After the Trail Blazers swept the SuperSonics to advance, the Lakers also swept the Kings and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with the Trail Blazers.

The Jazz and Spurs are also fast, and both teams are currently 2:1 with a big score and are in sight of qualifying.

As for the Eastern side, the Pacers, 76ers and Green Kai all played a 2:1 score.

Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that this year's Western Finals will be a rehearsal for the finals.

Several teams in the West are not weak, but compared to the Trail Blazers or Lakers, they are completely inadequate.

Not even the Trail Blazers or Lakers, the Spurs are estimated to be able to take out the strongest team in the East.

The situation in which the west is strong and the east is weak has been completely formed......

A few days later, the Western Conference semifinals between the Trail Blazers and Jazz officially began.

The Jazz are lucky, their opponent Timberwolves, probably because the players are too young, so the shooting percentage in this playoff session has shrunk a bit, allowing the Jazz to be eliminated by a big score of 3:1.

However, the Jazz's luck is also exhausted, because their next opponent is the Trail Blazers!

It's been an unknown number of times the Jazz have faced the Trail Blazers in the playoffs......

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Since Richard entered the league, the Jazz should be said to be the biggest sufferer under Richard, and they have no place to reason by Richard......

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The Jazz are not a team of the level of the SuperSonics, so Richard did not dare to take it lightly, and both Big Ben and Little Ao played more than 38 minutes per game in this series.

With these two people as the foundation, the performance of Jazz on the court is quite tormented.

Coupled with Nowitzki's outburst in this series, the Jazz were swept by the Trail Blazers with an easy 4:0.

Nowitzki can be said to have been completely powerful in this series, mainly because the Jazz have not been able to restrain his small forward.

Let Nowitzki enter the state of shooting training throughout......

After four games, he averaged 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, of which the two-point shooting rate reached a terrifying 60%, and the three-point shooting rate was also over 40%.

If it weren't for Maddy's side consuming a lot of the ball, Nowitzki might even be averaging 30 points per game in this series.

The old driver is the old driver, and this offensive strength can be said to be incomprehensible!

Nowitzki is known as one of the three big forwards of all time, and unlike Duncan and Garnett, he is completely on his offensive firepower.

As for Duncan and Garnett, counting Chris Webber, they are both all-around type power forwards, both offensive and defensive!

And Nowitzki's defense, to be honest, even in his prime, is really not much better than Harrington......

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And Maddy's performance in this round of Western Conference semifinals, although the offensive efficiency is not particularly good, but the defensive end is quite powerful, and the defensive Stockton only averages 11 points per game.

Stockton only averaged 11 points per game, and the elder Hornacek only averaged 9.5 points per game under Artest's defense, and didn't even score a double-double!

If it weren't for their team's small forward Russell, who played quite well against Nowitzki, the Jazz would have been miserable in this series!

Losing to the Trail Blazers by an average of 30 points per game is quite possible.

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In the first round of the playoffs, Harrington and Maddy of the Trail Blazers broke out.

And in the second round of this playoffs, that is, the Western Conference semifinals, Nowitzki broke out again.

Next, let's look at the Western Conference Finals, that is, the rehearsal of the Finals, I don't know who will break out this time for the Trail Blazers.

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The Lakers and Spurs are in full swing.

Popovich used shark slashing tactics vigorously, but because their roster depth is really not as good as the Lakers, even if the shark slashing tactics worked, they were still at a disadvantage.

The reason why the Spurs were able to defeat the Lakers with a score of 4:1 last season was because the Lakers did not have a killer like Kobe Bryant in the backcourt at that time.

And now limiting O'Neal, Kobe and Glen Les, the Spurs can't limit it.

Even if O'Neal played a little less, the Spurs still couldn't resist it......

In the end, the Lakers won the Spurs with a score of 4:2, which was revenge.

The Lakers and Trail Blazers meet in the Western Conference Finals, while the Philadelphia 76ers and Pacers meet in the Eastern Conference Finals in the East.

This kind of matchup was predicted by most fans.

However, the Eastern Conference semifinals matchup between the 76ers and Green Kai is quite unexpected.

The two teams met in the Eastern Conference semifinals, with both Purdue Twins on both sides, probably because the Philadelphia Twins were a little more experienced, and they ended up winning 4-3 over Green Kai.

No one expected that Lu Kai's strength had improved to such a terrifying level at the moment.

You know, the 76ers were the team in the Finals last season!

Although the Trail Blazers shaved their heads in the Finals, they can enter the Finals, and they are the strongest team in the East......

