Almighty legend life

Chapter 223 Seattle's Lonely
With Dell Curry's lore, it took away not only the Lakers' first away victory, but also the last trace of confidence in the SuperSonics. Even the Seattle fans who have always supported the team did not Feel like the Sonics can come back the rest of the way.

In this way, until the end of the game on May 5, among the teams currently participating in the playoffs, only the Lakers have not lost a game, while the other teams have inevitably suffered away defeats.

The victory of the Lakers made the fans in Los Angeles ecstatic, but apart from being happy, the media in Los Angeles did not let go of Mr. Steve Javi, the referee of the game. In the description of the Los Angeles media and fans, this Javi Mr. has completely become a villain and has been ridiculed by many stars and fans including Hollywood. His nickname of "blind man" has been widely known by the people of Los Angeles. After all, this is the legend of the past—the nickname given to him by Liu Han.

The league doesn't care too much about the result of the game. What they care about is the ratings. As long as the game is exciting enough, it doesn't matter who wins the result. On the contrary, the Lakers' victory is worthy of recognition. After all, they have suffered a lot. Fair treatment, and no disputes occurred because of this, the most important thing is that they won the final victory.

The Lakers are now completely integrated, and the whole team is dreaming of their championship.

The playoffs are still going on, and on May 5, there will be a game in each of the East and West.

The Pacers suffered a loss in their first game in New York.Patrick Ewing, who was originally reimbursed for the season, ended his recovery period ahead of schedule and came back from the line of fire. Facing most of the Knicks' [-]-[-] deficit, he hoped to get a championship ring and risked another injury to come back.

Ewing only played 26 games in the regular season this season. After that, he underwent knee surgery and has been in the recovery period.

In this game, Ewing played 32 minutes and scored 19 points and 7 rebounds. Although the statistics were not high, his presence limited the Pacers' offense very well.

The core of the Pacers is the three-point shooter Reggie Miller. Although Miller is accurate in three-pointers, he has a flaw that he does not have the ability to create scoring opportunities by himself. All goals must be scored with the cooperation of his teammates. The tactic that makes the Pacers' offense is to break through and score.In the previous game without Ewing, the Pacers broke into the inside and it was easy to score. This made the Knicks pay great attention to the defense of breakthroughs.

But now that Ewing is back, the Knicks players only need to defend the perimeter, so their defense has begun to improve, and the entire team has undergone new changes.

In the end, the Knicks defeated the Pacers 83-78 relying on their defense and the team's six-man scoring in double figures, tying the total score to 2-1.

In the second round of the playoffs in the Western Conference, the San Antonio Spurs returned home and played an amazing defensive intensity.

Since rookie Tim Duncan showed his talent, David Robinson's status in the team began to decline, but he did not fall out with the team because of this. David Robinson, who retired from the Navy, has undergone military training, so he Knowing the importance of unity, in the previous few playoff games, Robinson played as the second in command, but today he completely broke out in this game.

In the whole game, Robinson sent 7 big caps, and the Jazz team couldn't find the north. Only Karl Malone scored 18 points in the team, and no one else scored in double figures.In addition, David Robinson also scored 21 points and 9 rebounds, four of which were offensive boards.

The Jazz are very scary at home, but when they are away, they often fall into a downturn. In this game, the team's shooting percentage is only 28.6%. Jeff Hornacek made 8 of 1 shots and a shooting percentage of 12.5 %; Stockton made 4 of 0 shots and scored two points with only free throws; Adam Fecki made 6 of 0 shots and scored no points in 24 minutes of playing.Even Ma Long, who has always been stable, made 21 of 6 shots today, and his shooting percentage was less than [-]%.

The Spurs will definitely not be soft in the face of such a Jazz. In the end, they beat the Jazz 86 to 64 by 22 points, and the 64 points also created the lowest overall score in the playoffs this season.

On May 5, the Bulls beat the Hornets again on the road.

迈克尔乔丹全场31投14中拿下31分；皮蓬12投7中拿下17分，不过他还有8个助攻和6个篮板，很好的完成了自己控球前锋的任务。公牛队替补席上托尼库科奇也拿下了15分。

For the Hornets, five players in the team scored in double figures, but none of them scored more than 15 points. The highest was Divac's 15 points, and Glen Rice only scored 17 points on 6 of 13 shots.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Hornets 94-80, with a total score of 3-1.

The Lakers set foot on the Sonics home arena again after a day off, but what surprised them today was that the fans and players of the Sonics were not in high spirits.

The Lakers originally made detailed arrangements and rehearsals for this game, but what they didn't expect was that although the Sonics still played very hard in this game, they didn't want to work as hard as they did in the previous game, and their defense didn't improve. The game was so active, but the offense was quite impressive.

Under such circumstances, the Lakers did not miss the opportunity. They began to focus on inside offense and launched a counterattack like the Sonics.

Gary Payton changed his previous stalking defensive mode and turned on the offensive mode today. Facing Nash, who was still a little immature, Gary Payton scored 12 points in the first quarter.

For the Lakers, today they are focused on inside offense. O'Neal played against the slow McElvaine with ease. More importantly, today's referee was replaced by "bald guy" Crawford , This is a referee who has a good impression of the Lakers. In the games he enforces, the Lakers are often taken care of.So O'Neal let go of his hands and feet today, and McIlvaine felt pressured when he played.

After the first quarter, the Lakers led by 34 points 28-6.

After the start of the second quarter, Liu Han, who took a break in the second half of the last quarter, started to attack like the Sonics with four substitute players. Liu Han's strong firepower output attracted the defense of the Sonics, and the Lakers blossomed more. The offensive climax was played, and the score gap was once widened to more than 15 points.However, as the Sonics replaced the starters, the Lakers failed to continue to expand their lead.

At halftime, the Lakers led by 68 points 57-11.

Entering the second half, O'Neal dominated the game again. His powerful strength at the basket made the opponent's center tired of resistance, and now his free throws were much better than before, so O'Neal's scoring began to rise.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers once again extended their lead to 19 points, and O'Neal had scored 34 points by the end of the third quarter.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Sonics completely gave up the game after withstood half of the game. They were still more than 4 points behind with 20 minutes left in the game.

In the end, the Lakers completed a two-year sweep of the Sonics, and they also became the first team to advance to the Western Conference Finals.

Gary Payton silently turned around and went back to the locker room before the game was over. He didn't want to stay in the arena where the fans started to leave and be "taken care of" by the cameras. The entire arena, except for the joy of the Lakers, Only the loneliness of Seattle remains.

(End of this chapter)