it.
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Both Liu Ren and James have full confidence in their team. At this time, they must have confidence. Even James, who is obviously at a disadvantage in public opinion, must maintain sufficient confidence in interviews and not be timid. If the team The boss of the team was discouraged during the interview. The Cavaliers are already under pressure, and their mentality may be out of balance.
Naturally, Liu Ren has to state his goal directly, and this is the goal of the Lakers, and they cannot accept even one loss!
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总决赛的赛程确定了，是5月31号，在洛杉矶斯台普斯中心展开总决赛第一场比赛，6月2号在斯台普斯中心进行湖人队第二个主场，然后到6月5号和6月7号在克里夫兰进行第三场和第四场的比赛。
后面的赛程如果有的话，将会在6月10号、6月13号、6月16号进行有可能的接下来的比赛，本别是在洛杉矶和克里夫兰还有洛杉矶。
After the schedule is confirmed, starting from May 5, rooms in Los Angeles and Cleveland until June 30 are fully booked.
Why is a popular large-scale event so popular with local cities?That's why.
Not only hotels in Los Angeles and Cleveland have been booked out, but also bars, nightclubs and even the few Internet cafes in the United States that can be used overnight. Needless to say, the catering industry , The scalpers have been making money from the beginning of ticket sales. The Lakers VS Cavaliers finals will at least bring additional hundreds of millions of dollars in income to Los Angeles and Cleveland!
This is also the reason why the sports industry has a large federal tax reduction in taxation, especially the four major leagues. Their federal tax cannot exceed 20.00% in the law. It is within the legal scope, because the benefits and benefits brought by sports to these cities and the cohesion of cities are very huge.
You only need to look at the scenes of empty streets during the championship parade in the cities that win the four major league championships every year. Sports competition can also arouse the blood and cohesion in people's hearts.
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The closer to May 5st, the more heated the public opinion about the finals. On the contrary, the Lakers and Cavaliers, who were in a storm of public opinion, quieted down, huddled in the training hall and rented training hall in Los Angeles to prepare for the finals.
Especially for the Lakers, D'Antoni can't be careless when the finals are about to start. He is actively mobilizing the emotions and cohesion of the players every day, and isolating the interference from the outside world. Don't let them be dominated by fans. The 2001 Lakers were equally invincible, but they lost in the first game against the 76ers in the finals because of carelessness.
With the lessons learned from the past, the Lakers players don't need D'Antoni to mobilize, and they are working hard to prepare for the game every day!
(End of this chapter)