freeallnovels Chapter 222 217 [The Situation]
Chapter 222 217 [The Situation]
Chapter 222 217 [The Situation]
FedEx Arena, with the passage of time, the atmosphere of the entire arena became more and more silent, and even the flow of people gradually left quietly.
The reason is simple. When the Lakers gradually widened the point difference, the Memphis Grizzlies, a tenacious team, seemed to have no energy to close the point difference again. They could only watch helplessly as the point difference gradually widened. expand.
Also, although it is true that there are no underdogs in the NBA, in the face of absolute strength, any tactic is vulnerable, and it is also a tactic.
104: 92!
The game was over, and the Los Angeles ended the first-round series with a 4-0 sweep.
Of course, for them, defeating the Memphis Grizzlies is not something that needs to be celebrated, because it is expected, because they have a greater goal, which is to defend the championship, and defeating the Memphis Grizzlies is just the beginning .
"We completely lost the initiative in the fourth quarter. Obviously, my players tried their best, but in the face of absolute strength, we can only accept failure."
"From the first game of the new season to the present, everyone has witnessed. I mean he has been improving, and even his every improvement is like a miracle. There is no doubt that he will be the best. I Take that for granted, he’s one of the most special ones, he’s both offensive and defensive, he’s composed, he looks like he has everything it takes to be a legend.”
It is not difficult to admit that others are strong. In real life, it is also common to praise the strong.
For Memphis Grizzlies head coach Mike Fratello, after the series with the Lakers, besides being helpless with Kobe Bryant's superb performance as always, for the other of the purple and gold twin stars, he also Even Li Hao's performance was equally impressive.
In Mike Fratello's own words, he thinks that Li Hao has all the conditions for a legend.
For a strong man, getting the approval of his opponent is the greatest affirmation to a certain extent. From this perspective, it is obvious that Li Hao has already succeeded.
In fact, in this series against the Grizzlies, Li Hao won not only the Grizzlies coach Mike Fratello, but also Sean Battier.
What kind of existence Li Hao is on the defensive end, perhaps many people have already experienced it last season.
As for Sean Battier, after the series with the Lakers, Li Hao's defense left him a very deep impression.
In Sean Battier's own words, it was simply incredible.
"I joined the NBA in the 2001 draft, for me, I've been in this league for four years, I think I've guarded a lot of good offensive players, of course I've been stopped by a lot of good defenders, but honestly, Lee's defense was horrible, maybe I should describe it as unheard of"
In the post-match press conference, Sean Battier said this. It can be seen that the team was swept out, which made Battier very uncomfortable. His expression was very bad, but after talking about Li Hao, Battier Thiel still has to praise, of course, his body language looks helpless, which may just reflect Battier's true inner feelings.
He averaged 19.9 points, 9.6 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game. These are the statistics Li Hao achieved in this series against the Grizzlies.
Compared with the regular season, his scoring average has indeed dropped significantly. For those data addicts, maybe they will question Li Hao's role in this series.
But when they see an average of 9.6 assists per game, and an average of 2.2 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, maybe they will quickly think of something.
That's right, it's role adjustment.
The regular season and the playoffs, everyone knows that these are two games with completely different rhythms.
In other words, Li Hao, who is a superstar in the regular season, can let himself go. When the team has an excellent record, he can fight for personal data and personal honor as he pleases.
But not in the playoffs.
For victory, for advancing to the next round, for the championship.
From the role players to the superstars, everyone has to make certain sacrifices so that the team can win.
This is what head coach Rudy Norwich said to all the Lakers players before the start of this series.
Li Hao is not that kind of selfish person, he values personal data and honor very much, and he values collective honor even more.
Therefore, he chose to sacrifice actively, that is, to reduce the number of shots on the offensive end, and to support the team's defense as much as possible while organizing the team's offense.
As for the siege of the city and the end of the game, most of them are handed over to Kobe.
Of course, rather than handing it over to Kobe, it's better to say that Li Hao trusts Kobe [-]%.
