[Derek's Preview] Classical Match-up Back on Finals, Lakers Play No Fears On Road and Swear to Take the First Vicotry in Finals [Derek系列雙語版原創前瞻] 經典對決重現總決賽, 湖人無懼客場作戰誓奪總決賽開門紅
Lakers sent Spurshome 4-1 in Western Conference Finals and advanced to the Finals after 4 years.And later on, the Celtics also beat Pistons 4-2 and advanced. The match-upbetween two classical teams in the Finals no doubt is the most eye catchinggame in the recent years Finals. Celtics couldn’t make into Finals after 1987. Thelast time Lakers faced Celtics in the Finals was 1987, and that was alreadyhappened 21 years ago. At that time, Magic Johnson leading the Lakers beat theCeltics which lead by Larry Bird in the Finals 4-2. And Magic Johnson was theFinals MVP. The dream of David Stern this season comes true; the Lakers meetCeltics in Finals. Both teams have lots old grudge in history and both teamsare full of super stars. Two strongest teams meet up in the Finals; the gamesmust be thrilling, exciting and sparking. The Lakers lead by Kobe Bryant andthe Celtics lead by Kevin Garnett must be one of the most exciting match-up ofthe new age Purple Gold versus Green.
This season Boston Celtics signed Garnett andRay Allen, and made up a Boston Big 3. This change made Boston the worst teamlast season and become the best team in the league. They finished the regular seasonwith 66W 16L, the best record in the league. Lakers signed Pau Gasol in themiddle of the season, the Spaniard let the Lakers have a “Chemical Reaction”and this natural born Triangle Offense warrior made the Lakers’ TriangleOffense play the best, and after Gasol’s injured in March, the Lakers bouncedback on April and finished the regular season with 57W 25L, the best record inthe West. And Kobe is the MVP of regular season. Lakers and Celtics played 2times in regular season, the result is Lakers got swept by Boston, but at thattime, Gasol still not come to the Lakers. On Nov 23rd, the Lakerslost in Boston 91-110. On Dec 30ththe Lakers lost in L.A. 94-107. Both games Kobe average 25.5 points but a poorshooting percentage with only 33% and also the worse play of Andrew Bynum isanother reason why the Lakers lost 2 times to the Celtics. At that time theLakers already a strong team but not as strong as now after Gasol comes to theLakers.
The Game 1 of the Finals will play in the TDBanknorth Garden Arena in Boston on June 5th American time. After 21years later Celtics and Lakers meet up again in Finals, Boston must want torevenge because of their lost in 1987, and what the Lakers want is they want tosteal a victory from Boston. The sharpest spear versus the most solid shield,the strongest defense and offense play must be a game that all the fans arelooking forward to see.
This time, let’s look at the match-up of bothteams starting five.
這次前瞻，來看一下雙方先發球員的對比。
PF: Radmanovic VS Kevin Garnett. One thing wecan be sure is that KG will keep scoring on Radmanovic, but what we expect isthat Rad can use his well shooting to contribute something for the Lakers’offense, after all, Lakers is the best offense team in the league. Rad playedpretty good in the WCF, hope he can keep it going in the Finals. KG, one ofmost talent player that joined the NBA after high-school graduated. He’s theBest Defensive Player this season. In Playoffs, the other 2 of the Boston Big 3was playing upside down and made the Celtics struggling all the time in Playoffs,but KG still playing effective and stable, his stable scoring and his toughestdefense is why the Celtics can stay alive till now. This season is KG’s firsttime play the Finals that must be the most exciting thing for him. But the badthing is KG never plays Finals before and with no Finals experiences, this weakpoint will be an obstacle to him in the Finals. Advantage: Celtics
大前鋒 PF: 滑雪男 VS 最佳防守球員。滑雪男被加內特打爆是肯定的事情，但是更多的期望是希望滑雪男可以在外線利用他精準的投籃給球隊在進攻上做貢獻，畢竟湖人是聯盟最擅長進攻的球隊，西岸決賽看到他的表現還是不錯的，期待總決賽繼續爆發。加內特，天才高中生，今年的最佳防守球員，在季後賽里三巨頭另外兩人的低迷令凱爾特人走得很艱難，而加內特依舊是那麼的穩定和勇猛，用穩定的得分和強悍的防守成為了球隊賴以生存至今的法寶，今年是他人生第一次進入總決賽，心情之興奮可想而知，不過從來沒有打過總決賽，沒有任何總決賽的經驗這些弱點將會是影響他發揮的一些絆腳石。所以大前鋒的對位，凱爾特人占優。