Now Green Kai can play seven games against the strongest team in the East, which is enough to show the strength of this team!

Hopefully, they will be able to become the dominant presence in the East next season.

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During the second round of the playoffs, the honors of the regular season were in full swing again.

The ownership of the MVP of the regular season was finally won by O'Neal, but Kobe Bryant ranked second in the number of votes, only a slight gap compared to O'Neal.

O'Neill deserves this honor, he, the most dominant big man in history, really doesn't have any decent honor at hand......

Now that I've won the regular season MVP, I can finally raise my eyebrows.

In the game against the Spurs, O'Neal was vomited blood by a bad habit, and if it weren't for one of the games where he made his free throws at an extraordinary level, I'm afraid he would have to die of humiliation......

Now that he has won a gold-filled honor, O'Neill has swept away the haze and is in a much better mood.

In fact, under normal circumstances, this season's regular season MVP was won by O'Neal, the only regular season MVP he won in his career.

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The honor of best manager was won by Green Kai's head coach Pitino, which is well deserved, after all, Green Kai's performance this season is too amazing.

If Pitino didn't win this award, it would be unreasonable.

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The honor of the best rookie naturally fell into the hands of Brand, who averaged 23+10 rookie data per game, and no one really could compete with him.

Not even a person who is qualified to compete with him......

Although there are a lot of stars in the 99th draft, especially the Purdue six young players entering the NBA, in terms of data, in fact, Francis and Odom can keep up with Brand a little.

Francis averaged 18+5+6 per game in the Rockets, which is gorgeous, but he is not qualified to compete with Brand for the best rookie.

As for Odom, he played 17+8+4+1.2+1.3 all-around data in the Clippers, which is simply what he wants......

It is no exaggeration to say that in this rookie, if you want to talk about all-around, Odom may be ranked first.

Even Richard was so hot that Odom was really a player who had been delayed by himself.

Or was it delayed by the Kardashians?

Anyway, if this guy plays seriously, it is actually possible to play the level of Chris Webb.

Odom in his rookie period really wants everything, with outstanding scoring ability, outstanding defensive ability, outstanding organizational ability, and rebounding ability.

may have broken his brain later because of drugs, and he was hollowed out by Kardashian, so he didn't play at the level he should have.

Now that Richard is here, he must not sit back and watch Odom be delayed, once it is rumored that this guy is involved with the Kardashian family, he will immediately intervene in this matter.

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The Best Sixth Man honor was won by Ginobili, and Ginobili is really powerful this year, and basically no one is qualified to compete with Ginobili for this honor.

The honor of the most improved player was won by Maddie!

The best defensive player missed out on Big Ben this year and was picked up by the Heat's Mourning.

This made Richard quite dissatisfied!

In Richard's view, the most valuable honor in the regular season is naturally MVP, and the second-ranked honor is the best defensive player.

In fact, Big Ben is also qualified to win this honor, but it may be that Big Ben got it last season, and Mo Ning's data this season is really luxurious, so he voted in favor of Mo Ning.

Big Ben can see that he didn't get the DPOY, and he doesn't have too much dissatisfaction.

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In terms of the All-Rookie lineup, the Trail Blazers made a total of three first-year rookies this year, and all of them were selected.

Ginobili was selected for the rookie first team, while Artest and Kirilenko were selected for the rookie second team.

This made Richard more satisfied......

In fact, Artest and Kirilenko have no advantage in their data, and if you look at the data purely, these two may not be able to enter the rookie second team.

But perhaps also considering the defensive strength of these two, the two finally entered the second formation.

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In terms of the All-Defensive Team, this team is the Trail Blazers' home camp of honor.

Last season, the Trail Blazers had four players named to the All-Defensive Team......

And this season, with the departure of Rashid and Kobe, the number of selections this time is much less.

The five men who defended the front line were Mutombo, Duncan, Big Ben, Kobe Bryant and Payton.

The five men in the second defensive team are O'Neal, Bowen, Kidd and PJ Brown.

Only two of them were selected to the All-Defensive Team, which still made Richard quite uncomfortable......

If other teams knew that Richard was uncomfortable with this, I am afraid that it would be unreasonable!

There are only 10 seats in total, and you pioneers occupy two seats, and it's still uncomfortable?!

Do you want to go to heaven?!

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In the end, Richard was quite satisfied with the best team of the season, mainly because Ben was selected for the best team this time, which made Richard feel comfortable!

The best team, this is also a great honor, which is equivalent to the five strongest players in the league in the same position!

This statement may be a bit biased, mainly because the selection of this lineup is not based on the number one to five, but according to the three positions of center, forward and guard like the All-Star.

