524. Waiting for the second round

Lakers players expressed sadness. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

The Lakers' first round of the playoffs ended in three or two hits, and on April 27, in just eight days, the Lakers' first round ended.

On the 22nd, the Lakers won the second home court, on the 25th, in New Orleans after two days of rest, the Lakers also won the third victory bloodlessly, and on the 27th, the Pelicans struggled slightly, but it did not stop the strength of the Lakers, and the Lakers easily swept the Pelicans 4-0 to advance to the second round.

Of course, this is expected, and the two teams are separated by more than 20 wins in the regular season alone, and there is hardly any suspense.

D'Antoni was very happy to end the first round early, this round Kobe and Gasol played an average of 20 minutes per game, without much physical energy, and the two continued to maintain the high efficiency of the regular season, Kobe averaged 19 points per game in four games, and Gasol averaged 13 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

The two are in good shape and have a long break, which reassures D'Antoni, after all, the two who are in good shape in the playoffs.

But at the same time, D'Antoni is starting to worry again, their series is over, but their second-round opponent is now confused, and no one can predict who it is, even Liu Ren finds it difficult to say.

The Clippers and Spurs each held on to their home courts, tied 2-2, and the difference between the scores of the two teams in the four games combined was only 4 points! The Clippers only lead the Spurs by four points in four games, and the difference can be said to be very small, that is, it is very likely to play seven games.

In other words, the Lakers have a week off after the first round, because the playoffs have two days off when the home and away games are switched, and the schedule of the playoffs except for the Finals is 2+2+1+1+1...... Host, guest, host, guest, host......

D'Antoni, who was still happy that the veteran had time to rest, couldn't be happy all of a sudden, and the young players had to play for a week!

Nick Young, Jeremy Lin, Lavin, Thackeray, Green, Henry...... plus Nash and Korver, two old and unrepaired, these are all unconscious lords, prodigal sons of nightclubs......

However, several of these people are key members of the team, Nick Young and Jeremy Lin, Korver are the main scorers in the bench lineup, Green is the core of the entire team, and Thackeray is the team's third center.

In addition, the Spurs and Clippers are two teams with very different styles of play, and there is no way to organize players to practice playoff tactics when they don't know who will be the opponent in the second round.

Speaking of which, the Clippers have home-court advantage, and in this evenly matched situation, the Clippers have the initiative, but no one can say for sure! What if the training simulation is the Clippers and then the Spurs win?

So D'Antoni simply simulated the two teams together, anyway, the Spurs and the Warriors have the same style of play, so D'Antoni arranges tactical simulation training for the players against the Clippers every morning, and arranges tactical simulation training against the Spurs in the afternoon.

Now the Lakers players are going to collapse, and in the morning they are still cutting off the connection between the opponent's point guard and the power forward and other players and forcing the opponent to give the ball to the power forward's infinite singles tactical simulation, and in the second half, the training of the interior pressure defense began, that is, the training that forced the Spurs to continue to shoot three-pointers, we all know that the Spurs' No. 1 gunshot "Huang Ama" Danny Green is better than iron this year, and others have also been affected, so the training to deal with the Spurs is to pinch the interior line and prevent Duncan from playing in the state, Defend everyone except Danny Green on the outside, Danny Green can shoot him and count him as good......

Since D'Antoni can't schedule a lot of training during the playoffs to keep his players fit and avoid injuries and fatigue, four tactical training sessions are scheduled every day, twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon.

This completely different training in the first and second halves has made the young players of the Lakers dizzy, tired or not, the key is that their IQ is suppressed! I accidentally ran out of another training defensive position.

"I can't stand it! I'm going to fight with the coach! Don't stop me! Nick Young, who was exploding with comic attributes, roared loudly as if he were at home.

After yelling, Nick Young was about to head to his office on the second floor, but he found that no one was stopping him.

Nick Young stopped, things turned out differently than he had imagined!

"You ...... Does anyone go with me? Nick Young asked awkwardly.

"Oh? I'm not going, thank you ah swaggy-p, it's good if you help me express my opinion, come on! Henry expressed encouragement.

"That's right, swaggy-p you're a hero!" Jeremy Lin laughed.

