Sure enough, in the third game, Payton was directly relegated to the bench, and Fisher returned to the starting lineup...... The Lakers' triangle offense at its peak did not possess the ball, and it returned to the Staples Center, O'Neal once again made Mutombo experience what it means to be at the peak of the interior level, and once again staged the Lakers' peak, what kind of horror shocked the entire league.

This is not so unexpected by Nelson Sr., although I don't know what the Lakers will do, but the Lakers will definitely have a bottoming out.

So after Mutombo couldn't stop O'Neal, the old Nelson actively replaced his substitute players, replaced offensive players, and even increased the speed of the whole team, so that O'Neal's physical strength was accelerated to run out.

Old Nelson believes that the bench lineup led by Kobe and Payton is definitely an important moment for his team to take the lead, but unfortunately the old Nelson was wrong, Kobe Bryant in the bench is not the absolute core, but Payton!

Payton and Wang Zhizhi have partnered to become the core operating force of the bench, although Payton has not been as good as the current Kidd in recent years, but he can still do whatever he wants in the face of Terry and Marquis' defense.

The Mavericks' bench players are too young, and they are even more immature in terms of defense alone, and they lack depth from defense.

And Kobe Bryant, who came to the bench lineup to continue to lead the team, did not take the initiative to ask for the ball to attack again, but as a point that the Mavericks must defend, Kidd, who had the best defense, came to the bench to no avail, although Payton came to the bench, but he was even happier.

Peyton was happy, but Nelson Sr. lost a game!

Look at the smile Jackson has on him. Old Nelson was directly angry! How many years has no one dared to compete with the old Nelson on offensive madness?

So in the fourth game. Nelson Sr. opened directly with a change of formation. Kidd, Terry, Josh, Nowitzki and Jamison all five direct scorers played...... The elder Nelson directly strengthened all the outside rotation defense, making the space needed for Jackson's triangle offense extremely weak, and it became very difficult for O'Neal to connect to the basketball, let alone organize the offense on the inside!

In this game, Nelson Sr. is betting on his offense, betting that the Lakers' outside three-point ability is worse than before.

Kobe Bryant faced such a defense, but unfortunately Kobe and Fisher were the only defensive focus of the old Nelson, and the three points of Fox and Wang Zhizhi were considered to the greatest extent in this game...... The result of the exam is that four out of twelve will be passed.

Seeing O'Neal constantly facing the bag on the inside, the current situation of physical exhaustion. Jackson can only let Kobe Bryant become the core again to continue to break through the layout of the old Nelson, Wang Zhizhi and Kobe began to block and dismantle constantly, and other players waited for opportunities to act, and began to continue to add to the 'big holes' left in the previous game.

But in this game, the Mavericks went crazy as a team, Kidd handed out 15 assists in the game, and all the main players fired on the outside, that is, the Lakers became extremely powerless in the face of a crazy five scoring double-doubles and three scoring 20s.

The loss in this game directly told the Lakers that talent is not just something they have. The Lakers can't rely on their talent to crush opponents as they did in the past, and there aren't as many things as they used to be. If the Lakers are to win, they will have to work elsewhere.

The consequences of the playoffs in the West are unpredictable, but the East has already seen the two teams in the second round of matchups.

The game between the Pistons and the Hornets was a 4-0 game, and Larry Brown had adjusted all the players to the best to face the Knicks, according to him, this game, and all the players played according to the heart of the Finals.

The Pacers also swept 4-0 in the face of the Celtics, and it seems that the pressure on the Knicks is not only on the Pistons, Artest is very successful in facing Pierce's restrictions, and the Celtics are now in addition to Pierce has a certain offensive ability, others can only be regarded as unhelpful guys.

The Heat's youth team also performed extremely well against the Bucks, and the Heat's own iron-blooded defense did not throw, especially Odom's performance was even better, perfectly defeating his opponent, Tim? Thomas.

The bucks, who were already willing to rebuild, are now even more determined to rebuild.

But the Heat team in such a state, but no one thinks that they will break through the Pacers' defense, the form of the East is already extremely clear after entering the playoffs, many people think that the final result will definitely be born in the second round of the game, the Pistons and the Knicks, whoever can win the final victory, who may be the final Eastern champion!

No matter how much the Pacers say, Reggie Miller is also old, without Miller's three-point support, the Pacers' interior line must be on the losing side in the face of strong interior lines such as the Knicks and Pistons, and Artest can only take care of one of the points, although Artest's ability to hold the ball is also very strong, but Artest, who relies on his personal talent to play, is not a very trustworthy point, and the Pacers can now take too few players.

