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On April 18, just after the Hornets won away to the Mavericks and ended the entire 2012-13 season, the Hornets made a big decision: to change the name of the Hornets to the Pelicans!

In fact, when Benson took over from the Alliance, he planned to remove the brand of the previous Wasps, and the Alliance approved it. But the Hornets went all the way down and turned the league upside down, leading the league in terms of record, and the team's name change was put to rest.

Now that the season is over, Benson can't wait to announce the façade change.

The Pelicans are Louisiana's state bird, and the name change was approved by all Hornets fans. In fact, Benson planned it back in January, but he only changed his name until now.

Again, another meaning of the name change is to erase the previous Hornets brand, meaning that the Pelicans are a brand new team. Coupled with the Pelicans' excellent record this season, it can be regarded as a good start for the name change.

The name change was a big deal, but it didn't have much impact on Yang Yi. He is now the leader of the Pelicans, accompanying the owner and head coach to press conferences and then answering questions from reporters.

At the end of the regular season, all the league playoff teams are announced:

The top eight in the West are:

New Orleans Pelicans: 66-16

Oklahoma City Thunder: 60-22

San Antonio Spurs: 58-24

Denver Nuggets: 57-25

Los Angeles Clippers: 56-26

Memphis Grizzlies: 56-26

Golden State Warriors: 47-35

Los Angeles Lakers: 45-37

In fact, the Lakers almost couldn't make the playoffs, they are the same 45-37 as the Rockets, but because they won each other better than the Rockets, they can squeeze the Rockets down.

The Big Four teamed up to compete in the league, but they almost couldn't make the playoffs, which became a joke in the league. The initiator is the pelican.

At the beginning, the two teams fought to the death, and both sides were defeated. The Lakers' record has been declining since then, and the Pelicans' winning streak has been ended.

Now, the two teams are together again, I really don't know if it's providence or something else, and they have made the two unrelated teams look like life and death enemies.

In the first round of the playoffs, the two teams are going to fight to the death again!

Fortunately, the playoffs are still three days away, leaving the Pelicans with a lot of time to recuperate.

The top eight in the Eastern Capital are:

Miami Heat: 65-17

New York Knicks: 54-28

Indiana Pacers: 49-33

Brooklyn Nets: 49-33

Chicago Bulls: 45-37

Aranta Eagles: 44-38

Boston Celtics: 41-41

Milwaukee Bucks: 38-44

There are two interesting teams in the East, the Heat and the Bulls. The Heat later exerted their strength, and after a wave of consecutive wins, they came out on top, surpassing the Thunder to become second in the league; And the Bulls were able to enter the playoffs with the fifth place in the East after Rose's injury, and the strength is not strong, and the lineup is also quite powerful.

Although the Pelicans' first place in the league looks like a good thing, the situation is much worse than that of the Heat. The Pelicans are facing the Lakers, who have a Big Four and have a deep hatred like the sea, and if they don't get it right, they may be blacked out and become the laughing stock of the league; And the Heat will definitely enter the second round against the Bucks. In contrast, the glory of the Pelicans, the first in the league, is simply tasteless, a pity to discard, and a piece of chicken ribs!

On top of that, the league didn't bring substantial benefits to the fat guys, not a single glory point.

The Pelicans will take on the Lakers at the Smoothie King Center after a three-day break at home. The fixtures of the two sides are:

Game 1: April 22, Pelicans vs Lakers (home team in front)

Game 2: April 24, Pelicans vs Lakers

Game 3: April 26, Lakers vs. Pelicans

Game 4: April 29, Lakers vs. Pelicans

Game 5: (time to be determined if needed) May 1, Pelicans vs Lakers

Game 6: (time to be determined if needed) May 3, Pelicans vs Lakers

Game 7: (time to be determined if needed) May 5, Pelicans vs Lakers

Fortunately, although they are on the same page with the Lakers, the Pelicans still have home-court advantage. I just don't know if the Pelicans can escape death from the Lakers, after all, the Pelicans have not experienced a playoff game, and the other players don't have much experience, and they are completely crossing the river by feeling the stones.

The most important thing is that without the help of an experienced veteran, the Pelicans are easy to lose.

The playoffs have always been the object of media pursuit, let alone the topical matchup between the Pelicans and the Lakers!

The Lakers lost a record that had been held for more than 40 years in the hands of the Pelicans led by Yang Yi, and even used the bag clip, and finally had to slip away from New Orleans. This is simply an out-and-out shame for the Lakers' Big Four, a great shame!

This time I ran into a pelican, and it happened that the new account and the old account were counted together. Maybe they weren't the Pelicans' opponent in one or two games, but with seven games in the playoffs, the Lakers were more able to hold their breath than the ferocious Pelicans.

The overall age of the Lakers is there, and the youngest monsters in the starting players are all twenty-six years old, which belongs to the old man series. But because of this, they are all good players in the playoffs, and they have a lot of experience in the playoffs, which is not comparable to the Pelicans' group of young people.

If you can black the Pelicans, even if you lose your winning streak before, it's worth it.

New Orleans, Smoothie King Center Arena, the Pelicans are sweating out.

Their core tactics have not changed, and they are still attacking around Yang Yi. But the Lakers' tactics made Williams wary before, and the playoffs were not regular seasons, two games at a time. If the Lakers come up with a trap tactic against Yang Yi again, and the Pelicans don't react accordingly, the possibility of being blacked out is too great.

What the Pelicans are practicing now is the original wrap-and-hold tactic that the Lakers used against Yang Yi.

"Erik, watch the pick-and-roll, the pick-and-roll, don't let The One get bogged down in the bag......"

"Bill, don't stand still, cover, cover, make room for The One......"

"Pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll......"

"Cover, cover ......"

Williams' tough voice wafted through the empty arena, shaking the players' eardrums.

If D'Antoni were here, he would have been surprised. Although the Lakers lost in the previous duel, that tactical idea is absolutely correct, and the inclusion of Yang Yi is to cut off the Pelicans' offensive engine and make the Pelicans a rootless tree and a source of water.

Once the Pelicans' offensive engine stops supplying firepower, the Pelicans are finished, and no matter how hard the fat man jumps, he can't beat the Lakers, who have the Big Four and have a lot of playoff experience.

Now Yang Yi is practicing how to let the fat man get rid of the bag with the least consumption of physical energy and create the greatest value.