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Losing the Lakers is not considered hopeless.

It's just the first game in the district, and it's still the home court of the Warriors. Losing is not a surprise.

Surprisingly, the Warriors seem to be different from last season.

Among them, some media in Los Angeles listed the three major differences of the Warriors this season.

One of the most important points is the difference in lineup structure.

The Warriors this season, in terms of lineup structure, are suitable for the three generations of old, middle-aged and young. There are obviously too many veterans like last season. In addition, the team's bench lineup has also greatly improved in scoring ability. The Warriors' bench players are obviously stronger than the Lakers' bench players.

It is revealed on the court that the Warriors' substitute players can always build a greater advantage for the main players.

And throughout the game, the Warriors' bench players scored much more than the Lakers' players.

The difference in these changes led to some essential changes when the two teams met again in the playoffs.

The media in Los Angeles suggested that the Lakers change their regular tactics early.

Use a more down-to-earth thinking to deal with the upgraded Warriors lineup, otherwise this round of the series will be very difficult, and OKK will waste another year of youth.

After the game, O'Neill also talked about this.

He believes that the Lakers are not aggressive enough, giving the Warriors a lot of easy scoring opportunities.

Although he didn't say what aggression was, the implication was that Qin Fei's last attack was too easy.

"Qin Fei is such a player. He has a long range. He can accomplish a lot of things on the court. If he is not careful, the defender will pay a high price. Therefore, defending Qin Fei must be inseparable for a moment, without the slightest paralysis."

On the other hand, Kobe did not comment on this.

He will not judge whether Qin Fei's goal is reasonable or not.

Because of himself, he often shoots these unreasonable goals.

In the NBA arena, what is reasonable and unreasonable, what is good-looking or not, it is reasonable and good-looking to be able to score goals.

The first game of the series between the two sides came to an end.

At the end of the season, "Sports Illustrated" named the most surprising and disappointing teams of the season.

This is a practice every year. At the end of the season, such a news evaluation will be carried out.

The most surprising team was awarded to the Hornets.

A team that is being panicked by the relocation, and can't get much warmth in its hometown, can break into the playoffs amidst the turmoil.

The Hornets' relocation work is the second NBA team that wants to relocate after the Grizzlies.

According to the latest regulations and arrangements, the Hornets will leave Charlotte and move to New Orleans.

After becoming the New Orleans Hornets, the NBA promised that Charlotte would get the right to form a new team to participate in the 2004-05 NBA season.

Several groups will bid for ownership of the new army.

In such a turbulent environment, it is surprising that the Hornets have reached the playoffs.

It can even be described as "inspirational".

The most disappointing team was awarded to the Timberwolves.

At the start of this season, the Timberwolves' record of 28 wins and 12 losses has aroused people's infinite reverie.It is believed that the Timberwolves headed by "Wolf King" Garnett will definitely rank among the elite of the Western Conference, so that they can at least have home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

Unexpectedly, in the middle and late stages of the season, the Timberwolves' record dropped rapidly and fell out of the front echelon.

Through the last wave of sprints at the end of the season, they barely stood in the fifth position in the Western Conference.

In the first round, the Timberwolves were once again eliminated. Garnett's thunder was loud and rainy, and he was destined to complete another season without results.

So the Timberwolves were named the most disappointing team of the season by "Sports Illustrated".

In addition to teams, Sports Illustrated also selected players.

There are a lot of weird options.

For example, "most disappointing" and "most surprising" are similar to the team.

Qin Fei got a comment like "the most powerful player".

Commentators believe that the 24-year-old Qin Fei has played more easily this season.

Can do his homework with a high IQ on the court and help his team become a better team.

This is a rare place.

Most of the stars are still in the first level, which is to complement the team, or perfectly integrate into the team system.

But in today's Qin Fei, one person represents a system.

He can not only explode his combat effectiveness, but also make the team a better team.

"On the stage of the playoffs, Qin Fei went one step further."

