Chapter 386: The Lakers' first-round opponent is ...... (First update!) )
The appearance of Christie stifled Ginobili's offense, and the Spurs obviously didn't play as smoothly as they started.
In the cheers of the home fans, the Lakers are getting more and more excited.
Even Sun Hao and O'Neal continued to stage the city of empty catches, and Sun Hao smashed the ball into the basket through Parker.
The entire Staples Center was set on fire.
Parker looked at ...... innocently Own idols.
Is that how you treat your fans?
The Lakers played with momentum, widening the margin to 15 points at halftime.
Some people may think that Ginobili can't do it, so hit Duncan!
It's not that simple!
Tim doesn't play O'Neal I'm still the league's No. 1 inside Duncan, and when I meet O'Neal, my performance is still very suppressed.
Don't look at the difference in the statistics of the two games, that's because most of the time Popovich will not arrange Duncan to play against O'Neal!
Similarly, from the perspective of maximizing offensive efficiency, Phil Jackson will not arrange for O'Neal to catch Duncan to play.
However, it is divided into when.
For example, tonight, Ginobili was suppressed, and Phil Jackson guessed with his toes that you wanted to hit Duncan, so he naturally let O'Neal defend.
It's no surprise that the Spurs are lagging behind.
Despite the Spurs' resilience, the defensive intensity in the second half was evenly matched with the Lakers.
But they fell behind too much in the first half, and they still lost to the Lakers 91-103 in the end!
The Lakers ushered in a good start after the All-Star break!
Sun Hao and O'Neal continued to perform steadily, with the former scoring a game-high 30 points and 6 assists, and the latter having a double-double of 28 points, 20 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Christie played nearly 30 minutes in his first game with the Lakers, scoring six points, three rebounds, four assists and three steals.
The numbers aren't dazzling, but they're all-powerful.
Of course, what is more important is his defense of Ginobili, and the confidence of fans in the Lakers winning the championship after watching it has increased geometrically.
Su Qun's article in the Basketball Herald called "Champion Puzzle" has once again sparked popularity.
"Some people are born superstars, and some people are destined to be just role players, but role players are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the first class is the best, the championship puzzle, this kind of player is no less rare than a superstar.
The luckiest thing for the Lakers is that they already have Horry, and now they have a Christie they need even more! ”
Well, after reading Su Qun's article, you may think that the Lakers are about to win the championship, and it is unreasonable not to win the championship.
This is probably the ability of "Su Blow".
Christie's debut with the Lakers was impressive, but some fans feared that that performance would be short-lived.
After all, as a substitute wonder, the Spurs were understandably late in reacting.
The fans' worries were normal, but they soon realized that they were overwhelmed.
Over the course of the next week, Christie played around 30 minutes in all three games, and he averaged about the same as he did in his debut.
What's more, the Lakers have won all three games, counting the debut after the All-Star break, the Lakers are equivalent to ushering in a wave of four consecutive wins!
In the last game of the week against the Nets, Phil Jackson directly promoted Christie to the starter!
Christie also did not fail in his mission, and Carter, who defended it, played a tribute to the Mamba, shooting 7 of 25 and barely scoring 20 points by making free throws!
You must know that Carter averaged 28.5 points per game after being traded to the Nets, which is the highest score of his career.
Although the sample size of a game is small, it is enough to tell the story.
Christie still has gas in the tank, and he's the perfect reinforcement and puzzle for the Lakers!
Fans in Los Angeles have to lament how unpredictable life can be.
Before the trade deadline, they could never have imagined that the team would be able to get Christie in such a way.
Here Los Angeles fans lament the unpredictability of life, and on the other side, Bulls general manager Klaus also feels the same way.
It's just that the difference is that Lakers fans are happy, while his emotions are worried.
Because, the Bulls' record after the trade deadline is ...... 3 wins, 1 loss.
Although it has something to do with the fact that the opponent is not very strong, and winning will make their home stadium more popular, but it will take time!
