On the Warriors' side, Li Zhi did continuously rush into the interior line to cause fouls, his physique was strong, he was not afraid of being fouled, and the most annoying thing was Fernandez's disgusting close defense, so that he could not find space to shoot.

In the second quarter, Purzbila was beaten down by Richie, and they were replaced by Chaninfry. McMillan couldn't do anything, Channingfrye had the offensive power, but the defensive section helped the Trail Blazers too little.

As soon as he got on the court, the Trail Blazers' interior defense weakened, and O'Neal became more difficult to restrain and could grab rebounds to his heart's content.

When O'Neal got the rebound, the Warriors had already come to the halfway, and O'Neal only needed a long pass for the Warriors to score quickly.

Replacing Frye wasn't without merit, and the Warriors had to defend it, which gave Roy room to break through, and his touch gradually recovered. At the end of the second quarter, the Warriors led the Trail Blazers by 12 points, all of which came from a time when Roy's hands were cold.

In the second half, the Trail Blazers' offense did not improve in the slightest, and Roy was still alone.

They clearly lost to the Warriors in terms of lineup, and there are not many people who can use them. McMillan yelled on the sidelines to cheer up the Trail Blazers players, but it was the Trail Blazers players who hit the iron repeatedly.

Roy scored a lot in the third quarter, he shot a lot, and on the Warriors' side, Li Zhi also exerted his might, scoring 10 points in a single quarter, and Fernandez had five fouls in the third quarter, and his face was ugly.

At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led by 15 points, and the Trail Blazers were gone. In the fourth quarter, the Warriors continued to widen the difference, leading by 20 points at most, and in the final minutes, Nelson switched to an all-bench lineup, and the Blazers failed to catch up.

The final score was 120-104, and the Warriors won by 16 points. Li Zhi played 32 minutes, scored 28 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and was extremely efficient. O'Neal had a big double-double of 18 points and 18 rebounds.

Milicic, Jordan Jr., Jackson, and Crawford also played, and the Warriors scored in double figures. Roy had 40 points, eight rebounds and five assists, but Aldridge had just nine points.

After the game, Roy went back to the dressing room without looking at McMillan, and he reacted in the same way as Fernandes and Aldridge. When a manager doesn't get the respect of the core of the team, then he is a failure.

At the press conference, Roy made an excuse to go back after a few casual remarks, leaving a group of reporters staring at each other. Lost, everyone was disappointed, there was nothing to say.

McMillan said that the Warriors lost worse than the Warriors, Aldridge is an important weapon for the team, he doesn't play well, and it is difficult for the Trail Blazers to win.

The Warriors were the protagonists of the press conference. In an interview, O'Neill said with a smile: "I never thought that my little brothers would improve so much, and they can win, and they are indispensable. O'Neill deliberately gave credit to Ritch and Milicic and pushed them into the spotlight.

Milicic said: "Joining the Warriors was a turning point in my career, I'm happy and I'm willing to stay in Oakland forever. ”

When it was time to interview Li Zhi, the reporters all listened attentively to his every word. Speaking about the series victory, Ritch said, "The Trail Blazers are a respectable opponent, Fernandez is strong defensively, Roy is excellent, and I hope to meet them again in the playoffs next year." ”

Roy clenched his fists in the locker room when he heard this interview, and he will definitely meet next year.

Li Zhi rarely had Avril accompanied that night and slept well. After playing the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors will rest for three days and fly to Los Angeles for the second round on May 5.

The Lakers had a week off.

When she got up the next day, Avril was in Li Zhi's arms and said, "Honey, I'm going to Los Angeles with you this time." ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Why did you think of going to the game with me this time." ”

"I want to accompany you more, I know, you must have been disappointed not to go to the game last time, I promise, I will train myself to be a basketball fan in the future!" Avril said, looking up.

Li Zhi was a little distressed, touched Avril's hair affectionately, and said, "Thank you, you are so good." "He is a clumsy man, and he can't say a lot of intimate love words, so he can only hold Avril tightly in his arms.

Avril squeezed into Li Zhi's arms and said, "Let's go on a trip together in the summer, we can take Renault and your little Chinese girl." ”

Speaking of the little Chinese girl, Avril's tone was sour, Li Zhi smiled dumbly, and replied: "Okay, but we can't go until after the draft is over, Renault wants to buy the shares of the Warriors, and we can only go after these things." "Anyway, I'm not afraid of shadows, nothing happened to me and Ye Xiaoxiao, there is nothing to escape.

It's Ye Xiaoxiao, the little girl is a little interesting to Renault, after Li Zhi introduced her to Renault, the little girl obviously looked for herself less. Li Zhi touched his face, could it be that he was not more handsome than Renault's sissy?

