The Suns quickly figured out a problem — that was 35 points, which didn't seem like enough for them to lose?

In the second quarter, the Lakers' bench play was average, Starks couldn't find a crosshair on the court, and after wasting several chances in a row, Ben Wallace also showed his bottom, and his shots in the restricted area were missed, almost making Mason vomit blood.

"!" Mason stomped on the floor several times in a row, and scolded in his heart: "Lao Tzu passed five good balls, and he didn't even send me an assist, what's the use of you?!" ”

The Suns took this rare opportunity to finally pull the difference back to within 15 points.

But it looks like they're still not far from death, with Zhang, Kidd and Mutombo still sitting on the sidelines.

Mason finally couldn't help but attack on his own, but the Suns were not stupid, and immediately retracted to wrap up, and actually wanted to seize this rare opportunity to play a wave of offensive climax.

In fact, in the first four minutes of the second quarter, they had already launched an 8-0 attack wave.

"Huh!"

Ricky Pearce, who was outside the crowd, raised his hands and stretched out three fingers, and there was a burst of cheers in the Forum Arena!

Mason finally remembered the veteran, Ricky Pierce was also an All-Star level marksman back then, and the Lakers wanted to be a bench player this year, and the Lakers gave him a heavy role.

It's just that the plan can't catch up with the changes, the sudden arrival of Starks, coupled with the growth of Finley, Pierce's existence has lost its usefulness, and he only averages 12 minutes per game this season, basically from the role of the team's seventh man, all the way down to the patron saint of the water cooler.

Still, the veteran's work ethic is good, and Ricky Pearce has always been able to contribute his microwave-like outside touch when Finley and Starks are not feeling good.

The teams in front of the TV thought they had discovered the Lakers' weaknesses, and Starks was a convulsive player who was prone to instability in the face of too much pressure; That Ben Wallace doesn't even seem to have a crosshairs for a close-range shot other than a dunk and a layup under the basket.

But when Ricky Pierce made a three-pointer and then made a shot on the weak side, they realized that this veteran who didn't play much time was amazingly efficient in terms of efficiency!?

Some Lakers fans also saw the unexpected information displayed on the big screen, Ricky Pierce's three-point shooting rate actually reached an exaggerated 46.1%? He also shoots close to 50 percent from long range on two-point shots? And his average of 0.8 three-point goals per game is not low at all compared to his playing time.

"There is such a treasure on the bench, how can you win?"

Zhang Qi smiled happily, with such an insurance in the team, he was not afraid that the outside battery would suddenly fail.

Starks' instability has always been a concern, and as the playoffs go deeper, the defensive pressure will skyrocket, and his form will be a problem, and he can easily become the team's losing sinner like he did in the Knicks in previous years.

The Lakers don't just have such a hidden danger, Kidd is more inconsistent, he is often unguarded and can continue to play iron.

Finley was consistent during the regular season, but he had a terrible run in last year's playoffs and can't be sure he won't repeat that mistake this year.

At this point, he desperately needs one or two turrets on the bench that can be stepped up at any time, at least to be able to shoot the ball in after receiving his open pass from beyond the three-point line.

Ricky Pierce clearly fit the bill, scoring five straight points after coming on the court to quickly let the Suns' counterattack die midway through.

Harris quickly switched to Zhang and didn't plan to give the Suns more opportunities.

He's already given the Suns a chance, and in those two games, he's given the bench a lot of playing time in order to train the young players in this relatively easy playoff game and give them a little more of the playoff atmosphere.

Zhang Wei will not play 40 minutes in either game, he only played 36 minutes in the last game, and today he rested for exactly five minutes in the rotation period, and it looks like he will not play 40 minutes.

Ben Wallace was substituted for this timeout, and Harris asked O'Neal Jr. to go up with Zhang Qi to see the world.

O'Neill Jr. was not ready to play in this time period, and was a little flattered and even more nervous after hearing the order!

