With the win in their first playoff game, the Lakers' young players with no playoff experience are finally starting to find some playoff feel. On the contrary, the opponent Trail Blazers gradually lost confidence because of the loss of the game, the Trail Blazers tried all their strength to play, but the result still failed, so whether from the coach or the players, they will inevitably have some loss in their hearts, and it is this loss that will make the Trail Blazers gradually lose their fighting spirit.

In the other three playoff games played on the same day, the Nets, who are eighth in the East, are very similar to the Trail Blazers in the eighth place in the West, and they even dragged the Bulls into overtime, and in the first round of this playoffs, the first place in the regular season in the East and West is in trouble.

Kobe Bryant played very well in the Nets' game today, although he was completely blown out by Jordan on the defensive end, but on offense, Kobe Bryant showed his strength, he scored a team-high 27 points, including 13 points alone in the fourth quarter, helping the Nets drag the game into overtime. Although they were killed by Jordan with a three-point shot with five seconds left in the overtime, the Nets were able to force the Bulls to do just that. The first playoff first-round performance in the East and West was really very similar, and it was all the top stars who stepped up in the last moments.

In the other two games, the Knicks and Heat reunited in the second round of last season's playoffs, and the Heat won in seven games in the second round of the playoffs last season, but this year, the Heat beat the Knicks by 15 points 94-79 in the first game of the first round of the playoffs. With Ewing's season reimbursement, the Knicks have gone into complete decline. The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the SuperSonics by 25 points 83-108, and in the face of the veteran SuperSonics, the Timberwolves, which are also mainly young, fell into complete chaos, they did not have the vigor of the regular season, and were suppressed by the SuperSonics. Playoff experience is really very important, a star who has never played in the playoffs may only be able to play less than sixty percent of his strength in the playoffs, which is related to the mental state, regardless of the technical level, only players with strong tenacity can play in the playoffs, any cowards who are afraid of confrontation and fear of injury will eventually be abandoned.

After the first game of the first round, except for the Spurs beating the Suns and the Rockets beating the Jazz, which were small upsets, the other games were won by the top teams in the regular season.

On April 25, the second game of the first round began.

The Atlanta Hawks lost again to the Charlotte Hornets 85-92, and Hornets' number one star Glen Les had a double-double of 24 points and 13 rebounds. The Hawks are on the verge of elimination after losing this game, and if the Eagles can't win their next home game, then they will be swept by the Hornets.

The Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Indiana Pacers again 86-92, and the Cavaliers' Sean Kemp cut 27 points and 9 rebounds, but the opposing Pacers scored a double-double with all six of them, so that the Cavaliers also fell behind 0-2 and were likely to be swept out by the Pacers.

The Suns pulled one back at home with a 108-101 win over the Spurs. The Spurs continued to play well on the inside, with David Robinson and Tim Duncan both scoring double-doubles, but the Suns, led by Jason Kidd, played an efficient offense, with six players scoring in double figures.

The Jazz, who lost Game 1, finally woke up and pulled a game back with a 105-90 win over the Houston Rockets. The Rockets performed very badly against the normal Jazz, with a team-high score of only 16 points, which Olajuwon desperately scored, and Charles Barkley only played 26 minutes due to a back injury, with 8 points and 7 rebounds.

On April 26, the Lakers finally ushered in their second game on their home court. The Trail Blazers have been in a bit of a mess since losing the last game, with the hot-tempered Rasheed Wallace publicly accusing Isaiah Ryder and Damon Stoudemire of taking up too much of the ball after the game, so they lost the game, while head coach Mike Dunleavy expressed his support for Ryder and Stoudemire, much to the displeasure of the arrogant Rashid Wallace, and the Trail Blazers fell into an embarrassing situation of infighting.

The Lakers summed up the experience of the game after the last game, and with the help of head coach George Krent and two veterans, Byron Scott and Dell Curry, some young players on the Lakers team with no playoff experience began to gradually find a way to play in the playoffs.

As soon as the game began, the Lakers made a fuss and controlled the scene in their own hands. Liu Han used his deterrence to open up offensive space for the Lakers' players, and the rest of the Lakers' players also played normally under Steve Nash's control and did not fall into chaos like in the previous game, so the Lakers built a double-digit lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Trail Blazers did not have the sharpness of the previous game today, due to the contradiction between Rashid Wallace and the two main players, his shooting opportunities were reduced, and the Trail Blazers' offense was more concentrated in the hands of Isaiah Ryder and Damon Studmeier, these two did not feel very good today, and the Trail Blazers showed defeat from the beginning.

Entering the second quarter, the Lakers replaced the bench players, but the Trail Blazers still continued to play with starters, they took advantage of the Lakers' bench players to play a wave of offensive climax, narrowing the gap to 4 points, but at the critical moment Lakers veterans once again showed their strength, Dell Curry made two consecutive three-pointers to make the Trail Blazers' previous efforts useless. As the Lakers gradually replaced starters who had regained their strength, the Trail Blazers began to lose their patience.

At halftime, the Lakers led by 11 points, 64-53.

Entering the third quarter, the Lakers played better and better, Liu Han also began to increase his shots, the Trail Blazers finally began to collapse, they fell into an eight-minute scoring drought in the third quarter, and finally relied on Rasheed Wallace's consecutive mid-range shots to get their scores to double digits, but it was useless, the Lakers had built up a 33-point advantage at the end of the third quarter, and the Trail Blazers were on the verge of a rout.

The Lakers used young players to train throughout the fourth quarter, and the Trail Blazers were unwilling to accept this defeat and launched a counterattack, but as the Lakers' young players began to gradually adjust to the rhythm of the playoffs, they maintained their lead and finally beat the Trail Blazers by 24 points 115-91.

Liu Han only played 29 minutes in this game, scoring 21 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in an efficient performance, and the Lakers' top scorer was O'Neal, who felt hot today, scoring 29 points and 14 rebounds on 11-of-13 free throws. O'Neal has been practicing the yoga work that Li Rui has given him, and as this unconventional training continues, O'Neal has found that his weight is well maintained, and his flexibility is starting to improve, and the free throw, which has been his biggest problem before, is now practicing very well.

In the other three games played on the same day, the Nets lost to the Bulls 91-96, Kobe Bryant played well again, but Jordan was still strong, and the Nets were in danger of being swept out. The Knicks won 96-86 against the Heat to pull one back, and Heat point guard Tim Hardaway was inaccurate today, shooting only 4 of 15 from the field, affecting the Heat's play. The Timberwolves upset the SuperSonics 98-91, and the young Timberwolves, like the Lakers' youngsters, are gradually learning how to play the playoffs as they gain experience. (To be continued.) )