"Finally someone is going to stand up and help us speak, Swaggy-P, thank you!" Thackeray looks like I'm optimistic about you.

"That's right, come on, Nick, I'll support you mentally!" Liu Ren gave a thumbs up.

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Everyone on the Lakers team is encouraging Nick Young to hurry up, and now Nick Young is even more embarrassed, he is just pretending, he thinks that this group of teammates will pull him and persuade him.

It doesn't make much sense to do that, but it's better to relieve the stress of training hard every day.

But Nick Young really doesn't plan to go! As the leading scorer off the bench, he didn't want to touch D'Antony's brow.

"Ahaha, forget it, I found the training to be quite interesting, we are going to win the championship, of course we have to train hard......" Nick Young decisively admitted.

"Cut...... Hahaha......"

The rest of the Lakers started laughing.

On the second floor, D'Antoni's head coach's office, watching the players get together after training and making unfriendly jokes, he has a lot less worry in his heart, he doesn't want to cause conflicts within the team because of training, but he can't stop training.

"I said Bernie, I thought it would be good for us at first for the Clippers and Spurs to fight each other, but now it doesn't seem like it's all good! I really want them to quickly divide the winners and losers, and we can target the training. D'Antoni smiled wryly.

D'Antoni was an impatient man who often thought about something that didn't go his way, even if he initially thought it wasn't a good thing.

Bickerstaff comforted: "There are pros and cons to advancing first, and now it's a headache, but in the second round, we have more advantages in terms of physical fitness and tactical preparation, don't we?" It is impossible for everything to be perfect. ”

"That's all it can be."

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The playoffs are in full swing, and some of the regular season awards are starting to be announced.

Andrew Wiggins of the Timberwolves won the best rookie with an average of 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists per game, Jabari Parker of the Bucks has been injured for a long time, the Lakers' Clarkson overall statistics are generally only 11 points and 4 assists per game, Noll averages 10 points and 8 boards per game is very good, and the defensive end has strong potential, Randle averages 11 points, 9 boards and 5 assists per game is also very good, but the best rookie is mainly to see the score, Wiggins has basically no opponent on the road to the best rookie this year.

Clarkson was a little disappointed that he didn't win the Rookie of the Year award, but the subsequent Rookie of the Year team made him feel better.

Wiggins leads the Rookie of the Year first team, the other four are Clarkson of the Lakers, Noll of the 76ers, Randle of the Warriors, and Elfred Payton of the Magic.

The second All-Rookie Team is led by Langston Jarvero, one of the Knicks' undrafted picks, and the other four are the Nuggets' Joseph Nurkic, the Celtics' Smart, the Bulls' Mirotic, and the Nets' Bojan Bogdanovic.

If you don't get the best rookie, you don't get it! Clarkson is only fourth in the Rookie of the Year rankings in scoring, Wiggins, Knoll and Randle all have better stats, and it is not bad to be selected to the All-Rookie Team first team.

Clarkson found some solace in the boring training, and D'Antoni found solace in the anxious waiting.

On April 30, the best coaches and best managers of the 2014-2015 season were announced.

Bob Myers, the Warriors' general manager, won Manager of the Season.

Lakers head coach D'Antoni won the best coach again after ten years!

This time D'Antoni's face finally smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum, well, it's not very good-looking, what's so nice about a bad old man laughing.

But the Lakers players just think that D'Antoni is handsome now, because he has to hold a press conference in the afternoon after winning the best coach trophy at noon, so he has a holiday in the afternoon!

On May 2, the glorious Labor Day, two more awards were announced.

This time it was Whiteside's turn to surprise, he averaged 9 points, 13.8 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game to win the best sixth man with an absolute advantage!

The center won the Sixth Man of the Year, which is only twice before in the entire history of the NBA!

They were Bill Walton of the Celtics in the 1985-1986 season and Kukoc of the Bulls in the 1995-1996 season......

Both teams, like the Lakers, had a league-wide record that year, and most of the awards were won by their teams that year.

Nick Young is starting to get depressed again, he is known as the Lakers' Super Six, and the Best Sixth Man award has nothing to do with him......

But Nick Young is an optimist, and he quickly went to "snatch" his best sixth man from Whiteside and invited the team to dinner.