"Now that the Warriors have lost a total of one game in the Western Conference finals, even the Lakers have fallen under the Warriors' iron hoof. The probability of the Warriors winning the championship is already the highest in the league today."

It's too normal. When you win, someone will come to help you blow a wave.

Now that the Warriors defeated the Lakers in the first game, the call for the championship suddenly rose.

Two days later, the Western Conference Finals.

The Warriors once again faced the Lakers at home.

In this game, the Lakers players all pointed their finger at the referee.

O'Neal got red-eyed in the second quarter and scored like crazy.

But Shaq finally figured out that the referees weren't going to let him do whatever he wanted on the court, until he was called for his third offensive foul, and Shaq barely moved.

In 37 minutes of playing time, O'Neal scored a game-high 35 points and shot 55.6% from the field.

However, his performance at the free throw line can still be used by others - 11 of 5 free throws is really not glamorous, and the vast majority of free throw misses occurred in the second half of the game.

Can Ben draw offensive fouls?

Anyway, Big Ben has never been the kind of player who is good at making offensive fouls.

The player who really made the offensive foul was the Warriors' new aid Mark Jackson.

This time, people began to really recognize this young man who had been in the European league before.

The young man came back from the European League, and it seemed like that, but it turned out to be very thin.

The making of these offensive fouls made O'Neal almost go crazy, and it really touched the heartstrings of the entire Lakers team.

The Lakers players directly burst into mentality.

这是湖人后场噩梦般的夜晚，费舍尔9投1中；科比22投仅7中；布莱恩肖只打了6分钟，毫无建树；福克斯身背5次犯规，被秦飞都快打哭了；里奇蒙德没有上场机会.
Qin Fei scored 33 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists. His performance was terrifying and stable. Among them, he made 8 of 4 shots from beyond the three-point line, and once hit the buzzer at the end of the quarter.

In this game, the Lakers still made adjustments.

For example, when entering the rotation in the second quarter, the Lakers arranged for Kobe to lead the bench.

When the OK combination is disassembled, Kobe will lead the bench lineup, thereby enhancing the combat effectiveness of the bench lineup.

Originally, this stage was led by Malone.

So in this game, the Lakers did not suffer too much from the bench.

The disadvantage is the number of fouls.

O'Neal's offensive foul, perimeter player's defensive foul
In the end, the Lakers lost the game again 97 to 103.

In the two consecutive away games at the beginning of the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers suffered a two-game losing streak.

The series fell behind the Warriors 0-2.

As soon as the game is over, there will be more people watching the Lakers.

This is the fact. Now that the Lakers are behind, every next game is a life-and-death battle for the Lakers.

On the other hand, the pressure on the Warriors is much less.

In the Eastern Conference, the Bulls and the 76ers played an ultra-low score.

This is not the first time this season that the score is super low.

Especially after entering the playoffs, ultra-low scores appeared many times.

Before, in the series between the Celtics and the Bulls, they scored ultra-low scores.

"It was like being slapped in the face," Pierce hit a game-winning three-pointer in Game [-] of the series, double-teamed by two Bulls players.

However, it was timed out and the referee invalidated the goal.

The Bulls finally won the game with an ultra-low score of 66 to 64. In this game, the two teams teamed up to create an ultra-low score record in the playoffs!
A game is not as good as half a game!
The game was indistinguishable, and the score has been stalemate, but this is not a high-scoring contest. The two teams jointly created two ultra-low score records in the playoffs in NBA history-66 to 64.

And the sum of the scores of the two sides was 130 points, the lowest record in NBA history plummeted by 12 points!
At that time, the game's low-scoring record caused controversy in NBA circles.

It was a game where neither side shot less than 35 percent from the field, and the Bulls just won by attacking and drawing fouls.

It turned out to be bulls again.

Game 76 of the Eastern Conference Finals, against the [-]ers.

Played a 75 to 77 game.

This score, in the game between the Warriors and the Lakers, is at most three quarters.

The consecutive low scores surprised the NBA.

After the introduction of zone defense, there was a clear difference in the rhythm of offense and defense between the east and the west.