On the night of May 4, the Warriors flew to Los Angeles on a flight, and Avril went with her friends. On the plane, the atmosphere of the Warriors was visibly oppressive, and O'Neal was rarely joking.

Before the game was played, the Warriors' players were surrounded by anxiety. Li Zhi has this feeling, and the warrior may be on his knees this time.

If O'Neal stays in peak form, there seems to be hope for the Warriors, but O'Neal is desperate to run out of energy, and the Warriors are missing the most powerful nuclear weapons.

If the opponent in the second round is the Spurs or the Nuggets, the Warriors can still fight, but against the Lakers, the Warriors will most likely be eliminated.

Heading into the playoffs, the atmosphere at Los Angeles' home court is unusually hot, and of course, it's not for the Warriors, who get just boos here.

Experts are also not optimistic about the Warriors, predicting that the Lakers will advance to the Western Conference Finals 4-2. This is already very face-saving for the Warriors, in fact, the Lakers have a certain degree of restraint on the Warriors' lineup, plus the home-court advantage, it is more difficult for the Warriors to beat the Lakers, and the probability of winning is extremely low.

The players were not very confident, they didn't want to say anything, they could only be silent.

Warming up before the game, Milicic was rarely nervous, and he didn't score a few shots in the open position. Just as much pressure as him is the Warriors' outside shooters, with Moreau, Nick Young, and Crawford also not feeling very well.

Nelson sensed the dreary atmosphere at the Staples Center and wanted to decompress the players, but after a few words, it didn't work out well.

Nelson told the players to play this game as if it were a regular season and not to care about winning or losing. But with the overwhelming cheers of Staples treating this game as if it were regular season, it was easier said than done.

Avril and her friend Scarlett Johansson sat at the back of the Warriors' bench together, changing ways to make Li Zhi happy, Li Zhi was happy on the surface, but he was also under a lot of pressure in his heart.

Staples fanatical fans have never been humble gentlemen, and they are always booing their enemies.

In this arena, the Celtics Big Three, the Spurs have fallen, the Phoenix Bombardment Legion, and the indomitable fighter Iverson have fallen, and their self-confidence is ethereal, but it is very real.

In order to defend Kobe, the Warriors changed their lineup again. O'Neal, Milicic, Rich, Jackson, Barnes.

Nelson took the approach of the first-round series against Roy, with Richie, Jackson, and Barnes taking turns to consume Kobe.

The Lakers' lineup is a regular starter: Fisher, Kobe, Ariza, Gasol, Bynum

In the first quarter of the game, Li Zhizhong made a foul on Bynum and hit both free throws, and Bryant immediately returned with a clean jumper. O'Neal received an assist from Richmond and Bynum used his foot jumper to tie the game at 4-4.

The Lakers adopted a hybrid defense, Ariza defended Li Zhi from the outside, and if Li Zhi fell in love with you on the three-point line, the Lakers' defensive center of gravity would move in the direction of Li Zhi, compressing Li Zhi's single space.

They compressed the space and let Barnes go, and Barnes' limited ability to attack on his own was why the Lakers dared to defend like that.

This style of play had an effect, and Li Zhi was caught by Ariza and Kobe Bryant in the low post, and could not get into the basket, but could only pass the ball.

The Lakers are not slow to rotate, pass out, Barnes hits the iron, Morrow and Jackson have no space, and the Warriors can only find O'Neal inside.

O'Neal had a grudge against the Lakers, so the game was extremely fierce, but the Lakers limited the other points of the Warriors very well, and after the first quarter, the Lakers led the Warriors by 6 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the two sides came off the bench, and the Warriors' benches did not take advantage, Crawford and Nick Young continued to play iron under the Lakers' iron-blooded defense, and only Jordan Jr. in the second lineup received Crawford on the inside to feed the cake and did a small job.

Morrow was heavily guarded by the Lakers, he showed excellent three-pointers in the previous game, Jackson told the Lakers players to defend the Warriors' three-point shots, Farmar did not let Morrow shoot, and the Warriors could only rely on Crawford and Nick Young to break through to find opportunities.

Crawford was able to break through, but the basket was stopped by the Lakers several times.

Crawford couldn't play, so there was no way to provide shooting opportunities for Morrow and Nick Young, and the problems he encountered were the same as Richie's, which was prevented.

The Warriors have been in a state of falling behind, and the weakest No. 1 spot is against Fisher, and there are no offensive opportunities for the whole game. The Warriors are the equivalent of a self-defeating arm, with one less scoring point.

The defects in the power forward position are infinitely magnified because of the presence of Pau Gasol, no one in the Warriors can prevent Pau Gasol, the Lakers pull away and let Pau Gasol play alone, Milicic can't deal with it alone, and the rest of the Warriors dare not wrap it up.

