After finding a way, the series between the Mavericks and the Warriors basically lost its suspense.

Although in Game 5 of the series, Johnson used Nowitzki as the starting center to make the game easier.

But that turned out not to be a good decision.

Murphy's rebounding advantage against Nowitzki allowed the Warriors to turn the score over at one point.

Fortunately, the overall strength of the Mavericks is much stronger than that of the Warriors, and the final result is thrilling.

With a score of 4-1, despite losing the first game, the Mavericks still showed the strength of the defending champions, eliminating the Warriors with their second consecutive 4-1 for the second year in a row.

The grievances and beams between the two families were thus settled.

Other Western Group Aspects:

The Lakers eliminated the Nuggets 4-1.

James' first playoff trip was not bad, stealing a win from the Lakers.

He averaged 24.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game in five games while shooting 45 percent from the field.

These statistics are also better than the regular season.

However, in this round of the series, fans pay more attention to the Lakers.

Although the big score was 4-1, the Lakers did not win easily, and it also exposed a lot of problems.

Bryant's form was even lower than the regular season, and he even hit games like 4-of-19.

Also in the slump was Payton, who shot just 35 percent from the field in five games.

In contrast, O'Neal's form is the best for the Lakers, and he has shot 62% from the field so far in the playoffs!

When everyone felt that O'Neal's stats were declining and his dominance was no longer there, he proved it with practical actions...... He's just missing the right to make a move.

Bryant took seven more shots (21) than O'Neal (14) and averaged just three more points per game.

This is really in response to the sentence "The only one who can prevent O'Neal is Kobe".

The Timberwolves beat the Jazz 4-1, and the Spurs led the Kings 3-2;

The Timberwolves will have to wait for their Western Conference semifinals opponent, and the Mavericks' opponent has been decided, the Lakers.

This is also the third year in a row that the two teams have met in the playoffs.

The grievances and grievances have to continue.

In the East, the Pacers swept the Bulls 4-0.

Yi Jianlian averaged 14.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game in 4 games, shooting 45% from the field.

That's on par with the regular season.

The Wizards beat the Bucks 4-1, and Reed averaged just 18 points per game in five games while shooting just 41 percent from the field.

He is still a long way from maturity.

Pistons 4-1 Hornets.

Anthony entered the playoffs and was hit by a rookie wall, shooting 39 percent from the field and scoring 17 points.

The good news is that the Pistons are airtight defensively and have Rasheed Wallace on the field.

The bad news is that as the team's leading scorer, although he's only a rookie, he has to get out of this slump as soon as possible.

Nets 3-2 Heat.

Wade is another rookie in the '03 class, in addition to James, who has played better in the playoffs than in the regular season.

By the playoffs, he had improved his scoring average to 18 points per game and six assists per game.

And the point is that the Heat and Nets are evenly matched.

This is probably the so-called leadership temperament.

The second round of matches will start immediately.

At this time, the league announced the second batch of awards.

Best Defensive Player and Best Rookie.

Artest received 43% of the vote, ending Ben Wallace's two-game streak in the accolade.

It's just that only Sun Hao knows that Artest ended not only two in a row, but a five-company.

If Artest hadn't been killed in the air this year, Big Ben could have created a five-in-a-row DPOY feat that no one had ever done before.

But the NBA is wonderful in this place, and many things are remembered only because of regrets.

Rookie of the Year went to James, who received more than 50 percent of the votes, Anthony nearly 35 percent, Wade in the early 10 percent, and Yi Jianlian 5 percent.

Although the Nuggets' record is not as good as the Pistons, James's 20+5+5 data history is rare, and coupled with his popularity, this result is also expected.

Sun Hao also had to sigh, even though history has taken a major turn, James still pressed Anthony.

Of course, James is out, and Anthony is still playing in the playoffs with the Pistons.

If the Pistons can win the championship as they have in history, then Anthony, the rookie of the year, will not lose anything.

Of course, everything is if, and after history changes, no one knows what the final outcome will be.

After the league announced the awards, the remaining two sets of matches in the first round ended.

Both teams that led 3-2 eventually advanced and did not see a tie-break.

In this way, the teams for the semifinals of the Eastern and Western Divisions are all determined.

West: Mavericks vs. Lakers, Spurs vs. Timberwolves;

East: Pacers vs. Nets, Pistons vs. Wizards;

Four groups of matches, a lot to see.

