The next day, the biggest news in American sports was that the Lakers made the playoffs. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Did the Lakers make the playoffs? How is this possible? Didn't they even get together the five people who came on the field? How did you get into the playoffs? It's been more than half a month since April Fool's Day, why are you still making April Fool's jokes? What the? Eighth in the West? 49-33? No way! Two and a half months ago they lost 32, could it be that they have only lost one game in two months? It's definitely a lie! ”

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In the United States, the Los Angeles Lakers have always been the most watched team, and the Lakers' every move is also the most concerned.

And this year's competition in the West is really too fierce, the Grizzlies with a 49-win winning rate have reached sixty percent, but they still can't enter the playoffs, but the Lakers were able to play a wave of 33-1 after 16-32 and entered the playoffs, which is enough to surprise everyone.

In the entire NBA league, no one regards the Lakers as a weak team, and there are even many people who regard the Lakers as the favorites to win the championship.

At this time, another exciting news for Lakers fans also came out: Kobe Bryant is back!

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D'Antoni looked a little helpless, he found that Kobe and Zhang Guan did not seem to be very compatible, and when Zhang Guan and Kobe Bryant were on the court at the same time, it was like two Kobe, and there was a problem with the distribution of the ball.

Kobe Bryant is a ball bully, the whole world knows that. The meaning of "ball dominance" does not mean that Kobe Bryant can't pass the ball, on the contrary, if Kobe really plays assists, he is not inferior to a top point guard. "Ball tyrant" does not mean that Kobe Bryant can only play singles, singles refers to Marbury's type of player. "Ball tyrant" does not mean that you have to control the ball at all times and hold the basketball and not let go, so that others don't have to play, and it is enough to run back and forth.

The so-called ball bully refers to all the people in the team, who must play according to his style of play, rhythm and will, this is not just a tactical cooperation, or it is as simple as giving him the ball, but the whole team has to play around one person.

And Zhang Guan is learning from Kobe's experience book, his demand for basketball is the same as Kobe, and it is polite to say that Zhang Guan is another ball bully. When Kobe Bryant was not there, Zhang Guan took the place of Kobe Bryant's ball tyrant, and when Kobe Bryant came back, it was like two suns appeared in the solar system at once, making the eight planets revolve around whom?

"This can't be done, the rotation of the ball is very problematic, when Zhang Guan and Kobe Bryant are on the court at the same time, the players don't know how to play. Unless one of them is willing to change! D'Antoni shook his head in annoyance.

From the bottom of his heart, D'Antoni hopes that Kobe Bryant can change his style of play and accommodate Zhang Guan. After all, Kobe Bryant is 36 years old, and his body and shooting rate are not as good as before, unlike the omnipotence he was when he was young, and the iron striking is gradually increasing. Players at this age should slowly change their role, from the core of the team to role players. In comparison, Zhang Guan is younger, has better physical fitness, and has a higher scoring efficiency.

But it is obviously impossible to make Kobe Bryant change, if Kobe Bryant could really change his style of play, he would have changed it a long time ago!

"What to do! Do you want to let one of them go to the bench? It's unlikely! These two uncles are not materials that can be used as substitutes......" D'Antoni was pondering, but suddenly saw that on the training ground, Zhang Guan fell to the ground and didn't get up for a long time.

"Pause!" D'Antoni immediately stopped everyone and stepped forward himself.

"What's going on?" D'Antoni took it down.

"Twisted a little." Zhang Guan hugged his knees, sweating from pain.

"Team doctor! The team doctor, come here! D'Antoni shouted without hesitation.

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Reporters in Los Angeles soon got the news that Zhang Guan had sprained his knee in training and needed a week off.

"The playoffs are about to start in two days, but Zhang Guan has to take a week off, which means that he can't participate in the first three games! Without Zhang Guan, what will the Lakers do to play the Spurs? ”

"I thought the Lakers might be black! Now it seems impossible, as soon as Zhang Guan is injured, it would be good if the Lakers were not swept. ”

"Don't panic, don't the Lakers still have Kobe! Don't forget, Kobe Bryant has returned, and with him, there is still hope for the Lakers! ”

At this time, Lakers fans couldn't help but think of Kobe Bryant, who had just returned. Kobe Bryant has brought too many miracles to Los Angeles, and this time, it is time for Kobe to lead Los Angeles.

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April 20 at ATT Center in San Antonio, home of the Spurs. Since the Spurs have the home advantage of the playoffs, the first two games of the playoffs will also be held here.

Bryant stood on the sidelines, looking at the familiar field. In fact, for a veteran who has played in the NBA for nearly 20 years, any venue in the league is familiar to Kobe.

"In the first round of the playoffs last year, if I hadn't been injured, maybe I wouldn't have been swept by the Spurs! I didn't expect that in the first round of this year's playoffs, we were here again. Kobe Bryant took a deep breath, but Zhang Guan's figure inexplicably appeared in his mind.

