Chapter 518: First Round of the Playoffs

After the last press conference of the regular season, the regular season of the 2017-2018 season is officially over, and Sun Dahei finally got a few days of easy rest!

At present, Sun Dahei's daughter-in-law Gao Wanlu's belly has become more and more bulging, and the due date is still about three months away......

Speaking of which, Dahei owes a lot to Gao Wanlu in his heart, he has been fighting on the NBA court, even if he usually has a day off, Sun Dahei does not dare to relax and devotes a lot of time to training on the court......

This also leads to Sun Dahei's little time to accompany Gao Wanlu to do those things that should be done between couples, such as shopping and candlelight dinners......

In this regard, Gao Wanlu is also quite generous, and she does not blame Sun Dahei, as a traditional oriental woman, Gao Wanlu is still very considerate of Sun Dahei!

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On April 13, the Lakers ended their regular season schedule, and their playoff journey will begin on April 16th!

In the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers' opponent was the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Sun Dahei didn't have any pressure!

This season, the Timberwolves' performance in the early part of the season was very good, and even reached the fifth place in the West for a time, but unfortunately it was a little weak in the later stage, and the performance declined a lot, which led to the Timberwolves only ranking eighth in the West and entering the playoffs!

Weakness in the late game, which is also a common problem for some young players, there is no doubt that the Timberwolves are such a team made up entirely of young players!

The big man Anthony Downs has realized his potential more and more, although there is still a huge gap compared to Sun Dahei in terms of strength, but compared with some other top offensive centers in the league, he is not weak at all. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

At the Timberwolves' regular season closing press conference, reporters also asked Anthony Towns about the first round of the playoffs against Sun Dahei!

For this question, Downs hesitated for a long time, and really didn't know how to open his mouth......

As we all know, the Lakers have won the first place in the league's record list this season, while the Timberwolves only occupy the 14th place in the league's record list, which is basically a mid-table position.

From this, you can also see the huge gap in the strength of the two teams!

Towns really didn't know how to answer the reporter's question, and the reporter asked him if he had the confidence to defeat the Lakers led by Sun Dahei......

Say you have faith? Don't talk about others, he doesn't believe it himself, if the Timberwolves can beat the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs, it will be a fool's dream!

Of course, it is not impossible to do so, the only possibility is that Sun Dahei is suddenly injured and unable to play, in that case, it is really hard to say whether the Lakers are the opponent of the Timberwolves with the remnants of the Lakers......

Say no faith? This is not what a boss should say at all, even the boss has no confidence, how can the players under his hands play......

At the end of the day, Towns just said that the Timberwolves would win as many games as possible, play their own style, and learn from the playoffs......

Compared with Lillard's answer, Downs's answer undoubtedly seems to be more emotionally intelligent.

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Sun Dahei just laughed at Downs' answer, he had already released cruel words to lead the Lakers to a perfect playoff trip!

What makes a playoff trip perfect?

Of course, it is a 16-game winning streak to win the championship, which is perfect for the current Lakers!

In the history of the NBA, the best record of the playoff team should be the Lakers led by the original OK combination, and the original OK combination only lost one game before winning the championship, which can also be seen from the terrifying dominance of the OK combination!

And if Sun Dahei wants to raise the specifications of his playoff journey to perfection now, he must not lose the game, otherwise it is equivalent to just tying the record of the OK combination, how can it be considered perfect!

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Since they want to achieve a perfect playoff record, the Lakers must not lose in the first round series against the Timberwolves, which means that the Timberwolves must face the fate of being swept now!

On the evening of April 16, at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles, the first battle of the playoffs naturally attracted countless fans to watch the game!

As soon as Sun Dahei entered, he was shocked by the overwhelming MVP calls, this huge sound was shocking, even Sun Dahei, who has seen a lot of the world, was moved by the enthusiasm of the Lakers fans in the stadium in front of him.

"Good! In order to repay the fans at the scene, we must defeat the Timberwolves by an overwhelming margin in this game! Sun Dahei called many teammates to his side and began to do the final mobilization before the game!