The offensive and defensive rhythm in the East is getting slower and slower, while the offensive and defensive rhythm in the West is accelerating.

In fact, whether it is fast-paced or slow-paced, the key is to be efficient.

Rhythm is useless without efficiency.

The two sides fought fiercely for two games.

With a different mood, shift the battlefield.

The new battleground is in Los Angeles, at the Staples Arena.

Qin Fei comes to Los Angeles many times a year and is no stranger to the Staples Arena.

In the playoffs, all kinds of fans of the Lakers came out.

The Lakers have a long history, and the age span of fans is relatively large. In Los Angeles, many old fans walked into the Staples Arena to watch this crucial playoff game.

This is a true life and death battle for the Lakers.

Losing this game is equivalent to being cool directly.

It is almost impossible to win the Warriors 4 games in a row.

So this game cannot be lost.

The importance is self-evident.

That night, Lakers fans gathered.

Knowing the importance of the game, the fans put on uniform purple and gold jerseys almost spontaneously. Looking around, the audience was covered with a sea of ​​purple and gold.

This is the logo of the Lakers, but also belongs to their tradition.

When you stand on the floor of this arena and look up and see so many flags flying, you will be overwhelmed by the momentum unconsciously.

Players from both sides played on time.

Perform warm-up exercises under low-level lighting.

With the arrival of summer, the temperature of the air conditioner in the arena is very low.

When the players are warming up for training, they just take the ball and take a shot, and finally look for the feeling.

It's a bit like grinding your guns before an exam.

It seems useless, but if you grind it, there may be unexpected results, so it's better to grind it, anyway, idle is idle.

The rosters of the main players of both sides are released.

There is no change on the Warriors' side, but on the Lakers' side, Robert Horry was mentioned in the starting position.

This change is amazing, old Horry playing the third position?
The Warriors' third position is indeed no offense.

At least for now, it seems that Artest's role in the Warriors is only defense and three-pointers, and a small amount of rushing to the basket during offensive and defensive transitions.

Most of the time, Artest is a tool man in an ambush in the bottom corner.

Horry didn't have much defensive pressure.

Horry was promoted to the starting lineup and Fox entered the bench.

It may also be because Phil Jackson was a little dissatisfied with Fox's performance in the last game, and the early accumulative fouls put the entire Lakers defense in trouble.

There are always changes. After losing two games in a row, if there is no change at all, then the head coach will not be far away from get out of class.

Only through changes can he prove that he is really involved in the work.

In order to win at least one sympathy point, if you win, it means that you have a good deployment and good tactics;

The head coaches of the two teams are sitting on the bench and have no intention of standing up.

He looked at the players on both sides of the field in silence.

Then, the spotlights lit up the entire arena.

The game of the G3 battle has officially started.

In the battle of life and death, the Lakers attacked with all their strength from the beginning.

O'Neal took the ball and stormed the basket. This time he was not called for an offensive foul.

After directly resisting Daben, he dunked successfully.

O'Neal's standing dunks and forced slam dunks are at the top level in the NBA, and can even be said to be super strong in the history of the NBA. Other players rarely abuse the basket like him.

The opening set fire to Staples.

The audience shouted hoarsely, giving the team the greatest support.

Then, the slogan "Kill the Warriors" sounded.

But Qin Fei listened, and it seemed that "Beat LA" was not as smooth as it was.

The Lakers are indeed very imposing, and the key point is that the referee is also vaguely on the side of the Lakers today.

During the first wave of the Warriors' attack, Qin Fei caught the ball and changed to a strong cut.
He was seldom complained about such a violation. It is said that such an Iverson-style start should be more mainstream, but he was still whistled for a violation, which made Qin Fei's face show a proper "perplexity".

"what?"

He raised a lot of question marks.

The referee walked by with a straight face, a fair look that I don't know anyone.

The Lakers fans were happy, thinking that today's referee is pretty reliable.

The wrench hammer can be put away, my own
(End of this chapter)