西部头名洛杉矶湖人队与领衔东部的骑士队周四将在克利夫兰对碰,这是圣诞大战骑士在斯台普斯中心击溃湖人后两队的再战。
比赛地点:克利夫兰
比赛时间:当地时间周四下午5点
直播电视台:TNT
对于卫冕冠军湖人队来说,他们统领西部联盟,仅有几场比赛引人注目,而这就是其中一场。
另一场便是客场挑战凯尔特人的比赛,那是他们11天3个背靠背的8连客征程的最后一战。
在圣诞大战之前,湖人队让所有人都觉得骑士不是他们的对手,无论骑士到底是怎样,他们最终还是以102-87大乱湖人阵脚,那场比赛也被戏称为“泡沫手指赛”。
骑士队再次登上东部联盟的最高位置,他们以奥尼尔顶替伊尔戈斯卡斯以及安东尼帕克和穆恩代替帕夫洛维奇和斯泽比亚克的阵容看起来只是稍微见效而已。
要不是有詹姆斯,真是很难想象骑士队是如何做到的,他的领袖气质让人想起魔术师约翰逊。不管怎样,湖人队都知道,他们得搞定骑士。
The West-leading Lakers and the East-leading Cavaliers meet Thursdayin Cleveland, a rematch of the Christmas Day game at Staples Center wonby the Cavs.
LAKERS AT CLEVELAND
Thursday, 5 p.m.; TV: TNT
For the defending-champion Lakers, who dominate their conference, only a few games stand out and this is one.
Another is their game at Boston, which is at the end of this eight-game, 11-day trip with three back-to-backs.
The Lakers assured everyone the Cavaliers weren't rivals beforetheir game on Christmas. Whatever the Cavaliers were, they rocked theLakers' world in a 102-87 romp, now known
as the Foam Finger Game.
Once again atop the East, the Cavaliers look only modestly upgradedwith Shaquille O'Neal starting in Zydrunas Ilgauskas' place and AnthonyParker and Jamario Moon instead of
Sasha Pavlovic and Wally Szczerbiak.
Aside from LeBron James, whose joyful leadership recalls MagicJohnson's, it's hard to figure out how the Cavaliers do it. Somehow, asthe Lakers know, it gets done. |