He was only able to guard the water cooler for the team at the end of the regular season, but he didn't expect to play two games in a row in the playoffs? Especially today, he didn't play in garbage time. In the game the day before yesterday, he was still replaced to play garbage time after Mutombo brushed 40+. This time, he actually had a chance to play when the Suns wanted to chase points, but what if something went wrong?

"Don't be nervous, we all know that you will make mistakes, but we are afraid that you will not dare to make mistakes."

Zhang Zhu's words are quite a bit of a slam dunk master's pretense, but the effect is very obvious, little O'Neal's eyes are a lot firmer, and Zhang Zhu's words help him eliminate a lot of distractions and worries.

The boss has spoken, what is he afraid of!?

The Lakers started to work again after a timeout, and although the Suns relied on backup guard Wesley Person and backup center Mike Brown to maintain the deficit at about 15 points at one point, the Lakers quickly extended the score after Zhang Mao scored six more free throws.

Zhang Mao's number of free throws today was a bit excessive, and Suns fans have reason to believe that something must have gone wrong with the referees.

But through slow motion, it can be easily found that the problem of the Suns committing too many fouls is not the fault of the referee, but the reason why the interior line can't bear it.

Phoenix fans should be a bit pressing, even their two main insiders can't take advantage of the physical confrontation with Zhang Zhu, so how can they play?

It's not a matter of not taking advantage of it and not taking advantage of it.

Zhang Fu's explosiveness far exceeds that of the Sun's interior line, with his explosiveness and speed advantage, the Suns' interior players often haven't had time to exert their strength, and when they are not ready, Zhang Fu has already rushed over.

At this time, don't say that your confrontation ability does not suffer, even if you have a certain strength advantage, Zhang Qi plus this impact can also push away the opponent, and as soon as the defender makes a move, the consequence is a foul.

Zhang Mao didn't forget O'Neal Jr., and after constantly taking the initiative to attack and attract the Suns' defense, he finally created an excellent scoring opportunity for O'Neal Jr.

Lakers fans witnessed Zhang Qi forcibly jumping up and sending the basketball to the basket under the siege of the three, and he didn't care about the rest, he believed that O'Neal Jr. would not miss such a good opportunity.

After a season of training, O'Neill Jr. has made a lot of progress in all aspects, especially in the physical aspect.

Zhang Zhu's throw is not low, and the trend is very fast, if Mutombo and Wallace are not ready, I am afraid that they will not be able to receive the ball at all, let alone complete the slam dunk.

But after O'Neal Jr. took a step, he jumped up and down like a spring, and was a little handsome to catch the ball with one hand, and then stabilized his body and smashed the basketball into the basket!

Zhang Yu can see from this slam dunk that little O'Neal's strength and footsteps are still a lot worse, but the bouncing ability has been practiced, and the balance of the body is also good, otherwise he would not be able to jump so high and catch the ball and dunk with one hand, this catching action is the most difficult place, there is not enough core strength and balance support, and it is a dream to dunk, and eighty percent of them have to hit the street!

As for the height, in this aerial relay, O'Neal Jr.'s elbow was basically the same as the basket when he jumped to the highest point, and he only used one step to run, which should not be his full strength.

Zhang Qi needs such a jumping man in the team, when he is surrounded by several people, if there is such a teammate who can threaten the basket at any time to ambush near the penalty area, the opponent will not dare to easily wrap himself up, otherwise he will be like now, he will threaten the basket with a pass.

The Lakers are now more and more interested in O'Neal Jr., this product's physical fitness is really outstanding, although he was born with narrow shoulders, it is difficult to practice a strong low-post back body ability, but this little guy has a soft hand, a good sense of the ball, and has a height and arm span, and can run and jump, as long as the basic skills are practiced, it can be used to attack the frame and shoot in the middle and long range, just like Garnett of the Timberwolves.

O'Neal Jr.'s style can form a reasonable match with Mutombo or Mason, if the defense can be practiced, the Lakers' interior line will have two big tall men who can control the air, and I'm afraid Jordan will swallow his saliva when he sees it.