So there may be a situation where the strongest point guard is not as good as the second quarterback, so he is in the best second team.

But overall, as long as they are selected to the best team, they are the top handfuls of people in the league.

Best Team 1: O'Neal, Duncan, Big Ben, Kobe, Iverson!

Among them, Big Ben appears in this lineup, which is really a bit of a contradiction......

The main reason is that Big Ben's score is really embarrassing, and his average score of less than five points per game is not as good as a fraction of others.

That is, Duncan scored relatively little, averaging 23.2 points per game, like Kobe, O'Neal and Iverson, who averaged more than 27 points per game!

Big Ben has directly created a remarkable "honor" and has been selected as the player with the fewest points in the entire NBA history.

I'm afraid that no one will be able to break this record in the future......

And this year is also the only season in the entire history of the NBA where three people have achieved a double-first!

Big Ben, Duncan, and Kobe Bryant were all selected for the double team!

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With an average of about 5 points, 16.5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3.5 blocks and 1 steal per game, are you qualified to be selected for the best team?!

That's definitely qualifying!

Everyone knows that Big Ben is the core of the front court of the Trail Blazers, and with Big Ben on the field and without Big Ben, the Trail Blazers are completely different things.

In such a strong Trail Blazers team, playing such an important role, no matter how you look at Big Ben, you can be in the ranks.

All the players in the entire league have no opinion on Big Ben being selected for the best team.

Even if you have an opinion, you can only endure it......

Garnett, for example, has quite a problem, and he feels that he is more qualified to be selected than Big Ben.

But he definitely didn't dare to say this openly, he was more qualified than Big Ben?! Let's get the team through the first round of the playoffs......

As for the All-NBA Second Team, the five are O Jr., Grant Hill, Garnett, Kidd and Glove Payton!

Xiao Ao entered the best second team, and he was selected in the center position!

What does this mean? It shows that Xiao Ao is now in the eyes of everyone, he is the second center in the league!

A well-deserved second center in the league!

Xiao Ao, who was born in October 1978, is now in May 2000, and when he is not yet 22 years old, he has directly become the second center in this league?!

Fans and experts from all sides, on the one hand, secretly lamented the horror of Xiaoao, a young man, and on the other hand, secretly sighed that the center was withering.

The four major centers are all at their peak, and a center like Xiao Ao is qualified to be selected for the best team.

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As for the best three teams, the Trail Blazers were unselected.

Although Richard is well aware that it is quite remarkable for a team to have two players selected for the All-Star team, he is still a little difficult to accept.

The main thing is that the vision is higher now, last season was so brilliant, and this season has a lot less honors than last season!

Of course, if you want to say a lot less, in fact, it is not enough, the most important thing is that the two honors with the highest gold content have not been obtained.

You must know that last season, whether it was MVP or DPOY, it was in the pocket of the Trail Blazers!

And this season has won some small prizes, but Richard must not look down on these small awards.

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If last season was the Trail Blazers, this season is the Trail Blazers and Lakers sharing the world.

The Lakers won the regular season MVP honor this year, and two other players were selected to the best team, and their players were also included in the All-Defensive team.

However, the Trail Blazers are not to be outdone, and the number of awards is even more than that of the Lakers, but the quality is slightly inferior.

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The current league has formed a situation where the Lakers and the Trail Blazers are competing for hegemony!

Last season, the Trail Blazers were dominant, and even the only Spurs that could compete with the Trail Blazers were swept 4-0 by the Trail Blazers in the end.

And if the Trail Blazers can sweep the Lakers this season, no one will believe it, not even Richard himself.

The two teams met four times during the regular season, with the Lakers winning one of them, and it was O'Neal's poor free throw shot.

Therefore, in the next Western Conference Finals, the Lakers will definitely not let the Trail Blazers pass easily like the Spurs did last season.

However, to say that the Lakers are sure to defeat the Trail Blazers and advance to the Finals, there are not many fans who believe it......

After all, O'Neal's free throws are a pretty big problem, and if the rules to limit shark slashing are introduced, it is estimated that half of the fans will believe that the Lakers can win against the Trail Blazers.

But now the rules restricting shark cutting have not yet been introduced, and the Lakers are still on the disadvantaged side!

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Staples Arena, the Lakers' home arena, May 20.

The Western Conference Finals have officially begun.

During the warm-up stage on the court, Kobe Bryant ran to Richard's side with a beautiful expression on his face.

"Coach, good news for you......"

