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Chapter 212 Return of state and strong promotion

The Lakers are actually quite lucky this year, because they met the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers have been working hard since the first game. People have their own understanding of the playoffs, and then the Blazers themselves fell into chaos, which also gave the Lakers players a process of gradual adaptation.If the Lakers really meet a player with rich playoff experience like the Rockets or the Spurs, maybe the Lakers will play extremely hard.

With the Lakers winning two games in a row at home, they hope to sweep and advance in the first round of the playoffs.Last season, the Lakers swept the Blazers to advance to the second round. They have been swept out for two consecutive years. This may make the Blazers unite and fight the Lakers, but the real situation is that the Blazers have fallen into greater internal strife middle.

Coach Mike Dunleavy only started coaching the Trail Blazers this season. He was originally expected by the Trail Blazers management, but now the situation in the Trail Blazers is that Rasheed Wallace and Damon Stoudemire The hopeful stars of the Trail Blazers were dissatisfied with each other. Rasheed Wallace always felt that he was the boss of the team, and Damon Stoudemire, who was only 1.7 meters tall, also had a great heart. With the publicization of the contradiction, the two are already in the same situation.If Coach Dunleavy is a very strong coach, he may be able to suppress both sides and let the Blazers return to normal, but Dunleavy has never been a coach known for his strong personality, so he has lost control of the team's situation now.With Isaiah Ryder sided with Damon Stoudemire, Rasheed Wallace began to be isolated.

After playing the second game of the first round of the playoffs on April 4, a new week began. On Monday, the NBA had to reduce the number of games in order to ensure the ratings, so the game on April 26 was only Two games, the Pacers challenged the Cavaliers away, and the Suns challenged the Spurs away.

In the previous game, the Pacers led the Cavaliers 2-0. They are likely to sweep the Cavaliers to advance. The Cavaliers had an astonishing 17 steals, while the Pacers had as many as 21 turnovers. This allowed the Cavaliers to seize the opportunity to fight back, and finally pulled back a game 86-77, avoiding Get swept out.

The Suns have only one win in their two games at home, which is not good for them, because the next two games are in San Antonio, and the Spurs will not pass up such a home opportunity to eliminate the suns.

In this critical game between the Suns and the Spurs, rookie Duncan once again became the key man. He made 21 of 14 shots, scored 33 points and 15 rebounds. Points and 26 rebounds were eclipsed, and in the end the Spurs beat the Suns 17-100.

On April 4, the Lakers will travel to Portland. They will challenge the Trail Blazers away in Portland. Facing the infighting Trail Blazers, the Lakers have a great chance to sweep and eliminate their opponents.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers first attacked the Trail Blazers from the inside. O'Neal singled out Sabonis and had a great advantage, and once the Trail Blazers double-teamed the Lakers outside, they had a lot of opportunities.

The Trail Blazers are still in the original starting lineup today. Although they have begun to fight openly, facing such an important playoffs, all players still focus most of their energy on the game, but Rasheed Wallace The Warriors still rarely receive passes from their teammates, and he's really been publicly isolated.

Blazers center Sabonis is really struggling to defend O'Neal alone. Not only can he not catch up with O'Neal in terms of strength, but he is not an opponent in speed. The speed of the inside is not so important, but after Liu Han joined the NBA and George Krent brought his own basketball philosophy, the speed of inside movement has become more and more important.And as the Lakers have become more and more powerful, more teams have begun to pay attention to the mobility advantage of the inside. For example, this year's Timberwolves, their inside Kevin Garnett claims to be able to defend five positions. Known as the defensive killer inside.

As O'Neal began to wreak havoc on the inside of the Blazers, the Blazers had to strengthen their defense against the Lakers' inside offense.

In today's game, George Krent did not arrange for Robert Horry to start, but let him bring a substitute.Entering the playoffs, George Krent felt that he had to put more effort into the interior position of the bench lineup, otherwise he would keep running and bombing. If the players feel bad, it may cause the entire Lakers to collapse. Originally, Elden Campbell was a A very good candidate, but he is still recovering from his injury and cannot play, but it is estimated that he will be able to play in the second round of the playoffs.So George arranged for Robert Horry to play center on the bench to strengthen the thickness of the bench, and the starting power forward let Brent Barry play a cameo.

The Lakers established a leading advantage in the first quarter of the game. Facing the somewhat chaotic Blazers, the Lakers played their due strength.

Entering the second quarter, Liu Han took a rest, Steve Nash controlled the ball and led the bench, and the Blazers also replaced Rasheed Wallace, who had never had much chance, and replaced him with Walter Williams to increase mobility.

However, the Lakers' bench lineup withstood the Blazers' counterattack. As the game progressed, Nash gradually adapted to the rhythm of the playoffs. Facing Damon Stoudemire, who was only 1.7 meters tall, Nash was no longer a defensive player. Loopholes, on the contrary, he can also force Stoudemire in the offense, which makes the opponent very upset.Stoudemire has been very strong since his first season in the league. He won the best rookie of the year, and now he is being bullied by the not-so-famous Nash. Of course Stoudemire is not happy.

In the second half of the second quarter, Liu Han replaced Nash and began to control the ball, and O'Neal also replaced Horry.

The Lakers began to gradually lower the rhythm of the game under the leadership of Liu Han.In the regular season, the Lakers have always been known for their sharp and fast offense, but after entering the playoffs, the Lakers suddenly took the initiative to slow down, which made some teams familiar with the Lakers start to feel uncomfortable. The Lakers, who have slowed down, also looked a little confused.

At the end of the halftime game, the Lakers have established a 15-point lead. Liu Han didn't take too many shots in the first half, but he sent 6 assists and grabbed 5 rebounds. Today's Liu Han is another Going for a triple-double.

Entering the third quarter, the Blazers launched a final counterattack, but without Rasheed Wallace, the inside offensive strength, the Blazers have always lacked a powerful weapon to deal with the Lakers' defense, but the outside projection. The Lakers have never been afraid.

Liu Han also appropriately increased his shots in the third quarter, but after the opponent strengthened his defense, Liu Han turned into a passing master again. His passing was accurate and fast, giving his teammates a lot of opportunities, and the Lakers The other players of the team also worked very hard today, and Liu Han's pass was not in vain.

At the end of the third quarter, some fans in the Blazers' home court had already started to exit, because the Lakers had already led by 26 points, and the Blazers' general situation was over.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers on the road and completed a two-year sweep of the opponent. Liu Han got his wish and got a triple-double in this game.

After the Lakers eliminated the Trail Blazers, they got a chance to rest. They can calm down to summarize the experience of the first round of the playoffs, and wait for their opponents in the second round.

(End of this chapter)