Chapter 426: Lin Han, the most special one
"Congratulations to Linhan, congratulations to the Lakers, this is a perfect series for this team, congratulations to them for becoming the first team to reach the second round of the playoffs this season!"
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Warriors away and swept the Warriors 3-0 to enter the second round of the playoffs, although most people had such predictions for this result before the game, such as as as the commentator of this game, whether it was Larry Bird or Collins, they predicted that the Lakers could beat the Warriors on the road when they predicted before the game, but even so, the Lakers won this game so easily, and this series won so easily, which is still incredible.
In particular, the Warriors' players didn't make many mistakes in this series, and the Warriors' head coach Harris's performance was even wonderful, but that's it, the Lakers still beat the Warriors with great ease!
And this result also made many expert media who predicted that this series would be a rather difficult series before the start of this series, and even before the start of this series, Larry Bird and Collins actually thought that the matchup between the Lakers and the Warriors was suspenseful, but in the end, it was such a result.
And the reason for such a result is that the Warriors, who are extremely strong and are considered to have the ability to top four in the West, lose so lightly, naturally because of Lin Han's madness about the Warriors in this round of the series.
"Although we all knew that Lin Han could have a certain amount of restraint against the Warriors before this series, we really didn't expect the effect of restraint to be so obvious, this is a typical player-first series. In front of a great player, the Warriors' hard work and scheming have been reduced to nothing"
So. When the Warriors fans in the entire arena erupted in their own dissatisfied boos after the game, when all the reporters and media in the entire arena were cheering for Lin Han and the Lakers at this time. As the commentator of this game, Larry Bird's eyes have all been on Lin Han at this time.
And after the former Celtic legend finished speaking, Collins next to him was also nodding his head frantically.
This is a very typical player-first series, and Collins agrees with Larry Bird's conclusion.
Many people know that because the NBA is a commercial league, in the NBA, the status of a player in a team is higher than that of many other roles, and generally speaking, the status of a team's star player is higher than that of the team's head coach or general manager. Especially those superstar players who can change the situation of the game by themselves, their status is even infinitely equivalent to the owner of the team, and they can be regarded as governing the team with the owner of the team.
It is precisely for this reason that NBA head coaches have always been despised by NCAA head coaches, except for a few NBA head coaches who can be better than players in status, most NBA head coaches actually have no status in the American professional coaching circle.
And for these NBA coaches, of course, they know very well what their situation is, as long as they are a coach with aspirations, they will not allow such a thing to be stored for a long time. Unfortunately, most NBA head coaches want to be more than the star of the team, but many times, the result is quite bad.
Because. In many games in the NBA, the final victory is often decided not by the head coach of the team, but by the players of both sides. When the opponent has a star or superstar player who can completely suppress him, no matter how good the head coach is. The end result is quite tragic, in this case. These NBA head coaches want to achieve the same status as these star players, and it is understandable how difficult it will be.
And eventually, as time went on, as the NBA had more and more star-studded games, the NBA head coaches lost that ambition to be higher, and even most coaches, with the exception of a few, have recognized the fact that players are more important than coaches in the NBA.
And this game and this series are the most typical, the best example of a star player deciding a series!
And when such a game appears, it is quite unacceptable for the losing side of the team, especially for the head coach of the losing side, so when this game is over, when Larry Bird and Collins set their eyes on the head coach of the Warriors, Harris, the head coach of the Warriors has been standing on the sidelines motionless almost since the end of the game, which is compared to Lin Han, who has been celebrating with his teammates on the courtis completely different.
"It's true that this is a series where players decide the outcome of a game, but it's very rare that a player has such a huge impact."
As a former coach in the NBA, Collins' eyes are more complicated when he looks at Lin Han at this time, and his sympathy for Harris is also more obvious.
"So, ahead of this series, we all underestimated Linhan's strength and dominance"
After Collins finished speaking with some emotion, Larry Bird also said with a smile.
Everyone underestimated Lin Han's dominance and strength, such a conclusion, Collins agreed, and even in his opinion, Harris agreed with at this time.
"What an impressive guy"
Finally, after Collins looked at the man who was celebrating wildly with his teammates, Lin Han, who was being interviewed on TV, also said with a helpless smile.
As the on-site commentator of this game, Lin Han's table in this round of the series is quite shocking, and at this time, as the protagonist of this game, Lin Han does not have too many ideas at this time, or for the current Lakers, they can enter the next round with such a relaxed attitude. That's a very happy thing.
At least for the Lakers players, especially for the Lakers' young players. Whether it is Williams or Xavi or Van Axel and Eddie Jones, they are quite excited at this time.
"Boss, I really didn't expect my first career playoff in the second round today. When I entered the NBA, I was calculating how many years it would take me to make it to the first round of the playoffs, and I really didn't expect it to be like this."
As Lin Han's younger brother, Eddie Jones is probably the most excited player at this time, after all, as a rookie player, it is even more rare to be able to enter the second round of the playoffs in the first season of his career, and he also obtained this achievement as a starter on the team.
