Starting with 2006

Chapter 184 Perfect Start
Phil Jackson, who lost the game, led the Lakers and left the arena in a hurry. Only Kobe stayed in the American West Arena alone. Obviously, he was going to practice extra. This is also his habit. After that, Kobe will choose to stay in the arena alone to practice until late at night. This is a battle, and it belongs to Kobe alone.

After attending the press conference and saying hello to Kobe, it was already twelve o'clock. Although Kobe was tit for tat on the court, they were still good friends off the court. Of course, he didn't have the habit of staying up late to practice. Tian prefers to get up early in the morning to exercise, so he went home and got ready for bed. Gao Tian just chatted with Kobe and left.

After returning home, Gao Tian looked at the news on his mobile phone. There were four games in the playoffs today. The Cavaliers defeated the Nets 98:90. Although LeBron James’ efficiency value has dropped a lot this season, his ability is beyond doubt. In this game, he got the data of 28+10+7. The offenses of both sides are very targeted. The inside line of the Cavaliers blows up the inside line of the Nets, and the outside line of the Nets also blows up the outside line of the Cavaliers. .

The Nets are trying to speed up the tempo, while the Cavaliers are trying to slow down the tempo. The difference in pure strength between the two sides is not obvious, but the Cavaliers have James, and the Nets are happy that the tempo is up. After all, this is their best I like the rhythm, but James is more difficult to stop in fast-paced games. Once he rushes up, the Nets can't stop him at all.

And once the Nets fall into a positional battle, their main attacker has one and only one Vince Carter, and it is difficult for others to give the team much help in the flesh and blood mill. Jefferson, who has been placed high expectations by the Nets management, has always They didn't play the performance they wanted, and he seemed at a loss every time in the playoffs, so when the Nets faced the Cavaliers at the end, they were obviously weaker when Carter was exhausted, and finally lost helplessly.

The result of this game is within the expectations of many people. It is not easy for the Nets to beat the Cavaliers with two guns in the backcourt, unless all of them feel online, but it is obviously necessary to have such a state in the playoffs. It can be met but not sought after, but the other two games played on the same day can be described as surprising.

The Spurs fought the Nuggets at home and finally lost the game by six points 89:95. Although the Spurs lost this game, everyone who watched the game knew that it was Popovich. Testing the bottom line of the Nuggets, the Spurs obviously retained their strength, which is also Popovich's habit. In the first round or even the semifinals, if he does not meet a particularly strong opponent, he will habitually retain some strength. Prepare for the next game.

Everyone can also understand that the Spurs lost to the Nuggets, but the result of the other game was something no one expected. In the end, the eighth Warriors in the Western Conference defeated the Mavericks at home with 97:85.

This game slapped a lot of experts in the face. Thinking of the judgment they swore to make before the game, they were a little blushing, but this is not their fault. Who would have thought that the Warriors in an away game could beat the Mavericks? Not normal!
If it was just the win or loss of a game, it would not cause such a big wave in the NBA discussion circle. What made all experts horrified was the Warriors' suppression of the Mavericks throughout the game!

That's right, it is the suppression of the No. [-] in the West by the No. [-] in the West.

The head coach of the Warriors, Old Nelson, is very familiar with the current Mavericks. He knows everything about this Mavericks that he has devoted all his efforts to. Mavericks, so although the Mavericks are playing at home, they have almost no advantage.

Although the Warriors won, more people are more willing to regard this as an accident. After all, the Warriors players feel really good. Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson scored 56 points together. Both the field goal percentage and the shooting percentage are nearly ten percentage points higher than the Mavericks. What is this concept?
Everyone is more willing to believe that this is the poor performance of the Mavericks. After all, Nowitzki only scored 14 points, which is far lower than his season average. The Mavericks scored higher than Josh Howard's 21 points. Obviously not normal, maybe the Mavericks will recover in the next game.

The world is very noisy, but the Suns players are still doing their own things diligently, training, warming up, and the second contest with the Lakers is about to begin in a blink of an eye. Due to the advantage of the record, the Suns played at home in the first two games , The second game is still held at the American West Arena.

Phil Jackson sat on the bench chewing gum and watched Kobe lead the Lakers to play against the Suns in the first quarter as in the last game. He knew that all of this was just a superficial appearance. Eyes, even if he is good at comforting people, he doesn't know what to say to comfort them, not to mention that he doesn't need to cheer them up, because they can hardly play and can only be managed as a team drinking fountain The team members cheered for the teammates on the field, and handed drinks and towels.

Not long after the start of the second quarter, under the worried eyes of Phil Jackson, the situation in the midfield changed in an instant. The Suns players, who had been silent for more than a quarter, showed their power on time. Jordan Farmar in the direction hit two three-pointers in a row, and then Gao Tian ran off the ball and played a 3+1 against Luke Walton's defense, which directly changed Phil Jackson's eyes.

Again!
The Suns fans roared passionately, while a small number of Lakers fans shivered in the corner of the arena, not daring to speak. The Lakers fans in front of the TV grabbed their hair in pain. The sun was really terrible. Let everyone in the Lakers see hope in the first quarter, and then directly kill the hope in just half a quarter, leaving the Lakers struggling in pain.

D'Antoni looked at everything in this game with a smile, and it was all in his expectation. Their defense against Kobe in the first quarter was single defense in high post and assist defense in low post, forcing him to spend more energy and difficulty to score. They don't care how many points Kobe scored, because no matter how strong Kobe is, he can't kill the Suns alone.

In the blink of an eye, it was the fourth quarter. Under D'Antoni's instructions, the Suns held a [-]-point lead and played steadily, slowly grinding the dying Lakers. Counterattack, but Gao Tian's continuous inside kills knocked Odom down and directly shattered the Lakers' hopes in the end.

In the end, with Kobe's serious expression on his face, the Lakers lost again, losing the second away game 87:103. The two-game losing streak at the beginning is obviously not a good sign. At this time, no one dared to touch Kobe's eyebrows. After attending the press conference Kobe Bryant got on the plane with a dark face and returned to Los Angeles to prepare for the next game.

The fans of the Suns who saw the team's two consecutive victories were very excited. In these two games, the Suns' game rhythm was very good. From the beginning to the end, they firmly controlled the game in their own hands. It has always been very stable, and there is no such farce in the team locker room. This is the most rare and precious, because this is the key to whether the Suns can go to the end!

(End of this chapter)