After the game restarted, O'Neal Jr. didn't make a mistake, the Suns didn't pay attention to this rookie on the defensive end, although they knew that this guy would definitely be a breakthrough when defending, but the embarrassment was that they couldn't even take advantage of this breakthrough.

Manning wanted to attack O'Neal Jr., but Mutombo and O'Neal Jr. came on at the same time and stayed in the box waiting for the block.

The Suns' center has no one to pull the mid-range to threaten the basket so that they can't pull Mutombo outside the box, and this series Mutombo can completely snipe the offense in the paint area without leaving the box.

O'Neal Jr. knew that he had the best defensive player behind him to help him fill in the gaps, and there were not many things to worry about, so he didn't instigate Manning's strong attack at all, but used his footwork and athletic talent to make this champion with a bumpy career feel even more depressed for a while.

The Lakers fans at the scene did not hesitate to give O'Neal Jr. a round of applause, even if he was just barely able to defend from behind after being passed, he could also receive encouraging applause from the fans, and these aristocratic fans didn't care about being generous when the team was going well.

Well, now even the most vegetable brother has an outstanding performance, the Lakers are very angry, Zhang Zhu and Finley hit three points one after another on the outside, after the Lakers wave of 12:5 small climax, the Suns never set off a counterattack, the two teams ended the first half with 77:50, and the suspense of the game was completely ended.

Zhang scored 30 points in just one first half, made 18 free throws, and added six rebounds and five assists, a performance worthy of the MVP trophy that is said to have been shipped to Los Angeles.

The rest of the Lakers' performance was mixed, with Mason scoring 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Ricky Pierce 8 points, Kidd 7 points and 3 assists, Mutombo 6 points and 6 rebounds, Starks 5 points and 2 assists, and O'Neal Jr. 4 points and 1 rebound.

The personal data of the Suns players doesn't matter, now that they are almost 30 points behind, any data is meaningless, so don't mention it.

The suspense of the second half of the game is not big, but in order to be safe, Zhang Mao still played the third quarter, which is to prevent the last trace of accidents.

Of course, in the eyes of many people, such as O'Neal and Jordan, they feel that Zhang Yi is just to go up and brush the data, which is very shameless.

This is not slander, Zhang Wei did brush his personal data into 40 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in the end.

But he has a reason to do so, if he is any team, he should not be easy to win in the playoffs, unless the lead reaches 30+, otherwise the advantage of more than 20 points is still likely to be caught up, and then it will be really ridiculed, and it will also leave a career stain.

By the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had a 29-point lead over the Suns.

At this time, they can Mingjin withdraw their troops, 29 points is not a score difference that can be caught up casually, and it is almost impossible to overturn.

Harris was relieved to switch to an all-bench lineup in the fourth quarter, regardless of whether the opposite side was an all-main lineup. Even if Jordan, Zhang Mao, and O'Neal are replaced by a team, they will not be able to fill such a big hole, and the Chinese team will not be able to hold a mere quarter after leading by 29 points.

When the final whistle blew, the score was set at 133-102, another carnage, and the only thing the Suns were thankful for was that they didn't break the Magic's record of 35 points in the first round.

But after such a fiasco, even if they return to Phoenix, they will have no flowers, let alone cheers, but the Suns players prefer to be without reporters.

At the post-match press conference, almost everyone from head coach Danny Ainge to frustrated Kevin Johnson had no expression on their faces, and in the face of the swarming reporters, Danny Ainge put on an uncooperative attitude: "There is no time to speak, we are all in a hurry to go home." ”

They really didn't talk much, and in the blink of an eye, Kevin Johnson had escaped, followed by Danny Manning, Cassel, and Williams......

There was a nose of dust at the Suns, and the reporters thought it was a good thing, just in time to go to the Lakers to have a look, maybe the koala baby was talking there again.

Zhang Zhu doesn't have the interest to say, is there any need to say things in this kind of small scene?

He just wants to tackle the Suns as soon as possible now, and he only wants to play three games this round.

