Su Wan said deliberately, "If we lose tonight's game, then I take all the responsibility!"
Anyone could feel the determination in Su Wan's tone as he spoke.
Rick Carlisle's arrangements for the fifth game of the finals were even more resolute than in the previous four; they madly double-teamed Yao Ming inside and Kobe on the perimeter.
The Lakers had reached their current height this season mainly because of Kobe and Yao.
And this team was really only about Kobe and Yao.
Odom was the most famous player on the team other than Kobe and Yao, but this was his first finals journey, and it was clear he needed to adapt even to the intensity.
As for Fisher, he had the experience of a 0.4-second kill against the Spurs in the playoffs, but on the finals stage, his performance could be described in four words:
Perfectly ordinary.
Even the Lakers fans, trying to recall Fisher's performance in the last game, would rack their brains for a long time before finally asking:
Did he even play?
