Since the Lakers had the best regular season record, their schedule was different from Guo Xu's previous life, and it became easier, avoiding the Trail Blazers and Kings. Of course, even if you meet those two teams, it's not a big deal, don't look at the Lakers lost to them in the regular season, and entering the playoffs is a hanging.

Unlike O'Neal in the playoffs, he won't be lazy on both ends of the floor.

For Guo Xu, this is the best opportunity to perform, and his opponent is Trill Brandon, who is famous but poorly defended.

On April 21, the first game between the two sides started at Staples Arena, and the Lakers' triangle offense began to exert its power in the first quarter, with Guo Xu, Kobe, and O'Neal scoring one after another.

Phil Jackson let Guo Xu as the starter, and he can play a role at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and Fisher will not attack with the ball against Brandon, and it is more difficult to defend.

Guo Xu singled out Brandon to be far away and could shoot, close to him and break through, how to play, and the Timberwolves were forced to wrap him around the perimeter.

Guo Xu attracted the help defense back pass Kobe Bryant is an opportunity, Kobe Bryant passed O'Neal in the low post single, the height is 208CM, and the weight of 102kg Dean Garnett is even more relaxed. As long as they are in a triangular position, the Timberwolves can't defend against it at all.

Timberwolves center Nesterovic didn't dare to play because of his poor defense against the Lakers in the previous two games, and coach Philip Sanders didn't dare to let him play. Billups played the No. 2 position against Kobe Bryant and was also blown up, sitting on the bench today.

Kobe Bryant has a clear advantage against Anthony Peeler, but not as much as the advantage of the No. 1 and No. 5 positions, so he has fewer shots.

Just got married, it was impossible for Kobe to leave his wife to practice, and the "Zen master" arranged tactics for him to play in the first round on the grounds of taking care of the newlyweds, and Kobe couldn't find a reason to refute it.

In the first game, the Lakers won by 47 points 116-69 and beat the Timberwolves into Huskies. Both teams only played about 30 minutes at the core, and the final quarter was pure garbage time.

The Timberwolves not only have poor defense, but also have a terrible offense, and only the "Husky King" Garnett and Lafonso Ellis scored in double figures.

Garnett shot 7-of-18 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line to finish with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The Lakers had 20+ of three on their side, not including Kobe, and Fisher had 21 points and 3 assists on 7-of-10 shooting, 2-of-5 three-pointers, and 5-of-6 free throws. O'Neal had 24 points and 13 rebounds, and Guo Xu had 26 points and 7 assists. Kobe Bryant scored 15 points and Grant scored 14 points, and the whole team blossomed.

The second game between the two sides was similar to the first game, the Lakers had been leading since the beginning, and the third quarter entered garbage time, sending all the substitutes to play, and many Lakers fans got bored and left the game early.

Although Garnett couldn't get into the restricted area at all, his jump shot was slightly better than on the court, with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, and his statistics were almost the same as in the regular season.

It's a pity that except for Garnett, no one from the Timberwolves has scored 15 points, and the five have not scored much in double figures. The Timberwolves' bench was completely suppressed, scoring only 7 points in total.

The Lakers were benched by Fisher and Kobe Bryant in the second quarter, and the two teams were a contest between bench bandits and bench scraps.

Guo Xu's performance was more fierce than the last game, with 27 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals, and Trier, who had 13 points and 8 assists.

O'Neal was even more of an unsolvable bug inside, with 33 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, and 7 of 10 shots from the free throw line. When O'Neal's free throws weren't that bad, the Timberwolves couldn't do anything about him.

Dean Garnett was probably the worst starting center on the playoff team, averaging just 11.9 minutes per game in the regular season with 2.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 0.7 blocks. is also surnamed Garnett, and the difference in strength is too big.

On April 28, the third game between the two sides was played at the home of the Timberwolves in Minnesota, and the scene was still one-sided, and the difference in strength was not something that the home whistle could make up.

Coach Sanders let Nesterovic return to the starting defense O'Neal this time, but O'Neal pulled out to play blocking and dismantling with Guo Xu, giving up space for Guo Xu to break through, or Kobe Bryant to attack from the side.

Guo Xu made a three-point jumper from the periphery, and it was easy to misposition Nestrovich, and Kobe Bryant's back to Peeler, who was 193CM tall, was also very efficient, and Nestrovic made two fouls to rest after only 4 minutes.

The Timberwolves once let Ellis, a short forward who is 203cm tall and weighs 109 kilograms, defend O'Neal, and he became the "king of dunks".

Garnett can only foul O'Neal in defense, otherwise it will be a violent dunk if he is pushed away. Garnett's resistance to people in the box has always been a weakness, which is why he falsely reported his height when he first entered the league. HIS OFFICIAL HEIGHT IS 211CM, AND HIS ACTUAL HEIGHT IS 215CM. Everyone else is high-reported, and he reported himself short, just so as not to play center.

Garnett, who claims to be able to defend five positions, doesn't want to defend O'Neal, which would make him not tough enough. It's a pity that he was still blocked in the second quarter. The shark came too fast like a tornado, and he couldn't escape without the storm circle.

In the second half, Kobe Bryant felt hot, broke through and couldn't solve it, and dominated the court with 20 points in a single quarter, Peeler couldn't prevent it, and substitute forward Slater couldn't prevent it.

The Lakers scored 41 points in this quarter, and the difference between the two sides widened to 36 points into garbage time, and the main players were off work.

It's always good to save some face on someone else's home court, and Jackson is afraid that the Timberwolves players will be in a hurry to foul maliciously. In fact, he was too worried, every time the Timberwolves were abused very badly in the first round of the playoffs, they were used to it, and their task was to enter the playoffs and complete it successfully.

The Lakers star won with a score of 117-83 and swept the Timberwolves out of the tournament 3-0.

In this era, the NBA first round is a best-of-3 elimination system, and the Timberwolves players are glad for this, and they don't want to play Game 4 at all.

Garnett received far less praise than O'Neal after the game, and he has been scoring on jumpers from outside the box, shooting 44.3% from the field, cutting 21+10+4 and playing an average of 40 minutes per game.

Fans want to say that Garnett is tough, but there is really no reason for him, and he often faces the fringe man Ryan Bowen......

O'Neal has absolute dominance on the inside, and the two have similar annual salaries, and O'Neal deserves a huge salary.

After a five-day break, the Lakers waited for the second round to break through to the Mavericks, who defeated the aging Jazz 3-2.

With the promotion method of the Mavericks, everyone knows that there is no suspense in the second round.

The Eastern Conference 76ers eliminated the Pacers 3-1 in the first round, and Kenny Anderson, who was traded by the Pacers in the middle of the game, missed the playoffs due to injury, and the reinforcement plan failed.

Iverson didn't show great courage and didn't play as well as Travis Best of the Pacers in the first game. He shot 7-of-19, 0-of-4 from three-point range and 2-of-3 from the free-throw line for 16 points, five rebounds, seven assists and two steals. Best shot 7-of-12 and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with 16 points, 10 assists and two steals.

Iverson, who advanced to the fourth game of the 76ers' promotion, played the whole game, shooting 10-of-31, 3-of-10 from three-point range, and 10-of-12 from the free-throw line, scoring 33 points and 4 assists. The 76ers scored 88 points as a team, but they relied on excellent defense to limit the opponent's offense, and the Pacers scored only 85 points and couldn't score the whole game into the restricted area guarded by Mutombo.

The 76ers are also more difficult to advance, winning by a small margin of less than 10 points, which is too different from the Lakers' crushing promotion, and no one is optimistic that they will win the championship in an upset, and it would be good to break through in the East.