However, the most eye-catching ones are naturally the Mavericks and Lakers.

The Mavericks are the defending champions, and the Lakers are a lavish F4 lineup.

Both sides also exposed some problems in the first round.

In the end, who will win is a question that everyone is concerned about.

Although the Lakers are ranked higher in the regular season, they have a worse record than the Mavericks, who have the home-court advantage of the series.

After a day's rest, the first match between the two teams was played at the National Route Center Arena.

The Mavericks are still playing a misplaced singles game.

It turns out that the same tactics are used on different opponents with completely different effects.

It's useless to play the Warriors out of place singles, but it's effective to play the Lakers.

O'Neal couldn't get out after gaining weight, and Sun Hao and Dampier's blocking and dismantling were a dozen and one accurate.

This has proven to be effective over the past two seasons.

And it was this "one dozen and one accurate" that quickly stimulated the internal contradictions of the Lakers.

Bryant accused O'Neal of slacking off defense during the timeout, and it turned out to be like a powder keg and almost didn't let O'Neal do it.

Malone, who pulled the rack, also received Kobe's hateful eyes.

The previous Marlon flirting with Vasani finally came to an end, but Kobe's hostility towards Malone became extremely strong.

Phil Jackson directly replaced Kobe Bryant early.

The Lakers have unknowingly divided into two factions, O'Neal, Malone, and Phil Jackson are one faction, and Kobe Bryant is his own faction.

And that kind of contradiction, Fisher is no longer able to alleviate it.

In the end, this irreconcilable contradiction made Kobe Bryant and O'Neal choose to ignore each other for the rest of the game.

This obviously doesn't help the team win.

105-95, the Mavericks played at home.

Dallas fans were also thrilled after the game.

Originally, the F4 Lakers team was the most difficult to play, but as a result, the Mavericks didn't need to exert their strength at all, and the Lakers themselves blew themselves up first.

This is simply the rhythm of escorting them directly into the Western Finals.

Not only the fans, but also the Mavericks are optimistic within the team.

Johnson finally let out a bad breath.

In the first round, he was questioned by the fans for not having a tactical system, and it turned out that it was just those people who didn't understand the ball.

And, the Lakers' problems continue.

Before the start of the second game of the series, O'Neal, who couldn't bear it, opened fire in front of the media.

"There are people on this team who have to understand that no one can win without my Lakers."

Obviously, although O'Neill did not name names, everyone knew who he meant by "some people".

When the reporter threw O'Neal's words to Kobe, Kobe didn't say anything and ended the interview early.

As a result, in the second game, O'Neal was 12-of-15 and Kobe Bryant ...... 10 out of 27.

After watching the game, everyone's deepest impression of Kobe Bryant is: No matter how good your O'Neal feels, Lao Tzu just won't give you the ball.

As a result, the Lakers lost 89-101 more than in the first game.

Two games were played, 0-2.

At this time, even Sun Hao felt that the Mavericks were going to lie down and enter the West.

Even the intensifying contradictions of the Lakers made him curious about how the Spurs and Timberwolves were defeated in succession in history and reached the Finals.

As a very detailed person, he also observed other problems that existed on the Lakers' court.

Malone was obviously beating with injuries; Payton's start, coupled with Kobe's three-point touch this season, has poor outside ability on the triangle offense, and there is almost no space.

This kind of thing, the Lakers really have too many problems.

Then, against this backdrop, the Mavericks and Lakers moved to Los Angeles for Game 3 of the series.

Trailing 0-2, the Lakers can't afford to lose.

It was during this game that fans discovered images that they might not have imagined before.

Even Sun Hao couldn't think of it.

Kobe, isolated......

Whether it was Payton, Malone, or even Fox, they didn't give the ball to Kobe Bryant again, but gave the ball more to O'Neal under the basket.

O'Neal turned on the rampage mode on the inside.

Because of Johnson's rotation adjustments, Dampier has less playing time than last season, and his competitive form has also declined.

Of course, that's not the point, the point is that Dampier can't stand O'Neill's wrath.

O'Neal poured all the anger he had suffered in the past two games on this big man who claimed to be the second center in the league.

It feels like O'Neal saved up two CDs and directly started the ultimate!

As it turns out, no one can carry this kind of O'Neill on the inside.

Dampier was forced off the court with two fouls early.

Lafrentz, who came off the bench, had too much size difference and was constantly fouled.

And he didn't finish the first quarter and got 3 fouls.

