The most unfortunate news for the Lakers this season is getting Howard, and if there is any good news for the Lakers this season, it is getting Howard.

The Lakers have been in constant injury news at the beginning of the season, with Bryant finally stumbling into the playoffs at the end of the regular season, but Blake, Meeks and Nash have been injured one after another. Their owner, Jerry Buss, also passed away during the regular season. The Lakers have endured a season of many disasters.

Now the Lakers are under a lot of pressure, and Nash, who finally came back, was unable to play again due to injury, so the Lakers' four guards are all at full expense, and they can only start Morris and Goldlocke, who have been sitting at the end of the bench, and Goldlock, who plays in the Development League, just got the MVP.

In fact, the level of these two people is still good, but it is difficult to get room to play in the NBA, one or two games are better, and it is difficult to play once the routine is figured out.

In fact, even if the Lakers' four major guards are not injured, their combat effectiveness is not very high, they can lead others individually, and the average score is about 17-20 points, and Miksnu can still score about 15 points if he works hard, and Blake and Nash average 11 points per game!

The remnants of the Lakers face the mighty Spurs with such a lineup, and the Lakers' only reliance is on the two big men left inside.

"We're still confident we're going to come back and win this series and get to the playoffs so hard, and we're going to try to go far and I'm not going to give up because we're down and we're getting hurt."

Howard was interviewed before the game, and he still expressed his determination very clearly!

But when Huang Yu was on the phone with him the night before, this thing didn't say that! As soon as he complained, what was deceived and deceived, Huang Yu directly mocked him, if you were fooled, I should congratulate you on taking a contract of hundreds of millions!

One sentence made Howard directly speechless, in fact, this product is now clearly seen, he must have no achievements in the Lakers, it is better to confirm the next home as soon as possible, and now he can talk to Huang Yu, so he plans to get on the Clippers, and Howard also knows that it is impossible to be the boss, otherwise he will exchange Griffin for himself at the beginning of the season!

He also means the same as James, in the name of brother basketball, and then huddle together to keep warm, with James as a shield, he can't play any way now!

But Huang Yu didn't promise him, although Howard has the same temper as a child, but that's why he doesn't feel at ease, although the child is easy to coax, but you can't guess when he will change his face!

To say that the Lakers have no internal contradictions now, Huang Yucai TM doesn't believe it! Although Gasol Jr. rarely talks to Gasol Jr. about internal things in the Lakers, he is uncomfortable with his current tactical position, and the two interior offenses must be close to Howard, only relying on defense to grab rebounds? That's not what Big Gasol likes to do at all, okay!

There is still one year left in Pau Gasol's contract, according to memory, he did not renew his contract with the Lakers but went to the Bulls, Huang Yu wants to take the veteran into his pocket, the contract will not be too high and will help the team a lot, and Paul is believed to be very smooth in the renewal of Gasol Jr., although the Europeans do not care about the emotional card, but in any way, the renewal of Pau Gasol is earned!

Howard still let him be in the mix for a few years, if he is currently at his peak, let him come to the Clippers and the two have a conflict over trivial matters, and the gains outweigh the losses, as far as his agent (Dan Fagan) is TM a big problem, once Howard performs well in the Clippers, this thing will definitely come out to make trouble.

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With all the main players of the guard line injured, the Lakers could only go all out, and soon after the opening, the two big players cooperated, Howard received a pass from Gasol and dunked, Gasol also hit a shot after that, and the Lakers started the game 6-3.

Their lead ended there, as super-rookie Duncan shot 10-of-10 from pre-game warm-up practice and was also on the court, and after he hit a one-shot shot, he dunked the ball with one hand in the air relay with 7:51 left in the quarter to put the Spurs up 9-6.

With 5:19 left in the quarter, Howard turned and hit a shot to put the Lakers up 10-17. Howard then suffered two fouls and had to go to the break, and the Lakers closed the gap to five points at one point, but failed to shoot again in the final two minutes of the quarter, and the Spurs went on a 9-2 spurt to open up the deficit at 30-18.

At one point in the second quarter, the Spurs had an 18-point advantage. With 4:05 left in the quarter, Parker scored a driving layup to give them a 48-30 lead. Goldlock hit two straight three-pointers in 30 seconds, and Howard followed up with an aerial dunk to tie the score at 40-52. After Bonner also hit a three-pointer for the Spurs, the Spurs failed to score in the final 1:36 of the quarter, with Goldlock and Howard scoring four straight points as the Lakers trailed 44-55 in the first half.

