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Chapter 693 The start of the playoffs

The speed of the collapse was too fast. Li Shengli and O'Neal didn't play in the last half of the quarter, and the Lakers led by 9 points in the half quarter. At the end of the game, there were still so many points, and they scored 99:108.

O'Neill is really uncomfortable.

You must know that when the Celtics are leading the Eastern Conference, they are playing this game as the finals, but even if everyone puts their best efforts, they still can't beat the Lakers. This result is too bad. Let him watch Li Shengli after the game. I want to spit.

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"Li, you bastard, you won again!" After punching Li Shengli, O'Neill cursed.

"Not used to it yet? The best rookie O'Neal!" Li Shengli took a breath and continued: "However, to be honest, you are already very strong now. If you play steadily, wait for me for another five or six years, and the rest will be yours." .”

"Wait a fart, just wait and see this finals, I'll wait for you!"

"Why, no one in the east can stop you?"

"Who do you think can stop me?" O'Neill continued seriously: "Young people are impatient, and those who are resistant are old. Only you and I are the strongest in this era. You are second and I am second. one."

"Damn, why are you number one?"

"It's up to you, anyway, I'm going to decide this year's championship."

After O'Neill finished speaking, he left the field angrily, and Li Shengli could only shake his head... Hey, it's no wonder that O'Neill's resentment is so deep.

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Turn around and go to the locker room, ready to participate in the post-match summary meeting.

In fact, in the usual meeting, there is nothing to say whether you win or lose, but this time it is a little different. Although you won in the end, but in the process... the Lakers felt the Celtics brought to the soon-to-be-formed Zijin Dynasty. threaten.

Dynasty threat to O'Neill?

No kidding, if you play another game right after... the same pit, the Celtics won't fall into it twice, and the consumption plan may not work, because no matter whether Harris uses Big Ben or Rodman, the opposite side Pitino will selectively leak defenses, and leaking these two can prepare the necessary conditions for Garnett to cooperate with O'Neal's double-team.

You know, the first three quarters of this game were all tied.

The Celtics' combat effectiveness in the first three quarters is absolutely comparable to that of the Lakers, but they will lose in the final quarter... It is because Li Shengli and O'Neal, as the core of the tactics of the two sides, have a certain degree of playing time difference and poor physical fitness.

Although the point difference after the game was 9 points, the difference beyond the score was very small.

Because putting aside the real consumption plan, assuming that Li Shengli and O'Neal are really completely synchronized, exhausted at the end of the game, and then consider the offensive explosion of both sides... Garnett and Pierce both have more or less explosive capabilities. As long as there is an explosion to replace O'Neal's firepower gap, it is enough. On the contrary, Barkley's explosive power is no longer what it used to be, and only Kobe can compete with the opponent.

Therefore, it is possible for the Lakers to lose, and the possibility is not small.

Of course, this is only considering that the main players of both sides have no obvious state fluctuations. If there are fluctuations, it will be more troublesome, because the uncertainty of fluctuations will make it more difficult to predict the outcome.

No one knows which person's state will fluctuate downward.

The advantage of the Lakers over the Celtics is not so obvious. If they really want to play in the finals... If there is a downward fluctuation, it will be too fatal. However, due to injuries, Barkley and Rodman are not so stable in terms of performance. good.

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Harris' postgame wrap-up meeting wasn't long.

After sorting out the key points of this game, the Lakers realized that the threat of the Celtics has risen to a level that everyone has to pay attention to, but... the Celtics in the East will not Meet the Lakers again, and what the Lakers have to do now is to stay in the West.

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In the usual season, 20 games is just the beginning, but now...the entire league has entered the final sprint stage, and even because of the small number of games, one win may increase the ranking, so many are hovering in the playoffs The teams on the edge of the threshold are desperate.

But in the West, no matter how desperate other teams are, the strongest are still the dominant Lakers and the rejuvenated Spurs.

After beating the Celtics...

The record of the Lakers is 16/5, while the Spurs are 17/4 in the same period. The two teams have entered the battle for the first place in the Western Conference, but the Lakers are temporarily behind by 1 win.

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Playing the Jazz, the Lakers won easily.

The army at the fourth position subdued Ma Long on the spot, and the Ma Long people were all stupid.

Glancing at Barkley, Ben, and Rodman, who took turns to play, he felt that he had been targeted like never before, and what was even worse was Li Shengli's inhuman beating on the center position, which caused the Jazz's inside line to completely fall. The disk exploded.

……

The same is true for all teams that play offense at the [-]th position.

Almost no one can withstand the uninterrupted oppression of the whole game, and the No. [-] power forward is only a special case this year. With Li Shengli at the center, he still maintains his position against the entire league. Absolutely suppressed.

So, it started on March 3 and ended at the end of April.

In less than two months, the initial record was only in the forefront, but did not reach the top, but in the later period... the Lakers swept the West, from 16/5 at the beginning, all the way to 40/10, ending the shrinking regular season.

As for the last 5 losses.

Barkley's pelvic and ankle problems are a constraining factor. He missed 50 games in the 15 regular season games. Although he was still playing in the last week, the time has dropped to less than 20 miles, preparing for the playoffs.

In addition, Rodman also has problems with his back injury.

However, his time has been compressed a lot, and his impact on the record is not as great as that of Barkley, but the preparation plan is the same. It can be said that the Lakers did not play much in the last week of the game and the main force.

Of course it's not just the Lakers.

The teams with the highest records have all started to raise troops, leaving only the teams on the threshold struggling, and the final Western Conference ranking...

The Los Angeles Lakers rushed to the first place with 40/10.

The San Antonio Spurs are second at 37/13.

Utah Jazz 36/14, the Jazz, which has always been a strong team, has entered the playoffs for the 15th consecutive time.

Outside of the top three, there are...the fourth Trailblazers, the fifth Kings, the sixth Suns, the seventh Supersonics, and the eighth Rockets.

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The west comes out, and the east.

湖人40/10的战绩，比西部第二的马刺还多了3个胜场，而让人惊讶的是……奥尼尔带队的凯尔特人竟然打出了一个43/7的战绩，问题是莫宁带队的热火最终战绩才35/15，两相比较、足足多了8个胜场。

The whole east from top to bottom is...

Celtics, Heat, Pacers, Magic, Eagles, Pistons, 76ers, Knicks.

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The Lakers played against the Rockets, and Li Shengli played against Olajuwon.

The Celtics played the Knicks, O'Neal played Ewing.

This first round was really like the handover of the two center eras, and O'Neal, as the leader of the strongest team in the Eastern Conference, has been proud of the recent spring breeze, and it feels like he may have started a dialogue with Li Shengli for the first time in the finals.

(End of this chapter)