The big shark that opened its bloody mouth and showed its sharp fangs made people shiver in the cold light.

And with Lafrentz also committing three fouls, the Mavericks have their biggest problem of the season.

It's something they haven't encountered before.

They don't seem to have any other inside line to go up and play against O'Neal......

Originally, Collins was that choice.

But Johnson has placed Nowitzki more on the bench center this season, which has squeezed Collins' playing time.

Nelson Jr.'s promise of more playing time for Collins ended up being a piece of paper.

In his limited playing time, Collins has also made limited progress.

As a result, the Mavericks have no one on the inside.

In the end, O'Neal exploded with 40 points, 21 rebounds and 5 blocks, and blasted the Mavericks' interior line.

Even though Sun Hao and Nowitzki combined to score 60 points, the Mavericks still lost 106-112.

And that's just the beginning.

In the following games, Kobe's shooting power continued to be compressed.

And that's a natural thing.

There are two factions on the team, but there is only one person on Kobe's side, and his opposite, there is even the head coach of the team!

To get to this point, just an external condition is needed.

In the second game, Kobe Bryant made a crazy shot and didn't give O'Neal the ball, which was that condition.

Then, O'Neal hit a quasi-quadruple-double of 28 points, 18 rebounds, 7 blocks and 6 assists in the fourth game, and the Lakers also pulled back another 106-101.

Then, when he arrived at Tianwang Mountain, O'Neal seemed to be out of control, scoring 45 points and 15 boards in the whole game, 1 point short of tying his single-game playoff scoring record.

What Dampier, what Lafrentz, what Corinth who pulled up to put out the fire, all of them were not enough for him to stuff his teeth!

115-108, the Lakers won Tianwang Mountain away, won three cities in a row, and rewrote the big score to 3-2!

Do you think that when the Lakers blew themselves up and sent the Mavericks to lie down in the Western Conference finals, O'Neal told you that there is nothing that talent can't solve, and if there is, it just means that your talent is not enough!

And the Mavericks are also self-inflicted.

They used to hoard up to 6 inside wheel O'Neill on the inside, but now they have reached the point where there is no one available on the inside.

Of course, never underestimate the heart of a champion, and don't forget one person, G6 Sun!

In Los Angeles, the home court of the Lakers, Sun Hao pressed the switch of his gods, threw 10 three-pointers in a single game, and scored 42 points!

Under his leadership, the Mavericks defeated the Lakers 121-105 and brought the game back to Dallas!

There were even many Los Angeles fans cheering for Sun Hao that night.

G6 Sun really lives up to his name!

Both sides will usher in the battle of seven battles!

"It was definitely one of the most intense games of the season."

"It was a game where there were no losers, they were all winners."

'Two great teams, played a great game.'

After the game of this tie-break, fans used these words to describe it.

Intense, tragic, and even heroic, can be used to describe this game.

In the battle of the seventh, both sides have no way to retreat.

The game was in a heated heat from the start.

O'Neill is still unstoppable on the inside, while Sun Hao and Nowitzki are both on fire.

At one point, the Mavericks built a double-digit lead in the second quarter.

However, O'Neal and Malone led the team to catch up with the score in the third quarter.

The fierce battle between the two teams continued into the fourth quarter, into the last two minutes, and even into the final ...... 0.4 seconds.

Last year, when the two teams met, Curry Sr. beat the Lakers in 0.4 seconds, and that scene is still fresh in people's minds.

Only this time, the ball is on the Lakers' side.

Sun Hao was keenly aware of something, and chased after Fisher after the Lakers served.

But Ma Long, the old guy who was stopped by Kobe Bryant at the 1998 All-Star Game and walked away and didn't block him, gave Sun Hao a perfect block.

Yes, he and Stockton have blocked for a lifetime, and only he can do such a pick-and-roll.

Then there was Fisher, who received a pass from Payton and turned and jumped up.

Nowitzki's reinforcement was in place, but he couldn't get the block.

The ball is shot, and the red light on the sidelines is on.

"Huh!"

A crisp sound echoed in the center of the national route.

If you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back.

ps: This chapter has been written in several ways.,Finally, I chose this one.,I don't know if this ending is good.,But everyone can see the progress of the season.,It's a transitional season.,I'm trying to be as fast as possible.,There's definitely a lot going to happen in this offseason later.,It should also be the biggest turning point in the book.,I hope I can write him well.。

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