Don't think it's easy to break through the first round in the NBA, it's not easy in terms of the number of teams. There are now a total of 27 teams in the entire league, and there are a total of 8 teams that enter the second round, which is 8 out of 27 in terms of probability, not even a third of the probability, and many NBA players and even star players may not be able to enter the second round of the playoffs as starters in their lifetime.
And now, Eddie Jones has made such a breakthrough in just his first season, and for all the rookies this season, it is Eddie Jones who has made it to the second round as a starter. I'm afraid only the Spurs' Jalen Rose, and other big names like Hill, Kidd and David Robinson can't even make the playoffs.
And like last season, Chris Webb. The fact that Lynham and Hardaway entered the second round of the playoffs as the core of the team is almost a rare spectacle in the NBA in decades.
And more importantly, this season, the Lakers can enter the second round, which is also the first breakthrough that Lin Han has led the team to complete. For Lin Han personally, the meaning is even more important.
Before the start of this season. As one of the most watched trades this season, the Lakers traded for Lynchald. But it has been extremely criticized, even if Lin Han's table in the regular season is very rebellious, and it can even be said that it has made the Jazz team extremely regretful, but to say that Lin Han really succeeded in the Lakers, this is not necessarily, because everyone does not know what kind of table Lin Han will have in the playoffs.
Therefore, even if Lin Han is worthy of his value in the regular season, it is still difficult to determine everyone's final evaluation of the Lakers' trade to Lin Han, a big deal that seems to be extremely successful, and now, after Lin Han single-core led the team to lead the Lakers to complete the first round of the playoffs, this is also an official announcement of Lin Han's success in the Lakers.
Therefore, when the game ended, when everyone's eyes were on Lin Han and the Lakers players, Jerry West's mood in the audience was no worse than Lin Han's, and he was also quite excited, and even from the end of the game for a while, the general manager of the Lakers team had already stood up and applauded the Lakers.
Of course, in addition to these young players such as Jerry West and the Lakers, players like Wilkins, Rodman and Magic, who have rich playoff experience and have broken through the first round more than once, are also in a good mood at this time.
The only people in the arena who are in a very bad mood right now are probably the Warriors players.
As the team playing at home in this game, this game is also their last game of the season, and in this case, after losing this game, these Warriors players simply can't leave the court early after the loss.
In the face of the boos of the fans, these Warriors players are almost stubbornly bowing and apologizing to the fans around them, and as the team's head coach Harris, the mood is also extremely complicated and constantly looking at Lin Han, this round of the series is a shame for the Warriors, as a team that has always advertised its ambition to win the championship, it was finally eliminated by others in the first round, and it was swept by the opponent on its home court, which is a bit embarrassing.
If it weren't for the fact that this was the home court, if it weren't for the fact that this was the last game, these Warriors players would have gone straight into the tunnel after the game and wouldn't have come out.
"Hahahaha, boss, these guys were so arrogant before the start of this series, and now? In the end, they all looked like defeated roosters! ”
Looking at the Warriors, who were in a rather bad situation at this time, Eddie Jones really didn't have any good looks at all, before the start of this series. The Warriors do have a lot of confidence in this series, and even the team's head coach Harris has shouted that he wants to beat the Lakers. To beat Lin Han's cruel words, let alone those Warriors players. It can be said that before the start of this series, these players of the Warriors, especially the veteran players of this team, offended Lin Han and the Lakers all over the place.
Therefore, for Eddie Jones' blatant mockery of the Warriors at this time, neither Magic nor Lin Han had any intention of stopping it.
And the Warriors players who walked past the Lakers after greeting and apologizing to the fans obviously heard Eddie Jones's taunts, but at this time, for these players, they couldn't move at all.
Just now they apologized to the fans for the bad performance of the game. If there is a conflict with the Lakers players at this time, then they will really be tragic, so even if they want to fight back against Eddie Jones, but at this time, these Warriors players, especially the leading players of this team, Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway, just glared at Lin Han and Eddie Jones fiercely, and then left with a snort.
And Lin Han, who was glared at by Hardaway and Mu Lin, smiled a little helplessly at this time, he was at the level of being shot while lying down.
Of course, because of Lin Han's relationship. The relationship between the Lakers' players and the Warriors' veteran players is poor, and even as teammates on the Dream Team back then, Magic Johnson and Chris Mullin have a fairly limited amount of time to interact with each other throughout the series, but it's clear. In the entire Warriors, there are definitely not just some players who have a bad relationship with Linhan, for example, Sprewell, the young leader of this team, has a very good relationship with Linhan and is an important member of Linhan's Western All-Star Group.
So when Mullin and Hardaway glared at Lin Han viciously and left. Spreville did not leave with Mullin.
"Lin, congratulations. Won a great round"
This time, the duel with Lin Han was because Lin Han was playing inside the whole time. The opportunity for Sprewell and Lin Han to compete directly is quite limited, but for the defeat of this series, Sprewell did not look for any reason and directly admitted his defeat.
 Seeing his friend like this, Lin Han was actually a little surprised, although he knew that Sprewell was a very responsible player, but it was also quite difficult for this guy to directly admit that his team was inferior to the other party, and his own table was inferior to the other party.
