On April 17-18, the first game of the first round of the NBA playoffs officially began, and the Los Angeles Lakers, the second place in the West, played at home against the New Orleans Hornets.

Hornets starting lineup: Paul, Belinelli, Ariza, Landry, Okafor Lakers starting lineup: Fisher, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Bynum At the beginning of the game, Paul showed his strong offensive ability, and Fisher couldn't keep up with Paul's speed at all, and was broken through in various ways.

Paul almost single-handedly messed up the Lakers' interior line, Gasol and Bydam didn't dare to go up to make up for the defense, Paul's real strength is not his offensive ability, but his passing ability, as long as he lets go of his defenders, then Paul will definitely have a way to pass the ball to him.

The Hornets relied on Paul's excellent play to start the game and they quickly started the game 12-4. On the Lakers side, Fisher scored five points in a row, and he led the team to a 9-0 counterattack wave, and the Lakers led by one point. Okafor and Bynum made second fouls, Paul and Landry each scored two points to give the Hornets a 19-17 lead. Odom hit one of two free throws and Belinelli hit another three-pointer to give the Hornets a six-point lead at 7-2. Gasol and Brown each hit layups as the Lakers trailed by two points at 24-26 after the first quarter.

As soon as the second quarter began, the Hornets scored consecutive points to lead 33-24, and Bryant scored consecutive points, and the Lakers chased it to 33-37 halfway through the second quarter. Both sides scored, but at that point, the Lakers' offense went awry, and the Hornets' Landry and Jack each scored on offense, giving the Hornets a nine-point lead at 45-36. Bynum made a layup, but immediately the Hornets' Gray hit a 3-pointer and caused Bynum to be replaced with three fouls, giving the Hornets a 52-40 lead.

Bryant scored on a jumper, Paul answered with a three-pointer at the top of the circle, and Artay hit a three-pointer from a long distance to put the Lakers up 47-55 at halftime.

For the Hornets, Paul had 11 points, 10 assists and three rebounds in the first half, Belinelli had 10 points, Landry had eight points, Jack had seven points, three rebounds and three assists, Gray had seven points and Ariza had six points and five rebounds.

For the Lakers, Bryant had 16 points and three assists, Bynum had eight points and six rebounds, Artest had seven points and eight rebounds, and Gasol had just four points.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Bynum hit a successful 3-pointer, and the Lakers chased seven points in a row to narrow the gap to just one point. Paul hit a three-pointer and Landry scored five straight points to give the Hornets a 63-55 lead. Bryant took over the game and scored six points alone, and he led the team to a quick 8-2 Jr** to chase the Lakers to 63-65. After a timeout, Bryant made two free throws to tie the score, Smith, Paul and Gray each scored two points, and the Hornets opened up again, Shannon Brown scored four straight points, and the Lakers ended the third quarter with a one-point trail at 72-73.

Jack and Green each scored four points and Gray hit a 3-pointer to lead the team to start the fourth quarter on an 11-4 run and the Hornets led by eight more points. Kobe Bryant and Atay combined to recover six points, Paul and Landry both hit two free throws, Kobe Bryant made three points, and Atay hit both free throws, and the Lakers chased it to 87-90. Paul stepped up and hit two jumpers to give the Hornets a 94-87 lead with 4:20 left in the game.

After the Lakers called a timeout, Artai scored five straight points to close the gap to just four, Jack hit a jumper, Paul hit four straight points, and the Hornets led 102-92 with 1:15 left before halftime. Odom hit two three-pointers in a row, but the Lakers struggled to bounce back and lost 100-109.

Losing the first game at home, the Lakers looked very unwilling.

The New Orleans Hornets gave the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers a blow in their opening game. Although Bryant scored a game-high 34 points. But Chris Paul had 33 points, 14 assists and seven rebounds, and four other players around him scored in double figures, and the Hornets withstood a Lakers comeback in the second half as they won 109-100 over the Lakers in Game 1 of the first round in the Western Conference, and the Hornets took home court advantage and gave them a 1-0 lead.

At the end of this game, Lakers fans miss Wang Meng sitting on the court, and unceremoniously said that the reason why the Hornets can win is because Paul is alone, Paul who almost got a triple-double is to lead the Hornets forward by himself, if Wang Meng plays, although he does not dare to say that he will kill Paul, but at least it is much stronger than Fisher, Wang Meng's defensive ability has been seen by many people, and many people have a headache when they are serious.

Not only that, if Wang Meng is on the court, he can also effectively share the pressure of Kobe Bryant on the offensive end, and look at the scores of the Lakers players.

Bryant had 34 points, five rebounds, four assists and five turnovers, and Artest, who was not good offensively, turned out to be the second highest-scoring player on the Lakers with 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the only player to score a double-double, Shark Andrew Bynum Jr. had 13 points and nine rebounds, Lamar Odom had 10 points, Derrick Fisher had eight points and five rebounds, and Pau Gasol had eight points, six rebounds and six assists.

What about the cheat? The Lakers' proud twin towers combined for 21 points and 15 rebounds? This is the result of one game at the All-Star level, but it is placed on two All-Star insiders.

In terms of the two interior lines of the United Hornets, Landry and Okafor combined score not much worse than the Lakers' twin towers.

The combined salary of the Lakers Twin Towers is as high as 30 million, but it is so watery. Phil almost didn't the two big men to death.

The game on the 18th was over, and the first game of the first round in the league was over.

The Lakers lost Game 1 at home with a score of 100-109.

They weren't the most humiliating, though, as the Spurs, who finished first in the West, lost 98-101 to the eighth-place Grizzlies.

The remaining team records in the West are as follows:

The Thunder beat the Nuggets 107-103.

Mavericks beat the Trail Blazers 89-81.

The Eastern Bulls beat the Pacers 104-99.

The Heat beat the 67ers 89-87.

The Celtics beat the Knicks 87-85.

Magic 93:103 lost to the Eagles.

But this is only the first game, and the playoff format is best-of-seven, and no one dares to say that they can win until the last moment.

There are still eight games left before Wang Meng's ban is lifted.