The day after the Warriors and Jazz, on April 21, the remaining four teams in the West also had a fierce encounter, the Lakers sat at home against the Mavericks, Gasol and Nowitzki, the two players representing the top interior in Europe, played against Nowitzki is great, Gasol is slightly inferior to him, but the boss of the Lakers is not Gasol but Kobe, but the boss of the Mavericks is Nowitzki.

The boss of the house just barely overtook the second leader of the family, and the defeat of the Mavericks became inevitable.

The Lakers beat the Mavericks 128-114 at home to claim their first win of the first round, and the combination of Kobe Bryant and Gasol defeated Nowitzki's one-core Mavericks. Gasol also ushered in his first playoff victory after a 0-12 playoff journey.

The Mavericks have had a rough season as their other core player, Kidd, has been injured.

Yes, Jason Kidd, the point guard who can still rank in the top four in the active league, was finally managed by Cuban to get the Mavericks, but it was less than two months after he came, he was injured, and he had a recurrence of his knee injury, and it was ironclad that he would miss the playoffs.

On February 13, 2008, the Dallas Mavericks completed a trade with the New Jersey Nets, in which the Mavericks sent Devin Harris, Desague Diop, Trenton Hassel, Maurice Iger, Keith Van Horn, two future draft picks, and some cash in exchange for Jason Kidd, Marrick Allen, and Antoine Wright from the Nets.

The Mavericks haven't had an All-Star point guard since losing Steve Nash, and young guard Devin Harris, who just signed a contract extension this season, has been doing well, contributing a career-high 14. 4 points 5. 3 assists, but the Mavericks are not willing to wait any longer, and they dare not wait any longer.

The Eastern Green Shirts formed BIG3, and the Western first the Lakers recruited Gasol to get their hands on it, and then the Suns were not far behind and replaced O'Neal, and the Mavericks were anxious when they saw this formation, and even the gentle Nowitzki said cruelly: Hurry up and find me a good helper.

Cuban is the league's most consummate owner, and he immediately spent half a team in exchange for Kidd from the Nets. Kidd is definitely the best pure point guard in the league - considering his rebounding ability, the term pure point guard may not be very appropriate, this guy averaged 8 rebounds per game last season, and the league has to be overshadowed by this point!

After Kidd arrived at the Mavericks, he immediately organized the team to an eight-game winning streak, and then he didn't, and then he suffered a recurrence of his knee injury and has been sitting on the bench until now, which is why the Mavericks will fall to seventh in the West, and they were the regular season champions last season.

Of course, the Suns were also unlucky, they exhausted their efforts to get O'Neal, but when the game started, they found out that the current O'Neal is no longer the big shark that the Lakers beat them to the north during the three-in-a-row championship, the shark is old and can't swim, so they can only play positional battles.

But the Suns are a partisan team, D'Antoni is coaching, Nash is in possession, such a team can still play positional warfare, are you kidding?

Whether it's a joke or not, in short, now the Suns have become a joke in the league, and trading O'Neal with the Heat not only did not make them a better strength, but the team's record plummeted, last season it was second in the West, this season it became sixth in the West, and the Mavericks have become difficult brothers.

The current Mavericks and Suns are in a very similar situation, both of them have a much worse regular season record than last season, and they also lost the first game of the first round of the playoffs.

The specific scores of the four quarters between the Lakers and the Mavericks (Lakers behind): 22-26, 34-32, 22-39, 36-31. Nowitzki had 30 points, five rebounds and seven assists, while Josh Howard had 12 rebounds and Josh Howard contributed 23 points and 14 rebounds and Stackhouse contributed 15 points, but the other two players and one bench combined for just 16 points.

For the Lakers, Gasol contributed 20 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocks, Kobe Bryant scored 18 points in the last 8 minutes and contributed 32 points in the game, Odom had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Walton contributed 16 points.