Howard had 12 points and six rebounds in the first half, Goldlock was the surprise man with 14 points, and Gasol became the playmaker with six points, 11 rebounds and five assists. The Spurs shot nearly 59 percent from the field, Parker had 12 points and four assists, and Duncan had 12 points and five rebounds.

Shortly after the start of the third quarter, Morris made a layup in the air, and Howard scored three points on consecutive free throws to tie the score at 49-59, the smallest gap between the two teams since then. Duncan and Parker hit back-to-back baskets as the Spurs went on a 10-2 run to take an 18-point lead at 71-53. With 2:53 left in the quarter, Parker missed a layup, but the Lakers didn't have anyone to grab the rebound, and Duncan easily added a dunk to give the Spurs a 22-point lead at 81-59. The Lakers failed to hit a shot in the final two minutes of the quarter and trailed 63-85 in the first three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers failed to close the gap below 20. With 8:37 left in the quarter, Morris hit a three-pointer to put the Lakers up 72-93. After Duncan hit a mid-range shot, Blair made a layup to give the Spurs another 25-point advantage. Gasol scored three points on a free throw halfway through the quarter, but it was only a drop in the bucket, and Blair hit back-to-back shots to give the Spurs an early 100-100 lead and a 101-75 lead. The outcome was out of suspense, Gasol was also substituted after a triple-double, and the Lakers faced the fate of being swept.

Howard had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Gasol had a triple-double with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, Morris had 24 points and 6 assists, and Goldlock had 20 points, but it didn't help, the rest of the Lakers players were sparse, only Jamison and Clark scored 5 and 5 points respectively, and Ci Shiping only handed out one assist on 0-of-6 shooting.

Duncan on the Spurs side shot 12 of 16, scored 26 points and 9 rebounds, Parker 20 points and 7 assists, Leonard 12 points, Green 11 points, Ginobili only scored 6 points, although the Spurs only have 4 double-doubles, but Leonard and Green are only barely double-doubles, but the Spurs players all got the opportunity to play, and all scored, although Split 5 points, Ginobili and Bonner 6 points, Gary Neire 7 points, Joseph 8 points are not much, but these players have rebounds and assists, which are not remarkable separately, But together, it makes the Spurs' 30 assists and 41 rebounds in the backcourt, completely crushing the Lakers' 19 assists and 26 backcourt rebounds!

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This is perhaps the least suspenseful playoff game, and the Lakers have given up before it even starts. Not only were many wounded soldiers unable to fight, but Ci Shiping also decided not to fight, you read that right, he decided not to fight, not because he was sick!

Although the Grizzlies were also swept by the Clippers, at least they fought until the last moment, the Rockets and the Thunder are still scorching, although they are also on the verge of elimination, but they do not intend to give up easily, and even plan to drag on as long as they can, which is not as simple as the Lakers.

The Lakers' starters were Morris, Goldlock, Howard, Gasol and Clark, and the game was played without any surprises, and the suspense was almost lost in the first half. Green hit a three-pointer at the beginning, "rookie" Baines also scored twice on the basket, and the Spurs launched a 13-4 attack wave to lead the game. The Lakers could only rely on Howard and Gasol, who hit back-to-back shots to tie the score at 15-17 halfway through the quarter. It was the smallest gap between the two teams since then, with the Lakers trailing 20-26 after the first quarter.

After five minutes in the second quarter, Neil hit two three-pointers and scored eight straight points as the Spurs started the quarter on a 12-4 run and extended their advantage to 38-24 in one fell swoop.

Howard is still working hard to be the Lakers' Optimus Prime on the inside, but the sky is not what people want, there was a foul action during a scramble for a rebound, and he was blown for a foul, but he didn't know which tendon was wrong, and he smiled and explained to the referee at the beginning, after all, it was impossible to change the judgment if he was blown a foul, and he planned to put some pressure on the referee with a smile, but he didn't know what was going on Howard suddenly changed his face and muttered that he didn't know what he said, and was directly blown a technical foul by the referee.

The Lakers failed to close the gap to single digits again, and with four minutes left in the quarter, Duncan scored three points on consecutive free throws to give the Spurs a 47-29 lead. Parker scored back-to-back free throws at the end of the quarter to give the Spurs a 52-34 lead.