"Zhang Guan! I have to thank him for bringing the team to the playoffs, but now, it's my turn to do it! Zhang Guan can lead the team to defeat the Spurs, and I will definitely be able to do it! Kobe Bryant's eyes showed a burning heat.

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"Kobe Bryant is old!" Duncan sat on the bench and watched the arena, and inside the arena, Bryant still ran like a gladiator.

"Old? You're going to be two years older than Kobe! You're embarrassed to say he's old! Ginobili, who was sitting on the side, spoke.

"We're all old." Duncan leaned back in his chair and tried to smile, but suddenly stopped his expression, remembering that he had once been sent off the court for a technical foul for laughing while sitting on the bench.

Ginobili, who was next to him, did not notice this, but continued; "Kobe Bryant's score has exceeded 40 points, this is the playoffs, you have scored 40 points in the playoffs, you haven't done it a few times, have you?"

"Four times! The most recent one was six years ago. Duncan shook his head and continued: "It's because of Kawhi (Leonard's) defense, otherwise, Kobe Bryant would have scored more points." Fortunately, Kobe Bryant is 36 years old, if it was Kobe Bryant ten years ago, no one would really be able to guard against him! ”

"But the Lakers still have to lose, even if Kobe Bryant scores 50 points, the Lakers still have to lose. Kobe Bryant isn't LeBron, and he doesn't have the kind of helpers Wade and Bosh have. Ginobili looked up at the scoreboard, and the score was 105-90 with the Spurs leading by 15 points.

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In the first game of the playoffs, the Spurs defeated the Lakers 108-95, and in this game, Kobe Bryant played 40 minutes and scored 42 points alone, but it was difficult to lead the Lakers to a victory.

As for the Spurs, the GDP combination played less than 30 minutes, and the Spurs almost relied on a set of semi-bench lineups to win the Lakers.

On April 23, in the second game of the playoffs, Kobe Bryant played 44 minutes again and scored 48 points. However, the Lakers lost 92-113 again.

Losing at the Spurs' home court is not a shame, and no team in the league can guarantee a deliberate win in San Antonio, but the way the Lakers lost was a little awkward, as Bryant scored a total of 90 points in two games.

Kobe Bryant scored high points, but the team lost, which is nothing new for the Lakers, who averaged more than 30 points per game in the seasons when Kobe Bryant averaged more than 30 points per game, the Lakers often lost, even in recent years, this situation has happened from time to time.

Sometimes, it's not a good thing to have too much desire to win, especially for Kobe, many times he gets high scores, but the scoring efficiency is not very high. For example, if Kobe Bryant's shooting percentage drops to 40%, the higher the score, the more shots he takes, which means the more opportunities he wastes.

Kobe Bryant at the end of his career was exactly like this, averaging about 20 shots per game, but his scoring efficiency continued to decline. Harden, who is also a point guard, is actually about the same as Kobe in terms of shooting percentage, and the number of shots is not as good as Kobe, but the average score per game is more than Kobe, in addition to Harden's three-point shots are slightly more, more importantly, Harden can cheat 10 free throws per game, and this data, Kobe Bryant is much less. This is the difference in scoring efficiency.

On April 26, the third game of the playoffs came to Los Angeles, the home court of the Lakers.

This time, the GDP combination finally played more than 30 minutes, and even the 38-year-old Duncan played 36 minutes.

And the Lakers lost again, 119-118, Danny Green's three-point shot made Kobe's 50 points in vain.

In fact, Bryant had done his best, and he was almost carried off the court. And the continuous high-intensity combat has made Kobe's old ankle injury have a tendency to recur, and he even needs the support of his teammates to walk.

Trailing 0-3 on aggregate, the Lakers seem to be back to last year's situation when they were swept by the Spurs.

And in the history of the NBA, there has never been a team that has been able to turn the tables after falling behind 0-3, and it can be said that the Lakers have fallen into a desperate situation.

"Are the Lakers going to be swept by the Spurs for the second year in a row?" The Lakers' home fans left Staples Arena disappointed.

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After this game, the Lakers announced two news, the first news was that Kobe Bryant was asked to rest by the coaching staff because he felt discomfort in his ankle and was worried about the recurrence of an old injury.

The second news is that Zhang Guan has basically recovered after a week of recuperation and will return in the fourth playoff game.

"It's already 0-3, what role can Zhang Guan play when he comes back at this time? Can he still lead the Lakers to a comeback? ”

"It would have been nice if Zhang Guan had come back one game earlier, 0-2 down, and it was at home again, and he could have come back. Now, it's 0-3, even if you win the next game, you will still lose when you get to the home court of the Spurs. Zhang Guan came back, at most to avoid being swept by the Spurs! 1-4 loss and 0-4 loss, the result is the same, both are eliminated! ”

On April 28, the fourth game between the two sides was still held on the Lakers' home court.

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