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Chapter 173 The First Round Opens

June 4, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The first round of the playoffs has begun. The entire Hornets team arrived in Los Angeles to play the first playoff game with the Lakers.

The starting lineup for the Lakers is Bynum, Gasol, Wu Di, Kobe and Fisher.Hornets starting Chandler, David West, Peja, Butler and Paul.

Bynum successfully jumped the ball, and Chandler was indeed affected by a back injury and couldn't jump high at all.

However, in order to confirm Chandler's status, Fisher followed the Zen Master's instructions and first passed a ball to Bynum, allowing Bynum to single out Chandler.Chandler barely defended for a few moments before being squeezed away by Bynum, who easily dunked.

The Lakers fans immediately erupted in cheers, and the Lakers players felt relieved after watching it. The Hornets' fifth position was confirmed.The Zen master sitting off the court also nodded with satisfaction. He has found a way to defeat the Hornets today.

The Hornets must still rely on Chandler in the first game, so let Bynum attack Chandler. With Chandler as a breakthrough, they can basically win the first game.

The Hornets have nothing to do about it. Except for Chandler, the other centers are even worse than Bynum. Chandler can hold out a game.The only thing they can do is score, and if they get more points than the Lakers, they win.

But now only Paul can take on the important task of the Hornets. Paul broke through Fisher and went straight to the basket. Bynum took a step forward, and Paul made a pull-up jumper and scored on the board.

Wu Di and Kobe looked at each other, Kobe smiled, nodded, and then switched defenses with Fisher.This is an agreement between Kobe and Wu Di. If Fisher really can't defend Paul, then the two will switch defenses with Fisher.In this game, Kobe automatically stood up to defend Paul, otherwise the task of defending Paul must be Wu Di.

In fact, no matter whether it is Kobe or Wu Di, it is not very suitable to defend Paul. Chris Paul is only 183cm, 15cm shorter than Kobe. Even at the same speed, Paul is much faster than Kobe under this height difference.And Wu Di is not only taller, but also heavier. He needs more strength to keep up with Paul's speed, and he is even more unsuitable to defend Paul than Kobe.

However, since the Lakers focused on Chandler, Bynum had a great time, scoring 7 points in 15 minutes.

The Hornets couldn't stand it anymore and had to replace Chandler with Armstrong.Armstrong is a role player, but he must play at this time. As long as the defensive strength can be guaranteed, it is much better than Chandler on the court.

After replacing Armstrong, Bynum's scoring momentum finally slowed down.

With Kobe's defense, Paul is still working hard to attack, but his shooting percentage is very low, and he can't even maintain 40%.But Paul can't give up yet, because apart from him, the Hornets only have David West and Butler who can score. Peja's current role is entirely to contain Wu Di and cannot attack at all.

As soon as Chandler left the field, the Lakers' offensive focus immediately shifted to Wu Di.

Wu Di caught the ball and began to single Peja. Peja was completely unstoppable and was completely crushed by Wu Di.The Hornets had to make another substitution, replacing Peja with James Posey.The Hornets signed James Posey this season to deal with outside players. Last season, James Posey and Tony Allen protected the Celtics from many teams' outside lines and sent the Celtics to the championship.

However, James Posey may have a good defensive shot, but compared with Wu Di, his strength is far behind.James Posey is very powerful, but his strength is not enough to compete with Wu Di, and his footsteps are very slow, and he can't keep up with Wu Di's footsteps at all.

Wu Di directly rushed into the inside against James Posey, which directly aroused the defense of the Hornets inside.Whether it is Armstrong or David West coming up to defend, Wu Di will pass the ball.

Unlike Bynum as the main attacker, Wu Di can pass the ball even more when he is the main attacker.What he is playing now is a point forward, whoever has the opportunity will play.Zen master's triangle offense has become more and more complicated now, but it is a pity that this is not enriched by Zen master himself, but because of Wu Di's sudden joining, the Lakers have another offensive starting point, and he uses all other tactics. brought over.

In other words, Wu Di has no tactics at all. He can play all tactics. As long as he can win, he is willing to play all tactics.With this style of play, the Lakers' offense is already very good without any chaos. Fortunately, Kobe and Gasol can play any tactics, and the others are either veterans or newcomers, and have little reliance on tactics.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Hornets didn't know what to do. Should they defend Wu Di or Kobe?To guard against Wu Di, Kobe, as a veteran star, must guard against it.As for the defense against Kobe, Wu Di has shown a strong desire to attack today, so he must guard against it.

But the Hornets can't defend both because they don't have enough hands.

After tangling for a long time, the Hornets still played absolutely according to the previous arrangement, keeping the first half of the second quarter first, and as for the second half, they can only follow the fate.

In the first half of the second quarter, the Zen master went to Wu Di, and Wu Di led Pekovic, Brad Miller, Sun Yue and others to a tie with the main force of the Hornets.

But in the second half of the second quarter, after Kobe came on the court, facing the role players of the Hornets, he went crazy.

With sudden shots, Kobe defeated the Hornets' role players alone.Kobe went crazy in the first quarter. He didn't score a point in the first quarter, but he made up for it in the second half of the second quarter.

At halftime, the Hornets were trailing by 15 points. The two teams were not on the same level now. As long as multiple players from the Hornets didn't break out at the same time, it was basically impossible for the Lakers to lose.

In the third quarter, the Lakers continued to expand the score, leading the Hornets by more than 20 points.After playing another 5 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Lakers replaced the substitutes, and the game entered garbage time.

The four Lakers scored in double figures in this game. Kobe scored 22 points, Wu Di scored 12 points, Bynum scored 21 points, Gasol scored 16 points, and the four added up to 71 points.All other players have entries, except for Bobby Jackson, who has no playoff roster, all have statistics.

The Lakers temporarily took a one-win lead, and the two teams began to prepare for the second game.

On the 22nd, the official announced the candidate for the best sixth man. Jason Terry of the Mavericks became the best sixth man with 19.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists.

(End of this chapter)