Coach Lee

Chapter 746 BOX-1
On April 4, the first round of the playoffs began.

The Nuggets faced their old rival Mavericks.

The Mavericks have always been afraid of "gold" before. Since defeating the Nuggets and reaching the finals last year, the Mavericks have more confidence in dealing with the Nuggets.

It's just that the Nuggets gave the Mavericks' "confidence" a sap as soon as they came up.

110-103
The Nuggets beat the Mavericks by 7 points away.

Li Nan scored 35 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a triple-double, leading the other 7 Nuggets to score in double figures, killing the Mavericks in one fell swoop.

second round,
102-103
In the last 3.5 seconds for the Mavericks, Manu Ginobili, who was off balance, made an unimaginable ultra-long three-pointer, killing the game.

Everyone in the Mavericks team breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when it came to the Nuggets' plateau home court, the Mavericks couldn't do enough.

112-120
98-112
The Mavericks have lost two games in a row.

The big score became 3-1!
Back home, the Mavericks fans still cheered hard for the home team. However, the Nuggets were all soldiers, not only Li Nanneng scored, but everyone else had their own scoring methods. The Mavericks’ GDP failed to save the defeat.

4-1
From last year's surprise surprise to the first round of this year's playoffs, the Mavericks have been a roller coaster.

Mavericks fans started all sorts of trouble.

First and foremost, "Don Nelson, get out of class!"

Within a few days, Don Nelson and the Mavericks officially announced that they had broken up peacefully!

The head coach of the Mavericks next season will be represented by Chinese coach Li Chunjiang.

Not long after, the Warriors announced that coach Don Nelson would take over as head coach.

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Other venues also ended the first round of competition one after another.

（1）奇才队4-0公牛队（8），（4）步行者队3-4老鹰队（5）

（2）篮网队4-1骑士队（7），（3）活塞队4-1凯尔特人（6）

west:

（1）太阳队4-2勇士队（8），（4）国王队2-4超音速队（5）

（2）湖人队4-0火箭队（7），（3）小牛队1-4掘金队（6）
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Yao Liang and Liu Wei's Lakers swept the Rockets in the playoffs for the first time in the new century 4-0.

Under the leadership of Wang Dazhi, the Eagles overturned the Pacers 4-3.

Zhu Fangyu's Cavaliers fought five games against the Nets. After all, it was due to the gap in experience that they lost to the seasoned Nets.

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second round:
east:

Wizards vs Hawks, Nets vs Pistons
west:

Suns vs. Sonics, Lakers vs. Nuggets.

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In the regular season, the Lakers maintained a 2-2 record against the Nuggets, and the two sides fought to a tie.

This round of the series is also very intense, with the tip of the needle against Maimang, and the strength of the two sides is very close.

The Lakers are the twin stars of Yao Liang and Kobe, and the Nuggets are Li Nan's "one star and four shots".

The first 4 games were tied 2-2.

However, in the fifth game, an accident happened on the Lakers' home court.

Once Li Nan's breakthrough met Yao Liang's resistance.

Li Nan tried his best to dodge, but Yao Liang's active defense blocked Li Nan's way.

Then, accidentally bumped into it.

Seeing Yao Liang fell to the ground in pain clutching his knees, Li Nan was dumbfounded.

Thousands of calculations, thousands of careful, the result is
"Ah~~"

"Captain, it's fine, don't worry."

On the stretcher, Yao Liang half-closed one eye, enduring the pain and comforting Li Nan.

Seeing Yao Liang being carried out of the field, Li Nan also gritted his teeth.

Yao Liang's exit made Li Nan feel very sorry.

However, at this moment, there were cheers at the scene.

"Yao Liang, Yao Liang, Yao Liang!"

Yao Liang walked out of the player tunnel like a hero.

Seeing Yao Liang's thumbs up: I'm fine!

Knowing that Yao Liang was only injured, Li Nan finally felt relieved.

After the return of the hero Yao Liang re-entered the game, the morale of the Lakers was boosted and they overtook the score.

Although the Nuggets counterattacked several times, they failed to turn over in the end.

104-109
In the battle of Tianwangshan, the Lakers won.

3-2, the Lakers have stepped into the Western Conference Finals.

However, in the sixth game, Li Nan exploded at home.

Li Nan scored 56 points in three quarters!
At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets directly led the Lakers by 30 points.

A big victory brought the balance of the game back to the level.

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Game [-] will soon be at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Today's Nuggets' defense is particularly targeted.

On the outside, Li Nan specialized in defending against Kobe, and on the inside, the other four Nuggets stepped on four points in the paint and directly shrunk their defense.

BOX-1 tactics!

As soon as Yao Liang got the ball inside, he was surrounded by 4 people!
The Nuggets wanted to keep Kobe in a fight, forcing Kobe to pass the ball to other role players, and let the other three Lakers beat the Nuggets.

However, the performance of the Lakers' role players did not disappoint everyone.

All kinds of open shots, they hit a lot.

The Nuggets aren't thinking about changing their defense at all, though.

The Nuggets' defense failed to work, but the Nuggets' offense is still sharp.

All stars.

The Lakers sent Kobe and his teammates to double-team and Li Nan to double-team. They also had the same idea, and let the rest of the Nuggets beat the Lakers.

However, the other four on the Nuggets are not vegetarians either.

In the first three quarters, the two sides played evenly.

75-75
Both sides draw.

For the Lakers, Kobe scored only 18 points and Yao Liang only scored 14 points.The other role players combined for 43 points.

For the Nuggets, Li Nan scored 20 points and the other teammates scored 55 points.

Both sides are supported by role players.

However, in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets suddenly switched defenses.

BOX-1 defensive tactics suddenly became man-to-man.

A few possessions later, the Nuggets' defense became a zone defense, and a few possessions later, the Nuggets' defense became a BOX-1.
After half a quarter of the game, the rhythm of the Lakers was suddenly disrupted.

In the last 4 minutes, the Nuggets returned to the BOX-1 tactic.

At this time, Kobe held the ball in a high position and singled Li Nan.

Fox came up with a high screen, Li Nan circled very quickly, Kobe had no chance to force a shot, and passed the ball to Fox.

Fox stood one step inside the three-point line, with no defender in front of him.However, he did not choose to shoot, but turned around and looked for Kobe again.

Fox has already missed 3 shots in a row. At this time, when the team is alive or dead, Fox dare not shoot.

Kobe swayed from side to side, dodged Li Nan's defense, rushed over, received the pass from Fox, and jumped up directly.

Li Nan's pounce came in an instant.

Kobe Bryant's shot receded slightly and was almost blocked.

Whoosh!
Go in!

Kobe wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It's so dangerous."

Just now Li Nan got the ball and it was blocked by Kobe. He was really almost blocked.

Li Nan, who was in front of Kobe, patted his right calf, "Dude, you are kicking someone."

Kobe just raised his feet when he leaned back just now, and Li Nan couldn't block the shot even if he wanted to.

Kobe began to play dumb, "What are you talking about? I don't know. All I know is that I scored a goal."

Seeing Kobe run away, Li Nan pouted, "Hehe, you are still 6 points behind, what is there to be proud of?"

(End of this chapter)