The Los Angeles Lakers failed to finish the series on the road yesterday, which is obviously not a friendly thing for the team.
As the two teams stretch out, the Lakers will be the first to show their exhaustion, and that's clearly what the Grizzlies want to see.
In fact, in yesterday's competition between the two sides, in the G5 game that began after a day, the Lakers were already subjected to the huge physical exertion of the players arranged by the intensive schedule.
Looking at the performance of James, the core of the Lakers yesterday, you can get a glimpse of the leopard.
In yesterday's game, the 38-year-old veteran lost his G4 bravery, but today, James did not perform as bravely as before, the whole game was either a mistake or a black, and even a dribble could stagger and fall...
James shot 5-of-17 from the field, including 1-of-9 three-pointers, for 15 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 turnovers.
You must know that in the G4 game, James played bravely throughout the game, and even broke through the box in the final moments of the game to face the opponent's defense and scored a goal to equalize.
The game went into overtime, and the Lakers added another win to the Grizzlies.
He scored 20 points, 20 rebounds and 7 assists, making him the oldest playoff player in NBA history to score at least 15 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in a single game, and 20 rebounds set a career playoff high.
With the Lakers losing to the Grizzlies yesterday, there is a great tendency to release the bears back to the mountain.
When the next game is waiting for the Rags to come out, it is not impossible for the two teams to be dragged into the best-of-seven series...
Will history repeat itself? Will the Lakers repeat the mistakes of the team's 2006 playoffs this season?
In the 2006 playoffs, Bryant entered the playoffs in seventh place in the regular season, against the Phoenix Suns, who were second in the West that year.
In the comparison of the strength of the two teams, it is clear that the overall strength of the Suns is higher.
However, under the fierce attack of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant staged two decisive scenes at key moments, and after four games between the two teams, the Lakers surprisingly led the opponent by a score of 3-1, and the promotion situation seemed clear and optimistic.
After that, the Suns strongly pulled back the two cities, and the two sides played 3-3.
In the seven-game battle, the Suns relied on team basketball to blossom more under the life of the three armies, with the performance of 7 scoring doubles, and finally defeated the Lakers 121-90, thus defeating the Lakers to advance to the second round, and the Lakers lost a good game in a 3-1 situation...
It is worth mentioning that it was also the only time that Kobe Bryant lost the big seven games in his entire career.
In that series, Bryant averaged 27.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.
In the last three games he lost, he averaged 34.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting 55.8% from the field and 50% from three-point range.
The further back in the series, the older team will inevitably be hit by the physical strength and impact of younger opponents, and face a huge test...
Looking at the Lakers Grizzlies series, it is clear that the Lakers are at a disadvantage under the next intensive schedule.
The team will host the Grizzlies in the next game, but it is obviously unclear whether it will advance with the blessing of the home court...
Yesterday, the Bucks sat at home, and with 28 more free throws than their opponents, weren't they still stubbornly reversed by the Heat...