Chapter 188: Collision
"Wang Shuang played the Trailblazers in his first game, scoring 35 points on 7-of-12 three-point shooting, setting a playoff scoring record for Asian players."
"The Lakers easily defeated the Trail Blazers and the series got off to a good start."
"After the Black Eight won the Warriors, the Lakers have undergone a metamorphosis? Aiming for the championship? ”
"The Lakers may repeat the 1999 Black Eight Miracle in New York, and the Spurs and Thunder will be the biggest obstacles."
After the first game between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers.
There are all kinds of touted articles in the Chinese media.
Now many fans are already expecting the Lakers to reach the Finals.
Won the championship.
And just over two months ago.
The Lakers are still struggling to make the playoffs.
It has to be said that miracles happen in the NBA anytime and anywhere.
And when a miracle happens, people start expecting a bigger miracle.
For example, the Lakers reached the finals and won the championship.
In fact, judging from the Lakers' lineup, they want to win the championship.
It's really hard.
They can beat the Warriors in the first round.
There is an element of luck, and there is a relationship between the lineup.
There's also the Warriors' undermatching, as well as injury issues.
Moreover, the alliance may also be indispensable in this.
In terms of the penalty at the last moment, the referee still took care of the Lakers.
Especially like Wang Shuang's last-minute free throws in Game 6 to beat the Warriors.
This level of foul play can be blown or not.
As a result, the referee blew it, and Wang Shuang entered.
That's how the whole game turned out and the series changed.
If the referee doesn't blow for a foul, it's just a three-pointer.
The two sides are tied, and that goes to extra time.
The outcome is unknown.
In the state of the lake's physical performance.
It is estimated that they will not be able to beat the warriors.
The sixth fell, and the seventh went to Oracle.
Then the Lakers will definitely not be able to beat the Warriors.
As a result, the Lakers will receive a "Glory Despite Defeat" award.
Leaving an inconspicuous mark in history.
For future fans to sigh.
As a result, the referee blew the whistle.
Everything has changed.
Black Eight Miracle.
Aiming for the overall championship!
Win one in the semi-finals.
Some Lakers fans have already pronounced the Trail Blazers to death.
To do so is obviously disrespectful to the pioneers.
A day later, the second match between the two sides.
The Trail Blazers, playing at home, did not make the same mistakes as they did last time this time.
Stotts made a targeted defense against Wang Shuang.
Aminu was close to the defense throughout the whole process.
Other defenders on the perimeter come over from time to time to interfere.
At the same time, the Trailblazers gave full play to Flow's independent creativity in the offense.
Fully mobilize the Lakers' perimeter defense.
Lillard and McCollum both scored 20 points.
The Trail Blazers shot 12-of-25 from three-point range.
Nearly fifty percent hits.
117:105。
A 12-point advantage over the Lakers.
Kept one of his home turf.
After this fight, the tone changed again.
"The Lakers lost away from home, and the three-point rain shifted direction, can the miracle continue?"
"The Lakers have to defend their home court or they won't be able to withstand the two shots."
"Wang Shuang is already at the end of the crossbow? Can a return to Stamps be reinvigorated? ”
In short, in the turn-based NBA.
Trail Blazers players and fans were given a day of breathing freedom.
When we got to Los Angeles, the Lakers went through some adjustments.
In the third game, the Lakers narrowly beat the Trail Blazers by 95:92 and a 3-point advantage.
The difference was about 4 points again, and the penalty shootout at the last moment.
Don't give the Trail Blazers a three-point tie or a chance to overtake.
The Lakers are most familiar with how to win.
Fourth Battle, 89:85.
Slower tempo, lower scores.
But it's the same way to win.
A difference of four or five points.
Grind with positional warfare and slow tempo.
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Grind the pioneers to death.
The big score of the series came to 3:1 again.
The Lakers are one step away from the Western Conference Finals.
The Trail Blazers after returning to Portland.
Relying on the advantage of the home field, he won another game.
But the sixth game went to Los Angeles.
The Lakers have gained momentum.
109:91, a hearty victory.
This is the Lakers' bench explosion.
Nick Young, Lowe and others hit three-point shots frequently.
The Lakers' second team scored 45 points in this game!
The Lakers' bench players play on morale and luck.
A series can just erupt like this.
But one game was enough, enough for the Lakers to send the Trail Blazers home.
A team that finished at the bottom of the league just over two months ago.
Unbelievably reached the Western Conference Finals.
After winning Game 6 against the Trail Blazers.
Kobe Bryant finally had a slight smile on his face.
You know, even if Black Eight killed the Warriors in the first round.
Kobe Bryant was just smiling and didn't celebrate.
Now, after a six-year hiatus, it's back in the Western Conference Finals.
This is something that Bryant didn't expect before the start of the season.
Back in the locker room, everyone celebrated a little.
Bryant looked at his teammates in the locker room.
Six years have passed.
The group of teammates who accompanied him to win the championship at the beginning.
There is no one left, and all of them are gone.
Originally, Kobe Bryant was the last vestige of that championship division.
Unexpectedly, as a "widow", he was.
can also make it to the Western Final again.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the locker room has changed subtly.
Wang Shuang began to replace Kobe Bryant as the leader of the locker room.
Many times, the whole team needs to cheer up, and it is Wang Shuang who stands up.
Kobe Bryant wasn't someone who liked to beep a lot.
Now that he intends to make Xian, Wang Shuang's status is even more prominent.
Wang Shuang's average points per game in this round of the series have dropped.
He averaged only 17 points and 11 rebounds per game.
But he also averaged nine assists per game.
In the third and fourth battles, Wang Shuang contributed excellent defense and tandem role.
It is an indispensable mainstay of the team's victory.
Therefore, although the data has decreased, the effect has not decreased at all.
In the process of advancing the playoffs.
His central position in the team has become more prominent and solid.
At the same time, there are only 4 progress left in the main quest of Wang Shuang's [Grab the Boss].
As long as he wins the Western Conference Finals, he will complete this main mission.
The Lakers' opponent in the Western Conference Finals will be between the Thunder and the Spurs.
Just one day after the Lakers and Trail Blazers game ended.
The Spurs and Thunder played Game 6 in Oklahoma.
In the first five games, the Thunder led 3:2.
Originally, many people were optimistic about the Spurs in this group of matchups.
After all, the Spurs went 66-16 in the regular season, the best in team history.
If it weren't for the Warriors' 73-win stunt, they would have been the brightest star of the season.
And the Warriors were unexpectedly eliminated in the first round, giving the Spurs an excellent opportunity.
They swept their opponents in the first game against the Thunder.
At 92:124, the Spurs beat the Thunder by 32 points.
After this game, everyone felt that the Spurs series was stable.
In the second game, the Thunder narrowly won by one point.
In the third game, back to the Russian city, the Spurs won and regained home-court advantage.
The plot is going according to everyone's ideas, and the thunder is coming to an end.
In the fourth game, the two sides were tied, and they went to San Antonio to play Tianwang Mountain.
Unexpectedly, in the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Thunder slashed the Spurs away from home.
Westbrook scored 35 points to walk away with the win.
The Thunder avenged the 2014 Western Showdown.
Reached the Western Conference Finals again and attacked the Finals.
Thunder, the representative of the new era.
The Lakers, the afterglow of the old sunset.
In the West Finals, the collision was ushered in again.
(End of chapter)