Whiteside is now a guy who picks the door to the extreme, although he signed a 7-year 28 million endorsement with Nike under the operation of the chick, and he is a lot richer than last season, but can he save it?

"Hassan, you have to be treated! Otherwise, I won't let you go today! "Nick Young led his gang of younger brothers around Whiteside.

"I'm not going to kill me! There is no one to ask for money! "Whiteside is not afraid of boiling water.

"Oops! He is still so tough, and he uses the Chinese words he learned from the boss to show his toughness, brothers, then let's kill him! ”

Saying that, under the leadership of Nick Young, LaVine, Clarkson, McCollum, Antetokounmpo, Green, Thackeray and others began to besiege Whiteside.

"Stop, stop...... I'm wrong, can't I please...... Depend on! My eyes! My handsome face! You bastards, I said please! Whiteside begged for mercy......

The group of Lakers started really dark, in order to avoid hurting their teammates, some hit their butts, some greeted their faces, and they almost didn't get a nosebleed, and then Whiteside didn't know who punched him, anyway, everyone didn't admit that he hit him.

"Swaggy-P, where are we going to play at night? In other words, will the coach promise us a day off tomorrow? Antetokounmpo, the good baby, asked uncertainly.

"Definitely, didn't you see the coach buy us drinks after the two days of training? He's happy now! ”

"That's right."

"So let's go to the playhouse tonight?"

"Cool! The women there are the hottest, I'm going to have two tonight! "The spicy in Thackeray's mouth is a big butt and a big bust......

"Haha, anyway, Hassan pays, and I want two too!" Nick Young responded.

"Swaggy-p you want two, then I want three!" The handsome guy Henry came out and said that he was strong.

"You want three? Can you eat it? Be careful not to get sucked dry! ”

"Hmph, does Iggy know that if you want two, he won't hack you?" Henry fought back decisively.

"Iggy is very busy, she is a big star, she is holding concerts in Europe these days, no problem!"

"Seriously, Iggy looks like an ascetic person, and I'm ...... that you've been with her for so long."

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Whiteside watched his teammates discussing how many they wanted at night, and his heart was sad, those models in Los Angeles spent at least 10,000 US dollars a night! I can't go in this night, and I can't get in with hundreds of thousands of dollars......

Fortunately, there was a best sixth man to comfort him, and Whiteside's wounded heart and eyes were slightly comforted.

Gasol, Kobe, and Nash will naturally not be involved in this kind of thing, Kobe is now in Vanessa's crackdown, he doesn't dare to go out to fool around in Los Angeles, Nash and Gasol want to maintain their state and not fool around.

In addition, there are two other people who are not involved, these two "good children" are Lavin and Liu Ren.

When the others were discussing how many to have in the evening, Laven came to Liu Ren and asked, "Boss, aren't you going at night?" ”

"Of course! I'm loyal to my family, Mary! "Liu Ren looks like I'm a good family man.

"you...... You are a good man, I will believe that there are ghosts, I think you have Ajiali and Abby in the family, and you can't look down on those flesh and bones! That's great! Do you know how strict Diana is with me! If I don't get back on time at night, she'll have to spend the night! ”

"Yo, that's good! It's all home, and Diana is in awesome shape, happy little ghost. ”

"You're the little ghost, how much bigger are you than me...... Depend on! Don't you have thoughts about my Diana? Boss! My Diana is just as little an imp as I ......"

"You go to die!"

"Haha......"

For Ajiali Liu Ren, who has settled in Beverly Hills and often goes shopping with chicks, there is no way, he can't drive people away, no, everyone's houses have been bought, so for the media speculation that Liu Ren's family has two more women who want to explain at all, everyone thinks so, these two women don't explain now, especially Ajiali still looks happy, so Liu Ren decided to break the jar!

As for going to a nightclub, Liu Ren didn't refuse, he tossed the chick every night, making the chick pitiful, and he couldn't bear it...... You have to find an excuse to make waves!

However, Liu Ren realized that he was not a breeding pig, and he didn't see a woman.

And in the eyes of this group of Americans, hot and beautiful women, Liu Ren will use bloated words to describe them when he sees them, just look at the Kardashian family they are after......