Before the All-Star break, the Bulls did want to hit the playoffs, but after the All-Star break, they were going to rebuild!
It's hard for him to win so many balls all of a sudden!
Because of the draft draw, the worse the record, the greater the chance of getting the top three picks!
This is also where the word rotten comes from.
If the team keeps winning like this, not to mention Paul and DeLong, it may become Nate Robinson and Jarrett Jack!
Klaus, can you not worry!
The good news is that Yi Jianlian's performance has been particularly good after Francis was traded.
After four games, Yi Jianlian averaged 22.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game! The hit rate is as high as 53%!
So it's not terrible to win, it's embarrassing to be missing!
But compared to New York fans, Klaus's sorrow is actually nothing.
Because the Knicks ...... after the trade Straight wave of four consecutive defeats.
Marbury and Francis don't call at all on the court, both want to attack with the ball, and neither wants to run without the ball.
As a result, the "golden twin guns" they had in their hearts did not exist at all, it was a double tumor in the backfield!
Marbury "New York Lone Wolf", fans are impressed.
As for Francis, in fact, many people have a certain misunderstanding about him.
Because he helped Yao Ming go too far in history, domestic fans like to call him "Boss Fu".
It means that he is the boss of the Houston team and the one who covers Yao Ming.
This title is even more intimate.
But those who watched the Houston team play at that time sometimes can't help but want to scold their mother.
Because Francis's style of play is really a bit unique.
Yao Ming's personal data in the rookie competition is not high, which has a lot to do with it.
So his incompatibility with Marbury is really reasonable.
Of course, the Francis are very good.
In a post-game interview after a four-game losing streak, a reporter asked him what he thought of Yi Jianlian's performance after the Bulls traded.
This question is offensive in some ways.
After all, the New York media.
But Francis answered the question with a smile.
"I'm happy for Yi, I know he's a very talented player, he's taken his chance, he's got a chance to grow into a true All-Star."
Everything happens for a reason, which may be the reason why domestic fans will affectionately call him "Boss Fu" even if he plays alone.
In history, he protected Yao Ming, and in reality, he also protected Yi Jianlian.
Being a person and playing ball are not the same thing.
Of course, the New York fans have already sprayed him badly.
They are the only fans in the league who often boo the home team's players at every turn.
Looking back at the celebration of their trading was a bit of a mixed feeling.
Well, it's not just them who have mixed feelings, but Kings fans as well.
As it turned out, they were right to scold management at the trade deadline.
After the Kings traded, the already weak perimeter defense got even worse.
And more importantly, without Webb's offensive containment, opponents can put their center of gravity directly to the outside when defending them.
This made their offense less fluid than it used to be.
The defense has deteriorated, the offense has deteriorated, and Peja can't attack with the ball, and there is a ceiling on scoring, which is not suitable as the boss of the team.
Their record is even worse than before the All-Star break.
It's Mobley and Kenny Thomas, both of whom have been teammates of Yao Ming in history, who have played well on the bench.
This may be what Kings fans can expect in the playoffs.
Of course, the Magic weren't much better.
Although sending Mobley away allowed Arenas' stats to surge, and his scoring average increased to a career-high 25 points per game.
But the Magic's record is still as tepid as before, with half wins and losses, hovering on the edge of the playoffs.
In particular, he didn't have a good chemistry with Howard and Turkoglou.
This confuses some Magic fans, as they have "Little Sun Hao" and "Warcraft", which are similar to the configuration of the Lakers.
Of course, some fans may also find the problem, they seem to lack a manager who can match them well.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the team's head coach, Johnny Davis, is in jeopardy.
So after going around and around, the fans found something that seemed incredible.
There are so many trades at the trading deadline, but it seems that the one who benefits the most is ...... Lakers?
The mood of Lakers fans at this time can be described in this sentence:
They walked to the road and saw a piece of money, thinking it was 10 fast, walked into some that looked like 100, and then picked it up and saw that it was 100, and it was still US dollars!
