"It's a shame we lost at home to the Lakers, we had a lot of chances to defend our home court, but we lost. We lost this round of the playoffs, and the Lakers are a very good young team with a group of highly talented future stars. Richmond gave a post-match interview, and he looked reluctant to be swept at home.

Richmond also had some red marks on his fists, which he had caused by slamming the locker room door after the match.

"Kobe? I know what you're trying to ask, Kobe Bryant has been great in these games. He had a triple-double and a 30+ score, but I wouldn't say Kobe Bryant single-handedly broke down the Kings, and no one else could break us alone, not even Jordan. ”

"You can say I'm quibbling, but it's true. Without Shaq, I could have done Kobe Bryant on my own. Of course, the Lakers' opponents in the next round will prove that. ”

Richmond deceived himself like that, and his calculating appearance disappointed the Sacramento media.

Competitive sports win and lose.

Losing everything, is it difficult to even admit the greatness of the opponent? Although Richmond has always been very good, perhaps the reason why he has not been able to achieve results is his mentality.

There was a brief silence in the media, and then a lot of the media turned to the Lakers. There were fewer and fewer interviewers on the king's side, and Richmond snorted when he saw this situation, and left the table angrily.

...

"The strongest rookie playoff performance in MLB history!"

"Who else is the first person in history."

"The beginning of a legend for an 18-year-old."

"The Façade of the New Age – God Number 8."

On the second day, the media across the country was already celebrating the Lakers' entry into the second round. Bryant had only three first-round performances, but all three were impressive. Especially compared to the struggling Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway, Kobe's performance is precious.

Some newspaper headlines in Los Angeles even made Bryant's fans blush a little when they read it.

Not! Not really!

Stop licking! It's dirty there!

In the eyes of most media commentators, Kobe Bryant is a new icon, enough to replace Penny and Hill as the new darlings of the media. And in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant has been treated as the media's own son, no matter how he blows.

Especially Kobe's movies are currently in theaters, and Kobe Bryant has begun to be portrayed by the media as an all-round genius! A super genius who is equally gifted in basketball and art. Sports and art, two completely incompatible contents, no one has ever been able to harvest boths in history, and Kobe Bryant has done it!

Although Kobe's movies are a bit unreasonable and scared to death. But this can portray a different image of a genius teenager, Kobe is not the traditional gentle gentleman idol like Hill and Penny, and he is not Jordan's domineering and big brother atmosphere, both kingly style, and because of his love for spinach and smoking and drinking, with a strong American veteran style.

Kobe Bryant's current image in the media is that of an all-around genius! He is out of step with this era, but he continues to influence this era with his own style.

was originally going to spray Kobe Bryant for not doing his job after the release of the Kobe movie, and at the same time complain about how bad the movie directed by Kobe Bryant was. After Kobe's movie was unanimously praised by people in the film and television industry, he began to change his words and praise it.

Now touting Kobe Bryant has become a trend, except for a few sworn enemy team base camp media, the vast majority of neutral media have a praising attitude towards Kobe.

The praise of Kobe Bryant in these local Los Angeles media was very excessive, and this kind of Hollywood-style MLM media coverage has caused criticism from other local media and some celebrities in the United States.

"Congratulations to the Lakers for being the first team to break through the first round, but I've heard enough of Kobe Bryant's praise lately." Rockets legend center Ralph Sampson was the first to speak to the media. That's what came out after the third game between the Suns and Houston.

At this time, the current situation between Houston and the Suns is very anxious, the Suns took the next city, and then in the second game, Olajuwon scored 30+10, and covered the sky with one hand in the restricted area, and the Suns' offense continued to block. One man dominated the box, leaving the Suns with no second player other than Kevin Johnson who could score consistently.

At the same time, everyone knows that a top center and a top point guard are the best beats, and Olajuwon's poor form in the first game was brought up by the Suns. The Suns played a smooth and fast offense, followed by Danny Anji's offensive ideas, and Kevin Johnson's inexplicable performance, and in the end, Olajuwon and Barkley's interior advantage was completely unshown, and they wasted a lot of energy on the run.

G2 was completely different, Olajuwon really dominated the penalty area, firmly controlled the rhythm of the game throughout the game, and did not give the Suns a chance to get up. The Suns are in a positional stalemate, and there is absolutely no way to beat Houston, who has two superstars inside.