At the beginning of the season, the Lakers formed the "Big Four" and headed for the championship, but the continuous injuries made the Lakers' division fragmented, and from time to time some things in the room would be reported, resulting in rumors of Lakers infighting, especially in the final sprint of the regular season, Kobe Bryant was also injured, causing them to enter the playoffs, but there was not much joy.

Spurs don't have to go all out, and the starters don't play for long. Kawhi Leonard hit another three-pointer at the start of the third quarter to give the Spurs a 21-point advantage at 58-37. Jamison and Dujon hit back-to-back three-pointers, but it was only a drop in the bucket, and the Lakers failed to close the gap to less than 16 points again.

Soon Howard's childishness was committed again, and he quarreled with Bonner directly when he was scrambling for rebounds, and pushed the other party, because he had been blown a technical foul for yelling at the referee before, and this time he was blown one first and was ejected from the game!

Neil made two free throws at the end of the quarter to give the Spurs a 78-58 lead.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers didn't let Gasol lead the team, and the Spurs let Duncan play for a while, and they still led 97-78 halfway through the quarter. With five minutes left in the game, Duncan was off the pitch and Maddie came on.

It was McMaddy's first game since returning to the NBA, and shortly after he came on the court, he had an assist, a pass to Baines, who dunked it. Blair also broke through for layups, and the Spurs maintained their advantage at 103-80.

The Lakers gave up completely, the Lakers' season ended early, Gasol also got off the court, Kobe Bryant in a suit came up and chatted with him for a while, probably to comfort Gasol, after all, Howard had decided not to renew his contract with the Lakers before this game, who let him know in advance that Ci Shiping was not sick or injured and would not play!

As soon as Howard leaves the Lakers' interior line, Gasol needs to be protected, and Kobe, who wants to work hard in Nu next season, will naturally not let Gasol feel like leaving, even if he planned to exchange Gasol for Paul in the offseason.

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With the Spurs sweeping the Lakers out of the West, they are just as relaxed as the Clippers, waiting for their opponents in the next round!

Compared with the comfort of these two teams, the Thunder is hard! Originally, Westbrook was injured and sidelined, and was also forced by the Rockets to pull the overall score to 1-3 in a 3-0 situation, and the Thunder, who were leading 4/5 of the game, were reversed by the Rockets at home, Durant scored 38 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and did completely useless.

The Thunder are known to be slow to enter the game, and this game is no exception, in the first quarter of the Rockets' poor shooting percentage, the Thunder still fell behind 24-29, and entered the second quarter Durant and Martin gradually returned to form, the two combined to play a 12-0 attack wave, and the Thunder took a 43-34 advantage in one fell swoop.

The biggest difference between the two teams was 13 points, but the Rockets beat the Thunder 8-2 before the end of the second quarter to narrow the gap to 6 points!

In the second half, the Rockets counterattacked, and the handsome Franks and Harden broke through one after another, and the two played a wave of 10-0 to overtake the Thunder, although Durant scored 4 points in a row, and the Thunder regained the lead 6-0, but the Rockets strengthened Durant's defense after a timeout, making it very difficult for him to score!

At this time, Harden made a steal and passed to the high-handsome Frank Fortune, who went inside and scored 3 points with free throws, and the Rockets led by 3 points at 7-70.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Thunder made frequent mistakes, and even Durant made mistakes, I don't know if he had a good relationship with Harden, but he actually dialed Harden when saving the ball, and Parsons made a fast-break dunk.

The Thunder's mistake also made the Rockets from a 13-point deficit to a 13-point lead, Harden only came on the court after almost halfway through the fourth quarter, but after 5 fouls in the first two rounds, the Rockets also made a mistake at this time, and the Thunder seized the opportunity to chase the difference to 2 points, but then Beverley and Parsons scored baskets one after another, and the Rockets stabilized their position.

With 2:50 left in the game, Fisher hit a three-point shot from beyond the three-point line, and the Thunder chased the score to 101-104, but after a round, the referee ruled that the ball was invalid, and Fisher had already violated the score 24 seconds when he made a shot. Durant stepped up, hitting a three-pointer and then breaking through and then slamming a one-handed dunk to put the Thunder down 103-105 with 1:13 left in the game.

Harden's three-point shot was blocked, and 12.9 seconds before the end, he shot again, but still missed, and after returning to the court, he missed three consecutive shots. The Thunder had a chance to turn defeat into victory, Durant passed the ball to Jackson, he missed the shot after breaking through, Ibaka grabbed the offensive rebound, and missed the rebound, the game was over, and the Rockets successfully saved the favor!

(End of chapter)