331. The first championship in team history, Iverson's first championship in his career! (4.4K words
After returning from the timeout, the last three and a half minutes left on the court, but the Magic at home played temporarily led the Lakers by 4 points.
And in addition, the reason why Zen Master Jackson called a timeout during this period is not only because within the last three minutes of the game, no matter how many timeouts the team has left before, it will be reset to twice.
The most important thing is that the Magic played very well in the last moment. Apart from the classic connection between Su Jiu and Howard, the others dared to fight on the offensive end, which directly formed a very sharp contrast with the Lakers, who have always kept Kobe fighting alone.
It can be said that as time goes on the court, most of the offensive moves on the Lakers are basically handed over to Kobe.
On the other hand, when the game reaches a critical moment, the Magic never relies on one person's ability to score on the offensive end.
Whether it is Howard, who is known as the league's number one center, or Su Jiu, who is known as the historical rookie.
The entire Magic team is not just one person fighting, but everyone can get a knife on the offensive end, becoming the final ultimate point.
From an objective perspective, even if we take a look at the reasons for the Lakers' internal discord this season.
If both sides really fight to the finals with real swords and guns, then the Magic are likely to get rid of the Lakers within six games.
This situation is not because the Lakers are not strong enough this season, but because when the Magic and the Lakers really fought, they found that the Magic's playing style can be said to have a natural effect on the Lakers.
Because the Lakers are a typical personal heroic style of play this season, but because Kobe, Gasol and Bynum's iron triangle strength is too strong, even this simple style of play still helps the Lakers become the second in the league.
But on the other hand, the Magic team, when the team itself has superstars, they tend to be more team offensive, and everyone can become that end point on the offensive end.
This kind of team is obviously the most hated existence of the Lakers, and this is also the main reason why the Lakers lost to the Spurs three times this season.
It is no exaggeration to say that although the Magic of this season has emerged in the regular season, it has presented people with a very perfect attitude.
But at that time, no one expected that the Magic could stand out in the East and meet the Lakers in the Finals.
In the finals, he beat the Lakers in an almost crushing manner.
However, compared to the Magic's extremely powerful this season, what really made the fans shine is that the Magic's team was able to remain so calm when they stood on such a big stage, even though Iverson had experience in the finals.
You should know that for normal young players, performing well in the regular season does not mean that they can still play so well after entering the playoffs.
When they arrive on the stage of the finals, young players will often suddenly fall in personal performance under pressure from the outside world and defensive end. Few can rebound and they are still a big blow to all sides in the finals.
But this year the Magic are obviously a freak, because Su Jiu, who just won the best rookie in the regular season, performed exceptionally well not only in the first few rounds of the playoffs.
After entering the finals, his personal performance was also very impressive, and he could even be compared with the "Magician" Johnson.
In addition to Su Jiu, who still performed well in the finals, the performance of other Magic players, whether it is Howard or Tkoglu, can be said to be very stable, without much fluctuation.
The most affordable one is Pitrus, who was just poached by magic last year.
You know, Pitrus followed the Warriors in the Western Conference playoffs back then, and the Mavericks, who ranked No. 1 in the Western Conference at the time, was the first in the Western Conference.
So when the Magic chose to sign him with a pretty good contract, it was because they fell in love with his fierce defensive end and his three-point shooting on the offensive end.
After the start of the regular season this year, Pitrus has not performed too well. Although his contribution to the field was not too bad, it did not surprise the Magic.
However, since entering the playoffs, Pitrus' role has been instantly sublimated.
After all, no matter what, Pitrus is a player who has really played a tough game. Throughout the playoffs, Pitrus has been arranged by Van Gundy to defend the opponent's offensive sharp sword.
When playing the Bulls in the first round of the playoffs, Pitrus was arranged by Van Gundy to defend the Bulls' No. 1 scorer, Ben Gordon, who averaged 20.7 points per game in the regular season.
In the second round of the playoffs, Pitrus's task became even more difficult, that is, he wanted to defend Paul Pierce, who had just won the finals FMVP last year.
And in that entire round of the Eastern Conference semi-finals, in order not to allow the Celtics to fully open the offensive end, Van Gundy always defended Pierce's personal defense.
In the end, Pitrus lived up to expectations. With his personal hard work and fierce defensive attitude, Pierce's shooting percentage was successfully limited to only 40.8% in that round of the series.
It can be said that if Pitrus did not have the defensive ability in the playoffs, the Magic would probably have to break the sword and sink the sand in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, Pietrus, who had been experiencing the difficulty of hell, was directly entrusted with the important task of defending James.
You know, LeBron James is the regular season MVP of this season, and he is the best performer among all the players among the 30 teams this year.
Similarly, in order to cut off the connection between LeBron James and other teammates, head coach Stan Van Gundy did not use double-teams in that round of the series.
At least in most cases, Pitrus is allowed to defend alone.
Although at that time, Pitrus' defense against James could not be said to be completely effective, he was already the best player in the Magic team who could play the defense against James.
In the finals, Pietrus, who had just defended James, directly faced "Black Mamba" Kobe again on the stage of the finals.
For a player who survives in the NBA by defending, this series of player arrangements can definitely be called deadly.
First, there were FMVP Paul Pierce in the finals, then the MVP LeBron James in the regular season, and finally, Kobe, who can be the best in the league in terms of scoring ability alone.
It can be said that the players in the Magic may be Su Jiu, Howard and Iverson.
But Pitrus' role in the team cannot be ignored, because without Pitrus' personal defense, the Magic would not have played so easily in this round of the series.
