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On April 1, the gorgeous April Fool's Day, D'Antoni called the players together to watch the Spurs-Thunder game starting at 4 p.m.

Both teams are the Lakers' main rivals in the playoffs.

The Thunder and Rockets have won their last few games, both with a 51-22 record, and the league has three more 50-win teams, the other being the 50-23 Heat.

Unlike the Lakers' miserable ten games and three back-to-backs, the Spurs only have nine games, and only two of them are playoff teams, one of which is their current opponent Thunder, and the Lakers, who are opponents in the regular season finale, and the Lakers' final opponent is also the Spurs.

Popovich's heart is called a big, and the Thunder actually have all three truces, let Leonard lead the team, with a group of substitutes and the Thunder to play.

And the most terrifying thing is that the Spurs actually won the Thunder by relying on the bench!

"Everybody saw it, Spurs are very strong! The last time they played us, we won, but they definitely have the strength to spare, they didn't fight us hard, we can't be complacent because of a win, this year we want to win the championship against them! D'Antoni commented after the game.

Needless to say, D'Antoni has already felt a huge pressure on the Lakers' side, under Popovich's system, even if they couldn't play before, they are as confident as superstars, Mills and Danny Green play like Paul and Ray Allen, and Westbrook, who just came back, was blown up by Mills!

The Spurs rested the troika, which did not affect the intensity of the game, but because they deliberately lowered their strength to make the game more interesting, it is conceivable that if the troika plays, it is estimated that the Thunder, who are third in the West, will be abused by the Spurs.

What surprised Liu Ren the most was that Leonard, who had been in a few low scenes because of his relationship before, has now become very confident and seems to have broken free from the edge of self-denial.

"It's worthy of being my optimistic guy, it seems that there will be one more strong competitor in the future!"

The Thunder lost to the Spurs and trailed the Rockets one step in the race for third place in the West, moving from joint third to fourth.

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The Lakers want to play well in April and guarantee home-court advantage in the playoffs, and it will be a bit difficult to catch up with the Spurs, who have won 57 games, but it is still very difficult to ensure home-court advantage in the first two rounds.

But the Lakers suffered a miserable loss in Game 1 of April.

Date: April 2, 2014.

Where: Staples Center.

Event: Aldridge blasts for 55 points.

Reason: Lillard "learned badly."

Before the Lakers-Trail Blazers game, Lillard called Aldridge aside and said, "Radmarcus, I know you want to go to the Lakers, and I know what you're thinking. But if you don't show your strength and let them know how good you are, will they want you? Don't worry, listen to me! You did surprise them in the last game, but you started to slack off again in the second half and they think you're just a player who breaks out once in a while, you don't have a consistent contribution, you know what I mean? ”

After hearing this, Aldridge was engrossed in the whole game when he played the Lakers, and the Lakers wailed inside.

However, the Lakers are now focused on how to deal with the Spurs, and they are not paying any attention to the Trail Blazers, who have lost to them three times this season.

D'Antoni had a good idea of letting the Lakers watch the Spurs game, but it unexpectedly made the players focus on the Spurs.

115-102, the Trail Blazers beat the Lakers away, Aldridge shot 22 of 35 from the field, scored 55 points and 8 boards, and Lillard had 29 points and 15 assists.

The Trail Blazers became the fifth team in the West to win 50 games because of this victory, surpassing the Clippers, who finally ended their losing streak, to climb to fifth place in the West.

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Losing to the Trail Blazers is not a bad thing for the Lakers, this game gave them a slap in the face, every opponent should not be ignored, otherwise they may not even have a chance to meet the Spurs in the playoffs!

In the next game against the Kings, Mavericks, and Clippers, the Lakers were all full of energy, and Liu Ren was the first to stand up as an offensive arrow, averaging 31 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game in three games, leading the Lakers to three consecutive victories and improving their record to 57-19.

The Kings are not the opponent of the Lakers who are not preoccupied at all, and they beat easily, and the Mavericks put some pressure on the Lakers, but Nowitzki is old after all, and he fought to the fourth quarter without enough help, and finally he was unable to defeat the powerful Lakers, and the Clippers continued to be in trouble with the team, and they were slaughtered by the Lakers by 40 points as soon as they got the ball at the Staples Center.

The Clippers are in a worse predicament than Liu Ren remembers, and it is estimated that they will have to wait until Sterling is completely expelled from the NBA to alleviate it, but it is not a matter of one or two days, at least it has to be delayed until the end of the season, Liu Ren remembers that the Clippers' auction lawsuit lasted for two full months, and it was not until the end of June that the draft was over, and the court was forced to rule that the Clippers sale was valid.

After three consecutive wins, the Lakers' second place in the West is becoming more and more secure, and the Rockets, who are third in the West, have a 53-24 record, and it is almost impossible for them to surpass the Lakers with five games remaining.

So D'Antoni made a decision that surprised everyone, letting Nash, Kobe, Liu Ren, and Gasol rest in back-to-back backs between the Lakers, the Rockets, and the Thunder!

What's even more incredible is that the Lakers won both games!

The returning Green, who had not played much in the first four games, was adjusting to the feeling of the game, and in those two games he returned to the role of playmaker on the inside, showing surprise quality alongside Whiteside, Antetokounmpo and Thackeray.

Thackeray knows his role and is willing to do all the dirty work, as long as he can do it, and he can still play on the inside on the offensive end, Antetokounmpo and Green seem to have a natural chemistry, and the seamless switching between playmaking and scoring points is quite amazing.

Needless to say, Whiteside is a bug when he plays Howard's type of center, with great height and reach, and good awareness, and he steals the former No. 1 center from rebounding. If it was the Magic period, Howard might not be so miserable, just like Howard at that time when he beat Yao Ming, although he was suppressed, he could still play some role on the defensive end.