On May 6, 04, the Knicks ushered in their second round of playoffs in Madison Square Garden, the first game against the Pistons, and it was 11 days since the end of the game with the Wizards on the 25th.

There are no Knicks games in the league, and they haven't become a little boring, at least the big game in the West attracts the attention of all fans.

The Timberwolves really didn't give the Rockets another chance in the late game, and directly eliminated the Rockets 4-2. After two games, the wolf king is powerful. He had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. He scored 34 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in one game, especially Randolph, who was his defensive object, with 7 points and 4 rebounds in one game, and only 11 points and 7 rebounds in one game.

Only then did everyone turn their limited attention to the direction of the Timberwolves, mainly after watching Garnett's highlights, oh! Let out such and such an exclamation!

And then I didn't have any interest in watching a replay for the whole series.

Although it is already a topic of public attention who will compete for the MVP of the regular season between Garnett and Hill, in terms of the team's style of play, Van Gundy's defense meets that of the Timberwolves...... Compared with the other two sets of exciting matchups, the process of this game is really a bit different.

The matchup between the Lakers and the Mavericks is worthy of an offensive battle, and since Mutombo has proven himself that he is not O'Neal's opponent in terms of individual defense ability, the Mavericks have set their sights on their own side of the offense.

In the next four big battles, the Lakers and the Mavericks have someone who can stand up in every game, although Kobe Bryant is the object of key guarding, but he still relies on blocking and rotation, and Kobe Bryant, who does not hold the ball in his hand, is also very scary.

It is not so incomprehensible that Kobe Bryant averaged 26 points per game in the next four games, and then both sides scored more than 105 points per game, which attracted the attention of fans to this matchup.

O'Neal is not old after all, as long as the Mavericks' shooting is not sure, it is O'Neal who is the most sure.

Coupled with Wang Zhizhi's high-level strategy and active defense, although it still can't be compared with the peak Horry, but at least it is from a young man's experience defense, after the Lakers training Wang Zhizhi can not be said to be reborn, but at least their own ability is constantly strengthening, the Lakers, a team that relies on talent to play tactics, can cover up Wang Zhizhi's shortcomings to the greatest extent.

And what about the Mavericks? Jamison finally proved that there is no way to coexist with the driver, the two play styles are too similar now, although Jamison has three-point ability, has the ability to carry the basket, and is even willing to go inside to grab rebounds, but he is his scoring ability, and it is also the ability that can be limited by Wang Zhizhi.

As a shooter, he is still not very stable enough, especially in the Lakers rotation, with Jamison's height, his breakthrough ability is also limited, as a player who can hook in the three-second zone, Jamison's height and weight are restrained by O'Neal, and Kidd plays blocking and dismantling, and there is no very good quality of coverage......

Jamison perfectly showed all his 'weaknesses' in this playoffs, and this weakness is infinitely magnified in an opponent level like the Lakers.

Josh Howard is still just a rookie, and his ability to help defend, especially against Kobe, is good, but it can't affect the course of the game.

In any case, in the confrontation that Kobe Bryant is used to, the current Josh Howard can give Kobe Bryant is really limited, and the current lineup can effectively help defend and put pressure on the Lakers, and other forward players other than Josh are obviously unqualified.

Nowitzki's sideways defense and sideways movement are one of his few weaknesses, and the previous Mavericks didn't pay attention to this because the Mavericks were originally the kind of team that focused on offense, and after the Mavericks changed to a balanced offense and defense, there will definitely be many points that they paid attention to before, or that have little to do with the team's win.

In the end, the Lakers won the final victory by a score of 4-2.

It can't be said that this season's Mavericks have been unsuccessful, but when Nelson Sr. suddenly changed his mindset to win for the sake of victory, the former Celtics' decorated player really has his own unique stubbornness.

Nowitzki was the first to run back to the locker room after the loss, and the shy big man from Germany was playing the playoffs for the first time as an absolute centerpiece, and although he performed very well in the first two games, Phil made Payton start again and mainly defended him.

Nowitzki averaged just 17 points per game in his final four games...... Such a score directly led to the Mavericks' inability to follow-up, and it was also the main reason for the team's loss.

When Jackson's mind is not on O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, when his focus is on how to win the game, such a Laker is the champion Lakers. (To be continued.) )