Averaged 31.2 points per game.
Kobe did not fail Li Hao, nor did he fail the trust of Rudy Tom and Norwich. Therefore, the Lakers killed the Grizzlies 4-0 without bloodshed.
The purple and gold twin stars, one offense and one defense, they look absolutely seamless.
Of course, for many fans, they don't understand the invisible tacit understanding between Li Hao and Kobe.
Especially for Li Hao's fans, they felt that Rudy Tom's and Norwich's tactical arrangement was unfair to Li Hao.
Why should it be Li Hao who defends this kind of thankless dirty and tiring work, but Kobe is the one who gets the limelight and gets the high score?
Everyone felt that Rudy Tom and Norwich deliberately suppressed Li Hao.
In fact, this kind of argument has already been mentioned in the regular season, but at that time, everyone mentioned it in a different way.
As we all know, in most games of the regular season, Li Hao's performance can be compared with Kobe's. At that time, someone raised the question, who is the boss of the Lakers, Li Hao or Kobe?
Is it really Kobe?
Why can't Li Hao?Li Hao's performance doesn't look worse than Kobe's?
In the end, it was Li Hao who took the initiative to stand up and explain all this. Li Hao said that it doesn't matter who is the boss, the important thing is that the Lakers can keep winning.
The excellent record in the regular season made this voice gradually subside.
But now in the playoffs, when Li Hao's scoring average dropped significantly, someone finally raised this question again.
"That's not a problem. In my opinion, Lee and Kobe are the same type of players. They want to win and want to win championships. For this, they both can make sacrifices. At this stage, Kobe is really on the offensive end. Slightly stronger, and Lee is solid on the defensive end, they are also willing to accept such a division of labor, but I would say that this is not set in stone, when Kobe has a bad touch on the offensive end, he will take the initiative to take on the defensive end responsibility, and then let Lee play on the offensive end"
"To give a simple example, the third quarter of Game [-] against the Memphis Grizzlies was like this. It was Lee who stood up and led the team to comeback..."
Of course, the Lakers will not sit back and watch such remarks continue to spread. At this time, it is inconvenient for Lakers players and even head coach Rudy Tomka Norwich to say something, but Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak will naturally do something.
Therefore, he directly refuted the rumors through the "Los Angeles Times", explaining in detail the ins and outs of Rudy Tom and Norwich's tactics.
I have to admit that the "Los Angeles Times" has a lot of influence, and soon, this kind of unfavorable talk about the unity of the Lakers disappeared.
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After the Lakers swept the Grizzlies 4:0 and took the lead to advance to the next round, the other groups of matchups between the East and the West gradually decided the outcome.
The first is the West, the series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Not surprisingly, the final winner is the Spurs.
However, compared to the 4:0 predicted by people, it took the San Antonio people two more games to take the series victory from Minnesota, 4:2. Although the Spurs started with a 2:0 advantage at the beginning, but After coming to the Timberwolves' home court, they encountered tenacious resistance.
Therefore, 2:2, after the first four games, not only did the two sides fail to decide the winner, but it also made this series look a lot more confusing.
After all, the Spurs are the Spurs, after all, the team known as the Lakers' potential strongest opponent. In the next two games, the Spurs did not give the Timberwolves their opponents, and they won easily and strongly.
In the end, the Spurs also successfully advanced to the next round with 4:2.
Like the Lakers, the Phoenix Suns also easily defeated the Denver Nuggets 4:0. Surprisingly, their victory over the Nuggets looked even easier than the Lakers' victory over the Grizzlies.
To be honest, this is indeed beyond the expectations of many people. After all, although the overall strength of the Phoenix Suns is superior, the Nuggets are really not easy to mess with. They have Carmelo Anthony, an omnipotent guy on the offensive end.
But the result of this series is that the Suns swept the Nuggets.
"Maybe people underestimate this team that was also good in the regular season"
Someone sent out such emotion.