SF: Lamar Odom VS Paul Pierce. The all-roundedplayer Odom, in the second round of playoffs, he’s averaging 18 points and 10rebounds with a 58% FG percentage that help the Lakers beat the tough Jazz. InWCF though he’s a bit upside down, no doubt, his play will affect his team’sfinal result, he’s one of the Lakers Big 3. Odom you are all-rounded, scoring,rebounding, fast break, cut in, passing are all you good at, use your faststeps to limit Paul Pierce. Paul Pierce, nickname “The Truth”. Cut in, 3-pointshot, shooting all very outstanding, and he is one of the best SF in the league.It’s not an easy job to limit him, he’s not playing good in playoffs, but hisbest game is the Game 7 in second round versus Cavs. In that game he scored 41on his own and beat LBJ’s 45 points, he helped his team finally sent Cavs homein Game 7. He is best scoring player in Celtics, limit him, the offense ofBoston will be weak. Advantage: Celtics
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小前鋒 SF: 奧多姆 VS PP34。全能的奧多姆，第二輪用場均18分10籃板和58%的優異表現幫助湖人戰勝強悍的爵士，西岸決賽雖然有些狀態起伏，但是無可否認，奧多姆的發揮是會影響到球隊的勝負，畢竟他是湖人Big3的其中一員，全能的你，得分、籃板、搶斷、快攻、切入突破和分球都是拿手好戲，用你靈活快速的腳步限制住皮爾斯吧。保羅皮爾斯，人稱“真理”。突破、三分、投籃非常出色，是聯盟最好的小前鋒之一。要限制住他不是容易的事情，季後賽里表現有些低迷，但是最為出色是第二輪對騎士的第七場，他一人奪下41分，抵消了小皇帝詹姆斯的45分，也幫助球隊苦戰7場淘汰騎士晉級。他是隊中得分能力最強的人，限制住他，波士頓的進攻也會大打折扣。所以小前鋒的對位，凱爾特人占優。
Center: Pau Gasol VS Perkins. Playing for manyyears in NBA and one of the best players in the FIBA court, Gasol is no doubtmuch better than Perkins. Gasol is tall and with long arms, a soft hand feelingon shooting and fantastic passing, these are all the magic weapon of ourSpaniard. Exerting the advantage of the Triangle Offense and make the bestchances for the teammates, and don’t forget to teach Perkins this small potatoa lesson. Kendrick Perkins, I don’t need to talk too much on this guy, one ofthe biggest weakness of Boston, a center only with averaging 6 points and 6rebounds. But his best game is in the Game 5 of ECF, he scored 18 point and added16 rebounds and helped the Celtics beat Pistons. Advantage: Lakers
中鋒 C: 加索爾 VS 帕金斯。縱橫NBA球場多年和在國際賽場大放異彩的加索爾無疑要比帕金斯優秀得多，加索爾的身高臂長，柔和的手感，還有一手漂亮的傳球功夫，這些都是西班牙人的法寶，好好的發揮三角進攻的優勢，為隊友創造最佳出手機會，還有別忘了把這個三流中鋒給徹底打爆。帕金斯，我也不多說了，波士頓的一大軟肋之一，一個三流中鋒，一個場均6分6板的傢伙，季後賽最犀利的一場是東岸決賽第五場，突然爆發奪下18分16板幫助球隊擊敗活塞。總得湖人這個位置有絕對的優勢。所以中鋒的對位，湖人占優。
SG: MVP VS Ray Allen. MVP’s scoring capabilityis no doubt the best in the league, in Playoffs, he’s averaging 30 point 6rebounds and 5.8 assists, 50% FG percentage, and this is Kobe Bryant, our MVP.He took over the games in the hardest time many times; he always can play wellwhen his team needs him. He’s is the biggest guarantee of the Lakers victory. RayAllen used to be the best shooter in the league, but right now he’s fading awayby time. He already lost his high accuracy 3-point shooting in the past, inPlayoffs he’s very weak and lost himself. And till the ECF he finally find backsome feelings of shooting, Ray Allen is a weak point of Boston, play what youlove to play on him Kobe, you are the best. Advantage: Lakers
得分後衛 SG: MVP VS 雷阿倫。MVP的得分能力毋庸置疑，季後賽場均30分6板5.8助攻，50%的投籃命中率，這就是老大，我們的MVP，無數次在球隊最需要的時候挺身而出接管比賽，他是勝利的最大保證。雷阿倫，昔日的神投手已經褪色了，他的三分已經失去了往日的神準，季後賽極度低迷，迷失自我，直到東岸決賽才稍微招回了一些手感，雷阿倫是波士頓的軟肋，老大盡情的發揮吧，你是最棒的。所以得分後衛的對位，湖人占優。
PG: Derek Fisher VSRajon Rondo. Derek Fisher, the player of the Lakers’ three times straightChampions. This season is his fifth time play the Finals, experienced and sophisticatedFisher face off the best PG in the league in Playoffs, Deron Williams, TonyParker, Allen Iverson, Fisher limited them very well and finished his dutyperfectly. He used his deadly 3-pointers to help his team catching up the scoreor expand the lead in the key time. He is the most reliable veteran in theLakers. Rondo, he had very tough defense and a fast speed, but his poorshooting and experience less are the factors that will limit his play.