Surprise Triple Surprise!
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Time flies, and it's mid-April in a blink of an eye.
After more than a month of competition after the All-Star break, the curtain of the 2004~2005 season is about to fall.
However, the battle for the playoffs has entered the final heat.
In the East, the 76ers, Nets and Knicks all have the same record with one game remaining, 3-2.
Especially the 76ers and the Knicks, the last game will directly determine who they make the playoffs!
This may be more exciting for fans of both teams than the finals.
In the end, Iverson recreated the style of the 2000 Finals, scoring 47 points at Madison Square Garden to help the 76ers reach the playoffs!
Such a performance made the Philadelphia fans boil, and it also moved all the fans!
After the game, even the "Basketball Herald" rarely used Iverson as the cover player, accompanied by the text "Long time no see, AI".
Su Qun has followed Sun Hao for so many years, and he really knows how to grasp the psychology of fans and what fans like.
It's not for nothing that "Basketball Herald" was able to sell well and quickly compete with "Sports Weekly".
Competition is fierce in the east, and the same is true in the west, but in a different direction.
Because it's not the playoff spots that are being fiercely contested, it's the rankings!
The Suns, Spurs, Lakers, and Mavericks, these four teams are the number one collective in the West.
But because of the new rules, if they can't be the first in the division, then they have better to be the fourth in the west!
Even if their record is much better than the top spot in other regions!
So you can imagine how desperate the teams will fight in order to compete for the rankings.
In the end, it was the Lakers who came out on top!
Before the All-Star break, they were five wins behind the Suns.
The addition of Christie has significantly improved the Lakers' outside defense, and with their excellent play since then, they have caught up little by little!
In the end, they successfully overtook the Suns and also came to the top of the Western Conference!
Pity the Suns, it's like running 10,000 meters, winning more than 9,000 meters in front and losing the last lap.
They ended up only in fourth place in the West!
In the Southwest Division, the Texas Spurs and Mavericks competed for the Mavericks after some motivational competition, and the Mavericks were even better in the end!
They beat the Spurs by 1 win to become the first in the division!
In this way, the ranking of the East and West was also finalized.
In the East, the Wizards were also in hot form after the All-Star break, and ended up with 59 wins.
This result made fans look forward to the words made during the commentary of Barkley's All-Star Game even more.
It's really likely that there will be a Lakers playing the Wizards in the Finals!
The Pistons are second with 56 wins.
The rest of the teams in the East are the Celtics, Heat, Pacers, Nets, 76ers, and Magic.
In this way, the final matchup situation on the eastern side.
Wizards VS Magic: Maddy and Arenas are both facing their old clubs after a year, which is full of highlights.
Pistons vs. 76ers, this group is also full of highlights, but the focus is not on the players, but on the coaches: Larry Brown is leading a new team against the team he has coached for six years, which sounds interesting, and he will face his former love Iverson.
Celtics VS Nets, this has been a pair of old enemies in the East in the past few years, the only difference is that the Nets have become much stronger after Carter, "the playoffs are the stage of superstars", whether this sentence can really help the Nets, maybe there will be an answer after playing.
Heat vs. Pacers: Although he didn't welcome O'Neal as he did in history, Wade still led the Heat team to the playoffs and got home-court advantage in the first round, his talent is unquestionable, and he has good luck against the Pacers who are missing Artest.
On the western side, the top eight are the Lakers, Mavericks, SuperSonics, Suns, Spurs, Kings, Timberwolves, and Nuggets!
The Nuggets had a good pre-All-Star break, but Camby missed a lot of games after the All-Star break.
Although the team's third-year interior seized the opportunity to play quite well, in the West, which was particularly competitive, the Nuggets eventually fell behind.
In this case, the first-round matchups on the Western side: Mavericks vs. Timberwolves, SuperSonics vs. Kings, Suns vs. Spurs, Lakers vs. Nuggets!
The Lakers' opponent in the first round is the Nuggets!
The "little emperor" dispute, it's coming!
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