Therefore, the reporters on the Lakers' side also touched a nose of ash, and the protagonist Zhang Yu sat there without a hot buttocks, so he just found an excuse casually, and ran away without a trace, which is quite a bit of a Hong Kong reporter.

This embarrassed the reporters at the scene, both teams were so perfunctory, they didn't even have a chance to have more sets of news.

But there was no way, everyone ran away, and the reporters had to put the microphone to the mouth of Lakers President Jerry West.

The Lakers legend has experienced the glory of the Lakers in the 80s, and at the moment there is no emotion at all, and he is calm as if he has just played a preseason game.

He said that the Lakers' current personnel structure is reasonable, there is no need for major surgery in the next few seasons, the first round of the playoffs is just an appetizer, and this year's Lakers goal is to at least reach the Finals.

"We had 74 wins in the regular season, but we don't think we have to win the title with 74 wins. At the moment the team is doing quite well in the playoffs and all we need is one more win and that's what we're aiming for this round. ”

Of course, this remark will make some people pout, they think that the team with 74 wins must win the championship to be considered successful, otherwise it is a complete joke!

Zhang Wei didn't bother to pay attention to these remarks, he only played three sessions today, and now he is too energetic, and he almost can't help but make an appointment with a black girl reporter who interviewed him at the door, what does that female reporter seem to be called Xiangni?

This topic can be discussed, in the past two years, he has tried both Oriental beauties and Western beauties, and even has a mixed-race girl, and it seems that there is only one black pearl beauty missing.

To be honest, many of the big beauties of the same race in the eyes of black players, Zhang Mao really didn't react, this is an aesthetic problem caused by racial differences.

However, he has always considered Halle Berry to be the black beauty who best matches his aesthetics.

The black lady named Shannie just now is much worse than Halle Berry, but it's not impossible to make an appointment, after all, it's fresh.

After a brief interview just now, he has already obtained Miss Shanni's phone number and ICQ, it seems that this black girl also wants to make an appointment with him, he has always been sensitive to this aspect, and nine times out of ten he will not go wrong.

However, after all, it's not Halle Berry, so things can be put aside for a while, at this stage, he still wants to teach Miss Nicole a lesson, Ren's wife, he really hasn't tried it, it really has a different flavor, no wonder Cao Cao eats it like a meal.

By this time, he had already driven his sports car and accelerated towards the hotel where Miss Nicole was staying, where 10,000 words were waiting for him......

Baby Koala went to make coffee, but the playoffs were still underway.

After playing two home games, the Lakers can rest for two days before heading to Phoenix at the end of the month to try to sweep the Suns 3-0.

In the other three games played on the same day, the SuperSonics pulled one back on the road, the Heat continued to beat the Magic, and the Pistons finally held on to a home court.

Six of the eight teams with home advantage have not allowed their opponents to take a point on their turf, and no team has won two away games in a row.

On Monday, there are no games in the league on this day, although four teams could leave the playoff stage the next day.

The Bulls were the happiest, and the Bullets wanted to resist at home, but they were led by 24 points at halftime, and the whole team's mentality collapsed, and they didn't resist much in the second half, and they became the first team to go home to fish this year.

An hour later, the Timberwolves were also tragic at home.

Garnett scored 32 points today, and Marbury also had 24 points and 7 assists, but the team didn't have a third person to step up, and finally was played to death by the old Jazz in the fourth quarter.

Popovich, who was still very young in front of the TV, laughed like a jigsaw.

San Antonio fans should now know what he intends to hide David Robinson, simply counting on the young rookie to rebuild, the Timberwolves have already set an example, they have done a good job, but they are not strong in front of the strong team?

The Spurs are different, last season, they were still the top four teams in the West, if they can select a rookie with outstanding ability in the summer, such as his best choice - Duncan, the Spurs are likely to take off in the first season, and will never be like the current Timberwolves, poor Minnesotans don't know how much tuition to pay to grow into a top team?

Another hour later, the Trail Blazers were also tragic, becoming the third team to be swept out.