At the beginning of the game, Nowitzki helped the Mavericks start the game 6-7, Laker Radmanovic made two fouls and left the game early, but the Lakers used Kobe to attract defense, Odom and Gasol cut into the restricted area, the firepower of the German tank was quickly suppressed, Wharton and Famar helped, the Lakers opened the score with a wave of 12-4 climax 23-13, 3 minutes after the first quarter, Nowitzki and Howard combined to score 9 points, and at the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks fell behind 22-26.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Stackhouse completed a beautiful "2+1" as soon as he came up, and then scored an inside slam dunk, which did not show any age from him, which surprised Mavericks fans, and after Kidd's injury, their only outside support was Jason Terry and the 34-year-old veteran.

The veteran did not disappoint the fans, he first hit two 3-pointers in a row, followed by two more mid-range shots, Terry came off the bench to perform quite vigorously, in Kobe Bryant's "2+1" after completing a "2+1", the Mavericks completed a 19-7 climax in the first five minutes of the quarter to lead 41-33. Gasol stepped up in time to score four straight points and scored six of the Lakers' worst eight points at 2:02 of the quarter, giving the Lakers a 58-56 lead at halftime.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Kobe Bryant and Gasol teamed up, and the two scored 13 points, while Terry and Starkerhouse suddenly turned off, and the Lakers' 17-4 surge extended the difference to double digits. Terry scored two consecutive baskets, but Gasol and Odom's firepower continued unabated, and the Mavericks were unable to chase points for a while, even though Kreiza made a layup and a good 3-point performance, but two 3-pointers from Radmanovic and Famar still gave the Lakers a 97-78 lead in the first three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, the Mavericks tried to fight back, Nowitzki directed a 13-4 counterattack at the beginning of the quarter to narrow the gap to 10 points, but Kobe Bryant immediately hit a 3-point layup, the score was pulled away again, Nowitzki and Howard then teamed up to counterattack, the two swept the team's worst 8 minutes of 23 points 20 points, Kobe Bryant was not to be outdone and scored 15 points alone, the Mavericks' counterattack ended here, Nowitzki then left the court with six fouls, and the Mavericks immediately collapsed and lost.

The Mavericks lost, and neither did his brother, the Suns.

The Suns this season is a complete tragedy, I really don't know what their uniform team thinks, they actually replaced O'Neal, an old shark, with Marion, one of the Suns' iron triangles, not that the two are much worse in ability, if they play singles, I believe Marion will be beaten out of by O'Neal, even if the shark is old, but no matter how old the shark is, it is still a shark.

The problem is that the Suns are a run-and-gun team, and this system is a good fit for Marion, not O'Neal. To use an analogy, Marion's ability bonus in the Suns is 200%, Nash can add him a fast-break aura, a running aura, and a variety of projection auras, but O'Neal here is a 50% reduction in ability, he and Nash hurt each other, he gave Nash a sluggish aura, and Nash gave him a weakening aura, and the most injured one was the Suns anyway.

Although the Mavericks and the Suns are brothers, everyone knows that the Mavericks are losing in the present, and they are finished this season but can make a comeback next season because they will get a healthy Kidd at the start of next season. Kidd can actually play this season, as long as he grits his teeth.

But Cuban and the Mavericks took more safe measures, they let Kidd recover from the injury, this season is considered a practice, and next season Kidd can return with full blood. And as long as Kidd returns full of blood, then the partnership between him and Nowitzki can definitely set off a bloody storm in the West.

As for O'Neill and the Suns? Oh, pull it down, O'Neal is waiting to retire, and the Suns are waiting to rebuild.

The Hornets home game against the Suns, this game is seen as the league's No. 1 point guard battle, and this season Chris Paul officially ascended the throne as another emperor of the league's point guards, and started a battle for the number one point guard against the league's MVP Nash.

The Suns led all the way in the first half, but after the start of the second half, the situation changed abruptly, and the first six minutes were scoreless, and the Hornets took the opportunity to overtake the score, although the Suns fought back wildly in the fourth quarter, but it was too late. In the end, the Suns lost 96-102 to the Hornets......

Three players from each team scored in double figures, with Smalls scoring 33 points and 7 rebounds, Nash 23 points and 10 assists, and O'Neal 19 points and 14 rebounds. For the Hornets, West had 18 points and nine rebounds, Paul had 32 points and seven assists, Peja scored 29 points, and Tyson Chandler had 15 rebounds despite only six points, ensuring the team's victory on the defensive end.

