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Chapter 250 1984

As usual, Li Liang was sucked into the book.

This time he was sucked into the away locker room at Boston Garden Plaza.

The players of the Los Angeles Lakers were all inside, they looked solemn and the atmosphere was very tense.

They are all familiar faces, such as Magic Johnson, Pat Riley, James Worthy, Jabbar, Kuppchek, and other Lakers players.

Li Liang also saw West, who was cheering the Lakers with Riley.

He had learned about the history of the finals that year in advance.

In 1984, the Los Angeles Lakers were on par with the Celtics in terms of strength.

In terms of state and lineup, the Lakers are even stronger, although their regular season record is not as good as the Celtics.

With the sudden fall of 76ers in Eastern Philadelphia, the battle of Hukai was a popular destination for everyone.

In the first game of the finals, the Lakers were "warmly welcomed" in Boston.

After they left the airport, they waited for an entire hour before waiting for their suitcases, and they were all opened.

The airport was filled with Celtic fans, who drove over and created chaos in the traffic near the airport.

The little fan pretended to ask Magic Johnson for autograph, but when he arrived, he spoke trash to him.

When I got into the car, I found the driver wearing a Celtic jersey.

When I arrived at the hotel, I found the front desk wearing a Celtic jersey.

After entering the room, even the curtains were green.

This is Boston, a city that uses any means to win.

Look at their fans, who are cute but hateful.

However, Magic Johnson and Lakers players were not deterred at the time.

In the first game, Jabbar scored 32 points in the first game, leading the Lakers to win 115:109.

He slapped Boston fans hard in the face.

Magic Johnson played well because the Celtics' KC Jones coach did not let Dennis Johnson defend him, and temporarily switched to Henderson, which was undoubtedly a huge mistake.

In the second game, the Magic played better and better, scoring 14 points in the first quarter, and the Lakers kept the lead.

If the Lakers can score two consecutive games in Boston and return to Los Angeles with a 2:0 advantage, the probability of their winnings will undoubtedly increase greatly.

But Magic Johnson made a mistake.

In the last 20 seconds, the Lakers led by 2 points.

McHale made a free throw, and missed both free throws due to a knee injury.

Magic Johnson won the rebound, and as long as these 20 seconds are spent, the Lakers will win this victory.

But Johnson chose to call a pause.

Actually, this is not entirely blamed by Johnson, because it was Pat Riley who told him that the free throw was called a timeout after the free throw.

But the problem is that Pat Riley didn't expect McHale to miss two free throws.

He thought McHale would make a free throw to draw, so that the Lakers would suspend the tactics of the last offensive.

The magician is still too young to judge the situation on the field by himself.

He relaxed, thinking he was leading, and called a timeout without any harm.

The result was given the Celtics the opportunity to deploy defensive tactics.

After re-serving, the Magic gave Worcy, who made a mistake in passing and was cut off by Henderson, and counterattacked and made a layup to tie.

Leave 13 seconds for the Lakers, and the Lakers can win the finale.

But the Magician was already in trouble. In 13 seconds, he couldn't throw the ball out.

In overtime, the Celtics narrowly defeated the Lakers with 2 points and did not lose two home games in a row.

Both sides 1:1. Logically speaking, the Lakers have regained their home advantage. They beat the Celtics in Los Angeles in the third game and won 137:104.

In the fourth game, the Lakers still maintained their advantage in the field and led by 6 to 8 points.

The Lakers were really stronger than the Celtics in terms of strength that year.

Because the Celtics experienced a coach change in the summer, the old coach Fitch ran away, and KC Jones's first season.

Although the regular season is very good, the playoffs are different.

Feich is the most suitable coach for the Celtics, but unfortunately his stubborn temper makes him not very harmonious with Auerbach.

If the Lakers win this game, it will be very, very difficult for the Celtics to lead 3:1.

At this time, Kevin McHale used the "clothes rod" defense and knocked Lambis to the ground.

This blow completely changed the situation on the court. Lambis almost fought with McHale, but McHale was not sent out. He continued to stay and finished the game.

After a chaotic situation, the Celtics took the opportunity to equalize the score, while the Lakers players became timid and did not dare to rush to the basket.

They fear the Celtic defense that is desperate. They are playing basketball while their opponents are fighting hard.

At the last moment, both sides tied and the Magic had two free throws.

As a result, he was overly nervous and missed two free throws, and Johnson's face completely lost his smile.

At the critical moment, Larry Bird received the ball with his back and forced Johnson to hit a jump shot, overtaking the score.

In the end, the Celtics beat the Lakers with a 4-point advantage and tied the score.

The Celtics lost without any suspense or even miserable, but they won but were thrilling.

Therefore, their strength is not as strong as the Lakers, but these two wins have greatly encouraged the Celtics.

On the contrary, Lakers players, especially young Magic Johnson, have been psychologically affected by Zhongchuang.

The fifth battle of Tianwang Mountain was held in the scorching heat in Boston, and the temperature reached 37 degrees Celsius.

There is no air conditioning in Boston Garden Plaza, and there are so many people in the venue, the temperature is almost 40 degrees Celsius.

Lakers players are used to the luxurious locker room in Los Angeles, so how can they stand this environment? Boston's away locker room environment is notoriously bad.

Jabbar, 37, sat on the bench in the stadium and was inhaling oxygen, feeling like he was about to die.

Bird was like a fish in water, because in the summer he would always run long distances under the scorching sun in Indiana, and he scored 34 points in the game.

After the game, he also told reporters that because the stadium was too hot, he had to run faster to get windy.

This is realistic and pretends to be in the sky.

In the sixth game, Jabbar had another migraine and vomited in the bathroom before the game started.

As a result, the game scored another 30 points, helping the Lakers win.

If Jabbar had a migraine every game, the Lakers would have won the championship long ago.

After the sixth game, both sides entered the tiebreak.

Historically, the Lakers lost the game because their core Magic Johnson had completely lost confidence in the series after a series of blows.

Li Liang stood in the locker room and saw the magician Johnson lying in the narrow treatment bed. He had a calm face and did not look like he had a smile on his face.

He made a mistake in the second game and failed to shoot the final shot, missed the free throw in the fourth game, was killed, and performed poorly in the fifth game.

In the sixth game, the Celtics players had already started calling him "little cheese" and kept provoking him.

Johnson's self-confidence has completely collapsed. Since entering the league, he has been constantly compared with Bird.

Although the Lakers have more championships and although he won the FVP in his rookie season, in terms of personal evaluation, he is always inferior to Bird.

This year, Larry Bird won his first regular season VP, and he definitely won Johnson in the fourth game.

All this put Johnson in more and more psychological pressure, not to mention that the tiebreaker battle will be held in Boston.

Previously, the Lakers had lost to the Celtics six times in the finals, three of which were tiebreakers.

This is their seventh time meeting in the finals, and the fourth tiebreak battle, and Johnson's pressure can be imagined.

He was almost autistic.

After Pat Riley finished his encouragement, the Lakers team came to the Boston Garden Arena.

As soon as I entered the stadium, the noisy sound inside almost overturned people.

All the noise is directed at Lakers players, and the Celtics players are content.

The stadium is still very hot. On June 12th, it was midsummer. It was no air conditioner in the stadium, which was really a waste of life.

Johnson had always had a stern face. He could not see the ease, fighting spirit, strength, and only nervousness, pressure, and suffocation.

Just as the Lakers players were warming up on the court with some stiffness, a place on the sidelines suddenly became noisy.

The Lakers player looked in that direction and saw a man wearing a Lakers sportswear standing by the field and scolding the Celtics fans.

The scolding was so fierce.

It's Bruce Lee.

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