Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

The last game day is April 18, and the first game day of the playoffs is April 21. There are only two days in between. And because the first round of G1 is divided into two days, the Lakers and Trail Blazers still have to play in the first round. On the next day, the 22nd, there was an interval of three days.

Early on the morning of the 19th, Phil Jackson summoned his players to mobilize for the playoffs. After all, after a busy regular season, the playoffs are the focus of the Lakers. And judging from the pattern of the Western Conference this season... the Lakers are playing It won't be too difficult for the Trail Blazers, because the Trail Blazers really looked good in the playoffs.

The first is Sean Kemp. Since the big lockout... Kemp has completely let go of himself. When he transferred to the Trail Blazers, he was so fat that he couldn't touch the basket. However, he was forced to force him in the playoffs. Rehabilitation can be called a model of the league's degeneration, falling from a top power forward to a second-rate bench.

Then there's...Bonzi Wells, who performed well in the regular season, is injured; Sabonis, the roof of the world, who missed his peak, has averaged 20 minutes per game; although Pippen, who is retired, is still comprehensive, his offensiveness is no longer what it used to be.

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"That's it for the Trail Blazers. They haven't beaten us in the past few years, so I hope to end them quickly and get more rest time." Phil Jackson talked about his mobilization for a while, but he actually didn't want to compete with the Trail Blazers. After all, every extra game is very tiring, especially in the playoffs when everyone is working hard.

"I will talk about the specific arrangements later."

"Let's start warming up now and prepare for simulated matchups later."

"Lee, Kobe, you two lead everyone to start!"

"okay!"

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Li Shengli and Kobe agreed, and immediately led everyone into warm-up preparations. As for the matchup practice for a while...it was actually watching the Trail Blazers game video, simulating the opponent's partial play style, and arranging offensive and defensive drills. The Blazers' current Among the regular starting lineups, the most noteworthy thing is the outside shooting.

In addition to Sabonis, minus the injured Bunch Wells.

Rasheed Wallace, Steve Smith, Damon Stoudemire, and even Pippen, when the Lakers get the statistics of their opponents this season, they can see... almost everyone can shoot three-pointers. , and more importantly, several of their main players are approaching an average of 3 three-pointers per game, with the highest hitting 40% and the worst hitting 32.1%.

Li Shengli feels that times have indeed changed, and there were indeed not many three-pointers in previous games in the league...

When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was at his peak, in the early 1980s, all teams averaged two three-pointers per game, and three three-pointers per game was a huge excess;

It was the early 1990s when Li Shengli entered the league. In this era, he took about seven or eight three-pointers.

Now it's another 10 years, and this time... 12 or 3 is common, 17 or 8 is not an exaggeration, especially the Bucks with Ray Allen, who averages 18.2 three-pointers per game, and the Trail Blazers .

During the finale of the regular season, the Trail Blazers played the Celtics once.

It's not just the Celtics. Whenever the inside line is stronger than their own, the Trail Blazers will fight on the outside and shoot three-pointers like crazy. In the Celtics game... O'Neal and Garnett were both stunned. There were 26 three-pointers and 11 were made. What the two brothers were most confused about was that the effect of internal defense was lost by three-pointers. Both O'Neal and Garnett's defense were more or less compromised.

Now, the Trail Blazers face the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.

The gap in hard power cannot be made up in the short term. Phil Jackson guessed that the opponent would score three points, and the focus of this drill was of course perimeter defense.

Of course, it is different from the Celtics focusing their resources on the Big Three.

The Lakers' situation will be better, especially with Crotty still there. During the season, West will have Ron Harper, a master of outside defense, plus Artest's excellent single defense and Kobe's defense. Not bad, the entire perimeter will be easier to deal with than the Celtics.

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Until the 21st.

There was no Lakers in the first round. The Spurs defeated the Timberwolves, the Jazz defeated the Mavericks, and then came the game on the 22nd the next day... the Lakers played the Trail Blazers, and the Suns played the Kings.

As the Lakers' revenge season, Staples' enthusiasm was a bit unstoppable before the game even started.

The atmosphere in the Lakers locker room is very relaxed at this moment, because they have been busy with defensive drills in the past few days, and they are very confident that they can kill the Trail Blazers' three-pointer today. As for the offense... Li Shengli and Kobe are here, so there is no need to worry. So some teammates who were thinking about playing harder in the playoffs were a little bit restless.

You know, Li Shengli was so strong during the regular season that he dominated the rankings after the last game.

First, the scoring broke through to 31.2 points, ranking first, and O'Neal ranked third; secondly, rebounds reached 13.6, ranking first, and O'Neal ranked second; as for blocks... Li Shengli and O'Neal both averaged 2.8 per game, but when it comes to the second decimal point, they are still O'Neal is one year ahead, so O'Neal is first and Li Shengli is second.

Compared with last season, Li Shengli's data may follow the 'XX Conservation Law'. While his points have increased, his rebounds, assists, and blocks have declined. But the problem is that two and a half data kings are abnormal enough, so everyone knows ...Li Shengli, who was in the first and second rounds of the playoffs, basically said goodbye to his desire for statistics. Now is the time for everyone to raise funds and perform.

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"Boss, we're beating the Trail Blazers again!" Fisher took the opportunity to sneak up next to Li Shengli, with a weird look on his face. He couldn't call it flattery, but his expression... really didn't look like he was doing anything good.

"Then what?"

"Then... look, you played so well in the regular season. Do you want me to show off in today's game? Well, I want to buy a... more expensive package!"

oops? !

Has anyone finally bought a set meal? !

Li Shengli was ecstatic. If Fisher hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten his identity as a data wholesaler. In the past, this kind of thing was all taken care of by the boss. Now that the boss is gone, the errant young man Artest Definitely the best candidate.

"Talk to Ron about this!"

"Ron, come on, we're here to pick up the guests. If you're happy, give us brothers a 20% discount today!"

"Discount? Okay, okay, great!" Fisher was quite excited and ran to the corner to discuss with Artest.

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"Tell me, how do you want to play today?" Artest asked.

"Wait a minute, aren't you going to introduce the new package, or is it the customer's choice?" Fisher touched his head and said: "Your predecessor's boss, when he was here, this was the rule!"

"You also know that's my ex, right? Now, I have the final say in the rules!"

"Damn, you're too..."

"Stop talking nonsense, recharge first, put all the data together and calculate, the rebound given to you is 300, the ball you pass to the boss will basically have assists, 500, the offensive rebound passed to you by the boss... is Whether you shoot or pass is your own business, a rebound is 300."

"This... all my own credit is gone?"

"That's the rule. Otherwise, do you think it would be as cheap as hundreds of dollars per data?"

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Damn it... snatch it?

Fisher's face turned bitter, lamenting that the era of Big Ben's package package was gone forever, and now it has become the era of Artest's "point card", but... he even asked to recharge first? !

"No, then if Li gives me a rebound and I backhand it to Li and score, how does that count?"

"What kind of IQ do you have?! Three hundred offensive rebounds, five hundred assists, a total of eight hundred!"

"Damn it, one assist cost me eight hundred. Isn't that too expensive?!"

"What nonsense? Didn't the boss say he's going to give you a discount? Aren't you happy? Let me remind you first that the 20% discount on the first charge is a one-time thing, which means you only have one chance. The key is this is the playoff data. , do you understand, only by charging money will you become stronger!"