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Chapter 789 Prelude to the Great War

The 19th is the last game day of the regular season.

The 22nd is the first day of the playoffs, but there is no Lakers game that day. On the 23rd... 3 days are separated in the middle, which is enough for both sides to conduct targeted training. In the Lakers' Staples home court, the Lakers' The first game of the playoffs finally started.

Compared with the last regular season game, the starters of the two sides have not changed.

Li Shengli felt that the old Nelson wanted to see the combat effectiveness of the Mavericks in the regular rhythm, but the first quarter only played for 4 minutes, and it was only 4 minutes... The Mavericks were blown up offensively and defensively. Next, the old Nelson directly changed the lineup, took out the fast break lineup a few days ago, Dazhi was able to play, and the core of the offense was in the hands of Nash, with Ceballos, Strickland, Finn profit.

The effect of changing arrays is good.

小牛开场4分钟被打了一个2:10，而后8分钟则打了一个20:24。

At 22:34 in the first quarter, the Mavericks lost by 12 points, and the reason why it is said to be good is that they lost 4 points in the first 8 minutes, but only lost 8 points in the last 4 minutes. This result is really good for this change. Not bad, even the tactical effect that old Nelson wanted was indeed achieved, and it was reflected in Li Shengli.

Compare the same segmented time.

Li Shengli scored 4 points in the first 4 minutes, 3 of 2 shots, and 2 blocks. In the game where he was forced to speed up in the last 8 minutes, although the score was still increasing, or even increased, he scored 8 in 10 minutes, but the defensive effect Very bad, in the fastest few rounds, the Mavericks' offense was finished before everyone was in position.

Although there was no task for Kobe in this game, the speed of Li Shengli's offense to defense was still dragged by the Mavericks. Old Nelson could only comfort himself... At least he saw Li Shengli expending his physical energy on running with little meaning.

It's still the same in the second quarter.

However, what Li Shengli didn't expect was that the Lakers hadn't collapsed yet, but the Mavericks themselves collapsed first.

Ceballos, who was injured, was the first to be unable to withstand the rushing rhythm of the raid, so the old Nelson could only replace the backup guard Hubert Davis on the field, but Davis's hand feeling was not good, and the offensive task was immediately overwhelmed by other teammates. Exacerbated the physical consumption of the whole team.

If you change people again, the more you change, the worse it will be.

Old Nelson found that apart from playing well in the last 8 minutes of the first quarter, the Mavericks ruined the entire quarter because of Ceballos' exit in the second quarter. The offensive efficiency obviously went from high to low. A good 15 points, but only 7 points after the personnel adjustment in the second half.

On the other hand, in the halftime when the Mavericks were partially sacrificed, Li Shengli was not under much pressure, and now he is in an absolutely invincible rhythm. He doesn't need a touch at all for repeated dunks, and the Lakers still lead in the second quarter.

Li Shengli scored 16 points higher than the first quarter, and the team only scored 63 points. Li Shengli alone accounted for 30 points, while the Mavericks only had 44 points...

Go straight to the second half.

Because Kobe didn't play much in the first half, Kobe gave up the ball to Li Shengli when the Mavericks gave up the offensive and defensive style of the inside, and returned to the normal rhythm in the second half, Li Shengli threw the ball to Li Shengli without saying a word. Kobe, until the end of the game, the Lakers scored a total of 113 points... Li Shengli 35, Kobe 30, the two accounted for nearly 6% of the points, the Mavericks beat the Mavericks by 15 points, and won the first game.

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There are only 5 games in the first round of the playoffs.

After the Lakers won the first game, the Mavericks put all their eggs in one basket in the second game and completely gave up the inside line of the Lakers dynasty, which could not be attacked or defended.

Although the second game was not the same as the first game, Li Shengli only played 36 minutes, but the problem is that 36 minutes is enough for the Lakers to seal the victory. Kobe, and Kobe scored 46 points in this game, the proportion of the two scoring is even more amazing than the first game.

As for the third game.

It became a life and death battle for the Mavericks again.

To beat the Lakers, the odds of an upset are too low and the requirements are too high. The Mavericks didn't have the good luck they had before and were swept out of the game. Li Shengli and Kobe scored double 30s again.

No one is surprised by such a result, not even the Mavericks, but Old Nelson is still very happy, because counting the last game of the regular season... 4 consecutive games can prove that the Mavericks' fast break system is established In addition to the slowdown caused by players' physical fitness and injuries, the Mavericks did not lose much to the Lakers in the speed-up phase.

If you insist, you can only say that the lineup and tactics do not fit well, but you cannot say that the tactics are wrong. After the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks can look for the system players that the team needs. Preparing for the new season, so to a certain extent...the Mavericks still have nothing to lose, and they are making money by being able to play in the playoffs, not to mention clearing the direction of adjustments that some personnel urgently need.

……

The Lakers swept to advance.

Li Shengli averaged quite amazing, reaching 37 points and 15 rebounds.

Similarly, on the same day, the Celtics also swept the eighth-ranked Pistons in the Eastern Conference, and only the Lakers and Kais were able to advance in the first round.

It may be because of losing the scoring champion at the end of the regular season. O’Neal was extremely irritable in these three games, averaging 33+17 per game. Although the average score was 4 points behind Li Shengli, his rebounds were overwhelmed by 2 .

It is true to say that 2 rebounds are less than 4 points.

But O'Neal has other statistics...Because the Pistons are not as fast as the Mavericks, Li Shengli didn't participate in much defense, but O'Neal didn't have this kind of trouble, so he also beat Li Shengli by 2 blocks per game, and these two Data can only be said to be between brothers and sisters, and no one can say who is not human.

Compared with the first round without much suspense.

Li Shengli and O'Neal handed over two such first-round stats, plus the new century yellow-green battle in 2000, the two of them, including Hu Kai, have made headlines in the media in recent days, and the second round... …As predicted at the Buss family dinner a week ago, the Blazers, with the most expensive roster in history, came to Los Angeles to take a beating.

The second round is 7 games and 4 wins.

After all, it is the most expensive lineup. The Blazers survived to the sixth game, but the problem is that in the 3 games with a big score of 2:5, the Lakers won three games with a big advantage, while the Blazers won two games. It was trembling, winning 1 point for a lore, and 1 point for a free throw by Sabonis at a critical moment.

As for the sixth game...

The Lakers didn't give any chance, they played against the Trail Blazers at the beginning, they got stuck in three quarters, and got off work, and Li Shengli still averaged 30 points per game, but the comparison with the Celtics and O'Neal is no longer comparable , because the Celtics still swept the Knicks in the second round.

Until the second round of the Eastern and Western Conferences has been played, there are only four teams left for the Eastern and Western Conference finals.

What is certain is that Hukai has already advanced, and the last two teams in the East and West were played in a tie-break. Spurs.

The growth rate of the 76ers is astonishing. However, during the regular season, the Celtics did not take advantage of the 76ers. Therefore, before the Eastern Conference finals, the major media put a big question mark on it. In the West... the Lakers played against the Spurs It's hard to say absolutely, after all, the Blazers have played to the sixth game, and the Spurs brothers who have completed the handover of the old and the new are undoubtedly one of the strongest inside combinations in the league, only under O'Neal + Garnett.

then……

On May 5, after the Mavericks and Trail Blazers, the Spurs also rushed to Los Angeles.

(End of this chapter)