dream ten

Chapter 274 Two to Zero

After the game, Han Ziqi was interviewed by a reporter from Tencent Sports.

Reporter: "First of all, congratulations on winning the first playoff game of your career. Now your condition is getting better and better, and the strength of the team is getting stronger and stronger. Can you tell everyone what your goal for this season is? what?"

Han Ziqi: "The goal is of course the championship. Although I know that our strength is not enough to beat all opponents, we only think about winning every game. I think as long as we can win every game If we play well, our team is still very competitive, but we have Wade and Jr. Thomas."

Reporter: "From a rookie player at the end of the first round to the main force of the Lakers today, your growth is obvious to all fans. Everyone wants to know how you become stronger and stronger?"

Han Ziqi: "In addition to my own efforts, I think it depends on opportunities. Although I train very hard, I believe that every NBA player will not relax his training. The reason why I can grow so much is that I think The biggest reason is that I have two good teachers—Wade and Thomas Jr., who gave me a lot of offensive skills and experience on the court. I am very grateful to them. They are very important in our team. Friendly, each of our players gets along very well, in my opinion, this is our biggest advantage over other teams."

In other matchups in the first round, a certain team narrowly beat the Nuggets, the Warriors easily defeated the Trail Blazers, and the Thunder lost their first game at home to the Jazz. Give high hopes.The Raptors, Cavaliers, Celtics and 76ers also defeated their opponents respectively. Generally speaking, in the first round of the first round of the playoffs, only the Thunder and Jazz will face off against each other.

The second game between the Lakers and the Spurs will still be played at the Lakers' home stadium, Staples Arena.The Spurs took the lead at the beginning of the game. The Spurs scored 5 consecutive three-pointers after the start of the game, establishing a [-]-point lead in one fell swoop, and the Lakers' shooting percentage continued to decline. The scores of the two sides The gap is getting bigger and bigger. In desperation, coach Wharton had to send Thomas Jr. and Kurz to try it out immediately.The two played some effects after they played, and the growing point difference was stabilized at [-] points. Because the main players of the Lakers played too sluggishly in this game, especially Lopez, he scored three points in the first quarter. He made zero of four shots, completely lost his aim, and couldn't even make a simple open shot.Coach Wharton had to pin his hopes on the Lakers' bench players. Fortunately, Kuzma and Thomas Jr. stood up to stabilize the game situation, otherwise the Lakers might fall into an avalanche in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers selected the lineup of Thomas Bryant, Paul Mark, Ingram, Han Ziqi and Thomas Jr. This lineup has very strong athletic ability, and each player has a strong assault inside Under the impact of the young players of the Lakers, the aging Spurs slowly gave up the score advantage they had gained, because the Lakers caused too much damage to the Spurs inside, which led to the Spurs' loss. Some insiders dare not stretch out their hands to defend.The Lakers took advantage of this time to narrow the point difference between the two sides to seven points, and when the main lineups of the two sides clashed again, the two teams once again fell into a tug-of-war.At halftime, the Lakers trailed the Spurs by nine points.

At the start of the second half, Han Ziqi made two consecutive three-pointers, narrowing the gap to five points. Aldridge of the Spurs also succeeded in consecutive mid-range jumpers, stabilizing the situation.Then Wade broke through again for a layup and scored 2+1, and fouled the Spurs center four times. Popovich had no choice but to replace him.The Spurs, having lost their main center forward, began to slowly fall into a disadvantage in the interior, especially Aldridge is not a tough interior, Lopez and Paul Mark began to take turns to attack the interior, the Spurs have nothing to do about it, they have to Look for some shooting opportunities outside the three-point line to make up for his lack of internal strength.

At the end of the three quarters, the Lakers narrowed the gap to three points.At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Thomas Jr. stood up again. He first passed Tony Parker's defensive throw and scored, and then used Kuzma's pick-and-roll outside three-pointer to make a three-pointer. He led the Lakers in one fell swoop. Overtook the score, and Thomas Jr.'s wonderful performance during this period was constantly exclaimed by American commentators and commentators: "The Celtics' MVP-level player is back."

After being overtaken by the Lakers, the momentum of the Spurs plummeted, their shooting percentage began to drop sharply, and the confidence of the players was also affected to a certain extent. As the Lakers led more and more points, in desperation, Popovich Qi had to replace his own substitute player, disarmed and surrendered.In the end, the Lakers once again defeated their opponents at home with 99:87 and achieved a 2:0 lead in a big score. They have great hopes of advancing to the second round.The overall result of the season clash between the Lakers and the Spurs also came to 5:1.Han Ziqi scored 13 points and 2 assists. Although his performance was very average, his two three-pointers in the second quarter were still invaluable to the Lakers.Thomas Jr. scored 29 points and 7 assists in this game. It was precisely because of Thomas Jr.'s epic performance that the Lakers completed a comeback. Thomas Jr.'s performance in the first quarter or the fourth quarter can be called outstanding. leader of the team.Wade scored 11 points and 9 assists in this game, Paul Mark scored 15 points and 10 rebounds, Kuzma scored 9 points, and Ingram scored 12 points. Ton's egalitarianism has a lot to do with it.

In the second round, except for the Thunder and the Jazz, the Celtics and the Bucks, the rest of the matchups were all 2-0. The Thunder pulled back a victory at home, which also made them Some confidence was regained, and it was precisely because of Westbrook's outbreak that the Thunder passed the game at home.

The third game between the Lakers and the Spurs was played at the Spurs' home court. The Spurs returned to San Antonio and finally found their own form. They woke up at home.

(End of this chapter)