Chapter 67: The First Round Begins

After a few days of rest, the first round of the playoffs began. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 infoThe Clippers' first-round opponent was the Lakers, and they all made a local derby in one round.

The other three groups of opponents in the West are the Spurs Kings, the Nuggets vs. the Grizzlies, and the Suns vs. the Mavericks. Eastern Pistons vs. Bucks, Heat vs. Bulls, Nets vs. Pacers, Cavaliers vs. Wizards.

Looking at these eight groups of opponents, they are basically one strong and one weak in terms of strength. However, the ranking is disgusting after all, the Nuggets can only rank seventh in the West according to the results, but now they are third, which is cheap for the Grizzlies. And the sun and the calf collided together, although the calf is obviously stronger than the sun, but it is not fair to the sun! As soon as I came up, I faced a strong team.

On April 23, the first round of the playoffs began. The Clippers and Lakers will have one team to get cheaper, and both teams are in the same place, and neither team will have to go back to home and away games.

Compared with the two teams, the Lakers occupy the off-court factor, and the Lakers have more fans, no matter how many games they play, they are equivalent to playing at home; And the Clippers occupy the on-court factor, and the lineup is stronger than the Lakers.

The Los Angeles fans were quite happy, and the fans of the two teams were divided into two camps, supporting their own teams, and almost caused a conflict. The police department in Los Angeles has been busy for more than ten days, and a large number of police officers have been arranged to patrol the streets every day, for fear that the fans of the two teams will fight.

When the first game started, the fans went to watch the game, and the police went into the bar, because there were a lot of fans gathered to watch the game, which was the most likely place to cause conflict.

The Lakers are still the old lineup, center Cook, power forward Odom, small forward Meme, scoring guard Kobe, and point guard Parker.

The Clippers' lineup has changed, with center Carman, power forward Brand, small forward Margetty, scoring guard Rose, and point guard Liu Su.

Liu Sujin's starting was decided before, and Kassel was considered to have abdicated to make way for Xian, and he didn't fight, he just wanted to hug his thighs behind Liu Su to get a few championship rings. Can't blame Cassel for being disheartened, Liu Su's strength is too strong, and he is definitely one of the best in the league's guard line.

Rose came on the court to limit Kobe, and when it came to the playoffs, he had to fight hard. Rose was also a fringe player in the regular season, and he didn't trade because he defended well, otherwise he would have been traded long ago, leaving Livingston more useful than him.

Carman jumped the ball successfully, Liu Su took the ball over and dribbled it across the half court. Old Parker couldn't let go of Liu Su at all, Kobe Bryant saw Liu Su over half the court, and came up directly, which was arranged by the coach.

Liu Su faced Kobe's defense, and he was not reckless, he directly called Karman to block people, burst into the penalty area, and did not change his face in the face of Cook's defense, and directly passed the ball out from under Cook's crotch, Brand took two steps to pick up the ball and pressed it into the basket.

The offense and defense are out of position, Parker Sr. took the ball through the half court, and then passed the ball to Kobe, and stayed Liu Su to the side to make room for Kobe. Rose is away from Kobe Bryant's defense, can interfere with his shots when he goes in, and can resist breakouts when he retreats.

In the face of Rose, Kobe Bryant did not find someone to cover, but tried his touch, shook a few times in place, and then pulled out the jump shot, which was Kobe's trick. Rose pounced, and the block was too late to interfere.

The basketball bounced off the basket, Brand grabbed the basketball, and then threw it directly in front of Liu Su. Liu Su got rid of Old Parker and caught up with the basketball as soon as possible, ran directly to the basket, and turned around for a 180° dunk.

"Roar—"

The Clippers fans roared excitedly, and the Lakers fans immediately booed Liu Su.

"Shhh

The boos overshadowed the roars, the Lakers had more fans than the Clippers, no way, this is the disadvantage of the Clippers.

Liu Su didn't care, retreated to defend, clapped his hands with a few teammates, and celebrated a little.

The Lakers attacked again, still the same routine, and Parker Sr. still passed to Kobe Bryant in the middle of the half. This time, Kobe Bryant learned smartly, recruited Odom to block and dismantle, and broke into the interior to score a layup.

Turned, Liu Su dribbled over the half, Kobe Bryant came up again, Liu Su recruited Brand to block and dismantle, and then took two steps past Odom behind Brand, Cook had to come over to make up for the defense, Carman was leaked, passed the ball, and Carman scored the ball with a small hook.

6:2, the Lakers attacked, Kobe and Odom blocked, and then passed Odom scored a jumper, 6:4.

The Clippers attacked, Liu Su separated Kobe Bryant through Margetty and Meme, and then shot in the open space outside the three-point line, and the three-point score reached 9:4.

Coming back, Bryant passed to Cook, and Cook carried Carman to score a layup, and the veteran was experienced enough to dodge Carman's block.

Back again, Liu Su will only run with his teammates, and then Brand separates Kobe, Odom comes up to defend, but Liu Su relies on Odom to pass the ball from his left, Odom behind Ross ran over, picked up the ball and made a backhand layup.

Both teams started with a very high shooting percentage, and it was only in the fifth minute that the shooting percentage decreased. The two sides played back and forth, and the Lakers never saw the score catch up, and called a timeout in the seventh minute.

The Lakers brought on rookies Bynum and Vujacic for Cook Sr. and Parker Sr. The Clippers also made personnel changes, bringing Brand and Margeti down to rest and bringing on David Lee and Radmanovich.

Bynum is physically stronger than Cook, and against Carman is not at all behind, Vujacic has three points, can open up space, let Parker Sr. go down and can play in the second quarter to help the team, anyway, now he doesn't need to organize the offense.

The Clippers are on the side because of the overflow of offensive power on the court, Brand and Margeti are not playing very much, it is better to bring a substitute to play in the second quarter, which is much more useful than on the court now.

After the timeout, the Clippers' offensive power was still strong, and the Lakers also had a new infusion of vitality and a new look. It's just that the new atmosphere is Kobe Bryant's alone, Vujasic, like Parker Sr., stays outside the three-point line with Liu Su, Bynum is also a rebounder, and Kobe doesn't give him a chance to play alone at all.

The Clippers are different, David Lee is very active in blocking Liu Su, he can see that Liu Su is the tactical core of the Clippers and the new boss of the Clippers, so it is necessary to please Liu Su. After blocking and dismantling, David Li was also very active in running, dangling near the penalty area line, as long as there was a vacancy, Liu Su would definitely pass the ball to him. David Lee has a mid-range shot and can break through, except that the defense is not very good, he has the strength to play the starter.

At the end of the first quarter, at 34:28, the Clippers led by six points. In the second quarter, Brand, Margetty, Mobley, and Cassel brought Brera Xia on the court. This lineup, except for Breraxia, is the starting lineup of the Clippers in the regular season, and with this bench lineup, the Lakers coach is going to cry.

Kobe Bryant and Odom came off the court, and the Lakers bench had no power to fight back in the face of this lineup, and they were defeated halfway through, and Kobe Bryant could only come up to save the game. After Kobe Bryant came up, the scene was still not too good, how could he face three or four star players alone? Can you still beat them? That needs to be touched!

It's a pity that Kobe Bryant doesn't feel very good.