Advantage: Lakers
控球後衛 PG: 老魚 VS 朗多。老魚費舍爾，湖人三連冠的功臣，本賽季第五次參加總決賽，經驗豐富、球風老辣的老魚在季後賽接二連三的對位聯盟中被譽為是最厲害的幾個控球後衛，德隆威廉姆斯、托尼帕克、艾佛森，老魚都非常出色的限制住了對方，完成了自己的職責，而且屢次在關鍵時刻用自己的三分冷箭幫助球隊追分和拉開比分。他是湖人隊最值得信賴的老將。朗多，雖然有著強悍的防守，而且速度方面也蠻快，但是投籃技術的粗糙還有經驗不足都是暫時制約他的因素。所以控球後衛的對位，湖人占優。
In regular season the Boston Celtics have thebest record in the league and get all the home court advantage in Playoffs, butin Playoffs is another story, the Lakers dominated the Playoffs and theirPlayoffs record let the other teams too far behind to catch up with. Boston’splay in Playoffs we can only say it’s just not as good as we think, they mademany experts surprised. Majority of people think they will sweep Hawks awaywhich is much weaker than them. But we all wrong, they need to play Game 7 tosee who will go home. In second round they face off the Cavs leading by LBJ, it’ssame as the first round; Celtics play 7 games then advanced. Until the ECF, Celticsfinally break their bad record of never win on road and they beat Pistons in 6games. Boston only lost one game at home, but their record on road is too poor.And that made them only record 12W 8L in Playoffs. The Lakers is playing allthe way down, they swept Denver home in first round, then beat the Jazz 4-2 insecond round, and finally beat the defending champion the Spurs 4-1 in WCF. Lakershad the best record in Playoffs, they are 12W 3L, with an 8-0 never lost a gameat home in Playoffs, this record shocked the league. When we look at bothteams, obviously, the Lakers have much better on road play than the Celtics. Thebetter play on road is one of the Lakers’ deadly weapons to beat the Celtics. Celticsis the toughest defensive team in the league, but don’t forget the Lakers alsocan play a very tough defense, and they already prove this in the Playoffs. TheLakers also have a very obvious advantage on offense comparing to Celtics whichis not that good on offense. But there’s one problem still making troubles tothe Lakers, that’s the durative of Lakers’ defense. In one word, if Lakers wantto beat Boston they must play tough defense with them. Play good offense baseon a tough defense, Lakers will have more advantages than the Celtics. Celticsis not that Horrible, the strongest opponent of the Lakers is themselves. TheLakers have another advantage and that is the head coach and the arrangement ofstrategies. Phil Jackson we all know how good he is, 9 Champion Rings is thebest prove. His smart arrangement on players and strategies will make Lakers thismassive machine running smoothly. The head coach of Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers,we all can see comparing Phil Jackson, he’s nothing. His experience less andstrategies will be factor that make Boston struggling in the Finals. The bigproblem of Boston Celtics is they all lack of experiences in Finals. In theirstarting five, nobody play Finals before, comparing to their opponent Lakers,Lakers had much more experiences in Finals. Kobe played 4 times, Fisher played4 times, on the bench, Luke Walton played once. And experiences is one of theLakers big advantages. Let’s make it short, Defense, Rebound, Triangle Offense,and Experiences are the best weapon we can use to beat the opponent. Come on,our Purple Gold King, we all expecting your first victory in Finals. God blessKobe, God bless Lakers!!!
