As the NBA playoffs get underway, the teams that make it to the second round are attracting more and more attention.

The reason why I want to make it to the second round is not only one step closer to the championship with the highest honors, but also to achieve a higher result at the end of the season.

The Lakers, Timberwolves, Spurs, Rockets, Cavaliers, Hawks, Magic, Celtics, these eight teams stood out from the sixteen playoff teams and became the teams competing in the second round of the playoffs.

Among them, the matchup between the two teams is very interesting.

For example, the Lakers, in an international metropolis like Los Angeles, with a superstar like Kobe, have never been short of topics, such as the Timberwolves, who enjoy extremely high popularity throughout Asia. When these two teams met together, it was like Mars hitting the Earth, causing a huge sensation.

Staples on the evening of May 4 was already overcrowded.

Here, you can see the least "united" Lakers fans, because here sit the most fashionable and glamorous Hollywood movie stars; Here, you can see the most gorgeous lineup of Lakers fans, big directors, big stars, big stars, and celebrities all appear in the first row of the courtside; Here, you can see countless ordinary Los Angeles Lakers fans, who are so old and have watched the game for a long time, even back to the time of Chamberlain.

The rise of the heavily built Lakers battleship is a matter of course.

It's not just fans who want to see the Lakers rise, the league also wants a showdown between the giants. Last year. The Celtics and Lakers reunited in the Finals after 20 years and earned enough ratings. There are many more articles in this than when the Spurs played the Pistons. Even the number of major reports during the finals period has increased a lot year-on-year.

It stands to reason that the Lakers are the team that reached the finals last year, and this year's regular season record also ranks first in the league, far exceeding the Timberwolves' regular season record. If it is according to the original style of the experts. At this moment, predicting the Lakers 4-0 and predicting the Lakers 4-1 should be common.

But the Timberwolves are so fond of smashing the experts' signs that they're being cautious about making predictions now. There are a lot of predictions about the Lakers' victory these days. There are really no experts who predict the end of a few games, and some experts even predict that the Timberwolves will cause another upset and unexpectedly kill the Lakers.

The same day was played by the Celtics and the Magic. Cause of jet lag. The game between the two teams preceded the Timberwolves and Lakers.

The seven games against the Bulls took too much physical effort, and the Celtics were always in a passive situation. Although the Celtics fought back in the final quarter, they couldn't recover the situation and eventually lost 90-95 at home, with Howard scoring 16 points and 22 rebounds, and Garnett remaining sidelined.

The '09 playoffs were undoubtedly painful for the defending champions, Garnett missed the entire playoffs after surgery on his right knee, and it took seven games to play the young Bulls led by a hairy boy. The three old guys were originally going to do it again this year. It's a pity that the times are not good, as the song says: I don't have that kind of life left. It's an infinite reverie for future generations, what if I, Garnett, hadn't been hurt

After the Eastern Conference, all eyes of the United States and the world were focused on the Staples Center.

At this moment, the Timberwolves players have completed the Staples appearance ceremony, and the pre-game warm-up training has also been completed, and the referee has carried the orange Spalding basketball onto the court, and he beckoned the players of both teams to prepare for the game.

The camera at the scene is obviously very good at finding the protagonist, and has been staring at Kobe and Zheng Ke, and finally, let them wait for the camera: Kobe Bryant and Zheng Ke and others hugged each other one by one, and the two hugged each other very generously.

"It's well lit." Zheng Ke laughed in Kobe's ear.

"It's a pity that this is my home turf." Kobe Bryant smiled the same and responded, "Staples is bound to win against the Timberwolves, are you ready?" “

Zheng Ke shrugged his shoulders indifferently, Kobe Bryant was always aggressive, like an African poisonous snake, the Black Mamba.

Today, the arena welcomed TNT's famous basketball commentators, Magic Johnson and Chris Webb, both of whom are arguably the most gorgeous basketball players in their respective positions, and let the two of them partner together to explain the gorgeous Lakers.

