In the three tie-breaks, the Lakers and Trail Blazers started first, while the Knicks and Heat, Grizzlies and Spurs will start the next day.

So, all eyes of the world are on the Staples Center, and even Joe Hay made time to watch the match, and although Joe Hai criticized Maddie, in fact, Joe is doing just -- thinking about the opponent in the next round.

Although the Trailblazers played well in the first six games, Qiao Hai also had to admit that the Lakers were stronger, and the probability of finally advancing to the Western Conference finals was still the Lakers.

So, Qiao Hai wants to see how the Lakers in the playoffs are different from the Lakers in the regular season.

Playing the Spurs, Qiao Hai has already exhausted his hole cards, if the Lakers suddenly break out in the playoffs, even if the Grizzlies advance to the Western Finals, the Grizzlies will most likely be cold in the Western Conference finals, cool in the hands of the Lakers, and that is exactly what Qiao Hai does not want to see.

The Grizzlies can lose to the Spurs, but not to the Lakers.

Therefore, Qiao Hai considered the opponent in the next round in advance.

In this tie-break, the Trailblazers suddenly suppressed the rhythm, Rasheed Wallace and Sabonis together, pinched back and forth, restrained O'Neal, and the shark-cutting tactics were also sacrificed, and O'Neal couldn't even catch the ball.

Bryant took over the game, but the game quickly turned into a defensive battle, and in the first half, the pace of the game was not in favor of the Lakers, but at halftime, the Lakers still led by one point at 44:43.

In the second half, O'Neal continued to be limited, but as a result, the Trail Blazers' defense began to show holes, with Bryant continuing to take over the game, and Scott Pippen, Robert Horry, and Bryan Shaw on the bench also began to score constantly.

The Lakers opened up a 10-point lead over the Trail Blazers.

In the end, although the Trail Blazers were also close to the score, they had no choice but to lose the tie-break battle 84:89.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers with a total score of 4:3 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

Qiao Hai was depressed to watch this game, because he found that the Lakers won without nutrition, the rhythm on the court was controlled by the Trail Blazers, and the Lakers completely relied on their strength to crush the Trail Blazers to win, O'Neal was limited, but Kobe Bryant really got a quasi-triple-double of 25 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, and Brian Shaw, Scott Pippen, Robert Horry and Ron Harper also scored double-doubles.

Qiao Hai didn't see any special arrangement for Phil Jackson.

Therefore, in this game, Qiao Hai felt a little in vain.

With this time, he might as well hurry up and prepare for the tiebreaker.

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On May 21, U.S. time, the remaining two tie-breakers of the second round of the playoffs began.

The Knicks and Heat went to war first.

In Miami, Pat Riley is well-prepared and wants to avenge last season's Black Eight.

And for Jeff Van Gundy, it would be a great thing to beat his teacher for the second time.

The game started very early, at four o'clock in the afternoon of Vancouver time, because at this time, it happened to be 7 o'clock in the evening of Miami time, because Vancouver and Miami have a three-hour time difference, and it is precisely because of this that the NBA wants to ensure that this tie-break and the Grizzlies vs. Spurs tie-break are completely staggered in time, and the time difference has helped the NBA a lot.

If it weren't for the preparation for the game three hours later, Qiao Hai would have watched this tie-break in the East.

However, by 4 p.m. in Vancouver, the Grizzlies were already assembled at the training hall to prepare for the GM arena.

The journey is not far, but if you start a little later, it will be the evening rush hour in Vancouver, maybe there will be a traffic jam, Qiao Hai didn't want to be stuck in a traffic jam, so he asked the team to set off at half past four, and when he arrived at the stadium, it was almost exactly five o'clock.

After two hours of preparation, the game begins.

Because of the Grizzlies' excellent record this season, team owner John McCaw has finally made a profit from the team.

First of all, the Grizzlies did not have a big contract in their lineup, and before Qiao Hai came, the only big contract was Brian Reeves, and he was finally sent away by Qiao Hai.

Now, the biggest contract on the Grizzlies is that of old center Lloyott, which is in the early 4 million, so the Grizzlies don't have to pay the luxury tax.

Without paying the luxury tax, the Grizzlies' record is still so good, the team can not only get playoff bonuses and dividends, but this season, because of the record, the Grizzlies' ball market is hot, ticket and peripheral income has also increased a lot, and advertising revenue has also increased significantly.

John McCaw made money, and the team's outfit changed.

This season, John McCaw gave the team a new bus, with special large seats, and a double decker, with enough seats, even for a football team.

The exterior is also very gorgeous, and the front of the car is a brown-blue grizzly bear with its mouth open, which is very vivid.

When the bus walked through the streets of Vancouver, it immediately attracted the attention of all the fans.

Cheers rang out, as well as the honking of the horns of other cars on the road.

"Come on! Come on! ”

"Grab seven and win!"

The grizzlies' double-decker team bus roof can be opened, which is also for future consideration, in case Joe Hai leads the team to accidentally win a championship, this bus can also become a bus in the championship celebration parade, open the roof, you can interact with the fans around the bus.

Therefore, the driver turned his head and asked Qiao Hai if he wanted to open the roof.

Of course, Qiao Hai shook his head, this game hasn't been played yet, what are you doing with the roof? Celebrate?

The bus driver shrugged his shoulders, accelerated in a moment, and sped toward the GM arena.

There were also a lot of cars and buses along the way, and it was clear that they were all fans who went to the GM arena to support the Grizzlies.

By the time the Grizzlies arrived at the GM arena, the Knicks and Heat had finished their half.

Like the Lakers Trail Blazers' tie-break, the Knicks and Heat's tie-break was also a defensive battle, and at halftime, the two teams were tied at 37:39, and the Knicks led by 2 points.

When I arrived at the General Motors Arena, Lawrence Frank's laptop was connected to the Internet, opened the Hoop website, and directly began to text live the seven-game game between the Knicks and the Heat.

That's right! Although he has not yet obtained the NBA's online broadcast rights, Hoop has begun to organize fans on the forum to broadcast some NBA games by text, so that fans can post and get the game status and results as soon as possible.

This feature still attracts a lot of fans, and it can be regarded as a good trick to attract traffic.

"The second half started ......"

Lawrence Frank and the coaching staff hid in the corner and watched the text live.

Qiao Hai ignored them, holding a tactical board, thinking about something.

This game is not easy to play, sitting at home, the Grizzlies only have a 60% win rate, which is not high, and certainly not low.

However, Qiao Hai was not prepared to use that status card.

The first two times I used the status card was because Maddie was injured and affected the state, and then in the fifth game, Qiao Hai proved that even without the status card, the Grizzlies can win the Spurs.

In this case, Qiao Hai felt that he didn't need to use that status card.

Just a big battle with Spurs, Qiao Hai thinks that winning or losing like this is more interesting.

Don't use the status card, then Qiao Hai has to think clearly, he prepares a hole card, after losing the sixth game, the Grizzlies have been training, and they have practiced this hole card, as for how much this hole card can increase the winning rate of the Grizzlies, Qiao Hai doesn't know.

And Qiao Hai felt that he had prepared another hole card, and Popovich must have prepared a new hole card as well.