The rest is just noise

The playoffs are here, but fans generally have no expectations for the ending.

Because everyone knows that this year will still belong to the Lakers. Only starting from next season will the NBA championship be in doubt. That is normal competition.

There is really nothing to say now, just enjoy the reign of this NBA version of the Dream Team that will never appear again.

Everything is business as usual within the Lakers team, the only small change is that Liu Yuqing took a week's leave.

Last summer he was absent from the national team due to personal matters, and this time, Louis finally knew the reason for his frequent leave.

Liu Yuqing's mother was seriously ill, and he wanted to stay with her as much as possible.

Louis could understand, and Liu Yuqing's teammates had no objections either.

Because there are too many people in the Lakers team who can play, if Liu Yuqing doesn't play, his playing time and shot count will naturally be taken over by others. Those people are eager for him to take a long leave.

Louis meant the same thing, but Liu Yuqing only asked for one week's leave.

A week later, he returned to the team.

Then, the Lakers concentrated on preparing for their first-round opponent, the Sacramento Kings.

This is a rare visitor to the playoffs. Since being the team with the worst record in the conference finals in the early 1980s, they have completely declined.

The reason why we can reach the playoffs this year is because there are so many bad teams in the Western Conference. In addition, due to the severe impact of the lockout, many strong teams unexpectedly lost their competitiveness.

The Kings are one of the few teams that have received good news. None of their players have seriously gained weight, and they have not suffered any work-related injuries due to the horrific schedule during the season. They were originally at a level not above or below the Western Conference, but now they are still at that level. Logically speaking, they cannot compete.

You make the playoffs, but others regress. If you don't regress, that's progress.

This progress was no more, no less, and it happened to reach the eighth position in the Western Conference, but unfortunately it ran into the ultimate BOSS that is second to none in history.

"Our goal, uh, is to be the first team in months to upset the Lakers," Kings coach Rick Adelman said.

Considering the strength gap between the two sides, Adelman was definitely ambitious for thinking this way, but the result was disappointing.

In the first game, eight Lakers players scored in double figures, beating the Kings with 58 points.

Bodilloga, who once again scored a triple-double, borrowed Louis' classic quote: "I am not disrespecting our opponents, but I am already thinking about the Western Conference Finals."

Western Conference Finals?

You even skipped your opponent in the Western Conference semifinals, right?

Bodiloga has always been the person with the most outstanding personality in the Generation of Miracles.

He is a freak who doesn't know what humility is, his emotional intelligence is not high, he always looks at problems from a one-sided perspective, and he is extremely self-centered in dealing with people and things.

The media is not surprised at all that he can say such things.

For fans, they like those humble players, but there is a market for such immodest players, because most superstars are paranoid, they are always arrogant, but some of them are good at acting, so like

It's quite rare that Bodiloga doesn't even bother to act like this.

Rare things are valuable, and Bodilloga's words and deeds are building momentum for his MVP.

The subsequent second game also became a showcase for the Lakers. Bodilloga sent at least five passes that could be selected for the top ten goals. Wilson scored 40 points in the first game of this year's playoffs, and Kobe also scored 28 points.

Duncan and Garnett both scored double-doubles.

"Did we only lose by 40 points?" Adelman laughed at himself, "Judging from the scene, we seemed to have lost by 80 points."

The last game of the first round should have been a battle of honor for the Kings, but they didn't have enough courage.

From the beginning of the game, they lost.

There is no morale, no fighting spirit, and no desire to compete. Everyone's body language conveys negative war-weariness.

In "The Prince of Tennis", there is a beautiful transvestite who possesses the unscientific skill of destroying the five senses. Before meeting the weak pretentious protagonist, his unscientific playing style made many opponents lose interest in tennis.

This is the sense of oppression the Lakers brought to the Kings.

Their five senses have not been destroyed, but as athletes, if they don’t even have the heart to win, then the essence of the athletes, their higher, faster and stronger sports soul, will also be killed.

The Kings, who showed no resistance throughout the game, had their worst single-game playoff performance in the post-merger era.

Only 69 points were scored in the game, but the opponent Lakers scored 150 points in a single game.

Dallas Mavericks fans can take some comfort in the fact that after 16 years, another NBA team finally lost by 81 points in a single game.

Moreover, the Mavericks can also proudly say that the only time they lost by 81 points was in the regular season.

The regular season is nothing! Who cares about the regular season? Your Kings lost by 81 points in the playoffs. If you dare to lose by 81 points today, you will lose by 100 points tomorrow. You don’t have any shame!

The similarity between the two huge tragedies is that the murderer was led by Louis.

At that time, Louis had just made his debut and his foundation was not stable, so he was a little more ruthless. Tonight against the Kings, it was purely because his opponent was lying too low, and the Lakers did not kill him.

With the game like this, the Kings have an unshirkable responsibility.

"I and everyone hope that the first round can be more intense, but our opponents don't think so."

Louis did not give Adelman face and criticized him rudely.

What about Adelman? His reaction delivers a level of comedy that no screenwriter could have produced.

I saw Adelman sighing at the statistics. He thought he would lose by 100 points tonight. If he really lost so miserably, his name would be nailed to the pillar of shame forever. He only lost by 81 points now.

Okay, okay, although it's ugly, but 16 years ago, the Mavericks were still behind. What, you said that happened in the regular season, and losing by 81 points in the playoffs is even more shameful?

You're young, aren't you? This unprecedented shame doesn't matter whether it's the regular season or the playoffs. It's just like Chamberlain losing 100 points in a single game in the playoffs. Who wouldn't take it seriously just because it happened in the regular season?

Adelman's facial expression isn't the funniest thing, his speech is.

"About this game, I just want to thank God!" Adelman said, "We finally don't have to play against this Lakers team anymore. This is not only our luck, but also the luck of professional basketball!"

Everyone laughed, whether they wanted to come or not, Adelman's sigh was definitely sincere.

In terms of dominance alone, this Lakers team has surpassed the 1986 Celtics, 95 Heat and the Knicks dynasty in any year.

They have two top-five players in the league, three top-10 players in the league, and five top-15 players in the league.

Starting five players who are in the top 15 in the league in their prime years has never happened before and will never happen again in the future.

In the semifinals, the Lakers faced the Mavericks.

In the past year, the Mavericks management has achieved great results. After the lockout ended, Steve Nash was signed, which put the team directly on the right track. This season, it achieved the fourth record in the Western Conference and easily wiped out the fifth-place Suns in the Western Conference in the first round.

, morale is high.

However, before the game even started, Mavericks coach Don Nelson knew that they would not win a game.

So before the game started, Nelson said to Louis: "I don't expect to win, I just hope not to lose as miserably as the king. Louis, we are old friends, you have to give me face."

"Old Tang, where is this? When have I ever made a friend look embarrassed?"

Huh, another guy who sacrificed his sports soul to the devil.

Having said that, Louis still gave Nelson a face and came on the bench as soon as he established an advantage on the court.

Controlling the starting playing time also indirectly controls the point difference.

If it doesn't work, just let Barkley play more. This damn fat guy can score points on the offensive end, but he is also beaten by thousands of people on the defensive end. The team has to give away as many points as it scores.

Through Louis' point control, the Lakers "only" defeated the Mavericks by 26 points and 29 points in the first two games of the semifinals.

Before the arrival of Game 3, the league announced the winners of all major regular season awards except MVP.