Because this guy's personality is not only unruly, but also a rather tenacious small strong level player, if he thinks he has a chance to lead the team to defeat the other party, then the other party will abuse him very badly, this guy will never bow his head, and now, this guy who has never bowed to others easily actually bowed his head to Lin Han!
Even if the relationship between the two is quite good, it is quite incredible that such a situation occurs.
If it was said that at the beginning, Lin Han was still a little surprised and confused, but after taking a deep look at Sprewell's face, Lin Han's heart was also a little heavy, as if he had thought of something.
"Lart, you're ready to leave the Warriors?"
After taking a deep look at his friend, Lin Han also asked a little quietly, and when Lin Han asked, Sprewell nodded after being stunned for a moment, although the nod was not very large, but Lin Han could clearly see the firmness in it, it seems that Sprewell is ready to leave, and this plan is quite firm.
"Lin, I really envy you for being able to play in a great team like the Lakers, and I also really envy your ability to make an ordinary team great, I don't have the ability of you, I can't make the Warriors great, then I can only choose to leave, I've been preparing for a few days like a team showdown"
In the end, Sprewell shook his head with a wry smile and said, although this guy wants to leave the Warriors, although he is quite resolute in his attitude, Lin Han can also feel that this guy is still a little reluctant to the Warriors.
Soon, Lin Han also got it from his friend, this guy hasn't figured out where he wants to go, or this guy hasn't decided whether to renew the contract in advance, sign and then change, or choose to leave freely after the last year of the contract after the transaction.
Of course, this is a very difficult decision. If the Warriors really don't want him anymore, he chooses to sign first and then trade. Well, because the Warriors can get a good chip, it will give him some opportunities to choose his own team, but if he doesn't choose to renew his contract. Then Sprewell, who only has a one-year contract, has little trade value, no one is a fool to make a big offer for a player with only one year of contract, even if Lin Han, if he only had a one-year contract when he was with the Jazz last season, the trade value would not be as big as the Lakers' entire team.
Therefore, if this kid does not renew his contract, the Warriors will definitely choose a team for him in order to maximize profits, and the chances of going to the garbage team are quite large. But fortunately, this kid has only one year left on his contract, and even if he goes to the garbage team, he won't be too afraid, at most it will be equivalent to wasting a year.
It is precisely because he has not yet determined which path he chooses to leave, so Sprewell has not yet had any committed contact with Mutombo, which also makes Lin Han a little relieved, Mutombo is not in a good situation with the Nuggets now, although the atmosphere in the team is much better than that of the Warriors, but although Mutombo is still excellent in this year's playoffs, he has lost the magic of last season's playoffs. The Nuggets he led are no match for the Spurs at all, and compared to the Spurs, who have not changed much this season, the Nuggets, who have not changed much this season, are not too ambitious, and the players and management within the team are divided about how the team will develop in the future.
So. Mutombo had previously expressed to Lin Han that he wanted to leave for a more ambitious team, and when both wanted to leave, they must be connected. But because both of them are still hesitating to leave in what way, it is difficult for these two people to promise each other anything even if they are connected. So for the time being, Lin Han doesn't have to worry that after the two of them have a commitment, Lin Han will lose the opportunity to pursue Mutombo.
Of course. Of course, it is impossible for Sprewell to know about these careful thoughts in Lin Han's heart, and no one knows about his intention to recruit Mutombo to the Lakers.
Therefore, when Sprewell left, looking at the somewhat lonely back of the Warriors player, the Lakers players around Lin Han were also quite emotional.
"I really didn't expect that Lat would be like this on the team, if it wasn't the boss who was in charge of the Lakers at the beginning, but Dennis, we wouldn't be in a much better position than him, right?"
And when Lin Han's younger brother Eddie Jones subconsciously sighed, the Lakers players who were still a little embarrassed all quieted down at this time, and the faces of Lakers players such as Rodman and Ruffin also became a little embarrassed.
And Eddie Jones, a young rookie, seemed to notice that he was a little out of his mind after speaking, and finally patted his head a little embarrassed.
"Dennis, don't you care, Eddie didn't mean that"
Finally, after retracting his gaze from Sprewell, Lin Han pretended to glare at Eddie Jones a little viciously, and then said to Rodman with some apologies.
"Eddie is right, if I had been in control of the Lakers locker room, they would have been in a much more miserable situation than Sprewell, and I wouldn't let them go"
"So, Lin, is a very special NBA player, or you're the most incredible NBA player I've ever seen, you're strong, but you don't understand the rules of the NBA at all."
Just when Lin Han and the Lakers players were a little surprised by what Rodman said, the Lakers interior player glanced at his former little brothers such as Ruffin and Ellis and left.
Since being subdued by Lin Han, this is the first time Rodman has faced Lin Han to show his feelings!
And after Rodman left, when Lin Han and the other Lakers players came back to their senses, everyone's expressions were a little different at this time, Lin Han smiled a little bitterly at this time, and Eddie Jones and other Lin Han's die-hard little brothers were a little dissatisfied with Rodman's behavior at this time, thinking that this guy was going crazy again and was ready to rebel, as for the people who had just been glanced at by Rodman, such as Ruffin and Ellis, these people looked at Lin Han at this time