Entering the playoffs, Bryant has reduced his offense with the ball and created more opportunities for his teammates.

This is the lesson he learned in last year's finals, the strength of one person cannot lead the team further, only let teammates find their touch first. It's not that Kobe Bryant was unselfish, but he had to do it.

Nelson has been luring Kobe, and in the second half of the second quarter, Nelson sent Crawford to defend Kobe Bryant, just to lure Kobe Bryant into a single. But after two balls, Bryant sensed something was wrong, a trap.

Kobe Bryant in singles is terrible, because he has lost 800 by killing 1,000 enemies, and his shooting percentage has been bothering him, and if the singles factor in his body cannot be controlled, the Lakers are likely to lose this game.

Seeing Kobe Bryant hand the ball to Gasol again, Nelson sighed, the fish didn't take the bait, and he couldn't do anything.

He finally felt the pain of McMillan, and the Warriors had a complete roster to restrain the Trail Blazers. But the Lakers are more reasonable than the Warriors, and the restraint of the point guard and power forward positions on the Warriors is particularly distressing for Nelson.

The Warriors' shooters got lost in the Lakers' frantic defense, and the Warriors lost the game 88-100 on the road.

Li Zhi performed well, the Lakers let Li Zhi play alone, let O'Neal play alone, but the Warriors' deadliest weapon, the three-point shot, was defended by the Lakers.

The Warriors made 5 of 33 three-pointers from the field, and the shooting percentage was dismal, which is how the Warriors played, and the Warriors were convinced to lose.

The Los Angeles media reported the headlines "The Strongest Three-Point Army Fails to Los Angeles" and "The Era of Three-Point Shooting Has Not Yet Come".

No one criticized the Warriors, not because they were weak, but because the Lakers played too well, everyone knew that the Lakers played a triangle strategy, but they couldn't limit a single Kobe Bryant and a single Pau Gasol.

Gasol dominated the first half, Kobe Bryant dominated the second half, one with 22 points, one with 32 points, and the Warriors didn't play much except for Richie's 26 points. O'Neal was weak, scoring nine points in the first half and failing to do anything in the second half.

In the second game on May 7, the Warriors did not find a strategy to deal with the Lakers and continued to lose on the Lakers' home court.

Crawford played well, scoring 20 points, and Richie also scored 22 points, but still couldn't help the Warriors turn the game around.

Milicic suffered too much against Pau Gasol, he was still too young to pose a threat to Pau Gasol at all. Even more disappointing was Jordan Jr., who relied on 10 rebounds in two games, and he was so nervous that he rarely lost himself in the forest of Gasol and Bynum.

When I returned to Oakland, it was May 8, and on this day, the NBA officially announced several important awards one after another.

Richter didn't get the Defensive Player of the Year, but he also came in second in the poll, and it was Howard who won the award, and he had a bigger advantage than Richter because he played more games. Li Zhi missed quite a few games, which affected his rating.

However, no one questioned Lee's defensive ability, because the best defensive team came out.

Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Rich, Bryant, and Paul made up the All-Defensive Team for a while.

The All-Defensive Second Team is: Tim Duncan, LeBron James, Artest, Wade, Rajon Rondo.

Although many people are not convinced that Li Zhi pressed James in the small forward position and was selected for the defensive team, Li Zhi's defensive statistics are indeed better than James, and James won the MVP that can better reflect his strength, and James's fans are naturally not good to complain anymore.

James averaged 28.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game and missed just one game. His stats are good, and he has led the Cavaliers to the No. 1 record in the league, which is a well-deserved award.

The All-Best First Team is center Howard, forward Nowitzki, James, guard Wade, Kobe.

Second lineup: Yao Ming, Duncan, Li Zhi, Roy, Paul.

Third team: Gasol, O'Neal, Anthony, Billups, Parker.

Pierce was not selected for the All-NBA team, which was controversial, and what made the Celtics unbearable was that none of the Celtics' Big Three were selected for the All-NBA team.

What caused fans to discuss is that Rich, James, Kobe Bryant and Howard were all selected to the Team of the Year and Defensive Team of the Year, which is a rare phenomenon.

That's good news for the Warriors. O'Neal and Lee Chi were selected to the All-NBA team, which made the dull Warriors so confused.

At this time, the Warriors found that we were no worse than the Lakers. Both the Lakers and Warriors both had two All-Star selections, and it wasn't without a chance to make a match.

In the past few days, Jianhao has updated fewer chapters, but the number of words is not less~ each chapter has a minimum of 3000 words and a maximum of 4000 words, which is more than the previous three chapters. I just don't want to break the chapter, because some games are out of context and they are not interesting......