In fact, there is no need to mobilize, the Lakers will be high-spirited, this season is undoubtedly the season of the Lakers, the season of the Lakers!

"Haha, Big Black Brother, we are not only going to beat the Timberwolves by a big score in this game, but also to sweep them and eliminate them on their home court!" Ingram was very excited, this was his first playoff journey, and the whole person was trembling with excitement!

Sun Dahei nodded, "That's right, our goal is to sweep the Timberwolves!" ”

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The Lakers are high-spirited, but the Timberwolves don't have such a strong fighting spirit, after all, they know that the final result will be a loss, and no one can maintain a high fighting spirit.

The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and Sun Dahei led the Lakers' starters to start playing!

The cheers of the fans at the scene became more and more intense, and after waiting for several seasons, they finally saw the purple and gold jerseys in the playoffs again!

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After Sun Dahei got the first offensive round for the Lakers, he didn't take the initiative to ask for the ball, this kind of game with a huge difference in strength, Sun Dahei has no need to do everything by himself!

In this game, Sun Dahei's real purpose is to train the Lakers' newcomers, that is, the Lakers twin stars who are currently starting!

The twin stars have little playoff experience, which is very bad in the playoffs, and Sun Dahei is also trying to use the Timberwolves to temper the Lakers twin stars!

There is no need for Sun Dahei to say more, Chris Paul also understood what Sun Dahei meant, and passed the ball directly to Ingram's hands at the beginning!

Outside the three-point line, Ingram saw that the Timberwolves defenders were not in place, so he directly opened his hand and shot a three-pointer, and hit it hollow out!

Sun Dahei patted Ingram's shoulder with a smile and praised it fiercely.

Sao Paul's face is also full of smiles, and this year's playoffs have given Chris Paul a different feeling!

Although it is said that during the Clippers period, St. Paul was also a frequent visitor to the playoffs every year, but I don't know why, even if the Clippers have the Big Three, Sao Paulo still has no score in his heart, and he always feels that he will sink in the first two rounds of the playoffs......

In fact, St. Paul's feeling is very reliable, and in the years of the Clippers, St. Paul was indeed planted in the first two rounds of the playoffs......

Now, São Paulo is full of confidence, and he feels that this season is the closest he can get to the championship!

Sun Dahei's super dominance gives Chris Paul an incomparable sense of security in his heart!

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"Whether you can win the championship depends on this season, God bless, I hope Sun Dahei can always stay healthy!" St. Paul prayed silently in his heart, and he also knew very well in his heart that the biggest reason why the Lakers can be competitive now is Sun Dahei.

Even, Chris Paul has a feeling that Sun Dahei seems to be a combination of Jordan Jr. and Griffin......

It seems that Little Jordan and Griffin are tied together, and the role they can play on the court is not as big as Sun Dahei......

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After Ingram hit a three-pointer, he sounded the horn of offense for the Lakers!

On the Timberwolves side, most of the main offensive points are actually on Anthony Towns, followed by Wiggins and Zach LaVine, two forward players.

And now, in the face of Sun Dahei's defense, Downs has a very strong desire to shoot, but he just can't score, and he plays two consecutive attacks in the opening game, one was blocked by Sun Dahei, and the other was seriously interfered with by Sun Dahei, the ball just smashed on the basket and didn't hit......

Sun Dahei's two successful defenses directly allowed the Lakers to play a wave of 7:0 climax, you know, the game only lasted less than two minutes!

Downs frowned, his heart was full of sorrow, he really petitioned to fight the Warriors, and he didn't want to face the Lakers with Sun Dahei!

Even, when the Lakers and the Warriors faced each other in the last two games, Towns prayed silently in his heart, hoping that the Warriors could win even one game against the Lakers!

In that case, the Warriors will be in first place in the West, and the Timberwolves' opponent in the first round of the playoffs will be the Warriors, not the Lakers, who are very restrained to the Timberwolves!

