The Lakers were actually quite lucky this year, because they met the Trail Blazers, who worked hard from the first game, which caught the Lakers' young players a little off guard, but it was this high-intensity confrontation that allowed the Lakers' young people to have their own understanding of the playoffs, and then the Trail Blazers themselves fell into chaos, which also allowed the Lakers players to have a gradual adaptation process. If the Lakers did meet a player like the Rockets or the Spurs with this kind of playoff experience, maybe the Lakers would have played extremely hard.

With the Lakers on a two-game winning streak at home, they will hopefully sweep the playoffs in the first round. Last season, the Lakers swept the Trail Blazers to advance to the second round, and they were swept out of the tournament for the second year in a row, which may have made the Trail Blazers unite and fight with the Lakers, but the reality is that the Trail Blazers are mired in greater infighting.

Coach Mike Dunleavy only started coaching the Trail Blazers this season, and he was originally expected by the Trail Blazers management, but now the situation in the Trail Blazers is that Rasheed Wallace and Damon Studmeier, the two Trail Blazers' hopefuls, are not convinced by each other, Rasheed Wallace has always felt that he is the boss of the team, and Damon Studmeier, who is only 1.73 meters tall, also has a great heart, so with the openness of the conflict, the two have become compatible. If Coach Dunleavy had been a very strong coach, he might have been able to keep both sides at bay and get the Trail Blazers back to normal, but Dunleavy has never been a coach known for his strong personality, so he's out of control of the team's situation right now. With Isaiah Ryder siding with Damon Stoudemire, Rashid Wallace began to be isolated.

After playing Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs on April 26, a new week began, and on Monday, the NBA had to reduce the number of games in order to guarantee ratings, so there were only two games on April 27, with the Pacers taking on the Cavaliers and the Suns taking on the Spurs away.

In the previous game, the Pacers led the Cavaliers 2-0, and they were likely to sweep the Cavaliers to advance, but what the Pacers didn't expect was that the Cavaliers who returned to their home court played an amazing defensive intensity in the game, and the Cavaliers had a staggering 17 steals in the game, while the Pacers had as many as 21 turnovers, which allowed the Cavaliers to seize the opportunity to fight back and finally pull back a game 86-77 to avoid being swept out.

The Suns have only one win in their two home games, which is not good for them as the next two games are played in San Antonio, and the Spurs will not let go of such a home opportunity to eliminate the Suns.

In this crucial game between the Suns and the Spurs, rookie Duncan once again became Mr. Key, he scored 33 points and 15 rebounds on 14-of-21 shooting, and the Suns' Antonio McDyce had 26 points and 17 rebounds in the dark, and the Spurs also won 100-88 against the Suns.

On April 28, the Lakers travel to Portland, where they will challenge the Trail Blazers on the road, and the Lakers have a good chance to sweep and eliminate their opponents against the infighting Trail Blazers.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers attacked the Trail Blazers from the inside, O'Neal singled Sabonis to have a big advantage, and the Trail Blazers had a chance once they had the Lakers outside.

The Trail Blazers are still the same starting lineup today, and although they have begun to open up infighting, all the players still focus most of their attention on the game in the face of such an important playoff game, but Rasheed Wallace still rarely receives passes from teammates, and he is really publicly isolated.

Trail Blazers center Sabonis is indeed very difficult to defend O'Neal, he not only can't catch up with O'Neal in strength, speed is not an opponent, with O'Neal's successful weight loss, his advantage in interior speed began to grow bigger and bigger, if it was in the past, the speed of the interior line is not so important, and after Liu Han joined the NBA and George Krent brought his own basketball concept, the movement speed of the interior line is becoming more and more important. And as the Lakers are getting stronger and stronger, more teams are beginning to pay attention to the movement advantage of the interior, such as this year's Timberwolves, their interior Kevin Garnett claims to be able to defend five positions, which can be called a defensive killer on the inside.

As O'Neal began to wreak havoc on the Trail Blazers' interior, the Trail Blazers had to strengthen their defense of the Lakers' interior offense, and in this case, O'Neal stepped up his passing, and the Lakers' three-point shooters on the outside finally began to fire.

George Krent did not start Robert Horry in today's game, but let him take the bench. Entering the playoffs, George Krent felt that he had to increase his efforts on the interior position of the bench lineup, otherwise he would have been running and running in case the player was not feeling well and it was likely to make the Lakers fall into a collapse, Elden Campbell was a good candidate, but he is still in the recovery period from 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 in the bench lineup to strengthen the thickness of the bench lineup, and the starting power forward made Brent Barry make a cameo.

The Lakers established their lead in the first quarter of the game, and against a somewhat chaotic Trail Blazers, the Lakers played as well as they deserved.

Entering the second quarter, Liu Han went off the court to rest, Steve Nash possessed the ball and took the bench, and the Trail Blazers also replaced Rasheed Wallace, who had not had a chance, and replaced Walter Williams to increase mobility.

However, the Lakers' bench lineup withstood the counterattack of the Trail Blazers, and Nash gradually adapted to the rhythm of the playoffs as the game progressed. Stoudemire has been very strong since his first season in the league, he won the rookie of the year, and now he is being bullied by the not-so-famous Uhnash, and Stoudemire is certainly not happy.

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

The Lakers began to gradually reduce the pace 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 begin to be a little uncomfortable, and the Trail Blazers also looked a little chaotic in the face of the Lakers who slowed down.

At the end of the half, the Lakers had established a 15-point lead, Liu Han didn't have many shots in the first half, but he handed out 6 assists, and also grabbed 5 rebounds, and today Liu Han is aiming for a triple-double.

Entering the third quarter, the Trail Blazers launched the final counterattack, but lacked the offensive strength of Rasheed Wallace, the interior strength, and the Trail Blazers always lacked a powerful weapon to deal with the Lakers' defense, but the outside projection 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 once again became a master of passing, his passing was accurate and fast, giving his teammates a lot of opportunities, and the other players of the Lakers team also worked very hard today, Liu Han's pass was not in vain.

At the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers' home court had already begun to leave the game, because the Lakers had a 26-point lead, and the Trail Blazers were gone.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers on the road, completing the sweep of the opponent for two consecutive years, and Liu Han got his wish in this game.

The Lakers were given a break after eliminating the Trail Blazers, and they could take a break and take stock of the first-round experience of the playoffs and wait for their second-round opponents. (To be continued.) )