On May 5, most of the first round of the playoffs this season has ended, while the Heat, Spurs, and Knicks swept their opponents to advance, the 76ers and Trail Blazers also defeated their opponents through 4 games to advance to the next round. And the Jazz also eliminated the supersonic after 5 big battles.

The first round of this season's playoffs is more surprising, that is, the Pacers and Lakers, who are ranked first in the East and West, respectively, the Pacers and the Bucks each won one home court, and now it is 2-2, and the Lakers won two games in a row at home, and the Suns even boarded two home games, both of which entered the tie-break 5 battle, and the media across the United States are looking forward to another black eight miracle this season.

This season is also the year that Chris Webber established his position, after being traded to the Kings by the Wizards last season, Chris Webber officially became the team's boss this season, Webber not only led the Kings to the playoffs, but also played 24.5 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists MVP-level data, and now some media have compared him to Tim Duncan, calling the two the two strongest power forwards in the league at present.

The last two games of the first round of the playoffs were also played in a suffocating defensive battle, the shooting percentages of both teams were as low as 36% and 37% respectively, and finally the Pacers had the last laugh in this defensive battle, defeating the Bucks 88-85 to advance to the semifinals, and Reggie Miller, who had been iron for almost the entire game, hit consecutive key shots in the final minute of the game to finish the Bucks with his own hands.

In another game, the Kings and Lakers also staged an offensive battle of Mars hitting the earth, and the Kings who scored double-doubles of 5 eventually lost to the Lakers, and the new regular season MVP Shark O'Neal cut 46 points and 17 rebounds in the dominant data, and O'Neal and Kobe Bryant Bryant Glen Rice scored a total of 87 points in this game, and the Lakers finally defeated the Kings 117-107.

When the media was still lamenting that the Bucks and Kings failed to perform a miracle, the Spurs had already rushed to Los Angeles to adapt to the venue in advance. After more than a week of rest, the Spurs finally waited for their next opponent, the Lakers, but the absence of David Robinson due to injury prevented the Spurs from fielding their strongest lineup for Los Angeles.

On May 7, 2000, the Lakers' home arena, Staples Coliseum, just finished the tie-break with the Kings, and the Lakers only had one day off before playing the recuperated Spurs at home.

Due to the absence of David Robinson, Tim Duncan was pushed to the center position by Popovich in this game, which was also the first time that Duncan faced the big fat man of the Lakers alone without the help of David Robinson.

After Duncan became the center, Samaki Walker became the starting power forward of the Spurs, in the position of small forward, the starter was still Sean Ettrio, and Meng Xu continued to appear in the position of scoring guard, Meng Xu's defensive object in this game changed from Glen Rice to Kobe Bryant, and the starting point guard was still Avery Johnson.

The Lakers' starting lineup has basically not changed since the beginning of this season, starting center Shaq O'Neal, starting power forward AC Green, small forward Glen Rice, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Ron Haber.

If the Spurs' interior bench has always been a weakness, then this season's Lakers are full of weakness, the Lakers with O'Neal Kobe and Glen Rice 3 All-Stars, this season's salary level far exceeds the salary cap, so that the Lakers do not have enough money to sign other big-name players, which also makes the Lakers' bench have very few players available, and the Lakers' bench lineup this season is also the league's bottom score, in this case, O'Neal and Kobe have to increase their playing time, Both have averaged more than 40 minutes per game this season, while the opposite Spurs, except for Duncan, have all started around 30 minutes.

After the start of the game, Duncan beat O'Neal to win the first wave of ball possession for the Spurs, because the Spurs had taken the Lakers as an imaginary enemy a week ago and conducted targeted training, so even if David Robinson could not play, the Spurs still suppressed the Lakers after the opening.

Although the Suns failed to perform a miracle in the first round, they also managed to push the Lakers into a corner, and the Lakers' weaknesses were also exposed in this round of the series. The Lakers' power forward position has always been a stubborn problem, and in several meetings with the Spurs this season, both AC Green and Robert Hawley were blown up by Duncan, and they were also hung up by Chris Webber in the series with the Suns. Another weakness is Ron Haber, who is 36 years old this year, has severely reduced his athleticism, and although he still controls the pace of the game well, his stats are at the lowest level of his career. And the Lakers' bench lineup is basically needless to mention, one of the worst in the league.

"Tim, we're not going to take O'Neal in this game, so you've got to be mentally prepared to deal with that big guy."

"Meng, Kobe Bryant will hand it over to you and freeze him." In the pre-game tactical arrangement, the Spurs changed their tactics against the Lakers in the past, and in several games this season, the Spurs' defensive tactics were to contain O'Neal, use Meng Xu to limit Glen Rice, and then release Kobe, this tactical arrangement has achieved good results. But now that David Robinson can't play, and with the King's experience playing the Lakers, Popovich changed his tactics against the Lakers. Use Duncan and O'Neal to swap, and then limit Kobe, and the rest of Glen Les basically flips out of what big waves.

The situation on the court is basically the same as Popovich's pre-game estimate, Duncan can't prevent O'Neal, and O'Neal can't do anything about Duncan, and the two are now exploding each other. And Kobe Bryant, under Meng Xu's defense, can only score through long-range shots.

Originally, after determining the opponent for the next round, Glen Les was very depressed, and the Spurs' No. 5 was too difficult. But after the game started, Glen Les was pleasantly surprised to find that the nasty guy went to play against Kobe Bryant in this game.

In the past, in the Lakers, the first choice of offense was always O'Neal, followed by Kobe, and finally it was his turn, but in this game, Ron Haber passed the ball more to himself, maybe the Sean Etello in front of him was easy to deal with.