The reason why Towns doesn't want to fight the Lakers is simple!

If you play with the Warriors, the Warriors are garbage inside, even if they can't win, at least Downs' personal data will definitely be perfect! Even, if the Warriors' shooting percentage is embarrassing, the Timberwolves have no chance of winning a game to cover up their shame!

But playing a series with the Lakers, Towns, the strongest offensive point of the Timberwolves, is almost equivalent to being wasted, what can he do in the face of Sun Dahei's single defense?!

Moreover, it's not just Downs who is blocked here, Wiggins and Zach LaVine are also having a hard time......

These two little wolves, the offensive ability is actually very good, but the strong is the breakthrough ability, when it comes to projection ability, these two people's ability is actually average, and the hit rate can only be regarded as ordinary, and there is no bright spot to be found!

And now that Sun Dahei is guarding the inside line, it is really difficult for these two little wolves to find an opportunity to attack the inside line, and they can only rely on projection to attack......

And Ingram and Josh Jackson on the Lakers' forward line are both misplaced players with height and long arms, which can interfere well with the projection of the two wolf cubs......

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By the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves had trailed by as many as 17 points, almost being crushed by the Lakers in the first quarter......

The score of 35:18 between the two sides made the Lakers fans watching the game even more excited!

How long has it been since they've seen the Lakers beat their opponents so heartily in the playoffs?!

The game scene in the first quarter seemed to let the Lakers fans on the scene see the original SHOW-TIME, the dominance of the original OK combination, and the Lakers in the two years when Kobe Bryant won the championship!

It is worth mentioning that the Lakers, who led Kobe Bryant to win the championship twice, are the team with the highest offensive fluency in NBA history, and there is no one!

Now, the first quarter of the game on the court is to let fans find the thrill of beating the opponent when the Lakers were at their peak!

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The Timberwolves generals, during the interval, everyone's faces were very ugly!

They know that this series is hanging, no, it can't be said to be hanging, but it's completely out of play!

The difference in strength between the two sides is too huge, and one Sun Dahei completely shattered the Timberwolves' dream of qualifying!

You must know that in the first quarter of the game, Sun Dahei only shot twice, and most of the time, Sun Dahei was in a state of paddling, grabbing rebounds, passing the ball to teammates, helping teammates card positions, etc......

In this case, Sun Dahei didn't attack much at all, and the Timberwolves still lost to the Lakers with a difference of nearly 20 points!

How is this game still played?!

If it's in the regular season, that's fine! Timberwolves head coach Thibodeau can completely replace the main players off the court, in that case, the Lakers will definitely not rush to kill them all, and will leave a little face for the Timberwolves......

And now it's the playoffs, not just Thibodeau, I'm afraid it's impossible for any head coach to replace the main players in the first quarter......

"Cheer up, guys! There is indeed a big gap between our strength and the Lakers, we have to admit this, but we can't lose the game and be ashamed, no matter whether the game is lost or won in the end, we must play our own style! Thibodeau saw that the young players of the Timberwolves had lost most of their fighting spirit after the first quarter of the game, and quickly mobilized.

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In the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves returned to the court, and Thibodeau's mobilization still had a certain effect, since they knew that they couldn't beat the opponent, but they had to bite the bullet, these young players of the Timberwolves simply let go of themselves and began to fully show their individual abilities......

At this moment, you don't need to think about any tactics at all, just bury your head in your hand and rush inside......

This crazy way of letting go of self-play, the play is cool, but the effect is not good, and the scores of the two sides are further expanded!

By the time the halftime was over, the Lakers had a thirty-five point lead!

This kind of big victory to crush the opponent, Wharton Jr. is reluctant to let Sun Dahei play too much, at the moment Sun Dahei's health is everything to the Lakers, only when Sun Dahei is healthy, the Lakers can smoothly impact the championship......

If Sun Dahei is injured, then the Lakers will not be the champion, and it will be very difficult to get through the Timberwolves!