Since the Lakers achieved the best regular season record, their schedule is different from Guo Xu's previous life, and it has become easier, avoiding the Trail Blazers and the Kings. Of course, even if they meet those two teams, it's no big deal. Don't look at the Lakers losing to them in the regular season, and entering the playoffs will be a hit.

O'Neal in the playoffs is different from the regular season. He will no longer be lazy on both offense and defense.

For Guo Xu, this is the best performance opportunity, and his opponent is Trill Brandon, who is famous but poorly defended.

On April 21, the first match between the two sides started at the Staples Arena. The Lakers began to show their strength in the first quarter of the triangle attack. Guo Xu, Kobe and O'Neal scored consecutively.

Phil Jackson let Guo Xu take office, and both offense and defense can play a role. Fisher can't attack with the ball against Brandon, and it's still difficult to defend.

Guo Xu can shoot when he singles out, and can break through when he is close to him. He can play as much as he plays. The Timberwolves are forced to double-team him on the periphery.

Guo Xu attracted the help of assisting defense and passed Kobe. Kobe passed the ball, and Kobe passed the ball, O'Neal's singles with a height of 208cm and a weight of 102kg, Dean Garnett was even more relaxed. As long as they were in a triangular position, the Timberwolves could not defend themselves at all.

Timberwolves center Nestrovic was too poor in pick-and-roll defense when he played against the Lakers two times before, and coach Philip Sanders didn't dare to let him play. Billups was also beaten to play against Kobe No. 2 and was killed. He sat on the bench today.

Kobe has a clear advantage against Anthony Pierre, but it is not as good as the No. 1 and No. 5, so he has reduced his shots.

Just got married, Kobe couldn't leave his wife and practice more. The "Zen Master" arranged tactics to let him conquer the first round on the grounds of taking care of the newlyweds, and Kobe couldn't find a reason to refute.

The Lakers won 116-69 in the first game and scored 47 points, making the Timberwolves the Husky. Both teams only played for about 30 minutes, and the final quarter was pure garbage time.

The Timberwolves not only have poor defense, but also have bad offense. In this game, only the "Husky King" Garnett and Lafonso Alice scored in double digits.

Garnett made 7 of 18 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, and he didn't beat his chest and roar when he scored from the beginning to the end.

The Lakers have 20+ players on the side, not including Kobe. Fisher made 7 of 10 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws to score 21 points and 3 assists. O'Neal scored 24 points and 13 rebounds, and Guo Xu made 26 points and 7 assists. Kobe scored 15 points and Grant scored 14 points, and the whole team blossomed at multiple points.

The second game between the two sides is similar to the first game. The Lakers have been leading the game at the beginning, and the third quarter has entered garbage time and sent all substitutes to play. Many Lakers fans are bored and leave early.

Although Garnett could not enter the penalty area at all, his jumper felt slightly better than he did on the court, scoring 22 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, and his data was almost the same as in the regular season.

Unfortunately, except Garnett, no one in the Timberwolves scored more than 15 points, and the five players scored in double digits were not much. The Timberwolves' substitute was completely suppressed, with only 7 points in total.

The Lakers' match was made by Fisher and Kobe, who led the bench in the second quarter. The two teams were a contest between bench bandits and bench waste.

Guo Xu's performance was even stronger than on the court, with 27 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals, and Trier, who scored 13 points and 8 assists.

O'Neal was even more unsolvable in the inside, with 33 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, and 7 of 10 shots at the free throw line. When O'Neal's free throw was not that bad, the Timberwolves had no way to do him.

Dean Garnett is probably the worst center in the playoff team. He averaged only 11.9 minutes per game in the regular season, with a data of 2.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.3 assists, and 0.7 blocks. He is also named Garnett, and the gap in strength is too big.

On April 28, the third game between the two sides was played at the Timberwolves in Minnesota. The scene was still one-sided, and the gap in strength could not be made up for by the home whistle.

Coach Sanders let Nestrovic return to O'Neal's main defense this time, but O'Neal went out to play pick-and-roll with Guo Xu, giving the space out to allow Guo Xu to break through, or Kobe cut off from the side to attack.

Guo Xu made a three-pointer from the outside and misplaced Nestrovic, which was very easy. Kobe played Pierre with a 193cm tall behind his back and was also very efficient. Within 4 minutes, Strovic committed two and rested.

The Timberwolves once made the short and strong forward Ellis, who was 203cm tall and weighed 109 kilograms, defended O'Neal, but he became the "King of Barrier".

Garnett can only foul when defending O'Neal, otherwise he will be a dunk if he is pushed open. Garnett has always been a weakness in resisting people in the penalty area, so he falsely reported his height when he first entered the league. His official height is 211cm, and his actual height is 215cm. Others are all high reports, and he reported himself short to avoid playing the center.

Garnett, who claims to be able to defend five positions, does not want to defend O'Neal, so he would not seem tough enough. Unfortunately, he was still locked in the second quarter. The shark came too fast like a tornado, and he couldn't escape without the storm circle.

In the second half, Kobe felt hot and had no solution to the breakthrough. He dominated the court with 20 points in a single quarter. Pierre could not defend, and substitute forward Slater could not defend even more. Kobe attracted double teams to pass the ball, and Guo Xu and Fisher also threw three-pointers on the outside.

The Lakers scored 41 points in this quarter, and the gap between the two sides widened to 36 points and entered garbage time. The main players all got off work.

It is always good to save some face at other people's home courts. Jackson is afraid that the Timberwolves players will make a malicious foul. In fact, he is too worried. Every time the Timberwolves are abused in the first round of the playoffs, they are used to it. Their task is to enter the playoffs and complete them successfully.

The Lakers star won the win with a big score of 117-83 and swept the Timberwolves 3-0.

In this era, the NBA first round was a three-win elimination system. Timberwolves players were very grateful for this and they didn't want to play in the fourth game at all.

Garnett's evaluation after the game was far inferior to O'Neal. He has been scoring outside the penalty area with a jump shot, shooting percentage of 44.3%, scoring 21+10+4, and playing 40 minutes per game.

Fans want to say that Garnett is hard, but they really can't find a reason. He often faces the marginalist Ryan Bowen...

O'Neal has absolute dominance in the inside line. The two have an annual salary of about the same, and O'Neal is worthy of a huge salary.

After five days of rest, the Lakers waited until the second round to break out, and the Mavericks defeated the old Jazz 3-2 hard.

Just by 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, who came from the Pacers' mid-term trade, missed the playoffs due to injury and failed to strengthen the plan.

Iverson did not perform very bravely. Travis Best, who performed worse than the Pacers in the first game. He made 7 of 19 shots, 0 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, and only scored 16 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. Best made 7 of 12 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 16 points, 10 assists and 2 steals.

Iverson played the game in the fourth game of the 76ers, made 10 of 31 shots, 3 of 10 of 3 points, 10 of 12 free throws, and scored 33 points and 4 assists. The performance was so low that it was impossible to see. The 76ers team only scored 88 points, but they limited their opponent's offense with excellent defense. The Pacers only scored 85 points, and failed to enter the penalty area guarded by Mutombo in the whole game.
Chapter completed!