After playing G4, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles overnight in order to avoid being harassed by Sacramento Kings fans.

Because they swept their opponents early to advance to the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers players have nearly a week of rest next, so it doesn't matter if they are a little tired.

To Doon's slight surprise, even in the middle of the night, there were well-informed fans who spontaneously squatted at the airport and at the entrance of the Toyota Center.

"Kobe!"

"Shaq!"

"Doon!"

"Lakers Championship!"

After two rounds of playoffs in a row, the slogan of the Lakers championship is no longer coming out of Doon's mouth, and Lakers fans can't hold back the excitement in their hearts!

And the Lakers management, who originally wanted to sell one more playoff ticket, had to find some other ways to expand their financial resources because the Zen master did not listen to the announcement, and the Lakers players shared the same hatred and swept the king out of the game in advance.

So, with the growing enthusiasm of fans to win the championship, the Lakers management struck while the iron was hot and held a special fan meeting before the Western Conference Finals began.

The purpose is to stimulate Lakers fans by buying special playoff jerseys with "Take it Back" printed on them.

Take it Back means to take something back.

Just like Brother Xiaoma's classic line - I have waited for three years, just to wait for an opportunity, I want to fight for a breath, not to prove that I am amazing; I'm here to tell you that I have to get back what I lost!

Last season, the Lakers lost to the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals and missed the opportunity to win four consecutive championships, and the Lakers, who have made a comeback this season, will definitely want to regain the championship.

It just so happens that in recent times, the Spurs are still playing the Western Conference semifinals against the Timberwolves.

The Lakers' position must be to treat the defending champion Spurs as an imaginary enemy, hoping that the Spurs will advance to the Western Conference Finals, and then personally eliminate the Spurs to avenge the shame.

Judging from the current record, even though the Timberwolves have regular season MVP Garnett, they are still 2-3 behind the Spurs led by Duncan.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the G6 and G7 Spurs do not play two games in a row, the team that is more likely to advance to the Western Conference finals is undoubtedly the defending champion San Antonio Spurs.

In this year's Wild West, the Spurs look more average on the surface.

But in fact, there is the peak Duncan in charge, and the 04 Athens Olympics God of War Ginobili, plus a Spurs won the second leader Parker last season, and the GDP combination has begun to emerge.

In addition, the Spurs also have Bowen, Turkoglou, Horry and other elite soldiers.

If you really want to talk about it, the Spurs are just a little inferior to the Timberwolves with a three-headed monster in star taste, and the overall strength is stronger.

To put it bluntly, the Timberwolves have been in the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons, including being swept out of the tournament many times, for a reason.

If it weren't for Kassel and the madman, the iron-blooded tough guy Garnett's reputation would sooner or later fall to the point of being on a par with Maddie because of the fight and retreat.

Of course, the root cause of this phenomenon is that the Yin-Yang contract has been forfeited draft picks for several years.

Garnett doesn't have any decent helpers around him, and the Timberwolves' rotation players are not good enough to make the playoffs.

The Spurs were the defending champions before, and the Timberwolves were a first-round team, and the quality of role players on both sides has actually opened a big gap.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that in the series between the Spurs and the Timberwolves, the Spurs are the more advantageous side.

A few days later, the Spurs didn't disappoint Lakers management either.

After a tie-break, the Spurs defeated the Timberwolves 4-3 and advanced to the Western Conference finals and successfully met the Lakers.

On the evening of May 21, nearly 20,000 Lakers fans at the Staples Center, including the richest and Hollywood stars in the first row, wore special jerseys printed with "Take it Back."

It is worth mentioning that before the start of the season, the league officially announced the list of the best teams of the regular season this season.

Only the OK combination of the Lakers was selected for the best team, and Doon was unfortunately not selected.

However, both Bryant and O'Neal are players in the first line.

And the Spurs only have Duncan for a while.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, Big Ben and O'Neal Jr. were both second-team players, and the Pacers had one more Artest, winning the three-team.

Judging from the list of the best teams, Doon was not unjust.

In these days, the unspoken rule of the best team is that a team can have at most two people selected for the best team.

There are so many teams in the league, and they still need to eat a little pork.

Although the Lakers' OK combination is well deserved, if you want to give Doane another three, and other teams that make the playoffs but don't get the best team, you have to have an opinion.

The Pacers have the same record as the Lakers, don't they only have a second and a third team?

Thinking of it, Thompson only had two three-lineups before Durant couldn't play, and after Durant joined, the best team had nothing to do with him at all.

It instantly became clear to Doon that if he wanted to win personal glory in a superteam, he would either have the ability to manipulate the media to get them to vote, or at least become the second in the team.

And Doon, who already has the strength of a superstar now, is naturally not satisfied with only a few three-sills in his career.

To get back to the point, the Lakers and the Spurs still have an advantage in the G1 of the Western Conference.

Because the Spurs were still playing a tie-break with the Timberwolves last night, tonight is a back-to-back away game, and the physical strength of the Spurs players will definitely not be able to bear it.