Johnson is undoubtedly a staunch Lakers supporter, and his commentary is always particularly biased towards the Lakers: "The Lakers have a winning rate of 80% in this game. “

"Why?" Webb asked with interest.

"The Lakers' interior line is too strong, and Bynum, Gasol's twin towers have completely blown up the Timberwolves interior line formed by Love, and Anderson. You know, on the basketball court, whoever gets the inside line wins the world, if the gap between the two teams is too big, and the Lakers just need to keep expanding this advantage, then the Timberwolves will definitely be at a disadvantage and eventually lose this game. “

Although Weber felt that his words were very reasonable, he couldn't turn this broadcast game into a hall of all support for the Lakers, not to mention that he didn't want to support the Lakers so clearly.

"I don't think so, the Timberwolves aren't weak on the inside. You know, Love can average 11 rebounds per game in the regular season, and Anderson also averages 2.6 blocks per game, which is very strong. Webb said.

"Well, even then, the gap in coaching is a bit big." Johnson said: "Phil [Jackson] is a championship coach, he has coached games, his coaching tactics, his coaching experience is far better than Randy [Whitman], and we have to mention the difference," Johnson said. ”

Seeing that Johnson seemed to have a tendency to grasp this problem, Webb hurriedly stared at the court and interrupted Johnson's words: "The game started, the Lakers jumped to win the ball and got the ball for the first offense. ”

Lakers lineup on the court: point guard Fisher veteran, scoring guard Kobe, small forward Ariza, power forward Pau Gasol, center Andrew Bynum.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Yue is currently also in the Lakers' playoff squad, the Lakers have a 14-man squad for this playoffs, but only 12 people played, although there may not be a chance to play, but if he can win the championship, Sun Yue can also get a championship ring.

Compared with Yao Ming and Zheng Ke, Sun Yue's NBA journey is not so ideal, the Lakers are full of talents, there are many outside players, and he has few opportunities to play in the Lakers, so when Zheng Ke sees him, he is always a little depressed.

Zheng Ke told him to wait patiently, don't be discouraged, and that hard training is more important than playing on the field. Listening to him say that he often used to be Kobe's sparring partner when he was training, Zheng Ke told him to take advantage of such opportunities, and the improvement in defense would make it easier for him to win the love of his coach.

In fact, Zheng Ke also thinks it's quite strange, since he entered the NBA, a lot of history has changed, but there are still many things that develop according to their original trajectories, Sun Yue's slow growth rate is expected by him, but Yao Ming's cocoon transformation into a butterfly makes him still incomprehensible. He remembered the "Enchanted Moment in Argentina" that everyone used last year, although this S-class prop was only a disposable item, it left a lot of "sequelae". Many Chinese players' potential has increased after using this item, and he feels that Yao Ming's "greatly increased skill" has nothing to do with this artifact.

And after winning such an anti-heaven artifact at the beginning, Zheng Ke has rarely had the opportunity to draw for so long, and most of the time, he has drawn some GS points and ordinary player skills, which is of little use. The system is helping him less, he is on the field, more often than not, relying on his own efforts.

Just like now, Ariza had a rare breakthrough layup, which was caught up by Zheng Ke from behind, and a slap was nailed to the rebound, and the rebounding ball was grabbed by Billups.

"Attack!"

The Timberwolves' characteristic offense, which penetrates like a mercury outlet.

Billups didn't look at the ball outside the three-point line, Zheng Ke received a pass from Billups in the middle, didn't dribble, jumped up directly in three steps, rounded one hand, and completed a tomahawk dunk!

"Hey, buddy. Don't take a shot in front of him, he and LeBron are the same type of players, and it's easy for you to be chased by him for a block when you shoot like this! ”

Bryant was very dissatisfied with Ariza's choice of shot this time, and when he returned to defense, he spread his hands and loudly told him about the next game matters.

Ariza knew that he had made a mistake, and the chick kept nodding his head, he looked back at Jackson, and found that the Zen master was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai, and had no intention of replacing him, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief (to be continued......