The final matchup of the first-round series in the Western Conference is between the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets. These two teams have similar regular season records, one ranked fourth and the other ranked fifth.
Many people think that the Houston Rockets with the combination of Madi and Yao Ming will eventually become the final winner of this series.
But in fact, the final winner of this series is the Dallas Mavericks. You can't say that Yao Ming and McGrady are not strong, maybe you can only say that Nowitzki is too scary.
When the Dallas Mavericks eliminated the Houston Rockets 4:2, it was a bit uncomfortable for many Chinese fans. After all, the Rockets have Yao Ming, so they naturally hope that Yao Ming will win.
Of course, for everyone, there is also some relief, because according to the rules of the semifinals, if the Rockets win this series and successfully advance to the semifinals, then their opponent is the Lakers with Li Hao.
And at that time, will the domestic fans support the Lakers or the Rockets?
Well now, the Rockets have been eliminated, and everyone can wholeheartedly support Li Hao's Lakers.
Some fans even directly shouted to Li Hao and the Lakers, asking them to sweep the Mavericks mercilessly in the semifinals, which can be regarded as a sigh of relief from the Black Rockets and Yao Ming.
With the end of the first round of the Western Conference series, the opponents of the Western Conference semifinals will come out.
Los Angeles Lakers-Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns-San Antonio Spurs.
In terms of excitement, maybe people will be more interested in the Suns vs. Spurs game by then.
After all, compared to the strength of the Lakers vs. Mavericks, the Suns vs. Spurs are all about the same.
In the East, after the Miami Heat were upset by the Brooklyn Nets in the first game of the series, they also pulled four games in a row. After knowing their shame and courage, they advanced to the semifinals with a total score of 4:1.
Among them, Dwyane Wade broke out again. Some players may be born for the playoffs. Wade belongs to this kind of player. He averaged 30.5 points per game in the series without the Brooklyn Nets. Points, as if it looks like Kobe Bryant in the East.
Compared with Li Hao and Wade's progress, the little emperor LeBron James suffered a bitter first round of the playoffs in his career. They lost 0:4 to last season's overall runner-up Detroit Pistons Team.
The little emperor LeBron James' personal data is very good. Without the aggregation of his status as the head star of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the overall strength of the Cavaliers is not good, and they have no choice but to be out in the end.
Many people are saying that the Cavaliers management should do something in the coming summer, otherwise, they are wasting the talent of the little emperor.
In the other two matchups in the East, under the leadership of Allen Iverson, the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Indiana Pacers 4:3 and successfully advanced to the next round, while the Chicago Bulls played against the Toronto Raptors. , although encountered Chris Bosh's tenacious resistance, finally advanced to the next round 4:3.
As a result, the two sides in the Eastern Conference semifinals will be released, Heat-76ers, Pistons-Bulls!
Looking at the first round of the East and West playoff series, many people can easily find that compared to the fierce tiebreakers and upsets in the East, the game process in the West is obviously much more flat.
Of course, when everyone sets their sights on the semifinals, it is clear that no matter whether it is the East or the West, all series will no longer be dull.
Even if it is a game like the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks that seems to be relatively disparate in strength.
The reason is simple. When the Lakers faced the Mavericks in the semifinals, they faced the same problem as the Grizzlies in the first round, that is, how to break the opponent's inside suppression.
You must know that Dirk Nowitzki at this stage is more than one grade better than Pau Gasol.
And look at the Lakers in the series with the Grizzlies, most of the time, Lamar Odom is at a disadvantage in the duel with Pau Gasol.
So what happens next when Lamar Odom faces Dirk Nowitzki?
Obviously, at that time, whether it is for Lamar Odom personally or for the entire Lakers team, it will be a problem solved by rosie language.
And don't forget, the Dallas Mavericks can beat the Houston Rockets to advance to the next round. Their other players are obviously better than the Memphis Grizzlies. It is already worthy of the Lakers' attention, and the backcourt combination of Li Hao and Kobe is worthy of vigilance...
(End of this chapter)