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D'Antoni really gave the Lakers a day off, because No. 3 was the day when the Clippers and Spurs grabbed the seven-game game, which was just the right time for the players to take a break, and the No. 4 and No. 5 days of rest after the opponents in the second round were determined.

Speaking of which, at this time, the Lakers have the advantage, although it was half and half of the training before, and the players practiced so much that their brains hurt, but they got used to it after a long time, and then when they came out to practice alone, it would undoubtedly be much smoother, and the winner between the Spurs and the Clippers only had two days of training, if the Spurs won, they still have to find a place to train in Los Angeles, and only some local universities in Los Angeles are estimated to lend them the stadium, and other commercial basketball stadiums are estimated to sweep them away, just kidding, Although the Lakers fans seem to be a little scattered, they would rather not make this money when the opponent asks them to rent a stadium, and maybe it will attract more Lakers fans to play with them, and then they will earn everything back.

And the Lakers also have the kind of fans who will harass opponents, especially local college fans, and the Spurs will inevitably be attacked by noise if they want to rent a stadium at a local university.

That's probably all the so-called home-court advantage in the playoffs.

On the afternoon of the 3rd, the Lakers' players who spent a night last night were still at home to supplement nutrition and physical fitness, while Kobe, Liu Ren, Gasol and others came to the Staples Center to watch the Spurs and Clippers tie-breaker.

In the first six games, the Spurs and Clippers both kept their home courts, and the last game returned to Los Angeles for play.

At the end of six games, the goal difference between the two teams has not only increased, but has even shrunk to two points!

The difference between the total points of the two teams in six games is only two points! You can see how fierce the two teams can fight at the bottom!

The Spurs-Clippers game is one of the last two games left in the first round, with the exception of the Cavaliers and Celtics, another tiebreaker in the East, the rest of the series is over, and the Warriors have started the first game of the second round with the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers and Rockets played five games, which was not much different from last season's playoffs, and the Trail Blazers were more comfortable beating the Rockets 4-1 after gaining experience.

The most critical point of the Rockets' loss is that they can't defend against Aldridge, and even the offense can't penetrate the interior defense of Aldridge and Lopets Jr.

The best interior player of the Rockets is Howard, who was shot crazy by Aldridge, although he is still very capable of jumping, he has lost his previous explosiveness, but he is no longer the invincible monster on the inside, so that Aldridge averaged 33 points and 14 rebounds per game.

Howard was blown up by Aldridge without any suspense, but he couldn't help but defend Aldridge, if it was the Rockets' other interior defenses, it was estimated that Aldridge would average more than 40 points per game......

The Warriors defeated the Grizzlies 4-2, I have to say that the Grizzlies are a piece of iron bone that is so hard that they can't win, and they have to make the opponent peel off their skin, the Warriors do their best every game, and the first four games only ended in a 2-2 draw, fortunately, Kerr has an idea, anyway, he has been running to drag the rhythm up, the small-ball tactics have been played to the extreme, Randle has gone to play center, and finally consumed the Grizzlies' inner double bear physical energy in the first four games, grabbed Tianwang Mountain, and defeated the Grizzlies in the sixth away game to advance to the second round.

Now the Warriors have started the first game of the second round against the Trail Blazers, just after the Spurs and Clippers game.

The Hawks in the East beat the Bulls 4-1, and the two slow teams played the most unnoticed series.

The Knicks and Nets won the city-to-town derby with the stronger Knicks 4-2.

The "evenly matched" game between the Raptors and the Wizards, but they didn't play much evenly matched, and the Raptors eliminated the Wizards 4-1, not that the gap between the Wizards and the Raptors was big, but that the Raptors were an international column, all pitchers, and this round of the series felt good, the Wizards' three-point team has always been terrible, and the Raptors used three points to shoot the Wizards to death.

The most anxious game in the East was the series between the Cavaliers and the Celtics, where the two teams were tied 3-3.

It's not that James wants to drag it out, but it's Lefou's injury season reimbursement! Only Tristan Thompson and Mozgov are left on the inside!

Then James and Irving began to play a lewd defensive combination with the Celtics on the outside, and it was difficult to get to the tiebreaker......