Almighty legend life

Chapter 216
The Lakers got off to a good start in the second round of the playoffs, which could not be more gratifying for Lakers fans, but what makes Lakers fans even more happy is the strength that the Lakers showed in this game. The Sonics have no power to fight back. You must know that the Sonics also won more than 60 wins in the regular season this year. They beat a team with 60 wins in the regular season without any power to fight back. It can be seen that the current Lakers powerful.

Needless to say, Liu Han's performance is a top star recognized by the league, but the performance of other young players of the Lakers made everyone's eyes shine. After the first round of playoffs, the Lakers These rough diamonds of the team began to show amazing light.

The management of many teams has begun to prepare to contact the agents of these young players of the Lakers. In their view, these young people of the Lakers have the potential to become top stars, but what more team management thinks is How to get Liu Han, because Liu Han signed a 2+2 contract when he joined the Lakers. After this season, Liu Han can implement the player option. What if the Lakers have internal strife? Liu Han can leave, so the management of many teams has begun to prepare in advance. As long as they get Liu Han, it means that the team has the strength to advance to the finals.

Not to mention these off-court topics, the playoffs are still in full swing.

On May 5, the Knicks challenged the Pacers in an away game. Facing the fierce defensive Pacers, the Knicks starters played very well. Four of their five starters scored in double figures. Only Chris Dudley performed abnormally and scored one point. not yet.However, the Pacers showed amazing resilience under the leadership of Larry Bird. Although their starters did not score many points, as long as Reggie Miller scored 5 points, the Pacers' bench completely broke out today, with 17 substitutes The player scored 4 points, more than half of the total points in the normal game.In the end, the Knicks lost to the Pacers 56 to 83 and lost their first game in the second round of the playoffs.

The subsequent matchup between the Spurs and the Jazz was extremely difficult. Both teams were very strong inside and had suitable role players on the outside, so the game was extremely difficult.

The Spurs rookie Tim Duncan broke out today, scoring the highest 33 points and 10 rebounds in the game, completely blowing out Karl Malone's 25 points and 8 rebounds, but when the game came to the last moment, the audience only hit three three-pointers The Jazz hit the most valuable three-pointer. Jeff Hornacek did not become the background again. He used Stockton's pass to kill the Spurs.In the end, the Jazz narrowly beat the Spurs by one point 83 to 82.

On May 5, the Lakers, who had a day off, continued to face their rival Supersonics at home.

After the last game, George Karl, the head coach of the Sonics, did not rest all night. He has been worrying about how to defend Liu Han of the Lakers. When he was in pain, George Karl even felt that if he was given a gun now, he would He will definitely be the first to kill Liu Han.

After cutting off the few hairs that were originally there, George Karl could only bite the bullet and let the players pinch Liu Han and let go of the other Lakers players. The Lakers have gone out of their game against other players.

The easy victory in the last game made the Lakers players feel a little contemptuous of their opponents. This is human nature. Since the first game can be easily won, the second game must not be too difficult.However, the head coach of the Lakers, George Krent, was keenly aware of the changes in the mentality of the players. Not only did he repeatedly emphasize the importance of the game before the game, but he also changed the starting lineup again.

In this game, Nash was the starter, veteran Dell Curry was the shooting guard, Liu Han was the small forward, Robert Horry was the power forward, and O'Neal was still the center.With this lineup, George intends to play purely positional warfare, slow down the rhythm of the game, and slowly suffer with the Sonics, so that other young players can gradually adapt to the game.

The Lakers' change of formation once again made the Supersonics into an embarrassment. The originally arranged tactics of flanking Liu Han became a show again, because Liu Han didn't exert any force at all in this game, but only brought two defenders Running position, which gives the other players of the Lakers more opportunities.

After experiencing the last game, Nash finally got the hang of it. He no longer blindly pursues speed, but learns to find the most suitable passing opportunities in the game by cooperating with his teammates like Liu Han.

The Lakers' lineup once again firmly controlled the situation in their own hands from the beginning of the game.During the offense, O'Neal can attack inside, and after attracting double-teams, he also has enough firepower on the outside.

Also learning from Nash and veteran Dell Curry in defense may become a defensive loophole, but fortunately, the Sonics don’t have many shooters. Except for Wen Baker and Gary Payton who have baskets, almost no other players are in the three. Shots from outside the line, and Wen Baker and Gary Payton's three-pointers were not stable.

In the first quarter, the Lakers established a 6-point lead. O'Neal played the entire quarter, scoring 14 points and 5 rebounds, with amazing efficiency. Recorded three points and scored six points.

In the second quarter, the Lakers replaced the young substitute lineup that had been held back for a whole quarter. At the same time, the Lakers also changed their slow play style in the first quarter and began to attack the Sonics' defense with speed. The fast-paced Sonics were stunned as soon as they came up. The Lakers' bench lineup played a 16-5 offensive climax in the first half of the second quarter, widening the score gap to 17 points in one fell swoop.

The Supersonics had to replace the main players again in advance, but the Lakers were also very targeted to let Liu Han control the ball again, and closely guarded the core of the Supersonics Gary Payton in defense.

Liu Han was not disappointed because the coach assigned him a defensive task. Compared with how much personal glory he got, he preferred the feeling of victory.

Under Liu Han's [-]% concentrated defense, Payton was completely lost. He was very difficult to connect the ball restricted by Liu Han.

With Payton in a slump, the Sonics quickly couldn't keep up with the Lakers' rhythm. O'Neal didn't play in the second quarter, and the Lakers could let go of their hands and feet to bombard them.

At the end of the halftime game, the Lakers had established a 24-point lead. As a result, the previous game was very similar, but the process was completely different.

In the third quarter, the Lakers once again changed to a lineup that mainly focused on inside offense. O'Neal showed his prowess in the inside of the Sonics. In the defense, the Sonics' offense was continuously blocked, and the Lakers expanded the score gap to more than [-] points before halfway through the third quarter.

Compared with the previous game, the Lakers played more advantageously in this game. George Crent's tactical arrangement completely restrained George Karl's tactics, and Liu Han also completely restrained Gary Payton, who is known for his defense. After the only core of the Sonics was seen as dead, their defeat was reasonable.

In the end, the entire fourth quarter turned into garbage time, and the main players of the Lakers such as Liu Han and O'Neal got enough rest time.

The league is really worried about the Lakers' behavior of turning the fourth quarter of the game into garbage time. They are afraid that the loss of competitiveness of the game will reduce the ratings, so in the next game, the Lakers will definitely encounter the league. However, these unspoken rules are unknown to the rookie George Crent and the young players of the Lakers. After all, the NBA league exists to please the audience and make the audience interested in watching the game. It is the most important thing for the league to pay attention to, and everything else is secondary to the league management.

(End of this chapter)