This game has to be mentioned O'Neal, this fat man seems to want to prove himself in the playoffs, he can still score 5 points in overtime in this game, played a total of 46 minutes in the game, and scored an astonishing 43 points, 20 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, such a play made Zhang Mao's face in front of the TV ugly.

"Hell, Sabonis is all in prostration, how can this fat man still have the strength to play overtime?"

Zhang Qian felt that the league should catch the four fat balls to test his urine, the Lakers had already passed the internal response of the Clippers team, knowing that the fat man's weight had increased to more than 350 pounds, Baylor asked him to lose less than 320 pounds several times, but O'Neal's body was getting more and more rounded, so how could he still survive after Sabonis collapsed?

He just didn't read the information carefully, and the news also mentioned that O'Neill hadn't been to a nightclub since the end of the regular season, which was the reason for the fat man's stamina to suddenly rise.

The Lakers care a lot about the performance of the Clippers, and the Jazz actually care more about the performance of the Clippers than they do, because they are the opponents of the Clippers in the next round.

If O'Neal is in amazing form, the first one in trouble is the Jazz.

Sloan watched the Clippers' game in the locker room with the players immediately after his team's game, and the biggest thing about Sloan and Ma Longtou was O'Neal's lethality on the inside.

Although this thing is fatter and less agile than it was during the Magic period, it is still faster and more agile than most centers, and there is no opponent in terms of strength.

The Jazz may not know that although Mason and Mutombo prevented the sharks last time, it was by two people, or by the strength of the whole team, in fact, Mason's own hard resistance to O'Neal has been a little unbearable, and he can now at most one step, unlike at the beginning of the season when he could barely withstand two steps, the difference is very big.

O'Neal also had a flaw in the regular season, and that was that he was not physically fit enough to sustain 40 minutes of high-intensity play, and he could play at most 30 minutes at full strength.

But in the playoffs, the big shark is different, and he almost has the ability to play 40 minutes of high-intensity games.

Don't look at the difference of less than ten minutes, but those ten minutes are enough to make his opponent collapse!

If you don't believe me, look at Sabonis, who was exhausted and collapsed in the third battle, he is the best example.

This former Soviet man is commendable in terms of willpower, but it is precisely because of his strong willpower that he actually collapsed from exhaustion in overtime, and finally even fell to the ground unsteadily, but what can be seen is how exaggerated O'Neill's aggressiveness is.

"I wish Sir killed that guy."

Zhang Wei was reluctant to play with the Clippers because he was too tired to win, and he would rather go to the division finals with the Jazz.

The Knicks said they were the most depressed, I don't know if the Bulls and Clippers stole too much limelight, and in today's last game, the battle between the Knicks and the Hawks was ignored by many people.

It didn't take much effort for the New Yorkers to take out the Hawks, who didn't grab Mutombo in the summer.

But in the major websites after the game, almost all of them are discussing O'Neal's performance, followed by the Bulls and Jazz, but the Knicks news can only find a few lines of kids in the corners, and you can't see it without a magnifying glass.

The media in Los Angeles are secretly gloating, and that's what happened to no idol star.

Ewing has four centers at the end of the year, but his style of play is not pleasing, and his appearance and IQ are flawed, of course, this kind of star will not arouse people's interest, and those online new media that need clicks will certainly not report a news that netizens are not interested in and will not order.

Let's put it this way, the news of "Zhang Yi accidentally stumbled on the road" is conservatively estimated to have twice as many hits as the news of "Ewing cut 40 points", so if you report on stars like Ewing, are their heads flawed?

Anyway, with 4 teams swept out of the tournament on this day, it's time to see if the Lakers can operate equally smoothly?

Western Conference - Lakers (2) VS (0) Suns; Jazz (3) VS (0) Timberwolves; Clippers (3) VS (0) Trail Blazers; Rocket (1) VS (1) Supersonic.

Eastern Conference - Bulls (3) VS (0) Bullets; Heat (2) VS (0) Magic; Knicks (3) VS (0) Hawks; Piston (1) VS (1) Wasp.