7 years ago, Western Conference Finals.

Portland Trail Blazers VS Los Angeles Lakers.

From the current perspective, there must be no suspense in that round of the series.

Because everyone knows that that was the beginning of the Lakers' dynasty.

Everyone also knows that after that season, the Trail Blazers embarked on the road of no return as a prison team.

Historically, the Lakers and Trail Blazers in the 21st century are not teams at the same level at all.

So if you have an impression, you may think that the Lakers should win very easily.

Actually it is not.

That year, Kobe was still an ambitious young talent, and Shaq was also in his most immature year during his three consecutive championships, and there was still a difference between his stamina and killer momentum in the following two years.

The cunning "Roof of the World" Sabonis and young Rashid even embarrassed Shaq for a time.

The battle situation at that time was not a one-sided crushing, but each side won one game first, then two games each, until the tiebreaker.

That's right, the Trail Blazers forced the Lakers to the seventh game!

And in the tiebreaker, with more than ten minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Lakers by 15 points!

At that time, everyone felt that the Lakers were finished, the Trail Blazers were about to return to their top, and Paul Allen's money was finally no longer wasted.

As a result, in the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers staged a classic super reversal.

There was a period in the fourth quarter when the Trail Blazers went without scoring for seven minutes.

The Lakers seized the opportunity, approached the score, and finally took the lead.

Just like that, the Lakers entered the finals in a tiebreaker!

This also makes for a great OK combination.

Without the 15-point reversal in the last quarter, the greatest three-peat dynasty of the 21st century would cease to exist.

Therefore, the meeting between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface.

Seven years have passed and both teams have changed.

The Trail Blazers directly changed a group of people. Although the Lakers still have Kobe, Fisher, and a top center, they are already very different from before.

The people competing have changed, but one thing will never change - the competition between the two sides is still fierce!

Don't look at the few Chinese sentences Kobe said before were a bit funny, but as soon as the game started, Kobe made Wayne realize what the Los Angeles Malone is.

In the first attack, Kobe singled out Parker with the ball.

Wayne took two steps away from Odom in the corner and shrank to the three-point line, ready to help defend at any time.

Sure enough, Kobe easily broke through Parker. This is not to blame Parker, after all, he faced one of the most difficult players to defend in the league.

The best way to defend him is to wait for him to strike out on his own.

After Kobe Bryant broke through, Wayne immediately stepped up to defend.

Just bet on Odangdang that the three points are unstable.

In a matchup of similar strength like this, defense is actually a process of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall.

If you want to completely defend the Lakers like the Jazz and Suns, that's a dream.

Kobe saw Wayne coming up on defense, but he didn't pass the ball.

What a joke.

I'm Kobe Bryant!

My pass button never works!

It's not that I didn't want to pass, it was just that it didn't respond when I pressed the pass button.

What can I do? Only singles!

"Bang!"

The two bodies touched each other solidly, and the hatred and resentment accumulated from dozens of mutual text messages all sparked at this moment.

It showed the hardness that the Western Conference Finals should have.

Then when Kobe was leaning on Wayne to break through, he inadvertently swung his elbow and hit Wayne in the stomach.

Wayne suddenly held his breath in pain. Although the Man of Steel ensured that Wayne would not be seriously injured, it would not block Wayne's pain.

Damn Kobe, you are so unkind.

Do you come to martial arts right from the start? Don’t you warm up by spraying a few sentences first?

Kobe doesn't do that. This is the Western Conference Finals.

The intensity of confrontation has been upgraded compared to the previous two rounds.

Just like that, Kobe got rid of Wayne, broke into the penalty area, and used a beautiful pull-up layup to avoid Wayne's pursuit and end the offense.

If this ball had been replaced by Stoudemire, Wayne would have taken a chance again.

But Kobe was not that stupid. He knew that Wayne was not a vegetarian, so he never thought that he could score easily with a layup.

So, I played a trick of changing the lever.

On the first attack, Kobe successfully opened a way for the Lakers.

Los Angeles' Little Malone is well-deserved!

After Kobe Bryant scored, he glanced at Yao Ming, and Yao Ming nodded. He didn't know what they were planning.

In this case, Wayne doesn't want to pretend anymore.

We are all in the same tack, and they all use the same boxing technique.

You showed your move first, so don't blame me for getting defensive too.

"Oh my God! Referee help me, Artest help me!"

After one round, Lamar Odom began to cry c... and wailed under Wayne's fierce offensive.

Gasol pulled Yao Ming to the high post, while Wayne took a position on the edge of the three-second zone, leaning against Odom with his back.

Wayne originally thought that Yao Ming and Kobe were flirting just now because Yao Ming was trying to defend him, but it turned out not to be the case.

Judging from the TV, maybe it was just Wayne leaning on Odom, which is nothing.

But this process of jockeying for position is actually very intense.

In the Western Conference Finals, everyone is doing their part, why should they let you easily catch the ball in the low post?

Therefore, every position is actually a hand-to-hand war.

The war on the basketball court often starts before the ball is caught.

Wayne sat back leaning against Odom and raised his elbows to push back.

Although Odom tried his best to resist, he was still defeated.

Artest? Artest can't save you even if he comes.

Little did he know that he was the first person in the NBA to succumb to Wayne's elbow.

Artest looked at the TV and shook his head slightly.

I have such a bad hair, so instead of resisting needlessly, I might as well try to enjoy the process.

If you stand next to each other, you will find that your whole body feels uncomfortable even if you don't get elbowed all day long.

I've been feeling uncomfortable for a long time.

You can't see the details of these confrontations from the TV. Only by experiencing it in person can you know what it is called the Western Conference Finals.

When Odom was pushed into the three-second zone, Paul also flicked the ball and passed it to Wayne.

Wayne was excited, my silver "Kobe Bryant Back" was finally put to use!

After catching the ball, Odom was still guessing how Wayne would end the offense.

But Wayne didn't give Odom a chance to think at all. The moment he caught the ball, he turned toward the baseline, jumped, and shot.

This sudden jump shot without any fake action made Odom a little unprepared and his reaction was half a beat slow.

The basketball hit the ball steadily, and Wayne responded immediately!

"Beautiful! Wei's back-turning has improved a lot this season, and it has become one of his most lethal moves."

Odom is a bit autistic, and he was unlucky to encounter such a top power forward in two consecutive rounds.

It was a bit unlucky, because to be precise, Odangdang encountered the top power forward in three consecutive rounds.

But in the first round against the Spurs, Yao Ming helped him get rid of Duncan, and Odom escaped.

But tall SGs like Dirk and Wayne, who prefer outside play, are not something Yao Ming can help.

Although he experienced Dirk's baptism, Odom still felt fucked.
To be continued...