As the referee tosses the ball high in the center circle, the game officially begins.

O'Neal won comfortably with a jump shot, and Trail Blazers center Sabonis was easily suppressed by O'Neal as he did in last season's playoffs.

O'Neal's ball was unexpectedly not grabbed by his teammates, and the Lakers played a little carelessly after the opening, they could easily sweep the Trail Blazers last season, and there will certainly be no accidents this season, such a thought makes the Lakers players a little too relaxed.

O'Neal's broadcast was picked up by Isaiah Ryder who was actively scrambling for the Trail Blazers, and after snatching the ball, he directly passed to the already fast-breaking Damon Stoudemire, who received the ball and made an easy layup.

The Lakers, who have always been known for their fast break in games, were caught off guard by the Trail Blazers today.

Robert Horry serves on the baseline, Nash advances to the front court with the ball, and although Damon Studemeire has a height defect, his speed and defensive awareness are very good, and in point guard, his strength is not too weak, so defending Nash can still be defended.

Nash dribbled the ball and waited for his teammates to settle down before hoisting the ball into the interior, and the Lakers still started to attack inside.

O'Neal just received the ball and was about to turn around and hook his hand, but the Trail Blazers' bag was very fast, Isaiah Leder ran to cover O'Neal as soon as O'Neal took the ball out, and he even let go of Liu Han, who was the biggest threat from the outside.

O'Neal also played relaxed today, but it was this casual defense that made O'Neal lack of vigilance, and he was cut off by Ryder as soon as he dribbled, and the "flying squirrel" had already begun to run towards the Lakers halfcourt.

Ryder looked for Stoudemire again with a pass, and Nash's pursuit was a step slower, and he watched as "Little Squirrel" scored two points on another layup.

The Lakers were completely stunned by the Trail Blazers' two fast breaks, since the beginning of this season, as long as Liu Han participates in the games, the Lakers are known for their fast offense and counterattack, but now the Trail Blazers have taught the Lakers a lesson with their fast breaks.

Coach George Krent stood up as soon as he sat down on the sidelines, waving his arms and shouting into the field: "All move, don't stop, don't stop." ”

Robert Horry served from the baseline for the second time, and the Lakers players finally started to take the game seriously.

Nash pushed forward and O'Neal came out to block the pick-and-roll. Liu Han took Ryder to the weak side to open up space.

Nash burst in the direction of O'Neal's cover, and then O'Neal went down himself, and Nash made a very clever ground-hitting pass that slipped under the somewhat careless Stoudemire crotch and into O'Neal's hands.

Facing Rasheed Wallace, who came up to make up for the defense, O'Neal directly knocked into the opponent's one-arm dunk and scored.

The Lakers scored a goal with the Jazz's offensive routine, which made the fans on the sidelines finally put their minds at ease, because the Lakers were really a bit chaotic just now.

The players of the Trail Blazers seem to have turned into heroic warriors today, each player treats the game with an attitude of sacrificing himself to bomb the bunker, and in the next offense they are trying their best to grab every ball, even the center Sabonis, who has always been a little lazy, flew directly out of the bottom line in a save, it seems that the Trail Blazers are really going to fight hard today.

The Lakers, who played smoothly in the regular season, encountered a desperate team in their first game of the playoffs, which made the young Lakers players start to panic a little, except for Liu Han, who still maintained his amazing shooting percentage, the shooting percentage of other players began to decline.

Less than five minutes into the game, Lakers head coach George Krent called the first timeout, he now has to adjust the lineup on the court, now it seems that these Lakers players are not ready to play the playoffs, their mentality is still the mentality of the regular season, this mentality is a little weak in the extremely fierce playoff game.

"Boys, it looks like you were a little too big at the previous party celebrating the 72nd victory. Are they all looking for girls? Of course, I know that Liu is definitely not looking for it, but I hope that you can take it seriously in the next game, I don't need you to work as hard as them, but at least don't be scared by their situation, and just play at the level we used to. Ray, wait for you to rest first, Steve, you also get off the court, Liu next to control the ball, Michael and Brent on the court, play the Hawks offense, you can play when defending, don't be afraid of fouls, fouls in the playoffs are an essential means. "George doesn't directly criticize the players, he's not the kind of coach who is very strong, and George will always tell each player what they should pay attention to and how they should play properly.

After returning to the court, the Lakers' state finally recovered, Liu Han first shot a three-point shot through O'Neal's cover, and then still covered and blocked O'Neal to send O'Neal to catch a dunk. The Lakers gradually caught up with the score that was behind.

The Trail Blazers still have their iron-blooded mode, but they are not blindly pursuing bravery, the Trail Blazers still have their own set of ideas in the offense, their No. 4 player Rasheed Wallace is the fourth pick in the first round of the 95 draft, this strong, hot-tempered big man has a very delicate touch, and his shooting method is a very rare straight arm shooting, this shooting method relies on the strength of the wrist to shoot the ball, and the defender is difficult to defend because the shot point is too high.

Rashid Wallace, who is two meters and one one, played very well in the face of Robert Horry, who was five centimeters shorter than himself, and his action was very simple, that is, he turned around and shot with a straight arm after receiving the ball with his back, which made Horry very depressed, because this way of shooting is really too difficult to put, and Wallace felt very hot today, and even shot, once opened the gap in the score to seven points, if it wasn't for Liu Han hitting three points in a row outside the three-point line, then maybe the Trailblazers have expanded the gap in the score to more than ten points.

After the first quarter of the game, the Lakers trailed the Trail Blazers by five points at 27-32, judging from the scene, the Lakers played really badly today, in the first half of the first quarter, the Lakers even couldn't find the idea of attacking, and it wasn't until Liu Han began to control the ball that the Lakers began to calm down.

"Guys, I think we're a little bit underweight, they're not that easy to deal with, every team that makes the playoffs isn't that easy to deal with, we have to take it seriously, we can't lose the first playoff game after 72 wins, then we're going to be the laughing stock of the league." Liu Han directly expressed his thoughts to his teammates at the break in the first quarter, he felt that he and his teammates were a little underestimated, and the change in attitude made the way the Lakers play also changed.

"Yes, we have to admit that we did underestimate the enemy, but I want you to show everyone that you have the strength to underestimate the enemy in the next matches, even if we underestimate them, but the victory will be ours." George Krent followed Liu Han's words and encouraged the players again.

"Liu is right, we have to pay attention, I don't want to be pestered by those reporters asking if I went to a nightclub yesterday......" O'Neill began to speak, but his words made his teammates laugh.

"You were supposed to go, Shaq, you took us with you......" O'Neal was directly betrayed by his teammates. However, the atmosphere of the team has changed for the better, and for many young players who are playing in the playoffs for the first time, it helps them play better. (To be continued.) )