After the game officially started, Doon and O'Neal came up with the same move that they had previously defeated the king, blocking and dismantling in a high position!

In fact, playing the Spurs, Doane doesn't need to play blocking and dismantling with O'Neal at all, just find someone to block and dismantle, as long as he picks Parker to play the wrong position.

It was also because O'Neal wanted to bully Duncan like he had bullied Webb before, so he continued to be courteous to Dunne several days ago, and invited Dunne to eat several meals, but Dun couldn't refuse, so he could only cooperate with O'Neal to fight like this.

With O'Neal helping Doon block Turkoglou, Doon held the ball past Rasu Nesterovic who pulled to the free-throw line, and O'Neal went to Duncan for trouble after receiving the ball.

Duncan stood up early and raised his hands to block O'Neal's attack, but O'Neal was still blocked by O'Neal with a shark splash.

However, although Duncan looks rather dumb, he is actually very smart.

I knew that I had to confront O'Neal and interfere with O'Neal's attack, but I couldn't resist hard.

Therefore, when O'Neal jumped and collided, Duncan took the initiative to retreat after the confrontation, which did not mean that he was knocked down by O'Neal's meat bullet chariot in one fell swoop like Webb in the last round of the series.

The Spurs' offensive round, if it was in the past, it should be the round of the free car, Parker and Duncan played blocking and pick-and-roll, and Parker burst to the basket to finish.

However, tonight, Bryant directly led Parker's defense of the whole court, making it a little difficult for Parker to dribble.

Because Ginobili was put on the bench, the Spurs didn't have a serious shooting guard, and in the starting lineup, the Spurs could only let Turkoglu pick up Parker.

At this time, Doon, who was defending Tekoglu, also immediately entangled, and with the help of the Hand check rule, it was difficult for Tekoglu to move an inch.

In the end, it was the veteran Bowen who bullied Fisher for being too short and helped the Spurs dribble the ball through the half.

However, Fisher was not idle, and when he was defending in the backcourt, he kept getting started and used small movements to consume Bowen's physical strength.

Bowen is 3D, and his independent offensive ability is very average, although Fisher is very short, but Bowen did not choose to shoot on his own.

The ball quickly passed to Duncan, but Duncan was not very easy to play against Malone.

Duncan still has lingering feelings about that kick back then.

And Malone also knows that his physical fitness is declining, and he can't withstand Duncan's strength, not to mention that Duncan's low-post skills are notoriously good.

As a result, Malone played a dirty defense in three ways, making Duncan, who was already not physically sufficient, play more and more hard.

The Spurs relied on Duncan's offense alone, and it was difficult to open up in the first quarter.

Popovich knew Duncan's difficulties and could only send Ginobili in advance.

However, Doon and Kobe Bryant locked up Parker and Ginobili together.

As for Bowen's open three-pointers, let him shoot well! It's impossible for Bowen to explode with three points and kill the Lakers in one fell swoop.

And when it came to the Lakers' offensive round, Doane directly signaled everyone to pull away, so that O'Neal didn't have to come up, just go to the bottom corner and squat.

Bowen is still defending Kobe, and Ginobili is playing against Doon, and there is no way to defend it.

Doon hit a high back and turned and rushed directly to the basket.

Duncan came over and Doon passed the ball to Malone, who caught the dunk in the air.

Back in the regular season, the Lakers used matchup win after matchup win to tell Popovich that Parker and Ginobili couldn't be on the court at the same time.

Since Popovich forgot and made a mistake again, Doon will naturally let Popovich remember more.

It didn't take long for Popovich to bring in Turkoglou, but to no avail, Doon was going to play the pick-and-roll.

Therefore, before Kobe Bryant broke out and took away the Spurs, the Lakers quickly opened up the point difference by relying on Doane's ball-holding offense, and laid the foundation for the G1 victory in advance as early as the first half.

In tonight's game, the Spurs' main body is not full of energy.

In the third quarter, Popovich was worried about Duncan's injury, and even directly pressed Duncan for 8 minutes, and only replaced Duncan after O'Neal came off the court.

Duncan doesn't have a problem with things like staggered trips, as long as he can win, Duncan doesn't care about anything else.

However, the Spurs are not in good shape as a team, and the Lakers are alive and well, looking like they want to eat the Spurs.

After the third quarter, the score of the two teams came to 67-90, a huge difference of 23 points.

The Spurs are a strong defensive team, and when they can't defend against the Lakers, they are doomed to lose tonight.

In the fourth quarter, the Spurs only played a symbolic half of the quarter and surrendered early.

89-115, the Lakers defeated the defending champion Spurs by 26 points at home in G1, and the domineering of the super team was undoubtedly revealed.

After G1 ended, many Lakers fans continued to stay at the entrance of the Staples Center, shouting in unison: "Let's go Lakers!" ”

There is no doubt that in the eyes of Lakers fans, as long as they can beat the Spurs, the Lakers can break out of the West and win another championship!

(End of chapter)