Although April Player of the Month Kevin Johnson still scored 28 points and 7 assists, which was no worse than Olajuwon's performance, but in this game, Ki Bu scored 5 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Ceballos scored 9 points and 5 rebounds, and Manning scored 7 points and 9 rebounds The performance still made the Suns lose this game.

Kidd was a bit stealthy in this game, and his rebounding and defense were still down against the aging Drexler. Ceballos struggled with the identity of Jim Jackson as well. As Houston's veterans slowly recover, the Suns' shortcomings are exposed. In the end, Houston won the second game.

Tempo has become a top priority for Houston and Suns, with two teams with very different characteristics, both sides wanting to control the tempo of the game, and the two very different styles of play, fast offense and positional warfare, have shown each other's strengths in this round of the playoffs.

But in the third game, the Suns won again!

Back at Phoenix's home court, the Suns, under the frantic shouts and cheers of thousands of Suns fans, added to the home court and overtook the score after falling behind for a while.

In the end, Kevin Johnson is like a god of war! Hit a career-high 41 points in the playoffs! scored 13 points in a row in the final quarter, and a mid-range jumper was accurate to beat Houston!

Lore! The first lore of this year's play-off tournament! Presented by Kevin Johnson! He shook off Mario Alley in the final moments with two cross-steps and then smashed into the middle range to dramatically complete the stunner in front of the defending Barkley!

Cheers from all over the sky! Phoenix is really like a phoenix nirvana at this moment.

On the other side, Barkley has always felt guilty about Phoenix, 10 success in this game is less than half of the game, in the Phoenix boos and abuse, Barkley finally only 9 shots and hit 4, such a production number and efficiency are unbelievable This is the league's second big forward can play.

In the last ball, Kevin Johnson threw a stunner with a slightly raised corner of his mouth, and the picture of Barkley looking back in a panic has also become the most classic picture in the first round of this year's playoffs.

Olajuwon scored 26 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 blocks and 3 steals in this game, almost another 5X5 all-round performance, but unfortunately he was unable to recover in the fourth quarter.

God is a god, Kevin Johnson is a god in the first game, and based on his performance in G1 and G3 alone, he is the best player in the first round of this year's playoffs. Even if there are players in the East who are playing well, even if he eventually loses this round of the playoffs, Kevin Johns is something to be proud of.

The Suns 2:1 Houston was cornered, and the Big Three will face the possibility of being blacked out as soon as they are formed.

That's why Ralph Sampson will stand up in the media and lash out at the Lakers to attract the attention of the media and distract the fire. For this trick, Lao Mei is a veteran expert, whether it is in the sports world or in the future political circles. Whenever there is a conflict between themselves, they will always set up an external enemy to disperse the hatred.

For example, in the United States under the guidance of Chuan Chuan, there was a free black ~ life ~ expensive ~ people ~ right (afraid of being scared of being a river crab crazy wave) movement, after the wave of cold death, their media and government ~ government did not see anything about these methods, and at the same time went to China to carry out crazy targeting and some lame political ~ political moves to attract the attention of domestic civilians.

This effect is really significant, even in an era like 2020, when social media is highly developed, these things have been slowly suppressed, and the people have begun to continue to live as if nothing happened.

It's a pity that the Suns were overturned by Houston in the next two games.

Drexler scored 27 points and 11 rebounds in G4, and his form is getting better and better, and this game has found his peak form. On the Suns' side, Kidd was confused, disgusted by Drexler's defensive style of shooting and scoring in single digits for two consecutive games. After Kevin Johnson was released to Kidd and Drexler was trapped, his form began to decline, and he only scored 19 points and 4 assists on 7-of-16 shooting in this game.

G5, back to Houston.

Olajuwon played 45 minutes, directly scored 29 points, 21 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks, 2 steals and 1 turnover, and returned to the home court Barkley finally found his form, scoring 23 points and 14 rebounds, and the two of them firmly controlled the Suns' interior and court rhythm. And Kevin Johnson fought until the last minute, even if his feet staggered, even if his knees were so swollen that he needed to pump before the game. Kevin Johnson played 46 minutes and finished with 25 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 turnovers on 9-of-23 shooting.