After the start of the first quarter, the Suns mastered the first offense, and O'Neal forced a foul on West, making one of two free throws. Later, the two terrifying point guards began to show a conversation, and Paul faked a fax shot and hit a high jumper when he came up.

O'Neal and Smalls ravaged the Hornets basket, the Hornets attacked continuously, Nash made a mid-range shot, and the Suns made a 9-2 Hornets. After the timeout, the Hornets began to let Paul take the lead, and Paul lived up to the high expectations of his teammates and coaches, scoring six points in a row. But then the Hornets became silent again, O'Neal forced Chandler to score, Smalls scored 8 points on a dunk shot, the Suns hit a 10-2 mini-climax, Peja missed a long shot to start a close battle, and then made a layup, O'Neal two points also colored, Bell scored three points, the Suns 26-12 Hornets, at the end of the first quarter, the Suns 35-26 Hornets.

After the start of the game in the second quarter, Dio scored 3 points with free throws, Peja scored 7 points in combination with the inside and outside, the Hornets pressed step by step, Chandler then hit one of two free throws, and the Suns 38-34 Hornets. Xiao Si made a layup, O'Neal rewarded West with a hot pot, the Suns stabilized the situation, O'Neal and Xiao Si each scored 2 points, Nash hit a shot, and the Suns led the Hornets 50-38.

As soon as Paul saw that his teammates were too scummy to come to the main offense, he bullied Nash to defend badly, and scored 6 points in a row by breaking through to put pressure on the Suns. Then West made a layup, and the Hornets began to chase points. Smalls made a layup behind Paul, O'Neal and Nash each scored 2 points, and the Suns opened up the gap again, but Paul became more and more courageous, and later caused O'Neal to foul and hit both free throws, and at the end of the first half, the Suns led the Hornets 61-54.

After the start of the second half, the Suns were in trouble. Paul scored 4 points in a row, and then the two sides made consecutive mistakes, Paul added two more points to the shot, and the two sides were tied at 61, O'Neal missed both free throws, the Suns did not score in the first 6 minutes, and the two teams played iron in a row, but the Hornets had an offensive genius, Chris Paul, and the queen bee hit the shot again, and then assisted Peja to hit a shot.

Seeing that Paul was too arrogant, Nash decisively showed his offensive talent to his juniors, and he made a solo attack to help the team break the scoring drought, but by this time the Suns were already behind, trailing the Hornets 63-65.

The shooting percentages of both teams still did not improve, West grabbed a rebound and scored a layup, and then got two more free throws, both of which were hit, and Paul scored a layup on the air to give the Suns 63-71 Hornets.

Then Nash made a layup, O'Neal turned around and made a heavy dunk, and the Hornets saw that the shark was going to be arrogant, and decisively sacrificed the "shark cut" tactic, who knew that O'Neal made 5 of 6 free throws. Fortunately, the Hornets' offense also opened up, Chandler made a dunk, West turned around and hit a basket, the Hornets continued to control the situation, Peja hit both free throws, and at the end of the third quarter, the Suns 72-81 Hornets.

After the start of the fourth quarter of the game, Xiao Si hit two free throws, the Sun hit iron continuously, Peja's three-point flying knife showed its power, and won again and again, Xiao Si shot out again, Paul grabbed the rebound and played a dragon layup, the Hornets firmly controlled the situation, Oberto scored a layup, and the Suns 75-92 Hornets.

Xiao Si hit both free throws, and Paul hit the shot to return the color. The two sides continued to play iron, Nash made a layup, and the Hornets continued to maintain a lead of more than 10 points, after which Xiaosi broke out and scored consecutive points, and the Suns began to chase points, Nash made a shot, and the Suns 91-96 Hornets.

But the Hornets are not vegetarian either, Paul's decisive breakthrough caused a Nash foul, he hit one of two free throws, and then he received a pass from Peja to pick up a basket, and then Peja hit a shot, the Hornets controlled the rhythm, and Xiao Si accepted the pass and hit a three-pointer, it was too late, and in the end, the Suns lost to the Hornets 96-102.