Chapter 208: 【Shark Tornado】

Because the Lakers have the best record in the regular season, their schedule is different from Guo Xu's previous life, and it has become easier, avoiding the Blazers and Kings. Of course, even if you meet those two teams, it's no big deal. Don't look at the Lakers losing to them in the regular season. Entering the playoffs is a fight.
O'Neal in the playoffs is different from the regular season, he will not be lazy on both ends of the attack and defense.
For Guo Xu, this is the best performance opportunity, and his opponent is well-known but poorly defended Trier Brandon.
On April 21st, the first battle between the two sides started at the Staples Arena. The Lakers started to attack in the first quarter of the triangle. Guo Xu, Kobe and O'Neal scored one after another.
Phil Jackson let Guo Xu take over, both offensive and defensive roles can play, and Fisher will not attack the ball against Brandon, and it is more difficult to defend.
Guo Xu singled Brandon away from the distance to shoot, close to the breakthrough, how to play, how to play, the Timberwolves were forced to wrap it in the periphery.
Guo Xu attracted the opportunity to pass Kobe Bryant after the defense. Kobe passed O'Neal's low singles height of 208cm and weight of 102 kg Dean Garnett was even more relaxed. As long as they are in a triangle position, the Timberwolves can't resist.
Timberwolves center Nestorovic was so poor at pick and roll against the Lakers two times before that coach Philip Sanders dared not let him play. Billups was also beaten when playing No. 2 against Kobe. He sat on the bench today.
Kobe's advantage over Anthony Pierer is obvious, but it is not as good as the 1st and 5th positions, so he reduces his shots.
Just married, Kobe could not leave his wife to practice. The "Zen Master" arranged tactics to take care of the newlyweds for the first round. Kobe could not find a reason to refute.
In the first game, the Lakers beat the Hulk 116 to 69 with 47 points, making the Timberwolves Huskies. Both teams played only 30 minutes at the core, and the last quarter was pure garbage time.
The Timberwolves are not only poorly defended, but their offense is also very bad. In this game, only the "Husky King" Garnett and Lafonso-Ellis scored double figures.
Garnett made 7 of 18 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, got 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. When he was tortured to the end, he did not thump his chest when he scored.
The Lakers have 20+ threes on one side, excluding Kobe. Fisher made 7 of 10 shots, 2 of 5 3-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws scored 21 points and 3 assists. O'Neal scored 24 points and 13 rebounds, Guo Xu 26 points and 7 assists. Kobe Bryant scored 15 points and Grant scored 14 points.
The situation between the two sides in the second and first battles was similar. The Lakers had been leading the start. In the third quarter, they entered garbage time and sent all benches to play. Many Lakers fans were bored and left the scene early.
Although Garnett can't enter the penalty zone completely, his jumper feels slightly better than on the field. He scored 22 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists. The data is almost the same as that in the regular season.
Unfortunately, with the exception of Garnett, the Timberwolves have never scored more than 15 points, and the combined score of the five players is not much. The Timberwolves' bench was completely suppressed, with only 7 points in total.
The Lakers were replaced by Fisher and Kobe in the second quarter. This is a contest between the bench gangster and the bench waste wood.
Guo Xu played more fiercely than on the field, with 27 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals, and finished with 13 points and 8 assists Trier.
O'Neill is even more unresolved bugs inside, 33 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, 7 of 10 free throws. When O'Neal's free throws weren't that bad, the Timberwolves had no way to take him.
Dean Garnett is probably the worst center in the playoffs. He only averaged 11.9 minutes per game in the regular season. His data is 2.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.3 assists and 0.7 blocks. The same surname is Garnett, the strength gap is too large.
On April 28, the third battle between the two sides took place at the Minnesota Timberwolves at home. The scene was still one-sided, and the strength gap was not made up by the home whistle.
Coach Sanders let Nestorovic return to the main defense O'Neal this time. O'Neal pulled out and played a pick-and-roll with Guo Xu to make room for Guo Xu to break through, or Kobe Bryant's side attack.
Guo Xu made a three-point jumper from outside, and it was easy to dislocate Nestorovic. Kobe Bryant was also very efficient in hitting 193cm tall Piller. He only made two offenses in just 4 minutes.
The Timberwolves once let the stout forward Ellis, who is 203cm tall and weighs 109kg, defend O'Neal, and as a result he became the "King of Buckles".
Garnett's defense against O'Neal can only foul, otherwise it is a dunk. Garnett's resistance in the restricted area has always been a weakness, so he falsely reported his height when he first entered the league. His official height is 211cm, and his actual height is 215cm. Everyone else is a high newspaper. He puts himself down for the sake of not playing the center.
Garnett, who claims to be able to defend five positions, does not want to defend against O'Neill, it would appear that he is not tough enough. Unfortunately, he was detained in the second quarter. The shark came too fast like a tornado, and he could not escape without the storm.
In the second half, Kobe had a hot hand and broke through without solution. He scored 20 points in a single quarter and ruled the pitch. Peeler couldn't defend. Substitute forward Slater couldn't help it. Kobe attracted a double-ball. Throw three points.
In this quarter, the Lakers scored 41 points, the difference between the two sides widened to 36 points into the garbage time, the main staff are off work.
It's always good to save face in someone else's home court. Jackson fears the Timberwolves players will be in a hurry to commit a foul. In fact, he was worried. The Timberwolves were mistreated in the first round of the playoffs. They were used to it. Their task was to enter the playoffs and they were successfully completed.
The Lakers played casually and won with a big score of 117-83. The Timberwolves were swept out 3-0.
In this era, the first round of the NBA is a 3-win elimination system. The Timberwolves are very happy about this. They don't want to play the fourth game at all.
Garnett was far behind O'Neal after the game. He has been scoring outside the penalty area with a jumper, shooting 44.3%, scoring 21 + 10 + 4 and averaging 40 minutes per game.
Fans want to say that Garnett is hard, there is really no reason, he often faces the marginalist Ryan Bowen ...
O'Neill has absolute dominance on the inside. The two men's annual salary is similar, and O'Neill is worthy of a huge salary.
After a five-day break ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The Lakers waited for the second round of the opponent to break out, and the Mavericks beat the old Jazz 3-2.
With the Mavericks' promotion method, everyone knows that there is no suspense in the second round.
The Eastern Conference 76ers eliminated the Pacers 3-1 in the first round. Kenny Anderson from the Pacers mid-term trade missed the playoffs due to injury, and the reinforcement plan failed.
Iverson did not perform very bravely, and did not perform as well as the Pacers' Travis Best in the first game. He made 7 of 19 shots, 4 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, only 16 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. Best made 7 of 2 free throws and 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 16 points, 10 assists and 2 steals.
The 76ers advanced to Iverson's entire game in the fourth game, making 10 of 31 shots, 3 of 10 three-pointers, 10 of 3 free throws, and 33 points and 4 assists. This effect is simply low. The 76ers only scored 88 points, but their excellent defense limited their opponents' offense. The Pacers only scored 85 points. They could not enter the restricted area guarded by Mutombo.
The 76ers were also difficult to advance. The wins were all within 10 points of the difference, which was too different from the Lakers' crushing advancement. No one was optimistic that they would win the championship. Reading network