It is even more impossible to force the Lakers to this point now. Even in this process, Kobe also scored more than 30 points in a single game.
But Pitrus was close to Kobe at the first time, and resolutely stepped forward to defend by blocking the gun, which is still worthy of respect.
Even in the league, there are many players who are better at defensive abilities than Pitrus, but the man who really helps the team overcome many difficulties and finally stands at the top of the league is called Michael Pitrus.
There is no doubt that if the Magic really wins the championship trophy this year, then when Pitrus' contract expires, he will definitely become one of the players in the league.
Just like Danny Green in later generations, even though he often faces diarrhea on offensive end, with his experience in the finals and ability on defensive end, there is no need to worry about not having a team giving him a bargaining chip that is sincere enough for him.
So this year's Magic's special killing in the finals seems to be a dark horse, if someone starts digging deeper from the inside, he will definitely discover the terrible aspects of the Magic.
That is some players who look inconspicuous and are even far from popular, but have made great contributions to the team in their own fields.
Whether it is Pitrus or the substitute Gott and Courtney Lee, the performance of these players in the playoffs is the most powerful evidence.
As time on the court has become less and less, Kobe's offensive efficiency has begun to decline. After all, with the loss of personal physical strength, and the Magic team members obviously smelled the feeling of the championship.
Everyone put in their strength to take care of themselves at the last moment without regressing at all. Under such circumstances, every attack of the Lakers seemed particularly difficult.
Finally, with one and a half minutes left before the end of the game, the Magic had already expanded the game's advantage to 7 points.
Faced with this situation, Zen Master Jackson resolutely called out a timeout, because if the Lakers' offense cannot improve in the next attack, it means that the Lakers' trip to the finals this year has come to an end.
After returning from the timeout, Kobe still did not give up. Faced with the Magic's heavy defense, he resolutely shouldered the team's offensive banner.
But as the saying goes, one person's courage is powerless to turn the world around. Facing the magicians' hands and swords falling at the last moment, the score difference on the field was still wider and wider by the magicians, and there was no sign of shrinking.
As time goes on the court, the entire Orlando Arena is completely in a state of madness.
Because when the second hand is completely finished, it means that Magic has truly won the NBA championship trophy in the 2008-09 season, and this is also the first championship trophy in the history of the Magic team!!
As time goes on the court, the Lakers have obviously given up catching up.
On the big screen on the scene, you can clearly see the facial expressions of the Lakers generals at this moment.
Everyone seemed relatively silent at this time, and everyone's face was either disappointed or unwilling.
In the end, after the game ended, as the second hand on the court completely returned to zero, the Magic's substitute players immediately flocked into the court.
Everyone ran and celebrated wildly on the court, and Aaron Iverson knelt in the middle of the floor with his knees tightly pressed his head against the floor, as if he was venting his personal emotions.
As the Magic generals celebrated wildly in the middle of the stadium, the entire Orlando Arena was completely in a state of madness.
All the fans were spraying champagne and petals in the stands. The sound of the entire arena was completely deafening. Looking around, this scene was not shocking enough.
While the home fans were already celebrating wildly, the fans watching this game online were also in an instant.
Because with the Magic winning again in this game, the Magic not only successfully won this year's championship trophy, but also swept the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 4:0 in the finals, becoming the ninth team to sweep the finals in NBA history!!!
Obviously, before the start of this game, many fans had imagined this possibility.
However, when the Magic really won the first championship in the team history, people still felt very shocked.
On the court, after the Magic team gradually calmed down, the players from the Lakers came up to embrace the Magic generals.
During this process, Kobe immediately walked in front of Howard and communicated with Howard in a very secretive manner.
Seeing this scene, Su Jiu obviously felt a little confused, because on the normal historical trajectory, after defeating the Magic in the Lakers Finals, Kobe walked to Howard and told Howard that he could give him a way to win the championship.
Finally, when Howard's contract expired, Howard really went to Los Angeles and joined forces with Kobe.
However, as the Magic swept the Lakers in the finals this year, Su Jiu was really curious at this moment, curious about what Kobe would say to Howard.
As the players of the two teams embraced each other with encouragement, Kobe finally walked in front of Su Jiu. After completing the hug first, he touched the back of Su Jiu's head with his hands, and then said to Su Jiu:
"Su, you're an excellent player, it's incredible that this is just your first season in your NBA career."
"To be honest, I feel very frustrated that the team lost and lost in this way, but I know that this championship is worthy of you."
"Because your performance is really excellent, but what I want to say is that I will definitely become stronger next year and will definitely lead the team to attack the championship again."
"So if possible, in the finals next year, I hope you will meet, because I will definitely defeat you and win that championship trophy."
After hearing Kobe's words, Su Jiu was obviously not calm enough. After talking to Kobe again, the two of them embraced another solemnly.
After the hug, Kobe only found the man on the edge of the court at the last moment. Yes, it was Allen Iverson.
The moment I saw Iverson, even though Kobe was a little depressed at this time, he still changed into a smile and hugged Iverson with a smile on his face.
After the hug, the two of them had a smile on the court. Finally, before leaving the court, Kobe did not hug Iverson, but instead stretched out his right hand and slapped Iverson hard in the air.
After the high-fives, Kobe resolutely turned around and prepared to leave the field from the player channel and leave the venue for everyone in the Magic to celebrate.
And when Kobe turned around, Kobe, who was originally smiling, instantly became calm.
Because for Kobe, what is before turning is "youth", but what is after turning is "reality"...
Chapter completed!