After playing the Jazz, the Lakers started a winning streak.

On April 7, the Lakers challenged the Kings away, and after Qiao Hai acted as head coach, the Lakers won one and lost to the Kings, and this game was their last regular season game against the Kings this season.

This game is a back-to-back battle, Qiao Hai rotated, Kobe Bryant, who played a full 40 minutes in the last game, was rested, and Scott Pippen, who had a total rating of 82 points, partnered with O'Neal, blossoming from the inside, and the outside role players also became powerful.

Derrick Harper, a veteran point guard off the bench, scored 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting, plus Scott Pippen's 22 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists and O'Neal's 28 points and 12 rebounds, the Lakers scored 70 points and defeated the Kings 104-89 on the road to win two in a row.

After playing the Kings, the Lakers returned to their home court, and with O'Neal rested, Scott Pippen, who had an 84-point total rating on the outside, led the team to defeat the Timberwolves 96-89 and won three in a row.

After three straight wins, the Lakers are up against the Seattle SuperSonics.

In this game, the Lakers' Big Three were exhausted, but the other two starting positions were reversed, the starting point guard became Tyronn Lue, and the starting power forward became Corey Blunt.

The bench rotation was also replaced, with Ruben Patterson replacing Bruce Bowen and Sam Jacobson playing as a backup point guard in the second quarter.

After changing a group of role players, the Lakers still won the game, Ruben Patterson broke out, Qiao Hai gave him enough playing time in this game, and with the involvement of the Big Three, Ruben Patterson scored 16 points directly in this game.

The Big Three combined for 71 points, plus Ruben Patterson's 16 points, the four scored 87 points directly, and the Lakers defeated the SuperSonics 113-101 at home, winning four in a row.

On April 13, he played the Portland Trail Blazers, this is an away game, facing the current top three in the West, Qiao Hai is very honest and does his best, because this game is also a key game for the Lakers to enter the top four.

Prior to this game, the Rockets lost to the Suns, so as long as the Lakers win this game, they can finish in the top four.

Qiao Hai chose to seek stability, the big three went together, plus Derrick Fisher, Robert Horry and others who rested for a game, the Lakers are determined to win.

At the beginning, the Lakers rushed to attack, because of the existence of the system's side tasks, Qiao Hai did not spare any effort at the beginning.

Under the crazy attack of the Big Three, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal both scored 10 points in the first quarter, Scott Pippen also scored 7 points, and the Lakers led the Trail Blazers by 15 points at 37:22 in the first quarter.

Then, in the second quarter, the Lakers wanted to continue to expand their advantage, but they were met with stubborn resistance from the Trail Blazers, and when Kobe Bryant scored consecutive points to widen the difference, the flying squirrel Damon Dammayle broke out and followed Kobe Bryant's points.

After the second quarter, instead of widening, the difference between the two teams narrowed to 11 points.

However, in the second half, Qiao Hai re-sent the Big Three, and the Lakers expanded the difference to 20 points at the end of the third quarter of the game, one step ahead of the game to lock up the victory.

Qiao Hai breathed a deep sigh of relief, this time, the previous side quests can be completed, and he can also receive new side quests and continue to earn victory points.

In the end, the Lakers won by 22 points.

With five consecutive wins, the Lakers and Rockets are both 26-14, but the Lakers are fourth in the West by virtue of their mutual records.

At the end of the game, Qiao Hai shook hands with Trail Blazers head coach Mike Dunleavy, a game that not only helped the Lakers return to the top four, but also narrowed the distance between them and the third Trail Blazers in the West.

After this game, the Trail Blazers' record became 28-9, while the Lakers were 26-14, a 3.5-win gap between the two teams, and with the Lakers having 10 games left, it was difficult for the Lakers to overtake the top three.

After the game, Qiao Hai's first priority was naturally to enter the system.

However, the team's press officer ran over first and pulled Joe Hay to the scene of the press conference.

After the Lakers' last two consecutive defeats, Qiao Hai suffered countless criticisms and doubts, but after the big win over the Jazz, Qiao Hai directly pointed out the main reason for the Lakers' unstable state - the shrinking schedule, but at that time, many reporters questioned Qiao Hai was throwing the pot schedule.

Now, after winning five in a row, plus leading the Lakers back to the top four, Qiao Hai has proven himself that he is not throwing the pot on the schedule, but indeed on the schedule.

After a reasonable rotation, the Lakers have won a wave of five consecutive wins, this wave of five consecutive wins is very golden, winning the Jazz, winning the Kings and winning the Trail Blazers, even the Timberwolves and the SuperSonics are currently teams in the Western Conference playoffs, so to speak, five wins, each opponent is not weak.

And the Lakers came to the top four in the West for the first time this season, if it weren't for the bad start of the 2-8, with Qiao Hai's 24-6 and 80% winning rate, the Lakers should now have a record of 32-8, ranking in the top two in the West, and have the opportunity to compete for the first place in the league.

Therefore, after five consecutive wins, those media doubts did not exist, and at the post-game press conference, Qiao Hai did not suffer too much trouble, answered a few questions, and Qiao Hai ended the interview and left in a hurry.

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"Ding, the side quest "Return to the Top 4" is completed, and the host receives 20 victory points. ”

After receiving the reward, Qiao Hai glanced at the number of victory points, there are 10 games left in the season, Qiao Hai has only used one victory point, 24 games is 24 victory points, complete the return to the playoffs, return to the top four two side quests, get a total of 40 victory points, complete the main task of becoming the chief assistant coach, get 10 victory points, plus 28 victory points accumulated before entering the NBA.

Qiao Hai has earned a total of 102 victory points, but he used 8 points in the previous match against the Jazz, so after receiving the reward for this mission, Qiao Hai still has 94 victory points.

94 victory points are already a lot, this is Qiao Hai's inventory, keep it up, and it can play a huge role in the playoffs.

The system soon released the next side quest: "Ding, the system releases a new quest, side quest, first in the alliance!" ”

"Lead the Los Angeles Lakers to become the No. 1 in the league in the regular season, and you can complete the mission, the mission reward, and 20 victory points."

Seeing the new task, Qiao Hai was a little speechless, if the system has the function of giving up the task, Qiao Hai will definitely click to give up this new side quest, the Lakers have no possibility of becoming the first in the league, and even the top three in the West are not very likely.

With 10 games left in the regular season, the Lakers are 3.5 wins away from the Trail Blazers, who are third in the West, and there is only a theoretical possibility of overtaking them.

Therefore, Qiao Hai does not expect to be the first in the league in a more difficult way, stabilize the current top four positions, rotate reasonably, preserve the physical fitness of the main players, and finally wait for the playoffs......