Richard frowned and looked at Kobe, "What's the good news?" It can't be that you O'Neal have found a way to improve his free throws, right? ”

"No......" Kobe Bryant's face suddenly became bitter when he heard this.

If you want to talk about the Lakers team, who wants to improve O'Neal's free throws the most, it may not be O'Neal and Zen Master, it may be Kobe.

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"I'm in love, I've met my true daughter!" Kobe Bryant's face was full of happiness.

Richard was stunned, what a woman?!

Good guys, it won't be ......

"Vanessa?!" Richard's eyes widened and he looked at Bryant in disbelief.

Kobe Bryant was also dumbfounded, "Huh?!" Coach, you know all about this?! ”

For a moment, Kobe felt that Richard might really be the reincarnation of God, and he even knew the name of his real daughter!

You must know that the two of them have not made their relationship public, and they are very cautious when they meet on weekdays, and no one knows the relationship between the two of them at the moment.

But Richard actually knew, not only did he know, but he even knew his name!

Kobe Bryant doesn't want to make the relationship public at the moment, it's not that he's still worried about the fancy world outside, it's mainly that Vanessa's current age is a little embarrassing......

I just turned 17 a few days ago......

"What, how do I know? How long do you really think you'll be able to keep this a thing hidden? I'm telling you that the Oregon tabloids have already broken the news! Richard said with a wink.

He was quick to say Vanessa's name just now......

"Okay, coach, when tonight's game is over, I'll take you to meet Ha......" Kobe Bryant looked at Richard expectantly.

Richard is a little weird, you have found a woman, let me see a ball, is this Chiguoguo's show-off?!

"Don't be surprised, coach, I believe in your eye, I want you to help me see her, I want to marry her!"

", if I say she's bad, you kid won't marry anyone?!"

"You make up your own mind about this, I don't care, what is your kid when I am Richard? This kind of is coming to me, too! ”

Richard said rather speechlessly......

He actually didn't want Kobe and Vanessa to marry too much, the main reason for the marriage of these two people was opposed by everyone around Kobe, and Kobe Bryant was a little betrayal.

However, Richard also knows very well that Vanessa is a woman who wants to be a husband, and if there is no Vanessa, Kobe Bryant will around......

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So this kind of thing can only be left to chance, and Richard is not ready to meddle in this kind of thing.

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Richard actually didn't expect that the trajectory of Kobe's life had been changed, but in this case, he could still meet Vanessa.

And not only did they meet, but the key is that these two people also saw each other!

In that bloody phrase, it's really ......

Fate is wonderful.

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"You kid get out of here, you're nagging me about this kind of thing, be careful that I'll let you you in the venue!"

"When you're really ready to get married, send me an invitation!"

Richard said with a smile.

If Kobe Bryant really marries Vanessa, then it is estimated that Kobe Bryant will still be embarrassed at the wedding.

None of the parents, relatives and friends were present, and even because of the opposition of Zen master Jackson, the Lakers did not have teammates present!

Richard didn't want Kobe to be so miserable, if he really married Vanessa, he would definitely go to the show.

Bryant smiled and ran to his own half to warm up.

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After the start of this game, what made Richard quite depressed was that O'Neal didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and the level of free throws exploded quite badly!

In the first quarter of the game, Richard tried to chop O'Neal, and as a result, O'Neal was 6-of-7!

This kind of terrible free throw must not be cut......

O'Neal was 5-of-7 in the second quarter and 4-of-6 in the third!

Richard was dumbfounded, the fuck or O'Neill?!

No wonder it was the words that his crow's mouth and Kobe Bryant said before the game that made O'Neal explode?!

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"Doot toot!" The referee blew the whistle for the end of the match.

The Trail Blazers dared to lose......

Although it is only a four-point loss, a loss is a loss, and even a loss of one point is a loss!

Even the fans at Staples Arena were so shocked that they forgot to cheer......

Just won the Trailblazers?!

How does it feel so unrealistic, isn't it difficult for the Pioneers to defeat?!

The Trail Blazers' two-year unbeaten golden body was directly broken, and it was broken on the Lakers' home court!

Even Richard didn't expect that the Lakers would give the Trail Blazers a dismount from the beginning!

In tonight's game, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant are simply against the sky!

OK combination, or KO combination? Tonight, they worked together to cut 73 points, 23 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, which made people close their mouths!

Among them, O'Neal exploded with 41 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks!

And Kobe Bryant is a super luxury quasi-triple-double with 32 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals......

These two are worthy of being the strongest internal and external combination in today's alliance, and they directly hit the unprecedented super data under the outbreak!