After the training was over, back in the locker room, Lu Fei saw the text message on his mobile phone and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

This kid finally decided to enter the NBA.

Lu Fei called Joe Smith and asked him to sign Paul, and by the way, Roy, Conroy and Washington were also signed, as for Anthony Washington, to be honest, Lu Fei didn't know whether he could enter the NBA.

Anthony Washington's physical fitness is not bad, but he is only good among these strongmen in the NBA, his strengths lie in strategy and defense, but the disadvantages are also obvious, and his independent offensive ability is too poor.

Perhaps the most bothering Joe Smith of the players was Washington.

It is estimated that after the playoffs are over, it is indispensable to run around for trials.

The pattern of the league has not changed much from Lu Fei's memory, except for the sudden superSonics, other strong teams have also entered the playoffs.

On April 14th, all the games of the day were over, and the 16 teams that entered the playoffs were also announced, they are-

East: Indiana Pacers, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics.

LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers finished ninth in the East and were out of the tournament.

West: Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Seattle SuperSonics, San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets.

The Los Angeles Lakers finally won a wave of consecutive wins with Kobe's strong performance, and the winning percentage surpassed the Minnesota Timberwolves to rank first in the West.

The Denver Nuggets are a bit depressed, they are just half a game behind the Rockets, in ninth place in the West, and according to their 52% win rate, they are in the top four teams in the East, but unfortunately they are in the Wild West.

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony also failed to make the playoffs, and Lu Fei was the only one in the top three rookies.

This also made his call for Rookie of the Year to be higher and higher.

The opponent of the SuperSonics in the first round was the Dallas Mavericks, who lost to the Mavericks in January, which led to a lot of talk around the league about finding a way to limit the SuperSonics' offense, and this season's regular season against the Mavericks is one of the few teams that can easily take the victory in the hands of the SuperSonics.

This also makes many basketball commentators optimistic that the Mavericks will be on the next gram, and it is the only series in the West that is favored to be on the next gram.

The other three groups of matches in the West have hardly any suspense in the eyes of everyone.

The first group is the Lakers, who are the first in the West, to play the Rockets who are eighth in the West, although the gimmick promoted by the league is very good, and the "Yao Shark Showdown" advertisement is loud, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Rockets are fortunate not to be swept away.

O'Neal has Kobe Bryant, Malone Peyton and Xiaoyu Fisher by his side, who is Yao Ming's side? Francis? Or the old cat Mobley?

In the second group, the Timberwolves played the Grizzlies, although the Grizzlies have a tenacious style, but except for Gasol, who is barely a star, the other players on the team have no stars, which can definitely be called a civilian team.

The third group of Spurs to play the Kings, it stands to reason that these are the two closest teams, the Kings' starting five Tigers can all be good at fighting, the Spurs GDP combination is sharp, as the King's team in the league with offensive play and supersonics, has the strength to challenge the Spurs, the defending champion, and the 2-2 record in the regular season seems to make people see the hope of winning.

The Kings can beat the Lakers and fight the Timberwolves, only the supersonic has swept the Kings in this league, but the Kings are unanimously favored by basketball experts.

The reason is simple, the playoffs are a place where defense wins!

The reason why the SuperSonics were able to sweep the Kings in the regular season is because the SuperSonics have better defense, and even Don Nelson of the Mavericks, who have always admired offense, emphasizes the team's defense every time he enters the playoffs.

But Adelman of the Kings is a master who has gone all the way to the black.

The two days after the playoff roster are the days off for teams that don't make the playoffs, while the teams that make the playoffs don't have time to relax, and they are still making the final adjustments before the big game.

All the SuperSonics players consciously gave up the two-day vacation and soaked in the training hall, although the intensity of the training is not large, more to maintain the state, but for every player, the playoffs may be the real battlefield.

After Lu Fei trained the offensive and defensive formations, he practiced defense.

He now has some confidence in his offensive ability, and he believes that if he doesn't play playmaking guard, he won't score lower than the league's top scorers, and more importantly, his shooting percentage is a little higher.

The biggest headache for him is defense, he knows better than anyone the importance of defense in the playoffs, especially in this time period, although his defense is in the upper middle of the league, but it is still much worse than Peyton Kidd's old fritters.

Especially every time the opponent's scorer hits him in the wrong place, it makes him feel extremely uncomfortable, and think about how frustrating it is to think about Maddie's defensive shooting that can almost ignore Lu Fei.

Lu Fei is also very clear that what he needs to improve most is defense.

On April 17, the first round of the playoffs was in full swing, and Chinese fans sat in front of the TV from this day on, waiting for the game to begin.

The SuperSonics don't play today, and their game won't start until the next day, April 18.

The game that fans are waiting for is the Lakers vs Rockets game.

"The two teams played really tightly, and the shooting percentage was not high, because of the great defensive intensity of both sides, and in the second quarter of the game, Yao Ming finally hit the first sports goal."

The sound of commentary on the TV made all the fans breathe a sigh of relief.

No one expected that Yao Ming would hit the first sports goal in the second quarter of the game, and O'Neal only scored 9 single-digit points, and none of the other players scored in double figures.

But what everyone didn't expect was that the Rockets caused enough trouble for the Lakers in the first game, and the intensity of the playoffs was completely different from the regular season, and the two sides were almost hand-to-hand together.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Rockets with Gary Payton's mid-range shot.

72:71

O'Neal's 20 points and 17 rebounds proved that he could still dominate on the inside, Yao Ming got 10 points and 11 rebounds, but everyone knows how difficult O'Neal's game was.

The score of 72:71 was beyond everyone's expectations, and it was unimaginable that the Lakers, who had the four kings, only scored 72 points.

A lot of fans will say: Van Gundy's defense really works.

But in Lu Fei's view, it is not so much that Van Gundy's defensive tactics are well arranged, it is better to say that Kobe is really iron, Kobe Bryant scored 16 points and 6 assists, only hit four goals in 19 shots, smashed 15 pieces of good iron angrily, and the shooting rate soared to a touching 21.1%, who can withstand this?

The Lakers' other double-double was Gary Payton......

The only player who scored a double-double and was scolded.