Barkley and Kevin Johnson looked at each other at the end, and it was a long time to remember...

The Jazz are the second team to sweep 3-0, and the two Utah veterans are at ease against the immature Wolves Garnett and the old Beijing Marbury, and this is a teaching series. The level of confrontation between the two sides, as well as the change in the situation of the game, are far from being compared to other teams. It should be said that this is the most harmonious round of the game, the Timberwolves from top to bottom did not feel that they can win, this year to be able to make the playoffs, to be able to win the seventh place in the West is already very remarkable for the team.

Harmony, from the game to the aftermath, the atmosphere on both sides has always been very harmonious. Garnett and Marbury did play with a learning attitude.

Garnett and Malone hugged and chatted for a long time after the game. And when Marbury and Stockton hugged, they exhaled in pain because they touched the purple wound that was pinched up and down by Stockton. Marbury and Garnett really learned a lot in this round of teaching...

SuperSonics and Trailblazer 3:1, SuperSonics had no danger and defeated the Trailblazers. Payton's defense was on full display in this round of the playoffs, as he single-handedly blocked the outside of the Trail Blazers. And Camp is also very energetic in front of the aging Sabonis. The future Roar of Heaven Wallace has also been sluggish in this round of the playoffs, which is the norm for rookies, and almost all stars have come through this way.

This means that the Lakers' opponent in the next round will be the SuperSonics.

“LA? KOBE? I'LL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND! ”

Payton made a big deal about the Lakers and Kobe Bryant directly after the game, and his best defensive lineup was snatched away by Kobe Bryant for a while. He was very unconvinced about this, why! Obviously, compared with last year, his defensive ability has not changed much, why was he the best defensive player last year, but this year it can only be a second team?

The bull swept the bullets.

The three-headed monster of bullets, Webb, Flying Car, and Howard try to resist.

But.....

The bulls are just too strong......

The Hawks Pistons were deadlocked 2-2, with the Hawks winning first, then the Pistons moving two games in a row, and then the Hawks winning another game. The two sides entered a tie-break, and this round of the playoffs was a collision of solo superstars and team basketball, with Hill and Wilkens at the heart of the game, not the players on the court.

In the end, in Game 5, the Pistons lost to the Hawks 79-84. In this game, Hill shot 9-of-24 and only had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Wilkens has eaten through the Pistons, using two or even three men to keep Hill outside the box.

And Hill's jump shot is indeed not as dominant as Kobe and Jordan, and in the face of this situation, his forced devouring of the ball is super inefficient.

Atlanta was a big surprise when they defeated the Detroit Pistons, who had long dominated the second place in the East, with a direct victory over the Detroit Pistons, who had long dominated the second place in the East. However, the Pistons' poor performance at the end of the season, and Hill's awkward way of playing, such a result is not surprising.

The Heat 2:2 Magic, in the third game penny 30 shooting 16, exploded to score 42 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, which is the highest score in the first round so far. But even so, the Magic won very hard, the Heat only lost by 7 points, if it weren't for the fact that none of the Big Three scored 20, it is really hard to say who will win and who will lose this game. Penny's 42 points also gave him the right to breathe, and Bryant also called to congratulate him, and the game was hard. Then the G4 Magic won again, Hardaway back-to-back 40+ (real data)!Hardaway G4 scored 41 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

40+ in a row, 40+ back-to-back! Penny Hardaway found his form after a sustained slump in the first two races and became the lone hero in the first round alongside Kevin Johnson.

But his outburst came too late, and Pat Riley finally found a way to deal with him in G5. Pat Riley has never had one man break his team, unless, that guy is Jordan.

G5 Magic 83:91 Heat, pennies 33 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers powerless.

Then there was the Knicks vs. the Hornets, who lost a surprise 3-0 loss.

Glen Rice played 45.7 minutes per game, averaging 27.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists on 9.3-of-19 shooting, but Ewing crushed Divac with 63.6 percent shooting. The Hornets lost a bit of a crisp game, and most people think that even if they don't play five games in this round of playoffs, they will need at least four games to win or lose. No one expected the Wasp to be so vulnerable.

After the game, the Hornets' manager directly resigned after the game, which also caused heated discussions.

The reasons for the resignation are varied, with a playoff loss and a trade with the Lakers likely to be the trigger.